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Our track record of value creation is unique and we continue to be one of the very few companies that have adopted Economic Value Added (EVA) as one of our primary measures of value creation.

Value to Shareholders
  2004   2005 2006 2007 2008
Economic Value Added (EVA) (Rs. Mn) 913.810 907.104 304.454 1,802.812 503.064
Market Value Added (MVA) (Rs. Mn)* (3,251.790) 2,471.879 8,816.694 7,740.662 (15,216.161)
Return on Average Shareholders’ Funds (ROE) (%) 13.16 15.93 12.73 20.63 17.13
Dividend Payout Ratio (%) 29 30 39 44 41
Bonus Issues 1:1 1:3
Rights Issues 3:10
Credit Rating AA+ (Sri) AA+ (Sri) AA+ (lka) AA+ (lka) AA+ (lka)

* MVA is the difference between the market capitalisation and total capital invested (The sum total of shareholders’ funds and cumulative loan loss provision).

Value to Government
(i) Taxes Paid - Income Tax, Financial VAT and Debits Tax (Rs. Mn)
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Income Tax 828.1 1,290.4 2,191.6 2,629.2 3,260.8
Financial VAT 441.1 622.9 971.0 1,551.8 2,091.5
Debits Tax 3.8 4.1 6.4 6.0 9.2
Total
1,273.0 1,917.4 3,169.0 4,187.0 5,361.5
(ii) Taxes Collected - Value Added Tax, Debits Tax and Stamp Duty (Rs. Mn)
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Value Added Tax 35.9 74.8
230.4 619.5
Debits Tax 636.0 813.8 1,014.7 1,226.5 1,416.5
Stamp Duty 45.0 71.1 66.3
Total 636.0 849.7 1,134.5 1,528.0 2,102.4
   
 
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