MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.02.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK (INDIA) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, A Wing, Matulya Centre, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

24.06.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-120516

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 476.704 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L92140MH1999PLC120516

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUME03661A

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACE796G

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in FM Radio Broadcasting Business.

 

 

No. of Employees :

733 (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A (62)

 

RATING

STATUS

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 20090000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Exist

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a subsidiary of “TIMES INFOTAINMENT MEDIA LIMITED”. It is a well-established company having fine track record.

 

The rating reflects strong financial risk profile supported by strong liquidity position and decent profitability 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.

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The worst is over for India’s economy with gross domestic product likely to expand 5 %to 5.5 % this year and more than 6 % in 2015, according to Moody’s Analytics. Concerns over the rupee and current account deficit are under control, said the agency. Ratings firm Crisil has forecast 6 % growth for 2014/15 up from the estimated 4.8 % for 2013/14.  Total economic growth, infrastructure bottlenecks and lack of transparency and consistency in foreign direct investment policies seem to have taken a toll on India’s attractiveness as an investment destination, says an Ernst & Young survey.  Projects with FDI component fell 16.4 % across the globe in 2012 from the previous year.  The drop in India was steeper at 21 %. State run carrier Air India is doling out free tickets to its 24000 employees, even as it expects to incur a loss of Rs 39000 mn this financial year and has a debt of Rs 350000 mn. 550000 number of jobs generated across India in 2013, a fall of 0.4 % as compared to with a year earlier. The National Capital Region has a one-fourth share in total jobs created, according to a study by industry lobby group Assochem, Banks, real estate, automobile and telecommunications sectors are showing a rise of job creation. $ 805 mn investments by venture capital firms in India during 2013, registering a drop of about 18 % over the previous year. The Information Technology and IT-Enabled Services Industry retained its status as the favourable venture capital investors in 2013. Pakistan has temporarily banned gold imports for the second time in six months, as it tries to stem smuggling into India. India’s import duty on gold is 10 % and curbs on purchases have dried up legal imports into what used to be the world’s biggest bullion buyers. The World Gold Council puts the amount smuggled into India at upto 200 tonnes in 2013. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed that unclaimed bank deposits estimated to be about Rs 35000 mn be used for education and awareness among depositors.  According to the plan, deposits that have not been claimed for at least 10 years will be transferred to the scheme.

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

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

 

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

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

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED

 

MANAGEMENT NON-COOPERATIVE

 

(CONTACT NO.: 91-22-67536983)

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, A Wing, Matulya Centre, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

Not Available

Fax No.:

Not Available

E-Mail :

 

                              

n.subramanian@timesgroup.com  

dalpatraj.jain@timesgroup.com

mehul.shah@timesgroup.com 

business@radiomirchi.com 

Website :

http://www.enil.co.in

 

 

Corporate Office :

Trade Gardens, Ground Floor, Kamala Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai – 400013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-67536983

Fax No.:

91-22-67536800

 

 

Studios :

Located at:

 

·         Ahmedabad

·         Aurangabad

·         Bengaluru

·         Bhopal

·         Chennai

·         Coimbatore

·         Delhi

·         Hyderabad

·         Indore

·         Jabalpur

·         Jaipur

·         Jalandhar

·         Kanpur

·         Kolhapur

·         Kolkata

·         Lucknow

·         Madurai

·         Mangalore

·         Mumbai

·         Nagpur

·         Nashik

·         Panjim

·         Patna

·         Pune

·         Raipur

·         Rajkot

·         Surat

·         Thiruvananthapuram

·         Vadodara

·         Varanasi

·         Vijaywada

·         Visakhapatnam

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON 31.03.2013

 

Name :

Mr. Vineet Jain

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. P. Parigi

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

15.07.1949

Qualification :

Master degree in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi and also holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and a Master degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics.

Date of Appointment :

01.10.2009

Other Directorship :

Bennett, Coleman And Company Limited, Times Infotainment Media Limited, Times Innovative Media Limited, Alternate Brand Solutions (India) Limited, Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited, Artha Financial Services Limited, Accel Media Ventures Limited, Accel Frontline Limited, Worldwide Media Private Limited, Appglow Management Private Limited.

 

Foreign Companies:

 

TIML Global Limited, TIML Golden Square Limited, TIML Radio Holdings Limited, TIML Radio Limited, One Golden Square Creative Limited, TIML Digital Radio Limited.

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. S. Nagesh

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

12.04.1959

Qualification :

A degree of Masters in Management Studies from the Banaras Hindu University

Date of Appointment :

14.08.2012

Other Directorship :

Shoppers Stop Limited, Marico Industries Limited, Hypercity Retail (India) Limited, Nagesh (BSN) Consults Private Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. Kumar

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

28.01.1950

Qualification :

Engineering Graduate in Electronics and Communication from Anna University, Chennai.

Date of Appointment :

05.11.2005

Other Directorship :

Bharti Infratel Limited, Bharti Infratel Ventures Limited, Times Innovative Media Limited, MRF Limited, Take Solutions Limited, Mphasis Limited, eG Innovations Private Limited, eG Innovations Pte Limited, Madhura Kumar Properties Private Limited, N. K. Trading & Consultancy Private Limited, Cubbon Road Properties Private Limited, Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre (Sect. 25 Company), Singapore India Partnership Foundation (Sect. 25 Company).

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravindra Dhariwal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravindra Kulkarni

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Richard Saldanha

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Ms. Vibha Paul Rishi

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

19.06.1960

Qualification :

An alumnus of FMS, Delhi

Date of Appointment :

14.08.2012

Other Directorship :

Future Venture India Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prashant Panday

Designation :

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Date of Birth/Age :

08.07.1965

Qualification :

Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Degree of B.E. Electronics and Communication – Gujarat University.

Date of Appointment :

01.07.2010

Other Directorship :

Alternate Brand Solutions (India) Limited, Member of the Board of Governors of Market Research Users Council.

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Mehul Shah

Designation :

SVP - Compliance and Company Secretary

 

 

Management Team :

·         Prashant Panday, Executive Director and CEO

·         N. Subramanian, Group Chief Financial Officer

·         Hitesh Sharma, Chief Operating Officer

·         Tapas Sen, Chief Programming Officer

·         Sujata Bhatt, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of HR

·         Mahesh Shetty, Chief Strategy Officer and RD - (North and East)

·         Anand Parameswaran,

·         Chief Business Officer and RD - (South)

·         Yatish Mehrishi, EVP and RD - (West and Central)

·         Vanditta Malhotra Hegde, SVP and Legal Head

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 31.12.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

Total No. of Shares

As a %

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

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

 

 

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

33918400

71.15

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

33918400

71.15

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

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

33918400

71.15

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

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

 

 

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

719304

1.51

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

1546

0.00

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

7645031

16.04

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

8365881

17.55

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

 

 

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

2476160

5.19

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

 

 

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

1375924

2.89

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

1407922

2.95

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

126128

0.26

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

119310

0.25

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

86

0.00

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

6732

0.01

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

5386134

11.30

Total Public shareholding (B)

13752015

28.85

Total (A)+(B)

47670415

100.00

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

 

 

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)

47670415

100.00

 

 

 

 

Shareholding of securities (including shares, warrants, convertible securities) of persons belonging to the category Promoter and Promoter Group

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholders

Details of Shares held

No. of Shares held

As a % of

1

Times Infotainment Media Limited

30526560

64.04

2

Bennett, Coleman And Company Limited

3391840

7.12

 

Total

33918400

71.15

 

 

Shareholding of securities (including shares, warrants, convertible securities) of persons belonging to the category Public and holding more than 1% of the total number of shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholders

No. of Shares held

Shares as %

1

Amansa Capital Pte Limited A/c Amansa Holdings Private Limited

2187611

4.59

2

SBI Life Insurance Company Limited

2038699

4.28

3

Acacia Partners LP

1557500

3.27

4

Acacia Institutional Partners LP

1213928

2.55

5

Acacia Conservation Fund LP

720000

1.51

6

Acacia Banyan Partners

492400

1.03

 

Total

8210138

17.22

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in FM Radio Broadcasting Business.

 

 

Brand Name :

‘Radio Mirchi’

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

733 (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

HDFC Bank Limited

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Price Waterhouse And Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

Legal Advisors :

·         Mrs. Pratibha M. Singh, Singh And Singh Law Firm LLP

·         Halai And Company, Advocates And Legal Consultants

 

 

Ultimate Holding Company :

Bennett, Coleman And Company Limited (BCCL)

 

 

Holding Company :

Times Infotainment Media Limited (TIML) *

 

 

Subsidiary Company :

Alternate Brand Solutions (India) Limited (ABSL)

 

 

Fellow Subsidiary Companies :

·         Mirchi Movies (India) Limited (MML) *

·         Times Innovative Media Limited (TIM)

·         TIM Delhi Airport Advertising Private Limited (TIMDAA)

·         Times Internet Limited (TIL)

·         Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited (TGBCL)

·         Times Business Solutions Limited (TBSL)

·         Times VPL Limited (TVL) *

·         Vardhaman Publishers Limited (VPL)

·         Times Websol Limited (TWL)

·         Times Mobile Limited (TM)

·         Brand Equities Treaties Limited (BETL)

 

 

Other Related Parties :

·         Worldwide Media Private Limited (WWM)

·         Bennett Property Holding Company Limited (BPHCL)

·         BCCL International Events Private Limited (BIEPL)

·         Aegon Religare Life Insurance Company (ARLIC)

 

Note:

* There are no transactions during the year

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON 31.03.2013

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

120,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 1200.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

47,670,415

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 476.704 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

(a) Terms attached to equity shares

 

The Company has only one class of equity shares. Each shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. The par value per share is ` 10. The Company declares dividend in Indian Rupees. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to approval of the shareholders in the ensuing annual general meeting.

 

 

(b) Shares held by Holding company and Ultimate holding company

 

Particulars

 

Shares (nos)

i) Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each held by Times Infotainment Media Limited, the Holding Company.

30,526,560

ii) Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each held by Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited, the Ultimate Holding Company.

3,391,840

 

 

(c) Details of shares held by shareholders holding more than 5% of the aggregate shares in the company

 

Name of Shareholders

 

Shares (nos)

(in %)

i) Times Infotainment Media Limited, the Holding Company

30,526,560

64.04%

ii) Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited, the Ultimate Holding Company.

3,391,840

7.12%

iii) SBI Life Insurance Company Limited.

2,428,312

5.09%

 


 

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

476.704

476.704

476.704

(b) Reserves & Surplus

4,546.332

3,925.393

3,360.298

(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)

5,023.036

4,402.097

3,837.002

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

36.616

97.906

88.534

(c) Other long term liabilities

4.240

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

42.665

38.223

29.089

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

83.521

136.129

117.623

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Trade payables

443.476

420.069

236.413

(c) Other current liabilities

104.552

102.057

267.615

(d) Short-term provisions

241.380

89.511

115.130

Total Current Liabilities (4)

789.408

611.637

619.158

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

5,895.965

5,149.863

4,573.783

 

 

 

 

II.            ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

496.851

586.491

673.112

(ii) Intangible Assets

706.637

910.847

1,127.056

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.912

0.552

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

81.141

80.250

75.250

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

117.625

128.725

211.808

(e) Other Non-current assets

65.651

73.656

77.572

Total Non-Current Assets

1,467.905

1,780.881

2,165.350

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

3,097.154

1,770.069

855.753

(b) Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Trade receivables

994.068

922.403

1,038.006

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

122.376

443.253

156.074

(e) Short-term loans and advances

200.746

220.086

357.296

(f) Other current assets

13.716

13.171

1.304

Total Current Assets

4,428.060

3,368.982

2,408.433

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

5,895.965

5,149.863

4,573.783

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from operations

3,383.877

3,014.253

2,799.596

 

 

Other Income

169.732

115.222

47.252

 

 

TOTAL                                    

3,553.609

3,129.475

2,846.848

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Production expenses

154.294

146.332

160.947

 

 

License fees

180.920

152.015

140.232

 

 

Employee benefits expense

735.555

628.605

564.438

 

 

Other expenses

1,271.033

1,080.416

1,024.354

 

 

TOTAL                                    

2,341.802

2,007.368

1,889.971

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

1,211.807

1,122.107

956.877

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                                   

0.162

0.014

11.183

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

1,211.645

1,122.093

945.694

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                    

317.201

324.625

335.960

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT ON SALE OF LONG TERM INVETSMENT

0.000

0.000

126.848

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX

894.444

797.468

736.582

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                 

217.733

232.373

214.493

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX

676.711

565.095

522.089

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

2040.176

1475.081

952.992

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed dividend (including dividend distribution tax)

55.772

0.000

0.000

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

2661.115

2040.176

1475.081

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Consultancy services

37.468

13.164

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods

1.983

2.668

4.236

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

14.20

11.85

10.95

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2013

30.09.2013

31.12.2013

Type

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

Net Sales

852.400

865.500

985.200

Total Expenditure

553.400

612.700

603.000

PBIDT (Excl OI)

299.000

252.800

382.200

Other Income

52.600

55.000

56.400

Operating Profit

351.500

307.800

438.600

Interest

0.100

0.100

0.100

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

PBDT

351.500

307.700

438.600

Depreciation

78.000

79.700

80.900

Profit Before Tax

273.400

228.100

357.700

Tax

74.200

64.000

98.900

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

199.200

164.100

258.800

Extraordinary Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

0.000

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

199.200

164.100

258.800

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

PAT / Total Income

(%)

19.04

18.06

18.34

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

26.43

26.46

26.31

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

15.38

15.73

16.38

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.18

0.18

0.19

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt/Networth)

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

5.61

5.51

3.89

 

 

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

476.704

476.704

476.704

Reserves & Surplus

3,360.300

3,925.390

4,546.330

Net worth

3,837.002

4,402.097

5,023.036

 

 

 

 

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

31.03.2011

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

 

(Rs. in Millions)

(Rs. in Millions)

(Rs. in Millions)

SALES

2,799.600

3,014.250

3,383.880

 

 

7.667

12.263

 

 

 

 

NET PROFIT MARGIN

 

Net Profit Margin

31.03.2011

31.03.2012

31.03.2013

 

(Rs. in Millions)

(Rs. in Millions)

(Rs. in Millions)

Sales

2,799.600

3,014.250

3,383.880

Profit

522.089

565.095

676.711

 

18.65%

18.75%

20.00%

 

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report

(Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

Yes

8]

No. of employees

Yes

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

--

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

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22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

Yes

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

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Buyer visit details

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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

 

 

LITIGATION DETAILS

 

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY

 

CASE DETAILS

BENCH: BOMBAY

Lodging No: NMSL/2007/2012   Filing Date: 03.07.2012    Reg. No.: NMS/1692/2012    Reg. Date: 19.07.2012

Main Matter

Lodging No: SL/1668/2007                                                   Reg. No.: S/1588/2007

Petitioner: PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LTD.                 Respondent: ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK (INDIA) LIMITED

                                                                                                       Resp. Adv.: MULLA AND MULLA AND C.B. AND C (1) ()

District: MUMBAI

Bench: SINGLE

Status: Pre-Admission                                                                Category: NOTICE OF MOTION

Last Date: 06.01.2014                                                                Stage: CHAMBER SUMMONS FOR HEARING [ORIGINAL SIDE MATTERS]

Last Coram: PROVISIONAL BOARD

Act: Code of Civil Procedure 1908

 

 

CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG TERM DEBT: NOT AVAILABLE

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES

 

S.NO.

CHARGE ID

DATE OF CHARGE CREATION/MODIFICATION

CHARGE AMOUNT SECURED

CHARGE HOLDER

ADDRESS

SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER (SRN)

1

10062091

27/07/2007

650,000,000.00

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMI 
TED

52/60, MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD, MUMBAI - 400001, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

A19958446

2

10039746

07/12/2009 *

300,000,000.00

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED

36-38A, NARIMAN BHAVAN, 227, D, NARIMAN POINT, MUMBAI - 400021, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

A75777524

 

* Date of charge modification

 

 

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

The Company was incorporated on June 24, 1999. The Company operates FM radio broadcasting stations in 32 Indian cities under the brand name ‘Radio Mirchi’. The Company’s principal revenue stream is advertising. Advertising revenues are generated through the sale of air time in the Company’s FM radio broadcasting stations.

 

 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

The Company retained its position as the market leader in Private FM Radio Broadcasting Industry. Total income of the Company increased from Rs. 3129.475 Millions during the previous year to Rs. 3553.609 Millions during the year. Profit after tax was higher at Rs. 676.711 Millions.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

The financial year was a challenging one for the entire media industry. The slowdown in the economy, with the GDP growth expected to be 5.5% in CY2012, affected the Indian Advertising industry, as companies affected by the slowdown resorted to cuts in advertising spends to maintain profit margins. The advertising industry reported a growth of an estimated 9% during CY2012. It is important to point out that GDP growth numbers are measured in “real” terms, while advertising growth numbers are indicated in “nominal” terms. This means that the growth in the advertising industry trailed the overall GDP growth rate, something that typically happens under poor economic growth conditions.

 

The radio industry has turned in a much stronger performance in FY13, compared to the rest of the traditional media segments, growing at an estimated 10% during the year. The Company has reported even better growth at 12.3%. The Company’s strategy of developing a multiple products portfolio (which advertisers can use for their marketing activities) has yielded the higher growth. This led to a strong net profit growth as well, at 19.8% to Rs. 677.000 Millions. The Company generated Rs. 1001.000 Millions of cash flow during FY13. At the end of FY13, the Company had Rs. 3225.000 Millions of free cash and cash equivalents.

 

The Company’s revenue market share remained strong at between 33-35% of the private FM industry. Radio Mirchi continues to enjoy the confidence of its listeners and it remains the clear No. 1 radio brand as per the Indian Readership Survey (IRS)–the only pan-India media research survey which also includes radio listenership. According to the latest IRS survey (Q4 2012), Radio Mirchi has a weekly listenership of 37.5 million. Their listenership is more than 50% higher than that of the nearest competitor brand.

 

In recognition of the music fraternity’s exceptional creativity, the Company organized yet another edition – the 5th – of the Mirchi Music Award (MMA) this year. The MMAs are now held in all major languages. Apart from the flagship Hindi, MMAs are also held in the 4 South Indian Languages (4th edition of the awards to be held in June 2013) and Bangla (2nd edition completed in FY13). During FY13, for the first time, the awards were held in Marathi as well. The Hindi MMA had the who’s who of the music and film fraternity in attendance. The TVR of the main show, aired on Colors TV, was 2.1, a 60% improvement over last year’s TVR. But what was even more gratifying than the TVR was the support and presence of the entire music fraternity.

 

The Company operates one of India’s most popular radio websites. They stream four popular internet radio stations, which are available to a worldwide audience. They also have a strong presence on social networking sites. They have 1 million “fans” on Facebook. This helps us “connect” with online users, get “feedback” on the brand and also “talk” to them about their new plans. In addition, they also operate a YouTube channel of their own (total views upwards of 2.6 million till date) and a twitter handle (about 16000 followers). Together, Mirchi’s digital footprint spans 2.5 million people across all its platforms.

 

The Company won several awards and recognitions during the year. Radio Mirchi won the Popular Radio Channel of the Year Award at the World Brand Congress 2012. The forum honors the world’s branding and marketing elite at the Global Awards for Brand Excellence. Mirchi won twelve awards at the Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA) at the India Radio Forum (IRF) this year – the most number of awards won by any broadcaster. Their FY 2011-12 Annual Report “Reimagining Radio” won the gold for innovative design and layout at the Midas awards. Midas recognizes the world’s best in financial advertising. Founded in 2001 and based out of New York, the jury includes creative and art directors from all over the world. In less than a year after its launch, Radio Mirchi UAE was voted the best Radio Station in the Popular Choice category at the 5th Annual Masala Awards held in that country. The award demonstrates the power of the Mirchi brand and the loyal audience that it has built there in a short period of time.

 

The Cabinet approved the Phase 3 expansion policy in May 2013, the biggest growth opportunity for the private FM radio sector. Auctions for new licenses and new cities are expected to commence before the end of FY14. New stations should be operational within a year from the auctions getting completed. For the Company, expanding nationally and within the big cities is a priority.

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

MEDIA INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTS

 

World Economy is poised to strengthen

 

According to the World Economic Outlook report of the IMF, released in April 2013, the world economy is poised to grow at 3.3% in 2013 and 4% in 2014. This is higher than the growth recorded in the previous years and augurs well for the world economy. While growth in emerging markets and developing economies is forecast to reach 5.3% in 2013 and 5.7% in 2014, from a lower number in 2012, growth in the United States is forecast to be 1.9% in 2013 and 3.0 % in 2014. The Euro Area is forecast to de-grow by 0.3% in 2013 and recover partially in 2014 and grow at 1.1%. Overall, the economic sentiment is forecast to improve worldwide in the next two years.

 

Indian Economy – to be back on the growth path in FY14

 

The Finance Minister, in his budget speech this year indicated that the Indian economy is set to grow at 6.5% in FY14. And even though FY13 was a year of slow growth, only China and Indonesia (amongst the large economies) grew faster than India. In FY14, only China is expected to grow faster than India.

 

Morgan Stanley in a report states:

 

“They expect the initial phase of recovery to be driven by an improvement in growth mix and productivity growth rather than a big rise in investment. The starting point of macro environment stability (inflation, current account deficit and high banking sector loan deposit ratio) will still likely constrain domestic demand from staging a strong recovery.”

 

The projected growth rate of 6.5% is a marked improvement over the 5.5% growth likely in FY13 but much below the potential of 8% that India is capable of. Opinion on this growth forecast is divided, with many experts believing that it is achievable and many thinking otherwise. The IMF for instance has a conservative estimate of 5.7%. The Government has promised more reforms including in vital sectors of the economy like Banking, Insurance and pensions (which should bring in more foreign investments), land acquisition (which should make land acquisitions more expensive, but more easy) etc. It has also promised to speed up decision making in core areas like infrastructure where environmental concerns have held back approvals of large projects for several years. The Government has set up a Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, headed by the PM, to remove the bottlenecks in large infrastructure projects with investment exceeding Rs. 10000.0000 Millions. The Government has also said repeatedly that it will stick to the fiscal target of 4.8% in FY14, a number that now carries credibility after the successful achievement of the FY13 revised target of 5.2%.

 

The good news for the country is that the overall interest rate regime is expected to soften in FY14. Reputed bankers have indicated that they expect a drop of more than 1% during FY14. Sectors which advertise – BFI, Auto, Real Estate, Durables, Mobile handsets, etc. – depend strongly on the ability of their buyers to get cheap loans. If that happens, the economy should get a boost; and the advertising industry too.

 

The government has also taken measures to tackle the current account deficit. It has levied additional taxes on gold, which has become a very large part of India’s imports. Further, the good news is that there is a slump in commodity prices worldwide, including in petroleum, and this should significantly ease the current account deficit, strengthen the rupee, reduce raw material costs for industries that import and improve their operational margins.

 

Overall, the macro-economic environment appears to be improving and is expected to get better in FY14. Further, after more than a year of slow policy making, the government appears to have got back on its feet. This should lift the advertising industry growth rates in FY14.

 

Global Advertising Spends to Strengthen

 

With advertising spends closely linked to the health of the economy, any uptick in the economy has a positive impact on advertising. The opposite is also true, which is why the advertising industry has generally witnessed slow growth over the last few years.

 

According to Zenith Optimedia’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts – April 2013, the global ad expenditure growth will strengthen over the next 3 years, rising from 3.5% in 2012 to 3.9% in 2013, 4.9% in 2014 and 5.6% in 2015. The agency puts the ad spends in 2013 at US$ 518 billion. Further the agency forecasts that the growth will be led by emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Advertising growth in “Fast Track Asia” – a bloc of which India is a part – is forecast to be 10.3% in 2013 over the previous year.

 

Indian Advertising Industry expects a better 2013

 

The slowdown in the economy’s growth to 5.5% in 2012 affected the Indian Advertising industry as companies affected by the slowdown cut advertising spends. But with the economy expected to get back on the growth track, the outlook is brighter. As per FICCI KPMG’s Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2013, the advertising industry which grew by 9.1% in 2012 is expected to grow by 10% in 2013 and 11.2% in 2014. The 5-year forecast is even stronger with a CAGR of 14% till 2017.

 

The Indian Radio Industry – will outgrow traditional Media

 

Like in 2012, the FM radio industry is expected to outpace the growth of the overall advertising industry in the coming years. This higher growth is expected on the back of the Phase 3 policy of radio expansion. Phase 3 provides an immense opportunity for the Company to expand its footprint across the country. With a forecasted CAGR of 16.6% till 2017 as per KPMG’s FICCI report – industry revenues are expected to more than double by 2017.

 

The Phase 3 policy – which entails major expansion in the sector – was announced in July 2011. Since then, for various reasons, the policy’s implementation has got delayed. It appears now that the last of the obstacles have been cleared.

 

The Finance Minister announced the roll out of the policy in his budget speech on 28th February 2013, an unusual gesture considering that no Finance Minister had announced the earlier two phases of radio expansion. Thereafter, the EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) chaired by the Finance Minister also cleared all pending issues with respect to the policy in its meeting held on 6th March 2013. Finally, the Cabinet, in its meeting held on 1st May, 2013 ratified the decisions of the EGoM, paving the way for the roll out of the much-delayed Phase 3 policy. If everything goes to plan, it is their expectation that the auctions should commence before FY14 is over.

 

Phase 3 roll outs are vital for the FM radio industry’s growth. Radio can only expand when spectrum is released by the Government through the process of auctions. The last auctions were held in Jan 2006. Since then, there have not been any more auctions held. In the meantime, the other segments of the media industry have all grown by leaps and bounds. More and more TV channels continue to get launched every year and today there are 750+ channels available.

 

Newspaper groups have launched several new editions of existing titles as well as new titles across the country. With more transport infrastructure projects (airports, highways, etc.) getting completed, the Out Of Home (OOH) industry has also got a boost. And of course, the internet knows no bounds. In the midst of all these fast growing alternatives to advertisers, the radio industry has been feeling the squeeze. It has had to rely on increasing the utilization of available advertising inventory, but now with inventories almost fully exhausted, the only way left to grow further is to have more channels. Phase 3 will provide the requisite growth impetus.

 

The Phase 3 policy is ambitious. It aims to expand private FM radio services to 227 more cities, taking the total to more than 313. About 839 new FM radio channels will be auctioned and, after the auctions are completed, all cities having a population 1 lac and more will be covered by private FM radio services. The policy also has other far reaching features including giving broadcasters the right to operate more than one channel in each city (thus allowing for more programming variety, the ability to target a different set of listeners and rapidly grow revenues), networking of small cities with big ones (thus helping cut operating costs), extending the license period to 15 years (thus reducing vulnerability to economic slowdowns) and others.

 

 

RADIO INDUSTRY – FUTURE OUTLOOK, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

 

Phase 3 policy of FM radio expansion:

 

As mentioned earlier, the biggest growth opportunity for the FM radio sector is the Phase 3 policy of FM radio expansion. Auctions for new licenses and new cities are expected to commence before the end of FY14. New stations should be operational within a year from the auctions getting completed.

 

The salient features of the Phase 3 policy are:

 

a. Multiple Frequencies

b. License Period

c. Tradability of Licenses

d. Networking

e. News and Current Affairs allowed

 

a. Multiple frequencies: The current policy allows a broadcaster to operate only one channel in a market. However, no such restriction is imposed on TV, newspaper or internet companies. The Phase 3 policy amends this, and allows broadcasters to operate upto 40% of the licenses available in a city, subject to a minimum of three different broadcasters being present in the city. This amendment provides an opportunity to existing broadcasters to acquire new frequencies and expand. It also allows existing broadcasters the opportunity to divest their stakes and sell their businesses to other broadcasters operating in the same town. This provision will thus increase the possibility of mergers and acquisitions in the future.

