MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.07.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ELECTROTHERM (INDIA) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

A–1, Skylark Apartment, Satellite Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad – 380015, Gujarat

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.09.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

29.10.1986

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

04-009126

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 234.760 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L29249GJ1986PLC009126

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

AHME00193E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACE2669L

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the Manufacturing of Electronic furnaces and other capital equipments, Sponge and PIG Iron, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Billets/Bars/Ingots, Duct Iron Pipes, Battery operated vehicles, Electric Power Generation and services relating to Electric furnaces, other capital equipments and battery operated vehicles.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca (11)

 

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 :

Exist

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having moderate track record.

 

The financial available for review are for 18 months starting from 1st April and ending on 30th September 2012.

 

The company has incurred huge loss from its operations during the said period due to which the reserve have been eroded. External borrowings appear to be huge and act as a threat to the liquidity. The share price of the company has seen a drastic and continuous fall since November, 2012.

 

However, business is active. Payment terms are reported as slow.

 

The company can be considered for normal business dealings on a safe and secured 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

 

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Long term bank facilities: D

Rating Explanation

Default or are expected to be in default soon (Suspended)

Date

13.02.2013

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Short term bank facilities: D

Rating Explanation

Default or are expected to be in default on maturity(Suspended)

Date

13.02.2013

 

Note: Rating has been suspended as the company has not furnished the information required by CARE for monitoring of the rating.

 

 

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 :

A–1, Skylark Apartment, Satellite Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad – 380 015, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-79-26768844

Mobile No.:

91-9825159296 (Mr. Shailesh Bhandari)

Fax No.:

91-79-26768855

E-Mail :

sec@electrotherm.com

ho@electrothrm.com

Website :

www.elctrotherm.com

Area:

3500 sq. ft.

Location :

Owned

 

 

Factory 1 :

Engineering and Projects Division

Survey No. 72, Village : Palodia, Taluka : Kalol, District : Gandhinagar – 382 115, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-2717-234554/ 660550/ 55/ 56/ 57

Fax No.:

91-2717-237612/ 234616

 

 

Factory 2 :

Special Steel, DI Pipe and Electric Vehicle Division

Survey No. 325, Village : Samakhiyali, Taluka : Bhachau, District : Kutch, Gujarat, India

 

 

Factory 3 :

Wind Farm Project

Village : Dhank, Taluka : Upleta, District : Rajkot, Gujarat, India

 

 

Factory 4 :

Renewables Division

414/1, GIDC, Phase II, Vatva Industrial Area, Ahmedabad – 382 445, Gujarat, India

 

 

Factory 5 :

Transmission Line Tower Division

Village : Juni Jithardi, Taluka : Karjan, District : Vadodara, Gujarat, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 30.09.2012

 

Name :

Mr. Mukesh Bhandari

Designation :

Chairman and CTO

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shailesh Bhandari

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Avinash Bhandari

Designation :

Joint Managing Director and CEO

 

 

Name :

Mr. Narendra Dalal

Designation :

Whole Time Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nilesh Desai

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ram Singh

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pradeep Krishna Prasad

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravikumar Trehan ( up to 26.09.2012)

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Madhusudan Somani (up to 01.10.2012)

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. Sudhir Kapur ( up to 26.11.2012)

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Jigar Shah 

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shirish Maniar (w.e.f. 02.08.2010)

Designation :

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 31.03.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

Individuals / Hindu Undivided Family

2280575

19.87

Bodies Corporate

975000

8.50

Sub Total

3255575

28.37

(2) Foreign

 

 

Individuals (Non-Residents Individuals / Foreign Individuals)

512500

4.47

Sub Total

512500

4.47

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

3768075

32.83

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

Mutual Funds / UTI

9800

0.09

Financial Institutions / Banks

100

0.00

Any Others (Specify)

1366666

11.91

Foreign Financial Institutions

1366666

11.91

Sub Total

1376566

11.99

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

1312693

11.44

Individuals

 

 

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

1350214

11.77

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

292366

2.55

Any Others (Specify)

3376460

29.42

Foreign Corporate Bodies

2000000

17.43

Clearing Members

30687

0.27

Trusts

1292231

11.26

Non Resident Indians

53542

0.47

Sub Total

6331733

55.17

Total Public shareholding (B)

7708299

67.17

Total (A)+(B)

11476374

100.00

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

0

0.00

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

0

0.00

(2) Public

0

0.00

Sub Total

0

0.00

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

11476374

0.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the Manufacturing of Electronic furnaces and other capital equipments, Sponge and PIG Iron, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Billets/Bars/Ingots, Duct Iron Pipes, Battery operated vehicles, Electric Power Generation and services relating to Electric furnaces, other capital equipments and battery operated vehicles.

 

 

Products :

ITC Code No.

