MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

494590

Report Date :

28.02.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED (w.e.f. 15.03.2004)

 

 

Formerly Known As :

TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Indiabulls Finance Centre, Tower 2,12th and 13th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone (West), Mumbai-400013, Maharashtra

Tel. No.:

91-22-67519100

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.09.2016

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06.10.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-093356

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

INR 2393.333 Million

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U67190MH1995PTC093356

 

 

IEC No.:

[Import-Export Code No.]

Not Divulged

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACT1609B

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

Not Divulged

 

 

GSTN :

[Goods & Service Tax Registration No.]

27AAACT1609B1ZW

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of providing investment management and related services. (Registered Activity)

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management

 

 

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+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 27400000

 

 

Status :

Excellent

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Private Limited operates as a step down subsidiary of ‘Franklin Resources, Inc.’, a global investment management organization.

 

It was incorporated in the year 1995 and is engaged in the business of providing investment management and related services.

 

As per the financial records of 2016, the company has achieved revenue growth of 9.38% as compared to the previous year along with a decent profit margin of 46.93%.

 

The sound financial risk profile of the company is marked by healthy net worth base, decent liquidity position and strong debt protection metrics.

 

Moreover, rating also takes into account the strong support that the subject receives from its holding company, its extensive global presence in different countries along with reputed client base across the world.

 

Payments seems to be regular and as per the commitments.

 

In view of good financial position and strong managerial and technical support from its holding company, the subject can be considered 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

 

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

 

Rating Agency Name

ICRA

Rating

Templeton India Treasury Management Account : A1+

Rating Explanation

Very strong degree of safety and carry lowest credit risk.

Date

02.06.2017

 

 

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 28.02.2018

 

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.

 

INFORMATION DECLINED

 

Management non-cooperative (Tel No.: 91-22-67519100)

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Indiabulls Finance Centre, Tower 2,12th and 13th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone (West), Mumbai-400013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-67519100

Fax No.:

91-22-66391282

E-Mail :

mchitti@templeton.com

Website :

www.franklintempletonindia.com

 

 

Sales Office :

Maker Chamber VI  3rd Floor, Office No. 37,  Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66107777

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 2017

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjay Vishwanath Sapre

Designation :

Whole-Time Director

Address :

Flt 41/A, Embassy Apartments, 46 N S Road, M Hill, A K Marg, Mumbai-400036, Maharashtra, India 

Date of Appointment :

31.08.2016

PAN No.:

AALPS5825N

DIN No.:

01104702

Other Directorship :

 

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

End Date

U65991MH1995NPL092062

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA

15/11/2016

-

U74120MH2013PTC242939

MF UTILITIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

24/09/2014

-

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jayaram Subramaniam

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. 23, Tower 2, Godrej Garden Enclave Pirojsha Nagar, Vikhroli (East), Mumbai – 400079, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

09.09.1966

Date of Appointment :

12.09.2014

PAN No.:

AAAPI2333L

DIN No.:

01440502

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

End Date

U74999MH2002PTC134412

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL SERVICES (INDIA )PRIVATE LIMITED

23/01/2015

-

U65991TN1993PLC024429

ITI CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED

16/01/2014

-

U67190MH2008FTC179996

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

12/03/2008

-

U74900MH2014PTC252713

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SERVICES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

23/01/2015

-

 

 

Name :

Mr. Deepak Madhav Satwalekar

Designation :

Director

Address :

9, Nutan Alka Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Relief Road, Santacurz (West), Mumbai-400054, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

14.11.1948

Date of Appointment :

06.10.1995

DIN No.:

00009627

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

End Date

L24220MH1945PLC004598

ASIAN PAINTS LIMITED

30/05/2000

-

L24110MH1947PLC005719

PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

19/07/2002

-

L28920MH1919PLC000567

THE TATA POWER COMPANY LIMITED

10/09/2008

-

U72300MH2007PTC168184

GERMINAIT SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

02/09/2008

-

 

 

Name :

Navroz Hormasji Seervai

Designation :

Director

Address :

8, Shiv Shanti Bhavan 146, M. Karve Marg Mumbai – 400020, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

22.02.1957

Date of Appointment :

17.05.2003

DIN No.:

00024144

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bhaskara Nageshwara Rao Mandavilli

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. A 906, Purva Heights, 14, Bannerghatta Road, Bilekahalli, Bangalore –560076, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

19.06.1948

Date of Appointment :

19.05.2009

DIN No.:

