MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.12.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INDIGO LIVING LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 1202-04, Level 12, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

11.11.1986

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10737558

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Interior Decoration of all kinds of furniture, furnishings

 

 

No. of Employees :

100

 

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:

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, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

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 levies excise duties on only four commodities, namely: hard alcohol, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil, and methyl alcohol. There are no quotas or dumping laws. 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 9.1% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2012, an increase of 59% from the previous 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 34.9 million in 2012, 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 2012 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 46.6% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 57.4% 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, and less than 2% in 2012. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly and inflation to rise 4.1% in 2012. 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 & address

 

INDIGO LIVING LTD.

 

ADDRESS:       Unit 1202-04, Level 12, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2552 3500

 

FAX:                 852-2522 3505

 

E-MAIL:            wholesale@indigo-living.com

franchising@indigo-living.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. John Warren McLennan

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             11th November, 1986.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital: Nominal:           HK$23,000,000

 

Issued:                          HK$22,900,000

 

Business Category:        Interior Decoration.

 

Employees:                   100.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Good.


Company name

 

INDIGO LIVING LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Unit 1202-04, Level 12, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Pacific Legend Development Ltd., Hong Kong.  (Same address)

 

Associated Company:-

Indigo Living LLC

Office 120, Third Floor, Oasis Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road,

(near Second Interchange), P.O. Box 282425, Dubai, UAE.

[Tel: 971-4-339 7705;  Fax: 971-4-339 7704]

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER 

 

10737558

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0177875

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:         Mr. John Warren McLennan

Contact Person:             Mr. Jacko Wong

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$23,000,000

 

(Divided into 23,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$22,900,000

 

SHAREHOLDER  

 

(As per registry dated 11-11-2012)

Name

Occupation

No. of shares

Pacific Legend Development Ltd., Hong Kong.

Corporation

22,900,000

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DIRECTORS  

 

(As per registry dated 11-11-2012)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

John Warren McLennan

Flat 50, 1/F., Block 3, Middleton Towers, 140 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.

 

MOK Lai Yin, Fiona

Flat RD, 19/F., Tower 5, Le Prestige, Lohas Park, Tseung Kwon, O, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

Tracy Ann FITZPATRICK

1/F., 88B Pokfulam Road, Pro Fu Lam, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

John Warren McLennan

 

(As per registry dated 11-11-2012)

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 11th November, 1986 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Originally the subject was registered under the name of Wide Dragon Industries Ltd.  The name was subsequently changed to Lim Mei Carpet Manufacturing Co. Ltd. on 3rd April, 1987; changed to Lim Mei Manufacturing Co. Ltd. on 13th Februrary, 1996; changed to Options Home Furnishings Ltd. in 5th August, 2002 and further to the present style on 4th October, 2004.

Formerly the subject was located at Suite 1813-1816, 18/F., Horizon Plaza, 2 Lee Wing Street, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong, moved to the present address with effect from 13th May, 2013.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Interior Decoration.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of furniture, furnishings

 

Employees:                   100.

 

Commodities Imported:   Europe

 

Markets:                       Hong Kong, other Asian countries

Terms/Sales:                 As per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               Various terms.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$23,000,000

 

(Divided into 23,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$22,900,000

 

Mortgage or Charge:       (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:                Traded at a profitable angle.

 

Condition:                      Business remains normal.

 

Facilities:                      Is making use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments as contracted.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                         Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 22.9 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Indigo Living Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Legend Development Ltd. which is a Hong Kong-registered firm located at the same operating office.

Established for over 25 years, the subject provides clients with high quality of furnishing and accessories with innovative interior designs.  It is engaged in the areas of retail, rental and related projects.  Now it is actively seeking new wholesale clients.

Its experienced project team can offer a tailored service for any project including interior design, sourcing and procurement of Furniture, Furnishings and Equipment [FF&E], custom manufacturing, and full project management and installation.

