MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

 

Report Date :

20.11.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

 

Name :

MEL SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Plot # 173, Developed Plots Estate for Electrical, Electronic and Instrument Industries, Perungudi, Chennai - 600 096, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

07.09.1990

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-19611

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U30006TN1990PLC019611

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHEM01641D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACM4513F

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely held public limited liability company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of PCB Tester and Automated Test Equipments.

 

 

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 173000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office /

Factory :

Plot # 173, Developed Plots Estate for Electrical, Electronic and Instrument Industries, Perungudi, Chennai - 600 096, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91 - 44 - 24961903 / 904

Fax No.:

91 – 44 - 24960488

E-Mail :

melsschn@melss.com

mal@melss.com

sales@melss.com

Website :

http://www.melssindia.com

 

 

Branches :

Located at :

 

  • New Delhi
  • Mumbai
  • Bangalore
  • Kolkata
  • Secunderabad
  • Coimbatore

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. M. M. Murugappan

Designation :

Chairman

Address :

No. 12, Boat Club Road, Chennai – 600028, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

12.11.1955

Date of Re-Appointment :

30.09.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. Natarajan Ramachandran

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

Flat No. 3 A, Coral Sands, 54B, Beach Road, Kalakshetra Colony, Chennai – 600090, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

18.06.1950

Date of Re-Appointment :

01.04.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Eswaran

Designation :

Director

Address :

3 D. Gayathri, 32 Ii Main Road, R A Puram, Chennai – 600028, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

29.08.1941

Date of Re-Appointment :

30.06.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ranganathapuram Vaidyanathan Srinivasan

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 11, [Old No. 10], Anandam Colony, South Cannal Bank Road, Madeveli, Chennai – 600028, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

06.07.1946

Date of Re-Appointment :

29.09.2007

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 29.09.2007

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Venkateswaran M K

 

10000

Sankaran R. Iyer

 

3500

Kannama S. Raman

 

5000

Elangovan

 

2500

V.N. Vijayaraghavan

 

1000

Dayal Singh Dugal

 

1000

A.D. Narasimhalu

 

10000

K. Muthusamy

 

5000

V.N. Srinivasan

 

1000

V.N. Parthasarathy

 

1000

M. Pethachi

 

6660

H. Narayanamurthy

 

8000

Lim Hock Boon

 

25000

Kamlesh Butto

 

800

Sivkumar Srinivasan

 

71585

Sundararaman

 

5000

 

AS ON 29.09.2007

 

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]

 

8.29

Directors or relatives of directors

 

4.98

Other top fifty shareholders

 

86.73

Total

 

100.00

 

 


 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of PCB Tester and Automated Test Equipments.

 

 

Products :

ITC Code No

Product Description

903300

Test Fixtures and Jigs

903180

In-circuit Testing Equipments

847919

Conformal Coating Remover

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

State Bank of India

Commercial Branch, Guindy, Madras – 600032, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans :

 

 

As on 31.03.2007

Rs. in Millions

From Bank

 

Cash credits:

(secured by Hypothecation of stock of raw materials, semi-finished and finished goods and all other movable and other assets, book debts, receivables and mortgage of free hold land and buildings by way of first charge)

8.121

From Others:

Interest Free Sales Tax Deferred Loan (secured by Mortgage of Building by way of  second charge)

2.138

Hire Purchase Loan:

(Secured by hypothecation of Vehicles under Hire Purchase Agreements)

1.131

Total

11.390

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Shanker Giri Prabhankar

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Guhalaya, Flat B – 7, 179, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Melss Automation Limited

CIN No.: U29196TN2002PLC049505

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 10.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

602805

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 6.028 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

6.028

6.028

6.028

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

28.644

22.071

11.996

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

34.672

28.099

18.024

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

11.390

7.440

10.139

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

11.390

7.440

10.139

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

1.974

1.918

2.009

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

48.036

37.457

30.172

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

15.365

15.680

10.519

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

1.913

1.913

0.842

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

11.713
8.684

8.308

 

Sundry Debtors

43.135
33.911

23.314

 

Cash & Bank Balances

2.150
2.282

1.572

 

Other Current Assets

0.000
0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

6.348
2.742

8.788

Total Current Assets

63.346
47.619

41.982

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 
 

 

 

Current Liabilities

25.763
24.130

15.082

 

