MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

304217

Report Date :

21.01.2015

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VINDHYA TELELINKS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Udyog Vihar, P. O. Chorhata, Rewa - 486 006, Madhya Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2014

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

27.01.1983

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10-002134

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.118.408 Millions 

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L31300MP1983PLC002134

 

 

IEC No.:

Not Available

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

JBPV00018E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

Not Available

 

 

Legal Form :

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

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of Telecommunication cables, other types of wires and cables, FRP rods/Glass rovings, etc. and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business.

 

 

No. of Employees :

364  (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (52)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established company having fine track record.

 

The rating reflects company’s healthy financial risk profile marked by sound liquidity position and fair profitability levels of the company.

 

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

 

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

CARE

Rating

Long term bank facilities =  A-

Rating Explanation

Adequate degree of safety and low credit risk

Date

07.10.2014

 

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Short term bank facilities = A2

Rating Explanation

Strong degree of safety and low credit risk

Date

07.10.2014

 

 

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.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office / Factory:

Udyog Vihar, P. O. Chorhata, Rewa - 486006, Madhya Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-7662-400400

Fax No.:

91-7662-400591

E-Mail :

vintele@bom6.vsnl.net.in 

vintel@sancharnet.in

headoffice@vtlrewa.com

Website :

http://www.vtlrewa.com

 

 

EPC Division:

605 and 608, DDA Building No.2, District Centre, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058,India

 

 

OFC Unit:

Plot No.1- C and 1 – D, P.O. Chorhata, Udyog Vihar, Rewa, (M.P.) 486006 India

 

 

Marketing Offices :

Located at :

 

  • Navi Mumbai
  • Bangalore
  • Chennai
  • Vadodara
  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Bhopal
  • Goa
  • Hyderabad
  • Allahabad

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2014

 

Name :

Mr. Haresh. V. Lodha

Designation :

Chairman 

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. Veera Raghavan

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. K. Misra

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. C. Tapuriah

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. R. Bansal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Pracheta Majumdar

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Y. S. Lodha

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shiv Dayal Kapoor

Designation :

Director (w.e.f 19.05.2014)

 


 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. R. Radhakrishnan

Designation :

President and Secretary

 

 

 SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2014

 

Category of Shareholder

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.gifCentral Government / State Government(s)

28000

0.24

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

5129305

43.28

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

5157305

43.52

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

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

5157305

43.52

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

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

 

 

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

2592

0.02

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

4254

0.04

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

1111191

9.38

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

1118037

9.43

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

 

 

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

1050763

8.87

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

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 1 lakh

973983

8.22

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 1 lakh

2185117

18.44

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

1365658

11.52

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

1253886

10.58

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

78427

0.66

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

33345

0.28

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

5575521

47.05

Total Public shareholding (B)

6693558

56.48

Total (A)+(B)

11850863

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)

11850863

0.00

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of Telecommunication cables, other types of wires and cables, FRP rods/Glass rovings, etc. and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business.

 

 

Products :

·         Coiled /Straight Cords

·         Stranded Copper Wire

·         Insulated Cables. Cords, Flexes

·         Fiber Ribbon

 

Product Description 

ITC Code

Jelly Filled Telephone Cables

 85444990

Optical Fibre Cable

90011000 and 85447090

Aerial Bunch Cables

85446090

 

 

Brand Names :

Not Available

 

 

Agencies Held :

Not Available

 

 

Exports :

Not Available

 

 

Imports :

Not Available

 

 

Terms :

Not Available

 

PRODUCTION STATUS = 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 :

364  (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

  • State Bank of India, Madama Cama Road, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India
  • Axis Bank
  • State Bank of Patiala

 

 

Facilities :

(Rs. In Millions)

SECURED LOAN

As on

31.03.2014

As on

31.03.2013

LONG TERM BORROWING

 

 

Suppliers Credit

72.583

0.000

 

 

 

SHORT TERM BORROWING

 

 

Cash credit facilities

581.524

563.829

Buyers credit

58.302

98.718

Export packing credit

50.127

100.331

 

 

 

Total

762.536

762.878

 

 

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

V. Sanjar Aiyar and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

New Delhi, India

 

 

Solicitors :

 

Name :

NMS and Company

Address :

New Delhi, India

 

 

