MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

25.04.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MERIDIAN EXPORTS

 

 

Registered Office :

26, Arihant Industrial Estate, Ground Floor, 94-C and D, Krantinagar, Opp. Shetty Chemicals, Saki Naka, Sakinaka, Mumbai – 400072, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008 (Provisional)

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.12.1992

 

 

IEC No.

0392072947

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AADPG5045J

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietory Concern.

 

 

Line of Business :

Trader, Dealer and Importer of Welding Consumables and Engineering goods.

 

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 78356

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed concern having satisfactory track. Proprietor of the concern is experienced, respectable and resourceful businessman. His trade relations are fair.

 

Financial position is good. Payments are correct and as per commitments. The concern can be considered good for any normal business dealings.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

26, Arihant Industrial Estate, Ground Floor, 94-C & D, Krantinagar, Opp. Shetty Chemicals, Saki Naka, Sakinaka, Mumbai – 400072, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-28473259/89

Fax No.:

91-22-28473294/0710

Mobile :

91-9820061002

E-Mail :

meriweld@vsnl.com

Website :

http://www.meridian-welding.com

Area :

3500 sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

 

Branches :

·       Unit 174, Plot No. 260, Surat Special Economic Zone, Sachin, Surat - 394230, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.: 91-261-2398099

Area: 1000 Sq. ft.

Location : Leased

 

·       Unit 161, Surat Special Economic Zone, Sachin, Surat – 394230, Gujarat, India

Area: 1000 Sq. ft.

 

·       Plot No. 57, Surat Special Economic Zone, Sachin, Surat – 394230, Gujarat, India

Area: 1000 Sq. ft.

Tel No.:91-261-2398099

Location : Owned Building

 

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name :

Mr. Himanshu I. Gandhi

Designation :

Sole Proprietor

Address :

11, Rajmilan, 4th Floor, Corner of Dixit & P.M.Road, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai – 400057, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

28.07.1965

Qualification :

D.M.E., B.E. (Production)

Experience :

20 years

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Trader, Dealer, Distributor and Importer of Welding Consumables and Engineering goods.

 

 

Products :

·       Welding Consumables

·       Engineering goods

 

 

Agencies Held :

·       Bohler, Austria

·       UTP, Germany

·       A B Sandvik, Sweden

·       Astrolite, U.S.A.

·       Soudokay, Belgium

·       INE, Italy

 

 

Imports :

 

Products :

·       Welding Consumables

·       Engineering goods

Countries :

European Countries

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Cash and Credit  (60-90 days)

 

 

Purchasing :

Credit (90-120 days), Collection Basis

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

·       Gordon Woodroffe LoGistics Limited

·       Bohler Schweisstechnik Austria GMBH

·       UTP Schweissmaterial GMBH

·       Santrade Limited

·       I.N.E. Industrial Nazionale Eletrodi S.P.A.

 

 

Customers :

·       End Users

·       Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Limited

·       Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Limited

·       U.P. Steel

·       Larsen and Toubro Limited – Hazira

·       Larsen and Toubro Limited – ECC Group BPCL

·       Indian Sugar and General Engineering Corporation

·       Econo Valves Private Limited

·       Rane Engine Valves Limited

·       National Thermal Power Corporation Limited – Vidyutnagar

·       Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

·       Khanna Malhotra Enterprises

·       Hyundai Heavy industries Limited

·       Industrial Manufacturers

·       Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative Limited

·       Super alloys and Metals Limited

·       BHEL – Hyderabad

·       BHEL – Bhopal

·       Bhageeratha Electricals and Structurals Limited

·       Punj Lloyd Limited – New Delhi (Panipat)

 

 

No. of Employees :

44

 

 

Bankers :

·       State Bank of India

Commercial Branch, Shyamkamal Trade Centre, Agarwal Market, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai – 400057, Maharashtra, India

Facilities : Credit Limit: Rs.30.000 millions

 

 

Facilities :

                                                        (Figures are in millions)

Facilities

 31.03.2005

 

Secured Loans

 

State Bank of India:

(Loan secured against Hypothecation of stock and Bill discounting)

8.387

State Bank of India : Honda city

0.110

Maruti Countrywide Auto Services Private Limited (Maruti Versa)

0.398

ICICI Car Loan (Maruti WaganR)

0.330

Total

9.225

 

 

Unsecured Loans

 

Mr. I.P. Gandhi (H.U.F.)

0.533

Ms. F.H. Gandhi

3.800

Ms. Jyoti I. Gandhi

1.259

Mr. I. P. Gandhi

1.796

Mr. H. I. Gandhi (H.U.F.)

1.924

Total

9.312

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Bharat Kanakia and Associates

Chartered Accountants

Address :

602, Abhinandan Swami CHS Ltd., Plot No. 21, Road No. 25, Sion, Mumbai – 400022, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-2404222

Email :

Bk_associates@hotmail.com

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

 

Owned :

Rs.19.589 Millions

Borrowed :

-

Total :

Rs.19.589 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2008

(Provisional)

31.03.2007

31.032006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Proprietors Capital

19.589

16.895

6.999

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.000

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

19.589

16.895

6.999

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

17.979

18.972

18.537

2] Unsecured Loans

13.350

14.311

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

31.329

33.283

18.537

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

50.918

50.178

25.536

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

18.800

18.095

7.745

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

1.535

1.527

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

99.761

47.752

 

Sundry Debtors

28.285

30.570

 

 

Cash & Bank Balances

16.137

2.289

40.171

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

 

 

Loans & Advances

0.078

0.076

 

Total Current Assets

144.261

80.687

40.171

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

111.780

48.838

22.380

 

Provisions

1.898

1.293

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

113.678

50.131

22.380

Net Current Assets

30.583

30.556

17.791

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

50.918

50.178

25.536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

(Provisional)

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

298.503

204.827

16.014

Other Income

33.516

18.121

0.000

Total Income

332.019

222.948

16.014

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

33.680

15.432

3.202

Provision for Taxation

10.500

5.000

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

23.180

10.432

3.202

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

259.018

183.392

0.000

 

Administrative Expenses

11.613

5.674

0.000

 

Interest

3.608

3.490

0.000

 

Depreciation & Amortization

3.064

2.106

0.000

 

Other Expenditure

21.036

12.854

12.812

Total Expenditure

298.339

207.516

12.812

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2008

(Provisional)

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

6.98

4.68

19.99

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

11.28

7.53

19.99

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

20.65

15.62

6.68

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

1.72

0.91

0.46

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

7.40

4.94

5.85

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.27

1.61

1.79

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

·       Pager

·       Air-Conditioner

·       Computer

·       EPABX

·       Fax

·       Furniture

·       Honda City Car

·       Inverter,

·       Kinetic Honda

·       Labeling

·       Mobile

·       Maruti Wagan R

·       Office Electronics

·       Office Premises

·       Pallet Truck

·       Projector

·       Refrigerator, Stacker

·       Tea Coffee Machine

·       Time Recorder Machine

·       T.V.

·       Camera

·       Vacuum Cleaner

·       Versa DX2

·       Weighing Scale

·       Xerox Machine.

 

 

 


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.40.04

UK Pound

1

Rs.79.11

Euro

1

Rs.63.44

 

 

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

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--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

NO

--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

 

 

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions