MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

17.03.2008

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

12 Monongahela Avenue, P.O Box 2000, Glassport, PA - 15045                     

 

 

Country :

United States                             

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

04.05.1987

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation – Private

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged as a provider of outsourced services to the steel industry.

 

 

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 :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


IDENTIFICATION & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

 

Company Name:                         TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION

Trade Name:                              

Address:                                    12 Monongahela Avenue, P.O Box 2000      

City:                                           Glassport                                                  

State/Province:                           PA                                                                                                        

Zip Code:                                    15045                                                                                                    

Country:                                     UNITED STATES                                       

Telephone:                                  412-678-6141                                                                                         

Facsimile:                                  412 678-2210                                             

URL                                           www.tubecityims.com                                                                                     

Founded (D/M/Y):                                                                                                                                    

In K USD as of :                         

Sales / Revenue:                         -

Net Income:                                                                                                                                             

Total Equity:                              

Number of Employees:                2,000                                                                                                     

Legal Form:                                Corporation - Private                                                                                        

Shareholder:                               Onex Partners L.P.                                                                                         

Business Activity:                       TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION is engaged as a provider of outsourced

                                                 services to the steel industry. The Company operates 66 steel mills

                                                     throughout the US, Canada and Europe.                                                        

 

 

 

NOTE TO CLIENT

 

 

NOTE: The provided name U S FERROUS TRADING DIVISION (TUBE CITY DIVISION), located at 165 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830 is a division of TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION. Since we do not report on divisions, the subsequent report follows for: TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION.

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Mr. Michael Koller, Controller, provided the following information in  this report.

 

 

 

LEGAL

 

 

Legal Form:                                     Corporation - Private

Incorporation State                           DE

Status:                                           ACTIVE

Since (D/M/Y):                                04/05/1987

 

 

The company is required to publish an annual financial report.

 

DELAWARE CORPORATE REGISTRY:                                          

                                                                         

File Number:                                          2125188                       

Incorporation Date/Formation Date:          05/04/1987(mm/dd/yyyy)        

Entity Name:                                         TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION

Entity Kind:                                           CORPORATION                   

Entity Type:                                           GENERAL                       

Residency:                                            DOMESTIC                      

State:                                                   DELAWARE                      

 

REGISTERED AGENT INFORMATION

Name:                 THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY 

Address:             CORPORATION TRUST CENTER      

                           1209 ORANGE STREET            

City:                    WILMINGTON                    

County:               NEW CASTLE

State:                  DE                            

Postal Code:       19801                         

Phone:                (302)658-7581                 

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PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATE REGISTRY:

                                                                         

Entity Type                    FOREIGN BUSINESS CORPORATION  

Entity Name                              TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION     

Entity No.                                  2001714                       

Filing Date                     01/16/1991

Letter of Consent                       No                            

Address %                                C T CORPORATION SYSTEM        

                                                7 PENN CENTER                 

                                                1635 MARKET ST STE 1120       

                                                PHILADELPHIA   Pennsylvania

                                                USA  19103                    

County                          Philadelphia                  

Jurisdiction                                DELAWARE                      

Limited Authority            No

 

 

 

MANAGERS / KEY PERSONNEL

 

 

Mr. Michael Coslov                             Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Joseph Curtin                               Co-President

Mr. Raymond Kalouche                       Co-President

Mr. Thomas E. Lippard (SVP & CFO)   Senior Vice President

Mr. Daniel E. Rosati                            Vice Pres. & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Michael Koller                               Controller

 

 

Owners

 

 

Onex Partners L.P.                                Majority

 

 

 

Parent Companies

 

 

Parent Company:           Onex Partners L.P.

Address:                          

City:                                 

State/Province:              ON

Zip Code:                          

Country:                        CANADA

 

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

International Mill Service, Inc.

Address:                       1155 Business Center Dr.

