MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

20.10.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TATA STEEL LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Bombay House, 24 - Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.08.1907

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-260

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.9594.100 millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L27100MH1907PLC000260

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMT00249E

MUMT10796C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACT2803M

AAATT0188H

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company. The company’s shares are listed on the Stock Exchange.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Saleable Steel, Ferro Manganese, Charge Chrome, Welded Steel Tubes, Cold Rolled Strips, Seamless Tubes, Carbon and Alloy Steel Bearing Rings, Annular Forgings and Flanges, Metallurgical Machinery, Ammonium Sulphate, Ordinary Cement, Fortland Blast Furnace Slag Cement, Alloy Steel Ball Bearing Rings and Bearings.

 

 

No. of Employees :

81251 (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (78)

 

RATING

STATUS

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1900000000

 

       

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and a reputed TATA Group company. The country’s premier industrial house. Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the company.

 

Financial position of the company is sound. Payments are reported to be regular.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual 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 :

Bombay House, 24 - Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66658282 / 66657279 / 66657306

Fax No.:

91-22-66657724 / 66657725 / 66658113

E-Mail :

tatasteelho@tata.com

cosectisco@tata.com 

cosec@tatasteel.com

p.sood@tatasteel.com

Website :

http://www.tata.com

http://www.tatasteel.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

Design Call, 3rd Floor, General Office, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur – 831 001, India

Websites:

www.tatasteel.com

 

 

Factory 1 :

Steel Works and Tubes Division

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

 

 

Factory 2 :

Bearings Division

·         Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

 

·         43, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Tata Centre, 11th Floor, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.: 91-33-22248672/8187/65508006

Fax No.: 91-33-22881962

 

 

Factory 3 :

Ferro Manganese Plant

Joda, Odisha

 

 

Factory 4 :

Charge Chrome Plant

Bamnipal, Odisha

 

 

Factory 5 :

Cold Rolling Complex

Tarapur, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Factory 6 :

Mines, Collieries and Quarries

·         States of Jharkhand

·         Odisha and Karnataka

 

 

Factory 7:

Wire Division

·         Tarapur, Maharashtra, India

·         Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

 

 

Factory 8 :

Agrico Plant

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

 

 

Factory 9 : 

Flat Products Division

43, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Tata Centre, 7th Floor, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

86608197/86608626/1800-3458282 (Toll Free)

 

 

Factory 10 :

Long Products Division

43, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Tata Centre, 15th Floor, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-22882278/22248104

Fax No.:

91-33-22881640/1163

 

 

Factory 11 :

FAMD

43, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Tata Centre, 12th Floor, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-22882736/65508134

Fax No.:

91-33-22885015

 

 

Branch Office :

43, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal, India 

Tel. No.:

91-657-2431024

Fax No.:

91-657-2431818

 

 

International Offices :

Located at:

 

·         Australia

·         Vietnam

·         China

·         Nepal

·         Malaysia

·         Phillippines

·         UAE

·         Singapore

·         South Africa

·         UK

·         Srilanka

·         USA

·         Thailand

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As On 31.03.2011

 

Name :

Mr. Ratan N. Tata

Designation :

Not Independent Non-Executive Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. Muthuraman

Designation :

Vice Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. H. M. Nerurkar 

Designation :

Managing Director, Not Independent Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nusli N. Wadia

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Subodh Bhargava

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jacobus Schraven

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suresh Krishna

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Andrew Robb

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. M. Palia

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ishaat Hussain

Designation :

Not Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jean-Sébastien Jacques

Designation :

Group Director (Strategy)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manzer Hussain

Designation :

Group Director (Communications)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Kees Gerretse

Designation :

Group Director (Procurement)

 

 

Name :

Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee

Designation :

Director (Research, Development and Technology)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Andrew Page

Designation :

Director (Health and Safety)

 

 

Name :

Dr. Paul Brooks

Designation :

Director (Environment)

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. A Anjeneyan

Designation :

Company Secretary and Chief of Compliance, Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Dr. Karl-Ulrich Koehler

Designation :

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (Tata Steel Europe)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Koushik Chatterjee

Designation :

Group Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shreekant Mokashi

Designation :

Chief (Group Information Services)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Uday Chaturvedi

Designation :

Chief Technical Officer, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anand Sen

Designation :

Vice President (TQM and Shared Services), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Dr. Henrik Adam

Designation :

Chief Commercial Officer, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Frank Royle

Designation :

Director (Finance), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Abanindra M. Misra

Designation :

Vice President (Coke, Sinter and Iron and IR), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Theo Henrar

Designation :

Director (Sales and Marketing), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Varun Jha

Designation :

Vice President (Engineering and Chhattisgarh Projects), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tor Farquhar

Designation:

Director (Human Resource), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Adriaan Vollebergh

Designation:

Director (Sales and Marketing), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Partha Sengupta

Designation:

Vice President (Raw Materials), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hridayeshwar Jha

Designation:

Vice President (Odisha Project), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Alastair Aitken

Designation:

Supply Chain Director, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. K. Misra

Designation :

Group Head (Mergers and Acquisitions), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dook van der Boer

Designation :

Strip MLE Hub Director, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjeev Paul

Designation :

Vice President (Corporate Services), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jon Bolton 

Designation :

Long EU Hub Director, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. V. Narendran

Designation :

Vice President (Safety and Flat Products), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rod Jones

Designation :

Director (Corus Consulting), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bimlendra Jha

Designation :

Vice President (Long Products), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jon Ferriman

Designation :

Strip UK Hub Director, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. S. N. Murty

Designation :

Chief Financial Controller (Corporate), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Laptawee Senavonge

Designation :

President Tata Steel Thailand

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vivek Kamra

Designation :

President and Chief Executive Officer NatSteel Holdings

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sandip Biswas

Designation :

Group Head (Corporate Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations), Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Lim Say Yan

Designation :

Group Head (Corporate Assurance and Risk Management)

 

 

Name :

Ms. Helen Matheson

Designation :

Director (Legal), Tata Steel Europe

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arun Misra

Designation :

Principal Executive Officer, Tata Steel Limited

 

 

Name :

Dr. Shaun Doherty

Designation :

Executive Officer to the Chief Executive Officer, Tata Steel Europe

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Category of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

Bodies Corporate

293,588,059

31.40

Any Others (Specify)

1,031,460

0.11

Trusts

1,031,460

0.11

Sub Total

294,619,519

31.51

(2) Foreign

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

294,619,519

31.51

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

34,707,252

3.71

Financial Institutions / Banks

5,372,380

0.57

Central Government / State Government(s)

121,659

0.01

Insurance Companies

225,637,730

24.13

Foreign Institutional Investors

140,152,691

14.99

Any Others (Specify)

483,692

0.05

Foreign Institutional Investors - DR

452,220

0.05

Foreign Bodies DR

31,472

-

Sub Total

406,475,404

43.47

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

31,063,806

3.32

Individuals

 

 

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

177,695,518

19.00

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

25,171,610

2.69

Any Others (Specify)

5,925

-

Foreign Corporate Bodies

5,925

-

Sub Total

233,936,859

25.02

Total Public shareholding (B)

640,412,263

68.49

Total (A)+(B)

935,031,782

100.00

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

-

-

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

-

-

(2) Public

24,182,668

-

Sub Total

24,182,668

-

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

959,214,450

-

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers of Saleable Steel, Ferro Manganese, Charge Chrome, Welded Steel Tubes, Cold Rolled Strips, Seamless Tubes, Carbon and Alloy Steel Bearing Rings, Annular Forgings and Flanges, Metallurgical Machinery, Ammonium Sulphate, Ordinary Cement, Fortland Blast Furnace Slag Cement, Alloy Steel Ball Bearing Rings and Bearings.

 

 

Products:

Items Code No.

 

Product Description

72082600

Flat Rolled Products of Non Alloy Steel of a width of 600 mm and more hot rolled coils of thickness 1.6 mm to 12 mm

73045901

Tubes/Pipes etc. of circular section with outer diameter upto 114.3 mm, not cold rolled

72091600 / 72091700

Flat Rolled Products of Iron or Non Alloy Steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold rolled (cold reduced), not clad, plated or coated of thickness 0.5 mm or more but less than 3 mm

 

 

 

PRODUCTION STATUS 31.03.2011

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

Crude Steel (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)

Tonnes

68,00,000

68,55,424

Wire Rods (Tarapur, Maharashtra)

Tonnes

3,00,000

2,96,566

Wires (Borivali, Tarapur; Maharashtra), (Indore, Madhya Pradesh) and (Bengaluru, Karnataka)

Tonnes

2,13,900

1,91,128

Ferro Manganese and Silico Manganese (Joda, Odisha)

Tonnes

50,000

49,500

Charge Chrome (Bamnipal, Odisha)

Tonnes

50,000

45,054

Welded Steel Tubes (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)

Tonnes

2,88,000

2,81,623

Metallurgical Machinery (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)

Tonnes

--

13,515

Bearings (Kharagpur, West Bengal)

Numbers

2,50,00,000

3,30,85,368

 

Notes :

 

·         As certified by the Managing Director and accepted by the Auditors.

·         Including production for works use and for conversion by the third parties into finished goods for sale.

·         The actual production of Saleable Steel during the year is 66,90,996 tonnes including semi-finished steel produced 15,33,806 tonnes and steel transferred for manufacture into Tubes/C.R. Strips at the Company’s Tubes Division 3,90,690 tonnes / steel transferred for manufacture of Cold Rolled Coils at the Company’s Cold Rolling Mill Division (West) 2,29,701 tonnes and steel transferred for manufacture of Wire Rods 2,91,234 tonnes and wires 2,70,163 tonnes  at the Company’s Wire Rod Mill (West) division.

·         Including Tubes used in manufacture of Tubular Steel Structures and Scaffoldings.

·         There is no separate installed capacity.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

81251 (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

·         State Bank of India, Madame came Road, Mumbai – 400 021, Maharashtra, India

·         Central Bank of India, Madras Stock Exchange Building, 11, 2nd Line Beach, Chennai – 600 001, Tamilnadu, India

·         Standard Chartered Bank, 4,Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata – 700 001, West Bengal, India

·         Industrial Development Bank of India

·         Citibank International P.L.C.

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

31.03.2011

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2010

(Rs. In Millions)

Joint Plant Committee-Steel Development Fund [including funded interest Rs.2800.600 millions

18600.500

18055.400

Term Loan from State Bank of India

0.000

4537.600

 

 

 

Cash Credit/Packing Credit from Banks

 

 

State Bank of India

0.000

0.000

Others

1491.300

0.000

Borrowing from State Bank of India and Other Banks are secured by hypothecation of stocks, stores and book debts, ranking in priority to the floating charge.

 

 

 

Government of India

 

 

for constructing a hostel for trainees at Jamshedpur

0.100

0.100

for setting up a dispensary and a clinic at Collieries

0.100

0.100

Secured respectively by a first mortgage on the lands together with the buildings for hostel and dispensary and clinic constructed thereon.

 

 

Total

20092.000

22593.200

 

Loan from the Joint Plant Committee-Steel Development Fund is secured by mortgages, ranking pari passu inter se, on all present and future fixed assets, excluding land and buildings mortgaged in favour of Government of India, land

and buildings, plant and machinery and movables of the Tubes Division and the Bearings Division mortgaged in favour of the financial institutions and banks, assets of the Ferro Alloys Plant at Bamnipal mortgaged in favour of State Bank of India and assets of Cold Rolling Complex (West) at Tarapur and a floating charge on other properties and assets (excluding investments) of the Company, subject to the prior floating charge in favour of State Bank of India and other banks. 

 

Loan from the Joint Plant Committee-Steel Development Fund included in item is not secured by charge on movable assets of the Company and includes Rs.13174.900 millions representing repayments and interest on earlier loans for which applications of funding are awaiting sanction.

 

 

Unsecured Loans

31.03.2011

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2010

(Rs. In Millions)

Fixed Deposits

2.300

9.400

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

2.200

12.000

Privately Placed Non-convertible Debentures

84746.200

54009.000

JPY Syndicated ECB Loan – US $ 495 million equivalent*

25276.000

28201.500

JPY Syndicated Standard Chartered Bank Loan – US $ 750 million equivalent*

48194.400

43017.900

Standard Chartered Bank Loan – GBP 100 million*

7170.200

2046.700

Standard Chartered Bank Loan – USD 335 million*

14939.300

0.000

Credit Agricole CIB and BNP Paribas - Euro 10 million*

670.800

0.000

Canara Bank, London ECB Loan US $ 5 million equivalent*

178.400

224.600

Euro Hermes Loan from Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt*

430.200

444.400

Euro Sace Loan from Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt*

2379.200

2564.500

1% Convertible Alternative Reference Securities*

21011.600

21168.300

4.50% Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (2014)*

24390.600

24572.400

Term loan from SBI

25000.000

35000.000

Term loan from Axis Bank

0.000

10000.000

Term loan from HDFC

6500.000

6500.000

Term loan from IDFC

1990.000

1990.000

Interest free loans under Sales Tax Deferral Scheme

38.000

38.100

Total

262919.400

229798.800

 

Note : Amounts repayable within one year Rs.36529.500 millions

* Repayable in foreign currency.

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

 Name:

Deloitte Haskions and Sells

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Associates :

·         Kalimati Investment Company Limited

1. Rujuvalika Investments Limited, India

 

·         NatSteel Asia Pte. Limited

1. Steel Asia Development and Management Corporation, Singapore

2. Steel Asia Industries Inc., Singapore

3. Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation, Singapore

 

·         Tata Incorporated

1. TKM Overseas Limited, UK

 

·         Tata Refractories Limited

1. Almora Magnesite Limited, India

 

·         Tata Steel Limited

1. Indian Steel Rolling Mills Limited, India

2. Industrial Energy Limited,India

3. Jamipol Limited, India

4. Kalinga Aquatics Limited, India

5. Kumardhubi Fireclay and Silica Works Limited, India

6. Kumardhubi Metal Casting and Engineering Limited, India

7. Nicco Jubilee Park Limited, India

8. Strategic Energy Technology Systems Limited India

9. Tata Construction and Projects Limited, India

10. Tata Sponge Iron Limited, India

11. The Tinplate Company of India Limited, India

12. TRF Limited, India

 

·         Tata Steel Holdings Pte. Limited

a) Tata Steel Global Holdings Pte Limited

I. Tata Steel International (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Limited

1. European Profi les Malaysia (M) Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia

 

II. NatSteel Holdings Pte. Limited

1. Southern Steel, Berhard * Malaysia

 

III. Tata Steel Europe Limited

1. Ab Norskstal AS

2. Albi Profi ls SRL, France

3. Appleby Frodingham Cottage Trust Limited, UK

4. Combulex B.V., Netherlands

5. Cv Gasexpansie Ijmond, Netherlands

6. Danieli Corus Canada Inc., Canada

7. Danieli Corus Asia B.V., Netherlands

8. Danieli Corus B.V., Netherlands

9. Danieli Corus Braseq Ltda., Brazil

10. Danieli Corus Construction Services B.V., Netherlands

11. Danieli Corus Construction Services USA Inc., USA

12. Danieli Corus Do Brasil Ltda., Brazil

13. Danieli Corus Inc., USA

14. Danieli Corus Services USA Inc., USA

15. Danieli India (Private) Limited, India

16. European Profi les (Marketing) Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia

17. Galvpro LP., USA

18. Gietwalsonderhoudcombinatie B.V., Netherlands

19. Hoogovens Court Roll Service Technologies Vof:, Netherlands

20. Hoogovens Gan Multimedia S.A. De C.V., Mexico

21. Isolation Du Sud SA, France

22. Issb Limited, UK

23. MDC Sublance Probe Technology, Shanghai

24. Regionale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Voor Het Noordzeekanaalgebied N.V., Netherlands

25. Richard Lees Steel Decking Asia Snd. Bhd., Malaysia

26. Rsp Holding B.V., Netherlands

27. Schreiner Fleischer AS, Norway

28. Shanghai Bao Yi Beverage Can Making Company Limited, China

29. Sms Mevac UK Limited, UK

30. Stuwadoorsbedrijf Velserkom B.V. *, Netherlands

31. Thoresen and Thorvaldsen AS, Norway

32. Trico LLC, USA

33. Weirton/Hoogovens GP, USA

34. Workington Cottage Trust, UK

35. Wupperman Staal Nederland B.V., Netherlands

 

IV. Tata Steel Global Minerals Holdings Pte Limited

1. Riversdale Mining Limited, Australia

2. New Millennium Capital Corporation *, Canada

 

·         The Indian Steel and Wire Products Limited

1. Metal Corporation of India Limited, India

 

* Part of the Year

 

 

Subsidiaries

·         Adityapur Toll Bridge Company Limited, India

·         Centennial Steel Company Limited, India

·         Gopalpur Special Economic Zone Limited, India

·         Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited, India

1. Haldia Water Management Limited, India

2. Naba Diganta Water Management Limited, India

3. SEZ Adityapur Limited, India

 

