MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.11.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EOFFICE PLANET INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Construction House, 5 Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate
Mumbai 400 001

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.05.1999

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-119874

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U36991MH1999PTC119874

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUME06075G

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACE6222F

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Marketing of Computer Hardware and Software

 

 

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 1500000

 

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a engaged in marketing of Computer Hardware and Software.  The company performance is improving and has wiped out previous losses substantially. Trade relations are fair. Payments are reported as slow but correct.

 

However, the company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions. 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Construction House, 5 Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate
Mumbai 400 001, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-3020 7300

Fax No.:

91-22-3027 7300

E-Mail :

sales@eofficeplanet.com

sgupta@eofficeplanet.com

Website :

http://www.eofficeplanet.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

D Wing, Shree Sound Studio Compound, Madahvdas Pasta Road, Dadar (East), Mumbai-400014, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-30447300

Fax No.:

91-22-30447323

Mobile No,:

91-9987068196

E-Mail :

sales@eofficeplanet.com

 

 

Branches :

Bangalore
No. 85/13, 4th Cross, Bhavani Nagar, S. G. Palya, Bangalore 560 029
Phone: 91-80-6785 835
Fax : 91-80-6785 722
Email: custserve_blr@eofficeplanet.com

 

Chennai
Old No. 13, New No. 26, Devakiammal Street, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai 600 030
Phone: 91-44-2647 5597
Fax : 91-44-2660 0592
Email: custserve_maa@eofficeplanet.com

 

Kolkata
CG – 221, Salt Lake City, Sector – II, Ground Floor, Kolkata – 700064
Phone: 91-33-23582004/23340003
Fax : 91-33-23340003
Email: custserve_ccu@eofficeplanet.com

 

Hyderabad
11-5-404/4,First Floor, Red Hills , Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh-500 001
Phone: 91-40-5577 7200/7300
Email: custserve_hyd@eofficeplanet.com

 

New Delhi
F-208, Opposite Maharaja Carpets, M. B. Road, Lado Sarai, Mehrauli
New Delhi-110 030.
Phone: 91-11-5166 5067
Email: custserve_del@eofficeplanet.com

 

Pune
Rishi Niwas, 65 Hindustan Estate, Kalyaninagar, Pune-411006,
Phone : 91-20-2661 5201/02/03
Email: custserve_pnq@eofficeplanet.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Shyam Pramod Barilits-Gupta

Designation :

Whole time Director

Address :

Villar Ville, 16, Ramchandani Marg, Colaba, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

14.10.1967

Date of Appointment :

14.05.1999

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Maria Michaela Barilits

Designation :

Director

Address :

Villar Ville, 16, Ramchandani Marg, Colaba, Mumbai-400006, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

19.07.1964

Date of Appointment :

16.06.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Michael Tojner

Designation :

Director

Address :

Filgradergasse 15, 1060 Wien, Austria

Date of Birth/Age :

31.03.1966

Date of Appointment :

03.06.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Suresh Rajpal

Designation :

Director

Address :

F-100, Radhe Mohan Drive, Banah Raod, Gadaipur, New Delhi-110016, India

Date of Birth/Age :

17.08.1943

Date of Appointment :

13.03.2000

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bharat Kewalramani

Designation :

Director

Address :

252, Maker Tower A, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400005, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.03.1960

Date of Appointment :

30.08.2004

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 29.09.2007

 

Names of Shareholders

 

 

No. of Shares

Shyam Pramode Barilits Gupta

 

197303

Prashant Hingorani

 

8800

Fardeeb Khan

 

2850

Gangadhar Vakode

 

285

Mohan Kumar

 

285

Ritu Khaitan

 

285

Suparna Mehra

 

314

Maria Barilits

 

197303

Suresh Rajpal

 

6830

Arayana Kewalramani

 

1568

Deepika Roy

 

1568

Alexander Strobl

 

1100

Andreas Strobl

 

1100

Priyanka Ghatalia

 

1100

ICICI Eco- Net Limited

 

81928

Asia Private Equity Beteilingungs – Invest AG

 

134273

Cimarron Financial Corporation

 

70441

Antheria Holding AG

 

35300

Paul Barilits

 

36777

Mahesh Venkataraman

 

1100

Jayesh Mehta

 

550

Rajiv Gatalia

 

10017

Maya Ghatalia

 

1100

Constantin Shivraj Barilits Gupta

 

10001

Marie Ayesha Barilits Gupta

 

10001

Paul Barilits

 

904459

Total

 

1716638

 

As on 31.03.2006

 

List of Allottees

 

 

No. of Shares

Allotted

Shyam Pramode Barilits Gupta

 

500

Maria Michela Barilits Gupta

 

500

Total

 

1000

 

 

Equity Share Breakup (Percentage of total Equity)

As on 30.09.2007

 

Category

 

 

Percentage

Venture Capital

 

11.00

Foreign holdings (Foreign institutional investor(s), Foreign companie(s) Foreign financial institution(s), Non-resident Indian(s) or Overseas corporate bodies or others

 

30.00

Directors or relatives of directors

 

56.00

Other top Fifty (50) shareholders (other than listed above)

 

3.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Marketing of Computer Hardware and Software

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

Financials Services

·         ABN-AMRO

·         American Express

·         Bank of America

·         BNP Paribas

·         Calyon Bank

·         Citigroup

·         Credit Suisse

·         Deloitte

·         Fidelity Investments

·         Franklin Templeton

·         Fullerton

·         GE Money

·         HSBC

·         ING Vysya

·         JP Morgan Chase

·         Kotak Mahindra

·         Max New York Life

·         Metlife

·         Morgan Stanley

·         Reuters

·         TATA AIG

·         Thomson

·         Wells Fargo

 

Technology

 

·         Agilent

·         Conexant

·         Freescale

·         GE ITC

·         Honeywell

·         IBM

·         Intel

·         Lenovo

·         NCR

·         Siemens

·         Texas Instruments

 

Software/ ITeS

 

·         Accenture

·         Amdocs

·         Aricent

·         Capgemini

·         Cognizant

·         Convergys

·         Genpact

·         Google

·         Infosys

·         Larsen & Toubro

·         Logica CMG

·         Microsoft

·         MphasiS

·         NIIT Technologies

·         Oracle

·         SAP

·         TCS

·         Wipro

 

Industrial/ FMCG

 

·         Bayer

·         Ciba

·         Colgate

·         ITC

·         John Deere

·         Kodak

·         Mitsubishi

·         Nestle

·         TATA

·         Tyco

·         Whirlpool

 

Telecom

 

·         Alcatel-Lucent

·         Bharti Airtel

·         Hutchison

·         Juniper

·         Motorola

·         Nokia

·         Qualcomm

·         Verizon

·         Vodafone

·         VSNL

 

Services

 

·         Bates

·         Federal Express

·         Grey Worldwide

·         Group M

·         Hewitt

·         ICFAI

·         IMRB

·         IndiGo

·         ISB

·         Jet Airways

·         Johnson Controls

·         Jones Lang LaSalle

·         JWT

·         Maersk

·         Ogilvy & Mather

·         Sodexho

·         WPP Group

 

 

No. of Employees :

80

 

 

Bankers :

·         Citi Bank N.A, Citibusiness, Citibank Centre, 2nd Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai-400051, Maharashtra, India

·         DBS Bank Limited, 221, Fort House, 221, Dr. D N Road, Fort, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra, India

·         Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B. S. C. ,Jolly Maker Chamber, Nariman Point  Mumbai – 400021

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Rajeev and Rajesh

Chartered Accountant

Address :

Block 34, D, 2nd Floor, Phonix Mill Compound, S.B.  Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai-400013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-24910601

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 29.09.2007

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 20.000 Millions

2000000

Preference Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 20.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 40.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

812464

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 8.125 Millions

904459

Preference shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 9.045 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 17.169 Millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

