MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

25.09.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HAZIRA PIPE MILL LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

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

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06.03.2007

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

50164

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U25199GJ2007PLC050164

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMH10596F

 

 

Legal Form :

A closely held public limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of all types of pipe.

 

 

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

 

Status :

New Large Project

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a part of Essar Group, a diversified, medium sized industrial house.

 

Subject is implements new project. It has been successful in obtaining huge loans from Bank of India (Rs.2000 millions) and State Bank of Patiala (Rs.1700 millions)

 

Trade relations are fair. However payments of group companies are slow at times.

 

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

 

Group Officers Mr. Anushpal – 9879102067, Mr. Chiranjiv – 9925241369 and Mr. Prasad could not offer any information on the project.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/Factory :

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

Tel. No.:

91-261-2872400

Fax No.:

91-261-2872796

E-Mail :

steel@essar.com

 

 

Head Office :

Essar House, P O Box No. 7945, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai – 400 034, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66601100 / 40011100

Fax No.:

91-22-66669509 / 24954789

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. V G Raghavan

Designation :

Director

Address :

171/172, Tower – B, Kalpataru Residency, Opp. Cine Planet, Sion, Mumbai – 400 022, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

18.07.1945

Other Directorship :

·         Essar Steel Limited

CIN No. : L27100GJ1976PLC013787

Address : Essar House, 11 Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai – 400 034, Maharashtra, India

Tel No.: 91-22-2495 0606 / 6660 1100

Fax No. : 91-22-2492 8896

Email : steel@essar.com

 

·         Essar Information Technology Limited

CIN No. : U72200MH1992PLC064816

 

·         Bhander Power Limited

CIN No. : U31101MH1995PLC151250

 

·         Essar Steel Chhattisgarh Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PLC046274

 

·         Essar Steel Orissa Limited

CIN No. : U27104MH2006PLC162609

 

·         Essar Steel Jharkhand Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PTC046272

 

·         Essar Power (Jharkhand) Limited

CIN No. : L31101MH2005PLC156860

 

·         Essar Power (Orissa) Limited

CIN No. : U31101MH2005PLC156859

 

·         Futura Aviation Limited

CIN No. : U74210MH2006PTC159709

 

·         Essar Mineral Resources Limited

CIN No. : U13100GJ2006PLC047506

 

·         Essar Steel (Hazira) Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PLC046273

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prashant Ruia

Designation :

Director

Address :

Bin Hamooda Villa nO. 17, Plot No. 992, 332-14, Jumeriah, Dubai – 61078

Date of Birth/Age :

04.06.1969

 

 

Name :

Mr. Krishna Kumar Purohit

Designation :

Director

Address :

FG – 1 and 2, Scheme No. S4, Vijay Nagar, Indore – 451 001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

26.09.1958

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

List of Allotment (As on 22.05.2007)

 

Names of Allottees

No. of Shares

Essar Steel Holdings Limited

101250

 

 

Total

101250

 

List of Allotment (As on 09.07.2008)

 

Names of Allottees

No. of Shares

Essar Steel Holdings Limited

83477430

 

 

Total

83477430

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of all types of pipe.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

·         Bank of India Mumbai Large Corporate Branch

Bank of India Building, 4th Floor, 70/80, M G Road, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, India

 

·         State Bank of Patiala

Commercial Branch, Atlanta, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021, Maharashtra, India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

Not Available

 

 

Group Companies :

·         Essar Steel Limited

CIN No. : L27100GJ1976PLC013787

 

·         Essar Information Technology Limited

CIN No. : U72200MH1992PLC064816

 

·         Bhander Power Limited

CIN No. : U31101MH1995PLC151250

 

·         Essar Steel Chhattisgarh Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PLC046274

 

·         Essar Steel Orissa Limited

CIN No. : U27104MH2006PLC162609

 

·         Essar Steel Jharkhand Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PTC046272

 

·         Essar Power (Jharkhand) Limited

CIN No. : L31101MH2005PLC156860

 

·         Essar Power (Orissa) Limited

CIN No. : U31101MH2005PLC156859

 

·         Futura Aviation Limited

CIN No. : U74210MH2006PTC159709

 

·         Essar Mineral Resources Limited

CIN No. : U13100GJ2006PLC047506

 

·         Essar Steel (Hazira) Limited

CIN No. : U27100GJ2005PLC046273

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

500000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.5000.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

Not Available

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Not Available

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Form No. 8

 

Corporate identity number of the company

U25199GJ2007PLC050164

Name of the company

HAZIRA PIPE MILL LIMITED

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

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

This form is for

Creation of charge

Type of charge

Movable property (not being pledge)

Particular of charge holder

State Bank of Patiala

Commercial Branch, Atlanta, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021, Maharashtra, India

Nature of instrument creating charge

Deed of Hypothecation dated 7th June, 2008

Date of instrument Creating the charge

07.06.2008

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.1700 millions

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

·         Rate of interest

12.75% linked to individuals banks PLR (0.75% Below BPLR) payable monthly with reset.

 

·         Terms of repayment

Repayable in 28 quarterly installments at the end of the calendar quarter commencing after 36 months from the date of financial closure.

 

·         Margin

The Debt Equity ratio is to be maintained at 2:1

 

·         Extent and operation of the charge

The whole of the movable properties of the Company financed under the facility granted by the Bank moreover described in Deed of Hypothecation.  

Particulars of the property charged

The whole of the movable properties of the Company financed under the facility granted by the Bank moreover described in Deed of Hypothecation.  

 

 

Web Details

 

The Essar Group is one of India's largest corporate houses with interests spanning the manufacturing and services sectors; Steel, Oil and Gas, Power, Shipping, Telecom and Construction. The group's enterprise value is approximately US $ 15 billion (Rs. 670000 millions).


Subject, a group company of Essar is an upcoming project at Hazira, Surat. The company is setting up SAW pipe manufacturing facilities for API grade Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welded (L SAW) and Helical Submerged Arc Welded (H SAW) pipes along with the coating facilities. Installed capacity of the SAW pipe facility is estimated at 600000 TPA with coating facilities at 4500000 M2.


 

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.45.83

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.90

Euro

1

Rs.67.26

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

-

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

-

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

-

--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

 

29

 

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

 

 

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions