MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

26.12.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Unilever House, B D Sawant Marg, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400099, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2014

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

17.10.1933

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-002030

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 2162.700 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L15140MH1933PLC002030

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMH05398B / PNEH04468C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACH1004N

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

manufacturing and marketing of Consumer Products like Soaps and Detergents, Personal Products, Beverages, Packaged Foods, Others etc.  

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Divulged

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (80)

 

RATING

STATUS

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 92000000

 

 

Status :

Excellent

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Exist

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a subsidiary of Unilever PLC and one of India’s Largest FMCG Company. It is a well-established and reputed company having excellent track record.

 

The rating reflect HUL’s market leadership across segments in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry supported by diverse product portfolio includes soaps and detergents, personal care products, and food as well as beverages. HUL has strong brands name across categories marked by extensive distribution network with strong advertising and marketing support.

 

Further, rating also reflects HUL’s strong financial risk profile marked by strong liquidity position and decent profitability levels of the company.

 

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

 

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

 

 

NOTES:

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

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2014)

Current Rating

(30.09.2014)

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

CRISIL

Rating

Long term rating=AAA

Rating Explanation

Highest degree of safety and lowest credit risk.

Date

10.09.2014

 

 

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 DECLINED

 

MANAGEMENT NON-COOPERATIVE [TEL. NO.: 91-22-39830000]

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Unilever House, B D Sawant Marg, Chakala Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400099, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-39832429/ 39832285/ 32452

Fax No.:

91-22-39832413/ 28249457

E-Mail :

comsec.hul@unilever.com

Website :

www.hul.co.in

 

 

PLANTS :

 

NORTHERN REGION

                                  

LOCATION

ADDRESS

Barotiwala

Khasra No. 94-96, 355-409, Village Balyana, Barotiwala IA, Tehsil Kasauli, District Solan - 174103, Himachal Pradesh, India

 

 

Etah

G. T. Road, Etah – 207001, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

 

Haridwar

Plot No. 1, Sector 1A, Integrated Industrial Estate, Ranipur, Haridwar - 249403, Uttaranchal, India

 

 

Nalagarh

·         Hudbust No. 143, Khasra No. 182, 183, 187/1, Village - Kiralpur, Tehsil - Nalagarh, District Solan - 174101, Himachal Pradesh, India

 

·         Khasra No. 1350 – 1318, Bhatoli Kalan, Hill Top Industrial Area, Jharmajri, Tehsil Nalagarh, District Solan - 173295, Himachal Pradesh, India

 

 

Orai

A-1, Industrial Area, UPSIDC, Orai, Jalaun - 285001, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

 

Rajpura

A-5, Phase ll-B, Focal Point, Rajpura - 140401, Punjab, India

 

 

Sumerpur

A-1, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Bharua, Sumerpur, Hamirpur - 210502, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

 

SOUTHERN REGION

 

Cochin

·         Ernakulam North  PO, Tatapuram, Cochin – 682014, Kerala, India

 

·         Edapally, Cochin – 682024, Kerala, India

 

 

Hyderabad

Uppal Kalan, Hyderabad – 500039, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

Chennai

C.P.T. Campus, Tharamani, Chennai – 600113, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Hosur

Plot No.50 & 51, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur - 635109, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

Bangalore

Suburb Stage-II, Yashwantpur, Bangalore – 560022, Karnataka, India

 

 

Mangalore

Sultan Batter Road, Boloor, Mangalore – 575003, Karnataka, India

 

 

Mysore

Plot No. 424, Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysore – 570016, Karnataka, India

 

 

Pondicherry

·         Off NH 45-A, Vadamangalam, Pondicherry - 605102, India

 

·         No. 3, Cuddalore Road, Kirumambakkam, Pondicherry – 607402, India

 

 

EASTERN REGION

 

Tinsukia

Dag No. 21 of 122 FS Grants, Mouza - Tingrai, Off NH No. 37, Doom Dooma Industrial Estate, Tinsukia - 786151, Assam, India

 

 

Haldia

PO Durgachak, Haldia - 721602,Midnapore, West Bengal, India

 

 

Kolkata

·         1, Transport Depot Road, Kolkata - 700088, West Bengal, India

 

·         63, Garden Reach, Kolkata - 700024, West Bengal, India

 

·         P10 Taratola Road, Kolkata - 700088, West Bengal, India

 

 

WESTERN REGION

 

Khamgaon

C-9, MIDC, Khamgaon - 444303, District Buldhana, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Chhindwara

5/6 KM Stone, Narsinghpur Road, Lehgadua, Chhindwara - 480002, Madhya Pradesh, India

 

 

Chiplun

Plot No. B-7, Lote Parshuram MIDC, Khed Taluka, District Ratnagiri, Chiplun – 415722, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Goa

Plot Nos. 132-139, Kundaim Industrial Estate, Kundaim, Goa – 403115, India

 

 

Mumbai

Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon, Mumbai – 400065, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Nasik

Plot No. A 8/9, MIDC, Malegaon, Sinnar - 422103, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Silvassa

Survey No.151/1/1, Village Dapada, Khanvel Road, Silvassa - 396230, India

 

Survey No. 907, Kilwali Road, Amli Village, Near Gandhidham Bus Stop, Silvassa – 396230, India

 

Orient Press Complex, Survey No. 297/1/2, Dungrapada, Village Saily, Silvassa - 396230, India

 

Survey No. 46/11, Plot No 16, Naroli Road, Village Athal, Silvassa – 396230, India

 

 

Overseas Customer Service Centers :

Located at:

 

·         300, Upper Richmond Road West, London SW 14, 7GJ, United Kingdom.

Tel. No. 01 878 5254

Fax No. 01 879 1839

Telex          : 918112

 

·         303, 5th Avenue, Suite 709, New York 10016, U.S.A

Tel. No. 212 725 0679

Fax No. 212 725 0718

Telex :   220715

 

·         Suite 507, Akasaka Q Building, 7-9-5, Akasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan – 107

Tel. No. 03 583 1225

Fax No. 03 505 0541

Telex          : 2423450

 

 

Major Operating Units At:

Located at:

 

·         Sewree, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

·         Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

·         Taloja, Maharashtra, India

·         Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

·         Shamnagar, West Bengal, India

·         Bari Brahmana, Jammu, India

·         Haldia, Gujarat, India

·         Plot No. 254, Sector IV, Special Economic Zone, Kandla, Gujarat, India

·         Chindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India

·         Pondichery, Tamil Nadu, India

·         Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India

·         Pune, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Branch Office :

123, G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Chennai – 600017, Tamilnadu, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON 31.03.2014

 

Name :

Mr. Harish Manwani

Designation :

Chairman

Date of Birth/ Age :

59 Years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjiv Mehta

Designation :

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sridhar Ramamurthy

Designation :

Executive Director, Finance and IT and Chief Financial Officer

Date of Birth/ Age :

48 Years

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

Designation :

Executive Director, Supply Chain

 

 

Name :

Mr. Aditya Narayan

Designation :

Independent Director

Date of Birth/ Age :

61 Years

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Ramadorai

Designation :

Independent Director

Date of Birth/ Age :

68 Years

 

 

Name :

Mr. O.P. Bhatt

Designation :

Independent Director

Date of Birth/ Age :

62 Years

 

 

Name :

Dr. Sanjiv Misra

Designation :

Independent Director

Date of Birth/ Age :

65 Years

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjiv Mehta

Designation :

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sridhar Ramamurthy

Designation :

Executive Director, Finance and IT and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hemant Bakshi

Designation :

Executive Director, Home and Personal Care

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

Designation :

Executive Director, Supply Chain

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dev Bajpai

Designation :

Executive Director and Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Ms. Geetu Verma

Designation :

Executive Director, Foods

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manish Tiwary

Designation :

Executive Director, Sales and Customer Development

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. P. Biddappa

Designation :

Executive Director and Human Resources

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.06.2014

 

Category of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

1454412858

67.24

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

1454412858

67.24

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

1454412858

67.24

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

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

 

 

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

4173576

0.20

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

1908735

0.09

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifCentral Government / State Government(s)

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifInsurance Companies

77044907

3.56

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

326775219

15.11

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

409902437

18.96

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

 

 

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

18884829

0.90

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

 

 

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

210502571

12.22

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

4778616

0.25

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

8940440

0.43

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifDirectors & their Relatives & Friends

65890

0.00

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

1152739

0.05

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

7110662

0.35

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

3600

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Nationals

14285

0.00

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

569385

0.03

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Banks

23879

0.00

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

243106456

13.80

Total Public shareholding (B)

653008893

32.76

Total (A)+(B)

2107421751

100.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

0

0.00

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

2107421751

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

manufacturing and marketing of Consumer Products like Soaps and Detergents, Personal Products, Beverages, Packaged Foods, Others etc.  

 

 

Products :

ITC Code No.

 

Product Descriptions

37.01

Soap

34.02

Detergents

09.02

Tea

 

 

Brand Names :

Not Available

 

 

Agencies Held :

Not Available

 

 

Exports :

Not Applicable

 

 

Imports :

Not Applicable

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Not Available

 

 

Purchasing :

Not Available

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Reference :

Not Divulged

Name of the Person :

Not Divulged

Contact No.:

Not Divulged

Since How Long Known :

Not Divulged

Experience :

Not Divulged

Maximum Limit Dealt :

Not Divulged

 

 

Customers :

 

Reference :

Not Divulged

Name of the Person :

Not Divulged

Contact No.:

Not Divulged

Since How Long Known :

Not Divulged

Experience :

Not Divulged

Maximum Limit Dealt :

Not Divulged

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Divulged

 

 

Bankers :

·         Bank of America

·         Bank of Baroda

·         Bank of India

·         Citibank N.A.

·         Deutsché Bank

·         HDFC Bank

·         Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

·         ICICI Bank

·         Indian Bank

·         Punjab National Bank

·         Royal Bank of Scotland

·         Standard Chartered Bank

·         State Bank of Hyderabad

·         State Bank of India

·         Syndicate Bank

·         Union Bank of India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Lovelock and Lewes

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Solicitors :

 

Name :

Crawford Bayley and Company

Address :

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Holding Company :

Unilever PLC

 

 

Subsidiaries (Extent of holding) :

·         Aquagel Chemicals Private Limited (100%) (with effect from April 01, 2013)

·         Brooke Bond Real Estates Private Limited (100%)

·         Daverashola Estates Private Limited (100%)

·         Hindlever Trust Limited (100%)

·         Hindustan Unilever Foundation (76%) (with effect from December 19, 2012)

·         Jamnagar Properties Private Limited (100%)

·         Lakme Lever Private Limited (100%)

·         Levers Associated Trust Limited (100%)

·         Levindra Trust Limited (100%)

·         Pond’s Exports Limited (90%)

·         Unilever India Exports Limited (100%)

·         Unilever Nepal Limited (80%)

 

 

Trust :

Hindustan Unilever Limited Securitisation of Retirement Benefit Trust (100% control) (from October, 2012)

 

 

Fellow Subsidiaries :

·         Brooke Bond Assam Estates Limited

·         Brooke Bond Group Limited

·         Brooke Bond South India Estates Limited

·         Conopco, Inc.

·         Corporativo Unilever de Mexico, S.de R.L. de C.V. (merged)

·         Glidat Strauss Limited

·         Lever International Marine Sup

·         Lipton Soft Drinks Ireland Limited

·         Mascolo Brothers Limited

·         OOO Unilever Rus

·         P.T. Unilever Indonesia, Tbk.

·         Tigi Holdings Limited

·         Tigi Linea International B.V.

·         UL Research and  Development Vlaa

·         Unilever (Malaysia) Holdings Sdn Bhd

·         Unilever ASCC AG

·         Unilever Asia Private Limited

·         Unilever Australasia

·         Unilever Australia Limited

·         Unilever Bangladesh Limited

·         Unilever Brasil Limited

·         Unilever Business and Marketing Support AG

·         Unilever Canada Inc

·         Unilever Canada-Food Solutions

·         Unilever Chile SA

·         Unilever China Limited

·         Unilever De Argentina SA

·         Unilever Deutschland Produktions GmbH and  Co. OHG

·         Unilever Employment Services B.V.

·         Unilever Europe IT

·         Unilever Gulf Free Zone Establishment, Arabia

·         Unilever Industries Private Limited

·         Unilever Italy Holdings Srl

·         Unilever Japan

·         Unilever Korea

·         Unilever Lipton Ceylon Limited

·         Unilever Mashreq International Company

·         Unilever N.V.

·         Unilever Overseas Holdings AG

·         Unilever Overseas Holdings B.V.

·         Unilever Pakistan Limited

 

 

Joint Venture :

Kimberly Clark Lever Private Limited

 

 

Employees' Benefit Plans where there is significant influence :

·         Hind Lever Gratuity Fund

·         The Hind Lever Pension Fund

·         The Union Provident Fund

 


 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON 30.06.2014

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2,250,000,000

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 2250.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2,163,107,800

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 2163.108 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

AS ON 31.03.2014

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2,250,000,000

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 2250.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2,162,696,292

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 2162.700 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Reconciliation of the number of shares

 

Equity Shares :

31.03.2014

Number of shares

Rs. in Millions

Balance as at the beginning of the year

2162472310

2162.500

Add : ESOP shares issued during the year

223982

0.200

Balance as at the end of the year

2162696292

2162.500

 

 

·         Rights, preferences and restrictions attached to shares

 

Equity shares:

The Company has one class of equity shares having a par value of Re. 1 per share. Each shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting, except in case of Interim Dividend. In the event of liquidation, the equity shareholders are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the Company after distribution of all preferential amounts, in proportion to their shareholding.

 

 

·         Shares in the company held by its holding company and subsidiaries of holding company in aggregate

 

Equity Shares of Re.1 held by :

31.03.2014

1,114,370,148 shares (March 31, 2013 : 794,806,750 shares) held by Unilever PLC, UK, the holding company

1114.400

340,042,710 shares (March 31, 2013 : 340,042,710 shares) held by subsidiaries of the holding company

340.000

 

 

·         Details of equity shares held by shareholders holding more than 5% shares of the aggregate shares in the Company

 

Particulars        

 

31.03.2014

Number of shares

114370148

Unilever PLC, UK, the Holding Company

51.53%

 

 

·         Aggregate number of shares allotted as fully paid up pursuant to contract(s) without payment being received in cash (during 5 years immediately preceding March 31, 2014)

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2014

No. of equity shares issued in the last 5 years under the Employee stock option plan/ performance share schemes as consideration for services rendered by employees

5703419

 

 

·         Aggregate number of shares bought back during 5 years immediately preceding March 31, 2014

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2014

No. of equity shares bought back by the company

22883204

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

31.03.2014

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

I.              EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

2162.700

2162.500

2161.500

(b) Reserves & Surplus

30607.800

24577.700

32967.800

(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)

32770.500

26740.200

35129.300

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Other long term liabilities

2788.200

4762.500

3296.900

(d) long-term provisions

8386.900

7063.400

6669.500

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

11175.100

11825.900

9966.400

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Trade payables

57938.900

51676.900

46229.600

(c) Other current liabilities

8529.400

6161.500

5467.700

(d) Short-term provisions

19570.100

18720.200

12789.700

Total Current Liabilities (4)

86038.400

76558.600

64487.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

129984.000

115124.700

109582.700

 

 

 

 

II.          ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

23979.400

22567.900

21175.300

(ii) Intangible Assets

241.200

361.100

299.400

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

3120.800

2053.200

2051.300

(iv) Intangible assets under development

77.000

103.200

103.200

(b) Non-current Investments

6361.700

5480.300

1863.100

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

1617.300

2047.800

2142.400

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

6055.100

3842.900

4012.700

(e) Other Non-current assets

6.800

2968.400

0.000

Total Non-Current Assets

41459.300

39424.800

31647.400

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

24579.500

17826.300

22519.000

(b) Inventories

27475.300

25269.900

25166.500

(c) Trade receivables

8164.300

8334.800

6789.900

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

22209.700

17078.900

18300.400

(e) Short-term loans and advances

5376.800

6482.600

4807.000

(f) Other current assets

719.100

707.400

352.500

Total Current Assets

88524.700

75699.900

77935.300

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

129984.000

115124.700

109582.700

 

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2014

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

SALES

 

 

 

Revenue from operations, net

280191.300

258102.100

221163.700

Other Income

6210.300

6069.000

2783.100

TOTAL

286401.600

264171.100

223946.800

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

 

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

111598.100

102846.600

85848.900

Purchase of Stock-in-trade

33501.900

32353.100

30241.400

Changes in Inventories of finished goods, work-in-progress and stock-in-trade

(1663.800)

(311.300)

(1287.300)

Employee Benefits Expenses

14359.500

13183.400

11072.800

Other Expenses

77643.000

69992.800

59799.900

TOTAL    

235438.700

218064.600

188250.300

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

50962.900

46106.500

35696.500

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL EXPENSES

360.300

251.500

12.400

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

50602.600

45855.000

35684.100

 

 

 

 

DEPRICIATION

2605.500

2360.200

2182.500

 

 

 

 

EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS

2286.800

6084.000

1188.700

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX 

50283.900

49578.800

34690.300

 

 

 

 

TAX

11609.000

11612.100

7776.300

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) AFTER TAX

38674.900

37966.700

26914.000

 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

5352.800

17739.600

12356.000

 

 

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

Appropriations Interim dividend on equity shares

11894.100

9729.800

7563.400

Special dividend on equity shares for

0.000

17295.300

0.000

Dividend distribution tax

4615.400

6556.900

2629.600

Transfer to general reserve

3867.500

3796.700

2691.400

Proposed final dividend on equity

16220.200

12974.800

8646.000

 

 

 

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

7430.500

5352.800

17739.600

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

Exports at FOB (including exports to Nepal and Bhutan)

912.100

1479.600

1620.900

Income from services rendered

4567.000

5068.400

3277.100

TOTAL EARNINGS

5479.100

6548.000

4898.000

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

Raw and packing materials

7359.800

7179.600

7406.600

Stores, spare parts and components

445.400

225.400

189.400

Capital Goods

821.100

759.200

381.600

TOTAL IMPORTS

8626.300

8164.200

7977.600

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

 

 

 

Basic

17.88

17.56

12.46

Diluted

17.87

17.55

12.45

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2014

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

Net Profit Margin

(PAT / Sales)

(%)

13.80

14.71

12.17

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit Margin

(PBIDT/Sales)

(%)

18.19

17.86

16.14

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

42.32

47.02

33.54

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

1.53

1.85

0.99

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt /Networth)

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.03

0.99

1.21

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

DEBT EQUITY RATIO

 

Particular

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

31.03.2014

 

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Share Capital

2161.500

2162.500

2162.700

Reserves & Surplus

32967.800

24577.700

30607.800

Net worth

35129.300

26740.200

32770.500

 

 

 

 

long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

Short term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

Debt/Equity ratio

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH

 

Year on Year Growth

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

31.03.2014

 

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Sales

221163.700

258102.100

280191.300

 

 

16.702

8.558

 

 

NET PROFIT MARGIN

 

Net Profit Margin

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

31.03.2014

 

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Rs. In Millions

Sales

221163.700

258102.100

280191.300

Profit

26914.000

37966.700

38674.900

 

12.17%

14.71%

13.80%

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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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

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

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

Yes

 

 

LITIGATION DETAILS:

 

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY

 

CASE DETAILS

BENCH: BOMBAY

Presentation Date: 18.12.2014

Lodging No: WPL/3333/2014                                                                                       Filing Date: 18.12.2014    

Petitioner: THE FEDERATION OF HINDUSTAN LEVER                           Respondent: M/S. HINDUSTAN

                                                                                                                          UNILEVER LIMITED

Petn. Adv : MEENA HARSHAD DOSHI (I3021)                                                                                            

 

District: MUMBAI

Bench: SINGLE

Status: Pre-Admission                                                                Category: WRIT PETITION (LABOR MATTERS)

Last Date: 05.01.2015                                                                Stage:

                                                                                                                                 

Last Coram: REGISTRAR(OS)/PROTHONOTARY and SR. MASTER

Act: Industrial Dispute Act, 1947                                  

 

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES: NO CHARGES EXIST FOR THE COMPANY


 

CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

 

The registered office of the company has been shifted from Hindustan Lever House, 165/166, Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai – 400020, Maharashtra, India to the present w.e.f. 01.01.2012

 

 

COMPANY INFORMATION

 

Subject is a public limited company domiciled in India and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The company is a market leader in the FMCG business comprising Home and Personal Care (HPC) and Foods and Refreshments. The company has manufacturing facilities across the country and Research and Development centres in Mumbai and Bangalore and sells primarily in India through independent distributors and modern trade.

 

ECONOMY AND MARKETS

 

The year witnessed divergent growth globally, led by strengthening of the US economy, uneven and subdued growth in the Euro area and Japan coupled with a slowdown in Developing & Emerging markets.

 

In the domestic market, growth continued to be muted with the second successive year of sub 5% GDP growth. The year saw steep currency depreciation in an environment where industrial activity remained in contraction mode, consumption demand continued to weaken, while lacklustre capital goods production pointed to stalled investment demand.

 

With sluggish growth across the larger economy, further compounded by high consumer inflation and weak sentiment, market growth across FMCG categories moderated throughout the year in both volume and value terms. The discretionary categories and premium segments were particularly under pressure. The operating context for the year was challenging, given the backdrop of a market slowdown, a volatile input cost environment and heightened competitive intensity.

 

The Company’s performance for the year 2013-14 has to be viewed in the context of aforesaid economic and market environment.

 

 

PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESSES AND CATEGORIES

 

Home and Personal Care (HPC)

 

The Home and Personal Care (HPC) business consists of Soaps, Detergents, Household Care and Personal Products, which includes categories like Skin Care, Hair Care, Oral Care, Colour Cosmetics and Deodorants. During the year, the HPC business registered robust growth ahead of market.

 

The opportunity for growth in India continues to be immense across all HPC categories. This fact is also reflected in high levels of competitive intensity in the marketplace. The Company believes that both unwavering focus on competitive growth in core categories as well as market development to build segments of future are critical for sustained growth and long term value creation. While focusing on the core categories, the Company has also invested significantly in the segments of future, i.e. the segments which are expected to drive future growth.

