Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd is one of the leading print media companies in India in terms of Readership (Source: IRS, R2 2009). They publish and print 'Hindustan', the third largest daily newspaper in India in terms of Readership with a Readership of 9.3 million readers (Source: IRS, R2 2009). 'Hindustan' has the largest Readership in key Hindi- speaking markets of Bihar and Jharkhand, with a strong and growing presence in Delhi NCR and the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. They are one of the fastest growing Hindi daily newspapers in India with a growth in Readership of 9.2% in the period between July 2006 and June 2009 (Source: IRS, R2 2007 to R2 2009).'Hindustan' is presently printed at 16 locations in the states/regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Delhi NCR with a total installed rated capacity approximately 0.78 million copies per hour. These printing facilities are located at Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhagalpur, Dehradun, Delhi NCR, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Mohali, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Ranchi and Varanasi. 'Hindustan' is published in four editions and 113 sub-editions. Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd also publish two Hindi magazines, 'Nandan', a children's magazine, and 'Kadambini', a general interest magazine. They also operate the website, www.livehindustan.com, which focuses on providing news in Hindi with regional content. Further, they have also recently forayed into event management and customized event solutions.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. proposes to utilise the net proceeds from the Issue for the following objects: