1. Summary Information

 

 

Country

India

Company Name

REDINGTON (INDIA) LIMITED

Principal Name 1

Mr. R. Shrinivasan

Status

Good

Principal Name 2

Mr. Raj Shankar

 

 

Registration #

18-028758

Street Address

SPL Guindy House, 95, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032, Tamilnadu

Established Date

02.05.1961

SIC Code

--

Telephone#

91-44-22353313/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 17/ 18/ 42243281/ 42243499/ 42243353 /42243352

Business Style 1

Trading, Importing and Distributing of Computers, Computer Peripherals, Printers, Plotters and Spares including after sales service

Fax #

91-44-22352790/ 22253799

Business Style 2

-

Homepage

www.redingtonindia.com

Product Name 1

Printers

# of employees

1315 (Approximately)

Product Name 2

Computers

Paid up capital

Rs. 792,660,000

Product Name 3

Spares

Shareholders

Foreign Institutional Investors (37.21%)

Banking

IndusInd Bank

State Bank of India

Public Limited Corp.

Yes

Business Period

50 years

IPO

---

International Ins.

-

Public Enterprise

---

Rating

A (66)

Related Company

Relation - Subsidiaries

Country – India

Company Name

Redington (India) Investments Private Limited

Note

-

 

2. Summary Financial Statement

Balance Sheet as of

31.03.2011

(Unit: Indian Rs.)

Assets

Liabilities

Current Assets

11,386,784,000

Current Liabilities

11,117,050,000

Inventories

7,174,307,000

Long-term Liabilities

5,150,284,000

Fixed Assets

660,421,000

Other Liabilities

---

Deferred Assets

40,485,000

Total Liabilities

16,267,334,000

Invest& other Assets

4,645,977,000

Retained Earnings

6,847,980,000

 

 

Net Worth

7,640,640,000

Total Assets

23,907,974,000

Total Liab. & Equity

23,907,974,000

 Total Assets

(Previous Year)

17,278,855,000

 

 

P/L Statement as of

31.03.2011

(Unit: Indian Rs.)

Sales

83,160,126,000

Net Profit

1,284,404,000

Sales(Previous yr)

64,496,142,000

Net Profit(Prev.yr)

994,561,000

 

 

MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

07.11.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

REDINGTON (INDIA) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

SPL Guindy House, 95, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032, Tamilnadu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.05.1961

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18-028758

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.792.660 millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L52599TN1961PLC028758

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHER00540B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCR0347P

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company. The Company’s Shares are Listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Trading, Importing and Distributing of Computers, Computer Peripherals, Printers, Plotters and Spares including after sales service.

 

 

No. of Employees :

1315 (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A (66)

 

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 30563000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well – established and a reputed company having fine track. Financial position of the company appears to be sound. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

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

 

NOTES :

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

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

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 :

SPL Guindy House, 95, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-22353313/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 17/ 18/ 42243281/ 42243499/ 42243353 /42243352

Fax No.:

91-44-22352790/ 22253799

E-Mail :

info@redingtonindia.com

sureshkumar.k@redington.co.in

vijaykumar.np@redington.co.in

investors@redington.co.in

Website :

www.redingtonindia.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

Ground Floor, "Centre Point", Plot No.8 and 11 (SP), Thiru-Vi-Ka Industrial Estate, Ekkaduthangal, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-42243353

Fax No.:

91-44-42243148

E-Mail :

investors@redington.co.in

 

 

Sales and Service Centers:

Located at :

 

·       Chennai

·       Bangalore

·       Hyderabad

·       Trivandrum

·       Coimbatore

·       Visakhapatnam

·       Cochin

·       Madurai

·       Hubli

·       Calicut

·       Hyderabad

 

 

Branch Office :

1/11, Nook Apartment, 8, Gurusaday Road, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal, India

 

A-206, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-1, New Delhi 110 020

Tel No.: 91-11-30845313

 

Also Located At :

 

·       Chandigarh

·       Uttar Pradesh

·       Punjab

·       Rajasthan

·       Uttaranchal

·       Orissa

·       Bihar

·       Guwahati

·       Gujarat

·       Karnataka

·       Goa

·       Mumbai

·       Pune

·       Gujarat

·       Tamilnadu

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Name :

Professor J. Ramachandran

Designation :

Chairman         

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Shrinivasan

Designation :

Managing Director

 

           

Name :

Mr. Raj Shankar

Designation :

Deputy Managing Director          

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Raghunandan

Designation :

Whole Time Director      

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Jayachandran

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tu Shu-Chyuan

Designation :

Director

 

           

Name :

Mr. Huang Chi Cheng

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Steven A. Pinto

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. William Adamopoulos

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. Srinivasan

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

 

INDIA OPERATIONS

Name :

Mr. P.S. Neogi  

Designation :

President - I.T. Products

 

 

Name :

Mr. E.H. Kasturi Rangan

Designation :

President - Consumer and Digital Products Division

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.V. Krishnan         

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Clynton Almeida      

Designation :

Chief Information Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ramesh Natarajan   

Designation :

Head - National Sales

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.V. Rao    

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Services)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jitendra K. Senapati

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Peripherals and Consumer PC)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anand Chakravarthy

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Networking and Power Products)

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Sasikanth           

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Enterprise Products)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gautam Hukku        

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit  (Systems)

 

 

Name :

Mr. P.M. Sethumadhavan          

Designation :

Advisor – New Projects

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Venkatesh          

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Software Solutions)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajesh Khetarpal     

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Smart Communication and Retail Management SBU)

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Selvanayagam    

Designation :

Head – Strategic Business Unit (Components)

 

 

Name :

Ms. Parvathi Jagannadhan         

Designation :

Head - Strategic Business Unit (Lifestyle and Convergence Devices)

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Muthukumarasamy         

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL OPERAITONS

Name :

Mr. Ashok Veeraraghavan          

Designation :

Director Sales

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sumant Saran         

Designation :

Senior Vice President

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashish Bharti          

Designation :

Vice President - ME Business

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Sethuraman        

Designation :

Vice President - Services MEA

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sriram Ganeshan    

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. Radhakrishnan    

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Category of Shareholder

 

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

(2) Foreign

 

 

Bodies Corporate

84,027,302

21.10

Sub Total

84,027,302

21.10

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

114,507,975

28.80

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

35,576,050

8.93

Foreign Institutional Investors

148,199,906

37.21

Sub Total

183,775,956

46.15

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

14,917,617

3.75

Individuals

 

 

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

7,155,554

1.80

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

1,319,705

0.33

Any Others (Specify)

107,045,911

26.88

Clearing Members

132,036

0.03

Directors & their Relatives & Friends

2,139,455

0.54

Foreign Corporate Bodies

102,245,940

25.67

Hindu Undivided Families

658,180

0.17

Non Resident Indians

1,646,240

0.41

Trusts

51,810

0.01

Foreign Nationals

172,250

0.04

Sub Total

130,438,787

32.75

Total Public shareholding (B)

314,214,743

78.90

Total (A)+(B)

398,242,045

100.00

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

-

-

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

-

-

(2) Public

-

-

Sub Total

-

-

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

398,242,045

-

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Trading, Importing and Distributing of Computers, Computer Peripherals, Printers, Plotters and Spares including after sales service.

