MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

05.04.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VSL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

36, Annai Indra Nagar, Thuraipakkam, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai -  600 096

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

11.11.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-43540

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U28920TN1999PTC043540

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHEV02361C

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

To manufacture, distribute, deal in, operate and to act as agents, advisers, consultants and contractors in respect of all manner of pre-stressing and post tensioning system, ground anchor and associated works mainly in power sector like nuclear power plant reactors and infrastructure sector like cable stayed bridges and segmental bridges.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

 

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old and established company having moderate track records. Company’s profitability is under severe pressure. It has some accumulated losses. Payments are reported as slow and delayed.

 

The company can be considered normal for small business dealings against safe and secured trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

 

Registered Office :

36, Annai Indra Nagar, Thuraipakkam, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai -  600 096, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-42251111

Fax No.:

91-44-42251010

E-Mail :

hr@vslindia.com

vslindia@vslindia.com

Website :

http://www.vslindia.com

http://www.vsl.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Muthuganesan Rajamani

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

59Kalakshetra Colony, Beach Road, Besantnagar, Chennai – 6000090, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.07.1970

Date of Appointment :

11.11.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Johannes Himavan

Designation :

Director

Address :

1, Rhu Cross # 13-01, Singapore – 437431

Date of Birth/Age :

21.05.1949

Date of Appointment :

26.03.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jean Philippe Trin

Designation :

Director

Address :

171, Rue Dufau Bourg, Polissonniere, Paris- 75009, France

Date of Birth/Age :

14.06.1962

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Geneau De Damarliere Herve

Designation :

Director

Address :

38 Rue Du Plateau, 78690 Les Essarts, Lerot France

Date of Birth/Age :

22.05.1951

Date of Appointment :

12.02.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. Payne Andrew

Designation :

Director

Address :

21 E, The Manhattan No. 33, Tai Tam Road, Hon Kong

Date of Birth/Age :

11.10.1955

Date of Appointment :

09.08.2002

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

VSL International Limited

 

5200022

Mr. Huganesan Rajamanimut

 

1

Total

 

5200023

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

To manufacture, distribute, deal in, operate and to act as agents, advisers, consultants and contractors in respect of all manner of pre-stressing and post tensioning system, ground anchor and associated works mainly in power sector like nuclear power plant reactors and infrastructure sector like cable stayed bridges and segmental bridges.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

3,900 [Group Companies]

 

 

Bankers :

BNP Paribas, Prince Towers – 3rd Floor, 25-26, College Road, Chennai – 600006

 

 

Facilities :

--

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Masilamani and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

22, Fifth Cross Street, Slake Area, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600034, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-28175658/28172025

E. Mail.:

nrmasilmani@hotmail.com

 

 

Holding Company :

VSL International Limited

 


 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

6,500,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 65.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

5,200,023

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 52.000 Millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

52.000

52.000

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

0.000

9.455

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

[22.269]

0.000

NETWORTH

 

29.731

61.455

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

10.815

1.629

2] Unsecured Loans

 

148.016

96.871

TOTAL BORROWING

 

158.831

98.500

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

188.562

159.955

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

67.962

43.313

Capital work-in-progress

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

177.687

125.854

 

Sundry Debtors

 

196.504

154.646

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

30.902

20.132

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

121.915

66.714

Total Current Assets

 

527.008

367.346

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

406.408

250.704

 

Provisions

 

0.000

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

406.408

250.704

Net Current Assets

 

120.600

116.642

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

188.562

159.955

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

 

1063.582

Total Income

 

 

1063.582

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

(31.018)

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.705

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

(31.723)

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Other Expenditure

 

 

1076.896

Total Expenditure

 

 

1076.896

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

 

 

(2.98)

--

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

 

 

(2.91)

--

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

 

 

(5.21)

--

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

(1.04)

--

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

19.01

5.68

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

1.30

1.47

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The Registered office of the company has been shifted from Rajah Annamalai Building Annexe, 1st Floor Unit, 18-3, Rukmini Lakshmipathi Road, Egmore to the present address.

 

 

VSL INDIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of VSL INTERNATIONAL, Switzerland and part of BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION, France. VSL\'s experience in post-tensioning and related engineering goes back 50 years. VSL operates through 35 subsidiaries as a world-wide network, including 2 production facilities in Spain and China. With 3,900 employees, including 1,100 engineers and technicians, the group provides technical consultancy and support for the full range of works from project planning (development of preliminary designs, alternative design proposals) to complete final designs, construction engineering and on-site activities. The company has adapted post-tensioning principles to civil structures such as LNG tanks, reservoirs, plants, tunnels, off-shore platforms, concrete floating barges dams and stay cables. In addition to post-tensioning and stay cables, the group\'s scope of works covers rock and soil anchors, stabilized walls, heavy lifting, bearings, repair works, monitoring, geotechnics & deep foundations, formwork systems, precasting and segmental erection launching gantries.

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

Name of the company

VSL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

BNP PARIBAS, Prince Towers – 3rd Floor, 25-26, College Road, Chennai – 600006 and VSL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Agreement dated 18.08.2005

2) Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on the securities of charge

INR 20.000 Millions and interest, costs, charges and other expenses that may be debited to the amount from time to time.

 

Nature of Facility : Short Term Loan

3) Short particular of the property charged. If the property acquired is subject to charge, date of the acquired of the property should be given

Hypothecation by way of Exclusive Charge in favour of the Bank.

 

 - All movable assets such as raw materials, stock-in-process, finished goods, ;lying at various factories, godowns, warehouses retail outlets etc. wherever situated, or in transit, both presents and future, belonging to the company.

 

 -  All book debts, outstanding moneys, receivable, claims and bills which are now due and owing or which may at time hereafter during the continuance of this security become due and owing to the company in the course of its business.

4) Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge.

Rate of Interest : BNP Paribas Prime Lending Rate, payable monthly in arrears. Margin 25 % on stock and book debts.

 

Other terms and conditions as per the sanction letter and agreement dated 18.08.2005.

5) Name and Address and description of the person entitled to the charge.

BNP PARIBAS, Prince Towers – 3rd Floor, 25-26, College Road, Chennai – 600006

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Not Applicable

7) Particulars of modifications specifying the terms and conditions or the extent of operations of the charge in which modification is made and the details of the modification.

Not Applicable

 

 


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.42.90

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.69

Euro

1

Rs.57.21

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

2

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--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

 

23

 

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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