MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

7th June 2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NOREX INTERNATIONAL AB

 

 

Registered Office :

Högåsadungen 3, 423 63 Torslanda, Sweden

 

 

Country :

Sweden

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1991

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

556430-4425

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of metals and metal ores.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

6000 TSEK

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

 

 

 


Summary

 

Norex International AB

Company no

556430-4425

Högåsadungen 3

Telephone

+46-31-92 75 70

423 63 Torslanda

 

 

 

Risk forecast

0,5 %

 

Credit limit

6.000 TSEK

 

Payment complaints

Not reg

 

Claims

1

 

Registered

1991-08

 

 

 

 

 

Annual accounts 0309-0412

 

 

Net sales

203.631 TSEK

 

Profit/loss after financial items

16.916 TSEK

 

Total equity

8.455 TSEK

 

Employees

16 

 

 

Debt with the Enforcement Service

No data on balance of debt with the Enforcement Service as at 2005-10-21

 

Group of companies

Part of  Hergit AB-group

 

Note

 

Chattel mortgages have increased substantially since the last annual report. Be aware of that the holders of the mortgages are privileged at a distribution from a bankrupt's estate.

 

 

Most recent events

 

Chattel mortg. issued

2005-05

 

Credit opinion

 

Risk forecast:  0,5 %

The forecast states the probability that the company will become insolvent within 12 months.

 

Industry Risk Forecast:  0,4 %

Median value for limited company in industry 51520, such as Wholesale of metals and metal ores.

Other information may of course affect your assessment of the risk

 

 

 

Credit limit:  6.000 TSEK

Applies to short-term credit facilities. The limit has been set using a formula that takes into consideration the annual accounts included in this credit report and the current credit rating. Other information may of course influence the size of the credit you may grant.

 

 

General information and history

 

Legal form

Limited company, private

Vat-number

SE 556430442501

Registered office

Göteborg municipality in Västra Götalands county

Number of locations

1

 

Description of business activities

Wholesale of metals and metal ores.

(Main business according to Statistics Sweden, SNI2002: 51520)

 

History

1991-08

Company reg under the current reg no and name

1993-04

Company registered to pay business tax

---

Company was registered to pay VAT

1995-06

Company registered to pay employer contributions

2003-04

David Fredriksson new Managing Director

2004-05

Articles of Association adopted

 

Matters pending with Registration Office

No notes of imminent changes

 

Non categorized information

Customs have granted the company to bring home goods/credit permit

 

Link to homepage

www.norex.se

 

 

Board of directors etc

 

Board members according to Reg Office

Board members etc reg prior to 1991-04 unless otherwise stated.

David Fredriksson, Birth:1969

MD and Regular member

Reg. in company 2003-04-11

Leif Fredriksson, Birth:1947

Regular member

Reg. in company 1991-08-07

Sture Lennart Fredriksson, Birth:1948

Regular member

Reg. in company 1991-08-07

Henrik Fredriksson, Birth:1975

Regular member

Reg. in company 2004-09-06

Anna Fredriksson, Birth:1975

Regular member

Reg. in company 1996-03-25

Peter Fredriksson, Birth:1976

Deputy member

Reg. in company 2004-09-06

Rune Sven-Inge Karlsson

Authorized public Accountant

Reg. in company 1991-08-07

Jan-Erik Johansson

Deputy auditor

Reg. in company 1996-03-25

 

Authorized signatory (available in Swedish only)

Firman tecknas av styrelsen

firman tecknas var för sig av

-Fredriksson, John Sture David

-Fredriksson, Leif Nore

-Fredriksson, Sture Lennart

 

 

 

 

Group relationship etc

 

Parent company etc

Proprietary int

As of

Comments

Hergit AB, 556233-4291

100 %

 2004-12

Cr. rating 4

 

Former subsidiaries etc

Ownership

Comments

Norex Scandinavia AB, 556529-9723

51 %

Sold during 01

 

Former subsidiary

 

Annual accounts and ratios

 

Annual accounts

 

Inc. statement in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Net sales

+203.631

+99.344

+61.814

+49.233

+60.192

Profit/loss after financial items

+16.916

+9.766

+6.001

+513

+1.577

 

Balance sheet in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Total fixed assets

471

290

290

358

358

Total current assets

57.161

27.827

21.032

10.594

11.657

Total equity

8.455

120

120

110

110

Total long-term liabilities

0

2.278

3.820

4.044

2.709

Total current liabilities

39.503

25.209

17.005

6.675

9.101

Total equity and liabilities

57.632

28.117

21.322

10.952

12.016

 

Notes etc

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Employees

16

14

10

9

11

Audit report

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

 

Ratios

Ratios 1)

 

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Equity/assets %

31,2 1)

21,3

1,7

1,8

1,8

1,5

Consolidation Ratio %

33,3 1)

24,2

2,2

2,3

2,1

1,7

Quick ratio %

109,2 1)

58,0

66,9

65,0

106,8

93,1

Return on total assets %

11,5 1)

22,3

35,8

29,4

7,8

16,0

Cash Flow/Total liabilities %

14,6 1)

22,9

31,5

20,9

3,4

9,8

Risk margin %

8,7 1)

21,9

34,7

28,1

4,6

13,1

1) Values for the industry in 2004  = Median for companies with 5-19 employees in industry 51520 i.e. Wholesale of metals and metal ores

 

Note: the forecast for the company's insolvency is low.

