MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.10.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HINDUSTAN PAPER CORPORATION LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Vishal Bhawan, 2nd Floor, 95, Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110 019

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

29.05.1970

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-5301

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U74899DL1970PLC005301

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

DELH04019B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACH9463K

 

 

Legal Form :

Subject is a closely held public limited liability company.  The company's entire share capital is held by Government of India.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Writing and Printing papers, Chlorine Gas and Caustic Soda.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 31000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a Government of India company and has satisfactory track of performance and financial status. Financial position of the company is satisfactory.  Its' payments are reported as usually correct and as per commitments. 

 

However, as it is a Government of India company, lenders and creditors can feel confident of its' exposure to the company.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Vishal Bhawan, 2nd Floor, 95, Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110 019, India  

Tel. No.:

91-11-26284245 / 26432182 / 2893 / 9971

Fax No.:

91-11-26432796 / 26453796

E-Mail :

kssubram.hpc.@gems.vsnl.net.in

rafip.hpc@gems.vsnl.net.in

hpc@gems.vsnl.net.in

chq.main.hpc@gems.vsnl.net.in

biplabc@hindpaper.in

Website :

http://www.hindpaper.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

75-C, Park Street, Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal

 

 

Factory 1 :

Nagaon Paper Mill, Haflong, P. O. NC Hills, Assam

Tel. No.:

91-3673-22425

 

 

Factory 2 :

Cachar Paper Mill, HPC, Kalimohan Road, District Cachar, Assam

Tel. No.:

91-3842-233649

 

 

Northern Region :

Located at :

 

  • Delhi
  • Jaipur
  • Lucknow
  • Chandigarh

 

 

Eastern Region :

Located at :

 

  • Kolkata
  • Patna

 

 

North Eastern Region :

Located at: Guwahati

 

 

Western Region :

Located at :

 

 

 

Southern Region :

Located at :

 

  • Chennai
  • Bangalore
  • Kochi
  • Hyderabad
  • Madurai

 

 

Liaison Offices :

Located at :

 

  • Delhi
  • Bangalore
  • Guwahati
  • Kochi
  • Thiruvananthapuram

 

 

Forest / Purchase Offices :

Located at : Assam

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Raji Philip

Designation :

Chairman cum Managing Director

Tel.No.

91-33-22267806

Fax.No.

91-33-2249-4996

E-mail

rajip.hpc@gems.vsnl.net.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Didar Singh

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amitava Chaudhuri

Designation :

Director

Tel.No.

91-33-2457553

E-mail

Dmhpcl@vsnl.net

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. K. Borthakuar

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. K. Bhatia

Designation :

Director

Tel.No. :

91-33-22457357

E-mail

akbhatia@hindpaper.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. H. C. Gandhi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. G. Kulkarni

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Shri M.V. Narasimha Rao

Designation :

Director (Finance)

Tel.No. :

91-33-22293309

E-mail

mvnrao@hindpaper.in

 

 

Name :

Smt Arundhaty Ghosh

Designation :

Chief Vigilance Officer

Tel.No. :

91-33-2249-7361

E-mail

cvohpc@vsnl.net

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Biplab Chaudhuri

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. D.R.S. Chaudhary

Designation :

Joint Secretary, Dept. of Heavy Industry, Ministry of HI&PE, Govt. of India.

 

 

Name :

Mr. Harish Sonowal

Designation :

Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department
Govt. of Assam, Guwahati – 781006, Assam

 

 

Name :

Mr. K G Deb Krori

Designation :

Part-time Non official Director

Address :

Lachit Nagar, By-Lane-7, Guwahati 781007

 

 

Name :

Mr. T R Malakar

Designation :

Part-time Non official Director

Address :

163 Abhinav Apptts., B-12 Vasundhra Enclave, Delhi 110 096

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kallol Acharjya

Designation :

Executive Director Cachar Paper Mill

Tel.No. :

(03845) 268106 (BDS)

E-mail

kacharya@hindpaper.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. D D Adhikary

Designation :

Chief Executive, Nagaon Paper Mill

Tel.No. :

91-3678-242331, 2541433

E-mail

adhikari@hindpaper.in

 

 

Name :

Shri N.P. Prabhu

Designation :

Managing Director,  Hindustan Newsprint Limited

Tel.No. :

91-4829-256701

E-mail

npprabhu@hnlonline.com

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Mannan

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer,  Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited & Executive Director - Marketing, HPCL

Tel.No. :

91-33-22262471

E-mail

amannan@hindpaper.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jagdish Borah

Designation :

Executive Director (HR&ES)

Tel.No. :

91-33- 2217-5696

E-mail

jborah@hindpaper.in

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

The company’s entire (100%) share capital is held by Government of India.

