MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

28.02.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MANIPAL PRESS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Udayavani Building, Press Corner, Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2002

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.01.2000

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-26222

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U22219KA2000PTC026222

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRM05742C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCM9516H

 

 

Legal Form :

Closely held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in as Printers and Publishers.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 850000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old established company having fine track.  Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the company.  Financial position is good having strong Reserves and Surplus position.  Trade relations are fair.  Payments are correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Udayavani Building, Press Corner, Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-820-2571151 to 55/ 271149-59

Fax No.:

91-820-2570131/2571162/ 70563

E-Mail :

info@manipalpress.com

Website :

http://www.manipalpress.com

Area :

50000 sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

 

Branches :

Ø                   Manipal Centre, 47, Dickenson Road, Bangalore – 560042, Karnataka, India

Tel. No. 91-80-5581779/5588467

Fax No. 91-80-5586898

Mobile : 9845243203

E-mail : richard@manipalpress.com

 

Ø                   Auras Corporate Center, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai – 600004, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Tel. No. 91-44-28544836/28544761/28530177

Fax No. 91-44-28530177

 

Ø                   81/8, 2nd Floor, Cheran Towers, 78, Government Arts College Road, Coimbatore – 641018, India

Tel. No. 91-433-2215302

Fax No. 91-433-2215302

Mobile : 9843023824

 

Ø                   Oxford Plaza, 1st Floor, S. Road, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India

Tel. No. 91-40-27706649

Fax No. 91-40-27700448

Mobile : 984902341

 

Ø                   2nd Floor, City Point Building, Navabharath Circle, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Ø                   616, Dalamal Towers, 21, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 


 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Satish T Pai

Designation :

Director

Address :

38, Anant Nagar, Manipal – 576 119, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

26.11.1941

Date of Appointment :

13.01.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Perdoor V Mallya

Designation :

Director

Address :

D63C, Ananthnagar, II Stage, Manipal, Udupi-576104, Karnataka

Date of Birth/Age :

31.08.1948

Date of Appointment :

25.01.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Katapady Prabhakar Kamath

Designation :

Director

Address :

Shivaprabha, Udupi, Katapady – 547 105, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.04.1966

Date of Appointment :

25.01.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gautam T Pai 

Designation :

Director

Address :

38, Ananth Nagar, Manipal – 576 119, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

26.09.1974

Date of Appointment :

30.09.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sachin Tonse Pai

Designation :

Director

Address :

14, Anant Nagar, Manipal – 576 119, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

10.03.1976

Date of Appointment :

16.04.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prabhu Sudhakar

Designation :

Director

Address :

Gerukatte Karnad, Mulki, Udupi, Karnataka-574154

Date of Birth/Age :

12.04.1968

Date of Appointment :

25.01.2000

Date of Ceasing :

24.03.2005

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Mr. T. Satish U. Pai

 

40500

Mr. T. Ramadas Pai

 

9376

Mr. T. Narayana Pai

 

40500

Mr. T. Ashok Pai

 

10158

Mr. T. Gautam Pai

 

27000

Mr. T. Narayan Pai and Mrs. Vijaylaxmi N. Pai

 

2344

Manipal Media Network Limited

 

1000000

Savoy Investment Private Limited

 

3124

Shivalli Investment Company Private Limited

 

29376

Sharath Investment company Private Limited

 

15936

Mr. Pai Satish Tonse

 

2968

Mr. Pai Ramdas Madhav

 

40500

Mr. Pai Ashok Tonse

 

39000

Mr. Satish U. Pai (HUF)

 

1250

Mr. T. Sachin Pai

 

1500

Mrs. Sandhya S Pai

 

4688

Mrs. T. Gayathri Pai

 

7812

Mrs. Vasanthi Ramdas Pai

 

4688

Mr. Rajan Ramdas Pai

 

2342

Mr. K. K. Pai

 

1250

Total

 

1313688

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in as Printers and Publishers.

 

 

Products :

Printing

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

Licensed Capacity

Installed Capacity

Printed Letter Pads

Nos.

