MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

30.08.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

COKER & ASSOCIATES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC

 

 

Registered Office :

745 Landers Rd, Spartanburg, Sc 29303

 

 

Country :

United States 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

25.05.2006

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject market used textile machinery sales and specialty consultings

 

 

No. of Employees :

05 employees

 

 

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 – March 31st, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2011)

Current Rating

(31.03.2012)

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

 

POLITICAL DATA

ECONOMIC DATA

Form of Government: Federal


Economic Risk: Normal

Currency: USD

Branch Situation: Stable

 

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

Legal Name:

COKER & ASSOCIATES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC

 

 

Legal Address

745 LANDERS RD, SPARTANBURG, SC 29303, USA

(Registred agent adress)

Operative Address

201 Brookside Way, Greenville, SC 29605

Telephone:

+1 (864) 111-1111

ID :

439804

Fax:

+1 (864) 123-1234

Legal Form:

Limited Liability Company

Email:

jacksoncoker@gmail.com

Registered in:

South Carolina

Website:

www.textileservicesonline.com

Date Created:

2006

Manager:

Jackson R Coker, CEO

Date Incorporated:

May 25th 2006

Staff:

5

Stock:

NA

 

 

Value:

NA

Activity:

Used textile machinery sales and specialty consulting.

 

 

BANKS

 

Name of the Bank

SOUTHERN FIRST BANK NA

Location                                  

 PO BOX 17465 GREENVILLE  SC   29606- 8465

 

Name of the Bank

Bank of America

Location                                  

 498 S pliasbury Drive

 


BUSINESS

 

HISTORY

 

The company was founded in 2006 and it is based in South Carolina, USA.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

COKER & ASSOCIATES OF SOUTH CAROLINA LLC markets used textile machinery and offers a consulting service.

 

 

Products/Services description:

 

The company offers the following used machinery:

 

Somet Thema 11E 104 looms, 3200 width, 1993/94 YOM

Zinser RM 350 ring frames 1999/2000 linked to 1998/9 Schlafhorst 338

DORNIER WEAVING LOOMS MOD. HTVS 6/S20

Giesse Chenille Machines

SOMET, Thema Superexcel

SOMET, Master SM93

SOMET, Type Thema Super Excel H3400

SOMET, SM-93, Y.O.M. 1990, 190cm

Murata Model 21C-N1700-40 Winders

Dornier HTV S8/J 1994, 210cm

Picanol OMNI 2-P Air Jet Looms, 280 cm

Truetzschler DK903 Carding Machines

Bonas BLJ II Jacquard Head, 1995 YOM

Bonas BLJ II Jacquard Head,

Bonas ASJ4 Jacquard Head, 1995 YOM

Somet Thema 11 101A Jacquard Loom,190cm, 1989 year

Taiana Machine Tessili SRL Sectional Warper

Somet SM 92 loom, 3200 width, 1986 YOM

Somet ST 880 loom, 3200 width, 1983 YOM

Vamatex P1001 loom, 3200 width, 1989/90 YOM

Staubli jumbo head, CX960 5120 head only

Somet Excel Jacquard looms, 3200 width, 1995/96 YOM

Somet Thema 11E 104 looms, 3200 width, 1993 YOM,

Boucile Machine YOM 1987

Dornier Looms Type: GWN8/S 200, 1982 year

Vamatex Loom P1001 ES 190 cm, 1998 YOM

Somet Super Excel Jacquard Loom, 1998/9 year, 190cm

Somet Thema 11 103 looms, 3200 width, 1991 YOM

Somet Thema 11E 104 Jacquard looms, 3200 width, 1993 YOM

 

Sales are:

 

Wholesale

Brands:

 

The company works with the following brands:

SOMET, VAMATEX, DORNIER, BOUCILE, ZINSER, GIESSE, MURATA, PICANOL, TRETZSCHLER, BONAS, TAIANA and STAUBLI

Clients:

 

The company sell its products to the textile industry.

