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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

502078

Report Date :

07.04.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

METROPOLITAN MEDIA COMPANY LIMITED [w.e.f. 25.10.2011]

 

 

Formerly known as :

METROPOLITAN MEDIA COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 40, Jaya Sai Towers, Sajjan Rao Road, V.V. Puram, Bangalore – 560004, Karnataka, India 

Tel. No.:

91-80-40877536

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2016

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12.09.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-062825

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

INR 255.900 Million

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U22121KA2006PLC062825

 

 

IEC No.:

[Import-Export Code No.]

Not Divulged

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

Not Available

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAECM7899Q

 

 

TIN No.:

29701171581

 

 

GSTN :

[Goods & Service Tax Registration No.]

29AAECM7899Q1Z4

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of Publishing of Newspapers [Registered Activity]

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Divulged

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A++

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 10065000

 

 

Status :

Excellent

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a subsidiary of “Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd” and it was incorporated in the year 2006.

 

It is engaged in publishing of newspapers, books and periodicals etc.

 

As per Registrar of Companies, the date of filling its financials is shown as 31.03.2017 but documents related to the financials of 31.03.2017 are not available from other sources.

 

As per available financials of March 2016, the company has registered a growth of 7.58% in its revenue as compared to its previous year’s revenue and has reported goof profit margin of 18.49% under review.

 

Rating takes into consideration the company’s satisfactory track record of business operations marked by healthy net worth base along with debt free balance sheet and good liquidity position.

 

Rating also takes into account the strong financial and managerial support received from its holding entity and well experienced management team.

 

Further, the company has reported a good Earnings Per Share of INR 19.57 against its face value of INR 10.

 

Payments seems to be regular as per commitments.

 

In view of aforesaid, the company can be considered good for business dealings at normal 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

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 

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 31-03-2016.

 

BIFR (Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction) LISTING STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not listed as a Sick Unit in the publicly available BIFR (Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction) list as of 07.04.2018

 

IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India) LISTING STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not listed in the publicly available IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India) list as of report date.

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Manjunath

Designation :

Not Divulged

Contact No.:

91-9880076396/ 80-40877536

Date :

04.04.2018

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered/ Corporate Office :

No. 40, Jaya Sai Towers, Sajjan Rao Road, V.V. Puram, Bangalore – 560004, Karnataka, India 

Tel. No.:

91-80-40877536/ 40877555

Mobile No.:

91-9880076396 [Mr. Manjunath]

Fax No.:

91-80-40877566/ 599

E-Mail :

srivathsan.n@timesgroup.com

 

 

Editorial Office :

#4, KSCCF Compound, Pampa Mahakavi Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore – 560018, Karnataka, India 

Tel. No.:

91-80-40877666

Fax No.:

91-80-40877695/ 696

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON: 31.03.2017

 

Name :

Mr. Nagarajan Lakshmi Narayanan

Designation :

Director

Address :

3779,13th B Main, Hal Ii Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore-560008, Karnataka, India 

Date of Appointment :

13.05.2016

DIN No.:

01455130

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U22122KA1983PLC054647

TIMES PUBLISHING HOUSE LIMITED

30/09/2010

U74899DL1994PLC144062

FOURTH ESTATE LIMITED

31/07/2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Raj Kumar Jain

Designation :

Director

Address :

AR 511 B, The Aralias, Golf Course Road, DLF City, Phase 5, Gurgaon-122009 Haryana, India

Date of Appointment :

13.05.2016

DIN No.:

01741527

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U22120MH1913PLC000391

BENNETT COLEMAN AND COMPANY LIMITED

30/09/2015

U24999MH1948NPL006309

AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS

23/09/2016

U91200MH1985GAP037820

THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS COUNCIL OF INDIA

09/09/2016

U99999MH1994NPL076530

MEDIA RESEARCH USERS COUNCIL

13/09/2017

 

 

Name :

Maya Menon

Designation :

Director

Address :

#G, 625 Sena Vihar, Kammanahalli Main Road, Kalyan Nagar Post, Bangalore-560043, Karnataka, India 

Date of Appointment :

13.05.2016

DIN No.:

03526711

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U80301KA2011PTC058801

TTF EDUCATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

25/05/2011

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ranjeet Bhausaheb Kate

Designation :