Subsidiaries :

  • August Agents Limited
  • Insilco Agents Limited
  • Laneseda Agents Limited

 

 

Joint Venture :

Birla Ericsson Optical Limited (BEOL)

 

 

Enterprises over which a director is able to exercise significant influence:

Shakun Polymers Limited (SPL)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2014

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

15000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.150.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

11852014

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.118.520 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

11850863

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.118.509 Millions

 

Less: Calls Unpaid

 

Rs. 0.101 Million

 

Total

 

Rs.118.408 Millions

 

 

(a)   Reconciliation of number of shares outstanding and the amount of share capital as at March 31,2014 and March 31,  2013 is as under:-

 

 

As at March 31, 2014

 

No. of Shares

Rs. In lacs

Outstanding at the beginning of the year

11850863

1185.09

Outstanding at the end of the year

11850863

1185.09

 

(b) The Company has only one class of shares referred to as equity shares having nominal value of Rs.10/- each. The holders of equity shares are entitled to one vote per share. The Company declares and pays dividend in Indian Rupees. The dividend proposed by Board of Directors is subject to approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. For the year ended 31st March 2014, the amount of per share dividend recognised for distribution to equity shareholders was Rs.2/- per share, subject to approval of shareholders.

 

 

(c) Shareholders holding more than 5% shares based on legal ownership in the subscribed share capital of the Company is set out below :

 

Name of the Shareholders

As at March 31, 2014

 

No. of Shares

Rs. In lacs

Universal Cables Limited

3454530

29.15

The Punjab Produce and Trading company Private Limited

1291374

10.90

Belle Vue Clinic

1164286

9.82


 

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

118.408

118.408

118.397

(b) Reserves & Surplus

2316.585

2135.723

2078.318

(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)

2434.993

2254.131

2196.715

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

612.583

0.000

0.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

5.525

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

21.571

21.566

18.648

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

634.154

27.091

18.648

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

1239.953

1388.378

1219.877

(b) Trade payables

1337.033

705.280

528.203

(c) Other current liabilities

132.907

200.333

108.278

(d) Short-term provisions

57.371

30.961

12.610

Total Current Liabilities (4)

2767.264

2324.952

1868.968

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

5836.411

4606.174

4084.331

 

 

 

 

II.          ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

539.948

423.057

443.207

(ii) Intangible Assets

1.420

2.478

3.655

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

46.880

4.924

2.820

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

1176.837

1176.837

1176.837

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

12.225

49.774

54.761

(e) Other Non-current assets

176.853

78.646

28.626

Total Non-Current Assets

1954.163

1735.716

1709.906

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

757.953

475.740

323.468

(c) Trade receivables

2627.404

1903.436

1757.822

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

97.598

146.134

90.651

(e) Short-term loans and advances

217.658

169.355

151.986

(f) Other current assets

181.635

175.793

50.498

Total Current Assets

3882.248

2870.458

2374.425

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

5836.411

4606.174

4084.331

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2014

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

Income

4241.537

3379.202

2505.198

 

Other Income

63.681

91.740

68.196

 

TOTAL (A)

4305.218

3470.942

2573.394

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

2186.706

1588.079

1206.042

 

Purchases of Stock-in-Trade

10.896

15.051

10.709

 

Changes in inventories of finished goods, work-in-progress and Stock-in-Trade

(130.385)

(64.872)

139.142

 

Employees benefits expense

216.940

202.039

190.139

 

Materials Purchased-Subcontract expenses

1136.220

1099.714

984.991

 

Other expenses

350.305

325.007

282.949

 

TOTAL (B)

3770.682

3165.018

2535.688

 

 

Less

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

534.536

305.924

37.706

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES (D)

221.798

199.487

120.158

 

 

 

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

312.738

106.437

(82.452)

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION (F)

55.282

47.662

47.576

 

 

 

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

257.456

58.775

(130.028)

 

 

Less

TAX (I)

48.833

1.381

0.318

 

 

 

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

208.623

57.394

(130.346)

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD  (K)

81.101

23.707

154.053

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

\

 

Transfer to General Reserve

20.000

0.000

0.000

 

Dividend

23.702

0.000

0.000

 

Tax on Dividend

4.028

0.000

0.000

 

Total (M)

47.730

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

Balance Carried to the B/S (J+K+L-M)

241.994

81.101

23.707

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

F.O.B. Value of Exports

316.004

330.164

197.073

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

316.004

330.164

197.073

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

Raw Materials

925.066

777.915

577.668

 

Components and Stores parts

4.535

5.959

1.182

 

Traded goods

0.655

2.846

588.158

 

Capital Goods

139.595

10.612

1.440

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

1069.851

797.332

1168.448

 

 

 

Earnings / (Loss) Per Share (Rs.)

