MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.07.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ISPAT INDUSTRIES LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Park Plaza”, 71, Park Street, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, INDIA

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.05.1984

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

21-37519

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U99999WB1984PTC037519

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALI01452D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACI6293E

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company. 

The company’s shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and Selling of galvanized coils/ sheets, cold rolled carbon steel sheets/coils, direct reduced iron and PVC coated sheets

 

 

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 :

USD 110000000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow and delayed

 

 

Litigation :

Unknown

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company but track record is moderate. Financial position is unfavorable. Its payment are reported as slow and delayed by 60 days.

 

In view of the aforesaid, it would be prudent to do business on safe and secured trade terms and conditions, initially

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Park Plaza”, 71, Park Street, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, INDIA

Tel. No.:

91-33-2249 2213 / 3119 / 5102 / 5104 / 2249 1011

Fax No.:

91-33-2249 1956

E-Mail :

1.       ispat.park@ndil.sprintrpg.ems.vsnl.net.in

2.       ispatcal@giascl01.vsnl.net.in

3.       sseshadri@scasablanca.iil.co.in

4.       ispatcal@vsnl.com

Website :

http://www.ispatgroup.com

http://www.ispatind.com

 

 

Plants :

Cold Rolling Mill and Coating Plant Complex:

 

A-10/1 MIDC Industrial Area, Kalmeshwar – 441 501, District Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

 

Sponge Iron Plant:

 

Geetapuram, Dolvi – 402 107, Taluka Pen, District Raigad, Maharashtra, India

 

Hot Strip Mill:

 

Gettapuram, Dolvi – 402 107, Taluka Pen, District Raigad, Maharashtra, India

 

Blast Furnace Plant:

Geetapuram, Dolvi-402 107, Taluka Pen, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra

 

 

Central Marketing Office :

Poonam Plaza, Palm Road, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440 001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. M. L. Mittal

Designation :

Chairman Emeritus

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pramod M. Mittal

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. K. Mittal

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. A. Besant C. Raj

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. U. Mahesh Rao

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manu Chanda

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B P Singh

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. Prakash

Designation :

Director – ICICI Nominee

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjeev Ghai

Designation :

Director – IFCI Nominee

 

 

Name :

Mr. C. P. Philip

Designation :

Director – IDBI Nominee

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Sankaranarayanan

Designation :

Director – UTI Nominee

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vinod Garg

Designation :

Executive Director (Marketing)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Sureka

Designation :

Executive Director (Finance)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjoy Chowdhury

Designation :

Nominee – IFCI

 

 

Name :

Mr. K M Jaya Rao

Designation :

Nominee  - ICICI

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vinod Garg

Designation :

Executive Director (Marketing)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Sureka

Designation :

Executive Director (Finance)

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. T. P. Subramanian

Designation :

Senior Vice President and Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. K. Mittal

Designation :

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

46 Years

Qualification :

B.com, DBM

Experience :

28 Years

Date of Appointment :

01.06.1986

 

 

SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group2

 

 

Indian

 

 

Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family

1329236

0.11

Bodies Corporate

217583466

17.80

 

 

 

Foreign

 

 

Individuals (Non-Residents Individuals/ Foreign Individuals)

677576

0.06

Bodies Corporate

398613640

32.61

Public shareholding

 

 

Institutions

 

 

Mutual  Funds/ UTI

986464

0.08

Financial Institutions / Banks

380660675

31.14

Central Government/ State Government(s)

768

0.00

Insurance Companies

62151389

5.08

Foreign Institutional Investors

3503409

0.29

Non-institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

23815736

1.95

Individuals

 

 

Individuals -i. Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs 0.1 Millions

105160601

8.60

ii. Individual shareholders holding nominal   share capital in excess of Rs. 0.1 Millions

23569028

1.93

Any Other (specify)

 

 

NRI

2497544

0.20

Foreign Companies

1774460

0.15

Foreign Nationals

76

0.00

Shares  held  by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

118150

0.01

TOTAL

1222442218

100

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and Selling of galvanized coils/ sheets, cold rolled carbon steel sheets/coils, direct reduced iron and PVC coated sheets.

 

 

Product :

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

Product Description

720826 00

Hot Rolled Coils

720310 00

Director Reduced Iron

720927 00

Cold Rolled Sheets

721030 00

Galvanised Sheets

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

 

Installed Capacity

Direct Reduced Iron

MT

 

16,00,000

Hot Rolled Coils

MT

 

3000000

Cold Rolled Carbon Steel Sheets/Coils

MT

 

330000

Galvanised Coils/Sheets

MT

 

325000

PVC Coated Sheets

MT

 

50000

Pig Iron/ Hot Metal

MT

 

2000000

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Ř                   Vyankatesh Udhyog

Ř                   Vns Chemicals Industries

Ř                   Elca Carbone Lorraine Private limited

Ř                   Nexus Engineering

Ř                   Gotey Engineers

Ř                   Geeta Timber Mart

Ř                   Eastern Chemicals

Ř                   Prabhat Electricals

Ř                   Paras Saw Mills

Ř                   The Asiatic Oxygen

Ř                   R. N. Patel

Ř                   Brush India Manufacturing Company

Ř                   Bajaj Chemicals Industries

Ř                   Chemtech Industrial Valves Private Limited

Ř                   Niketa Insulators Private Limited

Ř                   A S & T India Limited

Ř                   Smith Glass Product Private Limited

Ř                   Aditya Air Products Private Limited

Ř                   Arvind Rub-Web Controls Limited

Ř                   Devaki Polyfilms Private Limited

Ř                   Coventry Coil-O-Matic (H) Limited

Ř                   Anti Corrosive Equipment

Ř                   B. B. Surface Coating

Ř                   D. B. Engineering Works

Ř                   Kings Rolling Machinery

 

 

No. of Employees :

4000

 

 

Bankers :

v      State Bank of India

v      Bank of India

v      Punjab National Bank

v      Indian Overseas Bank

v      The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

v      Banking Corporation Limited

v      ICICI Bank Limited

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S. R. Batliboi & company

Chartered Accountants,

Address :

22, Camac Street, Block ‘C’, 3rd Floor, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Kalyani Mukund Limited

Tata Teleservices [Maharashtra] Limited [Formerly Hughes Tele.Com India Limited]

Ispat Profiles India Limited

Ispat Alloys Limited

Gontermann-Peipers (India) Limited

P T Ispat and Others

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

Ispat Steel Holdings Limited

Ispat Holdings (Private) Limited

Ispat Finance Limited

Mudra Ispat Limited

Denro Holding (Private) Limited

Mita Holdings (Private) Limited

Gold Jine Tracom (Private) Limited

Gontermann Peipers India Limited

GPI Investments (Private) Limited

Kartik Credit (Private) Limited

Kamrup Fabricators (Private) Limited

Rajgarh Trading Co (Private) Limited

Sanwatsari Investments (Private) Limited

Ushaditya Investments (Private) Limited

Waterloo Trade & Commerce (Private) Limited

Kanoria Plastokem (Private) Limited

GPI Textiles Limited

Elephanta Gases Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

4,000,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 40000.000 millions

100,000,000

Preference Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 10000.000 millions

1,000,000,000

Preference Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 10000.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 60000.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2288740000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 22887.000 millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

22887.400

22887.000

11369.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

5888.400

3] Reserves & Surplus

6529.300

8596.200

11020.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

(10985.100)

0.000

NETWORTH

29416.700

20498.100

28277.400

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

78490.700

82410.600

56992.400

2] Unsecured Loans

4664.300

200.300

1329.900

TOTAL BORROWING

83155.000

82610.900

58322.300

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

88.300

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

112571.700

103109.000

86688.000

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

98233.300

89014.400

61698.300

Capital work-in-progress

546.800

3981.900

6303.700

Pre-operative & Trial Run Expenses

0.000

2176.500

3029.700

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

1135.900

1133.200

534.300

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

6283.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 
Inventories
10561.900
9856.100
6290.200
 
Sundry Debtors
6450.200
5941.300
10669.900
 
Cash & Bank Balances
3276.500
1288.600
1225.400
 
Loans & Advances
26438.900
5876.500
7863.200
Total Current Assets
46727.500
22962.500
26048.700
Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities
33783.700
22318.300
10835.700
 
Provisions
288.100
124.200
91.000
Total Current Liabilities
34071.800
22442.500
10926.700
Net Current Assets
12655.700
520.000
15122.000
 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

112571.700

103109.000

86688.000

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

83625.800

56534.400

62566.900

Other Income

2050.200

940.800

7375.700

Stock Adjustments

281.300

846.800

[46.800]

Total Income

85957.300

58322.000

69895.800

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

33.400

[11968.800]

8955.100

Provision for Taxation

128.700

[3842.100]

1994.500

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

[95.300]

[8126.700]

6960.600

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

 

 

Total Earnings

NA

7860.200

16680.700

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

Total Imports

NA

14881.400

5824.000

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

37020.400

29101.200

30256.600

 

Excise Duty

8898.000

6324.300

3879.000

 

Power & Fuel Cost

11535.200

8498.600

6329.100

 

Other Manufacturing Expenses

5486.900

4682.400

4188.900

 

Employee Cost

1611.700

1295.600

1103.900

 

Selling and Administration Expenses

3320.500

3603.000

3076.900

 

Miscellaneous Expenses

816.700

1020.500

1307.500

 

Interest & Financial Charges

10996.200

10050.900

6438.900

 

Depreciation

6238.300

5714.300

4359.900

Total Expenditure

85923.900

70290.800

60940.700

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Debt Equity Ratio

4.84

3.91

4.35

Long Term Debt Equity Ratio

4.53

3.76

4.26

Current Ratio

1.11

1.17

1.44

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

0.73

0.59

0.82

Inventory

8.19

6.87

11.32

Debtors

13.50

6.67

8.34

Interest Cover Ratio

1.02

(0.22)

1.77

Operating Profit Margin (%)

20.81

6.48

25.15

Profit Before Interest and Tax Margin (%)

13.35

(3.82)

18.18

Cash Profit Margin (%)

7.39

(4.35)

13.10

Adjusted Net Profit Margin (%)

-0.07

(14.65)

6.13

 Return on Capital Employed (%)

0.00

0.00

14.18

Return on Net Worth (%)

0.00

0.00

28.98

 

 

STOCK PRICES

 

Face Value

Rs. 10.00/-

High

Rs. 15.00/-

Low

Rs. 14.49/-

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

Ispat Industries (IIL) (formerly Nippon Denro Ispat) was promoted by the Mittals of Ispat Group and is into manufacture of all types of galvanised plain/corrugated steel sheets/strips, coils and sponge iron. The company has its plants at Nagpur and Raigad, in Maharashtra, both of which have been accredited with ISO 9002 certification by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

 
 
IIL has set up its cold-rolling mill in technical collaboration with Nippon Denro and Hitachi, Japan. Later it set up the world's largest sponge iron plant, with a capacity of 1 mtpa in Raigad, Maharashtra. The plant has acquired the latest direct-reduction technology from Midrex Corporation, US, the world leaders in this field. 

 
The company came out with a Euro-issue of 125-mln fully convertible bonds in 1994 to part-finance the expansion of its hot strip mill (HSM) capacity to 2.50 lac tpa. As a forward integration to the existing sponge iron plant at Dolvi and backward integration to the existing cold rolling complex at Nagpur, IIL has set up facilities to manufacture HR steel sheets and coils of thickness ranging between 1.2 mm to 2.5 mm and width ranging from 900 mm to 1560 mm. The company had diversified into power, telecommunication, infrastructure and mining. 

 
IIL has appointed the UK-based marketing consultants, Kemp System, to undertake a marketing study for its proposed Rs 60000 Millions refinery in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh to identify the potential for the refinery's products in the domestic as well as the overseas markets. It is also setting up a captive jetty at the Vizag Port, and expanding its Dolvi terminal in Maharashtra.  

 
The Company is having two subsidiary Companies, Nippon Ispat Singapore (PTE) Limited is a limited private Company in Singapore and another one Ispat Energy Limited, which was incorporated to supply power to Ispat's sponge iron and hot-rolled coils plant at Dolvi in Maharashtra

 
The first phase of 1.5 million tonne Hot rolled coil project was already commenced its operations. The company would enhance the capacity of HR coil to 2.4 million tonnes p.a by September, 2003. It is also aiming to increase the capacity to 3 million tonnes by the end of 2004-05. The total estimate cost was Rs.79200 Millions. 

 
The company has undertaken a debottlenecking program of the 1.2 million tpa sponge iron plant. It entered into a tri-partite agreement with Kalyani Mukund Limited and Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) for allocation of additional Natural Gas. 

 
Financial Institutions cleared the financial restructuring programme of the company. Under the restructuring programme Rs 5100 Millions of the rupee debt for the company's hot rolled coil project at Dolvi will be converted into various forms of equity - Rs 3100 Millions into equity and over Rs 2000 Millions into 1% non-cumulative preference shares. With the conversion of debt, the institution's stake in the company will go up to 48% while that of the promoters will also be at 48%. The rest will be with the public. The restructuring exercise is also learnt to include writing down 50% of the existing equity base of the company which is at Rs 6930 Millions. 

 
Ispat Energy Limited (a Subsidiary company of Ispat Industries Limited) is planning to set up power plant with a capacity of 250 MW. However IEL has decided to initially implement 110 MW second hand plant only as this will be having a gestation period of 12-14 months and also at a lower capital cost.  

 
To provide basic Telecom Services in Maharashtra and Goa the company had promoted a JV company in the name of Hughes Ispat Limited now changed to Hughes Tele.com(India) Limited The company with other promoters viz Hughes Electronics Corporation, Alltell Corporation, Ritambara Agents Private Limited have agreed to sell Hughes Tele.com Limited to Tata Tele Services Limited 

 
Ispat Metallics India Limited (IMIL) would be merged with IIL with effect from 1st April 2003, under the corporate debt restructuring mechanism, approvals are awaited from Central Government. Ispat Metallics India Limited (IMIL) was merged with IIL with effect from 1st April 2004 in the ratio of 1:1. 

 
The company is in the process of increasing the capacity of the Hot Rolled Coils Plant to 3 Million MTs by the addition of Electric Arc Furnace and Gas Cleaning Plant which is scheduled to be completed during the current financial year. Further the company has planned to commission an oxygen plant of the capacity of 1260 Tones per day & also a Sinter Plant with a capacity of 2 Million MTs per annum. Both the projects are at an advanced stage of implementation and are scheduled to be commissioned during the current financial year. 

 

 


FIXED ASSETS:

 

  • Building
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Electrical Installations
  • Vehicles
  • Furniture and Fixtures
  • Air Conditioners
  • Office Equipment
  • Computers
  • Refrigerators

 


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.40.30

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.97

Euro

1

Rs.55.64

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

3

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

3

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

2

--LEVERAGE

1~10

2

--RESERVES

1~10

-

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

3

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

YES

--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

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

23

 

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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