MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.11.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UCO BANK

 

 

Formerly Known As :

The United Commercial Bank Limited

 

 

Registered Office :

10 BTM Sarani, Kolkata - 700 001, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1943

 

 

Legal Form :

Subject is a Government of India Bank. The Bank’s Shares are traded on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in Banking Activities.

 

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

Large

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an old established Public Sector Government of India Bank. It has satisfactory track records. Trade relations are fair. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The bank has short steady progress. It can be considered normal for business dealings for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

10 BTM Sarani, Kolkata - 700 001, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-22343600 / 3661

Fax No.:

91-33-22254538

Website :

www.ucobank.com

 

 

Branches :

The Bank operates from 1794 branches

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. V.K Dhingra

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B.M. Mittal

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Bhatthcharya

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. N.P. Sinha

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nirmal Khatri

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P.L. Mittal

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. R.N. Jain

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.C. Gupta

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. J.C. Shandil

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. P. Shetty                                      

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. K. Datta                                        

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. C. Gupta                                       

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. K. Dutta                                        

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sudesh Kumar                                   

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. R. A. Yadav                                       

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. H. Siddiqui                                    

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Prof. Mousumi Ghosh                              

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Sakthivel                                       

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. M. Bhide                                       

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Roy Choudhury                              

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. K. Bhagchandka                           

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. Vijayan                                         

Designation :

Director 

 

 

other personnel

Deputy General Manager

 

Ms. D. Gurung

Mr. K. C. Paliwal

Mr. V. K. Upadhyay

Mr. D. Ray Bardhan

Mr. P. K. Das

Mr. B. K. Das

Mr. V. P. Singh

Mr. D. G. Ramrakhiani

Mr. A. P. Chandra

Mr. B. K. Basu

Mr. P. K. Chakraborty

Mr. S. Ramakrishnan

Mr. S. Sen

Mr. P. K. Dutta

Mr. S. K. Das

Mr. P. K. Sharma

Mr. R. K. Mukherjee

Mr. D. P. Chatterjee

Mr. S. Konar

 

 

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 31.03.2008

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Central Government

599360000

Public and Others

200000000

Total

799360000

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in Banking Activities.

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

32086

 

 

Bankers :

Reserve Bank of India    

 

 

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

S.N. Guha and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

Kansal Singla and Associates

Chartered Accountants

 

Parikh and Jain

Chartered Accountants

 

S.P. Puri and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

K.K.S. and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

A.R. and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

Statutory Central Auditors

 

P. A.  and Associates

Chartered Accountants

 

N. C. Mitra and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

M. Choudhary and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

H. K. Chaudhry and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

Vinod Kumar and Associates

Chartered Accountants

 

L. B. Jha and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1500000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.15000.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

799360000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.7993.600 millions

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

CAPITAL & LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Share Capital

 

7993.600

7993.600

Reserves & Surplus

 

21269.599

18627.255

Total

 

29263.199

26620.855

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

799089.426

648600.055

Borrowings

 

17159.494

24658.618

Other Liabilities & Provisions

 

52437.260

48759.427

 

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

 

897949.379

748638.955

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Balances with Reserve Bank of India

 

57027.167

37942.718

Balance with Bank and Money at Call and Short Notice

 

24008.046

24202.601

Investments

 

242496.325

195248.745

Advances

 

550818.940

469889.141

Fixed Assets

 

6843.359

6666.995

Other Assets

 

16755.542

14688.755

GRAND TOTAL

 

897949.379

748638.955

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

Interest Earned

 

65085.559

52100.597

Other income

 

7721.295

5504.332

Total Income

 

72806.854

57604.929

 

 

 

 

Net Profit for the year

 

4121.563

3160.989

 

 

 

 

Expenditures:

 

 

 

Interest Expended

 

50208.128

36231.642

Operating Expenses

 

13059.254

11925.713

Provisions & Contingencies

 

6329.909

6286.585

Less: MAT Credit Entitlement

 

(912.000)

0.000

Total Expenditures

 

68685.291

54443.940

 

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2008

30.09.2008 

Type

1st Quarter 

2nd Quarter 

Sales Turnover

18374.500

19937.300 

Other Income

1617.100

1942.500 

Total Income

19991.600

21879.800 

Total Expenditure

4342.200

4561.000 

Operating Profit

15649.400

17318.800 

Interest

14290.500

15823.500 

Gross Profit

1358.900

1495.300 

Depreciation

0.000

0.000 

Tax

24.500

(5.600) 