17.62

4.85

(11.01)

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2014

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

Net Profit Margin

(PAT/Sales)

(%)

4.92

1.70

(5.20)

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit Margin

(PBDIT / Sales)

(%)

12.60

9.05

1.51

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

5.58

1.72

-4.48

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.11

0.03

-0.06

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt /Networth)

 

0.76

0.62

0.56

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.40

1.23

1.27

 

 

 

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

118.397

118.408

118.408

Reserves & Surplus

2078.318

2135.723

2316.585

Net worth

2196.715

2254.131

2434.993

 

 

 

 

long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

612.583

Short term borrowings

1219.877

1388.378

1239.953

Total borrowings

1219.877

1388.378

1852.536

Debt/Equity ratio

0.555

0.616

0.761

 

 

 

 

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

2505.198

3379.202

4241.537

 

 

34.888

25.519

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

2505.198

3379.202

4241.537

Profit

(130.346)

57.394

208.623

 

(5.20%)

1.70%

4.92%

 

 

 

 

 

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

No

7]

Promoter's background

No

8]

No. of employees

Yes

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

----------------------

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

----------------------

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

----------------------

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

----------------------

26]

Buyer visit details

----------------------

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

UNSECURED LOAN

(Rs. In Million)

Particulars

As on

31.03.2014

As on

31.03.2013

LONG TERM BORROWING

 

 

From Bodies corporate

540.000

0.000

 

 

 

SHORT TERM BORROWING

 

 

From bodies corporate

230.000

250.000

From related parties

320.000

375.500

 

 

 

Total

1090.000

625.500

 

 

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

The Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of Telecommunication cables, other types of wires & cables, FRP rods/Glass rovings, etc. and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business.

 

GENERAL AND CORPORATE MATTERS

 

The Company has reported a continued improved performance when viewed against the backdrop of extremely challenging business context in which it was achieved. Gross revenue from operations for the year grew by 26.30% to Rs. 452.3786 Millions as compared to Rs. 3581.584 l Millions during the previous year. The Exports revenue including project exports, stood at Rs. 418.507 Millions during the year under review as compared to Rs. 382.419 Millions for the previous year. Despite a significant increase in finance costs with interest rates remaining at elevated levels throughout the year, the Gross Profit (after interest) for the year increased by 193.82% and stood at Rs. 312.738 Millions as compared to Rs. 106.437 Millions in the previous year mainly due to increased revenue from cables business segment. Although the EPC business segment recorded moderate growth in Revenue which increased by 12.54% to Rs. 1534.419 Millions, its profitability was impacted on account of the competitive market environment coupled with slow down in the business verticals in which EPC segment of the Company operates. The current business verticals of the EPC Division viz. Telecom, Power and Sewerage pipeline building are now geared up for improved performance with change in backlog order composition with enhanced EBITDA margins and a special emphasis on sewerage pipelines and telecommunication networks in which the Company possesses requisites skill and knowledge quotient meeting the contemporary technological requirements.

 

The domestic telecom cable industry is expected to grow at a reasonable pace over the medium-term. The Company consolidated its pre-eminent position in the industry through capacity augmentation and new product launches at its OFC plant which became operational at the end of the financial year. The full benefit of expansion is expected to accrue in future which will further strengthen the performance of the Company. To keep abreast with the latest trends in the industry, the Company shall continue to accord priority for technological upgradation of its production facilities, with the aim of improving assets performance and cost competitiveness. Their Company’s consciously pursued strategy of de-risking the infrastructure of traditional

PIJF Cables business by scaling up the production facilities for Quad, Railway Signaling and other specialty copper cables has yielded positive results in terms of sustained market share and margin improvement.

