Our Company was incorporated by Government of India as a public sector undertaking under the Administrative control of Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production and Supplies. We were incorporated as a private limited company vide our certificate of incorporation bearing number 1530 dated May 11, 1964 under the Companies Act by the name `Bharat Earth Movers Limited'. On the formation of our Company, the rail coach of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited was transferred to us with land, building, plant and machinery, manpower and other infrastructure facilities as a going concern for a total consideration of approximately Rs. 6 crores, which was met by issue of shares for consideration other than cash. In the year 1992, the GoI decided to dis-invest our Equity Shares and accordingly by a resolution passed at the EGM held on February 21, 1992, we were converted into a public limited company through filing a statement in lieu of prospectus with the RoC. We are a multi-technology company offering high quality products for diverse sectors of economy such as coal, mining, steel, limestone, power, irrigation, construction, road building, defence and railways. In the past four decades, we have come to the forefront of heavy engineering industry and have marked a significant presence in earthmoving industry. Since our incorporation, we have changed our registered office once. At the time of formation of our Company, our registered office was situated at United Building, J. C. Road, Bangalore - 560002. Subsequently, we changed our registered office to the current Registered Office, which is at BEML Soudha, No. 23/1, 4th Main Road, Sampangiramanagar, Bangalore - 560 027. We have our manufacturing units at Kolar Gold Fields Complex, Bangalore Complex and Mysore Complex. At our KGF Unit we are manufacturing heavy earth moving equipments like bulldozers, hydraulic excavators, mining shovels, backhoe loaders, walking draglines, loaders, etc. At our Bangalore Unit, we are manufacturing railway rolling stock, metro coaches, defence equipments and aggregates. At our Mysore unit, we are manufacturing dumpers, motor graders, engines of different sizes and capacities and also defence equipments. (For details with respect to area of land and location, please refer to the section of "Property Details" of section on "Our Business" on page 54 of this Red Herring Prospectus.) Our Subsidiary We have one subsidiary, namely Vignyan Industries Limited, which is engaged in supply of different types of castings to diverse clientele. For further details with respect to the subsidiary, please refer section tited "Our Promoter, Subsidiary and Group Companies" on page 109 of this Red Herring Prospectus. Major Events: YEAR EVENT 1964 - Incorporation of our company as a private limited company with the registered office at Bangalore. Simultaneously, we took over as a going concern the rail coach division of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore 1968 - Establishment of the heavy earthmoving equipment division at Kolar Gold Fields. 1979 - Collaboration agreement entered into by us with Komatsu Limited, Japan for technical know-how in the manufacture of a wide range of earthmoving equipments such as bulldozers 1985 - Dump truck division established at Mysore 1986 - Received National Import Substitution Award from Ministry of Science Technology, GoI 1987 - An exclusive hydraulics and powerline division and a full fledged research and development center set up at Kolar Gold Field - Purchase of Mysore complex unit 1990 - Received Corporate Excellence Award for outstanding performance from department of public enterprises, GoI - Asia's largest 170 ton electric dump truck assembled and launched 1991 - Engine division set up at Mysore for manufacturing heavy-duty diesel engines 1992 - Conversion of our Company into a public limited company - Sub-division of our Equity Shares of face value of Rs. 1000/- each to Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each - Recognition as an Export House with Star Exporter status 1994 - Public Issue of 60,00,000 12.50% secured redeemable partly convertible debentures