MIRA INFORM REPORT

                                                           

 

Report Date :

27.12.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LAGUNA CLOTHING PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

401, Trade Avenue Suren Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400093, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.09.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11 - 156168

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U17111MH2005PTC156168

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUML06065D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCL1210B

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Shirts and Other Garments

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

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

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 79600

 

 

Status :

New Company

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a new company and commenced commercial production in May 2006. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are fair. Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

The company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

401, Trade Avenue Suren Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400093, Maharashtra, India

E-Mail :

admin@laguna-clothing.com

indomont@vsnl.net

Website :

www.laguna-clothing.com

 

 

Head Office :

204/5, Parvathi Plaza, 2nd Floor, 105 Richmond Road, Bangalore – 560025, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-51245910

Fax No.:

9-80-51245911

 

 

Factory  :

No. 1/1, 51/1, Kallabalu Village, Jigani Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore – 562106, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-27826492 / 93

Fax No.:

91-80-27826494

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Stephen John Hall

Designation :

Director

Address :

14, Tensing Close, Great Sankey Was 5 FN. Warrington – 25982, UK

Date of Birth/Age :

13.06.1953

Date of Appointment :

15.12.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bruno Monti

Designation :

Director

Address :

Maserada Sul Piavi, Italy

Date of Appointment :

14.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Paolo Monti

Designation :

Director

Address :

Maserada Sul Piavi, Italy

Date of Appointment :

14.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Eric Dorciet

Designation :

Director

Address :

12th Floor, Swan Group Building, Port Louis

Date of Appointment :

14.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Harold Mayer

Designation :

Director

Date of Appointment :

14.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sarbajit Ghose

Designation :

Director

Address :

299, 2nd Main Road, J.P. Nagar, Phase 3, Bangalore - 560078

Date of Birth :

19.06.1961

Date of Appointment :

20.09.2005

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Mr. Sarbajit Ghose

 

5000

Mr. Madhukar Kowoth

 

5000

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Foreign Holdings (FIIs, FCs, FFIs, NRIs, OCBs)

 

99.50

Directors or relatives of director

 

0.25

Other top fifty shareholders

 

0.25

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Shirts and Other Garments

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Canara Bank

Mittal Tower, C Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra

E-Mail: mcity0172@canbank.co.in

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Sudhakar Pai Associates

Chartered Accountants

Address :

C-4, 1st Floor, Unity Building, J.C. Road, Bangalore – 560002, Karnataka

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

7500000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.75.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1990000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.19.900 millions

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

19.900

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

(0.000)

NETWORTH

 

 

19.900

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

0.543

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

10.312

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

10.855

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

30.755

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

1.219

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

15.793

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

6.403

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

3.770

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

2.706

Total Current Assets

 

 

12.879

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

3.246

 

Provisions

 

 

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

3.246

Net Current Assets

 

 

9.633

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

4.110

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

30.755

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

31.03.2006

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

 

0.16

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

 

2.96

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form 8:

 

Corporate identity number (CIN) Foreign company registration number

U17111MH2005PTC156168

Name of the Company

LAGUNA CLOTHING PRIVATE LIMITED

Address

401, Trade Avenue Suren Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400093, Maharashtra

This form is for

Creation of Charges

Type of Charge

Hypothecation

Particulars of the charge holder 

Canara Bank

Mittal Tower, C Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra

E-Mail: mcity0172@canbank.co.in

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.45.000 millions

Brief of the principal terms and conditions 

The interest payable will be calculated based on the debit balance of the account at the rate of on going PLR with a minimum 8% pa or such other rates as the bank may specify generally from time to time. The company shall maintain 10% margin of security as stipulated by the bank from time to time

Description of the property charged indicating

Plant and Machinery, Furniture and Fixtures, Stock I trade, Book Debts

Date of Instrument creating charges

23.05.2006

Particular of the present modification 

Primary Security – hypothecation of stock and book debts of the company.

Collateral Security – hypothecation of plant and machinery

The hypothecation goods and security described above shall include at all times all fittings, fixtures, tools and accessories implements all parts and legal incident whatsoever, the hypothecation goods wherever situated.

 

As Per Web Details

 

Company Profile:

Subject provides unbeatable value in dress and semi formal shirts including wrinkle free shirts, to retailers and brands.

 

Promoters –

 

Subject  is a 50:50 Joint Venture between Grouppo Tessile Monti SPA of Italy, and Aquarelle of Mauritius. 

 

 

Factory in Bangalore,India

 

Production started in May 2006, initial capacity is 2500 shirts per day.

Expansion to 8000 shirts per day, underway, new plant to start, February 2008.

Laguna uses fabric from Monti, as well as Indian and Chinese mills, such as Morarji, Arvind and Lu Thai

 

About Monti

 

Tessile Monti is manufacturing fine count, premium shirting fabric, since 1911.

It has a turn over of more than 130 billion lira and producing 21 million meters of fabric annually.

Monti has also set up a mill at Kolhapur in India in 2003 for woven fabric, for supply to Italy.

Processing and finishing of fabrics, in India, started from April 2006.

 

ABOUT AQUARELLE

 

Aquarelle group is part of Ciel Textiles, the largest manufacturer in Mauritius and Madagascar.

Ciel Textiles produces ten millions of fabric and twenty four millions of garment every year.

Aquarelle Clothing Limited is the largest shirt manufacturer in Mauritius incorporated in 1994.

It manufactures 5.5 million garments yearly for some of the most demanding customers, in Europe and America.

 

UNBEATABLE VALUE POSITION 

 

 

  Benefits include faster product development, lower lead times, especially for repeats on best selling products and enhaced flexibility.

 

 

v    Monti India, produces two collections, with the distinctive 'Italian Handwriting'.

v    Customer can select from the Monti, India collection or develop exlusive ranges, in Monti's design studio, near Venice Italy.

v    Laguna, works closely with customers in developing shirt collections.

 

·         Performance – Customer Driven and World Class

 

v     Value - Strategy

v     Quality - Very Strong Quality Culture/ Systems/Teams

v     Reliablity - Being achieved using Appropiate Systems and Processes

v     Service and Communication- Dedicated Merchandisers, in India. Strong Backup from Monti, Europe and Aquarelle, Mauritius. Frequent visits to customers.

v     Competitiveness - 'Italian' quality fabric, and shirts at an Unbeatable Value.

 

 

 


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.39.39

UK Pound

1

Rs.78.02

Euro

1

Rs.56.77

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

-

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

3

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

3

--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

 

29

 

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.

 

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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