 

Rural continues to be a key area of focus for the Company. During the year, the Company reached out to 8,500 villages across India with an ambition to improve the health and hygiene of children, through school contact and Mohalla programmes. At the School Contact Programme, the Company’s brands, Lifebuoy and Pepsodent, encouraged and educated children on the importance and correct method of handwashing and brushing their teeth. In the Mohalla programme, the Company demonstrated to consumers the benefits and usage of new and emerging categories, such as facewash, hair conditioners and fabric conditioners.

 

In a highly competitive scenario, where new brands and offerings are entering the market almost every quarter, the Company delivered competitive growth, driven by innovation, sharper in-market execution, competitive marketing and trade investments behind the brands. The Company sustained strong focus on innovation across the portfolio and continued to delight consumers with a range of exciting offerings launched during the year. The Company has also significantly stepped up investment in Digital Media, which is expected to be the media channel of the future. The Company continued to leverage and benefit from the inputs received from Unilever across various aspects of the business, including technology, innovation and communication.

 

Volatile and rapidly changing commodity markets, including vegetable oil and crude oil, coupled with depreciating currency markets continued posing a major challenge during the year. There were also regulatory changes in the space of media availability, leading to more efficient media buying and better deployment of non-TV led media. Even in this challenging environment, the Company delivered profitable growth through robust cost-saving programmes and judicious pricing, without compromising on the competitiveness of brand investments, both in terms of technology as well as advertising and promotion.

 

Soaps and Detergents

 

The Soaps and Detergents segment delivered healthy volume led turnover growth of 8.0% during the year. Further, growth during the year was profitable as segmental profit increased by 10.5%, through a mix of cost savings, supply chain efficiencies and judicious pricing.

 

Soaps category recorded a very successful year with strong volume growth in a market which saw an overall decline in volumes. The growth was driven by prompt and decisive pricing actions on Lifebuoy, Lux, Breeze and Dove, which gained consumer franchise. These actions were supported by consumer centric activations, effective advertising and sustained high levels of distribution. The growth was witnessed not only in the core bars business, but also in the liquids portfolio, led by Lifebuoy Handwash, where the Company continues to invest behind developing the market through a mix of building penetration and increasing consumption.

 

Detergents category recorded another year of steady growth with a good balance of price and volume growth. Notwithstanding a challenging economic environment, where category growth slowed and the rate of premiumisation came off, for the Company the performance in the category continued to be led by the premium end. Surf continued to lead category premiumisation with double digit growth, buoyed by the continuing momentum on Surf Excel Easy Wash, since its relaunch in the previous year. The performance in Rin was led by the bars portfolio while powders were re-launched towards the end of the year, with an improved product and new thematic communication. Wheel’s performance progressively stepped up over the year, with the second half benefiting from the re-launch of the powders portfolio as significant investments were made to deliver a superior formulation resulting in quality enhancement for the segment. The brand was further supported by a range of impactful activation including the Gold Coin programme, which was well received. The emerging market development categories of Machine Wash (with Surf Excel Matic) and Fabric Conditioners (with Comfort) continued to perform well. Besides, the Company also initiated the creation of Detergent Liquid market in India with the launch of Surf Excel Detergent Liquid. The Company will continue to focus on driving innovations, exercising cost control across the value chain and delivering effective communication to win in the Detergents category.

 

Household Care category delivered double digit growth during the year on the back of robust volumes. Vim, which continues to delight consumers through superior product quality and strong advertising, is now a Rs. 1000+ crore brand. Innovations, such as the Anti-Germ mix (bar and liquids) and the monthly tub pack, continue to drive consumption and premiumisation in urban India. At the same time, strengthening the presence across key price points in dishwash bars helped reach new consumers in rural India. Domex strengthened the toilet cleaning business through the launch of an innovative product, Domex Zero Stain. The innovation, aimed at hygiene conscious users who have high incidence of stain problem in toilets, has helped fuel brand growth. Domex Toilet Academy (DTA) programme was launched during the year with an aim to eradicate open defecation by building toilets and improving sanitation facilities. Through the right partnerships, DTA is helping promote the importance of safe and hygienic sanitation practices in local communities.

 

Personal Products

 

Personal Products categories comprise Skin Care, Hair Care, Oral Care, Colour Cosmetics and Deodorants. In a challenging market environment, where the growth of discretionary categories has been particularly under pressure, the Personal Products segment delivered a healthy turnover growth of 9.2%. Segmental profit was up by 6.1%, as the Company continued to invest for competitive growth in its core categories, whilst building the segments of the future.

 

Skin Care category registered good growth in a slowing market. Fair and Lovely was re-launched with a new mix - the ‘Best Ever’ Fair and Lovely - a product that was tailor-made to deliver superior skin lightening results in India. Fair and Lovely registered a step up in its growth trajectory post the re-launch. Vaseline Healthy White, with a proposition of not just giving moisturisation but also instant and lasting skin whitening, was very successful, resulting in double-digit growth for the brand. Dove and Lakmé also grew very well during the year, powered by strong marketing inputs. Lakmé delivered a strong performance during the year on the back of a range of exciting innovations that were launched. Lakmé skin forayed into the anti-aging segment with the launch of Youth Infinity skin cream. In addition, under Lakmé, a new Complexion Care (CC) cream was introduced, the Perfect Radiance range was relaunched and the facial cleansing portfolio was revamped with the addition of new Clean Up range. Pond’s launched BB+ cream in India to leverage on the global beauty trend catering to consumers looking for instant optical radiance.

 

Hair Care delivered a strong year of volume led broad based double digit growth. Dove, Sunsilk and Clinic Plus grew in double digits during the year. The TRESemmé proposition of ‘Salon like hair, at home everyday’ has been well received by consumers. The brand which was introduced in September 2012 has made very good progress and been instrumental in accelerating the premiumisation agenda. The fact that the brand neared the significant milestone of Rs. 100 crores of annual turnover in its very first full year post launch is an example of efficiently leveraging the global Unilever portfolio to win locally with consumers. In addition, the Company launched Toni and Guy, another premium brand from the global Unilever hair portfolio. It is the first time that the Company launched the brand through e-commerce. Going forward, Toni and Guy will be rolled out in select stores across India. The Company continued to focus on market development by investing strongly behind the emerging high potential hair conditioners segment, thereby growing ahead of the market.

 

In Oral Care, significant investments were made to sustain competitive position in the category, as competitive intensity stepped up dramatically in the course of the year. The Company continued to focus on strengthening the Oral Care brands and the portfolio, despite the intense competitive pressure. Pepsodent Germicheck was re-launched during the year with an improved formulation with better germ attack power. Pepsodent also continued to strengthen its expertise and authority credentials through the Expert Protection range and with a strong dental community programme. The growth in Closeup continued to be led by a range of exciting activations. The Company has also significantly revamped its toothbrushes business model by pruning and sharpening the portfolio during the year.

 

In the Deodorant portfolio, through Axe, the Company continued to deploy exciting innovations and impactful campaigns. The ‘AXE Blast’ campaign, endorsed by a popular Bollywood youth icon, was well received by consumers. The Company has strong innovation plans for the forthcoming year in this category. The Company currently imports a large portion of deodorants in the aerosol form. Unilever is in the process of implementing a project to establish a world class deodorants manufacturing facility in India. This facility will provide a regular supply of high quality deodorant products to cater to markets across the world, including India.

