MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

28.06.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UNITY INFRAPROJECTS LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

UNITY BUILDERS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

1252, Pushpanjali, Old Prabhadevi Road, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400025, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

09.04.1997

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

107153

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U99999MH1997PLC107153

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACU4560E

 

 

Legal Form :

A Public Limited Liability Company. The Company’s Shares are Listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Construction of buildings – residential, commercial and industrial. 

 

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 15000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having fine track. Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the company. Financial position is good. Trade relations are fair. Payments are slow but correct.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions. 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

1252, Pushpanjali, Old Prabhadevi Road, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400025, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66665500

Fax No.:

91-22-66665599

E-Mail :

info@unityinfra.com 

manojt@unityinfra.com

Website :

http://www.unityinfra.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Kishore Avarsekar

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

Address :

A-601, Vicky Apartments, P. Balu Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 025

 

 

Name :

Mr. Abhijit Avarsekar 

Designation :

Vice Chairman and Managing Director

Address :

A-601, Vicky Apartments, P. Balu Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 025

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashish K. Avarsekar 

Designation :

Executive Directors

Address :

A-601, Vicky Apartments, P. Balu Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 025

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Puspa K. Avarsekar 

Designation :

Executive Directors

Address :

A-601, Vicky Apartments, P. Balu Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 025

 

 

Name :

Mr. Chaitanya Joshi 

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Girish Gokhale 

Designation :

IAS Executive Officer – Chief sec. Government of Maharashtra

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil G. Joshi 

Designation :

Chairman – Dena Bank

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suresh Iyer 

Designation :

Executive IRS Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Yogen Lal 

Designation :

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Madnav Nadkarni 

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajiv Shah 

Designation :

Chief Procurement Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manoj Thakar 

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. Iftekar Ahmed 

Designation :

Senior Vice-President

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 22.06.2007)

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

Promoters and Directors

4939300

36.948683 %

Bodies Corporates

4884626

36.539692 %

Resident Individuals

1371714

10.261176%

Foreign Institutional Investors

1338326

10.011415%

Mutual Funds

579725

4.336662 %

Indian Financial Institutions

70977

0.530947 %

HUF

69264

0.518133%

Banks

53464

0.399940 %

Clearing Members

38135

0.285271 %

Non Resident Indians

18169

0.135914%

Directors And Relatives

4300

0.032166%

Total

13368000

100.00 %

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Construction of buildings – residential, commercial and industrial. 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Around 850

 

 

Bankers :

  • State Bank of India – Worli [IFB]
  • State Bank of Indore – Dadar [West]
  • ICICI Bank Limited – Prabhadevi
  • IDBI Bank Limited – Dadar [East]
  • Abhyudaya Co-op. Bank Limited – Parel
  • Bank of India – Prabhadevi
  • State Bank Of Patiala – Nariman Point
  • DBS - Fort
  • Standard Chartered – Fort
  • ABN Amro [Nariman Point]

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

31.03.2007

Rs. In Millions

Cash Credit/Overdraft

 

Abhyudaya Co-op. Bank Limited

20.541

Bank of India

20.914

State Bank of India

0.000

State Bank of Indore

118.161

IDBI Limited

75.525

Total

235.141

 

 

 

All Cash credit limits are secured by hypothecation of work in progress, stores, and book debts. Further, Abhyudaywa Co-op Bank Limited, Bank of India and IDBI Limited are also secured by Fixed deposits. State Bank of India, State Bank of Indore and IDBI Limited limits are secured by mortgage of flats by Group Companies.

 

Term Loan

 

North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited

0.000

Sicom Limited

44.518

State Bank of Patiala

500.000

Total

544.518

 

(Amount repayable within one year Rs.344.518 Millions previous year Rs.227.248 Millions) Secured by hypothecation of receivables of MCGM Road Project, mortgage of property, floating charge on assets of the Company, hypothecation of plant and machinery, all movables at head office and personal guarantees of the Promoter Directors, receivables from the project.

 

Vehicle and Equipment Loans

 

ABN Amro Bank Limited

2.592

GE Capital TFS Limited

0.222

GMAC-TCFC Finance Limited

0.212

HDFC Bank Limited

46.361

ICICI Bank Limited

50.196

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

0.000

Kotak Mahindra Primus Limited

0.289

Srei Infrastructures Finance Limited

18.450

Secured against specific charge on Vehicles and Equipments.

