Business information report

1. Summary Information

Reference #

135-102626-04-020(20110523040)

Country

India

Company Name

TITAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Principal Name 1

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan

 

Status

Very Good

Principal Name 2

Mr. M.F. Farooqui

Our Reference #

142956

Registration #

18-1456

Street Address

3, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur – 635 126, Tamilnadu

Established Date

26.07.1984

SIC Code

--

Telephone#

91-4344-664199

 

Business Style 1

Manufacturers and Sellers of Watches, Jewellery Pieces, Table Clocks, etc.

Fax #

91-4344-276037

Business Style 2

 

Homepage

http://titan.co.in

Product Name 1

Watches

# of employees

4353 (Approximately)

Product Name 2

Clocks

Paid up capital

Rs. 443,893,080

Product Name 3

Jewellery

Shareholders

Central Government / State Government(s)  27.88%

Banking

Canara Bank

 

Public Limited Corp.

--

Business Period

27 years

IPO

--

International Ins.

-

Public Enterprise

--

Rating

A (69)

Related Company

Relation - Subsidiaries

 

Country

Company Name

Titan Time Products Limited

Note

-

 

2. Summary Financial Statement

Balance Sheet as of

31.03.2010

(Unit: Indian Rs.)

Assets

Liabilities

Current Assets

4,633,814,000

Current Liabilities

12,843,307,000

Inventories

13,403,315,000

Long-term Liabilities

727,904,000

Fixed Assets

2,626,308,000

Other Liabilities

47,549,000

Deferred Assets

0

Total Liabilities

13,618,760,000

Invest& other Assets

199,156,000

Retained Earnings

6,799,940,000

 

20,862,593,000

Net Worth

7,243,833,000

Total Assets

 

Total Liab. & Equity

20,862,593,000

 Total Assets

(Previous Year)

17,794,011,000

 

 

P/L Statement as of

31.03.2010

(Unit: Indian Rs.)

Sales

46,744,217,000

 

Net Profit

2,503,236,000

 

Sales(Previous yr)

38,033,757,000

 

Net Profit(Prev.yr)

1,589,635,000

 


MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

26.05.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TITAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

3, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur – 635 126, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.07.1984

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-1456

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.443.893 millions

 

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L74999TZ1984PLC001456

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHET08980G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACT5131A

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company Company’s Shares Are Listed On The Stock Exchange

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Sellers of Watches, Jewellery Pieces, Table Clocks, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

4353 (Approximately)

 

 

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 28975000

 

 

Status :

Very Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having fine track. Financial position of the company appears to be good. Fundamentals are strong and healthy. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered good 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

 

Name :

Mr. Shekhar / Mr. Govindnand

Designation :

Accounts Department/ Accounts Department

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

3, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur – 635 126, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-4344-664199

Fax No.:

91-4344-276037

E-Mail :

corpcomm@titan.co.in

arrajaram@titan.co.in

Website :

http://titan.co.in

 

 

Corporate Office :

Golden Enclave, Tower A,  HAL Airport Road, Bangalore – 560 017, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-66609000/ 66609027

Fax No.:

91-80-25269923/ 25263001

E-Mail :

webmaster@titan.co.in

 

 

Watch Plant 1 :

Plot Nos.3, 4 and 5, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur – 635 126, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Watch Plant 2 :

Mohabewala Industrial Area, Dehradun - 248002, Uttaranchal, India

(i) Unit 1 - Khasra No. 148D, 173B, 176A and 176B

(ii) Unit 2 - Khasra No. 148B, 149B

 

 

Watch Plant 3 :

Plot No.59, EPIP, Jharmajary Phase I, Solen District, Baddi-173205 Himachal Pradesh, India

 

 

Watch Plant 4 :

Plot No. C1, C2, C3, Khasra No. 37, Village Bantakheri, Tehsil - Roorkee, District - Haridwar, Uttaranchal, India 

 

 

Watch Plant 5 :

Plot No. 10B, Khasra Nos. 150, 151, 152, 153 Sector 2, Integrated Industrial Estate, SIDCUL, Pant Nagar 263 153, Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarkhand, India

 

 

Precision Engineering Plants 1 :

No.15 B, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Hosur Road, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore - 562158, Karnataka, India

 

 

Precision Engineering Plants 2 :

Plot Nos. 27 and 28, SIPCOT Industrial Area, Hosur - 635 126, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Jewellery and Clock Plants 1 :

29, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur - 635126, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Jewellery and Clock Plants 2 :

Khasra No. 238, Kuanwala Dehradun - 248 001, Uttaranchal, India

 

 

Prescription Eyewear Lens Laboratory :

Plot No. 27, Survey No.125, KIADB Industrial Area, Chikaballapur - 562 101 Karnataka, India

 

 

Regional Office :

Located at:

 

·         New Delhi

·         Kolkata

·         Mumbai

·         Bangalore

 

 

Overseas Branch Office :

Unit No. 11 and 12, 20/F, Metro Loft No.38, Kwai Hei Street, Kwai Chung N T, Hong Kong

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Name :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan

Designation :

Chairman (from 29.01.2010)

 

 

Name :

Mr. M.F. Farooqui

Designation :

Chairman (up to 29.01.2010)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sunil Paliwal

Designation :

Director (from 29.01.2010)

 

 

Name :

Ms. Anita Praveen

Designation :

Director (up to 29.01.2010)

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. Parthasarathy

Designation :

Director (from 20.10.2008)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ishaat Hussain

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. N.N. Tata

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. T.K. Balaji

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nihal Kaviratne,CBE

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Ms. Vinita Bali

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Ms. Hema Ravichandar

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Poornalingam

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

A.R. Rajaram

Designation :

Head - Legal and Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shekhar

Designation :

Accounts Department

 

 

Name :

Mr. Govindnand

Designation :

Accounts Department

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 31.03.2011

 

Category of Shareholder

Total No. of Shares

% of total No. of Shares

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(1) Indian

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifCentral Government / State Government(s)

