MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

489914

Report Date :

02.02.2018

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FLIPKART INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Vaishnavi Summit, Ground Floor, 7th Main, 80 Feet Road, 3rd Block, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bangalore – 560034, Karnataka

Tel. No.:

91-80-67302000

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2016

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.09.2011

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-060489

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

INR 5.400 Million

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U51909KA2011PTC060489

 

 

IEC No.:

Not Divulged

 

 

GST No.:

29AABCF8078M1ZX

 

 

TIN No.:

29620640841

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

Not Available

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCF8078M

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in business of wholesale cash and carry trading of all types of tangible and intangible goods and products including all types of publications, electronics, electrical goods, personal products, healthcare products, home and business products, entertainment products, software’s, toys, etc., on B2B basis over the internet or otherwise. [Registered Activity]

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

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

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 119714060

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a wholly-owned subsidiary of “Flipkart Limited, Singapore” and was incorporated in the year 2011.

 

It is engaged in business of wholesale cash and carry trading of all types of tangible and intangible goods and products including all types of publications, electronics, electrical goods, healthcare products, home and business products, entertainment products, software, toys, etc. on B2B basis over internet and otherwise.

For the financial year 2016, the company has achieved revenue growth of 41.92% as compared to the previous year but has incurred operational loss.

The sound financial risk profile of the company is marked by adequate net worth base along with negligible debt balance sheet profile.

 

Rating further takes into consideration the growing trend of online shopping and established marked position of the subject in online retail business.

 

Payments seems to be slow but correct.

 

In view of aforesaid, the company can be considered for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

Note: As per Registrar of Companies date of balance sheet (i.e. financial filed) is shown as 31.03.2017 but documents related to financial for the year 31.03.2017 are not available from any sources. 

 

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

(30.06.2017)

Current Rating

(30.09.2017)

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 02.02.2018.

 

 

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.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Vaishnavi Summit, Ground Floor, 7th Main, 80 Feet Road, 3rd Block, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bangalore – 560034, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-67302000

Fax No.:

Not Available

E-Mail :

lalit.bhimani@flipkart.com

mekin@flipkart.com

Website :

www.flipkart.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON: 31.03.2017

 

Name :

Mr. Neeraj Jain

Designation :

Additional Director

Address :

Flat No V 402, Jasmin Block, Tower 5, Adarsh Palm Retreat, Devara Beesabanahalli, Bengaluru-560103, Karnataka, India

Date of Appointment :

30.10.2017

DIN No.:

01861694

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U85110KA2006PTC038285

ADIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

25/09/2017

 

 

Name :

Sakait Chaudhary

Designation :

Additional Director

Address :

M-187, Ground Floor, Greater Kailash – 2, New Delhi-110048, India

Date of Appointment :

30.10.2017

DIN No.:

07472033

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U60231DL2012PTC233764

KLICK2SHOP LOGISTICS SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

23/09/2016

U74900KA2015FTC079383

MYNTRA JABONG INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

17/08/2016

U74999HR2016PTC064805

NOVARRIS FASHION TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED

30/11/2017

 

 

Name :

Mr. Lalit Bhimani

Designation :

Director

Address :

J102, Bren Palms, 48/1, Kudlu Main Road Singasandra, TVS Godown, Sarjapura Hobli , Kudlu, Bengaluru-560068, Karnataka, India

Date of Appointment :

08.09.2017

DIN No.:

07849779

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U74999HR2016PTC064805

NOVARRIS FASHION TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED

27/10/2017

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sankalp Gupta

Designation :

Additional Director

Address :

1, Kala Vihar Appt, Mayur Vihar-I Extn, Delhi-110091, India

Date of Appointment :

10.11.2017

DIN No.:

07986653

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

U63030KA2015PTC079894

ZINKA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

24/11/2017

U72300DL2011PTC245145

JADE ESERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

20/11/2017

U72300MH2012PTC231222

F1 INFO SOLUTIONS & SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

10/11/2017

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON: 31.03.2017

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

 

Percentage of Holding

Flipkart Limited, Singapore

5405638

100.00

Flipkart Marketplaces Private Limited, Singapore

1

0.00

 

 

 

Total

 

5405639

100.00

 

 

AS ON: 25.09.2017

 

Equity Share Breakup

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

Promoters – Body Corporate

100.00

 

 

Total

 

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in business of wholesale cash and carry trading of all types of tangible and intangible goods and products including all types of publications, electronics, electrical goods, personal products, healthcare products, home and business products, entertainment products, software’s, toys, etc., on B2B basis over the internet or otherwise. [Registered Activity]

 

 

Products/ Services :

ITC Code No.

