MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

04.05.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MAHALAKSHMI TRADERS

 

 

Registered Office :

21, Sriram Nagar, Lakshmipuram Peelamedu, Coimbatore - 641004,Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

2001

 

 

TIN :

33692102090

 

 

IEC No.:

3203007339

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

ABRPL6279J

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole ProprietoryConcern

 

 

Line of Business :

Trader and Importer of Apples

 

 

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 4948

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed concern having satisfactory track. Proprietor is reported as experienced and respectable businessman. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

21, Sriram Nagar, Lakshmipuram Peelamedu, Coimbatore - 641004,Tamilnadu

Tel. No.:

91-422-2572184

Mobile No.:

91-9363126120

Fax No.:

91-422-2572184

E-Mail :

mahalakshmitraders@hotmail.com

Area :

500 sq.fts

Location :

Owned

 

 

 

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name :

Mrs. M. Lakshmi

Designation :

Proprietrix

Address :

26/A, Thaskannagar, goldwins, coimbatore – 14

Date of Birth/Age :

09.04.1955

Qualification :

Diploma

Experience :

7 Years

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Trader and Importer of Apples

 

 

Products :

*                    Fuji apples : Junjie, Hiland fruits and best Apple

*                    Red delicious apples : Casino, lady of chelan

*                    Red chief apples : Ben David, Mr. fruit

*                    Pears : selected Ya pears.

 

 

Agencies Held :

*                    Laiyang Junjie Foodstuff Company Limited, China

*                    Huasheng (Group) Corpation, China

*                    Jinan Heric Agricultural Products Company Limited, China

*                    Calex Trading, USA

*                    Ben David, Chile

*                    Mr. Fruit, Chile

 

 

Imports :

 

Products :

*                    Fuji apples

*                    Red delicious apples

*                    Red chief apples

Countries :

*                    China

*                    USA

*                    Chile

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Credit

 

 

Purchasing :

Credit (30-60 days)

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

*                    Wholesalers

*                    Retailers

 

 

No. of Employees :

6 (4 Office, 2 Branch)

 

 

Bankers :

ICICI Bank Limited, Trichy Road, Coimbatore.

Central Bank of India, Coimbatore

 

 

Facilities :

Credit Limit : Rs. 4.000 millions

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Baskaran

Chartered Accountants

Address :

1212, RG street, Coimbatore. 1.

Tel. No.:

91-422-4365373

 

 

 

Capital Structure

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs. 1.237 millions

Borrowed :

-

Total :

Rs. 1.237 millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Data

( all figure are in Rupees Millions))

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1]  Proprietor’s Capital

 

 

1.237

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

0.000

NETWORTH

 

 

1.237

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

0.212

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

0.212

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1.449

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

0.402

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

 

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

0.657

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

1.107

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

0.067

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

0.000

Total Current Assets

 

 

1.831

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

0.784

 

Provisions

 

 

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

0.784

Net Current Assets

 

 

1.047

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1.449

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

 

 

28.415

Other Income

 

 

0.000

Total Income

 

 

28.415

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

0.250

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.013

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

0.236

 

 

 

 

Total Earnings

 

 

0.236

 

 

 

 

Total Imports

 

 

20.000

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

 

27.852

 

Manufacturing Expenses

 

 

0.041

 

Administrative Expenses

 

 

0.247

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

 

0.023

Total Expenditure

 

 

28.163

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

31.03.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

 

0.83

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

 

0.87

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

 

11.19

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

 

0.20

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

 

0.80

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

 

2.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

TRADE REFERENCES:

 

*                    Laiyang Junjie Foodstuff Company Limited

*                    Huasheng (Group) Corpation Limited

*                    Jinan Heric Agricultural Products Company Limited

*                    Calex Trading

*                    Ben David

*                    Mr. Fruit

*                    SBP cold storage Private Limited, Ponamaile high road

*                    Chennai. Tel. 9444033575 Director : Prasanna

*                    Mubarak Friut Mundy, Karuppa gounder street, Coimbatore. Tel: 91-9842278684 Director : Mubarak

PROFILE:

 

The concern is situated in the residence of proprietrix Mrs. M. Lakshmi. Now Mrs. Lakshmi is a housewife who is not educated and it is her son who running the show. The house is in Peelamedu near the PSG college of Technology about 15 Km away from Coimbatore. Adjoining the PSG group of institutions is a road that is called Laksmipuram.

 

The house is very small. The office is a makeshift attached room on the terrace of this small house. There is no furniture except for a table and chair and a telefax. No  staff to answer the phone or any queries of any sort.

 

Mr. Shivakumar who runs the show is the son of Mrs. M. Lakshmi. He seems to be a graduate who actually operates as a commission agent. But he says he is a direct importer of apples from US. When asked what is the IRC number under which he import he said no, no I don’t have an IEC No. that his clients will have.

 

Obviously he is local trader dealing in fruits who does import documentation and other procedures for other importers mainly in Chennai.

 

He said that he import and used the leased cold freezers available near the Madras port to store them till he sell them to other distributors.

 

Subject employs only 1 person in its set up.

 

 

 

 


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.41.18

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.02

Euro

1

Rs.56.07

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--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

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

45

 

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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