MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.06.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NAGARJUNA FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

D. No. 8-2-248, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad – 500082, Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

07.11.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

01-076238

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.4467.837 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U24129AP2006PLC076238

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Supplier of plant nutrients.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (53)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 61970000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be correct and as per commitments.

 

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

 

NOTES :

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

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – 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/ Corporate Office  :

D. No. 8-2-248, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad – 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-40-23357200 / 23357204 / 23356414 / 23356418

Fax No.:

91-40-23354788

E-Mail :

ramakanthm@nagarjunagroup.com

prcc@nagarjunagroup.com

Website :

www.nagarjunafertilizers.com

 

 

Factory  :

Kakinada East, Godavari District – 533003, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-884-2360390 / 2360391

Fax No.:

91-884-2362084 / 23675020

E-Mail :

prcc@nagarjunagroup.com

 

 

Marketing Office :

A/612, Dalamal Tower, 211, Nariman Point Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-26163195

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Name :

Mr. K.S. Raju

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. Rahul Raju

Designation :

Joint Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bal Krishna Batra

Designation :

Nominee Director of IDBI

 

 

Name :

Mr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav

Designation :

Nominee Director of KRIBHCO

 

 

Name :

Mr. M.P. Radhkrishnan

Designation :

Nominee Director of SBI

 

 

Name :

Dr. N.C.B. Nath

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.P. Arora

Designation :

Nominee Director of IFCI

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.R. Ramakrishnan

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Yogesh Rastogi

Designation :

Nominee Director of ICICI Bank Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashok Chopra

Designation :

Nominee of IDBI

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sunil Sharma

Designation :

Nominee of Government of Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Name :

R S Nanda

Designation :

Director and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

M Ramakanth

Designation :

Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 31.03.2012

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

1. A. Promoter’s Holding

 

 

 Indian Promoters

294033260

49.16%

 Foreign Promoters 

13200000

2.21%

2. Persons acting in Concert #

 

 

Sub -Total

307233260

51.37%

B. Non–Promoters Holding

 

 

3. Institutional Investors

 

 

a. Mutual Funds and UTI

1173425

0.20%

b. Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies (Central / State Govt.

Institutions / Non-Government Institutions)

8933409

1.49%

c. Foreign Institutional Investors

10082944

1.69%

Sub -Total

20189778

3.38%

4. Others

 

 

a. Private Corporate Bodies

66154931

11.06%

b. Indian Public

172819586

28.90%

c. NRIs / OCBs

5776991

0.97%

d. Any other (please specify)

25890457

4.33%

Sub -Total

270641965

45.25%

GRAND TOTAL

598065003

100.00%

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Supplier of plant nutrients.

 

PRODUCTION STATUS AS ON 31.03.2011

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

Ammonia #

MT / Day

2100

942487.00

Urea #

MT / Day

3620

1655042.00

Extruded Irrigation Systems & parts thereof

Lakh Mtrs / Annum

874

1094.83

PVC pipes

MT / Annum

5467

40.10

Wind Energy

KWH

--

2192004

 

Note:

* Licenced Capacity is not applicable in terms of Government of India Notification No. S.0.477(E) dated 25th July, 1991. Registered pursuant to the scheme of delicensing.

@ As certified by the Management and relied upon by the Auditors being a technical matter.

#  Re-assessed capacity by Government of India.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

·         State Bank of India

·         UCO Bank

·         ICICI Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

As on 31.03.2011

(Rs. in Millions)

As on 31.03.2010

(Rs. in Millions)

Debentures - unquoted

 

 

30,00,000 14.5% Secured Redeemable Non convertible Debentures of Rs.100 each

198.000

234.000

80,00,000 15% Secured Redeemable Non-convertible Debentures of Rs.100 each

184.811

228.813

1,53,30,000 15% Secured Redeemable Non-convertible Debentures of Rs.100 each

1493.346

1533.000

25,00,000 15% Secured Redeemable Non-convertible Debentures of Rs.100 each

157.500

195.000

30,00,000 13.25% Secured Redeemable Non-convertible Debentures of Rs. 100 each

198.000

234.000

2,64,78,014 (Pr. Yr 16,05,67,895) 0 % Secured Redeemable Non-convertible Debentures of Re. 1/- each

26.478

160.568

From Institutions - Term Loans

701.748

890.718

From Banks

0.000

0.000

Working Capital Demand Loans / Cash Credit

0.000

292.938

In Foreign Currency

5438.046

0.000

Term Loans

In Rupees

 

3513.445

4402.209

In Foreign Currency

903.500

443.850

Total

12814.874

8615.096

 

 

 

Unsecured Loan

As on 31.03.2011

(Rs. in Millions)

As on 31.03.2010

(Rs. in Millions)

From Banks

500.000

400.000

Sales Tax Deferral

875.705

758.322

Housing Loan

0.000

0.101

Total

1375.705

1158.423

 

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M Bhaskara Rao and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Hyderabad – 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Subsidiaries :

·         Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited

·         Jaiprakash Engineering and Steel Company Limited

·         Kakinada Fertilizers Limited

·         Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited

 

 

Step down Subsidiaries :

Nagarjuna East Africa Limited (Subsidiary of Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited)

 

 

Associates :

·         IKisan Limited

·         Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited

·         Nagarjuna Foundation

·         Nagarjuna Oil Refinery Limited

 

 

Enterprises able to exercise significant influence :

·         Nagarjuna Management Services Private Limited

·         Nagarjuna Holdings Private Limited

·         Nagarjuna corporation Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

After: 12.07.2011

 

Authorised Capital : Rs.8010.000 Millions

 

Issued Capital, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital : Rs.0.500 Million

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

600000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.6000.000 Millions

20000000

Preference Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.2000.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs.8000.000 Millions

 

Issued Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

428181821

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.4281.818 Millions

3720372

0.01% Ordinary Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.372.037 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs.4653.855 Millions

 

 

Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

428181821

Equity Shares

(Of the above1,29,94,561 Equity Shares were allotted as fully paid pursuant to approved Schemes of amalgamation without payment being received in cash)

Rs.10/- each

Rs.4281.818 Millions

1860187

0.01% Ordinary Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.186.019 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs.4467.837 Millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

4467.837

4653.855

4652.031

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

11024.995

11173.871

11574.804

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

15492.832

15827.726

16226.835

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

12814.874

8615.096

12475.066

2] Unsecured Loans

1375.705

1158.423

675.020

TOTAL BORROWING

14190.579

9773.519

13150.086

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

1731.388

1811.465

1812.119

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

31414.799

27412.710

31189.040

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

17753.034

18550.878

19612.674

Capital work-in-progress

333.961

92.229

875.570

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

9215.141

7225.067

7224.567

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

680.035

593.772

749.423

 

Sundry Debtors

5427.868

2981.619

3460.499

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1207.811

619.591

576.997

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

647.817

 

Loans & Advances

465.241

1151.712

1144.942

Total Current Assets

7780.955

5346.694

6579.678

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

2051.650

2946.030

2755.273

 

Other Current Liabilities

974.038

496.576

257.176

 

Provisions

642.604

359.552

91.000

Total Current Liabilities

3668.292

3802.158

3103.449

Net Current Assets

4112.663

1544.536

3476.229

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

31414.799

27412.710

31189.040

 

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

30871.134

19879.092

23719.061

 

 

Other Income

131.734

217.731

119.918

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

31002.868

20096.823

23838.979

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of Traded products

11990.233

5336.617

3959.298

 

 

Raw Material consumed

5649.186

4067.246

7313.159

 

 

Power and Fuel

3881.427

3119.126

4704.250

 

 

Catalyst Charges

0.780

57.187

54.397

 

 

Chemicals and Consumables

90.074

73.256

53.550

 

 

Salaries, Wages and benefits

1432.213

773.424

662.629

 

 

(Increase)/Decrease in Stock

(106.159)

134.514

1061.512

 

 

Packing Material consumed

620.881

454.010

445.071

 

 

Transport and Handling charges

2105.226

1287.780

1424.144

 

 

Distribution Expenses

58.492

83.446

88.405

 

 

Other Expenses

926.241

898.642

666.999

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

26648.594

16285.248

20433.414

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

4354.274

3811.575

3405.565

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

1423.944

1415.665

1693.220

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

2930.330

2395.910

1712.345

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

949.841

1281.757

1209.569

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

1980.489

1114.153

502.776

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

806.988

450.419

178.632

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

1173.501

663.734

324.144

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

1845.234

1582.019

1257.918

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Redemption Reserve

186.019

0.000

0.000

 

 

Transfer to General Reserve

0.000

150.000

0.000

 

 

Preference Dividend

0.019

0.037

0.037

 

 

Proposed Dividend - Equity

428.196

214.091

0.000

 

 

Dividend Tax

69.467

36.391

0.006

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

2335.034

1845.234

1582.019

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Services

1.866

32.816

0.000

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

1.866

32.816

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Spares 

83.674

16.963

23.572

 

 

Traded Products

7988.855

1633.473

257.284

 

 

Capital Goods

124.459

175.773

57.819

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

8196.988

1826.209

338.675

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

2.74

1.55

0.76

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2011

1st Quarter

30.09.2011

2nd Quarter

31.12.2011

3rd Quarter

31.03.2012

4th  Quarter

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

Unaudited

Unaudited

Net Sales

3892.960

16538.700

15116.580

14461.660

Total Expenditure

3075.710

15067.320

14108.910

12920.280

PBIDT (Excl OI)

817.250

1471.380

1007.670

1541.380

Other Income

24080

21.210

54.550

69.890

Operating Profit

541.330

1492.590

1062.220

1611.270

Interest

286.400

435.670

458.780

349.640

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

PBDT

554.930

1056.920

603.440

1261.630

Depreciation

197.580

356.680

267.450

348.440

Profit Before Tax

357.350

700.240

336.000

913.190

Tax

88.930

414.840

133.150

310.310

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

268.430

285.400

202.850

602.880

Extraordinary Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

268.430

285.400

202.850

602.880

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

PAT / Total Income

(%)

3.79

3.30

1.36

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

6.41

5.60

2.12

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

7.76

4.66

1.92

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.13

0.07

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.15

0.86

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.12

1.41

2.12

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report [Yes/No]

Year of Establishment

Yes

Locality of the Firm

Yes

Constitution of the firm

Yes

Premises details

No

Type of Business

Yes

Line of Business

Yes

Promoters background

Yes

No. of Employees

No

Name of Person Contacted

No

Designation of contact person

No

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

Profitability for last three years

Yes

Reasons for variation <> 20%

-

Estimation for coming financial year

No

Capital the business

Yes

Details of sister concerns

Yes

Major Suppliers

No

Major Customers

No

Payment Terms

No

Export / Import Details [If Applicable]

No

Market Information

-

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

-

Banking Details

Yes

Banking Facility Details

Yes

Conduct of the banking account

-

Buyer visit details

-

Financials, if provided

Yes

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

Major Shareholders, if applicable

No

 

 

PLANT OPERATIONS

Urea

 

The Company during the year manufactured 16.55 LMT of Urea as against 14.82 LMT in the previous year. The Company during the year undertook various initiatives for improving energy efficiency, safety, health environment, reliability and cost reduction.

 

Micro Irrigation

 

The Company achieved a production of 1135 Lakh Mtrs against of 801 Lakh Mtrs during the previous year.

 

MARKETING

Urea

 

The Company achieved a sale of manufactured urea of 16.48 LMT compared to 15.05 LMT in the previous year. The total urea sales both manufactured and imported was 22.03 LMT compared to 21.19 LMT of previous year.

