MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.01.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TRINIDAD BENHAM CORP

 

 

Registered Office :

3650 S Yosemite Ste 300, Denver , CO 80237

 

 

Country :

United States 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.08.1917

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation for Profit

 

 

Line of Business :

Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

                   (01.04.2010)                  

Current Rating

(30.06.2010)

United States 

a1

a1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


GEOPOLITICS - UNITED STATES

 

POLITICAL DATA

ECONOMIC DATA

Form of Government: Federal


Economic Risk: Nil

Currency: USD

Branch Situation: Stable

 

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

Ordered as:

Trinidad Benham Corporation

Address in the order:

3650 South Yosemite, Suite 300 Denver Co 80237

 

 

Legal Name:

Trinidad Benham Corp

 

 

Legal Address

3650 S Yosemite Ste 300, Denver , CO 80237, USA.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 220-1400

ID :

19871065401

Fax:

(303) 220-1490

Legal Form:

Corporation for Profit

Email:

info@trinidadbenham.com

Registered in:

Colorado

Website:

http://www.trinidadbenham.com/

Date Created:

1917

Manager:

Tsukasa Endo, President

Date Incorporated:

August, 10th. 1917

Staff:

500

Stock:

NA

 

 

Value:

NA

Activity:

Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.

 

 

BANKS

 

Name of the Bank

COBANK

Name of the Bank

U.S. BANK

 


BUSINESS

 

HISTORY

 

The company was founded in 1917.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.

 

 

Products/Services description:

 

The company specializes in management, retail packaging, and processing and distribution of retail bean, rice, and popcorn products in the United States.

 

The company also provides various specialty products, including dehydrated bean products, rice products, gourmet soup mixes, and specialty rice mixes.

 

It is also a producer of private label brand aluminum foil, plastic wrap, wax paper and parchment paper to all classes of trade.

 

The company has designed an entire line of vegetarian dehydrated camping food meals, called "The Camp ‘n Trail food".

Sales are:

 

Wholesale

Brands:

 

Sabor del campo, Siler's, Jack rabbit, Peak, Solfresco, Chef'spride, Ranch wagon, Wonderfoil, Masterwrap, Budgetbuy

 

Clients:

 

Professionals of the industry

Suppliers:

 

Food service or retail users

 

The subject employs 500 employee(s)

LOCATION

Headquarters

 

The company is headquartered in 3650 S Yosemite Ste 300, Denver, CO 80237, USA.

Branches:

 

California, Idaho, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado and Georgia.

 

 

Shareholders - Manager - Related Companies

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

 

NO

Shareholders Parent Company(ies):

 

This is a private company. Despite our long searches, we were unable to find the names of the main shareholders.

Management:

 

Tsukasa Endo, President

Gary K. Peters, Vice President of Finance

Carl C Hartman, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Financials - COMMERCIAL TRENDS AND FORECAST

As a private company the subject does not publish any financial statements.

We have contacted the operator of the company, who refused to provide us any financial data without knowing the name of the inquiring party.

Legal Fillings

 There are several UCC** files listed with the Secretary of State of Colorado.

There was a recent lawsuit found against the company:

 

Lawsuit Details

           

RFC Case Number: T-R10-1133T

Court Case Number: 1:10-cv-01133-CMH -TCB

File Date: Friday, October 08, 2010

Plaintiff: Reynolds Foil Inc.

Plaintiff Counsel: Kimberly S. Walker of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Defendant: Trinidad Benham Corporation

Cause: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

Court: Virginia Eastern District Court

Judge: District Judge Claude M. Hilton

Referred To: Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan

THE COMPANY IS NOT LISTED ON THE OFAC LIST.*

 

 For information:

 

* The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List is a publication of OFAC which lists individuals and organizations with whom United States citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business.

 

 

** The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is one of a number of uniform acts that have been promulgated in conjunction with efforts to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all 50 states within the United States of America. 

 The UCC deals primarily with transactions involving personal property (movable property), not real property (immovable property).

 

It allows a creditor to notify other creditors about a debtor’s assets used as collateral for a secured transaction by filing a public notice (financing statement) with a particular filing office.

 

The Uniform Commercial Code Bureau files and maintains on financial obligations (including IRS liens) incurred by individuals (in business as a sole proprietor), business entities and corporations.

 

 

Rating

Local credit bureau gave a Correct credit rate.

 

The company is in Good Standing. This means that all local and federal taxes were paid on due date.

 Final Opinion

 

This is a large US company, with 500 employees and 93 years of experience in the market.

 

We don't have any payment experience, nor do we have any financial information.

 

Therefore, we suggest working with guarantees.

 

 

SUMMARY

 


FINANCIAL SUMMARY


DEBT COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

Profitability

N.A.

Public Records

NO

Indebtedness

N.A.

Payments

N.A.

Cash

N.A.

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX

 

Position

 

Operator

Comments

 

The person contacted refused to provide us any information on grounds of confidentiality.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.45.58

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.79

Euro

1

Rs.62.01

 

 

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

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

 

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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