MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

19.04.2011

Note: The correct name of the company is “A V THOMAS LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED”

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	A V THOMAS LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED
Formerly Known As :	A V THOMAS LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS LIMITED
Registered Office :	22, Marshalls Road, Egmore, Chennai -600008, Tamilnadu
Country :	India
Financials (as on) :	31.03.2010
Date of Incorporation :	21.09.1977
Com. Reg. No.:	18-007377
CIN No.: [Company Identification No.]	U18209TN1977PTC007377
TAN No.: [Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]	CHEA00398G
Legal Form :	Private Limited Liability Company
Line of Business :	Manufacturers and Exporters of Leather Goods, Shoe and Shoe Upper

RATING & COMMENTS

MIRA’s Rating :

A (66)

RATING		STATUS	PROPOSED CREDIT LINE
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

Maximum Credit Limit :	USD 1730000
Status :	Good
Payment Behaviour :	Regular
Litigation :	Clear
Comments :	Subject is a well established and a reputed company having fine track. Financial position of the company appears to be sound. However trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments. The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – April 1, 2010

Country Name	Previous Rating (31.12.2009)	Current Rating (01.04.2010)
India	A1	A1

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
Off-credit	D

LOCATIONS

Registered Office/Factory :	22, Marshalls Road, Egmore, Chennai -600008, Tamilnadu, India
Tel. No.:	91 - 44 – 28553249/22285324/ 28553248
Fax No.:	91 - 44 – 28553247
E-Mail :	avtmds@rmcs.sprintrpg.ems.vsnl.net.in avt@avtleather.com
Website :	http://www.avtleather.com
Area :	1850 sq. ft.
Location :	Owned

DIRECTORS

As on 03.09.2010

Name	Mr. Ajit Thomas
Designation	Director
Address	24, Vijayaraghava Road, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Birth	07.06.1954
Date of Appointment :	18.06.2001
DIN No.:	00018691
Name	Mr. Dilip Thomas
Designation	Director
Address	9, Lodikhan Street, T. Nagar, Chennai – 600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Birth	07.08.1958
Date of Appointment :	18.06.2001
DIN No.:	00052185
Name	Mrs. Shanthi Thomas
Designation	Director
Address	24, Vijayaraghava Road, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Birth	28.07.1954
Date of Appointment :	29.07.2002
Name	Ms. Priyalatha Thomas
Designation	Director
Address	24, Vijayaraghava Road, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Birth	15.07.1960
Date of Appointment :	29.02.2002

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

As on 03.09.2010

Names of Shareholders	No. of Shares
Ajit Thomas	493900
Dilip Thomas	492750
Priyalatha Thomas	1150
Total	987800
List of Allottees (Preference Shares)
L.J. International Limited, Chennai , India	500000
List of Allottees (Preference Shares on 02.03.2011)
A V Thomas and Company Limited, Kerala, India	1000000

Equity Share Breakup (Percentage of Total Equity)

As on 03.08.2010

Category	Percentage
Directors or relatives of directors	100.00
Total	100.00

BUSINESS DETAILS

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Leather Goods, Shoe and Shoe Upper.

Products :

Item Code No.	Product Description
420221	Leather Wallets
420221	Leather Goods

PRODUCTION STATUS

As on 03.08.2010

Particulars	Unit	Actual Production
Leather Goods	Nos.	5510485
Shoes and Shoe Upper	Nos.	609149

GENERAL INFORMATION

Suppliers :

· Chandru Printers

· Industrial Connections

· I.C. Industries

· Jai Plastics

· Jayaram Enterprises

· Sri Sathyanarayana Plastics

· Kalika Poly Packaging Industry

· Kanna Process

· M.N. Polymers

· Meenakshi and Company Agency Division

· Nitya Enterprises

· Pavitraa Graphics Limited

· Plastix

· Preciision Engineering Plastics

· R D Polymers

· Sai Packaging Company

· Sajawat Industries

· Salanix Private Limited

· Sasudina Packaging Private Limited

· Seliam Chemicals

· Success Chemicals Company

· Sun Enterprises

· Syntyokem Industries

· Vadapalani Press

· A.K. Prints

· Annai Polymer India Private Limited

· Angel Labels

· D-Pack

· Trim Pack

Customers :