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Writing and Printing papers, Chlorine Gas and Caustic Soda.

 

 

Products :

v     Cream Wove

v     Surface Sized Maplitho

v     Computer Stationery Paper

v     Computer Stationery Deluxe Paper

v     Deluxe Maplitho

v     Copier Paper

v     White Offset Printing

v     Newsprint

v     Duplicating (Full Size)

v     Duplicating (Cut Size)

v     Coloured Printing

v     Offset Cartridge

v     Telephone Directory Printing Paper

v     Typewriting Paper

v     White Cover

v     Caustic Flake 

v     Caustic Lye 

 

 

Exports :

 

Countries :

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Myanmar, Jordan and Egypt

 

 

Imports :

 

Countries :

France, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

v      Assam Tribune Group, Guwahati, Assam

v      Sentinel Group, Guwahati, Assam

v      Daily Desher Katha, Agartala

v      Bombay University, Mumbai

v      Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura

v      Board of Secondary Education, Orissa

v      Directorate of School Education,  West Bengal

v      Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur

v      Higher Secondary Council, Orissa

v      Bihar State Text Book Corporation, Patna, Bihar

v      Assam State Tex Book Corporation, Guwahati, Assam

v      Delhi Transport Corporation, Delhi

v      Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

v      P. Balala Academy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

v      School of Correspondence Andhra Pradesh University

v      Saraswati Press, Kolkata, West Bengal

v      Printing & Stationery Department, Guwahati, Assam

v      Government of India Press, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

v      Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Bihar

v      Telecom, Guwahati

v      Chief Election Officer, Tuli, Nagaland

v      Punjab & Sind Bank

v      Director of Hindi Implementation, Delhi

v      Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam

v      Central Excise & Customs

 

 

No. of Employees :

Around 7000

 

 

Bankers :

v      Canara Bank

New Delhi

 

v      State Bank of India

Madame Cama Road,

Mumbai - 400 021, Maharashtra

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B. Chhawchharia & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Memberships :

Confederation of Indian Industry

 

 

Associates :

All Government of India Undertaking Companies

 

 

Subsidiaries :

v      Hindustan Newsprint Limited, Kerala

 

v      Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Nagaland, Assam

(A joint venture of the Government of India and Government of Nagaland)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

Not Available

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

700,380,000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 7003.800 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

7003.800

7003.800

7003.800

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

774.700

142.500

[271.300]

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

7778.500

7146.300

6732.500

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

3.800

[1641.900]

[1508.000]

2] Unsecured Loans

2933.000

2793.800

2659.900

TOTAL BORROWING

2936.800

1151.900

1151.900

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

348.800

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

11064.100

8298.200

7884.400

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

2645.500

2854.300

2515.400

Capital work-in-progress

782.200

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

1964.600

1964.600

1964.600

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

1607.600

1613.400

1593.700

 

Sundry Debtors

949.700

477.300

830.200

 

Cash & Bank Balances

2037.000

1993.500

1129.800

 

Other Current Assets

28.400

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

3525.100

4084.600

3769.800

Total Current Assets

8147.800

8168.800

7323.500

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

2487.300

3632.300

3276.100

 

Provisions

0.000

1066.000

643.000

Total Current Liabilities

2487.300

4698.300

3919.100

Net Current Assets

5660.500

2470.500

3404.400

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

11.300

8.800

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

11064.100

8298.200

7884.400

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

7468.800

5963.900

Other Income

 

244.700

239.800

Total Income

 

7713.500

6203.700

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

880.700

556.000

Provision for Taxation

 

293.500

214.400

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

587.200

341.600

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

 

1473.400

1285.900

 

Excise Duty

 

439.800

315.300

 

Power & Fuel Cost

 

