1. INTRODUCTION Project financing is an innovative and timely financing technique that has been used on many high-profile corporate projects. Employing a carefully engineered financing mix, it has long been used to fund large-scale natural resource projects, from pipelines and refineries to electric-generating facilities and hydro-electric projects and many more areas. Increasingly, project financing is emerging as the preferred alternative to conventional methods of financing infrastructure and other large- scale projects worldwide. Project Financing discipline includes understanding the rationale for project financing, how to prepare the financial plan, assess the risks, design the financing mix, and raise the funds. In addition, one must understand the cogent analyses of why some project financing plans have succeeded while others have failed. A knowledge-base is required regarding the design of contractual arrangements to support project financing; issues for the host government legislative provisions, public/private infrastructure partnerships, public/private financing structures; credit requirements of lenders, and how to determine the project's borrowing capacity; how to analyze cash flow projections and use them to measure expected rates of return; tax and accounting considerations; and analytical techniques to validate the project's feasibility. 1
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1. INTRODUCTION
Project financing is an innovative and timely financing technique that has been used on many
high-profile corporate projects. Employing a carefully engineered financing mix, it has long been
used to fund large-scale natural resource projects, from pipelines and refineries to electric-
generating facilities and hydro-electric projects and many more areas. Increasingly, project
financing is emerging as the preferred alternative to conventional methods of financing
infrastructure and other large-scale projects worldwide.
Project Financing discipline includes understanding the rationale for project financing, how to
prepare the financial plan, assess the risks, design the financing mix, and raise the funds. In
addition, one must understand the cogent analyses of why some project financing plans have
succeeded while others have failed. A knowledge-base is required regarding the design of
contractual arrangements to support project financing; issues for the host government legislative
It is also important for the lender bank to assess the firm’s debt paying capacity over a
period. Calculating ratio like Debt Service Coverage Ratio minimum acceptable level is 1.50
derives such capacity.
It is also necessary for the lender to determine the ability of the firm to achieve the projected
growth by evaluating the projected sales with actual. However such parameter remains non
applicable if the business is new.
Financial risk evaluation is only one of the parameter and not the only parameter for
determining the risk level. It is important to evaluate the Management Risk also while
evaluating the risk relating to borrower.
It is the management of the company that acts as guiding force for the firm. The key
Managerial personnel should bear the capacity to bail out the company from crisis situation.
In order to remain competitive it is essential to take initiatives. Such skills are developed over
years of experience, thus for better performance it is required to have a team of well qualified
and experienced personnel
After evaluating the risk level involved the lender bank decided on lending Interest Rate.
In UBI they are categorized in 9 segments. In UBI, a business receiving Credit Rating above level 6
are not considered good from point of investment and thus are avoided.
INVESTMENT GRADE NON INVESTMENT GRADE
Credit Quality Rating
Numeric
Aggregate
Score
Credit
Quality
Rating
Numeric
Aggregate Score
Lowest risk CR 1 >90 Risk Prone CR 7 51-55
Minimal risk CR 2 81-90 High Risk CR 8 50 & below
Moderate risk CR 3 71-80 Sub-
Standard
CR 9 Default – NPA
Satisfactory
risk
CR 4 66-70 Doubtful CR 10 -
Acceptable risk CR 5 61-65 Loss CR 11 -
Watch List CR 6 56-60
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STEP 4: DETERMINATION OF INTEREST RATE
The interest rate is determined from the interest rate guidelines circular. This circular is
regularly updated to reflect the bank’s latest credit policies. The rupee credit is based on BPLR
and the foreign exchange loans are based on LIBOR.
The guidelines define how much interest rate is to be assigned for a particular credit rating and
credit duration. However, credit rating and its use in determining interest rate is a theoretical
concept and the bank may allow a reduction in interest rate under the following conditions:
Good Client
The organization is a long-term client and brings good business to the bank.
The organization’s actions show that it intends to become a long-term customer of the bank.
Banking Consortium
The organization is seeking credit from a consortium of banks. In some cases like this, the lead
bank might decide the interest rate and all the member banks of the consortium follow this
interest rate.
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STEP 5: PREPARING AND SUBMISSION OF TERM SHEET
Following a favorable feasibility check, credit rating the next step is preparing term sheet.
A Term Sheet is brief document that provides details on aspects like:
Account Details
Financial highlights for immediate previous two audited years and projection for
proceeding year
Nature of Project
Cost of Project
Means of finance
1. Nature of Facility
2. Purpose
3. Tenure of Term Loan
4. Interest rate Reset
5. Margin
6. Interest Rate, Commission
Door to Door Tenor i.e. the period within which the entire amount is to be disbursed.
1. Repayment Terms
2. Prime Security
3. Collateral Security
4. Upfront fees i.e. the charges levied by the bank for processing the documents.
STEP 6: PREPARATION OF PROPOSAL
An approved term sheet leads to preparation proposal. A proposal is prepared in standard
format; this enables the bank to keep a proper track record and also facilitates proper
comparison. A proposal a fully fledged document providing details on project submitted and
requesting finance from bank. A proposal contains information on following aspects:
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Details of Account: It includes name of the Account Holder, Date of incorporation, Line of
Activity, Internal Credit Rating level, Address of the Registered Office, Name of Directors,
Share Holding Pattern, Asset Classification and Purpose of the Loan.
Securities: Lenders often feel more confident about a loan if they are given a security
interest in the assets of a business. Then, if the borrower does not repay the loan as promised,
the lender can take the property the borrower pledged, sell it and use the proceeds to repay
(or partially repay) the borrowed amount. It provides detailed information on nature of
securities given in lieu of the Loan. They are of two types, namely: -
i. Prime Securities: ‘Pari Passu’ is a term used in banking transactions which means that
the charge to be created is in continuation of an earlier charge which might be held by the
same institution or by another institution.
ii. Collateral Securities: In lending agreements, collateral is a borrower's asset that is
forfeited to the lender if the borrower is insolvent, i.e., unable to pay back the principal
and interest on the loan. When insolvent, the borrower is said to default on the loan, in
which case the lender becomes the owner of the collateral. It includes details on
Nature / Description of collateral security indicating area & location of property
Value in Rupees.
