MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

09.04.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

YATRA ONLINE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

93 – B,M Mittal Court, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

28.12.2005 to 31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.12.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-158404

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U63040MH2005PTC158404

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMY01729A

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in Business of providing services relating to transport, travel, tours and tourism.

 

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 125644

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a 2 years old company operating an online portal by the name Yatra.com which provides online booking and reservation facility.  Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessman.  Company’s first financials are awaited.  Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

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

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

93 – B,M Mittal Court, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel No. :

91-9871800800/ 66695000

Email :

dhruv.shringi@yatra.in

Website :

www.yatra.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

B – 21, Infocity, Sec – 34, Near Hero Honda Chowk, Gurgaon -122001, Haryana, India

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Harshal Jyotindra Shah

Designation :

Director

Address :

10 and 13, Jayant Mahal, D Road, Marine Drive, Mumbai - 400020, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

16.12.1970

Date of Appointment :

09.10.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prerak Hora

Designation :

Director

Address :

105, A/2, Ganga Vihar, Podar Street, Santacruz (W), Mumbai – 400054, India

Date of Appointment :

28.12.2005

 

 

Name :

Ms. Khushboo Baxi

Designation :

Director

Address :

801/2, Yash Apartment, 3/343, Wadia Street, Tardeo, Mumbai – 400034, India

Date of Appointment :

28.12.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dhruv Shringi

Designation :

Whole Time Director

Date of Birth/Age :

14.07.1973

Date of Appointment :

05.01.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Promod Haque

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

20.04.1948

Date of Appointment :

09.10.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Haresh Ramrupchand Chawla

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

29.12.1967

Date of Appointment :

05.01.2006

 

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 31.12.2006)

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Yatra Online (Cyprus) Limited, Cyprus

 

49999

Yatra Online INC (Cayman Islands)

 

1

 

 

 

Total

 

50000

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in Business of providing services relating to transport, travel, tours and tourism.

 

 

Products :

Travel related services

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

220

 

 

Bankers :

  • Bank of India
  • Citibank
  • HDFC Bank
  • IDBI Bank
  • Indusind Bank
  • Kotak Bank
  • Punjab National Bank
  • AXIS Bank
  • Bank of Baroda – Retail Marketing
  • Bank of Baroda – Corporate NetBanking

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S R Batliboi and Associates

Chartered  Accountant

Address :

U and I, Plot No.47, Sector – 32, Institutional Area, Gurgaon – 122001, Haryana, India

 

 

Holding Company :

Swiftindiainc Corporate Services Private Limited

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.0.500 Million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.0.500 Million

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

28.12.2005 to 31.12.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

0.100

2] Share Application Money

 

 

143.928

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

(112.617)

NETWORTH

 

 

31.411

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

8.716

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

8.716

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

40.127

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

29.492

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

1.962

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

16.456

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

77.129

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

9.818

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

21.826

Total Current Assets

 

 

125.229

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

116.027

 

Provisions

 

 

0.529

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

116.556

Net Current Assets

 

 

8.673

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

40.127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

28.12.2005 to 31.12.2006

Sales Turnover

 

 

16.621

Other Income

 

 

0.000

Total Income

 

 

16.621

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

(112.156)

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.461

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

(112.617)

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

 

 

128.777

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

28.12.2005 to 31.12.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

 

(677.56)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

 

(674.78)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

 

(72.49)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

 

(3.57)

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

 

3.99

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

 

1.07

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Directors Profile:

 

Mr. Dhruv Shringi

Co Founder

 

Dhruv returns to India after 8 years in Europe. His most recent role prior to co-founding subject was as Director Group Operations and Technology of the Ebookers Group where he was responsible for sales of over $850 million achieved thru multi channels including online, call centres and retail shops, 600 people and a cost budget of $70 million.


With regard to technology, he was accountable for developing the IT strategy and for leading the technology development and infrastructure teams, some 150 employees over 13 locations. He was also instrumental in leading the operational integration of a key acqusition by Ebookers. The integration achieved annualised cost savings of $20 million and 33% reduction of the UK workforce.


Prior to his stint at Ebookers, he worked with Ford Motor Company in their Business Strategy team based in London where he was part of the European Business Turnaround team and also has significant work experience in India having spent over 6 years with Arthur Andersen based in their office in Delhi. Dhruv holds an MBA from INSEAD and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

 

 

Mr. Manish Amin

Co Founder

 

Manish Amin is returning to India after having been based in London for the past 28 years. He is a veteran of the travel industry with over 20 years experience in the Travel and IT industry, 15 of which were with Ebookers where in his last role he was the Head of Technology Infrastructure responsible for managing 24x7 availability of the website and multi-location call centres of Ebookers. He managed setting up a new data centre for the Online and Offline applications. He also helped designed and rolled out MPLS connectivity and implemented a new Telephone system across the ebookers Group in Europe and Delhi.


