ATTN: MS ANNIKA SENANAYAKE

SHADOW RUNDOWN

THE STATE OF BUSINESS – 28TH JAN, 2008

PETROLEUM VTR RAVI

IRAN VTR SAMANTHA 01:00

SINGER SL CARD CHAMINDA 01:00

ADD STATE OF BUSINESS BRIDGE

TEA VTR ANOUK 2:30

ADD CORPORATE BRIDGE

BROWNS VTR NILANTHA 1:00

INFORMATICS VTR SHASHIKA 2:00

ADD STOCK WATCH BRIDGE

STOCK UPDATE CARDS 01.30

CURRENCY CARDS 00.20

LINE UP EDITOR: ANOUK/ NISHANI

ANCHOR: NISHANI
HEADLINES
1. SRI LANKA’S PETROLEUM SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM NEW ERP
SYSTEM, AND
2. IRAN’S FIRST TRADE EXHIBITION IN SRI LANKA GETS
UNDERWAY AT THE SLECC

1. CPC – VTR

SRI LANKA’S PETROLEUM SECTOR IS TO BENEFIT FROM A NEW

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM.

IT IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CPC, CEYLON PETROLEUM

STORAGE TERMINALS LTD., AND LANKA IOC LIMITED.

THIS WILL CONNECT THE OPERATION OF ALL DIVISIONS IN THE

INDUSTRY INTO ONE SYSTEM AND PRODUCE THE DATA THROUGH A
REAL TIME ONLINE SYSTEM.

ROLL VTR

IRAN – VTR

NEARLY 150 IRANIAN COMPANIES BEGAN A SIX DAY TRADE

EXHIBITION IN COLOMBO TODAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST IRANIAN EXHIBITION TO BE HELD HERE AND IT

IS NOW UNDERWAY AT THE SRI LANKA EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION
CENTER.

ROLL VTR

SINGER – CARD

FITCH RATINGS LANKA HAS TODAY ASSIGNED AN ‘A’ PLUS LANKA

NATIONAL LONG TERM RATING TO SINGER SRI LANKA’S PROPOSED
800 MILLION RUPEE NOTES ISSUE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE AGENCY HAS AFFIRMED RATINGS ON ITS

OUTSTANDING SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES AT 'A’ PLUS LANKA WITH A
NEGATIVE OUTLOOK.

PROCEEDS FROM THE 800 MILLION RUPEE NOTES ISSUE WILL

PRIMARILY BE UTILIZED TO REFINANCE APPROXIMATELY 600
MILLION RUPEES OF LOAN FACILITIES. THE BALANCE IS ALLOCATED
FOR WORKING CAPITAL.
THE OUTLOOK ON SINGER'S RATINGS WERE REVISED TO NEGATIVE
FROM STABLE IN DECEMBER 2007 REFLECTING WEAKENED NET INCOME
LEVELS AMIDST INCREASING DEBT, IN LARGE PART, DUE TO HIGHER
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND LOWER SALES GROWTH.

SINGER IS SRI LANKA'S LARGEST RETAILER OF CONSUMER

ELECTRONICS AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES IN TERMS OF RETAILING-
REVENUES AND POINTS OF PRESENCE.

IT IS 84 PERCENT OWNED BY SINGER ASIA, WHICH IS IN TURN, 56

POINT 8 PERCENT OWNED BY SINGER.

READ ON …

BREAK

TEA

FIGURES INDICATE THAT SRI LANKA’S TEA PRODUCTION IN

DECEMBER LAST YEAR INCREASED BY 10.5 MILLION KG’S.

HOWEVER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEA BOARD LALITH HETTIARACHCHI

STATES THAT THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO A BACKLOG OF OCTOBER
AND NOVEMBER TEA PRODUCTION FIGURES WHICH WAS ADDED ON TO
THE DECEMBER COUNT.

ROLL VTR

CORPORATE- BROWNS – VTR

BROWN & COMPANY PLC WHICH BOASTS A HISTORY OF OVER 130

YEARS HAS LAUNCHED “BROWNS POWERMART” THE ONE STOP
AUTOMOTIVE POWER-SHOP IN COLOMBO.

