MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

24th November, 2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SUND BIRSTA AB

 

 

Registered Office :

Box 994, 851 25  Sundsvall

 

 

Country :

Sweden

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1982-08

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

556219-4679

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited company, private

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n e c

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aaa

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

10.000 TSEK

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


 SUMMARY

 

Company Name             : Sund Birsta AB

Address                                    : Box 994, 851 25  Sundsvall

Visiting address                         : Heffnersvägen 34

Tel.....                                       : +46-60-13 94 00

Credit rating.                              : Aaa

Risk forecast.                            : < 0,03%

Credit limit..                               : 10.000 TSEK

Pmt complaints                         : Not reg

Claims........                              : Not reg

Registered....                             : 1982-08

Comp. No                                  : 556219-4679

Net sales.......(05)                      : 350.970 TSEK

Res aft. fin.net(05)                      : 50.447 TSEK

Equity..........(05)                       : 45.378 TSEK

Employees...........                     : 64 pcs

 

Ultimate parent company in Sund Birsta AB-group

 

 

MOST RECENT EVENTS

 

 

   - New Reg. Board member                                   06-11-20

 

 

CREDIT OPINION

 

Risk forecast......: < 0,03%

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

 

 - Explanation of company's Credit Rating and Risk Forecast

 

      Area                                                                       Influence

 

      Closing Accounts and Key Ratios                                         Decreases risk conside

      Payment complaints and other deficiencies                Neutral

      Board of directors                                                                 Decreases risk

      Other information                                                     Decreases risk

 

      The strengths and weaknesses are based on the average risk for similar companies.

 

   - Historical Credit Ratings

 

      Date           Cr. rating           Riskf.cast                      Reason

      2006-10-27      5                    < 0,03%                      started reporting historical credit ratings

 

Industry Risk Forecast: 0,4%

Median value for limited company regarding industry 29240, such as Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n e c.

 

Other info may of course affect your assessment of the risk.

 

- Credit limit........: 10.000 TSEK (=maximum limit at UC).

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-no.............                        : SE 556219467901

- Registered office..        : Sundsvall municipality in Västernorrlands county

- No of locations....         : 1

 

Main establishment

------------------

- Designation                 : Head office

- Visiting address           : Heffnersvägen 34, 856 33 Sundsvall

 

Description of business activities

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- Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n e c

(Main business acc to SCB, SNI2002:29240)

- Construction and other engineering activities

(Subsidiary business acc to SCB, SNI2002:74202)

- Construction and other engineering activities

(Subsidiary business acc to SCB, SNI2002:74202)

 

   History

   -------

   - 82-08           Comp reg under the current reg no and name: AB Grundstenen 10 425

   - 83-02           Changed name to: Birsta Teknik AB

   - 83-11           Changed name to: Birsta Fastighetsförvaltning AB

   - 89-12           Company reg under the current name

   - 93-04-01       Company registered to pay business tax

   - - - -              Company was registered to pay VAT

   - - - -              Company was registered to pay employer contributions

   - 03-09           Articles of Association adopted

   - 03-09-04       Peter Mårstedt new Managing Director

 

   Matters pending with Reg. Office

   --------------------------------

   No notes of imminent changes

 

   Non categorized information

   ---------------------------

   - The company/part of the company is ISO-9001 certified

 

   - The company has the following SE domain(s) and possibly a home

     page: www.sundbirsta.se

 

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

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ETC

 

   Board members according to Reg Office

   -------------------------------------

   Board members etc reg prior to 91-04 unless otherwise stated.

   -------------------------------------------------------------

   - Peter Mårstedt (Birth: 1963).........      MD and Regular member

                                                            Reg. in company 03-09-04

   - Åke Johansson (Birth: 1939)..........    Regular member

                                                            Reg. in company 94-11-24

   - Erich Walter Grossmann...............    Regular member

     (Birth: 1956)                                     Living abroad

                                                            Reg. in company 06-11-20

   - Franco Alzetta (Birth: 1958).........      Regular member

                                                            Living abroad

                                                            Reg. in company 04-09-10

   - Luca Ferraresi (Birth: 1965).........       Regular member

                                                            Living abroad

                                                            Reg. in company 05-07-14

   - Christina Johansson (Birth: 1964)....   Reg. memb. and empl. repr.

                                                            Reg. in company 02-09-04

   - Mikael Isolehto (Birth: 1965)........       Reg. memb. and empl. repr.

