MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

02.07.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ACE GUM INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

51-B, Maker Chambers IV, 5th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06.11.1998

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-117031

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U02004MH1998PTC117031

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMA12637C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCA8650J

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters, Buyers, Sellers, Distributors, Conveyers, Traders, Dealers in all types of Gum including Edible Gum and Gum Bearing Products.

 


 

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 :

Financial position of the company is poor. Ways and means position is difficult. Payments are slow and delayed, as gathered from the market.

 

The company can be considered for any business dealings on safe and secured trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

51-B, Maker Chambers IV, 5th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22852075/22852076/22852077

Fax No.:

91-22-22826182

E-Mail :

dkigi@bom2.vsnl.net.in

dkigi@vsnl.com

acegumindustries@yahoo.co.in

Website :

http://www.indiamart.com/acegum/

 

 

Factory 1 :

Himalaya Industrial Estate, Amli, Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Havelli

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Pankaj P. Thakkar

Designation :

Director

Address :

30-B, Taj Building, August Kranti Marg, Mumbai-400036, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

24th December, 1959

Date of Appointment :

6th November, 1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dhirendra K. Merchant

Designation :

Director

Address :

Suvas, 6B, 68F  Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

17th November, 1936

Date of Appointment :

6th November, 1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kishore K. Merchant

Designation :

Director

Address :

Suvas, 6B, 68F  Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

28th June, 1938

Date of Appointment :

6th November, 1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil K. Merchant

Designation :

Director

Address :

Suvas, 6B, 68F  Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

7th August, 1939

Date of Appointment :

6th November, 1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jayant K. Merchant

Designation :

Director

Address :

Suvas, 6B, 68F  Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

12th October, 1943

Date of Appointment :

6th November, 1998

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. G. M. Talpode

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

Mumbai-400002, Maharashtra, India

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Mr. Pankaj P. Thakkar

 

75,000

Mr. Dhirendra K. Merchant

 

49,998

Mr. Kishore K. Merchant

 

99,998

Mr. Anil K. Merchant

 

29,998

Mr. Jayant K. Merchant

 

99,998

Mrs. Sheela D. Thakkar

 

25,000

Mr. Balu D. Merchant

 

20,000

Mr. Atul D. Merchant

 

30,000

Mrs. Shakuntala A. Merchant

 

20,000

Mr. Piyush A. Merchant

 

20,000

Anil K. Merchant (HUF)

 

30,000

Fathon Trading Company Private Limited

 

4

Damos Trading Company Private Limited

 

4

Total

 

500,000

 

 

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00 %

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters, Buyers, Sellers, Distributors, Conveyers, Traders, Dealers in all types of Gum including Edible Gum and Gum Bearing Products.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

30

 

 

Bankers :

Corporation Bank, Industrial Finance Branch, Fort, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Facilities :

--

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Phirodia and Associates

Chartered Accountants

Address :

701, Maker Chamber V, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2007

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2850000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 28.500 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

500,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 5.000 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

5.000

5.000

5.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.000

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

[10.264]

[10.757]

(9.577)

NETWORTH

[5.264]

[5.757]

(4.577)

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

29.386

29.686

27.686

TOTAL BORROWING

29.386

29.686

27.686

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

24.122

23.929

23.109

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

13.627

14.560

15.341

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.724

0.460

0.624

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

3.596

1.269

2.205

 

Sundry Debtors

4.382

6.517

2.861

 

Cash & Bank Balances

2.368

1.600

2.310

 

Other Current Assets

0.016

0.011

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

0.559

0.429

0.548

Total Current Assets

10.921

9.826

7.924

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

1.139

0.917

0.796

 

Provisions

0.011

0.000

 

Total Current Liabilities

1.150

0.917

0.796

Net Current Assets

9.771

8.909

7.128

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.016

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

24.122

23.929

23.109

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

 

31.03.2005

 

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

39.185

29.665

22.247

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

0.503

(1.180)

(0.832)

Provision for Taxation

0.000

0.000

--

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

0.503

(1.180)

(0.832)

 

 

 

 

Total Earnings

NA

9.159

7.657

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

Interest

0.259

0.153

 

Depreciation

0.813

0.817

23.079

Other Expenses

37.610

29.875

 

Total Expenditure

38.682

30.845

23.079

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

1.28

(3.98)

(3.75)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

1.28

(3.98)

(3.75)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

2.05

(4.84)

(3.58)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

(0.09)

(0.20)

(0.18)

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

[5.80]

[5.32]

(6.22)

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

9.50

10.72

9.95

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

Name of the company

ACE GUM INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

CORPORATION BANK, INDUSTRIAL FINANCE BRANCH, FORT, MUMBAI - 400001, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Common Deed of Hypothecation of Movable / Assets / Debts dated 22.06.1999. 

