MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

 

Report Date :

28.08.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EUROMIN SA

 

 

Formerly Known as :

Vitol Metals SA

 

 

Registered Office :

Bd du Pont-d'Arve 28 1205 Geneve

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

18.12.1991

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Trade with Nonferrous Metals, Nonferrous Semi-Finished Products and Other Derivated Products

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

EUR 2.500.000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


 

 

Name of the company             

 

Euromin SA

 

 

Line of Business  

 

Metaux non ferreux

 

 

Legal domicile      

 

Bd du Pont-d'Arve 28

1205 Geneve/GE

 

 

Business address

 

Case postale 162

1211 Geneve 8/GE

Switzerland

Telephone:        022 3282385

Fax:                  022 3282385

 

overall assessment:

 

 

Business connections are permissible.

detail assessment:

payments:

 

No complaints

 

individual credit limit*:

EUR 2.500.000,--

 

This credit advice is based on information available at the time of conducting the research, being the above indicated date.

 

All amounts in this report are given in Swiss Francs (CHF) unless otherwise stated.

 

 

GENERAL COMPANY DATA

 

OFFICIAL DATA:

Legal form:                    Joint stock company

Registration:                  18-12-1991

First Publication:             09-01-1992

Last Publication:            25-05-2005

Share capital:                20.000.000

Paid up:                        20.000.000

Divided into:                   20.000 Registered shares of 1.000

History:                         19-12-1996     20.000.000 Capital increase

                                    10-04-1995     11.000.000 Capital increase

                                     01-06-1993      1.000.000 Capital increase

                                                            50.000 Capital by incorporation

 

 

Direct Parent com.

 

Vitol Holding SARL, 1200 Geneve, Switzerland/CH with a share of 100.

 

 

Company Management

 

Nils C. Ovesen

Registered name       21-01-1993 Euromin SA

Previous                     Vitol Metals SA

 

 

ACTIVITY

 

Activity:

The company is engaged in the trade with nonferrous metals, nonferrous

semi-finished products and other derivated products.

 

 

EMPLOYEES

 

Number of employees:  5

 

Vitol SA employs  90 people.

The Vitol Group employs around 1,000 people.

 

 

PAYMENT AND FINANCIAL DATA

 

PAYMENT EXPERIENCES:

 

Legal actions:        No legal actions or distraints are registered.

 

                      Report from 13-11-2000, in 1200 Geneve.

 

A current check of the legal actions requires a document of justification with a legitimate signature.

 

There are no complaints about the mode of payment and business conduct.

 

 


FINANCIAL DATA

 

Financial position:   The financial affairs are considered good and in order.

 

Financial Statements: The company does not disclose any financial statements.

 

Consolidated key figures (in USD 1.000.000):

Vitol Group

                           31.12.2007  31.12.2006  31.12.2005  31.12.2004

Sales                    146'700.0   116'000.0    82'400.0      61'100.0

 

 

Banker(-s)          

 

BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, Geneve

ING Bank, Rotterdam

  ABN Amro, Rotterdam

 

 

Auditors            

 

 Ernst & Young SA, Petit-Lancy

 

 

Premises            

 

The premises at the above mentioned address are rented.

 

 

Fiscal taxation  

 

 No information is available due to the local tax authority regulation.

 

 

COMPANY AND PERSON RELATIONS

 

COMPANY CONNECTIONS:

 

Direct Parent com.:   Vitol Holding SARL, 1200 Geneve, Switzerland/CH

                                   with a share of 100.

 

Vitol Holding SARL, at the same address, was registered in the

commercial register on 14 November 1978. The latter's fully liberalized

share capital amounts to CHF 2'000'000.--.

 

The latter in turn is owned by Vitol Holding BV in Rotterdam.

 

The Vitol Group controls 60 to 70 companies worldwide.

 

Vitol Holding SARL holds 100 % of the capital in the following

companies:

- Arkham SA, Geneva

- Euromin SA, Geneva

- Vital Central Asia SA, Geneva

- Vitol Energy SA, Geneva

- Vitol R & M SA, Geneva

- Vital Refining SA, Geneva

- Vitol SA, Geneva

- Vitol Sugar SA, Geneva

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

                      Roland Favre, from Pont (Veveyse), in

                      Vandoeuvres/GE/Switzerland,

                      President, sole signature.

                      David B. Fransen, from United Kingdom, in

                      Chene-Bougeries/GE/Switzerland,

                      Member, sole signature.

 

MANAGEMENT:

                      Nils C. Ovesen, from Sweden, in

                      Geneve/GE/Switzerland,

                      Director, sole signature.

 

 

PERSONNEL INFORMATION

 

Roland Favre, born on 14 February 1949, features on the Boards of the

following companies:

 

- Anchor Insurance SA, Carouge

- Arkham SA, Geneva

- Atlantank SA, Geneva

- Rosco SA, Geneva

- Vitol SA, Geneva

- Vitol Energy SA, Geneva

- Vitol R & M SA, Geneva

- Vitol Refining SA, Geneva

- etc.

 

He is also director with individual signature of Vitol Sugar SA, Geneva

and managing director with individual signature of Vitol Holding SARL,

Geneva.

 

 

FURTHER MANDATES

 

David B. Fransen:

- Arkham SA, Geneve

- Atlantank SA, Geneve

- VITOL EUROASIA SA, Luxembourg, succursale de Geneve, Geneve

- Vitol Refining SA, Geneve

- Vitol SA, Geneve

etc.

 

 

COMMENTS

 

Euromin SA publishes no consolidated income statement and profit and

loss account.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.43.79

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.05

Euro

1

Rs.64.56

 

 

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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