MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.07.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

QUADRANT TELEVENTURES LIMITED (w.e.f. 24.09.2010)

 

 

Formerly Known as :

HFCL INFOTEL LIMITED (w.e.f.12.05.2003)

THE INVESTMENT TRUST OF INDIA LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Autocars Compound, Adalat Road, Aurangabad - 431005, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.08.1946

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-197474

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.8371.057 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L00000MH1946PLC197474

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

Providing Telecommunication Services

 

 

No. of Employees :

524 (Approximately) 

 


 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca (18)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having a moderate track record. There appear huge accumulated losses recorded by the company. The liquidity position is weak.

 

However, trade relations are reported to be fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be slow.

 

The company can be considered for business on a safe and secured trade terms and condition. 

 

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

 

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 :

Autocars Compound, Adalat Road, Aurangabad - 431005, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-240-2320754

Fax No.:

Not Available

E-Mail :

secretarial@infotelconnect.com

Website :

www.connectzone.in

 

 

Corporate / Head Office :

B – 71, Phase VII, Industrial Focal Point, Mohali – 160055, Punjab, India

Tel No. :

91-172-5090000

Fax No :

91-172-5090125

 

 

Sales Office :

Located At :

 

  • Chandigarh
  • Ludhiana
  • Patiala
  • Amritsar
  • Jalandhar
  • Bathind

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on: 31.03.2012

 

Name :

Mr. Rahul Sethi

Designation :

Directors

Qualification :

B.Com

Date of Birth :

02.12.1951

Date of Appointment :

17.03.2012

 

 

Name :

Mr. Yatinder Vir Singh

Designation :

Directors

Qualification :

B.Com, M.Com

Date of Birth :

16.08.1962

Date of Appointment :

09.04.2010

 

 

Name :

Mr. Babu Mohanlal Panchal

Designation :

Directors

 

 

Name :

Mr. Viney Kumar (Nominee of IDBI Bank)

Designation :

Directors

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vinay Kumar Monga

Designation :

Directors

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Kapil Bhalla

Designation :

Company Secretary, Manager and Compliance Officer

 

 

Audit Committee :

Mr. Babu Mohanlal Panchal

Mr. Viney Kumar (Nominee IDBI Bank)

Mr. Yatinder Vir Singh

Mr. Vinay Kumar Monga

 

 

Share Transfer And Investor’s Grievance Committee :

Mr. Babu Mohanlal Panchal

Mr. Yatinder Vir Singh

Mr. Vinay Kumar Monga

 

 

Remuneration Committee :

Mr. Babu Mohanlal Panchal

Mr. Yatinder Vir Singh

Mr. Vinay Kumar Monga

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on: 31.03.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

Total No. of Shares

Total Shareholding as a % of total 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.gifBodies Corporate

326705000

53.36

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

326705000

53.36

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

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

326705000

53.36

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

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

 

 

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

183357252

29.95

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

125000

0.02

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

183482252

29.97

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

 

 

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

77157329

12.60

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

11384648

1.86

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

11789526

1.93

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

1741513

0.28

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

8426

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifHindu Undivided Families

1339990

0.22

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

390322

0.06

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifOverseas Corporate Bodies

2775

0.00

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

102073016

16.67

Total Public shareholding (B)

285555268

46.64

Total (A)+(B)

612260268

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)

612260268

0.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Providing Telecommunication Services

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

524 (Approximately) 

 

 

Bankers :

  • IDBI Bank Limited
  • HDFC Bank Limited
  • ICICI Bank Limited
  • ING Vysya Bank Limited
  • Oriental Bank of Commerce
  • Punjab National Bank
  • State Bank of Patiala

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

31.03.2012

[Rs. in Millions]

31.03.2011

[Rs. in Millions]

Long Term Borrowing

 

 

Term Loan Convertible Into Non-Convertible Debenture ('NCD') as per New Restructuring Scheme

 

 

From Financial Institution

396.233

396.234

From Banks

2800.676

2800.676

Vehicle Loan

0.000

0.071

 

 

 

Short Term Borrowing

 

 

Working Capital Loan from Scheduled Banks

170.168

171.631

                               Total

3367.077

3368.612

NOTE :

 

a)     Secured Loan from Banks and Financial Institutions will be converted in to Non-Convertible Debentures of equal amount as per New Restructuring Scheme dated August 13, 2009.