 

Product Description

851420

Electronic Induction Furnace

851440

Induction Heating Equipment

8502

Electricity Power Generation

7207

Steel Billets

7213

Steel Bars

8711

Electric Vehicle

 

·         Induction Melting Furnaces

·         Induction Melting and Holding Furnaces

·         Electric Arc Furnaces

·         Submerged Arc Furnace

·         Metal Refining Konverter

·         Ladle Refining Furnaces

·         Induction Heating and Hardening Equipments

·         Electro DI Pipes

·         Electric Scooter

·         Steel, Special Steels and Stainless Steel

·         Electro TMT Plus Bars

·         Transformer

 

 

PRODUCTION STATUS (AS ON 31.03.2011)

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

 

Actual Production

A Saleable

 

 

 

1 Electronic Furnaces and other capital equipments

Sets

350

291

2 Wind Power generation

KW

Million

KWH

500

0.80

 

 

0.359

 

3 Battery Operated Vehicles

Nos.

150000

8190

4 Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Billets /Bars/Ingots

MT

314000

247282

5 Duct Iron Pipes

MT

192000

82998

6 Sponge and Pig Iron

MT

286000

3085

 

# Total Installed Capacity is of 286000 MT

* Actual Production is excluding captive consumption

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

·         Bank of India

·         State Bank of India

·         Punjab National Bank

·         State Bank of Travancore

·         Corporation Bank

·         Bank of Baroda

·         Dena Bank

·         Oriental Bank of Commerce

·         Union Bank of India

·         Canara Bank

·         UCO Bank

·         ICICI Bank Limited

·         State Bank of Indore

·         Standard Chartered Bank

·         Allahabad Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

30.09.2012

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2011

Rs. In Millions

Long Term Borrowings

 

 

Term Loans from Bank

 

 

Rupee Term Loan

(Secured by first Charge by way of Equitable mortgage of all immovable properties and hypothecation of specified movable assets situated at Vatva, Palodia, Dhank, Samakhiyali – Kutch, and Chhadawada –Bhachau and Juni Jithardi, Karjan, Vadodara and Bank Fixed Deposits and as second charge on all Stock-in-Trade and Receivables. Further the loans are guaranted by the personal guarantees of some of Directors.)

4065.810

4003.260

Foreign Currency Term Loan

(ECB Loan is secured by Pari Passu Charge over the movable assets and first Pari Passu Charge on immovable assets of the company.)

458.700

490.490

Hire Purchase Finance for Vehicles

(Secured By Hypothecation of Specific Vehicles)

1.200

5.150

Short Term Borrowings

 

 

Term Loan  (a)

9333.710

47.160

Working Capital Facilities (b)

9887.520

7222.040

Buyers Credit (b)

64.790

1546.680

Letter of Credit (b)

234.450

2281.280

Total

24046.180

15596.060

 

Note :

(a)     Secured by first Charge by way of Equitable mortgage of all immovable properties and hypothecation of specified movable assets situated at Vatva, Palodia, Dhank, Samakhiyali – Kutch, and Chhadawada –Bhachau and Juni Jithardi, Karjan, Vadodara and Bank Fixed Deposits and as second charge on all Stock-in-Trade and Receivables. Further the loans are guaranted by the personal guarantees of some of Directors.

(b)     Secured by first Charge by way of Equitable mortgage of all immovable properties and hypothecation of specified movable assets situated at Vatva, Palodia, Dhank, Samakhiyali – Kutch, and Chhadawada –Bhachau and Juni Jithardi, Karjan, Vadodara and Bank Fixed Deposits and as second charge on all Stock-in-Trade and Receivables. Further the loans are guaranted by the personal guarantees of some of Directors.)

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Mehta Loadha and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

 

 

Subsidiary companies:

  • Jinhua Indus Enterprises Limited
  • Jinhua Jahari Enterprises Limited
  • Bhaskarpara Coal Company Limited
  • ET Elec-Trans Limited
  • Hans Ispat Limited
  • Shree Ram Electro Cast Limited
  • Shree Hans Papers Limited
  • Electrotherm Mali SARL

 

 

Enterprises owned or significantly influenced by key management personnel or their relatives (Except foreign companies) :

  • Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics Limited
  • Crystal Real Estate Private Limited
  • Palace Tours and Air Charters Private Limited
  • Western India Speciality Hospital Limited
  • E-Motion Power Limited
  • Indus Elec-Trans Private Limited
  • Afghan Trading Private Limited
  • Bhandari Brothers Commercial Private Limited
  • Jayshri Petro-Yarn Private Limited
  • Adroit Trading and Investment Company
  • EIL Hospitality Private Limited
  • EIL Realty Private Limited
  • EIL Software Private Limited
  • EIL Software Services Offshore Private Limited
  • EIL Technology Private Limited
  • Electrotherm Engineering and Projects Limited
  • Kappa Consultancy Private Limited
  • Electrotherm Foundation. (Formerly Known as Electrotherm Infrastructure Private Limited)
  • Gujarat Mint Alloys Limited
  • Indus Real Estate Private Limited
  • Electra Transformers Private Limited
  • New Delhi Real Estate Private Limited (Formerly Known as ICS Commercial Private Limited)
  • Palace Infrastructure Private Limited
  • Suraj Real Estate Private Limited
  • S N Advisory Private Limited
  • Suraj Advisory Services Private Limited
  • Airfones Innovatives Private Limited
  • BNB Real Estate Private Limited
  • ETAIN Energy Holdings Limited
  • Electrotherm Solar Limited (Formerly Known as Electrotherm Energy Holdings Limited)
  • Palace Solar Energy Private Limited
  • SBRB Real Estate Private Limited (Formerly Known as Inspira Solar Energy Limited) (Formerly known as NET Architectures Private Limited)
  • Bhandari Real Estate Private Limited
  • ETAIN Immodo Renewables Limited
  • Arjun Ceramics and Carbon Private Limited
  • Indus Chargers and Controllers Private Limited
  • Arjun Solar One Private Limited
  • Arjun Green Power Private Limited
  • Arjun Raj Solar One Private Limited
  • Mangalam Information Technologies Private Limited*
  • Liberty Finance and Leasing Company Private Limited*
  • Magnum Limited*
  • Alwar Trading and Investment Company*
  • Palanpur Reality Developers Private Limited*
  • Electrotherm Renewables Private Limited*
  • S B Realty Developers Private Limited*
  • Sun Infrapower Private Limited*
  • Sun Residency Private Limited*
  • Firefly Energy Limited*
  • Indus Coils and Plates Limited*
  • Bhandari Charitable Trust
  •  

* These parties have ceased to be as Associates of the Company during the period.

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 30.09.2012

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

25000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 250.000 Millions

25000000

6% Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 250.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 500.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

11475374

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 114.760 Millions

12000000

6% Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Share

(3560000 Preference Shares Redeemable not later than 11th March 2025, 4440000 Preference Shares Redeemable not later than 1st April 2025 and 4000000 Preference Shares Redeemable not later than 14th May 2025)

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 120.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 234.760 Millions

 

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

 

Equity Shares

As on 30.09.2012

 

Number of Shares

Shares outstanding at the beginning of the Period

11476374

Shares outstanding at the end of the Period

11476374

 

6% Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

As on 30.09.2012

 

Number of Shares

Shares outstanding at the beginning of the Period

12000000

Shares outstanding at the end of the Period

12000000

 

Rights, preference and restriction attached to Equity Shares

 

i)                    The face value of the Equity shares is Rs. 10/- per share. Each holder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share. The company declares and pays dividend in Indian Rupees. During the period, the company has not declared any dividend.

ii)                  The shareholders are not entitled to exercise any voting right either personally or proxy at any meeting of the Company in cases calls or other sums payable have not been paid.

iii)                In the event of liquidation of the company, holder of equity shares will be entitled to receive 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.

 

Rights, preference and restriction attached to Preference Shares

 

i)                     The face value of the Preference shares is Rs. 10/- per share. The Preference share holder does not have any voting rights. During the period , the company has not declared any dividend

ii)                   In the event of liquidation of the company, the preference share holders will have priority over equity shares in the payment of dividend and repayment of capital.

 

There were no shares reserved at the period-end for issue under options and contracts / commitments for the sale of shares/disinvestment.

 

Shareholders holding more than 5% of the Shares in the Company:

 

Equity Shares

Number of Shares

% holding

Castleshine Pte Limited

1000000

8.71

DEG-Deutsche Investitions-Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft MBH

1366666

11.91

IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (India Advantage Fund-VI)

1292231

11.26

Leadhaven Pte Limited

1000000

8.71

Mr. Mukesh Bhandari

809500

7.05

Mr. Shailesh Bhandari

848275

7.39

Western India Speciality Hospital Limited

975000

8.50

 

 

6% Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

Number of Shares

% holding

Web Businesses.com Global Limited

2730000

22.75

Lavish Packagers Limited

2580000

21.50

Highland Finance and Investments Private Limited

3240000

27.00

Froid Finance and Investments Private Limited

1200000

10.00

Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics Limited

1050000

8.75

Mr. Shailesh B. Bhandari

1200000

10.00

 

The Company has calls in arrears / unpaid calls of Rs. Nil.

 


FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

30.09.2012

(18 Months)

31.03.2011

(12 Months)

I.        EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders’ Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

 

234.760

234.760

(b) Reserves & Surplus

 

(167.220)

7059.900

© Money received against share warrants

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

(2) Share Application money pending allotment

 

0.000

0.000

Total Shareholders’ Funds (1) + (2)

 

67.540

7294.660

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

 

5019.900

4947.060

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

 

0.000

865.130

© Other long term liabilities

 

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

 

75.100

45.340

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

 

5095.000

5857.530

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

 

21594.080

19206.660

(b) Trade payables

 

598.940

1863.760

© Other current liabilities

 

5362.990

2778.110

(d) Short-term provisions

 

22.720

15.510

Total Current Liabilities (4)

 

27578.730

23864.040

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

32741.270

37016.230

 

 

 

 

II.      ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

 

16197.470

15705.700

(ii) Intangible Assets

 

17.560

25.980

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

 

95.850

2335.070

(iv) Intangible assets under development

 

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

 

1223.950

1083.870

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

 

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

 

227.590

184.910

(e) Other Non-current assets

 

292.720

342.200

Total Non-Current Assets

 

18055.140

19677.730

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

 

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

 

6942.880

8527.600

(c) Trade receivables

 

4459.350

5101.920

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

 

