MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

30.06.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LAUREN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

LAUREN SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

3rd Floor, Jains Arcade, 14th Road, Khar Danda, Khar [West], Mumbai 400052, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.12.1992

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-69851

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72200MH1992PTC069851

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUML04716F

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACL1424A

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

To carry on the business or profession or vocation of sale, manufacture, dealership, repairs and service of computers, computer hardware, peripherals, computer software, computer media and computer consumables.

 

 

 

 

 

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 17000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old and established company having moderate track.  Its profitability is under severe pressure having good amount of accumulated losses.  Payments are reported as slow and delayed at times.

 

The company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings with slight caution initially.

 

 

INFORMATION PARTED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Chetan

Designation :

Accounts Manager

Date :

27.06.2008

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

3rd Floor, Jains Arcade, 14th Road, Khar Danda, Khar [West], Mumbai 400052, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-26007701 / 26007703

Fax No.:

91-22-26007702

E-Mail :

rawlin@lauren.co.in

Lauren@bom2.vsnl.net.in

Website :

http://www.lauren.co.in

Location:

Owned

 

 

Branches :

Pune

C-15, 1st Floor, Phase 2, Liberty Society, North Main Road, Koregaon Park, Pune 411001, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-20-26058896

Fax No.:

91-20-26058897

 

 

 

Nashik

3, Gaurav Pooja Apartments, Shanti Niketan Society, Pramod Nagar, Gangapur Road, Nasik 422013, Maharashtra, India

Tele Fax No.:

91-253-2576966

 

 

 

Baroda

A-5, Vrundavan Township, Opposite Nageshwar Temple, Near Sangam Char Rasta, Kareli Baug, Baroda 390006, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-265-3298016

Fax No.:

91-265-2480045

 

 

 

Hyderabad

202/B, Ashoka Plaza, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 500028

Tel. No.:

91-40-66139431

Fax No.:

91-40-23373701

 

 

 

Bangalore

IInd Floor, Shamrao Compound, 22/1, Mission Road, Bangalore 560027, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-65636440 / 42

Fax No.:

91-80-41247818

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Rawlin Francis Pinto

Designation :

Director

Address :

701, Silver Park, Convent Avenue, Santacruz [West], Mumbai 400054, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

04.10.1959

Date of Appointment :

03.12.1992

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ratnakar Narayan Kanchan

Designation :

Director

Address :

16/B, Sagar Sanjog, 7th Floor, Versova Beach Road, Andheri [West], Mumbai 400061, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.02.1962

Date of Appointment :

03.12.1992

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sushant Panda

Designation :

Director

Address :

303/304, Sheffield Towers, 2nd Cross Lane, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri [West], Mumbai 400053, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.01.1961

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajnikant Rao

Designation :

Director

Address :

Lok Bharathi, 7th Floor, Marol Maroshi Road, Andheri [East], Mumbai 400059, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

25.01.1960

Date of Appointment :

17.11.1992

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Mushtaq Khot

Designation :

Vice President Sales

 

 

Name :

Mr. Lathesh Shetty

Designation :

Vice President – Software Solutions Group

 

 

Name :

Mr. Avinash Kodwaney

Designation :

Assistant Vice President – Marketing

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2004

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Rawlin F. Pinto

175000

Ratnakar N. Kanchan

162500

Rajnikant M. Rao

162500

Avinash H. Kodwaney

1500

Lathesh J. Shetty

2500

Mushtaq A. Khot

500

Prashant R. Bhatkan

500

Shaleen S. Choudhry

500

Helen T. D’souza

500

Santosh G. Raorane

500

 

 

Name of Allottees

 

No. of Shares

 

Rawlin Pinto

 

531825

 

Ratnakar Kanchan

 

493839

 

Rajnikant Rao

 

493836

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Share Break-up [As on 31.03.2006]

 

Percentage of Holding

 

Directors or relatives of the Directors

 

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

To carry on the business or profession or vocation of sale, manufacture, dealership, repairs and service of computers, computer hardware, peripherals, computer software, computer media and computer consumables.

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Credit

 

 

Purchasing :

Credit

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

Banking | Insurance | Financial Services

  • Accenture
  • Credit Lyonnais
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Development Bank of Singapore
  • HDFC Chubb
  • HDFC Standard Life
  • JM Mutual Fund
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Parag Parikh Financial Services
  • Prebon Yamane
  • Principal Mutual Fund
  • Prime Securities
  • SSKI
  • Toronto Dominion Bank

Pharma | FMCG | Manufacturing

  • Aventis Pharma
  • Castrol
  • Colgate Palmolive
  • Crompton Greaves
  • KEC International
  • Larsen & Toubro
  • Pfizer Limited
  • Supreme Petrochemcials
  • Wockhardt

Shipping | Logistics

  • AFL
  • DHL
  • DHL Danzas
  • Geologistics
  • Great Eastern Shipping Company
  • Lemuir Air Express
  • Maersk Sealand
  • Ocean Bulk Carries

 

 

No. of Employees :

375 [In Office 50 + In Branch 325]

 

 

Bankers :

  • Citizen Credit Co-operative Bank Limited

 

  • Citi Bank NA

Citi Tower, Dr. S. S. Rao Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B. D. Jokhakar and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

8, Ambalal Doshi Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Name :

R. K. Khanna and Associates 

Chartered Accountants

Address:

Mumbai

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2500000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 25.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

610000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 6.100 Millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

6.100

6.100

5.065

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

3.344

3.344

17.805

4] (Accumulated Losses)

[5.925]

[3.753]

0.000

NETWORTH

3.519

5.691

22.870

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

9.395

11.423

17.988

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.850

3.400

TOTAL BORROWING

9.395

12.273

21.388

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

3.960

3.701

1.017

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16.874

21.665

45.275

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

28.786

29.873

23.557

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.012

0.012

1.600

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.038

2.253

 

Sundry Debtors

4.026

9.146

32.704

 

Cash & Bank Balances

0.367

1.287

3.007

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1.323

1.336

4.884

Total Current Assets

5.716

11.807

42.848

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

17.417

19.968

22.730

 

Provisions

0.224

0.059

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

17.641

20.027

22.730

Net Current Assets

[11.925]

[8.220]

20.118

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16.874

21.665

45.275

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover [including other income]

 

 

183.934

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

 

3.235

Provision for Taxation

 

 

1.316

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

 

1.919

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

 

 

180.699

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

NA

NA

1.04

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

NA

NA

1.75

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

NA

NA

4.87

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

NA

NA

0.14

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

7.68

5.68

1.92

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

0.32

0.59

1.88

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

Form 8

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

This form is for

Creation of charge

Corporate identity number of the company

U72200MH1992PTC069851

Name of the company

LAUREN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

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

3rd Floor, Jains Arcade, 14th Road, Khar Danda, Khar [West], Mumbai 400052, Maharashtra, India

Type of charge

Immovable Property 

Particular of charge holder

Citi Bank NA

Citi Tower, Dr. S. S. Rao Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India

Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

A] Loan Agreement and

B] Memorandum of Entry Recording Past Transaction of Equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds.

Date of instrument Creating the charge

29.05.2007

Amount secured by the charge

Rs. 53.000 Millions

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

Rate of Interest

0.75% over/less than the applicable Citibank PLR which is currently 13.75% p.a.

 

Terms of Repayment

Dropline Overdraft facility of Rs. 23.000 Millions shall be repayable in 84 months.

Overdraft facility of Rs. 30.000 Millions to be renewabke annually.

 

Margin

As may be stipulated by bank from time to time.

 

Extent and Operation of the charge

The company created an equitable mortgage by way of deposit of title deeds in respect of its immovable properties as security for repayment of Rs. 53.000 Millions, together with interest liquidated damages, costs, charges and expenses and all other moneys due and payable by the said Borrowers to the Bank.

Short particulars of the property charged

Immovable property situated at Units No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, 3rd Floor, Jains Arcade, 14th Road, Khar Danda, Khar [West], Mumbai 400054

 

 

Name of the company

LAUREN SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

 

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Memorandum of Entry recording equitable mortgage dated 06.06.2005 and Loan Agreement dated 06.06.2005.

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

Overdraft Facility Rs. 10.000 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

Equitable mortgage over commercial properties situated. at:

Unit No.1, 2, 3 and 6, 3rd Floor, Jains Arcade, 14th Road, Khar Danda, Khar [West], Mumbai 400052

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

Facility : Overdraft facility Rs. 10.000 Millions interest @ 10.00% interest payable monthly

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

Citibank N.A.

Cititower, 61, Dr. S. S. Rao Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

NA

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.

NA

 

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. 42.95

UK Pound

1

Rs. 85.62

Euro

1

Rs. 67.81

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

3

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

--

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

3

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

26

 

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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