12,373,836

27.88

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

11,369,567

25.61

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifSub Total

23,743,403

53.49

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(2) Foreign

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

23,743,403

53.49

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(1) Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifMutual Funds / UTI

3,674,765

8.28

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifFinancial Institutions / Banks

3,336

0.01

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifInsurance Companies

481,217

1.08

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifForeign Institutional Investors

4,319,076

9.73

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifSub Total

8,478,394

19.10

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

1,292,059

2.91

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifIndividuals

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 0.100 million

5,522,688

12.44

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 million

5,335,217

12.02

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifAny Others (Specify)

17,547

0.04

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifTrusts

17,097

0.04

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifOverseas Corporate Bodies

450

-

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifSub Total

12,167,511

27.41

Total Public shareholding (B)

20,645,905

46.51

Total (A)+(B)

44,389,308

100.00

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

-

-

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

-

-

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gif(2) Public

-

-

http://www.bseindia.com/images/clear.gifSub Total

-

-

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

44,389,308

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Sellers of Watches, Jewellery Pieces, Table Clocks, etc.

 

 

Products :

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

Product Description

91.02

Watches

91.03

Clocks

71.13

Jewellery

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

  • AAA Products Private Limited
  • Bangalore Refinery Private Limited
  • Classic Dials Private Limited
  • Diamond Triumph Metallplastic Private Limited
  • Hitech Times
  • Medicon Leather Private Limited
  • Plasma Gold Coating Private Limited
  • Relic Industries
  • Sona Horologicals Private Limited
  • Star Barrat Enterprises
  • Arasu Enterprises
  • Channai Felt Mills Private Limited
  • Conee Chains Private Limited
  • Hirsch Watch Straps Private Limited
  • Indo Plast
  • P And S Galvasols
  • Plastic Moulding Services
  • Sona Band
  • Spiral Tools Private Limited

 

 

No. of Employees :

4353 (out of which 2630 were in the factories, 800 in retail, about 578 in sales and marketing while the rest 345 were in support functions.) (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

  • Canara Bank
  • Bank of Baroda
  • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Oriental Bank of Commerce
  • Union Bank of India
  • Indian Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

31.03.2010

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2009

Rs. In Millions

6.75% non convertible debentures of Rs.250 each, fully paid up (Note 1)

528.260

528.260

Term loans from banks [Note 2 (a)]

0.000

333.233

Foreign Currency loan [Note 2 (b)]

199.644

253.700

Cash credit account secured by hypothecation of book debts, inventories, stores and spares both present and future

0.000

52.358

Total

727.904

1167.551

 

1. The 6.75% debentures are redeemable at par at the end of five years from the dates of allotment on May 12, 2006 and June 09, 2006 and are secured by way of legal mortgage on the immovable properties and plant and machinery situated at Hosur.

2. The term loans from banks shown under secured loans include:

a) Loan of Rs. Nil (2009: Rs.333.233 millions) secured by a first charge by way of hypothecation of movable assets (save and except current assets) and secured by way of an equitable mortgage of immovable properties of the Company, both present and future.

b) Foreign currency loan of Rs.199.644 millions (2009: Rs.253.700 millions) secured by a first charge over the Company’s present and future fixed (movable and immovable) assets.

 

Unsecured Loans

31.03.2010

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2009

Rs. In Millions

Short term loans and advances

 

 

- from banks

0.000

500.000

- from subsidiary companies

0.000

86.500

Total

0.000

586.500

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Fair

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

Promoters :

  • Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited
  • Tata Sons Limited

 

 

Subsidiaries :

  • Titan TimeProducts Limited
  • Tanishq (India) Limited (from February 18, 2008)
  • Titan Properties Limited (from February 18, 2008)
  • Titan Mechatronics Limited (upto March 30, 2010)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

80000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.800.000 millions

4000000

Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.400.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs.1200.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

44389308

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.443.893 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

443.893

443.893

443.893

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

6799.940

5068.542

3917.762

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

7243.833

5512.435

4361.655

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

727.904

1167.551

1881.135

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

586.500

693.750

TOTAL BORROWING

727.904

1754.051

2574.885

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

47.549

181.780

247.117

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

8019.286

7448.266

7183.657

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

2626.308

2744.785

2724.609

Advances on capital account and Capital work-in-progress, at cost

122.867

195.249

99.913

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

76.289

76.644

473.922

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

13403.315
12026.917

10210.905

 

Sundry Debtors

936.076
1062.216

964.531

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1867.184
546.910

519.130

 

Other Current Assets

0.000
0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1830.554
1141.290

991.683

Total Current Assets

18037.129
14777.333

12686.249

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

7221.721

6967.065

8019.038

 

Other Current Liabilities

4274.176
2444.233

 

 

Provisions

1347.410
934.447

781.998

Total Current Liabilities

12843.307
10345.745

8801.036

Net Current Assets

5193.822
4431.588

3885.213

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

8019.286

7448.266

7183.657

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Net Sales Income

46744.217

38033.757

29937.451

 

 

Other Income

118.585

52.605

17.726

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

46862.802

38086.362

29955.177

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Operating and Other Expenses

42794.643

35068.855

27433.469

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

42794.643

35068.855

27433.469

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

4068.159

3017.507

2521.708

 

 

 

 

 

Less

INTEREST                                                         (D)

254.188

294.339

201.399

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

3813.971

2723.168

2320.309

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

600.801

417.606

297.277

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

3213.170

2305.562

2023.032

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

709.934

715.927

440.163

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

2503.236

1589.635

1582.869

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

2110.253

2185.451

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve

52.800

52.800

NA

 

 

Proposed dividend on equity shares

665.840

443.893

NA

 

 

Tax on dividends

110.588

75.440

NA

 

 

Transfer to general reserve

1055.100

1092.700

NA

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

2729.161

2110.253

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export of goods on FOB basis

1006.130

1301.121

1383.855

 

 

Interest

0.000

0.000

37.082

 

