MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

11.10.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CRAY VALLEY RESINS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Plot No. D- 43 (1), Trans Thane Creek, MIDC Industrial Area, Navi Mumbai –400705, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

31.01.1997

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-105589

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U99999MH1997PTC105589

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMC06693B

 

 

Legal Form :

A private limited liability company. It is a subsidiary of Total Fina Elf S. A., France (part of the Atofina group).

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and Sale of a Wide Range of Synthetic Resins.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1000000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

The company has substantial accumulated losses. Foreign partners are infusing funds for the working capital. Trade relations are fair. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions with some caution, initially.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/ Factory :

Plot No. D- 43 (1), Trans Thane Creek, MIDC Industrial Area, Navi Mumbai –400705, Maharashtra, India.

Tel. No.:

91-22-55907103/27907101/08/56137108

Fax No.:

91-22-55907102/27610653/27687998

E-Mail :

crayvalley@crayvalley.com

Website :

http://www.crayvalley.com

Area :

Leased

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Nishith Parikh

Designation :

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Date of Birth/Age :

44 years

Qualification :

B. S. Chem. , B. S. Chem., Engineering

Experience :

17 years

Date of Appointment :

1.02.2001

Previous Employment:

Noble Synthetics Limited (Chief Executive Officer/3 years)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Thierry Kuter

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Venkatraman

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. R. Raghraman

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

Om Vill Row House No. 8, Plot No. 57 61, Sector 21, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400706, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

09.05.1956

Date of Appointment :

29.11.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. Neelakantan Subramanian

Designation :

Director

Address :

8, Cathedral Road, Chennai – 600 086, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

04.02.1948

Date of Appointment :

15.09.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. Ganeshan

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 1264, 32nd ‘G’ Cross, 28th Main, 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore – 560 041, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

29.09.1957

Date of Appointment :

24.02.2006

Other Directorship:

Bostik India Private Limited

U99999WB1999PTC090409

 

 

Name :

Mr. Renaud Lestage

Designation :

Director

Address :

LA Defence 2-12, Place De L’tris, F-92062 Paris LA Defense, Cedex.

Date of Birth/Age :

04.02.1946

Date of Appointment :

18.03.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Eddie Lee

Designation :

Director

Address :

LA Defence 2-12, Place De L’tris, F-92062 Paris LA Defense, Cedex.

Date of Birth/Age :

28.05.1954

Date of Appointment :

18.03.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Mambakkam Nagarajan Ganeshan

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 1264, 32nd ‘G’ Cross, 28th Main, 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore – 560 041, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

22.09.1957

Date of Appointment :

12.06.2006

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 12.06.2006

 

Names of Shareholders

 

 

No. of Shares

Total Chimie SA, France

 

170

Cray Valley SA, France

 

29939829

Total

 

29939999

 

As on 14.09.2006

 

List of Allotees

 

 

No. of Shares

Allotted

Total Chimie SA, France

 

50000000

 

List of Allotees

 

 

No. of Shares

Allotted

Cray Valley SA, France

 

50000000

 

Equity Share Breakup (Percentage of Total Equity)

As on 30.06.2008

 

Names of Shareholders

 

Percentage of Holding

Foreign Holdings (Foreign institutional investor(s), Foreign companie(s) Foreign financial institution(s), Non-resident Indian(s) or Overseas Corporate bodies or Others

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and Sale of a Wide Range of Synthetic Resins.

 

 

Products :

Item Code. No.

Product Description

3906.90

Acrylics

3908.90

Polyamides

3907.50

Alkyds & Hard Resins

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

 

 

Installed Capacity

Synthetic Resins

 

MT

 

 

2385

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

120

 

 

Bankers :

BNP Paribas

62, Homji Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Bharat S. Raut and  Company

Chartered Accountants'

Address :

KPMG House, Kamala Mills Compound, 448, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai- 400 013, Maharashtra

Tel. No.:

91-22-39896000

Fax No.:

91-22-39836000

 

 

Holding Company :

Cray Valley SA, France

 

 

Parent Company :

Total Fina Elf S. A., France (Part of the Atofina Group)

 

 

Subsidiaries :

Noble Synthetics Limited

L21200MH1980PLC022545

 

 

Fellow Subsidiaries Company:

·         Total SA

·         Cray Valley Resins ( Malaysia) SDN BHD

·         Sartomer Asia Limited

·         Cray Valley Korea Company Limited

·         Cray Valley Limited, UK

·         Total South East Asia, Singapore

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 30.04.2008

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

30000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 300.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