 

b)    Yield of Interest and Premium on redemption of Secured Non-Convertible Debentures is 8% p.a.

 

c)     Secured Loan Convertible into Non-Convertible Debentures as per CDR is secured by first pari passu charge on movable and immovable fixed assets and first pari passu charge on Current Assets, assignment of license / contracts

 

d)    Redemption Schedule of the Secured Non Convertible Debenture.

 

Financial Years

Amount of Non Convertible Debenture [Rs. in Millions]

2017

319.690

2018

319.690

2019

639.381

2020

639.381

2021

639.381

2022

639.381

 

e)     Vehicle Loan is secured by hypothecation of respective vehicle.

 

f)     On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non Convertible Debentures (‘NCDs’) of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The ‘NCD’s earlier redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2016 after repayment of the term loans as per Reworked Restructuring Scheme dated June 24, 2005 effective from April 1, 2005.

 

Working capital loan is secured by first pari passu charge on movable and immovable fixed assets and first pari passu charge on Current Assets, assignment of license / contracts.

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Financial Institutions :

LIC of India

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Khandelwal Jain and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Internal Auditor :

Ernst and Young

 

 

Holding Company :

Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on: 31.03.2012

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

1200000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.12000.000 Millions

30000000

2% Preferences Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.3000.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 15000.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

612260268

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.6122.603 Millions

6500000

2% Cumulative Redeemable Preferences Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.650.000 Millions

15984543

2% Cumulative Redeemable Preferences Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.1598.454 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs.8371.057 Millions

 

(a) Of the above

 

(i) 490,750 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted as fully paid bonus shares in the earlier years by way of capitalization of reserves.

 

(ii) 326,705,000 (equity shares are held by Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited (Holding Company).

 

(iii) 83,070,088 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (‘CDR’) Scheme dated March 10, 2004. Out of these, 63,373,110 equity shares of Rs 10 each were issued by the Company to Industrial Development Bank of India (‘IDBI’), at par and the balance of 12,171,778 and 7,525,200 equity shares of Rs 10 each to Oriental Bank of Commerce (‘OBC’) and ING Vysya Bank Limited (‘ING’), respectively, at a premium of Re 0.50 per equity share as per provisions of applicable law.

 

(iv) 8,67,43,116 equity shares of Rs.10/- each were issued on July 08, 2009 after obtaining in principle approval from the BSE and MSE, consequent to the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell.

 

(b) The Company in accordance with the scheme of amalgamation approved by the High Court of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamilnjadu on March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively under section 391 and 394 of the Companies Act, 1956, the erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier allotted to the transferor company), amalgamated with HFCL Infotel Limited now Quadrant Televentures Limited, (formerly The Investment Trust of India Limited). Subsequent to the approved amalgamation:

 

(i) 432,000,250 equity shares of Rs 10 each issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to the amalgamation of erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited with the Company.

 

(ii) 1,730,814 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October 13, 2003, on conversion of the warrants issued to the shareholders of The Investment Trust of India Limited prior to June 11, 2003.

