Directorate Change

This is to inform you that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held today, the Board decided to appoint Mr. Ajoy Misra as a Director and Executive Director on the Board of the Company for a period of five years with effect from 1st November, 2011. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Shareholders.

Mr. Misra has been with Indian Hotels for nearly 30 years and was leading its sales and marketing function in his most recent assignment. His prior roles include heading Sales for the Taj Group and being Area Director in the Sri Lanka and Maldives regions. Mr. Misra is a Civil Engineering graduate from BITS Pilani and holds an MBA from FMS, Delhi University. Mr. Misra is 54 years old.