 

For the Company, expanding within the big cities is a priority. ENIL expects to take advantage of this policy measure.

 

b. License Period: The license period of Phase 3 frequencies has been increased to 15 years, compared to 10 years for the present licenses. This is a good change for several reasons. First, as the experience of the last four years has shown, the advertising industry is vulnerable to sudden deceleration of the economy. In a ten year license, it is extremely difficult to recover from such downturns and recoup the losses. Second, the certainty of a longer license period will allow broadcasters to invest more in brand building, and take risks with experimentative programming content. This should help provide more content diversity to the market and grow it faster. Third, the entire process of renewals creates uncertainty and anxiety, and the less often it is done, the better it is. ENIL welcomes this policy initiative.

 

c. Tradability of licenses: The current policy allows a broadcaster to sell off its stake in a radio company only after five years of operationalization. The Phase 3 policy reduces this period to three years. Even though it helps radio broadcasters, it is still not entirely fair considering that no such restrictions exist in any other media segment. ENIL welcomes this measure, as it will (along with the allowance for operating multiple frequencies) help early consolidation in the fragmented radio industry. Consolidation in turn will trigger improvements in content, enhance investments in brand building, encourage launch of new programs, etc.

 

d. Networking: Most of the small towns with population less than 1 lac would be financially unviable if they were to operate as full-service stations. The revenue potential in these towns is small, and hence managing costs is key to financial viability. Networking would allow small stations to take content from other bigger stations with a similar language/ programming mix, thus reducing their cost of operation. The proposed networking clause is more liberal than the current one which allows networking only between category C and D stations. The Phase 3 policy allows networking across all categories of towns. There is only a provision for a certain minimum locally produced content to be met. ENIL welcomes this measure.

 

e. News and current affairs: The current policy does not allow radio broadcasters to conduct news and current affairs programs. This is a blatantly unfair and discriminatory restriction, since no other medium is subject to such restrictions. The Phase 3 policy makes a minor concession on this. Radio broadcasters will be allowed to do news and current affairs shows, but they will have to source the news content only from All India Radio (AIR). The industry believes this is highly restrictive, and hopes that future policy announcements will remove this restriction. ENIL welcomes this policy measure guardedly, and hopes that all restrictions will be removed soon.

 

 

RENEWAL OF PHASE 2 LICENSES:

 

They expect that after Phase 3 auctions are completed, the government will start the process of renewing the current Phase 2 licenses. Since many licenses will start expiring from April 2015 onwards, the next two years are crucial for the renewal process. The government has however given indications that it would want existing broadcasters to continue after their current license term expires. Clarity on the process of renewals is awaited.

 

 

COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 2012 – AN UPDATE:

 

The amendments to the original Copyright Act of 1957 were passed by both Houses of Parliament in May 2012. The Copyright (Amendment) Rules 2013, which prescribe rules for statutory license were notified on March 14, 2013. As on date the Copyright Board has not been constituted. The provision of Statutory License has a significant impact on the operations of a radio company as it ensures unfettered access to music at rates fixed by a statutory authority.

 

Super Cassettes Industries Limited (“T Series”) has filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the provisions of statutory licensing as described above. Similar challenge has been made by Venus Worldwide Entertainment Private Limited (a member of Phonographic Performance Limited) before the Delhi High Court. ENIL shall take all such steps that are necessary to protect itself from anything that directly and substantially affect’s ENIL’s rights under the statutory licensing mechanism.

 

 

FORAY INTO DIGITAL MEDIA:

 

Internet penetration is growing rapidly in India. There are about 150 million users today, and this number is expected to grow to 500 million in 5 years. Most internet users access the net through their mobile phones (smart phones as well as old generation feature phones). Most internet users have access only to slow internet bandwidth today; though with the rapidly falling cost of bandwidth, this situation may change drastically in the next few years.

 

Media companies are already seeing their consumers move online, adding to their regular media consumption. Worldwide experience shows that savvy media brands are able to grow their audience size by making themselves available online. In the case of radio, there is however a unique problem. Online music royalties are prohibitively high reminiscent of the early days of FM radio when music royalties were exorbitantly priced. The Copyright Board (CRB) brought relief to FM broadcasters. It will have to rationalize online music royalties as well.

 

As in all online media businesses, there are only very limited advertising opportunities available for online radio streaming as well. Maintaining an online presence is thus an unviable proposition today. Equally, the cost of not reacting to this medium could be even higher. New competitors could start reaching out to their advertisers with more targeted offerings, and even take away their listeners by offering them greater variety of content. Keeping this in mind, ENIL has embarked on an ambitious project to develop its digital business.

 

 

ENIL’S ONLINE PRESENCE:

 

·         They have one of India’s most popular radio websites. They offer a variety of content like

a)     four specially created streaming stations with a plan to increase this number to 10 in the next few months

b)    non-music audio content like Mirchi Murga

c)     interaction with RJs

d)    videos of film stars visiting their studios

e)     consumer contests, etc.

·         Their four streaming stations offer a wide choice of music formats. The most popular is “Meethi Mirchi” (contemporary Hindi melodies) followed by “Purani Jeans” (60s to 80s Hindi retro), “Club Mirchi” (Hindi Dance) and “Mirchi Edge” (non-Bollywood or Indipop).

