MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.01.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Hincon House, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Vikhroli (West), Mumbai - 400 083, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.01.1926

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-1228

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L45200MH1926PLC001228

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMH07676E

MUMH07640D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACH0968B  

 

 

Legal Form :

Public limited liability company. The company’s shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure Development.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A (69)

 

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 60000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an well established and a reputed company having fine track. Financial position of the company appears to be sound. 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 DECLINED BY

 

Management non-cooperative.

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Hincon House, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Vikhroli (West), Mumbai - 400 083, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-25775959

Fax No.:

91-22-25777568 / 25775732

E-Mail :

info@hccindia.com

hccindia@vsnl.com

secretarial@hccindia.com

vithal.kulkarni@hccindia.com

Website :

http://www.hccindia.com

 

 

Delhi Office :  

706-707, 7th Floor, Surya Kiran, 19, KG Marg, New Delhi – 110001, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-23358717 / 23358727

Fax No.:

91-11-23358837

 

 

Factory 1 :

Rajasthan, India

 

 

Factory 2 :

Himachal Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 3 :

Delhi, India

 

 

Factory 4 :

Madhya Pradesh, India

 

 

Branches :

Located at:-

 

  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Maharashtra
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • New Delhi
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Uttaranchal
  • Bihar
  • Orissa
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Gujarat
  • Chukha Bhutan
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Bhutan
  • West Bengal

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As On 31.03.2010

 

Name :

Mr. Ajit Gulabchand

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Y. H. Malegam

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajas R. Doshi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. M. Popat

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ram P Gandhi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Fred Moavenzadeh

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sharad M. Kulkarni

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nirmal P. Bhogilal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. G. Tendulkar

Designation :

Dy. Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S K Fotedar

Designation :

Executive Director (Technical)

Date of Appointment :

29.09.2005

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Singhvi

Designation :

Director

Date of Appointment :

27.07.2007

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Vithal P Kulkarni

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pradeep Sood

Designation :

Group Chief Financial Officer

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.06.2010

Category of

Shareholder

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group2

 

 

Indian

 

 

Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family

1063647

0.35

Bodies Corporate

119803550

39.52

 

 

 

Public shareholding

 

 

Institution

 

 

Mutual Funds/UTI

30003710

9.90

Financial Institutions / Banks

1092638

0.36

Central Government/ State Governments

5310

0.00

Insurance Companies

16734804

5.52

Foreign Institutional Investors

78366938

25.85

 

 

 

Non-institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

13962459

4.61

Individuals

 

 

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

38716491

12.77

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

3362615

1.11

Any Other (specify)

 

 

Trusts

4152

0.00

 

 

 

C) Shares held by custodians and against which depository receipts have been issued 

140146

0.05

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL (A)+(B)+(C)

303256460

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure Development.

 

 

Products :

Engineering and Constructions

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information not divulged by management

 

 

Bankers :

·         ICICI Bank Limited

·         Canara Bank

·         Punjab National Bank

·         Oriental Bank of Commerce

·         Indian Bank

·         State Bank of India

·         IDBI Bank Limited

·         Federal Bank Limited

·         State Bank of Patiala

·         Union Bank of India

·         ING Vysya Bank Limited

·         Exim Bank

·         Bank of India

·         Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C.

·         HDFC Bank Limited

·         Citibank N.A.

·         J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.

·         Axis Bank Limited

·         IDFC Limited

·         State Bank of Travancore

·         Standard Chartered Bank

·         Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

 

 

Facilities :

SECURED LOANS

31.03.2010

(Rs. In

millions)

31.03.2009

(Rs. In Millions)

Debentures:

 

 

10% Non –Convertible “E” Series

--

50.000

9% Non-Convertible

333.300

500.000

11.10% Non-Convertible

1000.000

1000.000

9.5% Non-Convertible

500.000

500.000

Total

1833.300

2050.000

 

 

 

From Banks:

 

 

Rupee Loans

 

 

On Cash Credit Account

1113.300

127.000

Exim Bank

--

500.000

State Bank of Travancore

600.000

1000.000

Bank of Maharashtra

500.000

500.000

State Bank of India

125.000

700.000

Axis Bank Limited 

600.000

600.000

IDBI Bank Limited

2700.000

2700.000

Bank of Baroda

500.000

--

Standard Chartered Bank

137.500

--

Development Bank of Singapore

137.000

--

Total

6412.800

6127.000

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Loans

 

 

State Bank of Travancore

--

285.900

Exim Bank

--

571.100

Standard Chartered Bank

271.800

--

Development Bank of Singapore

362.400

--

Total

634.200

857.000

Interest accrued and due

--

7.000

 

 

 

From Others

750.000

--

 

 

 

Total

9630.300

9041.000

 

Note: *Represents amount less than Rs.0.100 million  

 

Notes:

 

Privately Placed Non Convertible Debentures

 

i) 10% Non Convertible Debentures “E” Series : Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific movable properties as specified in second schedule of the trust deed executed on 20th January, 2003 in favour of Axis Bank Limited, the trustees to the debenture holders. These debentures having a face value of Rs.100/- each aggregating Rs. 150.000 millions are to be redeemed in seven half yearly installments at the end of 48th, 54th, 60th, 66th, 72nd, 78th and 84th month from the date of allotment i.e. 25th October, 2002. These debentures are redeemed on 23rd October, 2009.

 

ii) 9% Non Convertible Debentures: Secured by first charge on Company's specific movable properties as specified in second schedule of the trust deed executed on 17th January, 2007 in favour of UTI Bank Limited, the trustees to the debenture holders. These debentures having a face value of Rs.10,00,000/- each aggregating Rs.500.000 millions are to be redeemed in three annual equal installments commencing from the end of 3rd, 4th and 5th year from the date of

first disbursement i.e. 7th September,2006. The first installment of Rs. 166.700 millions has been paid on the due date i.e. 7th September, 2009.

 

iii) 9.5% Non Convertible Debentures: Secured by first charge on Company's specific movable properties as specified in second schedule of the trust deed executed on 17th January, 2007 in favour of UTI Bank Limited, the trustees to the debenture holders. These debentures having a face value of Rs.10,00,000/- each aggregating Rs.500.000 millions are to be redeemed by bullet payment at the end of 5th year from the date of allotment i.e. 20th November,2007.

 

iv) 11.10% Non Convertible Debentures: Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific immovable and movable properties as specified in first and second schedule of the trust deed execute on 27th August, 2008 in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (ITSL), the trustees to the debenture holders. These debentures having a face value of Rs. 10,00,000/- each aggregating Rs. 1000.000 millions are to be redeemed in four equal installments at the end of 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th year from the date of allotment ie. 5th August, 2008.

 

The above debentures (i) to (iv) are also secured by way of mortgage of a flat situated at Lok Gaurav Complex, Vikhroli.

 

Banks:

1. Cash credit limits are secured against hypothecation of work in progress, stores, book debts, dues and advances and residual charge/mortgage on plant & machinery and land and buildings at Village Tara, District Raigad.

 

2. EXIM Bank Term Loan

Secured by a first charge on movable fixed assets acquired/to be acquired by the Company as specified in schedule III-A of the loan agreement executed on 22nd March,2007.

 

3. State Bank of Travancore Term Loan

Secured by a first charge by way of hypothecation of a pool of specific plant, machinery, tools and accessories acquired / to be acquired by the Company as specified in schedule II of the deed of hypothecation executed in favour of the Bank on 15th February, 2007 and deed of hypothecation executed on 23rd March, 2009 for disbursement of Rs.750.000 millions on 25th March, 2009.

