MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

07.07.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AUTOMETERS ALLIANCE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

AUTOMETERS SECHERON LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

101C, Shiv House, Hari Nagar, Ashram, New Delhi-110014

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.07.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-70835

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U74899DL1995PLC070835

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

DELA11683A

 

 

Legal Form :

Closely Held Public Limited Liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and sale of Tachographs including sub-assemblines, relays & sub-assemblies, wheel flange lubricating systems, energy-cum-speed monitoring systems, power conditioning systems, vaccum circuit breakers and DC-DC converters.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1200000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

101C, Shiv House, Hari Nagar, Ashram, New Delhi-110014, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-2583545/ 26343774

Fax No.:

91-120-2583542

E-Mail :

automet@vsnl.com

Website :

http://www.autometers.com

Area :

3,000 sq. meters (Owned)

 

 

Head Office :

C-63, Sector 57, Noida – 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-120-2583545, 2583546

Fax No.:

91-120-2583542

E-Mail :

automet@vsnl.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Keshav Kumar Thirani

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

B-104/2, Western Avenue, Maharani Bagh, New Delhi-110065

Date of Birth/Age :

11.08.1947

Qualification :

B. Com. (Hons.)

Date of Appointment :

14.07.1995

Previous Employment :

Autometers Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. H V Kejriwal

Designation :

Director

Address :

12/1, Allpore Park Road, Kolkata-700027, West Bengal

Date of Birth/Age :

02.05.1947

Date of Appointment :

26.10.1995

 

 

Name :

Mr. M K Venkateshwaram

Designation :

Director

Address :

304/10, Shanti Park Apartments, Jaya Nagar, B lock No.9, Bangalore-560069, Karnataka

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1936

Date of Appointment :

05.04.1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shri Gopal Rajgarhia

Designation :

Director

Address :

33/1, Friends Colony (East), New Delhi-110065

Date of Birth/Age :

21.08.1946

Date of Appointment :

05.10.2000

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Dharam V Jain

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

A-201, Masara Apartments, C-9, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-110096

Date of Birth/Age :

04.04.1966

Date of Appointment :

01.12.1997

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 22.08.2005

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Autometers Limited

7000000

Mr. G D Thirani

2

Mr. K K Thirani

1

Mr. H V Kejriwal

1

Mrs. Jayshree Thirani

1

Mrs. Girija Jhunjhunwala

1

Ms. Aditi Thirani

1

Total

7000007

 

All the shares are held by Bodies Corporate.

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and sale of Tachographs including sub-assemblines, relays & sub-assemblies, wheel flange lubricating systems, energy-cum-speed monitoring systems, power conditioning systems, vaccum circuit breakers and DC-DC converters.

 

 

Products :

ITC Code

Product Description

8504.00

Power Conditioning Equipments

9029.00

Tachograph

8536.90

Relays

 

 

Brand Name :

“PEGASUS-UP”

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

230

 

 

Bankers :

Central Bank of India, 70, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S. R. Batliboi & Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

B-26, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016

 

 

Memberships :

v                  Engineering Export Promotion Council

v                  Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association

 

 

Parent Company :

Autometers Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.100.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

7000007

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.70.000 millions

 


 

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

 

70.000

70.000

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

233.336

131.529

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

303.336

201.529

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

45.050

46.592

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

45.050

46.592

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

4.012

4.736

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

352.398

252.857

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

85.120

86.940

Capital work-in-progress

 

22.889

3.892

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

104.295

74.044

 

Sundry Debtors

 

177.555

152.410

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

114.478

11.809

 

Other Current Assets

 

3.831

2.468

 

Loans & Advances

 

14.162

9.034

Total Current Assets

 

414.321

249.765

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

127.149

56.036

 

Provisions

 

42.783

31.704

Total Current Liabilities

 

169.932

87.740

Net Current Assets

 

244.389

162.025

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

352.398

252.857

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

 

660.655

473.663

Other Income

 

45.706

31.930

Total Income

 

706.361

505.593

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

160.083

87.298

Provision for Taxation

 

0.000

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

160.083

87.298

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Material Consumed

 

303.041

192.987

 

Purchases made for re-sale

 

0.726

0.519

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

 

10.886

6.651

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

 

3.353

26.345

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

 

92.822

75.421

 

Managerial Remuneration

 

9.698

5.746

 

Payment to Auditors

 

0.634

0.771

 

Interest

 

7.587

9.158

 

Insurance Expenses

 

2.935

3.458

 

Power & Fuel

 

5.400

4.126

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

11.875

17.674

 

Other Expenditure

 

97.321

75.439

Total Expenditure

 

546.278

418.295

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

22.66

17.27

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

22.66

17.27

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

32.05

25.93

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

0.53

0.43

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

0.71

0.67

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

2.44

2.85

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form 8 Particular for creation or modification of charges 

 

Name of the company

AUTOMETERS ALLIANCE LIMITED

Presented By

Mr. S Thirani, Managing Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Hypothecation agreement dated 07.11.1997

Registered on 20.08.1998

 

Hypothecation agreement dated 10.11.1998

Registered on 07.04.1999

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

Rs.12.000 millions

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

Letter of credit against company stock and other raw material, stock in process, finished goods, consumable stores, whether raw or in process of manufacture and all articles manufactured there from.

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

Interest – Nil

Margin : 10% of default is made the amount shall be converted in to demand loan, which shall bear interest @ 16.50% p.a. (PLR +4%)

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

Central Bank of India, 70, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Hypothecation agreement dated 24.08.2000

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.

Amount of charge increase Rs.8.000 millions

(From Rs.12.000 millions to Rs.20.000 millions)

 

Corporation identity number or foreign company registrations number of the company 

U74899DL1995PLC070835

Name of the company

AUTOMETERS ALLIANCE LIMITED

Address

101C, Shiv House, Hari Nagar, Ashram, New Delhi-110014, India

This Form is for

Creation of charge

Type of Charges

Hypothecation

Equitable mortgage of property by depositing the title deeds

Particular of the charge holder 

Central Bank of India, 70, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001

Nature or description of the instrument creating charge  

Term loan agreement

Date of the instrument creating charge

22.06.2006

Amount Secure by the charge

Rs.100.000 millions

Brief of the principal terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge

Interest @ 9.25% fixed per annum

Margin @ 50% on land and buildings, 25% of plant and machinery and other fixed assets.

Particulars of the Property charged  

Charge on block of assets of the company i.e. factory land and building situated at C-60, 61, 62, 63 Sector 57, Noida and factory land and building at Beli Deyod Baddi Nalagarh District Solan Himachal Pradesh. Hypothecation of plant and machinery and other fixed assets of the company.

 

HISTORY

 

The company was incorporated on 14th July, 1995 at New Delhi having Company Registration Number 70835.

 

The company was originally incorporated under the name and style of Autometers Secheron Limited. The name of the company was subsequently changed to present w.e.f. 25th October, 1997.

 

BUSINESS

 

The company is engaged in manufacturing and sale of Tachographs including sub-assemblines, relays & sub-assemblies, wheel flange lubricating systems, energy-cum-speed monitoring systems, power conditioning systems, vaccum circuit breakers and DC-DC converters.

 

Website Details :

 

The Company has a well organised production & corporate premises covering floor area of about 7000 sq meters, in the Industrial City of Noida (near Delhi), which is well recognised on the business map of India. The Company also has its own in - house Government recognised R & D center, working on the ideology of constant technology improvement.

 

 

The quality standards and manufacturing facilities employed are at par with the prevailing global standards.

 

 

Year of Establishment 1959

 

           

Focus Area

           
Designing, Manufacturing, Supply, Installation & Servicing of various Measuring , Switchgear and
Power Conditioning equipment for Railways and Uninterruptible Power  Supply (UPS) for  various Applications.

 

 

Quality Policy

Key Theme : Learning - Change - Reliable 

 

"They are committed to create an environment which encourages continual improvement in technology, processes and other functional areas through learning & Change mechanism encompassing their customers, collaborators, suppliers and employees to deliver to their customer a product with reliable operational performance."

 

 

Strategic Alliance

 

 

Whiteley Electronics Limited, United Kingdom

Public Address & Passenger Information system for Rail & Road Applications and GPS / GIS based vehicle tracking system.

Powertronix S.p.A., Italy

Uninterruptible power supply systems.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Company Limited, South Korea

Power   conditioning   equipment   for    air conditioning   package    unit   of    railway passenger  coaches and auxiliary converter for 25KV AC electric  locomotives with  DC propulsion system.

Indian Railways (CLW), India

Auxiliary converter for 25KV AC electric locomotives with 3-phase propulsion system.

Ganz Transelektro Traction Electrics Limited, Hungery

Tap changer for Locomotives

 

 

 


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.40.45

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.23

Euro

1

Rs.55.00

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

 

54

 

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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