MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.09.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PARUL CHEMICALS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

'B' Tower, 8th Floor, Alcapuri Arcade, R. C. Dutt Road, Vadodara– 390005, Gujarat

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.01.1987

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

04-9324

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U24231GJ1987PLC009324

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BRDP00700A

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Pesticides

 

 

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 140000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experience and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

The management of the company was found non-cooperative. The person denied to part his name.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

'B' Tower, 8th Floor, Alcapuri Arcade, R. C. Dutt Road, Vadodara– 390005, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-265-2333896/ 2353990 / 23052334

Fax No.:

91-265-2334654

E-Mail :

parulmum@vsnl.net

pclbaroda@iqara.net

Website :

http://www.parulchemicalsltd.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Dipesh Kantisen Shroff

Designation :

Director

Address :

Sanket, 39, Hatkesh Society, 6th N S Road, Juhu, Vile Parle [West], Mumbai – 400056, Maharashtra, India

nobella@excelcrpcore.com

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1960

Date of Appointment :

01.02.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prakash Keshavji Shroff

Designation :

Director

Address :

114-B, R K Wadi, Vithalbhai Patel Road, Mumbai – 400004, Maharashtra, India

rutuja@excelcropcore.com

Date of Birth/Age :

18.03.1946

Date of Appointment :

19.07.1987

 

 

Name :

Ms. Chetana Praful Saraiya

Designation :

Director

Address :

4, View Villa, 425, Shraddhanand Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.03.1950

Date of Appointment :

24.03.1992

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajendra Vrajlal Mehta

Designation :

Director

Address :

A – 58, Samarpan Hou. Complex, Tandalja Road, Atladra, Baroda – 390012, Gujarat, India

tml@transmetal-ltd.com

Date of Birth/Age :

12.11.1946

Date of Appointment :

15.04.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Paresh Manilal Saraiya

Designation :

Director

Address :

9, Charotar Society, Old Padra, Vadodara – 390021, Gujarat, India

paresh@icenet.net

Date of Birth/Age :

12.08.1953

Date of Appointment :

19.01.1987

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manilal Saraiya

Designation :

Director

Address :

4, View Villa, 425, Shraddhanand Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019, Maharashtra, India

Date of Appointment :

19.01.1987

 

 

Name :

Mr. Praful Saraiya

Designation :

Director

Address :

4, View Villa, 425, Shraddhanand Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

08.12.1947

Date of Appointment :

19.01.1987

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jayprakash Gosalia

Designation :

Director

Address :

C/o Excel Industrial Limited, 187, S. V. Road, Mumbai

Date of Birth/Age :

10.01.1940

Date of Appointment :

15.04.2000

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Nimesh R. Jani

Designation :

Senior Commercial Manager

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Padmaja Saraiya

 

101850

Paresh Saraiya

 

125514

Abhay Saraiya

 

27000

Anand Saraiya

 

25200

Rakesh Saraiya

 

24120

Sunil Saraiya

 

38070

Geeta Saraiya

 

45000

Hema Saraiya

 

106830

Parul Dalal

 

22500

Shruti Shroff

 

11700

Tejal Saraiya

 

22500

Manilal Saraiya

 

27900

Prakash Saraiya

 

111216

Priti Shroff

 

91704

Kamaljoyt Investments Limited

 

554850

 

 

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Bodies corporate

 

16.96

Directors or relatives of directors

 

80.04

Other top fifty shareholders

 

3.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Pesticides

 

 

Products :

Product Description

ITC Code No

Pesticides

3808.10

Chlorides of Metals

2827.00

Monochloro Acitic Acid

2915.10

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

 

 

Installed Capacity

Pesticides Formulations

MT

 

 

3800

Chloro Compounds

MT

 

 

1800

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Indian Overseas Bank, Vadodara– 390005, Gujarat, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

C. C. Chokshi and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

31, Nutan Bharat Society, Alkapuri, Vadodara – 390007, Gujarat, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Nil

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

3,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 30.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1,774,830

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 17.748 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

17.748

19.248

19.248

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

17.741

19.289

19.458

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

35.489

38.537

38.706

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

53.648

49.151

42.605

2] Unsecured Loans

30.383

37.654

32.968

TOTAL BORROWING

84.031

86.805

75.573

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

2.011

2.019

2.236

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

121.531

127.361

116.515

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

37.268

32.543

33.008

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.471

0.367

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

6.793

12.590

13.075

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

60.662

63.274

59.770

 

Sundry Debtors

59.877

70.536

62.236

 