A UNIQUE SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH ‘BROWNS POWERMART’ IS THE

‘BATT-MOBILE’, WHICH OFFERS CUSTOMERS A REAL VALUE ADDITION
FREE OF CHARGE.

ROLL VTR

INFORMATICS – VTR

INFORMATICS PRIVATE LIMITED ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S PIONEERS

IN INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY IS STEPPING INTO ITS 25TH
YEAR IN SERVICE ON THE 31ST OF MAY THIS YEAR.
TO ANNOUNCE THIS MILESTONE THE INFORMATICS GROUP HELD A
MEDIA BRIEFING IN COLOMBO RECENTLY.

ROLL VTR

BREAK

STOX

ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET REMAINED POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THE

DAY BUT SAW LOW LEVELS OF ACTIVITY.

LANKA CEMENT TRADED 1.43 MILLION SHARES, THE HIGHEST FOR

THE DAY, WHILE NAWALOKA CAME NEXT IN LINE TRADING 0.49
MILLION SHARES.

FERNTEA WHICH WAS LIQUIDATED LAST YEAR STILL CONTINUES TO

GRAB INTEREST WITH SHARES BEING BOUGHT ON SPECULATION. THE
COUNTER TRADED 0.34 MILLION SHARES TODAY.

LANKA CEMENT WAS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO TURNOVER OF 17.1

MILLION RUPEES. SLT AND FERNTEA INJECTED 7.5 MILLION AND
6.05 MILLION RUPEES RESPECTIVELY.

FOREIGN BUYING WAS AT 12.6 MILLION WHILE FOREIGN SELLING

WAS AT 12 MILLION.

THE ALL SHARE GAINED 10.81 POINTS TO END THE DAY AT

2,444.31 WHILE THE MILANKA ALSO NOTCHED UP 7.46 POINTS TO
CLOSE THE DAY AT 3,132.71.

TURNOVER WAS AT 90.6 MILLION RUPEES.

THE TOP GAINERS TODAY WERE VANIK, CEYLINCO FINANCE,

ASSOCIATED HOTELS, FERNTEA AND KEELLS FOOD.

THE MAIN LOSERS WERE HUNAS FALLS, MORISONS, PEGASUS HOTELS,

HUEJAY AND SOY FOODS.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLC MADE

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DAY.

UP NEXT IS A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES!

SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 28/01/08
REPORTER: NK
SLUG: BROWNS – VTR

BROWN & COMPANY PLC WHICH BOASTS A HISTORY OF OVER 130

YEARS HAS LAUNCHED “BROWNS POWERMART” THE ONE STOP
AUTOMOTIVE POWER-SHOP IN COLOMBO.

A UNIQUE SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH ‘BROWNS POWERMART’ IS THE

‘BATT-MOBILE’, WHICH OFFERS CUSTOMERS A REAL VALUE ADDITION
FREE OF CHARGE.

ROLL VTR

SUPER

Panduka Weerasinghe
General Manager
Battery & New Business

TAG

‘BROWNS POWERMART’

107B, Havelock Rd., Colombo 05.

VOICE OVER – BROWNS –

‘POWERMART’ WILL INITIALLY MAKE AVAILABLE A RANGE OF EXIDE

BRANDED AUTOMOTIVE AND MOTORCYCLE BATTERIES AND OTHER
AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY ACCESSORIES.

THE NEW INITIATIVE ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE EXIDE

CUSTOMERS WITH A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, UNPARALLELED
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF.

V/C
4.55 – 5.18
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 28TH JAN 08
REPORTER: ANOUK
SLUG: TEA

FIGURES INDICATE THAT SRI LANKA’S TEA PRODUCTION IN

DECEMBER LAST YEAR INCREASED BY 10.5 MILLION KG’S.

HOWEVER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEA BOARD LALITH HETTIARACHCHI

STATES THAT THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO A BACKLOG OF OCTOBER
AND NOVEMBER TEA PRODUCTION FIGURES WHICH WAS ADDED ON TO
THE DECEMBER COUNT.