 

4. Bank of Maharashtra

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific assets in favour of the Bank as described in the fourth schedule of the deed of hypothecation executed on 26th December, 2007.

 

5. State Bank of India

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific fixed assets in favour of the Bank as described in the annexure II to the agreement of loan executed on 30th November, 2007.

 

6. Axis Bank

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific movable fixed assets as specified in the schedule annexed to the loan agreement executed on 29th September, 2008.

 

7. IDBI Bank

Secured by way of a) Second charge on all the movable assets of the Company as on March 31, 2008 and b) First charge on one Flat located at "Greater Kailash - II" New Delhi - 110048.

 

8. Bank of Baroda

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific movable properties as described in the second schedule of the composite hypothecation agreement of loan, executed on 18th May, 2009.

 

9. Standard Chartered Bank

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of fixed movable assets acquired under the facility as described in the first schedule to the memorandum of hypothecation executed on 10th November, 2009.

 

10. Development Bank of Singapore

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific movable assets based on the terms of the deed of hypothecation to be executed. The creation of security is under process.

 

Others:

1. SREI Equipment Finance Private Limited

Secured by first charge by way of hypothecation of specific movable assets as described in the annexure to schedule VIII of the loan agreement executed on 3rd February, 2010 (for disbursement of Rs.250.000 millions) and on 2nd March, 2010 (for disbursement of Rs.500.000 millions).

 

UNSECURED LOANS

31.03.2010

(Rs. In

millions)

31.03.2009

(Rs. In Millions)

A. Short Term Loans and Advances

 

 

(i) From Banks

 

 

(a) Commercial Paper (Maximum balance outstanding during the year Rs.4500.000 millions

3600.000

1300.000

(b) Term Loans

 

 

Rupee Loans

1850.000

3300.000

Interest accrued and due on above

--

2.800

 

 

 

(ii) From Others

 

 

(a) Intercorporate Deposits

150.600

--

(b) NBFC

--

500.000

 

 

 

B: Other Loans and Advances

 

 

From Banks

 

 

(a) Rupee Loan

5449.900

2549.900

(b) Foreign Currency Loan

113.300

1524.000

 

 

 

From Others

 

 

Zero Coupon Convertible Foreign Currency Bonds due 2011

4352.900

5000.300

 

 

 

Total

15516.700

14177.000

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

K. S. Aiyar and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Integrated Joint Venture Company:

v      Nathpa Jhakri Joint Venture

v      HCC-Pati Joint Venture

v      Kumagai-Skanska-HCC-ltochu Group

v      HCC-L and T Purulia Joint Venture

v      Alpine - Samsung - HCC Joint Venture

v      Alpine - HCC Joint Venture

v      Dhule Palesner Tollway Limited

 

 

Subsidiaries and Its Subsidiaries :

v      Hincon Technoconsult Limited

v      Western Securities Limited

v      Pune Paud Toll Road Company Limited

v      HCC Real Estate Limited

v      HCC Singapore Enterprises Pte Limited

v      HCC Mauritius Enterprises Limited

v      Nirmal BOT Limited

v      HCC Aviation Limited

v      Badarpur Faridabad Toll ways Limited

v      HCC Infrastructure Limited

v      HCC Construction Limited

v      Panchkutir Developers Limited

v      Highbar Technologies Limited

v      Baharampore-Farakka Highways Limited

v      Farakka-Raiganj Highways Limited

v      Raiganj-Dalkhola Highways Limited

v      HREL Township Developers Limited

v      HREL (Thane) Real Estate Limited

v      Maan Township Developers Limited (Previously Hinjewadi Township Limited)

v      Nashik Township Developers Limited

v      Charosa Wineries Limited

v      Powai Real Estate Developers Limited

v      Lavasa Corporation Limited

v      HCC Realty Limited

v      Lavasa Hotels Limited

v      Warasgaon Lake View Hotels Limited (Previously Lavasa Star Hotel Limited)

v      Appolo Lavasa Health Corporation Limited

v      Ecomotel Hotels Limited

v      Dasve Business Hotels Limited

v      Dasve Convention Centre Limited

v      Lakeshore Watersport Company Limited

v      Lakeview Clubs Limited

v      Dasve Hospitality Institutes Limited

v      Dasve Retails Limited

v      Spotless Laundry Services Limited

v      SOL Hospitality Limited *

v      Lavasa Bamboocraft Limited

v      Green Hill Residences Limited

v      Knowledge Vista Limited (Previously GDXT Oxford International School Limited)

v      Full Spectrum Adventure Limited

v      Space Theme Park India Limited **

v      My City Technology Limited

v      Reasonable Housing Limited

v      Minfur Interior Technologies Limited

v      Verzon Hospitality Limited

v      Rhapsody Hospitality Limited

v      Sirrah Palace Hotels Limited

v      Andromeda Hotels Limited (100%)

v      Valley View Entertainment Limited

v      Whistling Thrush Facilities Services Limited

v      Warasgaon Power Supply Limited

v      Sahyadri City Management Limited

v      Warasgaon Tourism Limited

 

* - Ceased to be subsidiary from May'09

** - Ceased to be subsidiary from April'09

 

 

Other Related Parties :

v      Hincon Holdings Limited

v      Vikhroli Corporate Park

v      Bon Sera Hotels Limited

v      Palmetto Hospitality Limited

v      Gulabchand Foundation (formed under section 25 of Companies’ Act, 1956)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

50,000

9.5% Redeemable Cumulative Second Preferences Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.5.000 Millions

49,50,00,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 1/- each

Rs. 495.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Rs. 500.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

30,32,49,600

Equity Shares

Rs. 1/- each

Rs. 303.200 Millions

 

Add – Forfeited Shares

 

Rs. 0.100 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Rs. 303.300 Millions

 

NOTES:

 

Out of 30,32,49,600 Equity Shares of Re.1/- each

 

(a) 12,68,66,250 Equity Shares were issued as fully paid Bonus Shares by capitalisation of Reserves and Surplus.

 

(b) 2,90,55,400 Equity Shares were issued to two SEBI Registered Institutional Investors and a Domestic Mutual Fund on a preferential basis on 31st March, 2005.

 

(c) 2,69,54,200 Shares representing 2,69,54,200 Global Depository Shares were issued on 29th March, 2006 pursuant to Global Depository Offering by the Company. Out of the above 2,68,14,054 Global Depository Shares (previous year 2,68,14,054) have been converted into Indian Equity Shares.