516.510

1180.320

(e) Short-term loans and advances

 

2746.620

2518.780

(f) Other current assets

 

20.770

9.880

Total Current Assets

 

14686.130

17338.500

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

32741.270

37106.230

 

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

 

31.03.2010

 

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

 

30.000

2] Share Application Money

 

 

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

 

871.722

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

 

0.000

NETWORTH

 

 

901.722

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

 

133.131

2] Unsecured Loans

 

 

467.685

TOTAL BORROWING

 

 

600.816

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

34.475

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1537.013

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

 

428.169

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

53.631

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

 

0.873

DEFERRED TAX ASSETS

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 
 
386.288

 

Sundry Debtors

 
 
548.597

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 
 
436.519

 

Other Current Assets

 
 
0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 
 
304.216

Total Current Assets

 

 

1675.620

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

 

 

260.168

 

Other Current Liabilities

 
 
146.833

 

Provisions

 
 
214.279

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

621.280

Net Current Assets

 

 

1054.340

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

 

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

1537.013

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

30.09.2012

(18 Months)

31.03.2011

(12 Months)

31.03.2010

 

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

22389.030

22968.930

20027.530

 

 

Other Income

316.420

163.900

140.820

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

22705.450

23132.830

20168.350

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

15192.560

13610.960

 

 

Purchases of Stock in Trade

1388.220

6186.940

 

 

 

Changes in Inventories of Finished Goods and Work in Process

1606.560

(4827.380)

 

 

 

Employee Benefits Expense

1215.050

645.930

 

 

 

Other Expenses

4710.750

4099.700

 

 

 

Preliminary Expenses Written Off

10.750

7.350

 

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

24123.890

19723.500

17309.200

 

 

 

 

 

Less

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

(1418.440)

3409.330

2859.150

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

4740.340

1921.960

1332.520

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(6158.780)

1487.370

1526.630

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

1991.830

1077.760

723.760

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(8150.610)

409.610

802.870

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

864.910

126.770

256.840

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

(7285.700)

282.840

546.030

 

 

 

 

 

Add/ Less

PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS

(6.830)

5.410

(8.060)

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

1582.280

1494.030

1198.050

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to General Reserve

0.000

200.000

200.000

 

 

Proposed Dividend

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Shares

0.000

0.000

28.690

 

 

Preference Shares

0.000

0.000

7.200

 

 

Tax on Proposed Dividend

0.000

0.000

6.100

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

5710.250

1582.280

1494.030

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

1389.630

797.530

534.530

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

3450.710

3248.170

2454.790

 

 

Stores & Spares

185.560

2085.820

103.960

 

 

Capital Goods

108.470

34.880

357.190

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

3744.740

5368.870

2915.940

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings / Loss Per Share (Rs.)

(310.35)

25.12

46.14

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.12.2012

(Unaudited)

31.03.2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Net sales

2648.800

2785.200

Total Expenditure

2561.800

2751.400

Profit before interest, depreciation and tax (Excluding Other Income)

87.000

33.800

Other income

13.400

15.100

Operating Profit

100.400

48.900

Interest

293.300

138.100

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

Profit before depreciation and tax

(192.900)

(89.200)

Depreciation

432.400

271.400

Profit before tax

(625.300)

(360.700)

Tax

0.000

0.000

Profit after tax

(625.300)

(360.700)

Extraordinary items

0.000

0.000

Prior period expenses

0.000

0.000

Other adjustments

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

(625.300)

(360.700)

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.09.2012

(18 Months)

31.03.2011

(12 Months)

31.03.2010

PAT / Total Income

(%)

(32.09)
1.22
2.71

 

 

 
 
 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

(36.46)
1.78
4.01

 

 

 
 
 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

(53.60)
2.29
34.85

 

 

 
 
 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

(120.678)
0.06
0.89

 

 

 
 
 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt /Networth)

 

394.04
3.31
0.67

 

 

 
 
 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.27
1.19
2.70

 

 

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

 

 

CASE DETAILS:

 

HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT

COMPANY APPLICATION No. 158 of 2013

Status: PENDING                                                                                                   CCIN No: 001057201300158

 

Next Listing Date : 01/08/2013

 

Coram       HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.M.THAKER

 

S.NO.

Name of the Petitioner

Advocate On Record

1

STATE BANK OF INDIA

MR UDAY R BHATT for: Applicant(s) http://gujarathc-casestatus.nic.in/gujarathc/images/arrow1.png1

 

 

S.NO.

Name of the Respondant

Advocate On Record

1

UCO BANK

 

2

ELECTROTHERM INDIA LIMITED

 

 

 

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Classification : SJ - OJ - COMPANY APPLICATION - COMPANIES ACT, 1956 - FROM BOARD FOR INDUSTRIES FINANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION (BIFR)

 

Act : COMPANIES ACT, 1956

 

OFFICE DETAILS

 

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AVAILABLE ORDERS

 

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Case Details

Judge Name

Order Date

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UNSECURED LOANS:

 

Particulars

30.09.2012

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2011

Rs. In Millions

Long Term Borrowings

 

 

Foreign Currency Term Loan

494.190

448.160

Short Term Borrowings

 

 

Loans and Advances from other parties repayable on demand from:-

 

 

Related Parties (Including Body Corporates)

23.890

28.230

Body Corporate

3.350

3.350

Directors

43.890

6.350

Term Loan from Banks

 

 

Rupee Term Loan

1739.590

7848.620

Foreign Currency Term Loan

262.890

222.950

Total

2567.800

8557.660

 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

Subject is a listed public company domiciled in India and Incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The Company is engaged in the Manufacturing of Electronic furnaces and other capital equipments, Sponge and PIG Iron, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Billets/Bars/Ingots, Duct Iron Pipes, Battery operated vehicles, Electric Power Generation and services relating to Electric furnaces, other capital equipments and battery operated vehicles.

 

OPERATIONS:

 

During the period ended on 30th September, 2012, the total revenue of the Company is Rs. 22705.45 Millions compared to revenue of Rs. 23132.83 Million of previous financial year. The Loss for the period is Rs. 7292.53 Millions against Net profit of Rs. 288.25 Millions of the previous financial year.

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

 

OUTLOOK / OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY:

 

In 2011 the world crude steel production reached 1518 Millions tonnes and showed a growth of 6.2% over 2010. (Source: World Steel Association) China remained the world’s largest crude steel producer in 2011 (684 mt) followed by Japan (108 mt), the USA (86.4 mt) and India (72.2 mt; prov) at the 4th position.

 

The WSA has projected that global apparent steel use will increase by 3.6% to 1422 Mt in 2012, following growth of 5.6% in 2011. In 2013, it is forecasted that world steel demand will grow further by 4.5% to around 1486 Mt. China’s apparent steel use in 2012 and 2013 is expected to increase by 4% in both the years. For India, growth in apparent steel use is expected to grow by 6.9% in 2012 and by 9.4% in 2013. Per capita finished steel consumption in 2011 is estimated at 215 kg for world and 460 kg for China.

 

Domestic Scenario

The Indian steel industry has entered into a new development stage from 2007-08, riding high on the resurgent economy and rising demand for steel. Rapid rise in production has resulted in India becoming the 4th largest producer of crude steel and the largest producer of sponge iron or DRI in the world.

 

As per the report of the Working Group on Steel for the 12th Plan, there exist many factors which carry the potential of raising the per capita steel consumption in the country, currently estimated at 55 kg. These include among others, an estimated infrastructure investment of nearly a trillion dollars, a projected growth of manufacturing from current 8% to 11-12%, increase in urban population to 600 Millions by 2030 from the current level of 400 Millions, emergence of the rural market for steel currently consuming around 10 kg per annum buoyed by projects like Bharat Nirman, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Awaas Yojana among others.

 

At the time of its release, the National Steel Policy 2005 had envisaged steel production to reach 110 Millions tonnes by 2019-20. However, based on the assessment of the current ongoing projects, both in greenfield and brownfield, the Working Group on Steel for the 12th Plan has projected that the crude steel capacity in the county is likely to be 140 mt by 2016-17 and has the potential to reach 149 mt if all requirements are adequately met.

 

 


INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPOMENTS

 

ENGINEERING AND PROJECTS DIVISION:

 

The slowdown in the Indian economy has affected the addition of new capacity for steel-making but the capacity addition is expected to pick up in the coming years in line with the growth that has been forecasted by the steel ministry.

 

Recently, BIS has changed the norms of quality for long products and made them more stringent and comparable with the world standards. These new standards are expected to come in force by 31st March 2013. A sizable production of the long products happens through Induction furnace route. A patent has been granted to Electrotherm for De-phosphorization and De-sulphurization through Induction furnace route. This has opened up new avenues for the company to introduce new process of producing steel to meet the new norms set by BIS. Many plants in the range of 0.2 to 0.3 MTPA will upgrade their equipment to meet the new quality standards

of steel. This throws upon a huge opportunity for the company to build and sell large number of LRFs over the next 5 years.

 

In the past few years, Electrotherm has executed many Turn Key projects in the overseas emerging markets. These are now serving as strong references for the company to generate new business as the economy in these countries is picking up post the 2008 economic meltdown. The company has already become the preferred supplier of turnkey solutions for setting up of upto 0.5 MTPA steel plants in the world through the induction route. The company has established a strong presence for these kinds of projects/ standalone induction furnaces in markets like Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. The revenues from these

export markets are expected to continue to grow over the next 5 years.

 

The company successfully introduced continuous casting machine for small size induction furnaces in April 2011. The product has been extremely well accepted in the market with more than 10 casters already commissioned across India. With the country’s small steel manufacturing units wanting to migrate from ingot making to billet making, the demand for these small casters suitable for small induction furnace units is expected to grow exponentially over the next 3 – 5 years. With a captive installed base of more than 800 induction furnaces and additional 150 furnaces being installed every year, the company expects to sell substantial number of casters going forward.

 

With robust demand coming from the Auto sector, the foundry sector is continuing to grow. This has resulted into a continuous increase in the demand for small induction furnaces for foundry applications. They expect this   demand to further improve as the capex cycle kicks in with the expected reduction in interest rates by RBI over the next few quarters.