He brings with him a vast knowledge and experience with proven success in Business Strategy, Sales/Call Centre Delivery, Operations Logistics, Travel Applications, Infrastructure, Software Development and Support Process. He is commercially astute with a passion for driving organisational change to deliver core business objectives.

 


Mrs. Sabina Chopra

Co Founder

 

Prior to subject Sabina headed India based Operations of ebookers, Europe’s largest online travel company. She was responsible for setting up, transitioning and management of Customer Service, Sales, Air Ticketing, Hotel Sales, Email and Online Departments. The Sales teams, under her leadership, doubled the targets in less than 6 months. The fulfillment teams consistently met and increased customer satisfaction for the European countries based customers.


She has also worked with Japan Airlines, a Canadian Airline and her BPO work experience includes heading Operations for RAC (Aviva Plc) and Hewitt Associates. Sabina brings with her over 16 years of work experience, has through knowledge of all facets of the Travel BPO Industry and an extensive network within the Indian travel community. Her strengths are Operations and Delivery, Customer Care and Retention. Sabina holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Delhi University.

 


Mr. Bhawna Agarwal –

Founding General Manager, Airlines Business Group

 

Joining subject, Bhawna was business head of airlines at Indiatimes.com, India's number one online eCommerce site. She was responsible for partnerships, sales and marketing. Her strong customer focus and disruptive strategy were instrumental in making the travel business unit the largest vertical revenue stream at indiatimes.com. Bhawna worked closely with all the key airlines in India, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, SpiceJet, Indian, GoAir and others.

 

Prior to joining India times, Bhawna worked at Rediff, India's number one internet site. Her earlier work experience includes marketing role at Netcarrots and Ranbaxy Group. Bhawna has in-depth knowledge of consumer markets and has experience in setting up new business.


Bhawna holds an MBA in Marketing Management from IMT and undergraduate degree in chemistry from Delhi University.

 


Mr. Mudit Khosla –

Founding General Manager, Strategic Relations Group

 

Joining subject, Mudit was category head - Shopping at Indiatimes, one of India's largest E-commerce sites. As the founding member of Indiatimes Shopping, he was responsible for formulating key strategies as well as conceptualizing and creating a series of successful eCommerce sub-verticals on fixed price & auction platforms. Mudit has worked closely with most major consumer brands in India, such as LG, Archies, Reebok, HP, Philips, Nestle, etc.


Prior to joining indiatimes.com, Mudit worked at eBaya, one of India's earliest eCommerce websites modeled on Amazon.com. Mudit’s strength lies in understanding consumer insights and has experience in successfully launching new online verticals in short durations.


Mudit holds an MBA in Marketing Management and undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering.

 

 

Mr. Nikhil Rungta –

Head of Marketing

 

Nikhil comes to Yatra.com from McCann Erickson, one of India’s biggest advertising agencies. At McCann he was the Client Servicing Director working on brands like Microsoft Xbox 360, MasterCard International, HP Compaq and Dabur. He was responsible for the launch of Xbox 360 in India and was instrumental in the development of India specific communication strategy for MasterCard and HP Compaq. Apart from these Nikhil has worked on the marketing and communication strategies for a variety of brands like NIIT, ISB, Real Fruit Juices, Sony Aiwa, LG Electronics and Revlon.

 
Before moving to advertising he was Product Manager with Shaw Wallace & Co., handling popular beer brands like Royal Challenge and Hayward’s 5000. Nikhil brings with him an in-depth understanding of the Indian consumer and his ability to formulate marketing strategies to communicate with them...


Nikhil holds an MBA in Marketing and International Business from NMIMS, Mumbai and has done his BSc from Hindu College, Delhi University.

 

 

Mr. Promod Haque,

Managing Partner

 

Promod has more than 15 years of experience in the venture capital industry and currently serves as managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners. He joined Norwest Venture Partners in 1990. He has been ranked as a top dealmaker on the annual Forbes Midas List for the past five years, and in 2004, Forbes named him as the #1 venture capitalist based on performance over the last decade. In 2006, Promod was presented with a Global Leadership award from NASSCOM.