 

 

Products :

·       Computer Peripherals

·       Services income

 

Products

ITC Code No.:

Printers

847160

Computers

847130

Spares

854219

Software

852499

 

 

Agencies Held : (As on 31.03.2010)

·       IBM

·       Intel

·       Avaya

·       HP

·       Epson

·       Compaq

·       Philips

·       Samsung

·       Microsoft

·       APC

·       CA

·       Microsoft

·       Kobian

·       Motorala

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

1315 (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

Bankers – India

 

v      Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, 30, Rajaji Salai, Chennai - 600 001, Tamilnadu, India

v      IndusInd Bank, 3 Village Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 001, Tamilnadu, India

v      Citi Bank NA, 2 Club House Road, Chennai – 600 002, Tamilnadu, India

v      HDFC Bank Limited, 751-B, Anna Salai, Mariam Center, Chennai – 600 002, Tamilnadu, India

v      State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, 232 NSC Bose Road, Chennai – 600 001, Tamilnadu, India

v      Bank of Nova Scotia

v      Barclays Bank PLC

v      BNP Paribas

v      Deutsche Bank AG

v      ICICI Bank Limited

v      IDBI Bank Limited

v      ING Vysya Bank Limited

v      Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

v      Standard Chartered Bank

v      Union Bank of India

v      Yes Bank Limited

v      The Royal Bank of Scotland

v      DBS Bank Limited

v      ANZ Banking Group Limited

 

Bankers – Overseas

 

v      Axis Bank, Dubai

v      Bank of Baroda, Dubai

v      Barclays Bank, Dubai

v      BNP Paribas, Dubai

v      BNP Paribas, Singapore

v      Dubai Islamic Bank, Dubai

v      Emirates Bank, Dubai

v      First Gulf Bank, Dubai

v      Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Dubai

v      Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore

v      ICICI Bank, Bahrain

v      Mashreq Bank, Dubai

v      National Bank of Fujairah, Dubai

v      Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai

v      Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

v      State Bank of India, Bahrain

v      May Bank, Singapore

v      UCO Bank, Singapore

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

 

Statutory Auditors :

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Chartered Accountants

Address:

2nd Floor, “Temple Tower, 672, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai – 600 035, Tamilnadu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-52131124-28

Fax No.:

91-44-52131129

 

 

Internal Auditors:

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Chartered Accountant

 

 

 

Party where control exists :

Redington Employee Share Purchase Trust*

 

 

 

 

Parties with Significant Influence :

Redington (Mauritius) Limited, Mauritius*

Synnex Mauritius Limited, Mauritius*

 

 

 

 

Subsidiaries :

v      Nook Micro Distribution Limited, India *

v      Redington (India) Investments Private Limited, India*

v      Cadensworth (India) Limited, India*

v      Easyaccess Financial Services Limited, India*

v      Redington International Mauritius Limited, Mauritius*

v      Redington International (Holdings) Limited, Cayman Islands

v      Redington Gulf FZI-, Dubai*

v      Cadensworth FZE, Dubai*

v      Redington Gulf and Company LLC, Oman

v      Redington Nigeria Limited, Nigeria

v      Redington Egypt Limited, Egypt

v      Redington Kenya Limited, Kenya

v      Redington Middle East LLC, Dubai

v      Redington Qatar WLL, Qatar

v      Redington Arabia Limited, Saudi Araba

v      Redington Africa Distribution FZE. Dubai

v      Redington Bahrain SPC, Bahrain

v      Redington Distribution Pte Limited, Singapore*

v      Redington Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh

v      Redington Qatar Distribution WLL, Qatar

v      Redington Kenya (EPZ) Limited, Kenya

v      Redington Limited, Ghana

v      Redington Uganda Limited, Uganda

v      Africa Joint Technical Services, Libya

v      RGF Private Trust Company Limited, Cayman Islands

v      Cadensworth United Arab Emirates LLC, Dubai

v      Redington Morocco Limited, Morocco

v      Redington Tanzania Limited, Tanzania

v      Redington SL (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka

v      Redington Angola ADA

v      Redington Turkey Holdings S.A.R.L.

v      Arena Bilgisayar Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, Turkey#

 

* Represents companies with whom transactions have taken place during the year.

# As Redington Turkey Holdings S.A.R.L. has effective control over the composition of Board of directors Arena is considered as subsidiary.

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Authorised Capital : Not Available

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital : Rs.792.660 millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

792.660

786.360

778.657

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

6847.980

5973.415

5365.213

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

7640.640

6759.775

6143.870

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

3575.221

3095.549

1568.194

2] Unsecured Loans

1575.063

659.680

1330.880

TOTAL BORROWING

5150.284

3755.229

2899.074

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

1.312

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

12790.924

10515.004

9044.256

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

660.421

670.730

552.035

Capital work-in-progress/ Capital Advances

15.968

13.137

102.803

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

4630.009

4590.509

3209.325

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

40.485

24.976

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

7174.307
4224.121

2734.457

 

Sundry Debtors

8542.680
6785.545

6450.226

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1501.967
199.637

559.572

 

Other Current Assets

0.000
0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1342.137
770.200

785.556

Total Current Assets

18561.091
11979.503

10529.811

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors & Other Current Liabilities

10549.271
6254.090

4932.582

 

Provisions

567.779
509.761

417.136

Total Current Liabilities

11117.050
6763.851

5349.718

Net Current Assets

7444.041
5215.652

5180.093

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

12790.924

10515.004

9044.256

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and Service Income

83160.126

64496.142

60661.565

 

 

Other Income

130.450

99.482

52.771

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

83290.576

64595.624

60714.336

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods sold

78640.411

60852.606

57205.489

 

 

Trading Expenses

329.981

195.493

174.322

 

 

Employee Compensation Costs

827.096

793.919

753.787

 

 

Managerial Remuneration

3.941

3.906

4.308

 

 

Auditor’s remuneration

4.591

4.860

3.713

 

 

Bad Debts Written off and Provision for doubtful debts

80.299

48.545

32.799

 

 

Other Expenses

905.065

680.289

801.244

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

80791.384

62579.618

58975.662

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

2499.192

2016.006

1738.674

 

 

 

 

 

Less

INTEREST                                                         (D)

430.528

330.378

449.054

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

2068.664

1685.628

1289.620

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

134.700

154.050

47.108

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

1933.964

1531.578

1242.512

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

649.560

537.017

435.625

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

1284.404

994.561

806.887

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend including dividend distribution tax relating to previous year

