MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.09.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NUPLEX INDUSTRIES (AUST) PTY LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

NUPLEX SPECIALTIES / NUPLEX RESINS

 

 

Registered Office :

49-61 Stephen Road, Botany, New South Wales 2019

 

 

Country :

Australia

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.06.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.02.1940

 

 

Legal Form :

Australian Proprietary Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture, import and distribution of synthetic resins and emulsions, metal driers, paper-making chemicals and food ingredients

 

 

No. of Employees :

350

 

 

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 :

No complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2011)

Current Rating

(31.03.2012)

Australia

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

AUSTRALIA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Australia's abundant and diverse natural resources attract high levels of foreign investment and include extensive reserves of coal, iron ore, copper, gold, natural gas, uranium, and renewable energy sources. A series of major investments, such as the US$40 billion Gorgon Liquid Natural Gas project, will significantly expand the resources sector. Australia also has a large services sector and is a significant exporter of natural resources, energy, and food. Key tenets of Australia''s trade policy include support for open trade and the successful culmination of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, particularly for agriculture and services. The Australian economy grew for 17 consecutive years before the global financial crisis. Subsequently, the former RUDD government introduced a fiscal stimulus package worth over US$50 billion to offset the effect of the slowing world economy, while the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to historic lows. These policies - and continued demand for commodities, especially from China - helped the Australian economy rebound after just one quarter of negative growth. The economy grew by 1.4% during 2009 - the best performance in the OECD - by 2.7% in 2010, and by 1.8% in 2011. Unemployment, originally expected to reach 8-10%, peaked at 5.7% in late 2009 and fell to 5.0% in 2011. As a result of an improved economy, the budget deficit is expected to peak below 4.2% of GDP and the government could return to budget surpluses as early as 2015. Australia was one of the first advanced economies to raise interest rates, with seven rate hikes between October 2009 and November 2010. The GILLARD government is focused on raising Australia''s economic productivity to ensure the sustainability of growth, and continues to manage the symbiotic, but sometimes tense, economic relationship with China. Australia is engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and ongoing free trade agreement negotiations with China, Japan, and Korea.

Source : CIA


IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Verified Address

Subject name :                          NUPLEX INDUSTRIES (AUST) PTY LIMITED

Other style / Business name :     NUPLEX SPECIALTIES / NUPLEX RESINS

Business address :                    49-61 Stephen Road

Town :                                       Botany

Province :                                  New South Wales

Zip/postal code :                        2019

Country :                                   Australia

Tel :                                          +61 2 96660331

Fax :                                         +61 2 96666661

Website :                                  www.nuplexindustries.com.au

Registered address :                  49-61 Stephen Road

Town :                                       Botany

Province :                                  New South Wales

Zip/postal code :                        2019

Country :                                   Australia

Postal address :                        Locked Bag 6

Town :                                       Botany

Province :                                  New South Wales

Zip/postal code :                        1455

Country :                                   Australia

Comments :                              The given address Building I, Suite 15, 22 Powers Road, Seven Hills, NSW 2147,

Australia belongs to the Subject's associated company operations.

 

 

SUMMARY DETAILS

 

Executive Summary

Date founded or registered :                    13/02/1940

Legal form :                                           Australian Proprietary Company

Chief executive :                                    Emery Severin

Issued & paid up capital :                       AUD 11,602,878

Sales turnover :                                      NZD 1,615,897,000 (Group-consolidated 12 months, 30/06/2012)

Net income :                                          NZD 64,507,000 (Group-consolidated 12 months, 30/06/2012)

Total fixed assets :                                 NZD 1,223,062,000 (Group-consolidated 12 months, 30/06/2012)

Line of business :                                   Manufacture, import and distribution of synthetic resins and emulsions, metal driers, paper-making chemicals and food ingredients

Staff employed :                                     350 employees (Subject); 1,589 employees (Nuplex Group)

 

 

CREDIT RISK OPINION


 

Credit Risk Interpretation

Credit risk rating :                      GOOD

Credit risk theory :                     Sound financial and operational base for the group. Small to medium credits may be considered with confidence that the commitment will be sustained in almost all cases. This is based on criterions such as years of establishment, number of employees, sales turnover, profit after tax, total assets, reserve, and others. Normal credit control policy applies.

