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August 23, 2000
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 Company  Datanet Systems
 Market Price  Not listed
 Lead manager  BoB Capital Markets, IndBank Merchant Banking Services
 Listing At  Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bombay
 Opening/Closing  August 23, 2000 / August 28, 2000
 Promoters  A Prabhakar, Hari Mohan Sharma, H K Nanjunda Swamy
 Associate Co.  M/s Designers & Builders, Spectrum Hitec (India) Pvt Ltd
 Managing Director  A Prabhakar
 Post-issue Stake  75%
 Issue  
 Size  Rs 31.5 million
 Price  Rs 10
 On Application  Rs 5
 On Allotment  Rs 5
 Objective  Expansion of existing facilities, working capital.
 Business  
 Product  Workflow automation systems, computer telephony integration, banking software, Smartcard solutions for banking sector
 Location  Bangalore
 Project cost  Rs 36 million
 Funded by  Equity and term loan
 Kensource projections  (2001)
 Sales  Rs 84 million
 Profit  Rs 6 million
 Earnings per share  Re 0.47
 Forward P/E  21
 Post-issue share capital  Rs 126 million
 Return on equity  5%
 Comment Interesting business, but, weak on strategy. Poor disclosure in prospectus. Main clients are public sector banks, thin margins
 Rating *  D

* A=Subscribe & Hold; B = Subscribe & Watch C=Subscribe & Sell; D = Avoid;
    E = Watch post-listing

By Kensource Information Services Pvt Ltd.

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