Date of valuation along with name of Valuer
Insurance Amount & Date of Expiry
Personal guarantee / Corporate Guarantee if any, includes Name of the guarantor, Value of
Guarantee.
Financial Highlights:
It provides details of important financial elements over a period of years. It includes
Details on Paid capital, Tangible Net worth, Net working Capital, Current Assets, Current
Liabilities, Net Profit, Net Sales, Reserves and Surplus, Intangible Assets, Long Term
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Liabilities, Fixed Assets, Investments, Noncurrent Assets like guarantees Cash Accruals,
Capital employed.
It also includes ratios like Debt Equity Ratio, Current Ratio, Debt Service Coverage Ratio
and so.
The interpretation of the financial data presented provides information on the performance
trend of the company also of the Projections made. Such financial highlight plays an
important role in assessing the financial strengths and weakness of the business.
Status of the project:
In this part of proposal a brief about the project is explained, it includes information on
nature, type of project, purpose of the project, commencement details, the promoters and
related details of the project. If it is an on-going project it also gives details on progress and
status of progress.
Evaluation of Industry :
This Section gives brief details on the
1. Scope of the industry
2. Growth level and overall performance of the industry
3. Recent Developments and Trend Evaluation
Conduct of the Account:
This section provides details on:
Regularity in Submission of—
1. Stock Statements / Book Debt Statement
2. QPR Statements / Half Yearly Statement
3. Financial Statements
4. CMA Data
STEP 7: SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL TO DESIGNATED AUTHORITY
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Designated authorities are the one who have the authority to sanction the proposal.
Without their approval no fund can be given for the said project.
Below table shows the authorities that have authority to sanction the loan and their limits:
Sr.
no.
Name of designated authority Limit (both fund and non-fund)
(Rs. In crores)
1 General manager (credit) 50
2 Executive director 75
3 Managing director 100
4 Board of director Above 100
STEP 8: SANCTION OF PROPOSAL ON VARIOUS TERMS &
CONDITIONS
There are various terms and condition laid by the bank on the project which is required to
be approved by entrepreneur. Some of terms and condition could be as follows:
For what purpose the amount of loan to be used.
Repayment of the principal.
How the interest is to be paid.
Prepayment penalty.
All the lease and hire purchase assets to be adequately insured.
What will be the drawing power limit?
In case the company commits any default in the repayment of the loan or interest thereon
or any of the agreed installment of the loan on the due dates, the bank/RBI will have
unqualified right to disclose or publish the company’s name or name of the
proprietor/director as defaulters.
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STEP 9: COMMUNICATION OF SANCTION TERMS & CONDITION
Letter is being sent to the entrepreneur regarding sanction of loan on various terms and
condition, prepared by the bank, seeking for their approval on the same.
These terms and condition can be modified with the negotiation between entrepreneur and bank;
however proposal again required approval of designated authority.
STEP 10: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SANCTION
If the company agree to the given terms and conditions send their acknowledgements to the
bank.
STEP 11: APPLICATION TO COMPLY WITH SANCTION TERMS &
CONDITION & EXECUTION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS
Under this step company comply with all the pre-requirements like getting document
stamped, submitting demand promissory note in case of term loan and letter continuing security
in case of working capital, mortgage paper and all the other formalities and thus proceeds with
the execution of loan.
STEP 12: DISBURSEMENT
After submission Proposal to Designated/ Sanctioning Authority for sanctioning the Term
Loan. The authorities may raise queries, if any relating to projects and thereby convey it to the
processing officer the processing officer in turn addresses them to the borrower for necessary
step to be taken; such queries are required to be solved to the earliest by the applicant for further
processing of the proposal.
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If the authorities are satisfied and have no further queries with respect to proposal, the Loan gets
sanctioned and the disbursement would be released in as per the terms decided.
FOLLOW-UP
This is most crucial stage in process of term loan assessment. Since amount of credit
required is usually high, such amounts are disbursed in one installment, they are paid in
installments. This helps the lender bank to understand and assess the utilization of funds
disbursed by the lender Bank. Such evaluation is done by obtaining Lender’s Engineer Report; it
is report that provides complete details of the status of the project. It is prepared on monthly
basis. It also provides CA Report, it verifies the Financial details furnished to bank for further
disbursement. This is known as renewal of account.
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6. WORKING CAPITAL APPRAISAL
MEANING:
The amount of funds required for the smooth and uninterrupted functioning of the normal
business operations of a unit ranging from the procurement of raw materials, converting it into
finished goods for sale and realizing cash along with profit from the account receivables that
arise from the sale of finished goods on credit.
OPERATIVE CYCLE:
Operating cycle means cash to cash cycle. The cycle begins from acquiring raw material, to
ultimate finished goods, to conversion into debtors through sales, to realization of debtors into
cash. In the process entrepreneur gets credit on raw material and services. This shortens the
cycle.
THE COMPONENT OF WORKING CAPITAL:
Amount of raw materials / goods of various kinds in store or in transit
Amount of stored consumables stores and other material required for production purposes
Value of stock in process
Value of all finished goods including in transit
The composition of working capital
Amount of receivables or sundry debtors
Monthly expenses generally reflected through the current assets other than those
mentioned above such as cash and bank balances, advance allowed, prepaid expenses etc.
FACTORS INFLUENCING WORKING CAPITAL:
Nature of business
Seasonality of operations
Production policy
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Market conditions
Conditions of supply
Paying habits of customers
Government policy
PROCEDURE FOR WORKING CAPITAL ASSESSMENT:
STEP I - ESTIMATING THE PROJECTED LEVEL OF OPERATIONS
Fixed assets are like structure of a body, which cannot generate income of it. It has to be used
with the working capital. Working capital is the life and blood of an enterprise. A business or a
unit cannot run without working capital. It is used to carry on day-to-day operation. Entrepreneur
who had applied for WC loan should first estimate what will be his projected level of operation.
