MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :           

29.03.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

COSTCO PRESIDENT TAIWAN INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

1F., No.656, Chung Hwa 5th Road, Kaohsiung

 

 

Country :

Taiwan

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.02.1996

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

96972798

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Operation of supermarkets

 

 

No. of Employees :

Over 3,000 employees (together with other five supermarkets)

 

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 120,000

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)

Taiwan

a2

a2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


Contact Points

 

Company Name:

Costco President Taiwan Inc.

Supplied Name:

Costco President Taiwan Inc

Trading Address:

1F., No.656, Chung Hwa 5th Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Supplied Address:

255 Min Shan Street Taipei Taiwan 114

Telephone Number:

+886-7-338-0006

Fax Number:

+886-7-338-0025

Notes:

The exact subject’s name is as above mentioned.

 

 

Credit Summary

 

Credit Rating:

Maximum credit USD 120,000

Credit Opinion:

Business connections are permissible.

 

 

Company Identification Details

 

Registered Name:

Costco President Taiwan Inc.

Registered Address:

1F., No.656, Chung Hwa 5th Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Date of Foundation:

1996-2-8

Registration Number:

96972798

Registry:

Ministry of Economic Commercial Department

Registered Capital:

NTD 8,000,000,000.00 (USD 264,000,000.00)

(As of 2012.03, 1 NTD = 0.033 USD)

Paid-up Capital:

NTD 7,572,055,000.00 (USD 249,877,815.00)

Legal Representatives:

Sihan Zhang

Legal Form:

Joint Stock Company

Principal Activities:

Operation of supermarkets

Operating Income:

Not Available

Staff:

Over 3,000 employees (together with other five supermarkets)

Listed at Stock Exchange:

No

Date of Last Annual Return:

2011-11-24

 

 

History

 

Subject was incorporated on 1996-02-08 with registered number 96972798 as Joint Stock Company in Taiwan.

 

Awards

Year

Awards

2008

Blue chip importer and exporter

2009

Blue chip importer and exporter

2010

Blue chip importer and exporter

 

Standard of Blue chip importer and exporter

Unit: USD

Year

Amount

2008

19,000,000

2009

15,000,000

2010

20,000,000

 

 

Shareholders

 

Name

Subscription Shares

Sihan Zhang

416,463,025     

 

Guanyu Wu

 

6,830,462

 

Nage Xin

416,463,025

W. Craig Jelinek

416,463,025

James P. Murphy

416,463,025

Zhenhua Wu

333,912,013

Huijun Xia

333,912,013

Mingxiang Li

333,912,013

Daini Fang

416,463,025

Zhenyu Xia

6,830,462

 

The information above is that of subject’s major shareholders.

 

 

Subsidiaries & Branches

 

Branch Companies

1

Name

Taoyuan Branch

Address

9/F. No. 105-1, Sec. 2, Dasing W. Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Registration Number

53026887

Date of Registration

2012-3-7

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

2

Name

Dashun Branch

Address

Dashun 1st Rd, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan

Registration Number

29181888

Date of Registration

2010-9-10

Date of Last Annual Return:

2011-7-28

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

3

Name

Tainan Branch

Registration Number

28995746

Date of Registration

2010-5-20

Date of Last Annual Return:

2011-8-4

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

4

Name

Hsinchu Branch

Address

No.188, Ciyun Road, Eastern District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Registration Number

28435913

Date of Registration

2008-06-06

Date of Last Annual Return:

2009-06-06

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

5

Name

Taichung Branch

Address

No.289 Wenxin, South 3rd Rd, Nantun District, Taichung City 408, Taiwan

Registration Number

27948648

Date of Registration

2006-11-17

Date of Last Annual Return:

2007-7-23

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

6

Name

Zhonghe Branch

Address

2/F & 3/F., No.347, Second Section, Zhongshan Road, Zhonghe City, Taipei County, Taiwan

Registration Number

80033968

Date of Registration

2003-11-27

Date of Last Annual Return:

2005-1-11

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

7

Name

Xizhi Branch

Address

No.158, Section One, Datong Road, Xizhi City, Taipei County, Taiwan

Registration Number

16846757

Date of Registration

1999-06-16

Date of Last Annual Return:

1999-12-20

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

8

Name

Neihu Branch

Address

1/F & 3/F., No.268, Section One, Jiuzong Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan

Registration Number

16439323

Date of Registration

1998-03-04

Date of Last Annual Return:

2010-6-18

Manager Name

Sihan Zhang

 

 

Personnel Information

 

Core Management

1

Name

Sihan Zhang

Position

Board Chairman

Date of Appointment

1996-1-24

2

Name

Guanyu Wu

Position

Vice Board Chairman

3

Name

Nage Xin

Position

Director

4

Name

W. Craig Jelinek

Position

Director

5

Name

James P. Murphy

Position

Director

6

Name

Zhenhua Wu

Position

Director

7

Name

Huijun Xia

Position

Director

8

Name

Mingxiang Li

Position

Director

9

Name

Daini Fang

Position

Supervisor

10

Name

Zhenyu Xia

Position

Supervisor

 

Personnel Structure

Total Employees

Over 3,000 Employees

 

 

Operation Information

 

Offices & Factories

 

Headquarters

Add

No.656, Chung Hwa 5th Road, Qianzhen Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

 

Production Information

l         Subject is a trader of various kinds of products without any production activities

 

Purchase Information

l         The registered activities of subject:

Business Code

Details

F108021

Wholesales of western medicine

F208021

Retailing of western medicine

F108011

Wholesales of traditional Chinese medicine

F208011

Retailing of traditional Chinese medicine

F108031

Wholesales of medical equipment

F208031

Retailing of medical equipment

F101081

Wholesales of seedlings

F113061

Wholesales of weights and measures

F401021

Enter the industry of telecommunications control RF equipment

F201061

Retailing of seedlings

F213051

Retailing of weights and measures

F203020

Retailing of alcohol

F201010

Retailing of agricultural products

A102060

Food business

F102030

Wholesales of alcohol

F401161

Tobacco input industry

F401171 

Import of alcohol

ZZ99999

Besides licensed business, all other business items those are not banned or restricted.

 

l         Subject’s products are from all over the world.

l         The subject has a proportion of 50% for Import

Sales Information

l         The subject is engaged in operations of supermarkets.

l         Subject is a membership warehouse club with hundreds of locations worldwide.

l         Subject’s products include personal items, outdoor and household goods, foods, etc.

l         Subject also has its brand products.

l         Subject’s brand Kirkland Series products include frozen foods, paper supplies, vitamins, shampoos, biscuits, coffee, household goods, luggage, batteries, clothing, cleaning supplies and more items.

l         Subject’s members can shop from the Business Delivery catalog of subject and have products delivered.

l         Subject has two kinds of memberships, business and gold star.

l         The subject seldom exports.

 

Import and export right:

Import right

Yes

Export right

Yes

 

 

 

Settlements

 

Purchase

Domestic Purchase

Product

Payment Terms

Proportion

Various products, etc.

COD, sale on credit, etc.

100%

Foreign Purchase

Product

Payment Terms

Proportion

Various products, etc.

CBD, etc.

100%

 

Sales

Domestic Markets

Product

Sales Terms

Proportion

Various products, etc.

Cash, etc.

100%

 

Export

Notes: The subject seldom exports.

 

 

Financial Information

 

Subject has no obligations to disclose its financial statements to the third party according to the relevant policy in Taiwan and the only source from which we can obtain the information is the subject itself.

Subject’s relevant staff declined to disclose its financials citing the grounds of company’s confidentiality; from other source we can not obtain the relevant information, either.

 

Public Record

 

Mortgage

No cattel mortgage record of subject has been found within the recent 3 months.

 

Lawsuit

Up to date of reporting, no existing or latent litigation of the subject has been found.

 

Interview Details

 

Name

Ms. Chen

 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.50.92

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.21

Euro

1

Rs.67.85

 

 

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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