MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :           

15.10.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GOLD EAST TRADING  (HONG  KONG)  CO.  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Room 501-504A, 5/F., Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.06.2007

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

38159647

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of paper.

 

 

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

 

Status :

Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30th, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

                   (30.06.2011)                  

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

Hong Kong

a2

a2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

Company name

 

GOLD  EAST  TRADING  (HONG  KONG)  CO.  LTD.

 

 

Company ADDRESs

 

Room 501-504A, 5/F., Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE:            2733 0488,  2733 0074

FAX:                 2732 2202

E-MAIL:                        sales@goldeastpaper.com.hk

cs@goldeastpaper.com.hk

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Chu Wing Hong, Park

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             14th June, 2007.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$3,097,939,200.00

Issued:              HK$1,933,624,200.00

 

Business Category:        Paper Trader.

 

Employees:                   15.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     CITIC Bank International Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Satisfactory.

 


COMPANY ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Room 501-504A, 5/F., Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Ever Dragon Investments Group Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

Sinar Mas Group of Companies

·         APP (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         APP China Trading Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         APP International Trading (China) Ltd., British Virgin Islands.

·         APP Printing Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

·         Asia Paper (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., Indonesia.

·         China Union International Trading Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         Gold Daio (Suzhou Industrial Park) Hygiene Products Co. Ltd., China.

·         Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Gold Hai Paper Products (Kun Shan) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Gold Hong Ye Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Gold Huasheng Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., China.

·         Hainan Jinhai Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., China.

·         Jin Feng Yuan Paper Industry (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Jinxin (Qingyuan) Paper Industry Pte. Ltd., China.

·         Jinyu (Qingyuan) Tissue Paper Co. Ltd., China.

·         Ningbo Asia Paper Converting Co. Ltd., China.

·         Ningbo Asia Paper Tube & Carton Box Co. Ltd., China.

·         Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., China.

·         Ningbo Asia Unpolluted Paper Products Co. Ltd., China.

·         Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co. Ltd., China.

·         P.T. Purinusa Ekapersada, Indonesia.

·         P.T. Smart Tbk., Indonesia.

·         Sinar Mas Paper (China) Investment Co. Ltd., China.

·         Sinar Mas Pulp & Paper (India) Ltd., India.

·         Top Harvest Asia Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         Xinyang Golden Sun Woodwork Co. Ltd., China.

·         Yalong Paper Products (Kun Shan) Co. Ltd., China.

·         Zhenjiang Dadong Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., China.

etc.

 


BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER 

 

38159647

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

 1141342

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:         Mr. Chu Wing Hong, Park

Contact Person:             Ms. Viona Shek

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$3,097,939,200.00 (Divided into 3,097,939,200 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$1,933,624,200.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 14-06-2011)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd.

8 Xing Gang Dong Road, Dagang, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212132 China.

 

769,309,200

Ever Dragon Investments Group Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

1,164,315,000

 

 

––––––––––––

 

Total:

1,933,624,200

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DIRECTORS  

(As per registry dated 14-06-2011)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

CHU Wing Hong, Park

Room 501-504A, 5/F., Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

QI Hezhai

Room 501-504A, 5/F., Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY 

 

CHU Wing Hong, Park  (As per registry dated 14-06-2011)

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 14th June, 2007 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of paper.

 

Employees:                   15.

 

Commodities Imported:   Southeast Asia, China, etc.

 

Markets:                       Hong Kong, China, other Asian countries, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$3,097,939,200.00 (Divided into 3,097,939,200 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$1,933,624,200.00

 


Alternation of Capital:-

Initially

paid up

HK$      1,000,000.00

30-12-2008

paid up

HK$      115,267,771.00

19-08-2010

paid up

HK$      170,957,600.00

01-09-2010

paid up

HK$      77,708,000.00

25-10-2010

paid up

HK$      1,568,690,829.00

 

 

––––––––––––––––––

Total:

paid up

HK$      1,933,624,200.00

================

 

Increases of Nominal Capital:-

From

HK$    1,000,000.00

to

HK$   120,000,000.00

on

18-11-2008

From

HK$120,000,000.00

to

HK$   769,309,200.00

on

19-09-2010

From

HK$769,309,200.00

to

HK$3,097,939,200.00

on

25-10-2010

 

Mortgage or Charge (since 2011):  (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:                            Making a small profit in the past two years.

 

Condition:                                  Business is normal.

 

Facilities:                                  Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                                  Met trade commitments as contracted.

 

Commercial Morality:                 Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

·         CITIC Bank International Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         Taishin International Bank Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

·         Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

·         Cathay United Bank Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

 

Standing:  Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 1,933,624,200 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each in total, Gold East Trading (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. is jointly-owned by Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. [GEP] which is a China-based firm holding 39.8% interests, and Ever Dragon Investments Group Ltd., holding 60.2%.  GEP is a member of the Sinar Mas Group of Companies.  Formerly, the subject was wholly-owned by GEP.

The subject is trading in GEP’s products and is responsible for sourcing raw materials for it.  The subject offers a wide range of paper and board for printing and writing, packaging board, photocopy paper and consumer tissue, which are suitable for high speed and duplex printing; annual report, catalogue and periodical; paper shopping bag, greeting card and playing card; and packaging and gift box, etc.

GEP was established on 18th May, 1997 as a joint venture between Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. [APP], an Indonesia-based firm holding 80% interests, and the Zhenjiang Bureau of Light Industry, holding 20%.  The total investment of GEP was US$1.823 billion.  GEP is situated on a 5.6 million sq.m. site in the Dagang Economic Zone located near Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China.  Now, APP has had companies both in Hong Kong and Southern China.

