MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

23.03.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

STERLITE INDUSTRIES (INDIA) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Madurai By Pass Road, T V Puram P.O., Tuticorin -628 002, Tami Nadu, India

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.09.1975

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-62634

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L65990TN1975PLC062634

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMS36821B/ MUMS22522D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCS4955Q

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Telephone Cables, Copper Rods and Aluminium Rolled Products.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 160000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company and a part of Sterlite Group. The company is progressing well. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

Fundamentals are strong and healthy.

 

The company can be considered fro business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

The company can be regarded as promising partner in a medium to long-run.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Madurai By Pass Road, T V Puram P.O., Tuticorin -628 002, Tami Nadu, India

E-Mail :

sclof@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in, s.varadharajan@vedanta.co.in

Website :

http://www.sterlite.com

 

 

Head Office :

B-10/4, Waluj MIDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Dist. Aurangabad – 431 133, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-240-2554583/2554589

Fax No.:

91-240-2554690

E-Mail :

sclof@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in, s.varadharajan@vedanta.co.in

Area :

 

Regional Offices :

Northern Regional Office
Scope Office Complex, Core – 6, IInd Floor, 7, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110003.

Tel. No.:

91-11-24366023 / 24365225 / 24366653

Fax No.:

91-11-24366023

E-Mail :

rajan.gupta@vedanta.co.in

 

 

Regional Offices :

Southern Regional Offices

 

705, 7th Floor, North Rear Wing, Manipal Centre, Dickenson Road, Bangalore - 560001

Tel. No.:

9180-25559548 / 25559549

Fax No.:

9180-25559553

E-Mail :

anand.choudhari@vedanta.co.in

 

 

Regional Offices :

Eastern Regional Office

 

Chatterjee International Centre, 20th Floor, 33 A Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata - 700071.

Tel. No.:

91-33-22465968

Fax No.:

91-33-22465968

E-Mail :

anand.choudhari@vedanta.co.in

 

 

Regional Offices :

Western Regional Office

 

Vedanta, Business Square, C Wing, 2nd Floor.Andheri Kurla Road, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 093.

Tel. No.:

91-22- 66434500

Fax No.:

91-22-66434530

E-Mail :

tarun.singh@vedanta.co.in

 

 

Corporate Office :

Dhanraj Mahal, 5th Floor, C.S.M. Road, Appollo Bunder, Colaba, Mumbai – 400 039, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22855551/22854406

Fax No.:

91-22-22836474

E-Mail :

siilho@bom3.vsnl.net.in

 

 

Corporate Office :

92, Maker Chamber III, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021

Tel. No.:

91-22-22835261/22835316/22844864

Fax No.:

91-22-22845015

E-Mail :

siilnfd@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in

 

 

Corporate Office :

Vedanta, 75 Nehru Road, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai-400099, Maharashtra

 

 

Factory 1 :

Sterlite Optical Fibres Unit:

E-2, MIDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Dist - Aurangabad – 431 136, Maharashtra

Tel. No. 91-240-2564599/2554079

Fax No. 91-240-2564598/2564066

E Mail   sclof@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in

 

Sterlite Telecom Cables Unit:

Survey No. 209, Piparia Industrial Estate, Silvassa, (Dadra Nagar & Haveli), Union Territory

Tel. No. 91-2638-241108/241113

Fax No. 91-2638-240394

 

Sterlite Aluminium Foils Unit:

Aluminium Foils  & Sheets Division

Gate Nos. 924-927, Sanaswadi, Tal. Shirur, Dist. Pune – 412 208, Maharashtra

Tel. No. 91-2137-252308/252309/252438/252439

Fax No. 91-2137-252407

E Mail   sterlite@pn2.vsnl.net.in

 

Jelly Filled Cables:

 

Unit I :

B-10/4, Waluj MIDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Dist. Aurangabad – 413 133, Maharashtra

 

Unit II :

Survey No. 209, Piparia Industrial Estate, Phase II, Silvassa – 396 230, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Union Territory)

 

Optical Fibre:

 

E-1, MIDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Dist - Aurangabad – 431 136, Maharashtra

 

Continuous Cast Copper Rods:

 

Unit I :

Bombay-Pune Highway, P.O. Takwe Khurd, Taluka Maval Lonavala, Dist. Pune – 410 405, Maharashtra

 

Unit II :

Survey No. 209, Piparia Industrial Estate, Phase II, Silvassa – 396 230, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Union Territory)

 

Copper Cathodes (Smelter):

 

Zone A & B, Sipcot Industrial complex, Tuticorin – 628 002, Tamil Nadu

 

Copper Cathodes (Refinery):

 

Plot No. 1/1/2, Village Chinchpada, Silvassa – 396 230, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Union Territory)

 

Power Transmission Line Aluminium Conductor:

 

Karanjawane, Taluka Velhe, Dist. Pune – 412 305, Maharashtra

 