 

For the complete annual accounts and all ratios, see enclosure

 

 

Other financial information

 

Share capital

 

 

Total

100 TSEK

 

The most recently registered change in share capital

1997-01

50 TSEK

 

Bonus issue

Chattel mortgages

Total

25.500,0 TSEK

 

The most recently issued mortgages

2005-05

11.000,0 TSEK

 

2004-04

4.000,0 TSEK

 

2004-01

1.000,0 TSEK

 

2001-07

2.500,0 TSEK

 

2000-07

1.000,0 TSEK

 

 

Unprivileged claims in clients' bankruptcies

We have not been notified about any unprivileged claims in bankruptcies in the last 2 years.

 

Properties

We have not been notified about any property ownership.

 

Note

 

Chattel mortgages have increased substantially since the last annual report. Be aware of that the holders of the mortgages are privilegied at a distribution from a bankrupt's estate.

 

 

Payment complaints, etc

 

No complaints have been registered.

 

1 claim totaling 0,3 TSEK has been registered.

 

Claims

 

Amount SEK

 

Creditor

Pet. for inj. to pay

2003-09

300

 

Göteborgs Stads Parkerin

 

 

 

No data on balance of debt with the Enforcement Service as at 2005-10-21

 

 

Enclosure 1. 


Annual accounts and ratios

Annual accounts

Inc. statement in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

 

Net sales

+203.631

+99.344

+61.814

+49.233

+60.192

 

Other operating income

+4.131

+2.019

+2.200

+1.313

0

 

Goods for resale

-153.087

-75.352

-48.048

-39.842

-51.266

 

Other external costs

-16.729

-8.166

-5.047

-4.793

-3.995

 

Personnel costs

-16.479

-6.143

-3.597

-3.774

-3.115

 

Depreciation

0

-1.661

0

0

0

 

Other operating expenses

-4.383

0

-1.532

-1.312

0

 

Operating profit/loss

+17.085

+10.041

+5.790

+825

+1.816

 

 

 

Result from participations in group and associated companies

0

0

+432

0

0

 

External interest income

+53

+11

+20

+25

+44

 

Other financial income

0

0

+36

0

+61

 

Total financial income

+53

+11

+488

+25

+105

 

External interest expenses

-222

-285

-278

-342

-344

 

Total financial expenses

-222

-285

-278

-342

-344

 

Financial items affecting comparability

0

0

0

+6

0

 

Profit/loss after financial items

+16.916

+9.766

+6.001

+513

+1.577

 

Profit/loss before appropriations

+16.916

+9.766

+6.001

+513

+1.577

 

Appropriations

-4.982

-133

-254

-27

-96

 

Profit/loss before tax

+11.934

+9.633

+5.747

+486

+1.481

 

Tax

-3.598

-2.760

-1.656

-147

-420

 

Net profit/loss for the year

+8.335

+6.874

+4.091

+338

+1.061

 

 

Balance sheet in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Total intangible assets

0

0

0

0

0

Total tangible assets

0

0

0

0

0

Participations in group and associated companies

471

290

290

358

358

Total financial assets

471

290

290

358

358

Total fixed assets

471

290

290

358

358

Other inventories

34.240

10.952

9.969

3.465

3.186

 

Total inventories

34.240

10.952

9.969

3.465

3.186

 

Accounts receivable

10.033

11.604

7.486

4.398

4.706

 

Receivables from group and associated companies

1.354

0

0

922

388

 

Other current receivables

3.564

1.436

2.528

1.326

3.078

 

Total current receivables

14.951

13.040

10.014

6.646

8.172

 

Total short-term investments

0

0

0

0

51

 

Total cash and bank balances

7.970

3.835

1.050

483

249

 

Total current assets

57.161

27.827

21.032

10.594

11.657

 

Total assets

57.632

28.117

21.322

10.952

12.016

 

 

Balance sheet in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Share capital

100

100

100

100

100

Other restricted equity

20

20

10

10

10

Group contribution

0

0

0

0

-1.061

Profit/loss brought forward

0

-6.874

-4.081

-338

0

Net profit/loss for the year

8.335

6.874

4.091

338

1.061

Total equity

8.455

120

120

110

110

Total untaxed reserves

5.492

510

377

123

96

 

Total provisions

4.182

0

0

0

0

 

Liabilities to credit institutions

0

2.278

3.820

4.044

2.709

 