 

Specialty Fertilizers

 

The Company sold 9226 MTS during the year, in comparison with sales of 8263 MTS during the previous year.

 

Micro Irrigation

 

The Company during the year achieved 21.92% growth in sales aggregating Rs.110.94 crores as compared with that of the previous year (Rs.90.99 crores).

 

Operations in Africa

 

The Company after a detailed analysis and market research consider it necessary to explore the opportunities available in Africa. The Company to begin with has set-up a branch office in Nairobi, Kenya, to start its International Sales and Marketing operations in Africa. In the initial stage, it is proposed to market plant nutrients and thereafter foray into Micro Irrigation systems at a later stage.

 

The Company also in view of the rapidly growing demand for fertilizers, micro nutrients and Micro Irrigation systems in Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and other African countries, proposes to explore these countries also in a phased manner.

 

Awards

 

The Company during the year bagged various prestigious awards, such as :

Best Management Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, FE – EVI Green Business Leadership Best Performer Award for 2009-10 from M/s. Financial Express and Emergent Ventures India Limited, ICC Award – 2010 from Best Water Resource Management for the year 2009, Award for Excellence in Safety for the year 2009 and Platinum Award by the Jury of Economic Times and India Manufacturing Excellence Award for the year 2010.

 

SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

During the year, the company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in Mauritius on April 20, 2010, under the name and style of ‘Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited’ (NMPL) to enable the company undertake its various overseas operations. NMPL incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in Kenya under the name and style of ‘Nagarjuna East Africa Limited’ (NEAL) on October 15, 2010 to undertake operations in Kenya. NMPL is yet to make any investment in the equity of NEAL.

 

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, vide Circular No.5/12/2007-CL-III dated February 8, 2011 granted general exemption under Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956 in relation to providing information on the subsidiary companies provided certain conditions are fulfilled.

 

Pursuant to the said circular, the Board of Directors of the company gave their consent for not attaching the Balance Sheets of the subsidiary companies to the Annual Accounts of the company. Accordingly, the

Balance Sheets and other financial statements relating to the following companies are not attached to the Annual Accounts of the company.

1. Jaiprakash Engineering and Steel Company Limited (JESCO)

2. Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL)

3. Kakinada Fertilizers Limited (KFL)

4. Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited (NMPL)

5. Nagarjuna East Africa Limited (NEAL)

Any member seeking information on any of the subsidiary companies may write to the company to enable the same to be forwarded.

 

Jaiprakash Engineering and Steel Company Limited (JESCO)

 

The company is considering implementing various Infrastructure projects to utilize the available land appropriately and gainfully.

 

Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL)

 

Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited, the company’s subsidiary, is settingup 6 million metric tons per annum refinery project at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. NOCL has made substantial progress. During the previous year, the project cost of the Refinery Project was revised to Rs.6960 crores. An amount of Rs.4158 crores (provisional) has been spent by NOCL on the Refinery Project as of March 31, 2011.

 

The financial institutions have approved the increased project cost and the tie-up for the additional equity is in advanced stage with prospective investors.

 

NOCL has made substantial progress on various fronts such as engineering activities for all the relocated units, civil work, offsites and utilities, infrastructure and marine facilities.

 

Kakinada Fertilizers Limited (KFL)

 

KFL was set-up to carry out activities relating to manufacturing / trading of urea and other fertilizers. The company shall be merged with KFL during the current year and KFL shall carry on the fertilizer business of the company. KFL will be renamed as ‘Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited’ after the scheme of merger is approved.

 

Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited

 

Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited (NMPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of NFCL with a paid up capital of Euro 5 Million with an object of investing in stocks, funds, shares, securities, foreign currencies or other investments. The Company has invested Euro 5 Million which has been reinvested in Nagarjuna Spawnt GmbH, Germany, in the form of equity (24%) and balance as loan.

 

Nagarjuna Spawnt GmBH, Germany, is in the process of setting-up a plant for manufacture of silane chemicals of 15 tons per annum capacity in two stages of 7.5 ton capacity each. The erection of the plant is expected to be completed by the second half of the financial year and pre-commission activity shall be completed thereafter.

 

Nagarjuna East Africa Limited

 

Nagarjuna East Africa Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited was incorporated in Kenya on October 15, 2010 to market plant nutrients in the initial stages followed by Micro Irrigation systems at later stage in Kenya.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

1. INDIAN ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE

 

The Indian economy has shown great resilience and has successfully withstood the impact of global economic slowdown and the financial crisis of 2007–09, the ripple effect of which still continues in 2010–11.

 

Despite negative growth in agriculture and allied sectors in 2008–09, the erratic monsoons, drought in 2009–10 and unseasonal late rains affecting the winter crops in 2010–11, the turnaround of the Indian economy has been fast and maintained a healthy growth rate of over 8% in the last two years. Growth in agriculture and allied sectors is still a critical factor in the overall performance of the Indian economy.

 

In the 1960’s the Indian agricultural sector saw a major breakthrough in the implementation of the Green Revolution. This resulted in high agricultural production and productivity in the subsequent years, thereby attaining food security to a large extent.

 

The present scenario today is such that a second Green Revolution is required to enhance agricultural production and productivity. This is necessary to ensure food security to India’s growing population.

 

2. FERTILIZER INDUSTRY SCENARIO

 

The fertilizer industry is a vital sector to ensure food security. The complexity of the industry with different players with diverse feed stocks and location has created adequate reasons for inability to enforce a uniform consistent policy. The uncertainties of policy have resulted in lack of incentives for growth and no new investments in brown field and green field projects are being envisaged in the immediate future.

 

The Nutrient Based Scheme (NBS) which was made effective from April 1, 2010 for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers has seen encouraging demand despite price hikes.

 

In the recently announced budget, the government is actively considering extension of the NBS scheme to urea and also plans to move towards direct cash transfers of subsidies.

