MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

09.10.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ANTAI BALAJI LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

12 HO Chi Minh Saraniflat 2B, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12.05.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

089389

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L23101WB1999PLC089389

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALA04272C

RKTA01399G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AADCA4284C

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Coke, Cooking Coal Coke, Cooking Coal, etc.

 

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 170000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old and established Company having moderate track. Company’s business shows downward trend. Profitability is under severe pressure. It has huge accumulated losses. Payments are reported as slow and delayed.

 

The Company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings with slight caution initially.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

12 HO Chi Minh Saraniflat 2B, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India

E-Mail:

balajicoke@eth.net

 

 

Factory :

No. 81, Sector 1, Gandhidham – 370 201, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-2836-226233-39

Fax No.:

91-2836-229119

 

 

Other Manufacturing Units:

Located at:

 

v      Dhanbad – Jharkhand

v      Vishakhapatnam – Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Offices:

Located at:

 

v      Dhanbad

v      Vishakhapatnam

v      Mumbai

v      Kolkata

v      Gandhidham, Kandla

v      Udaipur

v      New Delhi

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Naresh Sharma

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ramesh Sharma

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Deepak Sharma

Designation :

Director

 

 

 

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Prashant Saraswat 

Designation :

Manager – Imports

Mobile No.:

91-9831129222

 

 

SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Category of Shareholders

 

Percentage of Holding

Bodies Corporate (not mentioned above)

 

57.76

Other top fifty (50) shareholders (other than listed above)

 

42.24

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Coke, Cooking Coal Coke, Cooking Coal, etc.

 

 

Products :

v      Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (Met Coke)

v      Coking Coal

 

 

Exports:

 

Products:

Metallurgical Coke

Countries:

USA

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

1. Steel Authority of India Limited
2. Hindustan Zinc Limited
3. Ispat Metallics India Limited
4. Tata Steel
5. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited
6. Tata Chemicals Limited
7. Nirma Limited
8. Jayaswals Neco Limited
9. Shree Metallics Limited
10. Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

Facilities :

-

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M B Sorathia and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

21, Ajanta Commercial Centre, Near Hotel President, Gandhidham (Kutch), Gandhidham – 370 291, Gujarat, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

v     Friends Coal Carbonization                                                             

v      Balaji Coke Industries Private Limited                                           

v     Antai Balaji Limited                                                                      

v     Tirupati Fuels Private Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10.00 each

Rs. 100.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

7355200

Equity Shares

Rs. 10.00 each

Rs. 73.552 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

 

73.552

73.552

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

115.137

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

(144.287)

(100.921)

NETWORTH

 

44.402

(27.369)

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

80.733

412.282

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

80.733

412.282

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

125.135

384.913

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

134.882

133.275

Capital work-in-progress

 

21.306

9.268

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

531.905

447.455

 

Sundry Debtors

 

139.732

138.059

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

7.921

7.809

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

73.779

71.378

Total Current Assets

 

753.337

664.701

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

776.213

412.012

 

Provisions

 

8.431

10.658

Total Current Liabilities

 

784.644

422.670

Net Current Assets

 

(31.306)

242.032

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.253

0.338

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

125.135

384.913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

 

402.110

1554.554

Other Income

 

107.033

1.268

Total Income

 

509.143

1555.822

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

(43.367)

178.718

Provision for Taxation

 

0.000

8.153

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

(43.367)

170.565

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Material Consumed

 

603.415

1119.262

 

Consumption of stores and spare parts

 

12.506

12.358

 

Increase or decrease in finished goods, work-in-progress

 

(150.517)

(14.554)

 

Salaries, wages and bonus

 

4.381

18.857

 

Managerial Remuneration

 

0.238

0.238

 

Payment of Auditors

 

0.020

0.020

 

Interest

 

2.733

40.363

 

Insurance Expenses

 

0.838

1.166

 

Power and Fuel

 

11.195

14.849

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

19.545

19.963

 

Other Expenditure

 

48.155

164.583

Total Expenditure

 

552.510

1377.105

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

(8.52)

10.96

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

(10.78)

11.50

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

(4.88)

22.40

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

(0.98)

(6.53)

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

19.49

(30.51)

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

0.96

1.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Website details attached:

 

Late Shri M. L. Sharma, the father of current promoters/directors of Balaji group was a founder Chairperson of a renowned Coal Mining Company namely Khas Karanpura Colliery Limited. way back in 1960. The Sharmas have engaged themselves in coal business for over 6 decades. After nationalization of Coal Mining in 1973, the Group commenced the coke manufacturing activity in the name of M/s Friends Coal Carbonisation and was the 1st in India to produce Blast Furnace Coke and supplied the same to large Steel plants viz. SAIL and TISCO. Today Balaji Group boasts of handling over 1 million tonnes of imported Coal yearly and has manufacturing capacity of over 0.500 million tonnes of Low Ash Met Coke operated through its Group Companies viz. Balaji Coke Industry Private Limited, Antai Balaji Limited and Tirupati Fuels Private Limited

 

A Joint Venture company with a reputed Chinese firm "Shanxi Antai Group" was formed in the year 1999 with a view to set up the state-of-art non recovery coke oven plant in India, utilizing Chinese technology for the first time in his country even though China is the largest metallurgical coke manufacturer in the world. The plant is situated near Kandla port and is producing 1, 80,000 MT of coke per annum and catering to the requirements of Blast Furnaces throughout the country. Apart from manufacturing coke in order to augment its existing capacity the company has tied up with other coke manufacturers to produce coke as per the stringent specifications on a conversion basis thereby increasing its coke manufacturing capacity from 15,000 MT to 30,000 MT per month. Geographically and logistically the company is ideally located to take advantage of freight and port facilities Kandla, Mundra & Bedi) and also enjoy proximity with its major customers.

 

ABL with its young and technically sound team is also into the development work for the plant to give it an eco-friendly and pollution free environment. It has undertaken several positive steps towards mechanization of the plant and incorporates systems at par with the latest state-of- art plants in the changing industrial global scenario. It is also giving special emphasis to HR related activities, to ensure that it is able to retain its talented and professional manpower.

 

 

Products

 

Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (Met Coke)


Hard Coke is actually end product, commonly known as Low Ash Metallurgical Coke. It finds useful applications in steel plants, foundries, blast furnaces, soda Ash manufacturing, Hindustan Zinc Limited., Graphite industry and other chemicals. The raw material for making hard coke is Low Ash Coking Coal sourced mainly from Australian, Chinese and USA coal mines.

 

Coking Coal


Balaji coke Industry Private. Limited, the flagship company of Balaji group has long term agreements with multinational coal companies in Australia and USA for the supply of coal for making the Met Coke.

 

 


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. 39.55

UK Pound

1

Rs. 80.44

Euro

1

Rs. 55.49

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

3

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

3

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

3

--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

 

26

 

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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