Power Transmission Line Aluminium Conductor:

 

Rakholi, Madhuban Dam Road, Silvassa – 396 230, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Union Territory)

 

7, Kirol, Vidyavihar, Mumbai-400086, Maharashtra, India

 

SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, T.V. Puram P.O., Tuticorin-628002, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Secretarial Department :

Solitaire Corporate Park, Business Square Centre, C Wing, 2nd Floor, Andheri Kulra Road, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400093

Tel. No.:

91-22-66434500

Fax No.:

91-22-66434551

E-Mail :

comp.sect@vedanta.co.in

 

 

Branches :

904-905, Tolstoy House, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001

Tel. No.:

91-11-23736941/23351393

Fax No.:

91-11-23355768/23736988

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Agarwal

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. C. V. Krishnan

Designation :

Additional Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dwarka Prasad Agarwal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ishwarlal Patwari

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Ms. Suvalaxmi Chakraborty

Designation :

ICICI Nominee Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Navin Agarwal

Designation :

Executive Vice-Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr Berjis Desai

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sandeep Junnarkar

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gautam Doshi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tarun Jain

Designation :

Whole Time Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kuldip Kumar Kaura

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. S. Varadharajan

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Promoters

87608425

78.40

Banks, Financial Institutions

25681

0.02

Insurance Companies

3017712

2.70

Mutual Funds

2022365

1.81

Foreign Institutional Investors

7267476

6.50

NRIs/OCBs

217042

0.19

Corporates

2486343

2.23

Resident Individuals (including Trust)

8191905

7.34

Foreign Companies (Others)

901310

0.81

Total

111738469

100.00

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Telephone Cables, Copper Rods and Aluminium Rolled Products.

 

 

Products :

Generic Names of Three Principal Products/Services of the company are :

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

7403.11

Product Description

Copper Cathode

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

7407.10

Product Description

Continuous Cast Copper Rods

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

7614.10

Product Description

Aluminium Conductors (AAC/ACSR)

 

 

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

2809.00

Product Description

Phosphoric Acid

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

 

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

Continuous Cast Copper Rods

MT

 

240000

166497

Copper Cathodes

MT

 

300000

273048

Aluminium Cold Rolled Products

MT

 

20000

--

Sulphuric Acid

MT

 

1068000

844376

Phosphoric Acid

MT

 

180000

171893

Power Transmission Line Aluminium Conductors (AAC/ ACSR)

KM

 

95480

60777

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

v      Vedant Resources Plc

v      Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited

v      Bharat Aluminium Company Limited

v      Konkola Copper Mines Plc

 

 

No. of Employees :

5000

 

 

Bankers :

v                  ABN Amro Bank

v                  Credit Lyonnais

v                  Credit Agricole Indosuez

v                  HDFC Bank Limited

v                  ICICI Bank Limited

v                  State Bank of India

v                  The Bank of Nova Scotia

v                  Development Bank of Singapore

v                  Bank of Maharashtra

v                  Bank of India

v                  Central Bank of India

v                  Corporation Bank

v                  Oriental Bank of Commerce

v                  Standard Chartered Bank

v                  State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

v                  State Bank of Hyderabad

v                  Syndicate Bank

v                  The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

v                  The ING Vysya Bank Limited

v                  The Karur Vysya Bank Limited

v                  Union Bank of India

v                  City Bank

v                  Calyon Bank

v                  IDBI Bank

v                  Deutsche Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans (Rs. In millions):

 

Redeemable Non Convertible Debentures

1000.000

Foreign Currency Loans

0.000

Working Capital Loans from Banks

259.200

Total

1259.200

 

Unsecured Loans :

 

Deferred Sales Tax Liabilities

677.400

Loans from Banks/ Financial Institutions

 

Floating Rate Notes Due 2007

597.800

Foreign Currency Loans

6364.200

1% Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

0.000

Redeemable Non Convertible Debentures

291.200

Rupee Loan

123.800

Buyer’s Credit

11034.300

Total

19088.700

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

v                  Charturvedi & Shah

Chartered Accountants

Mumbai

 

v                  Das & Prasad

Chartered Accountants

Kolkata, West Bengal

 

 

Memberships :

Confederation of Indian Industry

 

 

Holding Companies :

v      Twinstar Holding Limited

v      Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited

v      Vedanta Resources Ptc.

v      Volcan Investments Limited

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Subsidiaries :

 

v                  Bharat Aluminium Company Limited

v                  Sterlite Paper Limited

v                  Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited

v                  Thalanga Copper Mines Pty Limited

v                  Monte Cello BV

v                  Sterlite Transmission Limited

v                  Sterlite Opportunities & Ventures Limited

v                  Sterlite Copper Limited

v                  Hindustan Zinc Limited

v                  Sterlite Optical Technologies Limited

v                  The Madras Aluminium Company Limited

v                  Sterlite International Limited

v                  Twinstar Holding Limited

 

