Rating Rationale
August 14, 2020 | Mumbai
Gulf Petrochem India Private Limited
Issuer not cooperating, based on best-available information; Rating migrated to 'CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable Issuer not cooperating' and removed from 'Watch Negative'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.233 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable (ISSUER NOT COOPERATING; Migrated from 'CRISIL BBB+(CE)'; Removed from 'Rating Watch with Negative Implications')*
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Please note that the rating(s) are based on best available information with the credit rating agency: the entity whose debt is being published via this press release did not provide the requisite information needed to conduct the rating exercise and is therefore classified as 'non cooperative'.
Non cooperation by Issuer

CRISIL has been consistently following up (through letters and emails dated August 01, 2020,August 04, 2020, July 22, 2020 and August 07, 2020 among others, apart from telephonic communication) with the issuer and the GP Global Group for obtaining information regarding the ongoing financial restructuring and business re-phasement exercise at the group level and its impact on various group entities including Gulf Petrochem India Pvt Ltd (GPIPL). The rating on the issuer centrally factors support from the Group's ultimate parent entity viz. Gulf Petrochem FZC. The parent has remained non cooperative in terms of providing information related to ongoing financial restructuring exercise.
 
'The investors, lenders and all other market participants should exercise due caution with reference to the rating assigned/reviewed with the suffix 'ISSUER NOT COOPERATING' as the rating is arrived at without any management interaction and is based on best available or limited or dated information on the company. Such non co-operation by a rated entity may be a result of deterioration in its credit risk profile. These ratings with 'ISSUER NOT COOPERATING' suffix lack a forward looking component'.

Detailed Rationale

Despite repeated attempts to engage with the management, CRISIL has not received any information on either the financial performance or strategic intent of GP Global group or of its ultimate parent entity Gulf Petrochem FZC, which restricts CRISIL's ability to take a forward looking view on the entity's credit quality. CRISIL believes that rating action on GPIPL is consistent with 'Assessing Information Adequacy Risk'. Therefore, on account of inadequate information and lack of management cooperation, CRISIL has migrated the ratings on the bank facilities of GPIPL to 'CRISIL BB+(CE) Issuer Not Cooperating' while removing it from 'Rating Watch with Negative Implications' and assigned a 'Stable' outlook to the rating.

Analytical Approach

An unconditional and irrevocable guarantee and an additional undertaking has been provided by the company's parent, GPFZC (rated 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISIL A4+ Issuer Not cooperating'). The guarantee and the undertaking cover the entire principal and interest payment obligations on the guaranteed bank facilities. The ratings are supported by a payment mechanism to ensure the fulfilment of the debt obligations on the rated instruments. The ratings on the bank facilities of GPIPL thus reflect the credit strengths and weaknesses of GP Global group.
 
For arriving at the GPFZC's ratings, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of GPFZC and all its subsidiaries. That's because all these companies, collectively referred to as the GP Global group, have significant operational linkages in the form of intra-group sales, and financial linkages through funding support, and corporate guarantees extended for some of the subsidiary companies.

Adequacy of credit enhancement structure

GPFZC has provided an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee and an additional undertaking. The guarantee and the undertaking cover the entire principal and interest payment obligations on the guaranteed bank facilities. The ratings are supported by a payment mechanism to ensure the fulfilment of the debt obligations on the rated instruments.

Unsupported ratings:  CRISIL BB-

CRISIL has introduced 'CE' suffix for instruments having explicit Credit Enhancement feature in compliance with SEBI's circular dated June 13, 2019.

Key drivers for unsupported ratings

* GPIPL operates an oil storage terminal and has set up a large number of small tanks to aid transactions with multiple users. This is on account of limited co-mingling allowed for various products.

About the Company

GPIPL was incorporated by GPFZC as its wholly-owned subsidiary in 2011. The company commenced commercial operation of its 250,000-kilolitre capacity at Pipavav port, Gujarat, in October 2015; this is used for storage and distribution of bulk petroleum, oil, and lube liquids. The primary business is leasing of storage tanks on rent to third parties.
 
About the group
GP Global group is promoted by Mr Ashok Goel and Mr Sudhir Goel. The promoter family has presence in the petroleum and petroleum-related businesses across the world.
 
GPFZC, group parent company, was established in 1998 as a Free Zone Establishment and was reconstituted as a Free Zone Company (FZC) in 2006. It operates in the UAE under an industrial license issued by the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (Sharjah). The company is largely an oil trading entity with diversified presence in oil, bitumen and grease manufacturing, and oil storage terminals. The group also has presence in bunkering, shipping, lubricant manufacturing, warehousing and oil storage terminals through its subsidiaries in the Middle East, Africa India, Singapore and Europe.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars (As on 31st December) Unit 2019 2018
Revenue Rs crore 10 8
Profit after tax Rs crore -27 -29
PAT margin % -245 -323
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times 0.77 0.82
Interest coverage Times 0.2 0.1
List of covenants

There are no material covenants

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments and are included (where applicable) in the Annexure -- Details of Instrument in this Rating Rationale. For more details on the CRISIL complexity levels, please visit www.crisil.com/complexity-levels.
Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)*
ISIN Name of instrument Date of allotment Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity date Issue Size
(Rs crore)
Complexity Level Rating assigned  with outlook
NA Term Loan NA NA Jul-2021 35 NA CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating
NA Term Loan NA NA Mar-2022 100 NA CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 98 NA CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2020 (History) 2019  2018  2017  Start of 2017
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  233.00  CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable (Issuer Not Cooperating)*  31-07-20  CRISIL BBB+(CE)/Watch Negative  10-12-19  CRISIL BBB+(CE)/Stable  05-04-18  CRISIL A-(SO)/Stable  12-01-17  CRISIL A-(SO)/Stable  CRISIL A-(SO)/Stable 
            07-09-19  CRISIL A-(CE)/Negative           
            25-06-19  CRISIL A-(SO)/Negative           
            16-01-19  CRISIL A-(SO)/Stable           
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 98 CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 98 CRISIL BBB+(CE)/Watch Negative
Term Loan 135 CRISIL BB+(CE)/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating Term Loan 135 CRISIL BBB+(CE)/Watch Negative
Total 233 -- Total 233 --
Links to related criteria
Assessing Information Adequacy Risk
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Criteria for rating instruments backed by guarantees
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Petrochemical Industry
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings
Criteria for Notching up Stand Alone Ratings of Companies based on Parent Support
The Rating Process
Understanding CRISILs Ratings and Rating Scales

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