MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.06.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HANESBRANDS INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

1000 E. Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - 27105                       

 

 

Country :

United States            

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30/09/2005

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation - Public

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in the design, manufacture, source, and sale of apparel for men, women, and children.

 

 

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 :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


IDENTIFICATION & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Company Name:            HANESBRANDS INC.

Address:                       1000 E. HANES MILL ROAD

City:                             WINSTON-SALEM

State/Province:              NORTH CAROLINA              

Zip Code:                      27105                       

Country:                                    UNITED STATES               

Telephone:                    336-519-8080                

Facsimile:                     336-519-8137                

In KUSD  As of:             31/12/2006

Sales / Revenue:            2,250,473  

Net Income:                   74,139  

Total Equity:                  69,271  

Number of Employees:  49,000  

Legal Form:                   Corporation - Public

Website:                       www.hanesbrands.com

Opinion:                        up to $100,000

Business Activity:          The Firm is engaged in the design, manufacture, source, and sale of apparel for men,

                                    women, and children.

 

 

NOTE TO CLIENT

 

The Company does not file shareholder information.

 

Amount Requested:      10,000,000  

 

The amounts requested and advised are expressed in:   USD

 

 

IMPERATIVES

 

The following information was provided by an outside source:

 

On June 28, 2007 The Firm will cut 5,300 jobs and close nine sewing and assembly operations as it moves production to lower cost operation in Asia and Central America. The shut down will mostly affect employees in the United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

 

 

LEGAL

 

Legal Form:                               Corporation - Public 

Since (D/M/Y):                           30/09/2005

State/Province of Incorporation:   MD

Status:                                                  ACTIVE

Previous Legal Form:

 

Company is required to publish an annual financial report.

 

The Company is incorporated in the state of Maryland:

 

 

Name:                 HANESBRANDS INC.

Dept. ID #:           D10884971

Principal Office:    7 ST. PAUL STREET, SUITE 1660

                             BALTIMORE, MD   21202

Resident Agent:    CSC LAWYERS INCORPORATING SERVICE COMPA

                            7 ST. PAUL STREET, SUITE 1660

                            BALTIMORE, MD   21202

Status:                                      INCORPORATED

Good Standing:              Yes

Business Code:             Ordinary Business - Stock

Date of Formation:         09/30/2005

State of Formation:        MARYLAND

Stock/Nonstock:            Stock

Close/Not Close:            Not Close

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The Company is qualified to do business in the state of North Carolina:

 

Name:                           HANESBRANDS INC.

SOSID:                         0856919

Status:                          Current-Active

Date Formed:                            7/18/2006

Citizenship:                   Foreign

State of Inc.:                  MARYLAND

Duration:                       Perpetual

Registered Agent

Agent Name:                             Corporation Service Company

Registered Office Address:         327 Hillsborough Street Raleigh NC 27603

Registered Mailing Address:       327 Hillsborough Street Raleigh NC 27603

Principal Office Address:            1000 East Hanes Mill Rd,

                          Winston Salem NC 27105

Principal Mailing Address:          1000 East Hanes Mill Rd,

                                       Winston Salem NC 27105

 

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STOCK QUOTE

Ticker: HBI

Exchange: NYSE

As of Jun. 27, 2007:

 

Closing Price:                US$ 27.02

52 Weeks High/Low:     $ 29.65 / $ 17.75

Shares Outstanding:      96,417,000

Market Value:                $ 2,605,187,340

 

 

Managers/Key Personnel

 

Mr. Lee A. Chaden                                 Chairman Of The Board Of Directors

Mr. Richard A. Noll                    Chief Executive Officer

Mr. E. Lee Wyatt Jr.                               Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Michael Flatow                                 Executive Vice President

 

The Company has the following global subsidiaries:

 

BA International, L.L.C.

Caribesock, Inc.

Caribetex, Inc.

CASA International, LLC

Ceibena Del, Inc.

Hanes Menswear, LLC

Hanes Puerto Rico, Inc.

Hanesbrands Direct, LLC

Hanesbrands Distribution, Inc.

HBI Branded Apparel Limited, Inc.

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC

HBI Playtex BATH LLC

HbI International, LLC

HBI Sourcing, LLC

Inner Self, LLC

Jasper-Costa Rica, L.L.C.

National Textiles, L.L.C.

NT Investment Company, Inc.

Playtex Dorado, LLC

Playtex Industries, Inc.

Playtex Marketing Corporation

Seamless Textiles, LLC

UPCR, Inc.

UPEL, Inc.

Bal-Mex S. de R.L. de C.V.

Canadelle LP

Canadelle Holdings Corporation Limited

Cartex Manufacturera S. A.

Caysock, Inc.

Caytex, Inc.

Caywear, Inc.

