Statement Showing Shareholding Pattern

Name of the Company : BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED

Scrip Code : 532454 Quarter Ended : 31.12.2008

Category Category of Number of Total number Number of shares held Total shareholding as a percentage of total number of
code Shareholder Shareholders of shares in dematerialized form shares

As a percentage of(A+B)1 As a percentage of

(A+B+C)
(A) 2
Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group
1 Indian
(a) Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(b) Central Government/ State Government(s) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(c) Bodies Corporate 1 859986028 859986028 45.30 45.30
(d) Financial Institutions/ Banks NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(e) Any Others(Specify) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

Sub Total(A)(1) 1 859986028 859986028 45.30 45.30

2 Foreign
a Individuals (Non-Residents Individuals/
Foreign Individuals) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
b Bodies Corporate 3 414744373 119084723 21.85 21.85
c Institutions NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
d Any Others(Specify) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

Sub Total(A)(2) 3 414744373 119084723 21.85 21.85

Total Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

(A)= (A)(1)+(A)(2) 4 1274730401 979070751 67.15 67.15

(B) Public shareholding

1 Institutions
(a) Mutual Funds/ UTI 277 56288764 56288764 2.97 2.97
(b) Financial Institutions / Banks 37 1346888 1346888 0.07 0.07
(c) Central Government/ State Government(s) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(d) Venture Capital Funds NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(e) Insurance Companies 13 65100704 65100704 3.43 3.43
(f) Foreign Institutional Investors 951 417407488 417407488 21.99 21.99
(g) Foreign Venture Capital Investors NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
(h) Any Other
Sub-Total (B)(1) 1278 540143844 540143844 28.46 28.46

B2 Non-institutions
(a) Bodies Corporate 2145 49888166 47166031 2.63 2.63
(b) Individuals
Individuals -i. Individual shareholders holding nominal share
I capital up to Rs 1 lakh 171215 13639169 13633219 0.72 0.72
II ii. Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital in
excess of Rs. 1 lakh. 164 6116485 6116485 0.32 0.32
(c) Any Other (specify)
c-i Foreign National 2 140 140 NIL NIL
c-ii Foreign Companies 2 4459591 4459591 0.23 0.23
c-iii Non-resident Indians 3135 1093146 1093146 0.06 0.06
c-iv Overseas Corporate Bodies 1 5178500 5178500 0.27 0.27
c-v Trusts 17 2112473 2112473 0.11 0.11
c-vi Clearing Members 382 852697 852697 0.04 0.04
c-vii Foreign Banks 3 1582 1582 NIL NIL

Sub-Total (B)(2) 177066 83341949 80613864 4.39 4.39

Total Public Shareholding (B)= (B)(1)+(B)(2)

(B)
178344 623485793 620757708 32.85 32.85

TOTAL (A)+(B) 178348 1898216194 1599828459 100.00 100.00

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository

Receipts have been issued NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

GRAND TOTAL (A)+(B)+(C) 178348 1898216194 1599828459 100.00 100.00

(I)(b) Statement showing Shareholding of persons belonging to the category
“Promoter and Promoter Group”

Sr. No. Name of the shareholder Number of shares Shares as a percentage of total number of
shares {i.e., Grand Total (A)+(B)+(C)
indicated in Statement at para (I)(a) above}
1 Bharti Telecom Limited 859986028 45.30
2 Pastel Limited 295659650 15.58
3 Indian Continent Investment Limited in various accounts 119084723 6.27

Total 1274730401 67.15

(I)(c) Statement showing Shareholding of persons belonging to the category

“Public” and holding more than 1% of the total number of shares

Sr. No. Name of the shareholder Number of shares Shares as a percentage of total number of
shares {i.e., Grand Total (A)+(B)+(C)
indicated in Statement at para (I)(a) above}

1 Life Insurance Corporation of India under various schemes 65016204 3.43

2 Europacific Growth Fund 27832491 1.47

Total 92848695 4.89

(I)(d) Statement showing details of locked-in shares

Sr. No. Name of the shareholder Category of Share Number of locked-in shares Locked-in shares as a percentage
holders(Promoters/Pub of total number of shares {i.e.,
lic) Grand Total (A)+(B)+(C)
indicated in Statement at para
(I)(a) above}

N.A. Nil Nil Nil

Total Nil Nil Nil

(II)(a) Statement showing details of Depository Receipts (DRs)

Sr. No. Type of outstanding DR (ADRs, GDRs, SDRs, etc.) Number of outstanding Number of shares underlying outstanding DRs Shares underlying outstanding
DRs DRs as a percentage of total
number of shares {i.e., Grand
Total (A)+(B)+(C) indicated in
Statement at para (I)(a) above}
N.A. Nil Nil Nil

Total Nil Nil Nil

(II)(b) Statement showing Holding of Depository Receipts (DRs), where underlying

shares are in excess of 1% of the total number of shares

Sr. No. Name of the DR Holder Type of outstanding DR Number of shares Shares underlying outstanding
(ADRs, GDRs, SDRs, underlying outstanding DRs DRs as a percentage of total
etc.) number of shares {i.e., Grand
Total (A)+(B)+(C) indicated in
Statement at para (I)(a) above}
N.A. Nil Nil Nil

Total Nil Nil Nil