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

 

Rs in Millions

Term Loan

12.000

Packing Credit cum Cash Credit

5.000

Foreign Documentary Bills Negotiation /   Purchased / Discounting

7.000

Total

24.000

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 of the present and future stocks of Raw materials, Stock in Process, finished goods viz. Refined Guar Splits and Gaur Gum on exclusive first charge basis.

 

Hypothecation of present and future Book Debts / Receivables of the company and Exclusive First charge basis.

 

First charge on the existing and future movable fixed assets of the company viz. Plant and Machinery, Furniture and Fixture and Machinery, and electrical installations etc. which now belonging to and may hereafter during the subsistence of the borrower’s are / shall / may be brought into or stored or be in or upon the borrower’s premises situated at Himalaya Industrial Estate, Amli, Silvassa and any other place wherever or in course of transit or delivery to the borrower on exclusive first charge basis.

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

  • Overdue interest @ 2 % p.a.
  • Interest @ 16 % p.a. being 4 % over and above the Bank’s PLR, which is 12 % p.a.

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

Corporation Bank

Industrial Finance Branch

No -104, Bharat House,

Fort, Mumbai - 400001, Maharashtra, India

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Supplemental Common Deed of hypothecate dated 03.03.2000

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.

By this modification, the total aggregate limit is Modified from Rs. 24.000 Millions to Rs. 24.800 Millions which is given as under :

Rs in Millions

Nature of Facilities

Present Limits

Modified Limits

Term Loan

12.000

12.000

P/C cum C/C

5.000

5.000

FDBN/FDBP/FDBD

7.000

7.000

B/G

--

0.800

Total

24.000

24.800

 

The rate of interest for Term Loan 16 % Packing Credit 10 % and for FDBP etc. 16 % or as rates prescribed by H. O. form time to time.

 

Other terms and conditions remain unaltered.

 

 

The company’s fixed assets of important values includes land and building, plant and machinery, electrical fittings, lab equipments, computer, water cooler and fax machine.

 

Related Parties:

 

  • Gordhandas Jamnadas and Company
  • National Paints and Industrial Works

 


Website Details Attached:

 

Ace Gum is promoted by the members of Indian Gum Industries Limited, which is active in this field since 1957. Indian Gum Industries Limited was a joint venture with Cesalpinia s.p.a., which pioneered fundamental and applied research on mannogalactan bearing gums

 

Ace Gum Industries is a manufacturer, supplier and exporter of guar gum, guar gum powder, natural guar gum in India. Our guar gum is used in food, paper, pharmaceutical, mining and other industries.


About 'guar'

Natural 'guar' (Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba) belongs to the leguminous family. It is a vertical stalked plant, from 3 to 6 feet high, with large leaves and clusters of bean-like pods, each containing six to nine pea-shaped seeds.

The 'guar' seeds

 

The guar seed is dicotyledonous with a diameter of approximately 3 mm.The outer hull is a fibrous material, composed of different types of tissue distributed in very thin layers. The seed contains a large embryo, rich in proteins, which splits the endosperm into halves. These three constituents are different in physical behavior, so that it is possible to process guar seeds through mechanical milling.


With our long experience in the field of manufacturing of vegetable gum we have developed a special process for guar seed milling, which makes it possible to produce high grade 'guar gum' representing the very best of what is being offered today in the world market.


Product
Guar Gum - We manufacture high quality guar gum which being used by these industries :

  • Food industry
  • Sauces for fish canning
  • Fruit nectars and juices
  • Tomato ketchup
  • Frozen desserts
  • Noodles
  • Meat products and canned meat
  • Canned gravy     Baked foods
  • Improved baking aid
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Paper industry
  • Mining & drilling industry
  • Explosive industry
  • Dressings
  • Icings

 

 

Quality


Guar gum is manufactured in a completely automated plant which uses stringent quality control thus ensuring that the product adheres to perfect hygiene and GMP guidelines. The plant also incorporates state-of-the-art technology in the field of safety, manufacturing, packaging, processing, analysis and testing.

 


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.40.75

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.63

Euro

1

Rs.54.79

 

 

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

-

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

-

--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

NO

--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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