Ceiba Industrial, S. de R.L.

Champion Products S. de R.L. de C.V.

Choloma, Inc.

Confecciones Atlantida S. de R.L.

Confecciones de Nueva Rosita S. de R.L. de C.V.

Confecciones El Pedregal Inc.

Confecciones El Pedregal S.A. de C.V.

Confecciones del Valle, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Confecciones Jiboa S.A. de C.V.

Confecciones La Caleta, Inc.

Confecciones La Herradura S.A. de C.V.

Confecciones La Libertad, S.A. de C.V.

DFK International Ltd.

Dos Rios Enterprises, Inc.

Hanes Caribe, Inc.

Hanes Choloma, S. de R. L.

Hanes Colombia, S.A.

Hanes de Centro America S.A.

Hanes de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.

Hanes de Honduras S. de R.L. de C.V.

Hanes Dominican, Inc.

Hanesbrands Japan Inc.

Hanes Panama Ltd.

Hanes Brands Incorporated de Costa Rica, S.A.

Hanesbrands Argentina S.A.

Hanesbrands Brasil Textil Ltda.

Hanesbrands Canada NSULC

Hanesbrands Dominicana, Inc.

Hanesbrands Europe GmbH

Hanesbrands Philippines Inc.

Hanesbrands (HK) Limited

Hanesbrands (Thailand) Ltd.

HBI Alpha Holdings, Inc.

HBI Beta Holdings, Inc.

 

 

BANKS

 

NC

Telephone:

Facsimile:

Account Number:

Account Manager:

 

As of September 2006, the Company incurred US$2.6 billion of debt in the form of a new senior secured credit facility.

 

THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING KOWLOON

Telephone:

Facsimile:

Account Number:

Account Manager:

 

The Firm does not mention there relationship with the provided bank.

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

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

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

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

 AIR TRANS  07-04 07-03 0000000 16900    5100     78  6   0   5   11  CUST 14 YR

 APPAREL    07-05 07-04 VARIED  43900    0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST 97 YR

 

 APRL MENS  07-06 00-00 NET 30  32600    1100     0   94  6   0   0

 CHEMICALS  07-04 07-02 NET 30  14900    0        0   0   0   0   0

 FACTOR     07-03 00-00 VARIED  60600    0        0   0   0   0   0

 FREIGHT    07-04 06-11 VARIED  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 FREIGHT    07-05 00-00 VARIED  9600     1300     100 0   0   0   0

 FRGHT FWRD 07-05 06-09 VARIED  500      500      0   0   0   0   100

 MACH DISTR 07-04 07-04 1/10N30 600      300      100 0   0   0   0   CUST 12 YR

 PACKAGING  07-06 06-12 NET 30  500      0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  5 YR

 PERSNLSVCS 07-05 07-05 ROI     6000     6000     24  76  0   0   0

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

 TEXTILES   07-04 07-02 NET 45  12700    0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

 TRANSPORTN 07-03 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST <  1 Y

 TRNS EQUIP 07-05 00-00 NET 7   100      0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR

 TRUCK DLR  07-06 00-00 CONTRCT 50500    3500     99  1   0   0   0

 AIR TRANS  06-11 00-00 NET 30  3900     3900     5   8   0   43  44  COLLECTION

 GIFTWARE   06-11 00-00 N30     1300     1300     83  0   17  0   0

 CURRENT QUARTER                249400   17800    60  33  0   1   6

 

 Payment Trends

            INDUSTRY     BUSINESS        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

 DATE      CUR    DBT       DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

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

 20070600  0      7         13           83700    45  48  2   2   3

 20070500  0      7         5            155700   79  18  1   1   1

 20070400  0      6         5            132400   81  15  2   1   1

 20070300  0      7         5            134600   80  18  0   1   1

 20070200  0      7         6            112100   68  30  0   1   1

 20070100  0      8         12           126900   19  81  0   0   0

 

 Payment History - Quarterly Averages

                                         BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

 QUARTER  YEAR              DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

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

 First    2007              5            126000   76  21  1   1   1

 Fourth   2006              12           69000    23  76  0   0   1

 Third    2006              5            18300    72  27  1   0   0

 Second   2006              5            8600     76  21  3   0   0

 First    2006              9            10600    78  10  5   7   0

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

FINANCIAL FIGURES

 

 Year-End (D/M/Y):               31/03/2007         31/12/2006         31/12/2005

                                 Quarterly         Consolidated      Consolidated

 Sales / Revenues                1,039,894        2,250,473        4,472,832  

 Interest Income                       -             -7,401            8,795  

 Gross Margin                      339,679          720,354        1,485,332  

 Operating Income (Loss)            68,866          190,074          433,600  

 Interest on Loans                  51,717           70,753           26,075  

 Other Expenses                    -61,428          -59,568        3,229,134  

 

