MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

06.10.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AAMODA PUBLICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

8-2-293/82/J/68B, Journalists Colony, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500 033, Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

09.08.2002

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

01-039437

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U22219AP2002PTC039437

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

HYDA02308F

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AADCA7212Q

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Newspapers and Publications.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 380000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Unknown

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a publisher of newspaper and magazines. Its profitability is under severe pressure. It has huge accumulated losses. It had earned a nominal profit of Rs. 2.439 millions in 2005-06 for the first time since its incorporation. Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

The Company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

8-2-293/82/J/68B, Journalists Colony, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-23353542

Fax No.:

91-40-23354305

E-Mail :

radhakrishna@andhrajyothy.com

Website :

http://www.andhrajyothy.com

 

 

Head Office :

Andhra Jyothi Building, Plot 76, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 1 :

Plot No. 36, Huda heights, Ashwini Layout, Journalist Colony, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-23353543 / 23558233

Fax No.:

91-40-23558233 / 88

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. V. Radha Krishna

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

Plot No. 204, Road No. 76, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

20.06.1957

Date of Appointment :

19.08.2002

Date of Ceasing:

18.08.2007

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Koganti Kanaka Durga

Designation :

Director

Address :

Plot No. 204, Road No. 76, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

14.05.1958

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2007

Other Directorship Held:

Active Power Corporation Private Limited

CIN No.: U40109AP1998PTC030022

Designation: Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Prabhakar Rao

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. 103, Ruby apartments, Lumbini Rockdale, Somajiguds, Hyderabad – 500 082, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

19.01.1959

Date of Appointment :

16.08.2002

Date of Ceasing:

25.09.2006

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. M. Suneel Kumar

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Mr. V. Radha Krishna

 

7203189

Mr. K. Kanaka Durga

 

540000

Mr. M. Prabhakar Rao

 

2000000

Active Power Corporation Private Limited

 

6800259

Mr. V. Aditya

 

120000

Mr. V. Anusha

 

135500

Mr. Ch. Anji Raju

 

350000

Mr. G. Venkateswara Rao

 

551052

Mr. P. Naga Raju

 

300000

Total

 

18000000

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Bodies Corporate (Not mentioned above)

 

37.78

Directors  or relatives of directors

 

62.22

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Newspapers and Publications.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

v      Union Bank of India

Banjara Hills Branch, Chandra Apartments, 8-2-541/8, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

v      ICICI Bank Limited

 

v      Bank of India

Banjara Hills Branch, Chandra Apartments, 8-2-541/8, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India

E-Mail: boihydcr@yahoo.co.in

 

 

Facilities :

-

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

P R Datla and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

6-3-788/A/9, Plot No. 9, Laxmiprasanna Nilayam, Durganagar Colony, Ameerpet, Hyderabad – 500 016, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-23408095

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries:

Active Power Corporation Private Limited

CIN No.: U40109AP1998PTC030022

Designation: Executive Director

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

25000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10.00 each

Rs. 250.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

18000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10.00 each

Rs. 180.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

180.000

100.000

2] Share Application Money

 

45.381

80.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

(128.429)

(130.868)

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

96.952

49.132

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

155.893

95.419

2] Unsecured Loans

 

72.950

91.676

TOTAL BORROWING

 

228.843

187.095

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

12.120

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

337.915

236.227

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

179.010

173.705

Capital work-in-progress

 

0.269

1.085

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

48.358

53.942

 

Sundry Debtors

 

226.187

219.279

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

6.277

20.853

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

61.392

57.473

Total Current Assets

 

342.214

351.547

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

196.857

302.152

 

Provisions

 

0.000

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

196.857

302.152

Net Current Assets

 

145.357

49.395

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

13.279

12.042

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

337.915

236.227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

 

910.536

725.475

Other Income

 

0.000

0.000

Total Income

 

910.536

725.475

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

14.870

(59.585)

Provision for Taxation

 

12.431

12.673

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

2.439

(46.912)

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials – Newsprint

 

50.398

30.373

 

Capital Goods

 

0.000

4.033

Total Imports

 

50.398

34.406

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Financial Charges

 

25.727

16.612

 

Depreciation

 

29.204

27.700

 

Other Expenditure

 

840.735

740.748

Total Expenditure

 

895.666

785.060

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

0.27

(6.47)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

1.63

(8.21)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

2.85

(11.34)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

0.15

(1.21)

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

4.39

9.96

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

1.74

1.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Name of the company

AAMODA PUBLICATIONA PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

Mr. V. Radha Krishna, Managing Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

v      Term Loan Agreement and Hypothecation of movables 06.08.2003

v      Agreement of Hypothecation of Goods and Debts 06.08.2003

v      Memorandum of Deposit of Title Deeds.