·         Kalimati Investment Company Limited, India

1. Bangla Steel and Mining Company Limited, Bangladesh

 

·         Lanka Special Steels Limited, Sri Lanka

·         NatSteel Asia Pte. Limited, Singapore

1. NatSteel Iranian Private Joint Stock Company * Iran

2. NatSteel Middle East FZE * UAE

3. Tata Steel Asia (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong

4. Tata Steel Resources Australia Pty. Limited, Australia

 

·         T S Alloys Limited India

·         Sila Eastern Limited, Thailand

·         Tata Incorporated USA

·         Tata Korf Engineering Services Limited, India

·         Tata Metaliks Limited, India

  1. Tata Metaliks Kubota Pipes Limited, India

 

·         Tata Refractories Limited,  India

1. TRL Asia Private Limited, Singapore

2. TRL China Limited, China

 

·         Tayo Rolls Limited, India

·         Tata Steel (KZN) (Pty) Limited, South Africa

·         Tata Steel Holdings Pte. Limited, Singapore

1. NSA Holdings Pte Limited,* Singapore

2. Tata Steel Global Holdings Pte Limited, Singapore

 

I. Tata Steel International (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Limited, Singapore

1. TSIA Holdings (Thailand) Limited Thailand

2. Tata Steel International (Guangzhou) Limited, China

3. Tata Steel International (Shanghai) Limited, China

4. Tata Steel International (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia

5. Tata Steel International (Thailand) Limited, Thailand

6. Tata Steel International (Singapore) Pte. Limited, Singapore

7. Tata Steel international (Asia) Limited, Hong Kong

8. Tata Steel International (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong

 

II. NatSteel Holdings Pte. Limited, Singapore

1. Best Bar Pty. Limited, Australia

2. Bestbar (Vic) Pte. Limited, Australia

3. Burwill Trading Pte. Limited, Singapore

4. Easteel Construction Services Pte. Limited, Singapore

5. Easteel Services (M) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia

6. Eastern Steel Fabricators Philippines, Inc., Philippines

7. Eastern Steel Services Pte. Limited, Singapore

8. Eastern Wire Pte. Limited, Singapore

9. Materials Recycling Pte. Limited, Singapore

10. NatSteel (Xiamen) Limited, China

11. NatSteel Asia (S) Pte. Limited, Singapore

12. NatSteel Australia Pty. Limited, Australia

13. NatSteel Equity IV Pte. Limited, Singapore

14. Natsteel Recycling Pte Limited, Singapore

15. NatSteel Trade International (Shanghai) Company Limited, China

16. NatSteel Trade International Pte. Limited, Singapore

17. NatSteel Vina Company Limited, Vietnam

18. PT Materials Recycling Indonesia, Indonesia

19. The Siam Industrial Wire Company Limited, Thailand

20. Wuxi Jinyang Metal Products Company Limited, China

 

III. Orchid Netherlands (No.1) B.V. Netherlands

 

IV. Tata Steel Europe Limited, UK

1. Almana Steel Dubai (Jersey) Limited, Jersey

2. Apollo Metals Limited, USA

3. Ashorne Hill Management College, UK

4. Augusta Grundstucks GmbH, Germany

5. Automotive Laser Technologies Limited, UK

6. B S Pension Fund Trustee Limited, UK

7. Bailey Steels Limited, UK

8. Beheermaatschappij Industriele Produkten B.V., Netherlands

9. Belfin Beheermaatschappij B.V., Netherlands

10. Bell and Harwood Limited, UK

11. Blastmega Limited, UK

12. Blume Stahlservice GmbH, Germany

13. Blume Stahlservice Polska Sp.Z.O.O, Poland

14. Bore Samson Group Limited, UK

15. Bore Steel Limited, UK

16. British Guide Rails Limited, UK

17. British Steel Benelux B.V.*, Netherlands

18. British Steel Corporation Limited, UK

19. British Steel De Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico

20. British Steel Directors (Nominees) Limited, UK

21. British Steel Employee Share Ownership Trustees Limited, UK

22. British Steel Engineering Steels (Exports) Limited, UK

23. British Steel Holdings B.V., Netherlands

24. British Steel International B.V., Netherlands

25. British Steel Nederland International B.V., Netherlands

26. British Steel Samson Limited, UK

27. British Steel Service Centres Limited, UK

28. British Steel Tubes Exports Limited, UK

29. British Transformer Cores Limited, UK

30. British Tubes Stockholding Limited, UK

31. Bs Quest Trustee Limited, UK

32. Bskh Corporate Services (UK) Limited, UK

33. Burgdorfer Grundstuecks GmbH, Germany

34. C V Benine, Netherlands

35. C Walker and Sons Limited, UK

36. Catnic GmbH, Germany

37. Catnic Limited, UK

38. Cbs Investissements SAS, France

39. Cladding and Decking (UK) Limited, UK

40. Cogent Power Inc., Canada

41. Cogent Power Inc., Mexico

42. Cogent Power Inc., USA

43. Cogent Power Limited, UK

44. Cold Drawn Tubes Limited, UK

45. Color Steels Limited, UK

46. Corbeil Les Rives SCI, France

47. Corby (Northants) and District Water Company, UK

48. Cordor (C and B) Limited, UK

49. Corus - Sistemas Constructivos E Revestimentos Metalicos, Lda *, Portugal

50. Corus Aerospace Service Centre Suzhou Company Limited, China

51. Corus Aluminium Limited, UK

52. Corus Aluminium Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh, Germany

53. Corus Batiment Et Systemes SAS, France

54. Corus Belgium Bvba*, Belgium

55. Corus Beteiligungs GmbH, Germany

56. Corus Brokers Limited, UK

57. Corus Building Systems Bulgaria AD, Bulgaria

58. Corus Building Systems N.V., Belgium

59. Corus Building Systems SAS, France

60. Corus Byggesystemer A/S, Denmark

61. Corus Byggsystem AB, Sweden

62. Corus Byggsystemer A/S ,Norway

63. Corus Central Europe S.R.O., Czech Republic

64. Corus Cic Holdings Inc., Canada

65. Corus Cic Inc.*, Canada

66. Corus CNBV Investments, UK

67. Corus Coatings Usa Inc., USA

68. Corus Cold Drawn Tubes Limited, UK

69. Corus Consulting B.V., Netherlands

70. Corus Electrical Limited, UK

71. Corus Engineering Limited, UK

72. Corus Engineering Steels (UK) Limited, UK

73. Corus Engineering Steels Holdings Limited, UK

74. Corus Engineering Steels Limited, UK

75. Corus Engineering Steels Overseas Holdings Limited, UK

76. Corus Finance Limited, UK

77. Corus Group Limited, UK

78. Corus Holdings Limited, UK

79. Corus Holdings SA, France

80. Corus India Limited, India

81. Corus International (Overseas Holdings) Limited, UK

82. Corus International Bulgaria Limited, Bulgaria

83. Corus International Limited, UK

84. Corus International Representacoes Do Brasil Ltda., Brazil

85. Corus International Romania SRL., Romania

86. Corus Investments Limited, UK

87. Corus Ireland Limited, Ireland

88. Corus Large Diameter Pipes Limited, UK

89. Corus Liaison Services (India) Limited, UK

90. Corus Management Limited, UK

91. Corus Metal Iberica S.A, Spain

92. Corus Metals Limited, UK

93. Corus Multi-Metals Limited, UK

94. Corus Norge A/S, Norway

95. Corus Packaging Plus Norway AS, Norway

96. Corus Primary Aluminium B.V., Netherlands

97. Corus Properties (Germany) Limited, UK

98. Corus Property, UK

99. Corus Quest Trustee Limited, UK

100. Corus Rail Limited, UK

101. Corus Republic Of Ireland Subsidiaries Pension Scheme Trustee Limited, Ireland

102. Corus Service Center Milano Spa, Italy

103. Corus Service Centre Limited, N Ireland

104. Corus Service Centre Maastricht B.V., Netherlands

105. Corus Sheet and Tube Inc., USA

106. Corus Stainless Limited, UK

107. Corus Stainless Nl B.V., Netherlands

108. Corus Stainless UK Limited, UK

109. Corus Steel Limited, UK

110. Corus Steel Service STP LLC *, Russia

111. Corus Steel Usa Inc., USA

112. Corus Sverige AB, Sweden

113. Corus Trico Holdings Inc., USA

114. Corus UK Healthcare Trustee Limited, UK

115. Corus Ukraine LLC, Ukraine

116. Cpn (85) Limited, UK

117. Crucible Insurance Company Limited, I of Man

118. Degels GmbH, Germany

119. Demka B.V., Netherlands

120. Dsrm Group Plc., UK

121. Ees Group Services Limited, UK

122. Ees Nederland B.V., Netherlands

123. Eric Olsson and Soner Forvaltnings AB, Sweden

124. Esmil B.V., Netherlands

125. Euro-Laminations Limited, UK

126. European Electrical Steels Limited, UK

127. Europressings Limited, UK

128. Firsteel Group Limited, UK

129. Firsteel Holdings Limited, UK

130. Firsteel Strip Mill Products Limited, UK

131. Fischer Profi elen NV, Belgium

132. Fischer Profi l GmbH, Germany

133. Gamble Simms Metals Limited, Ireland

134. Grant Lyon Eagre Limited, UK

135. H E Samson Limited, UK

136. Hadfi elds Holdings Limited, UK

137. Hammermega Limited, UK

138. Harrowmills Properties Limited, UK

139. Hille and Muller GmbH, Germany

140. Hille and Muller Usa Inc., USA

141. Holorib GmbH, Germany

142. Hoogovens (UK) Limited, UK

143. Hoogovens Aluminium UK Limited, UK

144. Hoogovens Finance B.V., Netherlands

145. Hoogovens Technical Services Coahuila B.V.*, Netherlands

146. Hoogovens Technical Services Mexico De S. De R.L. De C.V., Mexico

147. Hoogovens Technical Services Monclova B.V.*, Netherlands

148. Hoogovens Tubes Poland Spolka Z.O.O, Poland

149. Hoogovens Usa Inc., USA

150. Huizenbezit “Breesaap” B.V., Netherlands

151. Ickles Cottage Trust, UK

152. Immobilliere De Construction De Maubeuge Et Louvroil SAS, France

153. Industrial Steels Limited, UK

154. Inter Metal Distribution SAS, France

155. K and S Management Service Limited*, UK

156. Kalzip Asia Pte, Singapore

157. Kalzip GmbH, Germany

158. Kalzip GmbH, Austria

159. Kalzip Guanhzou Limited, China

160. Kalzip Inc, USA

161. Kalzip Italy SRL *, Italy

162. Kalzip Limited, UK

163. Kalzip Spain S.L.U., Spain

164. Layde Steel S.L., Spain

165. Lister Tubes Limited, Ireland

166. London Works Steel Company Limited, UK

167. Midland Steel Supplies Limited, UK

168. Mistbury Investments Limited, UK

169. Montana Bausysteme AG, Switzerland

170. Myriad Deutschland GmbH, Germany

171. Myriad Espana Sl, Spain

172. Myriad Nederland B.V., Netherlands

173. Myriad SA, France

174. Myriad United Kingdom Limited, UK

175. Namascor B.V., Netherlands

176. Nationwide Steelstock Limited, UK

177. Nebam Nedelandse Bevrachting En Agentuur Maatschappij B.V., Netherlands

178. Oostfl ank B.V., Netherlands

179. Orb Electrical Steels Limited, UK

180. Ore Carriers Limited, UK

181. Oremco Inc., USA

182. Plated Strip International Limited, UK

183. Precoat International Limited, UK

184. Precoat Limited, UK

185. Rafferty-Brown Steel Co Inc Of Conn., USA

186. Richard Thomas And Baldwins (Australia) Pty Limited, Australia

187. Richard Thomas And Baldwins 1978. Limited, New Zealand

188. Round Oak Steelworks Limited, UK

189. Runblast Limited, UK

190. Runmega Limited, UK

191. S A B Profi el B.V., Netherlands

192. S A B Profi l GmbH, Germany

193. SA Intertubes*, Belgium

194. Sacra-Nord SAS, France

195. Scrap Processing Holding B.V., Netherlands

196. Seamless Tubes Limited, UK

197. Service Center Gelsenkirchen GmbH, Germany

198. SIA Corus Building Systems, Latvia

199. Simiop Investments Limited, UK

200. Simiop Limited, UK

201. Skruv Erik AB, Sweden

202. Societe Europeenne De Galvanisation (Segal) Sa, Belgium

203. Staalverwerking En Handel B.V., Netherlands

204. Steel Company (N.I.) Limited,* UK

205. Steel Stockholdings Limited, UK

206. Steelstock Limited, UK

207. Stewarts and Lloyds Of Ireland Limited, Ireland

208. Stewarts and Lloyds (Overseas) Limited, UK

209. Stocksbridge Cottage Trust, UK

210. Stuwadoorsbedrijf Velserkom B.V., * Netherlands

211. Surahammar Bruks AB, Sweden

212. Swinden Housing Association, UK

213. Tata Steel Belgium Packing Steels N.V., Belgium

214. Tata Steel Belgium Services N.V., Belgium

215. Tata Steel Europe Distribution BV, Netherlands

216. Tata Steel Europe Metals Trading BV, Netherlands

217. Tata Steel France Rail SA, France

218. Tata Steel Germany GmbH, Germany

219. Tata Steel Hungary LLC, Hungary

220. Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV, Netherlands

221. Tata Steel International (Americas) Holdings Inc, USA

222. Tata Steel International (Americas) Inc, USA

223. Tata Steel International (Australasia) Limited, New Zealand

224. Tata Steel International (Benelux) BV, Netherlands

225. Tata Steel International (Denmark) A/S, Denmark

226. Tata Steel International (Finland) OY, Finland

227. Tata Steel International (France) SAS, France

228. Tata Steel International (Germany) GmbH, Germany

229. Tata Steel International Hellas SA, Greece

230. Tata Steel International (Italia) SRL, Italy

231. Tata Steel International (Middle East) FZE, UAE

232. Tata Steel International (Nigeria) Limited, Nigeria

233. Tata Steel International (North America) Limited, USA

234. Tata Steel International (Poland) sp Zoo, Poland

235. Tata Steel International (Schweiz) AG, Switzerland

236. Tata Steel International (UK) Limited, UK

237. Tata Steel International (India) Private Limited, India

238. Tata Steel Istanbul Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Turkey

239. Tata Steel Nederland BV, Netherlands

240. Tata Steel Nederland Consulting and Technical Services BV,  Netherlands

241. Tata Steel Nederland Investment BV, Netherlands

242. Tata Steel Nederland Perfo BV, Netherlands

243. Tata Steel Nederland Services BV, Netherlands

244. Tata Steel Nederland Star-Frame BV, Netherlands

245. Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV, Netherlands

246. Tata Steel Nederland Tubes BV, Netherlands

247. Tata Steel Netherlands Holdings B.V., Netherlands

248. Tata Steel UK Consulting Limited, UK

249. Tata Steel UK Holdings Limited, UK

250. Tata Steel UK Limited, UK

251. Tata Steel UK Rail Consultancy Limited, UK

252. Telmag (Holdings) Limited*, UK

253. Telmag Magnetic Components Limited*, UK

254. The Newport And South Wales Tube Company Limited, UK

255. The Stanton Housing Company Limited, UK

256. The Steel Company Of Ireland Limited, Ireland

257. The Templeborough Rolling Mills Limited, UK

258. Thomas Processing Company, USA

259. Thomas Steel Strip Corporation, USA

260. Tinsley Trailers Limited, UK

261. Toronto Industrial Fabrications Limited, UK

262. Trierer Walzwerk GmbH, Germany

263. Tulip Netherlands (No.1) B.V., Netherlands

264. Tulip Netherlands (No.2) B.V., Netherlands

265. Tulip UK Holdings (No.2) Limited, UK

266. Tulip UK Holdings (No.3) Limited, UK

267. Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation, USA

268. U.E.S. Bright Bar Limited, UK

269. UK Steel Enterprise Limited, UK

270. Ukse Fund Managers (General Partner) Limited, UK

271. Ukse Fund Managers Limited. UK

272. Unitol SAS, France

273. Vlietjonge BV, Netherlands

274. Walker Manufacturing And Investments Limited, UK

275. Walkersteelstock Ireland Limited, Ireland

276. Walkersteelstock Limited, UK

277. Westwood Steel Services Limited, UK

278. Whitehead (Narrow Strip) Limited, UK

 

V. Tata Steel Global Minerals Holdings Pte Limited, Singapore

1. Al Rimal Mining LLC, Oman

2. Black Ginger 461 Proprietary Limited, South Africa

3. Kalimati Coal Company Pty. Limited, Australia

4. Sedibeng Iron Ore Pty. Limited,* South Africa

5. Tata Steel Cote D’ Ivoire S.A, Ivory Coast

6. Tata Steel Minerals UK Limited *, UK

7. Tata Steel Minerals Canada Limited *, Canada

 

