MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

24.08.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CENTUM ELECTRONICS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

44, KHB Industrial Area, Yelahanka, Bangalore – 560064, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.01.1993

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-013869

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.123.652 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L85110KA1993PLC013869

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRC00813B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACC7369P

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

The Company is primarily involved in

 

• Manufacture of Advanced Microelectronics Modules and Resistor Networks catering to the communications, military, aerospace and industrial electronics markets; and

 

• Manufacture of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and Repair and Return business catering to the automobile, communications and industrial electronics markets.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (54)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 2600000

 

 

Status :

Good 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a part of the Centum Group. It is a well established company having good track record.

 

Trade relations are reported as trustworthy. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

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

 

NOTES :

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

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

We are living in a world where volatility and uncertainty have become the New Normal. We saw a change of government in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Vietnam. Once powerful countries in Europe are now fighting for bankruptcy. We have taken growth in the developing part of the world for granted but economic growth in China and India has begun to slow. Companies that were synonymous with their product categories just a few years ago are now no longer in existence. Kodak, the inventor of the digital camera had to wind up its operations, HMV, the British entertainment retailing company and Borders, once the second largest bookstore have shut down due to their inability to evolve their business models with the changing time. Readers’ Digest, Thomson Register are no more !

 

There is another megatrend happening. The World order is changing as economic power shifts from West to East. According to McKinsey study, it took Britain more than 100 years to double its economic output per person during its industrial revolution and the US later took more than 50 years to do the same. More than a century later, China and India have doubled their GDP per capital in 12 and 18 years respectively. By 2020, emerging Asia will become the world’s largest consuming block, overtaking North America.

 

The years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the world economy continues to remain fragile. The Indian economy demonstrated remarkable resilience in the initial years of the contagion but finally lost ground last year. GDP growth slowed down. Currency has been weakening. There is a marked deceleration in agriculture, industry and services. Dampening sentiment led to a cut-back in investment as well as private consumption expenditure.  Inflation remained at high levels fuelled by the pressure from the food and fuel sectors. The large fiscal and current account deficit s continued to cause grave concern. It is imperative that India regains its growth trajectory of 8-9 % sooner than later. This is crucially important given the need to create gainful livelihood opportunities for the millions living in poverty as also the large contingent of young people joining the job market every year.

 

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CRISIL

Rating

BBB+ (Long Term Rating)

Rating Explanation

Moderate degree of safety and moderate credit risk.

Date

27.09.2012

 

 

Rating Agency Name

CRISIL

Rating

A2 (Short Term Rating)

Rating Explanation

Strong degree of safety and low credit risk. 

Date

27.09.2012

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of 31-03-2012.

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office / Factory :

44, KHB Industrial Area, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560064, Karnataka, India 

Tel. No.:

91-80-28462062 / 30046140

Fax No.:

91-80-28462861 / 30046005

E-Mail :

desikanks@centumelectronics.com

ramua@centumelectronics.com

Website :

http://www.centumindia.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2013

 

Name :

Mr. Apparao V Mallavarapu

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Krishnan

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. P. Rama Rao

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manoj Nagrath

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajiv C Mody

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manny Marimuthu

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. K S Desikan

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ramu Akkili

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.06.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

No. of Shares

% of No. of Shares

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

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

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividuals / Hindu Undivided Family

7577477

61.28

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

7577477

61.28

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

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

7577477

61.28

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

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

 

 

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

83

0.00

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

166

0.00

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

833

0.01

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

1082

0.01

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

 

 

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

578425

4.68

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

 

 

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

1682678

13.61

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

2496128

20.19

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

29393

0.24

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifNon Resident Indians

23454

0.19

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifClearing Members

5939

0.05

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

4786624

38.71

Total Public shareholding (B)

4787706

38.72

Total (A)+(B)

12365183

100.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

12365183

0.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

The Company is primarily involved in

 

• Manufacture of Advanced Microelectronics Modules and Resistor Networks catering to the communications, military, aerospace and industrial electronics markets; and

 

• Manufacture of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and Repair and Return business catering to the automobile, communications and industrial electronics markets.