 

Their Company continues to focus on developing new products by innovation and as per the latest industry requirements, which will further strengthen its competitiveness in both domestic and export market places, leading to overall improved operational efficiency.

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTS

 

The Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of Telecommunication cables, other types of wires & cables, FRP rods/ Glass rovings, etc. and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business.

 

The Indian market for copper telecom cable viz. Jelly Filled Telephone Cable (JFTC) has been passing through a verydiffi cult time in the last decade. The number of fixed line telephone subscribers in India is witnessing stagnant or declining trend whereas wireless services continue to grow at a phenomenal pace leading to anemic demand coupled with unremunerative prices for JFTC. The fluctuation in the price of copper and the volatile exchange rate are the other challenges faced by the vendors in the industry. The volatility of copper pricing has been escalating consistently in the last three years. Keeping a steady price for copper based products has become a challenge for every cable manufacturer.

 

Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) is mainly used in long distance networks and generally forms the backbone of all telecom networks. The overall trend for the technologies indicate focused attention on data and converged services as also making the solutions more robust. OFC with its virtual limitless capacity to transfer bandwidth is the noticeable preference of telecom operators for new network rollout and upgrades of existing ones to meet growing bandwidth demand. The deployment of 4G LTE wireless networks is already propelling the growth of OFC in India as the next level of demand of bandwidth for data and video can only be met through investment in optical fibre network infrastructure. The optical fibre market, growth of which is linked solely on growth in OFC business, showed spectacular year-on-year growth in India during the year 2013-14. The total worldwide fibre shipment during the period April, 2013 to March, 2014 was approx.278.50 Million fibre KMs out of which Indian market was estimated to be around 19.50 Million fibre KMs translating a share of about 7% of global demand with a year-on-year growth of approx.30%. The growth momentum is likely to continue for few more years given the significant investments planned by the telecom operators for 3G and 4G networks infrastructure.

 

The Government has played a pivotal role in developing broadband infrastructure in the country with the ambitious National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) project which will unleash the broadband revolution and open up infinite possibilities to connect people to each other, to markets and to reach every citizen in the most seamless way possible. Further, with the rural development ministry having recently agreed to foot the operational expenses for delivering government-to-citizen e-services, the way is paved for creation of a rural broadband ecosystem by leveraging the NOFN project. The much awaited mobile internet movement in India is therefore gaining scale. The recent regulatory changes will provide the necessary impetus to mobile internet growth and drive investment in the sector. Going forward, telecom operators have to tap into three main areas of rural telephony, broadband and digitization services and infrastructure. These will be supported by the requisite back-end infrastructure mainly optical fibre cable based for the next wave of broadband revolution as operators will invest into improving the network speed, coverage and quality of services for consumers. In general, broadband cannot takeoff until fibre optic infrastructure is rolled out.

 

The EPC Division of the Company currently concentrates on three primary business verticals viz. Telecom, Power and Sewage Projects. In Telecom, it provides solutions in trenching and laying of optical fibre cables, installation and commissioning of telecom equipments, FTTx installation, civil work and maintenance of network. In the power domain the services are offered to the power transmission and distribution sector with a focus primarily in the power distribution networks including those in rural India, renovation and augmentation of existing distribution systems, underground transmission, feeder segregation, installation of High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) and Low Voltage Distribution Systems (LVDS), distribution lines, substation and transmission lines, capacitor bank, lighting projects, and end to end LED solutions, etc. The Company has also gained credential in city sewage projects which are being executed through trenchless technology.

 

There is no material change in the industry structure as was reported last year.

 

BUSINESS REVIEW AND OUTLOOK

 

Since last few years, the telecom sector has been witnessing a downward drift whether it was the viability of the operators offering telecom services or the quality-of-service provided for new connections. The much expected broadband revolution was stalled due to lack of competitiveness, high cost of spectrum through auction process as well as non-availability of PAN India presence of operators for 3G services. The fallout of this on procurement was shortage of capital leading to fall in demand for capacity expansion. However, the year 2013-14 was a turnaround year for telecom equipment sector with the launch of certain projects of national importance by the Government and significant rollout of telecom networks by the BWA and other telecom operators.

