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CREDIT RATING REPORTONKHULNA POWER COMPANY LTD.2.0 CORPORATE PROFILE110 MWIndependent PowerProducer99.97% sharesowned by Summitand United group2.1 The GenesisKhulna Power Company Ltd. (KPCL) is an Independent Power Producer (IPP) established in1997 under the Government initiatives for private power projects. By considering that gasburning large land based power project requires relatively long preparation and constructionperiod, this barge-mounted power plant was set up to alleviate the severe power crisis as afaster track solution on short term basis. Through a public bidding process the consortium ofWartsila NSD Power Development (Asia) Ltd., Summit Industrial & Mercantile Corporation(Pvt.) Ltd. and United Enterprises & Co. Ltd. was awarded to establish this power plant inKhulna. Two principal evaluation criteria of government were: early commissioning i.e. within10 months of executing the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and the ImplementationAgreement (IA) and dual fuel capability. Liquid fuel fired with capacity of 110 Megawatts(MW), KPCL is selling electricity to Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) under PPAbetween the company and BPDB. The plant started supply of electricity to the national gridfrom 13 October, 1998. Initially the company was started as private limited company andlater in FY2009 converted into public limited company. The corporate office is located atSummit Centre, 5th Floor, 18 Karwan Bazar C/A, <strong>Dhaka</strong>-1215. The company has planned togo public through direct listing during 2009.2.2 Ownership StructureAt present Summit Industrial & Mercantile Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. (Summit) and UnitedEnterprises & Co. Ltd. (United) equally own 99.9664% of 2,085,930 ‘Class A & B’ ordinaryshares. Rest 0.0336% i.e. 700 ordinary shares were transferred in favor of 14 individuals at50 numbers of ‘Class-A’ shares each. Out of these shares, Summit and United each hold 3‘Class-B’ ordinary shares, which get different treatment in respect of dividend paymentcompared to ‘Class-A’ shares. However, the existing shareholders of the company on 19 July,2009, in an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) passed and resolved that the existingcategory of Ordinary ‘Class A’ and ‘Class B’ shares shall be reclassified as ordinary shares. Atthe inception, El Paso Khulna Power ApS (incorporated in Denmark) were holding 73.90%,Wartsila Development & Financial Services (Asia) Ltd. (incorporated in Cayman Island)6.10%, Summit and United 10% each. Later in FY2008, EL Paso and in June, 2009 Wartsilasold their holdings equally to Summit and United. El Paso determined share transfer packagethrough a competitive bid and Summit and United as existing shareholder got the first priorityto take the package. Other than ordinary shares, KPCL has issued 1,100,000 preferenceshares of Tk. 1000 each on May 2008 to four private commercial banks. These preferenceshares are cumulative and redeemable in five annual installments of 220,000 shares startingfrom 14 May 2010, the second anniversary of the issue date.3.0 SHAREHOLDERS’ GROUP PROFILEPage 2 of 153.1 Summit GroupSummit Group is one of the leading investment and industrial business houses in Bangladesh.With the inception of a small thermo-plastic moulding compound trading company “SanguineTraders” in 1972, Mr. Muhammed Aziz Khan started his business career in a specializedbusiness sector. Under his direct leadership Summit Group has become a top tier businessestablishment within a short period of time and now owns more than 10 companies. Out ofthe above companies, only Summit Power Limited and Summit Alliance Port Ltd. are publiclylisted with both the bourses of the country. The major sectors of the Group investment coverpower generation, tanks terminal, shipping, real estate, construction, civil & hydroengineering, container depots, trading etc. The sponsors of Summit Group are targeting theniche sectors of the country and abroad. This has led to the establishment of a barge mountedpower plant in Bangladesh namely Khulna Power Company Ltd., Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) plant in gas starved area at Mongla, Bagerhat, Container Freight Station in Chittagongetc. The Group is keen to invest in power sector, which has been opened to privateinvestment in Bangladesh. At the end of 2008, the asset base of the group stood at Tk.21,571.87 million against Tk. 5,720.43 million outside liabilities. Share capital of the groupstood at Tk. 5,807.26 million and net profit during the last period reached to Tk. 2,949.53million.

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