MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

27.10.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ASM  PACIFIC  (HONG  KONG)  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

12/F., Watson Centre, 16-22 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories

 

 

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong.

 

 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

24.10.1995

 

 

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

19429356

 

 

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of raw materials, spare parts for semi-conductor industry including die bonders, automatic gold wire bonders, trim form systems, aluminium wire bonders, etc.

 

 

 

 

No. of Employees :

Approx. 16,500 (Group 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 :

Good

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

Litigation :

Clear

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2011)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

Hong Kong

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

HONG KONG - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is about four times GDP. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, it again faces a possible slowdown as exports to the Euro zone and US slump. The Hong Kong government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 7.8% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2011, an increase of over 59% since the beginning of the year. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for about half of Hong Kong's exports by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 28 million in 2011, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2011 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 43% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 56% of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Growth slowed to 5% in 2011. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly in 2010 and inflation to rise 5.3% in 2011. Lower and middle income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983.

Source : CIA


Company name and address

 

ASM  PACIFIC  (HONG  KONG)  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       12/F., Watson Centre, 16-22 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            2619 2000,  2427 9371

 

FAX:                 2619 2118,  2619 2119

 

E-MAIL:                        admin.aaa@asmpt.com

inquire@asmpt.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Group Executive Director & Vice Chairman:  Mr. Lo Tsan Yin, Peter

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             24th October, 1995.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$1,500,000.00

Issued:              HK$500,000.00

 

Business Category:        Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

ASMPT Group Turnover:  HK$12,915,194,000  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

 

ASMPT Group Employees:  Approx. 16,500.  (As at 31-12-2012)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Very Good.


ADDRESS

 

Registered Office:-

4/F., Watson Centre, 16-22 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

Head Office:-

12/F., Watson Centre, 16-22 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

Immediate Holding Company:-

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. [ASMPT], Cayman Islands/Hong Kong.

 

Intermediate Holding Company:-

ASM Pacific Holding B.V., the Netherlands.

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

ASM International N.V.  [ASM]

Jan Van Eycklaan 10, 3723 BC Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

[Tel: (31) 30-229 8411;  Fax: (31) 30-228 7469]

 

Sister Companies:-

ASMPT Group of Companies

ASM (Assembly Systems) GmbH & Co KG, Austria.

ASM (Assembly Systems) GmbH, Austria.

ASM Asia Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Assembly Automation Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Assembly Equipment (M) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.

ASM Assembly Equipment Bangkok Ltd., Thailand.

ASM Assembly Materials Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Assembly Products B.V., the Netherlands.

ASM Assembly System GmbH & Co. KG, Germany.

ASM Assembly System S. de R.L. de C.V., Mexico.

ASM Assembly Systems AB., Sweden.

ASM Assembly Systems Ltd., China.

ASM Assembly Systems Management GmbH, Germany.

ASM Assembly Systems S.r.l., Italy.

ASM Assembly Systems SAS, France.

ASM Assembly Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

ASM Assembly Systems UK Ltd., UK.

ASM Assembly Systems, LLC, USA.

ASM Assembly Technology Co. Ltd., Japan.

ASM Microelectronic Technical Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

ASM Pacific (Bermuda) Ltd., Bermuda.

ASM Pacific (Holding) Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Pacific Assembly Products Inc., USA.

ASM Semi-conductor Materials (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., China.

ASM Sistemas par1 Montagem de Componentes Eletronicos Ltda, Brazil.

ASM Technology (China) Co. Ltd., China.

ASM Technology (Huizhou) Co. Ltd., China.

ASM Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.

ASM Technology Asia Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Technology Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Edgeward Development Ltd., Guernsey of Channel Islands.

Edgeward Trading (Shenzhen) Ltd., China.

Shenzhen ASM Micro Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., China.

etc.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

ASM Group of Companies

Advanced Semiconductor Materials (Netherlands Antilles) N.V., Netherlands Antille.

ASM America Inc., USA.