 

Developments

 

1. Induction Melting:

  • Lining vibrator for improving lining life of the refractory thereby improving productivity and uptime.
  • Development of additional features in continuous casting machine to improve quality of steel like EMS
  • Power sharing energy efficient furnace for foundry.
  • Automation to improve operational efficiency and increase utilization factor up to 94%.

 

2. Induction Heating and Hardening:

  • Enhancement in the power range of medium frequency power supply for mass heating application with feature of near unity PF operation at any power level.
  • Digital platform for control of power supply.

 

3. Power factor correction system:

  • Dynamically Real time Dynamic power factor correction system coupled with fixed compensation to maintain near unity PF to reduce contract demand with fluctuating load.

 

4. Pollution Control Equipment:

 

  • To further improve customer sustainability while meeting the environment norms, the company is working on yet another opportunity of developing effective pollution control equipment and scrap processing equipment for its customers.

 

 

STEEL DIVISION:

 

The year gone by has been an extremely challenging year for the steel sector in India. While the demand for most steel products slowed down due to slowing of the GDP/ economic growth on one side, the raw material availability became a serious area of concern with Supreme Court imposing bans in key mining sectors like Hospet, Bellary and Goa. Due to non-availability/ reduced availability of raw material for steel making, the capacity utilization of the sector (especially for units in the Western and Southern part of the country) dwindled.

 

The company could not source iron ore from Bellary for running of it’s steel and pipe plant in adequate quantities and had to resort to importing of expensive pellets. This not only effected the capacity utilization of the plant but also had a severe negative impact on the profitability. With the situation in Bellary not expected to change in the near term, the company has arranged for sourcing of iron ore from Africa. With the logistics for sourcing of this iron ore from Africa getting streamlined, the availability going forward is expected to improve and this will have a substantial positive impact on the profitability of the company and should help the company turnaround.

 

The iron ore situation in the country is improving albeit at a very slow pace. The shortage of the key raw material is going to result into continued high prices of the finished goods. The new initiatives of the Government (CRR cut) and expected initiatives in the near future are expected to revive the infrastructure sector. This will further improve the demand situation in coming quarters. Gujarat continues to be on a roll with a robust demand for steel products and growing. While the finished good prices are expected to remain high, the cost of production will reduce substantially in near future.

a)       Availability of high quality, fixed cost iron ore from Africa

b)       The high quality lower cost ore will substantially reduce the cost of sponge iron

c)       Almost 14 MW of free power will be generated through the waste gases produced by operations of both the kilns bringing the average cost of power down substantially

d)       The cost of the fuel in the TMT mill has reduced and is expected to further reduce on account of direct rolling.

 

All this is expected to help the company improve its profitability.

 

The company with its state-of-the-art equipment is already producing the long products in conformance with the new norms proposed by BIS expected to be implemented shortly. Thus, as and when the norms get implemented, the company will be a huge beneficiary and will see a substantial rise in demand of its products in the short run as the supply from non-standard manufacturers might get curtailed.

 

 

DI Pipe Division:

 

The pipe prices had fallen dramatically between Jan 2011 and Dec 2011 on account of entry of new players in the market substantially adding to the industry installed capacity. The market since then has stabilized and all the new players are also fully booked. This has once again resulted into improvement in the new order book prices for DI pipes. The average price realization is now improving and will remain at reasonably high levels given the high demand situation for rural water piping systems in the country. On the other hand, the cost of raw materials including coke and mill scale has gone down marginally. This should help improve the profitability of the pipe division in the coming year.

 

Developments:

 

The company has successfully implemented the use of LRF and De-phosphorization and De-sulphurization process for production of high quality low phosphorous forging grade billets. There is a large market for these low alloy steel forging grade billets in Rajkot and the company expects to sell larger quantities of such value added billets in the coming year. The company has also developed and introduced Fe-550D TMT rebars and the product has been well accepted in the market. The demand for this product is slowly on the rise and is helping the company realize better prices/ margins. This is also helping company compete effectively with larger players like Tata and Sail in the high end TMT market.

 

 

ELECTRIC VEHICLE DIVISION:

 

For the first time in last four years, the Electric Vehicles market saw an upturn during the financial 2011-12. YO bykes got the maximum advantage showing 70% growth with respect to last year. This growth has happened due to the following factors:

 

a)       Subsidy from the Central Government

b)       Petrol Price hike

c)       High speed vehicles for YO bykes

d)       YO bykes distribution network

e)       Strong supply chain systems in place

 

The Company has struggled on the working capital issue because of late release of funds from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The scheme was closed on 31st March 2012. Government of India has realized the potential of electric vehicle technology and its benefits to the nation. Hence, it has set up a National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), wherein it is investing around ` 14000 Crores on development of electric vehicle technology till 2020. They believe this would be a great catalyst for the development of eco-system for the electric vehicle market in there country.

 

Electrotherm R and D had been successful in developing a new type of charger, but faced issues in supply of good quality parts from China. In this year, they had established the manufacturing facility for producing chargers in Ahmedabad. This facility has not only reduced the lead time of charger availability but has also reduced the product quality issues. This facility will undertake controller and converter manufacturing, in next financial year. Also, They are setting up a production facility for high speed motors, wherein They envisage the similar benefits.

 

They are working on developing a new product with better features for the youth of Indian market. They expect the new product to be available in 2013-14 periods.

 


 

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS (STANDALONE) FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012

 

 

Particulars

Quarter Ended

( Unaudited)

 

 

 

31.12.2012

1

Income from operations

 

 

(a) Net Sales / Income from Operations (Net of excise duty)

2648.780

 

(b) Other operating income

 

 

Total Income from operations (net)

2648.780

2

Expenses

 

 

(a) Cost of materials consumed (Includes Purchases of stock-in-trade)

1915.560

 

(b) Changes in inventories of finished goods, work-in-progress and stock-in-trade

(1.200)

 

(c) Employee benefits expenses

161.500

 

(d) Depreciation and amortisation expenses

432.420

 

(e) Other expenses

485.910

 

Total Expenses

2994.190

3

Profit / (Loss) from operations before other income, finance costs & exceptional items (1-2)

(345.41)

4

Other Income

13.350

5

Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities before finance costs and exceptional items (3+4)

(332.060)

6

Finance Costs

293.250

7

Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities after finance costs but before exceptional items (5-6)

(625.310)

8

Exceptional Items

 

9

Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities before tax (7-8)

(625.310)

10

Tax expense

-

11

Net Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities after Tax (9-10)

(625.310)

12

Extra Ordinary Items (Net of Tax Expense)

0.010

13

Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (11+12)

(625.300)

14

Paid up Equity Share Capital (Face value of Rs. 10 each)

114.760

15

Reserves excluding revaluation reserves

 

16

Earning per share (not annualized)

 

 

(a) Before extra ordinary items

 

 

(i) Basic

(54.49)

 

(ii) Diluted

(54.49)

 

(b) After extra ordinary items

 

 

(i) Basic

(54.49)

 

(ii) Diluted

(54.49)

 

 

 

A

PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING

 

1

Public Share holding

 

 

(a) No of Shares

7708299

 

(b) Percentage of shareholding

67.17

2

Promoters and Promoter group shareholding

 

 

(a) Pledged / Encumbered

 

 

(i) Number of shares

300000

 

(ii) Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter

7.96

 

group)

 

 

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

2.61

(b)

(b) Non-encumbered

 

 

(i) Number of shares

3468075

 

(ii) Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter

92.04

 

group)

 

 

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

30.22

B

The Status of Investor grievances for the quarter ended on 31st December, 2012 :

 

 

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

0

 

Received during the quarter

0

 

Disposed off during the quarter

0

 

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

0

 

 

SEGMENT WISE REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED

 

Rs. In Millions

No.

Particulars

Quarter Ended

Unaudited

 

 

31/12/2012

1

Segment Revenue

 

 

(a) Engineering and Projects Division

1087.230

 

(b) Special Steel Division

1489.240

 

(c) Electric Vehicle Division

79.550

 

Total

2656.020

 

Less: Inter Segment Revenue

7.240

 

Net Sales / Income from Operations

2648.780

2

Segment Results Profit / (Loss) Before Finance Cost and Tax

 

 

(a) Engineering and Projects Division

81.990

 

(b) Special Steel Division

(374.770)

 

(c) Electric Vehicle Division

(39.280)

 

Total

(332.060)

 

Less: (i) Finance Costs

293.250

 

Less: (ii) Other Unallocable Expense net of Unallocable income

 

 

Total Profit Before Tax

(625.310)

3

Capital employed (Segment Assets less Segment Liabilities)

 

 

(a) Engineering and Projects Division

2119.950

 

(b) Special Steel Division

1409.320

 

(c) Electric Vehicle Division

534.380

 

Total

4063.650

 

Notes:

  1. The above Unaudited Financial Results were reviewed by the Audit Committee. The Board of Directors at its meeting held on 11th February, 2013 has approved the above results and its release.
  2. During the quarter ending on December 31, 2012, the Company could not service interest and installment obligation on due dates. The Company has approached to all its lende to restructure the entire debt of the Company. In accordance to the guideline for Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) issued by the Reserve Bank of India, the flash report of the company was discussed at CDR Empowered Group (EG) meeting and the reference for restructuring the debt of the Company was admitted with CDR Cell as per meeting of the CDR EG held on August 23/24 2012 with cut off date as January 1, 2012.
  3. During the quarter ending on December 31, 2012, the Company has not provided for bank interest on accounts which are declared as none performing assets by the Bank, as a result of which Loss during the quarter is understated to that extent and its amount is not determinable.
  4. In the opinion of the management, the current assets, loans and advances are approximately of the value stated, if realised in the ordinary course of business.
  5. Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped and reclassified to conform to the classification of the current period, where necessary.

 

 

FIXED ASSETS:

  • Freehold Land
  • Leasehold Land
  • Building
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Computer
  • Furniture and Fixtures
  • Office Equipment
  • Vehicles
  • Software

 

 

WEB SITE DETAILS:

 

ARTICLE:

 

ELECTROTHERM GETS RELIEF FROM SC ON SHUTDOWN ORDER

 

In a relief to the Ahmedabad-based Electrotherm (India) Limited, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed Gujarat High Court's order to shut down the company's steel and pipe manufacturing plant in Bhachau block of Kutch district.