 

Lakmé Colours has had an exceptional year with high double digit growth. The reinvention of the brand as ‘Pro-stylist’ across makeup, skin and salon has brought its expert credentials to the forefront through premium innovations in skin care and makeup. In makeup, the Company has launched the 9 to 5 platform - to address working women, many first to market innovations under Absolute like Gel nails and Face Stylist and limited editions like Pop Tints. The premium segment contribution for makeup has grown particularly well in the last two years. The Lakmé brand has seen a step up in investments and all key innovations have been executed through the beauty advisory channel, where expansion of footprint and activation through bringing the brand proposition alive at retail has contributed to the market development. Lakmé has also leveraged the digital communication channel, through ‘how to’ videos, to educate consumers on using makeup and adopting new regimes in skin care.

 

 

Foods Beverages (FandB)

 

The Foods and Beverages (FandB) portfolio of the Company comprises Tea, Coffee, Processed Foods, Frozen Desserts, Ice Creams, Bakery products and Out of Home operations, including BRU World Café.

 

During the year, FandB business delivered strong double digit growth in a challenging market context. This was driven by a single minded focus on the core brands and driving market development across key categories. The Packaged Food category continues to represent a significant consumer and business opportunity, given the shifts in the income pyramid, increase in working women, growing health concerns and the need for taste with convenience. The Company is consistently focused on developing newer offerings that can best fulfil existing and emerging consumer needs. The Company continues to focus on driving availability and distribution, alongside building salience for its brands and relevance. In addition, the Company is driving upgradation across categories with strong research and development support from Unilever and a deep insight into Indian consumer and customer needs.

 

 

Beverages

 

The Beverages segment delivered 12.4% turnover growth in the year, well ahead of the market, on the back of a strong double digit performance in Tea. This was accompanied by a significant step up in segmental profits which increased by 22.4%.

 

At the onset of the year, the Packet Tea market witnessed steep commodity inflation which drove market to volume decline. Despite this environment, the Company delivered competitive and profitable growth. The double digit growth across all brands was driven by a strengthened mix and focused in-market activities.

 

The Company drove its five leading brand positions across India, with all brands recording healthy volume growth and growing across major geographies. Across both the premium and popular price segments, brands grew competitively. Taj Mahal and 3 Roses continued to drive premiumisation and Red Label and Taaza offered unbranded tea users a good mix of superior, great tasting tea and value. Taj Mahal and Lipton continued to grow the tea bags market through market development. The Company strengthened its position in every segment of tea bags market, particularly flavoured and green tea.

The Instant Coffee market was challenged for growth in the context of steep commodity inflation in the previous year with the accompanying drop in consumption, particularly in the core South markets. In this context, the Company’s focus was to drive back lapsers to the category, through enhanced product experience and market development efforts. The Company also continued to drive BRU Gold – a premium offering, targeted at new age consumers of coffee in the non-traditional markets. BRU Gold met with good success as the franchise grew competitively ahead of markets.

 

Packaged Foods

 

The Packaged Foods segment of the Company comprises culinary products such as jams, ketchups and squashes under Kissan; soups, soupy noodles and meal makers under Knorr; branded staples (atta and salt) under Annapurna; bakery products under Modern; and frozen desserts / ice creams under Kwality Wall’s and Magnum. The segment delivered 10.0% turnover growth with a segmental profit growing by 65.5% during the year, as the Company continued to drive efficiencies and mix, while continuing to invest in building this business.

 

Kissan sustained its strong, consistent performance, delivering another year of double digit growth, driven by impactful activation around unlocking everyday relevance. A strong insight of the ‘Tiffin-moment’ being a stress point in the mother’s life resulted in a solution in the form of ‘Kissan Rolls’, where mothers could give their kids healthy vegetables made tastier with Kissan in the form of a roll. This singular message, along with our reiteration of the fact that Kissan is made from 100% tomatoes through ‘Kissanpur’, made Kissan the brand of choice. During the year, Kissan moved up 70 places in India’s Most Trusted Brands. The consumer preference, along with a strong distribution increase across both Ketchup and Jam, resulted in the business growing significantly faster than the market.

 

The performance of Knorr in the year was led by Soups, with the convenient Instant Soups single serve format doing particularly well. The Company has increased the focus on core soup markets and ensured that the brand salience is at its highest in these markets. The Company also invested behind the instant ‘cup-a-soup’ range, as this portfolio is driving growth for the soups category, given its consumer offering of tasty and healthier products, at a very affordable price. Knorr Soupy Noodles was restaged at the start of the year. The Knorr Meal Maker portfolio was also re-launched and has met with an encouraging initial response.

 

During the year, the Company focused on growing the Annapurna business profitably. Towards achieving this objective, the Company made sharp choices on the brand’s footprint and improved its cost structure. As a result, there is a significant progress in brand profitability, which now allows the Company to be competitive and invest back in the brand.

 

The Company also significantly focused on young nascent experiential marketing. Given that most of the play is in market development categories, it is critical that consumers sample the Company’s products and discover the great taste and convenience that the products offer.

 

Modern Foods, a portfolio of Bakery Foods, continued its momentum delivering strong double digit growth with improved profitability. The Company stepped up distribution network in new geographies and this initiative has yielded encouraging results. Key innovations like Oats and Ragi Wheat Bread, festive Cakes and Cookies, coupled with improved operational efficiencies contributed well to the growth and profitability of the Modern Foods business.

 

During the year, the Frozen Desserts business faced a challenging external environment with slowing discretionary spends and a shorter season. But with long term positive outlook, the Company continued investing behind the distribution expansion and building big brands. Cornetto grew ahead of market on the back of distribution and strong communication. Cornetto also remained at the forefront of the Company’s digital strategy. Cornetto’s Facebook page was adjudged as No.1 in India by an advertising magazine. Magnum, Unilever’s most premium ice cream brand, was test piloted in Chennai during 2013 and met with a very good response. Magnum was rolled out to four more cities in the beginning of 2014. Modern Trade performance has been very good in Ice Creams as the Company strengthened its position in this key channel. During the year, the Company also rolled out Perfect Stores programme, a first for the category and the performance across these stores has been leading overall category growth. Availability and visibility are still the core drivers of the business and the Company continued investing behind them. The Company is driving efficiencies in the business, particularly in asset management and infrastructure, while stepping up investments behind big impulse brands, viz. Magnum, Cornetto and Paddle Pop.

 

 

Water

 

Pureit is the world’s largest selling range of water purifiers in non-pitcher and non-faucet mount segment. Pureit was ranked as the most trusted brand in water purifiers in Brand Equity’s 2013 Most Trusted Brands Survey. The brand continues to strengthen its position in a slowing and weak consumer durables market. During the year, Pureit’s new product innovations focused on driving superior functionality and aesthetics at a lower cost, with the launch of Pureit Marvella Slim RO, a premium water purifier at an affordable price. Pureit Marvella Slim RO has helped Pureit strengthen its position in the electric water purifier segment. The launch of ‘Save 3 Gas Cylinders’ communication for storage purifiers was another testimony to Pureit’s pioneering innovativeness in terms of driving market development of water purifiers by establishing cost and convenience advantage over conventional methods of purification. Pureit associated with Miss India World 2013 winners, to spread awareness about the importance of safe drinking water under its ‘Unilever Pureit Protecting Lives Programme’. During the year, the Company focused on widening its distribution reach for its range of purifiers in different retail formats across the country. Substantial progress was made in evolving the Germkill kits business for storage purifiers and also improving in-store execution for the premium range of purifiers. The focus on driving category premiumisation continues with the launch of Pureit Ultima UV + RO towards the end of the year. The product, which by far is the most premium offering from Pureit, offers advanced technology and superior aesthetics met with a very encouraging response from consumers in the early days since its launch.