Utilized overdraft facilities

0

2.178

3.520

3.544

2.009

 

Total long-term liabilities

0

2.278

3.820

4.044

2.709

 

Liabilities to credit institutions

0

0

0

0

200

 

Accounts payable

23.834

6.594

5.909

2.973

5.251

 

Liabilities to group and associated companies

6.829

0

6.546

1.775

1.920

 

Other current liabilities

8.840

18.615

4.550

1.927

1.730

 

Total current liabilities

39.503

25.209

17.005

6.675

9.101

 

Total equity and liabilities

57.632

28.117

21.322

10.952

12.016

 

 

Notes etc in TSEK

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Employees

16

14

10

9

11

Salaries board/MD

2.200

1.299

700

911

748

Salaries others

5.177

3.009

1.760

1.678

1.337

Total salaries

7.377

4.308

2.460

2.589

2.085

Total salaries and remuneration

7.377

4.308

2.460

2.589

2.085

Social security expenses

8.844

1.759

1.081

1.148

973

Dividend

0

0

0

0

0

Contractual severance pay

No

No

No

No

No

Total depreciation

0

1.661

0

0

0

Bank overdraft facilities granted

1.000

4.604

5.581

5.764

2.939

Utilised overdraft facilities

0

2.178

3.520

3.544

2.009

Floating charges

14.500

9.500

9.500

9.500

7.000

Total pledged assets

14.500

9.500

9.500

9.500

7.000

Total contingent liabilities

0

0

0

0

0

 

Audit report

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Audit report

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

Unqualified

 

Original annual account

Order by additional choice

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Ratios  1)

 

Profitability

 

0309-0412

0209-0308

0109-0208

0009-0108

9909-0008

Return on equity %

29,1 1)

103,2

>999,9

>999,9

261,6

890,0

Return on total assets %

11,5 1)

22,3

35,8

29,4

7,8

16,0

Average interest rate %

-1,5 1)

-0,4

-1,0

-1,3

-3,2

-2,9

Risk margin %

8,7 1)

21,9

34,7

28,1

4,6

13,1

Gross margin %

4,6 1)

8,2

11,5

9,0

1,6

3,0

Operating margin %

4,1 1)

8,2

9,9

9,0

1,6

3,0

Net margin %

3,8 1)

8,1

9,6

9,4

1,0

2,6

Interest cover

9,3 1)

77,2

35,3

22,6

2,5

5,6

Capital circulation

Capital turnover rate

2,5 1)

2,7

3,6

3,0

4,6

5,0

Cash Flow/Total liabilities %

14,6 1)

22,9

31,5

20,9

3,4

9,8

Cash fl/finexp %

724,2 1)

>999,9

>999,9

>999,9

107,0

336,3

Self-financing ratio %

337,2 1)

>999,9

-

-

-

-

Stock turnover/year

6,4 1)

4,6

9,3

6,4

14,6

18,9

Turnover/employee TSEK

3.703,5  1)

9.738,0

7.240,0

6.401,0

5.616,0

5.472,0

Lab costs/turnover %

-8,0 1)

-3,6

-4,2

-3,8

-5,1

-3,5

Working capital/turn %

13,8 1)

11,3

2,6

6,3

7,8

4,2

Acc rec/turnover %

12,4 1)

6,4

11,4

11,7

8,7

7,8

Stock/turnover %

14,7 1)

22,0

10,8

15,6

6,8

5,3

Short liabilities/turnover %

18,4 1)

25,4

24,9

26,6

13,2

15,1

Customer credit time

41,0 1)

17,4

23,5

23,2

22,5

-

Credit period granted

24,8 1)

24,4

15,4

17,3

20,3

-

Liquidity

Current ratio %

168,2 1)

144,7

110,4

123,7

158,7

128,1

Quick ratio %

109,2 1)

58,0

66,9

65,0

106,8

93,1

Consolidation

Equity/assets %

31,2 1)

21,3

1,7

1,8

1,8

1,5

Consolidation Ratio %

33,3 1)

24,2

2,2

2,3

2,1

1,7

Debt/equity ratio

2,2 1)

3,7

58,0

54,5

54,8

66,8

Fixed assets structure

Financial assets structure %

52,9 1)

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

1) Values for the industry in 2004  = Median for companies with 5-      

     19 employees in industry 51520 i.e. Wholesale of metals and metal ores

 

Analysis of the annual accounts (three years)

Turnover/Capital employed

The balance sheet total rose very steeply in 2003/04. This may indicate that the company has completely changed its operations. If this is the case then events etc. which have occurred previously may be irrelevant.

 

Liquidity

Quick ratio is low and decreasing.

It is primarily accounts payable that are increasing.

 

Warning signals

Company has changed financial period during the period analyzed. (This has been taken into consideration in the analysis.)

 

Note: the forecast for the company's insolvency is low.

 


 

 RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

 

 

 

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