MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

6th March, 2007

                                                         

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

YANION CO. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

6/F, Wah Lik Industrial Centre, 459-469 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, N.T., Hong Kong.

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

29.12.1976

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

50871

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in manufacturing & export of audio-visual products & electrical appliances.

 

 

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

 

 


 

Company Name & Address

 

YANION CO. LTD.

6/F, WAH LIK INDUSTRIAL CENTRE, 459-469 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, N.T., HONG KONG.

TEL              : 852 24112269              

FAX              : 852 24110369

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE            : 29-12-1976

REGISTRATION NO.                  : 50871

REGISTERED LEGAL FORM     : PRIVATE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                    : LEUNG WAH CHAI (DIRECTOR)

STAFF STRENGTH                    : 50.

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL            : HK$32M = 79,863 ORDINARY SHARES @HK$10.- + 3,120,137 NON-VOTING

                                            DEFERRED SHARES @HK$10.-

PAID-UP CAPITAL                     : HK$31,202,370

BUSINESS LINE                   : MANUFACTURE & EXPORT OF AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTS & ELECTRICAL

                                              APPLIANCES

TURNOVER                              : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

EQUITIES                                 : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

PAYMENT                                : AVERAGE

RECOMM. CREDIT RANGE       : MODERATE AMOUNT

MARKET CONDITION                : COMPETITIVE

FINANCIAL CONDITION             : STABLE

OPERATIONAL TREND  : FAIRLY STEADY

GENERAL REPUTATION           : AVERAGE

EXCHANGE RATE                     : HKD 7.81322 = USD1 AS OF 2007-2-16

 

Adopted abbreviations:

ANS - amount not stated           

NS - not stated 

SC - subject company (the company inquired by you)

NA - not available          

M - million        

HKD – Hong Kong Dollars

 

Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 

 


SC is a private limited company registered under incorporation file no. 50871 on 29-12-1976.

 

SC's shareholders & directors are shown to be as follows:

 

Shareholders (as at 29-12-2006)                                                  Number of shares held

                                                                                                      Ordinary

                                                                                                        shares

Yanion (BVI) Ltd.                                                                                    100

                                                                                                            ===

                                                                                                   Non-voting

                                                                                                       deferred

                                                                                                        shares

Leung Wah Chai                                                                           1,200,880

Leung Tai Shing                                                                               800,587

Butt Wing Han                                                                                 294,240

Voger Co. Ltd.                                                                                  686,430

Kamga Investment Ltd.                                                                     138,000

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

                                                                                                    3,120,137

                                                                                                    =======

Directors (as at 29-12-2006)

Leung Wah Chai / A425747(5)

Butt Wing Han / E099800(5)

Cheng Kwok Fai / E497882(3)

 

The above registration information is based on SC's annual return filed at Companies Registry within the last 2 years.

 

No material change or amendment regarding SC has been traced & noted within last 2 years.

 

Total number of employees :   50.

 

Location :  Maintaining its office & showroom at the heading business address which occupies a gross area of 20,000 square feet at an industrial building in an industrial district.

 

Condition inside the premises during our visit :   Normal.

 

Office/factory layout :     Standard.

 

The premises is rented.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PUBLIC FILINGS 

 

 


This section will contain the civil litigations & winding-up petitions filed against SC for the last 6 years (as stored in our database), and the mortgage/charge records filed by SC for the last 2 years.  In Hong Kong, creation of such mortgages/charges by an unlimited co is not required to be registered in the public records.

 

Civil litigation/winding-up petitions :     None in our database.

 

Mortgage/charge record(s) :    None filed within the last 2 years as per our current search.

 

Mortgage Index:

 

Year(s) in which mortgage registration(s) are filed: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994 - 2000, 2002, 2003

Year(s) in which mortgage satisfaction record(s) are filed: 1991, 1994 - 2000, 2002 - 2004

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


SC is a subsidiary of Yanion (BVI) Ltd. whose partial information is as follows:

 

Year established                   : NA

Registered/business address : Skelton Bldg., Main St., P.O.Box 3136, Road Town, Tortola, BVI.

Business line                        : As an investment holding co. *

No. of employees                  : NA

Civil litigation & winding-up petition records : None in our database

Turnover                               : NA

 

* Yanion (BVI) Ltd. was formerly wholly owned by Yanion International Holdings Ltd., (a publicly listed co. on SEHK with stock 82) and was acquired by SC's directors, Leung Wah Chai & Butt Wing Han on 18-12-2003. Yanion (BVI) Ltd. was said to have sustained substantial losses for the past 8 consecutive years.

 

Leung Wah Chai, chairman, director & main founder:

 

- Born in 1939 & married

- Formerly director of Yanion International Holdings Ltd.

- He has 47 years of practical experience in mechanical engineering, precision optical instruments & high-end audio/visual industry

- He is a director of China Association of Enterprises Foreign Investment and an executive director of The Association of Enterprises Foreign Investors, Guangdong, PR China

- Also a Hong Kong appointed member of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference-the 8th Committee of Guangdong Province and a member of The Selection Committee for the First Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

 

Currently active in SC's day-to-day operations & is responsible for its management.