 

 

 

Products :

Product Description

Item Code

Hybrid Micro Circuit-Active and Passive

85424000

Printed Circuit Board Assembly

85170000

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

·         State Bank of India - Specialised Mid-Corporate Branch, Kumarapark West, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

·         Citibank N.A., M.G. Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

Facilities :

(Rs. In Millions)

Secured Loan

As on

31.03.2013

As on

31.03.2012

Long Term Borrowings

 

 

Term loans

 

 

- From others

1.665

3.693

Long-term maturities of finance lease obligations

0.021

0.299

Short Term Borrowings

 

 

Short term loans from banks

 

 

- Cash credit

20.110

77.978

- Packing credit

316.054

275.197

Total

337.850

357.167

 

NOTES:

 

The term loan from others represents vehicle loan taken from a non banking financial institution and secured by vehicle of the company. The term loan carries an interest rate of 10.45% per annum on the outstanding amount of the loan. The interest is payable monthly along with the principle repayment. The term loan from other is repayable in thirty five equal monthly installments commencing from 1 February 2012.

 

Finance lease obligation is towards laptops and computers purchased on finance lease and secured by the leased assets. The finance lease obligation is repayable in twelve quarterly installments from the date of lease of the leased assets.

 

There is no continuing default in repayment of the principal and interest amount.

 

Cash credit from bank is secured by way of hypothecation on the inventories, book debts and other current assets of the company. Additionally it is secured by way of collateral charge on plant and machinery and an equitable mortgage of land.

 

Packing credit from bank is secured by way of hypothecation of inventories, book debts and fixed assets (present and future) of the company. Additionally, it is secured by way of collateral charge on plant and machinery.

 

There is no continuing default in the repayment of the principal and interest amounts.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

---

 

 

Statutory Auditors :

 

Name :

 BSR and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address:

Manuthi Info-tech centre, 11-12/1, Inner Ring Road, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560 071, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-39806000

Fax. No.:

91-80-39806999

 

 

Internal Auditors:

 

Name :

Ernst and Young Private Limited

 

 

Subsidiaries :

Centum Rakon India Private Limited

 

 

Other related parties where transactions have taken place during the year

Parties under common control :

Centum Industries Private Limited

 

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2013

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

15500000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.155.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

12365183

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.123.652 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

Out of the above, 4,933,333 equity shares of Rs 10 each, have been issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to amalgamation of Solectron EMS India Limited with the company effective 1 April 2009.

 

Reconciliation of equity shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2013

 

NUMBER

RS. IN MILLIONS

Number and value of shares at the beginning of the year

12,365,183

123.652

Number of shares issued during the year

--

--

Number and value of shares outstanding at the end of the year

12,365,183

123.652

 

 

Details of shareholders holding more than 5% shares in the company

 

NAME OF THE SHAREHOLDER

31.03.2013

 

NUMBER

% OF HOLDINGS

Apparao V Mallavarapu

6,604,715

53.41%

Hardik Bharat Patel

826,008

6.68%

Bharat Jayantilal Patel

735,930

5.95%

 

Rights, preferences and restrictions attached to equity shares

The company has only one class of share referred to as equity share having par value of Rs 10. Each holder of the equity share, as reflected in the of the Company, is entitled to one vote in respect of each share held for all matters submitted to vote in the shareholders' meeting.

 

The Company declares and pays dividends in Indian rupees. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

 

During the year ended 31 March 2012, the amount of per share dividend recognized as distributions to equity shareholders was Re 1 (previous year: Re 1). The total dividend appropriation for the year ended 31 March 2012 amounted to Rs 14.371 Millions (previous year: Rs 14.399 Millions) including corporate dividend tax of Rs 2.006 Millions (previous year: Rs 2.051 Millions).

 

In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive any of the remaining assets of the Company after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

I.        EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

123.652

123.652

123.482

(b) Reserves & Surplus

641.147

698.943

660.682

(c) Money received against share warrants

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

0

 

 

(2) Share Application money pending allotment

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Shareholders’ Funds (1) + (2)

764.799

822.595

784.164

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

1.686

3.992

1.777

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

11.631

8.695

7.304

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

13.317

12.687

9.081

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

336.164

353.175

379.174

(b) Trade payables

330.508

191.170

258.933

(c) Other current liabilities

126.802

135.565

128.583

(d) Short-term provisions

27.579

53.819

45.802

Total Current Liabilities (4)

821.053

733.729

812.492

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

1599.169

1569.011

1605.737

 

 

 

 