 

 

Exports Business

 

FMCG Exports (Unilever India Exports Limited)

 

Unilever India Exports Limited (UIEL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, engaged in FMCG Exports business. The focus of the FMCG exports operation is two-fold (a) to develop overseas markets by driving distribution of ethnic brands, such as Kissan, BRU, Brooke Bond, Lakmé, Pears among the Indian diaspora in international markets, (b) to effectively provide cross border sourcing of FMCG products to other Unilever companies across the world.

 

The Home and Personal Care segment in the exports business has witnessed a stable year, driven primarily by Soaps and Hair Care. Brands like Pears have registered healthy growth in the focused markets through strong advertising and activation support and have received strong accolades from the consumers in the UK market. For Unilever sourcing countries, Lifebuoy has delivered double digit growth post its launch across Asian markets. Fair and Lovely and Vaseline Jelly continue to show stable growth in the key geographies of the Middle East. The Foods and Beverages segment of the business witnessed a modest growth. Instant Tea / Packet Tea and premix witnessed strong double digit growth, whereas coffee sales remained steady. The profitability of the overall segm

ent improved significantly with focused cost reduction programmes.

Non-FMCG Exports     

 

In the specialty business, which continued to be a part of the Company post the demerger of FMCG Exports business to UIEL, Rice maintained a flat performance, while continuing to focus on expanding geographies, seeding opportunities and marketing/ brand building initiatives to accelerate growth in the coming years.

 

 

Leather (Pond’s Exports Limited)

 

The Leather business performed well with improved operating profitability and robust double digit sales growth. This performance was achieved through new product designs, excellent customer service, world class quality and cost innovations.

 

Beauty and Wellness (Lakme Lever Private Limited)

 

Lakme Lever Private Limited (LLPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has 225 salons, of which 57 are Company owned / managed and 168 are franchisee salons. LLPL delivered double digit salon growth for the fourth consecutive year, although the market slowed down by consumers pulling back on discretionary spends. Net expansion improved from 8 salons in the previous year to 36 salons in this financial year. Innovations like the Perfect Radiance and Youth Infinity facial rituals have delighted consumers and driven growth. The flagship Lakmé Absolute Salon, which magnifies the backstage experience with professional styling expertise and bespoke beauty rituals, was launched in Mumbai. The Company will continue to support LLPL to drive growth in this attractive market opportunity.

 

 

Hindustan Unilever Network

 

Hindustan Unilever Network business consists of three major brands, Aviance (Personal Care), Lever Ayush (Health Care) and Lever Home (Detergents, Household Care and Toothpaste).

 

The year has been extremely challenging for the entire direct selling industry, including for the Company, due to ambiguity on acceptable norms for direct selling in India. As responsible corporate citizens, the Company has always conducted its business within the framework of Indian law and has recently re-launched its compensation plan to be more competitive. The Company is reviewing the strategy for this business.

 

 

Kimberly Clark Lever Private Limited (KCL)

 

KCL is a Joint Venture between the Company and Kimberly- Clark Corporation, USA, with infant care diapers as its primary product category. The year witnessed a strong growth delivery by Huggies brand led by Huggies Wonder Pants. The re-launched Huggies Wonder Pants with improved product features and performance had a good growth momentum throughout the year. The low penetration levels in India’s infant care diapers markets offer significant growth potential for this category. This growth opportunity has attracted increased levels of competitive intensity in the recent past with multinationals making significant investments in India.

 

To participate effectively in this growth opportunity, KCL aims to bring in regular innovations to the market through sustained and appropriate investments in the short to medium term. As a Joint Venture partner, the Company remains committed to this business.

 

 

OUTLOOK

 

Global economic indicators are expected to improve, led by positive prospects in advanced economies. Despite a strengthening external demand, uncertainty continues to loom large on the economic horizon of some emerging economies owing to domestic fragilities. The global economic climate continues to be volatile, uncertain and prone to geo-political risks.

 

For India, economic activity is expected to improve modestly, driven by global economic revival and moderation in inflation. Upside pressures on inflation and consumption, hinge on the vagaries of the monsoon and the pace of revival of the investment climate will determine to a very large extent India’s economic performance, going forward.

 

FMCG markets are expected to grow; however, uncertain global economic environment, inflation and competitive intensity continue to pose challenges. While the near term conditions pose a challenge for the economy, the medium to longer term secular trends based on rising incomes, aspirations, low consumption levels, etc. are positive and an opportunity for the FMCG sector, in general and for the Company, in particular.

 

Cautionary Statement

 

Statements in this Report, particularly those which relate to Management Discussion and Analysis, describing the Company’s objectives, projections, estimates and expectations, may constitute ‘forward looking statements’ within the meaning of applicable laws and regulations and actual results might differ

 

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

·         Land

·         Buildings

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Railway Sidings

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Office Equipments

·         Motor Vehicles

·         Others

 

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Particulars

31.03.2014

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2013

(Rs. In Millions)

Claims against the company not acknowledged as debts

 

 

Income-tax matters

5459.000

4685.600

Sales tax matters - Rs. 528.400 Millions (March 31, 2013 - Rs. 517.200 Millions) net of tax

800.500

783.500

Excise duty, service tax and customs duty matters - Rs. 1326.100 Millions (March 31, 2013 - Rs. 937.100 Millions) net of tax

2008.900

1419.600

Other matters including claims related to employees/ ex-employees, property related demands, etc - Rs. 457.400 Millions (March 31, 2013 - Rs. 528.100 Millions) net of tax

 

(a) It is not practicable for the company to estimate the timings of cash outflows, if any, in respect of the above pending resolution of the respective proceedings.

 

(b) The company does not expect any reimbursements in respect of the above contingent liabilities.

 

(c) Future cash outflows in respect of the above are determinable only on

receipt of judgements/ decisions pending with various forums/ authorities.

692.900

800.000

 

 

UNAUDITED STANDALONE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2014

(Rs. in Millions)

Particulars

Unaudited Results for the Quarter ended

 

Unaudited Results for the Six Months ended

 

 

30th

September 2014

30th June 2014

30th

September 2014

1.a. Net Sales from Operations (Net of excise duty) [sum of (i) to (iii)]

74655.400

75707.800

150363.200

i)  Domestic FMCG - HPC

58004.600

59130.000

117134.600

ii) Domestic FMCG - Foods

13322.300

13652.300

26974.600

Domestic FMCG - Total (i+ii)

71326.900

72782.300

144109.200

iii) Others

3328.500

2925.500

6254.000

1.b. Other Operating Income

1737.900

1455.600

3193.500

1. Total Income from operations (net) [1.a. + 1.b.]

76393.300

77163.400

153556.700

2. Expenses [sum of (a) to (g)]

64736.800

64665.200

129402.000

a) Cost of materials consumed

29746.800

31028.200

60775.000

b) Purchases of stock-in-trade

9333.900

9014.600

18348.500

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

509.100

(146.500)

362.800

d) Employee benefits expense

4130.100

3356.700

7486.800

e) Depreciation and amortisation expense

763.700

667.200

1430.900

f)  Advertising & Promotions

9250.500

9448.800

18699.300

g) Other expenses

11002.700

11296.200

22298.900

3. Profit from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items (1-2)

11656.500

12498.200

24154.700

4. Other income

1978.000

2021.100

3999.100

5. Profit from ordinary activities before finance costs and exceptional items (3+4)

13634.500

14519.300

28153.800

6. Finance costs

63.300

62.500

125.600

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

13571.200

14456.800

28028.000

8. Exceptional Items - net credit/ (charge)

486.800

396.400

883.200

9. Profit from Ordinary Activities Before Tax (7+8)

14058.000

14853.200

28911.200

10. Tax expense

4176.400

4284.700

8461.100

11. Net Profit from Ordinary Activities After Tax (9-10)

9881.600

10568.500

20450.100

12. Extraordinary Items

-

-

-

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

9881.600

10568.500

20450.100

14. Paid up Equity Share Capital (face value Re. 1 per share)

2163.200

2163.100

2163.200

15. Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserve as per balance sheet of previous accounting year

 

 

 

16.i Earnings Per Share (EPS) before extraordinary items (of Re. 1/- each) (not annualised):

(a) Basic  - Rs.