 

(c) Of the above

 

(i) 6,500,000 7.5 per cent CRPS were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the CDR Scheme, where under the specified part of the amount due to CRPS Holder by the Company was converted into 7.5 per cent CRPS redeemable after the repayment of Rupee Term Loan (in Financial Year 2016-17). As per the CDR Scheme, prior approval of the lenders would be required to declare dividend on 7.5 per cent CRPS and all the voting rights attached to the CRPS to be assigned in favour of the term lenders. On June 24, 2005 as per Reworked Restructuring Scheme, the dividend percentage was reduced to 2 per cent from 7.5 per cent with effect from date of issuance of CRPS. New Restructuring Scheme dated August 13, 2009 does not stipulate any reference to the aforesaid CRPS. Accordingly the CRPS shall be redeemable in the Financial Year 2016-17 With reference to Reworked Restructuring Scheme dated June 24, 2005

 

(ii) 15,984,543 2% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- fully paid up, aggregating up to Rs. 1598.454 Millions were allotted on November 9, 2011 to the Banks and Financial Institution, namely, IDBI Bank Limited, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, ING Vysya Bank and State Bank (CDR Cell) vide their letter dated August 13, 2009, in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans; the CRPSs shall be redeemed (monthly) over a period of four years commencing from April 1, 2021 at a premium of 34%.

 

(iii) Due to accumulated losses provision for dividend on CRPS of Rs 650.000 Millions and Rs 1598.454 millions and premium on redemption of CRPS of Rs 1598.454 millions is not required and hence not provided for in the financials.

 

(iv)  Details of share holding more than 5% shares in the company

 

Name of the shareholder

No. of Shares

% of holding in the class

Equity Shares

 

 

Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited

326705000

53.36

IDBI Bank Limited

118271642

19.32

Oriental Bank of Commerce

39073070

6.38

 

 

 

Preference Shares

 

 

IDBI Bank Limited

10569187

47.01

Shree Dhoot Trading and Agencies Limited

6500000

28.91

Oriental Bank of Commerce

1981254

8.81

Life Insurance Corporation of India

1981165

8.81

 

(v) Reconciliation of number of equity shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the year

 

Equity Shares

March 31, 2012

No. of Shares

Number of Equity shares at the beginning

612,260,268

Add: Shares issued during the year

--

Number of shares at the end

612,260,268

 

 

Number of Preference shares at the beginning

22,484,543

Add: Shares issued during the year

--

Number of shares at the end

22,484,543

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

I.              EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

 

8371.057

8371.057

(b) Reserves & Surplus

 

(15360.030)

(13568.428)

(c) Money received against share warrants

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

(2) Share Application money pending allotment

 

0.000

0.000

Total Shareholders’ Funds (1) + (2)

 

(6988.973)

(5197.371)

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

 

5872.385

5872.456

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

 

0.000

0.000

© Other long term liabilities

 

966.109

818.677

(d) long-term provisions

 

32.726

26.372

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

 

6871.220

6717.505

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

 

170.168

171.631

(b) Trade payables

 

1031.777

1188.852

© Other current liabilities

 

6567.933

5505.583

(d) Short-term provisions

 

18.207

15.442

Total Current Liabilities (4)

 

7788.085

6881.508

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

7670.332

8401.642

 

 

 

 

II.            ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

 

4544.842

4912.663

(ii) Intangible Assets

 

1875.032

2214.673

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

 

184.431

305.426

(iv) Intangible assets under development

 

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

 

0.100

0.100

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

 

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

 

125.834

85.813

(e) Other Non-current assets

 

0.000

0.000

Total Non-Current Assets

 

6730.239

7518.675

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

 

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

 

18.446

23.088

(c) Trade receivables

 

537.067

496.182

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

 

115.069

85.843

(e) Short-term loans and advances

 

267.881

272.422

(f) Other current assets

 

1.630

5.432

Total Current Assets

 

940.093

882.967

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

7670.332

8401.642

 

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2010

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

6772.603

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

68.566

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

(11400.327)

NETWORTH

 

 

(4559.158)

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

6552.851

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

1169.129

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

7721.980

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

3162.822

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

3736.145

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

843.115

Intangible Assets

 

 

2556.504

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.100

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

24.064

 

Sundry Debtors

 

 

278.160

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

 

123.914

 

Other Current Assets

 

 

18.404

 

Loans & Advances

 

 

210.584

Total Current Assets

 

 

655.126

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

 

 

4293.014

 

Other Current Liabilities

 

