Press Release

Press Release

January 08, 2025

INKEL LIMITED
Rating Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating

Product	Quantum (Rs. Cr)	Long Term Rating	Short Term Rating
Fixed Deposits (FD)	40.00	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating*	-
Total Outstanding	40.00	-	-
Total Withdrawn	0.00	-	-
* The issuer did not co-operate; based on best available information.

Rating Rationale

Acuité has downgraded its long-term rating to ‘ACUITE C’ (read as ACUITE C) from ‘ACUITE BB-’ (read as ACUITE Double B Minus) on Rs.40.00 crore Fixed Deposits (FD) of Inkel Limited. The rating continues to be flagged as “Issuer Not Co-operating” and is based on the best available information.

The downgrade is based on delays reported in servicing of debt obligation in credit bureau information report.

About the Company

Inkel Limited is PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) Incorporated in 2007, initiative of Government of Kerala (GoK) to encourage NRI (Non-resident Indian) investments in Infrastructure. The government along with State owned companies holds 29.6 percent in in the company. Further, the board consists of Mr. P Rajeeve as Chairman - Minister for Industries, Law and Coir in the Govt. of Kerala, Dr. Kamalakannan Ellangovan as Managing Director - Former Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries & NORKA, Government of Kerala and Mr. Suman Billa - Principal Secretary, Department of Industries & NORKA, Government of Kerala.
The company provides holistic consultancy services as a Project Management Consultant (PMC) for Infrastructure projects Inkel’s major source of revenue of is centage fees which is 3-7 percent the project cost. The company has been diversifying profit-earning streams from predominantly PMC to EPC contractor. Further, the company intends to to set up wind power plant of 14 MGW with total project cost of Rs. 98.00 Cr. Additinally, the company earns Initial lease premium and operating lease through subleasing land leased from Inkel KSIDC.

Unsupported Rating

Not Applicable

Non-cooperation by the issuer/borrower:

Acuité has been requesting for data, information and undertakings from the rated entity for conducting surveillance & review of the rating. However, the issuer/borrower failed to submit such information before the due date. Acuité believes that information risk is a critical component in such ratings, and noncooperation by the issuer along with unwillingness to provide information could be a sign of potential deterioration in its overall credit quality. This rating is therefore being flagged as “Issuer not cooperating”, in line with prevailing SEBI regulations and Acuité’s policies.

Limitation regarding information availability:

The rating is based on information available from sources other than the issuer/borrower (in absence of information provided by the issuer/borrower). Acuité endeavoured to gather information about the entity/industry from the public domain. Therefore, Acuité cautions lenders and investors regarding the use of such information, on which the indicative credit rating is based.

Rating Sensitivity

No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon

Liquidity Position

No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon

Outlook: Not Applicable

Other Factors affecting Rating

None

Key Financials

Particulars	Unit	FY 24 (Actual)	FY 23 (Actual)
Operating Income	Rs. Cr.	97.64	85.01
PAT	Rs. Cr.	30.74	14.43
PAT Margin	(%)	31.49	16.98
Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth	Times	0.49	0.57
PBDIT/Interest	Times	4.16	2.50

Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA

Not Applicable

Any other information

None

Applicable Criteria

• Infrastructure Sector: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-51.htm
• Default Recognition: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm
• Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm
• Fixed Deposit Programmes: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-64.htm

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument

In order to inform the investors about complexity of instruments, Acuité has categorized such instruments in three levels: Simple, Complex and Highly Complex. Acuite’s categorisation of the instruments across the three categories is based on factors like variability of the returns to the investors, uncertainty in cash flow patterns, number of counterparties and general understanding of the instrument by the market. It has to be understood that complexity is different from credit risk and even an instrument categorized as 'Simple' can carry high levels of risk. For more details, please refer Rating Criteria “Complexity Level Of Financial Instruments” on www.acuite.in.

Rating History

Date	Name of Instruments/Facilities	Term	Amount (Rs. Cr)	Rating/Outlook
04 Dec 2024	Fixed Deposit Program	Long Term	40.00	ACUITE BB- (Downgraded & Issuer not co-operating* from ACUITE BB)
08 Dec 2023	Fixed Deposit Program	Long Term	40.00	ACUITE BB (Reaffirmed & Issuer not co-operating*)
08 Dec 2023	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Short Term	51.30	ACUITE Not Applicable (Withdrawn)
08 Dec 2022	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Short Term	51.30	ACUITE A4+ (Assigned)
08 Dec 2022	Proposed Fixed Deposit Program	Long Term	40.00	ACUITE BB \| Stable (Assigned)
* The issuer did not co-operate; based on best available information.

Annexure - Details of instruments rated

Lender’s Name	ISIN	Facilities	Date Of Issuance	Coupon Rate	Maturity Date	Quantum (Rs. Cr.)	Complexity Level	Rating
Not Applicable	Not avl. / Not appl.	Fixed Deposit Program	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	40.00	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB- )

* The issuer did not co-operate; based on best available information.

Contacts

Mohit Jain
Senior Vice President - Rating Operations

Sahil Sawant
Associate Analyst - Rating Operations

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