Provisions

6.825
3.625

8.089

Total Current Liabilities

32.588
27.755

23.171

Net Current Assets

30.758
19.864

18.811

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

48.036

37.457

30.172

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

109.885

92.506

82.873

Other Income

3.964

4.250

3.986

Total Income

113.849

96.756

86.859

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

15.497

21.571

4.511

Provision for Taxation

6.156

8.109

2.647

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

9.341

13.462

1.864

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Raw Material Consumed

22.784

14.841

11.434

 

Consumption of stores and spares parts

22.375

14.766

15.582

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

(1.073)

0.569

1.511

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

21.508

19.974

20.788

 

Managerial Remuneration

2.514

2.202

5.941

 

Payment to Auditors

0.102

0.095

0.192

 

Interest

1.558

1.562

1.570

 

Insurance Expenses

0.345

0.279

0.218

 

Power & Fuel

0.874

0.780

0.931

 

Depreciation & Amortization

1.587

10.142

8.664

 

Other Expenditure

25.778

9.974

15.517

Total Expenditure

98.352

75.184

82.348

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

8.20

13.91

2.15

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

14.10

23.32

5.44

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

19.68

34.08

8.59

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.44

0.77

0.25

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.26

1.25

1.85

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.94

1.72

1.81

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Fixed Assets

 

  • Freehold Land
  • Buildings
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Office Equipments
  • Lab Equipments
  • Furniture and Fittings
  • Vehicles

 

DIVIDEND:

The Board declared an interim dividend of 30% on the paid up equity capital of the company for the year ended 31.03.2007 and the same was paid during Aril 2007.

 

The Board recommended a final dividend of 10% on the paid-up equity share capital for the year 2006-2007.

 

With this, the total dividend declared for the year ended 31.03.2007 is 40% on the paid up equity share capital of the company.

 

OPERATIONS:

The company’s Turnover during the year 2006-2007 was higher than the previous year (Growth of 18% over the previous year)

 

MELSSWIZARD:

Manufacture and Sales of these instruments increased by 15% compared to the previous year. The new model MW48128 is taking sometime to stabilize.

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

They have expanded the reach in this area of Custom ATE’s, Simulators, revamp of legacy systems etc., aimed mainly at the defence segment. They have increased the turnover substantially by 55% compared to the previous year and are looking forward to a robust growth.

 

AGENCY DIVISION:

The agency division continues to do well. They executed some prestigious orders for the defence segment for high end functional testers. The contributions from the other products like Fiber Optic Test and Measuring Instruments, In-Circuit Testers, Soldering and De soldering stations is on the rise. India is emerging as a Electronics Manufacturing hub and this will open up a lot of avenues for the products and they are adding new products and principals to cater to this market.

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

During the year, Research and Development team worked on stabilizing the MW48128 testers. They also worked on added features like USB port, Boundary scan Technology etc. The team is also working on providing total test solutions usuaing Melss Wizard as the core tester.

 

SUBSIDIARY:

The company’s total investment in the subsidiary Melss Automation Limited as on 31.03.2007 amounts to Rs.1.913 millions comprising of 153046 shares at the face value of Rs.10/- per share amounting to Rs.1.530 millions plus share premium paid at Rs.5/- per share on 76528 shares subscribed during rights issue amounting to Rs.0.383 million. The investment in the subsidiary is 51% of the paid up capital of the company. They have attached the subsidiary company’s accounts as required under section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.

 

 

In the two divisions, namely In cirfuit Component Machine Division and Trading Activity, the nature of business is supplying of capital goods to mainly to the electronics industry and defence. The growth is linked to the growth of Hardware industries in India. In the last few years in Hardware Industries did not grow due to global market conditions and liberal imports. It is expected that this industry will grow once the global recession end.

 

In the recent past, the company has taken several steps to increase the turnover and improve the profitability. The new activities taken by the company in the areas of :

 

  • Developing simulators for defence
  • Developing electronic products for defence.
  • Adding agencies in the are of telecommunication testing
  • Manufacture of confirmed coating remover equipments used in the electronics production in the defence
  • Manufacturing facility for fixtures used in automatic test equipment 

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

Name of the company

MEL SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED

Presented By

STATE BANK OF INDIA, GUINDY, MADRAS – 600032

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

20.12.1995

General Agreement for the grant of Medium advances to small scale industries and hypothecation of movables, book debts and other assets.

 

Ancillary agreement for medium term loan against pledge movables machineries.

 

General agreement for the grant of Small Industrial Advances and Hypothecation of Movables, Book Debts and other assets.

 

Agreement for the grant of Small Industrial Advances.

