MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.03.2008

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

KEWAUNEE LABWAY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

LABWAY SCIENTIFIC INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 143, 5th Sector, Hosur Layout, Bangalore – 560034, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.11.2000

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-28202

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U33125KA2000PTC028202

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Laboratory Equipments [Lab Furniture]

 

 

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 160000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a subsidiary of Kewaunee Labway Asia Pte Limited. Trade relations are fair. Business is active. General financial position is satisfactory. Payments are reported as usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

No. 143, 5th Sector, Hosur Layout, Bangalore – 560034, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-25505868 / 25505869 / 25505870

Fax No.:

91-80-25505303

E-Mail :

sathya@kewaunee.in

giridhar@kewaunee.in

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Eli Jr Manchester, Foreigner

Designation :

Director

Address :

61 Nicholas Road, Cohasset MA 02025 USA

Date of Birth/Age :

22.12.1930

Date of Appointment :

28.11.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. William A Shumaker, Foreigner 

Designation :

Director

Address :

130 Pin Oak Lane, Moorseville NC 28117 USA

Date of Birth/Age :

05.01.1948

Date of Appointment :

28.11.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hang Cheong Loo, Foreigner

Designation :

Director

Address :

8 Dover Rise, # 14-11, Singapore 138679

Date of Birth/Age :

27.06.1960

Date of Appointment :

28.11.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bhoopathy Sathyamurthy

Designation :

Director

Address :

679, 2nd Main 3rd CRS, Domlur Layout, Bangalore – 560071, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

02.08.1968

Date of Appointment :

28.11.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Vedhera

Designation :

Director

Address :

63 MT Sinai Drive, # 12-02 Yang Garden Village, Singapore 277116

Date of Birth/Age :

06.08.1946

Date of Appointment :

28.11.2000

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

B Sathyamurthy

 

5000

Kewaunee Labway Asia Pte Limited, Singapore

 

95000

Total

 

100000

 

As on 30.09.2007

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

 

Foreign holdings [Foreign institutional investors, Foreign Companies, Foreign Financial Institutions, Non-resident Indian or Overseas corporate bodies or others]

 

95.00

Directors or relatives of directors

 

5.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Laboratory Equipments [Lab Furniture]

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

ICICI Bank

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

K S Aiyer and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

19/1, 2nd Cross, Lower Palace Orchards, Bangalore – 560003, Karnataka, India

 

 

Holding Company :  

Kewaunee Labway Asia Pte Limited, Singapore

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

  • Kewaunee Scientific Corporation, USA
  • Kewaunee Scientific Corporation India Private Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 30.09.2007

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

250000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 2.500 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

100000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 1.000 Million

 


 

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

1.000

1.000

1.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

39.628

20.818

13.445

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

40.628

21.818

14.445

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.328

0.419

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

4.818

4.794

4.408

TOTAL BORROWING

5.146

5.213

4.408

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

45.774

27.031

18.853

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

3.215

2.876

1.122

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.050

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.457

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.568

0.532

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

1.285

1.083

0.338

 

Sundry Debtors

69.694

36.395

22.062

 

Cash & Bank Balances

5.659

3.728

0.167

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

18.681

11.636

3.767

Total Current Assets

95.319

52.842

26.334

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

33.549

28.608

8.630

 

Provisions

19.668

0.647

0.555

Total Current Liabilities

53.217

29.255

9.185

Net Current Assets

42.102

23.587

17.149

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

45.774

27.031

18.853

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

144.768

102.038

Other Income

 

1.714

1.795

Total Income

 

146.482

103.833

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

29.077

11.762

Provision for Taxation

 

10.267

4.389

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

18.810

7.373

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

49.523

14.080

 

 

 

 

Imports Value

 

0.000

0.031

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Materials

 

66.153

58.509

 

Personnel Expenses

 

14.351

9.112

 

Financial Charges

 

0.320

0.328

 

Depreciation

 

0.923

0.767

 

Other Expenditure

 

35.658

23.355

Total Expenditure

 

117.405

92.071

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

12.84

7.10

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

20.09

11.52

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

29.51

21.11

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.72

0.54

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.44

1.58

0.94

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.79

1.81

2.87

 

 

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]         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.40.77

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.10

Euro

1

Rs.64.48

 

 

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

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--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

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

YES

--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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