MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

11.07.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

DUN AND BRADSTREET – SATYAM SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

5/535, Okkiam Thoraipakkam, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai-600096, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.01.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-026590

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.40.000 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72300TN1994PTC026590

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the development and maintenance of computer software.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information denied by the management.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (76)

 

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 270000000

 

 

Status :

Excellent

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having excellent track. Available information indicated high financial responsibility of the company. Trade relations are reported as fair. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

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

 

It can be regarded as a promising business partners in a medium to long-run.

 

NOTES :

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

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Hari

Designation :

Accountant

Date :

11.07.2011

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

5/535, Okkiam Thoraipakkam, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai-600096, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-43605000

Fax No.:

91-44-43605280

E-Mail :

vijaykumar.chandrahasan@cognizant.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 29.09.2010

 

Name :

Mr. N. Lakshmi Narayanan

Designation :

Whole Time Director

Address :

No. 30- ABM Avenue, Boat Club, Rapuram, Chennai-600028, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

10.03.1953

Date of Appointment :

26.06.1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Chandrasekaran

Designation :

Whole Time Director

Address :

Sruthi 1-C, radha Krishna Salai, 4th Street, Mylapore, Chennai-600004, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

02.10.1957

Date of Appointment :

26.06.1998

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gordon Coburn

Designation :

Director

Address :

60, Cat Rock Road, COS Cob CT-06807, USA

Date of Birth/Age :

02.02.1964

Date of Appointment :

15.09.2000

 

 

Name :

Steven Schwartz

Designation :

Director

Address :

19, West Brook Side Drive, Larchmont NY-10538, USA

Date of Birth/Age :

01.10.1967

Date of Appointment :

08.01.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. Thiagarajan

Designation :

Director

Address :

No. 15/17, Justice Sundaram Iyer Road Mylapore, Chennai-600004, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

02.06.1966

Date of Appointment :

14.12.2006

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. Sridhar

Designation :

Director

Address :

4/132, 7th Main Road, Kotivakkam, Chennai-600041, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.09.1963

Date of Appointment :

28.08.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. Mahesh

Designation :

Director

Address :

9/6, Srinivas Apartments, Second Main Road, Rapuram, Chennai-600028, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

14.05.1966

Date of Appointment :

28.08.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Debashis Debiprasad Chatterjee

Designation :

Director

Address :

28/1A, Gariahat Road, Flat 30, Kolkata-700029, West Bengal, India

Date of Birth/Age :

10.05.1965

Date of Appointment :

28.08.2007

Din No.:

00823966

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Deepak

Designation :

Director

Address :

Plot No. 108, No. 1 Krishna Street, Palaniappa Nagar, Alwarthiru Nagar, Chennai-600087, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

27.06.1967

Date of Appointment :

28.08.2007

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. C. Vijayakumar

Designation :

Secretary

Address :

22/26, Malony Road, 1st Floor, Flat –F5, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

28.04.1969

Date of Appointment :

29.06.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hari

Designation :

Accountant

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 29.09.2010

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, USA

 

3960000

CSS Investment LLC, USA

 

40000

 

 

 

Total

 

4000000

 

As on 29.09.2010

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

 

Foreign holdings [Foreign institutional investors, Foreign Companies, Foreign Financial Institutions, Non-resident Indian or Overseas corporate bodies or others]

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the development and maintenance of computer software.

 

 

Products :

Production Description

Item Code

Computer Software

852423 01

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information denied by the management.

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

A.J. Shaikh

Chartered Accountant

Address :

PWC Centre, 32, Khader Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Holding Company:

Cognizant Technology Solution Corporation

 

 

Subsidiary Company:

  • Cognizant Technology Services Private Limited (U74999AP2005PTC051823)
  • Ygyan Consulting Private Limited (U74140PN1991PTC060564) 

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 29.09.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

4000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.40.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

4000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.40.000 Millions

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

40.000

40.000

40.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

68329.750

54729.224

32485.160

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

68369.750

54769.224

32525.160

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

68369.750

54769.224

32525.160

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

16114.754

13047.873

9641.445

Capital work-in-progress

2663.984

5614.282

5849.803

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

5427.834

2599.343

3252.194

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

405.375

238.245

36.160

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

13975.472

11095.677

10845.670

 

Cash & Bank Balances

20931.681

17490.915

4077.003

 

Other Current Assets

7356.130

4845.577

37.201

 

Loans & Advances

9676.744

6082.650

3002.302

Total Current Assets

51940.027

39514.819

17962.176

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

1379.117

1858.108

837.671

 

Other Current Liabilities

3999.131

2339.465

1836.255

 

Provisions

2803.976

2047.765

1542.692

Total Current Liabilities

8182.224

6245.338

4216.618

Net Current Assets

43757.803

33269.481

13745.558

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

68369.750

54769.224

32525.160

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Service Income

62302.495

53074.739

 

 

Exchange Fluctuation Gain (Net)

780.440

3625.344

38203.000

 

 

Other Income

840.292

293.124

 

 

 

TOTAL                                    

63923.227

56993.207

38203.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel Expenses

37456.941

22415.344

25662.000

 

 

Operating and Administration Expenses

8936.476

8708.485

 

 

 