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

 

Rs in Millions

Cash credit

10.000

L/C

5.000

B/G

10.000

Term Loan

5.160

Total

30.160

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 / Pledge of the company’s entire goods, movable and other assets such as book debts, outstanding moneys, receivables and company’s machinery preset and future.

 

Mortgage secured by deposit of title deeds of developed plot no. 173 situated in the Industrial Estate, for electronics and instrument industries, Madras – 96, Measuring 0.508 acres bounded by Plot No. 172.174 in survey No. 141/1.      

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

Nature of Facility

Interest

Margin

Cash Credit

18 %

25 %

Guarantee

-

10 %

L/C

-

10 %

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

State Bank Of India, Guindy, Madras – 600032

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Nil

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.

Nil

 

This form is for

Modification of charge

Charge identification number of the modified 

90283670

Corporate identity number of the company

U30006TN1990PLC019611

Name of the company

MEL SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

Plot # 173, Developed Plots Estate for Electrical, Electronic and Instrument Industries, Perungudi, Chennai - 600 096, Tamilnadu, India

Type of charge

Others (Hypothecation of Stocks and Receivables of Raw Material)

Particular of charge holder

State Bank of India

Commercial Branch, Guindy, Madras – 600032, Tamilnadu, India

E-Mail: sbicomguindy@vsnl.net

Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

1.           Supplemental Agreement of Loan-cum-Hypothecation – SME 4

2.           Sanction Letter

Date of instrument Creating the charge

10.10.2008

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.46.200 millions

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

Rate of Interest: As per Modification dated 13.07.2007

 

Terms of Repayment: As per Modification dated 13.07.2007

 

Margin: As per Modification dated 13.07.2007

 

Extent and Operation of the charge: As per the Agreement

 

Others: Fund based Limits:

Cash Credit – Rs.9.700 millions

SME Credit – Rs.1.500 millions

Non-fund based limits:

Letter of Credit – Rs.25.000 millions

Bank Guarantee – Rs.10.000 millions

Short particulars of the property charged

Hypothecation of Stocks and Receivables of Raw Material.

Primary Security – Merchandise covered by bills under LC

Collateral Security – (i) E.M. over factory land and building of the company at Plot No.173, Developed Plots, Industrial Estate, Perungudi, Chennai – 600 096. Land measuring 0.508 acres with constructed building thereon of 864 sq meters. (ii) Hypothecation of Fixed assets.

Date of latest modification prior to the present modification

13.07.2007

Particulars of the present modification 

Hypothecation of Stocks and Receivables of Raw Material.

The present overall limit has been enhanced from Rs.31.200 millions to Rs.46.200 millions.

 

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Subject, known fondly among customers as MEL or MELSS, was formerly a division of the USD 1.5 billion Murugappa Group. MELSS has been at the forefront of cutting edge technology ever since 1982. Over the last two decades they at MELSS have acquired expertise and specialized knowledge in many areas. But, what makes them stand out, is their deep commitment to support and the values and principles that they have inherited from their parent group. Their competencies are spread across a wide range of processes and verticals.

 

Processes : Production, Inspection, Testing, Rework, Repair, Training, Simulation, Real Time Process Control and Automation.

 

Verticals : EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services), Electronic Repair & Maintenance, Defense / Space / Strategic Electronics, Telecom / Networking, Engineering and Process Industries.

Competencies : Technology and Process Consulting, Pre-Sales support, Manufacturing & Sourcing, Supply of suitable equipment, Software Development, Customization, Design & System Integration, Implementation and Post Implementation Support.

 

MELSS Automation Limited is a subsidiary company of MELSS, offering turnkey automation projects and process control systems for the Manufacturing and Process industries.

 

AUTOMATIC TESTING EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

MELSS, INDIA

MELSSWIZARD / BOARDWIZARD - PCB Diagnostic Testers
Customized Test Equipment.
ICT Trainer / Demonstrator

 

Conformal Coating remover

Test Fixtures (Bed of Nails) Vacuum and Mechanical

TRI, Taiwan

MDAs / ICTs / Functional Testers

 

Mania, Germany

Bare Board Testers, Manual & fully automated Universal Grid Test Systems

 

International Test Technologies, Ireland

Functional test and Debug solution for CPU based boards

 

IDI, USA

Spring Contact Probes and Receptacles

 

Petracarbon, Singapore

Fixture development services for complex boards

 

CableTest, Canada

Cable Testing, Backplane Testing, Connector Testing, Wire Testing, Wiring Analysers, Harness Testers and Power Chord Testers.

