October 14, 2008

REL becomes Reliance Infrastructure Ltd

Reliance Energy Ltd announced that its name has been changed from Reliance Energy Ltd to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd with effect from April 28, 2008.

The release said that the company has received the certificate from the Registrar of Companies of Maharashtra registering the aforesaid change in name.

The release added that “The new name appropriately reflects the current nature of businesses. The new identity redefines the Company's vision and focus to emerge as a premier infrastructure company. The new name reflects the branding philosophy followed by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, where the name signifies the space in which it operates and creates a sharper brand presence among the stakeholders.”

Reliance Infrastructure has either directly or through subsidiaries or through investee Companies and on its own or in consortium, been engaged in a number of projects under implementation or under consideration in the field of not only power generation, transmission and distribution businesses but also in several other infrastructural projects such as highways, roads, bridges, metro rail and other mass rapid transit systems, airports, special economic zones, real estate, etc.