· Wholesalers

· Retailers

· End Users

No. of Employees :

Around 160 (Approximately)

Bankers :

· Indian Bank, Park Town Branch, 53 Raja Muthiah Road, Leather Chennai - 600 003, Tamil Nadu, India

· State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, 232 NSC Bose Road, Second Line Beach, Chennai - 600001, Tamil Nadu, India

· CITI bank N.A., No.2, Club House Road, Annasalai, Chennai-600002, Tamilnadu, India

· Bank of Baroda

· State Bank of Travancore

· The South Indian Bank Limited

· HDFC Bank Limited

· Punjab National Bank

Facilities :

SECURED LOANS	31.03.2010 Rs. In Millions	31.03.2009 Rs. In Millions
From Banks:
Packing Credit (Secured by hypothecation of inventories and Receivables)	590.393	520.712
Term Loan (Secured by hypothecation of Plant and Machinery)	0.000	2.913
Car Loan (Secured by hypothecation of Motor Car	2.294	4.173
Total	592.687	527.798
UNSECURED LOAN	31.03.2010 Rs. In Millions	31.03.2009 Rs. In Millions
Employees’ Housing Loan from Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited	0.000	0.272
Total	0.000	0.272

Banking Relations :	Good
Auditors :
Name :	Suri and Company Chartered Accountants
Address :	No. 3, Old No. 55-A, Chevaliar Sivaji Ganesan Road, (South Boag Road), Thyagarayanagar, Chennai-600017, Tamilnadu, India
Tel No.:	91-44-24341140 / 24341150
Fax No.:	91-44-24341170
E mail:	suriche@eth.net
PAN No.:	AABFS5023Q
Subsidiaries :	· A V Thomas Exports Limited U74999TN1984PLC010850 A-8, Dhandeeswarar Nagar, 3^rd Cross Street, Velacherry, Chennai - 600042, Tamil Nadu, India Tel. No. 91-44-22430082 A V Thomas Leather (UK) Limited AVT Leather Inc, USA
Associates:	· A V Thomas and Company Limited, 174, Thambu Cheety Street, Chennai - 600001, Tamil Nadu, India Tel. No. 91-44-25231892 Air and Sea Department - Travel agents and clearing and forwarding agents · Neelamalai Agro Industries Limited 27 Mc Nichols Road, Chennai - 600031, Tamil Nadu, India Tel. No. 91-44-29216332 · The Neliampathy Tea and Produce Limited (Plantations,Agrochemical, Oil Extractions, Medical Rubber Products, Hospital Supplies, Plant Bio-Technology etc) · AVT Natural Products Limited, 72/B, Chesney Estates, Ethiraj Salai, Chennai - 600010, Tamil Nadu, India · Teleflex Medical Private Limited 59, Rems Street, Kilpauk, Chennai - 600010, Tamil Nadu, India Tel. No. 91-44-26448588 · L.J. International Limited · A.V. Thomas Investments Company Limited · AVT Infotech Private Limited · DALP Trade Pool Private Limited · S.T. Holdings Private Limited · Ajit Thomas Holdings Private Limited · Alina Private Limited. · AVT Mccornic Ingredients Limited · Midland Latex Products Limited · The Highland Produce Company Limited (Cardamom, Allied Products) · The Midland Rubber And Produce Company Limited, · A V Thomas International Limited · The Rajagiri Rubber and Produce Company Limited · DALP Trading and Manufacturing Private Limited · Blue Mountain Developments Private Limited · IQ Tech Private Limited · AVT Natural Pte Limited · Heilongjiang AVT Bio-Products Limited · AVT Wood Products Private Limited · AVT Gavia Foods Private Limited