City:                             Horsham

State/Province:              PA

Zip Code:                      19044-345

Country:                        UNITED STATES

Telephone:                    215-956-5500

Facsimile:                     215-956-5589

 

Tube City, LLC

Address:                       12 Monongahela Ave

City:                             Glassport

State/Province:              PA

Zip Code:                      15045

Country:                        UNITED STATES

Telephone:                    412-678-6141

Facsimile:                     412-678-2210

 

 

 

BANKS

 

State/Province:  PA       

Country:            UNITED STATES          

Telephone:        312 904-6100    

 

The Subject is engaged in senior secured credit facilities providing for a seven-year, $165 million senior secured term loan credit facility and a seven-year, $20 million senior secured synthetic letter of credit.                       

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

 

 

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

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

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

BUS SERVCS 07-11 00-00 NET 7   1100     0        0   0   0   0   0              

COMMUN EQP 07-11 00-00 NET 30  100      0        0   0   0   0   0

FACTOR     07-11 00-00 NET 30  5500     0        0   0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR 

HARDWARE   07-11 00-00 CREDIT  2000     0        0   0   0   0   0              

INDUS MACH 07-09 00-00 NET 30  13500    2100     100 0   0   0   0              

INDUS MACH 07-09 00-00 NET30   11500    6000     0   96  4   0   0              

IRON&STEEL 07-11 00-00 NET 30  3900     900      0   100 0   0   0

MACH DISTR 07-10 07-09 1/10N30 2500     400      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  2 YR 

MED SUPPLY 07-11 00-00 VARIED  16300    14800    92  1   0   0   7              

OPTIC SUPL 07-11 00-00 NET EOM 500      500      100 0   0   0   0   CUST  1 YR 

PLUMBING   07-09 07-09 NET 10  3600     200      100 0   0   0   0              

AUTO PARTS 06-04 06-03 VARIED  1200     500      94  6   0   0   0

INDUS MACH 07-04 07-04 NET 30  12500    12500    100 0   0   0   0              

LAUNDRY    06-10 00-00 NET 30  800      0        0   0   0   0   0              

METAL      06-07 06-06 VARIED  148800   64400    0   70  0   30  0   CUST  1 YR 

RENTALS    06-10 00-00 NET 10  800      800      47  50  3   0   0              

TELECOM    06-08 00-00 NET 30  200      100      0   0   0   0   100 PAYS-SLOW

CURRENT QUARTER                60500    24900    67  28  1   0   4              

                                                                                

Payment Trends                                                                  

           INDUSTRY     BUSINESS        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-                

DATE      CUR    DBT       DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+

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

20071100  0      0         9            26000    67  28  1   0   4              

20071000  0      0         9            31500    64  31  1   1   3              

20070900  0      0         7            24300    76  20  0   0   4              

20070800  0      0         8            28900    74  19  4   0   3

20070700  0      0         10           30800    53  44  0   0   3              

20070600  0      0         5            20800    92  3   0   1   4              

                                                                                

Payment History - Quarterly Averages                                            

                                        BALANCE  CUR 1-  31- 61-

QUARTER  YEAR              DBT             $      %  30  60  90  91+            

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

Third    2007              8            25800    72  22  2   0   4              

Second   2007              8            18000    68  29  0   0   3              

First    2007              15           1600     3   97  0   0   0

Fourth   2006              13           7100     41  49  5   5   0              

Third    2006              31           18600    42  31  2   4   21

   

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

In K                                   USD

 

 

Year-End (D/M/Y)                        30/09/2007            

 

Income Statement                         Quarterly            

 

Global Net Sales                        435,270              

Cost of Goods Sold                       426,925              

Gross Profit                            8,345               

Net Income (Loss) of the Year              (897)                

 

Assets

 

Pre-paid Expenses                        145,860              

Inventories                            36,273               

Trade Accounts Receivable                 180,950              

Short Term Investments                    8,719               

Cash and Cash Equivalents                 4,622               

Other Current Assets                     3,994               

Total Current Assets                     234,558              

Tangible Assets                         5,341               

Intangible Assets                        330,810              

Property, Plant and Equipment              169,138              

Total Fixed Assets                       666,592              

Other Assets                            15,443               

Total Assets                            901,150              

 

Liabilities

 