He has to take into consideration
◙ Future requirement
◙ Realistic sales projections
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◙ Percentage of rise or fall in net sales
◙ Available capacity - utilization, marketability of product, availability of raw material
◙ Comparison of projections with peer units in case of a new unit
Step-II Estimating The Reasonable Level Of Total Working Capital Required
For Achieving The Projected Level Of Operations
For the purpose of estimating WC finance, level of TCA required for achieving the
projected level of operations is to be calculated.
WC should be adequate to complete operating cycle since:
Inadequate WC
- Under utilization of capacity leading to financial difficulties.
Excessive WC
- Unproductive use and unnecessary interest burden.
- Possibility for diversion of fund.
Operating cycle means cash to cash cycle. The cycle begins from acquisition raw material
to possessing into work in progress to ultimate finished goods.
Similarly debtors are taken into consideration.
STEP-III ESTIMATING THE REASONABLE LEVEL OF SUNDRY
CREDITORS AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES AND FINDING OUT
THE WORKING CAPITAL GAP
Funds blocked up in various current assets minus the credit available from the suppliers
can be treated as the working capital gap.
Working capital gap represents the extent to which total current assets cannot be financed out of
other current liabilities. This WCG need to be financed from 2 other sources namely:
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1. Net Working Capital (NWC)
2. Short term Bank Borrowings (BB)
Therefore, WCG=NWC + BB
Also, WCG= TCA – OCL
Where, TCA = total current assets
OCL = other current liabilities.
Thus,
STEP-IV DETERMINING REASONABLE LEVEL OF NET WORKING
CAPITAL AND FINDING OUT PERMISSIBLE BANK FINANCE;
PROJECTED TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS LEVEL METHOD (FOR MFG.
UNITS):
Two methods by which we can arrive at PBF or flexible bank finance.
Projected TCA level Projected Turn Over
Method Method
1. PROJECTED TCA LEVEL METHOD (FOR MFG UNITS):
Net Working Capital= Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities
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WCG= TCA-OCL= NWC=BB
Working Capital Gap = Projected Total Current Assets – Projected Other Current Liabilities
Permissible Bank Finance = Working Capital Gap – (25% of Working Capital Gap or Net
Working Capital whichever is higher)
2. PROJECTED TURN OVER METHOD
Net Working Capital = Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities
Permissible Bank Finance = 20% of Projected sales – (5% of Projected sales or NWC
whichever is higher)
Turn over Method as per loan policy 2003-04 for credit limits upto 100 lacs (500 lacs in
case of SSI):
PBF = (A+B) – (Higher of B or C)
Where, A= 20% of Projected accepted sales.
B= 5% of Projected accepted sales.
C= NWC
NOTE: Projected TCA level method is used when credit limit is below 100 crores.
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7. APPRAISAL OF NON FUND BASED CAPITAL Non Fund Based Limits are normally to be sanctioned for exiting customer only who
already enjoy fund based limits
If new borrower full processing as applicable to Fund Based Limits to be carried.
Borrower’s background and experience of meeting commitments to be examined in details.
LC limit to be considered as per terms of Purchase or contract, lead period and minimum
economical quantity of supply of stocks
Non Fundable Limits are to be supported by necessary fund based limits.
Past experience of payment of bill sunder LC to be verified before considering new request.
While Assessing the LG Limit contract or agreement which is the base for LG, should be
examined in details for any ambiguous clauses.
Any request for financial Guarantee to be critically examined before taking decision.
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8. CASE STUDY – 1 (TERM LOAN)
Proposal Request: Term loan of Rs. 100 Crores
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Account Name: ABC Limited
Status of Account: New Account
Banking: Multiple
Constitution: Public Limited Company
Date of incorporation: December 2005
Business Line: NBFC- Consumer and Commercial financing
Nature of activity: ABC Limited is focused on the business of Consumer and Commercial
financing. Its target market comprises of Micro-entrepreneurs (the self employed running small
business and the small salary earners). The company is in the business of serving customers in
the mass market. It offers salaried people personal loans, two wheelers loans and mortgage
products. For small entrepreneurs, it offers unsecured business loans to buy inventory, raw
materials, renovation of premises, working capital and for personal requirements as well. Besides
this, ABC Limited also distributes third party general and life insurance products to this segment,
with great success (success ratio of around 80%), where there is very low penetration of
insurance.
Background of Promoters:
ABC Limited is 100% subsidiary of DEF, which in turn is wholly owned by GHI. GHI is 100% owned by the Ministry of Finance Singapore. By virtue of this, ABCL is 100% subsidiary of Ministry of Finance Singapore. The immediate parent company is JKL Limited which is a 100% subsidiary of DEF Limited.
GHI:
GHI is an Asia investment house headquartered in Singapore. They are 100% owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated). GHI manages a portfolio of over S$185 billion, or more than US$134 billion, focused primarily in Asia and Singapore. The shareholder’s return since inception 34 years ago is more than 18% compounded annually.
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GHI is rated AAA/Aaa by Standard & Poor's and Moody's respectively, it has investment in diverse industries covering banking & financial services, real estate, transportation & logistics, infrastructure, telecommunications & media, bioscience & healthcare, education, consumer & lifestyle, energy & resources, engineering as well as technology.
DEF, Singapore:
DEF invests in financial institutions in emerging markets, managing a portfolio of 12 financial institution investments throughout Asia. The prime areas of focus are in both Business banking and Consumer banking. Business banking focus is on the Commercial, SME and Self Employed Mass Market segments, and Consumer banking focus is on the Mass Affluent and Mass Salaried segments.