Wholetime Director

Address :

503, Windcliff First Road TPS 4, Off Waterfield Road, Bandra West, Mumbai-400050, Maharashtra, India

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2016

DIN No.:

06654300

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U22120MH2003PTC142239

WORLDWIDE MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

08/10/2013

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Srivathsan Narasimhan Kumbakonam

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

Flat No. C 601, 6th Floor, Jay Balaji CHS Ltd, Plot No. 26, Sector 6, Nerul Navi Mumbai-400706, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Birth/Age :

05.10.1964

Qualification :

ACA, ACS

Date of Appointment :

02.04.2014

PAN No.:

AAVPS8335B

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON: 31.03.2017

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

Bennett Coleman and Co. Limited [BCCL], India

 

25589904

Sanjeev Purushotham [BCCL Nominee]

 

21

Kaladevi S [BCCL Nominee]

 

21

Vishwadutta Ramanna [BCCL Nominee]

 

21

Prakasan R J [BCCL Nominee]

 

11

Ramesh G S [BCCL Nominee]

 

11

Chandrasekar A [BCCL Nominee]

 

11

 

 

 

Total

 

 

25590000

 

 

AS ON: 28.09.2017

 

Equity Share Breakup

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

Promoters – Body Corporate

100.00

 

 

Total

 

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of Publishing of Newspapers [Registered Activity]

 

 

Products :

ITC Code No.

 

Product Descriptions

49021010

Publications

99836310

Advertisement

 

 

Brand Names :

“Vijay Karnataka”

 

 

Agencies Held :

Not Divulged

 

 

Exports :

Not Divulged

 

 

Imports :

Not Divulged

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Not Divulged

 

 

Purchasing :

Not Divulged

 

PRODUCTION STATUS: NOT AVAILABLE

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Reference:

Not Divulged

Name of the Person (Designation):

--

Contact Number:

--

Since how long known:

--

Maximum limit dealt:

--

Experience:

--

Remark

--

 

 

Customers :

 

Reference:

Not Divulged

Name of the Person (Designation):

--

Contact Number:

--

Since how long known:

--

Maximum limit dealt:

--

Experience:

--

Remark

--

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Divulged

 

 

Bankers :

 

Bank Name:

Not Divulged

Branch:

Not Divulged

Person Name (with Designation):

--

Contact Number:

--

Name of Account Holder:

--

Account Number:

--

Account Since (Date/ Year of A/c Opening):

--

Average Balance Maintained (Optional):

--

Credit Facilities Enjoyed (CC/OD/Term Loan):

--

Account Operation:

--

Remarks:

--

 

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Lodha and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Guru Kirpa Niwas, Ground Floor, No. 20/7 , Lalithapuram Street, Opposite Sree Goudiya, Mutt, Royapetah, Chennai-600014, Tamilnadu, India

PAN No.:

AABFL1894Q

 

 

Memberships :

Not Available

 

 

Collaborators :

Not Available

 

 

Holding company:

Bennett Coleman And Company Limited [U22120MH1913PLC000391]

 

 

Fellow Subsidiary companies:

·         Brand Equity Treaties Limited [U74300MH2008PLC184669]

·         Entertainment Network (India) Limited [L92140MH1999PLC120516]

·         Times Internet Limited [U74999DL1999PLC135531]

·         Worldwide Media Private Limited [U22120MH2003PTC142239]

·         Bennett Property Holdings Company Limited [U70102MH2010PLC211087]

 

 

Joint Venture

Aegon Religare Life Insurance Company Ltd.

 

 

Associate companies:

·         Banhem Estates and It Parks Limited [U65990MH1983PLC029209]

·         Arya Foods and Packaging Private Limited

·         Brand Storm India Marketing Private Limited

·         Daiki Brands Private Limited

·         Jumboten Marketplace India Private Limited

·         Kalpaveda Essential Ayurveda Private Limited

·         Lifespan Wellness Private Limited

·         Lifezen Healthcare Private Limited

·         M N & C Supply Links Retail India Private Limited

·         Narang Buzz Services Private Limited

·         Provogue Personal Care Private Limited

·         Skillsdox India Private Limited

·         Think Ink Media Private Limited

·         TimesofMoney Ltd. (Upto 17.12.2015)

·         VIVO Healthcare Private Limited

 

 

Subsidiary companies

·         Akuate Internet Services Private Limited

·         Alternate Brand Solutions (India) Ltd

·         Amrita Estates Private Limited

·         Ananta Properties Private Limited

·         BCCL International Events Private Limited.

·         BCCL Worldwide Inc

·         Bennett Broadcasting & Distribution Services Ltd. (“BBDSL”)

·         Bennett Institute of Higher Education (“BIHE”)

·         Brand Equity Treaties Limited

·         Brand Incubator Limited

·         Centre for Excellence in Management Training & Development ("CEMTD")

·         Coupondunia Media Private Limited

·         Dharmayug Investments Limited

·         Digismart Digital Media Private Limited

·         Digital Classifieds Limited

·         Entertainment Network (India) Limited (“ENIL”)

·         Gamma Gaana Ltd. (formerly Times Deals Ltd.)

·         Grade stack learning Private Limited

·         Moneygoals Solutions Limited

·         Speaking Tree Properties Limited

·         TIM Delhi Airport Advertising Private Limited

·         Times Box TV Media PTE Limited

·         Times Centre for Learning Limited

·         Times City Limited

·         Times Conferences Limited

·         Times Content Limited

·         Times Digital Limited

·         Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd. (“TGBCL”)

·         Times Guaranty Limited

·         Times Infotainment Media Limited

·         Times Innovative Media Limited

·         Times Internet (UK) Ltd., UK

·         Times Internet Inc., USA

·         Times Internet Limited

·         Times Jobs Limited

·         Times Journal India Limited

·         Junglee Pictures Limited (Earlier known as “Light Feather Films Ltd.”)

·         Locovida Digital Solutions Private Limited

·         Magic Bricks Realty Services Limited

·         Media Network & Distribution (India) Limited (“MNDIL”)

·         Mind Games Shows Private Limited

·         Mirchi Movies (India) Limited

·         Times Sports Content Inc

·         TIML Global Limited

·         Vardhaman Publishers Limited

·         Viralcraft Digital Media Private Limited

·         Worldwide Media Private Limited

·         Zoom Entertainment Network Limited

 

 

Enterprises owned and having significant influence by Key Managerial Personnel under Same Management ("ESM")

·         21st Century Constructions Limited

·         Aadidev Properties Limited

·         Anagha Estates Limited

·         Artha Real Estate Corporation Limited

·         Ativeer Properties Limited

·         Banhem Estates and IT Parks Limited

·         Bennett Property Holdings Company Limited (“BPHCL”)

·         Cyber Space Infotainment Limited

·         Nandeeshwar Properties Limited

·         Rajdhani Printers Limited

·         Shubhan Properties Limited

·         Suryashankar Properties Limited

·         Sushena Properties Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON: 31.03.2017

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

27000000

Equity Shares

INR 10/- each

INR 270.000 Million

3000000

Preference Shares

INR 100/- each

INR 300.000 Million

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

INR 570.000 Million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

25590000

Equity Shares

INR 10/- each

INR 255.900 Million

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in INR Million]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

I.              EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

255.900

255.900

255.900

(b) Reserves and Surplus

3267.093

2766.340

2360.228

(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)

3522.993

3022.240

2616.128

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

3.844

14.129

13.930

(c) Other long-term liabilities

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

11.368

10.180

10.952

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

15.212

24.309

24.882

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Trade payables

214.641

158.105

198.689

(c) Other current liabilities

122.057

111.728

115.083

(d) Short-term provisions

6.200

4.326

0.788

Total Current Liabilities (4)

342.898

274.159

314.560

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

3881.103

3320.708

2955.570

 

 

 

 

II.            ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

342.987

390.989

245.240

(ii) Intangible Assets

0.121

1.246

2.905

(iii) Tangible assets capital work-in-progress

1.178

18.731

19.658

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

1958.744

1883.085

295.700

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d) Long-term loans and advances

191.853

165.631

201.995

(e) Other Non-current assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Non-Current Assets

2494.883

2459.682

765.498

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

712.087

195.193

1181.693

(b) Inventories

219.619

205.931

131.328

(c) Trade receivables

337.155

342.311

785.127

(d) Cash and bank balances

107.320

110.313

89.320

(e) Short-term loans and advances

10.038

7.269

2.271

(f) Other current assets

0.001

0.009

0.333

Total Current Assets

1386.220

861.026

2190.072

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

3881.103

3320.708

2955.570

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2016

 

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue from operations

2708.815

2518.078

2421.964

 

Other Income

51.971

112.318

74.888

 

TOTAL

2760.786

2630.396

2496.852

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

1195.321

1240.973

987.283

 

Employee benefit expense

402.349

377.502

361.657

 

CSR expenditure

20.415

0.000

0.000

 

Other expenses

328.496

336.044

469.161

 

TOTAL

1946.581

1954.519

1818.101

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

814.205

675.877

678.751

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES

5.244

5.931

5.206

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

808.961

669.946

673.545

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION

55.331

58.247

42.950

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  BEFORE TAX

753.630

611.699

630.595

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX

252.878

189.945

173.330

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  AFTER TAX

500.752

421.754

457.265

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

396.958

286.121

286.121

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

396.958

286.121

286.121

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings / (Loss) Per Share (INR)

19.57

16.48

17.87

 

 

CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG TERM DEBT DETAILS

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Current Maturities of Long term debt

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from (used in) operations

799.924

894.105

231.386

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities

533.624

743.890

100.111

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

EFFICIENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Average Collection Days

(Sundry Debtors / Income * 365 Days)

45.43

49.62

118.32

 

 

 

 

Account Receivables Turnover

(Income / Sundry Debtors)

8.03

7.36

3.08

 

 

 

 

Average Payment Days

(Sundry Creditors / Purchases * 365 Days)

65.54

46.50

73.46

 

 

 

 

Inventory Turnover

(Operating Income / Inventories)

3.71

3.28

5.17

 

 

 

 

Asset Turnover

(Operating Income / Net Fixed Assets)

2.36

1.64

2.53

 

LEVERAGE RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Debt Ratio

((Borrowing + Current Liabilities) / Total Assets)

0.09

0.08

0.11

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability / Networth)

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities to Networth

(Current Liabilities / Net Worth)

0.10

0.09

0.12

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets to Networth

(Net Fixed Assets / Networth)

0.10

0.14

0.10

 

 

 

 

Interest Coverage Ratio

(PBIT / Financial Charges)

155.26

113.96

130.38

 

PROFITABILITY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Net Profit Margin

((PAT / Sales) * 100)

%

18.49

16.75

18.88

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

((PAT / Total Assets) * 100)

%

12.90

12.70

15.47

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

((PAT / Networth) * 100)

%

14.21

13.96

17.48

 

SOLVENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Current Ratio

(Current Assets / Current Liabilities)

4.04

3.14

6.96

 

 

 

 

Quick Ratio

((Current Assets – Inventories) / Current Liabilities)

3.40

2.39

6.54

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Financial

(Networth / Total Assets)

0.91

0.91

0.89

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Debt

(Debts / Equity Capital)

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Liquidity

(Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities)

4.04

3.14

6.96

Total Liability = Short-term Debt + Long-term Debt + Current Maturities of Long-term debts


 

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

[all figures are in INR Million]

 

DEBT EQUITY RATIO

 

Particular

31.03.2014

31.03.2015

31.03.2016

 

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

Share Capital

255.900

255.900

255.900

Reserves & Surplus

2360.228

2766.340

3267.093

Money received against share warrants

0.000

0.000

0.000

Share Application money pending allotment

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net worth

2616.128

3022.240

3522.993

 

 

 

 

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

31.03.2014

31.03.2015

31.03.2016

 

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

Sales

2421.964

2518.078

2708.815

 

 

3.968

7.575

 


 

NET PROFIT MARGIN

 

Net Profit Margin

31.03.2014

31.03.2015

31.03.2016

 

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

(INR In Million)

Sales

2421.964

2518.078

2708.815

Profit/ (Loss)

457.265

421.754

500.752

 

18.88 %

16.75 %

18.49 %

 

 

 


 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sr. No.