 

Others

9.376

24.490

3.036

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

1015.506

1325.611

1423.973

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials & Components

19816.351

10881.183

11203.117

 

 

Stores & Spares

88.794

104.670

66.824

 

 

Capital Goods

115.685

77.093

148.822

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

20020.830

11062.946

11418.763

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

56.39

35.81

33.85

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2010

30.09.2010

31.12.2010

31.03.2011

Type

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th  Quarter

Net Sales

12528.300

15360.600

19548.100

17779.400

Total Expenditure

11415.000

13624.100

17596.000

16717.700

PBIDT (Excl OI)

1113.300

1736.500

1952.100

1061.700

Other Income

80.200

80.600

152.600

239.900

Operating Profit

1193.500

1817.100

2104.700

1301.600

Interest

25.300

23.800

20.300

12.700

PBDT

1168.200

1793.300

2084.400

1258.900

Depreciation

81.900

85.900

85.700

91.300

Profit Before Tax

1086.300

1707.400

1998.700

1197.600

Tax

273.500

429.700

623.000

359.600

Profit After Tax

812.800

1277.700

1375.700

838.000

Net Profit

812.800

1277.700

1375.700

838.000

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

PAT / Total Income

(%)

5.34
4.17

5.28

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

6.87
6.06

6.76

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

15.55
13.16

13.13

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.44
0.42

0.46

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.87
2.20

2.61

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.40
1.43

1.44

 

 


 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

HISTORY:

 

As a result of joint venture between the Tata Group and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, the Subject was born in the year 1984 and commenced its business in the year 1986. Started as a watch company, Subject' main focus has been to increase the breadth and depth of its portfolio of product offerings. The company has four main business units, such as Watches, Jewellery, Eyewear and Precision Engineered Components. International labels such as Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss are now a part of its basket; along with Fastrack a brand targeting youth and the mid-range brand Sonata. It has manufacturing and assembly operations at Hosur, Dehradun, Roorkee and Baddi in Himachal Pradesh and an ECB plant in Goa. Titan's manufacturing units of the Watch and Jewellery divisions at Hosur, Karnataka are certified under ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Management System standards and ISO 14001 Environment System Standard. Under in Watch Business, the company manufactures four main watch brands viz. Titan for the premium segment, Fastrack - focused on the youth and trendy fashion space, Sonata for the mass market and Xylys for the premium market. In Jewellery business, Tanishq is India's largest and fastest growing jewellery brand with a premium range of gold jewellery studded with diamonds or coloured gems and a wide range in 22kt pure gold. Platinum also a part of the product range and the Gold Plus' is the recent retail offering for the mass market with plain gold jewellery. Titan Eye+ is currently on a pilot mode with 5 stores in 2 cities and has sunglasses under Fastrack brand and prescription eyewear consisting of Frames, Lenses, Sunglasses, Accessories and Contact Lenses of in-house brands and other premium brands. The company's Precision Engineering Division supplies precision components to the avionics and the automotive industry. Subject has set up an integrated watch manufacturing facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu in the year 1987 with initial technical know-how from Europe and Japan. The Company played a part in capital market with rights issue in October 1992 to the part of finance for its expansion programmes. In 1995, the company diversified into Jewellery under the brand name of Tanishq to capitalize on a fragmented market operating with no brands in urban cities. Apart from the domestic market, the company started the manufacturing of watches for several prestigious international brands during the year 1997. Sonata, the second watch brand of the company was launched in the year 1998. The Company leveraged its manufacturing competencies and branched into Precision Engineering Products and Machine Building from the year 2003. The company has diversified into fashion Eyewear by launching Fastrack Eye-Gear sunglasses, as well as Prescription Eyewear. The company's Precision Engineering Division supplies precision components and also manufactures dashboard clocks as OEM to car manufacturers in Europe and America. The division also provides fully integrated Automation solutions. PHDCII award for Corporate Social Responsibility - 2003 was surrendered to hands of the company. The Company has implemented the Authorisation Matrix in its ERP system in the Time Products Division by empowering various types of transactions based on graded level of authority during the year 2004. During 2004-05 the company has launched two brands namely Fastrack sunglasses and Tommy Hilfiger Watches. The company has entered into the fragrance business through launch of Evolve and these are available in UAE, OMAN and Bahrain and in the same period of 2004-05 the company has set up a new watch assembly unit was established at Baddi Himachal Pradesh with an assembly capacity of 2 Million watches per annum. During the year 2005, bolstered by the success of Tanishq, a range of premium branded Jewellery, the company launched its second Jewellery brand under the name of Gold Plus aimed at the mass market and for capitalizing on the opportunity in small towns and rural India. The year 2005-06 saw one of the bigger 'internal' mergers, between the Retailing team and Customer Service. Christened as the Retailing Services Group, its objective is to have a specialized and integrated team, focused on retail strategy and operations for all brands of the Time Products Division. The later part of the year 2006, saw the high profile launch of XYLYS, a new brand in the fast growing premium 'Swiss Made' market segment. This brand targets the growing breed of young, affluent, fashionable yet discerning consumers, who seek to make a sophisticated style statement by the watches they wear. The brand was launched in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The Time Products Division of the company was awarded the JRD QV Award in 2006. Titan has won the Brand Leadership award at the India Brand Summit. Both Titan and Tanishq have been adjudged 'Most Admired Brands' as well as 'Retailer of the Year' by Images Fashion Forum in consecutive years. Subject being named the No.1 Brand in the Consumer Durables category in the 'Brand Equity' Survey of The Economic Times, a leading Indian financial daily. Titan was once again selected as the most admired watch brand in the country during 2006-07. The premium brand, Xylys, which had been launched a year before, expanded its footprint to 11 towns of the country in the year 2007. Subject wins SAP-ACE 2007 Awards. In January of the year 2008, Subject launched its all-new collection of chronograph, multifunction and retrograde watches with international styling, Octane from Titan. The collection embodies speed, energy and power. In same month and year, Subject made a tie-up with Sankara Nethralaya for a technical collaboration for training optical store personnel for Titan Eye+, the optical division of the company. Subject has set foot in Pakistan, encompass the set up of a large World of Titan showroom in Lahore and a Titan exclusive store in Karachi during the period of April 2008. The Company made its partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-India) in June 2008, main aim of the tie-up is to spread awareness about some of the most endangered species in India through a collection of uniquely designed Titan watches. The Company is working towards sustaining this momentum in the current and upcoming years also. The domestic watch division is pursuing aggressive growth through the ever-increasing strength of all its major brands. Constant exploration of new consumer segments, introduction of innovative new products, which would fuel consumer demand, and the rapid growth of their retail net work would certainly drive this growth. The Jewellery division continues to set for itself very ambitious growth targets, through various key initiatives including launching of new collections, setting up new Tanishq and Gold Plus stores, improving the walk-ins, and improving the merchandising at the stores. The Precision Engineering Division of the Company will be targeting a significant top line growth and most importantly to achieve a break even in terms of profitability.