 

(d) 4,70,00,000 Equity Shares were issued to QIBs by way of Qualified Institutional Placement on 4th July, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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

303.300

256.300

256.300

2] Share Application Money

0.000

151.900

151.900

3] Reserves & Surplus

14868.500

9640.300

9632.400

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

15171.800

10048.500

10040.600

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

9630.300

9041.000

5207.500

2] Unsecured Loans

15516.700

14177.000

13241.100

TOTAL BORROWING

25147.000

23218.000

18448.600

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

1426.400

1131.700

1132.900

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

41745.200

34398.200

29622.100

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

11496.900

11281.800

9531.000

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

Item Awaiting Completion for Commissioning

348.500

464.400

675.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

4086.900

3655.000

2955.400

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

35652.200

27766.400

21438.700

 

Sundry Debtors

26.500

47.100

44.500

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1883.200

1538.700

2643.500

 

Other Current Assets

47.900

38.100

19.800

 

Loans & Advances

8632.600

5283.500

2954.000

Total Current Assets

46242.400

34673.800

27100.500

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

11867.900

10321.100

0.000

 

Other Current Liabilities

6652.100

3704.900

10174.200

 

Provisions

1909.500

1650.800

465.600

Total Current Liabilities

20429.500

15676.800

10639.800

Net Current Assets

25812.900

18997.000

16460.700

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

41745.200

34398.200

29622.100

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

36292.100

33137.600

30827.600

 

 

Other Income

130.100

588.300

387.100

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

36422.200

33725.900

31214.700

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Expenses

26476.800

23901.400

23049.300

 

 

Employees Remuneration and Benefits

3943.500

3749.000

2972.300

 

 

Office and site Establishment Expenses

1593.000

1172.800

1139.900

 

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

0.000

0.000

7.200

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

32013.300

28823.200

27168.700

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

4408.900

4902.700

4046.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

2051.500

2105.000

1524.100

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

2357.400

2797.700

2521.900

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

1139.000

1152.200

961.900

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

1218.400

1645.500

1560.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (I)

404.000

392.000

472.300

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-I)                                  (J)

814.400

1253.500

1087.700

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

2799.000

2079.500

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Add

TRANSFERRED FROM DEBENTURE REDEMPTION RESERVE

54.100

85.000

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to General Reserve

100.000

250.000

NA

 

 

Proposed Dividend

242.600

205.000

NA

 

 

Tax on Dividend

41.200

34.800

NA

 

 

Debenture Redemption Reserve

87.500

129.200

NA

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

3196.200

2799.000

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

785.400

707.300

NA

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

785.400

707.300

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Components, embedded goods and Spares-parts

652.600

962.300

519.100

 

 

Capital Goods

1803.900

908.900

690.300

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

2456.500

1871.200

1209.400

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

 

 

 

 

- Basic

2.80

4.89

4.24

 

- Diluted

2.60

4.49

NA

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2010 (1st Quarter)

30.09.2010 (2nd Quarter)

31.12.2010 (3rd Quarter)

Net Sales

9953.550

8845.690

10085.930

Total Expenditure

8695.960

7712.920

8826.720

PBIDT (Excl OI)

1257.590

1132.770

1259.210

Other Income

30.830

61.090

4.700

Operating Profit

1288.420

1193.860

1263.910

Interest

577.390

670.730

748.150

PBDT

711.030

523.130

515.760

Depreciation

346.830

358.510

381.820

Profit Before Tax

364.200

164.620

133.940

Tax

81.060

43.250

54.500

Profit After Tax

283.140

121.370

79.440

Net Profit

283.140

121.370

79.440

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

PAT / Total Income

(%)

2.23

3.71

3.48

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

3.35

4.96

5.06

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

2.11

3.58

4.26

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.08

0.16

0.16

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

3.00

3.87

2.90

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.26

2.21

2.55

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sundry Creditors                                                                                                                               Rs. In Millions

Particulars

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

Sundry Creditors

11867.900

10321.000

NA

 

Company History:

           

Subject is a spearheading force in engineering construction, both in India and the rest of the world. Seth Walchand Hirachand founded the company and it was incorporated in January 27th of the year 1926. Subject has been entrusted with the construction of high value projects across segments like transportation, power, marine projects, oil and gas pipeline constructions, irrigation and water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure. In Power Generation, Subject have constructed Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Thermal Gas and Diesel based Power Projects. In the field of Water Supply and Irrigation, also constructed major dams, barrages, aqueducts and tunnels. In Transportation, the company concentrates road and rail bridges, expressways and roads and marine construction. The company is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified for its quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems. Walchand Tandur Cement Company Limited, Hyderabad became a subsidiary of the Company with effect from 11th October of the year 1967. The Ganga Bridge Construction Company Limited became subsidiary of the company in 30th March of the year 1976. During the year 1986, SUBJECT entered into foreign consultancy agreements with Pullman Power Products International Corporation, U.S.A and Interform, Sweden for its Trombay chimney works. The Company renewed the technical collaboration agreement with Taisei Corporation of Japan in the year 1987 for execution of the underground tunnel work for Metro railway project in Calcutta. It entered into a foreign consultancy agreement with Geoconsult of Austria for the Company's tender for construction of tunnel between Sewri and Futka Tank in Mumbai for BMC and with Bureau BBR International Limited, Zurich in Switzerland, for the company's tender for superstructure design and construction of Godavari Bridge III in AP. The Company entered into a joint venture with M/s. Impregilo-Italy in the year 1991 and submitted tender bid for Nathpa Thakri hydel project in Himachal Pradesh. At the same time, the contract for road construction works in the State of Malavi was terminated. The Company signed a joint venture with Alfred McAlpine International Limited , U.K. in the year 1994. During the year 1997, The Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with M/s. Bechtel Water Technology U.K., M/s. Hyundai Engineering and Construction group, Korea, Sam Sung Corporation, Seoul, Korea and M/s. PATI SDN BHD, Malaysia for participating in Water Supply Projects, Bridge Highway and Hydro-Electric Projects respectively. During the year 1999, the company made numerous joint ventures for its differentiated works. In the year 2000,  floated an information technology subsidiary, under the name of NCC Infotech Limited. The Company bagged a contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited, New Delhi in the year 2001 for the construction of Delhi Metro Rail Corridor, Package MC-1A. After a year, in 2003, Subject secured Rs.912.3 million contract from Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited  for construction of 4 laning of Satara-Kolhapur Maharashtra. During the year 2004, Subject got Rs.8430.000 millions order for lifting water from Godavari River using a single pipeline to fill the tanks at Bhimghanpur, Ramappa, Salivagu, Nagaram, Dharmasagar and Ghanpur railway station in Andhra Pradesh, bagged an order from the National Highways Authority of India to execute a project involving four-laning of a 77 km stretch of highway in the Chandikhole-Paradip section in Orissa and also awarded an order of Rs.1210.000 millions for the supply of spiral welded pipes to PSL Limited  to carry out the Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme project for Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Company secured its first BOT Project in the year 2005; it was worth of Rs.302.000 millions from the office of an Executive Engineer, Integrated Unit of PWD. In 2005, Subject awarded 2 contracts of the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway project. The contracts are jointly valued at Rs.4104.000 millions and awarded by the National Highway Authority of India. As at September 2006, Subject bagged two prestigious Hydel project contracts from NHPC worth Rs.7940.000 millions. It has bagged the Chutak Hydroelectric Project for Rs.4105.400 millions and Nimo Bazgo Hydel project for Rs.3839.000 millions both in Jammu and Kashmir. The Company received Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the Year 2006 in the category for Private Large Service by IOD (Institute of Directors) in association with World Environment Foundation (WEF) and also Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health and Safety - 2007 from IOD in association with WEF. During December of the year 2007, Subject received a prestigious contract worth Rs.2975.100 millions in a joint venture with Alpine Mayreder, Austria from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Subject incorporated a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company in January of the year 2008 that is Subject Singapore Enterprises Pte, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the company for promoting its business and also the business of group companies. Further its wholly owned Subsidiary; Subject Real Estate has also incorporated a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company that is Charosa Wineries for undertaking wine business. In May of the year 2008, Subject joined 18 other companies in an unprecedented statement to the 'Group of Eight' countries, urging heads of state and government to take action on the emerging global crisis in water and sanitation. During July of the year 2008, Subject bagged the prestigious order from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to construct the 4.4 km elevated highway at Badarpur on National Highway 2 (Mathura Road) near Delhi on BOT basis.