 

The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project undertaken by the Government aims at connecting 2,50,000 gram panchayats in the country by laying 4,00,000 KMs of optical fiber cable for creating a robust telecom network and digital highways for providing internet connectivity to about six lacs villages and deliver services like education, healthcare, e-commerce online will be the backbone for mobile networks carrying 3G and 4G services. The NOFN project upon implementation will also provide synergies between wireless networks and optic fibre networks for broadband proliferation. In addition to NOFN project, the Government is set to speed up, after much delay, the process for building an alternative communication network (NFS) for the defence forces to free-up spectrum for telecom department. The state run BSNL, which is entrusted to execute the task is likely to take decision on tender floated for the said NFS project soon. Other private telecom operators are also aggressively upgrading their existing 2G and 3G networks by providing fibre backhaul and fibre links to the radio base stations. The spread of 4G-LTE mobile network by BWA operators is also driving up the demand for high fibre count optical fibre cables in the mobile backhaul besides deployment of optical fibre in tower verticals in lieu of co-axial cable that runs between the ratio heads and ground level base stations. FTTx will obviously be the choice for all the players in the telecom industry to have ultimate experience of triple play services (voice, video, and data) with 100 Mbps download and upload speeds. Accordingly, the deployment of contemporary products e.g.micro optical fibre cable and drop cable in access and last mile connectivity will accelerate the demand growth for a variety of optical fibre cables. All the above projects and initiatives speak for better prospects for telecom cable industry in the near to medium term. However, considering high capital spending requirement, collaboration among operators is likely to increase. Over past one year many operators have entered into several mutually beneficial arrangements for sharing their infrastructure including optical fibre networks, etc., which may restrict anticipated demand growth. Despite this, your Company with its underlying strength of better quality of products with state-of-the-art manufacturing infrastructure will strive to maintain its market share and profitability in the upcoming demand of telecom cables.

 

 

OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS & BUSINESS OUTLOOK

 

• The Government’s mandate to all telecom service providers to procure a minimum percentage of total infrastructure spending by sourcing from local manufacturers and Preferential Market Access Policy (PMA) may provide sustained demand for telecom cables to domestic manufacturers.

 

• The Indian optical fibre cable manufacturers facilities were operating at low capacities for many years now and they were mainly dependent on exports to utilize a decent capacity to cover costs, since the domestic market has been erratic both in procurement and payments. With changed environment in telecom sector, the industry is finally seeing improved business sentiment with better capacity utilisaton mainly due to some of the private operators’ thrust in building world class telecom networks using optical fibre cables especially for 4G LTE data centric network.

 

• The increasing usage of Smartphones across the entire strata of the population both urban and rural parts of our country warrants the deployment of high bandwidth capable optical fibre cables in all backbone, metro, access, subscriber segments of telecom network(s), with the greater exposure to social media networks, the data traffic growth is set to reach exponential levels which can’t be catered by the existing network capabilities and huge usage of optical fibre cables is underway across the country.

 

• With clarity on the licensing and spectrum front workable guidelines around merger and acquisition for telecom operators, allowing 100 percent foreign direct investment, permission to sell and trade spectrum will ensure much needed consolidation and long term viability in the sector. Further, with the satisfactory progress in certain large scale projects e.g. NOFN and  dedicated countrywide optical fibre cable network for the defence forces (NFS), the outlook for telecom cable industry seems promising over medium-term.

 

• The customer base in telecommunication cable industry is relatively concentrated. The Company has, however, been able to retain and expand its customer base in domestic and overseas market places with enlargement of products range and consistent quality.

 

• The reduction of import duties under various regional and bilateral Free Trade Agreements is impacting the profitability and economic viability of the domestic telecom cable industry. Clearly, there is a need to ensure that the current duty structure are, at the very least, kept unchanged.

 

• Telecom Sector is impacted substantially by government policies and investment. While no reversal in the planned investment is envisaged, prices and demand are definitely subject to changes in policies on tendering and indenting. However, as explained above the Government’s ambitious targets for telecommunication expansion and broadband penetration seamlessly upto village levels should see favourable regulatory environment in India.

 

• With the Indian Optical Fibre Cables and other specialty Copper Cable market now forecast to be set for a period of strong growth, some of the global cable manufacturers may enter the market which shall further intensify the competition. Though growth in demand is expected to absorb additional capacity to certain extent, increasing market share and sustaining margins will pose a challenge in the short-term.

