MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

21.11.2013

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	UNITY DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS (PTY)LTD

Registered Office :	27 Ridge Road 209, 2nd Floor East Tower, Parktown, Johannesburg

Country :	South Africa

Date of Incorporation :	01.04.1982

Com. Reg. No.:	M1982/000009/07

Legal Form :	Private Company

Line of Business :	Buying and Selling of Jewellery

No. of Employees :	10

RATING & COMMENTS

MIRA’s Rating :

RATING		STATUS	PROPOSED CREDIT LINE
41-55	Ba	Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.	Satisfactory

Status :	Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :	Slow but correct

Litigation :	Clear

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31^st, 2013

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

South Africa

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
Off-credit	D

SOUTH AFRICA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors and a stock exchange that is the 15th largest in the world. Even though the country possesses modern infrastructure that support a relatively efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region, some components retard growth. The economy began to slow in the second half of 2007 due to an electricity crisis. State power supplier Eskom encountered problems with aging plants and meeting electricity demand necessitating "load-shedding" cuts in 2007 and 2008 to residents and businesses in the major cities. Subsequently, the global financial crisis reduced commodity prices and world demand. GDP fell nearly 2% in 2009 but has recovered since then. Unemployment, poverty, and inequality remain a challenge, with official unemployment at nearly 25% of the work force. Eskom has built two new power stations and installed new power demand management programs to improve power grid reliability. South Africa's economic policy has focused on controlling inflation, however, the country has had significant budget deficits that restrict its ability to deal with pressing economic problems. The current government faces growing pressure from special interest groups to use state-owned enterprises to deliver basic services to low-income areas and to increase job growth

Source : CIA

Company name

Subject Name	UNITY DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS (PTY)LTD
Country	South Africa
Enquiry Terms	COD
Account Review	Recommended Every 6 Months
Subject Contact Person	HAZEL GOLDSTEIN - Accountant
Assessment	This is a well-established business. On investigation we made contact with HAZEL GOLDSTEIN the accountant who declined to assist with most of the required information. MRS GOLDSTEIN requested to know the name of the principal enquirer before she can divulge any further information on the subject. Please see the available information on the subject below.

Auditors information

Company Registered Name	BG ASSOCIATES CC
Trading Name	BG ASSOCIATES
Registration Number	B2009/112872/23
Physical Address	FISRT FLOOR, 7 QUEENS SQAURE, COMER CROSS ROADS, GLENHAZEL, 2192
Postal Address	P O BOX 1900, HIGHLANDS NORTH, 2037
Contact Person	BRIAN
Contact Number	0114403382
Email	brian@bgz.co.za
Principals	1
Judgements Against Subject	No record found on file
Judgements Against Principals	No record found on file
Subject Verified as Client	Yes
Practice Number	20044440
VAT Number	Unavailable
Tax Number	9071070198
BEE Status	Unavailable
Financial Year End	February
No of years in Business	3 Years
Website	None
Comment

Previous Auditors

Company Name Phone Number Time with previous auditors Comment

GRUZD ZETS AND CO 31

Tax information

Vat Number	4550121067
Status	ACTIVE
Vat Liable Date	1991/09/30
Tax Number	9629145849
Tax Clearance Expire Date
Financial Year End	February
Comment

Black Economic Empowerment Information - No Information on Record

ISO Information - No Information on Record

Workman's compensation

Registered	Yes
Compliance Certified	Yes
Comment

Company Structure

Subsidiaries Information - No Information on Record

Employees
Number of Employees	10
1. Salaried employees	10
2. Waged employees
3. Permanent employees	10
4. Casual employees
5. Contracted employees
Comment

Company Fleet Information - No Information on Record

Offices

Offices	Offices
Head Office Owned/ Rented	Leased
Rental Company
Owned by
Value
Bond
Bank
Lease Agreement
Lease Expire Date
Type of Premises	Offices
Comment	The subject has leased the premises for a period of 20 years.