 

The budget also proposes capital investments in fertilizer production to be included as an infrastructure sub-sector and extend benefit of deductions under Income Tax Act. The implementation of this proposal needs to be watched.

 

While the implementation of NBS for urea sector may be positive for the industry in the long run, as such a shift would encourage efficiency in the system, the exact modalities of the system requires detailed planning in view of the complexity of the industry.

 

Key issues with regard to gas availability and pricing need to be addressed along with a comprehensive long term policy to encourage any significant investments in this vital sector.

 

FUTURE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

 

With the commissioning of the CDR Plant of 450 metric tonnes per day of CO2 capacity, completion of revamp and debottlenecking projects, the Company has increased its production by about two lakh metric tones per annum. The Micro Irrigation business is also doing well by establishing new production lines and also by marketing products in new states in India.

 

The Company while exploring various growth options to enhance its revenue streams was able to identify a low cost high technology state-of-art process to manufacture speciality chemicals used in solar applications as one of the future projects, which would benefit the Company.

 

The Company accordingly through Nagarjuna Mauritius Private Limited, a subsidiary Company, made investment in Nagarjuna Spawnt GmbH, for setting up a 15 tons per annum plant in two stages of 7.5 tons capacity each. The erection of the plant and commissioning is expected to be completed this year.

 

The Company had identified Africa as a next destination for exploring growth opportunities. In view of the opportunities available there, the Company has set-up a branch office in Nairobi, Kenya, to start its International Sales and Marketing operations in Africa. In the initial stage, it is proposed to market plant nutrients and thereafter foray into Micro Irrigation systems at a later stage. During the next year, the Company will venture into Ghana, South Africa and other places.

 

The Company is in the process of obtaining requisite approval for a Composite Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement (Scheme) for merger of itself along with Ikisan Limited with Kakinada Fertilizers Limited and demerger of its oil business into Nagarjuna Oil Refinery Limited.

 

This Scheme will unlock shareholders wealth and enhance value to shareholders’ investments apart from segregation of like business and demerger of unlike business. This will help achieve synergies in businesses, inorganic growth and capturing the untapped market share by enhancing the product portfolio of the Company. It would also enable the Company to emerge as a strong player both in the fertilizer and micro irrigation sector and enable the shareholders to enjoy the benefits of both the Fertilizer and Oil sector by being shareholders in two listed companies. The members at the meeting held on April 15, 2011 had approved the Scheme.

 

 

                                         UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER/NINE MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH 2012

 

(Rs. In Millions)

 

Three months ended

Year ended

PARTICULARS

31.03.2012 (Audited)

31.12.2011

(Unaudited)

31.03.2012

(Unaudited)

Income from operations

 

 

 

1. a) Sales/Income from operations

14478.567

1512.091

49989.629

Less: Excise Duty

26.284

21.585

88.589

Net Sales/Income from operations

14452.283

15090.506

49901.040

b) Other Operating Income

9.372

5.763

21.759

Total

14461.655

15096.269

49922.799

2. Expenses

 

 

 

a) Cost of raw materials

1709.691

1822.772

6382.235

b) Power and Fuel

1034.227

1080.377

3972.685

c) Purchases of traded products

6292.818

12074.949

30571.781

d) Employees Cost

1947.202

(2343.935)

(1563.406)

e) Depreciation

331.228

229.600

1347.517

f) Packing, Transport & Handling

348.439

267.450

1170.134

g) Other expenditure

1605.116

1265.677

4498.901

Total

13268.721

14396.890

46379.847

3. Profit(+)/Loss(-) from Operations before Other Income, Interest & Exceptional Items (1-2)

1192.934

699.379

3542.952

4. Other Income

69.893

95.405

294.321

5. Profit(+)/Loss(-) before Interest & Exceptional Items (3+4)

1262.827

794.784

3837.273

6. Finance Cost

349.641

458.784

1530.493

7. Profit(+)/Loss(-) before Exceptional Items(5-6)

913.186

336.000

2306.780

8. Exceptional Items

-

-

-

9. Profit(+)/Loss(-) from ordinary activities before Tax (7+8)

913.186

336.000

2306.780

10. Tax Expense

310.308

133.154

947.225

11. Net Profit(+)/Loss(-) from Ordinary Activities after Tax (9-10)

602.878

202.846

1359.555

12. Extraordinary Items

-

-

-

13. Net Profit for the period (11-12)

602.878

202.846

1359.555

14. Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value of Rs. 1/- per share)

598.065

598.065

598.065

15. Reserves excluding revaluation reserve

22389.090

-

22389.090

16. Earning Per Share (not annualised) - Rs.

- Basic before/after extraordinary items

1.01

0.34

2.27

17. Public Shareholding

 

 

 

- No. of shares

290831743

290831743

290831743

- Percentage of shareholding

48.63%

48.63%

48.63%

18.Promoters and Promoter group Share holding

 

 

 

a) Pledged/Encumbered

 

 

 

- No. of shares

129416560

129416560

129416560

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

42.12%

42.12%

42.12%

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

21.64%

21.64%

21.64%

b) Non-encumbered

 

 

 

-No. of shares

177816700

177816700

177816700

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

57.88%

57.88%

57.88%

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

29.73%

29.73%

29.73%

 

 

Particular

Three months ended

31.03.2012

INVESTOR COMPLAINTS

 

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

NIL

Received during the quarter

12

Disposed of during the quarter

12

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

NIL

 

 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2012

 

Particulars

31.03.2012

A. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

1) Shareholders' Funds

 

 

(a) Share Capital

589.065

 

(b) Reserves and Surplus

22389.090

22987.155

 

 

 

2) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

(a) Long-Term Borrowings

5176.632

 

(b) Deferred Tax Liabilities (Net)

1854.709

 

(c) Other Long Term Liabilities

384.212

 

(d) Long-Term Provisions

144.024

7559.577

 

 

 

3) Current Liabilities

 

 

