MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

26.04.2008

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VSL MINING COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

12, I Cross, NTI Layout, NTI Layout, RMV II Stage, Bangalore – 560094, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.05.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-36340

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U13100KA2005PTC036340

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRV04938D

 

 

Legal Form :

Private limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers, importers, exporters and dealers in all kinds of mining, quarrying, ores, minerals and metals 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

                       

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a part of V S lad Group, having sales and trading activity of Rs. 8000 Millions, employing 1000 people.

 

Directors are resourceful industrialists businessmen and politicians. Intact they are busy in State Election, at prevent.    

 

Trade relations are fair. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

Nothing adverse reported.

 

The company can be considered for normal business dealings a usual trade terms and conditions with slight caution as no financials are yet made available.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

12, I Cross, NTI Layout, NTI Layout, RMV II Stage, Bangalore – 560094, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-23411224/25

Area :

Medium Sized – Owned by Group

 

 

Factory :

Lakshmipura Village, Sandur Taluk, Ballary, Bangalore-583119, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-261393/ 260448

Fax No.:

91-8395-260448

E-Mail :

vslad@indiatimes.com

Website :

http://www.vsladmining.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Anil H Lad

Designation :

Director

Address :

House of Land Palace Road, Sandur- 583119

Tel No. :

91-8395-261124

Date of Appointment :

19/05/2005

 

 

Name :

Ms. Aarti A. Lad

Designation :

Director

Address :

Houe of Lad, Palace Road, Sandur – 583119

Tel No. :

91-8395-261124

Date of Appointment :

19/05/2005

 


 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Director and Relatives

 

100 %

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers, importers, exporters and dealers in all kinds of mining, quarrying, ores, minerals and metals etc.

 

 

Exports :

 

Products :

Iron Ore

Countries :

China

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

L/C, Credit [30-60 days] and Bank Guarantee

 

 

Purchasing :

L/C and Credit [30-60 days]

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

100

 

 

Bankers :

State Bank of India, Karnataka 

 

 

Facilities :

The company enjoy large facilities from its bankers

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

VSL Mining Projects Private Limited

-          Traders of Iron Ore

 

V. S. Lad and Sons

-          Estimated 1956

-          Address : House of Lad’s, Palace Road, Sandur – 583119, Bellary District, Karnataka, India  

-          Tel No.: 91-8395-260378 / 261229

-          Fax No.: 91-8395-260448

-          Email : info@vsladmining.com, vslad@indiatimes.com

-          Activities : Manufacturing of Iron Ore

 

 

Group Turnover : Rs. 8000.000 Millions

 


 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 10.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.0.100 million

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

Mr. Gangadhar [08395] 260201 confirmed partial details. He assured to provide financials and if available, will follow as a.

 

No financials are available from company Law Board.

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Website Details :

 

Industry Verticals

 

VSL group has evolved to be a multi faceted group making contribution in the following industry verticals:

 

Ø       Mining

Ø       Resorts & Water sports

Ø       Transportation

Ø       Plantations

Ø       Health

 

Mining is the core of the activities which contributes to about 90% of the revenue.

 
VSL group has got its character from such illustrious personalities as Mr. Heeroji V. Lad who is the patriarch of the group and a social service activist who served Sandur as a MLA. This legacy is continued by his son Mr. Anil H. Lad who is managing partner and chief executive officer of V.S. Lad and Sons.

 

Some of the achievements of the group in the social services are:

 

Drinking water and sanitation project in the areas of - Yeshwanthanagar, Krishnanagar, Bhujanaganagar, Ranjithpura etc.

 

Finance assistance for women micro-enterprises for getting sewing machines, bore wells for drinking water.

 

Political Saga Of The Group


VSL family sees political participation as a high leverage activity for social service. With this view the family members are actively involved in the political arena:

 

Mr. Heeroji V. Lad was the MLA of Sandur

Mr. Anil H. Lad is the current MLA of Kudligi a constituency adjoining Sandur

Mr. Santhosh Lad is the current MLA of Sandur

 

VSL has diversified into many businesses. VSL brings the leadership and management to each of these companies to run them efficiently and effectively. 


Mining related companies:

 

Ø       VSL Transport company

Ø       VSL Trading company

Ø       VSL Enterprises

 

Apart from mining V.S. Lad group has presence in following businesses:

 

Ø       Agriculture related ventures

Ø       Ashok Diary Farm

Ø       Anil Tamarind Farm

Ø       Anil Grape Farm

Ø       Nature Cure Center

 

This is an exclusive facility based on Ayurveda concepts and follows panchakarma therapy. This facility is handled by experts in this field from Kerala.

 
Wonder Valley Resort

 

Wonder valley resort is situated in Sandur, Bellary district in Karnataka, India. This service oriented resort has 7 deluxe family air-conditioned suites and 14 double bedded air-conditioned cottages with TV and Fridge. It also had 10 double bedded Swiss tents and 4 Swiss dormitory tents which can accommodate 15 people each.


Kollur Mukambika Water-sport  and Amusement park

 

This facility offers variety of water sports and amusement facilities like 50 seater cruise boat, 16 seater cruise boat, shikar boat, kayaks, water scooters, family speed boats, rowing boats, peddle boats, horse riding, camel ride, Columbus ride, giant wheel, frog train, Go karting, rain dance etc.

 

VSL offers consistent grades of iron ore products which meet the quality demands of international and national customers.

 

Product type

 

Iron ore fines

Iron ore fines (High Grade)

Calibrated Ore

Chemical properties

Fe

63.50%

64/65%

63.5%

 

SiO2

3.00%

2.50%

3.00%

 

Al2O3

3.00%

2.50%

3.00%

 

S

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

 

0.07%

0.06%

0.07%

 

Moisture

6.00%

6.00%

6.00%

 

 

 

 

 

Physical properties

 

Below 100mm -  95%

Below 10mm- 95%

Size 10mm-40mm

 

 

Below 150micron– 40%  

Below 150 micron – 40%

Below 10mm - 15%

 

 

Above 10mm – 5%

Above 10mm – 5%

Above 40mm- 7%

 

Production:

 

The following table gives a glimpse of production activity at VSL

 

Grade wise Production Details:

 

Year

Fines

 

 

Lumps

 

 

Grand Total

 

-65

+65

TOTAL

-65

+65

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998-99

189997

229217

419214

57957

189288

247245

666459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1999-00

184424

337778

522202

55540

238475

294015

816217

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000-01

318916

539343

858259

50169

366172

416341

1274600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001-02

810013

714412

1524425

37555

292382

329938

1854362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002-03

701454

772090

1473544

29480

334509

363989

1837533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-04

804852

756834

15651686

68305

319229

387534

1949220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004-05

(Projected)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Exports

 1.2 Millions Tonnes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Domestic Supplies

 1.00 Million Tonnes

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Group company has following customers :

Domestic:

 

Ø       Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited, Bellary (JVSL)

Ø       Kirloskar Ferro Industries, Hospet (KFIL)

Ø       Lanco Industries, Andhra Pradesh

Ø       Sathwahana Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh

Ø       Sesa Industries Limited, Goa

Ø       Usha Ispat Redi, Maharashtra

Ø       Essar Steel

Ø       Kalyani

Ø       Fomento Goa

Ø       HOM Chennai

Ø       SVM Goa

 

Export:

 

Ø       Chinese steel mills through MMTC and own export house

 

 


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.40.18

UK Pound

1

Rs.79.25

Euro

1

Rs.62.90

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

4

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

4

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

4

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

35

 

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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