MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

 

Report Date :

01.11.2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AJANTA OFFSET & PACKAGING PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

B-95, Wazirpur Industrial Area, Delhi – 110 052

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

25.09.1969

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-5126

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U74950DL1969PLC005126

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Printing, Publishing, Lithographing, Type Founding, Photographic Printing and Electro-typing.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1750000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having fine track records.  Trade relations are fair.  Financial position is good.  Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

B-95, Wazirpur Industrial Area, Delhi – 110 052, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-27254550 / 27117594 / 27117443 / 27414843

Fax No.:

91-11-27138321 / 23712692

E-Mail :

info@ajantaoffset.com

domestic@ajantaoffset.com

international@ajantaoffset.com

Website :

http://www.shrachi.com

http://www.ajantaoffset.com

 

 

Head / Corporate /

Domestic Sales Office :

Madani Hall, 1, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002

Tel. No.:

91-11-23715871 / 23320772 / 23320789,

Fax No.:

91-11-23712692

E-Mail :

info@ajantaoffset.com

domestic@ajantaoffset.com

 

 

Factory :

Plot No. 61, Sector 27 C, Faridabad - 121 003, Haryana

 

M-1, Thiruvika Industrial Estate, Chennai - 600 032, Tamilnadu

 

 

Branches :

Ø       Todi Mansion, 5th Floor, P-15, India Exchange Place Extension, Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal

Tel. No. 91-33-22362878 / 22376369 / 22375415

Fax No. 91-33-22258901 / 22362079

 

Ø       A-220, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase - 1, New Delhi – 110020, India

Tel. No. : 91-11-26815122 / 26819238

Fax No. : 91-11-26815122

E-mail : aptc@ajantaoffset.com

 

Ø       Madani Hall 1, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Sunil Agarwal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. G. P. Todi

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director

Address :

C-757, New Friends Colony, New Delhi, India

Date of Birth :

25.09.1949

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. N. Pathak

Designation :

Director

Address :

A-4A, Mahavir Vidyan Path, Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Date of Birth :

17.02.1923

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Vallavan

Designation :

Director

Address :

AP 292, Sector 8, K. K. Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Name :

Mr. Deepak Mohan

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Siddharth Todi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. P. Roy Chaudhary

Designation :

Director - Nominee [IDBI]

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Printing, Publishing, Lithographing, Type Founding, Photographic Printing and Electro-typing.

 

 

Products :

Generic Names of the Principal Products / Services of the Company are:-

 

Ø       Printed Calanders, Diaries, Books, Posters, etc.

Ø       Other Sales

Ø       Processing Printing

 

 

Imports from :

Germany, Japan, U.K. and France [Chemicals and Papers]

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

Ø       Pepsi

Ø       Sony

Ø       Caltex

Ø       Citibank

Ø       The World Bank

 

 

No. of Employees :

400

 

 

Bankers :

Ø       Central Bank of India

Janpath, New Delhi

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

K. Prasad & Company

Chartered Accountants,

C-31, South Extension Part I, New Delhi

 

 

Parent Company :

Shrachi Group

 

 

Associates :

Ø       Ajanta Offset Packing Limited

C-7/15A, Rampura Marg, New Delhi - 110 035

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 100.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

6849700

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 68.497 millions

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

68.500

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

391.300

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

0.000

NETWORTH

 

 

459.800

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

511.700

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

21.100

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

532.800

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

992.600

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

800.200

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.200

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 
 
199.400

 

Sundry Debtors

 
 
176.400

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 
 
41.900

 

Other Current Assets

 
 
0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 
 
55.200

Total Current Assets

 

 

472.900

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 
 
269.600

 

Provisions

 
 
11.100

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

280.700

Net Current Assets

 

 

192.200

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

992.600

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover [including other income]

 

 

721.700

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

57.800

Provision for Taxation

 

 

17.100

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

40.700

 

 

 

 

Export Value

 

 

N.A.

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

 

 

663.900

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

Debt Equity Ratio

 

 

1.16

Long Term Debt Equity Ratio

 

 

1.16

Current Ratio

 

 

1.68

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

0.57

Inventory

 

 

3.41

Debtors

 

 

3.86

Interest Cover Ratio

 

 

2.55

Operating Profit Margin (%)

 

 

23.54

Profit Before Interest and Tax Margin (%)

 

 

13.96

Cash Profit Margin (%)

 

 

15.56

Adjusted Net Profit Margin (%)

 

 

5.98

Return on Capital Employed (%)

 

 

9.57

Return on Net Worth (%)

 

 

8.85

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

History :

 

Subject is an outfit of the Shrachi Group being one of the three largest integrated print houses in India.  It shifted focus to high quality printing in 1980 with massive modernisation programmes following in 1987, 1993 and 1996.  This modernisation resulted in establishment of four integrated plants, a consistent growth rate of 20% p.a. over the last seven years.  The steady growth rate of the company is almost twice the industry rate in India.

 

Trade Reference :

 

Ø       Escorts Limited, Faridabad, Haryana

Ø       Eicher Tractors Limited, Faridabad, Haryana

 

WEBSITE DETAILS

 

APTC is a Communication Technology service and design solutions provider, originally setup by Apple Computer Inc., the US based worldwide computer giant and Ajanta Offset & Packaging Limited. Now it is known as Ajanta Publishing Technology Centre. Manpower is APTC's core strength. They have experienced, full time professionals from Information Technology, Printing Technology, Graphic Design and Multimedia. In addition, a panel of eminent faculty and industry specialists drawn from all over the world conduct seminars, symposiums and workshops. They also have a panel of consultants from Information Technology as well as Print & Publishing and Telecom Industries for turnkey assignments.

Areas of Operation

Digital Photo Studio (under planning)

Pre-Press Labs

Typesetting
Multimedia
Web Designing

Concept Visualization & Designing

 

Facilities

High speed Apple and IBM compatible workstations supporting Macintosh OS, Windows 95/98/NT.

 

Specialized equipment for Pre-Press include image setter from Scitex with PS RIP, Scitex and UMAX scanners, connected over a high speed AT&T network.

 

A well stocked library of a wide variety of licensed software, to cater to the specific requirements of every assignment.

 

 

 


CMT REPORT [Corruption, Money laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.93

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.71

Euro

1

Rs.57.34

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

54

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)                  Ownership background (20%)                         Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                            Market trend (10%)                                             Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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