MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

20.05.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TCE CONSULTING ENGINEERING LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Matulya Centre, 1st Floor, 249, S B Marg, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400 013, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.12.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-123010

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L74210MH1999PLC123010

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMT06732F

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of providing engineering consultancy services.

 

 

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 2740000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having fine track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are fair. Business is active. Payments are 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 :

Matulya Centre, 1st Floor, 249, S B Marg, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400 013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66624743

Fax No.:

91-22-66624723/ 66624768

E-Mail :

mail@tce.co.in

golapkrishnank@tce.co.in

Website :

http://www.tce.co.in

 

 

Branches :

Located at:

  • Bangalore
  • Chennai
  • Jamshedpur
  • Kolkata
  • Mumbai
  • New Delhi
  • Pune

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Syamal Prafullakumar Gupta

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director 

Address :

19, Commonwealth, Madame Cama Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 020, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.04.1934

Date of Appointment :

10.12.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Farokh Nariman Subedar

Designation :

Director

Address :

Wadia Building, 6, Babulnath Road, Mumbai 400 007, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

24.09.1955

Date of Appointment :

10.12.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Raghavan Ramchandra Shastri

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat A61/ 62, Meherzin 109A, Wodehouse Road, Mumbai 400 005, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

26.09.1952

Date of Appointment :

10.12.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arun Prabhat Mull

Designation :

Whole Time Director

Address :

Gautam Niwasa, Padmavati Devi Road, Opp IIT Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.10.1944

Date of Appointment :

16.04.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arunkumar Laxmidas Vora

Designation :

Director

Address :

S2, Orchid Apartments, V Main, Defence Colony, Indira Nagar, Bangalore 560 038, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

14.08.1941

Date of Appointment :

13.05.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ram Prit Singh

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 34, Straight Mile Road, Northern Town, Jamshedpur 831 001, Jharkhand, India

Date of Birth/Age :

25.07.1944

Date of Appointment :

21.02.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajagopalan Srinivasan

Designation :

Whole Time Director

Address :

No. 2559, Shreyas, 22nd Main, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore 560 070, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

27.09.1946

Date of Appointment :

27.09.2006

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Cyrus Kaikobad Ghasvala

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

102, Valentina, 5 Naoroji Gamadia Road, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

08.02.1952

Date of Appointment :

01.07.2000

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 29.05.2006

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Tata Sons Limited

 

9999600

Tata Sons Limited and Mr. F N Subedar

 

100

Tata Sons Limited and Mr. R R Shastri 

 

100

Tata Sons Limited and Mr. K R Bhagat

 

100

Tata Sons Limited and Pd. Karkaria and Kv Manoj J  

 

100

 

As on 31.03.2007

 

Names of Shareholders

 

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

Bodies Corporate

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of providing engineering consultancy services.

 

 

Products :

Engineering Consultancy Services.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

  • State Bank of India, Commercial Branch (Advances), N G N Vaidya Marg, P O Box No. 10141, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra, India 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

A F Fergusson Associates

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Maker Tower E, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Holding Company :

  • Tata Sons Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

10,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 100.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

10,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 100.000 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

100.000

100.000

100.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

584.207

496.730

398.125

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

684.207

596.730

498.125

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

41.296

28.502

8.641

2] Unsecured Loans

5.492

7.084

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

46.788

35.586

8.641

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

730.995

632.316

506.766

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

141.203

81.556

57.326

Capital work-in-progress

6.019

5.875

94.988

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

209.767

230.718

0.500

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

26.850

33.295

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

325.012

249.815

241.208

 

Cash & Bank Balances

9.266

39.765

41.126

 

Other Current Assets

244.022

191.845

219.456

 

Loans & Advances

130.423

104.505

99.646

Total Current Assets

708.723

585.930

601.436

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

223.716

176.906

155.401

 

Provisions

137.851

128.152

102.270

Total Current Liabilities

361.567

305.058

257.671

Net Current Assets

347.156

280.872

343.765

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

10.187

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

730.995

632.316

506.766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

1284.810

927.199

765.793

Other Income

15.937

107.035

52.962

Total Income

1300.747

1034.234

818.755

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

244.037

240.054

160.022

Provision for Taxation

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

244.037

240.054

160.022

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

575.758

482.519

379.166

 

