MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

04..01.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ALBERNARLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

330, Fourth St. Richmond, VA 23219

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.06.1995

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation- private

 

 

Line of Business :

International Distributor of Chemical Products produced by its parent, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.

 

 

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 :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


 

IDENTIFICATION & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

 

   Company Name:                        ALBEMARLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

   Trade Name:                            

   Address:                                    330 FOURTH ST.                                         

   City:                                           RICHMOND                                                 

   Founded (D/M/Y):                                                                                         

   State/Province:                          VA                                                                                                             

   Zip Code:                                   23219                                                         

   Sales / Revenue:                       -                                                                 

   Country:                                     UNITED STATES                                         

   Net Income:                                                                                                 

   Telephone:                                804-788-6000                                              

    Total Equity:                                                                                               

   Facsimile:                                  804-788-6020                                              

   Number of Employees:                                                                                

   URL                                           www.albemarle.com                                                                                     

   Legal Form:                               Corporation - Private                                                                                    

   Shareholder:                                                                                                                                              

   Business Activity:                       The Subject is an international distributor of chemical products produced by        

                                                     its parent, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.

  

 

 

NOTE TO CLIENT

 

 

Please note that the ordered address, 451 FLORIDA ST., BATON ROUGE, LA, is an administrative office for the Subject. The corporate headquarters is located at the above address.

 

Person Contacted: Mr. Jeff Stanford, Controller for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. Mr. Stanford stated that the Subject's operations are completely integrated into its parent, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. The Company does not have separate financial statements, officers, or employment figures from its parent. Please note that ALBEMARLE CORPORATION has 3,560 employees.

 

 

 

LEGAL

 

 

Legal Form:                                     Corporation - Private

Incorporation State                           VA

Status:                                           ACTIVE

Since (D/M/Y):                                26/06/1995

 

  

The company is NOT required to publish an annual financial report.

 

The Company incorporated in Virginia under the following registration.

 

Legal Name                               : ALBEMARLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION                       

Corporate Identification Number   : 0449148 - 6                          

STATUS                                    : ACTIVE

DATE OF CERTIFICATE : 06/26/1995                                       

STATE OF INCORPORATION   : VA VIRGINIA                                   

STOCK INDICATOR                   : S STOCK                                              

R/A NAME                                :   LUTHER C KISSAM IV                                        

330 SOUTH FOURTH STREET

RICHMOND, VA  23219

 

 

 

MANAGERS / KEY PERSONNEL

 

 

Mr. Mark C. Rohr                             President & CEO

Mr. Richard J. Diemer                      Chief Financial Officer

Mr. John M. Steitz                           Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

 

The Company is affiliated with the following entities:

 

Albemarle Catalysts International, LLC; Delaware

Albemarle Catalysts U.S., LLC; Delaware

Albemarle Delaware One, LLC; Delaware

ACI Delaware Corporation; Delaware

Albemarle Catalysts Company LP; Delaware

Albemarle Catalysts Company BV; Netherlands

Albemarle Netherlands BV; Netherlands

Albemarle Europe SPRL; Belgium

 

 

 

Parent Companies

 

 

Parent Company:               Albemarle Corporation

Address:                           330 S 4th St

City:                                  Richmond

State/Province:                  VT

Zip Code:                           23219

Country:                            UNITED STATES

Telephone:                         (804) 788-6000

 

The following are selected stock price and financial statement information for the parent company, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, which trades on the New York stock

exchange under the symbol ALB.

 

As of 12/31/2006     in US Dollars

Stock Price:                 40.15

52 Week High:             48.84

52 Week Low:              32.92

Shares Outstanding:  95,830,000

Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2006 in Thousands of US Dollars:

 

Net Sales:                2,368,510

Net Income:                142,970

Total Assets:            2,530,370

Total Liabilities:       1,502,270

Total Equity:            1,028,100

   

 

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

The Company has no subsidiaries.

 

BANKS

 

 

Bank of America                                                           

 

City:                                            New York                   

State/Province:                             NY                            

Country:                                      UNITED STATES        

Telephone:                                   803 765-4882             

Facsimile:                                    415 343-9301             

 

Mr. Stanford confirmed BANK OF AMERICA as the Subject's banking institution, however, he would not confirm the provided account number, 54038033, for this report. He declined to provide an alternative account number for the Subject.      

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that due to the nature of the Business, the Subject does not have   

 

separate payment record information from its parent.  The following payment     

 

record is for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.                                            

 

                                                                                

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

AIR TRANS  07-11 05-08 0000000 3200     1800     82  0   0   0   18  CUST 13 YR 

 

DP SERVCS  07-08 07-07 NET 30  4200     3200     100 0   0   0   0              

 

ELEC EQUIP 07-11 00-00 NET 30  1000     800      0   100 0   0   0   CUST 10 YR

 

ELEC MFG   07-11 00-00 VARIED  21500    21500    14  86  0   0   0   CUST  7 YR 

 

ELECTRONIC 07-11 02-10 NET30   0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  5 YR 

 

EQUIPMENT  07-12 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  4 YR 

 

FACTOR     07-11 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

FINCL SVCS 07-12 07-03 NET     10700    2000     0   0   0   0   100 CHARGE OFF

 

FREIGHT    07-12 07-08 VARIED  1000     0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

HEATNG&A/C 07-10 00-00 NET 30  3100     600      0   100 0   0   0              

 

INDUS MACH 07-11 00-00 NET 30  3700     0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

INDUS SUPL 07-10 07-03 COD     2200     100      100 0   0   0   0   CUST 10 YR 

 

INDUS SUPL 07-10 05-03 NET 30  3200     0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  3 YR

 

PACKAGING  07-12 03-12 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  7 YR 

 

PERSNLSVCS 07-12 07-03 ROI     8200     0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

SAFTY PROD 07-11 07-07 NET 30  100      0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST 10 YR 

 

TELECOM    07-12 00-00 NET30   3000     1500     98  0   0   2   0              

 

TRANSPORTN 07-11 03-03 VARIED  2000     0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  4 YR

 

TRANSPORTN 07-09 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   PROMPT     

 

AIR TRANS  06-11 00-00 NET 30  22300    21300    34  3   2   0   61  COLLECTION 

 

BUS SERVCS 06-10 06-10 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

CHEMICALS  06-04 06-01 NET 30  1500     0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

CONTRL DEV 04-12 03-10 NET 30  3600     0        0   0   0   0   0

 

ELEC DISTR 06-01 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

ELEC EQUIP 07-03 07-03 CONTRCT 4900     4900     100 0   0   0   0              

 

ELEC SUPLR 05-04 00-00 VARIED  5100     5100     100 0   0   0   0              

 

ELEC SUPLR 05-08 00-00 NET30   1500     100      0   0   0   100 0              

 

EQUIP LEAS 05-06 00-00 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 

FACTOR     06-06 04-04 NET 30  0        0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

FACTOR     04-12 04-10 NET 30  1400     1400     0   100 0   0   0              

 

FRGHT FWRD 06-01 00-00 NET 30  20100    4500     43  22  9   13  13             

 

GROCERY    05-01 00-00 DISCNT  141700   141700   0   35  34  31  0   PAYS-SLOW  

 

INDUS MACH 06-07 00-00 NET     1300     900      100 0   0   0   0

 

INDUS SUPL 05-04 02-06 NET 30  6200     0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  3 YR 

 

LEASING    07-11 00-00 CONTRCT 5900     2500     100 0   0   0   0              

 

METAL DIST 05-02 00-00 VARIED  0        0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  9 YR 

 

OFFC SUPPL 07-06 07-06 NET     16100    0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  3 YR 

 

PAINTS     05-08 05-06 1/10PRX 0        0        0   0   0   0   0

 

TELECOM    06-08 06-07 NET 30  1100     0        0   0   0   0   0   EXLENT ACC 

 

TELECOM    05-03 00-00 NET 30  100      100      100 0   0   0   0              

 

TRUCK DLR  05-09 00-00 CONTRCT 0        0        0   0   0   0   0              

 

WATR EQUIP 07-04 00-00 NET 30  103000   103000   100 0   0   0   0              

 

CURRENT QUARTER                67100    31500    30  63  0   0   7

 

                                                                                

 

Payment Trends                                                                  

 

           INDUSTRY     BUSINESS        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-                

 

DATE      CUR    DBT       DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+            

 

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

 

20071200  0      6         18           34600    31  58  4   0   7              

 

20071100  0      5         19           22400    49  34  7   0   10             

 

20071000  0      4         24           10200    77  0   0   0   23             

 

20070900  0      5         23           10500    78  0   0   0   22             

 

20070800  0      5         22           11300    77  0   3   0   20

 

20070700  0      5         20           11700    78  3   0   0   19             

 

                                                                                

 

Payment History - Quarterly Averages                                            

 

                                        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-                

 

QUARTER  YEAR              DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

 

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

 

Third    2007              25           10100    76  0   1   0   23             

 

Second   2007              24           9800     76  1   0   0   23             

 

First    2007              24           16300    36  42  5   8   9              

 

Fourth   2006              21           14800    32  43  15  9   1

 

Third    2006              13           6700     46  44  7   0   3

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Mr. Stanford stated that the Subject does not release separate financial statement information from its parent, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.

 

 

CURRENT OPERATIONS

 

 

   SIC Code:          

   NAICS Code:      4226                                                                                                                                   

                             Chemical and Allied Products Wholesalers

 

Business Activity:

 

The Subject is an international distributor of chemical products produced by its parent, ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.

The Subject primarily exports to the Asian market.

 

 

The heading address is the corporate headquarters for the Subject. The facility consists of office space.

 

The Company has an additional administrative office located in Baton Rouge, LA.

 

 

PUBLIC RECORD

 

 

 

A search of public  revealed no derogatory information, bankruptcy petitions or Uniform Commercial Cods.

 

 

 

COMMENTS

 

 

The Subject, incorporated in 1995 in Virginia, is engaged as an international distributor of chemicals.  The payment record is generally satisfactory and the operating history is clear.  No derogatory information or bankruptcy petitions were reported or noted.  The Company is responsible 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.

 

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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