February 18, 2016
Mumbai
Lloyd Electric and Engineering Limited
 
Ratings remains on 'Watch Developing' 
 
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.1380 Million
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB (Continues to be on 'Rating Watch with Developing Implications')
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB (Withdrawal)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3+ (Withdrawal)
(Refer to Annexure 1 for Facility-wise details)
 
Rs.100 Million Non Convertible Debentures CRISIL BBB (Continues to be on 'Rating Watch with Developing Implications')

CRISIL's rating on the long-term bank facilities and non-convertible debentures of Lloyd Electric and Engineering Ltd (LEEL) remain on 'Rating Watch with Developing Implications'. Furthermore, CRISIL has withdrawn its ratings on LEEL's cash credit and letter of credit in line with CRISIL's policy on withdrawal of its bank loan ratings.
 
CRISIL had placed the ratings on watch on October 27, 2015 following the announcement by LEEL to acquire the rail and vehicle business of Noske-Kaeser GmbH (Noske-Kaeser). Noske-Kaeser is an established customised solutions provider in the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) segment for the rail and defence markets, with operations in Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia and the US, and the acquisition is expected to be synergistic to LEEL's business. CRISIL is awaiting further clarity on the acquisitions' impact on the business and financial profile of LEEL. The rating is based only on publicly available information as LEEL has not cooperated with CRISIL in its surveillance process. 
 
The ratings continue to reflect LEEL's established position in the heat exchanger coil manufacturing segment as well as the consumer durables segment, and healthy revenue diversity. These rating strengths are partially offset by the company's average financial risk profile because of increasing working capital requirement, and susceptibility of its operating profitability to volatility in input prices.
 
For arriving at its ratings, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of LEEL, and its wholly owned subsidiaries Lloyd Coils Europe sro (Lloyd Europe) and Janka Engineering sro (Janka).

About the Company

LEEL, incorporated in 1987, belongs to the Lloyd group (a part of the BR Punj group). LEEL manufactures evaporator and condenser coils which it supplies to AC original equipment manufacturers, along with manufacturing and selling consumer durables including air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators under the 'Lloyd' brand name. The company was set up as a backward-integration step to meet the requirements of another group company, Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd (rated 'CRISIL BBB/Negative/CRISIL A3+'). In May 2008, it acquired Luvata Czech sro (Luvata Czech), a Prague-based manufacturer of customised finned-pack heat exchangers, through Lloyd Europe, for EUR14.85 million. Luvata Czech and Lloyd Europe merged in December 2008. In October 2009, LEEL acquired Janka Radotin AS (Janka Radotin), a Czech-Republic-based manufacturer of air-handling products, for EUR3.66 million through Janka; Janka Radotin has been merged with Janka.
 
For 2014-15 (refers to financial year, April 1 to March 31), LEEL (consolidated with subsidiaries) reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs.943 million on net sales of Rs.21.69 billion, against a PAT of Rs.905 million on net sales of Rs.17.75 billion for 2013-14. The company, on a standalone basis, reported a PAT of Rs.450 million on net sales of Rs.11.29 billion for the six months ending September 30, 2015, as against a PAT of Rs.260 million on net sales of Rs.8.38 billion for the similar period in the previous year.

Annexure 1 - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Million) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Million) Rating
Cash Credit 300 Withdrawal Cash Credit 300 CRISIL BBB/Watch Developing
Letter of Credit^ 810 Withdrawal Cash Credit* 2110 Withdrawal
Term Loan 270 CRISIL BBB/Watch Developing Letter of Credit^ 810 CRISIL A3+/Watch Developing
-- 0 -- Letter of Credit 2750 Withdrawal
-- 0 -- Standby Line of Credit 100 Withdrawal
-- 0 -- Term Loan 270 CRISIL BBB/Watch Developing
Total 1380 -- Total 6340 --
* Cash credit limits sanctioned by State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur includes inland bill discounting limits of Rs.60 million
^ Includes standby line of credit for foreign subsidiaries for Rs.100 million from Standard Chartered Bank and EUR3.5 million from ING Vysya Bank Ltd
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