VI. Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited, Thailand

1. N.T.S Steel Group Plc., Thailand

2. The Siam Construction Steel Company Limited, Thailand

3. The Siam Iron And Steel (2001) Company Limited, Thailand

 

VII. Tata Steel Global Procurement Company Pte. Limited, * Singapore

1. ProCo Issuer Pte. Limited, * Singapore

 

 

·         Tata Steel Processing And Distribution Limited, India

·         TM International Logistics Limited, India

1. International Shipping Logistics FZE, UAE

2. TKM Global China Limited, China

3. TKM Global GmbH, Germany

4. TKM Global Logistics Limited, India

5. TM Harbour Services Private Limited, India

 

·         The Indian Steel and Wire Products Limited, India

·         The Tata Pigments Limited, India

·         T M Mining Company Limited *, India

·         Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Company Private Limited * India

 

* Part of the Year

 

 

Joint Venture :

·         Tata Steel Limited

1. Bhubaneswar Power Private Limited, India

2. mjunction services Limited, India

3. S and T Mining Company Private Limited, India

4. Tata Bluescope Steel Limited, India

5. Tata NYK Shipping Pte Limited, Singapore

6. The Dhamra Port Company Limited, India

7. Himalaya Steel Mills Services Private Limited,* India

 

·         Tata Steel Holdings Pte. Limited

·         a) Tata Steel Global Holdings Pte Limited

I. Tata Steel Europe Limited

1. Afon Tinplate Company Limited, UK

2. Air Products Llanwern Limited, UK

3. B V Ijzerleew, Netherlands

4. Bsr Pipeline Services Limited, UK

5. Caparo Merchant Bar Plc, UK

6. Cindu Chemicals B.V., Netherlands

7. Corus Celik Ticaret AS, Turkey

8. Corus Cogifer Switches And Crossings Limited, UK

9. Corus Kalpinis Simos Rom SRL., Romania

10. Danieli Corus Technical Services B.V., Netherlands

11. Hks Scrap Metals B.V., Netherlands

12. Ijzerhandel Geertsema Staal B.V., Netherlands

13. Industrial Rail Services Ijmond B.V., Netherlands

14. Laura Metaal Holding B.V. ,Netherlands

15. Norsk Stal AS, Norway

16. Norsk Stal Tynnplater AS, Norway

17. Ravenscraig Limited, UK

18. Tata Elastron SA, Greece

19. Tata Elastron SA Steel Service Center, Greece

20. Texturing Technology Limited, UK

21. Redcar Bulk Terminal Limited *, UK

 

II. Tata Steel Global Minerals Holdings Pte. Limited

1.       Riversdale Energy (Mauritius) Limited, Mauritius

 

* Part of the Year

 

 

Membership :

Confederation of Indian Industry

 

 

Promoters holding together with its subsidiary is more than 20% :

 

Tata Sons Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1750000000

Ordinary Shares

Rs.10/-each

Rs.17500.000 millions

350000000

"A" Ordinary Shares

Rs.10/-each

Rs.3500.000 millions

25000000

Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs.100/-each

Rs.2500.000 millions

600000000

Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares

Rs.100/-each

Rs.60000.000 millions

Total

Rs.83500.000 millions

 

Issued  Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

960126020

Ordinary Shares

Rs.10/-each

Rs.9601.300 millions

 

Subscribed and Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

959214450

Ordinary Shares

Rs.10/-each

Rs.9592.100 millions

Add

Amount paid up on 3,89,516 Ordinary Shares forfeited

 

Rs.2.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs.9594.100 millions

 

Of the 95,92,14,450 Ordinary Shares :

 

·         95,63,300 shares represent after sub-division 9,56,330 shares (including 9,35,000 shares issued pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement for the conversion of Deferred Shares into Ordinary Shares and the issue of additional fully paid shares) of the face value of Rs.75 per share which were issued as fully paid up pursuant to contracts for consideration other than cash. The nominal value of these 9,56,330 shares was increased from Rs.75 to Rs.100 each with effect from 1.01.1977.

·         1,98,12,460 shares represent after sub-division 19,81,246 shares of the face value of Rs.75 per share which were issued as fully paid bonus shares by utilisation of Rs.38.144 millions from Share Premium Account and Rs.110.449 millions from General Reserve. The nominal value of these 19,81,246 shares was increased from Rs.75 to Rs.100 each with effect from 1.01.1977.

·         5,14,40,270 shares represent after sub-division 51,44,027 Ordinary Shares whose face value was increased during the year 1976-77 from Rs.75 to Rs.100 per share by utilisation of Rs.0.050 million from Share Premium Account and Rs.128.551 millions from General Reserve.

·         2,05,76,110 shares represent after sub-division 20,57,611 shares of the face value of Rs.100 per share which were issued as fully paid bonus shares by utilisation of Rs.205.761 millions from General Reserve.

·         7,21,530 shares represent after sub-division 72,153 shares of the face value of Rs.100 per share which were issued as fully paid up to the shareholders of the erstwhile Indian Tube Company Limited on its amalgamation with the Company, for consideration other than cash.

·         3,30,51,470 shares represent after sub-division 33,05,147 shares of the face value of Rs.100 per share which were issued as fully paid bonus shares by utilisation of Rs.330.515 millions from General Reserve.

·         12,10,003 shares of the face value of Rs.10 per share were issued as fully paid up to the shareholders of the erstwhile Tata SSL Limited on its amalgamation with the Company, for consideration other than cash.

·         18,44,90,952 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share were issued as fully paid bonus shares by utilisation of Rs.1844.910 millions from Securities Premium Account during the year 2004-05.

·         2,70,00,000 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share issued to Tata Sons Limited on a preferential basis during the year 2006-07.

·         2,85,00,000 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted to Tata Sons Limited on a preferential basis during the year 2007-08.

·         12,16,11,464 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted at a premium of Rs.290 per share to the shareholders on Rights basis during the year 2007-08.

·         8,151 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted on Rights basis at a premium of Rs.290 per share during 2008-09 to the shareholders whose shares were kept in abeyance in the Rights issue made in 2007, leaving a balance of 1,74,956 shares being kept in abeyance.

·         9,12,11,001 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted at a premium of Rs.590 per share to holders of CCPS in the ratio of 6:1 on 1st September, 2009, on conversion.

·         135 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted on rights basis at a premium of Rs.290 per share during 2009-10 to shareholders whose shares were kept in abeyance in the Rights issue made in 2007. Post the conversion of CCPS, total 3,08,063 shares are kept in abeyance.

·         6,54,10,589 shares of face value of Rs.10 per share represent the shares underlying GDRs. Each GDR represents one underlying ordinary share.

·         1,50,00,000 Ordinary Shares of face value of Rs.10 per share issued to Tata Sons Limited on Preferential basis during the year 2010-11.

·         5,70,00,000 Ordinary Shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted on 29th January, 2011 at a premium of Rs.600 per share in the Follow-on Public Offer vide Prospectus dated 25th January, 2011.

o        146 Ordinary Shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted on rights basis at a premium of Rs.290 per share to shareholders whose shares were kept in abeyance in the Rights issue made in 2007.

o        108 Ordinary Shares of face value of Rs.10 per share allotted at a premium of Rs.590 per share to holders of CCPS in the ratio of 6:1 on conversion whose shares were kept in abeyance in the Rights issue made in 2007. The balance Ordinary shares kept in abeyance are 3,07,807.

 

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

9594.100

8874.100

62034.500

2] Share Warrants

1782.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

458070.200

360743.900

239728.100

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

469446.300

369618.000

301762.600

 

 

 

 

HYBRID PERPETUAL SECURITIES

15000.000

0.000

0.000

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

20092.000

22593.200

39130.500

2] Unsecured Loans

262919.400

229798.800

230331.300

TOTAL BORROWING

283011.400

252392.000

269461.800

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

9368.000

8676.700

5857.300

Provision for employees separation compensation

8733.400

9571.600

10336.000

Foreign currency monetary item translation difference account 

0.000

2069.500

0.0000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

785559.100

642327.800

587417.700

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

187744.800

160060.300

144822.200

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

465649.400

449796.700

423717.800

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

Foreign Currency Monetary Item Translation Difference Account 

0.000

0.000

 4716.600

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

32375.800
24539.900
28682.800

 

Sundry Debtors

4280.300
4348.300
6359.800

 

Cash & Bank Balances

41415.400
32341.400
15906.000

 

Other Current Assets

7161.800
6237.600
6121.900

 

Loans & Advances

156889.700
55038.900
45610.400

Total Current Assets

242123.000
122506.100
102680.900

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

10369.600
7728.500
38427.900

 

Other Current Liabilities

64108.700
58841.600
21970.700

 

Provisions

35479.800
23465.200
29171.900

Total Current Liabilities

109958.100
90035.300
89570.500

Net Current Assets

132164.900
32470.800
13110.400

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

1050.700

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

785559.100

642327.800

587417.700

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and Other Operating Income

293963.500

250219.800

243157.700

 

 

Other Income

7906.700

8537.900

3082.700

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

301870.200

258757.700

246240.400

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing and Other Expenses

181622.700

163960.000

155259.900

 

 

Expenditure (Other than Interest) Transferred to Capital and other accounts

(1987.800)

(3261.100)

(3436.500)

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

179634.900

160698.900

151823.400

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

122235.300

98058.800

94417.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

NET FINANCE CHARGES                                  (D)

13004.900

15084.000

11526.900

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

109230.400

82974.800

82890.100

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

11461.900

10831.800

9734.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

97768.500

72143.000

73156.100

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

29111.600

21675.000

21138.700

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

68656.900

50468.000

52017.400

 

 

 

 

 

Less

DISTRIBUTION ON HYBRID PERPETUAL SECURITIES

45.400

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

127726.500

94967.000

63874.600

 

 

 

 

 

Add

BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD – HOOGHLY MET COKE AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED ON AMALGAMATION

0.000

122.800

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed Dividends

11510.600

7097.700

11689.500

 

 

Dividend on Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares

0.000

458.800

1094.500

 

 

Tax on Dividends

1567.100

1228.000

2141.000

 

 

General Reserve

6865.700

5046.800

6000.000

 

 

Debenture Redemption Reserve

10000.000

4000.000

0.000

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

166394.600

127726.500

94967.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

Export of Steel and other materials

22523.700

20348.100

33097.800

 

Interest received

579.000

206.000

190.100

 

Others

637.000

440.700

468.700

 

Total

23739.700

20994.800

33756.600

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

43695.400

31025.700

41467.500

 

Semi-Finished Products

235.500

53.800

280.200

 

Components, Stores and Spare Parts

3534.800

2618.800

2884.200

 

Capital Goods

7124.500

6727.100

5422.800

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

54590.200

40425.400

50054.700

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

 

 

 

 

- Basic

75.63

60.26

69.45

 

- Diluted

70.99

57.31

62.94

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

  

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

 

30.06.2011

Type

 

 

 

1st Quarter

Net Sales

 

 

 

78602.500

Total Expenditure

 

 

 

47570.900

PBIDT (Excl OI)

 

 

 

31031.600

Other Income

 

 

 

5526.400

Operating Profit

 

 

 

36558.000

Interest

 

 

 

2272.700

Exceptional Items

 

 

 

0.000

PBDT

 

 

 

34285.300

Depreciation

 

 

 

2853.000

Profit Before Tax

 

 

 

31432.300

Tax

 

 

 

9238.000

Provisions and contingencies

 

 

 

0.000

Profit After Tax

 

 

 

22194.300

Extraordinary Items

 

 

 

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

 

 

 

0.000

Other Adjustments

 

 

 

0.000

Net Profit

 

 

 

22194.300

 


KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

PAT / Total Income

(%)

22.74

19.50

21.12

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

33.26

28.83

30.09

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

22.74

25.53

29.56

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.21

0.20

0.24

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.84

0.93

1.19

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.20

1.36

1.15

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

GLOBAL ECONOMY

 

The world GDP, as reported by International Monetary Fund, was on an upturn, growing by 5% in 2010 as compared to a negative growth of 0.5% in 2009. While the growth in the advanced economies was 3.0% in 2010, in contrast to -3.4% in 2009, the emerging and developing economies grew by 7.3% in 2010 when compared to the growth of 2.7% in 2009. The growth in the developing and emerging economies slowed down during the end of 2010 as stimulus measures were slowly removed and policies were tightened in response to rising inflation and

overheating concerns. A trend of GDP growth (%) for the last five years in the world, split up into advanced economies and emerging and developing economies.

 

The US: The US GDP increased by 2.8% in 2010 as compared to a negative growth of 2.6% in 2009, but the country still faces large fiscal deficit. In late 2009 and early 2010 there was a deceleration in growth in the US economy as the effect of one time stimulus factors faded. However, in the second half of the year, growth picked up with a decline in the rate of unemployment and consumer spending picking up at its fastest pace in the last five years with further major stimulus measures being introduced along with tax cuts and investment incentives. The housing market, non-residential construction and overall credit growth still remained weak with tight bank lending conditions starting to ease for not only large firms but also for small and medium-sized firms.

 

India: As reported in the Economic Survey of 2010-11, GDP is expected to grow by 8.6% in 2010-11 as compared to the growth of 8.0% in 2009-10. The agricultural output grew by 5.4% as compared to a nominal 0.4% growth in 2009-10 when the country was hit by a deficient monsoon. Manufacturing grew by 8.8% during the year being at par with the growth noticed in the last fiscal. Overall growth in industry was 8.1% during 2010-11 compared to 8.0% in the last year. Services witnessed a decelerated growth of 9.6% as compared to a growth of 10.1% in 2009-10. Amongst the key macro-economic indicators, fiscal deficit was limited to 4.8% of GDP in 2010-11 as compared to 6.3% in 2009-10. Export and import grew positively by 29.5% and 19.0% in contrast to the negative growths experienced in the previous year. Clouds of high inflation and a temporary slowdown in the industrial growth are looming in the country as steps are being taken to mitigate such adversities.

Europe: GDP in the Eurozone increased by 1.9% in 2010-11 over 2009-10 with a high unemployment rate of around 10% and divergent performances by member countries. While Germany posted a growth of 4% driven by strong export demand and lower unemployment, the Spanish economy was adversely affected by fiscal tightening and a weak housing market with a rise in unemployment. Ireland, Portugal and Greece are seeking financial assistance from the EU and IMF after facing sharp increases in their borrowing costs and potential shortfall in funding. The UK GDP grew by 1.9% in 2010-11, continuing to recover but uneven growth, high unemployment  and rising inflation has resulted in the UK household disposable income coming under pressure. There was a strong quarterly growth at the beginning of the year followed by a slowdown and winter-inflicted contraction in the December quarter. The fiscal austerity announced by the UK Government will see a 24% cut in public investment and 7% cut in real government consumption in the next five years.

 

TATA STEEL GROUP PERFORMANCE

 

Tata Steel Group steel deliveries at 23.5 million tonnes in the financial year were at par with the financial year 2009-10 (23.6 million tonnes). The gross steel deliveries (including the inter-group transfers) for the steel-producing entities were higher than the previous years with Tata Steel India, Tata Steel Europe, NatSteel Holdings and Tata Steel Thailand posting growth of 4%, 3%, 1% and 8% respectively. The company’s Indian operations recorded a growth of 4% in steel deliveries from 6.17 million tonnes in the financial year 2009-10 to 6.42 million tonnes in 2010-11.

 

Along with the increase in gross steel deliveries, the steel producing entities witnessed increases in the average realisations in line with the steep increase in the raw material prices. The turnover for the Group in 2010-11 at Rs.1187530.000 millions, was 16% higher than 2009-10 (Rs.1023930.000 millions). While the turnover in Tata Steel India witnessed a growth of 17% from Rs.250220.000 millions in the financial year 2009-10 to Rs.293960.000 millions in the financial year 2010-11, Tata Steel Europe’s turnover increased by 15% from Rs.  658430.000 millions in the financial year 2009-10 to Rs.759910.000 millions in the financial year 2010-11.

 

The Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) of the Group increased significantly from Rs.93400.000 millions in the fiscal year 2009-10 to Rs.171030.000 millions in the financial year 2010-11 primarily driven by the increase in prices partly off set by the steep increase in input costs. Tata Steel India recorded an EBITDA of Rs.122240.000 millions in the financial year 2010-11 growing by 25% as compared to Rs.98060.000 millions in 2009-10.

 

Restructuring, impairment and disposals in the current year include Rs.25030.000 millions profit on disposal of Teesside Cast Products at Tata Steel Europe.

 

Consequently, the Group turned around with a Profit after Tax (after minority interest and share of profits of associates) for 2010-11 at Rs.89830.000 millions as compared to a loss of Rs.20090.000 millions in 2009-10.

