MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

18.11.2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CG-COREEL PROGRAMMABLE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Name: 

SATNAM TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

21, 7th Main, First Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.04.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-033050

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72200KA2003PTC033050

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Hardware Design Services and Embedded System Solutions

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 425000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well – established company having satisfactory track records. Trade relations are fair. Financial position is satisfactory. Payments are correct and as per commitments. The company is doing well.

 

It can be considered good for any normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.   

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered/Head Office :

21, 7th Main, First Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, Karnataka

Tel. No.:

91-80-4197 0400, 2552 6775, 2552 8940

Fax No.:

91-80-2552 8955

E-Mail :

murali@cg-coreel.com; designs@cg-coreel.com

Website :

http://www.cg-coreel.com

Area :

46,000 Sq. ft.

Location :

Commercial

 

 

Office :

C/o Logix Park, A-4, Sector 16, Noida 201 301, Uttar Pradesh

Tel. No.:

91-120-2517690, 2517699

Fax No.:

91-120-2514956

E-Mail :

design@cg-coreel.com; info@coreel.com

Location :

Commercial

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Kewal Krishan Nohria

Designation :

Chairman

Address :

11, Arya Varta, 351 Narayan Dabholkar Road, Mumbai 400 006

Date of Birth/Age :

04.10.1932

Date of Appointment :

29.08.2000

Profile

Mr. Nohria has served as a member of their board of directors since 1999 and is the Ex-Chairman of Crompton Greaves Limited. He holds positions in numerous industry associations, professional bodies, educational and research institutes. Mr. Nohria also serves as Chairman of the Board for a number of Indian companies.  He is currently President of ASSOCHAM and also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology. In the past he has been President of the Indian Electrical Electronics Manufacturers Association, President of the All India Management Association, President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, President of the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, President of the Indian Society for Value Engineering.

 

He graduated in Electrical Engineering from Benares Engineering College, Benares Hindu University, India.

 

 

Name :

Mr. Chetan Vadilal Sanghvi

Designation :

Director

Address :

45131, Manzanita Ct, Fremont, CA 94539, USA

Date of Birth/Age :

14.02.1956

Date of Appointment :

01.07.1999

Profile

Mr. Sanghvi has served as their Vice Chairman of Board of Directors since their incorporation in 1999. From January 1992 to April 1996, he served as the President of Coreel Microsystems, Inc., a California corporation. During this time, he assisted NexGen, Inc. in designing its 586 and 686 processors.

 

From September 1987 to December 1991, he served as the Executive Vice President of Arcus Technology, Inc., an affiliate of VLSI Technology, Inc. Prior to September 1987; he was the Operations Manager at Verdix Corp., where he was instrumental in designing the first multi-level secure LAN. Mr. Sanghvi has also worked as a Senior Design Engineer at Intel Corporation from September 1980 to September 1983, where he was involved in developing the architecture for the 386 Processor. He was instrumental in establishing a design center in India responsible for designing various ASICs.

 

He received his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston and a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nagishetty Ramesh Babu

Designation :

Managing Director Flat No. 404, Sobha Garnet, No. 38/2B, Iblur Sarjapur Road, Bangalore 560 034

Address :

02.10.1956

Date of Appointment :

12.06.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Padur Vishwanatha

Designation :

Director

Address :

678, 6th C Main, 12th Cross, J P Nagar – III Phase, Bangalore 560 078, Karnataka

Date of Birth/Age :

20.08.1968

Date of Appointment :

16.07.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vadilal M Sanghvi

Designation :

Director

Address :

8 Paramani, D N Purav Marg, Chunabhatti West, Mumbai 400 022

Date of Birth/Age :

06.08.1929

Date of Appointment :

16.07.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ramesh B Nagisetty

Designation :

Managing Director

Profile

Mr. Nagisetty has served as the member of the Board since the year 2000. He provides the strategic direction and charter of accelerating the company's journey of profitable growth. In addition, he steers CG-Coreel's business in the domestic as well as international markets.

 

Previously, Mr. Nagisetty was the General Manager, Technical for CG-Coreel Logic Systems. Prior to CG-Coreel Logic Systems, he was with Crompton Greaves Limited. as the Deputy General Manager, Computers Networking Division responsible for driving the enterprise networking business besides managing technical and strategic partnerships.