ROLL VTR

SUPER

Lalith Hettiarachchi – Chairman

Sri Lanka Tea Board

TAG

‘TOTAL TEA’

CARD
TOTAL TEA PRODUCTION (KG’S)
January to December 2007

High Grown 72,524,831.00

Medium Grown 54,417,516.03
Low Grown 177,670,909,08

Total 304,613,256.11
VOICE OVER. 28TH JAN 08/ TEA / ANOUK

IN DECEMBER 2007 TOTAL TEA PRODUCTION STOOD AT 32.26

MILLION KG’S AS AGAINST THE 21.51 MILLION KG’S PRODUCED IN
THE CORRESPONDING MONTH OF 2006.

VOICE CUT
(2:14)
OCTOBER RECORDED PRODUCTION WAS 221.5 MILLION. AND THE
NOVEMBER RECORDED FIGURE WAS ALMOST 29 MILLION. BUT WE DID
HAVE A HIGHER FIGURE IN DECEMBER WHICH WE BELIEVE IS THE
RESULT IN THE BREAKDOWN IN THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WHERE
WE DID NOT GET THE TOTAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER,
(…)SO WE DID NOT RELEASE THE TOTAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER AND
NOVEMBER. THESE FIGURES CAME LATER IN THE YEAR IN DECEMBER
(3:09)

IN 2007 THE TOTAL TEA PRODUCTION WAS 304.61 MILLION KG’S,

WHICH IS A DECREASE OF 6.2 MILLION KG’S OR 2% FROM 2006.

THE TOTAL REVENUE FROM TEA EXPORTS LAST YEAR IS YET TO BE

RELEASED BY THE TEA BOARD, BUT HETTIARACHCHI SAYS THAT THEY
EXPECT IT TO SURPASS THE 1 BILLION DOLLAR MARK.

(3:55)
2007 IS PARTICULARLY GOOD FOR REVENUE IN THE SENSE THAT THE
DOLLAR VALUE OF A KG OF TEA IS MORE THAN $3, WHICH IS ABOUT
$1 MORE THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED UP TO 2006 (4:25)

MEANWHILE, HE ALSO STATED THAT THEY EXPECT AN INCREASE IN

TEA PRODUCTION THIS YEAR.

VOICE CUT
(3:23)
WE BELIEVE THAT THE FERTILIZER APPLICATION SHOULD BE BETTER
THIS YEAR, ALSO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY LABOUR UNREST DURING
THE LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR AND ANY PROBLEM ON THE LABOUR
SIDE WILL NOT BE THERE AS IT UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENED THE
PREVIOUS YEAR (3:53)

ENDS/
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 28.01.2008
REPORTER: SHASHIKA
SLUG: INFORMATICS – VTR

INFORMATICS PRIVATE LIMITED ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S PIONEERS

IN INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY IS STEPPING INTO ITS 25TH
YEAR IN SERVICE ON THE 31ST OF MAY THIS YEAR.

TO ANNOUNCE THIS MILESTONE THE INFORMATICS GROUP HELD A

MEDIA BRIEFING IN COLOMBO RECENTLY.

ROLL VTR

SUPER

Priyanga Gunasekera - Director

Sales & Marketing
Informatics (Pvt) Ltd

‘INFORMATICS’
VOICE OVER / INFORMATICS / SHASHIKA / 28/01/08

INFORMATICS PROVIDES QUALITY INNOVATIVE I.T. SOLUTIONS TO

VARIED CLIENTS RANGING FROM GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, STATE
AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS AND OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATICS PRIVATE LIMITED THEY HAVE PROVIDED

FRONT END AND BACK OFFICE SOLUTIONS TO OVER 350 PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC BANK BRANCHES.

THE COMPANY HAS ALSO INSTALLED OVER 700 AUTOMATED TELLER

MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

VOICE CUT – SENERATH – IN – 05:28

WE ARE INTO SOLUTIONS TELECO SECTOR. WE ARE ALSO INTO
SOLUTIONS IN INSURANCE SECTOR FOR GENERAL INSURANCE AS WELL
AS LIFE INSURANCE. WE ARE ALSO PRODUCED DICE MODE OF
CONTROL AS SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IS USING AS WELL AS TWO
OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE USING TI RIGHT NOW.
OUT – 06:07

HE ALSO SAID THAT THEIR MAIN AIM IS TO OFFER HIGH VALUE

SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS.