29939999

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 299.400 Millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

249.400

249.400

199.400

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

0.442

0.442

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

[43.954]

[105.347]

(112.294)

NETWORTH

205.888

144.495

87.106

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

235.000

210.000

135.000

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

50.000

TOTAL BORROWING

235.000

210.000

185.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

440.888

354.495

272.106

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

182.383

126.495

137.186

Capital work-in-progress

0.121

14.744

0.317

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

7.229

7.229

7.229

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

193.516

143.795

80.050

 

Sundry Debtors

245.415

209.798

154.366

 

Cash & Bank Balances

5.768

5.618

14.744

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

47.379

57.262

24.386

Total Current Assets

492.078

416.473

273.546

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

230.235

207.987

143.673

 

Provisions

10.688

2.459

2.499

Total Current Liabilities

240.923

210.446

146.172

Net Current Assets

251.155

206.027

127.374

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

440.888

354.495

272.106

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

Sales Turnover

977.490

874.970

686.327

Other Income

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Income

977.490

874.970

686.327

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

27.840

7.390

2.851

Provision for Taxation

[34.510]

0.440

0.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

62.350

6.950

2.851

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

39.500

75.880

NA

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

 

Import Value

305.850

274.850

NA

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

Financial Charges

24.140

14.300

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

13.750

15.160

683.476

 

Other Expenditure

911.760

838.120

 

Total Expenditure

949.650

867.580

683.476

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.12.2007

31.12.2006

31.12.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

6.38

0.79

0.42

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

2.85

0.84

0.42

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

4.13

1.79

0.68

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.14

0.05

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.31

2.91

3.80

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.04

1.98

1.87

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The company is in trade terms with:

 

v            Pretti Industries

v            United Barrels

v            Nobel Synthetics Private Limited

v            Unique Enterprises

v            Quality Industries

v            Varad Industries

v            Boisur Chemicals

v            Kahan Packaging

v            Radiz Microsystems

v            Rainbow Industries

v            S. K. Engineering

v            Radix Sensors

v            Veekay Chemicals

v            Vikram Industries

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

 

 

Name of the company

CRAY VALLEY RESINS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

Mr. T. R. Raghuraman, Managing Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

04.10.2004

Memorandum of Agreement

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

Rs. 100.000 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

First charge on all the goods including raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, stores & spares and consumables and receivables including book debts, outstanding moneys, bills, invoice documents, contracts, insurance policies, guarantees, securities, investments, royalties, and rights both present & future belonging to or in the possession of or under the control of the borrower or of any third party whether in India or elsewhere throughout the world.

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

Interest on monthly rests on out standing amount and shall be charged subject to changes in the banks prime lending rate.

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

Society General

Market Chamber IV, 13th Floor, P O Box 11635, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021.

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

Not Applicable

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.

Not Applicable

 

This form is for

Modification of charge

Charge identification number of the modified 

90148058

Corporate identity number of the company

U99999MH1997PTC105589

Name of the company

CRAY VALLEY RESINS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

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

Plot No. D- 43 (1), Trans Thane Creek, MIDC Industrial Area, Navi Mumbai –400705, Maharashtra, India.

Type of charge

Book Debts

Movable Property

Particular of charge holder

BNP Paribas

62, Homji Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India.

Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

Supplemental Facilities Cum Hypothecation Agreement (Supplemental Agreement)

Date of instrument Creating the charge

30.11.2006

Amount secured by the charge

Rs. 110.000 Millions

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

Rate of Interest

For Cash Credit / WCDL – Interest on the debit balance at the Bank’s prevailing Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) as prescribed form time to time by the Bank

 

Terms of Repayment

As per terms and conditions of the revised sanction.

 

Margin

25%

 

Extent and Operation of the charge

By pari passu first charge on the stock and book debts.

Short particulars of the property charged

All the movable assets such as raw materials, stock in process, finished goods, lying at various factories, godowns, warehouses, retail outlets, etc. wherever situated of in transit, both present and future belonging to the borrower and all the book debts, outstanding moneys, receivables, claims and bills.

