MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

14.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PAPER COREA INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

2, Jochon-dong, Gunsan-si, Jeollabuk-do - 573-883

 

 

Country :

Korea

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.06.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06/06/1953

 

 

Legal Form :

Listed Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture of Newsprint

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear


Basic

 

Company Name

PAPER COREA INC.

Registered Address

2, Jochon-dong, Gunsan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Korea

Zip Code

573-883

Tel

+82-63-440-5000

Fax

+82-63-440-5050

E-mail

anes14@papercorea.co.kr

Website

www.papercorea.co.kr

Trading Address -Seoul Office

12FL., Youngpung Bldg., 33, Seorin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea (P.O.BOX 1390)

Tel

+82-2-3788-0300

Fax

+82-2- 756-7070

Type

Export/Import

Industry

Manufacture of Newsprint

  Main Business

Paper For Newspaper

Established (mm/dd/yyyy)

06/06/1953

 

The Subject owns the premises of registered address/Factory(5,566,077).

 

 

Detailed Products

 

Activity

Detailed Products (UNSPSC)

Sell

Standard newsprint(14121901)

Sell

Newsprint and offset papers(14121900)

Sell

Printing and writing paper(14111500)

Buy

Additives(12160000)

Buy

Chemicals including Bio Chemicals and Gas Materials(12000000)

Buy

Printing and writing paper(14111500)

Buy

Paper pulp(14101501)

Buy

Standard newsprint(14121901)

Buy

Wood pulp(11121607)

Buy

Bleaches(47131807)

Buy

Flocculents(47101608)

Buy

Surfactants(12161900)

Buy

Inorganic peroxides(12352304)

Buy

Inorganic metal salts(12352302)

 

 

CEO’s

 

Name

Koo Hyong-Woo

Address

-

Date of Birth

03/02/1942

Title

Co-President & CEO

Sex

Male

Nationality

Korean

 

Profiles

 

Capital

49,880,080,000 KRW

Employees

334

Formation

Listed Company (KSE : 001020) as of 1976

A company of GLOBAL P&T

Bank Details

Shinhan Bank-Myung Dong Branch

Citi Bank, Korea

Hana Bank

Corporate Registered No.

211111-0000042

Business Registered No.

401-81-00013

Permit & Licenses

07/1976 KS

10/1995 ISO 9002

06/1998 Good Recycled(GR) Mark

 

Int’l Trade No.: 671192

Shareholder Position

Name

Shares

%

GLOBAL P&T CO., LTD.

2,500,000

25.06

VIRTUALTEK CORPORATION(110111-1061954)

1,292,393

12.95

PAPERUS CORPORATION(110111-1903487)

329,220

3.30

HYUNDAI PAPER CO., LTD.

231,000

2.32

OTHERS

5,623,403

56.37

TOTAL

9,976,016

100.00

(*)As of 12/31/2006

Company History

10/09/1944 Established Buksun Paper Chemicals Industry

06/06/1953 Incorporated as Baedal Industrial Co., Ltd.

11/1963 Changed company name to Hankuk Happan Co., Ltd.

07/1998 Designated as a company neededof Workout program

11/2002 Completed Workout Procedure

04/02/2003 Changed company name from Sepoong Corporation to the present company name

 

 

 

 

Management

 

Job Description

Title

Name

Nationality

Date of Birth

Education

Co-President & CEO

Mr.

Koo Hyong-Woo

Korean

1942.03.02

Hanyang University

Co-President & CEO

Mr.

Lee Yeon-Hee

Korean

1956.06.05

Helsinki University (MBA)

Director

Mr.

Seo Ji-Hyun

Korean

1965.01.12

Yonsei University

Outside Director

Mr.

La Dae-Kon

Korean

1940.05.18

WonKwang University

Outside Director

Mr.

Jung Won-Young

Korean

1939.09.25

Seogang University

Auditor

Mr.

