MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

26th February, 2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS AND FRAGRANCES (INDIA) LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

Bush Boake Allen India Limited

 

 

Registered Office :

1-5 Seven Wells Street, St Thomas Mount, Chennai – 600016, Tamil Nadu, India

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financial As On

31.12.2004

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

25.05.1970

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-112

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U24294TN1931PLC000112

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHEB00173F

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACB1376K

 

 

Legal Form :

Closely held a public limited liability company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Flavouring Essence, Aromatic Compounds, Aromatics Chemicals and Food Colours.

 

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 2250000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a part of U. S. perfumery giant IFF. Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the company. Trade relations are reported as fair. Payments are correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

1-5 Seven Wells Street, St Thomas Mount, Chennai – 600016, Tamil Nadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-22341131/22346016/28236677

Fax No.:

91-44-22346017/22346158/28203835

E-Mail :

iffindiaregion@rediffmail.com & iffindiaregion@iff.com

Website :

http://www.iff.com

 

 

Branch 1 :

F 5 (A & B) GEM Plaza, Infantry Road, Bangalore – 560001, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-5581718/19/20

Fax No.:

91-80-5591721

E-Mail :

iffndiaregion@iff.com

 

 

Branch 2 :

Uttarabhrahmanapalli (Village Post), Kanipakkam S.O,  Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh – 517 131

Tel. No.:

91-8573-281301/02/558

Fax No.:

91-8573-281303

E-Mail :

iffndiaregion@iff.com

 

 

Branch 3:

Premlata 39, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata – 700017, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-22836435/36/37/38

Fax No.:

91-33-22836439

E-Mail :

iffndiaregion@iff.com

 

 

Branch 4:

Delphi, C Wing, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai – 400076, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-50006700

Fax No.:

91-22-28203835

E-Mail :

iffndiaregion@iff.com

 

 

Branch 5 :

F-93, Green Park, New Delhi – 110016, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-26961165/26854754/26517938/26961096

Fax No.:

91-11-26523402

E-Mail :

iffndiaregion@iff.com

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Douglas J Wetmore

Designation :

Chairman

Address :

43, Park Place, Short Hill, New Jersey U.S.A.

Date of Birth/Age :

5th April, 1957

 

 

Name :

Mr. Chandy C Thambi

Designation :

Company Secretary

Date of Birth/Age :

04th February, 1960

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jerden H M Van Noorden

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

22nd December, 1960

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arun Bewoor

Designation :

Managing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

06th September, 1942

Name :

Mr. John Alfred Dean

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

20th May, 1920

 

 

Name :

Mr. M A Alagappan

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

06th December, 1943

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sridhar Balakrishnan

Designation :

Executive Director

Date of Birth/Age :

04th April, 1956

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Mrs. Elizebeth Philomena Marie Paes

40757

Mr. Kanwal Kumar Khana

20295

Mr. Raghavan Ajit Pillai

69440

Mrs. Janaki Gopal Bhandarkar

57024

Mrs. Lakshmi Nori

11032

Bush Boake Allen Inc

2089036

Mathias Anthony Estanislav Paes

11320

Mr. Bhavani G. Rao

20720

Mr. A Ramana Rao

20720

Mr. Yezdi Foreign Institutional Investors

34720

Mrs. Uma Narendra Kaikini

28512

Mrs. Preeti Nitin Gaitonde

28512

Bush Boake Allen Limited

3972628

A Bush Boake Roberts ane co India Limited

1345872

Jayashree S. Bhan

41400

Mr. Bernard Michael Paes

14470

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Flavouring Essence, Aromatic Compounds, Aromatics Chemicals and Food Colours.

 

 

Products :

·         Beverages

·         Diary Products

·         Fabric Care Products

·         Fine Fragrances

·         Home Care Products

·         Ingredients

·         Oral Care Products

·         Personal Wash Products

·         Savory Products

·         Toiletries

·         Decodarants

·         Hair Care Products

·         Skin Care Products

·         Sweets

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

 

 

 

Actual Production

Flavors essences in litres

 

 

 

4250606

Aromatic compounds in kilos

 

 

 

1524261

Food color preparations in Kgs

 

 

 

704231

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

About 400

 

 

Bankers :

·         Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

·         Bank of Baroda Limited, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

·         State Bank of India Limited, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

Price Water House and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

610, Anna Salai, Chennai-600006,  Tamilnadu, India

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1,00,00,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- Each

Rs. 100.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

79,57,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- Each

Rs. 79.570 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.12.2004

31.12.2003

27.12.2002

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

79.570

79.600

79.583

2] Reserves & Surplus

494.304

494.300

521.033

NETWORTH

573.874

573.900

601.033

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

50.080

50.100

22.748

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.303

TOTAL BORROWING

50.080

50.100

23.051

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

31.688

0.000

22.231

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

655.642

624.000

646.312

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

244.033

244.000

220.264

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.025

0.000

0.719

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 
Inventories
391.677

391.700

240.552

 
Sundry Debtors
293.112

293.100

330.123

 
Cash & Bank Balances
29.497

29.500

44.253

 
Other Current Assets
0.261

0.000

3.264

 
Loans & Advances
65.610

1114.400

54.335

Total Current Assets
780.157

1828.700

672.527

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 
Current Liabilities
391.784

408.600

289.410

 
Provisions
 

1063.300

0.000

Total Current Liabilities
391.784

1471.900

289.410

Net Current Assets
388.373

356.800

383.117

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

23.211

23.200

42.212

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

655.642

624.000

646.312

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.12.2004

31.12.2003

31.12.2002

Sales Turnover [including other income]

2121.907

2408.400

2020.657

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

429.423

462.700

444.309

Provision for Taxation

164.257

33.200

157.194

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

265.166

429.500

287.115

 

 

 

 

Export Value

227.335

NA

210.734

 

 

 

 

Import Value

321.221

NA

270.032

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

1692.484

1855.700

NA

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.12.2004

31.12.2003

31.12.2002

PAT / Total Income
(%)
12.49

17.83

14.20

 
 
 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

20.22

19.21

21.98

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

0.05

30.40

142.19

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

--

0.80

0.73

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.78

3.61

1.48

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.99

1.24

2.32

 

 

 

 


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.44.20

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.72

Euro

1

Rs.58.23

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

8

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

 

 

 

 

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