United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February 2002
ICICI Bank Limited
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
4th floor, South Tower
ICICI Towers,
Bandra-Kurla Complex
Mumbai, India 400 051
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g 3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
Yes No. X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g 3-2(b).
Not applicable.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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1. Press announcement by ICICI Bank Limited.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 25, 2002
ICICI Bank Limited
By: /s/ Bhashyam Seshan
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Name: Bhashyam Seshan
Title: Company Secretary
ICICI Bank Limited
ICICI Towers
Bandra Kurla Complex
[icici logo] ICICI Bank Mumbai 400 051
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Press Release Mumbai, February 12, 2002
Record Date for payment of interim dividend
The Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited (NYSE Code: IBN) at its meeting
held on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 had proposed to declare and pay an interim
dividend of Rs. 2/- per equity share at the rate of 20 per cent for the year
ending March 31, 2002, subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank of India.
The approval of the Reserve Bank of India has since been received on February
12, 2002, the deemed date of declaration of the interim dividend.
The Bank has fixed Thursday, March 7, 2002 as the Record Date for the purpose
of ascertaining the Members of the Bank entitled to interim dividend. The
interim dividend will be paid to those Members whose names will appear on the
Register of Members of the Bank and the beneficial owners as appearing in the
records of the National Securities Depository Services Limited and the Central
Depository Services (India) Limited in India and in the records of Bankers
Trust Company in respect of the Bank's American Depository Shares on the close
of working hours on Thursday, March 7, 2002.
For investors' queries, contact: Bhashyam Seshan (Phone: (91)-22-653 8420 or
653 7460, Facsimile: (91)-22-653 1167, e-mail bhashyams@icicibank.com)
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Additional Information and Where to Find It
ICICI Bank's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(US SEC) are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval
services or from the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, statements in this
Release which contain words or phrases such as 'will', 'would', etc., and
similar expressions or variations of such expressions may constitute
'forward-looking statements'. These forward-looking statements involve a number
of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to our ability to obtain
statutory and regulatory approvals and to successfully implement our strategy,
future levels of non-performing loans, our growth and expansion in business,
the adequacy of our allowance for credit losses, technological implementation
and changes, the actual growth in demand for banking products and services,
investment income, cash flow projections, our exposure to market risks as well
as other risks detailed in the reports filed by us with the US SEC. The Bank
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date hereof.