 

FINANCIAL RESULTS:

 

In its silver jubilee year, Subject has come out with a sterling performance. Sales income for the year 2009-10 was Rs.47031.200 millions, crossing the billion dollar (US) figure and registering a growth of 22.2% over last year sales of Rs.38477.200 millions. The year started on a sombre note against the backdrop of a slowdown worldwide but the recovery of the Indian economy and strategic steps taken by Subject have helped register a historic performance.

 

Profit before tax for the Company grew by 39.4% to Rs.3213.200 millions, while net profit grew by 57.5% over last year to Rs.2503.200 millions.

 

Both Watches and Jewellery segments benefited from a good wedding season in the first quarter of 2009-10. Retail sales were extremely good for watches post October 2009. Tanishq ran a successful promotion the ‘Queen of Diamonds’ and the new Eyewear business had an extremely impactful activation in the first half of the year and a very successful advertising campaign in the last quarter of the year.

 

The Jewellery segment sales grew by 26.8% to Rs.35041.900 millions and the Watch segment sales grew by 13% to Rs.10267.800 millions. Sales of others including Eyewear and Precision Engineering rose by 11.4% to Rs.1517.600 millions.

 

The year witnessed expansion of the Company’s retail network with a net addition of 52 stores (81,267sq.ft.) across Watches, Jewellery and Eyewear businesses. As on 31st March 2010, the Company has a total of 539 stores, with over 6,85,000 sq. ft of retail space, delivering a retail turnover of Rs.44000.000 millions.

 

To support the increase in sales growth, the Company has established one more assembly unit on 29th March 2010, at an excise duty free zone in Uttarakhand State, with a production capacity of 5.0 million watches per annum having a total built up area of 4,500 sq mtrs.

 

International Operations

The Company achieved an export turnover of Rs.1010.000 millions during the year. Exports include sale of watches and precision engineered components.

 

The international markets for watches presented a mixed picture, with markets such as Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Qatar displaying good growth, but countries such as UAE and Singapore remained sluggish. The export of precision engineered components during the year was impacted due to the global meltdown.

 

Finance

During the year, the Company raised a total of Rs.104.300 millions from commercial banks. Borrowings of Rs.1104.700 millions were repaid during the year. The Company incurred Rs.441.600 millions as capital expenditure in respect of refurbishment and expansion programmes at manufacturing facilities and retail outlets and in IT Hardware systems.

 

The Company’s continued effort at conserving cash and containing capital employed has enabled the company to reduce its borrowings by more than Rs.1000.000 millions and generate net cash inflow of Rs.2320.000 millions.

 

During the year, the Company’s long term debt rating was upgraded from AA- Stable (pronounced as AA minus) to AA Stable. This indicates high degree of safety.

 

The Indian economy however started showing revival during the later half of the year. Due to Inflationary pressures, Reserve Bank of India had to tighten the monetary policy by increasing the key interest rates. The Company’s average cost of borrowings for the year was 10.70% as against 10.97% in the previous year.

 

As on 31st March 2010, there were no fixed deposits held by the Company from the public, shareholders and employees other than unclaimed deposits amounting to Rs.0.800 million.

 

An amount of Rs.52.800 millions has been transferred to the debenture redemption reserve in accordance with statutory requirements and the terms of Rights Issue.

 

As amount of Rs.1055.100 millions has been transferred to the general reserve.

 

During the year, the Company made payments aggregating to Rs.4566.500 millions by way of central, state and local taxes and duties as against Rs.3882.300 millions in the previous year.

 

Amortization of Trademarks

During the year, the Company reviewed the expected pattern of economic benefits from the use of trademarks. Consequent to such review, a further amount of Rs.240.400 millions has been amortized.

 

Change in the method of valuation of inventory

Consequent to the adoption of hedge accounting of gold, for a more accurate reflection of the operational performance and appropriate presentation of the financial statements, the Company has adopted First-in-First-Out (FIFO) method of valuation of gold from April 1, 2009 as against weighted average method adopted upto March 31, 2009. This change has resulted in a higher profit before taxes of Rs.134.100 millions during the year ended March 31, 2010.

 

Subsidiaries

As part of the proposal to reduce the number of subsidiary companies, the Board of Directors of the Company have approved the amalgamation of Tanishq (India) Limited, with the Company, for which the process of the Scheme of Merger is proposed to be filed with the jurisdictional High Courts.

 

Titan Mechatronics Limited ceased to be a subsidiary of the Company on 30th March 2010 consequent to the Company divesting its entire shareholding in the subsidiary.

 

As at 31st March 2010, the Company has the following subsidiaries:

1) Titan TimeProducts Limited, Goa

2) Tanishq (India) Limited, Bangalore

3) Titan Properties Limited, Hosur

 

The performance highlights of these subsidiary companies for FY 2009-10 are as under:

 

Titan TimeProducts Limited sold 6.27 million (2008-09: 6.85 million) Electronic Circuit Boards in 2009-10 registered a turnover of Rs.146.159 millions (2008-09: Rs.159.138 millions) and a net profit of Rs.3.443 millions (2008-09: Rs.8.068 millions).

