MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AKSH OPTIFIBRE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

F-1080, RIICO Industrial Area ( Phase-III), Bhiwadi – 301 019, Rajasthan

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.03.1986

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

016132

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L24305RJ1986PLC016132

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

JPRA01280G

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company. The company’s shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and Exporting of optical fibre, optical fibre cable, etc.

 

 

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 2800000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having satisfactory track. Trade relations are fair. Financial position is satisfactory. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments. Nothing adverse reported.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

F-1080, RIICO Industrial Area ( Phase-III), Bhiwadi – 301 019, Rajasthan

Tel. No.:

91-1493-221954 / 221955 / 221636 / 223536

Mobile No.:

91-9812076758

Fax No.:

91-1493-221636

E-Mail :

aksh@akshoptifibre.com

Website :

http://www.akshoptifibre.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

Enkay Towers, Udyog Vihar V, Gurgaon – 122 016, Haryana

Tel. No.:

Tel No. 91-124-2397101-3

Fax No.:

Fax No. 91-124-26450141 / 2398282

E-Mail :

  aksh@akshoptifibre.com

 

 

Plant 1 :

F-1075-81, RIICO Industrial Area (Phase III), Bhiwadi – 301 019, Rajasthan, India

 

 

Plant 2 :

A-315 (B), RIICO Industrial Area (Phase I), Bhiwadi – 301 019, Rajasthan, India

Tel. No.:

Tel. No.             91-1493-221954 / 221955 / 221636 / 223536

 

 

Plant 3 :

F-141, RIICO Industrial Area, Shri Khatushyamji, Ringus, District Sikkar, Rajasthan, India

 

 

Plant 4 :

A-58-59, RIICO Industrial Area, Shri Khatushyamji Industrial Complex, Ringus, Sikkar, Rajasthan, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Dr. Kailash S. Choudhari

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. F. Sundesha

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjay Kalra

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. K. Mathur

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. R. Rakhecha

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Deepak Gupta

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

( As on 31.12.2006 )

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family

6392329

29.01

Individuals ( Non- Residents Individuals/ Foreign Individuals )

161250

0.73

Mutual Funds/ UTI

1229478

5.58

Financial institutions/ Banks

96000

0.44

Foreign Institutional

16000

0.07

Bodies Corporate

2715595

12.32

Individuals- Individual Shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 1 Lakh

4789700

21.73

Individuals- Individual Shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 1 Lakh

4544610

20.62

NRI’S / OCB’S

124885

0.57

Foreign national

1554675

7.05

Employees Welfare Trust

413370

1.88

 

 

 

Total

22037892

100

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and Exporting of optical fibre, optical fibre cable, etc.

 

 

Products :

v      Single Mode Optical Fibre

v      Multimode Optical Fibre

v      Duct Cables

v      Armoured Cables

v      Aerial Cables

v      Proof Cables

v      Indoor-Outdoor Cables

v      Interconnect Cables

v      Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Rods

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

170

 

 

Bankers :

v      Union Bank of India, New Delhi

v      ICICI Bank Limited, New Delhi

v      Chinatrust Commercial Bank, New Delhi

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

P. C. Bindal & Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

101, Sita Ram Mansion,

718/21, Joshi Road, Karol Bagh,

New Delhi – 110 005, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

v      Aksh Broadband Limited ( Associates )

 

v      Aksh Networks Limited ( Subsidiaries )

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

30000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10 each

Rs. 300.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

21481162

Equity Shares

Rs. 10 each

Rs. 214.812 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

110.200

110.200

110.200

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

591.400

487.100

519.700

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

701.600

597.300

629.900

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

162.300

332.300

409.500

2] Unsecured Loans

30.000

05.000

12.700

TOTAL BORROWING

192.300

337.300

422.200

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

893.900

934.600

1052.100

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

598.100

653.000

706.500

Capital work-in-progress

12.500

03.100

03.100

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

105.800

106.300

106.400

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

109.800

152.700

110.700

 

Sundry Debtors

196.700

89.900

174.500

 

Cash & Bank Balances

68.700

10.900

08.600

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

81.500

131.000

113.600

Total Current Assets

456.700

384.500

407.400

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

218.700

212.000

175.400

 

Provisions

61.800

04.300

03.200

Total Current Liabilities

280.500

216.300

178.600

Net Current Assets

176.200

168.200

228.800

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

01.300

04.000

07.300

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

                      893.900

934.600

1052.100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

1131.600

382.700

255.100

Other Income

42.200

04.500

07.300

Total Income

1173.800

387.200

262.400

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

222.800

(02.800)

