MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

Updated report

 

 

Report Date :

05.06.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GLAXOSMITHKLINE PANAMA S.A.

 

 

Registered Office :

Urbanización Industrial Juan Díaz, entre Calles A y B

 

 

Country :

Panama

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

11.11.1949

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

Index Card 18575, Deed 2277.

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint-Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Import and marketing of pharmaceuticals and health products

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate  

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

Litigation :

Clear 

 

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

Panama

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

Panama ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Panama's dollar-based economy rests primarily on a well-developed services sector that accounts for more than three-quarters of GDP. Services include operating the Panama Canal, logistics, banking, the Colon Free Zone, insurance, container ports, flagship registry, and tourism. Economic growth will be bolstered by the Panama Canal expansion project that began in 2007 and is estimated to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $5.3 billion - about 10-15% of current GDP. The expansion project will more than double the Canal's capacity, enabling it to accommodate ships that are too large to traverse the existing canal. The United States and China are the top users of the Canal. Panama is also constructing a metro system in Panama City, valued at $1.2 billion and scheduled to be completed by 2014. Panama's booming transportation and logistics services sectors, along with aggressive infrastructure development projects, have lead the economy to continued high growth in 2012. Foreign investment, at around 10% of GDP in both 2011 and 2012, has continued to be a source of growth. Strong economic performance has not translated into broadly shared prosperity, as Panama has the second worst income distribution in Latin America. About 30% of the population lives in poverty; however, from 2006 to 2012 poverty was reduced by 10 percentage points, while unemployment dropped from 12% to 4.4% of the labor force in 2012. The US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement was approved by Congress and signed into law in October 2011, and entered into force in October 2012. Panama also achieved removal from the Organization of Economic Development's gray-list of tax havens by signing various double taxation treaties with other nations.

 

Source : CIA

 


IDENTIFICATION

 

CORRECT COMPANY NAME

GLAXOSMITHKLINE PANAMA S.A.

TRADE NAME

GSK PANAMA

TAXPAYER REGISTRATION

RUC 19342648244

MAIN ADDRESS

Urbanización Industrial Juan Díaz, entre Calles A y B,

DEPT/PROV/REGION/STATE

Panamá / Panamá

COUNTRY

PANAMA

TELEPHONE

(507) 2171777 - 2171633

WEB

www.gsk.com

COMMENTS

 

This report supersedes our report previously issued on 31/05/2013. Please find some additional data on the company and press release.

 

It might be recalled that the order was forwarded without a phone number to expedite the investigation.

 

P.O.Box 0819-08530.

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Date of foundation

1949

Capital stock

B/.25,000.= Balboas

permanent employees

Unknown.

Chief Executive

HOLNESS, DUKE

Disposition

Declined. Refused to answer unpolitely.

Payments policy

 Without rating (No payment experience traced)

Number of times that this company was required: 2

 

LEGAL STRUCTURE

 

LEGAL STATUS

Joint-Stock Company

 

 

DATE OF INCORPORATION

11NOV1949

 

 

PLACE OF REGISTRY

Panama

 

 

NOTARY OFFICE

3: Third of Circuit.

DURATION

Perpetual

REGISTRATION

Index Card 18575, Deed 2277.

 

 

INITIAL CAPITAL

B/.25,000.= Balboas

 

 

CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL

B/.25,000.= Balboas

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

No increase

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE (US$)

B/.1.= Balboa per 1.00 USADollar

 

 

COMMENTS

 

The company's Resident Agent is Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman.

 

The legal representatives of the company will be Messrs. Eduardo Ortega Barria, Brenda Batista and Omaira Shelor, who shall exercise the legal representation of the company acting individually.

DIRECTORS

- EXECUTIVES – SHAREHOLDERS

 

FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME

TITLE

%PART.

SINCE

HOLNESS, DUKE

President

 

 

ORTEGA BARRIA, EDUARDO

Director / Secretary

 

 

BATISTA, BRENDA

Director / Treasurer

 

 

MENDILAHARZU, MARTIN

Alternate Director

 

 

ALVARADO, STEVEN

Alternate Director

 

 

CORNER, IVAN

Alternate Director

 

 

 

WHO IS WHO?

 

BATISTA, BRENDA

TITLE

Director / Treasurer

NATIONALITY

Panamanian

 

 

ASSOCIATED AS PER OUR DATABASE TO

COMPANY

TITLE

TAX REG

COUNTRY

GLAXOSMITHKLINE EXPORT PANAMA S.A.