ASM Belgium N.V., Belgium.

ASM China Ltd., China.

ASM Europe B.V., the Netherlands.

ASM Far East Marketing Ltd., Taiwan.

ASM France S.a.r.l., France.

ASM Front-End Manufacturing Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

ASM Front-End Sales & Services Taiwan Co. Ltd., Taiwan.

ASM Genitech Korea Ltd., Korea.

ASM Germany Sales B.V., the Netherlands.

ASM Italia S.r.l., Italy.

ASM Japan K.K., Japan.

ASM Microchemistry Oy, Finland.

ASM NuTool Inc., USA.

ASM Services & Support Ireland Ltd., Ireland.

ASM Services & Support Israel Ltd., Israel.

ASM United Kingdom Sales B.V., the Netherlands.

ASM Wafer Process Equipment Ltd., Hong Kong.

ASM Wafer Process Equipment Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

etc.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

19429356

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0528767

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Group Executive Director & Vice Chairman:  Mr. Lo Tsan Yin, Peter

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00 (Divided into 1,500,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$500,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDER

(As per registry dated 24-10-2011)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

Caledonian House, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island.

 

500,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 26-06-2012)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

HUI Hon Chiu

Flat E, Block 9, Royal Ascot, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

CHAN Kwai Fai

Flat C, 14/F., Block 5, Bayview Garden, 633 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

POH Tson Cheong, Joseph

Flat A, 27/F., Hang King Garden, 9 Wing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

LO Tsan Yin, Peter

Flat E, 28/F., Tower 1, Sorrento, 1 Austin Road West, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

CHAN Hung

Flat A, 35/F., Block 8, Villa Espalanada, 8 Nga Ying Chau Street, Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY 

(As per registry dated 24-10-2011)

 

Name

Address

SO Sau Ming

Flat 913, 9/F., On Hong House, Tsz On Court, Tsz Wan Shan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 


HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 24th October, 1995 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Originally the subject was registered under the name of Celtrex Ltd., name changed to ASM Pacific Kor Ltd. on 25th January, 1996, and further to the present style on 7th January, 2011.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of raw materials, spare parts for semi-conductor industry including die bonders, automatic gold wire bonders, trim form systems, aluminium wire bonders, etc.

 

ASMPT Group Employees:  Approx. 16,500.  (As at 31-12-2012)

 

Commodities Imported:   Imported from Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.

 

Markets:                       Europe, US, Hong Kong, China and Asia.

 

ASMPT Group Turnover:-

HK$  5,392,661,000  (Year ended 31-12-2007)

HK$  5,258,413,000  (Year ended 31-12-2008)

HK$  4,732,174,000  (Year ended 31-12-2009)

HK$  9,515,089,000  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

HK$12,915,194,000  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

HK$  5,145,291,000  (6 months ended 30-06-2012)–Unaudited

 

Terms/Sales:                 As per contracted.

 

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

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,500,000.00 (Divided into 1,500,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$500,000.00

 

ASMPT Group Profit Attributable to shareholders:-

HK$2,950,119,000  (Year ended 31-12-2007)

HK$2,864,100,000  (Year ended 31-12-2008)

HK$3,410,076,000  (Year ended 31-12-2009)

HK$5,140,150,000  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

HK$6,265,795,000  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

HK$   483,606,000  (6 months ended 30-06-2010)–Unaudited

 

ASMPT Group Net Worth:         

HK$2,950,119,000  (As at 31-12-2007)

HK$2,864,100,000  (As at 31-12-2008)

HK$3,410,076,000  (As at 31-12-2009)

HK$5,140,150,000  (As at 31-12-2010)

HK$6,265,795,000  (As at 31-12-2011)

HK$6,417,390,000  (As at 30-06-2012)–Unaudited

 

Profit or Loss:    Group made good profits in the past years.

 

Condition:          Business is active and satisfactory.

 

Facilities:          Supported by its holding company.

