MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

05.08.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MITASHI EDUTAINMENT PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

505-508, Bhaveshwar Arcade, Opposite Shrejas Cinema, LBS Marg, Ghatkoper (West), Mumbai – 400086, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2014

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.09.2000

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-128809

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.78.000 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U92110MH2000PTC128809

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMM14242E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AACCM3958N

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Electronic Items.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B (32)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having moderate track record.

 

The company possesses a moderate financial profile marked by acceptable networth, high gearing along with slow debtor realisations, accrued payables and increasing inventories owing to working capital intensive operations.

 

Management has reported a minimal net profitability during FY13.

 

The ratings also take into consideration, the susceptibility of profitability to cut throat competition from established brands and MNC’s.

 

However, trade relations seem to be fair. Business is active. Payment terms are reported as slow but correct.

 

In views of experienced promoters, the company can be considered for business dealings with caution.

 

NOTES :

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

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

N E W S

 

As per the latest IMF study, the total weigh of emerging markets in the GDP of the world on a purchasing power parity basis has seen a sizeable shift. It highlights how as against 51 % in 2005, the emerging economies now account for close to 56 % of the global purchasing power GDP as per the latest survey. And with the emerging economies growing at a faster rate than their developed counterparts, there are every possibility that the their share goes up further in the coming years.  China may surpass the US over the next few years.

 

Politics and economics are very intricately connected. They tend to influence each other in ways that could be very complex and far-reaching. The prospects of the India’s economy have been seriously compromised due to political corruption. High inflation, poor standard of living are to a great extent a result of rampant corruption in the country. China on the other hand, seems to be facing diametrically opposite challenge. American hedge fund manager Jim Chanos has been keenly following the political and economic development in the dragon economy and has figured out something that is quite worrying. He is of the view that the Chinese economy could be heading toward trouble on account of new Chinese President Xi Jingping’s very aggressive anti-corruption drive. Chanos believes tat many things such as apartment sales, luxury products, etc. were largely bought with dirty money. And it is now beginning to impact consumption. This may indeed be bad news for an economy that is struggling to transition from an investment-driven export-oriented economy to a domestic consumption-driven economy.

 

A study published by Firstpost has revealed that asset classes like real estate and equities were the biggest beneficiaries of the liberalization policies.  A firm called Ciane Analytics studied returns from assets including equities, gold, fixed deposits, G-Secs and real estate since 1991. Real estate outperformed every other asset classes during the 23-year period with an annualized return of 20 % ! Equities came in second with annualized return of 15.5 % ! However, while these returns may seem mouthwatering, the fact is that the return from equities adjusted for inflation came down to just 7.1 %.

 

Some brief news are as under

. R-Power to buy Jaypee’s hydro assets

. Investors await justice in NSEL case

. India seeks MFN status from Pakistan ahead of meeting

. Ukrain’s clashes with rebels hinder MH17 crash investigation

. India exploring merger of state-owned hydro PSUs

..Higher costs weigh down profit growth to slowest in 9 quarters

..Wal-Mart to expand wholesale business in India

. GMR group moves to strengthen balance sheet

. Central Bank to sell 4 % stake to Life Insurance Corporation

. Tata Chemicals plans to raise up to Rs 10000 mn.

 

 

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 31-03-2014.

 

 

INFORMATION DENIED BY

 

Name :

Mr. P. K. Sunny

Designation :

General Manager Finance

Contact No.:

91-22-25006661

Date :

04.08.2014

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

505-508, Bhaveshwar Arcade, Opposite Shrejas Cinema, LBS Marg, Ghatkoper (West), Mumbai – 400086, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-25006661/ 2/ 3/ 4

Fax No.:

91-22-25006665

E-Mail :

rakesh@mitashi.com

contact@mitashi.com

Website :

http://www.mitashi.com

Location :

Owned

 

 

Corporate Office/ Head Office :

414 424, “B” Wing, Bhawaeshwar Arcade, LBS Marg, Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai – 400086, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-25006661/ 62

Fax No.:

91-22-25006660

 

 

Regional Offices :

South

No.68/10, 1st Floor, 1st Main, 1st Cross, Ashwini Layout, Adjuscent To Oasis Mall, Off Kormangala Ring Road, Egipura, Viveknagar Post, Bangalore – 560047, Karnataka, India 

 

East

Amialaya, 6/A , Kolkata – 32, West Bengal, India

 

18/17B Fern Road, Ground Floor, Adhikari House, Kolkata- 700019, West Bengal, India

 

West

C/O Siddhi Enterprises, 1761/4 Gautam Chambers, Near Balhanuman Temple,  Above ICICI Bank, Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad – 380001, Gujarat, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on: 30.09.2013

