ATM Agency Agreement

On May 20, 2016, India Globalization Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an At-The-Market Agency Agreement (“ATM Agreement”) with IFS Securities, Inc. (dba Brinson Patrick, a division of IFS Securities, Inc.), as sales agent (“Brinson Patrick” or the “Agent”). Under the ATM Agreement with Brinson Patrick, the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock (the “Shares”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $10 million from time to time through Brinson Patrick, as its sales agent. Sales of the Shares, if any, would be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE MKT at market prices. The price per share will be at prevailing market prices when we have an order to sell our Shares in effect.  An order to sell our shares may contain a minimum sales price as well as a maximum number of shares to be sold under the order.  Brinson Patrick will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 5.0% of the gross sales price per share.

The Shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-201822), which became effective on April 8, 2015.

The ATM Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. For a more detailed description of the ATM Agreement, see the disclosure under the caption “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated May 20, 2016 to the prospectus effective April 8, 2015, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, which disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference. The ATM Agreement is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.

It is anticipated that Brinson Patrick will provide various investment banking, financial advisory and other services to us and our affiliates for which services it may receive customary fees.

A copy of the opinion of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP relating to the legality of the Shares is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report and is filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.