 

Payment:          Good.

 

Commercial Morality:  Good.

 

Banker:             The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:          Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

ASM Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. was incorporated in October 1995 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. [ASMPT], a Cayman Islands‑registered firm with shares have been listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. bearing stock code 522 since 3rd January, 1989.  Under the same management of ASMPT, the subject is engaged in marketing service in South Korea and trading in semi-conductor equipment and materials in Hong Kong.

ASMPT was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 21st November, 1988 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Netherlands-based firm ASM International N.V. [ASM].  In November 1988, ASMPT went public by offering 90 million new shares of HK$1.61 per share including 72 million new shares to the public and 18 million new shares with American International Assurance Co., Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Lai Sun Development Group and Murray Johnson Fund.  After the issue, ASM had reduced its shareholdings in ASMPT to 75%.

ASMPT is an investment holding company of the ASMPT Group while ASMPT Group is a member of the ASM Group.

The ASMPT Group is principally engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing of machines, tools and materials used in semiconductor industry.  These products include encapsulation equipment, leadframes and bonders.  The Group’s production facilities are located in Hong Kong, China and Singapore.  Its largest markets are in the order of China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States and Latin America, Singapore, Europe, Japan, etc.

ASM Technology Huizhou, China has been put into operation since August 2010.

In FY 2011, the ASMPT Group achieved a record turnover amounting to HK$12,915.2 million, representing an increase of 35.7% as compared with HK$9,515.1 million from the previous year.  The Group’s profit attributable to shareholders was HK$6,265.8 million, increased by 21.9% as compared with previous year’s HK$5,140.2 million.

The Group achieved a turnover amounting to HK$5.1 billion in the six months ended 30th June 2012, representing a decrease of 30.0% as compared with HK$7.3 billion for the first six months of 2011 and a decrease of 7.6% against the preceding six months.  The Group’s consolidated profit after taxation for the first six months of 2012 was HK$483.6 million as compared to a profit of HK$2,444.3 million in the corresponding period in 2011 and a profit of HK$487.7 million in the preceding six months.  Profits for the first six months of 2011 included a non-recurring one-time gain of HK$1,084.4 million realized from the purchase of its SMT equipment business.

The Group’s profit attributable to shareholders was just HK$483.6 million (same period of 2011: HK$2,444.3 million).

During the first half of 2012, sales attributable to its five largest customers combined were 16.0% of the total, with no customer exceeding 10%, demonstrating the continuing success of its aggressively diversified market strategy.  The Group also enjoys healthy territorial diversification of its major markets.  By geographical distribution, China, Europe, Malaysia, the Americas and Taiwan have been the top five markets for the Group in the first half of 2012.  China, inclusive of Hong Kong, remains its largest market, maintaining its share at 41.7%.  It is followed by Europe (18.9%), Malaysia (10.6%), the Americas (7.8%) and Taiwan (5.8%).  Its diversified product portfolio, which has now been expanded to include SMT placement products, also continues to be one of its strengths.  The addition of the SMT Equipment business has increased the Group’s market presence in Europe and the Americas.  The Group’s excellent financial performance in recent years provides clear evidence of the growing acceptance of its products by a larger pool of customers.  80% of the Group’s turnover in the first six-month period came from 154 customers.  Four out of the top 20 customers in the first half this year are from SMT Equipment business.

As of 30th June 2012, the total headcount of the Group worldwide stood at approximately 16,500 people.

On the whole, in view of the subject’s parentage and Group turnover, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 

REMARKS

 

            Brief introduction to the director:-

Mr. LO Tsan Yin, Peter (Group Executive Director and Vice Chairman), aged 63, was appointed to the Board as the Vice Chairman of ASMPT on 1st January, 2007.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Southampton, England.  Mr. Lo joined the Group in 1980.  He has over 30 years of experience in the computer and semiconductor industry.


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.53.63

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.17

Euro

1

Rs.69.74

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PRL

 

 

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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