II.      ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

240.006

283.511

319.636

(ii) Intangible Assets

6.098

9.480

13.128

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

0.657

0.000

0.000

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

28.560

28.560

28.560

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

31.273

10.119

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

100.045

147.020

207.872

(e) Other Non-current assets

22.855

48.633

18.273

Total Non-Current Assets

429.494

527.323

587.469

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

469.182

357.749

481.398

(c) Trade receivables

586.123

591.947

460.614

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

33.000

7.998

14.578

(e) Short-term loans and advances

81.370

83.994

61.678

(f) Other current assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Current Assets

1169.675

1041.688

1018.268

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

1599.169

1569.011

1605.737

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

1807.456

1811.030

1869.291

 

 

Other Income

16.654

14.970

23.167

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

1824.110

1826.000

1892.458

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of materials consumed

1243.936

1182.428

 

 

Changes in inventories of work-in-progress

(37.815)

40.154

1719.003

 

 

Employee benefits expense

284.375

244.629

 

 

 

Other expenses

305.182

173.501

 

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

1795.678

1640.712

1719.003

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

28.432

185.288

173.455

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

31.302

33.842

33.741

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(2.870)

151.446

139.714

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

75.819

74.657

74.043

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT  / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX (E-F)                (G)

(78.689)

76.789

65.671

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

(21.154)

24.523

31.801

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT  / (LOSS) AFTER TAX (G-H)                 (I)

(57.535)

52.266

33.870

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

288.486

250.591

231.120

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed Final Dividend

0.000

12.365

12.348

 

 

Corporate Dividend Tax

0.000

2.006

2.051

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

230.951

288.486

250.591

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Sale of Manufactured Goods

1278.533

1422.317

1146.195

 

 

Service Income

0.000

0.000

0.996

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

1278.533

1422.317

1147.191

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

1274.257

1093.622

1173.200

 

 

Stores & Spares

0.000

0.028

0.029

 

 

Capital Goods

10.379

4.929

18.743

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

1284.636

1098.579

1191.972

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings / (Loss) Per Share (Rs.)

(4.65)

4.23

2.74

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

PAT / Total Income

(%)

(3.15)

2.86

1.79

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

(4.35)

4.24

3.51

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

(5.11)

5.02

4.16

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

(0.12)

0.09

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt /Networth)

 

0.52

0.43

0.49

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.42

1.42

1.25

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report (Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

No

8]

No. of employees

No

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

----------------------

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

----------------------

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

----------------------

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

----------------------

26]

Buyer visit details

----------------------

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Subject was incorporated as a public limited company on 8 January 1993 and commenced commercial production in 1994.

 

The Company is primarily involved in

 

• Manufacture of Advanced Microelectronics Modules and Resistor Networks catering to the communications, military, aerospace and industrial electronics markets; and

 

• Manufacture of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and Repair and Return business catering to the automobile, communications and industrial electronics markets.

 

 

PERFORMANCE

 

During the current year of operations, the company has registered revenue of Rs. 1824.100 million and posted Profit / (Loss) before Taxes of Rs. (78.689) million.

 

During the year, significant contributions were made in the Strategic Electronic programs. The investments made in the global sales and marketing initiatives have started to yield results during the year in the form of new customers and new product introductions. These will result in higher revenues in the coming years.

 

The company has received the below awards during the year:

 

1. Best Electronics Manufacturing Industry award for the year 2012 from the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA).

2. High Growth in Electronic Hardware exports award from the Soft Technology Park of India (STPI).

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

COMPANY BACKGROUND

 

Subject designs, manufactures and also exports electronic products. These include subsystems, modules, box builds, besides complex electronic components.

 

Centum serves customers engaged in mission critical solutions with advanced tailor-made technologies. These range from Strategic Electronics (Space, Defense and Aerospace) to Industrial, Communications, and Medical.

 

Centum has been steadily increasing its product and service range, geographical reach and catering to increased industry segments in its goal to expand its offerings and become the sophisticated one stop shop OEMs are seeking.

 

With extensive design and development expertise and leading-edge enabling technologies Centum is now the industry leader in India in electronics solutions and components.

 

The strategy over the years has been consistent and is based on high customer focus with competent people, state of the art technology and high quality products.

 

Centum’s vision is “To Create Value by contributing to the Success of its Customers, by providing best-in-class Electronics Design and Manufacturing Solutions in high technology areas”.