(70.400)

Provision for Taxation

74.500

(22.800)

(22.300)

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

148.300

(321.400)

(48.100)

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

539.600

193.600

124.400

 

Excise Duty

140.900

49.200

22.000

 

Power and Fuel Cost

23.600

11.300

07.800

 

Other Manufacturing Expenses

37.600

20.600

20.900

 

Employee Cost

27.100

21.100

24.700

 

Selling and Administration Expenses

48.600

40.300

28.500

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

(38.100)

31.300

08.600

 

Miscellaneous Expenses

03.300

40.200

22.000

Total Expenditure

782.600

407.600

258.900

 

SUMMARISED RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2007

Full Year

Type

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

 

456.800

Other Income

 

 

19.100

Total Income

 

 

475.900

Total Expenditure

 

 

371.100

Operating Profit

 

 

104.800

Interest

 

 

38.700

Gross Profit

 

 

66.100

Depreciation

 

 

50.500

Tax

 

 

00.300

Reported PAT

 

 

00.700

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

30.06.2007

1st Quarter

Type

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

 

209.200

Other Income

 

 

19.900

Total Income

 

 

229.100

Total Expenditure

 

 

202.500

Operating Profit

 

 

26.600

Interest

 

 

10.600

Gross Profit

 

 

16.000

Depreciation

 

 

14.000

Tax

 

 

00.100

Reported PAT

 

 

02.500

                                                                           

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

12.63

( 83.00 )

( 18.33)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

19.68

( 0.73))

( 27.59 )

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

21.12

  ( 0.26 )

( 6.32)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.31

0.00

 ( 0.11 )

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.39

0.36

0.28

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

   1.62

1.77

2.28

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

OPERATIONAL REVIEW 

 
 During the Financial Year under review, your Company has achieved a turnover of Rs 1131.600 Millions registering an increase of approx. 200% over the previous year. The year under review witnessed a good recovery in the optical fibre cable industry due to increased demand of the Optical Fibre cable by the telecom industry in India and abroad. Further, spanning of optic fibre based network and broadband services by various State Governments in India and abroad also benefited the company.

 
Net Profit after Tax (PAT) during the year under review was Rs. 148.200 Millions as against a loss of Rs. 32.387 Millions during the previous year.

 

Increased volume of sales, both domestic and exports helped the Company to enhance its profitability during the year under review. Further, your Company was also successful in further reduction of the borrowing cost by repayment of its loans and redemption of nonconvertible debentures worth Rs. 120.000 Millions, thereby reducing its overall liability. 

 
Dividend 
Considering the improved performance of the Company during the year under review, your Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend @ 35% on 22037892 Equity Shares of Re. 5 each absorbing Rs. 38.566 Millions. The total dividend payout for the year under review is Rs. 43.975 Millions inclusive of dividend tax thereon. The

dividend will not suffer tax in the hands of the shareholders. 

 
Future Outlook 

Due to sharp increase in requirement of hand width for broadband service globally demand for fibre is increasing at a rate of over 20% on year-to-year basis. Increase in global demand of fibre has pushed the fibre prices and the trend is expected to remain the same for current year also. The Company has decided to restart the fibre manufacturing facility at its full capacity. 

 
 Exports 
 During the year, foreign exchange earnings through exports amounted to Rs.74.973 Millions as against Rs. 41.445 Millions in the previous year, representing an increase of 80.9% over the last year. 

 
 New Products in Pipeline 

The Company has developed the following new products: 

(a) a new Light Weight, High Strength, Cost effective ADSS cable to meet the stringent quality requirement for    Aerial Installation. 

(b) A 24F Composite Micro Cable in 5.0 mm diameter which is having G652-Single Mode fibres & G655 NZDS

Fibres. This type of cable can be blown in Micro Duct to reduce the installation cost of network. The cable has

advantage of low cost single mode fibre for general application & NZDS Fibre for carrying high bit rate optical

signals including DWDM signals.

 

The Company has supplied a large quantity of this type of Aerial & Micro Cables to Customer for Broadband Services. The cable has been successfully installed & the results are outstanding. 