Company Analysis

Country risk :                             Country risk is minimal

Operation trend :                        Operational trend is progressing

Management experience :           Management is adequately experienced

Financial performance :              Financial performance is good

Organisation structure :              Organizational structure is stable

Detrimental :                              No detrimental records found

Payment history :                      No payment delays noted

 

 

STATUTORY DETAILS

 

Registry Data

Registration date :                                              13/02/1940

Legal form :                                                       Australian Proprietary Company

Registration no Australian Company Number:       000045572

Registered authority :                                         Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Fiscal/ Tax no : Australian Business Number:      25000045572

Registry status :                                                Live/Active

Previous name :                                                 NUPLEX INDUSTRIES PTY LTD

NUPLEX RESINS (AUST) PTY LIMITED

A.C. HATRICK CHEMICALS PTY LTD (initial)

Change of legal form :                                         None reported.

 

 

MANAGEMENT / DIRECTORS

 

Key Management

Name :                                      Emery Severin

Designation :                             Managing Director

Name :                                      Ian Robert Davis

Designation :                             Chief Financial Officer

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ OTHER APPOINTMENTS

 

Appointments

Name :                          Sam Sotirios Bastounas

Designation :                 Director

Appointment date :         23/04/10

Address :                      44 Ramsey Avenue

Kew East, VIC 3102

Australia

Biography :                    Born on 19-12-1967 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Sam Sotirios Bastounas is the Regional President – Australasia, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Prior to being appointed Regional President, Australia and New Zealand in 2011, Sam had been Chief Operating Officer for the Australasian based Functional Materials and Specialties operations. He has held a number of roles with Orica and ICI in the past and spent two years in Asia as CFO of a joint venture in the late 1990s. Sam holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and an MBA, both from Monash University in Melbourne. In 2007 he completed the AMP at the Wharton School in the United States and in 2009 completed his graduate diploma at The Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Name :                          Ian Robert Davis

Designation :                 Director

Appointment date :         18/03/09

Address :                      6 Water Street

Wahroonga, NSW 2076

Australia

Biography :                    Born on 24-04-1958 in Barmera, South Australia, Australia.

Based in Sydney, Australia Ian joined Nuplex in 2009 as Chief

Financial Officer. A Chartered Accountant, Ian has over 30 years’

experience in public accounting and senior financial roles in

commerce. The commercial roles have predominantly been in

manufacturing and include experience in Australia, New Zealand,

China and the United States. Prior to joining Nuplex, Ian was CFO of

Tenix Pty Ltd and before that, General Manager Finance of Rheem

Australia Pty Ltd.

Name :                          Evan James Williams

Designation :                 Director and Company Secretary

Appointment date :         24/06/11

Address :                      6 Market Street

Randwick, NSW 2031

Australia

Biography :                    Born on 21-02-1955 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Name :                          Steven John Graham

Designation :                 Company Secretary

Appointment date :         20/03/02

Address :                      18 Donnan Street

Bexley, NSW 2207

Australia

Biography :                    Born on 03-07-1956 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Name :                          Judith Kaye Gulikers

Designation :                 Company Secretary

Appointment date :         28/03/08

Address :                      8A Caroma Avenue

Kyeemagh, NSW 2216

Australia

Biography :                    Born on 10-04-1963 in Invercargill, New Zealand.

Staff employed :             350 employees (Subject); 1,589 employees (Nuplex Group)

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Composition

Authorized Capital :        AUD 11,602,878

No of shares :                5,801,439 Ordinary Shares

Share par value :            AUD 2

Issued capital :              AUD 11,602,878

Paid up capital :             AUD 11,602,878

 

 

OWNERSHIP / SHAREHOLDERS

 

How listed :                   Full List

Composition

Shareholder name :        NUPLEX OPERATIONS (AUST) PTY LTD

Address :                      49-61 Stephen Road

Botany, NSW 2019

Australia

No. of shares :               5,801,439 Ordinary Shares

% of shares : 100%

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES & CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS

 

Structure

Name :                          NUPLEX INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Affiliation type :              Ultimate Holding Company

Address :                      12 Industry Road

Penrose, Auckland 1061

New Zealand

Comments :                  Nuplex Industries Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of polymer resins. The company operates in two segments, Resins and Specialties. The Resins segment manufactures synthetic resins and distributes complementary functional materials. This segment also provides solvent based, water based, and powder resins for the coating, ink, textile, adhesive, and construction industries; polyester resins and gelcoats for the marine, swimming pool, bathroom ware, construction, and tank markets; and functional resins for the tissue, packaging, fine paper, and textile markets. In addition, this segment supplies resin flooring, waterproofing, flooring, and cladding systems for the floor and wall, tank and roof, and lightweight cladding system markets, as well as for the vinyl, carpet, adhesive, and tool markets. The Specialties segment supplies a range of functional and specialty materials for the coating, resin, construction, adhesive, mining, resource, textiles, leather, agriculture, personal care, nutritional ingredients, functional additives, food systems, and pharmaceutical and therapeutic markets, as well as for the packaging, and performance plastics markets; and color and performance additives for various plastics applications. The company markets its products primarily in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Nuplex Industries Limited was founded in 1952 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Name :                          NUPLEX OPERATIONS (AUST) PTY LTD

Affiliation type :              Parent Company

Address :                      49-61 Stephen Road

Botany, NSW 2019

Australia

Name :                          P.T. NUPLEX RAUNG RESINS

Affiliation type :              Sister Company

Address :                      JI. Rungkut Industri ll / 47

Surabaya, 60293

Indonesia

Name :                          ASIA PACIFIC SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LIMITED

Affiliation type :              Sister Company

Address :                      Building I, Suite 15

22 Powers Road

Seven Hills, NSW 2147

Australia

Name :                          MULTICHEM PTY. LTD.

Affiliation type :              Sister Company

Address :                      Century House, Level 1

132 Gwynne Street

Richmond, VIC 3121

Australia

Related companies and corporate

affiliations comments

: Other companies of the Nuplex Group should be considered affiliates of the

Subject.

 

 

BANK & MORTGAGES

 

Bank Details

Name of bank :              Westpac Banking Corporation

Address :                      Australia

Account details :            Current Account

Comments :                  It is generally not the policy of local banks to provide credit status information to non related parties, however interested parties would be advised to consult first with the Subject if banker's references are required.

Mortgages :                   None reported.

Legal Fillings

Bankruptcy fillings :        None reported.

Court judgements :         None reported.

Tax liens :                     None reported.

Others :                        None reported.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Description

Source of financial statement :                Public Record Sources

Financial statement date :                      30/06/12

Type of accounts :                                 Full audited

Currency :                                             New Zealand, Dollar (NZD)

Exchange rate :                                     1 USD = NZD 1.23 as of 11-09-2012

 

Summarized Financial Information

Consolidation type :                   Group Consolidated                    Group Consolidated

Currency :                                 New Zealand, Dollar                   New Zealand, Dollar

(NZD)                                        (NZD)

Denomination :                          (x1) One                                    (x1) One

Date of financial year end :          30/06/12                                    30/06/11

Length of accounts :                   12 months                                 12 months

Sale turnover / Income :             1,615,897,000                            1,575,014,000

Gross profit :                             337,062,000                              339,425,000

Profit before tax :                       83,796,000                                92,210,000

Net income :                              64,507,000                                69,271,000

Non current assets :                   546,585,000                              448,548,000

Current assets :                         676,477,000                              583,505,000

Inventories :                               234,354,000                              196,508,000

Total assets :                            1,223,062,000                            1,032,053,000

Current liabilities :                      488,326,000                              383,340,000

Non current liabilities :                171,176,000                              87,981,000

Total liabilities :                          659,502,000                              471,321,000

Share equity :                            563,560,000                              560,732,000

Retained earning :                      222,452,000                              201,236,000

Comments :                  The group’s consolidated financial information above relates to the Subject’s Ultimate Holding Company Nuplex Industries Limited and all its subsidiaries which include the Subject.

