MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.02.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FOOD–TRONICS LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

P.O. Box 50434, Tel Aviv (6150302) 4 Koifman Street, Sharbat House Tel Aviv 6801296           

 

 

Country :

Israel

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.09.2012 (Consolidated)

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

07.03.2007

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importers of dried foodstuff, mostly commodities, including cereals, dried fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, sesame, coffee, spices, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

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 :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2011)

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 and address      

 

FOOD–TRONICS LTD.

Telephone  972 3 519 55 55; 510 69 69

Fax           972 3 510 70 10

P.O. Box 50434, Tel Aviv (6150302)

4 Koifman Street, Sharbat House

TEL AVIV  6801296         ISRAEL

 

 

HISTORY & LEGAL FORMATION

 

A private limited company, incorporated as per file No. 51-395043-6 on the 07.03.2007.

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Authorized share capital NIS 50,000.00 divided into -

              50,000 ordinary shares of NIS 1.00 each,

fully issued.

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Subject is fully owned by HAMAMA MEIR TRADE (1996) LTD., a public limited company, whose shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, controlled by Eliyahu Hamama, 36.8%, Meir Hamama, 32.6% and Josef Hamama, 8.2%.

 

 

DIRECTORS 

 

1.         Eliyahu (Eli) Hamama, General Manager,

2.         Meir Hamama.

 

 

GENERAL MANAGER

 

Eliyahu (Eli) Hamama

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Importers of dried foodstuff, mostly commodities, including cereals, dried fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, sesame, coffee, spices, etc.

 

All a/m good are sold to parent company HAMAMA MEIR TRADE, which marketers these goods.

Subject was established for the sake of participating in the Ministry of Agriculture tenders for receiving import licenses, and besides the import and the sale to parent company, subject has no other commercial activity.

 

Operating from offices, owned by affiliated company, in 4 Koifman Street, Sharbat House, Tel Aviv, which serves the HAMAMA Group.

 

Having no employees in subject.

Having 52 employees in HAMAMA MEIR TRADE as of end of 2011. 

 

 

MEANS

 

Financial data is included in the consolidated B/S of parent company, HAMAMA MEIR TRADE (1996) LTD., which shows:

                                                                                                NIS (thousands)

                                                                                       31.12.2011            30.09.2012

ASSETS

Current assets:

     Cash and cash equivalents                                                    543                       547

     Customers                                                                     149,001                 150,323

     Other debtors                                                                    1,822                    2,673

     Stock                                                                            138,753                 157,022

                                                                                         290,119                 310,565

Non-current assets:

     Customers                                                                        1,989                    2,140

     Fixed assets, net                                                              2,900                    2,912

     Other non-current assets                                                    1,466                    1,523

                                                                                            6,355                    6,575

                                                                                         296,474                 317,140

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

 

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities                                                                 203,386                 221,337

Non-current liabilities                                                            17,466                    9,461

Equity                                                                                 75,622                  86,342

                                                                                         296,474                 317,140

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

 

 

HAMAMA MEIR TRADE current market value US$ 17.1 million.

 

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

 

REVENUES

                                                                     HAMAMA MEIR TRADE (1996) LTD.

                                                                       Consolidated Statement of Income

                                                                                         NIS (thousands)

                                                                                      Year ended 31.12

                                                                         2009                 2010                 2011

Sales                                                                 390,442            388,652            444,410

 

Gross profit                                                           27,528              27,686              40,821

 

Operating income                                                    7,347              11,467              23,364

 

Pre-tax income (loss)                                               (143)                5,615              11,770

 

Net income (loss)                                                    (362)                4,267               8,923

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

 

Consolidated first 9 months of 2012 sales were NIS 358,271,000 (8.1% increase comparing to the parallel period in 2011), making a gross profit of

NIS 33,710,000, an operating income of NIS 22,116,000, and a net profit of

NIS 10,703,000.

 

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 

HAMAMA MEIR TRADE (1996) LTD., parent company, traders, importers, exporters, marketers and distributors in dried foodstuff, mostly commodities, including cereals, dried fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, sesame, coffee, spices, etc. Fully owns the following non-active subsidiaries, which participate in the Ministry of Agriculture tenders for receiving import licenses:

MAZON SAMEACH LTD., A.A. SHIBOLET LTD., GRICIA LTD., BOTEN HAMAHATZ LTD., SHAKED HAKESEM LTD., TE'ENAT CAN'AN LTD.

 

Other companies owned by Hamama family:

TENE NEGEV LTD., marketers and exporters of peanuts

HAMAMA MEIR DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENTS CO. (1991) LTD.,

HAMAMIT LTD.,

TENE PEANUTS LTD.,

TENE PEANUTS 91 SORTING AND MARKETING LTD.

HAMAMA BROTHERS & CO. LTD., real estate,

MILGAD LTD.,

HAMAMA TENE HAI PEANUTS 1997 LTD.

POLIVA LTD., 12%, traders, importers and marketers of raw materials and substances for bakeries.

S. HAMAMA HOLDINGS INDUSTRY & HI-TECH LTD.

BANKERS

 

Bank Leumi Le'Israel Ltd., Cntral Tel Aviv Branch (No. 800), Tel Aviv.

Union Bank of Israel Ltd., Main Tel Aviv Branch (No. 063), Tel Aviv.

 

 

CHARACTER AND REPUTATION

 

Nothing unfavorable learned.

 

HAMAMA MEIR TRADE is veteran, one of the two leading companies in their field in the local market, with an estimated market share of 15% (2010/2011/2012).

 

According to Ministry of Agriculture data from February 2009, 3,600 tons of pistachio and 3,100 tons of almonds are imported to Israel each year.

The whole local nuts/almonds and dried fruits market rolls some NIS 600 million annually. Most of it arrives from import from Turkey, China, USA, Far East countries and South Africa.

 

According to Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), import of food and beverages to Israel in 2012 summed up to NIS 6,898 million, rising by 13.8% from 2011 (a 5.5% rise in $ terms), continuing the upward growth trend from 2011 and 2010.

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Good for trade engagements.

 

 

Note: Since the beginning of February 2013 Israel Post has started using a new area code method of 7 digits (the old method of 5 digits is no longer valid).

 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.54.48

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.71

Euro

1

Rs.72.23

 

 

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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