 

Product Descriptions

99624000

Other nonstore retail

trade services

 

 

Brand Names :

Not Available

 

 

Agencies Held :

Not Available

 

 

Exports :

Not Available

 

 

Imports :

Not Available

 

 

Terms :

 

Selling :

Not Available

 

 

Purchasing :

Not Available

 

PRODUCTION STATUS: (NOT AVAILABLE)

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Reference:

Not Available

Name of the Person (Designation):

--

Contact Number:

--

Since how long known:

--

Maximum limit dealt:

--

Experience:

--

Remark

--

 

 

Customers :

 

Reference:

Not Available

Name of the Person (Designation):

--

Contact Number:

--

Since how long known:

--

Maximum limit dealt:

--

Experience:

--

Remark

--

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

·         Axis Bank Limited

·         HDFC Bank Limited

·         Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

 

 

Facilities :

SECURED LOANS

31.03.2016

(INR In Million)

31.03.2015

(INR In Million)

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Loans repayable on demand

3433.820

0.000

 

 

 

Total

 

3433.820

0.000

 

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants

Address :

12 Floor, Canberra Block, UB City No. 24, Vittal Mallya Road Bengaluru -560 001, Karnataka, India

PAN No.:

ACHFS9118A

 

 

Memberships :

Not Available

 

 

Collaborators :

Not Available

 

 

Holding Company

Flipkart Limited, Singapore

 

 

Fellow Subsidiary Companies :

·         Flipkart Internet Private Limited, India [U51109KA2012PTC066107]

·         Instakart Services Private Limited, India [U74900KA2015PTC080778]

·         Myntra Designs Private Limited, India [U72300KA2007PTC041799]

·         Flipkart Logistics Services Private Limited, India (formerly Flipkart Payment Gateway Services Private Limited)

·         Flipkart Digital Media Private Limited

·         Jeeves Consumer Services Private Limited

·         Flipkart Payment Private Limited, Singapore

·         Flipkart Logistics Private Limited, Singapore

 

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary :

Flipkart (Shenzhen) Trading Co. Limited, China

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON: 31.03.2016

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

10000000

Equity Shares

INR 1/- each

INR 10.000 Million

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

5405639

Equity Shares

INR 1/- each

INR 5.406 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

5.400

5.400

2.434

(b) Reserves & Surplus

41894.520

47338.190

5614.532

(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)

41899.920

47343.590

5616.966

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

5.420

2.444

(d) long-term provisions

59.370

36.710

14.072

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

59.370

42.130

16.516

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

4361.760

0.000

0.000

(b) Trade payables

14724.860

16075.890

5912.385

(c) Other current liabilities

890.510

604.010

201.326

(d) Short-term provisions

119.860

81.640

36.824

Total Current Liabilities (4)

20096.990

16761.540

6150.535

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

62056.280

64147.260

11784.017

 

 

 

 

II.    ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

1830.770

1452.180

705.384

(ii) Intangible Assets

21.360

22.880

24.772

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

6.030

77.050

6.539

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

77.310

33.560

124.155

(e) Other Non-current assets

6817.150

8892.000

0.082

Total Non-Current Assets

8752.620

10477.670

860.932

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

18995.110

13762.270

140.796

(b) Inventories

14202.280

11653.540

4235.230

(c) Trade receivables

2246.380

3587.050

1091.858

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

12640.250

22197.520

4272.508

(e) Short-term loans and advances

2232.420

111.980

1081.523

(f) Other current assets

2987.220

2357.230

101.170

Total Current Assets

53303.660

53669.590

10923.085

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

62056.280

64147.260

11784.017

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from Operations

128180.070

90321.780

28049.468

 

 

Other Income

3594.450

1943.800

411.811

 

 

TOTAL                                    

131774.520

92265.580

28461.279

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of Stock-in-Trade

133961.270

103356.810

33698.217

 

 

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

(2548.740)

(7418.310)

(3182.652)

 

 

Employees benefits expense

2454.410

1864.600

801.420

 

 

Other expenses

2750.330

2238.030

965.782

 

 

