Arunachala Trading Company

Brickwork Ratings reaffirms the long-term and short-term ratings for the Bank Loan Facilities of Rs. 6.00 Crs. of Arunachala Trading Company based on best available information, as the issuer did not cooperate.

Particulars

Facilities	Amount (Rs.Crs.)		Tenure	Rating		Regulator
Facilities	Previous	Present	Tenure	Previous (02 Sep 2025)	Present	Regulator
Fund Based	2.00	2.00	Long Term	BWR D Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed	BWR D Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed	RBI
Non Fund Based	4.00	4.00	Short Term	BWR D Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed	BWR D Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed	RBI
Grand Total	6.00	6.00	(Rupees Six Crores Only)

Note:
1. Please refer to BWR website www.brickworkratings.com for the definition of the ratings
2. Refer to Annexures I, II, and III for details of rated bank loan facilities, debt instruments, and the List of Entities Consolidated
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best available information.

RATING ACTION / OUTLOOK / NATURE OF NON-COOPERATION

Brickwork Ratings has simultaneously reaffirmed the long-term and short-term ratings for “Arunachala Trading Company” at “BWR D/D” and continued the ratings in the Issuer Not Cooperating category, based on best available information as the Issuer did not cooperate.

The ratings are due for review in Sep 2026. BWR took up with the issuer and its banker over emails and through telephone calls to provide the required information. Despite the best efforts of BWR to get at least the minimum required information for a review, neither the firm nor its banker has provided the same. In the absence of adequate information from the firm and its banker, BWR is unable to assess the firm’s financial performance or its ability to service its debt and maintain a valid rating. The firm has also been irregular with respect to the submission of the monthly No Default Statements. Hence, based on best available information, continued lack of management cooperation, non-submission of NDS, and lack of banker’s feedback, the long-term and short-term rating is reaffirmed, and continued in the Issuer Not Cooperating* category, as the Issuer did not cooperate.

Thus, due to lack of management cooperation to furnish adequate information about the company's performance despite follow up, coupled with its non-submission of (No Default Statement) NDS, BWR is unable to assess its financial performance or its ability to service its debt and maintain a valid rating. Accordingly, the ratings have been reaffirmed and continued in the Issuer Not Cooperating category. The rating reaffirmation is based on the lack of up-to-date information on the company’s performance.

LIMITATIONS OF THE RATING

Information availability risk is a key factor in the assessment of credit risk as generally, non-cooperation 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 rating should therefore take into account possible deterioration in the credit quality of the rated entity arising from its non-transparency withholding of information required for a review of the rating

ABOUT THE ENTITY

Macro Economic Indicator	Sector	Industry	Basic Industry
Commodities	Forest Materials	Paper, Forest & Jute Products	Paper & Paper Products

Arunachala Trading Company is a partnership firm established in the year 2015 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The partners of the firm are Mrs. R Thilagavathy and Mrs.Vijayalakshmi. The firm is engaged in the manufacturing and trading of paper and notebooks.

(Information received as on 25 Oct 2019)

KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS

Please refer to the following link for the previous detailed rationale that captures the Key Financials Drivers and their Description, Liquidity Position. Rating Sensitivities, Key Financial Indicators. View Previous Document

STATUS OF NON-COOPERATION WITH PREVIOUS CRA

Creadit Rating Agency Status and Reason for Non-Cooparation Date of Press Release
CRISIL CRISIL D/D for Rs. 6.00 crs. Dated 12Nov2025 - INC 12Nov2025

Creadit Rating Agency	Status and Reason for Non-Cooparation	Date of Press Release
CRISIL	CRISIL D/D for Rs. 6.00 crs. Dated 12Nov2025 - INC	12Nov2025

ANY OTHER INFORMATION

No Other Information.