Check list by info agents

Available in Report

(Yes/No)

1

Year of establishment

Yes

2

Constitution of the entity -Incorporation details

Yes

3

Locality of the entity

Yes

4

Premises details

No

5

Buyer visit details

--

6

Contact numbers

Yes

7

Name of the person contacted

Yes

8

Designation of contact person

No

9

Promoter’s background

Yes

10

Date of Birth of Proprietor / Partners / Directors

Yes

11

Pan Card No. of Proprietor / Partners

Yes

12

Voter Id Card No. of Proprietor / Partners

No

13

Type of business

Yes

14

Line of Business

Yes

15

Export/import details (if applicable)

No

16

No. of employees

No

17

Details of sister concerns

Yes

18

Major suppliers

No

19

Major customers

No

20

Banking Details

No

21

Banking facility details

Yes

22

Conduct of the banking account

--

23

Financials, if provided

Yes

24

Capital in the business

Yes

25

Last accounts filed at ROC, if applicable

No

26

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

27

Reasons for variation <> 20%

--

28

Estimation for coming financial year

No

29

Profitability for last three years

Yes

30

Major shareholders, if available

Yes

31

External Agency Rating, if available

No

32

Litigations that the firm/promoter involved in

--

33

Market information

--

34

Payments terms

No

35

Negative Reporting by Auditors in the Annual Report

No

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES

 

CHARGES REGISTERED

SNO

SRN

CHARGE ID

CHARGE HOLDER NAME

DATE OF CREATION

DATE OF MODIFICATION

DATE OF SATISFACTION

AMOUNT

ADDRESS

1

B60027240

90195734

THE SARASWAT CO - OPERATIVE BANK LTD.

06/11/2003

15/10/2005

03/10/2012

70000000.0

DIVATE COMPLEXCLUB ROADHUBLIKA580029IN

2

A73533549

10033349

BNP PARIBAS

22/12/2006

-

24/11/2009

160000000.0

LANDMARK BUILDING, 3RD FLOOR,21/15, M.G.ROAD,BANGALOREKA560001IN

3

A31004690

10083098

SRI BASAVESHWARA SAHAKARI BANK

19/04/2006

-

31/01/2008

20000000.0

MAIN MARKETBAGALKOTKA587101IN

4

A27198191

90195746

CANARA BANK

01/12/2003

-

30/11/2007

1914000.0

TRAFFIC ISLANDHUBLIKA580029IN

5

A18733527

90189600

MALAPRABHA GRAMEEN BANK

08/05/2004

-

23/07/2007

18500000.0

HUBLI MAIN BRANCHHUBLIKAIN

6

A18733675

90189593

MALAPRABHA GRAMEEN BANK

05/01/2004

-

23/07/2007

6901676.0

HUBLI MAIN BRANCHHUBLIKAIN

7

A17178401

80031105

SUNDARAM FINANCE LIMITED

31/08/2005

-

11/06/2007

358000.0

NO.21, PATULLOS ROAD,CHENNAITN600002IN

8

A14846315

10002395

SUNDARAM FINANCE LTD

14/03/2006

-

15/05/2007

358000.0

21 PATULLOS ROADCHENNAITN600002IN

9

A12564522

90195709

CANARA BANK

30/07/2003

-

16/03/2007

975000.0

KALAS PALAYAM BRANCHBANGALOREKAIN

10

A08678195

80018644

THE SARASWAT CO OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED

15/10/2005

-

15/12/2006

16000000.0

DIVATE COMPLEXCLUB ROADHUBLIKA580029IN

 

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Particulars

31.03.2016

(INR In Million)

31.03.2015

(INR In Million)

Other money for which company is contingently liable

54.713

59.469

Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on capital account and not provided for

86.912

0.559

Other commitments

37.962

38.034

 

 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

Subject, [hereinafter called ‘the Company’] was registered under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 vide Certificate of Incorporation dated 12th September, 2006 and having its Registered Office in the State of Karnataka. The Corporate Identification Number is U22121KA2006PLC062825. The address of the Registered Office is No. 17, 9th Floor, Du Parc Trinity, M. G. Road, Bangalore – 560 001, Karnataka and address of the Corporate Office is No. 40, Jaya Sai Towers, Sajjan Rao Road, V.V.Puram, Bangalore – 560 004. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of publication of newspapers. The Company publishes Vijay Karnataka, Vijaya Next & Bodhi Vruksha publications in Kannada and also holds the title, “Metro Now”, an English publication.