                                                            Reg. in company 04-11-05

   - Mikael Bertlin (Birth: 1961).........        Dep. memb. and empl. repr.

                                                            Reg. in company 04-11-05

   - Öhrlings Pricewaterhousecoopers AB...Revisionsföretag

     (556029-6740)

 

   Board members etc that have left the company during the last two years

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   - iuseppe Vignato (Birth: 1952)........     Regular member

                                                            Living abroad

                                                            Reg. in company 02-10-07

                                                            Deregistered 05-07-14

 

   Board of directors data

   -----------------------

   - No of board members (ord members and MD)              5

   - Any board member with comm in other comp?            Yes

   - Any board member with comm in bankrupt comp?       No

   - Any board member with payment complaint?               No

   - Any board member with bankruptcy petition?               No

   - Any brd member with bal of dept with Enf Auth?          No

 

   Authorized signatory (available in Swedish on

   ------------------------------------------------

Firman tecknas av styrelsen

firman tecknas av

-Mårstedt, Peter Johan Anton

Firman tecknas av

-Johansson, Åke Ingemar

I förening med en av

-Alzetta, Franco

-Ferraresi, Luca

 

 

GROUP RELATIONSHIP ETC

 

                                                            Own.-                As of Comments

   Shareholder in subject company           share

   ------------------------------

   - Industrielle Beteiligung

     SA (Luxemburg)..............                  >50 %               05-06

 

   For a complete specification of subsidiaries etc, see enclosure  2.

 

 

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND RATIOS

 

 

Inc. Statem. TSEK

-----------------  0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Net sales           +350.970   +274.372   +243.875   +230.668   +258.908

P/l after fin itm....+50.447....+18.145....+23.159....+28.035....+32.129

 

Balance TSEK

------------       0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Tot fixed ass .........5.615......5.340......8.112......8.250......5.767

Tot curr assets .....196.093....104.296....123.293....127.058....145.629

 

Total equity .........45.378.....45.999.....46.330.....57.625.....56.766

Tot long-t liab ......25.600..........0..........0..........0..........0

Tot current liab ....102.752.....38.960.....47.674.....35.662.....51.696

Tot equity & liab....201.708....109.637....131.405....135.308....151.396

 

Notes and

audit rpt

---------          0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

No of employees           64         57         56         58         57

Audit report        Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif

 

Ratios               0407     0307     0207     0107     00071)industry-

------              -0506    -0406    -0306    -0206    -0106  value 05

 

Equity/assets  %     31,8     57,2     55,2     64,1     57,1     32,1

Quick ratio    %    172,3    209,9    205,6    343,7    257,9    113,8

Return on ass. %     25,2     16,6     17,6     20,8     21,2     10,0

Cash fl/t.liab %     28,9     26,0     38,7     59,0     46,5     21,4

Risk margin    %     24,9     16,5     17,6     20,6     21,2      8,6

Consol. ratio  %     35,8     63,7     63,7     73,3     65,5     35,6

 

1) Median of companies with at least 20 employees in an industry 29240 such as Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n e c

 

For the complete annual accounts and all ratios, see enclosure 1.

 

 

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Share capital

-------------

- Total:     10.000 TSEK

 

- The most recently registered changes in the share capital

Amount

91-12  New issue           5.000 TSEK

90-10  Bonus issue       3.900 TSEK

89-12  New issue           1.049 TSEK

 

Chattel mortgages

-----------------

- Total:     52.000,0 TSEK

- The most recently issued mortgages

Amount

94-01                 5.000,0 TSEK

92-07                 5.000,0 TSEK

92-07                 5.000,0 TSEK

92-07                 5.000,0 TSEK

90-11                32.000,0 TSEK

 

Unprivileged claims in clients' bankruptcies

--------------------------------------------

- UC has not been notified about any claims in bankruptcies in the last 2 years.

 

Properties

----------

- The company is not reg as property owner according to UC's.

 

 

9 PAYMENT COMPLAINTS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PAYMENT INFORMATION

 

- No complaints have been registered.

 

- Debt with the Enforcement Serv, no debt was recorded on 2006-11-17.

 

 

MOST RECENT INQUIRIES AT UC

 

 

- During the last 12 months there have been 6 inquiries reg. at UC.