478.525 millions

478.525 millions

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

250

 

 

Bankers :

v      Syndicate Bank, Manipal Branch, Manipal-576104, Karnataka, India

v      Corporation Bank, Manipal Branch, Manipal-576104, Karnataka, India  

v      Vijaya Bank, Founders Branch, Vijaya Towers, LHH Road, Bangalore-575003, Karnataka, India

 

 

Facilities :

Credit Limit: Rs. 75.500 millions from Syndicate Bank

Credit Limit: Rs. 13.000 millions from Corporation Bank 

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

Ø                   Sriramulu Naidu & Company

Chartered Accountants

Manipal, Karnataka, India

Ø                   Anathanarayana and Company

Chartered Accountants

Udupi

 

 

Associates :

Manipal Group of Companies

 

 

Membership :

Ø                   Bank Stationers Association Inc., USA

Ø                   Graphic Arts Foundation, USA

Ø                   PIRA, UK

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

20000000

Equity Shares 

Rs. 10/-

Rs. 200.000 millions

5000000

Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs. 10/-

Rs. 50.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs.250.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2213688

Equity Shares 

Rs. 10/-

Rs.22.137 millions

3000000

Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs. 10/-

Rs.30.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs.52.137 millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2002

31.03.2001

31.03.2000

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

9.000

9.000

9.000

2] Reserves & Surplus

205.600

192.800

183.230

NETWORTH

214.600

201.800

192.230

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

122.400

64.500

73.120

2] Unsecured Loans

25.500

21.800

11.000

TOTAL BORROWING

147.900

86.300

84.120

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

362.500

288.100

276.350

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

281.900

232.600

236.870

Capital work-in-progress

13.400

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.020

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 
Inventories
32.100

30.500

25.440

 
Sundry Debtors
78.500

53.900

43.330

 
Cash & Bank Balances
2.600

0.600

1.600

 
Loans & Advances
24.000

14.900

11.920

Total Current Assets
137.200

99.900

82.290

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
72.600

45.400

44.090

Total Current Liabilities
72.600

45.400

44.090

Net Current Assets
64.600

54.500

38.200

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

2.600

1.000

1.260

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

362.500

288.100

276.350

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2002

31.03.2001

31.03.2000

Total Income

328.400

258.100

60.110

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

20.600

12.500

4.660

Provision for Taxation

6.300

3.800

1.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

14.300

8.700

3.660

 

 

 

 

Total Earnings

0.600

0.000

0.700

 

 

 

 

Total Imports

12.400

1.300

26.800

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2002

31.03.2001

31.03.2000

PAT / Total Income
(%)
4.35

3.37

6.08

 
 
 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

6.27

4.84

7.75

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

4.76

3.75

1.46

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.09

0.06

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.02

1.65

1.66

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.89

2.20

1.86

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

History

 

The company was Partnership concern reconstituted on 28.11.1999, with name and style of ‘Manipal Power Press’.  Later on it has converted as Joint Stock company on 13.01.2000 with the name and style of “Manipal Press Private Limited”.

 

Again the company has been converted as public limited company w.e.f. 04.04.2000.

 

The company’s Security Products are as under :

 

Ø                   FD (Fixed Deposit) Receipts

Ø                   Gift Vouchers, Food Coupons

Ø                   Game Tickets, Passes, Booklets

Ø                   Scratch off Cards/Tickets and other promotional security

Ø                   Statement of Accounts

Ø                   Billing Statements

Ø                   OCR/OMR Sheets with Bar Coding

Ø                   Boarding Pass for Airlines

Ø                   ATM Rolls

Ø                   Fax Rolls

Ø                   On line Lottery Tickets

Ø                   On line Lottery AuthenticationTicket Rolls

Ø                   Other High Security Items

Ø                   Cheques

Ø                   Demand Drafts

Ø                   Pay Orders

Ø                   Personalised Cheques with MIRC Numbering

 

 

Profile

 

The company was established in the year 1941 as Manipal Power Press with the firm belief that keen enterprise and refined professionalism lead to success. 

 

The company lead Security Printing in India and are one of the largest Stationery and Commercial Printers.

 

Born out of a vision to perfect the printed word, the Manipal Press Limited (MPL) is now at the center of India’s Print Revolution.


It has grown with the times to embrace the latest in technology, and to offer clients quality and punctuality at costs that make business sense.


In fact, this state-of-the-art 100,000 sq.ft. facility today offers 360 degree solutions for all print-related projects.


Started in 1941, MPL prints a large variety of products in the commercial, security, business forms and digital categories. Its advanced pre-press and post-press divisions offer complete services from product design and development to logistics.


Subject’s allied media-house Manipal Media Network Limited provides the vital experience and link with publishing, while its BPO division, Manipal Informatics, ensures 24x7 connectivity that always keeps MPL on its toes.

Vigil is incorporated into every step and the best quality assurance tools are deployed. It’s no wonder then that the last 5 years have seen subject grow in international presence. In the end, it’s all about Precision and Perfection in Printing.

 

Services

 

Subject offers complete Print Management Services to cover all your printing requirements.

 

Subject is in touch with the growing demands and technological leaps in the industry to provide optimal print solutions from Pre-Press to Press to Post-Press.


In fact, it doesn’t stop with printing. Subject is probably the only one of its kind to offer Business Process Outsourcing facilities to handle your downstream marketing, order taking, support and other requirements.


Manipal Informatics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manipal Press, is its typesetting, origination &   e-publishing and BPO division and already handles CRM for many offshore clients. Other examples of MPL's synergy with IT include:

Infone Communications Inc., USA for its Business Directory printing, e-commerce applications and direct  marketing.

Sahara Homes, UK for its Catalogue designing and printing, and e-commerce applications.

Daminis, UK for its Stationery printing and e-commerce applications.


While in India, subject handles complete print solutions from books to mark sheets, and multimedia courseware development for the e-learning initiative of the Manipal Academy for Higher Education (MAHE), the country’s largest private university.

 

Products

 

The subject offers a comprehensive range of highly specialized print solutions covering the entire gamut of products from high-quality commercial printing to classified security printing. This has made it one of the most sought-after printing facilities in India. The ability to optimally utilize resources to handle unprecedented and uncommon jobs of any volume resulting in greater cost efficiency for customers is its biggest USP.        

 

Commercial Products

Books

Directories

Magazines
Catalogues
Promotional Material

Annual Reports

Direct Mailers
Calendars
Comics
Diaries
Business Stationery

 

Security Products

Bond and Bearer Securities
Traveler's Cheques
Bank Cheques
Demand Drafts
Pay Orders
Share Certificates
Dividend Warrants
Interest Warrants
FD Receipts
Food Coupons
Scratch Cards
High-value Event, Lotto Tickets
Personalised Cheques with MIRC Numbering 


Business Forms


Air Waybills
Bank Statements
Mark Sheets
Pre-printed Stationery
Direct Mailers
Vouchers and Invoices


Security Products available in the continuous stationery form:

Cheques
Demand Drafts
Dividend Warrants
Interest Warrants
Bond and Bearer Securities
Share Certificates
FD Receipts
Confidential Documents


Card Products

Telephone cards
Promotional scratch cards
Magnetic swipe cards

 

Digital Variable Data

Direct Mailers
Telephone Bills
Utility Bills
Frequent Flyer Statements
On-demand Books
Personalized Catalogues
Instruction Manuals
Personalized Security Products

 

It is in trade terms with :

 

Ø                   Bank of India

Ø                   Dhanalakshmi Bank

Ø                   Lord Krishna Bank

Ø                   Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers

Ø                   Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited

Ø                   Reliance Capital Limited

Ø                   Reliance Industries Limited

Ø                   Reliance Petroleum Limited

Ø                   Syndicate Bank

Ø                   The Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited

Ø                   Vijaya Bank

Ø                   Canara Bank

Ø                   Indian Overseas Bank

Ø                   Karnataka Bank

Ø                   Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Ø                   Manipal Media Network Limited

Ø                   PVS Group

Ø                   Syndicate Bank

Ø                   BASF

Ø                   Bostic India Limited

Ø                   C.P. Aquaculture India Limited

Ø                   Can Fin Homes Limited

Ø                   DHL Worldwide Express

Ø                   Hindustan Lever Limited

Ø                   HPCL

Ø                   I.N.G. Vysya Bank

Ø                   Jindal Vijayanagar Steels

Ø                   Kirloskar Electric Company Limited

Ø                   Life Insurance Corporation India Limited

Ø                   Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited

Ø                   Premier Instruments and Controls Limited

Ø                   Reliance Industries Limited

Ø                   Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank Limited

Ø                   Taj GVK Hotesl

Ø                   Toyota Kirloskar Motors

Ø                   TVS Motors Limited

 


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.44.27

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.87

Euro

1

Rs.58.53

 

 

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

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--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

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

74

 

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

 

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions