For Immediate ReleaseDhanlaxmi Bank increases base rate and BPLR by 25 and 50 basis pointsMumbai, September 19, 2011: Dhanlaxmi Bank, one of India’s fastest growing mid-size private sector banks has announced an increase in its base rate and Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) by 25 and

50 basis points respectively. Effective today, the base rate and the BPLR have been revised to 11.00% p.a. and 20.75% p.a. respectively from the current 10.75% p.a. and 20.25% p.a.

Announcing the revised rates, Mr. Bipin Kabra, Chief Financial Officer, Dhanlaxmi Bank said: “The hike in our base rate and BPLR follows the recent interest rate hike by RBI and reflects the tight monetary conditions.”

The change in rate will be applicable to all new loans and existing floating rate loans. In the case of existing fixed rate loans, the change in base rate will be applicable at the reset date. Existing borrowers, whose loans are linked to BPLR, have the option to switch to the base rate system before the expiry of existing contracts, on mutually agreed terms. All the new loans sanctioned and existing loans under

BPLR which comes for review will be linked to base rate.

Early last month, the bank had revised its base rate and BPLR by 50 and 100 basis points respectively to

10.75% p.a. and 20.25% p.a.

About Dhanlaxmi Bank:

Dhanlaxmi Bank is an 84-year old bank, incorporated in 1927 at Thrissur, Kerala. In the last three years, it has transformed into a well diversified bank with a pan-India presence from being an SME focused South India based bank. With a network of 275 branches and 460 ATMs covering 160 centers across 14 states, the bank services a broad customer base of 1.6 million. The bank provides a suite of banking products and services to its customers across Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Microfinance and Agricultural Lending and Small and Medium Enterprises Group.

During the last three years, Dhanlaxmi Bank’s total deposits increased from Rs 3,829 crore as on June 30,

2008 to Rs. 12,904 crore as on June 30, 2011, advances rose from Rs. 2,207 crore as on June 30, 2008 to

Rs. 9,675 crore as on June 30, 2011. The bank had a total business of Rs. 22,579 crore, as on June 30,

2011 with total asset base at Rs. 15,036 crore.

The shares of the bank are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the Cochin Stock Exchange.

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Ravindra Kanchan

Associate Vice-President, Corporate Communications

Dhanlaxmi Bank

Mobile: +91 - 96198 58132

Email: ravindra.kanchan@dhanbank.co.in