1.383

2.828

0.000

 

 

Proposed dividend on equity shares including dividend distribution tax

502.986

459.711

364.398

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

780.035

532.022

442.489

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

NA

NA

938.400

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

NA

NA

938.400

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

 

 

 

 

- Basic

3.25

2.54

10.36

 

- Diluted

3.23

2.51

10.36

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.06.2011

30.09.2011

Type

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

Net Sales

 

24210.300

27393.600

Total Expenditure

 

23533.400

26686.000

PBIDT (Excl OI)

 

676.900

707.600

Other Income

 

69.900

34.700

Operating Profit

 

746.800

742.300

Interest

 

164.500

206.300

Exceptional Items

 

0.000

0.000

PBDT

 

582.300

536.000

Depreciation

 

21.600

31.000

Profit Before Tax

 

560.700

505.000

Tax

 

170.800

166.400

Provisions and contingencies

 

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

 

389.900

338.600

Extraordinary Items

 

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

 

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

 

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

 

389.900

338.600

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

PAT / Total Income

(%)

1.54
1.54

1.33

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

2.33
2.37

2.05

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

10.06
12.11

11.21

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.25
0.23

0.20

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.13
1.56

1.34

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.67
1.77

1.97

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

History

 

The company was incorporated on 02.05.1961 at Mumbai in Maharashtra having Company Registration Number 11998.

 

The Registered Office of the company was shifted from Mumbai in Maharashtra to Chennai in Tamilnadu with effect from 28.09.1994 and a new Company Registration Number 28758 of Chennai ROC was obtained.

 

Subject is an integrated supply chain solution provider. The second largest distributor of IT products in India, the Subject through all its subsidiaries distributes products from over 40 Leading Manufacturers, services over 12000 channel partners in India. Within a short span of years the company has successfully transformed itself from a pure IT products distribution firm with traditional cash and carry model to a leading integrated supply chain solution provider that includes non IT products and involves the management of inventory of greater than 4000 SKU's (stocking units). It provides logistics, supply chain management and other support services in India, Middle East and Africa. Apart from distribution they also provide support services for IT hardware and mobile phones.

 

Subject is a leading provider of IT products, logistics management and other services ranked 9th by DQ Top 20 issue of 2002. Subject serves more than 5500 IT resellers in India covering over 220 cities. 

 

It represents more than 15 leading global brands covering product categories like systems, software, peripherals, components, network products, mobile phones, etc. The company generated as sales turnover of Rs. 13500 millions ($ 285 millions) in its last financial year ended 31.03.2002.

 

Subject is a part of 140 years old $2 billion Transnational Kewalram Chanrai Group headquartered at Singapore.  The group has a very strong business history with operations spread over 40 countries covering USA, Asia, Europe and Africa.  The group’s operations are highly diversified and cover areas like IT products and services, international trading, property development, textiles manufacturing, etc. 

 

The group has IT products and service business in India, USA, Singapore, Dubai, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait.  The IT products and services business generated revenue of $ 525 millions in the financial year 2001-02.

 

The company started its’ Indian operations in 1993 at Chennai with a vision to become a leading distributor of world class IT products with a clear emphasis on supply chain excellence and operational efficiency.

 

Subject started with distribution of HP peripherals and continued adding newer products / brands to its portfolio, growing from 5 employees, 3 branches, 25 dealers and Rs. 90 millions sales in 1994 to 350 employees, 28 branches, over 5500 dealers and Rs. 13500 millions in the year ended 31st March, 2002.

 

The company has emerged as the industry's most efficient distribution company. The company evolved its business from a small manual operation to a very large technology driven operation, which provides "Best value for money" to its customers.

   
The Company commenced its operations in the year 1993 by distributing information technology products. From then on the company has continuously expanded its operations across India covering a broad range of IT and Telecom Products. During the year 1994, commenced service operations for IT products, distribution of Epson and Tripplite IT products, and distribution of Samsung monitors, also commenced its operations in Northern India. A year after, in the year 1995, Subject  had started its operations in Eastern India, also in the same year the company had commenced distribution of Compaq and Philips products. The distribution of Intel products were started by the company in the year 1996. The Company made tie-up with Microsoft for distribution of software products in the year 1997 and also made tie-up with IBM, APC and Canon for distribution of their products in the year 1998.

 
Hewlett Packard honored the company as an excellent service provider' in the year of 2000. The call centre operations of the company was started in the year 2002 for servicing Compaq's Presario range of products and ranked Best Distributor India' for the year 2002-2003 by Computer Associates. Commenced distribution and servicing of Motorola mobile phones during the year 2003. Once again the company ranked as Best Distributor in India' in the volumes business category by Microsoft for the year 2003-2004. The Company had acquired Redington Gulf FZE (Middle East and Africa operations) in April of the year 2004 from Redington Mauritius Limited and also acquired some value in Redington Distribution Pte Limited  (Singapore, Bangladesh and Srilanka Operations) as well as Cadensworth (India) Private Limited  in April of the year 2005. Also in the year 2005, Subject  had entered into consumer durable distribution area. During the year 2006, the company had acquired 100% shareholding of Redington Distribution Pte Limited and Cadensworth (India) Private Limited.  

 
A distribution agreement was made between the company and Apple Computer International Private Limited, Bangalore (Apple Computer) in the year 2007 for distribution of Apple's range of products in India. The Company forged partnership with Adobe in February 2008 to successfully position Adobe's product offerings to increase its reach and tap more verticals in the Indian market. Authenex made tie-up with Subject in July of the same year 2008. Power management firm Eaton Corporation signed a nationwide distribution pact with Subject in August 2008 to deliver its single phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.  

 

PERFORMANCE

 

Buoyed by the Company's strong Indian and Global performance, revenue grew by  27%  demonstrating  once again the consistent growth  in  profits.  The Consolidated  revenue  of  the Company was  Rs.174780.800 millions  as  against Rs.137775.500 millions in the previous year with a CAGR of 18% for five years. The Consolidated  net profit for the year was Rs.2260.000 millions  as against  Rs.1843.300 millions in the previous year with a CAGR of 22%  for  the last 5 years.

 

The  Stand alone revenue of the Company was Rs.83290.600 millions  as  against Rs.64595.600 millions in the previous year (Year-on-Year growth 28.94%) and the profit  after  tax was Rs.1284.400 millions as against Rs.994.600 millions  in  the previous year (Year-on-Year growth 29.14%).

 

The  Earnings  per Share (EPS) on a consolidated basis (based  on  weighted average number of shares) increased to Rs.5.72 in the year as compared  to Rs.4.70 in the previous year, while EPS on  standalone  basis (based  on weighted average number of shares) increased to Rs.3.25 in  the year as compared to Rs.2.54 in the previous year.

 

DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS

 

Information Technology

 

The  Information Technology (IT) industry has been acknowledged as  key  to the  continuing  growth  of India's economy and IT  Distribution  plays  an important  role  in  making technology and its products  available  to  all sections of the Indian industry and society.

