MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

28.09.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

OSEM FOOD INDUSTRIES LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

2 Rimon Street, Osem Compound, Hevel Modi’in Industrial Zone

 

 

Country :

Israel

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.06.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.08.1942

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

manufacturers, importers, marketers and exporters of room temperature foodstuff products

 

 

No. of Employees :

4,917 employees serving OSEM Group

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 


 

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 – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2012)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

Israel

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

israel - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Israel has a technologically advanced market economy. It depends on imports of crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, and agricultural products (fruits and vegetables) are the leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which are covered by tourism and other service exports, as well as significant foreign investment inflows. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 spurred a brief recession in Israel, but the country entered the crisis with solid fundamentals - following years of prudent fiscal policy and a resilient banking sector. The economy has recovered better than most advanced, comparably sized economies. In 2010, Israel formally acceded to the OECD. Natural gasfields discovered off Israel's coast during the past two years have brightened Israel's energy security outlook. The Leviathan field was one of the world's largest offshore natural gas finds this past decade. In mid-2011, public protests arose around income inequality and rising housing and commodity prices. The government formed committees to address some of the grievances but has maintained that it will not engage in deficit spending to satisfy populist demands.

 

Source : CIA

 


Company name & address 

 

OSEM FOOD INDUSTRIES LTD.

Telephone                  972 3 720 50 50; 720 50 30

Fax                            972 3 720 50 95

 

Physical Address:

2 Rimon Street, Osem Compound

Hevel Modi’in Industrial Zone

 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 935

SHOHAM                   6085001            ISRAEL

 

 

HISTORY & LEGAL FORMATION

 

A private limited company, incorporated as per file No. 51-045071-1 on the 28.08.1942.

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Authorized share capital NIS 350,450.00, divided into –

       10 founder shares of NIS 0.001 each (issued),

       180 ordinary shares of NIS 0.0005 each (issued),

       2,499,000 ordinary "A" shares of NIS 0.0001 each (1,759,000 issued),

       350,200,000 ordinary "B" shares of NIS 0.001 each,

of which shares amounting to NIS 176.00 were issued.

 

(Note: The currency in share capital was originally in Old Israeli Shekel whose nominal value was 1 thousandth of the current New Israeli Shekel (NIS), converted in 1986).

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Company is fully owned by OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD. (directly and via fully owned subsidiaries) a public limited liability whose shares of which are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, controlled by NESTLE S.A. (58.8%) concern of Switzerland, by the Proper Family (5%) and Itzhak Yarkoni (5%).

 

 


DIRECTORS

 

1.    Dan Proper, Chairman,

2.    Gad Proper,

3.    Avraham Finkelstein,

4.    Pinhas Kimelman, CFO.

 

Note: Former General Manager of OSEM Group, The Late Aviezer (Gezi) Kaplan, is still registered as Director (passed away in May 2012).

 

 

GENERAL MANAGER

 

Itzik Saig

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Subject is the chief company in the room temperature foodstuff products in OSEM (now divided into several segments), as well as in other sectors of OSEM Group. Subject and OSEM Group operate as manufacturers, importers, marketers and exporters of a wide range (over 1,000 items) of room temperature foodstuff product, including powdered soups & stews, sweet and salted snacks, cookies & cakes, crackers, syrups, chocolate, cereals (“Nestle” brands), pasta, sauces, baking products, preserves, coffee (brands “Nestle” and “Tasters’ Choice”), etc.

 

Local agents of NESTLE, of Switzerland.

 

16.2% of OSEM Group’s sales are for export in 2011 (17.1% in 2010).

 

Subject supplies to all supermarket chains and food and retail stores, institutional market, governmental agencies, Ministry of Defense, etc.

 

Subject has many suppliers, and Group also uses the central purchasing of NESTLE concern.

Among local suppliers: APPLIED CHEM, DAGAL FOOD ATTIVES, DANZIV HANDLING SOLUTIONS, A.D. SINUN, JOLYBAR, HAGARIN, M.A.M.A.SH., etc.

 

Operating from Group's owned headquarters and logistic center, on an area of 100,000 sq. meters (offices are on an area of 13,000 sq. meters, logistic center are on an a built area of 40,000 sq. meters), in 2 Harimon Street, Osem Compound, Hevel Modi'in Industrial Zone (see more in CHARACTER)

The Room Temperature Foodstuff Sector also operates from plants (all owned) in Sderot (on an area of 43,000 sq. meters), Yoqneam (on an area of 26,000 sq. meters), Holon (on an area of 3,000 sq. meters) and Beit Hashita (pickles).

 

There are 4,917 employees serving OSEM Group.

 

MEANS

 

OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD’s current market value US$ 1,458 million.

In February 2012 rating company Midrug extended OSEM's AAA/Stable credit rating, being the first and only Israeli industrial company with such rating.

 

Subject and other companies in the Group are “Approved Enterprises” and as such enjoy tax benefits and State incentives.

