MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

25.08.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SONI ISPAT LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

SONI STRIPS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

 “Janak”, 11, New Palasia, 2nd Floor, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

07.01.1985

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10 - 2710

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U27105MP1985PLC002710

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BPLS05340G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAICS2617L

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Stainless Steel, Alloys Steel and Mild Steel

 

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 1600000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well – established and reputed company having fine track. Trade relations are fair. Business is active. General financial position is good. Payments are reported as usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered/ Marketing Office :

“Janak”, 11, New Palasia, 2nd Floor, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-731-4025533 / 5066042 / 5066149/ 4240100/ 4025522

Fax No.:

91-731-4025555 / 5066149/ 40277777

E-Mail :

sonistrips@yahoo.com

contact@soniispat.com

compliance@metalman-india.com

sales@soniispat.com

Website :

http://www.soniispat.com

 

 

Factory :

805 A, Pithampur Industrial Area, Sector – III, Pithampur – 454775, District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-7292-509817 / 501560

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Rajiv Lochan Soni

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

19/2, Manoramaganj, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.09.1956

Date of Appointment :

07.01.1985

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vijay Soni

Designation :

Director

Address :

19/2, Manoramaganj, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

07.09.1958

Date of Appointment :

07.01.1985

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sharang Soni

Designation :

Director

Address :

19/2, Manoramaganj, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

18.06.1979

Date of Appointment :

12.03.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suni Anand

Designation :

Director

Address :

Y. N. Road, Indore

Date of Birth/Age :

29.06.1958

Date of Appointment :

12.03.2004

  

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 31.03.2007)

Category

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Stainless Steel, Alloys Steel and Mild Steel.

 

 

Products :

  • Stainless Steel
  • Alloys Steel
  • Mild Steel

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

  • State Bank of Indore

Pithampur Branch, Pithampur – 454775, Madhya Pradesh, India

 

  • State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
  • Oriental Bank of Commerce
  • Bank of India
  • ICICI Bank

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S. S. Solanki and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

402, Trade House, 16/3, South Tukoganj, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-731-5065092

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2000000

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.200.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2000000

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.200.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

200.000 

200.000

142.525

2] Share Application Money

 0.000

0.000

15.225

3] Reserves & Surplus

 125.802

24.845

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 325.802

224.845

157.750

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 800.489

427.898

209.682

2] Unsecured Loans

 116.500

67.500

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 916.989

495.398

209.682

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 25.767

11.983

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 1268.558

732.226

367.432

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 460.954

294.762

0.000

Capital work-in-progress

 0.000

63.732

315.779

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 862.399
454.802
0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

 269.303
112.526
0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 82.696
45.850
32.788

 

Other Current Assets

 0.000
0.000
0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 93.379
26.228
13.265

Total Current Assets

 1307.777

639.406

46.053

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

500.185 
265.687
12.402

 

Provisions

0.000
0.000
0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 500.185

265.687

12.402

Net Current Assets

807.592 

373.719

33.651

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 0.012

0.013

0.014

Pre-op. Exp. Pending allocation on completion of pr.

0.000

0.000

17.988

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 1268.558

732.226

367.432

 


 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

5276.550

1530.974

Other Income

 

257.335

119.103

Total Income

 

5533.885

1650.077

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

127.170

40.196

Provision for Taxation

 

26.213

15.351

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

100.957

24.845

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Material Consumed

 

4352.997

1328.571

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

 

94.127

6.378

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

 

34.771

7.933

 

Payment to Auditors

 

0.028

0.025

 

Interest

 

144.623

11.182

 

Insurance Expenses

 

2.075

0.647

 

Power & Fuel

 

185.541

30.437

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

31.148

14.018

 

Other Expenditure

 

561.405

210.690

Total Expenditure

 

5406.715

1609.881

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

1.82 

1.51

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

2.41 

2.44

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

7.19 

4.30

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.39 

2.38

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 4.35

3.38

1.41

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.61 

2.41

3.71

 

 


 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

  

 