 

 

OPERATION DETAILS

 

Main activities :              The Subject engages in manufacturing, import and distribution of synthetic resins and emulsions, paper-making chemicals and food ingredients. The Subject operates as a subsidiary of Nuplex Industries Limited, a public listed company on Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchange. Nuplex Industries Limited is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of resins for coatings and composites, and specialty products for the construction, chemical, plastic and life sciences industries. It has manufacturing operations in ten countries on four continents. Australia generates the largest share of earnings, followed by Asia and Europe. Nuplex is listed on the Australian and New Zealand exchanges and has a market capitalisation of A$490 million/NZ$630 million.

Product & services :       Synthetic resins

Emulsions

Chemicals

Food ingredients

Purchases

International :                 Worldwide

Sales

Local :                          Yes

International :                 New Zealand, Asia

Property & Assets

Premises : The Subject operates from premises located at the verified heading address consisting of an administrative office, production facilities and warehouse.

Branches : In addition, the Subject operates from branch office located at:

Level 5, 182-186 Blues Point Road

North Sydney, NSW 2060

Australia

Tel: +61 2 96660331

 

 

SUMMARIZED COUNTRY RISK

 

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) & Economic Overview

Central bank :                                        Reserve Bank of Australia

Reserve of foreign exchange & gold :       US$ 41.385 billion

Gross domestic product - GDP :             US$ 1.235 trillion

GPP (Purchasing power parity) :             918.529 billion of International dollars

GDP per capita - current prices :             US$ 55,590

GDP - composition by sector :                agriculture: 4.1%

industry: 26%

services: 70%

Inflation :                                               2008: 4.4%

2009: 1.8%

2010: 2.8%

Unemployment rate :                              2008: 4.2%

2009: 5.6%

2010: 5.2%

Public debt

(General Government gross debt as

a % GDP)

: 2008: 11.6%

2009: 17.6%

2010: 22.3%

Government bond ratings : Standard & Poor's:      AAA/Stable/A-1+

Moody's rating: Aaa

Moody's outlook: STA

Market value of publicly traded

shares

: US$1.258 trillion

Largest companies in the country :          Commonwealth Bank (Banking), BHP Billiton (Materials), Westpac Banking Group (Banking), Rio Tinto (Materials), National Australia Bank (Banking),

ANZ Banking (Banking), Telstra (Telecommunications)

Trade & Competitiveness Overview

Total exports :                           US$210.7 billion

Exports commodities :               coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat

Total imports :                           US$187.2 billion

Imports commodities :                machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts, crude oil and petroleum products

Export - major partners :             Japan 18.9%, China 14.2%, South Korea 8%, US 6%, NZ 5.6%, India

5.5%, UK 4.2%

Import - major partners :             China 15.5%, US 12.8%, Japan 9.6%, Singapore 5.6%, Germany 5.2%,

UK 4.3%, Thailand 4.2%

FDI Inflows :                              2007: US$45,477 million

2008: US$46,722 million

2009: US$22,572 million

FDI Outflows :                            2007: US$16,822 million

2008: US$32,819 million

2009: US$18,426 million

Best countries for doing business : 10 out of 183 countries

Global competitiveness ranking : 16 (ranking by country on a basis of 133, the first is the best)

 

Country and Population Overview

Total population :                       22.23 million

Total area :                                7,692,024 km2

Capital :                                    Canberra

Currency :                                 Australian dollars (AUD)

Internet users as % of total

population

                                                 74.00%

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

Purchase Term

International : L/C, Prepayment, Telegraphic transfer, D/P, Credit 30-120 days

Sales Term

Local : Prepayment, Bank transfer, D/P, Credit 30-120 days

International : L/C, Prepayment, Telegraphic transfer, D/P, Credit 30-120 days

Trade Reference/ Payment

Behaviour

Comments : As local and international trade references were not supplied, the Subject's

payment track record history cannot be appropriately determined but based

on our research, payments are believed to be met without delay.

Investigation Note

Sources : Interviews and material provided by the Subject

: Other official and local business sources


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.55.52

UK Pound

1

Rs.88.84

Euro

1

Rs.70.85

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PDT

 

 

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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