MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :           

13.07.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Correct Name :

SAVOLA GROUP COMPANY

 

 

Registered Office :

Saudi Business Center, 8th Floor, Madinah Road, P O Box 14455, Jeddah 21424

 

 

Country :

Saudi Arabia

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

16.06.1979

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

4030019708, Jeddah

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Edible oils, sugar, fresh dairy products and restaurants

 

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 :

US$ 7,000,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

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 – March 31st, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

                   (31.12.2010)                  

Current Rating

(31.03.2011)

Saudi Arabia

a2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


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SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                     : SAVOLA GROUP COMPANY

Country of Origin                                    : Saudi Arabia

Legal Form                                            : Joint Stock Company

Registration Date                                   : 16th June 1979

Commercial Registration Number            : 4030019708, Jeddah

Issued Capital                                        : SR 5,000,000,000

Paid up Capital                                      : SR 5,000,000,000

Total Workforce                                     : 17,500

Activities                                               : Edible oils, sugar, fresh dairy products and restaurants.

Financial Condition                                 : Good

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

Operating Trend                                     : Steady

Recommended Credit Limit                     : US$ 7,000,000

 

COMPANY NAME

 

SAVOLA GROUP COMPANY

 

 

company ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

Building             : Saudi Business Center, 8th Floor

Street               : Madinah Road

PO Box             : 14455

Town                 : Jeddah 21424

Country             : Saudi Arabia

Telephone         : (966-2) 6477333 / 6363767

Facsimile          : (966-2) 6484119

Email                : info@savola.com

 

Premises

Subject operates from a large suite of offices that are rented and located in the Central Business Area of Jeddah.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

     Name                                                                                              Position

 

·       Sulaiman A Al Muhaidib                                                                     Chairman

 

·       Dr Abdulraouf Mohamed Manna                                                          Managing Director

 

·       Abdulaziz Khaled Alghufaily                                                               Director

 

·       Dr Sami Mohsen Baroum                                                                   Director

 

·       Mohamed Abdulgadir Alfadl                                                                Director

 

·       Ammar A Al Khudairi                                                                         Director

 

·       Ibrahim M Aleasaa                                                                            Director

 

·       Muosa Omran Al Omran                                                                    Director

 

·       Dr Ghasan A Al Sulaiman                                                                  Director

 

·       Yousuf Mohamed Alireza                                                                   Director

 

·       Abdullah M Nour Rehaimi                                                                   Director

 

·       Dr Abdulraouf M Mannaa                                                                    Director

 

·       Dr Mohamed Amin Kashgari                                                               Manager - Savola Retail Sector

 

·       Zouhair Eloudghiri                                                                              Manager - Savola Foods Sector

 

·       Dr Mohamed Ajlan                                                                             Business Development Manager

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment  : 16th June 1979

 

Legal Form                  : Joint Stock Company

 

Commercial Reg. No.  : 4030019708, Jeddah

 

Issued Capital              : SR 5,000,000,000

 

Paid up Capital            : SR 5,000,000,000

 

Name of Shareholder (s)

 

·       Mohammed I Al Issa

 

·       Kingdom Holding Co

 

·       Abdullah M A Al Rabiah

 

·       General Organization for Social Insurance

 

·       Over 160,000 shareholders

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

     Name                                                                                  Ownership %

 

·       Savola Packaging Systems Limited                                            100.0%

·       Utur Packaging Materials Company Limited                                 100.0%

·       Savola Trading International Limited                                            100.0%

·       Tayseer FZCO                                                                          100.0%

·       Azizia Panda Trading Company                                                  100.0%

·       Al-Azizia Panda United Company                                               100.0%

·       Afia International Company                                                           90.6%

·       Herfy Food Services Company Ltd                                                70.0%

·       Savola Industrial Investments Co                                                   63.5%

·       United Properties Development Company                                      70.0%

·       Adeem Arabia Company Ltd                                                       100.0%

·       Al Marai Dairy Company Ltd                                                         28.0%

·       Marafiq                                                                                       30.0%

·       Intaj Capital Limited                                                                     49.0%

·       Afia Xiwang International (AXI)                                           49.0%

·       Golden Hope Investments (Asia Pacific)                                        40.0%

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: The Savola Group is now one of the Kingdom's leading industrial companies. The Group’s major holdings supply Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North African countries with edible oils, sugar, fresh dairy products, and restaurants serving fast foods. The Group also owns what is considered the largest retail food chain in the Middle East - the Azizia Panda supermarkets

 

Savola currently has market shares of 62% of the Edible Oils market and 68% of the Sugar market in the Kingdom as well as 79 Retail outlets (Supermarkets/Hypermarkets) throughout Saudi Arabia.

 

Import Countries: Europe, Asia and the United States of America

 

Operating Trend: Steady

 

Subject has a workforce of approximately 17,500 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Financial highlights provided by outside sources are given below:

 

Currency: Saudi Riyals (SR’000)

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet                           31/12/10            31/12/09            31/12/08            31/12/07

 

Current assets                                                   5,910,643          5,633,507          4,764,430          3,711,339

Current liabilities                                                6,724,128          6,313,432          6,001,606          3,138,566

Working capital                                                  (813,485)           (679,925)           (1,237,176)        572,773

Current assets                                                   5,910,643          5,633,507          4,764,430          3,711,339

Other non-current assets                                    7,132,076          6,086,256          5,525,059          4,364,864

Property, plant and equipment (fixed assets)        4,739,217          5,536,761          4,250,663          3,513,801

Total assets                                                      17,781,936        17,256,524        14,540,152        11,590,004

Current liabilities                                                6,724,128          6,313,432          6,001,606          3,138,566

Long-term loans                                                 2,394,807          1,996,202          1,117,136          456,540

Other liabilities                                                   448,133             418,979             284,730             222,221

Total liabilities                                                    9,567,068          8,728,613          7,403,472          3,817,327

Paid-up capital                                                   5,000,000          5,000,000          5,000,000          3,750,000

Retained earnings and reserves               2,020,037          1,960,628          1,389,165          3,406,901

Shareholders’ equity                                           7,020,037          6,960,628          6,389,165          7,156,901

Minority interests                                               1,194,831          1,567,283          747,515             615,776liabilities and

 

Consolidated Income Statement

 

Revenues—net                                                  21,029,472        17,917,202        13,821,377        10,409,530

Cost of sales                                                     (17,614,233)      (14,809,887)      (12,007,054)      (8,705,859)

Gross profit                                                      3,415,239          3,107,315          1,814,323          1,703,671

Share of profits (loss) of associates and

jointly controlled entity and dividend income         459,522             352,799             335,174             243,753

Other income—net                                             97,340              79,877              110,526             82,057

Total income                                                      3,972,101          3,539,991          2,260,023          2,029,481

Selling & Marketing                                            (1,870,153)        (1,533,574)        (1,123,033)        (839,516)

General and Administrative                                 (603,138)           (628,783)           (465,491)           (456,794)

Total expenses                                                  (2,473,291)        (2,162,357)        (1,588,524)        (1,296,310)

Income (loss) from Operations                             1,498,810          1,377,634          671,499             733,171

Gain (loss) on Disposal of Investments                 195,055             318,116             147,980             863,982

Impairment of Assets & Projects Written-off         (283,716)           (221,596)           (442,406)           (110,482)

Financial charges—net                                       (244,260)           (227,337)           (153,658)           (33,326)

Income (loss) before Zakat and income tax

and minority interests                                         1,165,889          1,246,817          223,415             1,453,345

Zakat and income tax                                         (140,146)           (63,323)            (53,387)            (115,463)

Net income before minority interests                    1,025,743          1,183,494          170,028             1,337,882

Share of minority interests in the net income

(loss) of consolidated subsidiaries                       (139,041)           (231,929)          32,330              (107,858)

 

Local sources consider subject’s financial condition to be Good.

 

 

BANKERS

 

·       Arab National Bank (ANB)

King Faisal Street

North Morabbaa

PO Box: 56921

Riyadh 11564

Tel: (966-1) 4029000

Fax: (966-1) 4027747

 

·       United Saudi Bank

Malaz Branch

PO Box: 2804

Riyadh 11461

Tel: (966-1) 4772033

Fax: (966-1) 4773709

 

·       Saudi British Bank

PO Box: 109

Jeddah 21411

Tel: (966-2) 6512121


 

·       Riyad Bank

Prince Fahad Street

PO Box: 9324

Jeddah 21413

Tel: (966-2) 6513333

 

·       National Commercial Bank

Al Balad Branch

King Abdulaziz Street

PO Box: 5066

Jeddah 21422

Tel: (966-2) 6434777

Fax: (966-2) 6441686

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

Date of transaction                              June 2007                                June 2008

Credit amount                                        17,000                                      25,000

Amount overdue                         0                                              0

Payment terms                                      60 days                                     60 days

Payment Method                                   Letters of Credit                         Letters of Credit

Paying record                                        No Complaints                           No Complaints

Currency                                               Pounds Sterling                         Euros

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

The Savola Group is now one of the Kingdom's leading industrial companies. It currently has market shares of 62% of the Edible Oils market and 68% of the Sugar market in the Kingdom as well as 79 Retail outlets (Supermarkets/Hypermarkets) throughout Saudi Arabia.

 

During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.69

UK Pound

1

Rs.70.87

Euro

1

Rs.62.26

 

 

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

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NB

New Business

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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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