17.169

15.087

10.192

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

383.902

270.094

190.561

4] (Accumulated Losses)

[84.945]

[90.055]

[99.680]

NETWORTH

316.126

195.126

101.073

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

148.482

69.962

39.905

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

148.482

69.962

39.905

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

10.147

6.030

3.726

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

474.755

271.118

144.704

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

152.915

91.855

44.644

Capital work-in-progress

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

122.382

74.635

36.627

 

Sundry Debtors

149.347

76.957

67.424

 

Cash & Bank Balances

36.815

59.456

15.935

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

45.486

15.647

5.607

Total Current Assets

354.030

226.695

125.593

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

26.781

42.534

22.290

 

Provisions

5.442

4.931

3.290

Total Current Liabilities

32.223

47.465

25.580

Net Current Assets

321.807

179.230

100.013

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.033

0.033

0.047

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

474.755

271.118

144.704

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

473.605

320.063

253.256

Other Income

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Income

473.605

320.063

253.256

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

11.605

14.601

8.928

Provision for Taxation

6.494

4.099

1.652

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

5.111

10.502

7.276

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

10.954

5.875

3.357

 

Other Expenditure

451.046

299.587

240.971

Total Expenditure

462.000

305.462

244.328

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

1.08

3.28

2.87

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

2.45

4.56

3.53

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

2.29

4.58

5.24

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.04

0.07

0.09

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

0.57

0.60

0.65

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

10.99

4.78

4.91

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The Registered Office of the company has been shifted from 41/A Dr. Moses Road, Worli, Mumbai-4700018, Maharashtra, India to present address w.e.f. 22.05.2006

 

Fixed Assets

 

·         Building

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Furniture and Fixtures

·         Office Equipments

·         Electrical Installation

·         Computer

·         Computer Software

·         Motor Vehicles

·         Air Conditioner

·         Sealing Machine

·         Fax Machine

·         Generator act

·         EPABX

·         Telephone, Cell, Inst

·         Printers

·         Air Cooler

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

This form is for

Creation of charge

Corporate identity number of the company

U36991MH1999PTC119874

Name of the company

EOFFICE PLANET INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

Construction House, 5 Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Estate
Mumbai 400 001, India

Type of charge

Book Debts

Movable Property

Others

Particular of charge holder

DBS Bank Limited, 221, Fort House, 221, Dr. D N Road, Fort, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra, India

Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

Agreement for Hypothecation

Date of instrument Creating the charge

12.06.2007

Amount secured by the charge

Rs. 30.000 Millions

Brief particulars of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge

Rate of Interest

Presently 12% subject to charge from time to time as per agreement

 

Terms of Repayment

Payable on Demand

 

Margin

25% against the Hypothecated goods

25% against the said debts

 

Extent and Operation of the charge

Pari passu charge by way of hypothecation on book, stocks and other movable hypothecated assets in favour of  DBS Bank Limited

Short particulars of the property charged

1.       Goods being finished goods, semi-finished goods, stock of raw materials, work in process and other movables assets located at various factories / warehouses/ godowns of the borrower interalia and whether in transit or lying at any other place.

2.       The borrowers’ present and future book debts, outstanding monies receivables, claims, bills, contracts, engagements, securities, investments, rights and assets.

 

Name of the company

EOFFICEPLANET INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BSC and Eofficeplanet India Private Limited

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

Dated 19.09.2002

Agreement of Hypothecation of Goods and Assets

2) Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on the securities of charge

Rs. 20.000 Millions

3) Short particular of the property charged. If the property acquired is subject to charge, date of the acquired of the property should be given

All the present and future goods, book debts and all other movable assets of the borrower including documents of title to the goods, outstanding money, receivable by way of cash assistance and cash incentive scheme or any other scheme claims including claims by way of refund of customs duties under the duty drawback credit scheme or any other scheme, bills, invoice documents, contracts, insurance policies, guarantees, engagements, securities, investments and rights and rights and the present machinery listed in the schedule to the agreement and all future machinery belonging to or in the possession or under the control of the borrower wherever lying stored and kept and whether in possession of the borrower or of the bank or of any third party whether in India or else where throughout the world including all such goods, other movable assets as may be in course of shipment transit or delivery. 

4) Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge.

Interest shall be charged on the outstanding in the accounts opened in respect of the aforesaid credit facilities at such rate as may be determined by the Bank from time to time at the Banks sole discretion.

 

The Borrower will at all times maintain a sufficient quality and market value of the said goods and assets to provide the margins of security required by the Bank from time to time.

 

This agreement shall operate as a continuing security for all moneys indebt ness and liabil8ities aforesaid notwithstanding the existence of a credit balance in the account or accounts of time or any partial payment or flections of accounts.

5) Name and Address and description of the person entitled to the charge.

Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B. S. C.

Jolly Maker Chamber

Nariman Point

Mumbai – 400021

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

N A

7) Particulars of modifications specifying the terms and conditions or the extent of operations of the charge in which modification is made and the details of the modification.

N A

 

AS PER WEBSITE:

 

Overview

 

eOfficePlanet is India’s pre-eminent eProcurement and fulfillment platform offering a broad array of business consumables including office supplies, printing, corporate gifting solutions and other related procurement solutions.


Leadership in eProcurement: The Company introduced eProcurement to the Indian office supplies industry in 2000 and has continued to maintain its leadership position since. The web site offers one of the most sophisticated levels of eProcurement functionality available in India today.


Cost-Effective Value Proposition: The supply model is designed to reduce the large corporate customer’s aggregate costs, including internal operating costs incurred in managing the procurement process, through a comprehensive national distribution and logistics network, as well as information systems that integrate the complete product and service offering and procurement management and consulting solutions.


Only National Fulfillment Solution: Since 2001 eOP continues to be the only company in India to provide a comprehensive national fulfillment solution through its own warehouses and fleet across Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkota, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Noida and Pune.


Comprehensive Product Catalog: The Company has the most comprehensive catalog of business consumables in India including basic office stationery, cleaning & housekeeping supplies, copy paper, electrical supplies, facility supplies, gifts, ink & toner, media & drives, pantry supplies, printed products and technology supplies.


Strong Client Roster: ABN-AMRO, Accenture, Agilent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, American Express, Aricent, Bank of America, Bates, Bayer, Bharti Airtel, BNP Paribas, Calyon Bank, Capgemini, Ciba, Citigroup, Cognizant, Colgate, Conexant, Convergys, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Federal Express, Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton, Freescale Semiconductors, Fullerton, GE ITC, GE Money, Genpact, Google, Grey Worldwide, Group M, Hewitt, Honeywell, HSBC, Hutchison Whampoa, IBM, ICFAI, IMRB, Indian School of Business, IndiGo, Infosys, ING Vysya, Intel, ITC, Jet Airways, John Deere, Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle, JP Morgan Chase, Juniper Networks, JWT, Kodak, Kotak Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Lenovo, Logica CMG, Maersk, Max New York Life, Metlife, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, MphasiS, NCR, Nestle, NIIT Technologies, Nokia, Ogilvy & Mather, Oracle, Qualcomm, Reuters, SAP, Siemens, Sodexho, TATA, TATA AIG, TCS, Texas Instruments, Thomson, Tyco, Verizon, Vodafone, VSNL, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, Wipro, WPP Group.

 

Own Brand

 

The Company introduced its own branded products of office supplies under the eOfficePlanet label in order to provide customers for the first time in India, a complete range of office supplies with consistent quality and uniform design all across India.

 

·         The benefits of own brand products include:

·         Professionally designed products

·         Products manufactured to international specifications and quality standards

·         Consistent quality and uniform design across India

·         Better value, superior quality products at current catalog prices

 

 

 


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.49.84

UK Pound

1

Rs.76.81

Euro

1

Rs.64.38

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

4

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

4

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

4

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--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

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

41

 

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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