 

The   IT  Hardware,  Software  and  Services  business  was  estimated   at approximately  Rs.800000.000 millions during FY 2010-11. This is  estimated  to grow  to  Rs.1250000.000 millions by FY 2013-14.  The  Hardware  and  Software Distribution  business which is the domain of operations of  the Company, was  estimated  at Rs.370000.000 millions during FY 2010-11 and is  estimated  to grow to Rs.560000.000 millions by FY 2013-14.

 

The Company has now achieved a well-diversified vendor portfolio  in  all product  categories  and this allows the Company to  withstand  occasional disturbances  in the distribution eco-system of specific vendors. Any  drop in  sales of a particular brand can be made up by taking advantage  of  the increased  sales of a competing brand. The deep engagement of the company with  competing  brands  of PCs and Laptops allowed it  to neutralise  the impact of changes in the distribution strategy brought in by HP during  the last Financial Year.

 

Notebooks  remain  a  major growth area for the IT industry  and  with  HP, Lenovo,  Samsung,  Acer, Toshiba, Fujitsu, HCL and Wipro as  vendors,  the Company enjoys broad representation in all brand positions and price points and caters to approx 18% of the Notebook demand in the Distribution  space. Total  PC (Notebook and Desktops) demand is expected to grow at an  average rate of 20% for the next 3 years.

 

“Infrastructure” investment in IT products by Central and State Governments towards achieving wider e-Governance has resulted in a huge requirement  of IT  products  in  this sector and the Company  has  partnered  with  large National  System  Integrators for several prestigious projects  during  the Financial  Year.  One  of  the  major  areas  of  government infrastructure investment is the ongoing project towards Accelerated  Power Development and Reforms Programme (APDRP). This constitutes investments for modernizing  all  State  Electricity Boards to enable  them  to  accurately measure  customer usage and distribution loss of electricity  produced  and transmitted. The total project expenditure in the distribution  addressable space  is expected to be in the region of Rs.8000.000 millions and  the Company has positioned itself to partner in at least 40% of this requirement.

 

Unique  Identification (UID) Project has become a showcase for the  Central Government in the e-Governance space. It is a one-of-its-kind project  in the  world  and attempts to biometrically enroll the entire  population  of India in a time-bound manner. Headed by Nandan Nilekani, erstwhile CEO  and CMD  of Infosys, the basic aim of this project is to better  target  social sector investments. However, there are likely to be many spin-offs in areas requiring  accurate  and  quick identification of  individuals  and  it  is expected that many Private, Central, and State Government services will  be focused  on  the  Indian citizen's UID Number. The total  project  cost  is estimated to be Rs.40000.000 millions.

 

The  core  equipment required for this project is  the  Biometric  Solution comprising  the Fingerprint Capturing Device and the Iris Scan Device.  The total  requirement  of  such devices for the UID Project  is  estimated  at 80,000 sets. In this context, a significant breakthrough has been  achieved by  the  Company by signing up a Distribution Agreement with  one  of  the leading brands for supply of the Biometric Solution. This has enabled  the Company to be engaged in the landmark UID Project and will help it maintain a   strong  presence  in  all  forthcoming  projects  requiring   biometric identifications.

 

The  wide range of products that the Company deals in helps it  to  manage shifts  in the usage pattern of customers. Consequently in the  Financial Year, although the assembled PC space continued to shrink  as the  price  gap  between  assembled  units  and  branded  products  reduced drastically, the slowdown in the sale of PC components by the Company  was compensated by the simultaneous increase in its sale of branded products.

 

In  order to better address the fast growing Tier 3 and Tier 4  cities,  the Company  decided  to  divide  its  market  into  two  segments  -  INDIA-1, comprising  of the top 10 territories which continue to generate more  than 70%  of  the Company's revenue and INDIA-2, comprising  of  the  remaining territories  which  are today growing at a rate which is much  faster  than INDIA-1.  INDIA-2  is now handled by an exclusive senior  resource  who  is tasked  with addressing all human resource and business related  issues  in this territory. This additional focus is expected to allow the Company  to fully capitalize on the growth momentum in the INDIA-2 market.

 

Consumer and Digital Lifestyle Products Division

 

The  Company's  diversification and focus into the  non-IT  (Consumer  and Digital Lifestyle Products) has started yielding significant results.  With 14  major  Consumer  and Digital Lifestyle brands in its  portfolio  and  a partner base of over 5000, the Company has carved out a strong presence in this space with a 146% growth in revenue during the last fiscal.

 

The  Smartphone segment in India is one of the fastest growing segments  in the Indian mobile phones industry and its demand is expected to  accelerate from  6 million units during FY 10-11 to more than 50 million units  by  FY 13-14. The strategic tie-up with brand Blackberry has enabled the  Company to efficiently tap into this rapid growth segment. The Company has tied up with  leading  brands Acer, Dell and Huawei to include  the  Android  smart phones  in its portfolio and this will help it to enhance its presence  and share in the smart phone segment.

 

The introduction of iPad by Apple has redefined the tablet category and has proved  to  be a game changer in other markets. Consumer demand  for  the iPad has in fact impacted the sales of conventional notebooks in  developed markets  and  it  is  forecast that the Indian  customer  may  not  be  any different. While the actual impact of iPad and other tablets is still to be measured  in  India,  their position as Apple's leading  distributor  in  the country  will help them play a major role in fulfilling the tablet demand  in the Indian market. This category is set to revolutionize the market due  to its  offering  of  an  easy and  stylish  user  experience.  Further,  the company's  strong  relationships with vendors like RIM, HP,  Lenovo,  Acer, Dell and Samsung, all of whom intend to launch a slew of tablet products in India,  would  help it maintain its strong presence across  all  technology platforms, brand positions and price points.

 

The Company's exclusive tie-up with Microsoft's Xbox 360 continues to have a  strong  presence in the Indian Gaming segment. The Launch  of  Microsoft Kinect  in India - which holds the Guinness record for the fastest  selling consumer product globally - has spurred the demand in India too, for gaming consoles  and  the Company is able to effectively cater  to  this  growing demand.  The  Consumer Durable products revenue maintained  a  high  growth momentum  with the addition of two new vendors - Pioneer and Voltas - to  the existing bouquet of products from LG, Whirlpool and Godrej.

 

The  continued  exclusive  tie-up  with  HP's  Indigo  Digital   Printing Solutions  has  helped the Company maintain a share in  the  fast  growing Digital Photo Printing segment. The overall Digital printing industry  is showing  signs of growth and the sizable installed base of Indigo  machines in the country now enables the company to earn a healthy annuity income by way of usage based payments.