00287260

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

End Date

U27310HR2008PTC042218

MMTC - PAMP INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

15/07/2009

-

U66030TG2006PLC051760

APOLLO MUNICH HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

03/08/2010

-

U45200MH2006PTC160164

MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRIVATE LIMITED

31/08/2017

-

U74120TG2008PLC074583

NUZIVEEDU SEEDS LIMITED

23/07/2012

-

L65100TN1949PLC002905

TI FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

25/09/2017

-

U85110TG2000PLC115819

APOLLO HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE LIMITED

08/09/2017

-

L65993TN1978PLC007576

CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

28/07/2011

-

L24211TN1975PLC006989

E.I.D PARRY (INDIA) LIMITED

28/07/2010

-

L26941TN1957PLC003566

THE RAMCO CEMENTS LIMITED

02/08/2010

-

U72100MH2000PLC128108

CRISIL RISK AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

09/04/2012

-

U91990TG2001PTC036666

GREEN WOODS PALACES AND RESORTS PRIVATE LIMITED

04/08/2016

-

L40109AP1995PLC019349

TAJ GVK HOTELS AND RESORTS LIMITED

26/07/2010

-

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vivek Kudva

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. 202, 2nd Floor, Vishnu Villa 7B, Worli Sea Face, Worli, Mumbai-400030, Maharashtra, India

Date of Appointment :

11.03.2017

DIN No.:

0748582

Other Directorship :

CIN/FCRN

Company Name

Begin Date

End Date

U74999MH2002PTC134412

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL SERVICES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

07/07/2006

-

U67190MH2008FTC179996

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

23/01/2015

-

U74900MH2014PTC252713

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SERVICES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

23/01/2015

-

U74140DL2015PTC286052

MYWISH MARKETPLACES PRIVATE LIMITED

15/07/2016

-

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Mahesh Kumar C M

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

23/2d, Kalpataru Riverside, Opposite Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple, Takka, Panvel, Mumbai – 410206, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

19.04.1978

Date of Appointment :

18.11.2013

PAN No.:

AGZPM5722G

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 31.03.2016

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Franklin Templeton Holding Limited, India

 

239333296

Vivek Kudva*

 

4

Total

 

239333300

 

*Nominee shareholder, beneficial interest is with Franklin Templeton Holding Limited, Mauritius

 

Equity Share Break up (Percentage of Total Equity)

 

As on 10.03.2017

 

Category

Percentage

Promoters (Body corporate)

99.99999833

Public/Other than promoters (Individual/Hindu Undivided Family-Indian)

0.00000167

Total

100.00

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in the business of providing investment management and related services. (Registered Activity)

 

 

Products/ Services :

Item/NIC Code No.

Products/ Services Description

99711900

Other financial services, except

investment banking, insurance services and pension services

 

 

Brand Names :

Not Available

 

 

Agencies Held :

Not Available

 

 

Exports :

Not Divulged

 

 

Imports :

Not Divulged

 

 

Terms :

Not Divulged

 

PRODUCTION STATUS NOT AVAILABLE

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Reference :

Not Divulged

Name of the Person :

--

Contact No.:

--

Since How Long Known :

--

Maximum Limit Dealt :

--

Experience :

--

Remark:

--

 

 

Customers :

 

Reference :

Not Divulged

Name of the Person :

--

Contact No.:

--

Since How Long Known :

--

Maximum Limit Dealt :

--

Experience :

--

Remark:

--

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by the management

 

 

Bankers :

Bank Name

Not Divulged

Branch

--

Person Name (With Designation)

--

Contact Number

--

Name of Account Holder

--

Account Number

--

Account Since (Date/Year of Account Opening)

--

Average Balance Maintained (If Possible)

--

Credit Facilities Enjoyed (If any)

--

Account Operation

--

Remarks (If any)

--

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

30.09.2016

(INR in Million)

30.09.2015

(INR in Million)

Long-term Borrowings

 

 

Other loans and advances

18.637

15.562

Total

18.637

15.562

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Price Waterhouse LLP

Chartered Accountants

Address :

252, Veer Savarkar Marg, Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Income-tax PAN of auditor or auditor's firm :

AAFFP3698A

 

 

Memberships :

--

 

 

Collaborators :

--

 

 

Holding company :

Franklin Templeton Holding Limited, Mauritius

 

 

Ultimate Holding company :

Franklin Resources Inc., USA

 

 

Subsidiary company :

ITI Capital Markets Limited

CIN No.: U65991TN1993PLC024429

 

 

Fellow Subsidiary companies :

·         Franklin Templeton International Services (India) Private Limited

·         Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Private Limited

·         Darby Asia Investors (India) Private Limited

·         Franklin Templeton Services (India) Private Limited

·         Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC, USA

·         Franklin Templeton Services, LLC, USA

·         Templeton Asset Management Limited, Singapore

·         Franklin Templeton Capital Holdings Private Limited, Singapore

·         Franklin Advisers, Inc., USA

·         Franklin Templeton Investment Management (ME) Limited, Dubai

 