Suppliers:

 

HARISONS & HARLAJ LTD

G.T. RD, PANIPAT 132103 INDIA

 

R L HENRY INC

1450 GENTRY MEM HWY, EASLEY, SC 29640

+1(864) 306-1224

+1(864) 898-0002

kgg2248@bellsouth.net

Operations area:

 

National

The company imports from India

The company exports to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China

Trade References:

 

R L HENRY INC

We contacted Ms. Deedra, accounting manager of R L Henry Inc., who informed us that thy have been doing business with the company since 2006 and that the company is a good client, which means that it pays on time.

 

She also provided the following information:

 

Payment terms granted: 10 days

The subject employs 5 employee(s)

Comments on staff:

 

This information was provided by the company.

PAYMENTS

 

made on a 30 days basis - monitored over the last 12 months

LOCATION

Headquarters

 

201 Brookside Way, Greenville, SC 29605, USA.

 

The property is:

 

Rented

Comments on location:

 

The company used to be located in 745 LANDERS RD

SPARTANBURG, SC but it has moved to the address above.

Branches:

 

The company does not have branches.

Business Overview:

 

The US industrial equipment wholesalers industry consists of about 25,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $145 billion. Major companies include MSC Industrial and the wholesale operations of manufacturers such as General Electric and NACCO Materials Handling Group. The industry is highly fragmented: the 50 largest companies account for about 25 percent of industry revenue.

 

 

Shareholders

 - Manager - Related Companies

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

 

NO

Shareholders Parent Company(ies):

 

This company is a private company and Mr. Jackson R. Coker II is the shareholder.

Management:

 

Debra Martin - Office Manager  

Tom Johnston - VP US Sales    

Ken Ramsey - VP Project Management

Jackson R. Coker II - CEO         

Darren Ledbetter - Project Management/Rigging



Financials

- COMMERCIAL TRENDS AND FORECAST

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

We have contacted Ms. Debra Martin (office manager) who provided us with the following data:

 

 

Currency

DATE

USD

2011

Turnover

500,000

The cash flow is

NORMAL

 

 

Legal Fillings

 There are no UCC files listed with the Secretary of State of South Carolina.

 

 

There are no legal filings listed with the District Court.

 

 

For information:

 

 

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 Medium credit rate.

 

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

 

 

 Final Opinion

 

Coker & Associates of South Carolina LLC was founded in 2006 and it is based in South Carolina, USA.

 

It is a small size, privately-held company, which markets used textile machinery and offers a consulting service.

 

The company works nationally and internationally, exporting its products to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China.

 

There are no legal filings listed with the District Court.

 

 

SUMmARY

 


FINANCIAL SUMMARY


DEBT COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

Profitability

N.A.

Public

NO

Indebtedness

CONTROLLED

Payments

REGULAR

Cash

NORMAL

 

 

 






APPENDIX

 

Person Interviewed

 

Ms. Debra Martin

Position

 

Office Manager

Comments

 

The person interviewed provided us with the following information:

1.Headquarter location and branch information.

2.Suppliers and payment terms information.

3.Imports and exports information.

4.Date the company was created.

5.Number of employees.

6.Annual revenue for 2011.

 


Standard & Poor’s

United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered To 'AA+' Due To Political Risks, Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative

Publication date: 05-Aug-2011 20:13:14 EST


 

·         We have also removed both the short- and long-term ratings from CreditWatch negative.

·         The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government's medium-term debt dynamics.

·         More broadly, the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative outlook to the rating on April 18, 2011.

·         Since then, we have changed our view of the difficulties in bridging the gulf between the political parties over fiscal policy, which makes us pessimistic about the capacity of Congress and the Administration to be able to leverage their agreement this week into a broader fiscal consolidation plan that stabilizes the government's debt dynamics any time soon.

·         The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. We could lower the long-term rating to 'AA' within the next two years if we see that less reduction in spending than agreed to, higher interest rates, or new fiscal pressures during the period result in a higher general government debt trajectory than we currently assume in our base case.

 

TORONTO (Standard & Poor's) Aug. 5, 2011--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to 'AA+' from 'AAA'. Standard & Poor's also said that the outlook on the long-term rating is negative. At the same time, Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'A-1+' short-term rating on the U.S. In addition, Standard & Poor's removed both ratings from CreditWatch, where they were placed on July 14, 2011, with negative implications.