 

At CG-Coreel, he has been entrusted the leadership role to spearhead the growth of the design services business, which is a strategic growth engine for CG-Coreel besides his responsibility of realizing the CG-Coreel's vision of technology leadership in Design Services globally.

 

Mr. Nagisetty holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Andhra University and Masters degree from IIT, Kharagpur.

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vishwanath Padur

Designation :

Vice President - Business Development

Profile

Mr. Padur is a founder member of the company and has been responsible for building strong Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Application Engineering teams at CG-Core El.

 

He has over 13 years of experience in serving the EDA, Semiconductor and Services industries. As the head of Business Operations, he manages the business development activities for the Design Services Business and Technology Solutions Division comprising of distribution and support activities.

 

He is responsible for strategic planning and developing a long-term business model that provides the company sustained growth, stability and profitability. In addition to setting up systems, standards, processes and enhancing the brand image of CG-Coreel, he is also part of the core management team that ensures competency development, knowledge creation, dissemination and deployment within CG-Coreel.

 

Prior to CG-Coreel Programmable Solutions, he served as the Sales Manager at CG-Coreel Logic Systems Limited. responsible for creating and growing the market for Xilinx products. Prior to this he held Senior Sales and Technical Support positions at CMR Design Automation and IDM Limited and was responsible for the sales operations of Recal Redac, Analogy, Viewlogic products in the domestic market.

 

Mr. Padur received his Bachelors degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from SJCE, Mysore University.

 

 

Name :

Mr. Wikneswaran Pillai

Designation :

General Manager - Engineering

Profile

Mr. Pillai is the General Manager - Engineering at CG-Coreel Programmable solutions. In this position, he is responsible for architecting the engineering projects of their design services portfolio.

 

Prior to holding this position, he worked as Senior Application Engineer at CG-Corel Logic Systems Limited. From 1995 to 1999. He also served as the Training Manager and has conducted several Training programmes on FPGA Architecture and HDL coding techniques for Indian Corporate Customers.

 

Mr. Pillai is a graduate from Chartered Engineers of U. K.

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. S Nagappa

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

669, 8th B Main, II Block, II Stage, Manjunath Nagar, Bangalore 560 010

Date of Birth/Age :

14.09.1938

Date of Appointment :

01.01.2004

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Mr. Kewal Krishan Nohria

922,500

17.04

Mr. Chetan Vadilal Sanghvi

1,313,025

24.26

Mr. Vadilal M Sanghvi

1,448,325

26.76

Ms. Anju Nohria

270,600

5.00

M/s. CG-Programmable Employees Stock Option Trust

393,218

7.26

Mr. N Ramesh Babu

317,625

5.87

Mr. P Vishwanath

240,750

4.45

Mr. P Winkneswaran

130,500

2.41

Mr. Sujay S.W.

30,750

0.57

Mr. V Harish

12,300

0.23

Mr. K S Chethan

23,062

0.43

Mr. P Murali Krishna

30,750

0.57

Ms. T P Srividhya

23,062

0.43

Mr. Nitesh Gupta

30,750

0.57

Mr. Srikanth S.N

12,300

0.23

Mr. Akmal Sageer

12,300

0.23

Mr. Malikarjuna B.S.

15,375

0.28

Mr. Faraz Ahmed

6,150

0.11

Mr. Rajesh Bansal

6,150

0.11

Ms. Deepashree S.M.

6,150

0.11

Mr. Anil N.S.

6,150

0.11

Mr. Aravind P Pamli

15,375

0.28

Mr. T Senthil Kumar

6,150

0.11

Ms. Mary Josephine Clara

3,075

0.06

Ms. Jyotsna Bijapur

3,075

0.06

Ms. Sushma Desai

3,075

0.06

Mr. Shankar Joshi

3,075

0.06

Mr. Siva Kumar P.R.