 

Indian Operations: Crude steel production at 6.86 million tonnes in financial year 2010-11 was higher than the previous year (6.56 million tonnes) by 4%, thus exceeding the nameplate production capacity in the second year on enhanced capacity. There was an increase in the vessel life and heat size of the two steel melting shops enhancing their productivity to achieve the higher crude steel production of your company. Saleable steel also increased by 4% from 6.44 million tonnes recorded in financial year 2009-10 to 6.69 million tonnes in the financial year with higher hot metal being available from the bigger blast furnaces with higher productivity. The sales volume during the financial year 2010-11 at 6.42 million tonnes was 4% higher as compared to the previous year (6.17 million tonnes) indicating the robust growth in steel demand. Apart from the two steel melting shops, there were many units (including mines and collieries) which surpassed their respective best ever performances.

 

Ferro Alloys and Minerals division’s saleable production at 1,405k tonnes in the financial year 2010-11 was higher

than financial year 2009-10 (1,350k tonnes) by 4%. The sales (including transfers to other divisions of the Company), however, at 1,464k tonnes were lower than the previous year (1,508k tonnes) by 3%. Chrome alloys exports and manganese alloys sales of the division touched new heights during the financial year.

 

Improved demand in auto and infrastructure segments led to the increase in sales and production in the Tubes division. The division recorded production of 371k tonnes in FY 2010-11, higher by 6% over FY 2009-10 (351k tonnes), while the sales improved from 349k tonnes in FY2009-10 to 366k tonnes in 2010-11, an increase of 5%. Boosted by various improvement initiatives under ‘Kar Vijay Har Shikhar’ programme, the division continued to improve on its performance in various segments like ‘Tata Pipes’ (plumbing and irrigation), ‘Tata Structura’ (infrastructure) and Precision Tubes (Automotive, Process and Power sector).

 

Sales in the Bearings division in the financial year 2010-11 at 32.95 million numbers grew by 4% against the financial year 2009-10 (31.69 million numbers), while the production at 33.14 million numbers in FY 2010-11 increased by 12% over FY 2009-10 (29.61 million numbers). The increases were primarily driven by higher demand in the domestic auto segment.

 

European operations: Sales volumes of Tata Steel Europe (TSE), excluding seasonal effects, were reasonably flat for the first three quarters of the financial year 2010-11, before showing an improvement in the last quarter to the highest level of quarterly sales since financial year 2008-09. Deliveries in Tata Steel Europe during FY 2010-11 (14.9 million tonnes) increased by 3% over FY 2009-10 (14.4 million tonnes). Selling prices increased steadily through the year with the revenue per tonne increasing by around 17% over the previous year. The revenue per tonne increased relatively sharply in the first quarter of the financial year under review in anticipation of the equally sharp increase in price of raw materials, but became more modest in the second and third quarters before losing its upward momentum in the fourth quarter. Raw material prices, in contrast, peaked during the third quarter.

 

TSE has adopted the Tata Steel identity for trading purposes with eff ect from September 2010 and a progressive rebranding process is under way. The Company has also adopted a new operating model to replace the previous model of three main operating divisions (Strip Products, Long Products and Distribution and Building Systems). It is now organised into a number of business activities comprising steelmaking hubs (Strip Products Mainland Europe, Strip Products UK and Long Products Europe), speciality businesses (Colours, Building Systems, Packaging, Tubes, Kalzip, Plating, Cogent Power and Speciality Steel), and a distribution and sales network (Distribution UK and Ireland, Distribution Europe and International). TSE has adopted a single sales and marketing function with eight industry-focused marketing sectors, namely automotive, construction, packaging, rail, lifting and excavating, energy and power, industry strip and industry long products. Europe, principally the EU, continues to be the most important market of the Company.

 

On 24th February, 2011, Tata Steel UK Limited (TSUK), a subsidiary of TSE, signed a definitive sale agreement to sell certain assets of TCP to Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited in a deal valuing the business at £434 million. The assets covered by the sale include the Redcar blast furnace, the Redcar and South Bank coke ovens, TCP’s power generation facilities and sinter plant, and the Lackenby steelmaking and casting facilities. The deal also includes TSUK and SSI entering into a joint venture to operate Redcar wharf, TCP’s bulk terminal. The sale was completed on 24th March, 2011.

 

The ‘Fit for the Future’ programme initiated in response to the financial crisis continued to give results with notable reduction in the average number of employees. The deal with SSI resulted in 850 employees getting transferred to SSI and it is expected that further jobs will be created.

 

South-East Asian operations: NatSteel recorded an increase in steel sales by 1% in FY 2010-11 (1.80 million tonnes) over FY 2009-10 (1.78 million tonnes). The increases were most noticeable in NatSteel Singapore, the Australian units, Thailand and in trading business, while other business units in China and Vietnam witnessed decline in their respective volumes. NatSteel Singapore increased its sales volume by 106k tonnes from 738k tonnes in FY 2009-10 to 844k tonnes in FY 2010-11. Average revenue per tonne improved across all units (other than Australian units) thereby increasing the turnover of the Company. The Company sold its share in an associate company Southern Steel Berhard (SSB) during the financial year. The EBITDA of the Company, excluding the profit on sale of share of SSB in the financial year, reduced from the previous financial year primarily due to rise in the cost of input materials which more than off set the increase in prices and impact of higher sales volumes.

 

Sales volume of Tata Steel Thailand during FY 2010-11 at 1.29 million tonnes was higher than FY 2009-10 (1.20 million tonnes) by 8%, while production increased by 6% from 1.21 million tonnes in FY 2009-10 to 1.28 million tonnes in FY 2010-11. During the financial year, the Company had to mothball the Mini Blast Furnace in the third quarter due to high costs of operations and low capacity utilisation, before recommencing its operations in the fourth quarter. The company incurred losses during the year primarily due to high costs of operations, low capacity utilisation and losses due to mothballing of the Mini Blast furnace partly compensated by increase in average revenue per tonne and higher sales volume.

 

EXPANSION PROJECTS

 

Brownfield Projects:

 

Tata Steel India is implementing an expansion project at Jamshedpur Works to increase its crude steel capacity from 6.8 million tonnes per annum to 9.7 million tonnes per annum. The facilities under this project are scheduled to be completed in FY 2011-12. Simultaneously, the Company is implementing a few other major capital schemes at Jamshedpur which include Coke Plant Battery No. 11, Coke Dry Quenching at Coke Ovens Batteries 5, 6 and 7 and a new mill for producing Full Hard Cold Rolled (FHCR) coils. Tata Steel India is also setting up a Continuous Annealing and Processing Line at Jamshedpur with a capacity of 0.6 mtpa under a joint venture company with Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), Japan. The line will produce automotive cold rolled fl at products and address the needs of Indian automotive customers for highgrade cold rolled steel sheets. NSC will transfer its technology for producing high-grade cold rolled steel sheets for automotive application including skin panel and high tensile steel. These projects, along with other sustenance and improvement projects, are being implemented with a view to support the Company’s current operations and its growth aspirations.

 

Greenfield Projects:

 

Odisha Project:

 

Preliminary work on the 6 mtpa greenfield steel plant at Kalinganagar, Odisha is in progress. The boundary wall on 3 sides (8.5 km) along with trench cutting and barbed wire fencing has been completed, warehouse has been made operational and construction of Sinter plant has started. As of March 2011, a total of 910 families have moved from the plant site to the new rehabilitation colony area where plot allocation has been started. The rehabilitation colonies have been provided with good infrastructural facilities which include clean drinking water, street lighting, and a community centre set up by the Company. Key challenges for FY 2011-12 are to develop infrastructure and mobilise resources to accelerate the project work.

 

Other projects:

 

Chhattisgarh Project:

 

The Company has signed an MoU with the Government of Chhattisgarh for setting up of a 5 mtpa Greenfield integrated steel plant in Bastar. Land has been acquired by the Government and the rights vest with Chhattisgarh  State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) for allotment to subject for 99 years. The letter of intent from CSIDC has been issued. The Company requested for demarcation free from all encumbrances, as per terms of MoU, before taking possession of the said land.

Further, Chhattisgarh Government has accorded approval for drawing water from the river Sabri and the Ministry of Railways, Government of India has granted an in-principle approval for the railway corridor. Public hearing for the Environment Clearance has been successfully conducted.

 

Prospecting License for iron ore has been granted in Bailadila-I deposits after obtaining necessary approvals from the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Ministry of Mines, Government of India. Prospecting License for Pyroxenite in the close proximity of iron ore area is in an advanced stage of grant by the State Government. In line with the Company’s initiatives in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility, several activities in the field of health, youth and women empowerment, sports and skill development are being carried out for local residents as well as those from displaced families.

 

Ha Tinh Project at Vietnam:

 

Subject signed an MoU with Vietnam Steel Corporation (VSC) on 29th May, 2008 to develop a steel complex with an estimated capacity of 4.5 million tonnes per year in Ha Tinh province at Vietnam. Another MoU was signed to set up a cold rolling mill in Ha Tinh province. On successful completion of study and financial closure, Subject will have a stake of minimum 65% and VSC will have a stake of 35% in the steel complex.

 

Karnataka Project:

 

Tata Metaliks Limited (TML) and Tata Steel have entered into a MoU with the Government of Karnataka in June 2010 for setting up an integrated steel plant of 3 mtpa in Agadi and Boodagatti villages of Haveri District, Karnataka. State High Level Clearance Committee of the Government of Karnataka has approved 2,500 acres of land at Agadi, Boodagatti, Devagiri and Yellapura villages, and is in process of acquiring land.

 

RAW MATERIAL PROJECTS

 

The Company continues to implement its long-term strategy to secure ownership of assets that will increase its raw materials security and share of value-added products. During the financial year 2010-11, the Company’s primary focus was on expediting implementation of its existing ventures.

 

Coal Projects:

 

Benga Coal Project, Mozambique: The Tata-Riversdale Joint Venture in Mozambique conducted a formal ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony’ at the Benga Coal Project in the presence of the President of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Armando Emilio Guebuza on 14th April, 2010. This official ceremony follows a series of milestones already achieved by the Company such as the signing of the Mining Contract, approval of Environmental Licences for the Benga Coal Project and the Benga Power Project, and the approval of Stage 1 of the Benga Coal Project following the completion of the Feasibility Study for production of 10.6 million ROM tonnes in two phases. Other key contracts and agreements include the CHP Plant Supply Contract, a Resettlement Action Plan and the Project Labour Agreement (PLA) which was signed with SINTICIM (the Mozambican National

Construction and Mine workers Union).

 

Stage 1 entails initial production of 5.3 million ROM tonnes per year to produce approximately 1.7 mtpa of high quality hard coking coal and 0.3 mtpa of thermal coal by the second half of 2011. Subejct has 35% stake in the joint venture with 40% off -take right to the coking coal produced from these mines. The joint venture owns the Benga and Tete tenements which cover an area of 24,960 hectares. Benga has an inferred resource of approximately 4 billion tonnes. The Company plans to supply the hard coking coal from this project to its facilities in Europe in the initial phase of the project development and also for the requirements of the Indian operations in the future. Tata Steel currently holds about a 27.1% equity stake in the parent company, Riversdale Mining Limited.

Coal Mining Project in Australia (CDJV): Subejct has a strategic interest of 5% in the coal mining project in Australia in partnership with Vale, Nippon Steel, JFE and POSCO with up to 20% off -take rights. The Joint Venture was formed for the development of a greenfield underground coal project in Bowen Basin, Queensland. The fi rst raw coal production started in August 2006 and the mine is currently producing around 1.5 mtpa. The mine is being operated by Long Wall method and expected to produce around 3.0 million tonnes of Coking and PCI coal during FY 2011-12.

 

Iron Ore Projects:

 

Direct Shipping Ore Project in Canada (New Millennium Capital Corporation):

 

In September 2008, Subject had entered into a Heads of Agreement with New Millennium Capital Corporation, Canada (NML), a Canadian listed mining company, to develop iron ore projects in northern Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador and had acquired a 19.9% stake in NML. As per the agreement, Subject had an exclusive option to acquire an 80% equity interest in NML’s Direct Shipping Ore project (DSO Project) and an exclusive right to negotiate and settle a proposed transaction in respect of NML’s LabMag and KéMag (Taconite) Projects. In September 2010, Subject has made a positive investment decision by exercising its option to acquire 80% interest in the NML’s Direct Shipping Ore ('DSO') Project.

 

As part of the Joint Venture agreement, Subject will reimburse NML for 80% of NML’s cost to date on the DSO Project; arrange funding for up to CAD$ 300 million of capital costs for the Project to earn its 80% share of the JV and commit to take 100% of the DSO project’s iron ore products of specified quality, at world market prices, for the life of the mining operation. The Feasibility Study estimates proven and probable mineral reserves of 64.1 million tonnes and the project is expected to produce 4 million dry tonnes per year of iron ore products commencing in the second half of 2012. The iron ore from this project will be supplied to Tata Steel Group’s facilities located in Europe.

 

On 26th February, 2011, Subject purchased 67,39,956 common shares of NML under its existing pre-emptive right at CAD$ 3.50 per share for gross proceeds to NML of CAD$ 23,589,846. This will maintain subject’s interest in NML at approximately 27.2% of the total shares outstanding.

 

On 6th March, 2011 subject signed a binding heads of agreement with New Millennium Capital Corporation to develop the LabMag and KéMag iron ore deposits, known collectively as the Taconite Project. The Taconite Project consists of two worldclass magnetite iron ore deposits on the emerging Millennium Iron Range, which stretches 210 kilometres from western Labrador through eastern Quebec. The LabMag deposit is located in the Labrador portion of the range and the KéMag deposit is located in the Quebec portion. Together, the two deposits hold over 9 billion tonnes of reserves and resources and are expected to produce more than 20 million tonnes per year of concentrate, with a potential mine life of over 100 years.

 

Ivory Coast Project: In view of the environmental issues encountered in the case of Mt. Nimba deposit, Subject approached the Government of Ivory Coast to grant a Prospecting License for Mt. Gao for an early start of the project. The Government of Ivory Coast has granted an Exploration License to Sodemi on 30th July, 2009 and an Addendum to the Joint Venture Agreement was signed on 29th September, 2009 to include Mt. Gao in the Joint Venture Agreement. Upon transferring the Exploration License for Mt. Gao to the JV company, a helicopter-borne geophysical survey covering 811 sq km has been completed. The team on the site has also done a detailed geological mapping over a 100 sq km area at 1:10000 scale. Currently exploration work on the ground has been put on hold due to rising security concern in Ivory Coast.

 


Limestone Project:

 

Limestone Project in Oman: The Environmental Impact Assessment has been completed and the mining license is awaited.

 

OTHER PROJECTS

 

Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL):

 

The Dhamra Port Company Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between subject and Larsen and Toubro, is developing

a deep-draught port under a concession agreement awarded by the Government of Odisha on Build, Own, Operate, Share and Transfer (BOOST) basis. The project will be located on the eastern coast of India approximately 225 km southwest of Kolkata and 205 km from Bhubaneshwar.

 

Situated between Haldia and Paradip, Dhamra Port will be one of the deepest ports in India with a draft of 18 metres, capable of accommodating super capesize vessels up to 1,80,000 DWT.

 

Phase-I of the project is complete and the port has started commercial operations on 6th May, 2011. In Phase-I, two fully mechanised berths; one for handling import cargo and the other for export cargo with back-up facilities have been built, along with a rail corridor for hinterland connectivity. The construction of railway line on a route length 62 km from Bhadrak to Dhamra is completed except commissioning of the automated signaling system. The capacity is estimated to be 27 mtpa in Phase-I. Dhamra Port will be of strategic importance to subject in terms of its integrated logistics cost of raw materials and will also consolidate subject’s supply chain network, contributing to its expansion aspirations.

 

S and T Mining Limited:

 

S and T Mining Limited is a joint venture between subject and Steel Authority of India Limited to develop the raw material security. The company was shortlisted by CIL to participate in the tender for reviving and developing abandoned mines. It has made progress on its proposal to set up a 2 mtpa coal washery in Jharkhand for which it is in an advanced stage of environmental clearance. It is also gearing up for participating in the Coal auction process of Ministry of Coal, Government of India.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

 

Global Steel industry: Global crude steel production reached a new height during 2010 at 1,414 million metric tonnes, up by 15% over 2009. While China maintained the lead position in terms of volume of steel produced, with a growth of 9.3%, most of the negative growths seen in the steel producing nations hit by the economic downturn in 2009 reversed during 2010 and they recorded positive double digit growths during the year.

 

In Asia, the annual production at 897.9 million tonnes in 2010 was up by 11.6% from 2009. The EU registered a growth of 24.5% over 2009 producing 172.9 million tonnes of crude steel in 2010. However, production in the UK (2010: 9.7 million tonnes, 2009: 10.1 million tonnes) and Greece (2010: 1.8 million tonnes, 2009: 2.0 million tonnes) continued to decline over previous years. The CIS countries recorded increase of 11.2% with a production volume of 108.5 million tonnes of crude steel in 2010 with Russia and Ukraine as the major contributors.

