MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.09.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ACI Limited

 

 

Registered Office :

ACI Centre, 245, Tejgoan Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208

 

 

Country :

Bangladesh

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

24th January, 1973

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

C-3885

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in manufacturing and selling of drugs & medicines, consumer & agri products.

 

 

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

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


Report on

 

ACI Limited

 

 

Address

 

ACI Centre,

245, Tejgoan Industrial Area,

Dhaka-1208,

Bangladesh

Telephones                    : 880-2-9885694, 9556254-8,

Fax                               : 880-2-9884784, 9886029

E-mail                           : adab@aci-bd.com

                                      edab@aci-bd.com                                                                     

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Established                               : January, 1973

Incorporation No.                        : C-3885

Incorporation Dated                    : 24th January, 1973

Managing Director & CEO           : Mr. M. Anis Ud Dowla

 

 

Employees

 

1,810                                                                                                                            

 

Executives-                         20

Junior Executives-                27                                                                                     

Engineers-                           10

Junior Engineer-                    6

Chemist-                                5         

Quality Control-                 150

Supervisory Staffs-            180

Support Staffs-                    50

General Staffs-                  110

Technicians-                        45

Workers-                         1,207

 

 

BANK

 

Standard Chartered Bank

Dikusha Commercial Area

Dhaka.

 

American Express Bank Limited

Motijheel Commercial Area,

Dhaka

 

Mutual Trust Bank Limited

Local Office Branch,

Motijheel Commercial Area,

Dhaka

 

 

BRANCH

 

Barishal

Bogra

Chittagong

Comilla

Cox’ Bazar

Dinajpur

Faridpur

Jessore

Khulna

Kustia

Maijdee

Mymensingh

Narayanganj

Rajshahi

Rangpur

Sreemangal

Sylhet

 

 

FACTORY

 

7,Hajiganj Road,

Narayanganj,

Tel.880-2-7630496, 7630525, 7630493

Fax.880-2-7630524

                                               

Rajbari,

Sreepur,

Gazipur,

Tel.880-2-9885694,

                                                           

 

OFFICE AREA

 

6,800 sq. ft. (own)

 

                                   

FACTORY AREA

 

2 acres land (own)

 

 

 

 

 

WAREHOUSE AREA

 

20,000 sq. ft (own)

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Mr. M. Anis Ud Dowla - Chairman  & Managing Director

Mrs. Nasima Dowla

Mr. Syed Manzur Elahi

Mr. Rafiqul Islam Khan

Mr. M. Ziaul haque Khondaker

Ms. Shusmita Anis Salam

Dr. Arif Dowla

Mr. Waliur Rahman

Mr. Wajed Salam

Ms. Sheema Abed Rahman

 

 

HISTORY

 

ICI Plc of UK had a pharmaceutical business in Bangladesh which was established in 1973. In 1992 the business was sold to  the current management and the name of the Company changed to Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Limited having its factory at Hajiganj, district : Narayanganj and  Rajbari, Sreepur, district : Gazipur.

 

 

BUSINESS

 

The company is engaged in manufacturing and selling of drugs & medicines, consumer & agri products.

 

 

RANGE OF PRODUCTS

                       

1 HEALTH CARE

 

Tablets

Capsules

Powders

Liquids

Creams

Ointments

Gels

Ophthalmic

Injections

 

1 CONSUMER GOODS

 

ACI Aerosol (Insecticide)

ACI Mosquito Coil

ACI Savlon (Antiseptic solution, creams & soap)

ACI Angelic (Air Freshener)

Savlon Femme (Sanitary Napkin)

 

1 AGRI PRODUCTS

 

Insecticides

Pesticides

Weedicides

Poultry Vaccines

Hybrid Seeds (Watermelon)                                                                   

 

 

FOREIGN PRINCIPALS

 

Astrazeneca-UK

Eli Lilly-USA, Italy

UCB- BELGIUM, Hungary

Cava Sante Animale-France

 

 

MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE OF

 