 

Promod focuses on investments in semiconductor and components, systems, software and services. He was an early investor and a board member of Cerent (acquired by Cisco), Siara Systems (acquired by Red back Networks), On Display (acquired by Vignette), Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola) and Extreme Networks.

 

Prior to Norwest Venture Partners, Promod spent 18 years in various operational roles ranging from product development, marketing, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer at various public and private companies - Siemens International, Thorn EMI, Emergent Technologies and Dimensional Medicine, Inc.
He received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Delhi, India. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he serves on the advisory board.

 

 

Haresh Chawla, CEO

 

Haresh Chawla, age 39 years, is Group CEO of the TV18 Group. He has been in this position since December 1999, when he joined the TV18 Group. Under his leadership and guidance, the TV18 Group has been transformed from a production house to India's No.1 News Network , has grown from a 180 strong team to a 2000+ team and has attained leadership positions in all its ventures in the news broadcasting space - CNBC TV18, Awaaz, CNN IBN and Channel 7. Haresh’s previous assignments have all been with start-ups including the HCL Group - where he headed- business development for HCL Comnet, ABCL - where he set up the Film Distribution Business and at the Times of India Group where he launched their music label - Times Music.

Haresh's varied experience of 16 years in media and technology has also enabled the Group to identify Internet spaces that have now achieved leadership positions - moneycontrol.com (Asia's leading financial portal), commoditiescontrol.com (India's leading source for commodity information and research), ibnlive.com (No. 1 site for general news), poweryourtrade.com (Subscription based equity site). Recently the Group also acquired the Indian arm of jobstreet.com (Malaysia-based job portal) and set up Yatra. In (a travel portal) along with Reliance Capital & Norwest Venture Partners.

 

Under his leadership, TV18 continues to identify new ventures – green field and acquired and hopes to maintain the exponential growth trajectory that it has seen in the last 6 years. Haresh holds a degree in Business Management from IIM - Calcutta and is also an alumnus of IIT-Mumbai.

 

Mr. Harshal Shah, CEO

 

Harshal Shah is the CEO of Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd. at Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. He is also on the Board of Reliance Venture Asset Management Ltd., the Group's asset management company for its venture funds and investments.

 

Harshal has advised and invested in deals worth more than $600 million. Along with Yatra, he is also on the Boards of Setco Automotive Ltd. (listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange), and Telsima Corporation (a US-based wireless telecom equipment manufacturer started by Vin Dham, Father of the Intel Pentium Processor).
Through Reliance Technology Ventures, his team invests into media, communications and technology companies that augment the Reliance ADA Group's ecosystem. The Group currently has a presence in the communications, information technology, media and entertainment, financial services, energy, infrastructure and healthcare industries.


Prior to joining Reliance, Harshal had more than more than 14 years of experience in various roles at IBM (USA), Northstar Global Partners (USA), Info stakes, Inc. (USA and India), and Accenture (USA, Singapore, Hong Kong). At IBM, he led a team reporting to the CEO, to realign the operations so as to become solutions driven across various verticals, instead of being product-focused. Info stakes, Inc., a company of which he was CEO, grew its net worth by 9000% in 3 years, and in partnership with Fidelity, applied to become a licensed member of the NASDAQ.


Harshal has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business. He is also a Truman Gray Scholar from MIT from which he earned two Bachelors' degrees: in Management, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has completed two New York City Marathons.

 


Mr. Dhruv Shringi,

Co Founder - Yatra

 

Dhruv returns to India after 8 years in Europe. His most recent role prior to co-founding Yatra was as Director Group Operations and Technology of the Ebookers Group where he was responsible for sales of over $850 million achieved thru multi channels including online, call centers and retail shops, 600 people and a cost budget of $70 million.

 

With regard to technology, he was accountable for developing the IT strategy and for leading the technology development and infrastructure teams, some 150 employees over 13 locations. He was also instrumental in leading the operational integration of a key acquisition by Ebookers. The integration achieved annualised cost savings of $20 million and 33% reduction of the UK workforce.

 

Prior to his stint at Ebookers, he worked with Ford Motor Company in their Business Strategy team based in London where he was part of the European Business Turnaround team and also has significant work experience in India having spent over 6 years with Arthur Andersen based in their office in Delhi. Dhruv holds an MBA from INSEAD and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

 


 

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.40.02

UK Pound

1

Rs.79.44

Euro

1

Rs.62.94

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

3

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

3

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

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

 

30

 

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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