Particulars of the present modification 

By this modification the charge is enhanced from Rs. 55.000 Millions to Rs. 110.000 Millions by and additional limit of Rs. 55.000 Millions

 

Fixed Assets

 

v      Goodwill

v      Leasehold Land

v      Building

v      Plant and Machinery

v      Effluent Treatment Plant

v      Electrical Installations

v      Computers

v      Furniture and Fittings

v      Vehicles 

v      Equipment   

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Profile:

 

The Resins business of the TOTAL Group ranks among the world leaders in their sector:

 

·         N°1 in gelcoats,

·         N°2 in unsaturated polyesters and photocure resins,

·         N°3 in hydrocarbon resins

 

This activity employs some 4,000 people, and recorded sales of 2.2 billion euros in 2006.

 

The resins business offers its customers an extensive range of products, many of them high-tech or custom-manufactured grades.

 

Three organisations produce and market Total Resins: SARTOMER and COOK COMPOSITES & POLYMERS, mainly in the United-States; CRAY VALLEY, elsewhere in the world .

 

Hydrocarbon Resins

 

These tackifying and reinforcing resins are compatible with a wide range of polymers and copolymers, binders used in industrial paint, and natural or synthetic rubber. A reference in hotmelt adhesives and coatings, the hydrocarbon resins range offers a vast array of properties meeting the most diverse requirements.

 

Main applications: Glues and adhesives, printing inks, rubber industry, industrial coatings, road bitumen and coloured bitumen, thermoplastics modification.


Products: Norsolene®, Wingtack®.

 

Rosin Derivatives

 

Rosin Derivatives and ink Resins are also part of the "Tackifying Resins" business.

 

Main applications: printing, adhesives and coatings industries.

 

Products: Reactal®, Tergraf®, Tergum®, Terpenato®, Terfenol®, Tertac®

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

23 september 2008  :  CRAY VALLEY AT EUROCOAT 2008

 

 

CRAY VALLEY exhibits at EUROCOAT 2008 at Eurexpo (Lyon - France) with its distributor GROLMAN on stand (Hall 6 Booth E23).

 

CRAY VALLEY will introduce its new "low environmental impact" products designed to achieve enhanced set of performances in the fields of decorative, industrial wood and metal coatings:

-          new self-crosslinking acrylic emulsion CRAYMUL® 2173 combining excellent wood aspect and outstanding chemical resistance,

-          new vinyl acrylic emulsion CRAYMUL® 2358 providing remarkably applicative behaviour to wall paints,

-           new acrylic low MFFT CRAYMUL® 2138 with excellent binding power,

-           new alkyd emulsion SYNAQUA® 4804 for high gloss paints with superior hardness,

-           new waterdilutable SYNAQUA® 8538 SW 80 recommended for direct to metal applications requiring air-drying process and high gloss,

-           new high solid acrylics SYNOCURE® 9293 BA 70 for industrial coatings with quick drying and early hardening properties.


With these new products, CRAY VALLEY enlarge its innovative solutions for 2010 and reinforce its commitment to the coatings market with long-term technologies such as acrylic emulsions, alkyd emulsions and high solid solventborne acrylics.


Part of Total's Chemicals branch, the group formed by CRAY VALLEY, COOK COMPOSITES & POLYMERS and SARTOMER is the second largest resins manufacturer in the world, with sales of 2.2 billion euros and about 4,000 employees worldwide (2007).

 

Marketing Contact: Myriam Gourmand-Arnaud - E-mail: coatings.resins@crayvalley.com
Communication Contact : Régis Gaignaut - E-mail : regis.gaignaut@crayvalley.com

 

18 september 2008  :  Cray Valley Implements Sales Control Following Hurricane Ike

 

 

As a result of the lingering effects of Hurricane Ike, Cray Valley announced it will implement an 80 percent global sales control on all Wingtack® products, based on year-to-date sales through August. The action takes effect immediately.

 

Meanwhile, cleanup from the storm continues, with the company's Beaumont and Channelview, Texas, production facilities expected to resume operation next week. Shipping from regional warehouses has already resumed.

 

"Our employees, suppliers, business partners and the local communities themselves have done a tremendous job and continue to work hard at helping the entire region quickly bounce back," said Thierry Razat, Cray Valley's business director hydrocarbon resins for the Americas. "We ask for continued patience from our customers as we continue those efforts."

 

Globally based in Paris, Cray Valley's tackifying resins line includes Wingtack and Norsolene resins used as raw materials for coatings, adhesives, inks, elastomers and other applications.

 

 


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.48.72

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.17

Euro

1

Rs.65.90

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

4

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

-

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--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

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

32

 

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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