 

Total

118.322

 

 

Unsecured Loans

 

From Directors

4.221

(Maximum outstanding during the year Rs. 17.653 Millions)

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

C. B. Chhajed and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

13, Manik Apartment, Bhavani Shankar Road, Dadar, Mumbai – 400028, Maharashtra, India

Tel No.:

91-22-4226830 / 4314804

 

 

Associate and Group

 Companies :

  • Ved PMC Limited
  • Kairavi Agencies Private Limited
  • Avarsekar and Sons Private Limited
  • Avarsekar and Kejriwal Construction Private Limited
  • Pathare Construcion and Investment Private Limited
  • Krishnagi Fabrics Private Limited
  • Aishwarya Projects Private Limited
  • Unity Concepts India Private Limited
  • Unity Construction Company
  • L. P. Builders
  • Unity Asian (W) Construction Company
  • Avarsekar Developer
  • Unity Infrastructure Assets Limited

 

 

Joint Venture :

  • Thakur-Mhatre-Unity Joint Venture
  • Unity-Patel Joint Venture
  • Unity-Chopra Joint Venture
  • Backbone-Unity Joint Venture
  • Unity-Pratibha Joint Venture
  • Unity-SMC Joint Venture
  • Unity-Pratibha-Consortium

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

25000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.250.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

13368000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.133.680 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

133.680

106.000

100.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

2884.788

847.272

344.110

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

3018.468

953.272

444.110

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

897.980

728.007

581.007

2] Unsecured Loans

4.221

17.653

13.591

TOTAL BORROWING

902.201

745.660

594.598

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

4.628

4.243

6.334

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

3925.297

1703.175

1045.042

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

356.477

237.826

104.091

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

599.304

75.699

62.391

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

259.341

194.357

115.830

 

Sundry Debtors

2160.399

1334.513

942.040

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1022.761

642.685

391.740

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1791.101

772.982

488.265

Total Current Assets

5233.602
2944.537

1937.875

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

1870.183

1409.961

987.567

 

Provisions

394.822

145.986

71.960

Total Current Liabilities

2265.005

1555.947

1059.527

Net Current Assets

2968.597

1388.590

878.348

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.919

1.060

0.212

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

3925.297

1703.175

1045.042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

5428.625

3287.428

2652.970

Share of Profit – Joint Ventures

6.627

16.585

26.509

Other Income

100.340

27.724

26.596

Total Income

5535.592

3331.737

2706.075

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

618.988

306.463

175.708

Provision for Taxation

195.614

60.534

57.045

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

423.374

245.929

118.663

 

 

 

 

Import Value

30.707

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Construction expenses

4474.194

2702.715

2248.180

 

Employees remuneration and welfare expenses

154.756

90.226

45.208

 

Office and establishment expenses

112.413

65.430

151.535

 

Finance charges

120.741

128.679

68.638

 

Depreciation

54.500

38.225

16.805

 

Other Expenditure

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Expenditure

4916.604

3025.275

2530.366

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2007

[1st Quarter]

30.09.2007

[2nd Quarter]

31.12.2007

[3rd Quarter]

 Type

 

 

 

 Sales Turnover

 1482.600

 1526.600

 2315.300

 Other Income

 24.600

 25.800

 21.800

 Total Income

 1507.200

 1552.400

 2337.100

 Total Expenditure

 1295.500

 1324.600

 2000.000

 Operating Profit

 211.700

 227.800

 337.100

 Interest

 41.700

 55.100

 61.200

 Gross Profit

 170.000

 172.700

 275.900

 Depreciation

 15.500

 16.800

 18.300

 Tax

 45.700

 47.500

 80.000

 Reported PAT

 108.800

 108.400

 177.600

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

7.65

7.38

4.39

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

11.40

9.32

6.62

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

11.07

9.63

8.60

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.21

0.32

0.40

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.05

2.41

3.72

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.31

1.89

1.83

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

Subject was incorporated on 9th April, 1997 at Mumbai in Maharashtra under the name and style of Unity Builders Limited having Company Registration Number 107153.

 

The name of the company was changed to present name with effect from 07.02.2000.

 

The company took-over the running business of Unity Construction Company in the year 2000.

 

 

OPERATIONS 
 
The turnover achieved by the Company was at Rs.5428.625 Millions and has shown an increase of 65.13% as compared to Rs.3287.428 Millions in the previous year. The Profit before tax was Rs.618.988 Millions as compared to Rs.306.463 Millions in the previous year. 

 
The total balance value of work on hand as on March 31, 2007 was Rs.20000 Millions. 

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 

 
OVERVIEW 
 
Unity Infraprojects Limited is one of India's leading engineering and construction companies. The company provides integrated engineering, procurement and construction services for civil construction and infrastructure sector projects. Unity's project expertise includes: civil construction, transportation engineering, and irrigation and water supply projects.

