Press Release

Press Release

February 06, 2025

UTTAM CYLINDERS PRIVATE LIMITED
Rating Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating

Product	Quantum (Rs. Cr)	Long Term Rating	Short Term Rating
Bank Loan Ratings	87.11	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating*	-
Bank Loan Ratings	12.89	-	ACUITE A4 \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating*
Total Outstanding	100.00	-	-
Total Withdrawn	0.00	-	-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 plus) and short-term rating to 'ACUITE A4' (read as ACUITE four) from ‘ACUITE A4+’ (read as ACUITE A four plus) on the Rs. 100.00 Cr. bank facilities of Uttam Cylinders Private Limited (UCPL). The rating is now flagged as “Issuer Not-Cooperating” on account of information risk and is based on the best available information.

The downgrade is based on delays in debt servicing being reflected in the Credit Information Bureau Report and other publicly available information. Additionally, the company has not provided latest No Default Statements (NDS) for last 3 months consecutively.

About the Company

Uttam Cylinders Private Limited (UCPL) was incorporated in November 2008 by Mr. Karan Bhatia and Ms. Aanchal Bhatia. The company is one of the flagship entity of Uttam Group. UCPL is engaged in manufacturing of Bulk Gas Transport (BGT) System for compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen. In addition to this, the company is also involved in trading of high-pressure gas cylinder made of aluminium and carbon composite. The company also manufactures mobile refuelling unit for CNG. The aluminium cylinder is utilized in medical and industrial field whereas the carbon composite is utilized in clean energy and aerospace field. The manufacturing facility for BGT system is located at Faridabad, Haryana.

About the Group

Uttam Composite LLC; incorporated on October 08th 2020 in California, USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of UCPL, engaged in manufacturing of carbon composite cylinders. Approximately 60% of total production is purchased by the holding company for manufacturing of BGT Systems in their Faridabad unit in India. The key management personnel include Mr. Aaryaman Bhatia.

Unsupported Rating

Not Applicable

Non-cooperation by the issuer/borrower

Acuité has been requesting for No Default Statements (NDS); however, despite multiple requests; the Company’s management has remained non-cooperative and not submitted the NDS for the preceding 03 consecutive months. 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

This rating is based on information available from sources other than the issuer / borrower (in the absence of information provided by the issuer / borrower) . Acuite endeavoured to gather information about the entity/industry from the public domain. Any rating with the suffix 'Issuer not cooperating' is assigned without any management interaction with the issuer entity or any data / information from the entity. Sometimes this non co-operation by a rated entity may be due to a result of deterioration in the credit risk profile of the entity. Therefore, Acuité cautions lenders and investors regarding the use of such information, on which the indicative credit rating is based.

Rating Sensitivities

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 (Provisional)	FY 23 (Actual)
Operating Income	Rs. Cr.	82.39	167.78
PAT	Rs. Cr.	(19.59)	(5.22)
PAT Margin	(%)	(23.77)	(3.11)
Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth	Times	(7.13)	8.63
PBDIT/Interest	Times	(1.29)	0.73

Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA

Not Applicable

Any other information

None

Applicable Criteria

• Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm
• Consolidation Of Companies: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-60.htm
• Default Recognition: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm
• Manufacturing Entities: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-59.htm
• Trading Entitie: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-61.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
31 May 2024	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Short Term	2.89	ACUITE A4+ (Downgraded from ACUITE A2)
	Letter of Credit	Short Term	10.00	ACUITE A4+ (Downgraded from ACUITE A2)
	Cash Credit	Long Term	15.00	ACUITE BB+ \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB \| Stable)
	Bills Discounting	Long Term	10.00	ACUITE BB+ \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB \| Stable)
	Proposed Long Term Bank Facility	Long Term	22.11	ACUITE BB+ \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB \| Stable)
	Term Loan	Long Term	25.00	ACUITE BB+ \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB \| Stable)
	Cash Credit	Long Term	15.00	ACUITE BB+ \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB \| Stable)
03 Mar 2023	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Short Term	5.00	ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed)
	Cash Credit	Long Term	15.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Reaffirmed)
	Bills Discounting	Long Term	10.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Reaffirmed)
	Proposed Long Term Bank Facility	Long Term	70.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Reaffirmed)
27 Jan 2022	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Short Term	5.00	ACUITE A2 (Assigned)
	Proposed Long Term Bank Facility	Long Term	70.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Assigned)
	Bills Discounting	Long Term	10.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Assigned)
	Cash Credit	Long Term	15.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Assigned)

Annexure - Details of instruments rated

Lender’s Name	ISIN	Facilities	Date Of Issuance	Coupon Rate	Maturity Date	Quantum (Rs. Cr.)	Complexity Level	Rating
ICICI Bank Ltd	Not avl. / Not appl.	Bank Guarantee (BLR)	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	2.89	Simple	ACUITE A4 \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE A4+ )
ICICI Bank Ltd	Not avl. / Not appl.	Bills Discounting	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	10.00	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB+ )
ICICI Bank Ltd	Not avl. / Not appl.	Cash Credit	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	15.00	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB+ )
Union Bank of India	Not avl. / Not appl.	Cash Credit	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	15.00	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB+ )
ICICI Bank Ltd	Not avl. / Not appl.	Letter of Credit	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	10.00	Simple	ACUITE A4 \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE A4+ )
Not Applicable	Not avl. / Not appl.	Proposed Long Term Bank Facility	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	22.11	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB+ )
TATA Capital Financial Service Ltd.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Term Loan	31 Mar 2023	Not avl. / Not appl.	05 Jun 2027	25.00	Simple	ACUITE C \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BB+ )

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

*Annexure 2 - List of Entities (applicable for Consolidation or Parent / Group / Govt. Support)

Sr. No.	Company Name
1	Uttam Composite LLC
2	Uttam Cylinders Private Limited

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