MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.07.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

QUALICAPS, INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

6505 Franz Warner Parkway, Whitsett, North Carolina - 27377                       

 

 

Country :

United States               

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10/06/1992

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation - Private

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufactures medicine capsules.

 

 

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

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

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IDENTIFICATION & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Company Name:            QUALICAPS, INC.

Trade Name(s):              SHIONOGI QUALICAPS INC

Trade Name(s):              Quali-V®

Address:                       6505 Franz Warner Parkway

City:                             Whitsett

State/Province:              NORTH CAROLINA                       

Zip Code:                      27377                       

Country:                                    UNITED STATES               

Telephone:                    336 449 3900                

Facsimile:                     336 449-3333                   

As of:                            31/12/2006

Sales / Revenue:            20,000,000  

Net Income:

Total Equity:

Number of Employees:   195

Legal Form:                   Corporation - Private

Website:                       www.qualicaps.com

Business Activity:          The Company manufactures medicine capsules.

 

 

NOTE TO CLIENT

 

Person Contacted: Mr. Bill Stella, Accounting

 

Management confirmed general information and annual sales.

 

 

LEGAL

 

Legal Form:                               Corporation - Private  

Since (D/M/Y):                           10/06/1992

State/Province of Incorporation:   DE

Status:                                                  ACTIVE

Previous Legal Form:                  Agency

 

Company is NOT required to publish an annual financial report.

 

Delaware Registration:

File Number: 2300308

Incorporation Date / Formation Date: 06/10/1992

Entity Name: QUALICAPS, INC.

Entity Kind: CORPORATION

Entity Type: GENERAL

Residency: DOMESTIC

State: DE

REGISTERED AGENT INFORMATION

Name: THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY

Address: CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE STREET

City: WILMINGTON

County: NEW CASTLE

State: DE

Postal Code: 19801

Phone: (302)658-7581

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North Carolina Registration:

Qualicaps, Inc. Legal

Shionogi Qualicaps, Inc. Prev Legal

Business Corporation Information

SOSID: 0318471

Status: Current-Active

Date Formed: 1/13/1993

Citizenship: Foreign

State of Inc.: DE

Duration:  Perpetual

Registered Agent

Agent Name: CT Corporation System

Registered Office Address: 225 Hillsborough Street

                                           Raleigh NC 27603

Registered Mailing Address:225 Hillsborough Street

                                             Raleigh NC 27603

Principal Office Address:  6505 Franz Warner Pky

                                         Whitsett NC 27377-9215

Principal Mailing Address: 6505 Franz Warner Pky

                                          Whitsett NC 27377-9215

 

 

Managers/Key Personnel

 

Mr. Herbert Hugill                     Chairman &  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

AFFILIATED ENTITIES

 

There are no other known affiliated companies.

 

Parent Companies

 

Parent Company:    Qualicaps, K.K.

                                JAPAN

 

Ultimate Parent:   The Carlyle Group

                             NC

                             UNITED STATES

 

Divisions

 

Qualicaps, Pharmaphil Division  

CANADA

 

Other Affiliates

 

Qualicaps Europe, S.A.

Calle de la Granja, 49

 SPAIN

 Telephone:  34-91-663-0800

 Facsimile: 34-91-663-0830

 

 

 

BANKS

 

Wachovia Bank

VA

Telephone:

Facsimile: 707 427 2477

Account Number:

Account Manager:

 

The bank requires an account number and signature not provided by management.

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

 BUSINESS   DATE  LAST  PAYMENT CREDIT   BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

 CATEGORY   REPTD SALE  TERMS      $        $      %  30  60  90  91+ COMMENTS

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

 AIR TRANS  07-03 00-00 0000000 8100     8100     96  4   0   0   0   CUST  6 YR

 CHEMICALS  07-05 00-00 CREDIT  200      200      100 0   0   0   0

 

 COMPUTERS  07-06 00-00 0000000 2000     1300     100 0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

 ELEC EQUIP 07-05 00-00 NET 30  5400     0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST 56 YR

 ELEC EQUIP 07-05 07-04 CONTRCT 56600    17000    18  82  0   0   0

 FINCL SVCS 07-06 07-06 CONTRCT 0        0        0   0   0   0   0   SATSFTRY

 FREIGHT    07-06 07-05 VARIED  4300     4300     10  90  0   0   0

 IRON& STEEL 07-07 00-00 NET 30  100      100      100 0   0   0   0

 MACH DISTR 07-04 07-04 1/10N30 8900     1600     13  86  0   1   0   CUST 12 YR

 MANUFCTRNG 07-04 07-03 VARIED  1000     500      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

 OPTIC SUPL 07-07 00-00 NET EOM 800      500      61  39  0   0   0   CUST 11 YR

 PACKAGING  07-06 00-00 NET 30  2500     100      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  5 YR

 PAINTS     07-04 07-02 1/10PRX 400      0        0   0   0   0   0

 SAFTY PROD 07-05 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 TELECOM    07-06 00-00 NET 30  600      300      100 0   0   0   0