 

There are no charges registered on the company's assets.

 

Financial details are included in the consolidated B/S of parent company, OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD., which shows:

                                                                                      NIS (thousands)

                                                                           31.12.2011                 30.06.2012

ASSETS

Current assets:

       Cash and cash equivalents                                     104,479                    121,722

       Customers                                                            655,529                    778,833

       Other debtors                                                          31,496                      31,555

       Other assets and investments                                   28,598                      19,864

       Stock                                                                    388,191                    396,228

                                                                                1,208,293                 1,348,252

 

Non-current assets

       Fixed assets                                                       1,147,321                 1,141,544

       Intangible assets                                                 1,018,919                 1,005,899

       Other assets                                                           56,563                      71,320

                                                                                2,222,803                 2,218,763

                                                                                3,431,096                 3,567,015

                                                                               ========                ========

 

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities                                                        1,172,467                 1,140,570

Non-current liabilities                                                     429,675                    413,945

Equity                                                                       1,828,954                 2,012,500

                                                                                3,431,096                 3,567,015

                                                                               ========                ========

 

 

saleS

 

Based on OSEM INVESTMENTS financial statements, Room Temperature Foodstuff Sector sales (where subject is the major contributor) are:

2008 sales - NIS 1,910,841,000, operating profit - NIS 273,508,000.

2009 sales - NIS 1,947,125,000, operating profit - NIS 313,472,000.

In 2010 Group changed its sector division, and Room Temperature Foodstuff no longer stands as a sector on its own.

 

Subject ended 2008 with a net profit of NIS 52,636,000.

Subject ended 2009 with a net profit of NIS 76,093,000.

Subject ended 2010 with a net profit of NIS 60,429,000.

Subject ended 2011 with a net profit of NIS 58,000,000.

 

                                                                            OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD.

                                                                    Consolidated Statement of Income

                                                                                    NIS (thousands)

                                                                                  Year ended 31.12

                                                                      2009                     2010                     2011

Sales                                                           3,396,714              3,807,204           3,960,877

 

Gross profit                                                   1,419,514              1,642,644           1,651,395

 

Operational profit                                              427,155                 480,495              499,278

 

Pre-tax income                                                390,974                 429,429              467,644

 

Net profit                                                         291,277                 316,479              340,980

                                                                =========            ========          ========

 

 

OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD. consolidated first 6 months of 2012 sales were NIS 2,008,445,000 (1.7% increase compared to the parallel period in 2011), making a gross profit of NIS 824,357,000, an operating income of

NIS 246,252,000 and a net income of NIS 180,320,000.

 

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 

OSEM INVESTMENTS LTD., parent company, a holding and manufacturing company, heading the OSEM food concern. The OSEM Group of Companies includes (main ones, all 100% unless otherwise stated):

MIGDANOT HA’BAIT LTD.,

OSAMIM (1954) LTD., deals in gift packages and OSAMIM GIFTS,

BEIT HASHITA-ASIS FOOD INDUSTRIES LP, pickles manufacturers,

MATERNA INDUSTRIES LP, 51%, developers, manufacturers of baby food.

Chilled and Frozen Food Sector

NOGA ICE CREAM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, “Nestle” ice cream manufacturing,

BONJOUR (1986) LTD., pastries,

TIVALL (1993) LTD., manufacturers, exporters and marketers of frozen meat free, vegetable-based readymade meals and meat substitutes. Fully owns: TIVALL FOOD INDUSTRIES LTD., manufacturers, exporters and marketers of chilled salad products and TRIBE MEDITERRANNEAN FOODS INC., chilled salads and food in the USA.

 

Trade and Distribution

OSEM GROUP TRADING LP,

OSEM U.K. LTD., London,

OSEM U.S.A. Inc., N.J., USA.

TIVALL EUROPE LTD.

 

OSEM Group has many more holding and real estate companies.

 

 

BANKERS

 

Bank Hapoalim Ltd. Central Business Branch (No. 600), Tel Aviv

Bank Leumi Le’Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv Central Branch (No. 800), Tel Aviv.

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Main Tel Aviv Branch (No. 010), Tel Aviv.

 

 

CHARACTER AND REPUTATION

 

In July 2012, a motion was submitted to the Central District Court for the approval as a class action lawsuit, for the sum of NIS 40 million, following an ammonia leak in its plant in Shoham (another motion was submitted to the Tel Aviv District Court on same grounds in June 2012 for NIS 2012). It should be noted that the procedure for such claims to be approved are usually long and mostly eventually turned down.

 

Nothing unfavorable learned apart from that.

 

OSEM is the 3rd largest food concern in Israel.

OSEM Group is considered the second strongest label in Israel after TNUVA, and is ranked the 3rd largest supplier of all of Israel’s marketing chains (after TNUVA and the ELITE-STRAUSS Group).