3,075

0.06

Mr. Mohd Asad Javed

3,075

0.06

Mr. Bhanu Prakesh Verma

3,075

0.06

Mr. Sanjay Patil

3,075

0.06

Mr. Sunil Govind Joshi

9,225

0.17

Mr. Vetcha Prasad Kumar

1,536

0.03

Ms. Sugatha Kumar T.K

1,538

0.03

Mr. Raghuveer S

3,075

0.06

Mr. Montu Makadia

1,538

0.03

Mr. Saravana Raja R

1,538

0.03

Mr. T A Ramaswamy

32,288

0.60

Mr. Y N Kumar

32,288

0.60

Mr. Pramod Phadke

32,287

0.60

Total

5,413,230

100.00

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Hardware Design Services and Embedded System Solutions

 

 

Exports to :

USA, UK, Asia Pacific and European countries

 

 

Imports from :

Europe

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

CG Coreel Programmable Solutions PLC (UK)

 

 

No. of Employees :

 

 

 

Bankers :

Canara Bank, Koramangalam Layout Branch, Bangalore – 34

 

 

Facilities :

--

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

M/s Sharp & Tannan

Chartered Accountants

Address:

103, Midford House, Midford Garden, Bangalore 560 001

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Coreel Group

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

10,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs.10.- each

Rs. 100.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

5563230

Equity Shares

Rs.10.- each

Rs. 55.632 Millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

55.632

36.088

36.088

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

52.004

63.816

36.845

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

107.636

99.904

72.933

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

2.120

2.890

1.572

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

109.756

102.794

74.505

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

46.155

44.119

25.282

Capital work-in-progress

3.831

0.659

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

59.011

29.313

15.492

 

Cash & Bank Balances

24.852

37.940

0.000

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

25.790

 

Loans & Advances

27.450

23.212

22.549

Total Current Assets

111.313

90.465

63.831

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

40.619

25.171

11.162

 

Provisions

10.924

7.278

3.446

Total Current Liabilities

51.543

32.449

14.608

Net Current Assets

59.770

58.016

49.223

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

109.756

102.794

74.505

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2003

Sales Turnover [including other income]

201.520

169.573

133.064

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

11.656

32.677

41.522

Provision for Taxation

0.112

1.592

0.383

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

11.544

31.085

41.139

 

 

 

 

Total Expenditure

172.630

125.295

NA

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

              5.73

           18.33

30.91

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

              5.93

           19.68

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

              7.16

           22.98

46.59

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

            10.73

           31.11

0.56

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

--

--

0.20

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.16

2.79

4.36

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Ratio

 

              2.16

              2.79

--

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities/Networth

 

              0.48

              0.32

--

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Asset / Networth

 

              0.43

              0.44

--

 

 

 

 

 

Average Collection Days

 

109.51

64.43

--

 

 

 

 

 

Account Receivables Turnover

 

3.33

5.67

--

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory Turnover

 

#DIV/0!

#DIV/0!

--

 

 

 

 

 

Asset Turnover

 

4.26

3.76

--

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The company was originally incorporated in Pune on 20.04.1999, having Company Registration No. 119512.  

 

The Registered Office of the company was shifted from Pune to Bangalore with effect from 19.12.2003, and obtained a new Company Registration Number 33050

 

Strategic Alliances

 

v      Mentor Graphics Corporation

v      Xilinx Inc.,

v      PMC Sierra Inc.,

v      Dynamic Soft Analysis Inc.,

v      Downstream Technologies, LLC

v      CoWare Inc.,

v      Carbon Design Systems

 

Services

 

v      PCB Design

v      FPGA Design

v      Turnkey FPGA Development

v      IP Development

v      ASIC Design Services

v      Turnkey ASIC Development (from Specifications to Prototypes)

v      RTL Hand-off

v      Netlist Hand-off

v      Physical Design

v      Testability Services (DFT)

v      RTL & Physical Verification Services

v      ASIC Prototyping on FPGA

v      IP Development

v      ASIC Prototyping on FPGA

 

Quality Assessment

 

ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company

 

CG-Coreel Programme Solutions started their operations in 1992 where they conceptualized, developed and sold IP Cores in the Telecom / Networking markets. The company was re-launched in 1999 as CG-CoreEl Programmable Solutions where the primary business focus is on selling Hardware Design Services and Embedded System Solutions.

 

CG-Coreel is a zero-debt company. Their operations have been profitable since inception. For the last 4 years they have seen a sustained revenue growth @ 60%.  CG-Coreel is in the business of providing customized embedded systems design services and technology solutions to clients in India, US & European markets. Their customer profiles are varied cutting across multiple industry segments like Telecom, Networking, Industrial Automation, Defence and Aerospace etc.

 

 

 1999: CG-CoreEl Programmables incorporated.

 2000: Agreement with Mentor Graphics as VAR.

