MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.06.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SPECIALISTS INC

 

 

Registered Office :

1105 Washington Street Newton, MA 02465

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

31.07.1991

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation for Profit

 

 

Line of Business :

Seafoods, Frozen prepared

 

 

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 :

USD 800,000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

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)

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

 

Legal Name:

International Marketing Specialists Inc

Legal Address

1105 Washington Street Newton, MA 02465

Telephone:

+1 (617) 965 3400

ID :

043128582

Fax:

N/A

Legal Form:

Corporation for Profit

Email:

morton@forshrimp.com

Registered in:

Massachusetts

Website:

www.forshrimp.com

Date Created:

1991

Manager:

Morton Nussbaum, CEO

Date Incorporated:

July 31st, 1991

Staff:

10

Stock:

N/A

 

 

Value:

N/A

Activity:

Seafoods, Frozen prepared

 

 

BANKS

 

Name of the Bank

SOVEREIGN BANK

Name of the Bank

MIDWEST GUARANTY BANK

Name of the Bank

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS

 

BUSINESS

 

HISTORY

 

This company was created in the year 1991.

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

The company is categorized under seafood wholesaler and retailer.

Products/Services description:

 

PEELED & CLEANED COOKED SHRIMP

PEELED & CLEANED UNCOOKED SHRIMP

SHELL ON SHRIMP

HEAD ON SHRIMP

CALAMARI

DIVER SCALLOPS

CRABMEAT

BREADED SHRIMP

Sales are:

 

Wholesale, Retail

Clients:

 

Various industries

General clientele

Operations area:

 

National, International, Local

The company imports from Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Peru, Ecuador, China and the Persian Gulf

The company does not export

The subject employs 10 employee(s)

PAYMENTS

 

regular

Branches:

 

There were no branches found for this company.

 




Shareholders - Manager - Related Companies

 

Shareholders Parent Company(ies):

 

The company is privately held and has the Nussbaum family as the main shareholders.

Management:

 

Morton Nussbaum, CEO

Marc Nussbaum, President

Matt Nussbaum, Manager

Ernie Wayland, Executive Vice-president

Todd Rushing, Vice-president of retail sales

 

 

Financials - COMMERCIAL TRENDS AND FORECAST

 

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

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

However our financial sources could provide us with the following data.

 

Those figures are estimates provided by confidential banking and financial institutions working with the company.

Currency

DATE

 

USD

2010

 

Turnover

65,000,000

 

 

 

Legal Fillings

 There are 12 UCC** files listed with the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.

 

There are no legal filings listed with the District Court.

 

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 medium sized company with 10 employees and 20 years of experience.

 

There were no legal filings found against the company or its legal representatives.

 

We've contacted the company but they refused to provide us any information without knowing the name of the inquiring party.

 

Our financial sources though provided us with the revenue for the year 2010. The company gave a correct profitability for that year.

 

A credit line may be considered for USD 800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




SUMMARY

 


FINANCIAL SUMMARY


DEBT COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

 

Profitability

CORRECT

Public Records

NO

 

Indebtedness

 

Payments

REGULAR

 

Cash

NORMAL

 

 

 



APPENDIX

 

Person Interviewed

 

Carol

Position

 

Accountant

Comments

 

She refused to provide us any financial data without knowing the name of the inquiring party.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.72

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.93

Euro

1

Rs.64.72

 

 

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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