RATING RATIONALE
03May2024

Shiva Global Agro Industries Ltd.

Brickwork Ratings downgrades the ratings of the long-term bank loan facilities and the short-term bank loan facilities of Shiva Global Agro Industries Ltd. for Rs 56.80 Crs, and simultaneously migrated the ratings under the ISSUER NOT COOPERATING category based on the best available information, as the issuer did not cooperate.

Particulars
Facilities** Amount (Rs.Crs.) Tenure Rating#
Previous Present Previous
(03 Feb 2023)
Present
Fund Based 42.28 42.28 Long Term BWR BBB- /Stable
Reaffirmation
BWR B + /Stable
ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade
Non Fund Based 14.52 14.52 Short Term BWR A3
Reaffirmation
BWR A4
ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade
(6.00) (6.00)
(6.00) (6.00)
Grand Total 56.80 56.80 (Rupees Fifty Six Crores and Eighty 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

Brickwork Ratings has downgraded the ratings of the long-term bank loan facilities for Rs.42.28 Crs of Shiva Global Agro Industries to BWR B+/Stable from BWR BBB-/Stable and the rating for their short-term bank loan facilities for Rs.14.52 crores to BWR A4 from BWR A3 (aggregate rated amount Rs.56.80 crores) and simultaneously migrated the ratings into “ISSUER NOT COOPERATING” category, based on best available information as the Issuer did not cooperate.

The rating was due for review on 03 Feb 2024. Upon follow-up with the company for review of ratings, the company wished us to withdraw the ratings and had provided the withdrawal request letter and lender's NOC. However, the company did not fully comply with the BWR Withdrawal policy. Further, BWR took up with the company, over emails, and through telephone calls, to provide the required information. Despite the best efforts of BWR to get the latest required information for a review, the company has not provided the same, nor we have received banker's feedback on the conduct of the account. However, the company has been submitting the No Default Statements (NDS) regularly

The downgrade is on account of the continuously deteriorating financial profile of the company on Q-o-Q basis due to the reduction in rates of subsidy by the Government of India for its top-selling product(SSP fertilizer). As a result, the company has reduced the production of SSP fertilizer which has resulted in reduction in topline of the company and has widened the losses in Q3FY24/9MFY24. 

In the absence of management cooperation on the part of the company to provide adequate information/documents for a review within the required timelines despite follow-up, along with a lack of banker's feedback, non-compliance with BWR Withdrawal policy and continuously deteriorating financial profile of the company, and accordingly, keeping in view the regulatory guidelines in this regard, the long term rating is downgraded to BWR B+/Stable, from BWR BBB-/Stable, and the short term rating to BWR A4 from BWR A3 and both the ratings are simultaneously migrated under the “Issuer Not Cooperating” category, based on best available information as the Issuer did not cooperate.

(Present rating also factors in the latest rating information available in the public domain)

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ABOUT THE ENTITY
Macro Economic Indicator Sector Industry Basic Industry
Commodities Chemicals Fertilizers & Agrochemicals Fertilizers

Shiva Global Agro Industries Ltd. (SGAIL) is a Nanded, Maharashtra based company incorporated in 1993 and engaged in manufacturing of fertilizers and trading of fertilizers as well as seeds. SGAIL was listed on BSE in 1995. The Company manufactures Single Super Phosphate (SSP) & granulated NPK mix fertilizers, Beneficiated Rock Phosphate and Bio-mass Briquettes, with two manufacturing plant, one for SSP and one for NPK fertilizers manufacturing with installed capacity of  1,20,000 MTPA and 72,000 MTPA respectively.

(As per information available with BWR on Feb 2023)

KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS

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NON-COOPERATION WITH PREVIOUS CREDIT RATING AGENCY

No INC ratings from other CRAs

ANY OTHER INFORMATION

The company has active ratings with India Ratings and Research Private Limited, Rating amount- Rs.57.63 Crs, IND B+/Stable, A4, 23 Feb 2024.

RATING HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (including withdrawal and suspended)
Facilities Current Rating  (2024) 2023 2022 2021
Type Tenure Amount
(Rs.Crs.)
Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating
Fund Based LT 42.28
BWR B+/Stable
(ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade)
03Feb2023
BWR BBB- Stable
(Reaffirmation)
NA
NA
19Oct2021
BWR BBB- Stable
(Reaffirmation)
Non Fund Based ST 14.52
BWR A4
(ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade)
03Feb2023
BWR A3
(Reaffirmation)
NA
NA
19Oct2021
BWR A3
(Reaffirmation)
NFB SubLimit ST (6.00)
BWR A4
(ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
(6.00)
BWR A4
(ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* /Downgrade)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Grand Total 56.80 (Rupees Fifty Six Crores and Eighty lakhs Only)
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Shiva Global Agro Industries 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 Union Bank of India Cash CreditSanctioned 40.00 _ 40.00
2 Union Bank of India Foreign Letter of Credit (FLC)Sanctioned _ 14.00 14.00
Sub-Limit (Bank Guarantee) Sanctioned (6.00)
Sub-Limit (Inland LC) Sanctioned (6.00)
3 Union Bank of India Credit Exposure Limit (CEL)Sanctioned _ 0.52 0.52
4 Union Bank of India GECLSanctioned 2.28 _ 2.28
Total 42.28 14.52 56.80
TOTAL (Rupees Fifty Six Crores and Eighty lakhs Only)
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