MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

Report Date :

20.02.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

KHIMJI VISRAM AND SONS

 

 

Registered Office :

21, Mittal Chambers, 228, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1870

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

12722

 

 

IEC No.:

0388031654

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMK00345C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAAFK4773G

 

 

Legal Form :

Partnership Concern with an Unlimited Liability of the Partners

 

 

Line of Business :

Traders of Raw Cotton

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 2750000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old established and reputed concern in cotton business. Financial position is excellent. Payments are always correct and as per commitments. Trade relations are fair. The concern is favourably spoken in the market.

 

It can be considered good for any normal business dealings.

 

It can be regarded as a promising business partner in a medium to long run.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

21, Mittal Chambers, 228, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22021874

Fax No.:

91-22-22822753

E-Mail :

kvsd@vsnl.com

Area :

5200 Sq.ft.

Location :

Rented (Owned by associate concern)

 

 

Branches :

703/704, Shilp, 7th Floor, C.G.Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Area :

1085 Sq.ft.

Location :

Rented (Owned by Associate Concern)

 

 

Branches :

Dhanmandi, Srigonganagar, Rajasthan, India

Location :

Owned by Associate Concern

 

 

PARTNERS

 

Name :

Mr. Navinchandra R. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

21-A, Meherina, 51-C, Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006

Date of Birth/Age :

72 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

33 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kishorsinh R. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

81/83, Vllabh Apartments, 87, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

66 years

Qualification :

Inter. Com.

Experience :

40 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nayankumar C. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

Sagar Mahal Bunglow, 51-J, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

46 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

25 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Virendra C. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

Sagar Mahal Bunglow, 51-J, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

41 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

20 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sunil P. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

D-9, Anantha Apartments, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

40 years

Qualification :

B.E. (Electrical)

Experience :

15 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manish K. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

81/83, Vllabh Apartments, 87, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

38 years

Qualification :

Inter. Com.

Experience :

12 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rahul C. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

Sagar Mahal Bunglow, 51-J, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

35 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

10 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Madhav N. Mirani

Designation :

Partner

Address :

21-A, Meherina, 51-C, Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006

Date of Birth/Age :

34 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

10 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arvind C. Mehta

Designation :

Partner

Address :

24-A, Carmiecheal Road, Thakker House, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

57 years

Qualification :

B.Com, LLB

Experience :

25 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pravin Jethalal Thakker

Designation :

Partner

Address :

24-A, Carmiecheal Road, Thakker House, Mumbai-400026

Date of Birth/Age :

57 years

Qualification :

Inter. Com.

Experience :

25 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hitesh Laxmidas Motiwala

Designation :

Partner

Address :

5, Heera House, sir Bhalchandra Road, Mumbai-400019

Date of Birth/Age :

38 years

Qualification :

B.Com.

Experience :

15 years

 

 


 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Traders of Raw Cotton

 

 

Exports :

 

Products :

Raw Cotton Bales

Countries :

Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Turkey and Pakistan

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Credit (90 days)

 

 

Purchasing :

Cash and Credit (30 days)

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

v      Arihant Ginning Factory

v      B.N. Ginning & Pressing

v      Fathe Guru Govind Singh & Company

v      J.K.Quality cotton Industries

v      Mahavgir Agro Industires

v      Ajmani Agro Industries

v      Akansha Trading Company

v      Ankur Ginning Factory

v      Babasaheb Chandrashekar Dhule

v      Bansal Cot Marketing

v      Bhagyalaxmi Traders

v      Chetan Enterprises

v      Dhanshri Trading Company

v      Gajanan Ginning and Pressing Factory

v      Girdharlal Nanelal Industries

v      Gupta Trading Company

v      Jagdish & Company

v      Jitendra Kumar Babulal

v      Juneja Cotton Industries

v      Kamal Trading Company

v      Mahavir Udhyog

v      Manohar Kumar Bansal

v      Mayur Trading Company

v      Om Trading Company

v      Pradeep Fibres Private Limited

v      Puneet Ginning Factory

v      Puneet Oil Products

v      Pushpa Cot

v      Radha Jeening Factory

v      Radheshyam Harigopal Ginning Factory

v      Raj Ginning & Shubham Pressing Factory

v      Rajaram Jagannath Rathod

v      Rajat Cot

v      Ruchi Oil Industries

v      Saloni Cottons

v      Yashodeep Cotton

 

 

Customers :

v      Well Brothers & Stern Limited

v      Albrecht Muller Pearse & Company, Hong Kong

v      Albrecht Muller Pearse & Company, GMBH & Company

 

 

No. of Employees :

16

 

 

Bankers :

v      Union Bank of India, Mumbai Samachar Marg, Mumbai

v      Bank of India, Mumbai Overseas Branch, Mumbai

 

 

Facilities :

(Rs. In millions)

Secured Loans :

 

Export Packing Credit from :