Associates :

 

v      India Foils Limited

v      Vedanta Alumina Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

600000000

Equity Shares

Rs.2/- each

Rs.1200.000 millions

111738469

Preference Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.300.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs.1500.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

111738469

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.558.700

21875000

1% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.218.800

 

Total

 

Rs.777.500 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

777.500

767.700

577.700

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

40446.600

35029.700

13821.700

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

41224.100

35797.400

14399.400

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

1259.200

6269.100

10799.400

2] Unsecured Loans

19088.700

18125.900

13321.800

TOTAL BORROWING

20347.900

24395.000

24121.200

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

3274.100

3089.900

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

64846.100

63282.300

38520.600

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

17390.700

15617.800

15283.800

Capital work-in-progress

710.000

2533.000

3376.900

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

26717.800

29863.300

16125.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

10191.800

5716.700

3743.400

 

Sundry Debtors

5758.000

4094.700

3046.100

 

Cash & Bank Balances

7937.700

6154.100

1638.900

 

Other Current Assets

21.500

66.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

12520.500

4985.200

5725.800

Total Current Assets

36429.500

21016.700

14154.200

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

9078.700

4609.100

10059.000

 

Provisions

7326.600

1146.200

371.700

Total Current Liabilities

16405.300

5755.300

10430.700

Net Current Assets

20024.200

15261.400

3723.500

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

3.400

6.800

11.400

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

64846.100

65282.300

38520.600

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

75039.000

39916.500

35393.900

Other Income

3694.000

2286.300

0.000

Total Income

78733.000

42202.800

35393.900

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

6787.600

863.800

1967.400

Provision for Taxation

1676.400

(200.400)

(4.100)

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

5111.200

1064.200

1971.500

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

42382.100

16541.900

NA

 

Management Fees

59.000

89.800

NA

 

Other Earnings

0.000

26.100

NA

Total Earnings

42441.100

16657.800

NA

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

61544.900

28035.800

NA

 

Stores & Spares

171.200

124.900

NA

 

Capital Goods

65.500

176.500

NA

Total Imports

61781.600

28337.200

NA

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

67021.400

34721.800

978.600

 

Administrative Expenses

1203.700

1026.600

616.300

 

Raw Material Consumed

NA

NA

23508.400

 

Purchases made for re-sale

0.000

1318.200

NA

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

NA

NA

NA

 

Miscelleneous Expense

NA

NA

2223.200

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

464.700

443.000

318.800

 

Interest

1203.700

1026.600

1231.400

 

Power & Fuel

NA

NA

1322.500

 

Depreciation & Amortization

1282.300

1140.600

1084.000

 

Other Expenditure

816.000

545.900

NA

 

Less : Preoperative Expenses of projects

(65.800)

(59.500)

2224.900

Total Expenditure

71945.400

42202.800

33508.100

 

QUARTERLY / SUMMARISED RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2006

(1st Qtr.)

30.09.2006

(2nd Qtr.)

31.12.2006

(3rd Qtr.)

 Sales Turnover

 23748.100

 33091.100

 31928.400

 Other Income

 289.300

 214.500

 270.200

 Total Income

 24037.400

 33305.600

 32198.600

 Total Expenditure

 20616.900

 30673.500

 29069.600

 Operating Profit

 3420.500

 2632.100

 3129.000

 Interest

 405.400

 434.500

 481.600

 Gross Profit

 3015.100

 2197.600

 2647.400

 Depreciation

 331.700

 320.700

 332.100

 Tax

 481.800

 619.300

 120.600

 Reported PAT

 2234.900

 1365.600

 2147.900

 


200606 Quarter 1

 

Notes:

 

EPS is Basic and Diluted Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 27 Complaints Received during the quarter 17 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 37 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter 07 1. The above results have been reviewed by Audit Committee. The Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 19, 2006 approved the above results and its release. 2. The Company has subdivided the face value of its equity share from Rs 5/- each fully paid up to Rs 2/- each fully paid up effective from May 12, 2006 (the Record Date) and on the same date has issued bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1. As a result, the paid up equity share capital of the Company is Rs 1117.40 million. The Company has redeemed the preference shares amounting to Rs 218.80 million. The redemption premium amounting to Rs 1717.20 million has been adjusted against Security premium account. The pro-rata dividend on Preference Shares redeemed has been provided for. 3. In accordance with the Accounting Standard - 15 (Revised - 2005) on ''Employee Benefits'' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, effective from April 01, 2006, the employee benefits mainly on account of Leave encashment has been accounted by adjusting Rs 1.40 million to the Opening balance of the General Reserve as on April 01, 2006 and Rs 0.70 million for the quarter as a charge to the Profit & Loss account. 4. With respect to the Auditors qualification regarding no provision having been made for diminution in the value of certain investments, loans and guarantees, the position that the loss, if any, cannot be ascertained at this stage remains the same. 5. Out of the total right issue proceeds of Rs 19723.00 million received in past, so far the Company has utilised Rs 9654.10 million. Pending utilisation of the balance proceeds, the same have been temporarily invested in short term money market instruments. 6. Turnover include benefits on account of ''Target Plus'' scheme. 7. The Financial Results are in accordance with the standard accounting practices followed by the Company in preparation of its statutory accounts and have been subjected to ''Limited Review'' by the Auditors of the Company. 8.'Others' business segment comprises of Phosphoric Acid. 9. Previous Period/Year figures have been regrouped/recasted wherever necessary.

