MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.04.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DIGIBEE MICROSYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 25, V Floor, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

18.05.2004

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-53244

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72200TN2004PTC053244

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHED04994D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AACCD0096J

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

To develop complete software an semiconductor products along with associated services in the Wireless, Multimedia and Networking area, highly programmable and optimized semiconductor offerings to address multiple high growth communication market segments ranging from video surveillance, consumer wireless, packet based wireline telephony and enterprise networking to bundle different combinations of its software and hardware produce with a unique, differentiated family of highly programmable semiconductors at address multiple communications applications, and to become a one-stop shop for communication semiconductors and software systems solutions.

 

 

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

 

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 at usual trade terms and conditions, with slight caution initially.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

No. 25, V Floor, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-4210 9833

Fax No.:

91-44-4312 9191

E-Mail :

ganesh@dgbmicro.com

info@dgbmicro.com

finance@dgbmicro.com

Website :

http://www.dgbmicro.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

No. 7, 1St Main Road , HAL II Stage, Domlur, Bangalore - 560 071, INDIA

Tel. No.:

91-80-4148 2345

Fax No.:

91-80-4115 5912

 

 

Branches :

3285 Kifer Road, Santa Clara , CA 95051, USA

Tel. No.:

+1-408-823 6173

Fax No.:

+1-408-830 0851

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. R. Lakshmanan

Designation :

Director

Address :

Plot No. 837, Street No. 89, Sector 13, K. K. Nagar, Chennai – 600078

 

 

Name :

Mr. Mahantesh B. Patil

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 230/3/3, Gurumurthy Reddy Layout, Ramamurthy Nagar, Bangalore – 560016

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Kalpana K. Dholakia

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suresh K. Dholakia

Designation :

Director

Address :

14766, Gypsy Hills, Saratoga, California – 95070, US

Date of Birth/Age :

19.06.1957

Date of Appointment :

29.10.2004

Other Directorship :

Sarayu  Softech Private Limited

U72200KA2002PTC030073

 

Eisodus Networks Private Limited

U72900MH2002PTC138297

 

 

Name :

Mr. MahendraKumar Jayantilal Jhaveri

Designation :

Director

Address :

25A, Sarat Bose Road, Elgin Road, Kolkata – 70020, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.11.1951

Date of Appointment :

16.02.2006

 

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Dhimant N. Bhayani

 

14983

Kirit R Mehta and Panna K Mehta

 

30000

Kirit R Mehta – HUF

 

15000

Panna K Mehta and Kirit R Mehta

 

15000

Nailesh Priyakant Dalal and Smruti Nailesh Dalal

 

50000

Vipul Priyakant Dalal and Sonal Vipul Dalal

 

100000

Pranav M Shah and Renuka P Shah

 

150000

Mukesh N Bhayani

 

15000

Madhu N Bhayani

 

8003

Smita M Bhayani

 

8002

Total

 

405988

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

To develop complete software an semiconductor products along with associated services in the Wireless, Multimedia and Networking area, highly programmable and optimized semiconductor offerings to address multiple high growth communication market segments ranging from video surveillance, consumer wireless, packet based wireline telephony and enterprise networking to bundle different combinations of its software and hardware produce with a unique, differentiated family of highly programmable semiconductors at address multiple communications applications, and to become a one-stop shop for communication semiconductors and software systems solutions.

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

HDFC Bank Ltd.

UBI

 

 

Facilities :

--

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Vasan and Sampath

Chattered Accountants

Address :

Jupitor 1, No. 30:1, 4th Cross, Jayanagar, 7th Block [West], Bangalore – 560070, Karnataka, India

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 30.09.2006

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

20,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs.200.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

7,500,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs.75.000 Millions

 

As on 31.03.2006

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 0.100 Million

 


 

 

 

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

 

0.100

0.100

2] Share Application Money

 

91.826

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

(11.624)

(1.748)

NETWORTH

 

80.302

(1.648)

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.798

27.448

TOTAL BORROWING

 

0.798

27.448

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

81.100

25.800

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

8.019

5.053

Capital work-in-progress

 

81.630

28.449

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

0.000

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

0.708

1.875

 

Other Current Assets

 

5.173

1.100

 

Loans & Advances

 

1.121

0.096

Total Current Assets

 

7.002

3.071

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

14.539

10.773

 

Provisions

 

1.012

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

15.551

10.773

Net Current Assets

 

(8.549)

(7.702)

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

81.100

25.800

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

 

0.000

0.000

Other Income

 

0.000

0.000

Total Income

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

(9.576)

(1.749)

Provision for Taxation

 

0.300

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

(9.876)

(1.749)

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Exp. Amortised.