 

In 2010, subject ranks 11th among the top 12 steel makers of the world in terms of crude steel production. Most of the international steel companies witnessed a bounce back in their production level from the drops they experienced from the crisis of 2009. However, in many cases these companies could not reach their pre-crisis production levels. Chinese companies dominate the list with 7 of  the top 12 being Chinese companies. The largest gainers in terms of percentage increase over 2009 production were ThyssenKrupp (52%), US Steel (46%), Nippon Steel, JFE, Nucor and Gerdau (all registering more than 30% increase).

 

The Japanese crisis in March 2011 has caused some uncertainty over raw material prices and short-term end-user steel demand, although there is likely to be a medium-term increase in demand from reconstruction activity. In particular, the automotive and electronics industries may face shortages in supply where they are relying on Japan for manufacturing components.

 

Steel Industry in India: Ranked 5th in terms of crude steel production in the steel producing countries, the country’s production grew by around 6% in 2010 over 2009. There has been a diversification in the product mix of the steel industry in India to include sophisticated value-added steel used in the automotive sector, heavy machinery and physical infrastructure. However, the industry is suffering from high ash content of domestic coal and is dependent on supply of imported coal. The bottlenecks for green field expansion of the country are raw material security (getting iron ore mining lease), infrastructure (affecting logistics and transport), and uncertainties in land acquisition. The production of flat products and long products of major Indian companies is estimated to have grown by around 12% and 8% respectively during the financial year 2010-11 when compared with the previous financial year. Steel consumption for FY 2010-11 for the flat products and long products grew by 6.7% and 10.6% respectively with flat products exports growing by 1.8%, while there was a decline of 33.7% in the exports of long products. There was a reduction in the imports of flat products and long products by 3.8% and 23.6% respectively. The steel prices during the financial year 2010-11 have increased from the average prices prevailing in the previous financial year as well as the quarter ended March 2010 driven primarily by the increase in the prices of input raw materials during the same period.

 

UK and European Steel Industry: Consequent to the collapse in demand in 2009, the crude steel production in the European Union (27) increased by 24.5% from 138.8 million tonnes in 2009 to 172.9 million tonnes in 2010. Imports of steel by EU were higher by 27% from 22 million tonnes in 2009 to 27.9 million tonnes in 2010. Russia remained the largest supplier of steel (24%) to the EU at 6.8 million tonnes, while 20% of the imports were from Ukraine (5.6 million tonnes) and imports from China were 3.9 million tonnes (14%). The product mix in the imports changed with more of flat products as compared to long products. EU exports however increased by 8.4% to 34.3 million tonnes with Turkey being the largest market (4.5 million tonnes – 13%) followed by the USA (3.7 million tonnes –11%) and Algeria (3 million tonnes – 8%).

 

South-East Asian Steel industry: As per the preliminary numbers obtained by South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), the steel consumption in the Association of South- East Asian Nations (ASEAN) at 47.3 million tonnes in 2010 grew by 14% over 2009 and was higher by 1.3 million tonnes over the pre-crisis level of 2008. While production in the area at 26 million tonnes was higher than 2009 by 6%, imports grew significantly by 25% over 2009 to be at around 30 million tonnes. Exports volume at 8 million tonnes also witnessed an increase of 26% over 2009.

 

In Thailand, the increase in consumption was met by 60% higher imports (8 million tonnes) while the domestic steel output grew moderately by 8% to around 7.5 million tonnes with exports increasing by 0.4 million tonnes to 1.6 million tonnes. The Steel demand in Indonesia was met substantially by imports with domestic output at 5.1 million tonnes and exports rising by 22% to be at 1.3 million tonnes. Philippines demand growth was met mostly by imports (1.8 million tonnes) with stagnation in the domestic output and decline in exports. Similar situation was witnessed in Malaysia with an increase in imports (at 4 million tonnes) and decline in domestic production and exports. Vietnam steel demand declined by 1.8% in contrast to growth in the domestic output by 20% to 5.6 million tonnes to serve the export market. In Singapore, long product consumption declined by 4% from 1.83 million tonnes to 1.75 million tonnes mainly on account of completion of mega projects. In spite of a drop in the domestic long product output of the country, NatSteel managed a growth of 9% catering to exports market which grew from 0.29 million tonnes to 0.49 million tonnes. Flat product demand in Singapore fell by 6% to below 0.9 million tonnes.

TATA STEEL GROUP OPERATIONS

 

Tata Steel Group deliveries in FY 11 at 23.5 million tonnes were almost at par with the previous year (23.6 million tonnes). The turnover for the Group at Rs.1187530.000 millions during FY 11 was 16% higher than the turnover of FY 10 (Rs.1023930.000 millions) primarily due to higher prices across the Group. EBITDA for the Group in the financial year 2010-11 was Rs.171030.000 millions as compared to Rs.93400.000 millions of FY 10.

 

FY 11 EBITDA includes profit on sale of shares of Tata Power and Tata Motors by Tata Steel India, profit on sale of Southern Steel Berhard by NatSteel, partly off set by write-off of unamortised fees of old senior facility agreement at Tata Steel Europe which was repaid in October 2010 following refinancing of loans.

 

Similarly, in FY 10 EBITDA included profit on sale of shares by Tata Steel India and Kalimati Investments, profit on sale of Aluminium Smelter and other investments by Tata Steel Europe, partly off set by CARS restructuring expenses at Tata Steel India.

 

Excluding these items in both the years, the Group EBITDA doubled at Rs.168590.000 millions when compared to Rs.84470.000 millions in FY 10.

 

The Group turned around with a profit after taxes (after minority interest and share of profit of associates) of Rs.89830.000 millions during FY 11 after registering a loss of Rs.20090.000 millions in FY 10.

 

STEEL DIVISION:

 

Production:

 

Production in the Blast Furnaces was maximised by producing from bigger blast furnaces with higher productivity while in the two steel melting shops there was an increase in the vessel life and heat size which enhanced productivity.

 

The crude steel production exceeded the name plate capacity of 6.8 mtpa project in the 2nd year after commissioning of the Project.

 

The special improvement initiative “Kar Vijay Har Shikhar” launched with a view to improve profitability, has yielded some quick results in the area of LD#1 reliability, and throughput improvement at West Bokaro besides improvements in Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division, iron ore mines etc.

 

Sales

 

·         Overall sales at 6.42 million tonnes grew by 4% over last year (6.17 million tonnes in FY 10).

·         Due date performance (which measures delivery compliance) improved significantly from 93% to 96% in flat products and from 87% to 91% in long products.

 

Flat Products

 

·         The sales of flat products at 3.54 million tonnes increased by 2% in FY 11 (3.47 million tonnes in FY 10).

·         The division crossed 1 million tonnes flat products sales to automotive segment (1.042 mt) and for the Branded Products (1.054 mt). The division also achieved the best ever sales performance in Skin Panel (0.49 mt) and Galvanised Annealed (0.83 mt).

 


Long Products

 

·         Sales of Long products at 2.88 million tonnes increased by 7 % in FY 11 (2.70 million tonnes in FY 10).

·         The division achieved best ever TISCON sales of 1.82 mt in FY 11 against the previous best of 1.57 mt in FY 10 thus becoming the market leader in retail sector of rebar.

 

FERRO ALLOYS AND MINERALS DIVISION

 

Total sales volume in FY 11 was 1464k tonnes against 1508k tonnes of FY 10. While ferro alloys sales including minerals registered an increase of 8% during FY 11 (848 k tonnes) over FY 10 (788 k tonnes), flux sales declined by 15% in FY 11 over FY 10. (FY 11: 613k tonnes ; FY 10: 719k tonnes).

 

FY 11 saw a recovery, post the downturn in the FY 09 and the recession in the FY 10. Infrastructural investments in Asia (primarily in China, Korea, Taiwan, India and Japan) and increased automotive production in Asia and US resulted in improvement in the demand for steel and stainless steel. Global stainless steel production grew 25% in 2010 causing a rise in the demand for ferro alloys (Manganese Alloys: 14%, Chrome Alloys: 22%). Growth of Chrome Alloys is expected to slow down in FY 12 post tsunami in Japan (significant market for Ferro Chrome).  Ferro alloys demand is likely to remain firm in other parts of the world and Asia (China, Korea, Taiwan).

 

In Manganese Alloys, the division achieved almost 100% share in supplies of Manganese alloys to the Group’s Asian operations. However, the production of Ferro Manganese was lower due to power restrictions.

 

The division was honoured with the CAPEXIL (Chemical and Allied Export Promotion Council of India) and EEPC (Engineering Export Promotion Council) awards for its export performance in the recent years.

 

TUBES DIVISION:

 

During FY 11, Tubes Division consolidated its position in the market place by registering a growth in production and sales by 6% and 5% respectively enabled by successful implementation of various improvement initiatives, under ‘Kar Vijay Har Shikhar’. The key performance highlights of the division are appended below:

 

·         ‘Tata Pipes’ continues to be one of the players in India in the conveyance business for the plumbing and irrigation segments. During FY 11 it has also made forays in the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning) segment and provided value added services through its channel partners.

·         ‘Tata Structura’ is supplied to the infrastructure segment. This sector grew by 15% in FY 11 achieving a landmark of 0.1 million tonnes with its presence in the upcoming airports of Chennai and Kolkata.

·         Precision Tubes are supplied to the Automotive, Process and Power sector. During FY 11, the production and sales of Precision Tubes grew by 13% each over the previous year using future focussed practices like EVI (Early Vendor Involvement), NPD (New product Development) and PAG (Product Application Group).

 

The Tubes Division won the Coveted JRD QV Award in the year. Along with long products, the division also won the EPC World Award 2010.

 

BEARINGS DIVISION:

 

The division has posted a growth of 12% and 4% in production and sales in FY 11 over FY 10 respectively driven primarily by the demand in the domestic automotive segment. The division adopted various improvement initiatives like TOC (Theory of Constraints) and took the next step in the TPM (Total Productivity Maintenance) activities. Cross-functional teams are working to challenge costs, increase throughput and productivity. During FY 11, the division was bestowed with number of accolades from its customers like Bajaj Auto, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Limited, Tata Motors etc.

TATA STEEL EUROPE (TSE):

 

Tata Steel Europe produces carbon steel by the basic oxygen steelmaking method at two integrated steelworks in the UK at Port Talbot and Scunthorpe, and at one in the Netherlands at IJmuiden. Engineering steels are produced in the UK at Rotherham using the electric arc furnace method. A number of rolling mills and process lines at TSE are on the same sites as the steelworks, but most of the operating sites do not have steelmaking facilities.

 

TSE has sales offices, stockholders, service centres and joint venture or associate arrangements in a number of markets for distribution and further processing of steel products supported by various agency agreements. There is an extensive network in the EU while outside the EU, the company has sales offices in over thirty countries, supported by a worldwide trading network.

 

Principal end markets for TSE’s steel products are the construction, automotive, packaging, lifting and excavating, energy and power and rail sectors.

 

The earlier model of operations had three main operating divisions; Strip Products, Long Products and Distribution and Building Systems. TSE has adopted single sales and marketing function focussing on eight diff erent industries as markets. The EU, is the most important market for the TSE Group, accounting for 84% of its total turnover in the financial year 2010-11. TSE has adopted the subject identity for trading purposes with effect from September 2010 and a progressive rebranding process is under way. Teesside Cast Products unit was mothballed at the end of February 2010 and has since been disposed off in March 2011.

 

Crude steel production for TSE at 14.6 million tonnes in FY 2010-11 was almost at par with the previous year while the deliveries at 14.9 million tonnes in FY 2010-11 was higher by 3% over FY 2009-10.

                                                                                        

In the financial year 2010-11, about 70% of TSE’s crude steel production was rolled into hot rolled coils. The company also manufactured sections, plates, speciality steels and wire rods apart from selling semi-finished products. Approximately 20% of hot rolled coils manufactured were sold in the market without further processing and approximately 60% was further processed in cold rolling mills and coating lines, apart from using them in tube mills for the manufacture of welded tubes.

 

Excluding seasonal effects, sales volumes of TSE were reasonably flat for the first three quarters of FY 2010-11, before showing an improvement in the fourth quarter to the highest level of quarterly sales since FY 2008-09.

 

The key geographies of NatSteel’s business are Singapore, China, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Most of the economies have done well coming out of the global fi nancial crisis and the prognosis going forward is quite encouraging for the year. During the financial year production at 1.585 million tonnes was almost at par with the previous year (1.595 million tonnes). Sales volume increased from 1.78 million tonnes in FY 10 to 1.80 million tonnes in FY 11.

 

The Singapore operations are EAF (Electric Arc Furnace)-based steelmaking and rolling operations with a production capacity of about 750 k tonnes per annum. During the financial year 2009- 10, sales of the Singapore operations at 844k tonnes were 14% higher than that of last year and contributed most to the increase in profits of the company.

 

NatSteel Xiamen, the Chinese subsidiary of NatSteel sold 495 k tonnes of rolled products during FY 2010-11, volumes being lower than last year by 37 k tonnes. However, there was improvement in margin as cost increases were contained within the increase in prices and resulted in higher overall margin against last year. Sales Volume in SIW Thailand, NatSteel Australia and Best Bar Australia during the fi nancial year 2010-11 at 179 k tonnes, 57 k tonnes and 106k tonnes increased by 27 k tonnes, 15 k tones and 20 k tonnes respectively over the financial year 2009-10. Sales in Vina (Vietnam) and Wuxi (China) units at 125 k tonnes and 71 k tonnes during the financial year were lower than the previous year by12 k tonnes each. Price increases in these units improved (other than the Australian units where prices deteriorated) but the cost increases more than off set the price increases and resulted in lower margins.

 

TATA STEEL THAILAND (TSTH):

 

TSTH recorded billet production of 1.30 million tonnes during the financial year 2010-11 registering an increase of 10% over the financial year 2009-10 (1.18 million tonnes). Finished goods production at 1.28 million tonnes during the financial year 2010-11 increased by 6% over the financial year 2009-10 (1.20 million tonnes). Sales volume at 1.29 million tonnes during the fi nancial year 2010-11 was higher by 8% as compared to financial year 2009-10 (1.19 million tonnes) with 7% and 13% growth in the company’s domestic sales and exports volume. However, low capacity utilisation during the year, losses due to mothballing of Mini Blast Furnace during part of the year, steep increase in raw material prices leading to high metallic input costs, and resulted in an increased overall loss during FY 2010-11 for the company.

 

TATA METALIKS LIMITED:

 

Tata Metaliks Limited (TML) a subsidiary of subject, is a producer of Foundry Grade Pig Iron in India with plants in Kharagpur (West Bengal) and Redi (Maharashtra) with a total capacity of 6.5 lac tonnes per annum. Tata Metaliks Kubota Pipes Limited (TMKPL) engaged in the manufacturing of DI (Ductile Iron) Pipe, is a subsidiary of Tata Metaliks Limited with a total capacity of 1.10 lac tonnes per annum.

 

During the financial year, lower production and unfavourable market resulted in lower sales volume. Although turnover improved driven by 25% increase in average realisations, higher raw material costs more than off set the increase in realizations lowering the margins. Profit made by the standalone entity was almost off set by losses incurred by the subsidiary TMKPL. TML is striving to improve its operating margin by setting up Sinter Plant at Kharagpur, upgrading the Blast Furnace increasing the working volume. The capacity of the Kharagpur plant  would be increased to 407 k tonnes. The company is also setting up Coke Oven plant in both locations at Kharagpur and Redi on BOOT (Built Operate Own and Transfer) basis.

 

TM INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED:

 

TM International Logistics Limited (TMILL) and its subsidiaries offer logistic services pertaining to port and terminal handling, maritime shipping, ship agency, custom clearance and freight forwarding.

 

The company is involved in the activity of handling port operations at Haldia and Paradip on the east coast of India backed by fully dedicated customs clearance and shipping agency services at both the ports. It runs a clean cargo terminal at berth number 12 at Haldia, which is equipped with modern handling facilities including heavy equipments, shore cranes and vast open storage area as well as covered warehousing facilities.

 

The shipping business of TMILL offers integrated solutions to customers by packaging Ocean freighting with other auxiliary services like transloading and barging for draft-restricted ports or with port handling and ship agency services.

 

The Freight Forwarding arm of TMILL is in the business of facilitating global trade by being an intermediary between cargo carriers and suppliers/buyers.

 

Going beyond its traditional domain, TMILL has now ventured into providing marine services and is acting as the operation and maintenance operator to the port of Dhamra. During FY 11 there was a significant jump in the turnover and profit of the company due to increase in the volumes handled by the shipping business, increased tariff rate at Paradip Port, higher handling of cargo increasing the revenues of the CHA and Inland logistics, more TEUs (Twenty tonne equivalent units) handled by the freight forwarding business.

TAYO ROLLS LIMITED:

 

Tayo Rolls Limited, a subsidiary of subject, is a roll manufacturer in India, promoted by subject, Yodogawa Steel Works, Japan and Sojitz Corporation Japan in 1968. The rolls industry suffered due to poor off take from the steel industry during the downturn in FY 10. The inventories are now reaching the reordering level and the deliveries are expected to pick up in FY 12. During the year the company has started to supply high-end Rolls in the form of Super Ni-Grain (SNG) rolls to its few customers. Other high end rolls like highspeed and semi high-speed rolls are on the anvil for supply to the customer.

