MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

20.11.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ESSAR GUJARAT PETROCHEMICALS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Refinery Administration Building, Khambhalia Post, Jamnagar 361 305, Gujarat

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

16.01.2007

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

04-49785

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U24119GJ2007PLC049785

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company. 

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Dealer of Chemical and Chemical Components.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

C

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

 

Status :

New Company / Project

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Comments :

We made several attempts to talk to spokeperson of the subject but at Essar Group, nobody knows the right person for the subject.

 

Subject is a new company/ venture of Essar Group.

 

The company has not commenced its commercial operations and hence initially, it would be advisable to deal with it on safe and secured trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Refinery Administration Building, Khambhalia Post, Jamnagar 361 305, Gujarat, India

 

 

Head Office :

27 KM, Surat Hazira Road, Hazira, Surat 394 270, Gujarat, India

E-Mail :

sgiri@essar.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Khailash Tahkandas Daultani

Designation :

Director

Address :

302, Vandana, 253, Shere Punjab Society, Andheri, Mumbai 400 093, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.09.1980

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amar Harshad Fadia

Designation :

Director

Address :

503, Brrokfield Society, Old Lokhandwala, Andheri, Mumbai 400 053, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

03.10.1970

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 2nd January, 2007

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Essar Investment Limited

 

50000

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Dealer of Chemical and Chemical Components.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

Group Companies :

Essar Telecom Retail Limited

CIN No.: U51900MH2006PLC16047

 

Essar Aluminium Orissa Limited

CIN No.: U27203MH2006PLC164845

 

Essar Steel Maharashtra Limited

CIN No.:1420MH2006PLC164604

 

Essar Retail Limited

CIN No.: U51909MH2006PLC164605

 

Asia Motorworks Holdings Limited

CIN No.: U34109MH2006PLC164605

 

Essar Telecom Limited

CIN No.: U99999MH2000PLC130159

 

Shri Nand Naket Properties Limited

CIN No.: L70101TN1995PLC031499

 

Telecom Tower & Infrastructure Private Limited

CIN No.: U72200MH2003PTC140799

 

Ring Tel Communications Limited

CIN No.: U93090MH2006PLC164851

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- Each

0.500 million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- Each

0.500 million

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

New Company

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

WEBSITE DETAILS ATTACHED:

 

Petrochemicals

Essar is making a foray into the Petrochemicals business.

 

A petrochemicals complex is being built at Vadinar alongside Essar’s existing 10.5 MTPA refinery. Almost all the raw materials of the complex will be supplied from the expanded refinery to drive greater synergies; large parts of the existing infrastructure will also be used.

 

The complex will host a Naphtha Cracker plant and other units that can leverage on by-products generated from the expanded Essar Oil refinery . The product range will comprise various polymers, chemicals and valuable intermediates.

 

The petrochemicals complex will lead to Essar attaining complete integration in the Energy business and create unparalleled value for the Group.

 

 

Press Release

 

CB & I wins Essar Contract

Houston Business Journal

Chicago Bridge & Iron, through Lummus Technology, has been awarded engineering contracts by Essar Gujarat Petrochemicals Limited, valued at USD $ 45 million.

 

CB&I, a Woodlands-based engineering, procurement and construction company, will be working on technology licenses and basic engineering for Essar Gujarat’s petrochemicals complex in Vadinar, Gujarat, India.

 

Lummus is the process technology arm of CB&I (NYSE: CBI).

 

 

CB&I bags contract worth $45 million from Essar Gujarat

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I), through Lummus Technology, has been awarded an engineering contract worth US$ 45 million by Essar Gujarat Petrochemicals Ltd., for technology licenses and basic engineering related to a major grassroots petrochemicals complex in Vadinar, Gujarat, India.

 

The technologies to be offered include ethylene, ethylbenzene/styrene monomer, butadiene extraction, MTBE/ETBE/butene-1, and cumene/phenol.

 

According to the company, the petrochemical complex in Vadinar, will include an ethylene plant reactor that converts feedstock chemicals into ethylene, a primary building block of other chemicals.

 

The petrochemical units for the production of styrene, butadiene, ethers, butene-1 and phenol are being accredited by Lummus with its various licensing partners.

 

CB&I, is a Woodlands-based engineering, procurement and construction company, which delivers comprehensive solutions to customers in the energy and natural resource industries. It claims over 70 proprietary licensed technologies and 1,500 patents and patent applications.

 

Essar Gujarat in petrochem technology licencing deal with CB&I news                                                             

09 September 2008

 

Essar Gujarat Petrochemicals Limited has signed a licencing deal with CB&I through Lummus Technology, for licensing its technology and basic engineering for its grassroots petrochemicals complex in Vadinar, Gujarat.

 

CB&I combines is a provider of process technologies in engineering, procurement and construction in the energy and natural resource industries. It claims over 70 proprietary licensed technologies and 1,500 patents and patent applications.

 

The technologies to be acquired include ethylene, ethylbenzene / styrene monomer, butadiene extraction, MTBE / ETBE/butene-1, and cumene / phenol.

 

The cornerstone of the petrochemical complex will be a 1.3-million metric ton per annum mixed feed ethylene unit that will utilise Lummus' latest generation SRT VI cracking furnaces and recovery technology.

 

The downstream petrochemical units for the production of styrene, butadiene, ethers, butene-1, and phenol are also of world-scale capacity, and are being licensed by Lummus in cooperation with its various licensing partners.

This wide variety of technologies licensed by Lummus represents the majority of the process units in the planned petrochemical complex. This exemplifies the comprehensive technology portfolio Lummus provides to the petrochemical industry, in addition to its broad refining technology capabilities.

 


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 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.49.74

UK Pound

1

Rs.74.37

Euro

1

Rs.62.78

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

--

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

--

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

--

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

--

--LEVERAGE

1~10

--

--RESERVES

1~10

--

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

--

--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

NO

TOTAL

 

8

 

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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