Our Vision

"We will take a path no one walked before and many will want to follow"

Our Goals

By the year 2015 we will get closer to our end user locally and internationally by

• Adding value to our products(tea,rubber,palm oil)
• Being committed to producing quality products
• Using our own brand

While continuing to

• Be the preferred supplier in tea, rubber, plam oil globally
• Enhance the return to our shareholders

Our Path

• Fully utilize the technological advances and land resources in an eco-friendly manner
• To respect and understand the community in which we do business
• Celebrate the diversity and the power of our people

Corporate Information

Name of the Company : Watawala Plantations Ltd

Legal Form : A Public company with limited liability registered under companies act no. 17 of 1982 and quoted on the Colombo stock exchange

Date of incorporation : 18th June 1992,

Company Registration No. : N (PBS/C GB )129

Directors

Mr. G. Sathasivam [Chairman]
Mr. V. Govindasamy [Managing Director / CEO]
Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar [Vice Chairman, Tata Tea Ltd Director]
Mr. Percy Siganporia [Tata Tea Managing Director]
Mr. D.S Ratnasingham [Director/ COO]
Mr. Bandula Hulangamuwa [Director]
Mr. Lakshmanan Krishna Kumar [Vice President(Finance), Tata Tea Ltd.]

Managing Agents

Estate Management Services [Pvt] ltd
27/5, York Arcade Building - P O Box 1998, Colombo 1

Secretaries and share registrars

Secretarial and Financial Services (Private) Ltd.
# 60, Dharmapala Mawatha,
Colombo-03, Sri Lanka.

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers [Chartered Accountants]
P O Box : 918, 100, BrayBrooke Place, Colombo 02.

Lawyer

D. N. Thurairaja & Co. [Attorney at Law]
64, Keyzer Street, Colombo 12.

Bankers

Hatton National Bank Ltd
Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd
People's Bank
Sampath Bank Ltd
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd
Bank of Ceylon
Public Bank

Registered Office :

# 60, Dharmapala Mawatha,
Colombo-03, Sri Lanka.
Tel : 94 11 4702400 Fax : 94 11 4716365
Email : watawala@zesta.lk
Website : www.zestatea.com

Corporate Management Team

Mr. Vish Govindasamy [Director/Chief Executive Officer]
Mr. Dushy Ratnasingham [ Director/ COO]
Mr. Visal Wickramaratne [Director/General Manager - Brand Marketing]
Mr. Kumar Abeygoonewardena [ Director - Plantations]
Mr. S. Sri Kumar [Director- Administration]
Mr. N.A.L. Cooray [Chief Financial Officer]
Mr. Rohan M. Boudewyn [General Manager(South)]

Watawala Plantations Limited

Watwala Plantations Limited (WPL) is a pioneer tea plantation and marketing company in Sri Lanka. The public quoted company, is a joint venture with the world famous TATA Group, which owns UK's No.1 tea brand "Tetley".

WPL manages 16 of the finest tea gardens in the island, spreading across 12,500 hectares of land and employing 15,000 people.

The total extent of the Company is 12,443 Ha., of which 5,636 Ha.,(45%) is planted in Tea, 1,423 Ha.,(11%) in Rubber and 2,129 Ha., (17%) with Oil Palm. The remaining extent of 3,253 Ha., (26%) is under cultivation or under grass for future replanting with Tea.

Tea

Watawala Plantations have the distinct advantage of producing annually over 9 million Kg's of prime Sri Lankan teas in it's own plantations.Our teas are being sought after in the most discerning markets world wide.We have 5,637 Hectares of planted Tea ranging from the celebrated Dimbula high grown area and other prime marks, there is 16 Tea Estates of repute.

Watawala Plantations produces 2% of total tea production in Sri Lanka. Tea is grown across all elevations. It is directly exported by passing the auction system.

Our Tea Gardens

High Growns
Waltrim, Henfold, Dickoya-Adisham, Lippakelle Shannon, Agrakande-East Fassifern, Tangakelle, Ouvahkelle, Abdotsleigh-Florence.

Medium Growns
Kenilworth, Carolina, Strathdon, Vellai Oya.

Low Growns
Talangaha, Homadola

Rubber

Watawala Plantations produce 1 million Kg's per Annum of rubber in Sri Lanka .NAKIADENIYA, TALANGAHA & HOMADOLA are the rubber producing estates of Watawala Plantations of which , NAKIADENIYA is the largest Rubber factory in Sri Lanka. TPC1 X & SOLE CREPE are the varieties exported across the world from Watawala Plantations.


Oil Palm

CRUDE PALM OIL is extracted from Estates in the southern region of Sri Lanka. Watawala Plantations produce 7 million kg's per annum of crude palm oil. NAKIADENIYA is the only Crude Palm Oil producing factory in Sri Lanka.