 

·         They have a strong presence on social networking sites. They have 1 million “fans” on Facebook. This helps them “connect” with online users, get “feedback” on the brand and also “talk” to them about their new plans. In addition, they also have a YouTube channel of their own (total views upwards of 2.6 million till date) and a twitter handle (about 16000 followers).

 

 

FY 13 OPERATING PERFORMANCE:

 

The radio industry has turned in a good performance in FY13, considering the tough economic conditions that prevailed. In their estimation, the industry has grown by about 10% over the previous year. In comparison, estimates of growth of other media segments are 5-6% for newspapers, 5-6% for TV and 2-4% for Out of Home. There is a reason why the radio industry has performed so well. In times of economic slowdown, advertisers are forced to “re-evaluate” their media mixes. In this process, a relatively new medium like radio (and also the internet) gets evaluated even by those advertisers who weren’t using radio earlier. Since radio’s listenership numbers are impressive, the medium manages to enter the media plans of a lot of new advertisers. There is yet another reason. Advertisers typically spend more on “promotions” during periods of slowdown. Such campaigns work best on radio for several reasons. One, because radio is the “last” medium consumed before he or she walks into a shop. Second, radio creatives are easy to make and change, thus giving flexibility to the advertiser to change his message. Third, radio’s reach is huge; and far higher than the reach of newspapers. For example, in Mumbai, as per RAM, Radio Mirchi reaches upwards of 50 lac people every week. These are all consumers that advertisers are keen to reach. And lastly, the outlays required for an effective radio campaign are typically smaller than those required for a newspaper or outdoors campaign. For all these reasons, radio has done better than other segments in FY13. They believe the same trend will continue in FY14 as well.

 

It’s a matter of pride that ENIL has fared better than the radio industry. ENIL’s operating revenues (not including other income) have grown by 12.3% during FY13, reaching Rs. 3384.000 Millions. ENIL’s profitability has been strong with PAT growing by 19.8% to Rs. 677.000 Millions. ENIL has Rs. 3225.000 Millions of free cash and cash equivalents in its books. It generated Rs. 1001.000 Millions of cash flow during FY13. The Company is well resourced to participate in Phase 3 bidding. ENIL’s strong revenue performance has helped its revenue market share grow to 33-35% of the private FM industry. Considering the consistent good performance of the Company year-on-year and the strong cash position as on date, the Board of Directors have recommended a maiden dividend of 10% i.e. Rs. 1/- per equity share of Rs. 10/-.

 

 

THE MIRCHI MUSIC AWARDS – BETTER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR:

 

The Mirchi Music Awards (MMAs) now span virtually all the major languages. Apart from the flagship Hindi, MMAs are held in the 4 South Indian Languages, Bangla and, for the first time this year, were held in Marathi as well.

 

The 5th edition of the Hindi Mirchi Music Awards had the who’s who of the music and film fraternity in attendance. The winners were decided by an all star jury – Javed Akhtar (Chairman), Ramesh Sippy, Ashutosh Gowariker, Kailash Kher, Shankar Mahadevan, Sooraj Barjatya, Prasoon Joshi, Sameer, Anu Malik, Aadesh Srivastava, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit, Louis Banks, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhna Sargam, Suresh Wadkar, Talat Aziz and Ila Arun. The jury process also comprises the important work undertaken by the Screening jury which went through more than 800 songs that the film industry produced in 2012. The Screening jury was made up of Akbar Sami, Shibani Kashyap, Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Jitu Shankar, Kavita Seth, Raju Singh, Shmair Tandon, Teesha Nigam, Dominique Cerejo, Anand Sharma, Niranjan Iyengar, Javed Ali, Abhijeet Sawant, Dr. Arindam Mukhopadhyay, Vidya Shah, Dr. Sujit Kumar Ojha.

 

TV viewers gave the televised show their vote of approval. The TVR of the main show was 2.1, which is a 60% improvement over last year’s number. But more than the TVR, what was satisfying was the support and presence of almost the entire music fraternity. After all, these awards are our tribute to their outstanding work. Like they say “Music ko Mirchi ka salaam” (Mirchi’s salute to music). Mr. Amitabh Bachchan was recognized with the “Super star with a golden voice” award and Ms. Asha Bhosle was honored with the Life Time Achievement Award.

 

The Mirchi Music Awards (Marathi) were held for the first time this year. They received an overwhelming response from the Marathi film and music fraternity and audience. The jury was chaired by Suresh Wadkar and the Head of the jury was Ashok Patki.

 

The Mirchi Music Awards (South) completed their 3rd edition in July 2012. Like in Hindi and Marathi, the support of the film and music industry in all the Southern languages is a matter of great pride for them. They are the only pan-South music award show. Mr. Gangai Amaren (Tamil), Mr. Hamsalekha (Kannada), Mr. Suresh Babu (Telugu) and Mr. Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri (Malayalam) were the jury Chairmen for these awards.

 

The Mirchi Music Awards (Bangla) completed their second edition in March this year. Like everywhere else, the show had an outstanding success.

 

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

 

·         Radio Mirchi UAE voted the Best Radio Station

 

In less than a year from its launch, Radio Mirchi UAE was voted the best Radio Station in the Popular Choice category in 5th Annual Masala Awards. The award demonstrates the power of the Mirchi brand and the loyal audience that it has built there in a short period of time.

 

·         World Brand Congress – Popular Radio Channel of the Year

 

World Brand Congress honors the world’s branding and marketing elite at the Global Awards for Brand Excellence. Radio Mirchi won the Popular Radio Channel of the Year Award in the radio category.

 

·         Annual Report 2011-2012 wins Midas Award

 

Midas recognizes the best of financial advertising. Founded in 2001 and based out of New York, the jury includes creative and art directors from all over the world. Their FY 2011-12 Annual Report “Reimagining Radio” won the gold for innovative design and layout. Reimagining Radio captures the essence of the shift from traditional to a new age media company

.