VOICE CUT – SENERATH – IN – 06:55

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS 25 YEARS IT HAS DRIVEN THE
BUSINESSES BUT IN THE FUTURE I THINK IT BASED ON SKILL
SETS. IT WILL HAVE TO CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK WE ARE PREPARED TO CATER THAT AND WE ARE
STARTING A NEW LEAF.
OUT – 07:43

END/
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 28 / 01 / 2007
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: SINGER – CARD

FITCH RATINGS LANKA HAS TODAY ASSIGNED AN ‘A’ PLUS LANKA

NATIONAL LONG TERM RATING TO SINGER SRI LANKA’S PROPOSED
800 MILLION RUPEE NOTES ISSUE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE AGENCY HAS AFFIRMED RATINGS ON ITS

OUTSTANDING SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES AT 'A’ PLUS LANKA WITH A
NEGATIVE OUTLOOK.

CARD IN

PROCEEDS FROM THE 800 MILLION RUPEE NOTES ISSUE WILL

PRIMARILY BE UTILIZED TO REFINANCE APPROXIMATELY 600
MILLION RUPEES OF LOAN FACILITIES. THE BALANCE IS ALLOCATED
FOR WORKING CAPITAL.

THE OUTLOOK ON SINGER'S RATINGS WERE REVISED TO NEGATIVE

FROM STABLE IN DECEMBER 2007 REFLECTING WEAKENED NET INCOME
LEVELS AMIDST INCREASING DEBT, IN LARGE PART, DUE TO HIGHER
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND LOWER SALES GROWTH.

SINGER IS SRI LANKA'S LARGEST RETAILER OF CONSUMER

ELECTRONICS AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES IN TERMS OF RETAILING-
REVENUES AND POINTS OF PRESENCE.

IT IS 84 PERCENT OWNED BY SINGER ASIA, WHICH IS IN TURN, 56

POINT 8 PERCENT OWNED BY SINGER.

READ ON …
FITCH RATINGS ON SINGER SRI LANKA

National long-term rating to Rs. 800 Mn. notes issue

Outlook on the rating: Negative

SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 28/01/08
REPORTER: SAMANTHA
SLUG: IRAN – VTR

NEARLY 150 IRANIAN COMPANIES BEGAN A SIX DAY TRADE

EXHIBITION IN COLOMBO TODAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST IRANIAN EXHIBITION TO BE HELD HERE AND IT

IS NOW UNDERWAY AT THE SRI LANKA EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION
CENTER.

ROLL VTR

SUPERS
Behnam Behrouz- Ambassador
Islamic Republic of Iran

Mahmood Etemaddar- Design Manager

Fulton Yachts International

TAG
“IRAN SOLO EXHIBITION”
VOICE OVER/IRAN/SAMANTHA/28-01-08

AMONG THE EXHIBITORS ARE PETROLEUM COMPANIES, FIRMS WHICH

MARKET INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FOOD
PRODUCTS, FURNITURE AND MANY MORE.

LEADING FIRMS SUCH AS TABIRAN CONSTRUCTING COMPANY, THE

FULTON YACHTS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY AND THE SABA BATTERY
COMPANY ARE SHOWCASING THEIR PRODUCTS AT THE EXHIBITION.

THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION

SAID THAT THE PARTICIPATING IRANIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION IS
ALSO ON A FACT FINDING MISSION TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES IN SRI LANKA.

07:20

PRIVATE SECTOR OF IRAN THEY ARE READY TO INVEST THEY ARE

LOOKING FOR THEIR PARTNERS, WHO EVER IS IN HERE IS READY TO
COME SRI LANKA AND I’ AM SURE THAT THEY ARE READY TO INVEST
IF IT IS NEEDED.

07:40

VOICE CUT- Mahmood Etemaddar- Design Manager

09:59

WE ARE GOING TO SRI LANKA TO INVEST AND TO EXPORT OUR

INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE. AND OUR SHIP TO SRI LANKA OUR COMPANY
IS FULTON INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHIP YARD IS
LOCATED IN IRAN.

10:16

THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN FROM 10.30 AM TO 7.30 PM DAILY TILL

THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH.

