MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.03.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BALIGA LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

63A, C P Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.06.1961

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-4519

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U29303TN1961PLC004519

 

 

TAN No.:

(Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.)

CHEB00199D

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Junction Box, Light Fittings and Panels.

 

 

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 250000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having satisfactory track.  Directors are reported as experienced, respectable and having satisfactory means of their own.  Their trade relations are reported as fair.  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 :

63A, C P Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu, India.

Tel. No.:

91-44-24995505 / 24995915

Fax No.:

91-44-24997281

E-Mail :

baliga@md2.vsnl.net.in, corp@baliga.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

63A, C P Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu, India.

 

 

Factory :

389, Medavakkam High Road, Chennai – 600 117, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-22476251 / 22472252

Fax No.:

91-22-22474594

Location :

Owned

 

 

Branches :

46, Sir CP Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Madras-600018, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name

Mr. U. N. Baliga

Designation

Chairman

Address

9, Subbaraya Avenue, C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet,

Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu

Date of Birth

27.04.1922

Date of Appointment :

01.11.2004

 

 

Name

Mrs. P. U. Baliga

Designation

Director

Address

9, Subbaraya Avenue, C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet,

Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu

Date of Birth

18.02.1930

 

 

Name

Mr. B. Ramesh Baliga

Designation

Managing Director

Address

9, Subbaraya Avenue, C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet,

Chennai – 600 018, Tamilnadu

Date of Birth

24.01.1954

Date of Appointment :

20.08.1971

 

 

Name

Mr. Mahesh Baliga

Designation

Director

Address

15, Sriram Nagar, South 3 C, II Floor, Coral Woods,

Chennai – 600 01, Tamilnadu

Date of Birth

20.04.1960

Date of Appointment :

01.04.1991

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. D. Mohana Sundaram

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

10A, Vivekananda Street, Radha Nagar, Chrompet,

Chennai – 600 044, Tamilnadu

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of holding

 

 

 

Mr. U. N. Baliga

21500

46.74

Mr. P. U. Baliga

17600

38.26

Mr. B. R. Baliga

5400

11.74

Mr. Madesh Baliga

1000

2.17

Ms. Asha Baliga

500

1.09

Total

46000

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Junction Box, Light Fittings and Panels.

 

 

Products :

Item Code No.
Product Description

853690

Junction Box

940500

Light Fittings

853710

Panels

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

 

 

 

Actual Production

 

 

 

 

 

Light fittings

 

 

 

13796

Panels

 

 

 

622

Accessories

 

 

 

115173

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Around 200

 

 

Bankers :

State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans :

Cash Credit : Rs.13.058 millions

 

Unsecured Loans :

Deposit from shareholders : Rs.0.600 millions

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

Mr. M. R. Vijaya Shankar

Chartered Accountants

Chennai – 600 078, Tamilnadu, India

 

Sheethalakshmi M.

Chartered Accountants

No. 98A, IV Floor, Dr. Radhakrishanan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600004, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Associates :

v      Baliga Lighting Company, Bangalore

v      G M Engineering, Chennai

v      Bantval Castings, Chennai

 

 

Subsidiaries :

Anupam Snacks Private Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

100000

Equity shares

Rs. 100/-

Rs. 10.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

92000

Equity shares

Rs. 100/-

Rs. 9.200 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

9.200

4.600

4.600

2] Reserves & Surplus

54.506

58.268

56.328

NETWORTH

63.706

62.868

60.928

 

 

 

 

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

10.695

13.058

9.564

2] Unsecured Loans

5.200

0.600

1.275

TOTAL BORROWING

15.895

13.658

10.839

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

1.157

1.202

1.036

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

80.758

77.728

72.803

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

18.800

18.659

17.435

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

5.431

5.276

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 
Inventories
29.833
19.711
23.618
 
Sundry Debtors
53.344
53.383
47.238
 
Cash & Bank Balances
8.023
5.058
3.104
 
Loans & Advances
18.444
18.516
14.107
Total Current Assets
109.644
96.668

88.067

 
 
 

 

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
 
 
 
Current Liabilities
40.479
31.667
31.667
Provisions
12.638
11.208
11.326
Total Current Liabilities
53.117
42.875

32.699

Net Current Assets
56.527
53.793

55.368

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

80.758

77.728

72.803

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

197.565

170.278

122.473

Other Income

4.006

2.930

4.441

Total Income

201.571

172.203

126.914

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

7.624

5.990

2.698

Provision for Taxation

3.639

1.449

1.064

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

3.985

4.541

1.634

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

0.353

10.994

5.893

 

Commission Earnings

 

0.753

0.473

 

Other Earnings

 

11.747

6.366

Total Earnings

0.353

23.494

12.732

 

 

 

 

Total Imports

NA

2.826

4.878

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

NA

6.755

7.994

 

Administrative Expenses

NA

23.202

17.432

 

Raw Material Consumed

120.853

109.394

72.388

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

1.116

1.124

NA

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

2.011

(1.005)

NA

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

24.187

20.445

22.795

 