 

• The projects undertaken by the Company’s EPC Division are sometimes faced with Right-of-the-Way (RoW) and environmental related challenges which impact the completion timeline of the projects. Large part of project cash flows is linked to the project completion and hence a delay in the completion impacts the working capital cycle. It is hoped that the new Government will simplify the processes, costs and rules in rolling out networks and acquiring permissions, specifically put in place a national framework for enabling the rollout of fibre on the ground and eliminate the mind boggling complexity and liaising with scores of municipal corporations that set their own rules with costs that vary dramatically from one to another.

 

 

STANDALONE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND HALF YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2014

 

Sr.

No.

Particular

Quarter Ended

Half Year Ended

 

 

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

30.06.2014

(Unaudited)

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

1.

Income from Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Sales

1133.017

1198.106

2331.123

 

Other Operating Income

28.435

19.955

48.365

 

Net Sales/Income from Operations

1161.452

1218.061

2379.513

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Expenditure

 

 

 

 

(a) Cost of materials consumed

(b) Cost of material and other contract expenses

582.805

280.003

687.151

267.345

1269.956

547.348

 

(b) Purchase of stock-in-trade

7.757

7.513

15.270

 

Change in Inventories of Finished Goods, Work-In-Progress and Stock In Trade

2.414

(44.690)

(42.276)

 

Employee Benefits Expenses

71.715

64.192

135.907

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

22.283

21.805

44.088

 

Other Expenses

107.574

90.261

197.835

 

f) Total

1074.551

1093.577

2168.128

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Profit From Operations before Other Income, Interest and Exceptional Items

86.901

124.284

211.385

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Other Income

55.195

11.947

67.142

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Profit Before ordinary activities and Finance cost

142.096

136.431

278.527

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Finance cost

71.173

65.326

136.499

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Profit from Ordinary Activities before Tax

70.923

71.105

142.028

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Tax Expense

6.000

15.483

21.483

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Net Profit from Ordinary Activities after Tax

64.923

55.622

120.545

 

 

 

 

 

10.

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

118.410

118.408

118.410

 

 

 

 

 

11.

Reserves Excluding Revaluation Reserve

--

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

12.

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

5.48

4.70

10.18

 

 

SELECT INFORMATION FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2014

(Rs. in Millions)

 

Quarter Ended

Half Year Ended

 

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

30.06.2014

(Unaudited)

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING

 

 

 

1. Public shareholding

 

 

 

Number of Shares

6693558

6693558

6693558

Percentage of Shareholding

56.48

56.48

56.48

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)

--

--

--

 

 

 

 

Non - encumbered

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

5157305

5157305

5157305

- 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)

43.52

43.52

43.52

 

 

 

 

Particulars

Quarter ended 30.09.2014

B

Investor complaints

 

 

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

Nil

 

Received during the quarter

2

 

Disposed of during the quarter

2

 

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

Nil

 

 

SEGMENT WISE REVENUE, RESULTS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED

 

                                                                                                                                                (Rs. In Millions)

SR.

No.

 

Particulars

 

Quarter Ended

Half Year Ended

1

Segment Revenue

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

30.06.2014

(Unaudited)

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

 

(a) Cables

804.574

851.094

1655.668

 

(b) Engineering, Procurement and Construction

356.878

366.967

723.845

 

Total

1161.452

1218.061

2379.513

 

Less: Inter- Segment Revenue

3.556

6.393

9.949

 

Net sales/Income from Operations:

 

 

 

 

Segment Results

 

 

 

 

Segment Profit/(Loss) before Tax and Interest

 

 

 

 

(a) Cables

57.280

74.544

131.824

 

(b) Engineering, Procurement and Construction

26.656

43.643

70.299

 

Total

83.936

118.187

202.123

 

Less : Interest (Net)

(55.431)

(48.046)

(70.225)

 

Total Profit/ (Loss) Before Tax

 

 

 

3.