 

 

OPERATIONS AND PERFORMANCE

 

RESPONSE

 

The Company has been focusing on constantly increasing ad revenue, offers to advertisers the right environment to target an ad relevant audience and maximize value.

 

Response revenues have grown by 9.79 % over previous year. Increased spends by major verticals like E- Business, Auto, Retail Health care and Pharma , Consumer Soft, Education, BFSI, Classifieds, Retail, Airlines, Media & Entertainment, Interior Décor, Obit/Personal has helped in overall growth over PY.

 

Vijay Karnataka is perceived to be the leader for Karnataka market and commands highest yield. While the Kannada ad market is highly competitive with 4 -5 players, VK has strengthened its salience in 2015-16.

 

 

MARKETING & BRAND

 

Vijay Karnataka grew to 6.82 Lakh copies in ABC during July-December 2015. Over past year, VK initiated several exciting programmes for readers – VK Navrang created a storm in the state and attracted humongous response from Kannadiga Women. Several social and spiritual occasions were leveraged e.g Sree Raghavendra Swamy Aradhana, Maha Shivratri, Basava Jayanthi etc.

 

Vijay Karnataka has been on a continued efforts to retain & engage existing audiences & attract newer audiences through exciting editorial contests and reader connect activities.

 

The bouquet of supplements from Vijay Karnataka also helps enhance connect with Kannadigas - with Laval VK, a lifestyle & entertainment special and Nammas - the hyper local supplement.

 

Launch of the VK-Mini has helped establish VK in the minds of the youth between 17 and 24 as the paper that encapsulates job news & the current affairs in a concise manner.

 

Bodhi Vruksha, a cover priced 8 pager spiritual weekly, has gained wide acceptance across Karnataka and is now perceived as a value addition to VK.

 

 

RMD SALES

 

They have focused on the following areas to sustain circulation:

 

Continued thrust on Reader Relations Activity through consent from readers across Karnataka VK NiE – peak circulation of ninety thousand copies. Associating Vijay Karnataka with various social and cultural events

 

·         Tie up with over 950 events

·         Tie up with cultural, religious & social events, including Residents Welfare Association.

·         Taluka level participation

·         Higher reader engagement & bonding

·         Local Mutts & residents welfare association activity tie ups.

 

During the year, they launched a one rupee 8 page tabloid, VK-Mini to target 18 – 25 age group for their job opportunities etc. This was launched during March 2016 across Karnataka, except for the city of Bangalore. The strategy of soaking the product in weaker markets and not soaking in the stronger markets helped the product to get to a current level of 80000 copies paid.


Trade push schemes were launched in two phases in July 2015 and in December 2015

 

Collection - Payment incentive / penalty & creation of virtual account in banking platform account helped speeding up collections from customers.

 

Production

 

·         Mangalore Cityline Project completed in record time 5 weeks against 9 weeks

·         Installation of in-house gluing system and stabilization of power for Mangalore press

·         Gulbarga new location – inhouse installation without downtime

 

Upgradations:

 

·         Mysore Mailroom equipment

·         CtP switchover from 710 mm to 700 mm resulted in cost savings

·         Optimising print schedule across plants

 

·         Innovations – 1555 gluing innovations

·         A4 SNP stapleless booklet made in-house

·         Printer by day publisher by night. ? 1.3 cr realization.

 

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

·         Land

·         Buildings

·         Factory building

·         Plant and equipment

·         Furniture and fixtures

·         Vehicles

·         Office equipment

·         Computer equipments

 

 

 

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 records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

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

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                           None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

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

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

7]         Criminal Records

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

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

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

 

9]         Compensation Package :

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

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

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

 

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

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

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

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

 

Unit

INR

US Dollar

1

INR 64.99

UK Pound

1

INR 90.96

Euro

1

INR 79.51

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

GYT

 

 

Analysis Done by :

VIV

 

 

Report Prepared by :

RUP

 


 

SCORE FACTORS

 

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

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

NT

No Trace

No recommendation can be done as the business is not traceable

 

NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.

 

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 are as follows:

 

·         Financial condition covering various ratios

·         Company background and operations size

·         Promoters / Management background

·         Payment record

·         Litigation against the subject

·         Industry scenario / competitor analysis

·         Supplier / Customer / Banker review (wherever available)

 

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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.