(a) Short-term borrowings

15350.861

 

(b) Trade payables

6154.263

 

(c) Other current liabilities

2807.923

 

(d) Short-term provisions

704.510

25027.557

 

 

 

Total

 

55574.289

B. ASSETS

 

 

1) Non-Current Assets

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

(i) Tangible Assets

31631.717

 

(ii) Intangible Assets

442.260

 

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

8.665

 

(b) Non-Current Investments

531.117

 

(c) Long-term Loans and Advances

106.037

 

(d) Other Non-Current Assets

18.300

32738.096

 

 

 

2) Current Assets

 

 

(a) Inventories

2274.963

 

(b) Trade Receivables

17358.586

 

(c) Cash and Bank balances

2802.016

 

(d) Short-term loans and advances

358.328

 

(e) Other current assets

42.300

22836.193

 

 

 

Total

 

55574.289

 

Notes:

 

1.       The Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation (Scheme) of Ikisan Limited (iKisan) and Kakinada Fertilizers Limited (KFL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NFCL and Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) and Nagarjuna Oil Refinery Limited (NORL) and their respective shareholders and creditors under Section 391 to 394 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, was approved by the jurisdictional High Courts in Bombay at Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad on June 17, 2011 and June 27, 2011 respectively.

 

2.       Pursuant to the Scheme:

 

a)       Oil Business Undertaking of NFCL was demerged into NORL and residual NFCL and Ikisan are merged in to KFL.

 

b)       The Effective Date of the Scheme is July 30, 2011 but shall be operative from the Appointed Date i.e., April 1, 2011. The Record Date for determining shareholders eligible to receive shares of KFL and NORL was fixed as September 1, 2011.

 

c)       Equity Shares were allotted to the shareholders of NFCL and Ikisan on October 1, 2011 and the accounts of the respective shareholders were credited in electronic mode or share certificates issued, as the case may be. Consequent to the allotment of shares, the existing prearrangement issued capital of Rs.5 lakhs stood cancelled.

 

d)       The Bombay Stock Exchange vide letter dated December 14, 2011 approved the application of the company for listing of the equity shares and the National Stock Exchange vide letter dated January 13, 2012 accorded inprinciple approval for listing of the equity shares subject to relaxation by Securities and Exchange Board of India from requirements under Rule 19(2)(b) of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957.

 

3.       The above financial results for the year / quarter have been drawn up incorporating necessary adjustments as envisaged in the Scheme, approved by the jurisdictional courts, from the Appointed Date i.e., from April 1, 2011 onwards.

 

4.       The financial results comprise of the combined operations of the Company relating to Fertilizer, Micro Irrigation, Agri Services and Wind Energy generation businesses of merged entities. The financial results of Micro Irrigation segment, Wind Energy segment and Agri Services segment being less than the limit prescribed for separate disclosure in Accounting Standard 17, have not been shown separately.

 

5.       Income from urea operations is accounted on the basis of prices notified under Stage III New Pricing Policy by the Government of India (GOI) which has been further extended from 01042010 onwards until further orders. Input escalation / deescalation, freight subsidy and Import Parity Price benefit are accounted in accordance with parameters notified by GOI. Adjustments, if any, required will be considered on notification of final prices.

 

6.       The Company, KFL now renamed as NFCL as per the scheme, did not have any operations during the previous year. Accordingly, comparative figures for the previous periods have not been furnished.

 

7.       Consolidated financial statements are not published since the projects of the subsidiary company are in the implementation stage.

 

8.       Tax Expense includes income tax and deferred tax.

 

9.       Previous quarter / period figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary to make them comparable with the current quarter / period.

 

10.   The Board of Directors recommended a dividend of Rs 1/ Per share to the equity share holders of the company for the year 201112.

 

11.   The above results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their respective meetings held on May 28, 2012.

 

2. Contingent Liabilities not provided for:

 

i. Counter guarantees given to Bankers in respect of Bank guarantees Rs. 136.392 Millions (Previous year Rs. 170.444 Millions)

ii. Commitment on account of ‘Sponsor undertaking’ given pursuant to the agreement with the lenders and shareholders of Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Ltd, a subsidiary, for funding of project cost overrun, if any.

iii. Income Tax matters under appeals Rs 166.017 Millions (Previous Year Rs. 102.845 Millions)

iv. Compensation in respect of 86.55 (Previous Year 86.55) acres of land in possession - amount not ascertained.

v. Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debts Rs 112.904 Millions (Previous year Rs. 191.904 Millions).

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

·         Land

·         Buildings

·         Roads, Drains and Culverts

·         Railway Siding

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Furniture, Fixtures and Office Equipment

·         Vehicles

 

 

PRESS RELEASES

 

NFCL REVAMP MEASURES – PRODUCTION TO GO UP BY 3.71 LAKH METRIC TONNE PER ANNUM UREA

 

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited is operating Natural Gas based Fertilizer Plants at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, which consists of two Units to produce Urea Fertilizer having a capacity of around 6 Lakhs MT per Annum each. Unit-I was commissioned in Aug 1992, is fully based on Natural Gas both as feed and fuel. Unit-II was commissioned in March 1998 and can operate on a mixture of Naphtha and Natural Gas in varying proportions depending upon the availability of Natural gas.

 

In anticipation of availability of additional Natural Gas from RIL KG Basin D-6 Block, NFCL had initiated Revamp / De-bottlenecking schemes stage-wise in the year 2006 in order to increase the Capacity, reduce Pollution and improvement in Energy and Reliability. Accordingly, in Revamp Phase-I, which mainly consisted of Installation of S-300 Ammonia Converter, replacement of Synloop Water Cooler, replacement of Air Pre-heater, replacement of HRSG-C economizer, etc., were implemented in the year 2007-08 with an investment of Rs. 550.000 Millions and has resulted in Production increase of 50,000 MT per Annum from Unit-I.

