MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

15th May 2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GADOT LAB SUPPLIES LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

16 Habonim Street      

South Industrial Zone 

NETANYA 42504 ISRAEL

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

16.5.1990

 

 

Legal Form :

Private limited company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importers, manufacturers, and marketers of chemicals for laboratories, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

 

 


NAME

 

GADOT LABORATORY SUPPLIES LTD.

 

 

REGISTERED NAME & ADDRESS

 

GADOT LAB SUPPLIES LTD.

Telephone                     972 9 892 95 00

Fax                                972 9 835 70 40

P.O Box 8757

16 Habonim Street      

South Industrial Zone  

NETANYA 42504 ISRAEL

 

 

 

HISTORY

 

A private limited company, incorporated as per file No. 51-147662-4 on the 16.5.1990.

 

Originally registered under the name D. N. COLUMBUS SHIPPING LTD., which changed to CONMART LTD. on the 28.6.1991, which changed to the present name on the 14.10.2002.

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Authorized share capital NIS 14,000.00, divided into -

14,000 ordinary shares of NIS 1.00 each,

of which shares amounting to NIS 100.00 were issued.

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Subject is a fully owned subsidiary of GADOT CHEMICAL TERMINALS (1985) LTD., fully owned by GADOT CHEMICALS TANKERS AND TERMINALS LTD., a public limited company whose shares are traded on the Tel Aviv stock exchange,  controlled by the Johananoff Family.

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

1. Moshe Johananoff, Chairman,

2. Yehuda Cohen, General Manager of the group,

3. Shmuel Avisar,

4. Yossef (Joe) Johananoff,                   

5. Daniel (Dani) Johananoff,

6. Arnon Goldfareb,

7. Amnon Sade,

8. Avinoam Finkelman,

9. Ms. Rina Ron.

 

GENERAL MANAGER

 

Yehiel Sobol.

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Importers, manufacturers, and marketers of chemicals for laboratories, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry.

 

Operating from the GADOT Group rented premises in 16 Habonim Street, South Industrial Zone, Netanya, and from a rented plant, on an area of 1,100 sq. meters, in Or Akiva.

 

The group is also operating from large premises in the Kishon port (near Haifa), Kiryat Ata, Ashdod and Greece, and from offices in the Netherlands and the USA.

 

Having in all 12 employees (335 in the Group).

                                                                  

 

MEANS

 

Financial data is included in the consolidated B/S of parent company, GADOT CHEMICALS TANKERS AND TERMINALS LTD., which shows:

 

                                                                        NIS (thousands)

                                                                31.12.2005     31.12.2004

ASSETS

Current Assets

    Cash and cash equivalents                   70,552             23,579

    Short term investments                        79,153             29,219

    Customers                                          261,035           244,357

    Debtors                                                19,479             13,532

    Stock                                                    73,512           _87,489

                                                               503,731           398,176

 

Long term investments and loans              4,670             21,433

Fixed Assets                                           208,501           114,283

Other assets and deferred expenses     __28,531          __16,529

                                                               745,433           550,421

                                                              =======          =======

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities                                   380,016           363,663

Long-term liabilities                               234,015           101,268

Minority interests                                         131                  516

Equity                                                   _131,271           _84,974

                                                               745,433           550,421

                                                                ======          =======

 

Parent’s current market value US$ 77.6 million.

 

There are 2 charges for unlimited amounts and one charge for a sum of

US$ 60,000 registered on the company's assets, in favor of Bank Hapoalim Ltd.

 

 

ANNUAL SALES

 

GADOT CHEMICALS TANKERS

AND TERMINALS LTD.,

Consolidated Statement of Income

NIS (thousands)

Year ended 31.12

 

                                                                     2003         2004          2005

Revenues                                                  690,554     909,419 1,049,198

 

Gross profit                                               103,671     140,204    161,668

 

Operating income                                       45,670       69,203      87,819

 

Pre-tax income                                           34,149       56,082      68,789

 

Net income                                                 24,783       35,688      48,114

                                                                  ======      ======   =======

 

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 

GADOT CHEMICALS CONTAINERS AND TANKERS LTD., parent company, also controls:

TANCO INTERNATIONAL (97) LTD, 50%, liquids chemical transportation,

ZUR GADIM LTD., 100%, a holding company,

GADOT STORAGE & CONVEYING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 99%, terminal operators,

CHEMSHIP B.V, - Holland. 100%, trading and logistics,

G.C.T. ESTABLISHMENT LTD., Lichtenstein, 100%,

G.C.T. LTD., 100%, USA, trading in chemicals,

GADOT A.S.M. LTD.., import and distribute edible vegetable oils, acid oils for feed mills,

S.L.H. CHEMICAL HAULAGE SERVICES CO. LTD., 77%, chemical land transport,

GADOT YAM CHEMICALS SHIPPING LTD., 100%,

EURO-GAMA ASSETS LTD., 100%,

CHEMIPHARM AGENCIES LP, 99%,

CONNMART (SHIPPING AGENTS) LTD., 50%,,

CHYMA BULK CHEMICALS AND SHIPPING S.A., 100%, Greece,

EUROCHEM ITALIA S.R.L., 50%,

EUROCHEM MARITIME B.V., 100%, Netherlands,

GADOT A.S.M LTD., 100%,

CHEMICLOR (2005) CHEMICALS MARKETING LTD., 75%,

CHEM TANKERS MANAGEMENT B.V., 50%, the Netherlands,

CHEM TANKERSB.V., 50%, the Netherlands.

               

 

BANKERS

 

Bank Leumi LeIsrael B.M., Netanya Business Branch (No. 717).

 

 

CHARACTER AND REPUTATION

 

Nothing unfavorable learned.

 

Subject’s officials refused to disclose any details.

 

According to the chairman of the chemical, pharmaceutical and environment union in the industrialists association, sales of the branch in 2004 increased by 18% to US$ 11.93 billion.

 

Exports of the branch were US$ 6.43 billion, a 27% increase from 2003, and sales to the local market were US$ 5.5 billion, a 9% increase from 2003.

 

In the first 3 quarters of 2005, exports were US$ 5.6 billion, 22% increase from the parallel period in 2004.

 

The chemical industry comprises of 14% of Israel’s industrial manufacturing and 17% of its industrial exports. The industry employs close to 26,000 employees.

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Maximum unsecured credit recommended US$ 500,000.

 

 

 

 


 

 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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