4.57

4.89

9.45

(b) Diluted - Rs.

4.57

4.88

9.45

16.ii Earnings Per Share (EPS) after extraordinary items (of Re. 1/- each) (not annualised):

(a) Basic  - Rs.

4.57

4.89

9.45

(b) Diluted - Rs.

4.57

4.88

9.45

A. PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING

1. Public Shareholding- Number of Shares

708737237

708,694,942

708737237

- Percentage of Shareholding

32.76%

32.76%

32.76%

2. Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding

 

a) Pledged/Encumbered

 

- Number of shares

Nil

 

 

 

Nil

Nil

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

Na

Na

Na

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

Na

Na

Na

b) Non-Encumbered - Number of shares

1454412858

1,454,412,858

1454412858

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

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

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

67.24%

67.24%

67.24%

 

PARTICULARS

Quarter ended

B. INVESTOR COMPLAINTS (Nos.)

30th September, 2014

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

Received during the quarter

Disposed of during the quarter

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

Nil

27

27

Nil

 

 

Particulars

Unaudited Results for the Quarter ended

 

Unaudited Results for the Six Months ended

 

 

30th

September 2014

30th June 2014

30th

September 2014

Segment Revenue (Sales and Other operating income)

Soaps and Detergents

Personal Products

Beverages

Packaged Foods

Others (includes Exports, Water, Infant Care Products, etc)

 

37551.000

21427.400

8991.300

4513.100

3618.000

             

38475.800          21595.600               8365.600               5437.800               3029.100

 

76026.800

43023.000

17356.900

9950.000

6647.100

Total Segment Revenue

Less: Inter Segment Revenue

76100.800

-

   76903.900

                    -

153004.700

-

Net Segment Revenue

76100.800

   76903.900

153004.700

Segment Results (Profit before tax and interest from ordinary activities) –

Soaps and Detergents

Personal Products

Beverages

Packaged Foods

Others (includes Exports, Water, Infant Care Products, etc)

 

 

5111.900

5222.600

1557.000

199.800

115.700

             

 

5318.000               5966.500               1362.500                 590.500                (154.500)

 

 

10429.900

11189.100

2919.500

790.300

(38.800)

Total Segment Results

Less: Finance Costs

Add/(Less): Other unallocable income net of unallocable expenditure

12207.000

(63.3000)

1914.300

    13083.000                   (62.500)           1832.700

25290.000

(125.800)

3747.000

Total Profit Before Tax from ordinary activities

14058.000

     14853.200

28911.200

Capital Employed (Segment assets less Segment liabilities) –

Soaps and Detergents

Personal Products

Beverages

Packaged Foods

Others (includes Exports, Water, Infant Care Products, etc)

 

(3776.700)

(6119.200)

946.100

1542.300

(0.500)

          

   (4342.400)              (6160.300)               2435.900               1574.100                (105.200)

 

(3776.700)

(6119.200)

946.100

1542.300

(0.500)

 

Total Capital Employed in segments

Add: Unallowable corporate assets less corporate liabilities

(7408.000)

60564.000

    (6597.900)             50038.300

(7408.000)

60564.000

Total Capital Employed

53156.000

    43440.400

53156.000

 

Notes on Segment Information

 

1. Segment Revenue, Results and Capital Employed figures represent amounts identifiable to each of the segments. Other “unallocable income net of unallocable expenditure” mainly includes interest, dividend, gain on sale of investments (net), expenses on common services not directly identifiable to individual segments, corporate expenses and exceptional items.

 

Capital Employed figures are as at 30th June, 2014, 30th June, 2013 and 31st March, 2014. Unallocable corporate assets less corporate liabilities mainly represent investment of surplus funds and cash and bank.

 

2. Previous period figures have been re-grouped/reclassified wherever necessary to conform to this period’s classification.

 

STANDALONE STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

Particulars

As at 30.09.2014

 

Particulars

 

A

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

1

Shareholder’s Funds

 

 

a) Share Capital

2163.200

 

b) Reserves & Surplus

50992.800

 

c) Money received against share warrants

0.000

 

Sub Total- Shareholders funds

53156.000

2

Share application money pending allotment

0.000

3

Minority Interest

0.000

4

Non-current liabilities

 

 

(a) Long term borrowings

0.000

 

(b) Other long term liabilities

3133.300

 

(c) Differed Tax

0.000

 

(d) Long Term Borrowing

10396.300

 

Sub Total- Non Current Liabilities

13529.600

5

Current liabilities

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

230.700

 

(b) Trade Payables

58441.300

 

(c) Other current liabilities

9856.200

 

(d) Short term provisions

818.000

 

Sub Total- Current Liabilities

69346.200

 

TOTAL-EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

136031.800

B

ASSETS

 

1

Non-current assets

 

 

(a) Fixed assets

27734.800

 

(b) Long term loans and advances

6285.500

 

(c)Non-Current Investment

6465.000

 

(d)Other Non-current Assets

0.000

 

(e) Differed Tax

1740.400

 

Sub-Total- Noncurrent assets

42225.700

2

Current assets

 

 

a) Current Investments

27308.100

 

b) Inventories

25328.200

 

c) Trade Receivables

7708.800

 

d) Cash and cash equivalents

26936.700

 

(e) Short term loans and advances

6030.800

 

(f) Other current assets

493.500

 

Sub-Total- current assets

93806.100

 

TOTAL ASSETS

136031.800

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

1.     Net Sales grew by 13.2% during the quarter. Domestic Consumer Business (FMCG + Water) grew by 13.3% with a 13.3% growth in HPC and 13.4% growth in Foods businesses. 

 

2.     Operating Profit (Profit from Operations before Other Income, Finance costs and Exceptional Items) for the quarter at Rs. 12498.200 Millions (JQ’13: Rs. 10191.600 Millions) grew by 22.6%. 

 

3.     Profit after tax from ordinary activities before Exceptional Items net of tax and prior period tax adjustments (refer note 6 and 7 below) for the quarter at Rs. 10196.800 Millions (JQ’13: Rs. 8851.300 Millions) grew by 15.2%. 

 

4.     Employee benefit expense for the quarter includes a one-time credit of an amount of Rs 324.400 Millions on account of adjustments for un-utilized pension corpus relating to earlier periods. (JQ ’13 : Nil )

 

5.     Other income includes interest income, dividend income and net gain on sale of other non trade current investments aggregating to Rs. 881.000 Millions (JQ’13: Rs. 797.400 Millions) and net gain on sale of non current investments Rs 1062.200 Millions (JQ’13 : Rs. 727.500 Millions) and interest on income tax refunds of Rs. 77.900 Millions (JQ’13: Rs. 242.600 Millions).

