MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.01.2011

 

Note - SIEGER SOLUTIONS LIMITED MERGED WITH DECCAN CHRONICLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DECCAN CHRONICLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

SIEGER SOLUTIONS LIMITED MERGED WITH DECCAN CHRONICLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad-500003, Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

16.12.2002

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

01-40110

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L22122AP2002PLC040110

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

HYDD00862B

 

 

Legal Form :

A Public Limited liability company. The company’s shares are listed on stock exchange.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in Printing and Publishing Newspaper and Periodicals.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (72)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 50320596

 

 

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. Directors are reported to be experienced and respectable businessmen. Fundamentals are strong and healthy. 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 :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

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

 

 

INFORMATION DENIED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Subramaniam

Designation :

General Manager Finance

Contact No.:

91-40-27803930

Date :

14.01.2011

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/ Factory :

No. 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad-500003, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-27803930 ( 5 Lines) / 27805392/ 27805393/ 27805397

Fax No.:

91-40-27805256/ 27803870

E-Mail :

shankarv@deccanmail.com

advt@deccan.com 

 

 

Factory 2 :

Industrial Estate, District Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 3 :

Dowleswaram,  District Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 4 :

MVP Colony, District Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 5 :

Tapovanam Colony, Distrtict Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 6 :

Burranpur Village, District Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 7 :

Vavilapally Colony, District Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 8 :

Kompally, District Ranga Reddy, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 9 :

Kondapur, District, Ranga Reddy, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 10:

Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Factory 11 :

Bommasandra, Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

 

 

Publishing Centers :

Located at:

 

·         Hyderabad

·         Vijayawada

·         Visakhapatnam

·         Rajahmundry

·         Anantapur

·         Karimnagar

·         Nellor

·         Chennai, Tamilnadu

 

 

Representative Offices :

Located at:

 

·         Pune

·         Asian Age, New Delhi

·         Mumbai

·         Bangalore

·         Kolkata

·         London

 

 

Branches :

Located at:

 

·         Ahmedabad

·         Bangalore

·         Mumbai

·         New Delhi

·         Kolkata

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. T Vinayak Ravi Reddy

Designation :

Vice Chairman cum Managing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

14.09.1961

Qualification :

MBA

Date of Appointment :

16.12.2002

Other Directorship:

·         Asian Age Holdings Limited

·         Deccan Chronicle Bangalore Limited

·         Sieger Solutions Limited

Other Membership:

·         Sieiger Solutions Limited – Audit Committee- Member

 

 

Name :

Mr. G Kumar

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

22.01.1959

Qualification :

FCA

Date of Appointment :

27.04.2006

Other Directorship:

·         Odyssey India Limited

Other Membership:

·         Odyseey India Limited – Audit Committee - Member

 

 

Name :

Mr. T Vekattram Reddy

Designation :

Chairman cum Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P K Iyer

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. M Sukumar Reddy

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. N Krishnan

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Krishnan Premnaryen

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. V Suresh

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. V Shankar

Designation :

Company Secretary cum Compliance Officer

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2010

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

Individuals / Hindu Undivided Family

154282250

63.37

Sub Total

154282250

63.37

(2) Foreign

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

154282250

63.37

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

15304175

6.29

Financial Institutions / Banks

13984552

5.74

Insurance Companies

28573437

11.74

Sub Total

57862164

23.77

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

15857259

6.51

Individuals

 

 

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 0.100 Million

7526547

3.09

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 Million

2686681

1.10

Any Others (Specify)

5257318

2.16

Non Resident Indians

403590

0.17

Trusts

7000

-

Clearing Members

958504

0.39

Foreign Corporate Bodies

3888224

1.60

Sub Total

31327805

12.87

Total Public shareholding (B)

89189969

36.63

Total (A)+(B)

243472219

100.00

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

-

-

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

243472219

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in Printing and Publishing Newspaper and Periodicals.

 

 

Products :

Product Description

ITC Code

Newspaper

49021001

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Not divulged by the management

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

Facilities :

 

Secured Loan

 

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2010

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2009

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Debentures-Long Term

2550.000

2550.000

Term Loans with Banks and Financial Institutions

738.656

994.953

Total

3288.656

3544.953

 

Notes:

 

1. Debentures are redeemable Non-convertible Dentures with interest rates ranging from 8% to 12% with early dateof redemption in the year 2012.