RATING HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (including withdrawal and suspended)

Facilities	Current Rating (2026)			2025		2024		2023
Type	Tenure	Amount (Rs.Crs.)	Rating	Date	Rating	Date	Rating	Date	Rating
Fund Based	LT	2.00	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	02Sep2025	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	25Jun2024	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	23Jun2023	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)
Non Fund Based	ST	4.00	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	02Sep2025	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	25Jun2024	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)	23Jun2023	BWR D (Continues to be in ISSUER NOT COOPERATING* category/Reaffirmed)
Grand Total		6.00	(Rupees Six Crores Only)

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Arunachala Trading Company

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.)	Complexity of the Instrument
1	Bank of Baroda	Cash Credit - Sanctioned	2.00	_	2.00	Simple##
2	Bank of Baroda	Letter of Credit - Sanctioned	_	4.00	4.00	Simple##
Total			2.00	4.00	6.00
TOTAL (Rupees Six Crores Only)

ANNEXURE-II

INSTRUMENT DETAILS

Instrument	Issue Date	Amount (Rs.Crs)	Coupon Rate (%)	Maturity Date	ISIN Particulars	Complexity of the Instrument
Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

ANNEXURE-III

List of entities consolidated

Name of Entity	% Ownership	Extent of consolidation	Rationale for consolidation
Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

List of Instruments and Regulators

Sr.No.	Instrument / Activity	Regulator
1	Listed/Proposed to be listed bonds/debentures/preference share (all securities)	SEBI
2	Unlisted/Proposed to be unlisted Bonds/Debentures/ Preference share (all securities)	MCA
3	Listed PTCs / Securitisation Notes (originated by entities regulated by RBI)* $	RBI
4	Listed PTCs / Securitisation Notes (originated by entities not regulated by RBI)*	SEBI
5	Unlisted PTCs / Securitisation Notes (originated by entities regulated by RBI)*	RBI
6	Listed Commercial Paper and NCDs with original maturity less than 1 year	RBI
7	Unlisted Commercial Paper and NCDs with original maturity less than 1 year	RBI
8	Loan Facilities (Fund/Non-Fund Based) from Bank/NBFCs/NHB/FIs^	RBI
9	External Commercial Borrowings and other similar borrowings	RBI
10	Certificates of Deposit	RBI
11	Fixed Deposits raised by NBFCs,HFCs, FIs	RBI
12	Fixed Deposits raised by corporates other than NBFCs, Banks, HFCs, FIs	MCA
13	Inter Corporate Deposits/Loans extended by Corporates	MCA
14	Borrowing programme ~	-
15	Issuer Ratings #	-
16	Credit Ratings for Capital Protection Oriented Schemes (by Mutual Funds and AIFs)	SEBI
17	Credit quality ratings (CQRs) for Mutual Fund Schemes and Schemes of AIFs	SEBI
18	Listed Security Receipts $	RBI
19	Unlisted Security Receipts	RBI
20	Independent Credit Evaluation (ICE)	RBI
21	Expected Loss Ratings (Listed/Proposed to be listed bonds/debentures/preference share (all securities))	SEBI
22	Expected Loss Ratings (Unlisted/Proposed to be unlisted Bonds/Debentures/ Preference share (all securities))	MCA
23	Unlisted PTCs / Securitisation Notes (originated by entities not regulated by RBI) *	Investor-side regulator such as IRDAI, PFRDA @

* Includes securitisation transactions involving assignee payout, acquirer's payout.
~ The rated instrument may involve issuance of different instruments such as debt securities (listed or otherwise), bank loans, commercial paper (listed or otherwise), etc. The regulator of the instrument may accordingly be SEBI, RBI or MCA and can only be determined upon issuance. In PRs subsequent to issuance(s), Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited (BWR) shall separately capture the rated quantum details along with names of respective regulators.
^ Includes bank facilities such as liquidity facility, second loss facility that are part of securitisation transactions.
# There is no instrument being rated and hence, Regulator of the Instrument is not applicable. The rating scale and definitions are being followed as stipulated in SEBI Master Circular for CRAs.
@ These ratings were assigned during regulatory regime prior to introduction of SEBI CRA Circular dated Feb 10, 2026 and the investor side regulators have accordingly been included.
$ By virtue of the instrument being listed, SEBI acts as the regulator for listing and related issues.

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