MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

19.08.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HAZIRA PLATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

27 KM Surat, Hazira Road, Hazira, Surat – 394270, Gujarat

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.03.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

045786

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U27100GJ2005FLC045786

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

SRTH01141A

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCH5434M

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

To set up steel plant for producing steel plates, slabs, blooms and billets, hot rolled steels, cold rolled steels, alloy steels and coated steel 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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 8100000

 

 

Status :

New Company

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a new company promoted by Essar Group. The company had not started commercial Operations as per its last available financials and had incurred some initial losses. However, in view of strong capital base, the loss does not seem to be effecting the company. Trade relations are fair. Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

In view of strong promoters, the company can be considered good for normal business dealings.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

27 KM Surat, Hazira Road, Hazira, Surat – 394270, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-261-2872400

Fax No.:

91-261-2872796

E-Mail :

sgiri@essar.com

ddeokar2@esar.com

Website :

http://www.essar.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Prashant Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

Bin Hamooda Village, Village No.17, Jumeriah, Dunai, UAE

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. K. Tandon

Designation :

Director

Address :

MON Repos, 201 –B, 45 HK Baba Road, Land’s end, Bandra (West), Mumbai – 400050, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Name :

Mr. Girish K. Sathe

Designation :

Director

Address :

2, Neelkanth Deep, Bhaskar Colony, Naupada, Thane (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shashikant Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

Ruia House, 67A, Walkeshwar Road, Mumbai – 400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.12.1943

Date of Appointment :

10.03.2006

Email :

snruia@essar.com

 

 

Name :

Mr. jatinder Mehra

Designation :

Director

Address :

C-1/36, Safdurjang Development Area, New Delhi – 110016, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1939

Date of Appointment :

10.03.2006

Email :

jmehra@essar.com

 

 

Others Directorship :

Steel Corporation of Gujarat Limited

Director

U27100GJ1975GAT002653

 

Essar Steel (Jharkhand) Limited

Director

U27100GJ2005PTC046272

 

Essar Steel (Orissa) Limited

Director

U27100GJ2005PLC046273

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(A son 22.06.2006)

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Girish Sathe

 

1

Lalitkumar Periwal

 

1

Prashantc Joshi

 

1

Devdas Shetty

 

1

Venu P.

 

1

V. Ganesh

 

1

V. Chowdhary

 

49994

Essar Steel Holding Limited

 

49508410

 

 

 

Total

 

49558410

 

(As on 31.03.2007)

Category

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Foreign Holding (FIIs, FCs, FFIs, NRIs, OCBs, or Others)

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

To set up steel plant for producing steel plates, slabs, blooms and billets, hot rolled steels, cold rolled steels, alloy steels and coated steel products.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

  • Indian Bank

210 B Wing, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Financial Institutions :

  • IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited

Asian Building, Ground Floor, 17, R Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai – 400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S R Batliboi and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

6th Floor, Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Name :

B P Jain and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

A-16, Everest Building, Tardeo, Mumbai – 400034, Maharashtra, India 

 

 

Holding Company :

Essar Steel Holding Limited

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Steel Corporation of Gujarat Limited

U27100GJ1975GAT002653

 

Essar Steel (Jharkhand) Limited

U27100GJ2005PTC046272

 

Essar Steel (Orissa) Limited

U27100GJ2005PLC046273

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2000000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.20000.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

165003790

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.1650.038 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

1650.038

0.500

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

495.084

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

(23.664)

0.000

NETWORTH

 

1626.374

495.584

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

1900.784

533.289

2] Unsecured Loans

 

19.400

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

1920.184

533.289

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

3546.558

1028.873

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

0.108

0.000

Capital work-in-progress

 

2560.155

768.391

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 

0.000

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

118.862

525.255

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.018

 

Loans & Advances

 

2.587

0.000

Total Current Assets

 

121.449

525.273

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

133.300

264.791

 

Provisions

 

1.854

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

135.154

264.791

Net Current Assets

 

986.295

260.482

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

3546.558

1028.873

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2007

Sales Turnover

 

 

0.000

Other Income

 

 

0.344

Total Income

 

 

0.344

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

(23.550)

Provision for Taxation

 

 

0.115

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

(23.665)

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Other Expenditure

 

 

23.894

Total Expenditure

 

 

23.894

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

6879.36

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

0.00

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

(19.37)

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

(0.01)

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

1.26

1.61

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

0.90

1.98

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form 8:

 

Corporate identity number of the company

U27100GJ2005FLC045786

Name of the company

HAZIRA PLATE LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

27 KM Surat, Hazira Road, Hazira, Surat – 394270, Gujarat, India

This form is for

Modification of charge

Type of charge

Immovable Property

Particular of charge holder

  • IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited

Asian Building, Ground Floor, 17, R Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai – 400001, Maharashtra, India

itsl@idbitrustee.co.in

Nature of instrument creating charge

No Instrument was executed. The company created mortgage by deposited title deeds with IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (Security Trustee) in respect of its immovable Property situated at Hazira, Gujarat admeasuring 74638 sq. meters for securing loans of Rs.115.000 Millions sanctioned by various lenders moreover described in the Declaration and Undertaking dated 25.01.2008 attached.

Date of instrument Creating the charge

25.01.2008

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.11500.000 Millions

Brief of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge

Rate of Interests:

As per the agreement dated March 1, 2006 as amended from time to time.

 

Terms of repayment:

28 equal consecutive quarterly installment as set forth in the repayment schedule as set forth in agreement dated March 01, 2006 as amended from time to time.

 

Margin:

As per the agreement dated March 1, 2006 as amended from time to time.

 

Extent and Operation of the charge:

The financial facility interests, additional, liquidated damages, premier on prepayment, cost and charges, expenses and other monies of whatsoever nature situated under agreement dated March 01, 2006 as amended from time to time is secured by first mortgage on all the company’s immovable properties moreover described in schedule of he declaration and Undertaking attached.

Particulars of the property charged

Immovable property admeasuring 74638 sq. meters moreover described in the scheduled attached to the declarations and undertaking dated 25.01.2008.

Particulars of the present modification

Charge created on 1st March 2006 and modified on 22nd February, 2007 has been subsequently modified on 25th January, 2008.

 

Equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds with the security trustee in respect of immovable property situated at Hazira, Gujarat moreover described in declaration and Undertaking dated January 25, 2008.

 

 

 


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 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.43.23

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.89

Euro

1

Rs.63.80

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

-

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

-

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

 

42

 

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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