 

Chroma ATE, Taiwan

ATE's for testing power supplies, AC/DC sources, Transformer Testers, Power analysers and Electronic loads
LCR Meters, Safety Analyzers, Hipot Testers, Video Microscopes, Color and Monitor Testers

 

Pacific Power Source, USA

High Power AC Sources,Frequency /voltage converters, AC test power systems, custom design & packaging

 

 

AUTOMATIC INSPECTION EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

TRI, Taiwan

Automatic Optical Inspection Systems for Solder Paste Inspection / Pre- Reflow Inspection / Post Reflow Inspection, X-ray Inspection Systems

 

Mania, Germany

Automatic Optical Inspection Systems for Bare PCB Inspection

 

 

SMT ASSEMBLY AND REWORK

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

 

OK / METCAL, USA

BGA / CSP / Array Package Rework, Smartheat SMT Rework, Soldering Stations, Fluid Dispensing and Fume Extraction

 

 

 

Automated Production Systems Inc. USA

Screen Printers, Pick and Place Machines and Reflow Ovens for Low Volume SMT Assembly

 

 

 

PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

BPM Microsystems, USA

Device Programmers - Single site and Concurrent, Automated Programmers & In system Programmers

 

 

RELIABILITY TEST SYSTEMS

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

Shinken, Japan

Vibration Test Systems

 

 

Envirotronics, USA

Temperature & Humidity Test Chambers, Environmental Stress Screening Chambers, HALT / HASS Systems, Thermal Shock Systems, Combined Vibration & Temperature Testing, Dust Chambers.

 

 

Ling Electronics (Qualmark) . USA

Electro dynamic Shakers / Vibration Testers, Vibration Test Systems, HALT / HASS Test chambers with combined Vibration testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELECOM TEST EQUIPMENT

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

EXFO, Canada

Network testing - DWDM Analyzers, Fiber characterization Test Instrumentations (PMD,CD), Transmission analyzers (SDH, Nex gen SONET/SDH), Outside plant Test and Measurement solutions (Laser Source, Power meter, Automated test sets)

 

 

MELSS, INDIA

RF Test Instruments - VXI Modules, Switches

 

 

SAGE Instruments, USA

Testers for Voice over IP, Packets, DSL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIBER OPTIC / PHOTONICS RESEARCH AND LAB INSTRUMENTATION

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

FISO,Canada

Fiber Optic Stress, Strain, Temperature sensors and signal conditioners

 

EXFO, Canada

R&D and Manufacturing System Testing, Optical Layer and Ethernet Testing, Transport and datacom testing, Fiber and Waveguide analyzers, Photonics manufacturing.

 

IPF Technology, UK

Fiber Optic - Raman Amplifiers / EDFAs

 

Teraxion, Canada

Fiber Bragg Gratings, Fiber Bragg Grating Writing Systems and Dispersion Compensators

 

Thorlabs, USA

A Wide Product range catering to Universities, Research Laboratories, Photonics Laboratories

 

Sensortran, USA

Distributed Leak Detection (Pipes/Cables)

 

 

MILITARY SYSTEMS/PROJECTS

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

MELSS, INDIA

Custom ATEs

 

 

Simulators

 

 

Turnkey Projects

 

Radar Test Systems, Communication Test Systems, Engine Test Systems

 

Teradyne, USA

Functional and In-circuit ATEs for PCBs and LRUs, Lasar Simulator Software

 

 

 

OBSOLESCENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

MELSS, INDIA

Replacement of Legacy Testers and Rehost of TPSs. Redesign / Upgradation / Modernisation of Obsolete Military Electronic Systems including ATE's & Simulators, Legacy System Repair, Revamp, Software Rehost, AMC etc.

 

 

TRAINING SIMULATORS

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

American Systems, USA

Virtual Maintenace trainers formilitary aircrafts, Web enabled Computer based Training modules (CBT's)

 

 


DATA ACQUISITION, AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL

 

MANUFACTURER

MANUFACTURER PRODUCTS / SERVICES

 

 

MELSS AUTOMATION LIMITED, INDIA

Design, Engineering and Execution of Customized Automation and Control Projects with Turnkey responsibility

 

 

PLC based SCADA and Factory Automation Systems

 

Batching, Industrial Weighing and Material Handling Automation Systems

 

Custom Software Development, Mini ERP Implementation for Process / Manufacturing Sector

 

End to End Turnkey Solutions for Tea, Sugar, Ferro Alloy and similar process industries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

54

 

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/normal.

 

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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