Bannari Amman Sugars Limited January 13, 2017

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1 Ratings Long-term Bank Short-term Bank Long-term /Shortterm Bank Total Bannari Amman Sugars Limited January 13, 2017 Amount (reduced from 1,239.50) (Rupees Eight Hundred Ninety Four crore and Forty lakh only) Ratings 1 (Single A Plus; Outlook: Stable) (A One Plus) / (Single A Plus; Outlook: Stable/ A One Plus) Rating Action Details of instruments/facilities in Annexure-1 Detailed Rationale The ratings assigned to the bank facilities of Bannari Amman Sugars Limited (BASL) are removed from credit watch on completion of amalgamation of Madras Sugars Limited with BASL. The ratings continue to factor in the well-established and long track record of operations of BASL in the sugar industry, relatively better operating profit margin, integrated nature of its sugar business with income from power generation & distilleries and additional diversification in the revenue stream derived from granite business. The ratings also take into account improvement in the financial performance during FY16 (refers to the period April 01 to March 31) and H1FY17 (refers to the period April 01 to September 31) with turnaround in the sugar industry. The ratings continue to remain constrained by the inherent cyclicality of sugar business, high level of regulations in the industry and moderate leverage levels. In view of cyclicality associated with the industry and increase in debt levels post-merger of Madras Sugars Ltd, the ability of BASL to improve its capital structure further and improve profitability would be the key rating sensitivities. Detailed description of the key rating drivers The ratings of Bannari Amman Sugars Limited (BASL) were placed under credit watch in view of the proposed amalgamation of its group company, Madras Sugars Limited (MSL, rated CARE BBB (credit watch) ) with BASL. In view of completion of amalgamation of MSL with BASL and based on review of financials of merged entity the ratings have been removed from credit watch. BASL is the flagship company of the group and boasts of a successful operational track record of around 25 years in the sugar industry. The company has two units located in Karnataka (Mysore and Chamarajanagar district) and three units in Tamil Nadu (Erode, Thiruvannamalai and Villupuram district) including one unit transferred from MSL. 1 Complete definitions of the ratings assigned are available at and other CARE publications 1 Analysis & Research Limited

2 BASL has integrated nature of operations. It is engaged in the manufacture of sugar, industrial/potable alcohol, bio-compost, granite products and generation of power through sugar cogen and windmills. As on September 2016, BASL has aggregate capacity of 23,700 TCD spread across five units (two in Karnataka & three in Tamil Nadu), two distilleries with a combined capacity of KLPD and MW of co-generation capacity with six power plants. The company has also installed 7 wind mills having combined capacity of 8.75 MW and a granite unit processing high quality granite products. During FY16, sugar business accounted for 75% of the total income and rest of the income generated from power (11%), granite (5%) and Distillery (9%). The operational performance of the company improved during FY16 and H1FY17. With increase in sugar prices since H2FY16 the performance of the company improved in FY16. The average sales realization of sugar has further improved during H1FY17. Apart from this, increased crushing in FY16 also resulted in higher income from the power division (growth of 75%) during the period. BASL has reported PAT of Rs.32 crore on total operating income of Rs.1,421 crore in FY16 as against PAT of Rs.1 crore on total operating income of Rs.938 crore in FY15. With increase in sugar prices, during H1FY17, the company registered PAT of Rs.67 crore (PY loss Rs.57 crore) on total operating income of Rs.993 crore (PY Rs.735 crore). The capital structure of BASL was strong in the past with overall gearing of 0.49 times as on March 31, Subsequently, due to debt availed for capex and working capital to support higher sugar stock resulted in increase in borrowings in the next two years. Overall gearing stood at 1.28 times as on March With Amalgamation of MSL with BASL the total debt of MSL was taken over by BASL which resulted in further moderation in leverage levels with overall gearing of 1.67 times as on March 31, With turnaround in industry and improvement in profitability during H1FY17, the overall gearing improved and stood at 1.13x as on September 30, Analytical approach: Standalone. Applicable Criteria Criteria on assigning Outlook to Ratings CARE s Policy on Default Recognition Criteria for Short Term Instruments Criteria for placing rating on credit watch Rating Methodology-Manufacturing Companies Financial ratios Non-Financial Sector About the Company BASL is the flagship company of the Coimbatore-based Bannari Amman group, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in South India and is engaged in the manufacture of sugar, industrial/potable alcohol, bio-compost, granite products and generation of power. BASL has four sugar units spread across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with a total installed capacity of 20,100 tonnes crushed per day (TCD) at the end of September 30, BASL also has two distilleries with a combined capacity of kilo litres per day (KLPD) and Megawatt (MW) of cogeneration capacity with five power plants and a granite division. Also, on account of Amalgamation of Madras Sugar Ltd (MSL) with BASL with effective date from January 01, 2016, one additional sugar unit has been added for BASL with capacity of 3600 TCD and co-gen unit with capacity of 25 MW. BASL reported a PAT of Rs.32 crore on a total operating income of Rs.1,421 crore in FY16 and PAT of Rs.67 crore on a total operating income of Rs.993 crore in H1FY17. Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA: Not Applicable Any other information: Not Applicable Rating History for last three years: Please refer Annexure-2 2 Analysis & Research Limited

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