 

Tanishq (India) Limited made a net profit of Rs.4.192 millions (2008-09: Rs.2.330 millions); Titan Properties Limited made a net profit of Rs.0.953 million (2008-09: Rs.38.202 millions).

 

None of these companies has declared a dividend.

 

Outlook for 2010-11

The year 2009-10 started on a rather cautious note against the backdrop of the global economic meltdown. However, during the later half of 2009-10, Indian economy showed a turn around with a double digit industrial growth and enhanced consumer confidence.

 

The Watch business will continue to pursue profitable growth through investment in brands, sensible expansion of retail net work, making Titan a premium brand, product innovation and new product collections and other initiatives in Manufacturing and Sourcing.

 

The watch business will also continue to drive profitable growth in existing Asian markets, focus on marketing investments in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

 

The Jewellery business will continue its growth path through various initiatives, including launching of new collections, setting up large format stores, increasing share of studded jewellery and achieving design leadership.

 

The Precision Engineering Division of the Company, which was significantly impacted in 2009-10 due to the global melt down and the slow down of the Indian manufacturing sector, will continue to build technical expertise comparable to leading international players, develop industry specific capabilities, focus on developing quality vendors, besides seeking opportunities for moving up the value chain.

 

The Company’s fledgling Eyewear business will pursue its focus on enhancing its market share through several initiatives, including expansion of its retail net work, introduction of technologically superior lens products, build awarenenss /brand appeal through mass media, and by creating a differentiated and consistent service ambience across all stores.

 

Overall, the year 2010-11 will be a year where the Company would drive for strong and profitable growth in all its Indian consumer businesses, retain focus on elimination of wasteful costs, and skillfully navigate the international businesses which will continue to pose challenges due to sluggish demand in some of the geographies.

 

Awards and Recognition

Subject received the Award for the Most Admired Timewear Brand of the Year in 2009. And to follow was, the Most Admired Jewellery Brand of the Year. Titan has won for the ninth consecutive year and Tanishq has won for the seventh consecutive year.

 

While honouring Subject’ sustainable advantages, Indian Fashion Award (IFA) presented the Company with a special award to acknowledge its uncontested leadership in the Timewear and Jewellery categories.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

India Overview

 

For the country, the year 2009-10, was indeed a challenging one, following the impact of the global financial crisis on the developing world. This was most significantly felt actually during the second half of 2008-09, with the growth rate hovering around the 6 to 6.5 percent range. The pundits had forecasted that this trend would persist for a longer period and the delayed and sub-normal monsoon, added to the general atmosphere of uncertainty. There was considerable concern however on the double digit food inflation (17.9% in January 2010) and the simultaneous inflation in fuel, power and lubricants, which was above the 10% range. Nevertheless, in spite of these adverse factors, India surprised the world by its remarkable recovery, not only in terms of its overall growth rate, but significantly in terms of its fundamental indicators which were blinking positive and this cemented the belief and confidence in India’s sustainable progress.

 

The Company had adopted the maxim of ‘cautious optimism’, with a company-wide effort at reducing costs, redeploying manpower, conserving cash and containing capital employed.

 

The outlook for the Indian economy looks promising in the future, with several indicators turning to positive during the last 6 months. Agriculture is on priority and is expected to return to the projected path soon. The fundamentals of the economy are steadily improving and the projected growth rate stands at 8.5%. The optimists in fact predict that the economy can breach the 9% mark in 2010-2011 moving to a double digit growth in 4 years time, well on its way to be amongst the fastest growing economies of the world.

 

Business Overview

In its silver jubilee year, Subject indeed came up with a sterling performance, in spite of a backdrop of a challenging economic scenario. The recovery of the Indian economy in the second half of the year is well reflected by their best ever performance, attributed to initiatives both of revenue growth and cost reduction undertaken by the Company. Income grew by 22% from Rs.38480.000 millions last year to Rs.47030.000 millions this year while Net Profit grew by 57% from Rs.1589.600 millions last year to Rs.2503.200 millions this year.

 

Watches

 

Global trends in the Watches Industry

During 2009, global production of watches was estimated at 865 million timepieces, a significant decline of 20% compared to the previous year. This decline was led by sharply lower demand in several recession-hit markets, including USA, Japan, several countries in Europe and the Americas. China and India were perhaps the only large nations to display growth in consumer demand, and Asia is today firmly positioned as the future growth engine for the watches industry.

 

The premium and luxury end of the global watches market witnessed a steep decline during 2009, with export sales of the Swiss watch industry, which is central to this segment, declining by 22% during the year after achieving a record high during 2008. The Japanese watches industry, also amongst the largest in the world, declined by more than 15%. However, the first few months of 2010 appear to be more upbeat, and the global watches industry is therefore forecasting a far better outlook for the current calendar year.

 

The Swatch group, the global market leader in wrist watches, performed relatively better than the overall global market, with sales declining by only 8.1% during 2009. This compares with a growth of 4.3% achieved by the group during 2008.

 

The Indian watches market

During 2009, the Indian watches market grew by an estimated 6% to a total size of 46 million watches. This is similar to the growth achieved during 2008, but lower than the historical five-year average growth rate of 8%. India was one of the few countries to display growth of the watches market during this challenging year, led both by the resilient Indian economy and consistent marketing investments by key players. This portends well for the future of the industry, particularly since they expect that global watch brands will continue to invest significantly in Asia and India in the years ahead.

 

During 2009, the Company managed to further increase its market share in multi-brand watch outlets (as measured by M/s Francis Kanoi Research) by 1.5% in terms of value, notwithstanding competition from over 60 global brands.