 

 

OPERATIONS:

The turnover of the Company at Rs. 38629.700 millions has shown an increase of 9.8% as compared to Rs. 35183.200 millions for the previous year. The profit before tax is Rs. 1218.400 millions as compared to Rs. 1645.500 millions for the previous year.

 

The Directors are pleased to inform that during the year under report, the Company has secured the following major contracts.

• Dagachhu Hydro Power Plant (Civil Works), 114 MW, Bhutan Contract Value: 3880.000 millions

 

• Gosikhurd Hydel Scheme, 24 MW, Maharashtra Contract Value: 2290.000 millions

 

• Pare Hydro Electric Project,110 MW, Arunachal Pradesh Contract Value: 2760.000 millions

 

• Pumped Water Supply scheme from Kesaria to Sonaria, Gujarat (NC-25) Contract Value: 1680.000 millions

 

• Elevated Road Corridor from Park Circus to E.M. Bypass, Kolkata Contract Value: 3180.000 millions

 

• Cavern for Crude oil storage, Padur, Karnataka Contract Value: 3750.000 millions

 

• POT Shell fabrication works for Aditya Aluminium project, Orissa Contract Value: 1090.000 millions

 

• Four-laning of Bahrampore-Farraka section of NH-34 in West Bengal on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer Toll basis under NHDPIII( Package No.NHDP-III/BOT/WB/03)

 

• Four-laning of Farraka-Raiganj section of NH-34 in West Bengal on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer Toll basis under NHDPIII (Package No.NHDP-III/BOT/WB/04)

 

• Four-laning of Raiganj-Dalkhola section of NH-34 in West Bengal on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer Toll basis under NHDPIII (Package No.NHDP-III/BOT/WB/05)

 

• POT Superstructure fabrication works for Aditya Aluminium project, Orissa Contract Value: 1000.000 millions

 

• Civil and Piling works for Aditya Aluminium Project, Orissa Contract Value: 1990.000 millions

 

• Single Line Tunnel No.1 between Dholakal and Kalmai, Assam Contract Value: 1180.000 millions

 

• Reconstruction of Dry Dock at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai Contract Value: 6080.000 millions

 

The total balance value of works on hand as on 31.03.2010 is Rs.188100.000 millions including Company’s share in integrated joint venture projects and Sawalkot project.

 

Decisions are awaited from various clients for tenders submitted by the Company (Directly or in JV) for 24 projects amounting to about Rs.95200.000 millions. Tenders for various packages for 23 projects worth about Rs.146300.000 millions are expected to be submitted in the near future. The Company has also submitted prequalification bids for 11 projects worth over Rs.61700.000 millions, which are currently under evaluation. The Company is confident of securing a sizeable share of these new projects.

 

 

2009-10: Performance Highlights

 

Being a leader in the Indian construction industry that operates across a wide spectrum of sectors, the performance of Hindustan Construction Company's ('HCC' or 'the Company') in 2009-10 was also affected by these external exigencies. The financial highlights of HCC's performance on a stand-alone basis are:

 

v      Order Book increased by 14.7% from Rs.164000.000 millions  in 2008-09 to Rs.188100.000 millions in 2009-10

 

v      Revenue from operations increased by 9.8% from Rs.35180.000 millions in 2008-09 to Rs.38630.000 millions in 2010

 

v      EBITDA (before profits from JV and other income) grew by 2.7% from Rs. 43140.000 millions in 2008-09 to Rs.44290.000 millions in 2009-10

 

v      PAT (including profit from JVs and other income) of Rs.8140.000 millions is not comparable to previous year due to one-time write-offs of Rs.430.000 millions during 2009-10, and extraordinary gains in the previous year

 

Given the business environment discussed in the earlier paragraphs, sluggishness in top-line growth and lower profits were to be expected. There were some external uncertainties that also came into play which further affected the Company's revenue growth and net profits.

 

One was Andhra Pradesh. First, there was the sudden death of chief minister Mr. Y.S.R. Reddy, which created a political vacuum and uncertainty. Then, there were instances of civil disorder and violence relating to the politics of a separate state of Telengana. Given the uncertain environment, HCC slowed down execution of its government projects in Andhra Pradesh. The Company carefully assessed the situation and focused on cash collections and working capital management. This had an adverse impact on HCC's revenues for 2009-10.

 

Subsequently, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has placed ongoing projects in the state into three categories,

based on funding and priority of execution. Most of HCC's projects are in the top two categories. On the basis of this classification, and in consultation with the state government, the Company has now got back to its higher project work execution plan. The proportion of irrigation orders in Andhra Pradesh has reduced

 

from 26% as on 31st March, 2009 to 18% as on 31st March, 2010. HCC has also succeeded in getting payments for work done till January 2010, indicating substantial improvement in pending receivables, and consequent working capital requirements.

 

Profit Before Tax and Profit After Tax in 2009-10 are not comparable with the previous year. While in 2008-09, there was a one-time profit booked from sale of land, in 2009-10, there were one-time write-offs of Rs. 430.000 millions on account of Bandra-Worli Sea Link inauguration expenses, political donations, loss on account of final settlement in Nathpa Jhakhri JV with the client and loss on sale of assets. If the impact of these extraordinary items is removed, on a like-to-like basis, financial performance in 2009-10 has improved compared to 2008-09.

 

Here, it is worth noting that HCC continued to successfully grow its order book. While increments in the order book in a given year typically do not raise revenues or profits in that year, these certainly define the future course of the Company. It is the growth in, and composition of, the order book which reflect signs of a paradigm shift in HCC's strategic positioning.

 

Since 2008-09, EPC contracts have become a sizable component in the Company's order book. Such orders\ have continued to grow. Besides, the private sector - including HCC's own infrastructure JVs - has been a major source of HCC's project order book.

 

Internationa! Acquisition:

Karl Steiner AG (KSAG)

 

KSAG, is part of the Switzerland based Steiner Group. It is a total services contractor, and is engaged in planning and developing real estate projects, as well as undertaking construction and renovation work. With a heritage of 95 years, primarily in the European market, KSAG has several landmark works to its credit, including the headquarters of Nestle,.Google, World Economic Forum, Terminal T3 of Geneva airport, and several hotels and residential buildings. It is the second largest total service contractor in the Swiss market.

 

HCC has agreed to acquire a 66% stake by issuance of new shares in consideration for a CHF 35 million cash investment in KSAG. In turn, KSAG will use the funds for its Swiss operations and growth of the Company's core business in India's growing residential and commercial construction market.

 

KSAG's sole owner, Peter Steiner, will sell his remaining shares to HCC in 2014. Until that time, he will remain a minority shareholder and fully support HCC's management of KSAG as Vice-Chairman.

 

The strategic fit of this transaction is that it helps HCC to capture the local market opportunity and. provides the Company with a presence for European expansion. KSAG's rich expertise in total services contracting will allow HCC to undertake the development and construction of world-class residential and commercial spaces on a turnkey basis in India. This is one of the fastest growing segments in the country, and the Company intends to create a niche for itself by addressing the Indian customer's needs for top class, green and well integrated spaces for living, work and leisure. This strategic fit also opens the Swiss and European market to HCC's Engineering and Construction (E and C) business and will help procure greater access to technology and EPC capability.

