MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

17.03.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VADINAR OIL TERMINAL LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

77 (Old No.56), C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram, Chennai-600018, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

22.06.1993

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-25293

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U35111TN1993PLC025293

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMV11618F

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCV2626D

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Supplying Services to Water Transport.

 

 

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 :

 

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a 14 years old company, but yet to commence commercial operations. Payments are reported as slow and delayed.

 

The company can be considered for small business dealings against fully safe and secured trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

77 (Old No.56), C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram, Chennai-600018, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-24891992

Fax No.:

91-44-24679408

E-Mail :

secretarial.esl@essar.com

Website :

http://www.essar.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

11, Essar House, Keshav Rao Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Shahsikant Nandkishore Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

40-B, RIDGE Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.12.1943

Date of Appointment :

19.09.2000

Date of Ceasing :

02.12.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravikant Nandkishore Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

Villa No.3, No.467-B, Jumairah Beach Road, Jumairah Hill, Dubai, UAE

Date of Birth/Age :

22.04.1949

Date of Appointment :

19.09.2000

Date of Ceasing :

02.12.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjay Mehta

Designation :

Director

Address :

Panhar, Worli Sea Face, Khan Abdul, Gaffar Khan Road, Mumbai-400025, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

26.03.1968

Date of Appointment :

19.09.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. B.S. Kumar

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suresh Vittal Sundaram

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No.12 B, Block 4, Jaldarshan Co.op. Hosuing Society Limited, Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai-400036, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.10.1942

Date of Appointment :

02.12.2004

 

 

Date of Birth/Age :

Mr. M.K. Srinivasan

Qualification :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anshuman Shashikant Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

26.03.1971

Date of Birth/Age :

67 A, Walkeshwar Road, Opposite Birla School, Walkeshwar, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra

Date of Appointment :

02.12.2004

 

 

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prashant S. Ruia

Designation :

Additional Director

Address :

Bin Hamoodah Villa, Plot No.992, Villa No.17, Jumairah, Dubai, UAE

Date of Appointment :

28.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hari Mundra

Designation :

Additional Director

Address :

A-61, Twin Towers, Off Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025, Maharashtra, India

Date of Appointment :

28.09.2005 (Resigned)

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Essar Shipping Limited

819721440

Mr. V. Partiisarthy (Nominee of Essar Shipping Limited)

10

Mr. P. Ramachandran

10

Mr. V. Gopal Rao

10

Mr. R. P. Sarathy

10

Essar Shipping Limited and Mr. V. Ravi

10

Essar Shipping Limited and Mr. R. Jagannathan

10

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Supplying Services to Water Transport.

 

 

Products :

Services

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B. P. Jain & Company

Chartered Accountants, Tamilnadu

 

Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Chartered Accountants

Opposite Shiv Sagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai-400018, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Holding Company :

Essar Shipping Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

3000000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.30000.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

849721500

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.8497.215 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

8497.215

8197.215

5400.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.000

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

(6.085)

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

8491.130

8197.215

5400.000

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

18999.345

13885.113

9221.400

2] Unsecured Loans

48.397

300.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

19047.742

14185.113

9221.400

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

27538.872

22382.328

14621.400

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

0.452

0.385

24482.800

Capital work-in-progress

24072.962

19656.129

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

3865.035

2532.979

0.000

 

Other Current Assets

91.146

3.196

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

291.095

232.194

0.400

Total Current Assets

4247.276

2768.369

0.400

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

755.822

42.552

9867.900

 

Provisions

25.996

6.087

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

781.818

48.639

9867.900

Net Current Assets

3465.458

2719.730

(9867.500)

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

6.084

6.100

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

27538.872

22382.328

14621.400

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

 

0.000

Other Income

 

 

0.000

Total Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

0.000

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Other Expenditure

 

 

6.085

Total Expenditure

 

 

6.085

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

0.00

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

0.00

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

0.00

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.00

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.33

1.74

3.53

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

5.43

56.92

0.00

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form 8 Particular for creation or modification of charges 

Name of the company

VADINAR OIL TERMINAL LIMITED

Presented By

Mr. Hari Mundra – Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

The indenture of mortgage dated 17.01.2005 executed by the company (hereinafter referred toa s the borrower) and IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited acting as Security Trustee on behalf of Acceding lenders as referred to in the indenture of mortgage.

