MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

24.05.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

STUP CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

1004-05, Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

09.05.1963

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

012649

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U74999MH1963PTC012649

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMS47670A

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCS1945E

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engineering Consultants specialised in Road, Bridges, Ports, Water Supply, Sewerage etc.

 

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 2636972

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having fine track records.  Trade relations are fair.  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 :

1004-05, Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22832334

Fax No.:

91-22-22048422/24

E-Mail :

mumbai@stupmail.com

stup@bom2.vsnl.net.in 

stupinfo@vsnl.com

Website :

www.stupco.com

 

 

Branches :

India
401, Anand Mangal-3, Rajnagar Club Lane, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad-380 006
Tel.: 26468495, 26468496
Fax: 26468497
E-mail: ahmedabad@stupmail.com

A1 - Tower, 6th Floor, Golden Enclave, Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017
Tel.: 25298084, 25298085, 25269565,403979797
Fax: 25269827
E-mail: bangalore@stupmail.com

7th Floor, Temple Tower, 476, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai-600 035
Tel.: 24340870, 24360875
Fax: 24338726
E-mail: chennai@stupmail.com

6 -3 - 346 / 1, 3rd Floor, above Scotia Bank, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500 034
Tel.: 66663551, 66789887
Fax: 66771348
E-mail : hyderabad@stupmail.com

P-11, Darga Road, Park Circus, Kolkata-700 017
Tel.:22807430, 22807431, 22807046, 22807047
Fax: 22871876, 22807531
E-mail: kolkata@stupmail.com

1004 & 5, Raheja Chambers, 10th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021
Tel.: 22832334, 40868686
Fax: 22048424
E-mail: mumbai@stupmail.com 

Plot No. 22-A, Sector 19-C, Palm Beach Marg, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 705
Tel.: 27896241/ 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 , 67901925
Fax: 27896240
E-mail: navimumbai@stupmail.com

1112, Vishal Tower, 11th Floor, Plot No. 10, Janakpuri Dist. Centre, New Delhi-110 058
Tel.: 25614196, 25536108, 25536109, 25536110
Fax: 25507017
E-mail: delhi@stupmail.com

OZ Plaza, 2nd Floor, Viman Nagar, Off Nagar Road, Pune - 411 014.
Tel.: 26632149
Tele Fax: 26632148
E-mail: pune@stupmail.com 

 

 

Overseas Offices:

Mauritius
STUP Consultants (Mauritius) Limited
C/o. International Financial Services Limited, 3rd Floor, Les Cacades, Edith Cavell Street, Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel.: 0091 9820304714

Oman
Asie Etudes Engineering Consultancy L.L.C.
P. B. No. 1599, Code No. 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman
Tel.: 00968-24798500 / 24798167 / 24793277
Fax: 00968-24704907
E-mail:muscat@stupmail.com

Qatar
STUP Consultants Private Limited 
C/o. Shk. Khalifa Bin Jabor Althani, Al Jabor Group, P.O. Box 23344, Doha-Qatar
Tel.: 0091 9820304714

Sri Lanka
STUP Consultants (Private) Limited
C/o. Company Secretaries (Private) Limited, No.810, 2nd Floor, Maradama Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
Tel.: 0091 9820304714

 

America
STUP Consultants L.L.C. 45317, Rutherford Terrace, Fremont, California, 94539, U.S.A.,
Tel: 510 5732980, 5104612212
E-mail: fremont@stupmail.com

France
Asie Etudes Gelexco, 10, Avenue Newton, 92350 Le Plessis Robinson, Paris
Tel.: 0033-46012461/ 46012463
Fax: 0033-46012462
E-mail: paris@stupmail.com

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Rupchand Chander Alimchandani

Designation :

Director

Address :

26, Gulmarg, Nepean Sea Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

18.02.1935

Date of Appointment :

01.01.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kovanyko Nicolas Serge

Designation :

Director

Address :

