September 29, 2011
Mumbai
CRISIL: Khoday India Limited’s bank loan ratings suspended
Rs.456.0 Million Term loans CRISIL BB-/Stable (Suspended)
Rs.650 Million Cash Credit Limits* CRISIL BB-/Stable (Suspended)
Rs.33 Million Letter of Credit** CRISIL A4+ (Suspended)
*Interchangeable with bill discounting to the extent of Rs.48 Million
**Interchangeable with bank guarantee

CRISIL has suspended its ratings on the bank facilities of Khoday India Ltd (KIL), as KIL has not been providing any information on its operations and financials to CRISIL. The suspension reflects CRISIL's inability to maintain a valid rating in the absence of information from KIL.

About the Company
KIL, a part of the Khoday group of companies, was incorporated in 1965. The company has three distilleries (two owned and one leased from group company, Khoday RCA Industries Ltd) in Bengaluru (Karnataka), with capacity to produce up to 7 million cases of liquor per annum. Its current capacity utilisation is around 82 per cent. KIL manufactures Indian-made foreign liquor under its own brands, and does not undertake contract bottling work for brands owned by other companies. KIL’s key brands include Peter Scot (premium brand) and Red Knight (prestige brand) whiskies, which account for up to 0.4 million cases of the total 1.5 million cases sold by the company annually. Its other brands include Khodays XXX Rum, Hercules XXX Rum, Sovereign Brandy, and Mc. Millan Brandy (all regular brands), and Democrat Whisky and Khoday Five Star Whisky (both economy brands).

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