Cash & Bank Balances

6.213

10.727

7.135

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

11.945

6.819

9.379

Total Current Assets

138.697

151.356

138.520

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

58.919

67.350

66.540

 

Provisions

2.308

2.249

1.924

Total Current Liabilities

61.227

69.599

68.464

Net Current Assets

77.470

81.757

70.056

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.009

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

121.531

127.361

116.515

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

297.756

343.236

340.696

Other Income

5.443

1.018

6.703

Total Income

303.199

344.254

347.399

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

1.403

[0.062]

1.763

Provision for Taxation

0.850

0.107

0.128

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

0.553

[0.169]

1.635

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

Total Imports

NA

3.993

3.426

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

0.000

0.000

6.708

 

Administrative Expenses

0.000

0.000

46.056

 

Raw Material Consumed

222.352

263.743

260.327

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

1.580

0.875

0.000

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

[0.414]

[0.265]

0.000

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

20.498

19.734

18.066

 

Managerial Remuneration

0.000

1.200

0.000

 

Payment to Auditors

0.100

0.100

0.000

 

Interest

9.751

10.398

11.157

 

Insurance Expenses

0.824

0.761

0.000

 

Power & Fuel

2.230

1.936

0.000

 

Depreciation & Amortization

3.096

3.520

3.306

 

Other Expenditure

41.779

42.314

0.000

Total Expenditure

301.796

344.316

345.620

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

0.18

[0.05]

0.47

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

0.47

[0.02]

0.52

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

0.80

[0.03]

1.03

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.04

[0.00]

0.05

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

4.09

4.06

3.72

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.27

2.17

2.02

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

  • Land
  • Factory
  • Office Building
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Piping and Instrumentation
  • Vehicles
  • Office Furniture
  • Office Equipments
  • Goodwill

 

BANKERS CHARGES REPORT AS PER REGISTRY

 

Corporate identity number of the company

U24231GJ1987PLC009324

Name of the company

PARUL CHEMICALS LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

'B' Tower,8th Floor, Alcapuri Arcade, R. C. Dutt Road, Vadodara, Gujarat - 390 005 Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA PIN-390 005

This form is for

Modification of Charge

Type of charge

Hypothecation

Particular of charge holder

Indian Overseas Bank

Darpan Apartment, Near hotel Welcome, R. C. Dutt Road, Vadodara – 390007, Gujarat, India

Nature of instrument creating charge

By execution of suppt. Letter of hypothecation various credit facilities was secured to the extent of Rs. 72.519 Millions 

Date of instrument Creating the charge

27.07.2004

Amount secured by the charge

Rs. 12.000 Millions

Brief of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge

The company shall not during the continuance of this deed pledge, mortgage or without prior written consent of the Bank Interest / commission/ Discount will be charged as per Bank’s Rules / RBI’s Guidelines. 

Description of the property charged indicating whether it is a charged on

  • Plant and Machinery
  • Stock In Trade
  • Book Debts
  • Furniture and Fixture

Particulars of the property charged

All movable as described at Branch above at A 1-96 and 94-B, A8/2/A, GIDC, Nandesari, Vadodara

Charge identification number of the charge to be modified

 122

Brief description of the instrument modifying the charge under section 135

Supplementary letter of hypothecation

Date of instrument modifying the charge

30.01.2006

Particulars of the present modification

By this supple. Letter of hypothecation dated 30.01.2006 various enhanced cr. Facilities to the extent of Rs. 12.000 Millions has been further charged and with this aggregate cr. Facilities stand secured to Rs. 78.634 Millions 

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Subject is the Pesticides formulations company in India. It has been involved in this important area of agri-inputs for the last 2 decades and has created and sustained an image of Formulator of high quality Pesticides.

 

Subject is a part of a group of companies headed by the flagship company Excel Industries Limited the Indian agrochem giant, and having member companies such as Transpek Industry Limited (one of the largest manufacturer of Thionyl Chloride), Punjab Chemicals Limited, Hydrabad Chemicals and others, who are either directly in agrochemical business or manufacturer of Intermediates.

 

Over the last 2 decades, subject has built facilities for packing and formulating liquid formulations, Dusts and wettable powder. It has also developed full fledged quality control facilities to ensure the high quality standards of its products. Subject has been annually formulating 1300- 1500 k.l. liquid, 3000 MT Dust and 200 MT of WP. Subject also has an all-lndia market presence and annual turnover of Rs.260 Millions.

 

 


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.39.73

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.37

Euro

1

Rs.56.63

 

 

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

NO

--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.

 

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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