 

0.000

0.022

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

0.216

0.035

 

Other Expenditure

 

9.144

1.635

Total Expenditure

 

9.360

1.692

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

(63.75)

(21.52)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

(0.11))

1.06

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

0.19

(6.53)

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

0.45

0.28

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

As Per Website

 

DigiBee Microsystems, a privately held innovative company in the multi-media and wireless communication space was founded in 2004 and is in the business of developing world class wireless products and solutions.

 

 

DigiBee intends to cater to its target markets based on its local expertise and market understanding with 'value for money' GSM, CDMA and 3G products, starting from entry-level basic mono phones to advanced handsets that are localized and customized for the regional market requirements.

 

DigiBee has offices across the USA , China , Korea and India. DigiBee's office in the US functions as its Sales, Marketing and Customer support arm for Carriers in America. DigiBee's India offices in Bangalore and Chennai are engaged in wireless product R&D, Sales and Marketing for the local markets. DigiBee has a design center in Korea while its procurement & manufacturing offices are based in China.

 

Digbee tie up with CEVA for baseband and application processor solution

 

DigiBee Microsystems, India's first mobile handset design and manufacturing company, and CEVA, Inc., a leading licensor of innovative intellectual property (IP) platform solutions and DSP cores for wireless, consumer and multimedia applications, announced that DigiBee has selected the CEVA-X1620(tm) DSP and the CEVA-XS1200(tm) system platform for its single-chip integrated baseband and application processor solutions.

 

 These solutions are based on DigiBee's unique, scalable and proprietary architecture utilizing a single RISC and a CEVA DSP platform, providing a very cost effective Communication and Application Processing (CAPTM) platform for its range of feature-rich, multimedia, GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G mobile handsets. DigiBee is also using the CEVA-TeakLite-II(tm) DSP and Xpert-TeakLite-II(tm) subsystem for developing a wireless baseband processor solution targeting the cost-competitive mobile handset segment.

 

DigiBee partners with Ceva for multimedia, baseband sol

 

DGB Microsystems, India’s first mobile device design and manufacturing company, today announced that it has secured strategic financing of $ 8.5 million from SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. (SVCL), leading India based SME Venture Fund and Clearstone Venture - a leading early stage venture capital fund with successes such as Pay Pal and Overture.

 

DGB, a privately held Indian company founded in March 2004, is in the business of designing, building and launching world class mobile handset solutions.

 
“With a vision to be amongst the leading handset solution providers in target markets, DGB will provide feature-rich & high-quality products at extremely competitive prices, customized for its target markets & business segments,” said Mr. Suresh Dholakia, CEO and President, DGB. “To realize its vision, DGB is developing its own Mobile Platform Solutions (MPS) which includes its SOC and handset software framework for its 2G and 3G products. The MPS is indigenously designed and developed providing DGB with the vital strategic edge for customizing the end products for target markets,” he added.

 
Basis its local expertise and in depth market understanding, DGB will cater to the target markets with ‘value for money’ product solutions, starting from entry-level basic mono GSM and CDMA phones to advanced 3G handsets that are localized and specifically customized for regional requirements. The various customizations include: content modification, user interface customization, language localization & several embedded applications for multiple regions and market segments.

 

DGB is strategically focused on understanding the operator's handset requirements and collaborate closely in providing value for money handsets solutions with a specific thrust on rural and new markets. In essence, DGB aims to be a one stop shop for handset solutions for its business constituents, said Mr. Vijay Balakrishnan, Vice President of Marketing, DGB.

 

 

Israel's CEVA gets deal wtih India's DigiBee

 

CEVA Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA), a leading licensor of innovative intellectual property (IP) platform solutions and DSP cores for wireless, consumer and multimedia applications, and DigiBee Microsystems, India's first mobile handset design and manufacturing company announced today that DigiBee has selected the CEVA-X1620(TM) DSP and the CEVA-XS1200(TM) system platform for its single-chip integrated baseband and application processor solutions.

 

These solutions are based on DigiBee's unique, scalable and proprietary architecture utilizing a single RISC and a CEVA DSP platform, providing a very cost effective Communication and Application Processing (CAP(TM)) platform for its range of feature-rich, multimedia, GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G mobile handsets.

 

DigiBee is also using the CEVA-TeakLite-II(TM) DSP and Xpert-TeakLite-II(TM) subsystem for developing a wireless baseband processor solution targeting the cost-competitive mobile handset segment.

 

 

 


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.42.86

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.75

Euro

1

Rs.57.71

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

2

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

3

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

-

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

-

--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

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

19

 

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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