 

Rolls production and sales increased over the previous year due to better demand and during FY 11 commercial production of ingots was started in November 2010. The pig iron production was suspended from August 2010 as it was not economically viable to produce pig iron from the Mini Blast Furnace owing to high cost of inputs and sluggish casting market affecting the pig iron off –take thereby increasing the losses during the year.

 

TATA STEEL PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION LIMITED:

 

Till Q1FY 10, TSPDL (erstwhile Tata Ryerson) was a Joint venture with subject’s share being 50%. Accordingly only 50% of Q1FY 10’s numbers were considered for financial consolidation.

 

Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited (TSPDL) is the steel service centre in India with a steel processing capacity of around 2 million tonnes and 5 steel processing centres across the country.

 

During the last three financial years, the company has diversified its business portfolio by entering into the high value-added business of manufacturing of auto components for Auto Majors like Caterpillar and Tata Motors through its commissioned facility at Tada, Andhra Pradesh and Pantnagar, Uttarakhand respectively.

 

During the financial year 2010-11, the company recorded an alltime high tolling and distribution production volume of 1.458 million tonnes as compared to 1.346 million tonnes in the previous year. Higher volumes, increase in average revenue per tonne more than made good the increase in input costs and other increases in expenditure and helped the company post the highest profit before tax in its history of operations. Different units of the company received reputable accolades notable amongst which are:

 

·         Pantnagar Unit won the Northern Region Tata Innovista Award.

·         Tada Unit was re-certified for the prestigious SQEP certification by Caterpillar.

·         The Pune Unit received certification of OHSAS 18001 and EMS 14001:2004.

·         The Jamshedpur Unit got recertified for TS 16949 and OHSAS 18001.

·         The Faridabad Unit facilitated Tata Steel to get 'Best Supplier Award' from Maruti.

 

Safety has remained a primary area of attention and by following Du Pont Safety initiatives, the company achieved a 77% reduction in injury and a 58% reduction in LTIFR compared to the financial year 2009-10.

 

TINPLATE COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED: (AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF TATA STEEL)

 

The Tinplate Company of India Limited (TCIL) is a subject indigenous producer of tin coated and tin free steel sheets in India manufacturing various grades of electrolytic tinplates (ETP) and tin-free steel (TFS) sheets used for metal packaging. TCIL has also been “value-adding” its ETP/TFS products by way of a providing printing and lacquering facility to reach closer to food processors / fillers.

 

During the year FY11 the production of 241 k tonnes was 6% higher as compared to 227 k tonnes in FY10. The Company is presently in the midst of setting up a Cold Rolling Mill to produce the feedstock required for full utilisation of its tinning lines. Better demand supported by higher producing capacity augmented in ETL-2 line helped the company achieve higher sales and production volumes with an increase in capacity utilisation from 60% in FY 10 to 64% in FY 11. However the profits declined as compared to the previous year the primary factor being steep increase in input steel and tin prices which more than off set the increase in revenues.

 

With effect from 1st April, 2011, TCIL became a subsidiary of subject consequent upon the automatic and compulsory conversion of the 3% Fully Convertible Debentures (which were issued in September 2009) into Equity Shares.

 

TATA NYK SHIPPING PTE LIMITED:

 

Tata NYK Shipping Pte Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between subject, India and NYK Line, a Japanese shipping major has been incorporated to meet the growing sea-borne trade for the Tata group and the Indian markets.

 

The company is primarily into the business of owning, operating and chartering of ships to carry dry bulk and break bulk cargo including coal, iron ore, limestone and steel products. Since four years of its inception, the company has grown its fleet from only 2 ships in 2007 to a current fleet size of 14 ships (2 owned and 12 chartered).

 

The company has a diversified fleet ranging from Supramax (56,000 DWT), Panamax (75,000 DWT) and Capesize (180,000 DWT) vessels. The vessels are deployed for the Tata Group and Indian dry bulk cargo based on the available port facilities and cargo requirements across geographies.

 

Cargo handled increased from 6.79 million tonnes in FY 10 to 7.85 million tonnes in FY 11 with increase in number of shipments from 110 to 119. However, due to expiry / deferment of certain cape contracts with higher per day charter base the turnover declined over the previous year. During the financial year addition of a second own vessel in the fleet significantly improved the operating margins and the profits of the business as compared to a loss in the previous year.

 

TATA REFRACTORIES LIMITED:

 

Tata Refractories Limited (TRL) is India's Refractories producer, producing a full range of refractories with a service backup for total refractory solutions. TRL China Limited, a subsidiary of the company has completed third phase of expansion during the current financial year, which has increased its capacity from 54,000 tonnes per annum to 90,000 tonnes per annum. With the wide range of refractory products TRL has been meeting the growing needs of various industries like Steel, Cement, Glass, Copper, Zinc, Aluminium, Petro-Chemical etc.

 

During FY 11, production was lower by 8% from 295k tones during FY 10 to 272 k tonnes during FY 11. Sales were lower by 3% from 351k tonnes during FY 10 to 342k tonnes in FY 11. Despite lower sales volume, revenue was higher mainly due to higher average realisations and better product mix. The profits increased slightly over FY 10 as the revenue increases were almost off set by cost increases on account of increase in input material and power costs and effect of lower volumes.

 

Subject and Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC), an associate of Nippon Steel Corporation of Japan have signed definitive agreements on 21st April, 2011 to induct KHC as a strategic partner in Tata Refractories Limited (TRL). Under this arrangement, KHC will acquire 51% equity stake out of subject’s current 77.46% stake in TRL.

 

TATA SPONGE IRON LIMITED:

 

Tata Sponge Iron Limited, a manufacturer of sponge iron and producer of power is located at Joda, Odisha. During the financial year 2010-11, the Company achieved record production of 383 k tonnes of Sponge Iron as compared to 359 k tonnes in the previous year, registering a growth of 7%.

 

The capacity utilisation during 2010-11 zoomed upto 98% as compared to 92% in the previous year. The Company also achieved record sales of 380 k tonnes as against 361 k tonnes in the previous year, thus growing by 5%.

 

In the power business, the Company achieved a generation of 191.39 million kwh of power in FY 2010-11 as compared to 181.39 million kwh in FY 2009-10. The sale of surplus power during the FY 2010-11 was 133.77 million kwh against with 125.01 million kwh sold in the previous year.

 

The increase in turnover during 2010-11 is mainly due to increase in prices of Sponge Iron along with increases in volumes. These increases were partly off set by increases in higher costs with imported coal mix being higher in order to improve the specific consumption of coal.

 

TATA STEEL KZN PTE LIMITED:

 

Tata Steel KZN, located at Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa, is in the business of making high carbon ferrochrome. During the financial year 2010-11, production volume at 107 k tonnes decreased by 9% as compared to 118 k tonnes registered during FY 2009-10 as the furnaces were shut for 1.5 months during the high cost electricity period. The sales were lower by 9% from 129 k tonnes in FY 2009-10 to 117 k tonnes in FY 2010-11. Prices improved over the previous year but high raw material costs, steep increase in electricity costs, lower volumes resulted in losses during FY 11 in contrast to the profits earned during FY 10.

 

The operational highlights of the company during the year were the following:

 

·         Improved furnace performance and efficiencies towards the latter part of the year due to the utilisation of better quality ore and pellets

·         Improved furnace and gas plant availability due to preventative maintenance system implementation

·         Elimination of the backlog untreated slag and satisfactory performance of the metal recovery plant

·         Successful completion of the two major capital projects on time and below budget

·         Very positive safety performance and major strides taken in anticipation of the first ISO audits to be conducted in the new financial year.

 

FINANCE:

 

In FY 11, the world emerged from the depths of the financial crisis as most economies moved out of technical recession or negative growth. Governments and monetary bodies, through large fiscal spending, zero interest rate policies and easy credit have averted the possibility of mass banking collapse and financial crisis. The developed world has now entered a period of slow and uncertain growth, which cannot be accelerated by relying on the same policies without creating a fresh crisis in the shape of sovereign defaults and an inflationary spiral. Emerging markets which have robust growth are importing inflation from the rest of the world and though they are raising interest rates, local monetary tightening has been of limited benefit so far.

 

During the financial crisis, the Company had focused on raising additional debt in order to maintain a liquidity buffer given the uncertain nature of the steel markets. However, given the lower level of earnings and increased debt, the leverage position of the Company had become sub-optimal. Therefore in FY 11, the Company continued on its journey of deleveraging. It repaid Rs.42580.000 millions of borrowings during the year.

 

At the same time, given the substantial improvement in liquidity in financing markets, the Company in FY 11 refinanced the entire acquisition debt in Tata Steel Europe. Tata Steel UK Holdings, on 29th September, 2010, signed a Senior Facility Agreement with a syndicate of 13 banks for a £3.53 billion term loan and revolving credit facility which replaced in full the term loan and revolving credit facilities entered into at the time of the acquisition of Corus Group plc in 2007. The new facilities have been designed to achieve certain key financing and business objectives for the company: the syndicate comprises a smaller, co-ordinated group of Banks with long-term relationships with subject; repayment obligations  for the next 5 years have been minimised; there is fl exibility to incur higher capital expenditure in Europe and to raise working capital depending on business needs; and the new financing arrangements carry lighter financial covenant obligations.

 

However, given the business environment and earnings profile of the Company, there was a need for a further rebalancing of the capital structure. This needed to be achieved by a combination of disposals of non-core assets, raising of equity and quasi equity funds. The Company is continuing to dispose of stake in other Tata Group Companies which are unrelated to its business. In addition, the Company completed the sale of the Teesside Cast Products unit of Tata Steel Europe in a deal valuing the business at around £434 million in March 2011 and 51% of its 77.46% stake in Tata Refractories Limited in a deal valuing the equity of TRL at Rs.11300.000 millions in April 2011. In January 2011, the Company completed a further public offer for ordinary shares in the domestic markets aggregating Rs.34770.000 millions. In December 2010 and January 2011, it drew Rs.30000.000 millions via issuance of 20 year Non-Convertible Debentures, where the Company will have no cash outgo on account of interest for the first 3 years. In March 2011, the Company also successfully completed India’s first ever off erring of Corporate Hybrid Securities with an issuance of Rs.15000.000 millions (US$ 332 million). These securities rank senior only to share capital, are perpetual in nature with no maturity or redemption and are callable only at the option of the Company thereby incorporating equity characteristics.

 

As part of the financing of the imports for the 2.9 mtpa expansion in Jamshedpur, the Company also tied up long-term ECA backed buyer’s credit of €72.85 million to be drawn over the next 18 months and repaid over the next ten years.

 

As on 31st March, 2011, the cash and cash equivalent in subject, India was Rs.41420.000 millions and Rs.108930.000 millions for the Group.

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (As on 31.03.2011)

 

·         Guarantees

The Company has given guarantees aggregating Rs.9911.100 millions to banks and financial institutions on behalf of others. As at 31st March, 2011, the contingent liabilities under these guarantees amounted to Rs.9911.100 millions

 

·         Claims not acknowledged by the Company

 

 

As at 31.03.2011

Rs. in millions

Excise

3132.600

Customs

136.800

Sales Tax and VAT

4945.400

State Levies

1872.800

Suppliers and Service Contract

722.100

Labour Related

388.400

Income Tax

1197.900

 

·         Claim by a party arising out of conversion arrangement – Rs.1958.200 millions. The Company has not acknowledged this claim and has instead filed a claim of Rs.1396.500 millions on the party. The matter is pending before the Calcutta High Court.

 

·         The Excise Department has raised a demand of Rs.2354.800 millions denying the benefit of Notification No. 13/2000 which provides for exemption to the integrated steel plant from payment of excise duty on the freight amount incurred for transporting material from plant to stock yard and consignment agents. The Company filed an appeal with CESTAT, Kolkata and the order of the department was set aside. The department has filed an appeal in Supreme Court where the matter is pending.

 

·         TMT bars and rods in coil form are sent to external processing agents (EPA) for decoiling and cutting into specified lengths before the products are despatched for sale. Excise department demanded duty from the EPA, holding the activity as manufacture and ignoring the payment of duty made by Tata Steel. An appeal against the order of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Jamshedpur was filed in CESTAT, Kolkata and was allowed in favour of the EPA. Subsequently, the department challenged the same in Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi, which is still pending for hearing. Subsequent demands in this regard have not been adjudicated. The liability till 31st March 2011, if materialises, will be to the tune of Rs.2988.700 millions. However, the company has already paid duty amounting to Rs.1964.800 millions  till date based on the final sale price of the material.

 

·         The State Government of Odisha introduced “Orissa Rural Infrastructure and Socio Economic Development Act 2004” with effect from February 2005 levying tax on mineral bearing land computed on the basis of value of minerals produced from the mineral bearing land. The Company had filed a Writ Petition in the High Court of Odisha, challenging the validity of the Act. Odisha High Court held in November 2005 that State does not have authority to levy tax on minerals. The State Government of Odisha moved the Supreme Court against the order of Odisha High Court and the case is pending with Supreme Court. The liability, if it materialises, as at 31.03.2011 would be Rs.15627.200 millions.

 

·         In terms of the agreements entered into between Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), Tata Sons Limited (TSL) and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. of Japan (Strategic Partner-SP), the Company was given by Tata Sons an option to sell 52,46,590 equity shares in TTSL to the SP, as part of a secondary sale of 25,31,63,941 equity shares effected along with a primary issue of 84,38,79,801 shares by TTSL to the SP. Accordingly, the company realised Rs.609.100 millions on sale of these shares resulting in a profit of Rs.497.700 millionsduring the year ended March 31, 2009.

Pursuant to the Rights Issue made in 2010-11, SP’s shareholding in TTSL has increased from 1,09,70,43,742 equity shares of Rs.10 each to 1,17,26,17,866 equity shares of Rs.10 each as on March 31, 2011. The shareholding of SP represents 26.27% of the paid up equity share capital of TTSL on a fully diluted basis as against 26.01% prior to the issuance and allotment of Rights Shares to them. If certain performance parameters and other conditions are not met, should the SP decide to divest its entire shareholding in TTSL, acquired under the primary issue and the secondary sale, and should TSL be unable to find a buyer for such shares, the Company is obligated to acquire the shareholding of the SP, at the higher of fair value or 50 percent of the subscription purchase price, in proportion of the number of shares sold by the company to the aggregate of the secondary shares sold to the SP, or if the SP divests the shares at a lower price pay a compensation representing the difference between such lower sale price and the price referred to above. Further, in the event of breach of the representations and warranties (other than title and tax) and covenants not capable of specific performance, the Company is liable to reimburse TSL, on a pro rata basis, upto a maximum sum of Rs.787.500 millions. The exercise of the option by SP being contingent on several variables the liability, if any, is remote and indeterminable.

 

·         The Company has been paying royalty on coal extracted from its quarries pursuant to the judgement and order dated 23.07.2002 passed by the Jharkhand High Court. However, the State Government demanded royalty on processed coal at rates applicable to processed coal. Though the Company has contested the above demand, it has started paying, under protest, royalty on processed coal from November 2008. The incremental royalty, paid under protest, during November 2008 to March 2011 of Rs.542.200 millions has been charged off to Profit and Loss Account. The incremental amount (including interest), if payable, for the period till October 2008 works out to Rs.3559.500 millions and has been considered as a contingent liability.

 

·         Uncalled liability on partly paid shares and debentures Rs.0.100 million.

·         Bills discounted Rs.2123.800 millions.