 

Support Services Business

 

The  fast growth in the IT hardware market is supplemented by  an  adequate support  system to sustain the growth. Understanding the value  of  support services,  the  Company  capitalized  on  the  demand  for  good   service providers.  After-sales  service  has  become  an  integral  part  of  the Company's  overall  strategy when it comes to building  loyalty,  improving customer  satisfaction  and discovering new marketing  opportunities.  The Company's  service  function  has world class  facilities  and  systems  to provide  Warranty  and Post Warranty Support Services  across  the  country through  Remote,  Carry-in  and  Onsite  service  delivery  models.   While competitors in a similar business space have faced challenges in  achieving operational  excellence, the Company exceeded committed  targets  accepted with vendors.

 

Through  a  network  of 73 owned service centers and  273  Partner  service centres  the  Company is poised to address a  widespread  market  touching every  nook and corner of the country. The Company supported by the  Spare Parts  Management System (SPMS) and the Call Management System and  Service On Line (SOL) seamlessly manages complex operations with more than  100,000 part  transactions  per  month. The Company's High  Level  Repair  Centres (HLRCs) are strategically positioned at Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to  carry out component level repairs for smart phones, other mobile phones and fixed wireless  devices.  During the financial year,  the  company started  providing pre-sales support services to Partners and customers  of Cisco,  Avaya, EMC and RSA for Networking, Storage and  Security  products. Netapp,  a  leading Storage products brand has appointed  the  company  as Authorized Implementation and Support Partner.

 

The  company  has  been appointed by HP as an  exclusive  Neutral  Support Partner  for  TSD Dispatch Support for the East Zone of India. As  part  of this support agreement the company opened 20 dedicated service centers  in East and North East India.

 

Keeping  in line with the rapid growth of Blackberry Smart Phone sales  and customer requirements, the company opened 9 new exclusive Service  Centers in  major  cities, apart from 73 centres spread across the  country.  Apple appointed the company as an authorized service partner to support  iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac Books.

 

Third Party Logistics (3PL) Services

 

The economic slowdown compelled many vendors to resort to effective ways of handling  inventory and its related cost. There is an increased  preference for  Third  Party Logistics (3PL) service providers like the  Company  for effectively  fulfilling  their logistics requirements in a  cost  effective manner. Being a supply chain service provider, the Company understands the varied  requirements of different clients and has successfully offered  its services to several new customers like EC Media International, Socomec UPS, Dorma  India,  Tower Vision, Lenovo and Ncomputing during  the  year.

 

Automated Distribution Centres (ADC)

 

The  ADC  at  Chennai  has been operational since  Q2  of  FY  09-10  (last financial  year).  It facilitates an extensive inventory of  products  with improved operational efficiency to meet the requirements of the company and its  3PL clients throughout the year by keeping their products on the  move without  any  delay. The construction of the ADC in Kolkata  will  commence during  the  current  financial  year. In  recognition  of  the  Company's unmatched service, TUV NORD has awarded ISO 9001 2008 Certification for the Chennai  ADC  for  deploying  the  best  management  system  for  providing warehousing and distribution for various products.

 

The  Automated Distribution Center (ADC) at Dubai (second in the  company's history,  after  Chennai ADC) has started functioning  effective  September 2010.  With  a  95,000 sq. ft. warehouse space, the  ADC  is  strategically located just 20 minutes from the upcoming Al Maktoum International  Airport in  Jebel  Ali  Free Zone. The ADC is fully equipped  with  16  metre  High Racking  System  with  Very  Narrow Aisle  Technology  (VNA)  and  Material Handling  Equipments  (MHE).  The new Logistics Centre  has  many  advanced features like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and is completely  WiFi enabled. The Company is the first company in the Middle East to  implement the Task Resource Management (TRM), an integrated module of SAP.

 

Subsidiary Companies

 

The  Financial  year  2011 has been a favourable year  for  the  Company's subsidiaries not only in India but also abroad. Despite difficulties  posed by  the  economic  recession around the world, the  Company's  Indian  and Overseas subsidiaries contributed remarkably to the overall growth of  the Company.

 

Indian Subsidiaries

 

Easyaccess  Financial  Services Limited (EAFSL),  the  Non-Banking  Finance Company  (NBFC)  is engaged in providing trade finance  to  the  Company's channel partners. EAFSL has posted good results registering a 48% growth in profits.  The  company enjoys 'P1+' (read as P one plus) rating  for  short term  debt  from  CRISIL. During the course of the year  the  company  also provided trade finance to certain other verticals other than IT.

 

Nook Micro Distribution Limited (Nook Micro), is focused on addressing  the Last  mile of Distribution with Regional Distribution as its  key  thrust area.  During FY 11, Nook Micro has embarked on its journey  with  in-depth distribution  across  South  India. In Tamilnadu it  addresses  over  500 Channel Partners in 75 towns across 29 districts.

 

With  increasing demand for digital devices there is a growing  opportunity to  reach  these products efficiently at a competitive supply  chain  cost. Nook Micro is positioned to be the preferred intermediary to bridge the gap between national distributors, vendors, retailers and assemblers. To strengthen the financial  position of Nook Micro, the Company has invested a sum  of  Rs.39.500 millions in the equity of the Company.

 

Cadensworth  (India)  Limited  (Cadensworth), engaged in  the  business  of Support  Services has shown improved performance during the financial  year. Cadensworth has tied up with Kodak India Private Limited  for Scanner Board Repair Services and Parts Logistics Services for its document imaging  solution.  The support service business for critical  parts  being provided  on  behalf of M/s. Flash Global Logistics for  their  clients  in India,  looks  promising.  Cadensworth  has retained  the  ISO  9001:  2008 Certification this year.

 

Overseas Subsidiaries

 

The  Company's  overseas subsidiaries had another year of good  growth  in revenues  and profitability. The Company's Middle East, Turkey and  Africa operations  which  constitute over 45% of the  consolidated  revenue  faced social  and  political  upheavals  in some of  their  markets.  There  were security issues in the North Africa region, pitched battles in the  streets and  regime  changes  in  certain  countries.  Despite  these   challenging circumstances  the Company's Middle East and Africa Subsidiary once  again demonstrated  strong  performance with a revenue growth of 27%  and  a  PAT growth of 19% as compared to the previous year. The company's subsidiary in Singapore  and  South  Asia delivered significant growth of  49%  in  sales revenue and 48% in PAT year on year.

 

For  the  4th  year  in  succession Redington  Gulf  was  judged  the  No.1 Distributor  in the Middle East, by Channel Middle East - a respectable  IT Trade  publication in Middle East. Redington Gulf is almost twice the  size of its nearest competitor.

 

As  part  of its strategy to explore opportunities in newer  markets,  the Company's  overseas  investment  holding company  in  Cayman  Islands  viz. Redington International Holdings Limited (RIHL) has through its  subsidiary invested  in  a 49.4% stake in ARENA BILGISAYAR SANAYI  VE  TICARET  ANONIM SIRKETI  (Arena), a company listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange  and  the second  largest distributor of information technology products  in  Turkey. Arena  is  a broad line distributor with an impressive  bouquet  of  global brands  in  their portfolio. This investment is expected  to  enhance  the company's  overseas presence and will be value accretive for the  company's shareholders. They are to share that post the investment, their Dell tie-up in MEA got extended to Turkey also.

