MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

08.08.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LULU MUSCAT HYPERMARKET LLC

 

 

Registered Office :

Sultan Qaboos Street, Ghubra Area, P O Box 436, Muscat 130

 

 

Country :

Sultanate of Oman

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

5th June 2004

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

1757776, Muscat

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company – LLC

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged as operators of a hypermarket.

 

 

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 :

US$ 200,000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


SUMMARY

 

Company Name                         : LULU MUSCAT HYPERMARKET LLC

Country of Origin                                    : Sultanate of Oman

Legal Form                                            : Limited Liability Company - LLC

Registration Date                                   : 5th June 2004

Commercial Registration Number            : 1757776, Muscat

Membership Number                              : 1432

Issued Capital                                        : RO 100,000

Paid up Capital                                      : RO 100,000

Total Workforce                                     : 2,300

Line of Business                                    : Operators of a hypermarket.

Financial Condition                                 : Undetermined

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

 

 

 


COMPANY NAME

 

LULU MUSCAT HYPERMARKET LLC

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

 

Street               : Sultan Qaboos Street

Area                 : Ghubra Area

PO Box            : 436

Town                : Muscat 130

Country             : Sultanate of Oman

Telephone         : (968-24) 504504

Facsimile          : (968-24) 594747

Email                : contactus@luluhypermarket.com

 

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a medium sized suite of offices and a hypermarket that are rented and located in the Central Business Area of Muscat.

 

 

Branch Offices

 

Subject has branch offices located in Seeb, Sohar, Darshit and Salalah.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

Name                                               Nationality         Position

 

·       Yousaf Mosyilam Ali                           Indian              Managing Director

 

·       A V Anand                                              -               General Manager

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment : 5th June 2004

 

Legal Form                 : Sharikat Thet Massouliya Mahdoudeh (Limited Liability Company – LLC)

 

Commercial Reg. No.  : 1757776, Muscat

 

Membership No.          : 1432

 

Issued Capital             : RO 100,000

 

Paid up Capital           : RO 100,000

 

 

Name of Shareholder (s)

 

·       Yousaf Mosyilam Ali

 

·       Unnamed local sponsor

 

Non Omani Participation

 

The participation of non-Omani nationals in a trade or business in Oman is governed by the Foreign Business Investment Law, which sets capital requirements and requires 35 % Omani participation in capital and profits.

 

Note to the Legal Form  

 

The Limited Liability Company (LLC), or private company, is the form of business entity usually chosen by foreign investors. It may be formed by a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 30 natural or legal persons, whose liability is limited to their shares in the company’s capital. The minimum capital of a Limited Liability Company with foreign

ownership should be RO 150,000, although this may be reduced to a minimum of RO 30,000 with the approval of the Minister of Commerce and Industry. For a company wholly owned by Omani nationals, the minimum capital is RO 10,000.

 

Contributions to capital may be made in cash of kind. Capital may not be increased by public subscription. The full amount of the share value must be paid in on subscription. hares may not be assigned to a non-member, unless the other existing members are granted a pre-emptive right to purchase the shares.

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Subject is a member of the well known EMKE Group which has operations dating back to 1966. It has diversified activities covering the department store/supermarket and hypermarket business, as well as  the import and distribution of food stuff and consumer staple goods, garment manufacturing and also information technology training.

 

Based in the United Arab Emirates, the EMKE Group’s activities span the globe with operational bases in India, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, Spain and other Middle East countries such as Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.

 

The EMKE Group consists of the following concerns :

 

·       EMKE General Trading

Al Qusais

PO Box : 60188

Dubai

Tel : (971-4) 2670077

Fax : (971-4) 2670088

 

·       EMKE Stores

Saif Suhail Al Kheili Building

Madina Zayed

PO Box : 4048

Abu Dhabi

Tel : (971-2) 6732131 / 6394949 / 6421800

Fax : (971-2) 6732151 / 6396807

 

·       Al Tayeb Meat Est

Mina Free Zone

     PO Box : 4048

     Abu Dhabi

     Tel : (971-2) 6732141

     Fax : (971-2) 6732144

 

·       Al Tayeb Cold Stores LLC

Mina Free Port

     PO Box : 4048

     Abu Dhabi

     Tel : (971-2) 6731831 / 6730393

     Fax : (971-2) 6731124

     Email: altcs@emirates.net.ae

 

·       Gulf Star Est

PO Box : 27608

Abu Dhabi

Tel : (971-2) 4481200

Fax : (971-2) 4481718

 

·       Huda Shipping International

     Mina Zayed

     PO Box : 4048

     Abu Dhabi

     Tel : (971-2) 6224226

     Fax : (971-2) 6224244

 

·       Syscoms Information Technology

     Liwa Street

     PO Box : 4048

     Abu Dhabi

     Tel : (971-2) 6224226

     Fax : (971-2) 6224244

 

·       Asif Jewellery

       Hamdan Street

PO Box 4048

Abu Dhabi

Tel : (971-2) 6331366 

Fax : (971-2) 6334466

 

·       EMKE Stores

Mina

     PO Box : 4048

     Abu Dhabi

     Tel : (971-2) 6732131

     Fax : (971-2) 6732151

 

·       Emke Commodities (Kenya) Ltd

PO Box 1556

Mombasa

Kenya

Tel : (254-11) 434463

Fax : (254-11) 432390

 

·       EMKE Tanzania Ltd

PO Box : 40652

Dar Ed Salaam

Tanzania

 

·       EMKE Garments (Kenya) Ltd

PO Box : 1556

Mombasa

Kenya

Tel : (254-11) 432585

Fax : (254-11) 432390

 

·       Fair Exports (India) Pvt. Ltd

     501 Madhava Bandra Kurla Complex

     Bandra (East)

     Mumbai 400051

     India

 

·       E K Prima Exports Thailand Ltd

     64/16 Sukhumvil Soi-20

     Bangkok 10110

     Thailand

 

·       E K Prima Exports HongKong Ltd

     Yu Cheong Ind Centre, Room 5K

     1 Wong Chuk Yeung Street

     Fotan

     Hong Kong

 

·       P.T.E.K. Prima Ekspor Indonesia

     J1, Mangga Dua Raya

     Block C 12

     Jakarta 14430

     Indonesia

     Tel : (62-21) 6128791/ 6128792

     Fax : (62-21) 6019438

 

·       Y Tex Fashions

     San Joaquin, 99-101 

     Bajos 1, 08922

     Santa Coloma Degramnet

     Barcelona

     Spain

 

 

LINE OF BUSINESS

 

Operations : Engaged as operators of a hypermarket.

 

Import Countries : Europe and GCC countries.

 

Subject has a workforce of approximately 2,300 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Companies registered in Oman are not legally required to make their accounts public and no financial information was released by the company or submitted by outside sources.

 

 

BANKERS

 

·       The Commercial Bank of Oman SAOG

Muttrah Business District

PO Box : 1696, Ruwi 112

Muscat

Tel : (968-24) 793225 / 793226 / 793228

     Fax : (968-24) 793229

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Established in 2004, subject is involved as operators of a hypermarket. Subject belongs to the well known EMKE Group of companies.

 

According to local sources, subject meets its payment obligations in a timely manner and the business is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 

Maximum suggested credit figure: US$ 200,000

 


 

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

NR

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

No Rating

 

 

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%)

 

 

 

 

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