MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

 

Report Date :

09.11.2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LASER SCIENCE SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

LASER SCIENCE

 

 

Registered Office :

28, Mahavir Centre, Sector – 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400705, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

05.02.2004

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-144383

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U51507MH2004PTC144383

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUML05232D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACL9602L

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Representatives of foreign companies for Laser Systems.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 


 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 10000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having satisfactory track records.  Directors are experienced, respectable and resourceful businessmen. Their trade relations are fair.  Financial position is good.  Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

28, Mahavir Centre, Sector – 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400705, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-27893532

Fax No.:

91-22-27891289

E-mail :

laser_science@vsnl.com

Website :

http://www.laserscienceindia.com

Area :

Owned

Location :

200 sq. ft.

 

 

Representatives :

Mr. O.E.Jagadesh (Chennai)

Tel.: 91-44-4716039
E-mail: oej_laser@vsnl.net

 

Mr. Prasanna Krishna (Bangalore)
Tel.: 91-80-3419245
E-mail: pkbhat79@yahoo.com

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Lalit Dharam P. Kumar

Designation :

Director

Address :

House No. 15, Arinda Co-operative Housing Society, Sector 10, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400703, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

30.03.1956

Date of Appointment :

05.02.2004

 

 

Name :

Ms. Sudha Lalit Agrawal

Designation :

Director

Address :

House No. 15, Arinda Co-operative Housing Society, Sector 10, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400703, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

29.05.1962

Date of Appointment :

05.02.2004

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Mr. Lalit Dharam P. Kumar

 

25000

Ms. Sudha Lalit Agrawal

 

25000

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Representatives of foreign companies for Laser Systems.

 

 

Agencies Held :

v      Coherent Inc. USA

v      Lambda Physic AG

v      Roper Scientific

v      PCO Computer Optics Gmbh

v      Sacher Laser Technical GMBH

v      Kimmon Electric Company Limited

v      IMRT

v      Beam Dynamics

v      Euro laser Crystal Techno Limited, Russia

v      Ealing Catalos UK

v      Laser Physics Inc. 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

Research Institute

 

 

No. of Employees :

26

 

 

Bankers :

ICICI Bank Limited, Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Andhra Bank

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 0.500 million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 0.500 million

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

0.500

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

1.285

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

0.000

NETWORTH

 

 

1.785

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

0.200

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

0.200

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1.985

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

4.069

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

0.898

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

1.104

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

0.189

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

0.000

Total Current Assets

 

 

2.191

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities & Provisions

 

 

4.295

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

4.295

Net Current Assets

 

 

[2.104]

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.020

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1.985

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover [including other income]

 

 

3.158

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

2.080

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.795

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

1.285

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

 

 

1.078

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

 

40.69

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

 

65.86

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

 

33.22

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

 

1.16

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

 

2.51

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

 

0.51

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Subject was incorporated on 1988 as a Sole Proprietory Concern under the name and style of ‘Laser Science’. The name of the concern was changed to ‘Laser Science Services India Private Limited’ on 5th February, 2004 and obtained a Company Registration Number 144383.

 

The subjects Registered Office was shifted from A454, MIDC, TTC Industrial Estate, Manape, Navi Mumbai to the present address.

 

Trade Reference

 

v      Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

v      Indian Institute of Technology

v      IISC

v      Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

v      Centre for Advanced Technology

 

As per website :

 

Laser Science is a private company located in Vashi, New Bombay working as a representative for foreign manufacturers in the field of Lasers and Electro- Optics. They enjoy the exclusive representation of more than ten companies from United States and Europe including world Leader Coherent Inc USA. The primary responsibility of Laser Science is to promote the sales of Laser systems in India and provide technical back-up on the sold systems. They have a highly qualified team of sales and service engineers, several of whom are holding B.E., M.Tech and Ph.D degrees.

 

They have been supplying various kind of laser systems in BARC, CAT, IIT's , IISC, TIFR and many other research institutes for past 14years and built the rapport as a technically sound company advising the customers to select the laser best suited for their scientific and research applications.

 

At present they have several installations all over India for the most advanced laser systems for research in the field of atomic and molecular physics, "MultiPhoton Excitation of Biological molecules", Optical Communications etc. They have also been supplying laser systems to other premier research centres in India such as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC- Mumbai), Indian Institute of Science- Bangalore, Centre for Advanced Technology- CAT Indore and all IIT's in India.They have always got benefited with the excellent relationship with scientists at many places in order to learn the new research area and current trends in the field of Laser physics worldwide.

 

In the field of lasers and electro optics, Laser Science has been able to maintain a market leader position over the years. The market is limited to handful of premier research organization in the country, however the turn-over for the current year has been more than $ 2 million.

 

Laser Science enjoys exclusive representation of more than 10 leading companies located in USA and Europe, including the world leader Coherent Inc of USA.

 

 


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. 44.45

UK Pound

1

Rs. 84.83

Euro

1

Rs. 57.12

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

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

 

 

 

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