GEP has started-up two paper machines manufactured by Voith Sulzer Paper Technology in Germany.  PM1 and PM2 are identical machines, each with a capacity of 450 000 tonnes per year [tpy] of uncoated freesheet.  The mill also has an estimated capacity to convert 100 000 tpy of uncoated freesheet into cut-sized photocopier paper and an off-machine coater [OMC] which will have a capacity to convert uncoated freesheet into 600 000 tpy of coated freesheet.

GEP adopts the most advanced technology and biggest paper machines and coater in the world.  Wood-free paper line and coating base paper line are imported completely from Voith-Sulzer/Germany.  OMC is ordered from Valmet/Finland.  Whole process takes world leading control system, including but not limit to DCS and QCS.  GEP has become the largest modern paper mill in China, which is able to supply high quality paper and services to printing and publishing industries.

GEP’s UK agent is Calington Ltd.  The annual sales turnover of GEP is significant.

Besides GEP, the Sinar Mas Group of Companies has had the following four main paper mills:-

1.       Gold Huasheng Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd.

2.       Hainan Jinhai Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.

3.       Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.

4.       Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co. Ltd.

All these paper mills offer a series of eco-friendly products with recycled content and have got “PEFC-COC” certification.

According to GEP, it is currently the single largest Art Paper Mill in the world.

GEP was incorporated on 18 May, 1997 with a total investment of US$3.23 billion and an annual production capacity of over 2.2 million MT.  It has 3 wood-free coated paper production lines from Voith and Metso.  In China, GEP possess a power station, a Ground Calcium Carbonate Plant, and a Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Plant in addition to a pier.

GEP offers customers with a wide range of products such as: C2S Art Paper/Gloss, C2S Art Paper/Matt, C1S Art Paper, HSWO (Heat Set Web Offset) Gloss/Matt, etc.

Mr. Teguh Ganda Wijaya is the Chairman of Sinar Mas Group.  The core businesses of the Group are pulp and paper, finance, real estate and agriculture and food processing.  Sinar Mas Group now has 150,000 employees, with a total asset of over US$20 billion.  As a famous Indonesian consortium, it has invested broadly across Asia, Europe and America.

The subject is the sole agent of APP in Hong Kong and Southern China.  Its offers a wide range of art paper, art board, woodfree, brief card, ivory board, playing card board, carbonless paper, thermal paper, and photocopy paper which are traded by APP.

In response to the rising demand of green procurement, the subject provides various high quality PEFC-CoC certified paper and recycled paper.  To address emerging trends in the printing industry, the subject also provides a full range of coated and uncoated digital paper.

APP boasts an annual output of more than 9 million tons of pulp and paper and 750,000 hectares fast-growing forests.  With a total asset of more than US$10 billion, APP has been among Top 10 paper producers in the world.  Ever since it entered China market in 1992, APP has successively set up 18 pulp and paper enterprises and over 20 plantation farms in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta.  Nowadays, APP China can produce more than 5 million ton paper and paperboards each year.

GEP has claimed to be the most productive single plant of copperplate paper in the world.  Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co. Ltd. is the largest industrial paper producer in China.  Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. is the largest high‑quality package paper producer in the world.  Hainan Jinhai Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. is the largest pulp company in China.  APP also boasts Gold Hong Ye Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd., the largest household paper producer in Asia.

Over the past years, the subject has made enormous efforts in promoting usage of environmental-friendly papers and sustainability.  It has got the “Capital Outstanding Green Excellence Awards”.

The business of the subject keeps on improving as the demand of paper of the world market has been increasing as well.

The subject is supported by GEP and ultimately by Sinar Mas Group.

On the whole, in view of the parentage and background of the subject, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 


MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

12-01-2011

Instrument:      Deed of Indemnity, Charge Over Deposit and Set-Off

Property:

By way of Fixed Charge to the Bank all the Company’s estate, right, title, claim, benefit and interest to and in the Deposit (Account No. 02753320060118 and 02753393120276) and all interest from time to time payable thereon and together with all title deeds and documents relating thereto

Mortgagee:      Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

All actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, fees, expenses and/or liabilities

08-03-2011

Instrument:      Charge on Cash Deposit(s)

Property:

Fixed Time Deposit of CNY31,000,000

Mortgagee:      Cathay United Bank Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

To secure banking facilities

07-03-2011

Instrument:      Security Over Deposit in respect of Obligations of the Depositor

Property:

By way of first fixed charge to the Chargee the account No. 861530035865

Mortgagee:      Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.

All monies and liabilities

28-04-2011

Instrument:      Contract of Mortgage or Charge (Contract No.: Zhen Fa Li Gi Zhi OSCOZY0006NJ)

Property:

Mortgagor has had a sum of fix deposit amount to RMB205,000.000 Yuan in Shenzhen Development Bank under the deposit deed No. IXIX00052962.

Mortgagee:      Shenzhen Development Bank, China.

Mortgagor had signed a loan contract with the bank with a maximum loan of US$30 million under the Contract No. Shen Fa Li Tai Zhi OSCOLN20110006

21-05-2011

Instrument:      Charge on Cash Deposit(s)

Property:

Account No. 090-008-0063033-4

Mortgagee:      Bank SinoPac, Hong Kong Branch.

All sums of money and liabilities

10-08-2011

Instrument:      Charge on Cash Deposit(s)

Property:

Customer ID: 700440

Mortgagee:      Cathay United Bank Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

To secure banking facilities

 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.49.07

UK Pound

1

Rs.77.42

Euro

1

Rs.67.72

 

 

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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