 

Market leadership and growth was achieved through a well crafted portfolio of distinctive brands which cater to virtually all large consumer segments – Titan which is their flagship brand, Titan Raga for women, Titan Zoop for school-going children, Fastrack for college-going youth, Sonata for the economy market and Xylys, their unique Swiss-made offering, at the premium end of the market. Their strong nationwide reach, retail presence, distribution and service network, manufacturing and design capability is unmatched in the country, adding further to their appeal, access and strength. Their vision of being world-class, innovative, contemporary and building India’s most desirable brands continues to drive their strategy and their growth.

 

Based on these strong pillars, the watches business of the Company achieved a record profit before taxes of Rs.1390.000 millions and a robust ROCE of 49 % during 2009-10, notwithstanding challenging market and economic conditions. The watches business won the coveted “Sustained Excellence Award” of the Tata Group during 2009, which reflects a very high level of excellence across all areas of the business.

 

Key milestones and areas of focus

Their watches are now sold in India and 26 countries across the world. While they are the dominant market leader in India, they also enjoy strong positions in the mid-priced segment in many Asian markets.

 

Their flagship brand Titan launched several new collections of watches during the year, to stimulate consumer demand and drive multiple watch ownership. These included Titan Raga Flora, Titan Purple and a new collection of the iconic Titan Edge. The year also marked Titan’s entry into the automatic watches segment, which is likely to grow significantly in future years. Titan Zoop, a new sub-brand for children, was rolled out across the country.

 

Sonata, their economy brand, continued to remain India’s largest watch brand in terms of volume sales. Sonata Super fibre, their first significant offering in the large sub-Rs. 500 price segment, achieved significant market share in its first full year of launch.

 

This market segment is currently dominated by the unorganized sector, and therefore represents a large growth opportunity for the future.

 

Fastrack, their youth brand, also launched several new and innovative lines of watches and sunglasses, such as the Bikers’ Collection. During the year, Fastrack also began a successful foray into the youth accessories market, with the national launch of bags, belts, wallets and wristbands. To showcase and retail the entire range of Fastrack products, a number of exclusive Fastrack stores were opened during the year.

 

At the premium end of the watches market, the Company also piloted a new retail store format, called “Helios”, which aims to develop retail space for the rapidly growing premium and luxury watches market in India. They are confident that “Helios” will pioneer the growth of premium multibrand watch retailing in India, thus contributing strongly and directly to the overall growth of the industry.

 

Their “World of Titan” retail store network, grew to 291 stores by March 2010. Similarly, their “Titan Watch Care Centres”, which offer service to millions of consumers who own and use their watches, increased their presence to 225 locations. They now offer their consumers authorized service facilities in over 768 points nationwide. They also continued to forge strong partnerships with modern departmental stores such as Shoppers’ Stop, Pantaloons, Central, Lifestyle, Westside and Reliance Retail, which are changing the shopping paradigm in India.

 

Their international business witnessed a mixed year, with some markets such as Vietnam and Saudi Arabia performing very well, whereas other countries such as UAE were impacted by a sharp economic recession.

 

Manufacturing, Sourcing, Technology and Design

During the year, a new assembly unit was opened in Pant Nagar (Uttarakhand State), thus adding to their existing units at Hosur, Dehradun, Baddi and Roorkee. Their Design Studio and Technology wings also achieved commendable progress in developing breakthrough innovation and new products for Indian and international consumers.

 

The Design Studio and watch manufacturing worked with Foley Designs, a design firm and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to produce the baton for the Commonwealth Games (picture on the cover page of this annual report) which was handed over to President of India, Her Excellency Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil by the Queen Elizabeth II to mark the commencement of the journey of the baton through all the Commonwealth countries.

 

“Titan Experience Zone” was created by the Design Studio to showcase the Watch Division’s capabilities and achievements in an interesting and high tech manner at the Company’s store in Hosur.

 

Jewellery

The international investment demand for gold, especially Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), kept the dollar price of gold rising throughout most of 2009-10. This factor, combined with a steadily depreciating rupee, kept the rupee price of gold at very high levels. On average, the rupee price of gold was around Rs 1474/gram for 22k, which was more than 20% as compared to 2008-09 levels.

 

The high gold rate during the current year along with its volatility seems to have been internalized by the customers. Post the subdued first and second quarters of 2009-10, they have witnessed a significant growth in volumes in the following two quarters.

 

The surge in volume growth in the last two quarters of 2009-10 has led the Tanishq brand to post a double digit growth in volumes for the FY 09-10.

 

Sales and Marketing

Tanishq outperformed the industry, which grew only by 5-10% in value terms, whereas Tanishq retail sales clocked a 38% value growth. The Industry witnessed a decline in tonnage sales of Gold by 15%, where as Tanishq grew in volumes by 11%. Similarly, the Diamond Jewellery market growth for the industry was around 20% where as Tanishq grew by 47%.

 

The Tanishq Boutique Retail Chain saw the addition of only 1 store, which was the first of its Large Format Store strategy set for the Brand. This store spans across 20,000 sq.ft on Usman Road, Chennai, considered to be the hub of Jewellery buying in South India. The Company had 114 Tanishq stores across 75 towns at the year end. New product introductions, which are critical for Brand differentiation, continued with the launch of the ‘Glam Gold” Collection, Red Carpet Collection and the Valentines Collection.

 

These collections were extremely well received by their customers and clearly added great value and sheen to the Brand and made it stronger. The “Queen of Diamond” contest, a Tanishq marketing initiative was a great success during the Diwali season, leading to a 40% growth over same period of 2008-09.

 

The two key Tanishq relationship programs, “The Golden Harvest Scheme” (GHS) and Anuttara, saw a surge in the enrollment base. The GHS, an installment based Jewellery buying initiative, saw record enrollments leading to 15% of its retail sale coming from the GHS. The new enrollments of 09-10 are expected to increase the sales contribution of GHS to 25% of 2010-11 retail sales. The Anuttara loyalty program saw the member base rise to over 4, 50,000 members during the year.