 

200609 Quarter 2

 

Notes

 

Expenditure Includes Variation in Stock Rs 576.50 million Purchases & Consumption of Raw Materials Rs 27348.50 million Staff Cost Rs 120.30 million Other expenses Rs 1291.50 million Tax Includes Provision for Current Tax Rs 617.50 million Deferred Tax Rs (108.00) million Fringe Benefit Tax Rs 01.80 million EPS is Basic Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 07 Complaints Received during the quarter 21 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 22 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter 06 1. The above results have been reviewed by Audit Committee. The Board of Directors at its meeting held on November 15, 2006 approved the above results and its release. 2. In accordance with the Accounting Standard - 15 (Revised - 2005) on 'Employee Benefits' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, effective from April 01, 2006, the employee benefits mainly on account of Leave encashment has been accounted by adjusting Rs 1.40 million to the opening balance of the General Reserve as on April 01, 2006 and Rs 0.70 million & Rs 5.00 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 & for the half year ended September 30, 2006 respectively have been charged to the Profit & Loss account. 3. During the quarter, the Company has written off certain investments and loans aggregating to Rs 516.40 million and has made a provision for any possible liability on account of guarantees given to Banks and Financial Institutions for the loans taken by other Companies amounting to Rs 784.00 million. This resolves the Auditor's qualification in the annual accounts of 2005-06. The same have been disclosed as Exceptional Items. 4. As approved by the members of the Company through postal ballot, the Power Transmission Line (PTL) division of the Company having its manufacturing facilities at Rakholi (Silvassa, union territory) and Karanjwane (Pune, Maharashtra) have been sold on a going concern basis to Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd (SOTL) at a lump sum consideration of Rs 1485.10 million, with effect from July 01, 2006. Loss on Sale of Power Transmission line Division amounting to Rs 36.30 million has been shown as Exceptional Items. 5. Out of the total right issue proceeds of Rs 19723.00 million received in past, so far the Company has utilised Rs 15721.90 million. Pending utilisation of the balance proceeds, the same have been temporarily invested in short term money market instruments. 6. The Financial Results are in accordance with the standard accounting practices followed by the Company in preparation of its statutory accounts. 7. 'Others' business segment comprises of Phosphoric Acid. 8. Previous Period / Year figures have been regrouped / recasted wherever necessary. As mentioned in Note 4 above, figures for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 does not include figures in respect of Power Transmission Line division. Hence figures for current period/s are not strictly comparable to figures for the previous period/s.

 

200612 Quarter 3

 

Notes

 

Expenditure Includes Variation in Stock Rs 1824.30 million Purchases & Consumption of Raw Materials Rs 26287.60 million Staff Cost Rs 139.60 million Other expenses( net of foreign exchange gain & losses) Rs 818.10 million Tax Includes Provision for Current Tax Rs 118.60 million Deferred Tax Rs 46.80 million Fringe Benefit Tax Rs 2.00 million EPS is Basic Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 06 Complaints Received during the quarter 09 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 15 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter Nil 1. The above results have been reviewed by Audit Committee. The Board of Directors at its meeting held on January 12, 2007 approved the above results and its release. 2. In accordance with the Accounting Standard - 15 (Revised - 2005) on Employee Benefits issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, effective from April 01, 2006, the employee benefits mainly on account of Leave encashment has been accounted by adjusting Rs 1.40 million to the opening balance of the General Reserve as on April 01, 2006 and Rs 1.50 million & Rs 6.50 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 & for nine months ended December 31, 2006 respectively have been charged to the Profit & Loss account. 3. In the previous quarter, (a) The Company had written off certain investments & loans aggregating to Rs 516.40 million and had made a provision for any possible liability on account of guarantees given to Banks and Financial Institutions for the loans taken by other Companies amounting to Rs 784.00 million, this resolve the Auditor's qualification in the annual accounts of 2005-06 (b) Incurred loss on sale of Power Transmission Line Division amounting to Rs 36.30 million. Both items have been disclosed as 'Exceptional Items'. 4. Out of the total right issue proceeds of Rs 19723.00 million received in past, so far the Company has utilised Rs 15721.90 million. Pending utilisation of the balance proceeds, the same have been temporarily invested in short term money market instruments. 5. During the quarter, the Company has successfully completed its expansion of copper production capacities from 3,00,000 TPA to 4,00,000 TPA. 6. The Board of Directors had recommended Interim Dividend @ 200% (Rs 4 per share face value of Rs 2/- each) in their meeting held on November 15, 2006. Subsequently, aggregate interim dividend amounting to Rs 2234.00 million has since been paid on record date as at December 07, 2006. 7. During the quarter, the Sterlite Energy Ltd has become a wholly owned subsidiary Company. 8. The Financial Results are in accordance with the standard accounting practices followed by the company in preparation of its statutory accounts and have been subjected to Limited Review by the Auditors of the Company. 9. Others business segment comprises of Phosphoric Acid. 10. Previous Period/Year figures have been regrouped / recasted wherever necessary. On account of sale of Power Transmission Line Division with effect from July 01, 2006, figures for current period/s are not strictly comparable to figures for the previous period/s.