 RESULTS

 Income before Taxes                17,149          111,920          416,320  

 Income Tax                          5,145           37,781           93,827  

 Net Income                         12,004           74,139          322,493  

 

 ASSETS

 Cash and Equivalents              149,290          155,973          298,252  

 Inventory                       1,253,668        1,216,501        1,236,586  

 Accounts Receivables              710,389          624,807        2,172,209  

 Other Current Assets                  -             73,899           48,765  

 Total Current Assets            2,113,347        2,071,180        3,755,812  

 Property Plant &  Equip            530,882          556,866          617,021  

 Other Fixed Assets                390,640          388,868          103,023  

 Total Fixed Assets              1,341,236        1,364,440        1,135,263  

 Intangibles                       419,714          418,706          415,019  

 Total Assets                    3,454,583        3,435,620        4,891,075  

 

 LIABILITIES

 Trade Creditors                   615,847          586,708        1,330,485  

 Other Current Liab                    -                834          275,385  

 Total Current Liab                646,776          611,181        1,611,954  

 Long Term Debt                  2,474,625        2,484,000            2,786  

 Other Long Term Liab              241,862          271,168           47,201  

 Total Long Term Liab            2,716,487        2,755,168           49,987  

 Total Liabilities               3,363,263        3,366,349        1,661,941  

 

 EQUITY

 Retained Earnings                  45,028           33,024              -    

 Total Equity                       91,320           69,271        3,229,134  

 

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

 

                           Actual           Previous    Percentage of total assets

                           31/03/2007        31/12/2006     31/03/2007  31/12/2006

 Cash and Equivalents       149,290          155,973         4.32      4.54

 Inventory                1,253,668        1,216,501        36.29     35.41

 Other Current Assets             0           73,899         0.00      2.15

 Total Current Assets     2,113,347        2,071,180        61.18     60.29

 Intangibles                419,714          418,706        12.15     12.19

 Total Assets             3,454,583        3,435,620       100.00    100.00

 Total Current Liab         646,776          611,181        18.72     17.79

 Long Term Debt           2,474,625        2,484,000        71.63     72.30

 Other Long Term Liab       241,862          271,168         7.00      7.89

 Total Liabilities        3,363,263        3,366,349        97.36     97.98

 Total Equity                91,320           69,271         2.64      2.02

 

 

CURRENT OPERATIONS

 

NAICS Code:   448       Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores

 

Number of Employees:          49,000  

 

Business Activity:

The Firm is engaged in the design, manufacture, source, and sale of apparel for men, women, and children.  Their product portfolio includes t-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, kids underwear, socks, hosiery, casual-wear, thermals, sleepwear, fleece, and active-wear. They offer their products under the Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, barely there, and Wonderbra brand names.

 

The Firm owns and leases facilities supporting administrative, manufacturing, distribution and direct outlet activities. They own an approximately 470,000 square-foot headquarters located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The headquarters house various sales, marketing and corporate business functions. Research and development as well as certain product-design functions also are located in Winston-Salem, while other design functions are located in New York City.

 

As of December 30, 2006, The Firm had 164 manufacturing, distribution and office facilities in 21 countries. They owned 76 of manufacturing, distribution and office facilities and leased the others as of December 30, 2006. The leases for these facilities expire between 2007 and 2016, with the exception of some seasonal warehouses that they lease on a month-by-month basis.   As of December 30, 2006, they also operated 220 direct outlet stores in 41 states, most of which are leased under five-year, renewable lease agreements.

 

 

PUBLIC RECORD

 

DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor(s):  HANESBRANDS INC.

1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD

WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party(s):  CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT

388 GREENWICH STREET, 14TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY

COLLATERAL INFORMATION

Collateral Type:  UNSPECIFIED

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DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor(s):  HANESBRANDS INC.

1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD

WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party(s):  CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT

388 GREENWICH STREET, 14TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY

COLLATERAL INFORMATION

Collateral Type:  UNSPECIFIED

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DEBTOR INFORMATION

Debtor(s):  HANESBRANDS, INC

1000 E HANES MILL RD

WINSTON SALEM, NC 27105

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party(s):  RAYMOND LEASING CORPORATION

20 S. CANAL STREET

GREENE, NY

COLLATERAL INFORMATION

Collateral Type:  LEASED EQUIPMENT

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No judgements, tax liens or bankruptcy petitions were traced to the Firm.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

The Subject is well-established and is engaged in the design, manufacture, source, and sale of apparel for men, women, and children. Payment are considered to be generally satisfactory and a search of public records and bankruptcy courts returned no derogatory information or record of the Company filing a bankruptcy petition. Financial statements indicate that the Company is profitable. They are considered generally acceptable for normal business transactions.

 

 


 

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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