JKL Ltd, Singapore:
JKL Ltd is the Investment arm of Asia Financial Holdings. JKL is a 100% subsidiary of DEF.
Capital Structure: (As on 31-12-2008)
Particulars Amount Rs.(000)
1. Share Capital
1a. Authorized Share Capital (equity capital of Rs. 10 each) 250,00,000
1b. Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Equity Share Capital (equity capital of Rs. 10 each fully paid up) 135,70,913
1. The paid up capital of the company has increased from Rs. 654.75 crores as of 31.03.2007 to Rs. 855.16 crores as of 31.03.2008. During 2007-08 the company has infused additional equity of Rs.200.41 crores by issuing 200410000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each.
2. Net worth of the company stood at Rs 736.21Crores as on 31st March’08 against Rs 581.80 Crores as on March’07.
3. Long term liabilities increased from Rs.214.45 crores as of 31.03.2007 to Rs.1422.07 crores as of 31.03.2008. It pertains to term loans from Bank of Rs.490.00 crores and Commercial papers (CP) of Rs. 931.99 Crore and other secured loans of Rs. 0.08 Crores.
4. Net block increased from Rs.38.54 crores as of 31.03.2007 to Rs.136.86 crores as of 31.03.2008.
5. Investments are Nil. However other current investments of Rs.50.00 crores as of 31.03.2008 are taken into current assets. It pertains to various mutual funds.
6. Non-current assets increased from Rs.705.88 crores as of 31.03.2007 to Rs.1982.75 crores as of 31.03.2008. It pertains to installments in the loan accounts beyond one year.
7. Net working capital decreased from rs.51.82 crores as of 31.03.2007 to Rs.38.67 crores as of 31.03.2008 due increase in current liability.
8. Current Ratio as of 31.03.2008 is 1.15:1 which is below the acceptable level. The company has informed that they will infuse adequate equity (to the extent of Rs. 300.00 Crore Approx) in the business to improve the financial ratios.
9. DER (TL/TNW) as of 31.03.08 is 1.93:1 and DER (TOL/TNW) as of 31.03.08 is 2.27:1 which are at acceptable levels. NBFCs can leverage eight to 10 times of the equity capital, but leverage as reflected by the Debt Equity ratio and the TOL/TNW ratio is much less when compared to peers or the limit allowed (Industry standard is 6)
10. Net Revenue of the Company has increased from Rs. 69.59 Crores during 2006-07 to Rs. 350.65 Crores during 2007-08. The increase in the income is about 404% compared to previous year.
11. The company has been in loss for three years consecutively. The loss during the year 2006-07 was Rs. 57.47 Crore which has increased to Rs. 244.60 Crore during 2007-08. The loss suffered in the past years is mainly due to the rapid expansion carried out by the company for making it as one of the largest NBFC in retail funding (as per the company). First two years of operations were mainly on account of expenses for setting up the branches as per the roll-out plan. The company has already set up 800+ branches throughout the country in ‘brick and mortar’. The company projects to break even in FY 2008-09.
The company has been maintaining a healthy CAR throughout as per table below
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09*
Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 132% 74.78% 32.30% 27.15%
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Current Performance:
Company’s current financial performance upto September 2008 is as under:
Particulars Amount ( Rs. in crores)
Income from Financing Operations
466.49
Other Income 5.53
Profit Before Tax ( 71.03)
Profit After Tax (74.37)
Key financial figures of the DEF Ltd. (Holding company)
Income Statement 2007 (S$ millions) 2006 (S$ millions)
Net interest income 1,683 1,476
Net interest income 1,683 1,476
Net operating income 3,662 2,246
Allowance for loan losses 405 275
Operating expenses 1,481 1,220
Profit before income tax 1,780 755
Profit for the year 1,533 619
Balance Sheet2007 (S$ millions)
2006 (S$ millions)
Loans to customers 15,475 12,438
Derivative financial instruments 79 20
Investment securities 33,391 30,013
Other assets 10,844 11,253
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Total assets 59,710 53,704
Liabilities
Deposits from customers 17,238 16,221
Loan from parent 10,298 10,659
Other liabilities 6,109 5,287
Total liabilities 33,645 32,167
Shareholder equity 26,065 21,537
COMMENTS ON CASH BASIS: (Rs. In crores)
31.03.2007 31.03.2008
Net cash from operating activities (A) (566.55) (1448.06)
Net cash from investing activities (B) (51.11) (219.69)
Net cash from financing activities ( C ) 636.86 1555.77
Net decrease in cash & cash equivalents (A+B+C)
19.20 (111.98)
Cash & cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
72.33 91.53
Cash & cash equivalents at the end of the year 91.53 (20.46)
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MANAGEMENT EVALUATION:Market reputation:
ABC Limited is 100% subsidiary of DEF, which in turn is wholly owned by GHI. GHI is 100% owned by the Minister of Finance Singapore.
GHI is known in the global investment community as a responsible and disciplined long-term investor with a mandate to maximize sustainable shareholder value, with a strong reputation for high standards of integrity and corporate governance
GHI manages a portfolio of over S$185 billion, or more than US$134 billion, focused primarily in Asia and Singapore. The shareholder’s return since inception 34 years ago is more than 18% compounded annually.
GHI is rated AAA/Aaa by Standard & Poor's and Moody's respectively
Management experience:
As per ICRA’s rating rationale “"The ratings are also supported by the experienced management team that has established and managed similar businesses, management’s strong focus on establishing systems and processes,..."
ABC is managed by the team of exceedingly rich experienced professional who all are experts in their individual trade line of business activity, whether it is business development, risk management, human resource management, compliance, rural initiatives, technology etc.
ABCL's senior and middle management teams, roped in from leading retail financiers, bring in vast experience in setting up and running a retail finance business. All business heads carry a risk management background, which forms the core of managing and growing a retail lending portfolio, to a perceivably vulnerable customer segment. The expertise residing at the executive management level could ensure profitable growth in business volumes for ABCL.
