MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

04.01.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EKMAN & CO AB

 

 

Registered Office :

Lilla Bommen 1 PO Box 230 Gateborg, 401 23

 

 

Country :

Sweden

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2010

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1922

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

5560204595

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Parent

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of other intermediate products

 

 

No. of Employees :

175

 

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 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

Sweden

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


Company name and address

 

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

Ekman & Co AB

                                                                                                                                                 

 

Lilla Bommen 1

PO Box 230

 

Göteborg, 401 23

Sweden

 

Tel:

46 (31) 750 55 00

Fax:

46 (31) 750 56 80

 

www.ekmanonline.com

 

Employees:

175

Company Type:

Private Parent

Corporate Family:

2 Companies

 

 

Incorporation Date:

1922

Financials in:

USD (mil)

 

 

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2009

Reporting Currency:

US Dollar

Annual Sales:

1,493.0

Total Assets:

NA

                                      

Business Description       

 

Ekman & Co AB is primarily engaged in manufacturing signs and related displays of all materials (except printing paper and paperboard signs, notices, displays).

          

Industry                                                                                                                               

 

Industry

Office Supplies

ANZSIC 2006:

3736 - Paper Product Wholesaling

NACE 2002:

5156 - Wholesale of other intermediate products

NAICS 2002:

424110 - Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers

UK SIC 2003:

5156 - Wholesale of other intermediate products

US SIC 1987:

5111 - Printing and Writing Paper

                      

Key Executives           

   

 

Name

Title

Jan Svensson

VD & koncernchef

Lars Pettersson

Administrativ & finanschef

Johan Granath

bioenergy

Marianne Rulin

Sekretärare

Lena Ohrn

IT chef-Application

1 - Profit & Loss Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = USD 1
2 - Balance Sheet Item Exchange Rate: USD 1 = USD 1

 


Corporate Overview

 

Location
Lilla Bommen 1
PO Box 230
Göteborg, 401 23
Sweden

 

Tel:

46 (31) 750 55 00

Fax:

46 (31) 750 56 80

 

www.ekmanonline.com

Sales USD(mil):

1,493.0

Assets USD(mil):

NA

Employees:

175

Fiscal Year End:

31-Dec-2009

 

Industry:

Office Supplies

Incorporation Date:

1922

Company Type:

Private Parent

Quoted Status:

Not Quoted

Registered No.(SWE):

5560204595

 

VD & koncernchef:

Jan Svensson

 

Contents

·         Industry Codes

·         Business Description

·         Financial Data

 

 

Industry Codes

 

ANZSIC 2006 Codes:

3736

-

Paper Product Wholesaling

 

NACE 2002 Codes:

5156

-

Wholesale of other intermediate products

 

NAICS 2002 Codes:

424110

-

Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers

 

US SIC 1987:

5111

-

Printing and Writing Paper

 

UK SIC 2003:

5156

-

Wholesale of other intermediate products

 

 

Business Description

International trading in pulp, second hand machinery, paper and recovered materials

 

 

More Business Descriptions

Ekman & Co AB is primarily engaged in manufacturing signs and related displays of all materials (except printing paper and paperboard signs, notices, displays).

 

Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Data

 

Financials in:

USD(mil)

 

Revenue:

1,493.0

 

Date of Financial Data:

31-Dec-2009

1 Year Growth

NA

 

 

 

 

Corporate Structure News

 

Ekman & Co AB
Total Corporate Family Members: 2

 

 

 

 

Company Name

Company Type

Location

Country

Industry

Sales
(USD mil)

Employees

Ekman & Co AB

Parent

Göteborg

Sweden

Office Supplies

1,493.0

175

AB Jan Liebig International

Subsidiary

Göteborg, Västra Götaland

Sweden

Retail (Home Improvement)

2.8

23

 

 

 

 

Executives Report

 

 

Board of Directors

 

Name

Title

Function

Matts Ekman

 

Styrelsesordförande

Chairman

Louise Arnold Alexandersson

 

Employee Representative

Director/Board Member

Claes Ekman

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Carl Johan Ekman

 

ledamot

Director/Board Member

Oscar Ekman

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Lars Gårdö

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Frank Graves

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Björn Hall

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Michael Olsson

 

Director

Director/Board Member

Jan Svensson

 

VD & koncernchef

Director/Board Member

Christer Zetterberg

 

Director

Director/Board Member

 

Executives

 

Name

Title

Function

Jan Svensson

 

VD & koncernchef

Chief Executive Officer

Lars Appelgren

 

Direktör-Pulp/Paper Division

Operations Executive

Ulf Sjödin

 

Direktör-Equipment division

Operations Executive

Michael Flynn

 

Manager, Pulp

Administration Executive

James Peiffer

 

Manager, Recovered Materials

Administration Executive

Ross Peterson

 

Manager, Paper and Packaging

Administration Executive

Lars Pettersson

 

Administrativ & finanschef

Administration Executive

Marianne Rulin

 

Sekretärare

Company Secretary

Annie Edvardsen

 

Chief Financial Officer

Finance Executive

Hans Tidebrant

 

Redovisningschef

Accounting Executive

Niclas Egmar

 

Direktör-Derivative division

Investment Executive

Johan Granath

 

bioenergy

Sales Executive

Lena Ohrn

 

IT chef-Application

Information Executive

Karl-Göran Wengvik

 

IT chef-Network

Information Executive

Göran Ullerfeldt

 

Logistichef

Logistics Executive

 

 

Annual Profit & Loss

 

 

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

SEK

SEK

SEK

Exchange Rate (Period Average)

7.206564

7.645194

6.599156

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue

1,560.4

1,171.0

1,283.6

Gross Profit

12.6

8.6

7.6

Net Financial Items

-0.4

-0.3

-1.6

Operating Income

11.0

7.0

6.3

Income Before Tax

10.3

6.6

4.6

Net Income

7.8

4.7

3.6

 

 

 

Annual Balance Sheet

Financials in: USD (mil)

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Filed Currency

SEK

SEK

SEK

Exchange Rate

6.72285

7.1401

7.90795

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

260.3

200.9

220.2

Total Liabilities

216.8

166.4

192.0

Total Equity

43.5

34.6

28.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Ratios

 

 

 

 

31-Dec-2010

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

-

-

-

Exchange Rate

-

-

-

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

Operating Margin

0.74

0.70

0.67

Current Ratio

115.79

114.27

108.93

Total debt/total equity

16.71

17.21

12.78

Return on average equity

26.07

20.88

13.92

 

 

 

Annual Growth Rates

 

 

 

 

31-Dec-2009

31-Dec-2008

Period Length

12 Months

12 Months

Filed Currency

-

-

Exchange Rate

-

-

Consolidated

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Turnover Percent Change

25.62%

5.69%

Marginal Contribution Percent Change

37.84%

31.62%

Net Financial Items Percent Change

-39.05%

79.43%

Operating Results Percent Change

47.53%

29.59%

Profit/Loss Before Tax Percent Change

47.29%

65.19%

Profit/Loss for the Year Percent Change

57.22%

51.05%

Assets Percent Change

22.00%

-17.61%

Debts Percent Change

22.74%

-21.79%

Equity Capital Percent Change

18.45%

10.94%

Operating Margin Percent Change

5.71%

4.48%

Current Ratio Percent Change

1.33%

4.90%

Debt/Equity Ratio Percent Change

-2.91%

34.66%

Retun On Equity Percent Change

24.86%

50.00%

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.53.23

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.87

Euro

1

Rs.69.13

 

 

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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