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

As on 31.03.2010

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares	Type	Value	Amount
1000000	Equity Shares	Rs.10/-each	Rs.10.000 Millions
500000	Preference Share	Rs.100/-each	Rs. 50.000 Millions
	Total		Rs. 60.000 Millions

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares	Type	Value	Amount
987800	Equity Shares	Rs.10/-each	Rs.9.878 millions
	(Of the above 889020 shares have been allotted as fully paid-up bonus shares by capitalization from General Reserve)
500000	Preference Share (5% Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- each)	Rs.100/-each	Rs. 50.000 Millions
	Total		Rs. 59.878 Millions

As on 03.08.2010

Authorised Capital :- Rs. 210.000 Millions

Paid Up Capital: - Rs. 159.878 Millions

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

SOURCES OF FUNDS		31.03.2010	31.03.2009	31.03.2008
SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
1] Share Capital		59.878	9.878	9.878
2] Share Application Money		0.000	0.000	0.000
3] Reserves & Surplus		372.829	347.527	313.592
4] (Accumulated Losses)		0.000	0.000	0.000
NETWORTH		432.707	357.405	323.470
LOAN FUNDS
1] Secured Loans		592.687	527.798	523.078
2] Unsecured Loans		0.000	0.272	0.497
TOTAL BORROWING		592.687	528.070	523.575
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES		0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL		1025.394	885.475	847.045
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]		114.131	125.191	141.900
Capital work-in-progress		0.000	0.000	0.000
INVESTMENT		12.592	12.106	14.960
DEFERREX TAX ASSETS		0.000	0.000	0.000
CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES
	Inventories	757.451	744.890	694.290
	Sundry Debtors	203.563	141.520	102.591
	Cash & Bank Balances	11.698	30.756	31.550
	Other Current Assets	0.062	0.106	0.024
	Loans & Advances	183.291	258.288	207.480
Total Current Assets		1156.065	1175.560	1035.935
Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
	Sundry Creditors	171.439	286.204	184.419
	Current Liabilities	33.738	67.438	70.000
	Provisions	52.217	73.740	91.331
Total Current Liabilities		257.394	427.382	345.750
Net Current Assets		898.671	748.178	690.185
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES		0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL		1025.394	885.475	847.045

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

	PARTICULARS		31.03.2010	31.03.2009	31.03.2008
	SALES
		Income from Operations	2006.800	2205.656	2236.857
		Other Income	9.415	45.861	3.333
		TOTAL (A)	2016.215	2251.517	2240.190
Less	EXPENSES
		Increase/ Decrease in Stock		(39.263)	47.670
		Material Consumed		1217.959	1291.111
		Refinishing and other Labour Charges		266.995	250.640
		Purchase of finished goods		192.212	146.777
		Employees’ cost		178.616	149.881
		Other Expenses		301.037	227.946
		TOTAL (B)	1889.606	2117.556	2114.025
Less	PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B) (C)		126.609	133.961	126.165
Less	INTEREST AND BANK CHARGES (D)		62.289	63.543	52.884
	PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D) (E)		64.320	70.418	73.281
Less/ Add	DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION (F)		20.159	23.005	24.476
	PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F) (G)		44.161	47.413	48.805
Less	TAX (H)		12.300	7.700	13.745
	PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H) (I)		31.861	39.713	34.305
Add	PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD		56.726	26.792	8.265
Less	APPROPRIATIONS
		Transfer to General Reserve	20.000	4.000	10.000
		Proposed Dividend on Equity Shares @ 50%	4.939	4.939	4.939
		Dividend on Preference Shares	0.685	0.000	0.000
		Surplus for Tax on Dividend	0.934	0.839	0.839
	BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S		62.029	56.727	26.792
	EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
		Export Earnings	1722.528	1844.341	1888.978
	TOTAL EARNINGS		1722.528	1844.341	1888.978
	IMPORTS
		Components and Spares	1.931	0.380	1.310
		Capital Goods	4.068	1.023	10.560
		Leather	187.840	215.904	337.543
		Embellishment	120.033	72.623	107.447
		Chemical	1.911	5.496	11.339
		Packing Material	42.113	39.462	23.734
	TOTAL IMPORTS		357.896	334.888	491.933
	Earnings Per Share (Rs.)		31.58	40.20	34.73