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Debt-Equity Ratio

0.58

0.97

1.54

Long Term Debt-Equity Ratio

0.56

0.93

1.45

Current Ratio

1.91

1.65

1.11

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

3.16

1.87

1.48

Inventory

9.73

8.74

8.50

Debtors

15.71

11.58

12.88

Interest Cover Ratio

6.60

3.01

2.51

Operating Profit Margin(%)

11.99

10.46

14.17

Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%)

10.33

7.70

10.64

Cash Profit Margin(%)

8.26

8.05

9.94

Adjusted Net Profit Margin(%)

6.60

5.29

6.42

Return On Capital Employed(%)

13.14

6.45

9.58

 


STOCK PRICES

 

Face Value

Rs.10.00/-

High

Rs.(0.01)

Low

Rs.(0.01)

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

The company was incorporated on 8th September 1975 at Aurangabad in Maharashtra under the name and style of Rainbow Investments Limited having Company Registration Number 30217. Subsequently, the name of the company was changed to Sterlite Cables Limited w.e.f. 19th October, 1976. On 28th February, 1986 the name of the company was changed to present.

 

Sterlite Industries India Ltd (SIIL), a part of Anil Agarwal group is one of the major players in Copper industry. Twinstar Holdings Ltd, Mauritius is the parent company of SIIL by holding 51% Equity in the latter. SIIL inturn controls Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). The Indian Promoters Madras Aluminium Company Ltd (Malco) currently holds 7.13 percent in SIIL. 

 
Originally incorporated as Rainbow Investments in 1975, the name of the company was changed to Sterlite Cables in 1976. It acquired its present name - Sterlite Industries (India), in 1986. The company manufactures polyethylene-insulated jelly-filled (PIJF) telecommunication cables and continuous cast copper rods (CCR). It caters to the requirements of the telecom, power, electrical and cable industries. The PIJF plant at Aurangabad was set up in technical collaboration with the Essex group, US. The CCR plant with an installed capacity of 12,000 tpa was set up in 1990, with imported technology and equipment from Continuous, Italy, and La Farga Lacambra, Spain, to manufacture CCR from copper scrap.

 
The company also manufactures aluminium cold-rolled products with technical know-how from J W Aluminium, US. During 1994, it entered into the manufacture of optical fibres, the basic raw material for optical fibre cables. This project was promoted through Sterlite Communications (SCL), a subsidiary, in technical collaboration with the Nokia group, Finland - leaders in the telecommunication sector. In 1998-99, the paper project was spun-off into a 100% subsidiary company - Sterlite Paper and the commissioning of new power projects and development of the national grid increased the need for developed power transmission network, increasing demand for aluminiumconductors. 
 
The company's telecom business was transferred to the new telecom company rechristened as Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd (SOTL). In terms of the Scheme of arrangement, the Telecom company was alloted one equity share of the face value of Rs 5/- each for every one fully paid-up equity share of Rs 10/- held by every member of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. It alloted 90,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each at a premium of Rs.171/- per share aggregating to Rs.1629.000 millions on preferential allotment of shares against exercise of the warrants issued by the company in June, 1998. 

 
The company had in its Rs 5515.000 millions bid for 51% stake of Balco. It plans to make Balco the lowest cost aluminium producer over the next three years. The company will make substantial investment to make Balco a world class benchmark producer. Company's vision to acquire Balco is to convert it into a platform to move on and take on the international market. The company will soon appoint an international consultant to undertake a feasibility study for reaching an exact estimate of quantum of investments to be made in Balco. 

 
To reduce dependence on external sources and to ensure consistent supplies of good quality copper concentrate, the company acquired two copper mines in Australia through 100% of the equity of their holding company, Monte Cello Corporation, B V, Netherlands. In the fiscal 2001, the company received ISO 14001 certification for environment management at copper smelter by Det Norske Veritas B V, Netherlands and national award for "Excellence in Energy Conservation" from the Confederation of Indian industry and National Safety Award from the British Safey Council. 

