MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

09.12.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FIAT INDIA AUTOMOBILES LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Plot No. B – 19, MIDC, Rajangaon Industrial Area, Ranjangaon, Taluka Shirur, Pune 412210, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.01.1997

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-130940

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U28900PN1997PTC130940

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMF02175F

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACF1716D

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Automobiles

 

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.

Small

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 40000000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a 50-50 Joint Venture between Tata Motors, India and Fiat Automobiles, Italy. Indian operations are passing through difficult times as it faces fierce competition from fellow players such as Maruti, Honda, Hyundai, etc. Company’s profitability is under severe pressure.  It has huge accumulated losses.  Payments are however reported as slow but correct.

 

In view of strong promoters, the company can be considered normal for small to mediocre business dealings at usual trader terms and conditions.

 

 

INFORMATION PARTED BY

 

Name :

Mr. L. Venkateshan

Designation :

Head

Date :

09.12.2008

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office/ Factory :

Plot No. B – 19, MIDC, Rajangaon Industrial Area, Ranjangaon, Taluka Shirur, Pune 412210, Maharashtra, India

Tel No. :

91-2138-672700/ 232144/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 672702

Fax No. :

91-2138-232143

E-Mail :

anil.joshi@fiat.com

anil.joshi@fipl.com

Website :

www.fiat-india.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Giovanni De Filippis

Designation :

Director

Address :

Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Kurla [West], Mumbai 400070, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

25.07.1966

Date of Appointment :

13.12.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Maurizio Paolo Binachi

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Enrico Ferrero

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Alfredo Altavilla

Designation :

Director

Address :

Vialle Delle Acacie, 16/5 – 10024, Moncalieri, Torino, Italy

Date of Birth/Age :

02.08.1963

Date of Appointments :

05.09.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ravi Kant

Designation :

Director

Address :

A – 3, Pallonji Mansion, 43 Cuffe Parade Colaba, Near President Hotel, Mumbai – 400005, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.06.1944

Date of Appointment :

28.12.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan

Designation :

Director

Address :

322, Samudra Mahal, Dr. Annie Besant Road, B A Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

27.06.1955

Date of Appointment :

28.12.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajiv Dube

Designation :

Director

Address :

322, Samudra Mahal, Dr. Annie Besant Road, B A Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

04.02.1962

Date of Appointment :

28.12.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prakash Manjanath Telang

Designation :

Director

Address :

Paradise Towers, Flat No.D211/212, Opposite Baner Telephone Exchange, Baner Pune – 411045, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.06.1947

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Stefan Ketter

Designation :

Director

Address :

Strada Val Pattonera, N 163, INT 26, Torino Italy

Date of Birth/Age :

31.07.1959

Date of Appointments :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Harald Jakob Wester

Designation :

Director

Address :

Strada Val Pattonera, N 163, INT 26, Torino Italy

Date of Birth/Age :

26.02.1958

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Giovanni Bartoli

Designation :

Director

Address :

VIA Dell Olivara, 129, Livorno 57128, Italy

Date of Birth/Age :

02.11.1947

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Clive Hickman

Designation :

Director

Address :

Acacia House, Park Road, Chipping Campden, GL 556EB UK

Date of Birth/Age :

19.11.1954

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Silverio Bonfiglioli

Designation :

Director

Address :

VIA Altopiano 75, 40037, Sasso Marconi BO, Italy

Date of Birth/Age :

07.12.1949

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2008

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajeev Kapoor

Designation :

Director

Address :

House No.867, Sector 9, Faridabad - 121006, Haryana

Date of Birth/Age :

28.08.1958

Date of Appointment :

02.09.2008

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Ishwar Joshi

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

2/2, Telec, Plot No.30, Sector 17, Vashi Navi Mumbai – 400703, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.12.1961

Date of Appointments :

01.07.2005

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 26.09.2008)

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

 

 

Fiat Group Automobiles SPA

 

43746394

Alberto Sibille (As a nominee of Fiat Group Automobiles SPA)

 

1

Tata Motors Limited

 

43746395

 

 

 

Total

 

87492790

 

 

(As on 26.09.2008)

Category

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Foreign holdings [Foreign institutional investors, Foreign Companies, Foreign Financial Institutions, Non-resident Indian or Overseas corporate bodies or others]

 

50.00

Bodies corporate

 

50.00

 

 

 

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer of Automobiles

 

 

Products :

Products : Passenger Car

Item Code No.: 87.03

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

600

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

 

Facilities :

Unsecured Loans

31.03.2008

(Rs. In Millions)

 

 

Short Term Loans and advances

 

From a venture

516.601

From Other

856.538

Dues under finance lease agreement

 

423.162

Total

1796.301

 

Banking Relations :

-

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Chartered Accountants

Address :

12, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Opposite Shiv Sagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai 400018, Maharashtra, India

Tel No.:

91-22-66679000

Fax No.:

91-22-66679025

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Fiat India Private Limited

U29220MH1992PTC069675

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

400000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs.40000.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

236301565

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs.23630.157 Millions

 

Less: reduction of Shares Capital

 

Rs.16950.667 Millions

66794892

Equity Shares

Rs. 100/- each

Rs.6679.490 Millions

 

 

 

Note: The above shares are held by:

 

Fiat Group Automobile Spa and its nominees

(33746395 Equity Shares)

Rs. 100/- each

Rs.3374.640 Millions

Tata Motors Limited (33048497  Equity Shares)

Rs. 100/- each

Rs.3304.850 Millions

 

 

 

Total

 

Rs.6679.490 Millions


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

6679.489

19620.127

19424.162

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

1550.949

0.000

0.000

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

(16305.479)

(16449.770)

NETWORTH

8230.438

3314.648

2974.392

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

1796.301

808.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

1796.301

808.000

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

10026.739

4122.648

2974.392

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

3644.671

1948.781

205.588

Capital work-in-progress

12233.448

1039.160

1336.482

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

1163.908

993.908

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

8.135

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

1204.293

381.935

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

45.229

92.556

0.000

 

Cash & Bank Balances

2.621

5.960

1.900

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

1544.579

259.741

644.231

Total Current Assets

2796.722

740.192

646.131

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

8613.225

755.198

187.322

 

Provisions

34.877

22.330

20.395

Total Current Liabilities

8648.102

777.528

207.717

Net Current Assets

(5851.380)

(37.336)

438.414

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

10026.739

4122.648

2974.392

 

 


 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

 

 

 

 

Sales Turnover

 

857.264

50.827

Other Income

 

2842.360

371.775

Total Income

 

3699.624

422.602

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

(363.141)

137.091

Provision for Taxation

 

20.103

(7.200)

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

(383.244)

144.292

 

 

 

 

Export Value

 

53.342

NA

 

 

 

 

Import Value

 

7872.102

245.749

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Expenses

 

4100.098

299.486

 

Excise Duty

 

12.444

1.811

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

 

(17.117)

(41.656)

 

Interest

 

61.801

11.841

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

158.876

14.029

 

Transferred to expenditure during construction period

 

(253.337)

0.000

Total Expenditure

 

4062.765

285.511

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

PAT / Total Income

(%)

(10.36)

34.14

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

(42.36)

269.72

NA

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

(5.64)
5.10

NA

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

(0.04)

0.04

NA

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.27

0.48

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

0.32

0.95

3.11

 


 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

NOTE:

 

The Registered office of the company has been shifted from Lalbahadur Shastri Marg, Kurla [West], Mumbai 400070, Maharashtra, India to Plot No. B – 19, MIDC, Rajangaon Industrial Area, Ranjangaon, Taluka Shirur, Pune 412210, Maharashtra, India, to the present address w. e. f. 07.12.2006.

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE DETAILS:

 

Subject is a 50-50 Industrial Joint Venture between Fiat Group Automobiles S. p. A., (Fiat) and Tata Motors Limited (Tata) originally incorporated on January 02, 1997. The company presently employs about 600 employees and is located at Ranjangaon in the Pune District of Maharashtra. The definitive agreement of the Joint Venture was signed on October 19th 2007. The board of directors for this company comprises of five nominees each from Fiat and Tata.

 

The state-of -the-art facility at Ranjangaon, will have an installed capacity to produce 100,000 cars and 200,000 engines, besides aggregates and components. The company plans to double the production capacity for both car units and engines in the next few years. Currently manufacturing the Palio Stile 1.1 and 1.6 models, premium Fiat cars such as the Grande Punto and Linea are expected to roll out soon in the B and C segment from the facility within 2008. The facility will also manufacture Fiat’s successful 1.3 litre Multijet diesel engines and 1.2 & 1.4 litre Fire gasoline engine. Apart from Fiat cars, the facility will also produce Tata passenger and next generation cars with investment exceeding € 650 Million. The plant is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people.

 

Fiat, which holds a 50% stake in the Company, also owns and controls five internationally renowned brands:- Fiat Automobiles, Alfa Romeo Automobiles, Lancia Automobiles, Abarth and Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles, the makers of renowned cars such as the Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Lancia besides the Fiat branded cars.

 

Tata Motors Limited, the other partner to the Joint Venture, is the largest automobile company in India, with revenues of Rs. 32,426 crores (USD 7.2 billion) in 2006-07. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in every segment and the second largest in the passenger vehicles market with winning products in the compact, mid-size car and utility vehicle segments. The company is the world’s fifth largest medium and heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer and the world’s second largest medium and heavy bus manufacturer.

 

 

NEWS

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

FIAT STARTS PRODUCTION OF LINEA AT ITS RANJANGAON PLANT

 

 

 

 

Ranjangaon, November 21, 2008: Fiat India Automobiles Limited, one of country’s leading car makers, today commenced the production of Linea at its Ranjangaon plant located near Pune in Maharashtra. Linea, the much-awaited sedan from Fiat’s stable will grace the Indian roads shortly. The start of production of the flagship car also signifies the progress of Fiat’s facility which is an industrial Joint Venture with Tata Motors Limited. The 200 acre facility now has a completely equipped body shop, assembly line, a paint shop which is to be commissioned shortly and the Powertrain Plant.

 

Linea is a C plus segment sedan which was launched internationally in May 2007 in Istanbul, after which it met with great success in all markets where it is present. An elegantly functional car, with a strong Italian imprint, it will be equipped with features found in higher segment cars. The launch of Linea will be followed by the Grande Punto, a successful hatchback from Fiat’s stable, which will also be manufactured from the Ranjangaon facility. The Grande Punto is a top seller in Europe and has an annual sales of about 3, 50,000.

 

The company, Fiat India Automobiles Limited, recently signed a MoU with the Government of Maharashtra to enhance the capacities at the plant. Apart from manufacturing of Fiat and Tata cars, the facility will also produce powertrain engines. The plant, which falls in taluka Shirur, district Pune, in its full capacity will produce up to 2 00000 cars, 300000 engines and 300000 parts & accessories.

 

Mr. Rajeev Kapoor, CEO, Fiat India Automobiles Limited, added, “The start of production of Linea is an important milestone and is a significant step in fulfilling the promise we had made to at the Auto Expo in New Delhi earlier this year. The plant has made progress as planned and all the facilities are set to move into top gear from hereon. We have also commenced export activity from the plant and would continue to do so to utilise the capacities at the plant.” Exports of the 1.2 Palio petrol both the AC and non-AC variants have commenced. The 1.2 Palio petrol is being exported to South Africa and the company will look at prospective right hand drive markets for export of other products. The products exported from the Ranjangaon plant will include versions of the Palio, Linea and Grande Punto. FIAL also supplies automobile components to other Fiat facilities.

 

Update on facilities at the plant:

 

Body Shop:

 

All variants of Linea and Grande Punto are planned to be manufactured from the body shop. The facility uses roller skid mechanism for body transfer and has 19 robots in all. While two of these robots are Nachi make, the rest are ABB.

 

The 19 robots are utilized for:

 

 

The plant is also equipped with a suspension shop adjoining to the body shop. Suspension shop has 18 robots, all of which are ABB make.

 

These 18 robots are utilized for:

 

 

The shop has a WBS (white body storage) with a capacity of 96 bodies. PLC (which uses Ethernet) is used in a master-slave arrangement for effective implementation of the manufacturing process. Engines and transmissions are coupled in the trimming plant, vehicle specific components are fitted and complete powertrains are delivered on JIT basis to the customers.

 

Assembly Shop:

 

The assembly shop is designed to assemble Linea, Grande Punto and Tata X1 sedan. The assembly line is installed by Genix Automation from Korea. Painted bodies are received on Skid Conveyors from paint shop and assembled on slat and power & free conveyors. Front and rear suspensions are supplied through conveyor and marriage to car is done on the decking conveyor. Doors are dismantled and assembled on P&F conveyors. Sub-Assemblies like front suspension, rear suspension, dashboards, bumpers; etc are done separately and assembled on to the cars. Glass sealant application is by ABB robots. Seats and tyres are supplied to the main line on conveyors. Manipulators are used for assembling dashboard, seats, tyres and fuel tanks. End of line machines include BEP make Wheel alignment machine, Brake & roller machine and DSA make Electrical Diagnosis machine. The cars are also checked for water leakage.

 

Powertrain Division:

 

The powertrain division has the capacity to produce FPT – Fiat Powertrain Technologies products. The products from the plant will include SDE (Diesel 1248 cc 16 V), FIRE 8V (Petrol 1172 cc / 1368 cc ), FIRE 16V (1368 cc ) and C510 (5 speed 210 Nm)

 

The key features of powertrain plant are:

 

 

 

Powertrain division includes engines, transmissions and trimming plants.

 

Engine quality is ensured by automatic in process verification stations, by leak test benches and final cold/hot test cells. The technology of cold test allows verifying in an environmentally friendly way (the engine is put in rotation by an electrical motor) the characteristics that influence engine performance as intake and exhaust pressure, timing and electrical connections, fuel pressure, frictions and many others.

 

Transmission plant has machining of shafts and gears with a facility for the heat treatment. Assembly line has in process controls with automatic stations and sophisticated noise test equipment.

 

About Fiat India Automobiles Ltd:

 

Fiat India Automobiles Limited (FIAL) is a 50-50 Industrial Joint Venture between Fiat Group Automobiles S. p. A., (Fiat) and Tata Motors Limited (Tata) originally incorporated on January 02, 1997. The company employs about 1900 blue & white collar employees and is located at Ranjangaon in the Pune District of Maharashtra. The definitive agreement of the Joint Venture was signed in October 11, 2007. The board of directors for this company comprises of five nominees each from Fiat and Tata.

 

The state-of-the-art facility at Ranjangaon, which is owned by FIAL is capable of producing 200,000 cars and 300,000 engines, besides 3,00,000 parts & accessories. Currently manufacturing the Palio Stile 1.1 and 1.6 models, premium Fiat cars such as the Linea and Grande Punto are expected to roll out soon in the C plus and B segment from the facility within 2008 and beginning of 2009 respectively. The facility also manufactures Fiat’s successful 1.3 litre Multijet diesel engines and 1.2 & 1.4 litre Fire gasoline engine. Apart from Fiat cars, the facility will also produce Tata passenger and next generation cars. The plant is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people.

 

Fiat, which holds a 50% stake in the Company, also owns and controls five internationally renowned brands:- Fiat Automobiles, Alfa Romeo Automobiles, Lancia Automobiles, Abarth and Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles, the makers of renowned cars such as the Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Lancia besides the Fiat branded cars.

 

Tata Motors Limited, the other partner to the Joint Venture, is India's largest automobile company, with revenues of US$ 8.8 billion in 2007-08. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand and Spain. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, a business comprising the two iconic British brands. It also has a strategic alliance with Fiat. With over 4 million Tata vehicles plying in India, Tata Motors is the country’s market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top three in passenger vehicles. It is also the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer and the second largest bus manufacturer. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and South America. (www.tatamotors.com)

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 42.22

UK Pound

1

Rs. 73.03

Euro

1

Rs. 63.14

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

4

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

2

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

-

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

2

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

2

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

28

 

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%)

 


 

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

 

 

 

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