 

The company's MEA subsidiary distributes 27 global brands with  in-country operations in 14 countries and addresses 22 markets. Amongst some new  tie-ups  are Sony for some markets in Africa and ASUS for the Gulf region.  The subsidiary   helps  the  company  build  a  commanding  presence  in   the distribution  space in new markets as well as hold a strong  representation for new brands in existing markets.

 

Credit Rating

 

The Company's financial discipline and fiscal prudence is reflected in the strong  credit ratings ascribed by India's leading credit rating  agencies, viz.  CRISIL,  a  Standard and Poor's company and  ICRA,  an  associate  of Moody's Investors Services.

 

CRISIL  has upgraded its ratings on the long term bank facilities  of  the Company to 'AA-/Stable' (read as double A minus) from 'A+/ Stable' (read as A  plus)  and reaffirmed its rating on the short-term bank  facilities  and

short  term  debt  program at 'P1+' (read as P one  plus).  ICRA  has  also upgraded  its  ratings  for  the  Fund  based  and  Non-fund  based  credit facilities  to  'LAA-' (read as L double A minus) from 'LA+' ( read  as  LA plus) and reaffirmed its rating on the short term debts at 'A1+' (read as A one plus).

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

Global Outlook

 

While  the severe recessionary tendencies across the Globe appear  to  have eased, many countries are still feeling the impact of decreased demand  and reduced consumer consumption. Most international Governments are trying  to come  to  grips with minimal economic growth and  consequent  pressures  of rising  joblessness.  The developed countries are actually looking  to  the developing  world  and  the  emerging  markets  to  shore  up  demands  for manufactured products and lead the world out of the downturn.

 

According to the report published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  (UNCTAD),  fiscal  weaknesses in almost  all  major  developed economies  continue  to remain the cause behind the uncertainty of  a  more permanent  global recovery and world-wide economic stability. The  recovery in  World  Economy is being largely driven by much stronger GDP  growth  in emerging  economies  like China, India and Brazil and a  few countries  in APAC.

 

While  most experts doubt the ability of the emerging economies to  single-handedly  pull  the  World out of its recession  in  a  sustainable  manner without  significant  contributions  from North  America  and  Europe,  the International  Monetary  Fund  (IMF) maintained its  forecasts  for  global growth  for  2011 and 2012 at 4.4% and 4.5%, respectively,  predicting  the global recovery to strengthen.

 

Information  and  Communication  Technologies (ICT)  and  the  products  it supports,  while being key factors in bringing about increased  operational efficiencies, increased productivity as also innovative tools for  personal and   social  communication,  remain  dependent  for  its  growth  on   the willingness  and ability of the consumers to invest in  newer  technologies and products.

 

Indian Outlook

 

According  to the World Economic Situation and Prospects  2011(WESP  2011), the Indian economy continued to grow at a healthy rate in 2010-11, owing to rapid  expansion  in gross fixed capital  formation,  increased  government spending and robust growth in private consumption. WESP forecasts that  the growth will moderate to 8.2% and 8.4% in 2011 and 2012 respectively, mainly as  a result of tighter monetary and fiscal policies. Another  report  from The Prime Minster Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) predicted the growth at 8.5%, and CSO Advance Estimates for year 2010-11 predicted growth at 8.6%.

 

The Central and State Governments, recognizing the imperative of  increased e-Governance facilities and importance of use of technology for its  socio-economic programmes, continue to invest heavily in Infrastructure projects.

 

Customers  across all industry segments, with better business  outlook  and forecasts,  resumed investments in IT infrastructure in critical  areas  of technology upgradation, product refresh, storage and security.

 

Apart  from  the  expected growth in the Education sector  driven  by  ever increasing  technology  adoption  by schools,  colleges  and  universities, consumer demand of technology and digital products has been further fuelled by the explosion of social networking. Gen-Next would henceforth define and drive  the  consumption  of  Information  and  Communication  products  and technology.

 

Nature of Business

 

The  Company  has  successfully transformed itself  into  a  multi-faceted organization  from  a  pure-play IT distributor.  With  IT,  Communication, Consumer  and Digital Lifestyle product distribution at its core, it  today

offers  a whole bouquet of value add services to its customers  -  Vendors, Channel  Partners and in cases, End Customers. The range of offering  today encompasses   Value  Added  Distribution,  complete  Logistics   Solutions, Commercial Structuring, Support Services and Channel Financing through the company's  various  divisions  and  subsidiaries.  It  is  today  the  only distribution  company  in  India,  if  not  in  the  world,  with  such   a comprehensive range of offerings for its business partners.

 

Industry Structure

 

With a huge range of products of differing values and usage comprising  the IT  and Communication market today, various vendors require  differing  and often  custom-made Go-To-Market strategies. These strategies  decide  the type  of distribution and channel network the vendor prefers.  The  channel landscape  comprises  of pure Distributors, Value  Added  Distributors  and Regional  Distributors as Tier-1 partners for vendors and  National  System Integrators,  System  Integrators, sub-Distributors,  Resellers,  Corporate Resellers,  Exclusive  Retailers, Multi-Brand Retailers  and  Large  Format Retailers  forming the Tier-2 partners for various brands /  vendors.  The Company,  as  a Tier-1 Partner for its vendors is  uniquely  structured  to offer  any  value-addition that might be required by any  of  its  business partners.

 

Geography - wise analysis Indian Operations Information Technology (IT)

 

The company's wide bouquet of IT products in India has allowed it to  take full benefit of increased spending by the government, commercial houses  as well  as consumers. It has kept pace with the rapidly  changing  technology offerings  and  consumer preferences by tying up with relevant  brands  and vendors.  It  would  continue to look for niche demand  areas  which  offer opportunities for incremental revenue earnings growth.

 

With a possible shift in the way users look at deploying technology due  to development  of  Cloud platform, the Company is already on  its  way  to position  itself effectively with vendors for a value-added role  in  their proposed  Cloud-based  offerings. The platform is still  in  its  formative stage  and  would  probably mature in another two  year's  time,  but  the Company wants to be an early entrant in order to be on a strong footing  as and when the demand shift takes place.

 

Consumer, Smart Communication, and Digital Products

 

In  the Consumer and Digital Lifestyle space, the company has  focused  on developing  and  expanding its portfolio in the Smartphone  and  Tablet  PC space.  While the Smartphone market is already demonstrating itself  to  be the  highest  growth  category in the communications space,  its  usage  is likely  to see further fillip due to the service and application  offerings that would be available on the 3G platform from various network  operators. The  Tablet PCs, on the back of the revolution brought about by the  iconic iPad from Apple, is expected to carve out a significant share of the Indian PC  market due to its style quotient, variety, convenience of use  and  the plethora of applications available on this platform.