Credit Rating:
ABC is assigned a rating of “F1+(Ind)” from FITCH for Rs. 2500 Crore and second rating of “A1+” from ICRA Limited for Rs.3000 Crore for the short term debt / Commercial paper programme. ABC is also assigned an Issuer’s rating “LAAA” from ICRA Limited for long term for Rs. 2000 Crore. These ratings are the highest-credit-quality ratings.
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INDUSTRY EVALUATION:
The retail lending space has grown rapidly over the last few years – outstanding retail portfolio now accounts for 24% of the total bank credit compared to less than 5%, 10 years ago.
Retail lending is expected to grow because of the following factors:
1. Favourable demographics:
At average age of 28.4 years, India is a young nation. The country’s population profile is characterized by declining dependency ratio, i.e. increasing percentage of working age population.
2. Changing consumer mindset towards borrowing: Indian consumer no longer considers borrowing as a taboo – purchase of assets using leverage is quite an accepted practice now, at least in urban India. The concept of modest borrowing for consumption purposes (domestic/ overseas holidays, marriages or other functional needs) is also developing rapidly to improve lifestyle.
3. Increasing household income: Households are migrating to higher income groups – as a result, higher income households are growing at a faster rate than lower income ones.
4. Low asset ownership: Asset ownership continues to be quite low – especially in high-ticket items such as housing and cars. Even in low-ticket items, most categories have not reached saturation levels (which is placed at 80% asset ownership).
Based on these factors, retail finance opportunity is expected to be worth US $69 bn by FY09 and 22% CAGR in annual disbursements.
Credit Worthiness and leverage:
The very survival of NBFCs depend on effective sourcing of funds. The yardstick bank loans as a percentage of owned funds. This yardstick shows the extent to which an NBFC has been able to leverage its assets to obtain bank finance and measures an NBFC's exposure to the banking system
NBFCs can leverage eight to 10 times of the equity capital, but leverage as reflected by the Debt Equity ratio and the TOL/TNW ratio is much less when compared to peers or the limit allowed (Industry standard is 4.9%)
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ABC is assigned a rating of “F1+(Ind)” from FITCH for Rs. 2500 Crores and second rating of “A1+” from ICRA Limited for Rs.3000 Crores for the short term debt / Commercial paper programme. ABC is also assigned an Issuer’s rating “LAAA” from ICRA Limited for long term for Rs. 2000 Crores. These ratings are the highest-credit-quality ratings. Copies of the rating letters are attached.
TERM LOAN ASSESSMENT:Present Request: The company has approached various Banks for Financial assistance by way of Term Loan. They have also approached us with a request for sanction of term loan of Rs.300.00 crores. We however, propose to take Rs.100.00 crores as term loan.“In principle approval” has been given.
Nature of Limit Term Loan
Amount Rs.100.00 crores
Rate of Interest BPLR i.e. 12.50% p.a.,( At present) payable monthly
Repayment period
Loan shall be repaid in 3 years with equated quarterly installment commencing from the date of first draw own.
Security Pari-passu charge on receivables (Either present unencumbered securities or created out of loan money) with existing / proposed lenders.
Upfront Fees 1% of loan amount
Justification:
The loan portfolio of the company is growing at a fast pace, business wise disbursements done by the company are as below:
Presently the company is availing credit facilities under Multiple Banking arrangement. The details of this is as follows
Name of the Bank
Nature of Facility
Amount Present Outstanding
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HDFC Bank Ltd WC 33 Cr 0 Cr
Standard Chartered Bank
WC 60 Cr 0 Cr
The company at present avails Term Loans under ‘Multiple Bank Arrangement’ as detailed below:
Name of the Bank
Nature of Facility
AmountPresent
Outstanding
HSBC Yen Loan Term Loan 65 Cr 65 Cr
HSBC Bank Term Loan 460 Cr 461 Cr
Yes Bank Term Loan 275 Cr 276 Cr
Bank Of America
Term Loan 75 Cr 75 Cr
The Company does not accept any deposit from the Public. Based on the annual report details and information from the management, the Company
has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial Institution, Bank or Debenture holder.
As per the Auditor's Report in Annual Report 2007-08, no funds raised on short term basis have been used for long term investment.
Company Business:
ABC follows a unique community led, branch centric relationship based approach to serve the mass market by dealing with the customer directly, eliminating intermediaries which are a common practice with most financial service companies. The company services the market directly through its own branch network providing one stop financial solution shop where the customer can access a wide range of financial products under one roof. ABC’s employee market and service the customer directly to build a relationship and provide quality post purchase customer service.
This model offers many advantages, branches increases access to customers. Employees belong to the local communities and therefore understand the language and culture of the place. They service the community in close proximity of the branch giving them in-depth
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knowledge of the customer base and their credentials. Localized credit assessment and appraisals helps in servicing the customer’s needs speedily.
The company works on the following pyramid, which is based on approaching and targeting the mass market of the self employed and salaried group.
In order to understand and to offer customized solutions to each segment, ABC decided to segment the market by the type of customers rather than its products. ABC has created two independent and robust business verticals. The Company’s business structure is appropriately termed as the ‘Community Business Model’, as it is built not only on the basis of products, but also customer segments. The well-defined verticals for salaried individuals as well as the self-employed segment comprising of owners of small sized, traders and entrepreneurs, are:
COMPLIANCE FORMALITIESCredit Rating:
ABC is assigned a rating of “F1+(Ind)” from FITCH for Rs. 2500 Crore and second rating of “A1+” from ICRA Limited for Rs.3000 Crore for the short term debt / Commercial paper programme. ABC is also assigned an Issuer’s rating “LAAA” from ICRA Limited for long term for Rs. 2000 Crore. These ratings are the highest-credit-quality ratings.
Net Owned Funds:
The Net Owned Funds as on 31.03.2008 works out to Rs.736.64 crores.
The NOF of ABCL is Rs. 736.64 crores as of 31.03.2008. As per the extant guidelines of the Bank, outer limit for credit exposure will be Rs.2209.92 crores. The limits of Rs.1468.00 crores sought by the company from the Banks are well within the outer limit of the Bank.Capital Adequacy Ratio
NBFCs are to maintain a minimum capital adequacy norm of 15% of the risk weighted assets and off balance sheet items. The Capital may be either in the form of Tier I or Tier II capital subject to a condition that the total Tier II capital at any point in time shall not exceed one hundred percent of Tier I capital.
The company has been maintaining a healthy CAR throughout as per table below
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09*
Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 132% 74.78% 32.30% 27.15%
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Financial support from Parent company:
With a capital adequacy ratio of 27.17%, ABCL's capitalization levels were comfortable as of 31st October 2008. Gearing levels remained moderate at 2 times despite the growth in the loan portfolio as a result of the periodical capital infusion from the Parent. It should be noted that the industry average is 5.0. As a result of the US$ 50 million fresh capital infusion from GHI upto October 2008, the networth of the company stood at Rs. 1357.1 Crore despite losses reported by the company during the past 3 financial years. Given the Parent’s long term plans in the Indian financial sector, ICRA expects capitalization to remain comfortable given the commitment from GHI to financially support this entity over the medium term.
Expansion plans:
The current financial crisis have put a severe strain on the fund raising capacities of NBFCs and as a result lot of NBFCs have either stopped their business or have gone slow in disbursement. However, Fullerton is still disbursing loans to the customers. Company finds this as opportunities to increase its market share and to become the largest NBFC of the country. It can pick and choose the asset quality, further the acquisition of the assets are undergoing a thorough scrutiny. This will result in a strong portfolio with lesser bad cases.
PROJECTED P & L Accounts: (Rs in Crores)
Particulars31-
Mar-0631-
Mar-0731-
Mar-0831-
Mar-0931-
Mar-1031-
Mar-11
Income
Income from Financing Operations 4.83 66.09 340.94 1,010.65 1,596.63 2,239.75
Other income 0.6 3.5 9.71 118.25 44.47 59.35
Total 5.43 69.59 350.65 1,128.90 1,641.10 2,299.11
Bad Debts Written off 9.7 0.84 17.5 192.7 404.48 559.94
Total Expenditures 33.8 117.1 591.74 1,119.94 1,550.43 1,981.94
PBDT -28.37 -47.51 -241.09 8.96 90.67 317.17
Tax Expense
Income Tax - - - 28.69
Deferred Tax Expenses/(Credit) -9.35 9.26 - - - -
FBT 0.08 0.7 3.51 5.07 5.95 6.54
Excess tax provision Written Back 0.51 - - - - -
PAT -19.61 -57.47 -244.6 3.89 84.73 281.94
Dividend
Equity Dividend
Preference Dividend
Dividend Distribution Tax
Balance taken to Bal Sheet -19.61 -57.47 -244.6 3.89 84.73 281.94
Cash Flow Projections:
(Rs. in crores)
ABC Ltd.
Particulars31-Mar-
0831-Mar-
0931-
Mar-1031-Mar-
1131-Mar-
12
EBDTA -215.2 56.38 141.65 397.05 565.62
Less Tax 3.51 5.07 5.95 54.95 174.77
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Add: Bad Debts 17.5 192.7 404.48 559.94 681.24
(Increase)/Decrease in working capital 55.58 -35.89 30.68 61.68 34.84
Cash From Operations -145.63 208.12 570.87 963.73 1,106.93
Inflow
Adjustment in Debit bal of PL due to merger 36
Increase in Share Capital 409.59 405.87 - - -
Increase in Secured Loans 189.38 1,071.002,224.0
0 1,275.00 1,575.00
Increase in Unsecured Loans 1,018.24 1,917.00 675 1,519.00 1,070.00
Collections 1,731.63 2,277.661,771.7
2 2,496.30 3,418.00
Total 3,348.84 5,707.534,670.7
2 5,290.30 6,063.00
Uses
Increase in Fixed Assets 134.79 30.18 13.5 67.75 75
Increase in Investment 37.96 137- - -
Decrease in Secured Loans 65 150 881 1,150.00
Decrease in Unsecured Loans 1,689.001,360.0
0 675 825
Disbursements 3,026.00 3,895.003,876.7
9 4,628.46 5,080.67
Total 3,198.75 5,816.185,400.2
9 6,252.21 7,130.67
Opening Balance 107.22 111.69 211.16 52.46 54.28
Surplus/(Deficit) 4.47 99.47 -158.7 1.82 39.25
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Closing Balance 111.69 211.16 52.46 54.28 93.53
CONSORTIUM ARRANGEMENT: The company is presently banking under multiple arrangement.
CREDIT RATING
Parameters Score Marks Secured
Current year.31.03.2008
Financial Risk 46 21/40
Asset Quality 13 13/13
Capital Adequacy 12 12/12
Resource Raising Capacity 8 8/8
Competition and Market Position
7 7/7
Management 20 17/20
Total Marks with grade 100 78/100
Recommendations:
By studying overall performance of the company Term Loan of Rs.100.00 crores in favour of M/s ABC Ltd. is sanctioned.
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CREDIT RATING CR-4
9. CASE STUDY – 2 (WORKING CAPITAL LOAN)
Proposal Request: RENEWAL/ENHANCEMENT OF LIMITS
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Account Name: XYZ PVT.LTD
Status of Account: Regular
Banking: Consortium
Constitution: Public Limited Company
Date of incorporation: 1966
CAPITAL STRUCTURE:
Authorised Capital : Rs.30.00 crores(30000000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each)Paid-up Capital : Rs.27.20 crores Book Value (31.03.08) : Rs.39.50 per share of Rs.10/- each
Business Line: Engineering, design and fabrication of equipments and machineries for
Chemical, Fertilizers, Petro- chemicals and nuclear industries. Besides they are engaged in
Shipping by fabrication, repair and leasing barges.