 
During March 2002, the company took a 26% stake in Hindustan Zinc from Government of India at a price of Rs 4450 million acquired through Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd., a special purpose vehicle set up for the same. The company had completed the debottlenecking of its facilities,resulting in the expansion of Copper Capacity from 150,000 MT to 165,000 MT in 2001-02 and is proposing to enhance the capacity to 3,00,000 MT. The project is expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2003-04. Since the major global copper players are having their capacities from 500,000 MT p.a.onwards the company is very imperative in reaching the same.

 
Proposed expansion plan for enhancement of aluminium capacity from 100,000 MT p.a to 355,000 MT p.a for BALCO,Captive power plant with an installed capacity of 540 MW. In Hindustan Zinc Ltd the zinc capacity will be enhanced from 170,000 MT p.a to 400,000 MT p.a approximately. SIIL is also planning to Restruturing its business under the Scheme of Arrangement by which,the Company would separate the copper business and carry the same business in a separate company. For this a 100% subsidiary company was incorporated viz Sterlite Copper Ltd. The shareholders have approved the scheme of arrangement and the same has been filed in the High Court of Mumbai and Chennai. 

 
During 2001-02 the company embarked on a capital restructuring exerise whereby the company will purchase from its existing shareholders upto 50% of its existing equity share capital at a consideration of Rs.150 per fully paid up equity share. The same was approved by the Board and Hon'ble High Court of Mumbai and accordingly the company has purchased 2,00,68,004 equity shares and the same has been cancelled on 26th August 2002.
 

 

BUSINESS

 

The company is engaged in manufacturing of telephone cables, copper rods and aluminium rolled products.

 

The product range includes Continuous Cast Copper Rods, Copper Cathodes, Aluminium Cold Rolled Products, Power Transmission Line Aluminium Conductors, Phosphoric Acid and Sulphuric Acid.

 

Financial Review

 

The company reported a record performance during the year under review:

 

Gross turnover increased 85% from Rs. 42790 million in 2004-05 to Rs. 79230 million in 2005-06 « PBIDTA increased 107% from Rs. 4480 million in 2004-05 to Rs. 9270 million in 2005-06 « Net profit increased 380% from Rs. 1060 million to Rs. 5110 million.

 

This attractive increase in revenues is primarily attributed to the following reasons:

 

v      H 58% increase in copper sales from 1,71,860 tonnes in 2004-05 to 2,71,624 tonnes in 2005-06

v      54% increase in phosphoric acid sales from 1,09,243 tonnes in 2004-05 to 1,68,317 tonnes in 2005-06

v      H Higher and better TC/RC realisations

v      Enhanced TC/RC along with growth in volumes due to faster ramp up of expansions contributed to improved smelter performance. TC/RC realizations increased substantially from 8.6 cents/lb in 2004- 05 to 23.1 cents/lb. There was a pressure on operating costs due to a steep increase in the cost of fuel and input chemicals and consumables, which was more than offset by higher prices and volumes leading to a better PBIDTA for 2006.

 

Finance

 

The long-term loan of US$ 25 million taken from UBI was repaid during the year. The company refinanced its secured floating rate notes to the extent of US$ 50 million through unsecured External Commercial Borrowings yielding lower spreads compared with the original borrowing.

 

There were no fresh major long-term borrowings during the year. Despite an increasing interest rate scenario within India and globally, the interest cost of the company was controlled through a judicious mix of rupee and short term foreign currency borrowings. The company continued to enjoy CRISIL's highest rating of P1+ for its short-term borrowings and AA rating for its long-term borrowings.

 


Operational overview

 

2006 was a landmark year for the company. The company completed major expansions like 1,20,000 tpa of copper smelting, 1,20,000 tpa of copper refinery and 90,000 tpa of the copper rod plant, following which its annual smelting capacity increased to 3,00,000 tonnes.

 

They produced 2,73,048 tonnes of cathodes, an increase of 59°/o over the previous year. From these 1,66,497 tonnes of copper rods were produced, an increase of 33°/o over the previous year. There was a focus on increasing the production of value-added copper rods, which was 61% of the total production during 2005-06. As planned, a maintenance shut down of the Tuticorin smelter for 21 days was completed in April 2006 following which the'smelter was re-commissioned. The production of phosphoric acid increased by 64°/o from 1,04,902 tonnes to 1,71,893 tonnes and of sulphuric acid by 54 °/o from 5,46,647 tonnes to 8,44,376 tonnes during 2005-06.