 

Others (Mutual Fund managed by the Company)

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 10.03.2017

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

245000000

Equity Shares

INR 10/- each

INR 2450.000 Million

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

239333300

Equity Shares

INR 10/- each

INR 2393.333 Million

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in INR Million]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

I.      EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

2393.333

2393.333

2393.333

(b) Reserves and Surplus

7197.783

3834.832

4678.569

(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)

9591.116

6228.165

7071.902

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

18.637

15.562

12.249

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Other long-term liabilities

39.076

42.646

45.515

(d) long-term provisions

78.180

80.729

65.030

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

135.893

138.937

122.794

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short-term borrowings

3500.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Trade payables

204.320

160.305

97.363

(c) Other current liabilities

730.867

3864.757

911.402

(d) Short-term provisions

10.758

92.025

9.177

Total Current Liabilities (4)

4445.945

4117.087

1017.942

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

14172.954

10484.189

8212.638

 

 

 

 

II.    ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

254.875

261.204

238.839

(ii) Intangible Assets

2.063

2.559

3.909

(iii) Tangible assets capital work-in-progress

2.542

0.000

0.000

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

178.346

190.004

16.733

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

658.783

251.851

279.109

(d) Long-term loans and advances

95.907

135.128

117.966

(e) Other Non-current assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Non-Current Assets

1192.516

840.746

656.556

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

12373.651

8669.840

6709.564

(b) Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Trade receivables

106.184

661.235

608.978

(d) Cash and bank balances

382.849

279.837

131.724

(e) Short-term loans and advances

110.974

32.367

105.530

(f) Other current assets

6.780

0.164

0.286

Total Current Assets

12980.438

9643.443

7556.082

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

14172.954

10484.189

8212.638

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

Revenue from operations

7166.209

6551.704

4597.828

 

Other Income

1568.315

416.415

1217.757

 

TOTAL

8734.524

6968.119

5815.585

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

Cost of Materials Consumed

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Employee benefit expense

1353.161

1357.047

1349.581

 

CSR expenditure

56.886

26.836

0.000

 

Other expenses

1669.379

2145.522

1007.065

 

Extraordinary items

616.996

0.000

0.000

 

TOTAL

3696.422

3529.405

2356.646

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

5038.102

3438.714

3458.939

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES

12.148

4.656

4.442

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION

5025.954

3434.058

3454.497

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION

97.586

92.110

87.675

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  BEFORE TAX

4928.368

3341.948

3366.822

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX

1565.417

1018.458

738.614

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/ (LOSS)  AFTER TAX

3362.951

2323.490

2628.208

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings / (Loss) Per Share (INR)

14.05

9.71

10.98

 

 

CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG TERM DEBT DETAILS

 

Particulars

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

Current Maturities of Long term debt

7.955

5.585

NA

Net cash flows from (used in) operations

4679.660

2873.491

2384.266

Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities

2597.053

2009.432

1614.068

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

EFFICIENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

Average Collection Days

(Sundry Debtors / Income * 365 Days)

5.41

36.84

48.34

 

 

 

 

Account Receivables Turnover

(Income / Sundry Debtors)

67.49

9.91

7.55

 

 

 

 

Average Payment Days

(Sundry Creditors / Purchases * 365 Days)

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

Inventory Turnover

(Operating Income / Inventories)

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

Asset Turnover

(Operating Income / Net Fixed Assets)

19.42

13.04

14.25

 

LEVERAGE RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

Debt Ratio

((Borrowing + Current Liabilities) / Total Assets)

0.32

0.39

0.13

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability / Networth)

0.37

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities to Networth

(Current Liabilities / Net Worth)

0.46

0.66

0.14

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets to Networth

(Net Fixed Assets / Networth)

0.03

0.04

0.03

 

 

 

 

Interest Coverage Ratio

(PBIT / Financial Charges)

414.73

738.56

778.69

 

PROFITABILITY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

Net Profit Margin

 ((PAT / Sales) * 100)

%

46.93

35.46

57.16

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

((PAT / Total Assets) * 100)

%

23.73

22.16

32.00

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

((PAT / Networth) * 100)

%

35.06

37.31

37.16

 

SOLVENCY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.09.2016

30.09.2015

30.09.2014

Current Ratio

(Current Assets / Current Liabilities)

2.92

2.34

7.42

 

 

 

 