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

v      Rs. 50.000 millions

v      Rs. 30.000 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

All the Plant and Machinery, equipment, vehicles, furniture and fixtures other assets situated in the printing and publishing centres of the company at various places of Andhra Pradesh, Newsprint, web off set printers, Image setters, Computers, Desktop printers plates, inks, film and Chemicals etc.

 

a)       All that Property situated at Survey No. 1395 and 1396, Manakondur (V), Karimnagar District

b)       All that Property situated at Survey No. 744, Plot No. 1078, Ankireddy Palem, Guntur District

c)       All that Property situated at Survey No. 239/2Am Kakkalapalli (V), Ananthapur District.

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

a)       No. of installments 20

b)       Each installments Rs. 2.500 millions

c)       Tenure: 6 years

d)       Repayment starting date : 06.08.2004

e)       Rate of Interest: 13%

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

Union Bank of India

Jubilee Hills Branch, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

a)       06.12.2004 and Memorandum of Deposit of Title Deeds

b)       06.12.2004 and Memorandum of Deposit of Title Deeds

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.

Enhancement in the existing limits of Rs. 100.000 millions availed from Union Bank of India to the extent of Rs. 210.000 millions and in addition to the Company’s movable and immovable Properties charged earlier in respect of the existing limits of Rs. 100.000 millions the aforesaid enhanced limits upto Rs. 210.000 millions are further secured to the said bank by

 

a)       Equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds on 06.12.2004 in respect of Company’s immovable Property situated at Plot No. 51/1, Door No. 5 -70, Tetali Village, Tanuku, West Bengal District bearing Survey No. 51/1 admeasuring 7068 sq. yards together with the buildings and structures constructed thereon together with fixed plant and machinery or building and structures which may hereafter be erected / constructed thereon more particularly described in the Second Schedule to the Memorandum of Deposit of Title Deeds.

 

b)       Equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds on 06.12.2004 in respect of Company’s immovable Property situated at Plot No. 91, Nellore, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, bearing Survey No. 33 admeasuring 2400 sq. yards together with the buildings and structures constructed thereon together with fixed plant and machinery or building and structures which may hereafter be erected / constructed thereon more particularly described in the Second Schedule to the Memorandum of Deposit of Title Deeds.

 

 

Corporate identity number (CIN) Foreign company registration number

U22219AP2002PTC039437

Name of the Company

AAMODA PUBLICATIONA PRIVATE LIMITED

Address

8-2-293/82/J/68B, Journalists Colony, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500 033, Andhra Pradesh

This form is for

Creation of charge

Type of Charge

A charge on Movable property (not being pledge)

Particulars of the charge holder 

Bank of India

Banjara Hills Branch, Chandra Apartments, 8-2-541/8, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India

E-Mail: boihydcr@yahoo.co.in

Nature or description of the instrument(s) creating or modifying the charge

  1. Hypothecation Agreement
  2. Sanction Letter

Date of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

12.04.2007

Amount secured by the charge

Rs. 675.000 millions

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

(a) Rate of Interest: 1.5% below BPLR at present 11.00% per annum

 

(b) Term of Repayment:

Repayment in 72 equated monthly installments of Rs. 0.013 million (Rs. 12846.00) each commencing from May 2007

 

(c) Margin: 20%

 

(d) Extent and operation of the charge:

Facility – Term Loan for purchase of Car

Amount Rs. 0.675 million

Security – Hypothecation of Car (Vehicle)

Description of Vehicle: Hyundai Verna CRDI Car

Short particulars of the property charged (including location of the property)

Hypothecation of Hyundai Verna CRDI Car (Vehicle)

 

 

 


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. 39.43

UK Pound

1

Rs. 80.44

Euro

1

Rs. 55.66

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

2

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

3

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--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

 

32

 

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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