 

During the year under review the company consolidated its leadership position within India with record 1,06,279 tonnes sales of copper with a market share of 26%. The company exported 1,65,354 tonnes of copper (previous year 89,296 tonnes), a growth of 85%. Exports included 79,350 tonnes of copper rods against 56,061 tonnes in the previous year. The Middle East, China, Japan, Philippines and Thailand were the key export markets and they continue to develop a larger customer base for the export of copper rods.

 

Recognition

 

The company's pursuit of excellence in the areas of operations, safety, environment, energy conservation, research and development, human resources as well as community social responsibility was widely recognised, which included the following

 

v      National Award for Excellence in Energy Management for 2005 from the Confederation of Indian Industries (Cll)

v      Tamil Nadu Cultural Academy Social Service Award for exemplary social service in Tuticorin district in 2005

v      Award by Tuticorin Port Trust for excellent traffic performance during 2004-05

v      Awarded Best Corporate Blood Donor in the District of Tuticorin by the Tuticorin Blood Donors Club in association with the Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association

v      Ranked third in Human Resources Metrics in the Best Companies to Work For in India 2005 in a Business Today study

v      The Chinchpada unit upgraded from ISO 14001: 1996 to ISO 14001:2004 standards' the unit was also certified for ISO 9001: 2000 and OHSAS 18001: 1999

v      The Chinchpada laboratory was accredited to NABL (National Accreditation Board for Calibration and Testing Laboratories)

v      Qualtech Prize 2005 to the Silvassa unit for manufacturing improvements reflected in the reduction in de-tellurisation batch time by Quimpro, Mumbai.

 

Group structure

 

The Agarwal Group, being a group defined under the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, controls the company. A list of its group entities is given below:

 

v      Volcan Investments Limited, Bahamas

v      Twinstar Holdings Limited, Mauritius

v      Vedanta Resources pic, United Kingdom

v      Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited, United Kingdom

v      Mr. Dwarakaprasad Agarwal

v      Mr. Agnivesh Agarwal

 

The company’s fixed assets of important value include Land, Buildings, Plant & Machinery, Furniture & Fixtures, Data Processing Equipments, Office Equipments, Electrical Fittings and Vehicles.

 

The company employs around 5,000 persons in its set-up.

 

Sterlite Industries India Ltd (SIIL), a part of Anil Agarwal group is one of the major player in Copper industry. Twinstar Holdings Ltd, Mauritius is the parent company of SIIL by holding 51% Equity in the later. SIIL inturn controls Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) and Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). The Indian Promoters Madras Aluminium Company Ltd (Malco) currently holds 7.13 percent in SIIL. 


Originally incorporated as Rainbow Investments in 1975, the name of the company was changed to Sterlite Cables in 1976. It acquired its present name - Sterlite Industries (India), in 1986. The company manufactures copper cathodes and continuous cast copper rods (CCR): Sulphuric Acid, Phosphoric Acids, Phospho gypsum, Hydro Fluo Silicic Acid and Granulated Slag. The CCR plant with an installed capacity of 12,000 tpa was set up in 1990, with imported technology and equipment from Continuous, Italy, and La Farga Lacambra, Spain, to manufacture CCR from copper scrap.

 
The company also manufactures aluminium cold-rolled products with technical know-how from J W Aluminium, US. During 1994, it entered into the manufacture of optical fibres, the basic raw material for optical fibre cables. This project was promoted through Sterlite Communications (SCL), a subsidiary, in technical collaboration with the Nokia group, Finland - leaders in the telecommunication sector. In 1998-99, the paper project was spun-off into a 100% subsidiary company - Sterlite Paper and the commissioning of new power projects and development of the national grid increased the need for developed power transmission network, increasing demand for aluminium conductors. 

 
The company's telecom business was transferred to the new telecom company rechristened as Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd (SOTL). In terms of the Scheme of arrangement, the Telecom company was alloted one equity share of the face value of Rs 5/- each for every one fully paid-up equity share of Rs 10/- held by every member of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. It alloted 90,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each at a premium of Rs.171/- per shares aggregating to Rs.1629 millions on preferential allotment of shares against exercise of the warrants issued by the company in June, 1998. 

 
The company had in its Rs 5515 cr bid for 51% stake of Balco. It plans to make Balco the lowest cost aluminium producer over the next three years. The company will make substantial investment to make Balco a world class benchmark producer. Company's vision to acquire Balco is to convert it into a platform to move on and take on the international market. The company will soon appoint an international consultant to undertake a feasibility study for reaching an exact estimate of quantum of investments to be made in Balco. 

 
To reduce dependence on external sources and to ensure consistent supplies of good quality copper concentrate, the company acquired two copper mines in Australia through 100% of the equity of their holding company, Monte Cello Corporation, B V, Netherlands. In the fiscal 2001, the company received ISO 14001 certification for environment management at copper smelter by Det Norske Veritas B V, Netherlands and national award for 'Excellence in Energy Conservation' from the Confederation of Indian industry and National Safety Award from the British Safey Council. 