TOTAL                                    

136617.270

100041.130

32282.767

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

(4842.750)

(7775.550)

(3821.488)

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                       

102.280

96.990

2.440

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION              

(4945.030)

(7872.540)

(3823.928)

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                    

500.640

394.410

179.688

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) BEFORE TAX                        

(5445.670)

(8266.950)

(4003.616)

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                 

(2.000)

15.460

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS) AFTER TAX               

(5443.670)

(8282.410)

(4003.616)

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

0.510

2.920

0.640

 

F.O.B. Value of Exports

0.510

2.920

 0.640

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/ (Loss) Per Share (INR)

(1007.41)

(2130.67)

(2129.69)

 

 

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

(6320.030)

(16819.030)

(2146.490)

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities

(8658.840)

(18486.740)

(2450.217)

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

EFFICIENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Average Collection Days

(Sundry Debtors / Income * 365 Days)

6.40

14.50

14.21

 

 

 

 

Account Receivables Turnover

(Income / Sundry Debtors)

57.06

25.18

25.69

 

 

 

 

Average Payment Days

(Sundry Creditors / Purchases * 365 Days)

40.12

56.77

64.04

 

 

 

 

Inventory Turnover

(Operating Income / Inventories)

(0.34)

(0.67)

(0.90)

 

 

 

 

Asset Turnover

(Operating Income / Net Fixed Assets)

(2.61)

(5.01)

(5.19)

 

LEVERAGE RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Debt Ratio

((Borrowing + Current Liabilities) / Total Assets)

0.32

0.26

0.52

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability / Networth)

0.10

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities to Networth

(Current Liabilities / Net Worth)

0.48

0.35

1.09

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets to Networth

(Net Fixed Assets / Networth)

0.04

0.03

0.13

 

 

 

 

Interest Coverage Ratio

(PBIT / Financial Charges)

(47.35)

(80.17)

(1566.18)

 

PROFITABILITY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Net Profit Margin

((PAT / Sales) * 100)

%

(4.25)

(9.17)

(14.27)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

((PAT / Total Assets) * 100)

%

(8.77)

(12.91)

(33.97)

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

((PAT / Networth) * 100)

%

(12.99)

(17.49)

(71.28)

 

SOLVENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2016

31.03.2015

31.03.2014

Current Ratio

(Current Assets / Current Liabilities)

2.65

3.20

1.78

 

 

 

 

Quick Ratio

((Current Assets – Inventories) / Current Liabilities)

1.95

2.51

1.09

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Financial

(Networth / Total Assets)

0.68

0.74

0.48

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Debt

(Debts / Equity Capital)

807.73

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Liquidity

(Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities)

2.65

3.20

1.78

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

2.434

5.400

5.400

Reserves & Surplus

5614.532

47338.190

41894.520

Money received against share warrants

0.000

0.000

0.000

Share Application money pending allotment

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net worth

5616.966

47343.590

41899.920

 

 

 

 

long-term borrowings

0.000

0.000

0.000

Short term borrowings

0.000

0.000

4361.760

Total borrowings

0.000

0.000

4361.760

Debt/Equity ratio

0.000

0.000

0.104

 

 


 

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

28049.468

90321.780

128180.070

 

 

222.009

41.915

 

 


 

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

28049.468

90321.780

128180.070

Profit/ (Loss)

(4003.616)

(8282.410)

(5443.670)

 

(14.27%)

(9.17%)

(4.25%)

 


 

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

No

8

Designation of contact person

No

9

Promoter’s background

Yes

10

Date of Birth of Proprietor / Partners / Directors

No

11

Pan Card No. of Proprietor / Partners

No

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

Yes

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

G52411741

100111636

AXIS BANK LIMITED

07/07/2017

28/08/2017

-

13750000000.0

TRISHUL, 3RD FLOOR, OPPOSITE SAMARTHESHWAR TEMPLELAW GARDEN, ELLIS BRIDGEAHMEDABADGJ380006IN

2

G29906773

100066053

IDFC BANK LIMITED

14/09/2016

-

-

3000000000.0

KRM TOWER, 8TH FLOOR, NO. 1,HARRINGTON ROAD, CHETPETCHENNAITA600031IN

3

C80216138

10622510

HDFC BANK LIMITED

23/02/2016

-

-

4530222926.0

HDFC BANK HOUSESENAPATI BAPAT MARGLOWER PAREL WMUMBAIMH400013IN

4

G40722662

10591468

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED

03/09/2015

28/03/2017

-

8200000000.0

27BKC, C 27, G BLOCKBANDRA KURLA COMPLEX, BANDRA (E),MUMBAIMA400051IN

UNSECURED LOANS

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2016

(INR In Million)

31.03.2015

(INR In Million)

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Loans repayable on demand

927.940

0.000

 

 

 

Total

 

927.940

0.000

 

 

CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

 

The Registered address of the company has been shifted from No. 447/C, 1st Floor, 1st A Cross, 12th Main,4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034, Karnataka, India to the present address w.e.f 06.08.2012

 


CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

Subject (herein after referred to as "the Company") was incorporated on September 19, 2011 as a private limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956. The Company is involved in the business of 'Cash and Carry Trading/Wholesale Trading' within the meaning of Schedule I of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 ("FDI Policy"). The Company is engaged in wholesale distribution of books, mobiles, media, computers, gaming consoles, home appliances, electronics, other related accessories and apparels. The Company also provides warehousing and fulfilment services to marketplace vendors.

 

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY

 

During the financial year ended March 31, 2016, the total revenue of the Company was INR 131,774.52 Million as against the total revenue for the previous year which was INR 92,265.58 Million

 

The revenue of your company has been increased by INR 39,508.94 Million than the financial year 2014-15. Though there are losses in the year, there is a significant increase in the revenue from operations and the Directors see huge potential in the overall market. Wholesale Cash & Carry business is a long term play and the Company shall be able to turn profitable with scale.

 

 

BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY

 

The company is engaged in business of wholesale cash and carry trading of all types of tangible and intangible goods and products including all types of publications, electronics, electrical goods, personal products, healthcare products, home and business products, entertainment products, software’s, toys, etc., on B2B basis over the internet or otherwise.

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

·         Plant and equipment

·         Furniture and fixtures

·         Office equipment

·         Computer equipments

·         Leasehold improvements

 

 

PRESS RELEASE:

 

WALMART IN TALKS TO BUY MINORITY STAKE IN FLIPKART: REPORT

 

31.01.2018

 

US-based offline and online retailer Walmart Stores Inc. is in advanced stages of talks to buy a significant minority stake in Flipkart, a report by a financial daily stated.

 

Walmart could pick up as much as 15-20% stake in a deal which could materialise by the end of March, The Economic Timesreported, citing two people in the know.

Doug McMillon, president and chief executive of Walmart, is believed to have led a delegation last week to Flipkart’s Bengaluru office in this regard, the report added, quoting the two people mentioned above.

 

E-mail queries sent to Flipkart and Walmart did not immediately elicit a response at the time of publishing this report.

 

In September 2016, media reports had suggested that Walmart kicked-off early-stage discussions for an equity partnership with Flipkart. Speculations of a possible Walmart-Flipkart deal started doing the rounds in August 2016 after the US retailer bought e-commerce firm Jet.com for $3.3 billion.

 

Despite being a major player in the e-commerce space, online retailing was Walmart’s Achilles heel.

 

Walmart’s interest in the homegrown e-commerce firm comes at a time when Flipkart rebooted its online grocery service Supermart, which it relaunched in November last year.

 

Though Flipkart is yet to crack the online grocery space a second time, an investment from a global retailing giant like Walmart will not only help boost its war chest, but it will also help it take on Amazon, which has gained a significant lead in the space with its Amazon Now and Pantry offerings.

 

A recent report by digital media platform Yourstory stated that Amazon has already started delivering groceries from its own stores called NowStore. The service is currently operational in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Hyderabad.

 

Besides, Amazon has also committed to spend $500 million for its food retailing business, following the relaxation of the government’s foreign direct investment norms, which now allows for 100% FDI in the retailing space.

 

Walmart is already present in India through its wholesale or cash-and-carry business. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Wal-Mart India Pvt Ltd runs 21 cash-and-carry stores under the Best Price brand in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

 

Tiger Global offloads partial stake in Flipkart for $424 mn

Hedge fund major Tiger Global has shed about 2.24% stake in Flipkart for $424 million, according to a report by the Hindu Business Line, citing documents by Paper VC, a financial data and research platform.