 

304.287

 

Provisions

 

 

30.867

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

4628.168

Net Current Assets

 

 

(3973.042)

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

3162.822

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

2813.018

2360.512

1962.089

 

 

Other Income

15.889

22.869

16.071

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

2828.907

2383.381

1978.160

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Network Operation Expenditure

2164.992

1978.564

 

 

Employee Benefits Expenses

446.215

453.784

 

 

 

Sales & Marketing Expenditure

203.780

402.311

 

 

 

Other Expenses

322.635

276.479

 

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

3137.622

3111.138

1934.098

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(308.715)

(727.757)

39.482

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                                    (D)

281.177

278.671

(704.236)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(589.892)

(1006.428)

743.718

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

1201.710

1230.239

950.165

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(1791.602)

(2236.667)

(206.447)

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(1791.602)

(2236.667)

(206.447)

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

(13636.994)

(11400.327)

(11193.880)

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

(15428.596)

(13636.994)

(11400.327)

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Import of capital equipment (other than telephone instruments)

39.972

1039.157

863.258

 

 

Import of telephone instruments

11.592

21.590

5.390

 

 

Components and Spares

2.729

6.631

4.237

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

54.293

1067.378

872.885

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/ (Loss) Per Share (Rs.)

(2.93)

(3.65)

(0.35)

 


QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

30.06.2012

30.09.2012

31.12.2012

31.03.2013

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

Unaudited

Unaudited

Net Sales

790.400

835.400

850.400

882.200

Total Expenditure

874.200

871.400

813.100

683.400

PBIDT (Excl OI)

(83.800)

(35.900)

37.200

198.800

Other Income

06.500

05.300

07.800

08.300

Operating Profit

(77.300)

(30.600)

45.000

207.100

Interest

70.500

70.500

69.900

69.700

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

PBDT

(147.900)

(101.100)

(24.900)

137.300

Depreciation

304.500

302.200

309.600

3020.00

Profit Before Tax

(452.300)

(403.300)

(334.600)

(164.700)

Tax

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

(452.300)

(403.300)

(334.600)

(164.700)

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

(452.300)

(403.300)

(334.600)

(164.700)

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

PAT / Total Income

(%)

(63.33)

(93.84)

(10.44)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

(63.69)

(94.75)

(10.52)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

(12.71)

(27.92)

(2.97)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.26

0.43

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt/Networth)

 

(0.86)

(1.16)

(1.69)

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

0.12

0.13

7.06

 


 

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

Yes

8]

No. of employees

Yes

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

Yes

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

No

 

UNSECURED LOAN:

 

Particulars

31.03.2012

[Rs. in Millions]

31.03.2011

[Rs. in Millions]

Long Term Borrowing

 

 

Zero per cent Non Convertible Debentures ('NCDs') (erstwhile OFCDs)

166.776

166.776

Loans from Body Corporate

2508.700

2508.700

                                                                     Total

2675.476

2675.475

 

 

BACKGROUND:

 

NATURE OF BUSINESS AND OWNERSHIP:

 

Subject (‘the Company’ or ‘QTL’), Unified Access Services Licensee for Punjab Circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula), is providing complete telecommunication services, which includes voice telephony, both wireline and fixed wireless, CDMA and GSM based mobiles, internet services, broadband data services and a wide range of value added service viz., centrex, leased lines, VPNs, voice mail, etc. The services were commercially launched in October 2000 and as on March 31, 2012, the Company has an active subscriber base of over 1,682,567.

 

The Company was incorporated on August 2, 1946 with the name of The Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) which was subsequently changed to HFCL Infotel Limited on May 12, 2003. This was done pursuant to a Scheme of amalgamation (the Scheme), approved by the Hon’ able High Court of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively, whereby the erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier allotted to the transferor Company) (‘erstwhile HFCL Infotel’) was merged with the Company with effect from September 1, 2002. As per the Scheme envisaged, the Company’s then existing business of hire purchase, leasing and securities trading was transferred by way of slump sales to its wholly owned subsidiary, Rajam Finance and Investments

Company (India) Limited (‘Rajam Finance’) with effect from September 1, 2002. Rajam Finance was renamed as The Investment Trust of India Limited with effect from June 17, 2003 and it ceased to be the subsidiary of the Company with effect from September 30, 2003, due to allotment of fresh equity by Rajam Finance to other investors.

