MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.01.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PRINTCARE PLC

 

 

Registered Office :

# 77, Nungamugoda Road, Kelaniya

 

 

Country :

Sri Lanka.

 

 

Financials (as on) :

2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.09.1979

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

PVS 5931

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company (In Operation)

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and printing of tea bags, tags and envelopes etc

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(01.04.2010)

Current Rating

(30.06.2010)

Sri Lanka

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

GENERAL

- Basic information at a glance

Name of Subject of Inquiry

:

 

PRINTCARE PLC

 

Legal Form  & Status

 

:

 

Public Limited Liability Company (In Operation)

Chairman

 :

Merrill J Fernando

Primary Line of Business

:

Manufacturing and printing of tea bags, tags and envelopes etc…

Place of Business

:

 

# 77, Nungamugoda Road,

Kelaniya,

Sri Lanka.

 

Tel No: (00 94 11) 482 9218

Fax No: (00 94 11) 291 2790

 

Email: printcare@printcare.lk

kishore@printcare.lk

 

No. of Employees

:

Approximately 420

 


COMPANY DETAILS 

- Registration and Shareholder Details

 

 

Registration No

:

PVS 5931

Date of Registration

:

03rd September 1979

Re-registration No

:

PQ 75

Tax Payer Identification No

:

104059317

Registered Office

:

# 77, Nungamugoda Road, Kelaniya

Board of Directors

As at

31st March 2010

:

Merrill J Fernando

Chairman

Abbas Esufally

Director

K. R. Ravindran

 

Director

Ejaz Chatoor

Director

Dayasiri Warnakulasooriya

Director

Anushya Coomaraswamy

Director

Simon Scarff

Director

Issued  Share Capital

:

Rs.        271,893,021.00

Nominal Value of Share

:

Rs.                       10.00     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Holders

As at

31st March 2010

:

Share Holders

No. of    Shares

M. J. F. Holdings Ltd

4,620,016

M. T. T. Al-Nakib

4,364,321

K. R. Ravindran

3,981,238

A. N. Esufally

780,666

S. Nadesan

720,000

M. J. F. Exports Ltd

523,032

Saboor Chatoor and Co. Ltd

431,166

 

Printcare (Ceylon) Ltd – Employee Share Trust Plan

 

266,729

G. S. Chatoor

289,332

D. Warnakulasooriya

233,452

Auditors

:

Messrs. Ernst & Young

Lawyers

:

D. L. & F. De. Saram

Company Secretaries

:

Managers & Secretaries (Pvt) Ltd

Bankers

:

National Development Bank

Citibank

Deutsche Bank

Bank of Ceylon

Seylan Bank

HSBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DETAILS

 

Most recent available Financial Information

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                       

 


 

information declined by

 

Name                            : Mr. Vighnaharan

Designation                   : Manager – Financial Services

Date                             : 18.01.2010

 

 

CURRENT INVESTIGATION                      

 

 

Company Logo

 

·         History.

 

The Subject Company PRINTCARE PLC was incorporated as a Private Limited   liability Company on 03rd September 1979 under registration number N (PVS) 5931. It was converted to a Public Limited Liability Company on 21st October 1994 under registration number PQ 75.

 

With the introduction of the new company’s Act No. 7 of 2007 on 3rd of May 2007, the company’s name has been changed from PRINTCARE (CEYLON) LTD to PRINT CARE PLC.

 

 

·         Location.

 

The Subject Company is located at client given address # 77, Nungamugoda Road, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

 

 

·         Operational Details.

 

 

General

                  The subject company’s primary line of business is Manufacturing and printing of tea bags, tags and envelopes etc…

 

 

Products

·         Tea bag tags

·         Tea bag envelopes

·         Tea cartons

·         Gift items and consumer goods packaging

·         Garment packaging

·         Garment tags

·         Heat transfers

·         Magazines

·         Commercial publishing

·         Greeting cards

·         Beverage labels

·         Laminates

·         Security printing

 

No of Employees

                  Approximately 400

 

·         Financial Data

Received from subject company annual report

 

 

·         Trade references

                  The subject company did not provide any trade references

 

 

·         Credit Recommendations

No computerised data bases exist to make checks whether the partners or the company has any legal action or lawsuit initiated against any of them but informal (but not in-depth) checks do not indicate any such cases in the public knowledge.

 

 

ANALYSIS & RATING

 - Appraisal and Rating of Subject Company

 

 

Rating:

a) Business Scale        

Large

b) Business Trend

Growing

c) Management Capability

Above Average

d) Commercial Morality

Above Average

e) Reputation

Above Average

f) Market Situation

Very Competitive

                                   

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.45.59

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.31

Euro

1

Rs.60.73

 

 

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

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NB

                                       New Business

 

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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%)

 

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