Kim Do-Yon

Korean

1946.10.09

Seoul National University

 

 

 

 

 

Financials                                                

 

Unit: KRW

Year

Sales

Assets

Net income

2006

163,338,787,410

266,953,365,945

7,305,047,355

2005

161,440,391,679

260,792,463,414

4,128,720,555

2004

152,397,285,738

274,198,538,908

3,081,277,869

 

 

Financial Description    

 

Unit: KRW

Authorized Capital

900,000,000,000

Paid-Up Capital

49,880,080,000

Total Issues Shares

9,976,016

 

Balance Sheet

Unit : Korean Won

01/01/2007~06/30/2007

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

Total Assets

263,707,400,143

266,953,365,945

260,792,463,414

Current Assets

47,953,184,001

50,237,775,922

42,717,385,115

-Quick Assets

38,014,651,684

40,730,501,807

31,533,781,266

-Inventories

9,938,532,317

9,507,274,115

11,183,603,849

Fixed Assets

215,754,216,142

216,715,590,023

218,075,078,299

-Investment

2,885,432,818

826,004,320

207,800,000

-Tangibles

204,627,440,047

207,950,154,910

209,962,655,019

-Intangibles

703,362,748

879,390,811

1,231,446,936

-Others

7,537,980,529

7,060,039,982

6,673,176,344

Total Liabilities

147,801,531,050

149,154,003,104

149,303,724,787

Current Liabilities

56,303,340,083

130,036,219,327

40,071,758,521

Fixed Liabilities

91,498,190,967

19,117,783,777

109,231,966,266

Capital Stock

49,880,080,000

49,880,080,000

49,880,080,000

Capital Surplus

54,589,177,564

52,736,592,124

52,733,492,265

Profit Surplus

14,012,455,932

13,878,132,587

7,570,608,232

Capital Adjustment

-2,575,844,403

1,304,558,130

1,304,558,130

Total Equity

115,905,869,093

117,799,362,841

111,488,738,627

Liab. & Shareholder’s Equity

263,707,400,143

266,953,365,945

260,792,463,414

 

Current Liabilities

56,303,340,083

130,036,219,327

40,071,758,521

Trade Payables

11,872,183,653

9,437,111,696

11,612,329,382

Short-Term Borrowings

35,275,139,376

20,222,271,771

5,760,244,297

Account Payables

2,860,011,716

3,236,379,840

2,466,094,307

Accrued Expenses

4,874,738,313

6,082,304,993

4,909,931,798

Accrued Dividends

-

-

-

Accrued Income Tax

729,905,372

1,106,623,838

-

Advance Receipts

4,000,004

9,354,295

67,574,855

Withholdings

356,983,083

320,155,300

299,322,554

Current Portion of Finance Lease Account Payables

328,912,393

315,235,436

-

Short-Term Derivatives

11,840,989

-

-

Current Debentures

-

87,000,000,000

15,000,000,000

Current Portion of Convertible Bond

-

2,500,000,000

-

Fixed Liabilities

91,498,190,967

19,117,783,777

109,231,966,266

Debentures

65,000,000,000

-

87,000,000,000

Convertible Bond

-

-

7,500,000,000

Long-Term Borrowings

9,633,460,410

-

-

Finance Lease Account Payables

904,766,388

1,072,714,423

-

Long-Term Account Payables

524,823,603

617,223,603

-

Provision for Severance & Retirement

15,867,529,551

17,772,368,382

15,769,526,314

Long-Term Derivatives

539,590

-

-

Guarantee Deposit for Trade

53,000,000

53,000,000

13,000,000

 

Income Statement

Unit : Korean Won

01/01/2007~06/30/2007

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

Sales

83,146,556,033

163,338,787,410

161,440,391,679

Cost of Sold Goods

66,524,101,639

128,187,670,633

128,725,082,733

Gross Profit

16,622,454,394

35,151,116,777

32,715,308,946

Selling & Admin. Expenses

11,262,372,103

19,141,640,998

17,022,405,183

Operating Income

5,360,082,291

16,009,475,779

15,692,903,763

Non-Operating Income

2,697,920,324

1,473,419,395

5,583,219,829

Non-Operating expenses

4,590,465,940

9,021,014,549

13,590,213,214

Ordinary Income

3,467,536,675

8,461,880,625

7,685,910,378

Special Income

- 

- 

- 

Income Before Taxes

3,467,536,675

8,461,880,625

7,685,910,378

Income Taxes Expenses

839,405,830

1,156,833,270

3,557,189,823

Net Income

2,628,130,845

7,305,047,355

4,128,720,555

 

