MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.09.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Vaswani Wilshire No. 14, Commissariat Road, Bangalore – 560025, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.10.1998

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-026098

 

 

Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 40.786 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U51909KA1998PTC026098

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRH00659B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACH8025R

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Distributor of weight management, nutritional and personal care products

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (52)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1300000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having fine track. General information position of the company is good. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

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

 

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 – June 30, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(01.04.2010)

Current Rating

(30.06.2010)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Vaswani Wilshire No. 14, Commissariat Road, Bangalore – 560025, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-40311444/40311333

Fax No.:

91-80-40311334

E-Mail :

murali@herbalife.com

prominent@hpfcindia.com

Website :

www.herbalifeww.com

 

 

Mumbai Sales Center :

Al-Dossal, 50 Pali Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai – 400 050, Maharashtra, India

 

 

New Delhi Pick-Up Center :

Nulon House, Tribhuvan Complex, Delhi Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 065, India

 

 

Kolkata Sales Center :

Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Ground Floor, 36 A Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata  700017, West Bengal, India

 

 

Corporate Headquarter :

800 West Olympic Blvd, Suite 406, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA

Tel. No.:

866-866-4744

Fax No.:

310-258-7019

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As On 31.12.2009

 

Name :

Mr. Robert Nathan Levy

Designation :

Director

Address :

10584 Bradbury Road, Los Angeles California, 90064, United States Of America

Date of Birth/Age :

13.12.1958

Date of Appointment :

08.01.2007

DIN No.:

01837673

 

Other Directorship:

 

S.No.

CIN

Name of the Company

Current designation of the director

Date of appointment at current designation

Original date of appointment

Company Status

Defaulting status

1

U51909KA1998PTC026098

Herbalife International India Private Limited

Director

08.01.2007

08.01.2007

Active

NO

 

Name :

Mr. Richard Paul Goudis

Designation :

Director

Address :

26620 Alsace Drive, Calabasas, 90302, United States Of America

Date of Birth/Age :

31.03.1961

Date of Appointment :

28.08.2004

DIN No.:

00552336

 

Other Directorship:

 

S.No.

CIN

Name of the Company

Current designation of the director

Date of appointment at current designation

Original date of appointment

Company Status

Defaulting status

1

U51909KA1998PTC026098

Herbalife International India Private Limited

Director

28.08.2004

28.08.2004

Active

NO

 

 

Name :

Timothy John Sanson

Designation :

Director

Address :

7 Clark Street, Wayville, 5034 , Australia

Date of Birth/Age :

17.08.1959

Date of Appointment :

15.09.2008

DIN No.:

02398901

 

Other Directorship:

 

S.No.

CIN

Name of the Company

Current designation of the director

Date of appointment at current designation

Original date of appointment

Date of cessation

Company Status

Defaulting status

1

U51909KA1998PTC026098

Herbalife International India Private Limited

Director

15.09.2008

15.09.2008

21.06.2010

Active

NO

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

KCV Muralitharan

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

Flat No 102, Jyothi Meadows,, Shivalingaiah Colony, Vimanapura, Bangalore - 560017, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

20.06.1965

Date of Appointment :

04.02.2008

Pan No.:

ADKPM4863E

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As On 31.12.2009

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Herbalife International INC – USA

 

3099755

HIIP Investment Company, LLP – Inglewood CA

 

978870

Total

 

4078625

 

 

As On 31.12.2009

 

Category

Percentage

Foreign holdings( Foreign institutional investor(s), Foreign companie(s) Foreign financial institution(s), Non-resident Indian(s) or Overseas Corporate bodies or Others

100.00

Total

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Distributor of weight management, nutritional and personal care products

 

 

 

 

PRODUCTION STATUS (As On 31.03.2010)

 

Actual Production: 275918 Nos.

 

Details of Traded Goods*

 

Class of Goods

31.03.2010 (Rs. In Millions)

Nourifusion

 

Opening Stock

0.733

Purchases

7.928

Closing Stock

2.383

Sales

42.558

 

Class of Goods

31.03.2010 (Rs. In Millions)

Others*

 

Opening Stock

4.107

Purchases

27.459

Closing Stock

7.581

Sales

107.193

 

* Note: Individual items under “Others” do not account for more than 10% of the total value of consumption. Hence, the quantitative details of the same are not disclosed.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B S R and Company

Chartered Accountant

Address :

Maruthi Info Tech Centre, 11-12/1 Inner Ring Road, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560071, Karnataka, India

Pan No.:

AAAFB9852F

 

 

Ultimate Holding Company :

·         Herbalife Limited (Cayman Islands)

 

 

Holding Company :

·         Herbalife International Inc, USA

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

·         HIIP Investments Company, LLC

 

 

Fellow Subsidiaries :

·         Herbalife International Philippines, Inc

·         Herbalife International Luxembourg s a r l

·         Herbalife International of Hongkong Limited

·         Herbalife Korea Company Limited

·         Herbalife International (Thailand) Limited

·         Herbalife Australasia Pty Limited

·         Herbalife International Singapore Pte Limited

·         Herbalife Products Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

·         Herbalife UK Limited

·         Herbalife International of America

·         Herbalife International Finland BV

·         Herbalife of Canada Limited

·         Herbalife Denmark Aps

·         Herbalife of Japan K. K

·         Herbalife UK Limited

·         Herbalife International France, S. A

·         Herbalife Taiwan Inc, Taiwan Branch

·         Herbalife Norway Proudcts A. S

·         Herbalife Sweden Aktiebolag AB

·         Herbalife International Greece, S A

·         PT Herbalife Indonesia

·         Herbalife (NZ) Limited

·         Herbalife International, S A (Portugal)

·         Herbalife International Espana, S A

·         Herbalife China

·         Herbalife International de Mexico, S. A. de C. V

·         Herbalife Italia, S. p. A

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As On 31.03.2010

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

6000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 60.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

4078625

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 40.786 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

[Of the 3,099,735 (Previous year: 3,099,755) shares are being held by Herbalife International Inc., USA and 979,870 (Previous year: 978,870) equity shares are being held by HlIP Investments Company LLC, a fellow subsidiary. The Ultimate holding company is Herbalife Limited (Cayman Islands).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

40.786

40.786

40.786

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

300.073

57.886

0.309

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

340.859

98.672

41.095

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

2.506

TOTAL BORROWING

0.000

0.000

2.506

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

340.859

98.672

43.601

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

19.948

15.430

24.546

Capital work-in-progress

2.397

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

34.681

11.400

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

144.508

50.109

47.496

 

Sundry Debtors

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

417.738

224.137

87.133

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

231.475

197.344

176.654

Total Current Assets

793.721

471.590

311.283

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

345.164

341.798

261.127

 

Other Current Liabilities

99.650

39.868

25.695

 

Provisions

65.074

18.082

5.406

Total Current Liabilities

509.888

399.748

292.228

Net Current Assets

283.833

71.842

19.055

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

340.859

98.672

43.601

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

 

SALES

1549.270

751.360

513.120

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION                          

379.294

74.261

(31.794)

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                    

10.843

11.658

12.310

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) BEFORE TAX

368.451

62.603

(44.104)

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                     

126.264

5.026

7.559

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) AFTER TAX

242.187

57.577

(51.663)

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

57.886

0.309

51.972

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

300.073

57.886

0.309

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Traded Items

11.087

3.459

0.606

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

11.087

3.459

0.606

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

59.38

14.12

NA

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

23.78

8.33

(8.60)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

45.28

12.85

(13.13)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

1.08

0.63

(1.07)

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.50

4.05

7.17

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.56

1.18

1.07

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

BACKGROUND

Subject is a subsidiary of Herbalife International Inc., USA ('Holding Company’). The Company was incorporated in I998 as a Private Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") with Herbalife International Inc., USA and HIIP Investments Company LLC holding 76% and 24% respectively of the paid-up equity share capital. The ultimate holding company is Herbalife Limited (Cayman Islands). The registered office of the Company is located at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

 

The Company is in the business of manufacturing, through contract manufacturers, and distributing advanced weight management and nutritional products and trading of cosmetic products which it operates through direct selling network.

 

 

Note:

The Registered Office of the company has been shifted from 115, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Kormangala, Bangalore – 560095, Karnataka, India to the present address w.e.f 22.01.2007.

 

OPERATIONS:

During the year, the company reported a profit of INR 242.100 millions as compared to INR 57.500 millions in previous year. The net sales for the current year was INR 1549.270 millions as compared to last pear INR 751.360 millions. Improved sales performance is on account of increased Distributor Recruitment, Improvement in retention percentages and increase in number of nutrition clubs.

 

Fixed Assets:

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Leasehold improvements

·         Office equipment

·         Computer equipment

·         Vehicles

 

 

 


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.46.38

UK Pound

1

Rs.74.01

Euro

1

Rs.64.48

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

52

 

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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