Quick Ratio

((Current Assets – Inventories) / Current Liabilities)

2.92

2.34

7.42

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Financial

(Networth / Total Assets)

0.68

0.59

0.86

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Debt

(Debts / Equity Capital)

1.47

0.01

0.01

 

 

 

 

G-Score Ratio Liquidity

(Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities)

2.92

2.34

7.42

 

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

30.09.2014

30.09.2015

30.09.2016

 

INR In Million

INR In Million

INR In Million

Share Capital

2393.333

2393.333

2393.333

Reserves & Surplus

4678.569

3834.832

7197.783

Net worth

7071.902

6228.165

9591.116

 

 

 

 

long-term borrowings

12.249

15.562

18.637

Short term borrowings

0.000

0.000

3500.000

Total borrowings

12.249

15.562

3518.637

Debt/Equity ratio

0.002

0.002

0.367

 

 

 

YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH

 

Year on Year Growth

30.09.2014

30.09.2015

30.09.2016

 

INR In Million

INR In Million

INR In Million

Sales

4597.828

6551.704

7166.209

 

 

42.496

9.379

 

 

NET PROFIT MARGIN

 

Net Profit Margin

30.09.2014

30.09.2015

30.09.2016

 

INR In Million

INR In Million

INR In Million

Sales

4597.828

6551.704

7166.209

Profit

2628.208

2323.490

3362.951

 

57.16%

35.46%

46.93%

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

--

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Financials, if provided

Yes

24]

Capital in the business

Yes

25]

Last accounts filed at ROC, if applicable

Yes

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

Yes

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

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

The Company has been incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956 (the “Act”) as a private company limited by shares. The Company is engaged in the business of providing investment management and related services. The Company is the investment manager to the schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund ('the Fund') and also provides transfer agency services to the schemes of the Fund. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Holding Limited, Mauritius, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ultimate parent company, Franklin Resources, Inc. (FRI).

 

UNSECURED LOAN

 

PARTICULARS

30.09.2016

(INR in Million)

30.09.2015

(INR in Million)

Short-term borrowings

 

 

Rupee term loans from banks

3500.000

0.000

Total

3500.000

0.000

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES: NO CHARGES EXISTS FOR COMPANY

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

 

 

WEBSITE DETAILS

 

NEWS/ PRESS RELEASES

 

MYSTERY BUYER OF TROUBLED JSPL PAPERS FROM FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SCHEMES

 

May 12 2017

 

Franklin Templeton India AMC bought the JSPL debt papers, after they were downgraded a second time, from its own debt schemes in 2016

 

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd last year bought its own debt schemes’ entire holding of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) debt securities, after two downgrades of JSPL debt papers, according to the AMC’s latest annual report.

 

At the time, there was mystery as to who the buyer was as the JSPL debt papers, it appeared, were bought at a discount, after the second downgrade.

 

According to Franklin Templeton AMC’s annual report for the year ending September 2016 (October to September calendar), the AMC bought over JSPL’s papers from the debt schemes of Templeton.

 

When the price of a debt security falls, the net asset value (NAV) of the debt scheme that holds it also goes down.

This is not new in the Indian mutual funds industry. When an underlying scrip of a debt fund defaults—or looks like it might—on its interests and/or principal payments, the AMC buys it from the scheme. But why did Franklin Templeton AMC buy the JSPL debt papers at a discount?

 

How it unfolded

 

On 15 February 2016, Crisil downgraded JSPL’s debt rating to BB+/A4+, from BBB+/A3+. This meant that the debt paper fell below investment grade. “Continuous efforts were being made to look for a buyer at all stages in the transaction,” said a Franklin Templeton spokesperson.

Franklin Templeton AMC then decided to buy these debt papers. On 29 February, it bought the first tranche of the troubled scrip at a discount of 25% of face value. On 9 March, Crisil again downgraded JSPL debt papers to a “D” rating.

 

Immediately, the fund house’s valuation committee decided to re-value the debt paper “to reflect the latest downgrade in the credit rating, considering that there was no price available from an external agency for the same”, said the spokesperson.

 

Valuing debt securities is tricky and not as straightforward as valuing equity securities, that are traded and prices are available on the stock exchanges. The debt market is highly illiquid and trades take place off-market. But debt securities must be valued on a daily basis to arrive at a scheme’s NAV. Therefore, capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has laid down that fund houses must value their securities fairly. But since two debt fund’s fair price for the same scrip could be different, industry lobby Association of Mutual Funds of India (Amfi) has mandated rating agencies Crisil Ltd and Icra Ltd to issue the prices of all debt securities that all fund houses own, daily. The rating agencies, though, don’t give out any guidance for ‘D’ rated securities. In such situations where the price is not available from an external agency, the AMC applies fair valuation principles as per its own valuation policy and Sebi’s regulations.