 


INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTS 

 
The company operates in construction industry which has a mix of big, mid sized, small and very small players. Due to the current growth in the construction activity there is very healthy growth in the order book positions and turnovers of almost all construction companies. 

 
Infrastructure being vital for economic development of a country, activities related to infrastructure has gathered momentum in the last few years. Significant measures are being initiated by both state and central governments with several projects being planned in sectors like roads and highways, ports, airports, railways, and water supply, to name a few. 

 
Strong growth rates were achieved in electricity generation, telecom, railways, roads, ports and civil aviation. Though the initiatives taken in the number of sectors like railways, roads, etc. have started yielding results, the government has identified that infrastructure inadequacy constrains economic growth. The government has recognized that ports need to have adequate policy framework to promote inter-port and intra-port competition. Also in the civil aviation sector, there is an immediate need to improve regulation and to build better airports. 

 
To sustain its current pace of growth, India will require a significant boost in infrastructure investment, from its current level of 3.5% of GDP to about 8%, according to think tanks at the Asian Development Bank. In the roads sector, the government had, been encouraging private participation, via measures like duty-free import of machinery, tax exemption, FDI up to 100%, high concession period for BOT operators and easier borrowing norms. The government has adopted a similar sharp focus in the power sector, envisaging massive expansion, allowing measures like increased Budgetary spending, promotion of languishing state government projects, easier procedures, improving tariff structures and identification of new projects. 

 
Some other crucial areas where both construction and infrastructure come into play are Special Economic Zones, civil aviation and airport modernization, irrigation projects and port development, where the amount of investment expected is huge. 

 
The growth in the Indian economy has led to a growth in per capita income levels, which has fueled an increasing demand for housing, transportation and commercial facilities. Easier access to capital due to easy availability of housing loans, tax benefits from the government and India's success in the IT/ ITES sector has provided a boost to the construction industry. It is estimated that the growth in the IT/ ITES sector will mean construction investments of Rs.148 billion by FY08, compared to the aggregate investment of Rs.74 billion over FY03-05. The boom in the retailing industry is expected to a further construction investment of Rs.112 billion over the next five years. 

 
OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 

 
In the next few months, the company will be bidding for mega projects in transportation and irrigation and water supply sectors. Power sector will also be a target area, though it is too soon for any concrete plans. 

 
With the balance sheet close to around Rs.4000 Millions, the company is confident enough to attempt projects around three to four times that size. Today, Unity is attempting projects with greater contract values. 

 
The company's decision to concentrate on turnkey and Build-Operate-Transfer projects is designed to maximize margins. The company has traditionally followed the route of conservative bidding, only for projects where the margins are above-average.. Going by the performance in the first quarter, we expect to maintain the growth rate in the current financial year as well. 

 
Unity has also decided to venture into projects where the company used joint ventures earlier. The thinking that drove the earlier JVs was to first acquire the necessary skill sets for a particular sector from the partner, and then bid independently. 

 

 

Contingent Liability:

 

Rs in Millions

Bank Guarantees

2431.800

Letter of Credit

173.180

 

 

Trade Reference:

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

 

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Profile

 

With over a quarter century of excellence in diverse areas of infrastructure development, Unity Infraprojects is today one of the largest civil contractors in India. Subjects have successfully completed some of the most challenging infrastructure projects in the country. Many of the best dams, tunnels, bridges, flyovers, subways, roads and buildings of India bear the Unity Infraprojects stamp of quality, reliability and timely project completion.Unity Infraprojects is an ISO 9001-2000 and 14001-2004 company, with accreditation from The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board and Orion Registrar Inc. Company gone for Public issue in the year 2006 by listing both in BSE as well as NSE. It is the flagship unit of the Mumbai based KK Group of Companies which has its interests spread across a wide spectrum of businesses such as concrete block manufacturing and quarrying, hotel and organized retailing industries.


Unity Infraprojects has done the city of Mumbai proud - with an array of glittering landmarks. Utilitarian projects like the impressive Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport Terminal 1B , Khodadad Circle flyover at Dadar, the ultramodern CST Subway, the new generation Millennium Business Park and the imposing Seawoods Estate for NRI’s at Navi Mumbai; Unity Infraprojects Limited has ushered in a sea change in the city’s landscape.

 

 

News

 

1. Unity Infraprojects Limited was felicitated as the second fastest growing construction company for the year 2006 with NICMAR Awards 2006 by Construction World

 

2. Unity Infraprojects Limited was felicitated jointly by Lalit Doshi Memorial Trust and SICOM Limited for its outstanding performance for the year 2007. The award was presented by Mr. Vijay K. Nambiar, Chief Cabinet, the secretary general of United Nation.

 

 


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.42.79

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.04

Euro

1

Rs.6734

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

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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