 

The Company, during the year ended March 31, 2004, surrendered its license granted by Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) to carry out NBFC business. RBI confirmed the cancellation of the NBFC license as per their letter dated May 24, 2004.

 

On September 24, 2010 the name of Company was changed to Quadrant Televentures Limited. During the year ended March 31, 2009, the Company had incorporated one wholly owned subsidiary Company, Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private Limited (‘ITIPL’) with an investment of Rs. 99,800 During the year ended March 31,2011 the Company has acquired beneficial interest in the remaining 20 equity shares which were earlier held by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association. Declaration of beneficial Interest in the said shares has been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies. Consequently, the company now holds 100% of the issued equity share capital in the subsidiary company. The principal business of the Company is building, establishing, setting-up, accruing, developing, advising on, managing, providing, operating and/or maintaining, facilitating conduct of, fully or partially infrastructure facilities and services thereof for all kinds of value added services including Broadband Towers for telecom operations/services, payment gateway services and international gateway services.

 


LICENSE FEES:

 

The Company obtained license for Basic Telephony Service for the Punjab circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) by way of amalgamation of the erstwhile HFCL Infotel with the Company. Erstwhile HFCL Infotel had obtained this license under fixed license fee regime under National Telecom Policy (‘NTP’) 1994, valid for a period of 20 years from the effective date, and subsequently migrated from the fixed license fee regime to revenue sharing regime upon implementation of NTP 1999. Further to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (‘TRAI’) recommendations of October 27, 2003 and the Department of Telecommunications (‘DOT’) guidelines on Unified Access (Basic and Cellular) Services License (‘UASL’) dated November 11, 2003, the Company migrated its license to the UASL regime with effect from November 14, 2003. A fresh License Agreement was signed on May 31, 2004. Pursuant to this migration, the Company became additionally entitled to provide full mobility services. HFCL Infotel also entered into a License Agreement dated June 28, 2000, and amendments thereto, with DOT to establish maintain and operate internet service in Punjab circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula).

 

Fixed license fees of Rs 1775.852 millions paid under the old license fee regime from inception till July 31, 1999, were considered as the License Entry Fees of the Punjab circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) as part of the migration package to NTP 1999.

 

With effect from August 1, 1999, the Company is required to pay revenue share license fees as a fraction of Adjusted Gross Revenue (‘AGR’). The revenue share fraction was set at 10 per cent of AGR with effect from August 1, 1999 and was reduced to 8 per cent of AGR with effect from April 1, 2004. In addition, spectrum charges calculated at 3 per cent of the AGR earned through the wireless technology is payable under the license agreement. Income from internet services is excluded from the service revenue for the purpose of the calculation of AGR as it is governed by a separate ISP license between the Company and the Department of Telecommunications (‘DOT’).

 

During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the entry fee of Rs 1517.500 millions with The Department of Telecommunication (‘DOT’) for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology being used under the existing Unified Access Services License (‘UASL’) for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008 vide DOT’s letter number F.No.10-15/2004/BS.II/HITL/ Punjab/17 dated January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM services on March 29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.

 

PROJECT FINANCING:

 

The Company’s project was initially appraised by Industrial Development Bank of India (‘IDBI’) during the year ended March 31, 2000.

 

Pursuant to the migration to UASL regime, the consortium of lenders, led by IDBI, through the Corporate Debt Restructuring (‘CDR’) mechanism approved an overall restructuring of the liabilities of the Company and thereby revised the peak funding requirements.

 

Further, the CDR Empowered Group has approved the proposal of the Company for expansion of services, change in the scope of the project, cost of project and means of finance and restructuring of debt as per the reworked restructuring scheme dated June 24, 2005.

 

During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,791,601,978 resulting into accumulated loss of Rs 15,428,596,916 as at March 31, 2012 which has completely eroded its net worth and has a net current liability of Rs 6,847,992,445 The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is substantially dependent on its ability to successfully arrange the remaining funding and achieve financial closure to fund its operating and capital funding requirements and to substantially increase its subscriber base. The management in view of its business plans and support from significant shareholders is confident of generating cash flows to fund the operating and capital requirements of the Company. Accordingly, these statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

PERFORMANCE:

 

The Company holds the UASL (Unified Access Services License) for providing Telephony Services in the Punjab Telecom Service Area comprising of the state of Punjab, the union territory of Chandigarh and the Panchkula Town of Haryana. Currently, the Company is providing Fixed Voice (Landline) services, DSL (Internet) services, Leased Line services, CDMA Mobile Services and GSM Mobile Services in the Punjab Telecom Circle.

 

As on March 31, 2012, the Broadband DSL subscriber base touched 1,15,538 (previous Year 1,04,850) witnessing a growth of about 10%, and the Fixed Voice (Landline) Subscriber Base touched 2,00,044 (previous year 1,89,988); the CDMA Mobile Services Segment customer base at 27,768 subscribers (previous year 2,41,798 ) since many of the Subscribers have opted to shift to the GSM Services of the Company by using the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) option.

 

As of March 31, 2012, the GSM Mobile Services Segment customer base has touched 1321225 (Previous Year 1227493) at the end of second year of operations.

 

The Revenue from operations of the Company increased by 19 % from Rs.2360.510 millions in 2010-11 to Rs.2813.020 millions in 2011-12. The Total Expenses changed marginally from Rs. 4620.040 millions in 2010-11 to Rs. 4620.490 millions in 2011-12.

 

Consequently the Loss during the year reduced from Rs. 2236.670 millions in 2010-11 to Rs. 1791.600 millions in 2011-12.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

 

OVERVIEW:

 

Subject is a Unified Access Services Licensee in the Punjab Telecom Circle, which comprises of the state of Punjab, the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the Panchkula town of Haryana. The Company initially started its operations as a ‘fixed line service provider’ under the brand name “CONNECTS” in the year 2000. Subsequently, the Company was granted the UASL License (Unified Access Services License) in the Punjab Telecom Circle in 2003; In September 2007, the Company launched its CDMA based full mobility services under the brand name “PING”. In March 2010, the Company also launched its GSM based Mobile Services in Punjab Telecom Circle. Apart from the UASL License, the Company also holds the ISP Category B (Internet Service Provider) License for the Punjab Telecom Circle and the IP-1 (Infrastructure Provider-Category – 1) License for providing services in the Punjab Telecom Circle.

 

Currently, the Company is providing Fixed Voice (Landline) services, DSL (Internet) services, Leased Line services, CDMA Mobile Services and GSM Mobile Services in the Punjab Telecom Circle.

 

As at 31.03.2012 , the company had a total subscriber base of 16,64,575 telephony customers, including 2,00,044 fixed line customers, 1,15,538 Broadband customers 27,768 CDMA mobile customers and 13,21,225 GSM mobile customers.

 

The Company with its extensive optic fiber cable network of over 3800 km, provides services in over 150 cities / towns covering 52 of the 55 Short Distance Charging Areas (“SDCAs”) of Punjab Telecom Circle, as defined by the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.

 

The Company had launched its GSM Mobile Services in March 2010, in Punjab Telecom Circle. Currently, there are 10 Operators providing GSM Mobile Service in Punjab Telecom Circle. The Company’s GSM Services have been launched in a substantial part of the Circle over the last one year in the face of intense competition from the established Players who were already present and operating in the Circle.

 

Key Business and Financial highlights for the financial year ended 31.03.2012 are:

 

  • The Broadband customer base has increased by 10% to 115538 (previous year 104850).

 

  • CDMA based mobile customer base has gone down to 27,768 (previous year 241798) – pursuant to migration to GSM Services of the Company.

 

  • The Fixed Voice Subscriber base has increased to 200044 (previous year 189988).

 

  • GSM based Mobile Subscriber base now stands at 1321225 (previous year 1227493).

 

  • During the financial year 2011-12, the Company generated gross revenue of Rs. 2813.010 millions, which is higher by 19% as compared to the previous year’s Rs. 2360.510 millions.

 

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

 

The Telecommunication Services Sector operates in a licensed and highly regulated environment. The sector can be classified in terms of segments for which the Government of India (GOI) issues Licenses through the Department of Telecommunications (DOT):

 

  • Unified Access Service Operators (UAS) – Offering fixed line and Mobile Services.

 

  • National Long Distance Operators (NLDO) – Interlinking the Access Operators.

 

  • International Long Distance Operators (ILDO)– Connecting the domestic operators (Access and National Long Distance) with operators in other countries.

 

  • Other Value-added Services Providers – Internet Access Services including Internet Telephony, VSAT based services, Radio Paging Services, Public Mobile Radio Trunking Services, Global Mobile Personal Communications Services through Satellite.

 

The Government of India is empowered to decide on the policies that govern the Telecommunication Services Sector and issue licenses to the private sector players. The Government plays these roles through the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) and the Telecom Commission, both functioning under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

 

Apart from the above, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), an autonomous body with quasi-judicial powers to regulate the Telecommunications Services was established in early 1997. The Act governing the establishment and role of TRAI was amended in 2000, pursuant to which TRAI’s powers to adjudicate disputes have been vested in the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

 

KEY INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS:

 

GROWTH AND MARKET TRENDS:

 

The Indian Telecom market has grown to 951.340 millions telecom subscribers as at March 31, 2012 (as against 846.320 millions telecom subscribers as at March 31, 2011). With 919.170 millions wireless connections there is an addition of over 8.500 millions connections per month.

 

The share of private sector in Total Telephony is 87.01%. Overall teledensity has reached 78.66%. Urban Tele-density is about 169.55%, whereas rural teledensity is at 39.22% which is also steadily increasing. Broadband connections have also crossed 13.810 millions connections.

 

The customer base of Wire line Telephony has been overshadowed by the growth in mobile services mainly due to convenience of use of mobile set with features like telephony directory and SMS coupled with cheaper or more affordable tariffs.

 

Indian telecom market has still a huge untapped potential to grow further. With a large population yet to have access to telecommunication and tele-density still being 78.66% and rural tele-density being 39.22%; there is therefore a significant growth opportunity for the sector, especially in rural areas with 3G and BWA yet to make significant inroads. The rural market is expected to drive the next round of growth for the voice based services while data services will create the much needed boost in the maturing urban markets. One can therefore safely assume that the Indian Telecom market will achieve the mark of one billion telecom subscribers much before March 31, 2013.

 

BROADBAND:

 

It is necessary to increase the broadband connectivity for the masses for the knowledge based society to grow quickly and for reaping the consequent economic benefits. Telecommunication is significantly driving the economic and social development across the globe. The telecom industry in India too has achieved a tremendous growth in the last decade; the telecom industry has now embarked on the transition from voice services to data services. The voice telephony market has almost attained saturation limits; however there is a huge scope for the data/broadband services; the telecom sector with the support of the government is taking great strides for providing the much needed boost to data/ broadband services.

 

INSIGHTS:

 

  • Broadband telephony in India has a great opportunity.

 

  • When mobile broadband picks up, there will be greater scope for development.

 

  • Wireless data services have captivated a major chunk of internet customers in India. Several policies have been announced and are being implemented by the Government in order to promote broadband in the country.