Managerial Remuneration

8.284

2.484

2.676

 

Payment to Auditors

1.040

0.611

1.116

 

Interest

9.373

2.121

1.112

 

Insurance Expenses

3.342

2.573

3.545

 

Depreciation & Amortization

65.256

30.174

0.000

 

Other Expenditure

393.657

273.698

271.118

Total Expenditure

1056.710

794.180

658.733

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

18.76

23.21

19.54

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

18.76

23.21

19.54

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

22.33

25.60

21.21

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.35

0.40

0.32

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.59

1.57

1.53

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.96

1.92

2.33

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

FORM 8

 

Name of the company

TCE CONSULTING ENGINEERING LIMITED

Presented By

State Bank of India

Commercial Branch (Advances), N G N Vaidya Marg, P O Box No. 10141, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra, India

1) Date and description of instrument creating the 

    change

Agreement of hypothecation  of goods and assets

Letter regarding the grant of individuals limits within the overall limit

Both dated 20.06.2005, creating a single charge.

2) Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on 

    the securities of charge

Rs. 130.000 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

Hypothecation by the way of first charge on all present and future goods, book debts and all other movable assets of the company including documents of title to the goods, outstanding monies, receivables, claims, bills, invoices, documents, contracts, insurance policies, guarantees, engagements, securities, investments and rights belonging to or in the possession of under the control of the company wherever lying, stored and kept and whether in possession of the company or of the bank or of any third party whether in India or elsewhere, including all such goods, other movable assets as may be in course of shipment, transit or delivery.

4) Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and

    operation of the charge.

The aforesaid assets are given as security to secure the following limits granted by the bank along with interest.

Facility

Limit

Rate of Interest

FB – WC

30.000 millions

at SBAR effective rate 10.25% p.a. with monthly rests NFB

NFB – Bank Guarantee

100.000 millions

As per bank’s revised instruction

 

Margin: Raw materials, stock-in-process, finished goods – 25% book debts/ receivables (upto 120 days) – 30%

5) Name and Address and description of the

    person entitled to the charge.

State Bank of India

Commercial Branch, N G N Vaidya Marg, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra, India

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

 

 

This form is for

Modification  of charge

Whether charge is modified in favour of asset reconstruction company (ARC) of assignee

No

Charge Identification (ID) number of the charge to be modified

80031776

Corporation identity number (CIN) or foreign company registrations number of the company 

L74210MH1999PLC123010

Name of the company

TCE CONSULTING ENGINEERING LIMITED

Address

Matulya Centre, 1st Floor, 249, S B Marg, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400 013, Maharashtra

Type of Charges

Book Debts

Whether consortium finance is involved

No

Whether joint charge involved

No

Number of charge holder(s)

1

Particular of the charge holder 

Bank of Baroda

Opera House Branch, Modi Chambers, Pandit Paluskar Chowk, Mumbai 400 004, Maharashtra, India

Nature or description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge  

3rd supplemental composite instrument of hypothecation of book debts

Date of the instrument creating charge

30.05.2007

Whether charge created or modified outside India

No

Amount Secure by the charge

Rs. 263.000 millions

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

Rate of Interest: 0.50% below PLR of the bank with minimum 12.75 % p.a.

 

Terms of repayment: Cash credit and Bank guarantee

 

Margin: 40% on Government Book Debts and 50% on other Book Dents

 

Extent and operation of the charge: Bank of Baroda first charge holder 

Short particulars of the Property charged  

Book debts

Whether any of the property or interest therein under reference is not registered in the name of the company 

No

Particulars of the present modification

Charge increased from Rs. 243.000 millions to Rs. 263.000 millions

 

 

AS PER WEB:

 

Profile

 

TCE Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) is one of India's leading engineering consulting organisations. Established as Tata-Ebasco Consulting Engineering Services in 1962, the company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited. TCE is ISO 9001 - 2000 certified by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.

 

TCE offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary services in project engineering across several sectors. The firm has completed more than 4500 assignments, including the engineering of several power plants with total installed capacity of over 41,000MW, several large urban water supply and waste water projects, as well as those for smaller towns, facilities inside battery limits and offsite facilities for several chemical and industrial plants.

 

TCE has always endeavoured to provide state-of-the-art technology and cost effective solutions to its clients. This in turn has helped TCE to earn an international reputation and awards for engineering excellence.

 

TCE has successfully carried out several assignments overseas — in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. TCE has done projects funded by:

 


TCE has highly qualified and experienced professionals on its rolls. Design offices are located in several cities in India - Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Jamshedpur, and a branch office in the USA and South Africa.

 

Awards

 

2008

Architects, Engineers and Surveyors Association

Jury's recommendation award for best managed project for Ascent Building


2006-07

Government of Maharashtra

Service Exporter Award for Export Achievement


2006

Consultancy Development Centre

National Award for Excellence in Consultancy Services for Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project (2nd prize)


2005-06

Government of Maharashtra

Service Exporter Award for Export Achievement

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Star Performer (Medium Enterprise) Award in the product group Engineering Services in recognition for outstanding contribution to Engineering Exports


2004

Consultancy Development Centre

Certificate of Merit for the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam


2002-03

Engineering Exports Promotion Council

All India Award for Highest Exporters for outstanding export performance


2002

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers

Simplex Award for Innovative Design of Structures for Dynamic Analysis of Turbo Generator Foundation


2001

Indian Nuclear Society

INS Industrial Excellence Award for making significant contributions to the design of the fuelling machine for the 300MWe Advanced Heavy Water Reactor of vertical construction

Consultancy Development Centre

National Award for Excellence in Consultancy Services for III-Mumbai Water Supply Project


2000-01

Government of Maharashtra

Merit Certificate for Excellence in Export of Engineering Services


2000

Consultancy Development Centre

National Award for Excellence in Consultancy Services for 800kV Transmission Line between Anpara and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh


1999-00

Engineering Export Promotion Council

All India Certificate of Export Excellence

Trophy for Highest Exports - Western Region

Government of Maharashtra

Silver Plaque and Merit Certificate for Excellence in Export of Engineering Services


1998-99

Government of Maharashtra

Certificate for Export Recognition in Appreciation of Export Achievement

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Certificate of Export Excellence


1997

Consultancy Development Centre

National Award for Excellence in Consultancy Services for 45m Diameter Dish Antenna for Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope

Maharashtra India Chapter of American Concrete Institute for 'Most Outstanding Concrete Structures of India 1997'

Category I
Highly specialised marine structures like dams, flyovers, highway projects - 2nd Prize - Worli and Bandra Marine Outfalls project. TCE was subconsultants to B&P who received the prize.

Category II
Residential Housing Complexes, Public Building, Innovating and Low Cost Planning - 1st Prize - Life Building Project at Rajkot. TCE was the supervising authority. TCE's scope for this project included detailed system design, preparation of drawings and VDR for utilities, review of structural designs, evaluation of bids for civil works and construction supervision.


1996-97

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Award for Export Excellence for Achieving Highest Export Performance

Regional Special Shield for Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Exports


1995-96

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Certificate of Export Excellence for Highest Export Performance


1995

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers

Gourav Award for Significant Contributions to Civil Engineering Consultancy

Certificate of Merit for excellence in Consultancy Services for Detailed Project Report for Marine Chemical Terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port


1994-95

Government of Maharashtra

Certificate for Export Recognition in Appreciation of Export Achievement

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Award for Export Excellence for Achieving Highest Export Performance


1993-94

Engineering Export Promotion Council

All India Special Shield for Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Exports


1992-93

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Regional Top Exporters' Shield for Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Exports


1992

Consultancy Development Centre

Certificate of Merit for Meritorious Consultancy in the field of Leak Detection in Water Supply Distribution System


1991-1992

Engineering Export Promotion Council

Special Shield for Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Exports


1976-1977

Ministry of Commerce, Civil Supplies & Co-operation, Dept. of Commerce, Govt. of India

Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Performance in providing Consultancy Services

 

 

 

 

 

 


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.42.64

UK Pound

1

Rs.83.00

Euro

1

Rs.66.00

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--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

 

60

 

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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