Symphony Limited announced that the meeting of board of directors of the company was held on January 17, 2015, has approved interim dividend of INR 4 per equity share for the fiscal 2015. The interim dividend will be payable on or after January 30, 2015. Record date is on January 23, 2015.

The company reported unaudited standalone earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2014. For the quarter, the company reported net sales/income from operations of INR 1,514.1 million against INR 1,152.2 million for the same period a year ago. Profit from operations before finance costs was INR 518.1 million against INR 348.7 million last year. Profit before tax was INR 516.2 million against INR 348.6 million last year. Net profit was INR 360.2 million or INR 10.30 per basic and diluted share against INR 247.9 million or INR 7.09 per basic and diluted share last year. EBITDA was INR 521.9 million compared to INR 351.6 million last year.

For the six months, the company reported net sales/income from operations of INR 2,541.2 million against INR 1,873.0 million for the same period a year ago. Profit from operations before foreign finance costs was INR 826.6 million against INR 544.3 million last year. Profit before tax was INR 821.1 million against INR 543.9 million last year. Net profit was INR 576.5 million or INR 16.48 per basic and diluted share against INR 391.1 million or INR 11.18 per basic and diluted share last year. EBITDA was INR 836.6 million compared to INR 550.0 million last year.