MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

21.06.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

STERLITE COPPER LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Sipcot Industrial, Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, T.V. Puram Post, Meelavattam, Tuticorin – 628002, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2004

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.01.2003

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

050263

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L31300TN2003PLC050263

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMS16234B

 

 

Legal Form :

Closely held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Copper Wires and Cables of all kinds.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1824

 

 

Status :

Small Company

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a relatively small company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are however reported as usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Sipcot Industrial, Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, T.V. Puram Post, Meelavattam, Tuticorin – 628002, Tamilnadu

Tel. No.:

91-461-2340951

Fax No.:

91-461-2340129

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Kumar Agarwal

Designation :

Director

Address :

113 / 114, Samudra Mahal, Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Maharashtra

Date of Birth/Age :

07.09.1952

Date of Appointment :

13.01.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. Navin Kumar Agarwal

Designation :

Director

Address :

321, Samudra Mahal, Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Maharashtra

Date of Birth/Age :

11.01.1961

Date of Appointment :

13.01.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. C V Krishnan

Designation :

Director

Address :

26, St Mary’s Road, RA Puram, Chennai – 600028, TAmilnadu

Date of Birth/Age :

09.03.1950

Date of Appointment :

13.01.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tarun Jain

Designation :

Director

Address :

411, Akshay Giri Kunj, Pali Ram Road, Opp. Andheri Railway Station, Andheri (West), Mumbai – 400058

Date of Appointment :

23.08.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kuldip Kumar Kaura

Designation :

Director

Address :

3, Ruia Park, Juhu, Mumbai – 400049

Date of Appointment :

23.08.2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Sterlite Industires (India) Limited

 

99988

Mr. Anil Agarwal

 

2

Mr. Navin Agarwal

 

2

Mr. C V Krishnana

 

2

Mr. Dwarkaprasad Agarwal

 

2

Mr. Tarun Chandmal Jain

 

2

 

 

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Bodies Corporate

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Copper Wires and Cables of all kinds.

 

 

Products:

Item Code No.: 7403 11

Product Description:  Copper Cathodes

 

Item Code No.: 7408 11

Production Description: Continuous Cast Copper Rods

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B.N. Kedia and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.0.500 million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.0.500 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

0.500

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

(0.014)

NETWORTH

 

 

0.486

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

0.486

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

0.000

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

0.499

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

0.000

Total Current Assets

 

 

0.499

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

0.041

 

Provisions

 

 

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

0.041

Net Current Assets

 

 

0.458

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.028

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

0.486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

 

 

0.000

Other Income

 

 

0.000

Total Income

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

0.014

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

0.014

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Filling and Registration Fees

 

 

0.024

 

Printing and Stationery

 

 

0.006

 

Payment to Auditors

 

 

0.010

Total Expenditure

 

 

0.040

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

31.03.2004

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

 

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

 

11.17

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Company Details:

Subject is a leading producer of copper in India. Subject is a part of Vedanta Resources, a London listed metals and mining major with Aluminum, Copper and Zinc operations in India and Australia, continues to seek improvements in its business, having set benchmarks to LME grade A standards in Copper products manufacturing.

Subject performance makes it one of the fastest-growing companies with sales increasing from Rs.9220 million (US$ 217 Mn) in 1997-98 to Rs.67,921 million (US$ 1,527 Mn) in 2005 - 2006, recording a CAGR of 28%.

Subject consistent product quality and high standard of customer service has earned it an enviable 43% share in the domestic market by volume in 2005 - 06. The hallmark of its success has been the stress on quality and constant benchmarking with the best in the world, giving it the distinction of being a low-cost, high quality, high-efficiency producer by global standards.

 

Subject places a very strong emphasis on the following:

  • Quality Assurance
    All SIIL facilities are equipped with the latest technology backed by thorough quality assurance systems. This is evident from the fact that SIIL is an ISO 14001 (1996), OHSAS 18001 (1999) and ISO 9001 (2000) certified organization.
  • People
    At SIIL, people are its major strength, helping transform the SIIL vision into reality. Attracting, nurturing and retaining the best and the brightest are the cornerstone of its HR policy.
  • State-of-the-art-Technology
    SIIL constantly endeavours to keep ahead of the Technology curve. Constantly investing in the latest in Technology and Innovation, SIIL facilities are comparable with the best in the world.
  • Environmental Consciousness
    As part of its growth, SIIL will focus on environment protection. Investing in environment friendly technology, SIIL has carried out extensive work including setting up a 5000 cubic meters capacity Rainwater Harvesting System and extending the Green Belt around its facilities extensively.
  • Social Consciousness
    SIIL operates with a Social Consciousness. There are several initiatives undertaken to give back to society. SIIL takes its role as a Responsible Corporate Citizen very seriously.
  • Growth
    Growth is a way of life at SIIL. This is visible in the achievements over the last 5 years. SIIL has gone from strength to strength and continues to look for new opportunities to achieve returns and active growth.

Mines
SIIL owns two mines which together supplied 127,196 tons of concentrate in 2005 - 06. However, one of its mines has closed since July 2005.

Smelter
The Smelter at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu is based on a proven energy efficient and environment friendly technology, IsaProcess™ from MIM, Australia.

Refinery
The anode produced by the smelter is processed in the Refinery at Dadra Nagar Haveli, Silvassa using IsaProcess™ sourced from MIM, Australia. The copper cathodes produced are LME ‘A’ grade certified. A new refinery also using the IsaProcess™ is being added at Tuticorin for scaling up operations.

Copper Rods Plant
State-of-the-art continuous cast copper rod plant based on technology and equipment from Continuous Properzi, Italy produces continuously cast copper rods, meeting stringent quality and performance standards.

Sulphuric Acid Plant

The Sulphuric Acid Plant, with designed capacity to produce 1,068,000 tonnes of Sulphuric acid per annum, is set up with basic engineering from Kvaerner Chemetics, Canada.

Phosphoric Acid Plant

The phosphoric acid plant with HDH process has a production capacity of 180,000 tonnes per annum. Technology and basic engineering for this plant has been sourced from HydroAgri International, UK.                                                

                                                                                                                                                             

Mission

  • To harness technology to its full potential in a safe and clean environment in the entire business cycle and integrate quality with continuous improvements.
  • To harness the profitable and growing CCR market from 125 KMT to 300 KMT per annum.
  • To achieve and sustain cost leadership in the global market.
  • To become a vibrant, learning organisation by building skills and competencies of employees for growth.
  • To be a responsible and respectable corporate citizen.

 


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.40.82

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.18

Euro

1

Rs.54.79

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

3

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

3

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

2

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

3

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

3

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

27

 

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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