MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.03.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

S4 CARLISLE PUBLISHING SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED (w.e.f. 17.09.2007)

 

 

Formerly Known As :

S-4 IND SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

RR Tower IV, I Floor, A-16, A-17, TVK Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai-600032, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.08.2000

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-45534

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72200TN2000PTC045534

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHES2055E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAFCS2900K

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Providing publishing services and data management, offers a wide range of development, design, prepress, and electronic services to the publishing community.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (48)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 700000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having satisfactory track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be usually correct 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

 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

RR Tower IV, I Floor, A-16, A-17, TVK Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai-600032, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-22326239/ 40

Fax No.:

91-44-22327357

E-Mail :

admin@s4designs.in

 

 

Overseas Office :

4242 Chavenlle Road, Dubnque, Lowa-52002, USA

Tel. No.:

91-563-5571500

Fax No.:

91-563-5571376

E-Mail :

sales@s4carlisle.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Name :

Mr. A  Adhikesavan Sekar

Designation :

Director

Address :

Old No. 36, New No. 59, Police Commissioner’s Office Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Appointment :

08.08.2000

DIN NO.:

01062422

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjay Mohan Singh Lulla

Designation :

Director

Address :

New No. 13, Old No. 6, Sriram Nagar, South Alwarpet, Chennai-600018, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Appointment :

08.08.2000

DIN No.:

01064040

 

 

Name :

Mr. L Thanikachalan Sounderrajan

Designation :

Director

Address :

47, Jeenis Road, Saidapet, Chennai-600015, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Appointment :

08.08.2000

DIN No.:

01064183

 

 

Name :

Mr. K Krlishnamachari Srinath

Designation :

Director

Address :

4B Roopa Apartment, Old No. 30, New No. 75, 4th Main Road, Gandhinagar, Chennai-600020, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Appointment :

08.08.2000

DIN No.:

01064315

 

 

Name :

Mr. Maribeth John Bernanrd Carlisle Golus

Designation :

Director

Address :

2489 Briarwood Drive, Dubuque-52002

Date of Birth/Age :

06.09.1954

Date of Appointment :

28.03.2008

DIN No.:

01632931

 

 

Name :

Mr. John John Bernanrd Anthony Carlisle

Designation :

Director

Address :

16032, Humke Road, Dubuque4 IA 52002

Date of Birth/Age :

29.08.1951

Date of Appointment :

28.03.2008

DIN NO.:

01632939

 

 

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 24.09.2010

 

Names of Shareholders

 

 

No. of Shares

A Sekar

Old No. 36, New No. 59, Police Commissioner’s Office Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008, Tamilnadu, India

 

432895

Sanjay M Lulla

New No. 1313, Old No. 6, Sriram Nagar, South Alwarpet, Chennai-600018, Tamilnadu, India

 

432895

L T Sounderrajan

47 Jennis Road, Saidapoet, Chennai-600015, Tamilnadu, India

 

432895

K Srinaath

4B Roopa Apartments Old No. 30, New No. 75, 4th Main Road, Gandhinagar, Chennai-600020, Gujarat, India

 

432895

Maribeth Carlisle – Golus

2489, Briarwood Dirve, Asbury Lowa-52002, India

 

115439

John A Crlisle

16032, Humke Road, Dubuqaue, Lowa-52002, India

 

115439

Jullie Carlisle

501, First Street NW, Elkader, Lowa-52043, India

 

115439

William Carllisle

3305, Pleasant Lane, Racine, Wisconsin-53405, India

 

230877

Total

 

2308774

 

Equity Share Breakup (Percentage of Total Equity)

As on 30.09.2010

 

Category

Percentage

Directors or relatives of Directors

100.00

Total

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Providing publishing services and data management, offers a wide range of development, design, prepress, and electronic services to the publishing community.

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

Facilities :

Unsecured Loans

31.03.2010

Rs. in Millions

31.03.2009

Rs. in Millions

From Directors

4.570

11.095

From Bank

4.524

2.856

From Others

4.875

0.000

Total

13.969

13.951

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Thomas (V.M) and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

No. 4, Josier Streedt, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034, Tamillnadu, India

 

 

Subsidiaries :

S4 Carlisle Publishing Services Inc.