 

6.     Exceptional items, net credit in JQ’14 include profit on sale of surplus properties Rs. 401.500 Millions (JQ’13: 1062.500 Millions) and restructuring expenses Rs. 5.100 Millions (JQ’13: Rs Nil).

 

7.     Taxation for the quarter includes net write back of excess tax provisions of earlier years amounting to Rs. 105.600 Millions (JQ’13: Rs. 642.100 Millions). 

 

8.     Previous period figures have been re-grouped/reclassified wherever necessary, to conform to this period’s classification. 

 

9.     The text of the above statement was approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on 28th July, 2014.

 

 

 


PRESS RELEASES

 

UNILEVER HELPS FAMILIES LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY AT HOME

 

21-05-2014 : New Sunlight Living Challenge calls on Mumbai residents to reduce water usage at home to help create a brighter future for children

 

MUMBAI, 21 May 2014– A new programme from Unilever is challenging Indian families to live more sustainably to create a brighter future for children, while having fun together. The Sunlight Living Challenge forms part of Unilever’s Project Sunlight, a long-term initiative to motivate millions of people to live more sustainably.

 

The Sunlight Living Challenge calls on people of all ages to help protect the health of the planet by taking small, positive steps towards building a ‘greener’, more sustainable lifestyle in their own homes. Over the next three months, a group of 10 families from across Mumbai will be trying to do exactly that by reducing unnecessary water usage.

 

The children from these participating families are being urged to become water saviors and focus on saving water in their homes, through small everyday actions. Children will lead this challenge, by spreading awareness about ideas to save water and coming up with water-saving innovations. The families will be quizzed on their Water IQ and their daily progress and experiences will be monitored. At the end of the campaign, the most responsible family will win the ‘Water Champions Award’ and a prize

 

The launch of the Sunlight Living Challenge is the second phase of Project Sunlight, an ongoing Unilever initiative that has seen millions of people go online and pledge an ‘act of sunlight’: a promise to change their lifestyle to help preserve the planet for generations to come.

 

The Sunlight Living Challenge is supported by the release of a new Unilever film, "The Way Kids See It". The film brings to life the hopes, dreams and plans for a better world that are nurtured by our children. These children’s stories will motivate families – especially adults – to live more sustainably.

 

The Sunlight Living Challenge is open to everyone. Those wishing to take part can do so in three simple steps:

Visit www.projectsunlight.co.in to SEE "The Way Kids See It" film and read about the different activities available as part of the Sunlight Living Challenge

 

ACT by choosing an activity to complete and, in doing so, take small, positive steps to a more sustainable lifestyle at home

 

JOIN a like-minded community of individuals sharing their personal stories and tips to inspire others to take part using #brightfuture

 

It also follows international research showing that 70% of children know ‘a lot’ or ‘something’ about four or more of the major global issues, such as climate change and world hunger. [1] The findings revealed that 75% of parents view activities that help protect the environment as a good way to spend time with their kids, while, eight out of 10 children were found to be eager to do more ‘green’ activities together with their family, particularly if they are fun.[2]

 

The Mumbai challenges follow a similar initiative that took place in the UK last year. It saw 12 families from different parts of the country significantly reduce their household waste and cut their weekly shopping bills just by taking small, everyday steps to live more sustainably.

 

13% DOMESTIC CONSUMER SALES GROWTH, OPERATING PROFIT (PBIT) UP 23% IN JUNEQUARTER 2014

 

Mumbai, July 28th, 2014: Hindustan Unilever Limited announced its results for the quarter ending 30th June 2014.

 

During the quarter, the Domestic Consumer business grew at 13%, ahead of market, with 6% underlying volume growth. All segments registered double digit growth.

 

Soaps and Detergents: Broad based double digit growth

 

In Skin Cleansing, Dove, Pears, Lux, Lifebuoy, Liril and Hamam grew well. There was a step up in price growth as judicious pricing actions were taken to manage input cost inflation. Lux was re-launched during the quarter with improved product sensorials and aesthetics.

 

In Laundry, growth was led by the premium segment with Surf sustaining its strong growth momentum and Rin accelerating across both powders and bars. Wheel continued to show improved growth post its re-launch at the end of last year. Comfort Fabric Conditioner continued to lead market development and deliver robust growth. Vim led the performance in Household Care.

 

Personal Products: Strong growth in a challenging environment

 

In Skin Care, growth stepped up with Fair and Lovely, Pond’s and Lakme delivering double digit growth. Fair and Lovely continued to build momentum post

its re-launch in SQ 2013. Pond’s growth was led by premium skin lightening and talc and a new Pond’s Men range was launched during the quarter. Both Lakme and the overall facial cleansing portfolio sustained robust growth.

 

Hair Care delivered another quarter of volume led double digit growth driven by Dove, with Clinic Plus doing well and TRESemmé continuing to make good progress.

 

In Oral Care, investments were continued to sustain our competitiveness in the category. Close Up delivered double digit growth with the re-launch of the core and the introduction of the new ‘Diamond Attraction’ variant. The recovery of Pepsodent is making progress.

 

Colour Cosmetics maintained its high growth momentum across both Lakme and Elle 18. Lakme continues to strengthen its position in premium make up driven by exciting and contemporary innovations.

 

Beverages: Double digit growth in Tea and Coffee

 

Tea delivered a strong volume led performance, driven by strengthened brand equities and focused in-market activities. A new premium offering, ‘Taj Mahal –

 

A Flavour of Darjeeling’ was added to the portfolio. Green Tea registered another quarter of high growth on sustained market development. In Coffee, growth stepped up on the core andBru Gold continued to do well.

 

Packaged Foods: Kissan, Knorr, Kwality Walls and Magnum grow in double digit

 

Market development activities continue to be the key driver of growth in this segment. The quarter saw a step up in the growth rate as Kissan delivered another robust performance, driven by impactful activation while Knorr growth wasled by Instant Soups which more than doubled sales. Ice Creams registered one of  its strongest quarters driven by Magnum which continued to perform very well and through sharper in-market execution on Kwality Walls during an extended summer season.

 

Water: Strengthening category leadership

 

In a challenging durables market, Pureit delivered double digit growth, led by the solid performance of premium devices. The initial response to Pureit Ultima, which was launched in the last quarter with superior functionality and aesthetics, has been very encouraging.

 

Profitable growth sustained

 

The operating environment remained challenging with market growth further slowing down. Overall competitive activity remained high despite the lower media intensity in the quarter. Given this context, investments were sustained at competitive levels across segments with absolute A&P spends increasing by Rs 55 Crores. Cost inflation continued to be managed through a mix of judicious pricing and cost savings. Profit before interest and tax (PBIT) grew by 23% and PBIT margin improved by +130 bps. The results of the quarter include a one time credit of about Rs. 32 Crores (~45 bps) on account of adjustments for unutilized pension corpus relating to earlier periods. Profit after tax before exceptional items, PAT (bei), grew by 15% to Rs. 1020 Crores while Net Profit at Rs.1057 Crores, was up 4%, impacted by the higher exceptional income arising from the sale of properties and tax credits in the base quarter.

Harish Manwani, Chairman commented: “We continue to grow ahead of our markets and have delivered another quarter of strong top and bottom-line performance. While we are seeing headwinds on market growth, consumer spending and inflation, we remain focused on managing the business for long term competitive and profitable growth and implementing our strategy with even greater rigor.”

 


 

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.63.45

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.51

Euro

1

Rs.77.31

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

PRT

 

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

MTN

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

8

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

9

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

10

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

9

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

9

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

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

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

 

HISTORY

 

80

 

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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