Branch Information - No Information on Record

Management Overview

Organisation Chart

Level	Position	Name	Comment

1	Director	BERNARD SHER

2	Director	MARTIN GERSCHLOWITZ

Company Structure (Ownership)

Note: One level up and all levels down

Holding	Company	Sub	Comment
90%	BERNARD SHER
10%	MARTIN GERSCHLOWITZ

Key Deals - No Information on Record

Trade References

Trade Reference nr	Supplier	Contact	Surety Value	Notarial Bonds Comment
1	DAWN WOLF DAIMONDS	0114843548
2	ERNEST BLOM DIAMONDS	0113343091
3	GUESS DIAMONDS	0113347220

Trade References Detail

Nr	Age of Acc	Terms	Average Purchases	Terms Taken	Comment
1	25 Years	15 Days	R 20000	15 Days	Excellent
2	16 Years	C.O.D	R150000	C.O.D	Very Good
3	20 Years	30 Days	R 300000	30 Days	Very Good

Adverse Information on Subject

Judgements - No information on record

BusinessRescue - No Information on Record

Default Listing - No information on record

Notarial Bonds - No information on record

Bank information

Bank	STANDARD BANK
Branch	SMAL STREET
Brach Code
Bank Account Number	001367331
Type of Account	Current
Account Name	UNITY DIAMONDS DISTRIBUTORS(PTY)LTD
Overdraft Facilities	None
Bank Code
Bank Comment

Bank Code History - No Information on Record

Previous Bank Account Information - No Information on Record

Deeds Information - No information on record

Principals

Number of Principals 2

Average Age of Active Principals 50

Active Principals

Principal - 1 of 2

MARTIN GERSCHLOWITZ

Surname GERSCHLOWITZ

First Name MARTIN

Other Names None

Marital Status Married

ID Number 7208175204082

Verified ID Number Yes

Current Age 40

Designation SALESMAN

Status Active

Appointment Date 2001/12/13

Physical Address (at time of Appointment) 11 BRUCE STREET, WAVERLY, 2090

Postal Address P O BOX 2940, PARKLANDS, 2121

Current Tel Number 0114405522

Cell number 0824126345

Shareholding/Membership 10%

Business Information for MARTIN GERSCHLOWITZ

Principal Current Business Interests

Company Name

Registration No

Status

Age of Business

Judgements

Liquidation

Comment

UNITY DIAMOND

DISTRIBUTORS

(PTY)LTD

M1982/000009/07

In Business

30 Years 6 Months

Principal Previous Business Interests

Company Name	Registration No	Status	Age of Business	Judgements	Liquidation	Comment
UNIT D14 BURNSIDE MEWS CC	B1997/032435/23	Deregistration Final	15 Years 3 Months	0	No
VOYAGER DIAMONDS (PTY)LTD	M2006/037326/07	Deregistration Final	6 Years 6 Months	0	No
LITTLE STARS EARLY INTERVENTION CENTRE	M2007/021599/08	In Business	5 Years 5 Months	0	No

Principal's Deeds Information - No information on record

Principal - 2 of 2

BERNARD BRIAN SHER

Surname SHER

First Name BERNARD BRIAN

Other Names None

Marital Status Married

ID Number 5110235032002

Verified ID Number Yes

Current Age 61

Designation Director

Status Active

Appointment Date 1982/04/01

Physical Address (at time of Appointment) 3 CORBEL CRESCENT, GLENHAZEL, JOHANNESBURG, 2192

Postal Address 5044 DIAMANT CENTRUM 2, 21 QUARTZ STREET, 21 QUARTZ STREET, JOHANNESBURG, 2001

Current Tel Number 011 4842594

Cell number

Shareholding/Membership 90%

Business Information for BERNARD BRIAN SHER

Principal Current Business Interests

Company Name	Registration No	Status	Age of Business	Judgements	Liquidation	Comment
LEESHER CC	2004/059380/23	In Business	8 Years 8 Months	0	No
UNITY DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS (PTY)LTD	M1982/000009/07	In Business	30 Years 6 Months	0	No
CENTURY-ONE INVESTMENT HOLDING (PTY)LTD	M2003/022177/07	In Business	9 Years 9 Months	0	No
LEESHER CRESCENT (PTY)LTD	M2005/020933/07	In Business	7 Years 7 Months	0	No
LEESHER AVENUE (PTY)LTD	M2005/022566/07	In Business	7 Years 7 Months	0	No