 

OSEM Group has a leading market share (bar coded market) in pasta 55%, and in other various products such as: soups and souses 39%, instant coffee 41% and pickles 37%.

Subject’s salted snack “Bamba”, a leading brand, is the most popular in Israel in its kind ever (63% market share), with a 38% market share of all salty snacks and pastries bar coded market, and 41% of market share of cakes bar coded market.

In the beverages branch, OSEM held 1.9% market share in 2011.

 

In April 2001 it was reported that subject will start to buy its imports directly from the manufacturing companies in the NESTLE Group, rather than the Group trading company NWTC.

 

In July 2001 subject inaugurated its new chips snacks plant in Sderot. Subject invested NIS 7 million in building the plant and intends to invest additional NIS 20 million in order to increase its manufacturing lines.

 

In October 2002, OSEM signed a deal to acquire the pet food activities of the UNILEVER Group, for a sum of NIS 11 million.

 

As part of a re-organization in OSEM Group, OSEM sold its property (and former long serving premises) in Petach Tikva in December 2007 for NIS 98 million, and completed the transfer to the new logistic center and headquarters erected in Hevel Modi’in, near the Ben Gurion International Airport in May 2008, with a total investment of over NIS 400 million.

 

In March 2004, subject reported it acquired Kibbutz Beit Hashita shares (49%) in BEIT HASHITA-ASIS, for a sum of NIS 15 million.

In August 2008 parent company TIVALL acquired all the activities of TRIBE, which deals in the chilled salads sector in the USA for the sum of US$ 57 million, gaining a 17% in market share.

 

In December 2009 OSEM completed the acquisition of 51% of MATERNA LABORATORIES LTD shares from MAABAROT PRODUCTS LTD. for the sum of NIS 163.5 million. The deal includes selling OSEM 51% of MATERNA rights and liabilities, exclusive goodwill, that 51% of which will be acquired by NESTLE S.A. Both sides will have options to sell/purchase the reminder of the shares.

 

In November 2010 OSEM gained full ownership over TIVALL, local leading vegetable-based meat substitutes manufacturers, after acquiring (having 58%) for NIS 468 million.

 

In February 2012 it was reported that ISROTEL (a leading hotel chain), chose Group to supply breads and pastries (via BONJOUR), valued at NIS 8 million.

 

On the 02.04.2012 subject's and OSEM's General Manager Aviezer (Gezi) Kaplan retired, replaced by Itzik Saig.

 

The local market for food & beverages grew by 11.4% from 2008 to 2011, summing up to NIS 35.15 billion, around 4.5% increase (in money terms) in 2011 from 2010. In 2012, from January to August, the market noted a mild growth of 1.2% comparing to the parallel period in 2012. It was divided to a 1.5% increase in the food branch, but some 3.8% decrease in the beverages branch.

 

According to the Industrialists' Association, 2008 sales by the local food industries reached NIS 56 billion, of which NIS 53 billion were to the local market, the rest for export. In real terms, sales fell by 1.5% from 2007. Some NIS 43 billion of sales came from sales of food products. Local food industries marked a decrease in 2009 due to the slow-down in local economy and global economic crisis, although decrease was relatively mild, mainly as the economic climate ameliorated in the 2nd half of 2009.

In 2011 sales for exports by the food & beverages industries rose by 16.6%, reaching US$ 929.8 million (rose by 9.8% in 2010 after export rate fell in 2009 by 11% from 2008).

Import of food and beverages to Israel in 2011 summed up to US$ 2,358.2 million, rising by 18.7% from 2010, which comes after a by 15.5% increase in 2010 from 2009 (when import decreased by 9.4% comparing to 2008 due to the slow-down in local economy). However, the trend has shown a reverse in 2012 first half, with a decrease in import of food.

 

Local food industry employs over 61,000 workers.

 

According to Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) data, investments in machinery & equipment from import for the food industry in 2011 summed up to NIS 929.5 million, 47.7% rise from 2010 (after 15.4% increase in 2010), while investments in machinery & equipment from import for the beverage & tobacco industries rose by 2% to NIS 379.7 million (rose 9.7% in 2010).

 

The Central Bureau of Statistics data shows that import of raw food products to Israel in 2011 summed up to US$ 2,062.6 million, 23% increase from 2010 (a similar growth trend to 2010 from 2009, a year which witnessed a 20% decrease from 2008). Over 50% of import is from the EU.

 

According to the CBS, the total household expenditure for private consumption in 2011 on food, beverage and tobacco rose 3.7% from 2010, after 4% rise in 2010 from 2009, reflecting an improvement trend in the loacl market after the general slow-down in economy in 2009.

 

SUMMARY

 

Good for trade engagements.

Good for all credits.

 

Note: Subject moved from 61 Jabotinsky St. (which was in Petach Tikva, not Tel Aviv) several years ago. Please refer to a/m address.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.53.26

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.23

Euro

1

Rs.68.64

 

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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