 

2. Debentures and term loan from banks and financial institutions are fully secured by hypothecation of movable property of the company.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

---

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name 1 :

C B Mouli and Associates

Chartered Accountant

Address :

125, M G Road, Secunderabad-500003, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Name 2 :

BSR and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

Reliance Humsafar, IV Floor, Road No. 11, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Associates :

·         Deccan Chronicle (Rajahmundry) Private Limited

·         Deccan Chronicle Marketeers Private Limited

·         Deccan Chronicle (Secunderabad) Private Limited

·         Andhra Bhoomi Publication (W)l Private lLimited

·         India Travel Bureau Private Limited

·         Nandi Publishers Private Limited

·         Sri. T.C. Reddy HUF (Associate Concern)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

35,00,00,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs. 700.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

24,22,22,784

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs. 484.446 Millions

 

Notes:

 

1) Issued, subscribed and paid-up capital includes

 

a) 2,17,50,250 Equity Shares issued in earlier years for consideration other than cash as fully paid pursuant to takeover of partnership firm Deccan Chronicle and upon amalgamation of Deccan Chronicle Private Limited and Nandi Publishers Private Limited with the company.

 

b) 13,82,60,500 fully paid Equity Shares were issued as Bonus shares in the earlier years.

 

2) 26,54,761 Equity Shares were bought back by the company during the year and cancelled.

 

 

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

484.446

489.755

489.755

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

12095.703

11008.881

10181.160

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

12580.149

11498.636

10670.915

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

3288.656

3544.953

6594.141

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

3288.656

3544.953

6594.141

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

796.913

697.110

134.591

Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

134.591

134.591

568.378

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16800.309

15875.290

17968.025

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

7700.471

7375.198

5876.989

Capital work-in-progress

376.834

856.039

578.897

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

2106.189

2409.215

1909.215

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

620.371

1299.071

301.470

 

Sundry Debtors

1955.484

1942.468

2446.911

 

Cash & Bank Balances

5916.438

3596.784

7946.895

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1855.113

984.940

1923.176

Total Current Assets

10347.406

7823.263

12618.452

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

261.199

348.944

314.157

 

Other Current Liabilities

3301.701

2112.034

1574.489

 

Provisions

167.691

127.447

1126.882

Total Current Liabilities

3730.591

2588.425

3015.528

Net Current Assets

6616.815

5234.838

9602.924

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16800.309

15875.290

17968.025

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

9219.454

8576.152

8202.515

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

9219.454

8576.152

8202.515

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Printing & Other Operative Expenses

3175.825

4427.400

2342.896

 

 

Payments & benefits to employees

654.690

493.905

261.427

 

 

Sales & administrative expenses

578.727

545.593

343.264

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

4409.242

5466.898

2947.587

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

4810.212

3109.254

5254.928

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

451.253

709.311

767.889

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                                       (E)

4358.959

2399.943

4487.039

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

422.485

320.613

296.518

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

3936.474

2079.330

4190.521

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (I)

1327.293

678.621

1471.106

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-I)                                  (J)

2609.181

1400.709

2719.415

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

10.73

5.72

11.17

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.06.2010

(unaudited)

30.09.2010

(unaudited)

Type

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

 Sales Turnover

 

2318.300

2366.600

 Total Expenditure

 

1119.400

1187.400

 PBIDT (Excl OI)

 

1198.900

1179.200

 Other Income

 

89.900

93.200

 Operating Profit

 

1288.800

1272.400

 Interest

 

117.700

133.200

 Exceptional Items

 

0.000

0.000

 PBDT

 

1171.100

1139.200

 Depreciation

 

108.800

110.600

 Profit Before Tax

 

1062.300

1028.600

 Tax

 

150.000

202.500

Provisions and contingencies

 

0.000

0.000

 Reported PAT

 

912.300

826.100

Extraordinary Items       

 

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

 

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

 

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

 

912.300

826.100

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

PAT / Total Income

(%)

28.30
16.33

33.15

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

42.69
24.25

51.09

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

21.81
  13.68

22.66

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.31
0.18

0.39

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.55
0.53

0.90

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.77
3.02

4.18

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sundry Creditors

Particulars

31.03.2010

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2009

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2008

(Rs. In Millions)

Sundry Creditors-Others

261.199

348.944

314.157

 

HISTORY:

 

