State Bank Of India 03 January 2006 LISTING AGREEMENT: CLAUSE 30 APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AUDITORS FOR THE YEAR 2005-2006 In terms of Clause 30(c) of the Listing Agreement we advise that the Reserve Bank of India, vide its notification No. DBS.ARS.No.8631/08.21.002/2005-2006 dated 13th December, 2005 have appointed following 14 Audit Firms as Statutory Central Auditors for the Bank in terms of section 41(i) of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 until the next Annual General Meeting of the Bank:- 1. M/s B.M.Chatrath & Co.,Kolkata 2. M/s Khandelwal Jain & Co., Mumbai 3. M/s G.S.Mathur & Co., New Delhi, 4. M/s R.G.N. Price & Co, Chennai, 5. M/s M.M.Nissim & Co., Mumbai, 6. M/s S.K. Mittal & Co., New Delhi, 7. M/s Vinay Kumar & Co., Allahabad 8. M/s M. Choudhury & Co., Kolkata 9. M/s Laxminiwas & Jain, Hyderabad, 10. M/s Patro & Co., Bhubaneswar, 11. M/s Kanwalia & Co., New Delhi, 12. M/s K.P Rao & Co., Bangalore, 13. M/s Chaturvedi & Company, Kolkata 14. M/s Vardhaman & Co., Chennai. 2. Out of the 14 firms, the following firms have been newly appointed for 2005-2006 Statutory Audit. i) M/s R.G.N. Price & Co., Chennai, vi) M/s Laxminiwas & Jain, Hyderabad, vii) M/s S.K. Mittal & Co., New Delhi, viii) M/s M. Choudhury & Co., Kolkata, ix) M/s Vardhaman & Co., Chennai. 3. Kindly acknowledge receipt. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange