MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.07.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SEQUIN, C.A.

 

 

Registered Office :

Av. Libertador, Centro Comercial El Recreo, Nivel 3, Local 82, Zona Industrial I, Barquisimeto / Estado Lara

 

 

Country :

Venezuela

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.03.1994

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint - Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Import, distribution, sale and technical support on control products, instrumentation and automation: Temperature controllers, counters, clocks, power supplies, servomotors, sensors, among other products.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


IDENTIFICATION

 

CORRECT COMPANY NAME     : SEQUIN, C.A.

TAXPAYER REGISTRATION       : RIF J301729455 

OPERATING STATUS                : Active

MAIN ADDRESS                       : Av. Libertador, Centro Comercial El Recreo, Nivel 3, Local

                                                  82, Zona Industrial I

CITY/PROVINCE/STATE            : Barquisimeto / Estado Lara

COUNTRY                                 : VENEZUELA

TELEPHONE                             : (58251)447.1784/445.6072/445.7260

FAX                                          : (58251)447..0146

E - MAIL                                   : sequin@sequinca.net

WEB SITE                                : www.sequinca.net

 

 

SUMMARY                         

 

Incorporation                  : 1994 

Operating Status            : Active

Last Capital                   : *

Shareholders' Equity      : 1,518,232,023.=

Annual Sales                 : 3,439,243,115.00 Bolivares

Employees                    : *

 

 

QUALIFICATION

 

RATING : ELIGIBLE FOR MODERATE CREDITS

PAYMENTS : LITTLE CREDIT EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE

 

 

LEGAL BACKGROUNDS  

 

LEGAL STATUS                                                : Joint-Stock Company

DATE OF INCORPORATION                   : 10MAR1994

REGISTERED IN                                   : State of Lara - Mercantile Registry I

REGISTRATION                         : No. 34, Volume 14-A

INITIAL CAPITAL                                    : Bs. 1,000,000.= Bolivares

CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL                  : Bs. 100,000,000.= Bolivares

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE                    : 31.07.2000 (No. 68, Vol. 26-A)

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                    :

TYPE OF SHARES                                : Nominatives

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE : No

SHARE VALUE                                                 : Bs. 1,000.= Bolivares

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE     : Bs. 2,150.= per 1.00 U.S. Dollar

 

COMMENTS -

  

Latest capital stock increase with merchandise contributed.

  

The Board of Directors was appointed on February 17th., 2003.

 

 

HISTORY

  

The founders of this enterprise were: María del Rosario Valera, Esteban Lemus and

 

Victor Ciliberto Cañas.

  

 

DIRECTORS / EXECUTIVES / SHAREHOLDERS

 

FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME                      TITLE                            OWNERSHIP %

VALERA PEREIRA, MARIA DEL ROSARIO         President                                  33%

LEMUS, ESTEBAN JOSE                                  Vice President              34%

VALERA PEREIRA, ALFONSO JOSE                 Managing Director          33%

 

 

WHO IS WHO ?

 

VALERA PEREIRA, MARIA DEL ROSARIO

NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                       BORN   : 1962

DOC. OF IDENT. : CI 7301041                      

 

LEMUS, ESTEBAN JOSE

NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                       BORN   : 1965

DOC. OF IDENT. : CI 5880567                      

 

VALERA PEREIRA, ALFONSO JOSE

NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                      

DOC. OF IDENT. : CI 9542367                      

 

 

RELATED COMPANY(IES)                     

 

Subject is related with the firms below named:

 

COMPANY NAME                                 COUNTRY     

LSV CONTROLES C.A.                         VENEZUELA              

LV CONTROLES C.A.                            VENEZUELA              

SEQUIN VALENCIA C.A.                                   VENEZUELA              

 

 

BUSINESS       

 

MAIN ACTIVITY .-

Import, distribution, sale and technical support on control products, instrumentation and automation: Temperature controllers, counters, clocks, power supplies, servomotors, sensors, among other products.

  

Wholesalers 95%, retailers 5%.

 

IMPORT   : Yes From South Korea, Taiwan, China, India, USA.

 

% CASH SALES/METHOD       : 20%

% CREDIT SALES/TERMS       : 80%

% FOREIGN PURCHASES       : 100%

SELLING TERRITORY                : 5% Capital City / 95% Provinces

 

EMPLOYEES                 : 14

 

FACILITIES .-

Premises          : Own               

Area                 : 3,155 sqm.        