 
During March 2002, the company took a 26% stake in Hindustan Zinc from Government of India at a price of Rs 445 million acquired through Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd., a special purpose vehicle set up for the same. 
 
 Proposed expansion plan for enhancement of aluminium capacity from 135,000 tpa to 385,000 tpa for BALCO,Captive power plant with an installed capacity of 540 MW. This is expected to be commissioned in March 2006. SIIL is also planning to Restruturing its business under the Scheme of Arrangement by which, the Company would separate the copper business and the carry the same business in a separate company. For this a 100% subsidiary company was incorporated viz Sterlite Copper Ltd. The shareholders have approved the scheme of arrangement and the same has been filed in the High Court of Mumbai and Chennai. 

 
During 2001-02 the company embarked on a capital restructuring exerise whereby the company will purchase from its existing shareholders upto 50% of its existing equity share capital at a consideration of Rs.150 per fully paid up equity share. The same was approved by the Board and Hon'ble High Court of Mumbai and accordingly the company has purchased 2,00,68,004 equity shares and the same has been cancelled on 26th August,2002. 

 
In February 2004 the company issued bonus equity shares to its shareholders in the ratio of 1:1. 
 
During 2004-05 the company has increased its installed capacity of Phosphoric Acid, Sulphuric Acid and Power Transmission Line-Aluminium Conductor by 55000 MT, 615000 MT and 13420 MT respectively. With this expansion the total installed capacity of Phosphoric Acid, Sulphuric Acid and Power Transmission Line-Aluminium Conductor has increased to 180000 MT, 1050000 MT and 73000 MT respectively.  


The company has commissioned the expanded capacity made to the company's Tuticorin plant in the state of Tamilnadu and additional smelting line has increased capacity of copper cathodes to 300000 tpa. Further the company is building a new power plant with a capacity of 22.5 MW to provide power for the new smelter along with a 10 MW plant generating power from waste heat capture. Also in addition a An increase of existing infrastructure also accompained the increased smelter capacity.new phosphoric acid plant and refinery is also constructed which is built along the same lines as the Silvassa Operation and will accommodate in excess of 125000 tpa of anode. The inclusion of a refinery at the Tuticorin site is the beneficial step in the integration of the copper operation as it will greatly reduce the freight cost and increase returns from the new projects.  

 
Further the company has completed its expansion of 170000 tpa Hydrometallurgy based Zinc smelting facility supported by a new 154 MW Captive Power plant at Chanderiya and also expanded output of 3.75 million tpa at Rampura Agucha Mine for Hindustan Zinc Ltd. 


During the year 2004-05, following the further issue of share capital by Vedanta Alumina Ltd, the shareholding of the company has been reduced to 29.5%. Consequently Vedanta Alumina Ltd has ceased to be a subsidiary company. 
 
 During July 2004 the company came out with rights issue of equity shares in the ratio of 1:2 at a premium of Rs.545 per share. With this Rights issue the Share capital of the company has increased by 35860049 equity shares of Rs.5 each aggregating to Rs.179.3 millions and the amount of Rs.19543.7 millions was added to the share premium account of the company.

 

Website Details :

 

Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (SIIL) is the principal subsidiary of the Vedanta Resources Group. It was the first company in India to set up a Copper Smelter and Refinery in Private Sector and operate the largest capacity continuous Cast Copper Rod plants. SIIL’s main products, Copper Cathodes and Copper Rods meet global quality benchmarks.

 

SIIL’s 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%.

 

SIIL’s 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.

 

SIIL 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 Hydro Agri International, UK.

 

Highlights

 

v      First private sector smelter in India

v      Went on stream in a record period of two years, fully stabilized and operating at rated capacity.

v      State-of-the-art technology. New ISA™ incorporates waste heat recovery boiler.

v      ISA WHRB - Free Power Generation from Off gases, Low gas volume per ton of concentrate, Good hygiene -Less Air Ingress

v      An ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certified Organization.

v      TQM as a way of life for Continual Improvements and Employee engagement

v      First Copper Smelter in the world to be accredited with “Five Star” rating by British Safety Council.

v      Extensive use of TQM to constantly reach new frontiers of excellence and maximize employee involvement.

v      Star Trading House status awarded for Export.

v      Currently 11% of copper requirement met by captive mines.

v      Zero-effluent discharge systems integrated at every plant.

v      First company in South India to go in for a secured land fill.

v      Dominant market shares in the various segments of copper consumption.

v      Won the National Award in Excellence in Energy Management for the last six years in a row.

v      Winner of the Green Tech Safety Award-Silver for best practices in Fire & Safety from Green Tech foundation in the Metals & Mining Sector for the Year 2005

v      Winner of the International Safety Award from British Safety Council for the Year 2005

 


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.43.39

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.16

Euro

1

Rs.57.60

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NNO

--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

 

68

 

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

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