MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

10.09.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INDOTAN CHEMICALS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

34-B, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata-700013, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.07.1988

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

21-44751

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U51109WB1988PLC044751

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALI01156B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAAc15334G

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely held public limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Dealer, Exporter and Importer of BCS, Chromic Acid Flakes, Potassium Dichromatie, Sodium, Chromate, SS Yellow, Lime Stone Powder, etc.  

 

 

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 56000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having moderate track. Profit margin is under pressure. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments. The company can be considered for small to mediocre business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

34-B, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata-700013, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-23293630/ 6922

Fax No.:

91-33-23291326/ 22296595

E-Mail :

chakraborty652002@yahoo.co.in , jeesee@giasclo1.vsnl.net.in

Area :

1600 sq. ft.(Leased)

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Ramesh Kumar Juneja

Designation :

Director

Address :

13, Raja Santosh Road, Kolkata-700027, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.01.1955

Qualification :

B. Sc.

Experience :

10 years

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Ankit Juneja

Designation :

Director

Address :

13, Raja Santosh Road, Kolkata-700027, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.08.1986

Date of Appointment :

10.04.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Thakurdas Juneja

Designation :

Director

Address :

35/1, J L Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700 017, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

10.08.1931

Qualification :

B. Sc.

Experience :

15 years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Naresh K Juneja

Designation :

Director

Address :

35/1, J L Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700 017, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

13.05.1959

Qualification :

B. Sc.

Experience :

10 years

 

 

 

 SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

 

Equity Share Breakup (Percentage of Total Equity)

As on 29.09.2007

 

Category

 

 

Percentage

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Dealer, Exporter and Importer of BCS, Chromic Acid Flakes, Potassium Dichromatie, Sodium, Chromate, SS Yellow, Lime Stone Powder, etc.  

 

 

Products :

§        BCS

§        Chromic Acid Flakes

§        Potassium Dichromatie

§        Sodium

§        Chromate

§        SS Yellow

§        Lime Stone Powder  

 

 

Imports :

 

Countries :

China, Korea

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

L/C and Credit basis

 

 

Purchasing :

L/C and Credit basis

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

§        Wholesalers

§        Others

 

 

No. of Employees :

About 40

 

 

Bankers :

§        South Indian Bank Limited

      38, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata – 700 013, West Bengal,

      India

 

§        Federal Bank Limited

      38, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata – 700 013, West Bengal,

      India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

K Sarbadhikary and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

157C, Lenin Sarani, Deluxe Centre, Suite-302A, Kolkata-700013, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-2233005

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 29.09.2007

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

200000

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 20.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

101610

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs. 10.161 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

10.161

10.161

10.161

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

1.071

0.195

0.017

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

11.232

10.356

10.178

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

35.187

37.316

37.815

TOTAL BORROWING

35.187

37.316

37.815

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

46.419

47.672

47.993

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

19.228

15.604

14.246

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

1.144

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.494

0.466

0.434

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.002

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

15.606

25.782

29.982

 

Sundry Debtors

41.343

34.877

15.164

 

Cash & Bank Balances

4.481

6.422

7.024

 

Other Current Assets

8.868

9.955

1.354

 

Loans & Advances

0.000

0.000

8.739

Total Current Assets

70.298

77.036

62.263

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

45.761

45.907

29.300

 

Provisions

0.000

0.000

1.276

Total Current Liabilities

45.761

45.907

30.576

Net Current Assets

24.537

31.129

31.687

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

2.160

0.473

0.480

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

46.419

47.672

47.993

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

0.000

0.000

49.639

Other Income

101.964

96.640

0.000

Total Income

101.964

96.640

49.639

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

3.099

1.385

0.272

Provision for Taxation

0.000

0.000

0.050

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

3.099

1.385

0.222

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Other Expenditure

98.865

95.255

49.367

Total Expenditure

98.865

95.255

49.367

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

2.95

1.43

0.44

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

2.95

1.43

0.55

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

3.36

1.49

0.35

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.27

0.13

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

7.21

8.04

6.72

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.54

1.68

2.04

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Trade References:

 

§        Tata Steel Limited [formerly : Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO)]

§        Sayasree Chemicals and Fertilizers

§        Keshoram Rayon

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Profile

 

Subject is the third unit of the J.C Group came into existence in 1990.

 

Subject is a leading manufacturer of different range of Chrome chemicals in Eastern India with public share holding. The company has an eminent Board of Directors and a panel of Profile technologists working consistently on Research and Development to produce products, which confirm to the exact standards of the International norms

 

The manufacturing process is initiated with the use of Chromite Ore. A natural complex mixture of chromium and Iron, it is first ground and then roasted at high temperature in large furnaces with soda ash and in the presence of oxygen. The product is a roast containing Sodium Chromate. This is extracted and reacted with Sulphuric Acid to give a commercially pure solution of Sodium Dichromate. Sodium Dichromate either in solid or liquid form, is widely used in Industries and is also the starting point for the manufacture of all other chromium chemicals.

 

Products

 

Basic Chromium Sulphate(BCS) , Sodium Dichromate, Potassium Dichromate, Sodium Sulphate (Yellow), Sodium Chromate, Chromic Acid.

 

Producing a variety of technical grade Chromium as per ISI specifications, INDOTAN products are used in the manufacture of Leather, Paint, Drugs, Plywood, Electro Plating, Detergents, Dyes and Pigment, Paper, Glass and Ceramic, and Metal treatment. It is also used as an Oxidizing agent in various processes.

 

Quality Control

 

The greatest strength of this Group lies in the close monitoring of the quality of its products, an efficiently managed marketing network and prompt delivery.

 

Every batch of incoming chemical is checked in the laboratory by experts. The manufacturing of Chemicals too is carried out with the help of the most modern machinery in well-equipped factories.

 

Infrastructure

 

It's manufacturing unit is situated about 40 Km. from the city of Calcutta, India. It is well connected by road and railways. With a manufacturing unit that boasts of a plant equipped with the most modern machinery, it has an installed capacity of 6000 MT of chemicals annually.

 

 


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.44.89

UK Pound

1

Rs.78.86

Euro

1

Rs.63.33

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

4

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

4

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

4

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

39

 

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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