Rating Rationale
June 21, 2016 | Mumbai
Prakash Steelage Limited
Ratings downgraded to 'CRISIL D/CRISIL D'; Placed on 'Notice of withdrawal'  
 
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.3300 Million
Long Term Rating CRISIL D (Downgraded from 'CRISIL BBB/Stable'; Placed on 'Notice of Withdrawal')
Short Term Rating CRISIL D (Downgraded from 'CRISIL A3+'; Placed on 'Notice of Withdrawal')
(Refer to Annexure 1 for Facility-wise details)

CRISIL has downgraded its ratings on the bank loan facilities of Prakash Steelage Limited (PSL) to 'CRISIL D/CRISIL D' from 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+'. Furthermore, the ratings have been placed on 'Notice of Withdrawal' for 60 days at the request of the company and on receipt of a no-objection certificate from its lead banker. This is in line with CRISIL's policy on withdrawal of bank loan ratings.

The rating downgrade reflects an unanticipated and unprecedented deterioration in the credit profile of PSL in the last quarter of 2015-16 (refers to financial year, April 1 to March 31) resulting in delays in meeting financial obligations. In July 2015, the company had divested its seamless pipes business, which contributed about half its manufacturing turnover, for a consideration of about Rs.2.1 billion. A bulk of the proceeds from the sale was utilised to reduce borrowings, leaving a cash and bank balance of about Rs.177 million as on September 30, 2015. Moreover, it had unutilised fund-based bank lines of about Rs.60 million around the same period. Operations were also profitable until the end of December 2015, as anticipated, with net profit of about Rs.119 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015. The profit from operations, being retained in the business, was expected to add to funds available. In the absence of any capital expenditure plans, CRISIL had anticipated that the excess liquidity available would be sufficient to meet financial obligations in case of exigencies. With net sales of about Rs.3.67 billion with net profit of Rs.119 million in the first nine months ended December 31, 2015, the performance was as anticipated without any signs of deterioration in business profile or pressure on company's financial profile and liquidity.

However, in the last quarter of 2015-16, there has been an unanticipated and unprecedented loss from operations, with a net loss of about Rs.0.93 billion. Against total sales of Rs.1.88 billion in that quarter, material cost was about Rs.2.38 billion. The reason provided by the management for such an extraordinary difference between material cost and sales is disproportionate with the raw material prices during that period. Moreover, debtors of about Rs.246 million were written off in this quarter, which was again unanticipated from the trend of debtors till end of December 2015. These extraordinary losses are in contradiction to the representations provided by the management of the company in the past. As a result of these extraordinary losses from operations, the surplus funds dried up and the company has defaulted on some of its financial obligations as confirmed by bankers.

About the Company

PSL was set up in 1991 as a closely held public limited company by Mr. Prakash C Kanugo; it was listed in August 2010. The company initially traded in stainless steel sheets, coils, strips, pipes, and tubes. Currently, it manufactures a variety of welded stainless steel pipes and tubes, and trades in stainless steel sheets, coils, plates, and other such items. Its products are used in instrumentation, evaporators, heating elements, fluid piping, exhaust piping, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, and condensers

For 2015-16, PSL reported a net loss of Rs.814.4 million on net sales of Rs.5.6 billion as against profit after tax of Rs.140.6 million on net sales of Rs.10.7 billion for 2014-15.

Annexure 1 - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Million) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Million) Rating
Cash Credit 1500 CRISIL D(Notice of Withdrawal) Cash Credit 1500 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 700 CRISIL D(Notice of Withdrawal) Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 700 CRISIL A3+
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1100 CRISIL D(Notice of Withdrawal) Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1100 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Total 3300 -- Total 3300 --

Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating Criteria for Manufacturing Companies
Rating Criteria for Steel Industry
Criteria for rating Short-Term Debt (including Commercial Paper)

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