END/
SLUG: MAIN
REPORTER: RAVI
DATE: 28/01/2008
SEGMENT: CPC – VTR

SRI LANKA’S PETROLEUM SECTOR IS TO BENEFIT FROM A NEW

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM.

IT IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CPC, CEYLON PETROLEUM

STORAGE TERMINALS LTD., AND LANKA IOC LIMITED.

THIS WILL CONNECT THE OPERATION OF ALL DIVISIONS IN THE

INDUSTRY INTO ONE SYSTEM AND PRODUCE THE DATA THROUGH A
REAL TIME ONLINE SYSTEM.

ROLL VTR

M.D. Wijeygoonewardena
Director
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

K. Ramakrishnan
Managing Director
Lanka IOC Limited

TAG

‘ERP SYSTEM’
VOICE OVER- RAVI -28/01/2008- CPC

THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM WHICH RUNS ON THE

SAP SOFTWARE PLATFORM IS A 350 MILLION RUPEE INVESTMENT AND
IS FUNDED BY CEYLON PETROLEUM STORAGE TERMINALS LTD.

UNDER THIS SYSTEM ALL SERVICE STATIONS AND OTHER SECTIONS

RELATED TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY WILL BE INTEGRATED.

THE PROJECT IS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED IN ONE YEAR’S TIME

AND WILL BE USED BY THE CPC, CPSTL AND LIOC.

THIS ERP SYSTEM USES STATE-OF-THE-ART SOFTWARE TO MANAGE

DATA IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA MORE
EFFECTIVELY.

VC - WIJE
18:07
MOST OF OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ARE FAIRLY OLD INCLUDING OUR
COST SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. SO UNDER THIS
PROJECT WE ARE TRYING TO INTEGRATE ALL THESE DATA TO GIVE
THE BENEFIT FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND OTHER LAYERS OF
MANAGEMENT.
18:36

LIOC, THE CONSULTANT AND THE TECHNICAL SUPPORTER OF THIS

SYSTEM SAYS THAT THE ERP SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED BY THE INDIAN
OIL CORPORATION FROM 2002 WITH GREAT SUCCESS.

VC – RAMA
26:44
WHEN IMPLEMENTED THESE COMPANIES BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED,
BETTER MANAGED, BOOK KEEPING IS EXCELLENT. ON A DAILY BASIS
YOU CAN GET A BALANCE SHEET. YOU GET TO KNOW THE INVENTORY
HOLDING AND AL THIS INFORMATION AN HELP THESE COMPANIES INN
THEIR DECISION AS AND TO MAKE BETTER REPORTS.
27:15

END/
STOX

ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET REMAINED POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THE

DAY BUT SAW LOW LEVELS OF ACTIVITY.

LANKA CEMENT TRADED 1.43 MILLION SHARES, THE HIGHEST FOR

THE DAY, WHILE NAWALOKA CAME NEXT IN LINE TRADING 0.49
MILLION SHARES.

FERNTEA WHICH WAS LIQUIDATED LAST YEAR STILL CONTINUES TO

GRAB INTEREST WITH SHARES BEING BOUGHT ON SPECULATION. THE
COUNTER TRADED 0.34 MILLION SHARES TODAY.

LANKA CEMENT WAS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO TURNOVER OF 17.1

MILLION RUPEES. SLT AND FERNTEA INJECTED 7.5 MILLION AND
6.05 MILLION RUPEES RESPECTIVELY.

FOREIGN BUYING WAS AT 12.6 MILLION WHILE FOREIGN SELLING

WAS AT 12 MILLION.

THE ALL SHARE GAINED 10.81 POINTS TO END THE DAY AT

2,444.31 WHILE THE MILANKA ALSO NOTCHED UP 7.46 POINTS TO
CLOSE THE DAY AT 3,132.71.

TURNOVER WAS AT 90.6 MILLION RUPEES.

THE TOP GAINERS TODAY WERE VANIK, CEYLINCO FINANCE,

ASSOCIATED HOTELS, FERNTEA AND KEELLS FOOD.

THE MAIN LOSERS WERE HUNAS FALLS, MORISONS, PEGASUS HOTELS,

HUEJAY AND SOY FOODS.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLC MADE

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DAY.

UP NEXT IS A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES!