MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

19.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SAINT-GOBAIN GYPROC INDIA LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

INDIA GYPSUM LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Nare and Vadavalli Village, P. O. Uchat Taluka Wada, Thane – 421312, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

05.02.1985

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

165329

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U26945MH1985PLC165329

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Gypsum Boards and Gypsum Based Accessories.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 12000000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced, respectable and resourceful industrialists. Their trade relations are reported as fair. General financial position is satisfactory. Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

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

 

 

INFORMATION PARTED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Jaysheel Vachrajan

Designation :

Assistance Manager in Finance

Date :

17.11.2008

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/

Factory 1:

Nare and Vadavalli Village, P. O. Uchat Taluka Wada, Thane – 421312, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-40212121/ 23712167

Fax No.:

91-22-40212392/ 23355632

E-Mail :

Swati.naik@saint-gobain.com

Jaysheel.vachrajani@saint-gobain.com

rohit.patoria@saint-gobain.com

Website :

http://www.indiagypsum.com

Location :

Owned

 

 

Factory 2:

Julani Village, Jind - 126102, Haryana, India

Location :

Owned

 

 

Factory 3:

Ussainagaram Village, Ulundai Post, Tiruvallur District - 602105, Tamilnadu, India

Location :

Owned

 

 

Branch Office :

  • Delhi
  • Lucknow
  • Mumbai
  • Ahmedabad
  • Bangalore
  • Hyderabad
  • Kolkata
  • Chandigarh
  • New Delhi
  • Jammu
  • Cochin
  • Jaipur
  • Chennai
  • Coimbatore
  • Madurai
  • Aurangabad
  • Bhopal
  • Indore
  • Nagpur
  • Surat
  • Pune
  • Rajkot
  • Bhubaneswar
  • Guwahati
  • Patna
  • Siliguri
  • Darjeeling
  • Kathmandu

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. C K Birla

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. Lalit S. Naik

Designation :

Chairman

Address :

Park Royal Residence, Unit 601, 99 Wireless Road, Lumpini, Bangkok – 10330, Thailand

Date of Birth/Age :

18.10.1961

Date of Appointment :

01.11.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. P A R Ellis

Designation :

Vice Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anand Mahajan

Designation :

Chairman

Address :

FIONA, 3rd Floor, 176 Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai – 400049, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.01.1953

Date of Appointment :

27.03.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Subramanian Venkataraman

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

C-29, Stone Valley Appartments, Road No.4, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034, India

Date of Birth/Age :

20.11.1960

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. R Khemka

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Martin Smith

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amal Ganguli

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vikas Vig

Designation :

Director

Address :

B-120, Gujranwala Town, Part – 1, New Delhi – 110009, India

Date of Birth/Age :

07.10.1952

Date of Appointment :

03.08.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Lalit Bhasin

Designation :

Director

Address :

10 Hailey Road, 10th Road, New Delhi – 110001, India

Date of Birth/Age :

19.01.1939

Date of Appointment :

25.08.1987

 

 

Name :

Mr. P S Dasgupta

Designation :

Director

Address :

J-1810, Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi – 110019, India

Date of Birth/Age :

30.06.1955

Date of Appointment :

18.01.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Claude – Alain Tardy

Designation :

Director

Address :

2 Avenue Du Pavillon Sully, 78230 LE PECQ NA

Date of Birth/Age :

02.02.1956

Date of Appointment :

27.03.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Matthew Walkar

Designation :

Director

Address :

66/3 Sukhumvit, 63/22 Klongton Nua, Wattana Bangkok, Thailand – 10110

Date of Birth/Age :

02.06.1967

Date of Appointment :

30.10.2004

 

 

Name :

Mt. Sanjay Bahl

Designation :

Director (Finance)

Address :

602 Sangita Building, Santacruz (West), Mumbai – 400054, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.02.1967

Date of Appointment :

29.01.2005

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Rohit Patoria

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

18 Pura Appartment, Malad (East), Mumbai – 400097, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

28.06.1976

Date of Appointment :

15.05.2005

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

 (As on 30.06.2007)

Category

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Nationalised or other banks

 

0.01

Mutual Funds

 

0.01

Foreign Holding (FIIs, FCs, FFIs, NRIs OCB Or Others)

 

67.94

Bodies Corporate

 

30.70

Other top fifty Shareholders (Other than Listed above)

 

0.33

Others

 

1.01

 

 

 

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Gypsum Boards and Gypsum Based Accessories.

 

 

Products :

Products         : Gypsum Boards & Gypsum Based Accessories

Item Code No.: 680911.00

 

 

Exports :

 

Countries :

  • Nepal
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh

 

 

Imports :

 

Products :

Raw Materials

Countries :

  • Thailand
  • Europe
  • USA

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

490

 

 

Bankers :

  • State Bank of Hyderabad, New Delhi
  • State Bank of India, New Delhi
  • HSBC Bank
  • CITI Bank
  • BNP Paribas
  • Calyon Bank
  • Standard Chartered Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

31.12.2007

(Rs. In Millions)

 

 

Term Loan From Banks

(Secured by Pari Passu first charge over movable and immovable fixed assets situated at manufacturing facilities at Jind, Wada, Chennai and Bangalore)

1.419

Total

1.419

 

Unsecured Loans

31.12.2007

(Rs. In Millions)

 

 

Deferred Sales Tax

0.150

Total

0.150

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S. R. Batliboi and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Name :

Price Waterhouse

Chartered Accountant

Address :

252 Veer Savarkar Marg, Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai – 400028, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Collaborators :

BPB Plc, UK.

 

 

Holding Company :

BPB India Limited

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Group Company is Saint Gobain Group, which includes many sister concern company and one of them is India Gysum Limited

 

  • Thai Gypsum Products Plc, Thailand
  • BPB Gypco Shanghai Company Limited
  • BPB Asia Limited
  • BPB Iberplaco S.A
  • BPB Malaysia Gypsum Sdn Bhd
  • Saint Gobain Gyproc Middle East FZE
  • Saint Gobain Vetrotex India Limited
  • Grindwell Norton Limited
  • Saint-Gobain Crystals and Dectectors India Private Limited
  • Saint-Gobain Materiaux De Construction
  • Saint Gobain Ceilings
  • BPB Limited
  • Hankuk Haniso Company Limited
  • Saint Gobain Isover

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.500.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

28373220

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.283.732 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

28076120

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.280.761 Millions

 

Add: Equity Shares Forfeited

 

Rs.0.016 Million

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Rs.280.777 Millions

 

 

Note:

 

(Out of the above 19073220 Equity Shares are held by BPB India Limited and 8604514 Equity Shares are held by BPB Holding India Private Limited. BPB Holding India Private Limited is a subsidiary of BPB India Limited, which in turn is a subsidiary of BPB PLC.)

 

(Out of the above 13073220 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each have been issued by conversion of loan in to enquiry)

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

280.777

280.777

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

2088.649

1913.962

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

2369.426

2194.739

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

1418.607

602.991

2] Unsecured Loans

 

150.140

146.265

TOTAL BORROWING

 

1568.747

749.256

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

212.603

151.402

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

4150.776

3095.397

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

1976.059

2054.057

Capital work-in-progress

 

1780.522

620.601

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

0.001

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 
232.179

304.732

 

Sundry Debtors

 
138.127

120.886

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 
315.364

239.371

 

Other Current Assets

 
1.615

1.813

 

Loans & Advances

 
607.116

402.243

Total Current Assets

 
1294.401

1069.045

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 
718.741

504.206

 

Provisions

 
181.466

144.100

Total Current Liabilities

 
900.207

648.306

Net Current Assets

 
394.194

420.739

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

4150.776

3095.397

 


 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

Sales Turnover

 

2602.115

1565.827

Other Income

 

51.569

10.937

Total Income

 

2653.684

1576.764

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

257.488

128.426

Provision for Taxation

 

82.801

45.363

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

174.687

83.063

 

 

 

 

Import Value

 

666.900

73.548

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

440.470

209.771

 

Manufacturing Expenses

 

899.370

615.556

 

Raw Material Consumed

 

699.281

440.248

 

Employees Cost

 

206.277

115.076

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

 

24.346

(23.956)

 

Interest and Financial Charges

 

5.483

1.901

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

120.969

89.742

Total Expenditure

 

2396.196

1448.338

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 
6.58

5.27

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 
9.90

8.20

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 
7.87

4.11

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 
0.11

0.06

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 
1.04

0.64

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 
1.44

1.65

 

 


 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY:

 

Incorporated in Feb.'85, Subject was promoted by Hyderabad Industries and BPB Industries, UK. The collaborator BBB Industries holds a 39.98% stake in the company. The company manufactures gypsum boards in convenient sizes, which are marketed as a complete system along with accessories. 

 
Gypsum board, an excellent building material, is used in wall linings, partitioning and suspended ceilings in modern houses, hospitals and multi-storeyed buildings using the dry construction method to speed up work. Gypsum boards are fire resistant, possess good heat insulation and acoustic properties, and serve as substitutes to expensive wood-based products. 


The company's product GYPBOARD is well established in the market in 1995-96. It's product like fire resistant boards and laminated ceiling tiles had made a place in industrial segment. The company's Gypsum Board plant site which has an initial capacity of over 3 million Sq. M. per annum near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been fully commissioned with effect from 29th December 1999. 

 
Company is taking necessary strategic steps to extend its present market into other traditional segments. With these efforts, the Company expects to maintain its growth in future years. 

 
The Company is continuing to take initiatives to penetrate in the market by offering wider range of products and also opening of Gyphomes centres to give a thrust in this direction. 

 
The company is planning to manufacture light weight Gypsum Board, resulting in saving of Raw Materials like Gypsum, Starch and saving in fuel as well as transport cost. The company plans to introduce value added products like moisture resistant board, sound block board and laminated board and develop new types of gypsum based plasters.

 

 

Fixed Assets:

 

  • Freehold land
  • Buildings
  • Plant and machinery
  • Furniture and fixtures
  • Office Equipments
  • Vehicles
  • Computers

 

 

 


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.49.46

UK Pound

1

Rs.73.17

Euro

1

Rs.62.96

 

 

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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