Arif Habib Securities Limited (Arif Habib Securities), incorporated on November 14, 1994 as a public limited company started its commercial operations on July 1, 1995. It was incorporated to continue the securities brokerage business carried on by Arif Habib since 1989 as a sole proprietorship.
It was registered with the SECP as a securities broker under the Brokers Agents Registration Rules, 2001. Arif Habib Securities acquired Corporate Membership of KSE on February 8, 1999 and in June 2001 was listed on Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges.
Arif Habib Securities later acquired Corporate Membership of LSE and ISE. It also acquired Membership of National Commodity Exchange of Pakistan Limited in FY03. However, during FY05, the Membership of ISE and NCEP have been transferred to Arif Habib Limited and according to the Directors' Report, the Memberships of KSE and LSE shall be transferred to it in due course.
Arif Habib Securities, besides having one of the largest brokerage operations on KSE, is principally engaged in investment advisory, financial consultancy, underwriting, portfolio management and securities research.
It is a closely-held company as 70 % shares are owned by the Chief Executive, Directors and their families. Different companies including banks own about 12 % shares while individuals own 18 %. Total number of shareholders at end of FY05 was 1,470 and total number of employees was 39 (2004: 29). The company has been selected for Top 25 Companies Award by KSE for 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Arif Habib Limited (a fully owned, brokerage company) and Arif Habib Investment Management Limited (78% owned, specialising in open-end mutual funds) are the subsidiaries of Arif Habib Securities. The overview below, however, pertains to that of Arif Habib Securities alone, without consolidation with its subsidiaries. According to the Directors' Report, the proposed subsidiary, Arif Habib Rupali Bank Limited, being set up to take over Pakistan branch of Rupali Bank Bangladesh is in the final stages of formation.
Total assets of the company increased by 143% to Rs 7.8 billion on June 30, 2005 compared with Rs 3.2 billion on June 30, 2004.
There has been substantial increase in long term investments (Rs 436 million vis-à-vis Rs 17 million), short term investments (Rs 5,002 million vis-à-vis Rs 1,993 million), long term advances (Rs 853 million vis-à-vis Rs 68.6 million) and Margin trading- clients (Rs 1,073 million vis-à-vis Nil).
Long term advance of Rs 853 million include a relatively small loan of Rs 68.6 million to Arif Habib Investment whereas a substantially larger loan of Rs 784 million has been made to Reliance Export (Pvt) Limited (REL), an associated undertaking. It has been explained in the notes that during FY05, Arif Habib Group and Fatima Group decided to bid for the acquisition of Pak Arab Fertiliser Company Limited through REL in which both groups made equal investments in the shape of equity and advances.
On July 14, 2005, the management and control of Pak Arab Fertiliser Company Limited (PAFCL) was taken over by REL with the approval of the Privatisation Commission. Arif Habib Securities owns 30% and 20% is owned by the Arif Habib family. According to the Directors' Report, it is proposed to merge PAFCL and REL soon and thus Arif Habib Securities will have a direct interest in the business.
During FY05, the company obtained margin finance facilities for its clients under mark-up arrangements from various commercial banks. The arrangements, secured against pledge of marketable securities, were apparently necessitated due to the phasing out of COT/ Badla with Margin Finance and Margin Trading. Operating revenue of Arif Habib Securities for FY05 included Rs 70 million as income on COT transactions and Rs 2 million as income on margin trading.
Arif Habib Securities as on June 30, 2005 held short term securities of Rs 5,002 million (FY04: Rs 1,993 million), with highest exposure in Commercial Banks at 30%, followed by Open-end Mutual Funds at 27 %, Cement at 23 %, Auto-Assemblers at 6% and Fertiliser at 3%.
During June 2005, Arif Habib Securities had offered to Buy-back up to maximum of five million of its own shares at Rs 360 per share. Buy-back process continued till July 8, 2005 on which a total of two million shares offered by the shareholders were bought and payment made to the respective shareholders accordingly. Thus, the paid up capital has been reduced by Rs 20 million to Rs 180 million.
The company net capital gains on investments for FY05 at Rs 2,160 million (FY04: Rs 1,465 million), nearly doubling of operating revenue to Rs 793 million (FY04: Rs 434 million) and containing the operating/financial expenses, etc helped it to close FY05 with Rs 2,583 million profit after tax (FY04: Rs 1754 million). Performance statistics are given below.
Capital gains are expected in securities business. However, very high capital gains as seen in FY05 and FY04 are exceptional. The company might keep on paying more attention to its core business. The company's moves to diversify to manufacturing and banking have their own challenges.
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Performance Statistics (Audited) (Rs in million)
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Balance Sheet (As on June 30) 2005 2004
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Total current assets: 6,502 3,089
Operating Fixed assets: 7 3
Stock exchange, member-Licenses: 37 42
Long term investments: 436 17
Long term Loans/advances: 853 69
Long term deposits: 3 4
Total assets: 7,838 3,223
Current Liabilities: 2,340 222
Share capital: 200 80
Reserves: 5,298 2,921
Total equity: 5,498 3,001
Total Liabilities and Equity: 7,838 3,223
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Ratios:
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Current Ratio: 2.8 13.9
Debt/Equity ratio: No debt No Debt
Book Value per Share-Rs: 274.90 375.13
Market Value per share (9-9-05)-Rs: 373.90 -
Price/Book Value per share-X: 1.36 -
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Income State (Y ended June 30) 2005 2,004
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Brokerage income: 334 219
UW commission, placement, consult: 10 11
Dividend income: 374 203
Return on TFCs: 3 1
Income on COT transactions: 70 0
Income on margin trading: 2 0
Total Operating Income: 793 434
Capital gains on investments: 2,160 1,465
Total Income: 2,953 1,899
Operating profit: 2,823 1,801
Profit before Taxation: 2,640 1,754
Profit after taxation: 2,583 1,705
Earnings per share-Rs: 129.15 213.13
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Ratios: (Annual basis)
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Operating Income/Total Income: 27% 23%
Capital gain on invest/Total Income: 73% 77%
Operating profit/Total income: 96% 95%
Pre-tax profit/Total income: 89% 92%
After tax profit/Total income: 87% 90%
Return on Equity: 47% 57%
ROA: 33% 53%
ROCE: 47% 57%
Cash Dividend-%: 100% 150%
Bonus Shares-%: 50% 150%
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Cash Flow Summary (Full Year) 2005 2004
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Net Cash Flow, Operating Activities: 1,950 1,700
Net Cash Flow, Investing Activities: -810 -25
Net Cash Flow, Financing Activities: -200 -60
Total Cash Flow from All Activities: 940 1,615
Cash and Bank- at beginning: 2993 1378
Cash and Bank-at end: 3,933 2,993
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