Gold Plus, the mass market Jewellery brand of the Company, grew by 22% over the previous financial year. Gold Plus focused more on consolidating in the existing markets, and hence did not expand its network. Gold Plus closed one of its stores in Bheemavaram in view of its low market potential and presently has 29 stores in 29 towns. The customer base of Gold Plus crossed the 3 lakh mark and the unique loyalty program, Ananta has about 80 K members. Gold Plus launched several successful collections like the 3 D Peacock collection and the Maya collection. Gold Plus also bagged 4 international awards (MAA Global and MAA Asia Pacific) for its unique campaign of the World’s largest Bangle. The Company’s third jewellery brand, Zoya has two stores which cater to high end consumers looking for exclusive designs and retail environment.

 

Integrated Supply Chain

The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM) operations accepted the challenge of the higher sales requirement. With little incremental investment, all requirements of alignment, cost and quality were met as per the planned targets, thanks to the support of their able and committed vendor base.

 

On the back of such a good operational performance and coupled with tight controls on retail and factory overheads, the domestic operations turned in a profit before tax of Rs.2510.000 millions, which is so far the best ever. Return on capital was in excess of 90% and the cash flow from operations was in excess of Rs.1900.000 millions.

 

Their first-mover advantage in this industry remains unchallenged. The entry of other corporate players into jewellery began with much fanfare, but has not lived up to the initial hype. Obviously it takes years to acquire the assets and competencies that they have with us: their brands, network and business partners on the asset side, and their design, merchandising and marketing, manufacturing, vendor management and supply chain, and retail operations and customer management on the capability side.

 

Gold prices crossed the $1200/Tr.oz level in December 2009, mainly due to higher investment demand globally, amidst depressed economic scenarios in the US and Europe. The forthcoming year is expected to see lower volume growth in gold compared to the previous years and therefore, the Jewellery Division will focus mainly on increasing its sales mix in diamond and other studded category and further improving its working capital management.

 

Eyewear

The eyewear Industry saw heightened activity in 2009-10. Numerous new stores were setup, there was enhanced media activity and a slew of promotions were seen.

 

Subject focused on consolidating its eyewear business, enhancing profitability and building brand awareness and appeal. It has expanded its retail chain to 82 stores and is present in 41 towns as on March 2010. Brand awareness has significantly improved and consumers today recognize Titan Eye+ a preferred destination for eyewear. The brand will continue to innovate and meet the latent needs of the middle and upper middle Indian consumer.

 

The eyewear industry continues to be largely unorganized with few national/regional optical chains. Competitive activity has increased and larger players are beginning to intensify their efforts to grow the market. It is estimated that this industry is currently growing at over 15% per annum.

 

With the threat of an economic downturn receding, increased market activity and greater awareness and exposure to international eyewear trends, it is expected that this industry will grow at a faster pace over the next 3-5 years.

 

Titan Eye+ has envisioned a lead role for itself in redefining the eyewear industry in India. They have introduced numerous differentiated and innovative products, taken eye testing to a new level, set up their own state-of-the-art lens manufacturing facility, set new standards in product quality and provided enablers like the style section to help customers choose the right frame.

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES NOT PROVIDED FOR (AS ON 31.03.2010)

 

Contingent liabilities not provided for - Rs.535.117 millions comprising of the following:

 

·         Sales Tax - Rs.30.730 millions (relating to the applicability of rate of tax, computation of tax liability, submission of certain statutory forms)

 

·         Customs Duty - Rs.31.694 millions relating to compliance with the terms of notification, export obligations)

 

·         Excise Duty - Rs.339.779 millions relating to denial of exemption by amending the earlier notification, computation of the assessable value, denial of input credit on service tax)

 

·         Income Tax - Rs.123.860 millions  (relating to disallowance of deductions claimed)

 

·         Others - Rs.9.054 millions (relating to miscellaneous claims)

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

  • Land – Freehold
  • Land – Leasehold
  • Plant, Machinery and Equipment
  • Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
  • Vehicles
  • Intangible Assets – Trade Marks

 

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31.03.2011

 

                                                                                                                                              (Rs. in millions)

 

 

PARTICULARS

Year Ended

31.03.2011

(Audited)

 

 

Sales / Income from operations

65708.600

Less : Excise Duty

499.700

Net sales / Income from operations

65208.900

Other operating income

7.500

 

 

Expenditure

 

Decrease / (increase) in stock in trade and work in progress

(5002.800)

Consumption of raw materials

44546.600

Purchase of traded goods

8495.800

Employee cost

3929.600

Advertising

3032.700

Depreciation / Amortisation

344.800

Other expenditure

4350.900

Total expenditure

59697.600

 

 

Profit from operations before other income and interest

5518.800

Other income

553.300

Profit before interest

6072.100

Interest

82.100

Profit before taxes

5990.000

Income taxes - Current

1686.000

                       - Deferred

(32.400)

Profit after taxes

4336.400

Less: Income tax of earlier years

32.200

Net Profit

4304.200

Paid-up equity share capital (face value: Rs.10 per share)

443.900

Paid-up Debt Capital (6.75% non convertible debentures of RS. 250 each)

528.300

Reserves excluding revaluation reserves

9809.900

Debenture Redemption Reserves

259.700

Basic and diluted earnings per equity share (Rs.) (Not Annualised)

96.96

Promoters and Promoter group shareholding

 

a) Pledged / Encumbered

 

- Number of shares

--

- % of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of the group)

--

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

--

b) Non-encumbered

 

- Number of shares

23743403

- % of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of the group)

100.00%

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

53.5%

 

 

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COMPANY PROFILE

 

Subject is the organization that brought about a paradigm shift in the Indian watch market when it introduced its futuristic quartz technology, complemented by international styling. With India's two most recognised and loved brands Titan and Tanishq to its credit, Subject is the fifth largest integrated watch manufacturer in the world.

 

The success story began in 1984 with a joint venture between the Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation. Presenting Titan quartz watches that sported an international look, Subject transformed the Indian watch market. After Sonata, a value brand of functionally styled watches at affordable prices, Subject reached out to the youth segment with Fastrack, its third brand, trendy and chic. The company has sold 100 million watches world over and manufactures 12 million watches every year.

