MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

16.01.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

RIO TINTO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

2nd Floor, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110 001

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.12.1996

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-83927

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U74140DL1996PTC083927

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRR01012E

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

To carry on the business of providing general services to the exploration and mining industries.

 

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 240000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a 100% subsidiary of Rio Tinto, Mauritius and Netherlands. Indian operations are passing through difficult times. It continues to incur heavy losses and has huge accumulated losses. Payments are reported as slow but correct. The company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings with slight caution, initially.

 

No Clean Credit can be granted. 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

2nd Floor, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110 001, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-52330300

Fax No.:

91-11-23719746

E-Mail :

ashish.gupta@riotinto.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Nikhilesh Mihir Senapati

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

3/ 43, Shanti Niketan, New Delhi – 110 021, India

Date of Birth/Age :

18.10.1955

Experience :

20.03.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Siddharth Prakash Jain

Designation :

Director

Address :

C – 270, Defence Colony, New Delhi – 110 024, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

19.07.1965

Date of Appointment :

06.12.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jonathan Robert Burgess

Designation :

Director

Address :

115/ 26, Survey No. 28/2, Thubarahalli Village, Vathur Hobli, Bangalore – 560 006, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

11.07.1962

Date of Appointment :

11.09.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. John Grant Erskine

Designation :

Director

Address :

110, Golf Links, New Delhi – 110 003, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1955

Date of Appointment :

22.11.2005

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Rio Tinto (Mauritius) Pty Limited

 

51686613

Rio Tinto Holdings B V

 

522087

 

 

Names of Shareholders

 

Percentage of Holding

Foreign Holdings (Foreign Institutional Investor, Foreign Companies, Foreign Financial Institution, Non Resident Indian or Overseas Corporate Bodies or Others)

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

To carry on the business of providing general services to the exploration and mining industries.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Lovelock and Lewes

Chartered Accountants

Address :

47/ 6, M G Road, Bangalore – 560 001, Karnataka, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

*      Rio Tinto (Mauritius) Pty Limited

*      Rio Tinto Holdings B V

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

100,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 1000.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

59708700

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 597.087 millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

597.087

522.087

2] Share Application Money

 

0.001

0.001

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

(536.412)

(519.488)

NETWORTH

 

60.676

2.600

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

60.676

2.600

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

6.853

0.205

Capital work-in-progress

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

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

 

49.694

1.443

 

Other Current Assets

 

4.578

0.016

 

Loans & Advances

 

2.783

1.067

Total Current Assets

 

57.055

2.526

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

1.486

0.193

 

Provisions

 

1.777

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

 

3.263

0.193

Net Current Assets

 

53.792

2.333

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.031

0.062

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

60.676

2.600

 

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

1.05

1.07

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

17.48

13.09

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Nil

 


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.39.27

UK Pound

1

Rs.77.33

Euro

1

Rs.57.51

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

--

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

2

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--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

 

27

 

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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