of Rs. 195/- each for cash at par aggregating to Rs. 117 crores offered to public - Listing of the Equity Shares at the Stock Exchanges at Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai - Mammoth equipment `walking dragline' launched 1995 - Rights issue of 10,00,000 12.50% secured redeemable partly convertible debentures of Rs. 180/- each. - Crosses Rs. 1,00,000 lakh mark in sales turnover - Received ISO 9000 certification 1996 - Major counter trade agreement with Syria executed against import of rock phosphate 1997 - Recipient of award for Best Employer of the Physically handicapped from Ministry of Welfare, GoI 1998 - Bags orders against World Bank tenders valued at Rs. 70,000 lakh for equipment supply to CIL projects 1999 - Integrated hi-tech applications program implemented in divisions covering manufacturing, operations and communications 2001 - Awarded the Best Exporter by the Department of Industry & Commerce, GoK 2002 - Awarded the Best Exporter by the Department of Industry & Commerce, GoK - Regional award for highest exports awarded by Engineering Export Promotion Council, Southern Region 2003 - Manufacture and supply of hi-tech stainless steel metro coaches to DMRC - The Equipment division of Mysore unit was awarded the National Safety Award under the Scheme I and II - Awarded the Best Exporter by the Department of Industry & Commerce, GoK - Certificate of Excellence obtained from Engineering Export Promotion Council, Southern Region 2004 - 7 T Class Excavator - BE71 and Backhoe loader - BL 9H were formally launched. - Four cylinder indigenous engine B4D105 has been introduced as an earth moving equipment - Awarded the Best Exporter by the Department of Industry & Commerce, GoK. - Our Company's Equity Shares got voluntarily delisted from DSE and MSE, and application made for voluntary delisting of our Equity Shares to CSE. 2005 -BEML Thrives with Rs 3680 mn orders -BEML signs MoU with HMT to Draw Financial Assistance provided by GoI for Metro Infrastructure -BEML signs MoU with Rotem for Aerobridges -BEML joins hand with Korean co Rotem to build aerobridges -BEML inks MoU with Delhi Metro -BEML inks MoU with HMT for metro rail coaches project 2006 -BEML - Secretary (Defence Production) inaugurates BEML Technology Division -BEML joins hand with US firm Terex Corp 2007 - The credit rating of our Company has been done by ICRA Limited and it has assigned "IrAAA" (pronounced as Issuer Rating Triple A) to our Company. This rating indicates the highest credit quality rating assigned by ICRA Limited, which means our Company carries the lowest credit risk. - Formation of Joint Venture Company in the name and style of BEML Midwest Limited on April 18, 2007 under the registration no. U13204AP2007PLC053653/2007-2008 with Midwest Granite Private Limited. - A consortium of BEML Ltd, Mitsubishi and Rotem has formally got the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's order worth Rs 1,144 crore for metro coaches. - BEML Ltd has set up a subsidiary in Brazil for sourcing and assembling of mining and construction equipment to cater to the growing Latin American markets. -Company name has been changed from Bharat Earth Movers Ltd to BEML Ltd. -BEML joins hand with NTPC for mining tools 2008 -BEML Ltd has appointed Shri. P Dwarakanath, as Director of the Company effective March 01, 2008. - BEML Ltd has informed that the Government of India has appointed Shri. M Pitchlah as Director (Finance) on the Board of the Company. He took charge on July 14, 2008. -BEML Ltd has informed that Sri. S Ramesh, DGM (CS) holding charge of the post of Company Secretary from September 01, 2008 consequent upon superannuation of Sri. K C Medapa, has been appointed as Company Secretary of the Company by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on September 18, 2008. 2009 - Beml Limited has informed that "The Government vide letter No.8(5)/2008-D(BEML), dt. 07.07.2009 have appointed the following Non-official Part-time Directors on the Board of BEML Limited: (1) Lt.Gen (Retd.) S. Pattabhiraman, Ex-Vice Chief of Army Staff. (2) Shri M.B.N. Rao, Ex-CMD, Canara Bank. (3) Shri J.P. Batra, Ex-Chairman, Railway Board. (4) Shri J.P. Singh, former Secretary to the Government of India". -BEML bags new coaches order from DMRC 2010 -BEML & Kamaz Vectra signs MoA to develop Commercial Vehicles" -"BEML donates Rs. 5.00 Crore for Construction of Houses in Karnataka Flood Hit Areas". -BEML - BEML Inaugurates Manufacturing Complex at Palakkad, Kerala -"BEML Signs MoU with Govt. of Karnataka to establish yet another manufacturing complex in Bangalore" -BEML joins hands with MECL 2011 -BEML Signs Business Agreement with Russian Company -BEML enters into Dredging Business - Signs Technical Tie-Up with VOSTA LMG, Netherland -BEML Ltd. has received order worth Rs 230 crore from Central Coalfields Ltd. and Northern Coalfields Ltd. -Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has won Jaipur Metro order worth Rs 318 crore 2012 -BEML Bags Over Rs.500 Crores worth orders from Saudi Arabia & Indian Railways -BEML to set up Aerospace manufacturing complex at SEZ Park, Bangalore 2013 -The Company have recommended Dividend @ Rs. 2.50/- per share (25%) for the year 2012-13. -BEML bags Rs 747 cr order from Delhi Metro -BEML wins Safety Award from Govt. of Kerala -Export Excellence Award for the year 2012-13 for BEML -BEML manufactured Jaipur Metro Cars flagged off 2014 -BEML rolls out 136th Metro Car to Delhi Metro RS6 Project -BEML exhibits its prowess at IME-2014 -BEML rolls out 50th Metro Train set to BMRCL 'NAMMA METRO' -BEML launches `Swachh Bharat' Campaign -BEML Bags Rs.570 Crore Order from DMRC -BEML Observes 'Vigilance Awareness Week -BEML Gets 'India's Top Challenger Company' Award -BEML joins Swachh Bharat Campaign 2015 -BEML Bags Export Award -BEML Bags 645 Crore Order from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation -BEML wins star performer award for exports 2016 -BEML receives Raksha Mantri Award for exports -BEML bags Rs. 900 Crore Kolkata Metro Order -BEML wins prestigious SCOPE Award -BEML Ltd has gets Twin Awards -BEML bags 2 awards for Skill Development, CSR Initiatives -BEML bags International Award 2017 -BEML has commissioned a 9-MW second windmill park at Dammur in Bagalkot. -BEML bags Raksha Mantri award for BE1800E. -BEML bags Equipment India Awards for 2017. -BEML bags Hindustan PSU Award. 2018 -BEML has bagged the contract to supply rolling stock on Metro corridors 2A, 2B and 7 at a cost of Rs 30.15 billion. -"BEML received Top Challengers' and Best Mining Equipment Seller Award". -BEML, L&T sign MoU to explore opportunities in defence product. -BEML delivers six-car train to Kolkata Metro. -BEML bags GOLD award from FIEO. 2019 -"Commencement Of Metro Production By Beml For Mumbai Metro". -BEML Limited and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in aerospace, industrial automation, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and hydraulic system engineering. -SKOCH AWARD FOR BEML' for Corporate Excellence. 2020 -BEML receives additional contract for Mumbai Metro Project. -'BEML bags SKOCH award to contain Covid-19'. -"BEML s stride towards Atmanirbhar Bharat wins Equipment India Awards". -BEML bags Rs.842cr heavy duty trucks order from Ministry of Defence. -"BEML Flags off Last train set for Kolkata Metro (East-West) Project". -BEML bags Rs 398 crore order from Coal India. 2021 -BEML rolls out first prototype of Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment MK-II. -BEML rolls out Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment (MMME - MIKI), An 'Atmanirbharta' Product'. 2022 Award for Excellence -' Raksha Srijan Ratn' 2021-22. Company Bagged Raksha Mantri Award 2023 - Scheme of Arrangement for Demerger between BEML Limited and BEML Land Assets Limited - Filing of form INC-28 with MCA -Company have fixed the record date, i.e. 09.09.2022, in terms of regulation 42 of SEBI Listing Regulations, for the purpose of determining the eligible shareholders for considering 1:1 issue of shares by BEML Land Assets Limited (Resulting Company) as per Scheme of Arrangement for demerger as approved by Hon'ble MCA 2024 -The Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy on 20 Aug 24. -BEML Ltd and NHPC Ltd Sign MoU to Jointly Develop Desilting and Dredging Solutions for Hydroelectric Power Plants. -