 

Highlights of the acquisition rationale are:

 

  • Entry into the integrated building construction market in India, which is estimated at Rs.650000.000 to Rs.750000.000 millions annually

 

  • Total solutions capability for a facility at a single source

 

  • Implementation of new technologies to support sustainable and green development

 

  • Safe and fast construction processes

 

  • Access to world-class, cutting-edge European technologies that will augment EPC offerings in India and other markets

 

Essentially, HCC is in a transformation phase. Some of the building blocks it was putting in place to occupy a wider space in the infrastructure development world have recently started to generate results. The metamorphosis

from a blue chip construction contractor to a diversified infrastructure group is under way. 2009-10 is yet another small step in this direction. While undertaking this journey, the Company is aware of the challenges and possible pitfalls. Therefore, it remains disciplined and cautious in its approach. Developments in the businesses of - Engineering and Construction (E and C), Infrastructure Development, Integrated Urban Development and Management and Real Estate - are reported in the next few sections, along with key activities that were undertaken in the Support Functions.

 

Engineering and Construction Business

 

The Company's Order Book stands at Rs.188100.000 millions  as on 31st March, 2010, against Rs.164000.000 millions on 31st March, 2009. While broader issues such as developments on the EPC and DBFOT fronts have already been discussed, there are two other issues that the projects division has started tackling aggressively. First, HCC is now consciously working on a strategy for equipment. Given the pace of growth, there is a fine balance that needs to be created between investing in equipment that support efficient project delivery and delivering strong returns on the existing base of equipment by increasing its utilisation. Consequently, machines have been classified into two groups. One group includes special purpose machines and equipment that are essential for maintaining quality in construction. These are machines that HCC will invest in. The other group comprises machines that are routine and commodity-like in nature. These will be outsourced. The Company is working on developing quality subcontractors and leasing partners. Second, with the huge number of projects, HCC's working capital increased significantly. While some of this is inherent given the business mix, the Company is laying stress on expediting claims, speeding up dispute resolutions and accelerating the cash cycle collections. As of 31st March, 2010, HCC was executing 56 projects. Developments across the different project sectors are given below.

 

Power

 

Power (hydro, nuclear and thermal) is the largest sector in HCC's projects portfolio. The Company maintained its

leadership in the hydro power sector by securing another three contracts in 2009-10. These were Gosikhurd Hydel Power Scheme in Maharashtra, Pare Hydro-electric Project (HEP) in Arunachal Pradesh, and Dagachhu HEP (civil works) in Bhutan. HCC is also executing six projects for NHPC Limited, which are progressing well. Some of the major projects under execution are:

 

Kishanganga Hydro-electric Project,

Jammu and Kashmir

 

This Rs. 27250.000 millions turnkey construction contract is for a 3 x 110 MW hydro-electric power plant. Work has commenced at site and will pick up speed in 2010-11.

 

Chutak Hydro-electric Power Project,

Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

 

HCC is constructing the 4 x 11 MW, Rs. 4110.000 millions Chutak Hydro-electric Project at Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir. All excavation works have been completed. At present, concrete works for the tunnel, barrage and underground powerhouse cavern are in progress.

 

Nimoo Bazgo Hydro-electric

Power Project, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

 

The 3 x 1 5 MW Nimoo Bazgo Hydro-electric Power Project worth Rs. 3840.000 millions is under execution in the Leh-Ladakh area. Concrete works are in progress, and the dam and powerhouse units are about 70% complete.

 

Uri-ll Hydro-electric Project,

Jammu and Kashmir

 

The project involves civil works for a 4 x 60 MW Uri Hydro-electric Power Plant. At present, concreting of the dam and powerhouse is nearing completion.

 

Chamera Hydro-electric Power Project,

Stage III, Himachal Pradesh

 

The Company is carrying out civil works of this 3 x 77 MW power project. Excavation works are complete and concreting of tunnels and dam is at an advanced stage.

 

Teesta Low Dam HEP - Stage IV,

West Bengal

 

This Rs. 3960.000 millions project involves civil works for a 4 x 40 MW hydro-electric project. 68% of concrete work in the power dam has been completed.

 

Dagachhu Hydro Power Plant, Bhutan

 

The Company secured the EPC contract for this 114 MW hydro power plant valued at Rs. 3880.000 millions from Dagachhu Hydro Power Corporation Limited

 

Kashang Hydro-electric Project,

Stage I, Himachal Pradesh

 

This Rs.2960.000 millions project by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited is for constructing a 3 x 65 MW power plant. Excavation for the river diversion and underground works are under progress.

 

Pare Hydro-electric Project, Arunachal Pradesh

 

Work has commenced on this 2 x 55 MW power project for North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO),

The contract value is Rs.2760.000 millions.

 

Punatsangchhu-1 Hydro-electric Project,

Bhutan

 

This Rs.6880.000 millions contract from Punatsangchhu Hydro- electric Power Authority involves all civil and hydro-mechanical works for the 1,200 MW hydro-electric power plant. Work has commenced for the powerhouse and tunnels.

 

Teesta Hydro-electric Project -

Stage VI, Sikkim

 

The Company is executing two packages for Teesta HEP Stage VI for Lanco Infratech. One package is for an 8.25 km twin head race tunnel. The second package is for an underground powerhouse and allied underground works. Work on both the packages is progressing well.

 

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project,

Tamil Nadu

 

HCC is executing two packages for this 2 x 1,000 MW power project for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). Package III involves construction of the reactor and auxiliary buildings for the two units; and package C6 comprises a 2 km long breakwater and intake works. Work on both the packages is nearing completion.

 

Transportation

 

HCC continues to be a crucial player in the transport sector with its involvement in highway development projects, bridges, tunnels and metres. The landmark Bandra-Worli Sea Link Project is complete and both the carriageways are open to traffic. The sea link was awarded the 'Most Outstanding Bridge - National Award' by the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers (IIBE) in 2009. The Company was awarded the EPC contract for 256 kms of contiguous stretch of NH-34 in West Bengal, which is being developed by HCC Infrastructure. The project cost is approximately Rs.28600.000 millions. It is expected that HCC Infrastructure's DBFOT business will contribute Rs.30000.000 millions to Rs.40000.000 millions of road projects annually to the projects division. HCC was also awarded two additional projects, which include an elevated road corridor in Kolkata from Park Circus to the EM Bypass and a single line broad gauge tunnel between Dholakal and Kalmai in Assam for the NF Railway.

 

The Company has also completed construction of three road projects during the year . These are (i) the World Bank aided Allahabad Bypass Package II, (ii) the North-South Corridor Project Package NS2/BOT/AP-8, and (iii) the Paradip Port Road connectivity project. The second of these, the AP-8 BOT road project was operational 100 days ahead of schedule. The DMRC's Airport Metro Express Line packages C1 and C6 are also nearing completion. Some of the major projects under execution are:

 

Chennai Bypass, Tamil Nadu

 

This Rs.4040.000 millions, 32.5 km four-lane road shall interconnect three national highways, namely NH-4, NH-5 and NH-45. Phase I of this project is complete and Phase II is at an advanced stage of completion.

 

Mughal Road, Jammu and Kashmir

 

The Company is involved in connecting Bafliaz (Poonch) to Shopian (near Srinagar) through the Pir Panjal Pass

by building an 83 km two-lane asphalt road. With this road, approximately 550 km of an additional, circuitous commute shall be reduced, thus improving connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir. The road excavation is nearing completion.