 

Name :

Mr. Hasmukh Ramji Gada

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

24-A, Happy Home, Tilak Road, Ghatkopar East, Mumbai – 400077, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

23.12.1962

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2009

PAN No.:

AEVPG2413A

DIN No.:

00094868

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajendra Ratilal Mirani

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

Jimmys Nest Dreamland CHS, Dr. A. Soares Marg, Chembur, Mumbai – 400071, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

03.12.1949

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2011

PAN No.:

AABPM9362N

DIN No.:

01431387

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ketan Ramjibhai Gada

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

6, Mahesh Kunj, 1st Floor, Opposite Balaji Temple, Tilak Road, Ghatkopar (East) Mumbai - 400077maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

05.02.1974

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2011

PAN No.:

AABPS8924N

DIN No.:

01954002 

 

 

Name :

Mr. Yashwant Parasmal Dugar

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

Flat No. 7, 3rd Floor, Apartment, Plot No. 166, Gurukul Cross Derasar Lane, Ghatkopar, Mumbai – 400075, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

15.11.1975

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2011

PAN No.:

ADQPD0274N

DIN No.:

02594386

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rakesh Devendrakumar Dugar

Designation :

Managing director

Address :

1103, Soverigen CHS, Hiranandani Garden, Powar, Mumbai - 400076, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

09.09.1969

Date of Appointment :

21.09.2000

PAN No.:

AABPD3698Q

DIN No.:

01335219

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. P. K. Sunny

Designation :

General Manager Finance

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on: 30.09.2013

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Hasmukh Gada

 

1860099

Rakesh Dugar

 

2368999

Deepak Shah

 

100

Rashmi Gupta

 

300100

Deepak Shah (HUF)

 

100

Hasmukh R. Shah (HUF)

 

100

Ramji B. Shah (HUF)

 

100

Veena Shah

 

100

Ramji B. Shah

 

250100

Rakesh Dugar (HUF)

 

100100

Kamala Dugar

 

700100

Sampat Devi Dugar

 

650100

Ketan R. Gada (HUF)

 

140100

Yashwant Dugar

 

480100

Ketan Gada

 

510099

Preeti Gada

 

399400

Raja R. Mirani

 

100

Nanuben R. Shah

 

40100

Queena Chetan Khirani

 

1

Rekha Jeetendra Khirani

 

1

Kamal V. Shah

 

1

 

 

 

Total

 

7800000

 

Equity Share Break up (Percentage of Total Equity)

 

As on: 30.09.2013

 

Category

 

Percentage

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Electronic Items.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management

 

 

Bankers :

The Cosmos Co-operative Bank Limited, Ghatkopar Branch, Meera Sagar, Dadabhai Navroji Lane, Ghatkopar West, Mumbai - 400086, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Facilities :

(Rs. In Millions)

Secured Loan

As on

31.03.2013

As on

31.03.2012

LONG TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Loans repayable on demand from banks

16.491

31.572

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Loans repayable on demand from banks

(Cash credit is secured against first charge on all current assets and second charge by way of collataral security of director and their relatives properties and personal guarantee by directors)

447.899

328.059

 

 

 

Total

464.390

359.631

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

B G Gokhru and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

27 Rungta, Bhavan II, Floor 100, Fanaswadi Sitaram, Poddar School Marg Mumbai – 400002, Maharashtra, India

PAN No.:

AAFPG3666F

 

 

Relatives of Key Management personnel :

Krom Technologies

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on: 31.03.2013

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

10000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.100.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

7800000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.78.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

 

 

 

I.              EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

78.000

78.000

62.018

(b) Reserves & Surplus

16.606

13.150

11.120

(c) Money received against share warrants

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

(2) Share Application money pending allotment

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Shareholders’ Funds (1) + (2)

94.606

91.150

73.138

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

16.491

31.572

43.832

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

5.271

5.213

5.129

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

21.762

36.785

48.961

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

495.861

363.999

277.058

(b) Trade payables

89.873

6.857

13.480

(c) Other current liabilities

43.733

12.257

8.164

(d) Short-term provisions

2.816

1.250

0.375

Total Current Liabilities (4)

632.283

384.363

299.077

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

748.651

512.298

421.176

 

 

 

 

II.          ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

26.885

24.495

22.339

(ii) Intangible Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

6.381

6.877

7.970

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

0.000

0.000

0.000

(e) Other Non-current assets

36.317

29.699

24.362

Total Non-Current Assets

69.583

61.071

54.671

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

311.003

164.213

137.669

(c) Trade receivables

231.082

170.389

144.743

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

5.124

3.511

14.894

(e) Short-term loans and advances

0.000

0.000

0.000

(f) Other current assets

131.859

113.114

69.199

Total Current Assets

679.068

451.227

366.505

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

748.651

512.298

421.176

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

Income

 

 

 

 

Other Income

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

 

 

 

 

Purchases of Stock-in-Trade

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

7.899

5.415

4.215

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION

2.826

2.433

2.197

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  BEFORE TAX

5.073

2.982

2.018

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX

1.566

0.711

0.956

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  AFTER TAX 

3.507

2.271

1.062

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings / (Loss) Per Share (Rs.)