 

  • The coming year will provide a great boost for the broadband services; there are quite a few significant strides being undertaken by the government. The National Telecom Policy 2012 has ‘broadband on demand’ vision and intends to leverage telecom infrastructure to offer internet and web economy in order to ensure equitable and inclusive development across the country; NTP 2012 further aims to strengthen the e-governance and mobile governance in key social sectors such as health, education and agriculture. The Government envisages to offer citizen centric democratic governance through the help of technology by providing affordable and reliable broadband on demand by 2015 and to achieve 175 mn broadband connections by 2017 and 600mn by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and to make available higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps on demand. Clearly, this will provide a tremendous opportunity for all the internet service providers in India.

 

  • Government is all set to provide national optic fiber network to all village Panchayat by 2014. It has a dream to provide broadband access for all by 2020. These prominent initiatives will throw umpteen opportunities in the Indian broadband market. Broadband is the key driver for many other technologies. Industry consensus is that India would became the second largest mobile broadband market globally, when mobile broadband picks up there will be greater scope for development.

 

FUTURE PERSPECTIVE:

 

After being in the overdrive for the last one decade, the telecom sector has now come in the grip of strong rates to woo customers has resulted in shrinking margins for almost all the players – established as well as new; while the older established players are able to survive on wafer thin margins on account of larger volumes, the going has become very tough for the new entrants especially in view of the high initial network costs and licensing issues. Currently the industry is faced with high overheads and operating costs and continuously shrinking margins and increasing competition.

 

OUTLOOK:

 

The Company foresees a high degree of competition in the years to come, especially in the mobile telephony segment. The Company during the financial year 2009-10 had expanded the wireless network footprint to most parts of Punjab. In terms of subscriber base, all existing mobile operators are showing a healthy growth pattern and no single major operators holds sway over the market. The Company derives a substantial part of its earnings from wire line (copper based network) services.

 

Even the overall market for Fixed Line services – the Company’s largest service stream – has witnessed considerable growth and the Management believes that the Company will sustain all round healthy growth in both the Wire line as well as the GSM /CDMA segments on account of following factors:

 

  • The planned expansion of wireless services into Pan Punjab, at low incremental capital cost and low incremental operating cost will help improve the overall asset utilization and profitability ratios.

 

  • The Company expects its subscriber base to grow faster as the mobile telephony segment is growing significantly faster than the fixed line segment.

 

  • With equipment becoming cheaper in recent times, the Company has started offering very affordable tariff packages for broadband internet access services. Increasing demand for high-speed Internet access would be a key driver for the Company’s copper based wire line service.

 

 

 

 

 


 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Particulars

31.03.2012

[Rs. in Millions]

31.03.2011

[Rs. in Millions]

Estimated value of contracts remaining to be executed on capital account and not

provided for net of capital advances Rs. 3,987,253 (March 31,2011 Rs 2,677,951)

Bank Guarantees given against Bid Bonds/Performance/Advance

64.947

 

296.672

Financial Bank Guarantees

82.843

74.134

Performance Bank Guarantees

53.052

53.542

Open Letter of Credits (Margin Deposit Rs. 18514929 [March 31, 2011 -

Rs. 14143944)]

18.515

14.144

Income tax matters under appeal

12.679

11.838

Claims against the company not acknowledged as debts

3.278

5.382

Dividend on 2% cumulative redeemable preference shares ('CRPS')

63.939

95.907

Others

852.854

852.854

 

 

 

                                                              Total

1152.107

1404.473

 

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

  • Land – Freehold
  • Land – Leasehold
  • Building
  • Leasehold Improvements
  • Network Equipment
  • Optical Fibre Cable and Copper Cable
  • Telephone Instruments at Customers Premises
  • Computers Office Equipment
  • Furniture and Fixture
  • Vehicles

 

 


 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No 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 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.59.70

UK Pound

1

Rs.91.14

Euro

1

Rs.77.98

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

ANK

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

2

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

2

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

2

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

2

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

2

--LEVERAGE

1~10

2

--RESERVES

1~10

2

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--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

 

18

 

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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