Advanced Payments Received 23,834                          

Prepayments and Deferred Charges            15,633               

Trade Accounts Payable                    140,866              

Current Liabilities                      19,982               

Other Current Liabilities                 3,071               

Total Current Liabilities                 241,086              

Due to Banks                            37,700               

Long Term Loans                         387,974              

Long Term Deferred Taxes                  38,833               

Other Long Term Liabilities                17,862               

Total Long Term Liabilities                444,669              

Total Liabilities                        685,755              

 

Equity

 

Total Equity                            215,395              

 

 

FINANCIAL INDICATORS

 

 

Year-End (D/M/Y)    30/09/2007                                        

                                                                  

Quick Ratio        0.82                                             

Current Ratio      0.97                                             

Return on Sales     -0.00                                            

Return on Assets                                                    

Return on Equity                                                    

Debt to Equity      3.18                                             

Solvency          0.92                                             

A/R Turns                                                         

 

Mr. Koller stated that the Subject currently has public debt and as a result, the above unaudited financial figures (given in USD thousands) were obtained via the Subject's 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

HISTORY

 

 

The Subject was purchased by Onex Partners L.P., a private equity firm on January 25, 2007.

 

 

CURRENT OPERATIONS

 

 

SIC Code:              3324

NAICS Code:         331512                                                                                                                               

                             Steel Investment Foundries                                                                                                  

 

Number of Employees:   2000

 

Business Activity:

 

TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION is engaged as a provider of outsourced services to the steel industry. The Company operates 66 steel mills throughout the US, Canada and Europe.

 

 

The headquarters is located at the heading address. The Subject has additional branch locations and divisions nationwide.

 

 

PUBLIC RECORD

 

 

 

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODES:                                                       

Filing Number:  2005110402487                                                   

Filing Date:  11/04/2005                                                        

Filing Time:  11:10PM

Expiration Date:  20101104                                                      

Filing Type:  ORIGINAL                                                          

Filing Office:  SECRETARY OF STATE/UCC DIVISION                                 

308 NORTH OFFICE BUILDING                                                       

HARRISBURG, PA 17120

DEBTOR INFORMATION                                                              

Debtor(s):  TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION                                           

12 MONONGAHELA AVENUE                                                           

GLASSPORT, PA 15045                                                             

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION

Secured Party:  CITICAPITAL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION                              

BRANCH 8201 RIDGEPOINT DRIVE                                                    

IRVING, TX 75063                                                                

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Filing Number:  53341873

Filing Date:  10/21/2005                                                        

Filing Time:  3:29PM                                                            

Filing Type:  ORIGINAL                                                          

Filing Office:  SECRETARY OF STATE/UCC DIVISION                                 

FEDERAL & DUKE OF YORK STS

DOVER, DE 19901                                                                 

DEBTOR INFORMATION                                                              

Debtor(s):  TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION                                           

12 MONONGAHELA AVENUE                                                           

GLASSPORT, PA 15045

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION                                           

Secured Party:  BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., AS SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT        383 MADISON AVENUE                                                              

NEW YORK, NY 10179

COLLATERAL INFORMATION                                                          

Collateral Type:  UNSPECIFIED                                                   

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Filing Number:  2005052004216                                                   

Filing Date:  05/19/2005

Filing Time:  8:00PM                                                            

Expiration Date:  20100519                                                      

Filing Type:  ORIGINAL                                                          

Filing Office:  SECRETARY OF STATE/UCC DIVISION                                 

308 NORTH OFFICE BUILDING

HARRISBURG, PA 17120                                                            

DEBTOR INFORMATION                                                              

Debtor(s):  TUBE CITY IMS                                                       

PO BOX 70                                                                       

MINGO JUNCTION, OH 43938

SECURED PARTY OR CREDITOR INFORMATION                                           

Secured Party:  RECO EQUIPMENT, INC.                                            

20620 ROUTE 19 NORTH                                                            

CRANBERRY TWP, PA 16066                                                         

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NO BANKRUPTCY PETITION WAS FILED BY THE COMPANY

 

 

 

COMMENTS

 

 

TUBE CITY IMS CORPORATION is a well-established provider of outsourced services to the steel industry. Payment, though occasionally slow, 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.

 

 


 

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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