 

Bank of India

78.782

Bank of Maharashtra

139.412

Indian Overseas Bank

50.000

Union Bank of India

142.958

Total

411.152

 

Unsecured Loans :

 

Khimji Visram & Sons (Mumbai)

7.359

Citibank Car Loan – MH 01-MA-8648

0.345

ICICI Bank Car Loan – MH01-PA-9363

0.625

ICICI Bank Car Loan-MH-01-PA-8125

0.608

ICICI Bank Car Loan-MH-01-PA-813

0.311

ICICI Bank Car Loan-MH-01-VA-3363

0.551

Olive Finance & Investments Private Limited

39.293

Mr. Adotya Arvind Mehta

3.481

Mr. Dhaval Arvind Mehta

1.588

Legal Heir of Late Mr. Chandrasinh H. Mirani

0.310

Estate of Late Mr. Pratapsingh H. Mirani

4.978

Total

59.449

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Alexander & Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Jeevan Udyog, 2nd Floor, 278, Dr. D.N. Road, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra

Tel. No.:

91-22-22071332/ 22074687/ 22070674

Fax No.:

91-22-22073842

E-Mail :

alexecd@vsnl.net

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

K.V. Cotton Ginning & Pressing Company Private Limited, 21, Mittal Chambers, 228, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021

Line of Business : Trading of raw cotton, Ginning and Pressing of cotton

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs.94.300 millions

Borrowed :

Rs.618.200 millions

Total :

Rs.715.200 millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

96.917

37.639

36.890

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.000

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 96.917

37.639

36.890

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

411.152

115.859

119.933

2] Unsecured Loans

59.435

31.780

6.260

TOTAL BORROWING

470.587

147.639

126.193

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.031

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

567.535

185.278

163.083

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

4.738

2.637

2.217

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

507.951

156.249

 

Sundry Debtors

85.396

46.311

 

 

Cash & Bank Balances

10.813

1.117

192.493

 

Other Current Assets

14.784

0.345

 

 

Loans & Advances

107.429

9.707

 

Total Current Assets

726.373

213.729

192.493

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

120.856

21.302

31.627

 

Provisions

42.720

9.786

 

Total Current Liabilities

163.576

31.088

31.627

Net Current Assets

562.797

182.641

160.866

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

567.535

185.278

163.083

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

2995.447

338.732

1080.604

Other Income

63.694

16.154

0.000

Total Income

3059.141

354.886

1080.604

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

91.091

5.647

14.676

Provision for Taxation

32.726

2.350

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

58.365

3.297

14.676

 

 

 

 

Export Earning

1062.100

254.900

2555.700

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

2768.593

314.054

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

164.048

21.351

1065.928

 

Administrative Expenses

21.030

11.720

 

 

Other Expenditure

13.685

1.475

 

Total Expenditure

198.763

34.546

1065.928

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

1.91

0.97

1.36

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

3.04

1.67

1.36

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

12.46

2.61

7.54

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.94

0.15

0.40

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

6.54

4.75

4.28

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

4.44

6.87

6.09

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The firm is 136 years old Mumbai based cotton trading house and managed by well known Mirani family and professional executives.

 

Company’s fixed assets include Cotton Testing Machine, Telecom Systems, Office Equipments and Fax Machine, Computers, Furniture and Fixtures and Motor Vehicles.

 

Company is in trade terms with :

 

For cotton

Mumbai

 

v      Carolina Fabrics

v      Aglo Pharmnaceuticals Limited

v      Daiko Menka & Company Limited

v      Itochu Corporation OSARC

v      Kabushiki Kaisha Sugino Soten

v      Oriental Containers Limited

v      Vinatex Trading Company

v      Youth Spinning Mills Limited

 

For yarn commission

Mumbai

 

v      Abhishek Industries Limited

v      Gontermann Peipers India Limited

v      Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited

v      Kandagiri Spinning Mills Limited

v      Lahoti Overseas Limited

v      Rajvir Industries Limited

v      Relishah Export

v      Sapphire Fibres Limited

v      Shadman Cotton Mills Limited

v      Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Limited

v      Ventura Textiles Limited

 

Trade References :

 

v      Louis Drujfus Cotton International

v      Well Brother and Stirn Limited

v      Albrech & Muller Peorsed & Company

v      Gill & Company Private Limited, NIC House, 2nd Floor, Norotham Morarjee Marg, Mumbai

      Tel. No.: 91-22-2261500

v      Kotak & Company, 240, Dr. D.N. Road, 1st Floor, Navsari Building, Mumbai

      Tel. No.: 91-22-2207333

v      Bhaidas Cursandas & Company, Vithaldas Chambers, Mumbai Samachar Marg, Mumbai

      Tel. No.: 91-22-22041207

 


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 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.44.28

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.64

Euro

1

Rs.58.10

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

8

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--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

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

72

 

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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