 2001: Sandeepani - VLSI Training school established; ATC of Mentor Graphics / Xilinx.

 2001: FPGA Design partnership with Agilent.

 2002: Appointed representative for Xilinx in India.

 2003: Appointed representative for PMC-Sierra in India.

 2003: Appointed distributor for ATI.

 2003: Launch of PCB Design Services / Embedded systems design services.

 

Incorporated in 1999, CG-Coreel is a design house, which provides embedded system design services with emphasis on quality deliverables. Convergence of exciting technology with the ability to continuously exceed delivery expectations has been the focus. This attribute has resulted in us being one of the fastest growing design houses in the country.

 

From a successful beginning, they have grown to become key players in the area of embedded systems design space. Their approach is characterized by their rigorous framework of processes and methodologies, which enables us to monitor and control key project parameters and specifications.

 

Amongst the key success factors is their ability to build and sustain relationships with clients and partners through the Unique Value Proposition they offer - all their services are characterized by: Rigorous Project Management and Control, Quality Assurance & Customized Delivery Model.

 

Business Overview

Incorporated in 1999, CG-Coreel is a design house, which provides embedded system design services with emphasis on quality deliverables. Convergence of exciting technology with ability to continuously exceed delivery expectations has been the focus. This attribute has resulted in us being one of the fastest growing design houses in the country.

 

They primarily offer design services in the areas of FPGA, ASIC, PCB and embedded system level requirements. One of their key success factors is the ability to build and sustain relationships with clients and partners through the Unique Value Proposition they offer - all their services are characterized by: Rigorous Project Management and Control, Quality Assurance & Customized Delivery Model.

 

Milestones

From a successful beginning, they have grown to become key players in the area of embedded systems space. They have been able to build competencies and build relationships with strategic partners to add value to their clients.

 

1999 – CG-Coreel Programmables incorporated.

 

2000 – Agreement with Mentor Graphics as VAR.

 

2001 – Sandeepani - VLSI Training school established; ATC of Mentor Graphics / Xilinx.

 

2001 – FPGA Design partnership with Agilent.

 

2002 – Appointed representative for Xilinx in India.

 

2003 – Appointed representative for PMC-Sierra in India.

 

2003 – Appointed distributor for ATI.

 

2003 – Launch of PCB Design Services / Embedded systems design services.

 

 

Service Offerings

 

v      FPGA Design.

 

v      PCB Design.

 

v      ASIC Design.

 

v      Embedded System Design.

 

 

Alliances

 

v      Mentor Graphics Corporation.

 

v      Xilinx, Inc.

 

v      PMC Sierra, Inc.

 

v      AccelChip.

 

v      TransEDA.

 

v      Dynamic Soft Analysis, Inc.

 

v      Downstream Technologies, LLC.

 

 

CG-Coreel is a design house providing design services in the ASIC and embedded system space. Their services offerings are designed to function with minimal customer involvement and the process ensures flawless and timely delivery, be it designs starting from specifications or point services. This is what they call "Outsourced Ownership".

Key service offerings include:

v      FPGA Design

v      PCB Design

v      ASIC Design

v      Embedded System Design

 

They provide a flexible business and delivery models for clients and have been a vendor of choice for some of their existing clientele. The emphasis has always been to adapt to the needs of the clients in terms of the delivery methodology. They have the necessary EDA infrastructure and the application support to support the delivery, which adds value to the service offerings. This has been possible due to their industry affiliations with Mentor Graphics, Xilinx, PMC Sierra etc. that expands their capabilities.

 

They have developed a strong relationship with select technology driven partners, to provide their customers with the most advanced and suitable technology solutions.

Some of their key partners include:

 

v      Mentor Graphics - Sole distributor in India.

 

v      Xilinx - Exclusive representative in India.

 

v      PMC Sierra - Exclusive representative in India.

 

v      CoWare - Exclusive distributor in India.

 

v      Carbon - Development partner.

 

v      Paxonet - Development partner.

 

v      AccelChip - Authorised distributor.

 

v      Downstream Technologies - Value added reseller.

 

 

 


CMT REPORT [Corruption, Money laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.45.01

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.91

Euro

1

Rs.57.48

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

54

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)                  Ownership background (20%)                         Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                            Market trend (10%)                                             Operational size (10%)

 


 

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

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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