 

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Broadly, the electronics industry is categorized under Consumer, Medical, Strategic Electronics, Communications, Automotive and Industrial segments.

 

Government of India has recognized the importance of Electronic industry and announced the National Electronics Policy (NEP) http://deity.gov.in. The demand of the Indian market is expected to reach USD 400 Billion by 2020. At the current growth rate, the domestic production is expected to reach USD 100 Billion leaving a gap of USD 300 Billion. The Government’s vision is to create a globally competitive Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry to meet the country’s needs and serve the international markets. To meet this vision, the Government has introduced a scheme for Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) to ensure world class infrastructure and facilities to be provided to attract investments. Accordingly, the Government has decided to offer financial support in the formation of EMCs. Further to attract investments, the Government has introduced Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (MSIPS) http://deity.gov.in for new and expansion of existing units. This scheme offers an incentive up to 25% of the value of investment in Plant and Machinery. They hope the focus given by the Government of India will create many more opportunities in the ESDM sector.

 

As a company they operate in Strategic Electronics, Communication, Industrial and Medical industry segments.

 

STRATEGIC ELECTRONICS

 

a. Defense

 

The Indian Defense Budget is increasing year on year both in terms of the total value and also as a percentage of the budget allocation itself. Of the total defense budget, the percentage of expenditure towards Capital head is increasing every year creating an even bigger opportunity for the defense market. Also studies show that Indian defense market is one of the most attractive defense markets in the world.

 

The Armed forces, till recently, procured their requirements either from direct imports or products developed by DRDO labs and productionized by defense PSUs or the Ordnance factories. Due to Government of India’s focus on self reliance, new opportunities are emerging in this sector.

 

To accelerate the process of self reliance, DRDO labs are partnering with private industries in designing new products and also willing to transfer technologies of complex products which hitherto were partnering only with PSUs or Ordnance Factories.

 

Till recently, the indigenous defense manufacturing was restricted to Defense Public Sector Units and Ordnance Factories only. However, in the recent past, the Government is encouraging the private industry participation. Due to increasing requirements, the Defense PSUs and the Ordnance Factories who have huge order book (BDL order book Rs. 190000.000 Millions and revenue 2011-12 Rs.9590.000 Millions, BEL order book Rs. 257480.000 Millions and revenue 2011-12 Rs. 57030.000 Millions, and HAL revenue 2011-12 Rs. 126930.000 Millions), should more actively work with the private industry to fulfill the requirements. However due to legacy issues of being vertically integrated, the PSUs still do not involve the private industry as much as they should, to be mutually successful.

 

The Defense Procurement Policy (DPP) of Government of India has created a huge opportunity for Indian industries. Due to this policy the international suppliers of defense products to India are actively looking to procure from high quality companies in the defense segment to meet their offset obligations. Also in some cases, the DPP calls for Buy and Make requirements, due to which many multinational companies are planning to manufacture the products in India either thro’ licensing agreement or joint ventures. Also, the latest DPP provides for offset credits for the technologies transferred (TOT) to Indian companies, which will encourage the foreign companies to transfer know how, thereby creating more opportunities to Indian companies.

 

b. Space

 

India has a space program which is very vibrant and successful. The Government of India has given the Indian Space Programme a special status and the budget allocation in the 12th Plan period is 151% higher than the 11th Plan period.

 

The number of satellite launches by the Indian Space Agency has been increasing steadily in the last few years and ISRO plans to launch eight satellites per year in the near future. Until recently ISRO manufactured the systems and subsystems in-house or imported them. However, due to the increased requirements coupled with Government’s focus on self reliance ISRO, is actively involved in developing the private industry in meeting their increasing requirements.

 

Due to increased financial and other controls by the Government of India, the sales cycle in this sector has increased significantly and in some cases by years.

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

This market comprises of Terminal equipments such as the mobile phones, PDA etc. and the infrastructure equipments such as Base Station, Transmission equipments etc. Centum Rakon manufactures Frequency Control Products (FCP) to primarily cater to the infrastructure equipment companies. After consolidation in the past few years, this market is dominated by companies like Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Alcatel – Lucent, Huawei etc. Although the Telecom market worldwide is increasing, the market is highly competitive and companies are looking for high quality suppliers from the emerging countries to make their products competitive in the market place. They see this as a growing market for their FCP products.

 

INDUSTRIAL

 

This sector comprises of segments like Power, Process Automation, Instrumentation, Energy etc. Industrial sector is one of the late entrants to the concept of outsourcing their electronic hardware compared to Telecom and IT sectors. This was due to the stringent quality requirements and long product lifecycles. The large multinationals in this industry segment are focusing on low cost countries like India for their outsourcing requirements due to the design, engineering and testing skills required to manufacture these products. This is growing market for their products and services.

 

They also see a trend of multinational companies starting green field projects or acquiring companies in India. To make their products competitive these Indian Units, are creating a supply chain eco system in the country.

 

STRATEGIES AND BUSINESS OUTLOOK

 

The company’s strategy focuses on industry segments, technology and geographies.

 

·         To ensure that the company is not dependent on any one industry segment, it operates in Space, Defense, Aerospace (Strategic Electronics), Industrial, Communication and Medical Electronics.

·         The strategy of the company is to operate in high technology areas in the above mentioned industry segments.

·         The strategy of the company is to address the global markets. They have segmented their markets as North America, Europe, India, and rest of Asia. This is to ensure that any economic down turn in any one region, has limited impact on the company.

 

The products and services that the company offers can be classified broadly into “Built to Specification” (BTS) and “Built to Print” (BTP) opportunities.

 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK:

 

STRATEGIC ELECTRONICS

 

The company has established itself as a major player in the Strategic Electronics arena. The strategy will be, to continue to consolidate and grow this business thro’ innovation, design, technology, quality and overall competitiveness. Over the years, the company has designed and manufactured systems and modules for the Strategic Electronic industry by delivering advanced and complex products many of which are, for the first time by an Indian company.

 

·         Their strategy for this business has been and will continue to co-develop new products with ISRO and DRDO Labs. The advantage of this approach is the company’s product will get designed in and will have good potential when the final product goes into production phase. In this initiative, they are already working with ISRO and DRDO labs. The risk of this strategy is, in case the project/program does not fructify for any reason, then the RandD effort may go waste.

·         The other approach for this business is to indigenize products that are currently being imported and the advantage with this is that once the product is developed it immediately goes into production quantities. Here again, they are developing and have seen some excellent results. The risk of this strategy is, the incumbent overseas supplier may slash the price just to keep the competition out since the Govt., of India procurement rules favour only the lowest bidder.

·         The other opportunity in the Strategic Electronics is that of “off-set” and they see significant potential in this. They have already received orders for off-set and off-set business will be a significant part of Strategic Electronics business. The company has made a strategic decision to enter the RF domain and has made significant investment in terms of human resource, software and plant and machinery.

 

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

 

The Company’s strategy for this market is to focus on high mix medium-to-low volume opportunities which need very high quality products and also have long product life cycles. This segment has very unique and demanding requirements. The company over the past many years has developed special processes, created specialized infrastructure and human resources and has strong domain knowledge to meet these requirements and make it as a very attractive supplier to the global OEMs. The Company is already well entrenched into this sector and seeing good growth rates from existing customers and also adding new customers both from within India and outside.

 

COMMUNICATIONS;

 

The company’s subsidiary, Centum Rakon manufactures Frequency Control Products (FCP) a critical component in the Telecom Infrastrucutre business segment. The subsidiary has been delivering high quality products at competitive prices, because of which they are seeing a significant increase in the market share. Last year they started to manufacture the key component, “Crystal”, which was imported from Rakon till then. This development made the subsidiary even more competitive, thereby able to increase the market share significantly. The company is already one of the top 3 OCXO manufactures in the world and they hope to further increase their position.

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF STANDALONE UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Rs. in Millions

Sr.

No.

Particular

Quarter Ended

 

 

30.06.2013

(unaudited)

1.

Income from Operations

 

 

Net Sales

594.583

 

Other Operating Income

--

 

Net Sales/Income from Operations

594.583

 

 

 

2.

Expenditure

 

 

Cost of Material Consumed

398.482

 

Change in Inventories of Finished Goods, Work-In-Progress and Stock In Trade

(43.814)

 

Employee Benefits Expenses

74.634

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

17.468

 

Other Expenses

85.815

 

Bad Debts Written Off

--

 

f) Total

532.585

 

 

 

3.

Profit From Operations before Other Income, Interest and Exceptional Items (1-2)

61.998

 

 

 

4.

Other Income

58.922

 

 

 

5.

Profit Before Interest and Exceptional Items (3+4)

120.920

 

 

 

6.

Interest

6.536

 

 

 

7.

Profit After Interest but before Exceptional Items (5-6)

114.384

 

 

 

8.

Exceptional Items

--

 

 

 

9.

Profit from Ordinary Activities before Tax (7+8)

114.384

 

 

 

10.

Tax Expense

 

 

a) Current tax

14.913

 

b) Deferred tax

(4.069)

 

 

 

11.

Net Profit from Ordinary Activities after Tax (9-10)

103.540

 

 

 

12.

Extraordinary Item (net of expense)

--

 

 

 

13.

Net Profit for the period (11-12)

103.540

 

 

 

14.

Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value of Rs.10/- Each)

123.652

 

 

 

15.

Reserves Excluding Revaluation Reserve

 

 

 

 

16.

Basic and Diluted Earning Per Share (EPS) (Rs.)-Not Annualised

 

 

a) Basic and diluted EPS before extraordinary items

8.37

 

b) Basic and diluted EPS after extraordinary items

8.36

 

 

 

17.

Public Shareholding

 

 

-Number of Shares

4,787,706

 

- Percentage of Shareholding

38.72

 

 

 

18.

Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding

 

 

a) Pledged/Encumbered

 

 

- Number of Shares

Nil

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Shareholding of promoter and promoter group)

N.A

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Share Capital of the Company)

N.A.

 

 

 

 

b) Non Encumbered

 

 

- Number of Shares

7,577,477

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group)

100%

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Share Capital of the Company)

61.28%

 

Note:

 

1.       The unaudited results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 7 August 2013.

 

2.       Figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2013 is the balancing figures between audited figures in respect of full financial year and the published year to date figures up to 31 December 2012. Also, the figures up to the period ended 31 December 2012 was only reviewed and not subjected to audit.

 

3.       The results for the quarter ended 30 June 2013 have been subjected to a "Limited review" by the Statutory Auditors of the Company. An unqualified review report has been issued by them thereon.

 

4.       The Company has written off debts amounting to Rs 113.307 Millions during the year ended 31 March 2013 in relation to debts which or currently under litigation.

 

5.       The Company operates through two segments, Products and Electronic Manufacturing Services.

 

6.        Financial results for the quarter and year ended (consolidated information):

                                                                                            Rs. In Millions

Particulars

Quarter Ended

 

 

30.06.2013

Unaudited

a. Net sales / income from operation

891.487

b. Profit from ordinary activities before tax

137.450

c. Profit after tax before minority interest

101.714

d. Profit after tax after minority interest

74.621

e. Basic earning per share

6.03

f. Diluted earning per share

6.03

 

 

7.       The number of investor complaints received, resolved and pending during the quarter arc as follows:

 

Number of complaints pending at the beginning of the quarter

Nil

Number of complaints received during the quarter

1

Number of complaints resolved during the quarter

1

Number of complaints pending at the end of the quarter

Nil

 

8.       Previous period's figures have been regrouped and reclassified, wherever necessary to conform to current period's presentation.

 

SEGMENT WISE REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED

 

Sl.

No.

 

Particulars

 

Quarter Ended

30.06.2013

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Segment Revenue

 

 

Products

148.964

 

Electronics Manufacturing Services

434.085

 

Unallocable

11.551

 

Total

594.600

 

Less : Inter Segment Revenue

(0.017)

 

Net Sales / Income from Operation

594.583

 

 

 

2

Segment Results

 

 

 

 

 

Products

51.659

 

Electronics Manufacturing Services

12.019

 

Total

63.678

 

Less :Interest

6.536

 

Less : Other Unallocable Expenses and Extra Ordinary Items

(57.242)

 

Total Profit Before Tax

114.384

 

 

 

3

Capital Employed

 

 

 

 

 

Products

265.620

 

Electronics Manufacturing Services

286.367

 

Unallocable

314.557

 

Total

866.544

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

·         Freehold Land

·         Leasehold Improvements

·         Building

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Electrical Installation

·         Computer

·         Office Equipments

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Vehicles

·         Computer Software

 

 


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 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.64.69

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.80

Euro

1

Rs.86.30

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NTH

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

54

 

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

 

 

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