 

Following the Apex Court's order the production, which the High Court had directed to be stopped, would continue as before.

 

Joint managing director of Electrotherm Avinash Bhandari confirmed the development and said, "I have received the message from my team in Supreme Court that High court order has been stayed. I am yet get the order of the copy."

 

A division bench of Justices BS Chauhan and Dipak Misra observed that there was no need for closure of the plant. They also put in abeyance, the High Court's order cancelling the environment clearance granted to the company in January 2010. The stay is likely to continue until further orders from the court.

 

The next hearing on Electrotherm's appeal in Supreme Court is scheduled in thrid week of July.

 

Electrotherm (India) Limited had approached the Supreme Court early this week against Gujarat High Court's order to shut down its steel and pipe manufacturing plant in Bhachau block of Kutch district. On May 11 the Gujarat High Court had ordered shut down of Electrotherm's plant with 360,000 TPA capacity for producing structural steel, alloy steel and stainless steel, after concluding that company did not have proper environment clearance mandatory under Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.

 

High Court, which was acting on a petition filed by Kutch-based RTI activist Vipulkumar Patel, had held that the environmental clearance given for the plant was illegal as there was no public consultation before it was set up. The Court had also cancelled the environment clearance granted in January 2010.

 

According to case details, Electrotherm had applied for environment clearance, while it was expanding capacity of the unit.

 

The company had obtained environment clearance for expansion; but it turned out the they did not have clearance for the main project. This led the court to hold that the environment clearance accorded by the company was illegal and it cannot continue with production.

 

ELECTROTHERM (INDIA) FACES WINDING-UP THREAT

 

March 31, 2012

 

Business Line reported that even as Electrotherm (India) Limited is getting ready to transfer its ductile iron pipes business and 100% stake in a subsidiary for INR 950 crore to Saint Gobain of France, it is confronted with a winding up petition.


Though it may come as a relief for the company that no order has yet been issued by the court in this regard, there is no comfort to the shareholders as the stock hit its 52 week low on Friday on the NSE. In fact, the stock has shed a near 75% value in the past one year.


Electrotherm (India) Limited has said that the Gujarat High Court has admitted a petition filed by UCO Bank to wind up EIL. While the petition has been admitted by the High Court, no winding up order has been made against the company. The company has filed an appeal seeking stay on the order of admission.


It was on December 14 last year, Electrotherm executed binding agreements following which Saint Gobain Produits Pour La Construction SAS, France, would acquire the ductile iron pipes business and 100 per cent stake in a subsidiary for Rs 950 crore, in addition to the value of working capital at closing.


Mr Avinash Bhandari joint MD of Electrotherm (India) said then that the transaction would enable the company to focus on its core businesses of engineering and steel and to reduce debt.


It is not clear what was the reason for UCO Bank to approach the court for winding up the company at this juncture, when the company has signed a major deal that would help clean up the balance sheet.

 

Electrotherm’s board of directors on January 30, 2012, had approved the proposal to make a reference to the Corporate Debt Restructuring cell. Subsequently, the board approved the extension of financial year 2011-2012 by three months, i.e. up to June 30, 2012.

 

In the Q3 of FY 2011-12, the company recorded a standalone turnover of Rs 3189.000 Millions compared with Rs 4049.000 Millions in the same period last year. But the loss during the third quarter this year, though marginally less than in the same period in the previous year, was substantial at Rs 1314.000 Millions (Rs 1529.000 Millions).

 

For the first nine months of FY 2011-12, the company’s standalone turnover dropped sharply to Rs 11961.000 Millions from Rs 17091.000 Millions in the same period in 2010-11 fiscal.

 

The company sustained a colossal loss of Rs 4212.000 Millions during the nine months of the current fiscal against a net profit of Rs 248.000 Millions in the first nine months of the previous financial year. This was because of the substantial interest outgo of Rs 2310.000 Millions the company incurred during this period.

 

In the first nine months of FY 2011-12, the special steel division, of which the ductile iron pipes division is a part, contributed Rs 9627.000 Millions to the turnover.

 

It was not specifically mentioned in the results as to what was the share of DI pipes division, which the company has agreed to sell to Saint-Gobain, to the turnover of the company.

 

Of the three divisions of the company — engineering and projects division, special steel division and electric vehicle division — the highest turnover is from the special steel division.

 

But the shares of EIL sank to their 52-week low of Rs 62 on the NSE on March 30, 2012. The share had hit its 52-week high of Rs 232.50 (face value Rs 10) on April 6, 2011. The trading volume was about 9,070 shares.


 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

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

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 59.89

UK Pound

1

Rs. 90.88

Euro

1

Rs. 78.32

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

VNT

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

2

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

1

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

1

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

2

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

1

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

1

--LEVERAGE

1~10

1

--RESERVES

1~10

1

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

1

--MARGINS

-5~5

0

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

11

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

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

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

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

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NB

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

 

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