 

With a license for premium fashion watches of global brands, Subject repeated its pioneering act and brought international brands into Indian market. Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, as well as the Swiss made watch – Xylys owe their presence in Indian market to Subject.

 

Entering the largely fragmented Indian jewellery market with no known brands in 1995, Subject launched Tanishq, India’s most trusted and fastest growing jewellery brand. Gold Plus, the later addition, focuses on the preferences of semi-urban and rural India. Completing the jewellery portfolio is Zoya, the latest retail chain in the luxury segment.

 

Subject has leveraged its manufacturing competencies and branched into precision engineering components and subassemblies, machine building and automation solutions, tooling solutions and electronic sub-assemblies in 2002. Subject has also made its foray into prescription eyewear, launching the Titan Eye+ chain of world class optical stores in 2007.

 

With over 500 retail stores across a carpet area of 6,60,000 sq. ft, Subject has emerged as India’s largest retail network. The company has over 290 exclusive ‘World of Titan', Helios and Fastrack showrooms and 745 after-sales-service centers. Subject is also the largest jewellery retailer in India with over 140 Tanishq boutiques, Zoya and Gold Plus stores and over 75 Titan Eye+ stores.

 

Backed by over 4,300 employees, two exclusive design studios for watches and jewellery, over five manufacturing units, and innumerable admirers world over, Subject continues to grow and sets new standards for innovation and quality. The organization is all geared to repeat the Titan and Tanishq success story with each new offering

 

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

 

Over the years, Subject has received several prestigious awards and distinctions. Some of the recent and most noteworthy recognitions are:

 

• Subject received the Award for the Most Admired Timewear Brand of the Year in   2009 for the ninth successive year for Titan, and the Most Admired Jewellery Brand of the Year for the seventh consecutive year for Tanishq.

 

• Goldplus bags 2 dragons and 2 certificate of merits at the Promotion marketing awards of Asia 2009.

 

• Jewellery Division was declared the winner of the “GOLD AWARD" in FMCG sector in the GreenTech Environment Excellence Award 2009.

 

• Jewellery Division wins first prize in “Innovation in Supply Chain Management” organized by Indian Institute of Material Management for the second consecutive year and ranked amongst the top five amongst 50 global entries at Europen Business School, Weisbaden Germany .

 

• Titan brand won the “Most Valuable Brand in the State” award at the IIPM and The Sunday Times STATE EXCELLENCE AWARD.

 

• Both Titan and Sonata feature in the Top 100 Brands-2009 in the Annual Survey conducted by Economic Times. While Titan is ranked at Number 4, Sonata increase their rank to 86. Titan is ranked number 1 in the consumer durables category.

 

• Jewellery Division of Subject won the Eight Annual Madras Management Association award on Managerial Excellence for Manufacturing sector.

 

• Subject bagged 24th position across all industry categories and 1st position in the Retail Industry category in the Economic Times – Great Place to Work Institute study. The survey results show that 88% employees across Subject feel that Titan is a Great Place to work!

 

 

PRESS RELEASES:

 

TITAN INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES RESULTS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS OF ALL- ANNOUNCES BONUS ISSUE OF EQUITY SHARES

 

Titan Industries Limited is living its dreams .The Company came up with an outstanding performance for 2010-11 beating expectations of all market gurus.  Sales income for the year 2010-11 was Rs.65708.6 millions registering a growth of 39.7% over last year.  Titan Industries pursued aggressive growth during 2010-11 in all its business, protecting and wherever possible enhancing profit margins resulting in a very attractive return on capital.  At the same time the Company invested in strategic initiatives taking into account long term and sustainable growth.  All these backed by the talent and commitment of employees and business associates have helped Titan Industries record a historic performance.

 

Profit before tax for the Company grew by 86.4 % to Rs. 5990 millions, while net profit grew by 71.9% over last year to Rs.4304.2 millions.

 

The dynamism of Indian economy and positive consumer sentiment reflected in consistent double digit sales growth, month after month across all retail formats of watches, jewellery and eyewear.

 

The Watches business of the Company recorded an income of Rs.12664.6 millions, a healthy growth of 23.3% and enhanced its market share by 1.8% to 45.1%.  This was achieved through excellent planning and execution of key initiatives.  The income from Jewellery segment grew by 43.5%, crossing the Rs.50000 millions mark to Rs.50272.3 millions, contributing to 76% of the Company’s topline.  The profit, before interest and taxes, from the jewellery segment was Rs.4291 millions for the year.  The Eyewear business expanded rapidly during the year and touched the mark of 150 stores, of Titan Eye Plus, across 48 towns.  A host of innovative collections of frames and special lenses, targeting different consumer segments were successfully launched.  The B2B business of Precision Engineering also performed much better than the previous year as the Aerospace, Automobile and Automation industries showed signs of recovery from the impact of global economic crisis.

 

The year witnessed aggressive expansion of its retail network with a net addition of over 122 stores by Watches, Jewellery and Eyewear businesses.  As on 31st March 2011, the Company had over 665 stores, with over 810,000 sq.ft of retail space delivering a retail turnover in excess of Rs.61500 millions.  

 

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director of the Company stated that “It has been a remarkable year for Titan Industries Limited in terms of setting new standards.  In fact, the Company has moved on to a new platform of performance as well as future expectations.  Given the high expectations of all our stakeholders and aspirations of our employees, we move confidently into the new financial year.”

 

After considering the excellent performance of the Company, the directors have recommended a dividend of 250%     

 

The Board of Directors have further approved issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1 (one) equity share for every 1 (one) existing equity share held.

 

The Board has also approved the sub-division of the equity share of the Company of a face value of Rs.10 each into 10 (ten) equity shares of Rs. 1 (one) each.

 

 


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.45.38

UK Pound

1

Rs.73.31

Euro

1

Rs.63.70

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

8

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--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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