 

Registered residential address: 8/F, Block E2, Shatin Heights, 8003 Tai Po Road, Shatin, N.T., HK.

 

Credit history check :   This refers to a check of our database whether the said person has been involved in any of the following records stored by us within the last 6 years:

                                  Civil litigation as defendants         :  None in our database

                                  Bankruptcy/winding-up petitions   :  None in our database

                                  Delinquent payment records         :  None in our database

                                  Debt collection records                :  No overdue amount owed by the said person was placed to us for collection

 

Butt Wing Han, director & general manager:

 

- Born in 1942 & is the wife of Leung Wah Chai

- She is responsible for the overall corporate policy-making, strategic planning, general management, & monitoring of the manufacturing & marketing activities

- She has over 32 years of experience in the electronics industry

- Formerly director of Yanion International Holdings Ltd.

 

Currently active in SC's day-to-day operations & is responsible for its management.

 

Registered residential address: Same as Leung Wah Chai.

 

Property ownership: Current land search indicates the said premises ownership as follows:

- Owner(s) : Leung Wah Chai + Butt Wing Han

- Date of purchase & consideration : 12-11-1985 / HK$1.69M

- Date of mortgage & secured amount : 31-1-1997 / ANS

- Mortgagee : Public Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

Credit history check :   This refers to a check of our database whether the said person has been involved in any of the following records stored by us within the last 6 years:

                                  Civil litigation as defendants         :  None in our database

                                  Bankruptcy/winding-up petitions   :  None in our database

                                  Delinquent payment records         :  None in our database

                                  Debt collection records                :  No overdue amount owed by the said person was placed to us for collection

 

 

 

 

Ownership background appraisal:

 

Rating  : 2       Obtained scores : 65                    (see explanatory notes below)

Keys    : 1 :     scores 81-100 : Excellent

             2 :     scores 61-80  : Good

             3 :     scores 46-60  : Average

             4 :     scores 21-45  : Fair

             5 :     scores 01-20  : Poor

The rating indicates the personal financial & operational strength of SC's major principals.  It is calculated from a composite of scores obtained from the following 5 factors which carry equal weight in our analysis:

Personal financial strength, credit history & trade reputation, business experience & track record, market connection and management skill.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS 

 

 


Business categories :

 

SC is engaged in manufacturing & export of audio-visual products & electrical appliances.

 

Items available include cassette players, compact disc players, amplifiers, video compact disc players, DVD players, MP3 players, speakers & home, office appliances, radio clocks & high precision equipment.

 

Production is assigned to the following affiliated factories:

 

- Factory name (I):  Dongguan Yanion Electronics Manufacturing Ltd.

 

- Factory name (II):  Dongguan Yanion Mould & Die Manufacturing Ltd.

- Address:  No.6 Ind'l Zone, Guan Zhang Gong Lao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, PR China.

- Tel:  86-769-2263836

- Fax:  86-769-2263893

- Size:  690,000 sq.ft.

- Workforce:  1,000

 

Achievements:

- ISO 9002

- ISO 9001

 

A portion is sold under its own brand(s) `Yamakawa'.

 

 

 

Principal purchases :

Major types of sourcing             : Raw materials, parts & components

Local--type of suppliers             : Importers, manufacturers & wholesalers

Buying terms                           : COD, credit of 30 days & local L/C

Overseas--supplying countries   : PR China, S. Korea Taiwan & Japan & SE Asia

Buying terms                           : L/C & T/T

 

Principal market :

Local--type of customers      : Nil

Selling terms                       : Nil

Overseas--buying countries   : SE Asia, USA & Europe (mainly U.K., France & Germany)

Selling terms                       : L/C & T/T (mainly)

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES 

 

 


SC is not known to have any subsidiary at present.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENT 

 

 


Overall payment appraisal:

(  ) Excellent      (  ) Good      (X) Average      (  ) Fair      (  ) Poor      (  ) Not yet determined

The appraisal serves as a reference to reveal SC's payments habits and ability to pay.  It is based on the 3 weighed factors:  Trade payment experience (through current enquiry with SC's suppliers), our delinquent payment records and our debt collection record concerning SC.

 

Trade payment experience:  SC did not provide any name of trade/service suppliers and we have no other sources to conduct the enquiry at present.

 

Delinquent payment record:   None in our database.

 

Debt collection record:    No overdue amount owed by SC was placed to us for collection within the last 6 years.

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BANKING 

 


Banking relations are maintained principally with:

 

- Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

- HSBC

- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd.

- Bank of China (HK) Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSUpon a current contact, Fong Stella, SC's administrator, declined forwarding any financial information on the ground that it is the company's policy not releasing any data to a third party without the benefit of knowing the identity of the inquiring party.

 

As per current co. search, total amount of indebtedness of SC in respect of all mortgages and charges which are required to be registered with Companies Registry as at 29-12-2006 was nil.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS 


 

 

SC is considered a normally advancing concern with steady customers and good base to meet its trade engagements.  Credit in the range of moderate amount can be considered.

 

-- Asset Tracing --

Upon our current investigation, our database & sources consulted indicate that SC was not involved in any property transaction (both purchase & disposal) in Hong Kong for the last 6 years.

 

 

 

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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