92200, Neuilly, Sur-Seine, Paris

Date of Birth/Age :

25.10.1927

Date of Appointment :

01.06.1967

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amitabha Akshay Kumar Ghosal

Designation :

Director

Address :

72, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata 700068

Date of Birth/Age :

21.09.1936

Date of Appointment :

05.08.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. Abhin Chander Alimchandani

Designation :

Director

Address :

26, Gulmarg, Nepean Sea Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

13.09.1966

Date of Appointment :

05.08.2002

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

[As on 30.09.2004]

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Asie Etudes

 

15696

Gokhale Vaijayanti Purushottam

 

160

Jagus Jijibhoy Pesi

 

1200

Mhatre Yeshwant Aatmaram

 

128

Postel Michel

 

1324

Alimchandani Chander Nirmala

 

2080

Alimchandani Chander Nirmala

 

4896

Alimchandani Rupchand Chander

 

2080

Alimchandani Chander Abhin

 

2080

Alimchandani Chander Souren

 

2080

Havovi K. Mehta

 

1200

Basant Kumar

 

2240

Carnac D. Hilla

 

1120

Jimmy H. Kapadia

 

1120

Narinder Kumar Nayar

 

1236

Vijayan Nambiar

 

400

Vimala Nayanar

 

400

Jayram Nambiar

 

400

Soudamini Prabhakaran

 

400

Shantha Nambiar

 

400

Sethuram Nambiar

 

400

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Engineering Consultants specialised in Road, Bridges, Ports, Water Supply, Sewerage etc.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

700

 

 

Bankers :

·       State Bank of Indore

Empire House, 214, D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

R. K. Nanavati

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Dun Apartment, Flat No. 904, 225/227, Tardeo, Mumbai 400007, Maharashtra, India

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 5.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued Capital:

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

42990

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 4.299 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Subscribed and Paid up Capital:

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

42656

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 4.266 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

1] 150 Equity Shares of Rs. 100/- each allotted as fully paid up pursuant to a contract without payment being received in cash.

 

2] Rs. 3999000/- as value of 39990 fully paid Equity Shares of Rs. 100/- each issued as Bonus Shares by Capitalisation of General Reserve.


 

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

4.266

4.265

4.265

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

654.977

564.740

437.893

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

659.243

569.005

442.158

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

7.653

9.300

14.013

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.150

0.150

TOTAL BORROWING

7.653

9.450

14.163

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

2.052

0.000

3.812

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

668.948

578.455

460.133

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

169.489

94.609

56.226

Capital work-in-progress

5.510

3.215

1.895

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.129

0.129

0.129

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

1.465

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

429.811

445.227

356.848

 

Cash & Bank Balances

62.891

73.299

83.455

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

2.677

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

151.237

123.996

78.039

Total Current Assets

643.939

645.199

518.342

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

150.119

79.229

66.162

 

Provisions

0.000

86.933

50.297

Total Current Liabilities

150.119

166.162

116.459

Net Current Assets

493.820

479.037

401.883

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

668.948

578.455

460.133

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

636.737

593.886

490.988

Other Income

0.000

0.000

6.705

Total Income

636.737

593.886

497.693

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

130.936

155.089

108.099

Provision for Taxation

0.000

0.000

19.865

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

130.936

155.089

88.234

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Personal

0.000

0.000

168.364

 

Sub-Consultancy and Export Fees

0.000

0.000

93.544

 

Design and Drawing Expenses

0.000

0.000

3.710

 

Interest

2.050

1.599

2.534

 

Depreciation

16.717

8.583

7.291

 

Other Expenses

0.000

0.000

114.113

 

Wealth tax provision

487.034

428.615

0.038

Total Expenditure

505.801

438.797

389.594

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

20.56

26.11

17.73

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

20.56

26.11

22.02

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

16.10

20.96

18.81

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.20

0.27

0.24

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.24

0.31

0.29

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

4.29

3.88

4.45

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Business:

 

The Company acts as Engineers and Contractors and has completed several large projects. 

 


 

Form 8:

 

Name of the company

STUP CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Presented By

State Bank of Indore

Empire House, 214, D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001, Maharashtra, India

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Equitable mortgage of the office premises dated 16.07.1991

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

Rs. 18.700 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

Office premises at 1005 and 1007 Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021

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

Operation of charge : Full

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

State Bank of Indore

Empire House, 214, D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001, Maharashtra, India

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Memorandum of equitable mortgage dated 06.07.2000

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.

First Modification: On 04.07.1994 charge modified for covering enhanced limits to the extent of Rs. 2.800 Millions for cash credit hypothecation of Book Debts/Cheque purchase limit.

 

Second Modification: On 11.08.1994 office no. 1007 situated at Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai has been released from charge.

 

Third Modification: On 27.06.1995 charge on office premised enhanced from Rs. 18.700 Millions  to Rs. 32.500 Millions

 

Fourth Modification: On 20.09.1996 charge enhanced from Rs. 32.500 Millions to Rs. 37.500 Millions.

 

Fifth Modification: On 31.03.2000 charge enhanced from Rs. 37.500 Millions to Rs. 42.500 Millions.

 

By present modification: Security as described in 3 above extended to cover enhanced limits of Rs. 7.500 Millions charge enhanced from Rs. 42.500 Millions to Rs. 50.000 Millions.

 

 

Corporation identity number or foreign company registrations number of the company 

U74999MH1963PTC012649

Name of the company

STUP CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

Address

1004-05, Raheja Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021, Maharashtra, India

This Form is for

Modification of charge

Type of Charges

Hypothecation

Particular of the charge holder 

State Bank of Indore

Empire House, 214, D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001, Maharashtra, India

Amount Secure by the charge

Rs. 14.500 Millions

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

Margin : Letter of Guarantee 15%

Exchange – Commission – 0.15% p.a. and Repayment on demand

Description of the property charged

Stock in trade

Book debts

Particulars of the Property charged  

Hypothecation of book debts and other current assets of the company

Charge identification number of the charge to be modified

80010156

Brief description of the instrument modifying the charge under section 135

Supplemental agreement of hypothecation of goods and assets for increase in the overall limit.

Date of the instrument modifying the charge

09.08.2006

Particulars of the present modification

Guarantee limit enhanced from Rs. 60.000 Millions to Rs. 100.000 Millions

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE DETAILS

 

PROFILE:

 

Subjectis a full service project delivery consultancy company offering integrated planning, architectural, engineering and project management services for power, transportation, telecommunications, commercial, institutional, recreational and manufacturing facility infrastructure, and is an international firm with over 1200 professionals in more than 20 offices and global project locations.

Subject is a French acronym for “Societe Technique pour l’Utilisation de la Precontrainte” meaning “ technical corporation for the utilization of prestressed concrete” was established in Paris in 1944 to spread the knowledge of prestressed concrete and other inventions of Eugene Freyssinet

Company first global offices were established by Mr. Yves Guyon in 1963 who gave prestressed concrete its theoretical basis and transferred technology by setting up engineering consultancy groups in the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East to attract and train local professionals thereby creating centers of excellence.

Subject has served over 10,000 clients in 28 countries on projects of tremendous diversity such as road master plans in Bangladesh, water supply in Laos, highways in Kuwait, sports facilities in UAE, offshore facilities and hospitals in Oman, nuclear reactors, airports, and power plants in India, the presidential palace complex in Ghana, etc.

Company wide range of resources and expertise offer comprehensive and single umbrella solutions (incorporating architectural, building and infrastructure engineering, mechanical, electrical and hvac services) to technically challenging projects and services from planning to construction, for local and national governments, international financing institutions, private sector owners, contractors and public sector institutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 42.84

UK Pound

1

Rs. 84.78

Euro

1

Rs. 67.32

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

57

 

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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