Managerial Remuneration

3.262

2.095

NA

 

Payment to Auditors

0.258

0.167

NA

 

Interest

2.882

2.007

1.040

 

Insurance Expenses

0.164

0.203

NA

 

Power & Fuel

2.220

2.287

NA

 

Depreciation & Amortization

2.752

2.663

2.565

 

Other Expenditure

34.242

26.823

NA

Total Expenditure

193.947

166.213

124.216

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income
(%)
1.97

2.64

1.29

 
 
 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

3.78

3.48

2.12

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

5.93

5.19

2.56

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.12

0.09

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.08

0.90

0.71

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.06

2.25

2.69

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form 8 Particular for creation or modification of charges 

Name of the company

BALIGA LIGHTING EQUIPMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, Guindy, Chennai-600032, Tamilnadu

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Dated 01.03.1978

General agreement for the grant of small industrial advances and hypothecation of all movables book debts and other assets.

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

Rs.3.350 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

All present and future goods, book debts, movables and other assets of the borrower including documents of title to goods and other assets such as out standing monies, receivables, claims, bills, invoices and rights and the present machineries and all future machineries belonging to or in the possession or under the control of the borrower whether lying stored or kept in the  factory premises situate at C-39 and 40, Industrial Estate, Chennai-600032

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

Interest @ 13.50%

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

State Bank of India

Guindy Branch,

Madras-600032

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Dated 31.01.2005

New agreement was executed

General agreement of r the grant of small industrial advances and hypothecation of movables, book debts and other assets (Working capital finance)

 

Agreement of the grant of small industrial advances (working capital finance) Re: hypothecation of goods, book debts, movables and other assets in ancillary agreement No.1 (2 Nos.)

 

Agreement of r the grant of small industrial advance (working capital finance) pledge of goods movables and other assets in ancillary agreement No.2

 

Agreement for the grant of small industrial advances (working capital finance) advances against receivables and bills in the course of collection of ancillary agreement No.3

 

Agreement for the grant of small industrial advances (working capital finance) advance against general hypothecation ancillary agreement No.4

 

Agreement for the grant of small industrial advances (working capital finance) Ref.: letters of credit, Guarantees and indemnities in ancillary agreement No.6 (2 Nos.)

 

Shipping Lien Agreement

 

Extension of Equitable mortgage by way of deposit of title deeds (3 Nos.)

 

All dated 31.01.2005 and relates to one and the same charge.

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.

The credit facility extended to the company from State Bank of India, Guindy, Chennai-600032 renamed as State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, Guindy, Chennai-600032 has now been enhanced from Rs.29.000 millions to Rs.38.500 millions comprising of :

 

(Rs. In millions)

Nature of Facility

Existing

Enhanced

Cash Credit

10.000

17.000

Sub Limit:

 

 

Book debts

(6.000)

--

Export Packing Credit

(2.000)

(2.000)

DD Purchase

(0.500)

(0.500)

SME Credit Plus

--

2.500

Letter of Credit

4.000

4.000

Bank Guarantee

15.000

15.000

Total

29.000

38.500

 

Securities :

 

Hypothecation of stocks of raw materials, stock in process, finished goods used for export, book debts, cheques in the course of collection, other movable assets and plant and machinery of the company

 

Extension of equitable mortgage of Company’s immovable properties viz,

All that piece and parcel; of Land situate in Chengleput District, Saidapet Taluk, Pallavaram, Sub Registration Keelakattalai Village under Survey No.309/1 and Marked in Red as Plots 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the attached plan measuring a total of 19 Grounds 730 Squares Feet. (More fully described in letter evidencing deposit of title deeds)

 

All that piece and parcel of Land situate at Abhiramapuram Second Street, Beemannanpet, Chennai-600018, Plot No.3 Door No.37, P.S. No.1072, R.S. No.3637/1 and 3631/2 as per Patta R.S>No.3637/0 (as per patta Sir C.P, Ramaswamy Iyer Road) C.A. No.409/95-96 as per document extent 4537 Sq.ft. as per patta 1 Ground 2153 Sq. ft. (More fully described in the letter evidencing deposit of title deeds)

 

Unit No.9, Jyoti Wire House, Plot No.23-A, Shah Industrial Estate, Veer Desai Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai. (More fully described in the letter evidencing deposit of title deeds)

 

Earlier securities given by the company shall continue to cover the enhanced limit or Rs.38.500 millions.

 

 

Company’s fixed assets include, Land, Building (Office and Factory, Mumbai and Baroda office), Plant and Machinery, Generator, Office Equipments, Air Conditioners, Computers, Electronic Installations, Electronic Equipments, Factory Equipments, Furniture and Fittings, Software, Pattern Assets, Dies Assets and Vehicles.

 

Contingent Liability not provided for in the accounts :

Guarantee issued by SBI, Guindy : Rs.10.681 millions

Inland Letter of Credit with SBI, Guindy : Rs.0.741 millions

 


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.44.56

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.79

Euro

1

Rs.58.40

 

 

 

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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