MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.06.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BRIGHTEX  (PVT)  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit E, 18/F., Gemstar Tower, 23 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12.04.2000

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

30900256

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of mobile phones, accessories, semiconductors, computer hardware and software, peripheral, drives and storage devices

 

 

No. of Employees :

08  (Including associates)

 

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 – 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

 

BRIGHTEX  (PVT)  LTD.

 

 

Company ADDRESS

 

Unit E, 18/F., Gemstar Tower, 23 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE:            852-2367 8582,  3962 2200,  2668 3407,  2311 1469

FAX:     852-2311 1469,  2668 3408,  3962 2200

E-MAIL:            sales@brightex.net

helal@brightex.net

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ramakant Agrawal

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             12th April, 2000.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$100,000,000.00

Issued:              HK$45,000,000.00

 

Business Category:        Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Annual Turnover:            US$20~25 million.

 

Employees:                    8.  (Including associates)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:           Satisfactory.


 

Company ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Unit E, 18/F., Gemstar Tower, 23 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Associated Companies:-

Brightex (Pvt) Ltd., Hong Kong.  (same address)
[Also trading as Brightex Enterprises (BR No. 30900256-002)]

Brightex Distribution Pakistan Pvt. Ltd., Pakistan.

Brightex Enterprises UK Ltd., UK.

Brightex Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

D&K (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.  (same address)

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

30900256

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0712309

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ramakant Agrawal

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$100,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

Issued Share Capital:     HK$45,000,000.00

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 12-04-2013)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Ramakant AGRAWAL

 

22,500,000

Usa AGRAWAL

 

22,500,000

 

 

–––––––––

 

Total:

45,000,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 12-04-2013)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Usa AGRAWAL

17/F., Apartment No. 9, Celestial Heights, 80 Sheung Shing Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Ramakant AGRAWAL

17/F., Apartment No. 9, Celestial Heights, 80 Sheung Shing Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 12-04-2013)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

RJA Management Ltd.

Room A&B, 2/F., Lee Kee Commercial Building, 221-227 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong.

1044456

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 12th April, 2000 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

           

Lines:                           All kinds of mobile phones, accessories, semiconductors, computer hardware and software, peripheral, drives and storage devices.

 

Employees:                   8.  (Including associates)

 

Commodities Imported:   China, other Asian countries, etc.

 

Markets:                       Hong Kong, India and the Middle East.

 

Annual Turnover:            US$20~25 million.

 

Terms/Sales:                 On various terms.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C or as per contracted.

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$100,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$45,000,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge:       (See attachment)

 

Profit & Loss:                Business is profitable.

 

Condition:                      Keeping in a normal condition.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments on time.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                         Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

 

Standing:                      Normal.

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 45 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Brightex (Pvt) Ltd. is equally owned by Ramakant Agrawal and Usa Agrawal, both of whom are Indian.  They are Hong Kong ID Card holders and have got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  They are also the directors of the subject.

The subject has had an associated company Brightex Enterprises [BE] located at the same address.  Brightex and the subject are engaged in the same lines of business.  Both firms, referred to Brightex, are also controlled by the Agrawal family.

BE is a partnership jointly owned by Rama Kant Agrawal and Usa Agrawal.  The former is also a Hong Kong ID Card holders and have got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.

There is another associated company D&K (Asia) Ltd. located at the same address.  D&K (Asia) is a mobile phone trader.

According to BE, it is one of the leading mobile phones distributing companies in Hong Kong having offices in Singapore, China, India, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and Dubai.  Since its inception in 1986, BE has grown significantly in terms of turnover, staff strength and even geographical coverage.

BE is a manufacturer of GSM mobile phones under the name and style of “R.Tec”, “Sky Tec” and “Itel”.  Besides, its Tecno and Maximus mobile phones have been exported to worldwide countries.  BE’s affiliated factory is in China employing about 100 people.

BE is one of the distributors of VA Cell Inc. which is one of the leading cellphone distribution companies with a network across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.  VA Cell Inc. is in Miami of the United States.  As a vital link in the cellphone value chain, VA Cell Inc. creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors, carriers and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, product aggregation and distribution.

VA Cell Inc. is the dealer of the following products: Sony Ericsson, HTC, SBB, Blackberry, NOKIA, LG, Samsung, etc.  The subject also trades in the above-mentioned products.

BE trades in electronic components and semi-conductors for more than twenty years.  It is doing volume business in Hynix, Issi, and Samsung semiconductors.  It also trades in computer hardware and software, peripheral, drives and storage devices.  Business is rather active.

The annual sales turnover of the subject and its associates ranges from US$20 to 25 million.  Making a small profit every year.

As the history of the subject in Hong Kong is over thirteen years, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

20-08-2012

Instrument:                                 Letter of Lien

Property:

1)   Nature of Deposit:                  TDR1
Date of Deposit:                    20-08-2012
Amount:                               HK$50,000
Due Date:                             20-08-2013
Rate of Interest:                     1.70%
Mode of Payment of Interest:  on maturity

2)   Nature of Deposit:                  TDR1
Date of Deposit:                    13-06-2012
Amount:                               US$2,170,309.19
Due Date:                             13-06-2013
Rate of Interest:                     1.50%
Mode of Payment of Interest:  on maturity

2)   Nature of Deposit:                  TDR1
Date of Deposit:                    17-08-2012
Amount:                               US$1,000,000.00
Due Date:                             19-08-2013
Rate of Interest:                     1.70%

Mortgagee:        Bank of India, Hong Kong Branch.

HK$150,000,000.00

20-08-2012

Instrument:      Charge and Hypothecation of Book Debts

Property:

Hypothecation and charge to the Bank by way of charge on all the book debts outstanding, moneys receivable, claims and bills

Mortgagee:      Bank of India, Hong Kong Branch.

HK$150,000,000.00

20-08-2012

Instrument:      Hypothecation of Tangible Moveable Property

Property:

All tangible moveable assets of borrower including in particular stocks of computer parts, mobile phones, cameras, steel scrap, plastic materials etc., furniture & fixtures and plant & machinery etc., wheresoever situate and/or in transit. Including therein the stocks thereof for time being whether raw or manufactured or in process of manufacture.  And also all producers goods and any and every tangible moveable properly of the Borrower whether now lying or at any time hereafter during the continuance of this security lying or being in or about the Borrower; premises and godowns at 18/F. Gemstar Tower, 23 Man Lok Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong or wherever else the same may be or be held by any party anywhere to the order and disposition of the Borrower or in course of transit to the Borrower

Mortgagee:      Bank of India, Hong Kong Branch.

HK$150,000,000.00

20-08-2012

Instrument:      General Letter of Hypothecation

Property:

Bills of exchange, and / or invoices, or any other documents representing or relating to goods.

Mortgagee:      Bank of India, Hong Kong Branch.

All the money

19-10-2012

Instrument:      Undertaking Relating to Deposits

Property:

Distinctive No. of Receipt:  2012 FD 138

Date of Receipt:  23-07-2012

Amount of Deposit:  US$10,000,000.00

Rate of Interest:  2.95%

Maturity Date of Deposit:  18-07-2013

Mortgagee:      Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

All liabilities

19-12-2012

Instrument:      Undertaking Relating to Deposits

Property:

Distinctive No. of Receipt:  2012 FD 255

Date of Receipt:  14-12-2012

Amount of Deposit:  US$705,153,85

Rate of Interest:  1.75

Maturity Date of Deposit:  12-06-2013

Mortgagee:      Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

All liabilities


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.73

UK Pound

1

Rs.91.82

Euro

1

Rs.78.23

 

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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