Subject was incorporated in the year 2002. The Company is actively engaged in publishing of the news paper namely Deccan Chronicle (DC). DC is an English language newspaper simultaneously published in the states of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Tamil Nadu in India. They also publish Andhra Bhoomi in Telugu, which are daily, weekly, and monthly magazines. The newspaper takes its name from its place of origination, the Deccan region of India. In terms of readership, it is India's fourth largest English language newspaper. It has an ABC certified circulation of 10 lakhs out of that, 7 lakhs in AP, 3 lakhs in Chennai. The newspaper has a total of nine editions; seven published from various parts of Andhra Pradesh includes Vishakapatnam, Karimnagar, Nellore, Rajahmundhry, Vijayawada, Secunderabad, and Anantapur. The rest of the two editions covers, one each from Chennai and Bengaluru. The Company acquired the newspaper publishing business of the firm in December 2002. As of 1st April 2003, Deccan Chronicle Private Limited and Nandi Publishers Private Limited were amalgamated with the company. During the year the year 2003-04, the company had commenced its Nellore edition. In the same year the production capacity of the plant was enhanced from 315000 copies per hour to 435000 copies per hour. During November of the year 2004, the company had sets up an additional Colour Printing Center at Kondapur in Hyderabad. The Chennai edition, the newspaper's first edition published outside Andhra Pradesh, was first printed in 28th March of the year 2005. During the year 2006-07, the company promoted a 100% subsidiary under the name of Sieger Solutions Limited with an investment of Rs. 251.100 Millions for the business of buying and selling advertisement space and to explore alternate media space. The Audit Bureau of Circulation for having reached average net paid sales of over 1 Million copies per day for the period July-December, 2007. DCHL had launched a new financial daily, the Financial Chronicle with editions in Hyderabad and Chennai during April of the year 2008, The Bengaluru edition was launched on 26th May of the year 2008. The Chennai Chronicle that has recently initiated an alliance with Sulekha.com titled Blogprint' creates a platform for local bloggers to be printed in the paper. Since June of the year 2008, the newspaper of the company had formed a business news partnership with the International Herald Tribune. The IHT would publish a branded business section in the Deccan Chronicle. The Company aims to be the leading publishing media in the Country and also wants to emerge as the major wing in the print media and entertainment industry

 

Management discussion and analysis

 

The year 2009-10 saw a significant improvement in profit after tax of Rs.2609.200 millions against Rs.1400.700 millions in the previous year, an increase of 86%, primarily on account of growth in revenues and reduction in newsprint cost.

 

Operations Review

 

• Income from Operations has increased by 9.5% from Rs.8149.400 millions to Rs.8925.000 millions.

• Advertisement revenue increased by 10% from Rs.7591.100 millions to Rs.8343.400 millions.

• Circulation revenue increased by 4% from Rs.558.300 millions to Rs.581.600 millions.

 

The advertisement revenue increased mainly on account of better rate realisation, and also during the year the company increased its advertisement tariff across all its editions by 20%. The advertisement as a percentage of total revenue is 93%. Deccan Chronicle, the flagship newspaper of the company continues to be the leading newspaper of South India. The circulation grew by 3%; as per Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the period July-Dec 2009 the average daily circulation is 1.379 lakhs copies as against July-Dec 2008 circulation of 13.34 lakhs copies.

 

The breakup of average daily circulation (in Millions) is as under:

 

 

July-Dec 2009

July-Dec 2008

Hyderabad

0.572

0.526

Rest of Andhra Pradesh

0.251

0.259

Chennai

0.311

0.306

Bengaluru

0.245

0.243

 

Industry Overview

 

The year showed improvement in the Indian Economy. The domestic growth is likely to lead to a further increase in advertisement spends by the corporates, and the print media segment is likely to be a major gainer. The economic growth will further lead to increasing standards of living and literacy level which will fuel circulation growth. Thus the print media as a sector is considered to have a robust future within India for a number of years to come

 

Outlook

 

The future of the industry and the company is expected to be good backed by a growing economy, higher income levels and literacy.

 

Financial Review

 

The company has been able to post a satisfactory performance during the year. The total revenues registered an increase of 7.5% from Rs.8576.152 millions to 9219.454 millions with profit after tax increasing by 86% from Rs.1400.709 millions to Rs.2609.181millions.

 

Fixed Assets:

 

·         Land

·         Building

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Aircraft

·         Computers

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Vehicles

·         Intangible Assets

 

 


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.45.59

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.31

Euro

1

Rs.60.73

 

 

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

8

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

9

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--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

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

72

 

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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