Finance Manager

4946733315138DV

PANAMA

 

BUSINESS HISTORY

 

Signed the Articles of Incorporation:

 

- William Edward Dowber.

- James Patton Clarendon.

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES TO SUBJECT COMPANY OR TO MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER

COMPANY NAME

COUNTRY

TAX REG.

RELATION %

GLAXOSMITHKLINE CHILE FARMACEUTICA LTDA.

CHILE

(AC) 850257000

Related

GLAXOSMITHKLINE EXPORT PANAMA S.A.

PANAMA

(AC) 4946733315138DV

Related

 

 

BUSINESS

 

SIC Classification
5 1 - WHOLESALE TRADE-NON-DURABLE GOODS. (Papers, Perfumes, drugs, hardware, Groceries, apparel, food, dairy products, beverages.)

 

Main activity

Import and marketing of pharmaceuticals and health products.

OPERATIONS

Import

Yes

Country

Germany, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, USA.

Export

Yes

COUNTRY

Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

EMPLOYEES

Unknown.

 

LOCATION

OTHER PREMISES

Registered Office, Administrative and Commercial Offices: Operate from premises located at heading address.

 

It was not found other address.

Comments

 

Its client is GLAXOSMITHKLINE PUERTO RICO

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Disposition

Declined. Refused to answer unpolitely.

Interviewee(s)

External sources

Information provided

Since it is against company policy to disclose information, this report has been produced based on data collected entirely through third parties, public and official sources, where it was not possible to get balance sheets and reference figures.

 

 

SALES

US$ 0.00 ()

FINANCIAL SITUATION

The financial situation of the company is considered Indeterminate because of not having financial statements that enable an accurate analysis of their results in the last fiscal year.

Trade references being very few if any , does not allow us to establish their payment habits.

Reluctance in their statements, derived from confidential policies,  prevents us from having more  evaluation sources.

Public and private sources of information do not report further details.

Insurance Comments

 

We did not have access to this information.

 

TRADE REFERENCES, CREDIT BUREAU, LAWSUITS, BANKS

(Confidential Information)

TRADE REFERENCES


CREDIT BUREAU COMMENTS

Since no direct information could be obtained it was not possible to learn the names of the usual suppliers or banks they work with, and a survey we conducted was not successful.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

REPUTATION

 

NOTHING AGAINST COMPANY

 

Explanation about commercial reputation

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASES

 

GSK left Brazil and settled in Panama

Source: Mileika Lasso

mlasso@laestrella.com.pa

Panama, 14/11/2012

 

Between 2005 and 2010, the pharmaceutical company has invested about $ 30 million in vaccine research.

 

With an annual budget of $ 25 million, Panama became the Operations Center of Clinical Research and Vaccine Medical Affairs for Latin America of the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

 

This research center for Latin America was installed in Brazil, and this year under Law 6 of February 10, 1998, in the City "El Saber"  which allows it to develop scientific and technological activities with tax exemption and labor and migration incentives.

 

Now from Panama will coordinate all research and clinical development of new vaccines, medical affairs, epidemiology, safety and pharmaco-economics, while medical / scientific interactions are coordinated between GSK vaccines and the Pan American Health Organization.

 

Some of the advantages of selecting the country are in its geographical position and ease of communication with research centers in South and North America and Europe.

 

From 2005 to 2010, GSK has invested $ 30 million in medical vaccine research, including clinical trials, epidemiological studies and analysis of health economics.

 

Maria Mercedes Castrejon, medical director of research and medical affairs for Central America, the Caribbean and Andean regions, said operations of GSK in the country date back to 1949, when it was known as Sterling Products. Later, the company went through a series of mergers and it was not until 2000 when it became GlaxoSmithKline.

 

Eduardo Ortega, vice president of GSK Vaccines, said the renewed operation of GSK Vaccines Panama has 76 direct employees and employs professionals through clinical research organizations. The team comprises national professionals and from Panama, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Costa Rica.

 

In Panama, the pharmaceutical company that currently exports health products to 15 markets in Latin America, keeps four business operations: manufacturing, logistics and distribution unit, sales force and operations center for clinical research and medical affairs for vaccines.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.56.64

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.69

Euro

1

Rs.73.97

 

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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