KEY RATIOS

PARTICULARS		31.03.2010	31.03.2009	31.03.2008
PAT / Total Income	(%)	1.58	1.76	1.53
Net Profit Margin (PBT/Sales)	(%)	2.20	2.15	2.18
Return on Total Assets (PBT/Total Assets}	(%)	3.48	3.65	4.14
Return on Investment (ROI) (PBT/Networth)		0.10	0.13	0.15
Debt Equity Ratio (Total Liability/Networth)		1.96	2.67	2.69
Current Ratio (Current Asset/Current Liability)		4.49	2.75	3.00

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

Operation:

The company has achieved an operating income of Rs.2006.800 Millions during the year compared to Rs. 2205.700 Millions in the previous year. The company has earned a profit of Rs.44.061 Millions after providing Rs. 20.159 Millions for depreciation.

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

This form is for	Modification of charge
Charge identification number of the modified	90295950
Corporate identity number of the company	U18209TN1977PTC007377
Name of the company	A V THOMAS LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED
Address of the registered office or of the principal place of business in India of the company	22, Marshalls Road, Egmore, Chennai -600008, Tamilnadu, India
Type of charge	Book Debts Immovable Property
Particular of charge holder	Indian Bank, Park Town Branch, 53, Raja Muthiah Road, Chennai-600003, Tamilnadu, India
Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge	Agreement Ceding Pari Passu Charge
Date of instrument Creating the charge	22.07.2008
Amount secured by the charge	Rs. 305.000 Millions
Brief particulars of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge	Rate of Interest As per Original Agreements Terms of Repayment As per Original Agreements Margin As per Original Agreements Extent and Operation of the charge As per Original Agreements
Short particulars of the property charged	The securities viz. movable and immovable assets already provided the bank continue to be extended for the present limit of Rs. 305.000 Millions
Date of latest modification prior to the present modification	19.01.2007

Name of the company	A V THOMAS LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS LIMITED
Presented By	Mr. Ajit Thomas
1) Date and description of instrument creating the change	Goods Security Agreement Dated 22.03.2005
2) Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on the securities of charge	Working Capital Facility of RS.80.000 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	Pari - Passu Charge on all present and future stock and book debts of the company. Pari – Passu Charge on all plant and machinery and all office equipment of the company including computers, air conditioners furniture and fixture and all the movable assets of the company both present and future.
4) Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge.	Interest rate of 7.25% per annum on cash credit Penal interest @4.00% per annum over prime lending rate on over dues, delays, default of any monies payable.
5) Name and Address and description of the person entitled to the charge.	CITI Bank NA No.2, Club House Road, Chennai – 600002.,
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

Fixed Assets :

· Building

· Plant and Machinery

· Furniture and Fixture

· Electrical Installation

· Office Equipment

· Motor Vechicles

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.44.27
UK Pound	1	Rs.72.07
Euro	1	Rs.63.66

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

SCORE FACTORS	RANGE	POINTS
HISTORY	1~10	6
PAID-UP CAPITAL	1~10	7
OPERATING SCALE	1~10	7
FINANCIAL CONDITION
--BUSINESS SCALE	1~10	8
--PROFITABILIRY	1~10	8
--LIQUIDITY	1~10	8
--LEVERAGE	1~10	7
--RESERVES	1~10	8
--CREDIT LINES	1~10	7
--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		66

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	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
-	NB	New Business

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