Condition           : Good. Concrete block construction.

Use                  : Main Offices. Premises are located at an industrial area.

 

Remarks and other Premises .-

  

Branches: in the cities of Valencia, Caracas and Maracaibo.

 

COMMENTS -

Sales are oriented to the following sectors: Plastics, injection, foods and beverages, packing machines, glass, pharmaceutical products, chemical products, oil, etc.

  

Exclusive representations: AUTONICS, LSIS, METRONIX, RICH ELECTRIC, CROMPTON GREAVES, FATEK, FOTEK, HITECH, WEINTEK, CHINFA.

 

  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

We interviewed Mr. Esteban Lemus, Vice President. He provided us the information contained on this commercial report including the Balance Sheet for their fiscal year ended at December 31st., 2006.

  

Further, Mr. Lemus stated subject company is registered before Cadivi, to obtain dollars at preferential dollar exchange rate; during the 2004-2006 period subject company was approved import requests amounting to US$857,061.80 and until 30.06.2007 import requests amounting to US$261,765.60 Dollars have been approved to subject.

  

 

   BALANCE SHEET DATE     :             31DEC2006 

   TYPE OF BALANCE SHEET  :                Annual

   BALANCE SHEET OF       :             12 months

   CURRENCY               :             Bolivares

   EXCHANGE RATE PER US$  :              2,150.00

   ASSETS

      CASH/BANKS          :         14,850,956.00

      RECEIVABLES         :        482,244,192.00

      INVENTORY           :        652,288,150.00

      OTHERS              :        212,750,000.00

      TOTAL CURRENT       :      1,362,133,298.00

      FIXED               :        187,892,878.00

      OTHERS              :            285,000.00

   TOTAL ASSETS           :      1,550,311,176.00    

   LIABILITIES

      BANKS/SUPPLIERS     :         12,525,337.00

      OTHERS              :         19,553,816.00

      TOTAL CURRENT       :         32,079,153.00

   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   :

      CAPITAL             :        100,000,000.00

      RESERVES            :         46,940,835.00

      PROFITS (LOSS)      :      1,371,291,188.00

   TOTAL EQUITY           :      1,518,232,023.00

   TOTAL LIABILITIES      :      1,550,311,176.00   

 

SALES                         :      3,439,243,115.00

PROFIT (LOSS)             :         514,897,395.00

 

 

LIQUIDITY RATIO     :                 42.46 (Current Assets/Current Liabilities)

DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO:          4,732.77% (Shareholders'equity/Current Liabilities)

PROFITABILITY MARGIN:          14.97% (Profits/Sales)

WORKING CAPITAL     :            1,330,054,145.00 (Current Assets - Current Liabilities)

 

PROPERTIES OF THE COMPANY -

Real estate where they operate (at captioned address).

 

INSURANCE –

 

Company                                              Amount                         Validity

SEGUROS MERCANTIL             Bs. 1,700,000,000.=       06JUN2008

 

 

PAYMENTS RECORD

 

TRADE REFERENCES .-

 

Line of Credit              Terms(days)) Performance?  Time       Products/Services        Supplier

1 Bs.     30,000,000.= 15-30 days    Prompt             10+years Customs service           Domestic

 

COMMENTS -

Subject is not active seeker of local commercial credit; only services.

 

LIST OF DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS -

Suppliers listed Alphabetically.  There is not relationship as for the order above

 

Supplier                                                            Telephone    

ADUANERA MEBERLYN                                            

AUTONICS CORP.                                8232-6102723  

AUTONIX CO. LTD.                               8862-88661234 

CROMPTON GREAVES LTD.                 9122-55558000 

FATEK CO.  LTD.                                  8862-28082192 

KUNG HUNG ELECTRIC CO. LTD.          822-22421277  

LS INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS                    822-20344641  

METRONIX CO. LTD.                             8253-5930066  

OMRON ELECTRONICS LLC.                 1847-8437900  

SASSIN                                                8621-50212745 

 

 

BANKING INFORMATION

 

BANKERS

 

Bank                                                     Account #      

BANCO PROVINCIAL                            21-0100027184  

BANCO BANESCO                                37-2183002751  

BANCO MERCANTIL                             41-1102070262  

COMMERCEBANK, Florida-USA            8303002212     

  

Per inside policies these banks no longer provide references to third parties.

 


 

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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