 

MP-Dhule Road on NH-3, Maharashtra

 

Construction has commenced on this 96.5 km long DBFOT road for the four-laning of Maharashtra Border-Dhule Section of NH-3 under NHDP Phase III.

 

Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway,

Packages LMNHP-EW II (WB)-1 to 4,

Uttar Pradesh

Four consecutive packages on the Lucknow-Gorakhpur section of the World Bank aided Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway Project are under construction. The work involves four-laning of a 156 km. stretch by strengthening the existing two lanes of asphalt pavement and constructing two new lanes of concrete pavement. At present, 124 km four-lane carriageway and 31 km of service road have been completed.

 

Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line

Project, Jammu and Kashmir

 

An 11 km tunnel on the Laole-Qazigund section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line Project is being executed by HCC. The excavation of a 7.1 km tunnel and 5 km of concrete lining has been completed.

 

Water Supply and Irrigation

 

The Company is executing various water supply and irrigation projects in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. HCC has secured the 62.28 km pumped water supply scheme from Kesaria to Sonaria in Gujarat (Package NC-25), for the Gujarat Water Infrastructure Limited Some of the major projects under execution are:

 

JCR Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme,

Andhra Pradesh

 

HCC is involved in all the three phases of the JCR Devadula Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme. This is the second largest scheme of this kind in the world and shall cater to the irrigation and drinking water requirement of 647,000 acres of land. In the second phase, trials for the water system in the 38 km pipeline from its intake to the first Bhimghanpur tank were successfully conducted. In the third phase, HCC is involved in two packages for three rows of 38 km pipeline and 55 km long tunnel. Work is proceeding well in both the packages.

 

IV Mumbai (Middle Vaitarana) Water Supply

Project, Section-ll, Maharashtra

 

This is a 15.7 km pipeline project which shall aid Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to augment Mumbai's water supply by 455 million litres per day. Pipe laying is nearing completion.

 

Maroshi Ruparel Tunnel Contract ARFC 2,

Maharashtra

 

The Rs.4150.000 millions project entails constructing a 12.4 km tunnel positioned at a depth of about 65 metres below the ground level. Tunnel boring on the Vakola- Maroshi section has been completed, and is in progress in the Vakola-Mahim section.

 

Lavasa - Integrated Urban Development and Management

 

Lavasa is HCC's ambitious project to develop a complete hill city. From HCC's perspective, this comprehensive

urban development and management is a unique attempt at infrastructure development, and the only private sector development of its kind in India, and possibly the world. The execution of this venture continues on schedule, and is currently amongst the largest construction sites in India.

 

Set amidst seven hills of the Sahyadri range with a 60 km. lake front, Lavasa is free India's first planned hill city. It will be a self-sustaining city built around four principle activities - live, learn, work and play.

 

The entire city is being developed with a focus on providing world-class facilities in each of these domains. It offers a wide range of residential and commercial facilities, tie-ups with premier national and international education institutions, an extensive range of tourist activities and family entertainment opportunities, and several business opportunities across a range of non-polluting industries.

 

With the soft inauguration of the city in 2009 and active property sales, Lavasa has started gaining traction as an independent enterprise. The subsidiary has been continuously improving its operational performance and has already completed pre-sales of more than Rs. 11000.000 millions. During 2009-10, there were land sales worth Rs. 2100.000 millions and built-up space sales of Rs.2650.000 millions.

 

The financial highlights during 2009-10 are:

Revenues were Rs.4820.000 millions

 PAT was Rs. 1400.000 millions

 

In other words, Lavasa has evolved from a grand vision to a business portfolio that is actively generating financial

returns. Given its initial success, HCC has unveiled a new expanded plan for the project. This envisages

development of 18,000 acres versus the earlier plan of 12,500 acres.

 

The new plan involves the development of 157 million square feet over 12 years, of which 100 million square feet will be residential - implying one of the largest real estate developments of its kind in India. This covers five primary towns - Dasve, Mugaon, Dhamanohol, Sakhari-Wadavali and the central business district (CBD). Through internal funds and borrowing, most of this expanded plan has achieved financial closure.

 

As of now, over Rs.18000.000 millions has been invested and a substantial part of the infrastructure is in place. Dasve town is under active implementation, while the master plan for Mugaon is ready and infrastructure is under execution. Administratively, healthcare, security and banking facilities have commenced at Dasve.

 

Information Technology (IT)

 

Operational for over four years, the SAP ERP system is now well established within HCC. Besides the corporate

head office and the engineering workshop at Tara, 49 of HCC's projects now run under SAP. Moreover, the ERP

system is now extended to subsidiaries including HCC Infrastructure, HCC Real Estate and Lavasa Corporation. As a part of the Company's continuous improvement initiatives, the focus is to now leverage the IT platform to further improve business processes.

 

The Company is in the process of converting most of the documents within the system into digital form using SAP's 'Document Management System', which is seamlessly integrated with the base ERP. Nine critical departments within HCC are already operating on this system.

 

Having stabilised the ERP within the Company, HCC has extended the reach of the automated business practices

to its key suppliers and vendors. A supplier portal, developed using SAP's SRM software components, was launched in 2009-10. Many suppliers have already started automated transactions with HCC.

 

Since the Company operates in several remote areas, there is immense scope of improving efficiency of logistics and supply chain through the implementation of mobility based IT solutions. HCC has started realising the potential of these systems. It has already started using GPS technology and GPRS networking for this purpose. And, applications such as vehicle tracking and time-cycle monitoring are being deployed.

 

With the objective to ensure near real-time updating of material consumption and production data into SAP for efficient monitoring and decision making, HCC is now in the process of integrating major equipment data with

SAP. To begin with, batching plants at five projects have been integrated, and automated data flow from these

plants to SAP has started.

 

All the IT applications are supported at the back-end by a rugged and scalable infrastructure comprising state-of-the-art wide area network and a well connected data centre.

 

Being envisaged as a state-of-the-art modern city, IT is extremely crucial to the success of Lavasa. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called MyCity Technology Limited (MyCity) has been formed in partnership with Wipro to support Lavasa in the areas of e-governance, integrated building management solutions, telecom, WiFi services, city management solutions and ICT infrastructure. The city network design using Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) design is now complete. MyCity is in the process of completing fibre to home and structure

 

cabling for various residents and commercial structures at Dasve - the first town being developed at Lavasa. MyCity has also signed an MoU with Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) in January 2010, to provide mobility and non-mobility telecom services on revenue sharing basis. TTML launched its high speed wireless Internet services Photon* at Dasve in February 2010.

 

It was observed that while the infrastructure sector is rapidly growing in India, there is relatively low penetration of IT in this industry. Moreover, the IT industry has a low level of understanding of the nuances of infrastructure. Having successfully implemented IT solutions within the Company, HCC realised the business opportunity available due to this gap. To cater to this requirement, HCC's IT division has transitioned into 'Highbar Technologies Ltd1., a subsidiary of the Company, which is an end-to-end solution provider for the infrastructure industry, with in-depth experience in ERP implementation, GPS based tracking solutions, reinforcement steel optimization etc. among others. Highbar Technologies has already undertaken IT deployment for its strong customer base of 26 clients over the last 18 months.

 

Management Systems

 

HCC's business operations extend to remote project sites spread across different states. Creating, establishing and developing best-in-class processes and systems across these sites are fundamental to developing the Company's competitive strength.