Capital Employed:

 

 

 

 

(Segment Assets- Segment Liabilities)

 

 

 

 

(a) Cables

--

1839.474

2117.267

 

(b) Engineering, Procurement and Construction

--

1689.139

1903.665

 

(c) Unallocated

--

(1040.541)

(1468.044)

 

Total

 

2488.072

2552.888

 

 

STANDALONE STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

                                                                                                                                    (Rs. In Millions)

Particulars

 

As at half year ended on

30.09.2014

(Unaudited)

A

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

1

Shareholders' Funds

 

 

(a) Share Capital

118.410

 

(b) Reserves & Surplus

2434.478

 

Total Shareholders’ Funds

2552.888

 

 

 

2

Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

1223.267

 

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

 

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

 

(d) long-term provisions

25.675

 

   Sub Total Non-current Liabilities

1248.942

 

 

 

3

Current Liabilities

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

1428.152

 

(b) Trade payables

1146.935

 

(c) Other current liabilities

140.813

 

(d) Short-term provisions

28.797

 

Sub Total Current Liabilities

2744.697

 

 

 

 

TOTAL- EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

6546.527

 

 

 

A

ASSETS

 

1

Non-current assets

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

594.051

 

(b) Non-current Investments

1176.837

 

(c)  Long-term Loan and Advances

180.477

 

(d) Other Non-current assets

189.776

 

Sub Total Non-Current Assets

2141.141

 

 

 

2

 Current assets

 

 

(a) Current investments

0.000

 

(b) Inventories

1042.859

 

(c) Trade receivables

2697.675

 

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

130.505

 

(e) Short-term loans and advances

332.928

 

(f) Other current assets

201.419

 

Sub Total Current Assets

4405.386

 

 

 

 

TOTAL-ASSETS

6546.527

 

 

Note :

 

  1. The above unaudited financial results duly reviewed by the Audit Committee have been approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on 10th November, 2014 and subjected to a Limited Review by the statutory auditors of the company.
  2. The amount of tax credit available to the Company in pursuance to section 115JAA of Income Tax Act. 1961, against provision for Current Tax (MAT) during the period shall be accounted for in the year in which MAT credit becomes eligible or allowed
  3. Figures of previous year/periods have been regrouped/recast, wherever considered necessary.

 

 

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES

 

S.No.

Charge ID

Date of Charge Creation/Modification

Charge amount secured

Charge Holder

Address

Service Request Number (SRN)

1

10524878

27/09/2014 *

5,538,700,000.00

State Bank of India

Corporate Accounts Group Branch, Reliance House,
34,Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 7
00071, INDIA

C28936896

2

10510729

10/07/2014

2,850,000,000.00

State Bank of India

Corporate Accounts Group Branch, Reliance House,
34,Jawaharlal Nehru Road, KOLKATA, West Bengal - 700071, INDIA

C12783676

3

10475649

13/02/2014 *

144,700,000.00

State Bank of Patiala

Mid Corporate Branch, Ambadeep Building, Ground Floor, K.G. Marg, New Delhi, Delhi - 110001, INDIA

B96632427

4

10448282

13/02/2014 *

250,000,000.00

STATE BANK OF PATIALA

Mid Corporate Branch, Ambadeep Building, Ground Floor,K.G.Marg, New Delhi, Delhi - 110001, INDIA

B96635800

5

10429301

06/06/2013 *

370,000,000.00

STATE BANK OF INDIA

CORPORATE ACCOUNTS GROUP BRANCH, RELIANCE HOUSE,
34, JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU ROAD, KOLKATA, West Bengal - 700071, INDIA

B77462851

6

10406630

13/02/2014 *

150,000,000.00

State Bank of Patiala

Mid Corporate Branch, Ambadeep Building, Ground Floor, K.G.Marg, New Delhi, Delhi - 110001, INDIA

B96632849

7

90202809

27/09/2014 *

2,760,000,000.00

State Bank of India

Corporate Accounts Group Branch, Reliance House,
34 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, KOLKATA, West Bengal - 700071, INDIA

C28935310

 

* Date of charge modification

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

  • Land
  • Building
  • Plant  and E
  • Furniture and Fixture
  • Office Equipment
  • Vehicles
  • Leasehold
  • Improvements
  • Computer Software 

 

 

 

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

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

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

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

 

2]         Court Declaration :

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

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

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

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                           None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

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

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

7]         Criminal Records

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

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

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

 

9]         Compensation Package :

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

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

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

 

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

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

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

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.85

UK Pound

1

Rs.93.26

Euro

1

Rs.71.57

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

ART


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILITY 

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

52

 

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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