Reported PAT

1334.400

1500.900 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

Credit Deposit Ratio

 

70.51

70.66

Investment Deposit Ratio

 

30.24

32.80

Cash Deposit Ratio

 

6.56

4.88

Interest Expended / Interest Earned

 

77.14

69.54

Other Income / Total Income

 

10.69

10.40

Operating Expense / Total Income

 

18.00

21.28

Interest Income / Total Funds

 

7.95

7.67

Interest Expended / Total Funds

 

6.13

5.34

Net Interest Income / Total Funds

 

1.82

2.34

Non Interest Income / Total Funds

 

0.95

0.89

Operating Expense / Total Income

 

1.60

1.82

Profit Before Provisions / Total Funds

 

1.06

1.35

Net Profit / Total Funds

 

0.50

0.47

Return On Net Worth (%)

 

13.67

13.16

 

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY:

 

Kolkata - based UCO Bank [UCO] (formerly known as The United Commercial Bank Limited), currently wholly-owned by the Government of India (GoI). 


It has comeout with its initial public offer of 20,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at premium of Rs 2 per share, aggregating Rs.2400 millions, through the fixed price route on 3rd Sep 2003.

 
The main object of the issue is to augment long-term resources in line with the estimated growth in assets and maintain a comfortable capital adequacy ratio (CAR). Subject's current CAR is 10.04% as on March 2003 as against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stipulation of 9% and, post-IPO, CAR will go up further. After the issue, the shareholding of GoI will come down to around 74.98%. The above equity capital is after making adjustment of accumulated losses of Rs.16651.600 millions, for which approval has been received from the Ministry of Finance.

 
In the recent past, one of the major challenges before subject was to neutralise the accumulated losses incurred by it for 10 consecutive years, i.e., from FY 1990 to FY 1999. To overcome this debilitating factor and to strengthen the bank's performance in various functional areas, a major revamping exercise was initiated. In 1997, the bank formulated a three-year strategic revival plan (SRP) (1997-2000). The plan focussed on accelerated growth of deposits, improvement in deposit mix, credit deployment, improvement in portfolio quality, control and supervision of NPAs, technology upgradation, cost control, improvement in customer service and other areas of house keeping. It successfully implemented SRP and achieved the objective of a turnaround in three years.

   
Further, subject implemented a three- year medium-term restructuring plan (MTRP) in 2000-2003 with a clear objective of becoming a top-class bank with professional ethos and also to earn substantial operating profit and net profit, year after year.

   
In the year 2005-06 the bank has opened 17 branches out of which 8 branches were by way of upgradation of extension counters and the remaining 9 were new branches. The bank has opened 2 new extension counters and closed 5 extension counters.

   
The bank had 1744 Branches of which 1740 are Domestic branches and 4 are in Overseas Branch, 155 Extension Counters and 35 Regional Offices as on 31st March 2006. The Bank has 13 Service Branches and one Integrated Treasury Management Branch at Mumbai.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 


 
Review of Indian Economy: 2007-08 


The Indian economy during the year 2007-08 witnessed a mild slowdown in its growth slope amidst domestic tightening of monetary policy and slowdown in other economies which was offset by continued growth in domestic markets. The highlights of the performance include:

  
 The real economy 

 
 * The FY 2007-08 is the fifth consecutive year that the Indian Economy continued to expand at a robust pace. 
 
 * The real GDP growth rate in the year 2007-08 is estimated at 8.7 per cent according to the advance estimates of Central Statistical Organization. The growth rate of GDP in the year 2006-07 was 9.6 per cent. 

 
 * The growth performance was in tune with the high average real GDP growth of 8.7 per cent per annum during the five-year period, 2003-04 to 2007-08. 

 
 * The total food-grain production is expected to reach an all-time high at 227.3 million tonnes, recording an increase of 4.6 percent over the previous year at 217.3 million tonnes. 

 
 * The Index of industrial production (IIP) rose by 8.7 per cent during the year 2007-08 (April-February) compared with an increase of 11.2 per cent during 2006-07 (April February). 

 
 * The manufacturing sector recorded a growth of 9.1 per cent during 2007-08 (April-February) as compared with 12.2 per cent during April-February, 2006-07. 

 
 * The growth of the infrastructure sector was placed at 5.6 per cent during the year 2007-08 (April-February) as compared with 8.7 per cent in the year 2006-07 (April-February). 