TOTAL                        

46393.417

31123.829

25662.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

17529.810

25869.378

12541.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION        

3148.705

2633.007

2346.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX

14381.105

23236.371

10195.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                     

780.580

992.306

446.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX

13600.525

22244.065

9749.000

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

54136.369

31892.304

21786.000

 

TRANSITIONAL LIABILITY AS PER AS-15R

0.000

0.000

357.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

67736.894

54136.369

31892.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Service Income

NA

52650.530

37726.514

 

 

Interest Income

 

1.367

1.921

 

 

Dividend Income

 

74.771

63.180

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

NA

52726.668

37791.615

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

3400

5561

NA

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

PAT / Total Income

(%)

21.27

39.03

25.52

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

23.08

43.78

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

21.13

44.21

36.93

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.21

0.42

0.31

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.12

0.11

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

6.35

6.33

4.26

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Details of Sundry Creditors:

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2010

(Rs. in millions)

31.03.2009

(Rs. in millions)

31.03.2008

(Rs. in millions)

Sundry Creditors

 

 

 

Total outstanding dues of creditors other than micro and small and medium enterprises

1379.117

1858.108

837.671

 

 

Note: The registered office of the company has been shifted from No. 226, Chathedral Road, Karunaivkudil, I-VII Floors, Chennai-600086, Tamilnadu, India to the present address w.e.f. 26.03.2007

 

 

Results of Operations:

 

During the year, the Company’s Service income has increased to Rs. 62302 Million from Rs. 53075 Million an annualized revenue growth of 17.38%. The Net Profit reported for the year ended 31" March, 2010 is Rs. 13601 Million. The overall increase in expenditure during the year ended 31'' March 2010 was primarily due to increase in personnel expenses. With the Company’s prospective strategic business plan it has achieved 17.38% annual revenue growth in spite of the difficult situation prevailing in the economy during the year

 

 

Acquisition of UBS Service Centre (India) Private Limited

 

In December, 2009, the Company acquired UBS Service Centre (India) Private Limited (UBS India), a Hyderabad based captive service provider to UBS Group, the global financial giant. The acquisition greatly enhanced our offerings, for the financial services industry, adding approximately 1,600 associates and deep capabilities in wealth management, investment banking, asset management, research and remote IT infrastructure management. UBS India has become a subsidiary of the Company with effect from 3oth December, 2009. The name of UBS India has subsequently been changed to Cognizant Technology Services Private Limited with effect from 12th April, 2010.

 

 

Parent Company

 

The parent company, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, USA despite the global meltdown, has continued to deliver strong results with an increase in calendar year revenue to $3.279 billion, which is 16% higher than the revenue of the previous year. The Parent Company has been ranked seventh by Forbes magazine in the publication's Annual "25 Fastest Growing Tech Companies" Special Report for the seventh consecutive year. The  Parent Company has made it to the Forbes magazine's prestigious list of the world's 2000 biggest companies (for 2009) based on sales, profits, assets and market value.

 

The Parent Company has won the inaugural Siperian Gooey Award 2009 for innovation in Master Data Management (MDM). The capability demonstrated through the winning application extends the out-of-the-box functionality of our MDM-in-a-Box solution. Its benefits include reduced time-to-implement, faster Return on Investment (ROI) visibility, reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and reduced risk. Based on a Fortune survey conducted for top rated companies based on various criteria, the  parent company has secured a coveted spot on Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" list for 2010, together with rating of Top Five Companies in Information technology services category.

 

Development Centers

 

The  Company has development centers spread across various locations in lndia like Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Pune of which Chennai is the largest followed by Pune and Kolkata. During the year, operations have commenced in a few new SEZ facilities of the Company, namely Kolkata- Bantala SEZ and Coimbatore – Coimbatore Hi-Tech Infrastructure Limited SEZ.

 

Accolades

 

The Company’s Chairman, Mr. N. Lakshmi Narayanan was recently honoured with 'The Lakshya Business Visionary Award" by National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, a leading Industrial engineering institute in India, during the 10th edition of Lakshya, the India's largest corporate confluence convened by NITIE.

 

Infrastructure

 

The Company’s Infrastructure provides state of the art world class infrastructure and business space solutions to internal customers. It provides an environment to the employees that offer maximum comfort level of working in office spaces with high degree of safety and security thereby contributing to the success of the organization.

 

During the year 2009-10 the major campus construction activities completed for Kolkata - Bantala SEZ and Coimbatore Hi-Tech Infrastructure Limited SEZ which has a built-up area of 0.637 million Sq. ft. and 0.73 million Sq. ft. respectively, apart from MEPZ-SEZ with a built-up area of 2 million Sq. ft. the construction of which is underway.

 

In addition to the above mentioned campuses interior fit-outs were completed for 1.60 lakhs sq. ft. relating to facilities taken on lease basis across various locations in India. While creating all infrastructure the Company focuses on environment friendly practices by introducing energy efficient measures in the buildings and ensures responsible way of usage of natural resources.

 

Fixed Assets:

 

  • Land Freehold
  • Land Leasehold
  • Building
  • Pant and Machinery
  • Computer Equipment
  • Furniture and Fixtures
  • Vehicles
  • Software

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.33

UK Pound

1

Rs.70.74

Euro

1

Rs.63.65

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

9

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

76

 

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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