February 24, 2012
Mumbai
PSL Limited

Ratings suspended
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.68046.3 Million
Long-Term Rating Suspended
Short-Term Rating Suspended
(Refer to Annexure 1 for Facility-wise details)

CRISIL has suspended its ratings on the outstanding bank facilities of PSL Limited (PSL). This is because the company has not been providing business and financial information to CRISIL. The suspension reflects CRISIL’s inability to maintain a valid rating in the absence of information from the company.

About the Company
PSL, promoted by the Y P Punj family in 1987 manufactures helical SAW (HSAW) pipes and pipe coatings. PSL has 11 HSAW pipe mills in India across five cities, with an aggregate installed capacity of 1.4 million tonnes per annum (tpa), and one mill in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, with a capacity of 75,000 tpa. In October 2008, PSL commissioned a pipe manufacturing facility with a capacity of 300,000 tpa in Mississippi, USA, through PSL North America LLC, 78 percent joint venture of PSL USA Inc. PSL also offers a range of coating services, which together contribute about 20 per cent to its revenues.

Annexure 1 - Details of various bank facilities

Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Mln) Rating Facility Amount (Mln) Rating
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee# 1000 Suspended Working Capital Demand Loan* 21450 CRISIL BBB+/Positive
Cash Credit* 2450 Suspended Cash Credit* 2450 CRISIL BBB+/Positive
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 33640 Suspended Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 33640 CRISIL A2
Standby Line of Credit 8320 Suspended Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee# 1000 CRISIL BBB+/Positive
Term Loan 1186.3 Suspended Standby Line of Credit 8320 CRISIL BBB+/Positive
Working Capital Demand Loan* 21450 Suspended Term Loan 1186.3 CRISIL BBB+/Positive
Total 68046.3 -- Total 68046.3 --

* Interchangeable with other bank facilities
# Interchangeable with cash credit and working capital demand loan

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