 

FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED ON 30th JUNE 2011

 

                                                                                                                                            (Rs. in millions)

Particulars

Quarter Ended on

30.06.2011

Audited

 

1. a) Net Sales / Income from Operations

77922.000

b) Other Operating Income

680.500

2. Total Operating Income

78602.500

3. Total Expenditure

 

a) (Increase) / decrease in stock-in-trade

(2547.400)

b) Purchases of finished, semi-finished steel and other products

373.400

c) Raw materials consumed

17902.500

d) Staff Cost

6870.000

e) Purchase of Power

4593.300

f) Freight and handling

4064.300

g) Depreciation

2853.000

h) Other Expenditure

16314.800

i) Total Expenditure (3a to 3h)

50423.900

4. Profit / (Loss) from Operations before Other Income, Net Finance Charges, Exceptional Items and Tax (2-3)

28178.600

5. Other Income

5526.400

6. Profit / (Loss) from Operations before Net Finance Charges, Exceptional Items and Tax (4+5)

33705.000

7. Net Finance Charges

2272.700

8. Profit / (Loss) before Exceptional Items and Tax (6-7)

31432.300

9. Exceptional Items

 

10. Profit / (Loss) before Tax (8+9)

31432.300

11. Tax Expense

9238.000

12. Net Profit (+) / Loss (-) (10-11)

22194.300

13. Minority Interest

--

14. Share of profit of associates

--

15. Profit after Minority Interest and Share of profit of Associates (12+13+14)

--

16. Paid-up Equity Share Capital [Face value Rs.10 per share]

9594.100

17. Reserves excluding revaluation reserves

--

18. Basic Earnings per share (not annualised)

22.74

19. Diluted Earnings per share (after Exceptional items) (not annualised)

21.74

20. Aggregate of Public Share Holding

 

- Number of Shares

641730802

- Percentage of shareholding

68.61%

Promoters and Promoter group share holding

 

a) Pledged / Encumbered

 

- Number of Shares

10000000

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

3.41%

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

--

b) Non-encumbered

 

- Number of Shares

283549520

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

96.59%

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

29.56%

 

 

SEGMENT REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED

 

                                                                                                                                                         (Rs. in millions)

Particulars

Quarter Ended on

30.06.2011

Audited

 

Revenue by Business Segment:

 

Steel business

73010.000

Ferro Alloys and Minerals

5368.400

Others

4978.500

Unallocated

--

Total

83356.900

Less: Inter segment revenue

4754.400

Net Sales / Income from Operations

78602.500

 

 

Segment Results before Net Finance Charges, Exceptional Items and Tax:

 

Steel business

26912.500

Ferro Alloys and Minerals

1539.700

Others

212.400

Unallocated income / (expenditure)

5040.400

Less: Inter Segment Eliminations

--

Total Segment Results before Net Finance Charges, Exceptional Items and Tax:

33705.000

Less: Net Finance Charges

2272.700

Profit / (Loss) before Exceptional Items and Tax

31432.300

Exceptional Items:

 

Restructuring, Impairment and Asset disposals

--

Profit / (Loss) before Tax

31432.300

Less: Tax Expense

9238.000

Net Profit (+) / Loss (-)

22194.300

 

 

Segment Capital Employed:

 

Steel business

165489.700

Ferro Alloys and Minerals

(195.100)

Others

2170.400

Unallocated

85446.900

Inter Segment Eliminations

--

Total

252911.900

 

Notes

 

·         The actuarial gains and losses on funds for employee benefits (pension plans) of Tata Steel Europe Limited for the period from April 1, 2008 have been accounted in “Reserves and Surplus” in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS principles and permitted by Accounting Standard 21. Had the Company recognised changes in actuarial valuations of pension plans of Tata Steel Europe in the profit and loss account, the consolidated profit after taxes, minority interest and share of profit of associates for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 would have been lower by Rs.779.900 millions and the consolidated profit after taxes, minority interest and share of profit of associates for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 would have been lower by Rs.6945.600 millions.

 

·         During the current quarter, the company has sold part of its investment in Tata Refractories Limited (TRL) to Krosaki Harima Corporation for Rs.5761.000 millions. Consequently, the company and its subsidiary’s holding in TRL (now known as TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited) has reduced to 26.62%. Accordingly it has ceased to be a subsidiary and became an associate. ‘Other Income’ includes Rs.5110.100 millions in the stand-alone results and Rs.4421.100 millions in the consolidated results (after consolidation adjustments), being the gain on sale of these shares.

 

·         During the current quarter, The Tinplate Company of India Limited (TCIL) has become a subsidiary of the company pursuant to conversion of Fully Convertible Debentures (FCD) into equity share capital. Consequent to this conversion, the company and its subsidiary’s holding in TCIL has increased from 44.40% to 60.96%.

 

·         During the current quarter, the company tendered its entire 26.27% stake in Riversdale Mining Limited to Rio Tinto Jersey Holdings Limited for A$ 1,060 mn (Rs.49420.700 millions). ‘Other income’ in  the consolidated results includes profit of Rs.28792.900 millions on disposal of Tata Steel Global Mineral Holding’s investment in Riversdale Mining Limited. The company continues to hold 35% stake in Riversdale Energy (Mauritius) Limited.

 

·         ‘Other income’ in the consolidated results includes the cash settlement of Rs.5977.100 millions relating to the arbitration with the Teeside Cast Products (TCP) Consortium.

 

·         Information on investor complaints pursuant to clause 41 of the listing agreement for the quarter

 

Opening Balance

Received during the quarter

Resolved during the quarter

Closing Balance

4

130

132

2

 

·         Figures for the previous period have been regrouped and reclassified to conform to the classification of the current period, wherever necessary.

 

·         The consolidated financial results have been subjected to limited review and the stand-alone financial results have been audited by the statutory auditors.

 

·         The above results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and were approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting of date.

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

·         Land and Roads

·         Buildings

·         Lease-hold

·         Railway Sidings

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Furniture, Fixture and Office Equipment

·         Development of Property

·         Vehicles

 

WEB DETAILS

 

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

                                   

 

Subject is a diversified steel producer. It has a global presence in 50 markets and manufacturing operations in 26 countries. The Company provides steel for different industries, which include construction, automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, materials handling, energy and power, rail, engineering, shipbuilding, packaging, and security and defense. Subject manufactures and processes steel, which includes hot-rolled coil through to high-gloss, pre-painted perforated blanks, wire rod and wire, sections, plate, bearings and tubes. Subject provides a range of products and infrastructure services to the international railway industry, which include rail section sizes, steel sleeper products and other specialized track components. The Company's operations relate to manufacture of Steel. Its other business segments consists of tubes, bearings and refractories. Effective September 27, 2011, Centennial Steel Company Limited merged with the Company. For the nine months ended 31 December 2010, Subject 's revenues increased 13% to RS856.99B. Net income totaled RS48.07B vs., a loss of RS44.43B. Revenues reflect an increase in Steel business segment and higher revenue from others segment. Net income reflects a decrease in staff costs, a decrease in depreciation expenses, a decrease in interest expenses and the presence of restructuring gain vs. a loss.

 

Mining, smelting, steel converting and iron masters; production of a diverse range of products and services. These include HR/CR coils and sheets, tubes, construction bars, forging quality steel, rods, structurals, strips and bearings, steel plant and material handling equipment, ferro alloys and other minerals, software for process controls, and cargo handling services. Sister companies offer tinplate, wires, rolls, refractories, project management services and material handling equipment.

 

Subject is Asia's first and lndia's largest integrated private sector steel company. Its steel plant is at Jamshedpur and is among the lowest cost steel producers in the world.

 

Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Subject is the world's sixth largest steel producer with geographic footprints in India, South East Asia, the UK and Europe. With its recent acquisition of Corus Limited, the company's combined enterprise has a pro forma crude steel capacity of 25.6 million tonnes with over 84,000 employees across four continents. Subject's products include hot and cold rolled coils and sheets, galvanised sheets, tubes, wire rods, construction rebars, rings and bearings. In an attempt to 'decommoditise' steel, the company has introduced brands like Tata Steelium (the world's first branded Cold Rolled Steel), Tata Shaktee (Galvanised Corrugated Sheets), Tata Tiscon (re-bars), Tata Bearings, Tata Agrico (hand tools and implements), Tata Wiron (galvanised wire products), Tata Pipes (pipes for construction) and Tata Structura (contemporary construction material). Subject’s products are targeted at the auto sector and the burgeoning construction industry. With wire manufacturing facilities in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, the company plans to emerge as a major global player in the wire business. World Steel Dynamics has ranked subject as the world's best steel maker (for two consecutive years) in its annual listing in February 2006. Its captive raw material resources and the state-of-the-art 5 million tonne per annum plant is located at Jamshedpur, in Jharkhand State, India.

 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Mr. Ratan Naval Tata - Not Independent Non-Executive Chairman

 

Mr. Ratan Naval Tata is Not Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of subject. He joined the Company as a director in 1977 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 1993. He is presently Chairman of Tata Sons Limited, the Promoter of the Company and also the chairman of other Tata companies including Tata Motors Limited, Tata Power Limited and Tata Chemicals Limited. It is under his leadership that the Company has scaled new heights and established a presence as one of the steel conglomerates in the world. Mr. Ratan Tata has a Bachelor’s degree in Science in the field of architecture. He specialised with structural engineering from Cornell University in 1962 and he completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 1975. Mr. Ratan Tata is associated with various organisations in India and abroad. The Government of India honoured Mr. Ratan Tata with its second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2008. Earlier, in 2000, he had been awarded the Padma Bhushan. He has also been conferred an honorary doctorate in business administration by the Ohio State University, an honorary doctorate in technology by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, an honorary doctorate in science by the University of Warwick, and an honorary fellowship by the London School of Economics. Mr. Ratan Tata is on the Board of a number of prestigious companies and Government bodies.


Education

BS Architecture, Cornell University

 

Mr. B. Muthuraman - Vice Chairman

 

Mr. Balasubramanian Muthuraman is Not Independent Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of subject since October 1, 2009. He holds degrees in Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT, Madras and a Masters of Business Administration from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has also completed the Advanced Management Programme at European Centre for Executive Development, France and has undergone the Leadership Programme at INSEAD, France. Mr. Muthuraman was bestowed an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from Loyola University, Chicago. Mr. Muthuraman joined the Company in 1966 and has held various positions at the Company including Vice President (Marketing and Sales) and Vice President (Cold Rolling Mill Projects). He was appointed as Executive Director in 2000, Managing Director of the Company in 2001 and Non-executive Vice Chairman in 2009. He is the Chairman of Tata International Limited and on the Boards of several companies which include Bosch Limited, Tata Industries and Strategic Energy Technology Systems Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Muthuraman is currently the President of Confederation of Indian Industry. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur. Mr. Muthuraman is also a member of the Business Advisory Council of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacifi c (UNESCAP). Mr. Muthuraman received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras in 1997 and the Tata Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Metals in 2002. He also received the "CEO of the Year Award" from Business Standard in 2005, "CEO with HR Orientation Award" from World HRD Congress in 2005, Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence in 2008 and IIM JRD Tata Award conferred by Indian Institute of Metals.


Education

MBA , XLRI, Jamshedpur

B Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

 

Mr. Subodh Kumar Bhargava - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Subodh Bhargava is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. Mr. Bhargava is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Roorkee. He was the Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eicher Group of Companies and is now the Chairman Emeritus of the same group. He was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industries, the President of the Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers and the Vice President of the Tractor Manufacturers Association. He has been associated with various Central and State Government bodies and committees including as a member of the Technology Development Board, Insurance Tariff Advisory Committee and the Economic Development Board of the State of Rajasthan. He has been closely associated with various IIMs, IITs and other Management and Technical Institutions as also with a number of NGOs. He is currently Chairman of Tata Communications Limited, VIOM Networks Limited and Director on the Boards of a number of companies including Tata Motors Limited, Larsen and Toubro Limited, etc. He is also the recipient of the first Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.


Education

BE Mechanical Engineering, University of Roorkee

 

Mr. Ishaat Hussain - Not Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Ishaat Hussain, Esq., is Not Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. He is the Finance Director of Tata Sons Limited. Mr. Hussain has been with the Tata Group for 30 years. Prior to joining the Tata Sons Board in 1999, he held various positions in subject and was the Finance Director of subject for ten years from 1989. Mr. Hussain is a graduate in Economics from the Delhi University and a member of the ICAEW. He has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School. Besides being on the Board of Tata Sons Limited, he represents Tata Sons on the Boards of various Tata Companies and is the Chairman of Voltas Limited and Tata Sky Limited. Mr. Hussain has been a member of the Board of Trade of India and is currently a member of SEBI's Committee on Capital Markets. He is also a Trustee of the India Foundation of the Arts.


Education

BA Economics, University of Delhi

 

Dr. Karl-Ulrich Koehler - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Steel Europe Limited, Not Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Dr. Karl-Ulrich Koehler is Not Independent Non-Executive Director of subject and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Steel Europe Limited, subsidiary of the Company. He was appointed as an additional Director of the Company with effect from November 12, 2010. He studied metallurgy at Clausthal University of Technology, where he gained his doctorate in 1988. Dr. Koehler has been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Steel Europe Limited since October 1, 2010. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Tata Steel Europe Limited in February 2010. In 2005, he was awarded an honorary professorship in fl at steel product technology by Freiberg University. Dr. Koehler is a former member of the executive committee of the World Steel Association and vice chairman of VDEh, the German Iron and Steel Institute. He has worked during his 30-year steel industry career at the companies that today comprise ThyssenKrupp Steel, where he was chairman of the executive board and a member of the executive board of the parent company, ThyssenKrupp AG. Until October 2009, he was president of Eurofer, the European steelmaking federation. He has knowledge and experience of steelmaking in Europe, as well as of the European steel supply chain and customer base. Dr. Koehler is based at IJmuiden in the Netherlands.


Education

PHD Metallurgy, Clausthal-Zellerfeld University of Technology

 

Mr. Suresh Krishna - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Shri. Suresh Krishna is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. He joined the Company as a Director in 1994. Mr. Krishna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Madras Christian College and a Master of Arts (Literature) from the University of Wisconsin. He is the chairman and Managing Director of Sundram Fasteners Limited. He was the president of the Confederation of Engineering Industry from 1987 to 1988 and the president of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India from 1982 to 1984. Mr. Krishna also served as a director on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India from 2000 to 2006. He served as director of Tata Communications Limited from May 2002 to March 2006 and has been involved in several other public bodies set up by the central and state governments. Mr. Krishna has won numerous awards and honours, including the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial Peace from XLRI in 1991, Business India Magazine's Businessman of the Year award, 1995, the Qimpro Platinum Standard 1997 for being a role model for quality leadership; the Juran Quality Medal from the Indian Merchants Chamber, Mumbai, the national award for 2000 (for India) from the Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan, the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award 2000 from the All India Management Association and Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award for manufacturing for 2001. Mr. Krishna has been conferred with the "Padma Shri" award by the Government of India in 2006.


Education MA Literature, University of Wisconsin

BS , Madras Christian College

 

Mr. Hemant M. Nerurkar - Managing Director, Not Independent Executive Director

 

Mr. Hemant M. Nerurkar is Managing Director, Not Independent Executive Director of subject. He was Executive Director of India and South East Asia of the Company since April 9, 2009 and was appointed as Managing Director from October 01, 2009. A Bachelor of Technology in metallurgical engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune University, Mr. Nerurkar has attended several management courses in India and overseas, including CEDEP in France. He is associated with several professional organisations such as Indian Institute of Metals, Institute for Steel Development and Growth and All India Management Association, amongst others. Mr. Nerurkar joined the Company on February 1, 1982 and has held various positions including Chief Metallurgist, Senior Divisional Manager (LD-1), Deputy General Manager (Steel and Primary Mills), General Manager (Marketing), Senior General Manager (Supply Chain) and Chief Operating Officer. He has over 35 years of experience in steel industry in various functions. Mr. Nerurkar is an executive with multifaceted experience ranging from Project Execution, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Supply Chain and Marketing. He became the Vice President (Flat Products) in November 2002 and in September 2007 was appointed Chief Operating Officer.


Education

B Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pune

 

Mr. Sam M. Palia - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Sam M. Palia is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. He joined the Company in 1988 as a nominee director of IDBI and was appointed as a Director in 1994. He holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce and in Law from Mumbai University. He is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers and is a Development Banker by profession. He was with IDBI Bank from 1964 to 1989 during which period he held various responsible positions including that of an executive director of IDBI Bank. Mr. Palia has also acted as an advisor to Industrial Bank of Yemen, Saana (North Yemen) and Industrial Bank of Sudan, Khartoum (Sudan) under World Bank Assistance Programmes. He was also the managing director of Kerala Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation Limited which was set up to provide consultancy services to micro enterprises and small and medium enterprises. Mr. Palia is on the boards of various companies in the industrial and financial service sectors and is also actively involved as a trustee in various NGOs and Trusts.


Education

B Commerce, Mumbai University

 

Mr. Andrew M. Robb - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Andrew M. Robb is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds a Joint Diploma in Management Accounting. Mr. Robb has been a Non-executive Independent Director of the Company since November 22, 2007. He joined the board of Corus Group plc, and became chairman of the audit committee in August 2003. Following the takeover of Corus by subject in March 2007, Mr. Robb remained on the Board and in November 2007, he became a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. He is currently also the chairman of the board and the audit committee of Tata Steel Europe Limited. Mr. Robb was finance director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., between 1983 and 1989 and then became finance director of Pilkington Group PLC from 1989 to 2001. Mr. Robb remained a director of Pilkington until January 28, 2003. He has been chairman of the board of Tata Steel Europe Limited since March 2009 and its independent director since August 1, 2003. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Jaguar Land Rover Plc., Laird Plc. and Paypoint Plc.

 

Mr. Jacobus Schraven - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Jacobus Schraven is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject. He was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from May 17, 2007. Mr. Schraven was appointed a Non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Corus Group plc. in December 2004. Additionally, in 2005 he was appointed a member and chairman of the supervisory board of Corus Nederland BV (now renamed Tata Steel Nederland BV). He had an international career with the Royal Dutch Shell Group and became chairman of the board of Shell Nederland BV. He was also president of the Confederation of The Netherlands Industry and Employers and a vice-chairman of Business Europe. Currently, he is a chairman of the supervisory board of Stork B.V. and of the Trust Foundation Unilever N.V. Additionally, he is a member of the supervisory board of NUON Energy B.V. and of BNP OBAM NV. He is also Chairman of the board of trustees of the Netherlands Blood Institute Sanquin, Chairman of the Netherlands Normalisation Institute and treasurer of the Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace in The Hague). Mr. Schraven is a Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) and an Officer of the l'Legion d'Honneur (France).