Cash Flows

Unit : Korean Won

01/01/2007~06/30/2007

As of 12/31/2006

As of 12/31/2005

Cash Flows from Operating

9,054,033,074

20,313,816,661

24,142,258,579

-Net Income

2,628,130,845

7,305,047,355

4,128,720,555

-Exp. without Cash Outflow

11,705,990,104

15,859,723,125

18,646,129,362

-Revenue without Cash Inflows

(-)2,400,479,542

(-)607,765,266

(-)4,502,568,320

-Changes in Asset/ & Liability

(-)2,879,608,333

(-)2,243,188,553

5,869,976,982

Cash Flows from Investing

503,530,620

(-)14,066,707,064

(-)98,870,541

-Cash Inflow from Investing

10,264,297,335

5,800,957,300

7,746,657,780

-Cash Outflows for Investing

(-)9,760,766,715

(-)19,867,664,364

(-)7,845,528,321

Cash Flows from Financing

(-)7,216,188,090

(-)6,086,851,573

(-)23,444,376,383

-Cash Inflows from Financing

145,549,712,672

39,503,199,610

19,592,390,672

-Cash Outflows from Financing

(-)152,765,900,762

(-)45,590,051,183

(-)43,036,767,055

Increase/Decrease in Cash

2,341,375,604

160,258,024

599,011,655

Cash at the Beginning of Year

6,253,194,742

6,092,936,718

5,493,925,063

Cash at the End of Year

8,594,570,346

6,253,194,742

6,092,936,718

 

 

Products, Technologies, Services

Description

 

Main Products & Services

Paper For Newspaper

 

Brand Name: PaperCorea

Annual Production Capacity(M/T)

Item

2006

2005

2004

Paper of Newspaper

316,602

316,079

313,062

Paper for Books

9,198

8,771

2,756

Others

-

-

2,602

 

 

Organization Structure

 

Suppliers

The subject imports ONP, OMG and C/TMP at 90~180 Usance L/C base.

Customers

NEWS PAPER COMPANIES

WHOLESALERS

Competitors

NORSKE SKOG KOREA CO., LTD.

DAEHAN PAPER CO., LTD.

BOWATER-KOREA CO., LTD.

 

 

Related Parties (Subsidiaries, Joint-

Venture & Affiliates)

 

Affiliates

VIRTUALTEK CO., LTD.

VIRTUAL MEDI CO., LTD.

GLOBAL P&T(5.88% held by the subject company)

VIRTUALTEK CORP., USA

KCTI CO., LTD.(49.29% held by the subject company)

NATURA POWER CO., LTD. (25.93% held by the subject company)

HAESOL AIRTEK CO., LTD.(19.74% held by the subject company)

 

 

Sales by Region (Activity & Markets)

 

Sales/ Unit :Mil KRW

2006

2005

2004

Export

37,480

40,532

21,475

Domestic

125,858

120,908

130,923

Total

163,339

161,440

152,397

 

The subject deals with the companies in Taiwan, Macao, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Australia and Middle Eastern Countries.

 

 

Court Action

 

Case No.

Court

Plaintiff(s)/ Creditor(s)/ Applicant(s)

Defendant(s)/ Debtor(s)/ Respondent(s)

Cause

Amount (KRW)

Status

 

Seoul Central District Court

The Subject Company

YIZON CO., LTD and others(1)

Claim for Account Receivables

482

 

 

 

News Clipping

 

Dong-A Precision Accused of Manipulation, Fake Stocks

KOREA TIMES : 01-28-2004

 

By Kim Yon-se / Staff Reporter

Regulators on Wednesday filed a complaint with the prosecution against Dong-A Precision Machinery and the listed firm's majority shareholder on suspicion of stock price manipulation.

 

The largest shareholder of Dong-A Precision Machinery was found to have made 1.04 billion won in illegal gains in collusion with stockbrokers and private moneylenders after floating fake stocks on the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE).

 

Aside from the stock manipulation, he embezzled 7.33 billion won through the distribution of bogus stocks, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) reported on Wednesday.

 

The FSS said the price manipulation through the floating of bogus stocks was quite easy as the company was in the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) process after a bankruptcy.

 

The FSS added fraudulent traders and insider traders usually target firms facing M&As in the wake of poor performance. ``A number of stocks at the Kosdaq exchange jump to the market's daily price ceiling these days,'' a securities inspector Yoon Dong-in said.

 

The widening of regulators' investigation into fake shares comes after an accounting firm notified the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of the distribution of bogus stocks of four listed companies _ Dong-A Precision Machinery, Daeho Corp., ChoongAng Paper and Modia.

 

They forged a number of documents to issue fake stock amounting to 129 billion won ($108.4 million). The amount breaks down to 65 billion won for Daeho Corp., 25 billion won for Choong Ang Paper, 21 billion won for Modia and 18 billion won for Dong-A Precision Machinery.

 

The FSS is also looking into their financial statements, announcing that it seems obvious that their past accounting books are riddled with mistakes and fake.

 

In addition, the FSS accused five investors of manipulating the stock price of KSE-listed Paper Corea in the restructuring process.

 


 

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.

 

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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