 

After sales services

 

Success  of  any  product in India is primarily dependent  on  the  extent, quality  and  breadth of the post-sales service facilities offered  by  the vendor. As a neutral service provider for IT and Communication products and the only national distributor having a country-wide service infrastructure, the company offers a valuable alternative to the vendors. While, in India, the  consumer still remains reluctant to pay incremental value for  quality service, as the market and consumers mature, companies offering high levels of support services are expected to command a premium.

 

Warehousing and Third Party Logistics

 

The company's expansion in the Logistics Service Provider space by way  of ADC  and  3rd Party Logistics offerings are investments  in  future  demand areas. Demand for efficient, modern and highly automated logistics services is on the increase and the Company is going ahead with investments in  ADC facilities  at  Kolkata and Delhi with a view to capturing a part  of  this growing trend.

 

Overseas Operations

 

As the largest distributor of IT and Communication Products in the  Middle-East,  West  Asia and Africa, the company's subsidiary,  headquartered  in Dubai,  has taken advantage of demand opportunities in both commercial  and consumer  sectors in the countries where the company has a presence.  Once again  combining well developed support service infrastructure in  all  the markets  where it distributes products, the company offers a  differential value to its business partners. As the first company to set up distribution and service infrastructure in several difficult territories in the  African Continent, the company has a first-mover-advantage in a geography  where penetration of IT and Communication products and services can only  rapidly increase.

 

Financial performance and position

 

The financials of the Company and its Indian subsidiaries are prepared  in accordance  with  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles  in  India.  The consolidated  financials  of  Redington  Distribution  Pte.  Limited  and   its subsidiary is prepared in accordance with the Singapore Financial Reporting Standards and those of the other overseas subsidiary are prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards.

 

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2011

 

(Rs. in millions)

 

Particulars

Standalone

3 Months Ended 30.06.2011

Net Sales / Income from operations

24186.700

Other Operating Income

23.600

Total Income

24210.300

Expenditure

 

(Increase) / Decrease in stock

(1963.600)

Purchases

24849.100

Employees costs

249.200

Depreciation

21.600

Other expenditure

398.700

Total

23555.000

 

 

Profit from operations before Other Income, Interest and Tax

655.300

Other income

69.900

Profit before Interest and Tax

725.200

Interest

164.500

Profit before tax

560.700

Tax expense

170.800

Profit after tax

389.900

Less:

 

Share of loss of Associate Company

--

Minority/ Non-controlling interest

--

Profit after Tax for the period/ year

389.900

Paid up equity share capital (Face value of Rs.2/- per share)

795.200

Reserves as per Balance Sheet

--

Earning per share – Basic (EPS) (Face Value - Rs.2/- per share) (not to annualised)

0.98

Earning per share – Diluted (EPS) (Face Value - Rs.2/- per share) (not to annualised) 

0.98

Public shareholding

 

- Number of shares

283094615

- Percentage of shareholding

71

Promoters and Promoters group Shareholding

 

a) Pledged /Encumbered

NIL

b) Non  Encumbered

 

- Number of shares

114507975

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

100

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

29

 

CONSOLIDATED SEGMENTWISE REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED

 

(Rs. in millions)

Particulars

3 Months Ended 30.06.2011

Segment Revenue

 

India

24448.900

Overseas

27730.000

Total

52178.900

 

 

Less: Inter Segment Revenue

155.400

Net Sales/ Income From Operation

52023.500

Add: Other Income

6.700

Revenue

52030.200

 

 

Segment Results (Profit before interest and tax)

 

India

809.000

Overseas

508.600

 

 

Less: Interest

332.900

Profit Before Tax

984.700

 

 

Capital Employed

(Segment Assets – Segment Liabilities)

 

India

6189.900

Overseas

9780.500

Total

15970.400

 

Notes:

 

1. The Company and its subsidiaries operate in India, Singapore, Middle East and Africa and as the turnover from the overseas operations constitutes more than 10% of the total turnover, geographical segment has been considered as the primary segment for consolidated financial results.

 

The Company primarily operates in distribution business and after sales services of IT and other products. As revenue from service segment is less than 10% of the total revenue, there are no reportable segments as required to be disclosed under the Accounting Standard 17 “Segment Reporting”.

 

2. Out of the 2,335,973 options granted by the Company under the Employee Stock Option Plan 2008, 475,957 options lapsed, of which 312,143 options were reissued. 517,387 options were outstanding as on 30th June, 2011.

 

3. During the quarter 1,272,535 equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid-up with a total premium of Rs.30.978 millions were issued and allotted pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted under subject Employee Stock Option Plan 2008 including 62,500 shares allotted to non-executive independent directors.

 

4. The Company issued and allotted 397,500 equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid up with a total premium of Rs.9.540 millions pursuant to the exercise of stock options under Employee Stock Option Plan 2008 including 250,000 shares allotted to executive directors on 11th July 2011.

 

5. The face value of the equity shares were sub-divided into five equity shares of face value of Rs.2/- each from Rs.10/- each on August, 23 2010 and accordingly the number of shares and the earnings per share of the previous period has been restated.

 

6. Consequent to the preferential allotment of 55,000 shares by Redington (India) Investments Private Limited (RIIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company on 8th June 2011, RI1PL has become an Associate of the Company.

 

7. Tax expense comprises of income tax and net of deferred tax adjustment.

 

8. The above results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on 5th August 2011.

 

9. A Limited Review of the quarterly financial results of the Company and one of its Indian subsidiaries and the consolidated results of the Company has been carried out by the statutory auditors. A similar review of the financial results of other Indian subsidiaries, associate and overseas subsidiaries has been conducted by the auditors of the respective companies.

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Particulars

31.03.2011

(Rs. in millions)

1. Guarantees by banks on behalf of the Company

258.715

2. Corporate Guarantees outstanding

 

- On behalf of subsidiaries

3948.408

- Others

32.168

3. Bills Discounted

734.712

4. Factoring

575.000

5. Claims against Company not acknowledged as debts

56.363

 

Fixed Assets:

 

·       Land and Building,

·       Plant and Machinery

·       Furniture and Fixtures

·       Office Equipment

·       Computers and Software

·       Vehicles

WEBSITE DETAILS:

 

HISTORY:

 

Subject, incorporated in 1961, commenced the operations in 1993 distributing information technology products. From then on the company has continuously expanded its operations across India covering a broad range of IT and Telecom Products.

 

Subject acquired Redington Gulf FZE (Middle East and Africa operations) in April 2004 from its Promoter, Redington Mauritius Limited. Redington Gulf FZE was setup as a subsidiary in 1999 by Redington Mauritius Limited for catering to Middle East and African markets. Leveraging its experience earned over the years, Redington Gulf FZE expanded its operations to 17 countries in the Middle East and Africa. Subject also acquired Redington Distribution Pte Limited (Singapore, Bangladesh and Srilanka Operations) as well as Cadensworth (India) Private Limited in April 2005.