 

Revamp Phase-II was initiated in the year 2007, mainly to convert Unit-II fully operational on Natural Gas and to implement de-bottlenecking measures in order to augment the capacity and to reduce emissions. Accordingly, CDR Plant was installed and commissioned during Mar 2009. The CDR Plant recovers Carbon Di-Oxide from Reformer flue gas and there by reduces the emissions. Revamp of both the plants were also taken up and schemes have been commissioned on 23rd September 2009 in Unit-I and on 28th September 2009 in Unit-II. With the measures taken up in Revamp Phase I and Phase-II, the production capacity has increased to 15.66 Lakh MTPA from 11.95 Lakh MTPA. The investment for Revamp Phase-II was approx. Rs. 2000.000 Millions.

 

Apart from de-bottlenecking for capacity enhancement, due thrust has been given for reduction of specific energy consumption and also enhancement of reliability of the existing equipment. The energy consumption shall be reduced from 5.66 Gcal / MT of Urea to 5.50 Gcal / MT of Urea.“Serving Society through Industry” was the mission of NFCL founder Shri K V K Raju.  On the same lines, NFCL taken up these measures, which will help in making more Urea available to the Farming community, besides bringing down the subsidy burden to the Govt. of India and also substantially reducing the Imports of Urea by the Country.  The measures taken up for recovery of 450 MTPD of CO2 from flue gases and reduction of energy shall also qualify as ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ projects.

 

 

Kakinada, March 24, 2009

NAGARJUNA FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED MOVES TOWARDS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM BY COMMISSIOINING CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY (CDR) PLANT AT KAKINADA

 

Sri K S Raju, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company declared the Commissioning of Carbon Dioxide Recovery (CDR) Plant of 450 Metric Tonnes Per Day capacity for commercial use in the existing Urea Production facilities. This glittering Inauguration ceremony was graced by the Senior Officials of M/s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Tecnimont ICB (TICB) and other Senior Executives of the Company and the Government Officials in the NFCL Plant premises. A Pooja ceremony was performed prior the Inauguration.

 

The Order for CDR Plant was placed on MHI, Japan and M/s Tecnimont ICB (TICB), Mumbai on Lump Sum Turnkey Basis. The scope of MHI was for Basic Know how and Licensing, while TICB’s scope was for EPC.

 

NFCL has two Units for the manufacture of Urea Fertilizer with a capacity of 6 Lakhs MT per Annum each. Unit-I is operated on Natural Gas while Unit-II is being operated mainly on Naphtha because of the short supply of Natural Gas from existing sources of GAIL. Anticipating additional Natural Gas from RIL from the KG Basin reserves, the Order of CDR Plant was placed in July 2007 with a completion schedule of 22 Months that is by May, 2009. The Project could be completed 2 Months in advance due to the intensive efforts of TICB, MHI and NFCL. With Commissioning of this CDR Plant, NFCL shall be recovering 450 MTPD of CO2 from the fluegas stack, thus helping the company to be eligible for Carbon Credits through Clean Development Mechanism.

 

The company in order to maintain sufficient proportion of CO2 during the manufacture of Urea and Ammonia consequent to the change over of feed stack from naphtha to natural gas has undertaken the installation of the CDR Plant. In fact CDR Plant forms part of Revamp / De-bottlenecking Phase-II, which is in the process of execution. The intended De-bottlenecking schemes under Phase-II will be in place by September 2009. The advantages of this Revamp are given below:

 

The CDR Project has been installed under Clean Development Mechanism and it shall reduce CO2 emission by 450 Metric Tonnes per Day.

The energy norm will improve to 5.500 Gcal / MT of Urea from the present level of 5.610 Gcal / MT of Urea.

Production level will increase from both Units by about 2.0 Lakhs MT per Annum.

Naphtha usage will be stopped, which will reduce the Subsidy burden of the Government.

The additional Production will help to cover up the shortfall of Urea in the Country, which otherwise, has to be imported at a huge cost.

It is worth noting that NFCL had executed another similar Revamp in the year 2007-08, which helped to increase the Urea Production capacity by around 50,000 Metric Tonne per Annum. It was informed by NFCL sources that another Revamp, called Phase-III is in the feasibility study stage, to further augment the capacity of the Plants.

 

 

HYDERABAD, NOVEMBER 6, 2007.

 

NFCL WINS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AWARD FROM FERTILIZER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA,

 

For the third time, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has won the prestigious FAI Environmental Protection Award in the nitrogenous fertilizer plants category for the year 2006-07. The Annual Award was presented by the Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan to Mr R.S Nanda, Chief Operating Officer in the presence of Mr K.S. Raju, Chairman and Managing Director, NFCL at the inaugural function of FAI Annual Seminar held in Delhi on December 5th, 2007. Other important dignitaries shared the dais while received the Award were Dr J.S. Sharma, Fertilizer Secretary, Mr U.S. Jha, Chairman, FAI and Mr R.C. Gupta, Deputy Director General, FAI.

 

NFCL has been honoured for outstanding contribution for the sustainability of ecological balance at Fertilizer manufacturing Plant, Kakinada. This Award reflects the collective effort, dedication and commitment of associates and responsibility of Nagarjuna Fertilizers towards the society. From its inception, NFCL adopted and maintained international industry standards by introducing latest technologies for the treatment of waste materials and maintaining green cover. As a result, NFCL was similarly honoured with Environmental Protection Award from FAI in 2002 and 2005. NFCL strives to improvise the standards on continual basis. It is the only Plant to implement the Process Safety Management Systems (PSMS) on par with international standards.

 

The other senior management associates of NFCL participated in the FAI Annual Award function were Mr P.P. Singh, Director (Technical), Mr R.D. Mall, Vice-President (Works) and Mr Ramashray Singh, Sr. General Manager (Plant Operations).

 

HYDERABAD, AUGUST 17, 2007

 

Clarifications from Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited regarding rumours for the benefit of shareholders and public at large.