1007.500

877.400

 

Other Manufacturing Expenses

 

1186.900

1079.000

 

Employee Cost

 

853.800

881.200

 

Selling and Administration Expenses

 

1101.700

577.400

 

Miscellaneous Expenses

 

333.600

366.900

 

Stock Adjustments

 

93.000

3.100

 

Interest & Financial Charges

 

147.000

71.000

 

Depreciation

 

196.100

190.500

Total Expenditure

 

6832.800

5647.700

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

NA

7.61

5.51

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

NA

11.79

9.32

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

NA

7.99

5.65

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

NA

0.12

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.70

0.82

0.75

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

3.28

1.74

1.87

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

Subject was incorporated on 29th May, 1970 at New Delhi having Company Registration Number 5301.

 

The company having planned development of the paper industry in India began only in the post-independence period. The growth, however, slowed down in the sixties owing to the escalation of cost and the scarcity of forest-based raw materials. The stagnation led to frequent shortages of cultural varieties of paper causing hardship to common consumers.There were also the national task of developing.  The company developing the industrially backward regions for balanced socio-economic growth. It was against this background that the Government of India set up the company.

 

HPC group has four paper mills, two of which are units, and two are subsidiary companies. The company is the holding company for Hindustan Newsprint Limited and Nagaland Pulp and Paper Company Limited. Nagaon Paper Mill and Cachar Paper Mill function directly under company control and their performance is reflected in company's operating results. Over a period of three decades, the company has built up a total capacity of about 0.335 million tonnes of paper and newsprint.

 

Major Institutional Buyers

 

  • Newspapers

Assam Tribune Group, Guwahati, Assam

Sentinel Group, Guwahati, Assam

Daily Desher Katha, Agartala

Dainik Janambhumi, Jorhat

 

  • Universities

Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam

Tripura University, Agartala

Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra

University of Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu

M.G. University, Kottayam, Kerala

Manipur University

Delhi University

T.N. Veterinary & Animal Sc. University

Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu

Bardhaman University

IGNOU, Delhi

 

  • Education Board

West Bengal Board of Primary Education, Kolkata, West Bengal

West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Council, Kolkata, West Bengal

Directorate of School Education, West Bengal

Bihar State Education Board, Patna, Bihar

Board of Secondary Education, Orissa, Cuttack, Orissa

Board of Secondary Education, Guwahati, Assam

Punjab School Education Board, Mohali

Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan

Assam Higher Secondary Council

Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur

Higher Secondary Council, Orissa

J.K. School Education Board

School of Correspondence Course

Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Hindi     Growth Academy, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Hindi Growth Academy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

H.P. School Education Board, Simla

School of Correspondence AP University

Board of Intermediate Education, Chennai, Tamilnadu

International Institute of Tamil Studies

School of Distance Education, Chennai, Tamilnadu

A.P. B  alala Academy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Telegu Academy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

IIT, Kharagpur

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Delhi Transport Corporation, Delhi

 

  • School Book Publishing Houses

Directorate of School Education, West Bengal

Bihar State Text Book Corporation, Patna, Bihar

Text Book Production & Marketing, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Assam State Text Book Corporation, Guwahati, Assam

Rajasthan State Text Book Board, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Gujarat State Board of School Text Book, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

M.P. Text Book Corporation, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Tamilnadu Text Book Corporation, Chennai, Tamilnadu

A. P. Government Text Book Press, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Asom Rashtrabhasa Prochar Samity

Delhi Bureau of Text Book

Text Book Corporation, Kerala

 

  • Publishing Houses

Saraswati Press, Kolkata, West Bengal

Printing & Stationery Department, Tripura

Printing & Stationery Department, Guwahati, Assam

Directorate of Printing, Delhi

Director (Printing & Stationery), Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Director (P&S), Agartala, Tripura

Director of Printing, Stationery & Publication, Cuttack, Orissa

Government of India Press, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

National Book Trust

Printing & Stationery, Chandigarh

Secretariat Press, Bihar

Press Forms, Bihar, Gaya

Director Printing and Stationery, Delhi

Printing & Stationery, H. P., Simla

Printing & Stationery, Chennai, Tamilnadu

 

  • Government Departments

 

Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Bihar

Telecom, Guwahati, Assam

Chief Election Officer, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Chief Election Officer, Imphal, Manipur

Chief Election Officer, Guwahati, Assam

Chief Election Officer, Tuli, Nagaland

Chief Election Officer, Shillong, Meghalaya

Chief Election Officer, Aizawl, Mizoram

A. P. State Trading Corporation, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

N.C.E.R.T., Delhi

Southern Railway

State Election Commission, Assam

Assam State Transport Corporation

Election Department, Tripura

Police Department, Arunachal Pradesh

Chief Election Officer, Sikkim

Delhi Transport Corporation

NRDC

Chief Election Commissioner, Delhi

Central Excise & Customs

Punjab & Sind Bank

Pillavam Transport Corporation, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Director of Hindi Implementation, Delhi

Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam

State Road Transport, Gujarat

 

Mission

To be a major contributor to the cultural segment in paper industry in terms of volume as well as quality, production standard, customer services, R&D and technology upgradation.

To ensure optimum utilization of existing assets to generate maximum internal resources for renovation, growth and expansion.

To develop professional management culture consistent with the requirement of the industry to attract, develop and retain committed and skilled workforce with emphasis on trust and teamwork.

To preserve the ecological balance and explore eco-friendly production process to strike a harmonious relationship between nature and industry.

To explore and implement technological upgradation of the existing equipment for improved quality and increasing productivity and for greater cost effectiveness.

To enlarge market channels for perennial supply of all variety of cultural paper and to ensure customer satisfaction through value addition and constant upgradation of quality.

To increase utilization of unconventional raw materials and adopt recycling method to reduce dependence on forest resources for maintaining ecological balance.

To provide adequate thrust on product diversification and manufacture value-added items like computer stationery, copier paper, S.S. Maplitho, etc. and create a brand equity for higher profitability and greater market share.

Overview

Incorporated on May 29, 1970

HPC Units                                                                                            Annual Capacity

Nagaon Paper Mill (NPM), Assam                                                          1,00,000 tonnes

Cachar Paper Mill (CPM), Assam                                                           1,00,000 tonnes

There is a provision to produce 20,000 tonnes of newsprint in each of these mills within the total capacity of 1 lakh tonnes. An increase in capacity by 30% is under consideration.

Subsidiaries                                                                                                                Annual Capacity

Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), Kerala                                                                      1,00,000 tonnes

Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited (NPPC), Nagaland

(A joint venture of the Government of India and Govt. of Nagaland).                                     33,000 tonnes

 

All the operating Mills of HPC are ISO-9001:2000 and ISO-14001 certified.

Export

Strategic Planning underway for further growth in overseas markets

w  Competitive Pricing

w  Quality

w  Penetrating New Market

 

Press Release

September 11, 2007.

Shri Raji Philip, Chairman-cum-Managing Director presenting the dividend cheque for Rs.252 Millions to Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev, Union Minister of HI&PE in the presence of Dr. Ramesh Chandra Panda, Secretary, HI&PE on September 08, 2007 at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi.                                                         

1. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, Kolkata made a payment of Rs. 252 Millions. towards dividend for the Financial Year 2006-07 and redemption of preference shares at a solemn function at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi on September 08, 2007. Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev, Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises received the cheque from Shri Raji Philip, Chairman, HPC in the presence of Dr. Ramesh Chandra Panda, Secretary (HI&PE). Shri Abdur Rouf Khan, Senior Operator and Shram Shree – 2005 Awardee presented a cheque of Rs. 4.500 Millions towards employees’ contribution to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.

2. HPC’s is a case of spectacular turnaround in operational and financial performance. HPC paid the maiden dividend of Rs. 152 Millions for FY 2005-06 after wiping out all accumulated losses on the strength of a decade-long track-record of uninterrupted net profits.

3. HPC operates three large integrated mills – two in Assam viz. Nagaon Paper Mill (NPM) at Jagiroad, Distt. Morigaon and Cachar Paper Mill (CPM) at Panchgram, Distt. Hailakandi and one in Kerala through its wholly owned Subsidiary, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) at Newsprint Nagar, Distt. Kottayam each having an annual installed production capacity of 100,000 tonnes. While NPM and CPM manufacture printing and writing paper primarily for the mass consumption segments from virgin fibre sourced from locally available bamboo, HNL produces newsprint which is comparable in mechanical optical and surface properties to the best quality newsprint emanating from developed countries using two-third virgin fibre sourced from locally available bamboo, reed and pulpwood species like eucalyptus, casuarina, acacia etc and one-third recycled fibre from old magazines, old newspapers and mixed office waste, indigenous and sometimes, imported.