 

In this case, Franklin Templeton’s valuation committee decided to re-value the security at a further 10% mark-down. The paper was now valued at 67.5% of the face value. On 10 March, the AMC itself bought the final tranche at 67.5% of the face value.

 

“Franklin Templeton AMC was the counterparty for JSPL securities transactions in February and March 2016. The transactions were effected keeping in mind the interest of unitholders and the challenges that could be faced while holding non-investment grade securities in an open end fund structure,” said the Franklin Templeton spokesperson.

 

The question is: if the fund house was going to buy the bad security from the scheme, why did it allow the scheme to mark it down by a further 10%? The mark-down meant that the scheme realised 67.5% of the bond’s face value, instead of 75%. That was a loss to the scheme, and thereby its investors.

 

Holding a security that is rated “default” or “D” can be hazardous for a fund house as it could trigger further redemptions and the fund manager could be compelled to sell other, albeit, better securities to meet the redemption pressure. “FT purchased JSPL securities in two tranches due to the size of the transaction. The first tranche was purchased on 29 February 2016 when the security was rated BB+ which is below investment grade. However, we had to arrange for funding to purchase the balance, which took normal procedural time. The second tranche was therefore purchased on 10 March 2016. In the interim, the rating agency downgraded JSPL’s long term debt rating from BB+ to Default (D), which required fair valuation of these securities,” added the spokesperson.

 

But the question remains: If Templeton was in the process of buying out the security, the chances of it buying the remaining tranche were quite high. Why did it, then, re-value (or mark down) the security’s value and then bought it? Why did it play the role of the price setter as well as the buyer (at that same price)? It appears that the fund house bought the security at a discount. “The securities were valued in accordance with regulations and fair valuation principles and were purchased by Franklin Templeton at the price at which they were held in the funds,” said the Franklin Templeton spokesperson

 

Back of the envelope calculations show that the schemes suffered a loss of about Rs365.51 crore on account of the fall in scrip prices due to downgrades.

What about future gains?

 

“The fund house may have ticked all the boxes but this episode raises corporate governance standards. If a security goes bad, the fund house should try its best to recover money. Elsewhere, lenders have gone to the court to recover their money. But calling it fair valuation practice, marking down the price of the security and the fund house buying it and investors not even informed about… it doesn’t look a proper way of doing things,” said a chief executive officer of a large fund house, who did not want to be named.

 

“In this situation, when there is no benchmark for valuing a D-rated security, the fallback is at what rate an asset reconstruction company or stressed asset specialist would buy it. Negotiations would have taken time and the AMC just got it off their back as it was impacting their goodwill,” says Joydeep Sen, managing partner, Sen & Apte Consulting Services LLP, a wealth management firm that specializes in mutual funds and bonds.

 

What if Franklin Templeton recovers the money later? As things stand today, Franklin Templeton AMC still holds the bad paper in its own books. The fund house told us it further provided for a reduction of INR 1120.000 Million in the values of these securities after it had taken them over from the debt schemes. These debt papers will mature between 2018 and 2021. If JSPL’s fortunes recover and it starts paying interest, will the fund house transfer the gains back to the schemes and compensate the investor?

 

In an interview published in The Economic Times on 10 May, Ravi Uppal, managing director, JSPL said, “…since we are not going to have any more capex (capital expenditure), whatever organic earnings we have are going to be used to pay back loans. We never allowed our company to become a non-performing asset (NPA). Banks are getting more confident of lending to us as they have seen how we turned around in Q3 (third quarter of September-December 2016).”

 

“For a default rated security, if the mutual fund realises 67.5% of its face value, it’s not a bad deal for the mutual fund scheme. But if the fund house recovers money later, will it return back to the investors? That remains to be seen,” says Sen.

 

When contacted, Franklin Templeton refused to comment.

 

The Indian mutual fund industry has seen many instances about fund houses taking over bad paper—and losses—on their books. Franklin Templeton AMC too has done the same. But the second (10%) mark-down, even in the name of fair valuation, sounds a bit unfortunate given that it knew that it was in the middle of buying out the entire stock of JSPL from the mutual fund schemes.

 

Also, what remains a mystery is why the AMC didn’t disclose to the unitholders that it bought over the papers and the process it followed to mark the same down.

 

 


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 64.85

UK Pound

1

INR 79.97

Euro

1

INR 90.58

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

SUV

 

 

Analysis Done by :

PRI

 

 

Report Prepared by :

JYTK

 


 

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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