 

Paper VC sourced the information based on Flipkart’s filings with Singapore-based Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. Flipkart is also headquartered in Singapore. Post this transaction, Tiger Global’s stake came down to 22.44%, behind SoftBank, which is now Flipkart’s largest shareholder, holding a 23.62% stake.

 

The stake sale, which was part of a recent stock buy-back programme by Flipkart, also saw exits from other investors, including Accel Partners India ($113.5 million); Yuri Milner, who made $50 million through his investments from DSTAsia III and DSTAsia IV funds; and Divesh Makan, fund manager of San Francisco-based Iconiq Capital, who cashed in $49 million, the report stated.

 

Softbank was also part of the buy-back programme, as its $2.5-billion investment included a secondary transaction sale of $817 million, the report added.

 

Likewise, Belgium-based Sofina ($28 million), GIC Singapore ($29.2 million), Vulcan Capital ($16 million) and Kalaari Capital ($4.7 million) also saw exits through this sale.

 

According to Paper VC, Flipkart’s valuation has now significantly increased from around $13 billion to somewhere between $17 billion and $19 billion after the transaction. However, VCCircle could not independently verify this.

 

Flipkart also completed a $100-million ESOP buy-back from its staff in December 2017, which it had initiated in October last year.

 

FLUSH WITH FUNDS, FLIPKART BOOSTS INVESTMENTS IN LOGISTICS ARM EKART

 

03.01.2018

 

eKart parent Instakart Services has received four separate tranches of investment from Flipkart, amounting to roughly INR 2,6000.000 million since September

 

Bengaluru: India’s largest online retailer Flipkart, which raised nearly $3 billion in 2017 from investors such as Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd, eBay Inc. and Microsoft Corp., has invested over $400 million in four separate tranches in its logistics arm eKart over the past four months, according to recent regulatory filings.

 

According to filings with the ministry of corporate affairs, Instakart Services Pvt. Ltd received four separate tranches of investment from Flipkart, amounting to roughly INR 2,6000.000 million (about $408 million) since September. The latest tranche of INR 1,2000.000 million was the largest infusion that Flipkart made in eKart over the past six months, according to documents filed on 19 December.

 

eKart, controlled by Instakart Services, was started by Flipkart as an in-house logistics business and later spun off due to regulatory hurdles. Flipkart’s eKart arm is responsible for order fulfilment, post-delivery and seller services. It is a key business for Flipkart, employing more than 20,000 workers who deliver smartphones, clothes, shoes, TVs and other products to customers. Flipkart also separately allocated nearly $460 million towards eKart for investments and acquisitions earlier in 2017, according to filings from October.

 

Functions such as supply chain and logistics are typically the two most resource-intensive areas in the e-commerce business and over the years companies such as Flipkart and Amazon India have been trying to find newer ways of reducing costs for each delivery.

 

As e-commerce grew in the country, online retail start-ups soon realized the need for specialized courier services to cater to the need of the online retail segment—something that traditional courier partners had failed to meet immediately.

 

The e-commerce logistics market has attracted some serious capital in the last 12-18 months. Last year, Delhivery raised $100 million from Carlyle Asia Partners and existing investors.

 

In March last year, Mint reported that Ecom Express has initiated the process of raising at least $75 million in a new round of funding. According to a report by the Economic Times, logistics firm Xpressbees is in talks to raise about $100 million from China’s Alibaba Group.

 

According to a report by investment bank Avendus, new-age logistics businesses are expected to be the sunrise sector for investments in the start-up ecosystem. This market is expected to grow to $9.6 billion by 2020 from $1.4 billion in 2015. Last year, eKart underwent a revamp in strategy.

 

Prior to Kalyan Krishnamurthy’s elevation as CEO, eKart was also looking to expand into hyperlocal deliveries, including food, aggressively cut costs and tie up with offline retailers and small neighbourhood stores as part of a revamp of its courier business.

 

However, a few months later under Krishnamurthy’s leadership, eKart abruptly shut its customer-to-customer service and hyperlocal delivery offering.

 

Since mid-2017, Flipkart co-founder and group CEO Binny Bansal has been acting as a mentor for eKart.

 

Under Krishnamurthy’s leadership at Flipkart, the online retailer has kept burn rates under control and brought down costs, especially at eKart, which typically accounts for a large chunk of overall cash burn.

 


 

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 records 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 63.61

UK Pound

1

INR 90.18

Euro

1

INR 78.95

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

PRY

 

 

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.