 

Mr. Nusli Neville Wadia - Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Nusli Neville Wadia, Esq., is Independent Non-Executive Director of subject since August 29, 1979. Mr. Wadia is a well-known Indian Industrialist. He is the Chairman of Wadia Group companies and also Director on the Board of several Indian companies. Mr. Wadia has contributed actively in the deliberations of various organisations such as the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), Mill Owner’s Association (MOA), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, etc. He is the former Chairman of TEXPROCIL and also of MOA. Mr. Wadia was appointed on the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry during 1998 to 2004. He was the Convenor of the Special Group Task Force on Food and Agro Industries Management Policy in September, 1998. He was a Member of the Special Subject Group to review regulations and procedures to unshackle Indian Industry and on the Special Subject Group on Disinvestment. He was a member of ICMF from 1984-85 to 1990-91. He is on the Managing Committee of the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. Mr. Wadia has a distinct presence in public affairs and has been actively associated with charitable and educational institutions.

 

PRESS RELEASES

 

INDIAN STOCKS CLOSE 1.18 PCT HIGHER

MUMBAI, October 14 (Xinhua) -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex advanced 198.77 points, or 1.18 percent, Friday on investors' optimism and governmental incentives for export.

The index extended growth in the second half of the session and concluded at 17.082.69 points with daily high at 17,112.45 points.

IT, technological, oil and gas and fast moving consumer goods sector picked up 2.61 percent, 2.61 percent, 1.53 percent and 1.09 percent, respectively.

Jindal Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, WIPRO and telecom operator Bharti Airtel climbed up 5.01 percent, 4.01 percent, 3.98 percent and 3.76 percent.

Still, realty, metal, capital goods and state-owned companies sector lost 1.36 percent, 0.56 percent, 0.47 percent and 0.37 percent, respectively.

Coal India, Tata Steel, property developer DLF and automobile maker Maruti Suzuki decreased 2.91 percent, 2.84 percent, 2.68 percent and 2.65 percent.

The turnover with Sensex totaled 1441.1 million U.S. dollars Friday, from 167.6 million U.S. dollars in the previous session.

Sensex is the common name for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Enditem

INDIAN STOCKS OPEN LOWER

MUMBAI, October 14 (Xinhua) -- Indian main stock index Sensex opened at 16,836.83 points Friday 47.09 points or 0.27 percent lower from previous close of 16,883.92 points on losses of global stock markets.

Realty, metal and state-owned companies sector dipped 0.87 percent, 0.83 percent and 0.21 percent, respectively.

Property developer DLF, aluminum refiner Hindalco, Tata Steel and Coal India lost 2.14 percent, 1.82 percent, 1.34 percent and 1. 19 percent.

Meanwhile, consumer durables, health care, fast moving consumer goods and technological sector grew 1.01 percent, 0.72 percent, 0. 55 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.

Tata Power, Jindal Steel, drug maker Sun Pharma and CIPLA picked up 1.37 percent, 1.14 percent, 0.94 percent and 0.89 percent.

Sensex is the common name for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

SENSEX TRADES WITH MODEST GAINS

 

Mumbai, October 14 -- Indian equities markets edged up Friday with a benchmark index trading with moderate gains a little before noon. Oil and gas, IT and telecom stocks led gainers. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE opened at 16,836.83 points and a little before noon was ruling at 16,971.65 points, up 87.73 points or 0.52 percent from its previous close at 16,883.92 points. The 50-scrip S and P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading higher, 0.46 percent or 23.5 points up at 5,101.35 points. Broader markets were also ruling marginally higher. The BSE 500 index was ruling 0.31 percent higher. The BSE midcap index was up 0.24 percent, while the BSE small cap index was ruling a similar quantum higher. The market breadth at the BSE was mixed with 1,202 stocks on the advance, compared to 1,149 declining and 122 remaining unchanged. Some of the other top gainers on the Sensex at this time were Jindal Steel, TCS, Wipro and RIL, while among losers were DLF, Coal India, Tata Steel and Maruti Suzuki. Asian markets fell Friday after credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded Spain's sovereign credit rating, renewing concerns about the extent of Europe's fiscal woes. Bourses across the world have managed to gain during the week as investors took hope from various Euro zone countries coming on board to expand the European Financial Stability Facility -- a fund which is supposed to be used to ease out countries from the debt crisis. The Japanese Nikkei was Friday ruling 0.88 percent lower at 8,745.51 points, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 1.02 percent down at 18,566.69 points. The Chinese Shanghai composite index too was in the red, and was trading 0.84 percent lower at 2,418.28 points.

 

WIN AT CARMARTHEN COULD SEE LLANGENNECH GO TOP

LLANGENNECH could go top of Swalec National League division one west if they win their derby at Carmarthen Athletic tomorrow.

The Llanelli village side occupy third spot in the table two points behind leaders Whitland.

But Whitland and second-placed Uwic both face testing away games Whitland at Tondu and the students at Waunarlwydd which could open the door for Llangennech.

They will go into the match in confident mood after claiming victories in their last two games against Narberth and Tata Steel.

But the Athletic, who led the table briefly last month, will be keen to bounce back after two successive defeats.

Bonymaen, who lie second from bottom in the table, make the trip to Margam to face Tata aiming to recover from last week's reverse at home to Tondu.

Ammanford, who have a record of two wins, two draws and two defeats since being promoted, visit Narberth.

TATA STEEL REGISTERS RS.53470.000 MILLIONS (US$1.2 BILLION) PROFIT AFTER TAX IN Q1

 

Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

 

Group Performance Highlights:

 

Tata Steel Group recorded profit after tax of Rs.53470.000 millions (US$1.2 billion) in Q1 FY’12, almost three times the profit of Rs.18250.000 millions (US$408 million) recorded in Q1 FY’11.

 

Tata Steel Group recorded EBITDA of Rs.83580.000 millions (US$1.9 billion) in Q1 FY’12 which included one-off gains of Rs.40070.000 millions (US$896 million). The underlying EBITDA was Rs.43510.000 millions (US$974 million) compared to the EBITDA recorded in Q1 FY’11 of Rs.45060.000 millions (US$1 billion).

 

Group Revenue in the first quarter of Rs.330000.000 millions (US$7.4 billion) was an increase of 21.4% over Rs.271940.000 millions (US$6.1 billion) recorded in Q1 FY’11, due to higher average realisations and volumes. Group deliveries of 6.1 million tonnes in Q1 FY’12 were 3.1% higher than the deliveries of 5.9 million tonnes recorded in Q1 FY’11.

 

The Indian operations continued to perform strongly, with EBITDA of Rs.36560.000 millions (US$818 million) and profit after tax of Rs.22190.000 millions (US$497 million). The underlying EBITDA margin, excluding one-off gains of Rs.5110.000 millions (US$ 114 million), was 40% in Q1 FY’12, 3.3 percentage points higher than the EBITDA margin of 36.7% in Q4 FY’11.

 

The European operations performed steadily on the strength of higher average realisations. EBITDA of Rs.19070.000 millions (US$ 427 million) was 41.2% higher than the EBITDA recorded in Q1 FY’11 of Rs.13510.000 millions (US$ 302 million).

 

Net debt at the end of June 2011 of Rs.408240.000 millions (US$9.13 billion) was lower than the Rs.466270.000 millions (US$10.43 billion) recorded at the end of March’11.

 

The Company divested its stake in Riversdale Mining Limited (RML) for a consideration of Rs.49420.000 millions (US$1,106 million). Following this stake sale, the Company continues to hold a 35% stake in Riversdale Energy (Mauritius) Limited, a project company currently developing the Benga coal tenement in Mozambique.

 

1. Financial Performance Analysis:

Consolidated Financial results summary (under Indian GAAP) for the quarter ending June 30, 2011

 

                                                                                                    All figures in US$ mn, unless specified       

HIGHLIGHTS

Q1 FY'12

Q4 FY'11

Q1 FY'11

Steel Deliveries (Mn tons)

6.1

6.6

5.9

Turnover

7,383

7,568

6,084

EBITDA

1,870

1,052

1,013

One-off Items

896

0

5

Underlying EBITDA

974

1,052

1,008

Underlying EBITDA Margin

13.2%

13.9%

16.6%

Depreciation

257

261

234

Net Finance Charges

165

171

134

Profit before Taxes (after Exceptional Items)

1,436

1,124

624

PBT Margin

19.4%

14.9%

10.3%

Profit after Taxes, Minority Interest and Share of Associates

1,196

934

408

PAT Margin

16.2%

12.3%

6.7%

 

For the purposes of converting all financial numbers to US$ for all comparable periods, a US$/` exchange rate of 44.695 has been used throughout this document.

 

Executive Comment

 

Tata Steel Managing Director Mr. HM Nerurkar said: “Volumes and earnings from the Indian operations were robust despite signs of slower growth in India. Deliveries in Q1 rose 14% over the previous year on the back of successful marketing and collaboration with key customers on product development. We are continuing to consolidate the gains captured in recent quarters through our company-wide Continuous Improvement programmes, though high raw material prices and monetary tightening in India remain cause for concern. Our next expansion phase at Jamshedpur will start coming on stream in the last quarter of this financial year and the Odisha greenfield project is progressing well, with the first 3mtpa phase due for commissioning in 2014. In South East Asia we continue our efforts to improve performance through new product launches, cost reduction measures and operating initiatives.”

 

Tata Steel Europe MD and CEO Dr Karl-Ulrich Köhler said: “Tata Steel followed up the exceptional March quarter by delivering an encouraging performance in April-June, even though the weakening of the European steel market, which affected our deliveries, was made worse by rising imports. European steelmakers also faced the challenge of sharp raw material cost increases, which have largely been maintained into this quarter, despite the uncertain economic outlook. We continued to work on our strategy of strengthening customer relationships and cost leadership, including initiating a process that is designed to turn around the performance of our Long Products business and return it to profitability.”

 

2. Regional performance:

 

India

 

Saleable steel production in Q1 FY’12 increased to 1.75 million tonnes, 10.0% higher than the 1.59 million tonnes in Q1 FY’11. Sales volume in Q1 FY’12 rose by 13.9% to 1.59 million tonnes compared to 1.40 million tonnes in Q1 FY’11.

 

Turnover in Q1 FY’12 at Rs.78600.000 millions (US$1.76 billion) was 20% higher than the Rs.65510.000 millions (US$1.47 billion) recorded in Q1 FY’11. Tata Steel’s average realisations improved in India, despite steel prices softening in the spot market. EBITDA in the first quarter came in at Rs.36560.000 millions (US$818 million), up 23.3% from Rs.29650.000 millions (US$663 million) in Q1 FY’11. EBITDA included one-off gains of Rs.5110.000 millions (US$114 million) from the sale of the Company’s stake in Tata Refractories Limited. Excluding the one-off gains, underlying EBITDA at Rs.31450.000 millions (US$704 million) was higher by 6.7% and 2.6% compared with the underlying EBITDA recorded in Q1 FY’11 and Q4 FY’11 respectively.

 

The Company continued to focus on value addition, with shipments to downstream units growing compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The forthcoming brownfield expansion at the Jamshedpur plant is expected to provide impetus to the Company’s earnings in the next financial year. The Odisha project is progressing smoothly and the first phase of 3mtpa is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

 

Operational improvements continued across the units, with new established in hot metal, crude steel and bar mill production. Long and flat product sales volume increased 16% and 12% respectively over the volumes recorded in Q1 FY’11.

 

Europe

 

Liquid steel production in Q1 FY’12 at 3.81 million tonnes was 1.9% higher than the 3.73 million tonnes in Q1 FY’11. Sales volume at 3.50 million tonnes was 2.2% lower than in Q1 FY’11.

 

Turnover in Q1 FY’12 at Rs.205350.000 millions (US$4.6 billion) was 20.5% higher than the Rs.170470.000 millions (US$3.81 billion) registered in Q1 FY’11 on account of higher average realisations, partially offset by lower shipments. Despite higher raw materials costs, reported EBITDA at Rs.19070.000 millions (US$427 million) was up 41.2% from Rs.13510.000 millions (US$302 million) in Q1 FY’11. The reported EBITDA included Rs.6850.000 millions (US$153 million) as a one-off gain from the TCP arbitration settlement. Underlying EBITDA (excluding this one-off gain) was Rs.12220.000 millions (US$273 million).

 

The company achieved this result by continuing to refocus its organisation around customer requirements. The 108-metre long rail rolling mill at Hayange in France, which enhances the company’s position in the high-speed rail market, has now been commissioned. Inroads were secured with automotive OEMs that included a supply contract for 34 of the 36 unique parts in a new UK model. At Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands the company is establishing a manufacturing and service centre facility to service the auto tube market. Meanwhile, the company is positioning itself to take advantage of the emerging offshore renewables market – one example being the opening of a plate profiling centre in Scunthorpe.

 

The company took action to address costs in its Long products hub in the light of continuing subdued construction activity. The restructuring proposal announced during the quarter led to the opening of a minimum 90-day consultation period with affected employees and union representatives. These consultations are continuing and are expected to conclude in the next few weeks. The proposal targets cost savings amounting to £130 million (US$209 million) per annum.

 

The European steel market in Q1 FY’12 suffered disruption from higher imports as material ordered in anticipation of March quarter price rises began to arrive at ports. This softening of the market has been compounded by the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and by forward economic indicators that are pointing to a manufacturing slowdown in Europe and North America. These factors are likely to influence performance in a subdued summer quarter, though continuing strength in most of the Asian economies should be positive for global steel demand and pricing. The narrowing of the price differential between Europe and Asia caused by the softening of the market in Europe also suggests that import pressure may ease in the latter part of the year.

 

South East Asia

 

NatSteel Holding

 

Finished steel production increased 10.7% to 0.41 million tonnes in Q1 FY’12 compared to 0.37 million tonnes in Q1 FY’11. Deliveries in Q1 FY’12 at 0.46 million tonnes remained flat compared to deliveries in Q1 FY’11.

 

Turnover in Q1 FY’12 at Rs.22150.000 millions (US$496 million) was up 27.1% from Rs.17420.000 millions (US$390 million) in Q1 FY’11. EBITDA recorded for Q1 FY’12 was Rs.320.000 millions (US$7 million), down from EBITDA of Rs.940.000 millions (US$21 million) in Q1 FY’11 due to a decline in the scrap/rebar price spread and an increase in electricity costs.

 

Tata Steel Thailand

 

Finished steel production and deliveries at 0.33 million tonnes each in Q1 FY’12 was 7.6% higher than the 0.30 million tonnes recorded for production and deliveries in Q1 FY’11.

 

Turnover at Rs.11160.000 millions (US$250 million) in Q1 FY’12 was up 28.0% from the Rs.8720.000 millions (US$195 million) recorded in Q1 FY’11. EBITDA in Q1 FY’12 at Rs.570.000 millions (US$13 million) was flat compared to Rs.560.000 millions (US$12 million) registered in Q1 FY’11.

 

The South East Asian operations are well placed to take advantage of the growing demand for steel in the region due to greater activity in the construction and infrastructure sectors. The Company is taking steps to introduce higher value branded products in the South East Asian region. This, coupled with cost reduction measures and improvements in operational parameters, is expected to improve performance in the coming quarters.

 

3. Corporate Developments:

 

a) Sale of Stake in Tata Refractories Limited

 

Following the signing of definitive agreements to bring Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC) of Japan in as a strategic partner in Tata Refractories Limited (TRL), Tata Steel Limited on May 31, 2011 completed the transfer of a 50.84% equity stake in TRL out of its 77.46% stake and received sale proceeds of Rs.5760.000 millions (US$129 million).

 

b) Sale of stake in Riversdale Mining Limited

 

Tata Steel accepted an offer from Rio Tinto to sell the Company’s entire 26.27% stake in Riversdale Mining Limited (RML) for A$16.50 per share under the takeover offer for RML. The consideration of Rs.49420.000 millions (US$1,106 million) represents an appreciation in value of around 100% since the Company first invested in RML.

c) TCP arbitration settlement

 

On January 5, 2011, Tata Steel UK Limited (TSUK) received a partial final award in its favour in an arbitration proceeding between TSUK and certain off-takers of the Teesside Cast Products business (TCP). Among other matters, the arbitral tribunal found that the off-takers did not validly terminate their off-take agreements. Following that partial final award, a commercial settlement to all disputes relating to the off-take agreements was reached and on June 21, 2011 the Company completed a full and final settlement of claims with the consortium of former off-takers. As a result of this settlement, Tata Steel has received an aggregate sum of Rs.5980.000 millions (US$134 million).


 

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.49.17

UK Pound

1

Rs.77.49

Euro

1

Rs.67.96

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

9

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

8

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

9

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

9

--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

 

78

 

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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