PRINCIPAL PREVIOUS BUSINESS INTERESTS

Company Name	Registration No	Status	Age of Business	Judgements	Liquidation	Comment
MUTUAL RISK SOLUTIONS (PTY)LTD	2006/023092/07	Deregistration Final	6 Years 6 Months	0	No
ROBEDA MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS CC	B1990/004252/23	Deregistration Final	22 Years 10 Months	0	No
SOUNDPROPS 1286 CC	B1993/007290/23	Deregistration Final	19 Years 7 Months	0	No
SOUNDPROPS 1287 CC	B1993/007291/23	Deregistration Final	19 Years 7 Months	0	No
BRUMA CLUSTERS (PTY)LTD	M1993/001650/07	Deregistration Final	19 Years 7 Months	0	No
PROSPERITY GROUP (PTY)LTD	M2001/020633/07	In Business	11 Years 11 Months	0	No
BRENTWOOD CONSULTING (PTY)LTD	M2002/003147/07	In Business	10 Years 10 Months	0	No
CLAIMS CUBED (PTY)LTD	M2003/010293/07	Deregistration Final	9 Years 9 Months	0	No
DEBT CLINIC (PTY)LTD	M2005/044378/07	In Business	7 Years 7 Months	0	No
VOYAGER DIAMONDS (PTY)LTD	M2006/037326/07	Deregistration Final	6 Years 6 Months	0	No

Principal's Deeds Information - No information on record

Principal Previous Business Interests

DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA

- From time immemorial, India is well known in the world as the birthplace for diamonds. It is difficult to trace the origin of diamonds but history says that in the remote past, diamonds were mined only in India. Diamond production in India can be traced back to almost 8^th Century B.C. India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18^th Century when Brazilian fields were discovered in 1725 followed by emergence of S. Africa, Russia and Australia.

- The achievement of the Indian diamond industry was possible only due to combination of the manufacturing skills of the Indian workforce and the untiring and unflagging efforts of the Indian diamantaires, supported by progressive Government policies.

- The area of study of family owned diamond businesses derives its importance from the huge conglomerate of family run organizations which operate in the diamond industry since many generations.

- Some of the basic traits of family run business enterprises include spirit of entrepreneurship, mutual trust lowers transaction costs, small, nimble and quick to react, information as a source of advantage and philanthropy.

- Family owned diamond businesses need to improve on many fronts including higher standard of corporate governance, long-term performance – focused strategies, modern management and technology.

- Utmost caution is to be exercised while dealing with some medium and large diamond traders which are usually engaged in fictitious import – export, inter-company transactions, financially assisted by banks. In the process, several public sector banks lost several hundred million rupees. They mostly diverted borrowed money for diamond business into real estate and capital markets.

- Excerpts from Times of India dated 30^th October 2010 is as under –

- Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council in its statistical data has shown the export of polished diamonds to have increase by 28 % in February 2013. Compared to $ 1.4 bn worth of polished diamond export in February, 2012, India exported $ 1.84 billion worth of polished diamonds in February 2013. A senior executive of GJEPC said, “Export of cut and polished diamonds started falling month-wise after the imposition of 2 % of import duty on the polished diamonds. But February, 2013 has given a new ray of hope to the industry as the export of polished diamonds has actually increased by 28 %. It means the industry is on the track of recovery and round tripping of diamonds has stopped completely.” Demand has started coming from the US, the UK, Japan and China. India’s polished diamond export is expected to cross $ 21 bn in 2013-14.

- The banking sector has started exercising restraint while following prudent risk management norms when lending money to gems and jewellery sector. This follows the implementation of Basel III accord – a global voluntary regulatory standard on bank capital adequacy, stress testing and market liquidity.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Currency	Unit	Indian Rupees
US Dollar	1	Rs.62.56
UK Pound	1	Rs.100.77
Euro	1	Rs.84.71

INFORMATION DETAILS

Report Prepared by :

SDA

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
--	NB	New Business	--

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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Registered Name	UNITY DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS (PTY)LTD
Trading as/ Division Name	UNITY DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS
Previous Name	None
Date of Name Change	None
Registration Number	M1982/000009/07
Registration Date	1982/01/04
Date Commenced Trading	1982-01-04
Age of Business	30 Years 9 Months
History of Business	The Business was established in 1982.
History of Principals	There are 2 active directors within the company.
Shareholders/Members/Partners of subject and % holding	90%-BERNARD SHER, 10%-MARTIN GERSCHLOWITZ
Authorised Share Capital	R 0.00
Issued Share Capital/Members Contribution	R 0.00
Status	In Business
Operations Assessment	Buying and Selling of Jewellery
Industry/ Customers	ALL MAJOR JEWELLERS
Export	Yes
Export Countries
Import	None
Import Countries
Major Industry Code / SICC	61393
Definition of Code
Head Office Physical Address	27 Ridge Road 209, 2nd Floor East Tower, PARKTOWN, JOHANNESBURG
Head Office Postal Address	P O BOX 2940, PARKLANDS, 2121
Current Tel Number	011 4842594
Cell Number	None
Current Fax Number	011 4843219
Current Email Address	hazel@unitydiamonds.co.za
Web Site Address	None
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