·         Designomics Awards

 

The FY12 annual report was also the first runner up in the Designomics Awards.

 

·         Accolades from Ad Club Bangalore

 

Purani jeans is the retro songs show on Radio Mirchi that goes on air from 9pm on weeknights. In this show, old Hindi songs are played. For promoting this show, an innovative clock that ran anti-clockwise was created so as to evoke the feeling of taking you back in time. This direct mailer won the bronze at the Ad Club of Bangalore’s award function.

 

MIRCHI SWEEPS THE IRF AWARDS

 

Mirchi won twelve awards at the Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA) at the India Radio Forum (IRF) this year – the most won by any radio broadcaster. Mirchi won four awards in the Programming Category for Best Radio Program (Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada and Marathi). In the Promotion and Marketing Category, Radio Mirchi got three awards in Telugu, Bengali and Marathi. Additionally, Mirchi was also awarded the Radio Station Imaging Innovation for its 9th Birthday campaign, Best Interactive Campaign, Best Creative Campaign for Radio films by Mirchi productions, and Best Use of Radio in an Ad Campaign for “Top Indian cricketers” quiz. The station also won the Best use of Radio in Activation Campaign award for Ponds “Let’s Pink” campaign. The award for Best Radio Program (Hindi) for non-metro station also went to Mirchi for its ‘Janmashtami Special’ campaign in Bhopal. Bezawada Basha won the Best RJ of the Year (Telugu).

 

 

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

 

(RS. IN MILLIONS)

 

Sr.

No.

Particular

3 Months ended 31.12.2013

3 Months ended 30.09.2013

9 Months ended 31.12.2013

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Income from Operations

 

 

 

 

a. Net Sales / Income from Operations

(Net of Excise and Discounts)

982.138

855.096

2685.689

 

b. Other Operating Income

3.051

10.356

17.327

 

Total Income (a+b)

985.189

865.452

2703.016

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Expenditure

 

 

 

 

a) Production Expenses

43.943

40.619

122.780

 

b) License Fees

52.209

46.506

145.598

 

c) Employees benefit expense

185.058

185.525

560.527

 

d) Depreciation & amortisation expense

80.875

79.672

238.579

 

e) Marketing Expenses

138.500

170.875

415.423

 

f) Other Expenditure

183.270

169.168

524.762

 

h) Total Expenditure

683.855

692.365

2007.669

 

 

 

 

 

3.

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

301.334

173.087

695.347

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Other Income

56.407

55.021

163.986

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Profit Before Interest and Exceptional Items (3+4)

357.741

228.108

859.333

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Interest

0.053

0.046

0.159

 

 

 

 

 

7.

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

357.688

228.062

859.174

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Profit from Ordinary Activities before Tax (7+8)

357.688

228.062

859.174

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Tax Expense

98.934

63.950

237.123

 

 

 

 

 

11.

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

258.754

164.112

622.051

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Extraordinary Item (net of expense)

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

13.

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

258.754

164.112

622.051

 

 

 

 

 

14.

Minority Interest Profit / (Loss)

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

15.

Net Profit / (Loss) after taxes, minority interest (13-14)

258.754

164.112

622.051

 

 

 

 

 

16.

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

476.704

476.704

476.704

 

 

 

 

 

17.

Reserves Excluding Revaluation Reserve

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

18.

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

 

 

 

 

a) Basic

5.43

3.44

13.05

 

b) Diluted

5.43

3.44

13.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II: SELECT INFORMATION FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Public Shareholding

 

 

 

 

-Number of Shares

13752015

13752015

13752015

 

- Percentage of Shareholding

28.85%

28.85%

28.85%

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding

 

 

 

 

a) Pledged/Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

--

--

--

 

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

--

--

--

 

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

--

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

b) Non Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

33918400

33918400

33918400

 

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

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

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

71.15%

71.15%

71.15%

 

 

 

Particulars

3 Months ended 31.12.2013

B

Investor complaints (Nos.)

 

 

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

Nil

 

Received during the quarter

3

 

Disposed of during the quarter

3

 

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

Nil

 

 

NOTES:

 

1)     The Company is engaged in only one segment i.e. Radio Broadcasting Business. Consequently, there is no other reportable segment. The Company caters to the needs of the domestic market and hence there are no reportable geographical segments.

 

2)     The consolidated results include results of the Company's subsidiary Alternate Brand Solutions (India) Limited (ABSL) which is consolidated in accordance with Accounting Standard 21.

 

3)     The above results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and were thereafter approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on February 10, 2014. The above standalone financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 have been subject to a "Limited Review" by the statutory auditors of the Company, as per the listing agreement entered into with the stock exchanges in India. The consolidated results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2013 were not subject to limited review of the statutory auditors.

 

4)     Tax expense for the year ended March 31, 2013 was net of Rs. 28.660 Millions of excess provision in respect of earlier years and written back pursuant to conclusion of assessment.

 

5)     Previous period / year figures have been reclassified to conform with current period / year presentation, where applicable.


FIXED ASSETS:

 

Tangible Assets

·         Land – Leasehold

·         Building

·         Leasehold Improvements

·         Office Equipments

·         Computers

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Motor Vehicles

 

Intangible Assets

·         Goodwill

·         Computer Softwares

·         Migration Fees

·         One Time Entry Fees


 

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. 62.16

UK Pound

1

Rs. 103.44

Euro

1

Rs. 85.27

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

NYA

 

 

Report Prepared by :

BVA

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--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

DEFAULTERS 

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

62

 

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.