 

The transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment of the U.S.--our assessment of the likelihood of official interference in the ability of U.S.-based public- and private-sector issuers to secure foreign exchange for

debt service--remains 'AAA'.

 

We lowered our long-term rating on the U.S. because we believe that the prolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling and the related fiscal policy debate indicate that further near-term progress containing the growth in public spending, especially on entitlements, or on reaching an agreement on raising revenues is less likely than we previously assumed and will remain a contentious and fitful process. We also believe that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration agreed to this week falls short of the amount that we believe is necessary to stabilize the general government debt burden by the middle of the decade.

 

Our lowering of the rating was prompted by our view on the rising public debt burden and our perception of greater policymaking uncertainty, consistent with our criteria (see "Sovereign Government Rating Methodology and Assumptions ," June 30, 2011, especially Paragraphs 36-41). Nevertheless, we view the U.S. federal government's other economic, external, and monetary credit attributes, which form the basis for the sovereign rating, as broadly unchanged.

 

We have taken the ratings off CreditWatch because the Aug. 2 passage of the Budget Control Act Amendment of 2011 has removed any perceived immediate threat of payment default posed by delays to raising the government's debt ceiling. In addition, we believe that the act provides sufficient clarity to allow us to evaluate the likely course of U.S. fiscal policy for the next few years.

 

The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements,

the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability.

 

Our opinion is that elected officials remain wary of tackling the structural issues required to effectively address the rising U.S. public debt burden in a manner consistent with a 'AAA' rating and with 'AAA' rated sovereign peers (see Sovereign Government Rating Methodology and Assumptions," June 30, 2011, especially Paragraphs 36-41). In our view, the difficulty in framing a consensus on fiscal policy weakens the government's ability to manage public finances and diverts attention from the debate over how to achieve more balanced and dynamic economic growth in an era of fiscal stringency and private-sector deleveraging (ibid). A new political consensus might (or might not) emerge after the 2012 elections, but we believe that by then, the government debt burden will likely be higher, the needed medium-term fiscal adjustment potentially greater, and the inflection point on the U.S. population's demographics and other age-related spending drivers closer at hand (see "Global Aging 2011: In The U.S., Going Gray Will Likely Cost Even More Green, Now," June 21, 2011).

 

Standard & Poor's takes no position on the mix of spending and revenue measures that Congress and the Administration might conclude is appropriate for putting the U.S.'s finances on a sustainable footing.

 

The act calls for as much as $2.4 trillion of reductions in expenditure growth over the 10 years through 2021. These cuts will be implemented in two steps: the $917 billion agreed to initially, followed by an additional $1.5 trillion that the newly formed Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is supposed to recommend by November 2011. The act contains no measures to raise taxes or otherwise enhance revenues, though the committee could recommend them.

 

The act further provides that if Congress does not enact the committee's recommendations, cuts of $1.2 trillion will be implemented over the same time period. The reductions would mainly affect outlays for civilian discretionary spending, defense, and Medicare. We understand that this fall-back mechanism is designed to encourage Congress to embrace a more balanced mix of expenditure savings, as the committee might recommend.

 

We note that in a letter to Congress on Aug. 1, 2011, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated total budgetary savings under the act to be at least $2.1 trillion over the next 10 years relative to its baseline assumptions. In updating our own fiscal projections, with certain modifications outlined below, we have relied on the CBO's latest "Alternate Fiscal Scenario" of June 2011, updated to include the CBO assumptions contained in its Aug. 1 letter to Congress. In general, the CBO's "Alternate Fiscal Scenario" assumes a continuation of recent Congressional action overriding existing law.

 

We view the act's measures as a step toward fiscal consolidation. However, this is within the framework of a legislative mechanism that leaves open the details of what is finally agreed to until the end of 2011, and Congress and the Administration could modify any agreement in the future. Even assuming that at least $2.1 trillion of the spending reductions the act envisages are implemented, we maintain our view that the U.S. net general government debt burden (all levels of government combined, excluding liquid financial assets) will likely continue to grow. Under our revised base case fiscal scenario--which we consider to be consistent with a 'AA+' long-term rating and a negative outlook--we now project that net general government debt would rise from an estimated 74% of GDP by the end of 2011 to 79% in 2015 and 85% by 2021. Even the projected 2015 ratio of sovereign indebtedness is high in relation to those of peer credits and, as noted, would continue to rise under the act's revised policy settings.