The subject has expanded its business substantially in recent years.  For instance, it moved to the present address in May 2013.  It has had sales offices located at the following addresses:

·         Horizon Plaza, Ap Lei Chau Industrial Estate, Hong Kong

·         Tower A, Regent Centre, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong

·         Prince Building, Central, Hong Kong

·         Repulse Bay Shopping Arcade, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

·         Ocean Terminal, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

·         Grand Central Plaza Shopping Arcade, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong

The subject is specialized in providing turnkey FF&E solutions for the hospitality industry with a focus on hotels, restaurants, show flats, casinos and serviced apartments.

The subject’s business territories not only cover Hong Kong, but also other Asian countries.  Besides, it also has had a sales team in the Middle East.

Over the past years, the subject was engaged in the following projects:-

·         33 Cape Road residential showflat, Hong Kong

·         6 Celebrity Chef Restaurants at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

·         Afya Restaurant - Traders Hotel, Abu Dhabi

·         Aralias luxury apartment, Gurgaon, India 

·         Bar Azul -Four Seasons Hotel, Macau

·         Belcanção Restaurant -Four Seasons Hotel, Macau

·         Dubai Marriott Harbour Hotel & Suites, Dubai

·         Emirates Management Crew Quarters, Dubai

·         Four Seasons Serviced Apartments mock up, Macau

·         Greenlakes, Dubai

·         Kowloon Waterfront, Hong Kong

·         Lanson Place Jinlin Tiandi, Shanghai

·         Lanson Place mock up, Rich Garden, Shanghai

·         Links Golf Clubhouse, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

·         Marina Bay Sands Casino, Singapore

·         Marina Bay Sands Lounge Portal, Singapore

·         Movenpick Hotel and Residences Laguna Towers, Dubai

·         NETs, Nanjing, China

·         Paiza Club at Venetian, Macau

·         Splash Restaurant -Four Seasons Hotel, Macau  

·         The Address Dubai Marina Hotel, Dubai

·         The Address Dubai Marina Serviced Apartments, Dubai

·         The Manhattan, Macau

·         The Plaza Casino at Four Seasons, Macau

·         The Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

·         The Venetian - Paiza Mansions, Macau

·         The Venetian -Four Seasons, Macau

·         The Westin, Dubai

·         Traders Hotel, Abu Dhabi

·         Zi Yat Heen Restaurant -Four Seasons Hotel, Macau

The subject also handled projects in India.  Its associated company in the United Arab Emirates is Indigo Living LLC.  The annual sales turnover of the subject is very significant.

John Warren McLennan is an Advisor of Sustasia.  He is the Managing Director and owner of the subject which is a multi disciplined design firm with retail, wholesale and project operations in Hong Kong, India Dubai and Shanghai.  Mr. McLennan is originally from Canada but has been a resident of Asia for over 20 years.  Before developing the subject he spent 18 years in the design industry working in furniture, product and interior design.  Mr. McLennan has built the subject from a 30 person operation in Hong Kong to a company with over 100 staff.

Now the subject has designed and provided furniture for projects throughout China, Macau, India as well as parts of the Middle East.

He earned his BA from the University of British Columbia and a post graduate degree from Capilano College (APMCP) in Vancouver which launched his career in Asia.  Married with two children, Mr. McLennan is a keen sailor and water sports enthusiast.

In Hong Kong, the contact person is Mr. Jacko Wong.

On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

31-08-1988

Instrument:        Charge on Deposit

Property:

Receipt No.1-02-4-009936 for HK$566,324.49, 2-02-3-032572 for US$40,950.73 and 2-02-9-032659 for US$14,976.49

Mortgagee:        Hang Lung Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.  [Business was taken over by Dao Heng Bank Ltd. which was merged into DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.]

To secure general banking facilitics.

19-12-2007

Instrument:        Security Over Deposits with the Bank (Limited Company – Under Seal)

Property:

Initially HK$2,388,230.88 and all monies whether now or hereafter standing to the credit of the Company’s deposit with the Bank under deposit No. 034-253757

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

To secure all monies in respect of banking facilities


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.62

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.84

Euro

1

Rs.84.98

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NNA

 

 

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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