On January 7, 2009, in a communication (‘the letter’) addressed to the then-existing Board of Directors of the Company and copied to the Stock Exchanges and Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), the then Chairman of the Company, Mr. B. Ramalinga Raju (‘the erstwhile Chairman’) admitted that the Company’s Balance Sheet as at September 30, 2008 carried inflated cash and bank balances, non-existent accrued interest, understated liability and overstated debtors position. As per the letter, the gap in the Company’s Balance Sheet had arisen purely on account of inflated profits over a period of last several years.