 

Trade References:      

 

v      Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

v      Shin-Etsu, Japan

v      Kiran Udyog

v      Punj Llyod

v      Reliance Petroleum Limited

v      Spectranet

v      Bharti

v      Technology Parks

 

 

WEBSITE DETAILS ATTACHED:

 

Subject was incorporated in the year 1986 as Private Limited Company. It was converted into a Public Limited Company on 13th March, 1994.

 

The company diversified into the manufacture of Optic Fibre Cables in September 1994, by setting up a plant amidst pastoral environment at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan that is at a distance of about 70 Km from New Delhi. The project was setup with a state of art computerized machinery supplied by the Rosendahl (Austria), an affiliate of Alcatel under their guarantee for producing cables of highest quality with annual capacity of 6500 CKM.

 

In order to protect itself from raw material shortages, subject, in 1995, set up a 150,000 fibre kilometre (fkm) facility for manufacture of optical fibres from quartz 'Preforms'. Nokia of Finland supplied the equipment. This was the first stage of backward integration for them. With this set-up subject was among the first companies in India to set up its own fibre optic-manufacturing units. In 1999- 2000 it changed focus to exclusively manufacturing optic fibre and optic fibre cables and hived off the copper division and acquired CMI Ltd.'s Optic Fibre division, a move that enhanced its capacities from 33,222 ckm in '98-99 to 50,358 ckm.


Subject has two plants at Bhiwadi and one at Jaitpura, Rajasthan manufacturing FRP rods, with capacity of I.2 lac. Subject has also recently commissioned a fibre tower and has increased capacity of FRP manufacturing, from 1.2 lac to 3 lac km per annum, at Ringus. Both the plants at Bhiwadi are ISO-9002 certified by Underwriters

Laboratories for manufacture of premises cable .


Currently subject has an in-house capacity to manufacture 150,000 fkm. This has been increased by 6,50,000 fkm by commissioning of the 1st tower under the old project.


In the Financial Year (FY) 2001, Subject manufactured 92,379 fkm out of its installed capacity of 150,000 fkm. It

bought 107,480 fkm from outside sources, through its long-term contracts for sourcing of fibre from Korea and

Japan since 1999.


Subject raised Rs. 358.10 million through a public issue in August 2000, to finance the expansion of optic fibre

capacity from 150,000 fkm to 1.45 million fkm per annum; optic fibre cables from 50,358 ckm to 81,000 ckm; and

for creating capacity to manufacture preforms for 1.08 million fkm per annum.


Recently Subject has taken a step further for backward integration by merger with Telecords (I) Pvt. Ltd. for the

manufacture of Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) rods.

 

Subject produces variety of cables such as SingleMode & MultiMode Cables, Duct Cables, Armoured & Aerial Cables, Indoor and Outdoor Cables. The Company has also the facilities or producing ribbon Fibre Optic Cables.

subject has recently developed a new cost-effective concept called "Fibre-to-Home", through which they expect to

revolutionise the IT and telecom industry completely. It's a concept that would bring wireless Voice, Audio, Video

and Internet direct to home.

 

v      1986 : Incorporated as a Private Limited Company.

 

v      1994 : Converted into a Public Limited Company

 

v      1994 : Diversified into the manufacture of Optic Fibre Cables (OFC) by setting up a plant at Bhiwadi           (Plant-I). Annual capacity - 6500 Cable Kilometers (CKM).

 

v      1995 : Integrated backwards into manufacture of Optical Fibre with Annual

       capacity of 150,000 Fibre Kilometres (FKM).

 

v      1998 : ISO 9002 accreditation by United Laboratories (UL), USA

 

v      1999 : Turnover OFC manufacturing capacity to 33,000 CKM

 

v      1999 : Took over the Optical Fibre Cable plant of CMI Ltd., Plant-II, Capacity increased to 50,000 CKM.

 

v      2000 : Came with an IPO and got listed on BSE, NSE and JSE.

 

v      2000 : Merged Telecords (India) Private Limited manufacture of FRP rods with Plant at JaitPura                  (Plant -IV).

 

v      2001 : Enhanced the production capacity of Fibre to 1.45 million FKM, by commissioning a dual

      Fibre Drawing Tower

 

v      2001: Started a plant for Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) rods at Ringus (Plant-III) with capacity of 0.3 million KM.

 

v      2002 : Increased capacity at Ringus plant to 0.8 million KMs

 

v      2003 : Added capability to manufacture Ribbon cable and special access cable FTTH

 

 


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. 39.29

UK Pound

1

Rs. 81.91

Euro

1

Rs. 56.96

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--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

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

46

 

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.

 

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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