Form 8 Particular for creation or modification of charges 

 

Name of the company

SONI ISPAT LIMITED

[FORMERLY SONI STRIPS LIMITED]

Presented By

Shri. Vijay Soni, Director

Date and description of instrument creating the change

Agreement  of Loan for overall limit

Agreement of Hypothecation of goods and assets and Agreement of pledge of goods dated 15.02.2005

Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on the securities of charge

Rs.22.500 millions

3) Short particular of the property charged. If the property acquired is subject to charge, date of the acquired of the property should be given

Land & Building located at 805 A, Sector III, Pithampur Industrial Area, Pithampur and Plant and Machinery installed / erected thereon ranking pari passu basis with other term lenders.

Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge.

As per agreement of loan for overall limit, Agreement of Hypothecation of goods and assets and agreement of pledge of goods dated 15.02.2005

Name and Address and description of the person entitled to the charge.

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

Sanyogitaganj, Murai Mohalla, Indore

Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

N.A.

Particulars of modifications specifying the terms and conditions or the extent of operations of the charge in which modification is made and the details of the modification.

N.A.

 

 

Corporation identity number or foreign company registrations number of the company 

U27105MP1985PLC002710

Name of the company

SONI ISPAT LIMITED

Address

 “Janak”, 11, New Palasia, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India

This Form is for

Modification of charge

Type of Charges

Book Debts

Movable Property

Floating Charge

Particular of the charge holder 

State Bank of Indore [Lead Bank]

Pithampur Branch, Pithampur – 454775, Madhya Pradesh, India

E-mail : sbn3201@sbindore.co.in

Nature or description of the instrument creating charge  

Joint Deed of Hypothecation for Working Capital Assistance Dated 25.06.2008

Date of the instrument creating charge

25.06.2008

Amount Secure by the charge

Rs.2225.000 millions

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

Rate of Interests:

Interests shall be charged at such rate or rates as may be determined by the consortium member banks from time to time.

 

Terms of repayment:

Working Capital Limits are repayable on demand

 

Margin:

As per sanction by respective consortium member banks

 

Extent and operation of the charge:

First Charge on all the current assets of the borrower company in favour of consortium members banks jointly and to each of them severally all as more particularly described in joint Deed of Hypothecation Dated.

Particulars of the property charged

Hypothecation of all current assets of the borrower company viz stock of raw materials, semi finished and finished goods, stores and spares not relating to plant and machinery (Consumable Stores and spares), Bills receivables and book debts and all movable both present and future as more particularly described  in second schedule annexed to joint deed of hypothecation dated 25.06.2008.

Particulars of the present modification

The existing charge on current assets extended further to cover the enhanced new sanction in working capital limits (fund based and non fund based) by the consortium member banks which now aggregates to Rs.0.022 Millions

 

 

WEBSITE DETAILS

 

PROFILE:

 

Subject a semi integrated plant carrying out activities of melting, continuous slab casting and plate rolling in special grades of steel like stainless steel, alloy steel and mild steel. It is part of the Metalman Group which has over 900 Employees and a turnover of over $125 Million USD. Subject has an installed capacity of melting and rolling over 0.2 Million Metric Tons of Special steel in flat and long products.

 

GREEN STEEL

 

Subject has set the benchmark for Steel production in central India by not only adhering to current Environment norms but exceeding the existing pollution norms. The company's corporate social responsibility program believes in protecting the environment and giving back to the society.

 

A special team of engineers has been formulated to devise and implement novel ways to conserve energy and water.

 

The company has installed state of the art air pollution control equipment such as a Wet Scrubber to reduce carbon emissions for the Induction Furnaces, Fume Extraction System-I for reduction of fumes for manufacturing of mild steel and Fume Extraction System-II for manufacturing of stainless steel at our plant.

 

 

MATERIALS

 

Melting Scrap:

 

 

Ferro Alloys:

 

 

 

Fluxes:

 

 

 


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.43.38

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.34

Euro

1

Rs.64.55

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--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

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

65

 

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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