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2500000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 25.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2308774

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 23.088 Millions

 

Note:

 

(Out of which 1250000 Shares issued as Bonus Shares)

(115790 shares of Rs. 10/- each Rs. 3.30/- called upa dn paid up)


 

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

23.088

22.312

21.536

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.020

3] Reserves & Surplus

153.945

140.208

125.469

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

177.033

162.520

147.025

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

13.969

13.951

9.575

TOTAL BORROWING

13.969

13.951

9.575

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

1.901

1.590

1.718

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

192.903

178.061

158.318

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

9.872

8.914

10.726

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

11.992

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

145.909

146.229

118.516

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

11.672

13.523

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

20.794

7.330

9.596

 

Cash & Bank Balances

5.771

7.682

2.919

 

Other Current Assets

0.041

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

9.041

8.528

11.429

Total Current Assets

47.319

37.063

23.944

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

2.438

1.002

1.008

 

Other Current Liabilities

0.669

3.078

0.839

 

Provisions

7.091

10.065

7.089

Total Current Liabilities

10.198

14.145

8.936

Net Current Assets

37.121

22.918

15.008

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

2.076

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

192.902

178.061

158.318

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Turnover)

110.276

95.776

65.997

 

 

Other Income

NA

NA

NA

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Office Expenses

 

 

 

Administrative Expenses

NA

NA

NA

 

 

Advertising Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

9.518

12.626

14.513

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

1.124

0.090

0.142

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

8.394

12.536

14.371

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

5.026

4.505

5.227

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

3.368

8.031

9.144

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

0.888

1.508

1.251

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

2.480

6.523

7.893

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

1.07

2.69

 

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

5.89

17.47

26.37

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.02

0.05

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.14

0.17

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

4.64

2.62

2.68

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Note:

 

The Registered office of the company has been shifted from No. 36, Police Commissioner Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008, Tamilnadu, India to present address w.e.f. 29.01.2007

 

Operations:

 

The export sales during the year have increased over the previous year by Rs. 14.500 Millions. However the costs of operations have increased as the capacity has been augmented in anticipation of increase in turnover.

 

Fixed Assets:

 

·         Computer and Accessories

·         Furniture and Fittings

·         Office Equipments

·         Vehicles

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Introduction:

 

S4Carlisle, a global leader in publishing services and data management, offers a wide range of development, design, prepress, and electronic services to the publishing community. With a diverse, experienced staff spread over two continents, the company specializes in textbook production, utilizing an “XML-first” coding structure to efficiently provide the product as desired, when desired.


The company features an expansive and versatile combination of services. With a vast library of custom designs, a talented pool of editors, the latest in computer software, and thousands of hours of cumulative experience among its pagers, artists, and development staff, S4Carlisle is equipped to handle a wide variety of projects. Flexibility is another S4Carlisle strength. Whether a project consists of complete prepress production on a 10-book, 4-color medical series or simply a copy edit on a 1-color journal, the company can put the right team together to efficiently and accurately handle the task.


The S4Carlisle staff believes in keeping their customers satisfied and informed. An individual is assigned to manage each project, overseeing the internal production processes and serving as a resource to external customers to answer questions regarding schedule changes, project concerns, and additional services. By maintaining a “one-contact” approach, the company’s representatives can become more familiar with each particular project, and therefore able to provide more personalized service.


Before making a decision regarding publishing services, take a moment to consider what S4Carlisle has to offer.

 

Profile:

 

S4Carlisle marks the union of two notable prepress organizations into one global company dedicated to providing customers worldwide with top-notch publishing services that can fit any budget.

 

The Merger

 

S4Carlisle represents the merger of S4 Ind Software Private Limited and Carlisle Publishing Services. Founded in 2000 by Sanjay M.Lulla, L.T. Sounder Rajan, A.Sekar, and Kris Srinaath, S4 has grown into one of India’s prepress leaders by providing excellent customer service while continually utilizing the latest technology to meet their customers’ ever-changing needs. Their “XML-first” philosophy allows them to efficiently handle material in a variety of platforms, ranging from traditional books to companion websites.


Founded 22 years earlier by John B. Carlisle, Carlisle Publishing Services has progressed from a small typesetting company in the American Midwest to a virtual one-stop prepress shop where today’s clients can have their projects developed, designed, edited, composed, and—thanks to their partnership with Carlisle Ryan Digital Services—even printed under the same roof.

 

International Network of Prepress Excellence


Perhaps it was no accident that these two forward-thinking companies crossed paths early in the 21st century. After a period of working together, they chose to take the next step and unite as one company in 2007, creating an international network of prepress excellence. Through their combined experience, S4Carlisle is well-suited to handle nearly any publishing need in nearly any platform. Guided by the principles of their founders—quality, flexibility, accountability, and on-time delivery—S4Carlisle boasts an impressive history with the promise of an even brighter future.

 


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.45.18

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.79

Euro

1

Rs.62.15

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--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

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

48

 

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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