 

- Up to 10 most recently registered inquiries

 

Date                 Amount

06-05-31

06-05-11            1.000.000

06-03-20

06-01-24

06-01-04            15.206

05-12-21

 

 

ENCLOSURES

 

No. Type of enclosure, name etc

 

1   Annual accounts/ratios

2   Group relationship

 

 

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND RATIOS

 

 

Inc. Statem. TSEK

-----------------  0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Net sales           +350.970   +274.372   +243.875   +230.668   +258.908

Change inven             -44     -5.797    +22.873     -2.788    -19.190

Other op inc            +174        +10        +36       +290       +271

Raw mat/consum      -202.596   -165.877   -168.272   -120.377   -122.180

Other ext costs      -55.073    -46.314    -40.061    -41.029    -52.422

Personnel costs      -42.829    -38.759    -36.091    -39.690    -34.893

Depreciation            -997     -1.165     -1.178     -1.230     -1.226

Operating P/l .......+49.605....+16.470....+21.182....+25.844....+29.268

Interest inc grp           0       +137       +577     +1.035     +1.139

Ext interest inc      +1.213     +1.547     +1.404     +1.218     +1.722

Total fin income      +1.213     +1.684     +1.981     +2.253     +2.861

Interest exp grp        -350          0          0          0          0

Ext interest exp         -21         -9         -4        -62          0

Tot fin exp             -371         -9         -4        -62          0

P/l after fin itm....+50.447....+18.145....+23.159....+28.035....+32.129

P/l bef approp ......+50.447....+18.145....+23.159....+28.035....+32.129

Appropriations        -3.000    +13.523     +4.120       +912       -104

P/l bef tax .........+47.447....+31.668....+27.279....+28.947....+32.025

Tax                  -14.069     -8.960     -5.875     -7.928     -9.075

Net p/l for year ....+33.378....+22.708....+21.404....+21.019....+22.950

 

Balance TSEK

------------       0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Tot int ass                0          0          0          0          0

Equipment              2.003      1.801      2.367      2.542      2.609

Tot mach & equip       2.003      1.801      2.367      2.542      2.609

Tot tan ass            2.003      1.801      2.367      2.542      2.609

Par in grp/asso        1.350      1.350      1.350      1.350      1.350

Other fin ass          2.262      2.190      4.395      4.358      1.808

Tot fin ass            3.612      3.540      5.745      5.708      3.158

Tot fixed ass .........5.615......5.340......8.112......8.250......5.767

Work in progr          9.689     14.891     20.795          0      7.880

Other invent           9.367      7.641      4.497      4.489      4.425

Tot inventories       19.056     22.532     25.292      4.489     12.305

Accs receivable       38.598     66.120     47.617     49.748     41.715

Rec f grp/ass cos     84.369      2.381     33.998     56.576     71.623

Other curr rec        14.333     11.651     13.442     15.956     18.704

Tot curr rec         137.300     80.152     95.057    122.280    132.042

Tot cash & bank       39.737      1.612      2.944        289      1.282

Tot curr assets .....196.093....104.296....123.293....127.058....145.629

Total assets ........201.708....109.637....131.405....135.308....151.396

 

Balance TSEK

------------       0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Share capital         10.000     10.000     10.000     10.000     10.000

Other restr cap        2.000      2.000      2.000      2.000      2.000

Group con giv/rec          0    -23.040          0          0          0

P/l brought forw           0     34.331     12.926     24.606     21.816

Net p/l for year      33.378     22.708     21.404     21.019     22.950

Total equity .........45.378.....45.999.....46.330.....57.625.....56.766

Tot untax res ........26.878.....23.878.....37.401.....41.521.....42.434

Tot provisions ........1.100........800..........0........500........500

Liabl to group co     25.600          0          0          0          0

Tot long-t liab ......25.600..........0..........0..........0..........0

Accs payable          29.212     12.553     27.784     10.855     16.130

Liab t grp/ass co     23.898        116        116        116        116

Other current lia     49.642     26.291     19.774     24.691     35.450

Tot current liab ....102.752.....38.960.....47.674.....35.662.....51.696

Tot equity & liab....201.708....109.637....131.405....135.308....151.396

 

Notes etc TSEK

--------------     0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

No of employees           64         57         56         58         57

Salaries board/MD      1.009      1.124      1.200      1.211      1.047

Wgs/sal to others     24.152     22.180     19.744     19.654     18.481

Total wages/sal       25.161     23.304     20.944     20.865     19.528

Tot wages/remun       25.161     23.304     20.944     20.865     19.528

Soc sec exp           13.243     10.798      9.753     11.661      8.966

Dividend                   0          0          0     12.000     17.000

Contr sev pay             No         No         No         No        Yes

Depreciation             997      1.165      1.178      1.230      1.226

Other pledges         52.000     52.000     52.000     52.000     52.000

Total pl assets       52.000     52.000     52.000     52.000     52.000

Other contin liab      2.869      4.054      4.432      5.480      4.304

Tot conting liab       2.869      4.054      4.432      5.480      4.304

 