Other Banks (WC)6.20 19.37 124.00 178.25 130.20 197.62
Other Banks (Adhoc)
-- -- 62.00 62.00 62.00 62.00
Fin. Institutions -- -- -- -- -- --
TOTAL 8.00 25.00 235.00 305.00 243.00 330.00
BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY:
XYZ Ltd started its manufacturing in the year 1967 and has two manufacturing units located at Bangalore in South India and Tarapur in Western India. Both the units are fabricating custom made equipment for Process Industries like Petrochemical, Fertilizer, Chemical and Nuclear Industries. Also the company has a shipyard at Goa, manufacturing flat bottom self propelled barges for transportation of Iron Ore. They also own a fleet of barges, which are available for hire to Iron Ore exporters. XYZ group also has rerolling mill at Bangalore for manufacture of Torr Steel. (Reinforcement Steel and Round Bars).
The above 2 workshops are approved by various international inspection agencies such as Lloyd’s, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas, Engineers India Ltd., Kvaerner Power gas, H and G, Projects and Development India Ltd and Bechtel.
FINANCIAL PARAMETERS:
(Rs. In crores)
Year Ended/Ending
Mar.2007
(Aud.)
April.2008
(Aud.)
Before de-
merger
As on 1.05.08
(Prov.)
After de-merger
Mar.2009
(Est.)
Mar.2010
(Proj.)
12 M 13 M 13 M 11 M 12 M
Paid up Capital27.20 27.20 5.44 5.44 5.44
Reserves & Surplus 47.73 80.38 87.54 94.53 107.49
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Intangible Assets - 0.14 0.08 -- --
TNW 74.93 107.44 92.90 99.97 112.93
Long Term Liabilities
32.06 67.24 18.74 23.59 24.08
Capital Employed 106.99 174.68 111.64 123.56 137.01
Net Block 39.82 60.97 17.01 21.81 34.72
Investments - - - - -
Other Non Current Assets
7.94 26.64 23.43 24.75 11.65
Net Working Capital
59.23 87.07 71.20 77.00 90.64
Current Assets 112.45 180.13 156.96 169.68 227.01
Current Liabilities 53.22 93.06 85.76 92.68 136.37
Current Ratio 2.11 1.94:1 1.83:1 1.83 1.66
DER (TL/TNW) 0.43 0.63:1 0.20:1 0.24 0.21
DER(TOL/TNW) 1.14 1.49:1 1.12:1 1.16 1.42
Net Sales 113.10 176.11 -- 246.00 320.00
Other Income 8.78 31.91 -- 2.90 2.00
Net Profit before Tax
18.14 42.93 -- 15.32 26.69
Net Profit after Tax 11.81 30.26 -- 10.11 17.62
Depreciation 4.27 6.87 -- 2.88 5.19
Cash Accruals 16.08 37.13 -- 12.99 22.81
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COMMENTS:
1. Capital of the company remained constant at Rs.27.20 crores as of 30.04.08. Reserves & Surplus increased from Rs.47.73 crores as of 31.03.07 to Rs.80.38 crores as of 30.04.08 mainly due to retention of profit of 30.21 crores.
2. TNW therefore improved from Rs.74.93 crores as of 31.03.07 to Rs.107.44 crores as of 30.04.08.
3. Term Liabilities increased from Rs.32.06 crores as of 31.03.07 to Rs.67.24 crores as of 30.04.08.
4. 14.1.4 Net Block increased from Rs.39.82 crores as of 31.03.07 to Rs.60.97 crores as of 30.04.2008.
5. The non-current assets of Rs.26.64 crores as of 30.04.08 comprised of company’s loans to subsidiary companies of Rs.6.46 crores, Debtors older than six months of Rs.4.06 crores, investment in subsidiaries Rs.0.06 crores and other current assets of Rs.16.06 crores.
6. The CR of 1.94, TL/TNW Ratio of 0.63 and TOL/TNW Ratio of 1.49 as of 30.04.2008 are within acceptable levels.
7. The Net Profit of the Company for 2007-08 amounted to Rs.30.26 crores as against the estimate of Rs.35.00 crores for the year.( Last year net profit of Rs.11.81 crores ) The shortfall in the net profit was due to non-completion of order of HPCL, which was to be completed before December-2007. During the current FY 2008-09, the company has estimated net profit of Rs.10.11 crores, which is lower than the profit earned in FY 2007-08. The profit of the erstwhile company for the FY 2007-08 includes an amount of Rs.15.90 crores being a profit on sale of fixed assets arising out of the conversion of Bangalore property in Technology Park and receipt of lease rentals of Rs.6.79 crores. The profit on sale of fixed assets being an amount of non- recurring nature will not be present in the ensuing year. The receipts from lease rentals henceforth will be the income of PQR Ltd., demerged company of erstwhile XYZ Ltd. from current FY 2008-09.
8. The overall financial position of the company is satisfactory.
COMMENTS ON CASH BASIS:
(Rs. in Crores)
Year 2006-07 2007-08
Net cash from operating activities (20.37) (53.74)
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Net cash used in investment activities (36.01) 1.44
Net cash from financing activities 7.12 45.44
Net cash Generation 8.52 (6.86)
Opening cash balance as on 1st April 0.29 8.81
Closing cash balance as on 31st March 8.81 1.95
MANAGEMENT EVALUATION:
Market reputation:
XYZ has already established itself as a leading engineering company. The company is professionally managed by technocrats and enjoying high reputation in their field. The company has developed enough experience and expertise in their field. Crisis Management:
The present promoters of the company are committed towards the project and can be reasonably expected to support the same in case of crisis though on their own.
Organisation structure / Succession Planning / Labour relations
The company has well defined structured organisation and maintain cordial industrial relations.