 TRANSPORTN 07-06 00-00 NET 30  100      0        0   0   0   0   0   PROMPT

 TRUCK DLR  07-07 00-00 CONTRCT 300      300      0   100 0   0   0

 AIR TRANS  06-11 00-00 NET 30  4800     2500     0   0   0   0   100 COLLECTION

 CHEMICALS  06-07 06-04 NET 30  2000     0        0   0   0   0   0

 COMMUN SVC 05-01 00-00 NET 20  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 COMPUTERS  06-06 06-05 0000000 5500     4900     0   100 0   0   0

 DP EQUIP   05-07 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 ELEC DISTR 06-09 00-00 CONTRCT 0        0        0   0   0   0   0   PROMPT

 ELEC EQUIP 06-10 00-00 NET 30  1400     400      100 0   0   0   0

 ELEC MFG   06-09 00-00 VARIED  3600     3600     87  13  0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

 ELEC SUPLR 05-11 00-00 N10PRXO 0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 ELEC SUPLR 04-08 04-02 2/10N30 0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 FRGHT FWRD 04-10 00-00 NET 30  1400     1400     0   0   0   100 0

 LEASING    07-05 00-00 CONTRCT 3100     0        0   0   0   0   0

 PLUMBING   07-02 07-02 NET 10  2600     500      100 0   0   0   0

 PRNTG& PUBL 06-09 06-09 CONTRCT 7000     4000     0   100 0   0   0   CUST  7 YR

 RUBR& PLAST 05-01 05-01 VARIED  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  6 YR

 SOAP       06-05 00-00 2/10N30 400      400      100 0   0   0   0

 TEMP HELP  05-01 00-00 NET 10  2100     2100     49  28  23  0   0

 TELECOM    05-07 05-07 NET 30  300      300      100 0   0   0   0   EXLENT ACC

 CURRENT QUARTER                90700    33700    41  59  0   0   0

 

 Payment Trends

            INDUSTRY     BUSINESS        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

 DATE      CUR    DBT       DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

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

 20070600  0      8         9            32200    48  50  1   1   0

 20070500  0      8         2            27700    86  13  1   0   0

 20070400  0      17        4            17300    78  21  0   1   0

 20070300  0      17        4            15800    79  19  2   0   0

 20070200  0      18        1            34300    91  9   0   0   0

 20070100  0      9         2            50400    89  11  0   0   0

 

 Payment History - Quarterly Averages

                                         BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

 QUARTER  YEAR              DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

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

 Second   2007              7            27900    57  42  1   0   0

 First    2007              2            22500    85  15  0   0   0

 Fourth   2006              5            53800    74  22  4   0   0

 Third    2006              2            16800    92  7   0   1   0

 Second   2006              2            20200    94  4   0   2   0

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

FINANCIAL FIGURES

 

 Year-End (D/M/Y):               31/12/2006         31/12/2006         31/12/2006

                                            Consolidated

 Sales / Revenues                  20,000,000              -                          -    

 Income before Taxes                                            -                          -    

 

 

HISTORY

 

The following excerpt comes from the Company website:

 

October 10, 2005

CHANGE IN PARENT COMPANY AND NAME COMPLETE

Dear Customer, I am pleased to announce that Shionogi &  Co., Ltd. (Shionogi), the parent company of Shionogi Qualicaps, Inc., has completed a share sale with The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, effective October 3, 2005. In accordance with the change of our parent company, we will change our global corporate name to Qualicaps Group and our US division name to Qualicaps, Inc. on December 1, 2005.

 

 

CURRENT OPERATIONS

 

NAICS Code:   325412    Pharmaceutical Preparation  Manufacturing

SIC Code:     2835

 

Number of Employees : 195  

 

Business Activity:

The Company manufactures medicine capsules.

 

Standard capsules made from gelatin and Quali-V® hypromellose  are supplied by Qualicaps. In addition, they offer a  product line of capsule filling equipment, sealing machinery, check- weighing equipment, and capsule and tablet inspection equipment.

 

The above address is the headquarters for the Company. There are no reported branch facilities.

 

 

PUBLIC RECORD

 

Filing Number:  05M2310

Filing Type:  STATE LIEN - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Filing Office:  GUILFORD COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLERK NC

Filing County:  GUILFORD

Filing Date:  06/30/2005

 

DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor: SHIONOGI QUALICAPS INC

6505 FRANZ WARNER PK

WHITSETT, NC 27377

Debtor Type:  COMPANY

CREDITOR INFORMATION

Creditor: NC EMPLOYMENT TAX LIEN

LIEN INFORMATION

Total Amount: $26,803.00

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Source:  NC SECRETARY OF STATE

FILING INFORMATION

Filing Number:  20000114424

Filing Date:  11/20/2000

Filing Type:  ORIGINAL

Filing Office:  SECRETARY OF STATE/UCC DIVISION

300 N SALISBURY ST, LEGIS OFF BLDG

RALEIGH, NC 27603

DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor(s):  SHIONOGI QUALICAPS INC

6505 FRANZ WARNER PKWY

WHITSETT, NC 27377-9215

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party(s):  IBM CREDIT CORPORATION

1 NORTH CASTLE DRIVE

ARMONK, NY 10504-2575

COLLATERAL INFORMATION

Collateral Type:  LEASED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

 

No legal issues, tax liens or Uniform Commercial Codes are available under the new name.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

The Company incorporated in 1992,  is engaged as a manufacturer of medicine capsules  They have a solid payment history and no bankruptcies. Under the old name, they had a tax lien the status of which is uncertain.

 

 


 

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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