0.45

0.29

NA

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

0.68

0.59

0.49

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.05

0.03

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt/Networth)

 

5.42

4.34

4.39

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.07

1.17

1.23

 

 

 

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

DEBT EQUITY RATIO

 

Particular

31.03.2011

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

 

(Rs. In Millions)

(Rs. In Millions)

(Rs. In Millions)

Share Capital

62.018

78.000

78.000

Reserves & Surplus

11.120

13.150

16.606

Net worth

73.138

91.150

94.606

 

 

 

 

long-term borrowings

43.832

31.572

16.491

Short term borrowings

277.058

363.999

495.861

Total borrowings

320.890

395.571

512.352

Debt/Equity ratio

4.387

4.340

5.416

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG-TERM DEBT

(Rs. In Millions)

Particular

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

Current maturities of long-term debt

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

Total

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

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

No

9]

Name of person contacted

Yes

10]

Designation of contact person

Yes

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

No

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

(Rs. In Millions)

Particular

As on

31.03.2013

As on

31.03.2012

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Other loans and advances

47.962

35.940

 

 

 

Total

47.962

35.940

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES

 

S.No.

Charge ID

Date of Charge Creation/Modification

Charge amount secured

Charge Holder

Address

Service Request Number (SRN)

1

10457693

30/10/2013

50,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MIRA SAGAR 36/A, DADABHAI NAUROJ 
I LANE,GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 40008 
6, INDIA

B88579636

2

10405986

31/01/2013

50,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MIRA SAGAR 36/A, DADABHAI NAUROJ 
I LANE,GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 40008 
6, INDIA

B68906544

3

10385072

19/10/2012

50,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MIRA SAGAR 36/A, DADABHAI NAUROJ 
I LANE,GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 40008 
6, INDIA

B61583803

4

10347082

14/03/2012

50,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MIRA SAGAR 36/A, DADABHAI NAUROJ 
I LANE,GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 40008 
6, INDIA

B36804573

5

10306357

02/09/2011

30,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MIRA SAGAR 36/A, DADABHAI NAUROJ 
I LANE,GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 40008 
6, INDIA

B20585345

6

10294054

18/05/2011

5,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MEERA SAGAR,DADABHAI NAVROJI LANE 
, GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 400086, I 
NDIA

B15748296

7

10253656

16/11/2010

20,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MEERA SAGAR,DADABHAI NAVROJI LANE 
, GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 400086, I 
NDIA

A99144065

8

10241374

25/08/2010

10,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MEERA SAGAR,DADABHAI NAVROJI LANE 
, GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 400086, I 
NDIA

A94731411

9

10165957

20/06/2009

20,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank Ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH,MEERA SAGAR,DADABHAI NAVROJI LANE 
, GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - 400086, I 
NDIA

A65395303

10

10106274

03/06/2008

10,000,000.00

The Cosmos Co-op Bank ltd

GHATKOPAR BRANCH, GHATKOPAR WEST, MUMBAI, MAHARASH 
TRA - 400086, INDIA

A39847959

 

* Date of charge modification

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

Tangible Assets

·         Office Equipment

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Motor Vehicle

·         Computers/Printers and Sap

·         Wind Power Project

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

MITASHI LAUNCHES 65″ FULL HD LED, THE ULTIMATE TELEVISION FOR THE ULTIMATE FAN

 

Cricket Fans rejoice as Mitashi, the official Electronics Partner of Rajasthan Royals launches 65″ Full HD LED TV bringing the stadium like experience right in your living room. Aggressive on Performance, the 65″ Full HD LED features a super slim panel, offers unrivalled Playback options and is backed by a reassuring 3-years warranty. All this for Rs.0.140 Million.

 

MUMBAI / BANGALORE, India – May 14, 2014 – Mitashi, the Official Electronics Partner for Rajasthan Royals, today announced the launch of its latest 65″ Full HD LED TV – gift for all the cricket fans to watch their favourite IPL 2014. The latest addition in Mitashi’s range of LED TVs offers new and unmatched viewing experience with its Full HD resolution (1920 X 1080), DLED Technology with Super SLIM Panel, 500,000: 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, making for spectacular image quality and stunning theatre performance. This wonder pack is backed by a reassuring 3-years warranty.

 

In terms of aesthetics, the new 65″ Full HD LED TV is based on Mitashi’s philosophy of bringing the latest design innovations to the customer at most affordable price points, and helps expand the market.

 

“This IPL season has been very exciting for all the cricket fans who missed to be in the stadium and can still experience the feel of being there with our latest 65″ Full HD LED TV.” said Mr. Rakesh Dugar, Chairman and Managing Director at Mitashi Edutainment Private Limited. “Mitashi has expanded its range to further accelerate this trend. Taken together with Mitashi’s contemporary design and attention to detail, such as sound quality and convenient connectivity, we are looking to again deliver the ultimate home entertainment experience through our new 65″ Ultra HD LED TV.“

 

Playing Multi-media files directly from your USB storage devices such as pen drives or external hard drives is extremely easy in 65″ Full HD TV as the movie plug and play application plays over 27 movie formats, including AVI, MPEG, MKV, WMA. The Televisions features USB Ports and HDMI Ports for you to enjoy multiple connectivity options.

 

The Slim and lightweight range of Mitashi LED TVs can be mounted on the wall or fixed on the stand, totally depending on your viewing comfort. The elegant new range from Mitashi will complement almost any decor, while the special picture frame mode will enhance the very look of a living space even when it is not being used.

 

 

MITASHI GAMEIN THUNDER BOLT 2 REVIEW: GAME ON THE NICKEL

 

Mitashi has always been a household name, providing sound systems, TV's as well as single-handedly keeping the glorious days of 8, 16 and 32 bit alive in the form of budget game consoles with names like Chotu. Now the company is ready for another foray into the Android console space with the oddly name GameIn Thunder Bolt 2, bringing the wonderful world of Android games to kids on a budget. So let's see if lightening strikes this time with the Thunder Bolt 2 or does it fizzle off like its predecessor.

 

Design and Build

 

The first GameIn Thunder Bolt came out a year ago and was almost exactly like a PSP, terribly under powered and poorly built. With the Thunder Bolt 2, Mitashi designers have gone back to the drawing board remaking the console colorful and appealing to kids.

 

The whole unit is essentially a large rectangular plastic slab, with chamfered edges all around. The right and left sides have a slight indentured u slope, forming a sort of grip. The rear panel and the main control buttons in front are of the bright accent color while the front panel is white.

 

Several buttons are placed strategically around the front panel and sides, the directional keys a thumb stick, four unmarked A, B, X, Y buttons, return and menu all make up the front face. There are two shoulder buttons, power, start, select volume up and down on the top edge and a lone reset button on the bottom edge, lastly there's a WiFi on/off toggle on the right hand side. The ThunderBolt has HDMI connectivity via a mini HDMI, a slot for a MicroSD card up to 32 GB, a 3.5 mm jack in a very odd place up top and a mini USD 2.0 port.

 

A large 5-inch TFT LCD screen graces the top white panel of the device, which is one of the biggest selling points. Rather than sit on the top like most mobile screens, this one sits in an inset to protect the display from any drops. A simple glass covers the screen, nothing fancy.

 

The build quality of the plastics don't inspire confidence, but its a lot better than the flimsiness earlier Thunder Bolt. The outer shell of the Thunder Bolt 2 does feel like a nice hard grade of plastic, but after a few days of very basic usage, there was a slight rattling inside. Also, the seam between the back and front panel was not uniform all over, instead it was separating a bit around the input ports. Too many seams for water to seep into, so avoid dropping it in liquids or taking it out in the rain.

 

Buttons feel decent, with the directional pad and thumb stick feeling nice and taut, each button having a decent rubbery feedback under the transparent plastic, contoured to fit the finger. The thumb stick had a circular pattern grip to make up for a lack of rubberised finish, which feels odd, and works better if you hold it with the flat of your thumb tip rather than the tip itself. The buttons around the sides feel flimsy, especially the power button.

 

The ergonomics are fine. If you're an adult you can hold the unit comfortably with your hand wrapping around the top, for kids, their hands can easily wrap around the indenture, providing a grip, with easy access to the buttons with their small fingers and also balancing out the weight. Since the bottom of the unit is a little heavier than the top. Making the Thunder Bolt quite comfy, especially for long uses. Though the length of the unit may make it heavier if a child is holding it with one hand and jabbing at the touch screen with the other. So a bit of support is needed, preferably sitting down with the console propped on the lap. You can also comfortably hold the device like a cellphone and play in portrait mode for certain games.

