MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AZTEC AUTO LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 1769, I – Block, First Floor, 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar West, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.07.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-28019

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U35999TN1994PLC028019

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHEA02183G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACA6238K

 

 

Legal Form :

A closely held public limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and their engines.

 

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 92000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Trade relations are fair. Financial position is good. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

No. 1769, I – Block, First Floor, 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar West, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-26251822 / 26522577 / 26233572

Fax No.:

91-44-26233572

E-Mail :

aztec@brakesindia.co.in

 

 

Factory 1 :

No. 88, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai – 600098, Tamilnadu, India 

Tel. No.:

91-44-26522577

Fax No.:

91-44-26233572

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. S Kesavan

Designation :

Director

Address :

AH – 11, 5th Street, Shanthi Colony, Anna Nagar, Chennai – 600040, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1940

Date of Appointment :

25.03.1996

 

 

Name :

Mr. Srinivasan Ravindran

Designation :

Director

Address :

7 Kasturi Estates, III Street, Chennai – 600086, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

28.11.1951

Date of Appointment :

25.03.1996

 

 

Name :

Mr. P V Mahadevan

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. 9, Laxmi Apartments, 96/97 Lloyds Road, Chennai – 600014, Tamilnadu, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

19.07.1941

Date of Appointment :

25.06.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Badri Vijaya-Raghavan

Designation :

Director

Address :

4 Valliammai Achi Street, Kotturpuram, Chennai – 600085, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

16.03.1957

Date of Appointment :

26.03.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. P S Venkataraman

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. S – 2, AJ – 14, 5th Street, 9th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai – 600040, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.04.1958

Date of Appointment :

26.03.2005

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

 

Bodies corporate

 

54.50

Directors or relatives of directors

 

10.00

Other top fifty shareholders

 

35.50

Total

 

100.00

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and their engines.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

About 250

 

 

Bankers :

Standard Chartered Bank

19, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600001, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Sundaram and Srinivasan

Chartered Accountants

Address :

No. 23, C. P. Ramasamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600018, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Nil

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

6,00,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 6.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

6,00,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 6.000 Millions

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

6.000

6.000

2.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

16.914

12.130

8.709

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

22.914

18.130

10.709

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

26.136

32.184

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

9.452

17.095

19.709

TOTAL BORROWING

35.588

49.279

19.709

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.401

0.434

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

58.502

67.810

30.852

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

38.328

43.744

25.993

Capital work-in-progress

0.026

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.123

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

3.336

1.304

1.157

 

Sundry Debtors

28.032

30.524

8.861

 

Cash & Bank Balances

0.263

0.092

0.122

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

7.292

7.791

8.951

Total Current Assets

38.923

39.711

19.091

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

18.898

14.563

14.232

 

Provisions

0.000

1.082

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

18.898

15.645

14.232

Net Current Assets

20.025

24.066

4.859

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

58.502

67.810

30.852

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

146.351

112.035

96.169

Other Income

0.361

0.292

0.140

Total Income

146.712

112.327

96.309

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

9.422

7.718

5.872

Provision for Taxation

3.270

2.718

1.502

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

6.152

5.000

4.370

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

Total Imports

NA

NA

0.112

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

10.958

8.196

0.000

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

16.626

12.197

0.000

 

Payment to Auditors

0.078

0.070

0.000

 

Interest

3.397

2.257

1.670

 

Insurance Expenses

0.163

0.097

0.000

 

Power & Fuel

6.178

4.501

0.000

 

Depreciation & Amortization

9.363

7.922

5.070

 

Other Expenditure

90.527

69.369

83.698

Total Expenditure

137.290

104.609

90.438

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

4.19

4.45

4.54

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

6.44

6.89

6.11

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

12.20

9.25

13.02

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.41

0.43

0.55

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.38

3.58

3.17

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.06

2.54

1.34

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

 

Name of the company

AZTEC AUTO LIMITED

Presented By

S Kesavan , Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Agreement of Hypothecation of Machinery dated 05.10.2005

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

Term Loan of Rs. 45.000 Millions

3) Short particular of the property charged. If the property acquired is subject to charge, date of the acquired of the property should be given

Specific movable plant and machinery, consisting of all existing machinery and machinery to be purchased out of Bank’s term loan facility, being movable properties now stored at or being stored or which may hereafter to brought into or stored or at present installed at No. 88, Sidco, Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai – 98 vide particulars of machinery given in statement enclosed.

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

First hypothecation charge for the medium term loan facility extended to the company

 

The term loan is repayable in sixteen quarterly installments commencing from the date of first disbursement.   

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

Standard Chartered Bank

19, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600001, Tamilnadu, India

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

--

7) Particulars of modifications specifying the terms and conditions or the extent of operations of the charge in which modification is made and the details of the modification.

--

 

 

In Trade Terms With :

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 


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.39.68

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.11

Euro

1

Rs.58.81

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

54

 

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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