INDUSTRY EVALUATION:Industry competition:
Though there are competitors in this field, the company has proved themselves as a reliable manufacturer- supplier for petro industries and nuclear establishments. The company has acquired expertise and experience in supplying tailor made products to suit to the requirement of the customers. Hence they are considered as a preferred supplier in these industries.
Industry structure:
The industry is a consolidated with select players as it requires technical expertise of a high order in meeting the stringent quality requirement. Government policies
With emphasis being self reliance in the power, fertilizer and petroleum refining sectors, the Government policies are conducive to the growth of the Engg. good industry.
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Business risk:
Diversity in customer base and productsCompany caters to the capital goods requirements of giant enterprises, mainly from Public Sector, in different industries like Fertilisers, Power and Petrochemicals. In that sense the customer base can be termed as well spread. The products manufactured by them are specialised and for specific use of the industry.
Market share of the company’s main productsThe company’s products have sizeable share in the industry esp. high tech petro storage and nuclear industries.
Availability of raw materialThe raw materials for this industry are technology and special alloy steel to meet the specification of the customers.
Selling and distribution arrangementThe company has already established itself as a leading manufacturer/ supplier of high tech process units and storage tanks for petroleum industries and specific spares supplier for nuclear industry with representative office/ centres in Mumbai, Bangalore and Goa.
Technology issues if anyThe company mainly deals with petro process units and storage facilities. The company has reasonable technological base in the form of technology, trained man power, products and contemporary focus, hence it does not foresee any issues in this front.
WORKING CAPITAL ASSESSMENT:
Present Request:
The Company has requested the consortium for enhancement in existing fund based working
capital limits from Rs. 8.00 Crores to Rs. 25.00 Crores and NFB limits from Rs.160.00 crores
to Rs.230.00 crores to meet the additional working capital requirement for achieving the
increased net sales from Rs.176.11 Crores during FY 2007-08 to Rs. 320.00 Crores during
the FY 2009-10.
The company has further informed that the average outstanding under buyer’s credit during
the last two years was Rs 24 to 25 Crores. The company has now proposed enhancement in
Cash Credit limit because of the fear of appreciating dollar in the last few months. Besides
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this the company has received bulk order of Rs 340.00 Crores from M/s STU Ltd, Bhatinda.
The execution period of such orders will generally be of 18 to 24 months. As such the
turnover arising out these orders will reflect in next two years.
The company has submitted the CMA data based on actuals of 30.04.2008 and estimates and projections for the next two years to the lead Bank i.e. Bank of Maharashtra. The lead Bank has assessed company’s working capital requirements as under.
Sales Projections:The company has estimated sales turnover of Rs.225.00 crores for FY 2007-08 against which it has achieved Rs.176.11 crores i.e. 75.76% of their estimate. The company, has achieved sales of Rs.182.95 crores upto January-2009. The company has estimated sales of Rs.246.00 crores in FY 2008-09. Considering the present work orders of Rs.778.90 crores, the company is hopeful to achieve estimated sales.
Considering the past performance and future business prospects, the sales projections are on conservative basis and achievable and hence lead bank has accepted the projections.
Holding of raw materials is slightly decreased during FY 07-08 as compared to previous years. However it will be increased to 3 months for the next two years. The reasons are as under:
1. The company is buying steel in bulk quantities to take care of flow of orders.
2. The necessity of business requirements.3. To derive the cost benefits.
Stock In Process
The holding period for stock in process is 2 to 3 months and represents time required for fabrication of the large columns, heat exchangers, oil tankers and other heavy equipments as per specifications required by its customers. As these jobs are tailor made, the processing period can sometimes increased beyond six months.
Receivables
The estimated / projected receivables for the FY 2008-09 & 2009-10 are at 3.00 months resp., which is less than actual. As the company’s main clienteles are from big corporate and public sector undertakings, quality of debtors and realization of the same are good. We therefore accept the receivables level as reasonable
Creditors
The creditors level for manufacturing is estimated and projected at 2.00 months i.e. as per the past trend. This is because company wants to avail bank finance instead of credit from suppliers.
CREDIT RATING
a)
Year 31.03.2007 31.03.2008
Total score obtained 70/87 i.e. 81% 75/92
Grade CR-3 CR-2
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b)
Para meters Marks obtained
31.03.2007 31.03.2008
Borrower rating 55/62 58/67
Facility rating 14/15 14/15
Risk Mitigators 0/6 0/6
Business aspects ¼ 3/4
Total Marks with grade 70/87 i.e. 81% 75/92 i.e. 81.52%
Recommendations:
By studying satisfactory financial position of the company and the past satisfactory operations in the account, we recommend renewal of limits at enhanced level for further period of one year.
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10. SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
Credit Appraisal is a process of appraising the credit worthiness of loan applicants. The funds
of depositor’s, i.e., general public are mobilized by means of such advance/investment. Thus it
extremely important for the lender bank to assess the risk associated with credit; thereby ensure
the security for the funds deposited by the depositors.
In UBI the credit appraisal is done by thorough study of the project which involves following:
1) Evaluation of Management: A detailed study about the promoters is carried out in order
to ensure promoters are experienced in the line of business and are capable to implement
and run the project
2) Technical Feasibility: A detailed study about the technical aspects is done to determine
the technical soundness of the project
3) Financial Viability: A detailed study relating to financial viability of the project is done;
thereby ensuring that project will generate sufficient surplus to repay the loan installment
and interest
4) Risk analysis: it determines the risk associated with the project this is done by performing
a Sensitivity analysis and Credit Rating. With Sensitivity Analysis the projects capacity
to service debts under worsened conditions is determined. Credit rating, provides rating
for various parameters like management, financial, market and so, thereby determine the
credit worthiness of the borrower
It is on the basis of the credit risk level, collateral securities to be given by the borrower are
determined.
This shows Union Bank of India has sound system for providing finance & appraising the credit