 

All in all, the Thunder Bolt 2 looks good for a kid, and even though an adult too can enjoy it's emulation goodness, it will look very out of place.

 

Display

 

The Thunder Bolt 2 has a nice big 5 inch TFT LCD capable of a modest 800x432 pixels with some really bad viewing angles. Where the picture either washes out or burns out at extreme angles. Even holding it straight up causes some vignetteing around the edges in places. Add to that a reflection that muddles up everything.

 

It's workable, but you will need to take breaks frequently. The viewing angles are not so evident when you're playing a retro game or one that does not need much touch or accelerometer input. Moment that screen starts shaking or swiveling, that viewing angle kicks in.

 

Specs and Software

 

On the hardware side, the Thunder Bolt 2 is quite decently specced out. With an unnamed 1 Ghz Dual Core ARM v7 Processor with a PowerVR SGX 540 single core graphics processing unit. 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB internal memory with a 2MP real camera. There's also Wi-Fi support and a built in accelerometer for racing games. No Bluetooth.

 

The Thunder Bolt runs Android 4.2.2 Jellybean which flies in the absence of any UI overlay. A very quick and responsive experience. Setting up was easy, and it comes preinstalled with quite a few games. The best part Android is the plethora of emulators that are at your disposal, and with many of them pre-installed. So out of the box you can experience SNES, NES, GameBoy Advance, Sega Mega Drive, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 games, with some preinstalled ROMS like the legendary Mario 64 and more. You can also download and play your own ROMS, making this a great value add. Since you can't play most of these games with on screen controls, so the physical controls are perfect for experiencing classics of consoles past.

 

Performance, gaming and sound

 

Owing the modest resolution the ThunderBolt 2 handles most games thrown at it with surprising smoothness though text and graphics had rough aliasing. We threw Temple Run 2, Need for Speed Shift, even 3D emulated favorites like the Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ran with just a bit of slowdown here and there. The touch was quite responsive with Angry Birds Space, as was the accelerometer with NFS.

 

The console scored a 7902 in Antutu and a 2449 in Quadrant. Quite a decent score from a sub 10,000 unit.

 

Sound was adequate from the small speaker from the back. Though, not so good with the headphones provided. Oddly, even with a bass heavy Cowon EP1, the sound lacked any sort of texture.

 

Battery

 

The ThunderBolt 2 has a 2300mAh battery. You can get about 2.5 to 3 hours depending on how resource hungry the game is. On normal usage and in standby, the battery ran out in less than 6 hours.

 

 

A KIT TO CATCH THEM YOUNG

 

AHMEDABAD: You are entrusted with an area where there is a traffic jam. Angry vehicle riders are honking and you are short staffed. What you are supposed to do?

 

It is one of the role-playing challenges offered in the form of games by the city traffic branch to the kids as their edutainment initiative in order to make them understand the importance of traffic rules at young age. Titled as ?Traffic Smart Kit,' a total of 550 such kits consisting of board games, card games and a CD containing animation movies will soon be distributed to various schools in the city. More such kits can be procured by the schools directly from the maker, said traffic cops.

 

Talking about the initiative, Harikrishna Patel, additional commissioner of police (traffic), said that the initiative was launched a couple of years ago by senior home department officials and traffic police officials. The fruition of the project took place last year where prototypes were prepared and were tested at various schools whose students were regular at Traffic Children Park near Lal Darwaja.

 

"Each kit contains a CD containing three short animation films talking about various traffic rules and how to be safe on the city roads. There is a board game called ?Kankaria Wonders' that can be played with dice. Another game has a quiz named ?Traffic Toppers' where the participants have to answer questions related to traffic rules. Another game is called ?Traffic Inspector' where the kids can even wear a mask provided in the kit and can solve eight different scenarios," said Patel.

 

Traffic branch officials said that the games and activities are designed for the age group of 7 to 13. "It is aimed at introducing the kids to the outside world that they see and feel everyday and imparting some basic safety tips. We are hopeful that the initiative will reach the maximum number of schools," said a senior traffic branch official.

 

 

 


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.61.02

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.69

Euro

1

Rs.81.91

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

HTL

 

 

Analysis Done by :

SUB

 

 

Report Prepared by :

VRN

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

3

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

3

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

3

--LEVERAGE

1~10

3

--RESERVES

1~10

4

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

4

--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

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

32

 

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

 

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

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

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

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

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

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

 

Large

56-70

A

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

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

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

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

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

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

--

NB

                                       New Business

 

--

 

 

 

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