RATING RATIONALE
06Oct2021

MSP Steel & Power Ltd.

Brickwork Ratings reaffirms the ratings for the Bank Loan Facilities of Rs. 1023.81 Crs. of MSP Steel & Power Ltd. and retains the ratings in the Issuer Not Cooperating category, based on best available information, as the issuer did not cooperate.

Particulars
Facilities** Amount (Rs.Crs.) Tenure Rating#
Previous Present Previous
(01 Oct 2020)
Present
Fund Based 902.81 902.81 Long Term BWR D
Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
BWR D
Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
Non Fund Based 121.00 121.00 Short Term BWR D
Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
BWR D
Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
Grand Total 1023.81 1023.81 (Rupees One Thousand Twenty Three Crores and Eighty One lakhs Only)
#Please refer to BWR website www.brickworkratings.com for definition of the ratings
**Details of Bank Loan facilities,consolidation or instruments are provided in Annexure
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best available information.


RATING ACTION / OUTLOOK / NATURE OF NON-COOPERATION

The initial rating of the company was done on December 24, 2013 and a rating of BWR BBB+, Stable/A2 was assigned. The ratings were downgraded to BWR BB-/ Stable and A4 on April 18, 2016 on account of substantial losses incurred in FY15, high conversion cycle due to working capital intensive nature of business, high leverage position and volatility in raw material prices of the Company. The ratings were downgraded again on August 09, 2016 to BWR B+/ Stable and BWR A4 based on publicly available information and on account of substantial losses incurred in FY16 as the client did not provide the required information for the annual review. The ratings were further downgraded on January 22, 2018 to BWR D, and migrated to the Issuer Not Cooperating category, based on best available information, as the issue did not cooperate.

BWR has thereafter followed up with the company and its bankers periodically, including  recently via e-mails and telephone calls, which were not responded to, either by the company or by the bankers. The company has not been submitting the monthly NDS for a long period of time. Hence in the absence of adequate information from the company itself, their non-submission of NDS and absence of feedback from their lenders, BWR is not in a position to make an appropriate assessment of the present status of the company - despite the information of its performance as available in the public domain - and the rating has been reaffirmed at BWR D, and retained in the Issuer Not Cooperating category, based on best available information as the Issuer did not cooperate.

 

 

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Information availability risk is a key factor in the assessment of credit risk as generally, noncooperation by the rated entities to provide required information for a review of the assigned rating may also be accompanied by financial stress. Users of the credit ratings should therefore take into account the possible deterioration in the credit quality of the rated entity arising from its non-transparency and withholding of information required for a review of the rating. 

ABOUT THE ENTITY

MSP Steel & Power Ltd is currently involved in the manufacturing of sponge iron and trading of steel products. The product range of the company includes construction bars, structural rolling mills, M.S Billet, power, pallet and sponge iron. The Registered office of the company is at 1 Crooked Lane, Kolkata. 

KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS

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RATING HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (including withdrawal and suspended)
Facilities Current Rating  (2021) 2021 (History) 2020 2019 2018
Type Tenure Amount
(Rs.Crs.)
Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating
Fund Based LT 902.81
BWR D
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
NA
NA
01Oct2020
BWR D
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
NA
NA
22Jan2018
BWR D
(Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
Non Fund Based ST 121.00
BWR D
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
NA
NA
01Oct2020
BWR D
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
NA
NA
22Jan2018
BWR D
(Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
Grand Total 1023.81 (Rupees One Thousand Twenty Three Crores and Eighty One lakhs Only)
COMPLEXITY LEVELS OF THE INSTRUMENTS - NA

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Ambar Kumar Chauhan

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Anuradha Gupta

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MSP Steel & Power Ltd.
ANNEXURE-I
Details of Bank Facilities rated by BWR
SL.No. Name of the Bank/Lender Type Of Facilities Long Term(Rs.Crs.) Short Term(Rs.Crs.) Total(Rs.Crs.)
1 Indian Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 34.00 _ 34.00
2 Indian Bank Term LoanSanctioned 66.10 _ 66.10
3 Indian Bank Letter of CreditSanctioned _ 10.00 10.00
4 Union Bank of India Term LoanSanctioned 1.08 _ 1.08
5 Union Bank of India Cash CreditSanctioned 31.50 _ 31.50
6 Union Bank of India Term LoanSanctioned 27.00 _ 27.00
7 Union Bank of India Letter of CreditSanctioned _ 10.00 10.00
8 DBS Bank India Limited Cash CreditSanctioned 10.00 _ 10.00
9 DBS Bank India Limited Term LoanSanctioned 52.42 _ 52.42
10 Bank of Baroda Cash CreditSanctioned 20.00 _ 20.00
11 Bank of Baroda Term LoanSanctioned 15.00 _ 15.00
12 ICICI Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 37.50 _ 37.50
13 Indian Overseas Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 26.50 _ 26.50
14 Indian Overseas Bank Term LoanSanctioned 25.53 _ 25.53
15 ING Vysya Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 23.50 _ 23.50
16 Punjab National Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 20.00 _ 20.00
17 Punjab National Bank Term LoanSanctioned 76.43 _ 76.43
18 Punjab National Bank Letter of CreditSanctioned _ 12.00 12.00
19 State Bank Of India (SBI) Term LoanSanctioned 7.55 _ 7.55
20 State Bank Of India (SBI) Cash CreditSanctioned 150.00 _ 150.00
21 State Bank Of India (SBI) Term LoanSanctioned 124.66 _ 124.66
22 State Bank Of India (SBI) Letter of CreditSanctioned _ 50.00 50.00
23 State Bank Of India (SBI) Bank GuaranteeSanctioned _ 21.00 21.00
24 State Bank Of India (SBI) Term LoanSanctioned 25.52 _ 25.52
25 Canara Bank Term LoanSanctioned 11.79 _ 11.79
26 UCO Bank Term LoanSanctioned 46.73 _ 46.73
27 Punjab National Bank Cash CreditSanctioned 32.00 _ 32.00
28 Punjab National Bank Term LoanSanctioned 38.00 _ 38.00
29 Punjab National Bank Letter of CreditSanctioned _ 18.00 18.00
Total 902.81 121.00 1023.81
TOTAL (Rupees One Thousand Twenty Three Crores and Eighty One lakhs Only)
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