 

In December 2004 the Synnex Group, the third Largest IT Distribution Company in the world headquartered in Taiwan, with a turnover of over USD 10 billion, made a strategic investment of 36% in subject.

 

In March 2006 ChrysCapital, a private equity firm, acquired 11 percent stake in subject through their investment company Beethoven Limited, Mauritius.

 

Redington through all its subsidiaries distributes products from over 40 Leading Manufacturers, services over 12000 channel partners in India and 2800+ channel partners in Middle East and Africa. The company is the second largest distributor of IT products in India and the largest in the Middle East and Africa.

 

CORPORATE PROFILE:

 

Subject along with its subsidiaries is in the business of end-to-end supply chain management of IT and Non-IT products in various potential geographies of South Asia, Middle East and Africa. Redington has demonstrated its capability in these price sensitive / difficult to penetrate geographies by leveraging its risk management capability, effective Supply Chain Infrastructure Management and efficient utilization of the Management Information Systems.

 

With a large distribution network and a market penetration of more than 18 countries, Redington is amongst the largest, supply chain solution providers to over 75 leading manufacturers of Information Technology, Telecom, Lifestyle and Consumer Electronics Products, worldwide. Redington also provides warranty and post warranty services. Supported by a wide and well connected distribution network of more than 23,600 channel partners, team of trained and talented workforce and Automated Distribution Centres, Redington has drawn up plans to take its place amongst the key world class, supply chain solution providers.

 

Commencing the Indian operations in 1993, Redington’s consolidated revenue for FY 2009-10 is Rs.137786.500 millions and the consolidated net profit for the FY 2009-10 is Rs.1843.300 millions.

 

Redington’s higher than industry average growth in the price sensitive Indian market and difficult to penetrate Middle East and African markets showcases its capabilities as a leading distributor in the geographies present.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

 

Professor J. Ramachandran

Professor J. Ramachandran is a professor of business strategies at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Professor Ramachandran is the Chairman of their Board and carries rich experience in corporate management, acting as an independent director for several well-known Indian companies, including Reliance Infocomm Limited, Reliance Communication Ventures Limited, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited and Indus League Clothing Limited.

 

Mr. R. Jayachandran

Mr. R. Jayachandran is a qualified chartered accountant from India and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Singapore. He has also participated in an advanced management program at the Harvard Business School. He has been associated with Redington Mauritius Limited from its inception. He is a Non Executive Chairman of OLAM International Limited, a listed Singapore entity.

 

Mr. Tu, Shu-Chyuan

Mr. Tu, Shu-Chyuan, is an engineering graduate from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, and has a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University, USA.  He has overall 25 years of working experience in global IT industry. He joined Synnex in 1994 and held a series of management positions. He is currently the GM of business development of Synnex. Prior to joining Synnex, he worked for various computer networking companies in the State and had focused expertise in planning and management.

 

Mr. Huang Chi Cheng

Mr. Huang Chi Cheng, a management graduate from the National Ching Hsing University, Taipei, Taiwan, has an overall work experience of 26 years and has been associated with organisations such as Tait and Company Limited, Taiwan and Seaward Woolen Textile Corporation Limited, Taipei, Taiwan. He has been working with Synnex Technology International Corporation for over 16 years and currently acts as its Associate Vice President. Prior to joining Synnex Technology International Corporation, Mr. Huang was an accounting manager for the consumer products division of Tait and Company Limited.

 

Mr. Steven A. Pinto

Mr. Steven A. Pinto is an experienced and respected International banker, having done key senior assignments with Citibank in India, Korea, the Gulf, and Singapore/ Asia-Pacific region. He has also been CEO of the Commercial Bank of Oman, later of Mashreqbanks Consumer Finance and Retail Banking businesses, and of Abu Dhabi Commercial Banks India operations. Beyond banking, he has significant experience in the lighting and consumer electronic fields, having worked with Philips India for 17 years in all the major locations in the country. He is a graduate in Economics and has a Masters in Business from the Bajaj Institute, Bombay University.

 

Mr. William Adamopoulos

William Adamopoulos serves as President and Publisher, Forbes Asia. He is responsible for all Forbes Media LLC business interests in Asia Pacific, including Forbes Asia, local partnerships Forbes India, Forbes China, Forbes Korea and Forbes Indonesia, Forbes.com and the annual Forbes Global CEO Conference

 

Prior to establishing an Asian headquarters for Forbes in 1999, Adamopoulos was the Publisher and Managing Director of The Asian Wall Street Journal, and the President of Dow Jones Publishing Company (Asia). 

A 1984 graduate of Harvard College where he studied economics, Adamopoulos is based in Singapore.

 

Mr. N. Srinivasan

Mr. N. Srinivasan is a commerce graduate and a Chartered Accountant since 1955. He was the senior partner of well known auditing firms Fraser and Ross and Deloitte Haskins and Sells until 1997. Mr. Srinivasan has been closely associated with development of the profession of accounting and auditing in India as a Central Council Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was head of various prestigious bodies in India and abroad, like Deputy President of The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India, Director on the Board of The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., Florida, USA and Senate Member of The Annamalai University. He holds Directorship in many Public and Listed companies in many public and listed companies in India.

 

Mr. R. Srinivasan

Mr. R. Srinivasan is a graduate in engineering from the Madras University also has as masters' degree in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has over 30 years of management experience across the globe. Mr. Srinivasan has been involved in and continues to supervise the day-to-day operations of the Company and provides direction to its corporate strategy and vision.

 

Mr. Raj Shankar

Mr. Raj Shankar is a postgraduate from the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani. He has 25 years of professional experience working within and outside India in diverse sectors, including pharmaceuticals (Novartis India Limited) and textiles (Grasim Industries Limited). He joined Redington Gulf FZE in April 2001 as its Whole-time Director. He is currently responsible for Redington Group's operations in Singapore, the Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Raj Shankar has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director at the board meeting held on 26th July 2007.

 

Mr. M. Raghunandan

Mr. M. Raghunandan is a graduate in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and also has a masters' degree in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has been with the Company since January, 1998, originally acting as a country support manager and currently a Whole time Director.

 

Mr. Raghunandan has professional experience of 28 years and has been associated with organisations like ITC Limited and HCL Infosystems Limited and was involved in areas such as manufacturing, technology transfer and projects. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Raghunandan was the President of Indian Food Fermentations Limited.

 

 


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.49.08

UK Pound

1

Rs.78.65

Euro

1

Rs.67.79

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

Yes

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

No

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

No

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

No

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

Yes

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

Yes

--LISTED

YES/NO

Yes

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

Yes

TOTAL

 

66

 

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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