 

KVK PRAGATHI RYTHU SANMANOTSAVAM

HYDERABAD, NOVEMBER 9, 2006

 

Nagarjuna Group is a dream brought into reality by Shri KVK Raju, a first generation entrepreneur from Andhra Pradesh. Shri KVK Raju was a visionary with firm belief in his mission to "serve society through industry". It is this belief, which continues to be the guiding light of Nagarjuna Group that pioneered several core sector enterprises like Fertilizers, Energy and Petroleum.

 

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) the flagship company of the Nagarjuna Group commissioned the first Gas based fertilizer plant in South India at Kakinada in 1992 and currently has a capacity to produce 12 Lakh MT of Urea per annum.

 

Nagarjuna entered the plant protection business in 1994 and within a short span of time the company has grown to become one of the top five plant protection companies in India, supplying plant protection technicals and formulations to many Indian and International companies. Nagarjuna is manufacturing 8 technicals and 15 formulations with a turnover of Rs 400 crores (FY06).

 

Nagarjuna Group started Micro irrigation business in collaboration with Israeli companies. Nagarjuna is shouldering the responsibility in the Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP) towards delivering effective water management solutions to the farmers of Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna is also the first company to introduce the concept of water soluble fertilizers in India in 1995 through tie up with Haifa Chemicals, Israel and is the market leader in India with sales of about 8000 Mt per annum.

 

As part of its mission, the group is actively involved in the Micro nutrient segment by supplying high quality products like Mahazinc (Zinc Monohydrate): 450 MT, Zeta (Zinc EDTA): 150 MT, Groth (Formula 4): 100 MT and Borovin (Boron): 25 MT. Nagarjuna is also sharing the responsibility of distributing Zinc Sulphate under the State Government's subsidy scheme to the farming community.

 

Nagarjuna is currently supplying about 50% of the State's annual urea requirement of 2 million tons. Nagarjuna has been nominated as the Lead Fertilizer Supplier (LFS) by the Government of India in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal as a coordinator between the Government and the Industry. Nagarjuna currently markets about 1.9 million tons of urea (including imports).

 

Apart from the efforts of both State and Central Governments, the fertilizer industry is also playing an important role in transferring technology to the farmers. Nagarjuna has taken service to the farmer as a mission since its inception in 1985 and has earned a strong brand image in Andhra Pradesh and has since become a part of the farming community of the state.

 

As a step towards providing a platform to facilitate technology transfer to farmers KVK KRISHI VIGNANA KENDRAM (KVK) was set up at Kakinada in 1995. The objective of the center is to transfer technology and impart knowledge on best agricultural practices like Integrated Nutrition Management, Water Management, Integrated Pest Management, Post-harvest Management, etc, to farmers, thereby contributing to improving farm productivity. The centre has state-of-the art training facilities and is headed by an experienced Agronomist with vast technical and practical knowledge.

 

Since its' inception, the KVK centre has trained more than 48000 farmers from about 416 villages covering all the districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna encourages the KVK trained farmers to act as a guide to his fellow farmers by sharing their experiences through verbal communication and practice enabling knowledge dissemination and improvement in farm productivity in a short span of time.

 

The KVK centre organizes training programs both On-campus and Off-campus. In On-campus programs, the selected progressive farmers are brought to the centre in Kakinada, travel, accommodation and food is provided at the centre for three days. These farmers are given training on the crop / subject of their choice by senior scientists pooled from industry, institutions and universities. The Off-campus programs are organized by arranging visits to the farmer fields by the Scientists. Based on the observations / specimens, the Scientists provide advise to farmers enabling them to take immediate preventive / correction measures for their crops.

 

The company has undertaken several extension activities for the benefit of the farming community. A wide range of technical crop films on paddy, sugarcane, maize, cotton, chilli and benefits of Zinc usage in crops have been developed over the past few years enabling the concept of "Seeing is Believing". The films on Zinc, Sugarcane and Chilly have been adjudged for awards by the Fertilizer Association of India consecutively for the past three years. Programs like crop seminars, demonstrations, film shows, soil analysis etc are extensively organized for transferring enabling technology to the farmers. Tools like LCD projectors, Slide projectors, AV vans, flip charts, crop literature etc are widely used for effective communication.

 

Nagarjuna is strongly committed to the well being of the farming community of the state and will continue its efforts towards achieving this objective.

 

NFCL is organizing KVK Pragathi Rythu Sanmanotsavam, to felicitate farmers who were trained at KVK Krishi Vignana Kendram and who have played an important role in improving farm productivity and knowledge sharing. The programme will be held on Friday 10th November 2006 at 10 am in NFCL premises, Kakinada, which would be graced by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Honourable Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and Honourable Ministers from the Centre and the State, along with other distinguished public representatives and officers.

 

NFCL FACILITY ACHIEVES 113% UREA PRODUCTION

HYDERABAD, APRIL 18, 2006

 

The Kakinada facility of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL), has achieved a record Urea production of 113.1%, producing a total of 13.79 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Urea during 2005-06. The Plant has repeated this phenomenal feat, producing Urea more than its capacity, for the consecutive second year. NFCL produces Urea in two units. While the Unit one produced 7,03,645 Metric tonnes, Unit two also surpassed its capacity by producing 6,75,571 Metric tonnes making this phenomenal feat repeated during 2005-06 too. Total capacity of the Plant is 11,94, 600 Metric tonnes.

 

The Plant also has achieved this record production at a very optimal utilization of energy of 5.662 MKcal/MT of Urea against internal target of 5.670Mkcal/MT, which is already much lower than the standard Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee's (FICC) norm of 5.712 MKcal/MT.  NFCL has one more reason to celebrate that full production of Urea i.e. 13.79 Lakh Metric Tonnes has been dispatched to the farmers.

 

Along with the production, NFCL has also done well in sales and distribution wings. It's products, which include Mahazinc, Zinc Sulphate, Zeta, Speciality Fertilizers besides Urea have been sold out fully during 2005-06.

 

 

NFCL WINS GAS CONSERVATION AWARD FROM GAIL

HYDERABAD, DECEMBER 14, 2005

 

Fertilizer facility of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited in Kakinada has been selected for the ‘Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conservation’ in the ‘Fertilizers Sector’ category for it’s outstanding contribution to natural gas conservation in the country during 2004-05. The Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayat Raj, Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Presented the award to Mr. KS Raju, Chairman, Nagarjuna Group and Mr. RD Mall, Vice-president, Plant Operations, NFCL, today in Delhi.

 

This annual award has been instituted by Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) as a recognition of the excellent work done by the organisations in Gas Conservation. GAIL has been conducting a nation-wide Natural Gas Conservation Programme, meant to spread the word of conservation of this precious natural resource. All the natural gas using industries like power, fertilizer, steel, sponge iron, transport, glass, ceramic and petrochemicals, would be considered for this award.

 

This is the 4th achievement of NFCL for it’s excellence in different departments during 2005. These include; 5 Star rating in O H and S Audit from British Safety Council, UK. Commendation Award in “Leadership and Excellence Awards in Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) 2004”, by Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region, Chennai. Re-certification for ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) for quality management systems. And NFCL also received Environment Protection Award from Fertilizers Association of India.

 

NFCL WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AWARD FROM THE FERTILISER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

HYDERABAD, DECEMBER 6, 2005

 

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) the flagship company of the Nagarjuna Group has won the prestigious FAI (Fertiliser Association of India) Environment Protection Award in the Nitrogenous fertilizer plants category for the year 2004-05. NFCL had won the same award for 2001-02 also. Going much beyond the statutory requirements of law for environment protection, NFCL has implemented a comprehensive protection plan in its plant at Kakinada. NFCL has been widely acknowledged for its Commitment to the betterment of Environment and this award further adds to the long list of recognition.

 

NFCL has also won two more awards from FAI. A video film titled “The Sugarcane” produced by NFCL was adjudged Runner-up in the Annual Video Film Competition by FAI for the year 2004 – 2005. The video film has been developed with the objective to transfer technology and to enhance the yield of sugarcane farmers in Andhra Pradesh. For NFCL, this is the second consecutive year of winning in this category. An article titled "From Products to Solutions - Exploring Opportunities" published in the September 2005 Issue of the Indian Journal of Fertilizers was awarded the Second prize in the category of Shriram Award for Best Article in Marketing. The article was co-authored by Mr. N Sambasiva Rao, Head - SNB Marketing and Mr. Gyanendra Narayan Pati, Asst. Manager (Sales Planning).

 

The Awards were presented by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, at the inaugural function of the FAI Golden Jubilee Celebrations and Annual Seminar in New Delhi.

 

BUREAU VERITAS QUALITY INTERNATIONAL (BVQI) AWARDS RE-CERTIFICATION OF ISO 9001 : 2000 FOR NAGARJUNA FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED

 

HYDERABAD, APRIL 20TH 2005

 

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) has been re-certified of ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI), for its Quality Management Systems. The Flagship Company of the Nagarjuna Group has already been an ISO 9001: 2000 organisation since 1995. This re-certification, which is valid up to February 2008, is only an extension of recognition for company’s excellent quality management systems.

 

BVQI team has done the re-certification audit during February at NFCL plant Kakinada. After conducting audit in Plant Operations and Area Marketing Offices BVQI sent a certificate to NFCL in which it mentioned ”Quality Management System of the Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has been audited and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the standards ISO 9001: 2000”.

 

BVQI is today the most widely recognized certification body in the world, offering solutions in the key strategic fields of companies operations: Quality, Health and Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility. It is recognized by more than 30 national and international accreditation bodies across the world to deliver ISO 9001 certification. As a consequence, BVQI is a world leader with over 50,000 certified companies in 100 countries with a team of 2,800 specially trained auditors. BVQI offers the possibility of combined certifications to the largest range of recognized standards, bringing consistency, optimization and efficiency.

 

NAGARJUNA FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS 5 STAR RATING BY THE BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL, U.K.

 

HYDERABAD, FEBRUARY 17, 2005

 

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL), the flagship company of the Nagarjuna Group has been awarded the highly coveted 5-Star rating by the British Safety Council, U.K. After a detailed Health and Safety Management System Audit conducted during the month of January 2005, the British Safety Council has awarded an 'Excellent' rating (Score of 92.39%) to NFCL's manufacturing facility at Kakinada. The audit covered eight areas of NFCL's management systems leading to best practices, which include Safety Organisation, Management Control Systems, Fire Control Systems, Measurement and Control Systems, Workplace implementation, Verification, Best practice and Continuous improvement.

 

According to Mr. R S Nanda, Director and Chief Operating Officer, "This indeed is a testimony to our unstinted efforts to bring world class practices of safety, health and environment to our plant at Kakinada. This achievement further reiterates our philosophy of Serving Society through Industry.

 

Though we have always been committed for having the highest levels of health and safety management systems, such an internationally acclaimed independent certification has reinforced our belief in following the best practices. Striving for Excellence in every area of our operation, as a next milestone, we would very much like to attain the 'Sword of Honour' in the coming days."

 

The British Safety Council (BSC) is one of the world's leading occupational health, safety and environmental organisations. BSC's Five Star Health and Safety Management System Audit is a benchmark for best practices. It provides a detailed examination of the organisation's current practices, and gives a comprehensive report and plan for implementing, monitoring and achieving continuous improvement. It is based on the Business Excellence Model and goes beyond HS(G)65 and OHSAS 18001 to measure how far an organisation has gone towards achieving best practice.

 


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.55.24

UK Pound

1

Rs.85.93

Euro

1

Rs.69.82

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

VRN


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

53

 

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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This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.