4. Duing FY 2006-07, HPC’s operating mills produced 320880 tonnes, exceeding 100% capacity utilisation mark cumulatively for the fifth time in succession. Cachar Paper Mill located in the infrastructurally deficient and logistically difficult Barak Valley could improve capacity utilisation to an all-time high of 103.2%. The sales registered was 323,302 tonnes – 210,737 tonnes of printing & writing paper and 112,565 tonnes of newsprint. HPC group registered an all-time high sales turnover of Rs.11010 Millions with HPC Units in Assam accounting for Rs. 7860 Millions and HPC Subsidiary, HNL for Rs. 3150 Millions against the previous best of Rs.10450 Millions HPC units registered an all-time high Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs. 1210 Millions and a Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs.810 Millions, with the wholly owned Subsidiary, HNL showing a PBT of Rs.450 Millions and a PAT of Rs.300 Millions HPC group continues to maintain its ranking as the third largest formation in the Indian Paper Industry after BILT and ITC’s Paper Division.


5. HPC recognises that the demand for paper will swell in tandem with the general economic upsurge and is therefore committed to pursue a path of ‘gainful growth’ marked by volume augmentation and value enhancement for capturing durable scale economies and thereby attaining sustainable competitiveness by ascending the ‘value spiral’ while upgrading plant and equipment and scaling up manufacturing capabilities. HPC has embarked on major capital investment programmes – HNL’s Expansion-cum-Diversification Project (EDP) seeking to add capacity for production of 170,000 tpa finer papers and HPC units in Assam undertaking Modernisation and Technological Upgradation Plan (MTUP) to recontemporise the process technology and equipment into environment-friendly, energy-efficient and resource-conserving modes.

6. HPC was recategorised as a Schedule-A CPSE and HNL as a Schedule-B CPSE on January 03, 2007. Based on corporate performance during FY 2005-06 against MoU targets, HPC was rated as one among the Top Ten PSEs entitling the Company to receive the MoU Excellence Award from Hon’ble Prime Minister on March 08, 2007. Shri Abdul Rouf Khan, Senior Operator of NPM was recently declared a winner of the Shram Shree Award - 2005.

7. As part of its steadfast commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, HPC has been endeavouring to encourage entrepreneur development for incubating micro and small enterprises in the vicinity of the mills to enable them to become enduring supply chain partners on commercially sound and sustainable principles.

8. HPC mills in Assam face a lot of constraints on account of the escalating insurgency, worsening ethnic conflicts and deteriorating infrastructural facilities. Although the mainstay of bamboo supply to NPM is Karbi-Anglong, no bamboo extraction operations could be carried out for the last three years owing to sporadic outbreak of violence and periodic bans imposed by various insurgent outfits. The law and order situation in North Cachar Hills (NCH) also leaves much to be desired. Notwithstanding a renewed agreement with the NCH Autonomous Council, bamboo supplies to CPM are not forthcoming especially after the collapse of the rail bridge in the Lumding-Silchar Metre Gauge Section on June 25, 2007. HNL was to get allotment of additional land for captive plantation in Kerala which has also not materialised so far.

9. HPC is also spearheading the Revival and Upgradation Scheme covering the Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Tuli, Distt. Mokokchung, Nagaland which has remained inoperative since October, 1992. With the BIFR sanctioning the Rehabilitation Package based on Union Cabinet approval, NPPC Revival & Upgradation Scheme has taken off with effect from June 27, 2007 for completion in 27 months by September, 2009.

10. With the preparatory work for establishing a large capacity mill in Central Uttar Pradesh in full swing, HPC group is poised to achieve a sales turnover of Rs. 30000 Millions by 2012 with installed capacity for producing over 800,000 tonnes per annum of paper/newsprint.



 


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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.39.69

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.90

Euro

1

Rs.56.42

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--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

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

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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