 

Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012, remain in place. We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act. Key macroeconomic assumptions in the base case scenario include trend real GDP growth of 3% and consumer price inflation near 2% annually over the decade.

 

Our revised upside scenario--which, other things being equal, we view as consistent with the outlook on the 'AA+' long-term rating being revised to stable--retains these same macroeconomic assumptions. In addition, it incorporates $950 billion of new revenues on the assumption that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for high earners lapse from 2013 onwards, as the Administration is advocating. In this scenario, we project that the net general government debt would rise from an estimated 74% of GDP by the end of 2011 to 77% in 2015 and to 78% by 2021.

 

Our revised downside scenario--which, other things being equal, we view as being consistent with a possible further downgrade to a 'AA' long-term rating--features less-favorable macroeconomic assumptions, as outlined below and also assumes that the second round of spending cuts (at least $1.2 trillion) that the act calls for does not occur. This scenario also assumes somewhat higher nominal interest rates for U.S. Treasuries. We still believe that the role of the U.S. dollar as the key reserve currency confers a government funding advantage, one that could change only slowly over time, and that Fed policy might lean toward continued loose monetary policy at a time of fiscal tightening. Nonetheless, it is possible that interest rates could rise if investors re-price relative risks. As a result, our alternate scenario factors in a 50 basis point (bp)-75 bp rise in 10-year bond yields relative to the base and upside cases from 2013 onwards. In this scenario, we project the net public debt burden would rise from 74% of GDP in 2011 to 90% in 2015 and to 101% by 2021.

 

Our revised scenarios also take into account the significant negative revisions to historical GDP data that the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced on July 29. From our perspective, the effect of these revisions underscores two related points when evaluating the likely debt trajectory of the U.S. government. First, the revisions show that the recent recession was deeper than previously assumed, so the GDP this year is lower than previously thought in both nominal and real terms. Consequently, the debt burden is slightly higher. Second, the revised data highlight the sub-par path of the current economic recovery when compared with rebounds following previous post-war recessions. We believe the sluggish pace of the current economic recovery could be consistent with the experiences of countries that have had financial crises in which the slow process of debt deleveraging in the private sector leads to a persistent drag on demand. As a result, our downside case scenario assumes relatively modest real trend GDP growth of 2.5% and inflation of near 1.5% annually going forward.

 

When comparing the U.S. to sovereigns with 'AAA' long-term ratings that we view as relevant peers--Canada, France, Germany, and the U.K.--we also observe, based on our base case scenarios for each, that the trajectory of the U.S.'s net public debt is diverging from the others. Including the U.S., we estimate that these five sovereigns will have net general government debt to GDP ratios this year ranging from 34% (Canada) to 80% (the U.K.), with the U.S. debt burden at 74%. By 2015, we project that their net public debt to GDP ratios will range between 30% (lowest, Canada) and 83% (highest, France), with the U.S. debt burden at 79%. However, in contrast with the U.S., we project that the net public debt burdens of these other sovereigns will begin to decline, either before or by 2015.

 

Standard & Poor's transfer T&C assessment of the U.S. remains 'AAA'. Our T&C assessment reflects our view of the likelihood of the sovereign restricting other public and private issuers' access to foreign exchange needed to meet debt service. Although in our view the credit standing of the U.S. government has deteriorated modestly, we see little indication that official interference of this kind is entering onto the policy agenda of either Congress or the Administration. Consequently, we continue to view this risk as being highly remote.

 

The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. As our downside alternate fiscal scenario illustrates, a higher public debt trajectory than we currently assume could lead us to lower the long-term rating again. On the other hand, as our upside scenario highlights, if the recommendations of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction--independently or coupled with other initiatives, such as the lapsing of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for high earners--lead to fiscal consolidation measures beyond the minimum mandated, and we believe they are likely to slow the deterioration of the government's debt dynamics, the long-term rating could stabilize at 'AA+'.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.55.67

UK Pound

1

Rs.88.05

Euro

1

Rs.69.96

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

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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