MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

10.12.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

M M POONJIAJI SPICES LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

42, Anandilal Poddar Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai – 400 002, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.09.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-121595

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U15495MH1999PLC121595

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMM13066E

 

 

Legal Form :

A closely held public limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Exporter of Pickles, Chutneys, Condiments and Pastes and Marinades

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a flagship company of the Poonjiaji Group. The company has not filed any financials with the Government departments till date. No further details or payment could be made available.

 

The company can be considered for business dealings on safe and secured terms in view of non-availability of financials.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

42, Anandilal Poddar Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai – 400 002, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22004515 (7 lines)

Fax No.:

91-22–22082774

E-Mail :

exports@poonjiaji.com

accounts@poonjiaji.com

Website :

http://www.poonjiaji.com

 

 

Representative Office :

Located at

·         London – UK

·         Houston - USA.

 

 

Processing Units:

Located in

·         Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh

·         Nasik in Maharashtra

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Ravindra Kasturilal Kumar

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

Address :

C0002, Chaitnya Tower Co-Operative Housing Society, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400 025, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

20.06.1958

Date of Appointment :

02.09.1999

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Poonam Atul Goel

Designation :

Director

Address :

Bagh Shambhu Dayal, Okla Industrial Estate, New Delhi – 110 020, India

Date of Birth/Age :

09.07.1958

Date of Appointment :

03.09.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rakesh Jaikishan Gupta

Designation :

Director

Address :

S-58, Panch Sheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India

Date of Birth/Age :

04.11.1961

Date of Appointment :

01.11.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Raghu Devdas Shenoy

Designation :

Director

Address :

22, Amar Mahal, Prestom Sagar, Chembur, Mumbai – 400 076, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

11.01.1937

Date of Appointment :

20.02.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anupam Puneet Sharma

Designation :

Director

Address :

L-101, Panch Sheel Garden, Kandivali (West), Mumbai – 400 067, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

29.10.1972

Date of Appointment :

04.12.2004

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 30.09.2006)

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Rakesh Jaikishan Gupta

233200

Poonam Atul Goel

530000

Ravindra Kasturilal Kumar

1152750

Subhash Shantilal Saklecha

596250

Amit Rasiklal Shah

596250

Deepti Rakesh Gupta

53000

Vanika Ravindra Kumar

39750

 

 

Total

3201200

 

Equity share breakup (percentage of total equity)

(As on 30.09.2006)

Category

Percentage

Directors or relatives of directors

62.00

Other top fifty (50) shareholders

38.00

Total

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Exporter of Pickles, Chutneys, Condiments and Pastes and Marinades

 

 

Products :

·         Indian Condiments

·         Curry Solutions

·         Mangoes (King Of Fruits)

·         Kalongi

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

·         Indus Ind Bank Limited

Indus Ind House, Mumbai – 400 004, Maharashtra, India

 

·         IDBI Bank Limited

Venkatesh Chambers, Ghanshyam Talvatkar Marg, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India 

 

·         Bank of Punjab Limited

Chowpatty Branch, Mumbai

 

·         Citi Bank

Citi Group Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051, Maharashtra, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

Not Available

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

(As on 30.09.2006)

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

7000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.70.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

5300000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.53.000 millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Not Available

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form No. 8

 

 

Name of the company

M M POONJIAJI SPICES LIMITED

Presented By

Jointly company and chargeholder

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

·         Agreement for cash credit and

·         Agreement of hypothecation of book debts both dated 24.09.2004 and together constituting a single charge 

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

Rs.50.000 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

  • All stocks of goods such as raw materials, goods in process, finished goods, consumable stores, spares and other items of stock in trade, documents of title to goods, of pickles, chutnies, curry powder, spices ad other food products and the raw materials in process for new finished products including all products, goods and movable property of any kind belonging to the company which now or hereafter from time to time be brought into stored or be in about the company’s premises or godowns or be in course of transit from the godown to another or wherever else the same may be.

 

  • All movable property of every description coming into the possession and control of the Bank on account of the company or any one of them or for the time being held by the Bank on behalf of the company or any one of them elsewhere including any moneys, bank drafts, deposit receipt for money, promissory Notes, bills of exchange, hundies stocks and spares, goods and merchandise, biils of lading, railway receipts, lorry receipts, Government bills, bill with inspection notes and other bills in course of collection, articles in safe custody and other documents of title to goods and any other negotiable or transferable instrument of every description including hire purchase agreement or contracts other than those affecting immovable property and requiring registration under the Acts or law relating to registration and other documents evidencing the title of the company as creditor to any corporation, Association, Registered Society, Company or Syndicate in India or elsewhere.

 

  • All present and future book debts, outstandings decress, money receivable, claims, bills, contracts, engagements, securities, investments, rights and other movable assets.         

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

·         Margin:

On Book debts – 10%

- On Stock – at such rates as determined by the bank from time to time.

 

·         Interest at the rate of 8.5% p.a. or at such other rate as may be prescribed by the Bank from time to time.

 

·         Security created in respect to cash credit facility by way of first charge and to cover principal together with interest, costs, charges, expenses etc.

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

Bank of Punjab Limited

Chowpatty Branch, Mumbai

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Not Applicable

7) 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.

Not Applicable

 

 

Corporate identity number of the company

U15495MH1999PLC121595

Name of the company

M M POONJIAJI SPICES LIMITED

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

42, Anandilal Poddar Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai – 400 002, Maharashtra, India

This form is for

Creation of charge

Type of charge

·         Book debts

·         Movable property (not being pledge)

Particular of charge holder

IDBI Bank Limited

Venkatesh Chambers, Ghanshyam Talvatkar Marg, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India 

Nature of instrument creating charge

Agreement of Hypothecation dated 10th October 2007

Date of instrument Creating the charge

10.10.2007

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.80.000 millions

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

Rate of interest

Export Packing Credit:

In foreign Currency : upto 180 days LIBOR+0.75%; Beyond 180 days upto 270 days LIBOR + 2.75%

In rupee Credit : upto 180 days 10.75%; Beyond 180 days upto 270 days BPLR + 2%

 

Post Shipment Finance :

In Foreign Currency : upto 185 days LIBOR + 0.75%

In rupee Credit : upto 90 days 10.75% and above 90 days upto 180 days BPLR + 2% 

 

Letter of Credit:

 

Terms of repayment

As per the Agreement of Hypothecation dated 10th October 2007

 

Margin

Export Packing Credit : 10%

Post Shipment Finance : nil

Letter of credit :

Margin 10% in FDR

 

Extent and operation of the charge

All those tangible movable properties and assets of whatsoever nature if the Borrower both present and future and including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words entire current assets including all stocks and movable fixed assets including plant and machinery of the Borrower wherever situate and / or in transit now belonging to or that may at any time during the continuance of the security belong to the Borrower.       

Particulars of the property charged

All those tangible movable properties and assets of whatsoever nature if the Borrower both present and future and including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words entire current assets including all stocks and movable fixed assets including plant and machinery of the Borrower wherever situate and / or in transit now belonging to or that may at any time during the continuance of the security belong to the Borrower.       

 

Web Details

 

Profile

The place, India. The year, 1883. The man, M. M. Poonjiaji. A connoisseur to the core. A man whose vision of reviving the splendor of Indian cuisine and taking it across the seas gave birth to M. M. Poonjiaji the company.

Poonjiajis history dates back to the days of the Raj. When they first started making chutneys to suit British tastes. Instant success and popularity found M. M. Poonjiaji being appointed to his Excellency, the Governor of Bombay, as official supplier.

Poonjiajis Pickles, Chutneys, Condiments and Pastes are the products of meticulous preparation. Only the hand picked Lemons, mangoes and other fruits which have gently ripened in the sun are used. Everything is looked into, from the size of fruits, the freshness, and the pungency of the chilies down to the quality of the oil.

All the processing operations are strictly in conformity with the International Quality norms laid by HACCP (Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points). This ensures a perfect machinery of checks at every step right from the raw material procurement stage till the product reaches the warehouse of the consumer.

The Pickles, Chutneys, Pastes and Condiments can be used as delicious accompaniments to all kinds of Indian, Continental, Arabic and Western dishes. They also enliven the food as dips, spreads or relishes.

At Poonjiajis they reach for new horizons only to initiate the journey towards the next.


Catering Product Range

At Subject they are proud to bring the Catering Product Range. They provide with Quality and R and D solutions via which can easily manufacture the products. This range would be useful to mainly Restaurants, Hotels, Bistros, Pubs and Bars. They cater to many buyers in Europe and USA.

Below is the Catering Range:

·         Traditional Pickles

·         Classic Chutneys

·         Classic Chutneys

·         INDIAN CONDIMENTS

Bulk

They do supply products in Bulk Packaging as per buyers requirements in different countries.

·         Chutneys

·         Spices

·         Spice Blends

·         Ghrekins In Vinegar/Brine/Acetic Acid

 

Quality and R and D Department

·         Subject are committed to Quality in its good sense. Consequently, they are clear that everyone in the company from the Managing Director to Operator is responsible for the quality of his output.

·         Each of the two factories, Nasik and Ratlam, have functional Quality department which inspects incoming raw materials as well as the finished products to specified standards. The finished products are moreover released only after trained taste panels have given their approval. On the other hand, the production department is responsible for the online process control ensuring quality of finished products.

·         A corporate quality function exists at the Head Office in Mumbai. Some of the key responsibilities of this function are given below:

o        Issue and regularly update specification for edible material, packaging materials and finished products.

o        Put Quality system in place to ensure consistency of output.

o        Assist top management in formulating top Quality policy.

o        Undertake quality audits in manufacturing units, the suppliers and also the market place.

o        Keep abreast of International Food Law

 


 

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.49.22

UK Pound

1

Rs.73.03

Euro

1

Rs.63.14

 

 

 

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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