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

The financial assistances set out in Schedule 1 hereto in all aggregating to approximately Rs.22473 millions together with all funded interest facilities, interest, additional interest, further interest, liquidated damages, compound interest, premia on prepayment or on redemption, costs, charges, expenses and all other amounts payable ot the lenders pursuant to Master Restructuring Agreement dated as of 17.12.2004.

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

For the consideration aforesaid and as continuing security for the payment and discharge of the mortgage debt hereby secured or intended to be hereby secured, the borrower doth grant, assign, convey, assure, mortgage and transfer unto the security trustee or the benefit pf Acceding lenders described in Schedule 2 hereto.

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

The charge operates as security, inter alia for the due repayment by the company to the Acceding Lenders of the financial sssi8standce referred to tin serial number 2 above together with all funded interest, facilities, interest, additional interest, front end fee, LC commission, guarantee commission, all fees, costs, charges and expenses, payable in relation to the Lender by the borrower.

 

The security created by or pursuant to these presents is a continuing security and shall remain in full force and effect until the final settlement date.

 

The borrower shall ensure that all the mortgaged properties shall be kept fully insured against loss or damages as may be required by the lender due to any reason whatsoever.

 

In the event of default by the company power of entry, power to take charge and/or possession of, seize, recover, receive, appoint receivers of and remover and/or sale by public auction or private contract dispatch for realisation or any part of the said properties as provided therein.

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

IDDBI Trusteeship Services Limited, 10th Floor, Nariman Bhuvan, 227 Vinay K Shah Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, acting as Security Trustee on behalf of Acceding lenders in respect of the financial assistance mentioned in Serial No.2 above.

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Indenture of mortgage dated 29.12.2005 executed by the borrower and IDBI Trusteeship services Limited acting as security trustee for the benefit of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (hereinafter called HUDCO) for its additional priority loan aggregating To Rs.2660 millions to the company pursuant to priority loan agreement dated 12.10.2005.

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 additional priority loan agreement aggregating Rs.3660 millions being availed by the borrower from HUDCO together with all interest, additional interest, premia on prepayment or on redemption, costs, charges and expenses payable to HUDCO secured by the aforesaid indenture of mortgage is pursuant to master restructuring agreement dated 17.12.2004, the bilateral agreement, their respective agreements Letter of sanction/Memorandum of terms and conditions. Priority loan agreement dated 12.12.2005 pursuant of which IDBI Trustee Services Limited has agreed to act as the Trustee for the benefit of HUDCO. The company inter alia has now secured by the indenture of mortgaged in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited, acting as security trustee for the benefit pf the HUDCO, over the mortgaged properties more particularly described in Schedule 2 hereto, ranking pari pasu with all the mortgages and charges created by the company in favour of the Security Trustees for the benefit of the Existing Lenders. The amount secured by the charge on the said assets stands enhanced to Rs.26133 millions.

 

 

 

Vadinar Oil Terminal Limited is a subsidiary company of Essar Shipping Limited and till the end of financial year 2002-03, the company did not commence operations.

 

 

Website Details :

 

Overview

Essar's oil refinery at Vadinar in Jamnagar, Gujarat is ideally located in India's West Coast in close proximity to the crude rich Gulf States. Vadinar is an all-weather deep-draft natural port. More than 60% of India's crude imports land in and around this region. Besides, the refinery's location enables access to the fast growing markets in the north and western region of India through product pipelines. The eastern and southern parts of India will be serviced through the coastal route circling the country.


Essar Oil's Refinery has a capacity of 10.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) with an investment of close to Rs.10 Billion (USD 2.2 billion). The refinery is being built with the latest, state of the art technology with technical and project assistance from the world's leading consultants and equipment suppliers in the field. It is designed to handle a diverse range of crude mixes.


The refinery is configured to produce Euro II and Euro III grades of Petrol and Diesel. With mid-stream up gradation of processes and technologies, the refinery will have the capability to process the most sour, acidic and heavy crude.


The refinery is fully integrated with its own dedicated 120 MW co-generation power plant, port and terminal facilities. It includes a Single Point Mooring (SPM) capable of handling vessels up to 350, 000 DWT with a capacity; marine product dispatch capacity of 14 MTPA; rail -car and truck loading facilities.


The refinery has built-in environment friendly technologies for pollution management and has also planted over one million trees to ensure a green corridor around the entire refinery complex.

 


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]         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.43.63

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.58

Euro

1

Rs.58.08

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

--

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

--

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

--

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

2

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

20

 

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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