MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.03.2008

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AVON BEAUTY PRODUCTS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, Tower C, Global Business Park, Mehruali - Gurgaon Road, Gurgaon – 122 002, Haryana

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.06.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

55-35642

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U24246HR1995PTC035642

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

DELA05403G

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Beauty Make – up Preparations and Preparations for care of the Skin Perfume and Toilet Waters.

 

 

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 700000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old and established company having moderate track.  Trade relations are fair. Business is active.  Company’s profitability is under severe pressure. It has huge accumulated losses. Payments are however reported as slow but correct.

 

The company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions, with slight caution, initially.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, Tower C, Global Business Park, Mehruali - Gurgaon Road, Gurgaon – 122 002, Haryana, India

Tel. No.:

91-124-4150800

Fax No.:

91-124-4150801

E-Mail :

jeevesh.kumar@avon.com

sandeep.chhabra@avon.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

B -224 Arenja Corner, Sector -17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-25591861

Mobile No.:

91-9324352890

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Sarah Siu Chan

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

27.02.1965

Date of Appointment :

17.01.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Richard James Valonejr

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

20.03.1950

Date of Appointment :

20.02.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gaganpreet Uppal

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

18.06.1962

Date of Appointment :

28.03.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pazhayannur Subramaniam Krishnan

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

20.09.1952

Date of Appointment :

14.10.1997

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pankaj Bhatnagar

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

09.07.1968

Date of Appointment :

01.07.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shivesh Prakash Verma

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

14.11.1966

Date of Appointment :

24.01.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Parul Kumar Gupta

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

30.08.1969

Date of Appointment :

31.07.2007

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Jeevesh Kumar

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

F -94, Ground Floor, Suncity, Sector – 54, Gurgaon -122003, Haryana, India

Date of Birth/Age :

05.05.1972

Date of Appointment :

18.05.2007

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders (As on 31.12.2006)

 

No. of Shares

Avon International Company, New York

 

75526365

Avon Overseas Capital Corporation Company , New York

 

8391500

 

Total

83917865

 

 

 

Equity Share Break Up (As on 31.12.2006)

 

Percentage

Foreign holdings (Foreign institutional investors ) foreign companies foreign financial institutions , non residents or Overseas corporate bodies or others

 

100 %

Total

 

100 %

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Beauty Make – up Preparations and Preparations for care of the Skin Perfume and Toilet Waters.

 

 

Products :

·         Beauty Make – up Preparations

·         Perfume and Toilet waters

·         Personal Deodorants

·         Anti Perspirant

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

NA

 

 

Banking Relations :

----

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Lovelock and Lewes

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Building 8, 7th and 8th Floor, Tower – B, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon – 122 002, Haryana, India

 

 

Holding Company :

·         Avon International Operations Inc. US

·         Avon Overseas Capital Corporation, USA (AOCC)

·         Avon Products Inc, USA

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

·         Avon Cosmetics (FEBO) Limited, Hong Kong

·         Avon Manufacturing (Guangzhou) Limited, China

·         Avon Products Manufacturing Inc., Philippines

·         Avon France, France

·         Avon Cosmetics (Vietnam) Limited, Vietnam

·         Avon Cosmetics Inc, Malaysia

·         P T Avon Indonesia, Indonesia

·         Avon Cosmetics Inc, Philippines

·         Avon Products (China) Company Limited, China

·         Avon Operations Polska Sp. Zoo Poland

·         Avon Cosmetics S De R L De C V Mexico

·         Avon Products Limited, South Korea

·         Avon Products Company Limited, Japan

·         Avon Cosmetics Gmbh, Germany

·         Avon Products Private Limited, Australia

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

150000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs.1500.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

83917865

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs.839.178 millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

31.12.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

839.178

413.165

325.180

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.000

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

[670.698]

[395.612]

[351.122]

NETWORTH

168.480

17.553

[25.942]

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.053

0.321

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

191.845

185.725

TOTAL BORROWING

0.000

191.898

186.046

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

168.480

209.451

160.104

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

75.826

63.239

19.266

Capital work-in-progress

61.537

6.703

7.430

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.024

0.024

0.024

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

48.621

99.188

64.932

 

Sundry Debtors

11.015

15.904

12.362

 

Cash & Bank Balances

35.951

36.936

46.943

 

Other Current Assets

0.057

0.044

0.086

 

Loans & Advances

90.705

69.975

74.568

Total Current Assets

186.349

222.047

198.891

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

142.656

74.525

60.581

 

Provisions

12.600

8.037

4.926

Total Current Liabilities

155.256

82.562

65.507

Net Current Assets

31.093

139.485

133.384

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

168.480

                 209.451

160.104

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

31.12.2004

Sales Turnover

504.383

536.116

471.547

Other Income

5.008

6.979

10.977

Total Income

509.391

543.095

482.524

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

[270.753]

[41.539]

16.199

Provision for Taxation

4.334

2.951

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

[275.087]

[44.490]

16.199

 

 

 

 

Import Value

46.507

53.887

22.164

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

12.852

12.301

10.383

 

Other Expenditure

754.440

560.032

445.559

Total Expenditure

767.292

572.333

455.942

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

31.12.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

[54.00]

[8.19]

3.36

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

[53.68]

[7.75]

3.44

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

[83.64]

[14.23]

7.18

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

[1.61]

[2.36]

[0.62]

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.92

15.64

[9.69]

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.20

2.68

3.04

 

 

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 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.40.45

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.25

Euro

1

Rs.63.20

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

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

 

30

 

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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