Beiersdorf BDF – Germany

Sarah Lee Household

Kiwi Brand Shoe Care

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd – India

Parle Group - India

Haldiram - India

 

 

TERMS OF SALES

 

Cash

Credit

 

 

NAME OF GROUP

                                   

NIL

 

 

SISTER CONCERN

 

ACI Trading Ltd, Dhaka

Computer Technology Ltd, Dhaka

ACI Formulation Ltd, Dhaka

Apex Leather Crafts Ltd, Dhaka

Flyven Insecticides Ltd, Dhaka

Tetly ACI Ltd, Dhaka

Asian Consumer Care (Pvt) Ltd, Dhaka

ACI Salt Ltd, Dhaka

ACI Godrej Agrovet (Pvt) Ltd, Dhaka

 

 

ENLISTED WITH

 

Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited, Dhaka

Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited, Chittagong

 

 

STOCK CODE

 

aci

 

 

MEMBER

 

Dhaka Chamber of commerce & Industries, Dhaka.

                              

 

LEGAL FORM

 

The subject is a public limited company incorporated with the Registrar of Joint Stock of Companies Dhaka.

 

 

AUDITORS

 

Rahman Rahman Huq

Chartered Accountants

Dhaka. 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

                                                            As at 31 December, 2005

 

Source of Funds

Taka

Shareowner’ Equity :

 

Share Capital

161,7000,000

Share Premium

250,022,474

Capital Reserve

1,671,386

Special reserve

1,111,822

Revolution Reserve

229,578,470

Tax holiday reserve

---------------

Proposed dividend

72,765,000

Dividend distribution tax

---------------

Retained earnings

189,086,117

 

905,935,269

Applications of funds

 

Property, plant and equipment :

 

At Cost/revelation

1,073,394,360

Accumulated depreciation

(329,928,253)

 

743,466,107

 

 

Capital work-in-progress

13,290,851

Investment

380,581,241

Current assets:

 

Inventories

703,566,536

Trade debtors

326,908,970

Other debtors

47,896,041

Advances, deposits and prepayments

183,152,700

Inter-company receivables

218,927,411

Cash and bank balances

56,704,288

 

1,537,155,946

Current liabilities :

 

Bank overdraft

258,820,408

Bank term loan

536,785,727

Trade creditors

76,038,463

Other creditors

294,733,476

Inter-company liabilities

248,463,517

Current portion of lease obligation

18,862,138

Provision for taxation

90,500,000

 

1,524,203,729

Net current assets

12,952,217

Long term liabilities

(244,355,147)

Net assets employed

905,935,269

 

 

                                                                 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

 

                                                For the year ended 31 December,2005

 

 

Taka

Sales

3,088,714,707

Cost of goods sold

(2,131,538,267)

Gross profit

957,176,440

Other income

30,326,861

 

987,503,301

Administrative, selling and distribution expenses

(726,132,328)

 

261,370,973

Financing cost

(83,396,936)

 

177,974,037

Provision for contribution to WPPF

(8,898,702

Profit before tax

169,075,335

Provision tax

 

Current tax

(51,448,831)

Deferred tax

(5,355,691)

 

(56,804,522)

Net profit after tax

112,,270,813

Earning per share

6.94

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorized Capital          Tk.500 million

 

Paid up Capital              Tk.161.7 million

 

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE RATE

 

GB Pound                     1.00=Tk.140.1706

US Dollar                      1.00=Tk. 69.4850

Europe Euro                  1.00=Tk. 94.9041

Japanese Yen                1.00=Tk.  0.5712

Australian Dollar            1.00=Tk. 59.7270

 

 

COMMENTS

 

The subject is a public limited company engaged in manufacturing and selling of medicines, consumer & agricultural products. The subject also markets a selective range of products in the country and represents the top names in the business.

 

The qualities of their products are of international standard and they maintain a very high standard in ensuring their quality. Their factory is equipped with all the modern facilities.

 

The directors are well conversant in their line of trade. They are financially solvent and good at their business commitments, it is reported.

 

The company is good for normal business engagements.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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

 

 

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%)

 

 

 

 

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