 
 * The services sector continued to be the major contributor to GDP growth at 10.6 per cent during 2007-08. 

 
 * Gross domestic saving as percentage of GDP at current market prices was placed at 34.8 per cent in 2006-07 as compared to 34.3 per cent in 2005-06 due to improved saving performance by the private corporate and public sectors. The household saving rate showed marginal decline in 2006-07 over the previous year due to decline in the financial saving rate.

  
 The fiscal and monetary conditions 

 
 * The gross fiscal deficit during the 2007-08 as per the revised estimates was placed at 3.1 per cent of GDR 
 
 * Broad money growth (M3) on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis stood at 20.7 per cent as at end March, 2008 as compared to 21.5 per cent a year ago. 

 
 The price situation 

 
 * Inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) softened from 6.4 per cent at the beginning of the fiscal year to a low of 3.1 per cent in middle of October, 2007 before increasing again to 7.4 per cent by end March, 2008 reflecting hardening of prices of primary articles, fuel and core manufactured product items. 

 
 * Consumer price inflation was placed in the range of 5.5 - 7.9 per cent during February/March, 2008 as compared with 6.7 - 9.5 per cent in March, 2007. 

 
 * Inflation firmed up in major economies, mostly during the second half of 2007-08, reflecting the combined impact of higher food and fuel prices as well as strong demand conditions, especially in emerging markets. 

 
 * The monetary policy responses during the year were mixed in view of heightened concerns in regard to the implications of credit crunch arising out of the US subprime crisis on financial stability and economic growth in the latter part of the year. 

 
 * Global commodity prices firmed up during 2007-08 led by sharp increases in food and crude oil prices. Metal prices, which had witnessed some moderation during June-December 2007, rose again during January-March, 2008. International crude oil prices rose to a historical peak of US $ 1 19.2 a barrel. Food prices firmed up especially during the second half of 2007-08, led by wheat, rice, and oil seeds/edible oils reflecting surging demand (both consumption demand and demand for non-food uses such as bio-fuels production) and low stocks of major crops. 

 

Banking Developments: 2007-08 

 
 * Aggregate Deposits of banks on y-o-y basis increased by 21.2 per cent as at end March 2008 as compared with 22.3 per cent a year ago 

 
 * Non-food credit expanded by 22.3 per cent on y-o-y basis as compared with 28.5 per cent in 2006-07. Growth in bank credit moderated during 2007-08 after the strong pace in the preceding three years. 

 
 * Bank Rate, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate remained unchanged throughout the year 2007-08 at 6 per cent, 7.75 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. 

 
 * No change was effected in Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) throughout the year 2007-08. 

 
 * Cash Reserve Ratio increased from 6 per cent as on 31.03.07 to 7.5 per cent by 31.03.08: Changes effected in CRR during the year 2007-08 include : April 14, 2007 hiked by 0.25 per cent; April 28, 2007 by 0.25 per cent; August 4, 2007 by 0.50 per cent; November 10, 2007 by 0.50 per cent. 

 
 * Revised guidelines on lending to the priority sector by all SCBs issued. 

 
 * State Level Bankers' Committee convenor banks advised to set up, on a pilot basis, a financial literacy-cum-counselling centre in any one district, and based on the experience gained, to ask the concerned lead banks to set up such centres in other districts. 

 
 * Banks are urged to scale up IT initiatives for financial inclusion speedily while ensuring that solutions are highly secure, amenable to audit, and follow widely-accepted open standards to ensure eventual inter-operability among the different systems. 

 
 * The risk weight on the residential housing loans to individuals reduced from the existing 75 per cent to 50 per cent as a temporary measure. The dispensation will be applicable for loans up to Rs.2.000 millions and will be reviewed after one year, keeping in view the default experience and other relevant factors. 

 

  * Banks are urged to follow prescribed specific considerations while engaging recovery agents. Abusive practices followed by banks' recovery agents would invite serious supervisory disapproval. 

 

Bank's Performance: 


Branch Network: 

 

The year 2007-08 has been a remarkable year as the Bank could open 95 branches, out of which 66 branches were opened on the 6th January, 2008 itself to commemorate the 65,h Foundation Day of the Bank. Out of these 95 branches opened during the financial year 2007-08, 40 branches were opened with fresh Authorisations and 55 were by way of upgradation of extension counters. One branch namely, New Town, Moga, an urban branch, was merged during the year with effect from 1.6.2007. With the opening of 95 new branches and merger of one branch, the total number of domestic branches as at the end of 31s* March, 2008 stood at 1957. There has been no change in the number of overseas branches which continued to be 2 each in Singapore and Hong Kong. The global network of branches as at the end of 31st March, 2008 stood at 1961. 


During the financial year 2007-08, one Representative Office at Guangzhou, China was opened on 4th April, 2007. With the opening of Representative Office in China, the total number of Representative Offices in overseas centres of the Bank stood at two as at the end of 31st March, 2008, one at Kualalumpur, Malaysia and one at Guangzhou, China


On the domestic front, out of the total number of 1957 branches the Bank continued to have 13 Service Branches and one Integrated Treasury Management Branch at Mumbai as at the end of 31st March, 2008. 
 

Flagship and Mid-Corporate Branches: 


During the financial year 2007-08, the Bank had opened 12 Mid-Corporate Branches, out of total number of 95 branches opened during the year. With the opening of 12 Mid-Corporate branches, the total number of Mid-Corporate branches, as at the end of 31st March, 2008, stood at 21. The total number of Flagship Corporate branches of the Bank continued to be four as at the end of 31st March, 2008. 


The Bank has converted two of its existing branches exclusively for catering to needs of Senior Citizens and named these branches as 'Senior Citizen branches'. These branches were opened at Salt Lake, Kolkata and at New Delhi respectively. 


Extension Counters: 

During the financial year 2007-08, 55 extension counters were upgraded into full-fledged branches out of 87 extension counters existing as at the end of 31st March, 2007. During the year, 13 extension counters were merged with the base branch. With the upgradation of 55 extension counters into full-fledged branches and merger of 13 extension counters with the base branch, the total number of Extension Counters as at the end of 31st March, 2008 stood at 19. 

WEBSITE DETAILS:

PROFILE:

Founded in 1943, Subject is a commercial bank and a Government of India Undertaking. Its Board of Directors consists of government representatives from the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India as well as eminent professionals like accountants, management experts, economists, businessmen, etc.

 

Shri S.K. Goel

Chairman and Managing Director

           

Shri V.K. Dhingra

Executive Director

           

Shri B. M. Mittal

Executive Director


Global banking has changed rapidly and Subject has worked hard to adapt to these changes.

 

Subject, with years of dedicated service to the Nation through active financial participation in all segments of the economy - Agriculture, Industry, Trade and Commerce, Service Sector, Infrastructure Sector etc., is keeping pace with the changing environment. With a countrywide network of more than 2000 service units which includes specialised and computerised branches in India and overseas, Subject has marched into the 21st Century matched with dynamism and growth!

Overview

They are in the Service of Community since 1943.

They have nearly 2000 Service Units spread all over India.

They also operate in two Major International Financial Centres namely Hongkong and Singapore.

They have the Correspondents/Agency arrangements all over the world.

They undertake Foreign Exchange Business in more than 50 Centres in India.

They have Foreign Exchange Dealing Operations at 4 Centres.

Strengths

Country-wide presence

Overseas Presence with Profitable Overseas Operations

Strong Capital Base

High Proportion of Long Term Liabilities

A Well Diversified Asset Portfolio

A Large and Diversified Client Base

Fully Computerised Branches at Major Centres

Branch representation in Top 100 Centres (as per deposits) in the country

 Organisation Structure

Headquartered in Kolkata, the Bank has 35 Regional Offices spread all over India. Branches located in a geographical area report to the Regional Office having jurisdiction over that area. These Regional Offices are headed by Senior Executives ranging upto the rank of General Manager, depending on size of business and importance of loacation. The Regional Offices report to General Managers functioning at Head Office in Kolkata.

Commitment to Customers

In all the promotional activities, they will be fair and reasonable in highlighting the salient features of the schemes marketed by them. Misleading or unfair highlighting of any aspect of any scheme/service marketed by the Bank leading to unfair practice shall not be resorted to by the Bank.

 

In commemorating the 50th Year of Independence of India, the Bank released a booklet entitled "Their Commitment to Customers " incorporating the Citizen's Charter on services provided by the Bank.

 

In their continuing endeavour to serve the customers better, they have considerably extended the business hours for public transaction at the branches on all week-days. They have also introduced a number of NO HOLIDAY branches. These branches are open all 365 days a year. Besides, several of the branches have Express DD Counter from where Demand Drafts can be purchased without any waiting time.

 


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 records 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.50.03

UK Pound

1

Rs.74.42

Euro

1

Rs.62.71

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

55

 

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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