Audit report

------------       0407-0506  0307-0406  0207-0306  0107-0206  0007-0106

Audit report        Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif   Unqualif

 

Original annual accounts

------------------------

Order by select. Add servYes        Yes        Yes        Yes        Yes

 

Ratios               0407     0307     0207     0107     00071)industry-

------              -0506    -0406    -0306    -0206    -0106  value 05

 

Profitability............................................................

Return on equ. %    78,6     28,9     31,9     32,3     37,2     28,9

Return on ass. %    25,2     16,6     17,6     20,8     21,2     10,0

Interest rate  %    -0,3      0,0      0,0     -0,1      0,0     -1,3

Risk margin    %    24,9     16,5     17,6     20,6     21,2      8,6

Gross margin   %    14,4      6,4      9,2     11,7     11,8      7,4

Oper margin    %    14,1      6,0      8,7     11,2     11,3      5,0

Net margin     %    14,4      6,6      9,5     12,1     12,4      4,4

Interest cover     137,0   >999,9   >999,9    453,2   >999,9     14,0

Capital circulatn........................................................

Cap.turn.rate        1,7      2,5      1,9      1,7      1,7      1,8

Cash fl/t.liab %    28,9     26,0     38,7     59,0     46,5     21,4

Cash fl/finexp %  >999,9   >999,9   >999,9   >999,9        -  1.363,8

Self-fin.ratio %  >999,9        -        -    859,3        -    403,7

Stock turn./yr      18,4     12,2      9,6     51,5     21,1      6,9

Turn./empl. TSEK 5.486,0  4.813,0  4.355,0  3.982,0  4.547,0  1.500,0

Lab.costs/turn %    -7,2     -8,5     -8,6     -9,0     -7,5    -19,1

Work.cap/turn. %    26,6     23,8     31,0     39,6     36,2     14,8

Acc. rec./turn %    11,0     24,1     19,5     21,5     16,1     13,5

Stock/turn.    %     5,4      8,2     10,4      1,9      4,7     14,4

Sh.liab./turn. %    29,3     14,2     19,5     15,4     19,9     23,6

Cust.cred.time      37,3     51,8     49,9     49,5        -     46,4

Cr period grntd     14,9     18,4     19,8     14,6        -     23,9

Liquidity................................................................

Current ratio  %   190,8    267,7    258,6    356,3    281,7    157,0

Quick ratio    %   172,3    209,9    205,6    343,7    257,9    113,8

Consolidation............................................................

Equity/assets  %    31,8     57,2     55,2     64,1     57,1     32,1

Consol. ratio  %    35,8     63,7     63,7     73,3     65,5     35,6

Debt/equ ratio       2,1      0,8      0,8      0,6      0,8      2,1

Risk ratio           6,3      8,8      9,6      9,5      7,6     11,0

Fixd assts struct........................................................

Fin ass struct %    64,3     66,3     70,8     69,2     54,8     10,8

Tan ass struct %    35,7     33,7     29,2     30,8     45,2     96,3

 

1) Median of companies with at least 20 employees in an industry 29240

such as Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n e c

 

 

GROUP RELATIONSHIP ETC

 

                                                            Own.-               As of Comments

   Shareholder in subject company      share

   ------------------------------

   - Industrielle Beteiligung

     SA (Luxemburg)..............                  >50 %                05-06

 

   Subsidiary,*sub-subsidiary etc

   ------------------------------

   - Birsta-Teknik AB............                   100 %               05-06 Inactive

     (556231-7791)

   - Sund Birsta (Beijing)

     Machinery Co Ltd (China)....              65 %                 05-06

 

   Former subsidiaries etc

   -----------------------

   - Dämhus AB (556199-0317).....           100 %               Former subsidiary

                                                                                                Sold during 94/95

   - Sund Birsta SA (France).....               100 %               Former subsidiary

                                                                                                Deregistered during

                                                                                                94/95 due to liquidation

   - Sund Birsta (Beijing)

     Machinery Co Ltd (China)....              65 %                 Subsidiary until 04

   - Electrotechnology i

     Sundsvall AB (556199-0317)..            100 %               Former subsidiary

                                                                                                Sold during 92

 

 

 


 

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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