 

HCC has adopted an integrated approach towards quality, environment, health and safety and has incorporated these in business practices. The objective of an integrated management system (IMS) is to inculcate a culture of continuous improvement that will enhance quality of the products and maintain the highest standards of environment protection and safety of the project team to maximize customer satisfaction. This adheres to the stringent standards stipulated by ISO 9001:2008 for Quality; ISO 14001: 2004 for Environment; and BS OHSAS 18001:2007 for Occupational Health and Safety.

 

On the safety front, HCC focuses on creating a culture that continually reduces the frequency of incidents to achieve the goal of 'Zero Incidents' in a time bound manner. The Company is also committed to reducing the impact on environment during execution of projects. To achieve these objectives, engineers at various functional levels are trained by professional agencies to ensure proper operation of processes and systems. These trained engineers then act as internal auditors to conduct regular bi-annual internal IMS audits based on a detailed schedule.

 

There were several IMS-related developments during 2009-2010. During January-February 2010, M/s TUV NORD, the certifying agency, conducted a surveillance audit for ISO 14001:2004, BS OHSAS 18001:2007 and a certification audit for ISO 9001:2008 to verify the status of compliance to the requirement of these standards. Three of the project sites of the Company and most of the functions at corporate office were subjected to these audits. The auditors recommended continuation of certification for ISO 14001:2004 and BS OHSAS 18001:2007, and have also issued a certificate for ISO 9001:2008. These certificates are valid up to March 2011.

 

During the course of this audit, the external auditors observed HCC is the only Indian company they audited which undertook actions to conserve water as a part of corporate social responsibility under the United Nations CEO Water Mandate.

 

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

 

HCC has actively pursued CSR activities. In the process, CSR has evolved from being passive philanthropy to corporate-community investments, which take the form of a social partnership initiative by the Company. At present, HCC is focused on taking its CSR to the next level, where it becomes an integral part of business functions, goals and strategy.

 

The areas that the Company works on include HIV/ AIDS, disaster response, water and education. There is a dedicated team, which plans, executes and monitors these programmes, and each project site has a CSR representative who works with the communities around the site.

 

HIV/AIDS Work Place Intervention Programme

 

HIV/AIDS has emerged as a major threat not only to the health system but also to the economy of the nation. The immediate impact of HIV/AIDS on the businesses is the loss of working hours and increased cost of production due to sickness of the workers who require frequent medical care and remain absent from work.

 

HCC believes that HIV/AIDS is no longer a social issue but a socio-economic one. Amongst the groups most affected by HIV/AIDS are migrant workers, sex workers, injected drug users and truck drivers. In its business operations, HCC engages more than 30,000 migrant labourers and truck drivers who are largely vulnerable and 'at risk' of acquiring the HIV infection.

 

HCC has launched HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy and started the HIV/AIDS Workplace Intervention (WPI) programmes to educate and raise awareness of HIV/AIDS amongst the workforce, and enable them to protect themselves and their families by minimizing the risk of HIV infection. The major thrust of HIV/AIDS WPI programme is on creating an in-house resource pool by training the master trainers and peer educators. This programme is then further disseminated amongst the entire workforce by conducting educational and awareness sessions, condom demonstration, tool box talk, referring for the testing and STI services, IEC material distribution, audio-visuals and street plays.

 

As of March 2010, some 28,000 workers and employees have been educated and made aware of these issues.

 

 

UNAUDITED STANDALONE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31.12.2010

 

Rs. In Millions

Particulars

Quarter ended 31.12.2010 (Unaudited)

Nine Months ended 31.12.2010 (Unaudited)

a) Net Sales / Income from Operations

10275.093

29342.318

b) Other Operating Income

--

--

Total Income from Operations

10275.093

29342.318

Less: Company’s share of turnover in integrated joint venture

250.378

505.674

Income from operations excluding integrated joint ventures

10024.717

28836.644

Company’s share of profit (+) / Loss (-) on integrated JV’s (Net)

61.211

48.518

Total

10085.928

28885.162

Expenditure

 

 

(a) Consumption of Materials

3136.962

8864.020

(b) Employees Cost

1204.819

3487.980

(c) Construction Expenses

3949.848

11723.119

(d) Depreciation

381.815

1087.160

(e) Other Expenditure

474.066

1299.450

(f) Total Item

9147.510

26261.729

Profit / (Loss) From Operations before other Income Interest & Exceptional Items

938.418

2823.433

Other Income

(56.326)

35.597

Profit/(Loss) before Interest and Exceptional items

882.092

2659.030

Interest

748.152

1996.268

Profit / (Loss) after interest before Exceptional items

133.940

662.762

Exceptional Items

-

-

Profit / (Loss) From Ordinary activities before Tax

133.940

662.762

Tax Expenses

54.505

178.820

Net Profit/(Loss) From Ordinary activities after Tax

79.435

483.942

Extraordinary Items

-

-

Net Profit/(Loss) for the period

79.435

483.942

Paid Up Equity Share Capital ( Face Value of the share Rs.10/- each )

606.599

606.599

Reserves (Excluding Revaluation Reserves)

-

-

Basic EPS

 

 

- before and after extraordinary items

0.13

0.80

Diluted

 

 

- before and after extraordinary items

0.12

0.75

Public Share Holding

 

 

- Number of Shares

364733526

364733528

- Percentage of shareholding

60.13%

60.13%

Promoters and Promoter group share holding

 

 

a) Pledged / Encumbered

 

- Number of Shares

Nil

Nil

- Percentage of share (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group)

Nil

Nil

- Percentage of shares(as a % of the total share capital of the company)

Nil

Nil

b) Non-encumbered

 

- Number of Shares

241799394

241799394

- Percentage of Share (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group)

100.00%

100.00%

 - Percentage of Share (as a % of the total share capital of the company)

39.87%

39.87%

 

Notes:

 

1 The Company is engaged in Engineering and Construction activities which are substantially seasonal in Character. Therefore, the financial results for three months ended 31.12.2010 are not necessarily indicative of annual results.

 

2 The Company has a single Segment namely "Engineering and Construction". Therefore, the Company's business does not fall under different business segments as defined by AS-17- "Segmental Reporting" issued by CAI.

 

3 The total balance value of work on hand as on 31.12.2010 is Rs. 185050.000 millions (Rs. 188100.000 millions as on 31.03.2010).

 

4 Other income for the quarter ending 31.12.2010 is net of Exchange loss of Rs. 61.026 millions (Corresponding previous quarter Exchange gain of Rs. 26.170 millions).

 

5 Tax expense for the quarter includes Rs. 28.000 millions relating to earlier quarters.

 

6 The Company has allotted bonus shares on 12.08.2010 in the ratio of one equity share for every one equity share of Rs. 1/- each held in the company on the record date. The Basic and Diluted EPS has been calculated for all periods presented after taking into account the bonus issue.

 

7 The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, (MOEF) had issued order on 17.01.2011 to Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL), there step down subsidiary, alleging violations of the provisions of environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and directing LCL to maintain status quo for construction. LCL's writ petition is pending with Bombay High Court.

 

8 In terms of amended Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement, the investor complaints received, disposed off during the quarter ended 31.12.2010 are as under:

 

                                                                                                                                     (Nos)

 

Complaints pending at the beginning of the quarter                                                     Nil

Complaints received during the quarter                                                                         8

Complaints disposed during the quarter                                                                        5

Complaints lying unresolved at the end of the quarter                                                   3

 

9 Previous period figures have been regrouped/recast wherever necessary

 

10 The above results have been reviewed by the Statutory Auditors as per clause 41 of the listing agreement

 

11 The above results were reviewed by Audit Committee on 20.01.2011 and were approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 21.01.2011.

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

·         Freehold Land

·         Buildings and Sheds

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Heavy Vehicles

·         Light Vehicles

·         Helicopter / Aircraft

·         Speed Boat

·         Furniture and Office Equipments

·         Computers

·         Intangible Assets – ERP Software

 

As per website details:

 

Profile:

 

 

As a pre-eminent Indian infrastructure company, established over eight decades ago, HCC has, over the years, strongly anchored itself to India’s development effort. Today it is acknowledged as a company that continues to empower India, enabling the nation to surge ahead in different core sectors. At the heart of all there development efforts is the attempt to touch and improve the quality of life of people across the length and breadth of the country.

In fact, HCC, as an industry leader in engineering construction, currently nurtures projects that span across such diverse segments as transportation, power, marine projects, oil and gas pipeline constructions, irrigation and water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure, all of which impact the nation of India, and the progress of its people.

HCC, even as you read this, is bringing to bear its wealth of engineering and construction expertise to develop infrastructure aimed at further propelling the nation forward, into the 21st century and beyond.

They bring infrastructure alive


The road is long and there responsibility towards development, huge. They, at HCC, have taken it upon there selves to invest all there energies in ensuring that the fruits of there labour reach every corner of India.
They indigenize the latest global technologies to local conditions and terrain to extract maximum results. And the tangible benefits are being experienced in various parts of the country.


They specialize in large-scale civil constructions by leveraging new age construction technologies. For over eight decades, they have been a part of prestigious projects across a multitude of verticals, creating everything from roads and bridges to dams and barrages, nuclear power generators and tunnels and metros. They are proud to have introduced many new construction innovations in India, such as concrete cooling methods, which are greatly benefiting the industry.

 

There efforts have gained widespread recognition. HCC is the first construction company in India to be certified for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 for there Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. In keeping with world-class management processes, they are also among the first few companies in India to implement the SAP ERP software across all 35 site locations. This was successfully done even in remote areas such as Chutak and Nimoo Bazgoo, which, due to their difficult terrain and hostile weather conditions, are challenging locations.


HCC is dedicated to sustainable development. Every project and endeavour that they undertake adheres to stringent corporate stewardship standards, ensuring that everything that they do has a positive impact on the environment and the world around them.

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

HCC Q3 Turnover up 8.7% to Rs. 10270.000 millions

 

Mumbai, 21.01.2011:

 

Financial Results Highlights:

 

For three months ended 31.12.2010 (Y-o-Y)

– Turnover increased 8.7% to Rs. 10275.000 millions from Rs. 9450.000 millions

– PAT at Rs. 79.000 millions v/s Rs. 147.000 millions

– Operating profit (EBITDA) up 7.4% at Rs. 1259.000 millions v/s Rs. 1172.000 millions

– Operating margin (EBITDA margin) at 12.6%

– Order book at Rs. 185050.000 millions v/s Rs. 157030.000 millions

 

For the nine months ended 31.12.2010 (Y-o-Y)

– Turnover increased 5.9% to Rs. 29342.000 millions from Rs. 27713.000 millions

– PAT up 25.8% at Rs. 484.000 millions from Rs. 385.000 millions

– Operating profit (EBITDA) up 15.1% at Rs. 3662.000 millions v/s Rs. 3182.000 millions

– Operating margin (EBITDA margin) at 12.7%

 

Hindustan Construction Company Limited (HCC) [BSE: 500185; NSE: HCC] today announced its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended 31.12.2010.

 

For the three months ended 31.12.2010, the company registered a turnover of Rs. 10275.000 millions, up 8.7% against Rs. 9450.000 millions in the corresponding period last year. The company reported PAT of Rs. 79.000 millions. This is net off Foreign Exchange loss of Rs. 61.000 millions (Rs. 27.000 millions profit during same period last year) and Rs. 28.000 millions of tax liability of earlier quarters. The company achieved EBITDA margins of 12.6%. EBITDA is up by 7.4% at Rs. 1259.000 millions v/s Rs. 1172.000 millions.

 

The order book is at Rs. 185050.000 millions as on 31.12.2010. Further, the company is L1 in contracts worth Rs. 15310.000 millions.

 

For the nine months ended 31.12.2010, the company’s PAT rose by 25.8% to Rs. 484.000 millions from Rs. 385.000 millions in the corresponding period last year and turnover rose by 5.9% to Rs. 29342.000 millions from Rs. 27713.000 millions. EBITDA margin was 12.7%. EBITDA registered 15.1% growth at Rs. 3662.000 millions from Rs. 3182.000 millions

 

Mr Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC, said “During the quarter  we have witnessed a slowdown in infrastructure activity. Several project orders have been deferred by various government departments and private firms due to delays in acquiring land and other related clearances. These deferments coupled with the growing reluctance of investors are some of the factors contributing towards the slowdown in core sector works.”

 

He further added “Execution ramp up in new and key projects like Kishanganga HEP and NH-34 Highway project is expected. Given the slowdown in the business environment, our focus will be on judicious use of capital and improving recoveries. Our growth strategy focuses on opportunities offered by the private sector and aggressively evaluating strategic activities in the thermal and hydrocarbon sectors.”

 

Lavasa Corporation (LCL) has stopped construction work since 25.11.2010 complying with the show cause notice along with status quo and status quo ante.

 

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) final order dated 17.01.2011 states that MoEF is prepared to consider the project on merits, subject to terms and conditions while continuing with the status quo.

 

Quick review of the MoEF order:

  • The MoEF order is based more on State v/s Centre jurisdiction rather than on environmental issues.
  • State Government had given the environment clearance in 2004.
  • No weight or consideration has been given to the huge body of data submitted by LCL on environment protection and enhancement initiatives, which included various lab test reports from MoEF approved labs and the visual evidence shown to the MoEF technical committee during their site visit.

 

It is important to note that the Bombay High Court in its order dated 22.12.2010 has observed that the applicability of the notifications to which the petitioners have appealed, require to be considered.

 

HCC Infrastructure (HIL) commenced operation of the Delhi-Faridabad Elevated Expressway on 30.11.2010, significantly ahead of schedule. The expressway was inaugurated by Shri Kamal Nath, Smt Sheila Dikshit and Shri Bhupendra Singh Hooda. Financial closure has been achieved for all the three West Bengal road concessions on NH-34 and construction has commenced. The company has a portfolio of Rs 55000.000 millions that includes six NHAI road developments.

 

Karl Steiner AG (KSAG), HCC’s Swiss subsidiary achieved a net profit of CHF 2.9 million in the last quarter with a turnover of CHF 167.8 million. The company is leveraging its expertise to bring world class building technology to the Indian market.

 

About HCC:

HCC is a leading engineering, construction and infrastructure development company with a rich heritage of experience. The company specializes in large-scale infrastructure development deploying new age construction technologies. The Company has managed and executed several technically complex and high value projects across segments like transportation, hydro and nuclear power generation, marine, irrigation and water supply projects as well as integrated urban development and management.

 

 


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.45.74

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.73

Euro

1

Rs.62.73

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

8

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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

69

 

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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