MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.08.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MRI TRADING AG

 

 

Registered Office :

Baarerstrasse 53, Postfach 4362, 6304 Zug/ZG

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2012 (CWT Limited– Ultimate Parent Company) 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06.12.2002

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

170.3.025.981-2 / 692785

 

 

Legal Form :

Company limited by shares

 

 

Line of Business :

Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals

 

 

No. of Employees :

70

 

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 – June 1, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

Switzerland

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

SWITZERLAND - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector, led by financial services, and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. Its economic and political stability, transparent legal system, exceptional infrastructure, efficient capital markets, and low corporate tax rates also make Switzerland one of the world's most competitive economies. The Swiss have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness, but some trade protectionism remains, particularly for its small agricultural sector. The fate of the Swiss economy is tightly linked to that of its neighbors in the euro zone, which purchases half of all Swiss exports. The global financial crisis of 2008 and resulting economic downturn in 2009 stalled export demand and put Switzerland in a recession. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) during this period effectively implemented a zero-interest rate policy to boost the economy as well as prevent appreciation of the franc, and Switzerland's economy began to recover in 2010. The sovereign debt crises currently unfolding in neighboring euro-zone countries pose a significant risk to Switzerland's financial stability and are driving up demand for the Swiss franc by investors seeking a safe-haven currency. The independent SNB has upheld its zero-interest rate policy and conducted major market interventions to prevent further appreciation of the Swiss franc, but parliamentarians have urged it to do more to weaken the currency. The franc's strength has made Swiss exports less competitive and weakened the country's growth outlook; GDP growth fell below 2% per year during 2011-13. Switzerland has also come under increasing pressure from individual neighboring countries, the EU, the US, and international institutions to reform its banking secrecy laws. Consequently, the government agreed to conform to OECD regulations on administrative assistance in tax matters, including tax evasion. The government has renegotiated its double taxation agreements with numerous countries, including the US, to incorporate the OECD standard, and is considering the possibility of imposing taxes on bank deposits held by foreigners. These steps will have a lasting impact on Switzerland's long history of bank secrecy.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address

 

MRI TRADING AG

 

Operating address:

Baarerstrasse 53

Postfach 4362

6304 Zug/ZG

Switzerland/CH

 

Telephone:                    041 7272800

Fax:                             041 7272899

 

Web site:                      http://www.mritrading.ch

E-mail:                         info@mri-group.com

 

VAT-No.:                      CHE109861960

 

 

Profile

 

Established:                  2002

Line of Business:           Trade brokers

Industry Division:           Wholesale trade

Industry-code (NACE):   4612       Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals

Import/Export:               Agency

Banks:                         unknown

 

 

Operational Figures

 

Coverage:                     Company

Figures:                        estimated

Employees:                  70

 

 

Activity

 

The business activities includes trading in commodities, metals and minerals, petroleum products

 

MRI is a leader in commodity trading, metals and minerals, petroleum products, bulk and freight. The Group is specialised in non-ferrous ores, concentrates, refined and precious metals and their related byproducts for a global smelting and processing customer base, along with bulk coal and iron ore servicing the power and steel sectors and the recent addition of petroleum products integrating with the group’s strength in the mining sector and considerable expertise in stock management in Europe and emerging markets .

Real Estate

 

Information on property ownership was not available.

 

 

Company Register

 

Company No:                170.3.025.981-2 / 692785

Legal form:                    Company limited by shares

Registration:                 06.12.2002

Legal status:                 active

Responsible Register:    Handelsregister des Kantons Zug

History:                        Date of Statutes: 17.10.2013

                                    Date of Statutes: 27.06.2011

                                    Date of Statutes: 02.05.2011

                                    Date of Statutes: 25.06.2003

                                    Date of Statutes: 04.12.2002

                                    Date of Incorporation Statutes: 25.11.2002

 

Entry          Deleted      Name

28.06.2011                    MRI Trading AG

06.12.2002  28.06.2011  Astor Partners AG

 

Entry          Deleted      Legal domicile

06.12.2002                    Zug, Switzerland

 

Entry          Deleted      Address

28.06.2011                    Baarerstrasse 53, 6300 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

07.09.2010  28.06.2011  c/o RA Peter M. Studer, Baarerstrasse 2, 6300 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

06.12.2002  07.09.2010  Bahnhofstrasse 21, 6300 Zug, Switzerland/CH

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital

04.05.2011                    Share Capital CHF 1,159,330, paidup CHF 1,159,330

26.06.2003  04.05.2011  Share Capital CHF 578,000, paidup CHF 578,000

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital Structure

04.05.2011                    115,933 Registered shares of CHF 10.--

26.06.2003  04.05.2011  57,800 Registered shares with restricted transferability of CHF 10.--

 

Entry          Deleted      Activity (original Language)

28.10.2013                    Handel mit Waren aller Art; vollständige Zweckumschreibung gemäss Statuten.

06.12.2002  28.10.2013  Handel mit Waren aller Art; kann sich an Unternehmen beteiligen sowie Grundstücke erwerben, überbauen, belasten und veräussern.

 

Entry          Deleted      Remarks (original Language)

28.06.2011                    Merger: Übernahme der Aktiven und Passiven der Marc Rich + Co Investment AG, in Zug (CH-170.3.004.053-8), gemäss Fusionsvertrag vom 27.06.2011 und Bilanz per 31.12.2010. Aktiven von CHF 588'839'288.00 und Passiven (Fremdkapital) von CHF 526'985'318.00 gehen auf die übernehmende Gesellschaft über. Da die übernehmende Gesellschaft sämtliche Aktien der übertragenden Gesellschaft hält, findet weder eine Kapitalerhöhung noch eine Aktienzuteilung statt.

04.05.2011                    Merger: Übernahme der Aktiven und Passiven der FinInvCo AG, in Zug (CH-170.3.026.033-7), gemäss Fusionsvertrag vom 02.05.2011 und Bilanz per 30.12.2010. Aktiven von CHF 3'225'582.55 und Passiven (Fremdkapital) von CHF 14'998.80 gehen auf die übernehmende Gesellschaft über. Die Aktionäre der übertragenden Gesellschaft erhalten 58'133 Aktien zu CHF 10.00. Das Aktienkapital wird infolge Fusion um CHF 581'330.00 erhöht.

04.05.2011                    Reports: Die Mitteilungen an die Aktionäre erfolgen durch Publikation im SHAB oder, sofern die Namen und Adressen sämtlicher Aktionäre bekannt sind, durch eingeschriebenen Brief oder auf telegraphischem Weg (einschliesslich Fernschreiben, Telefax oder elektronische Datenübertragung).

26.06.2003                    Intended asset takeover: Das gesamte Aktienkapital der "Marc Rich + Co Investment AG", in Zug, bestehend aus 100'000 Namenaktien zu CHF 10.00, zum Preis von USD 1'166'667.00.

06.12.2002                    Publishing authority: SHAB.

 

 

Official Administration

 

Title                                           Name

President                                    Adam Slater, Origin: Canada, Residential address: Singapur , Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 19.07.2011

Director                                       Lye Siew Hong, Origin: Singapore, Residential address: Singapur , Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 19.07.2011

Director                                       Yen Loi Pok, Origin: Singapore, Residential address: Singapur , Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 19.07.2011

 

 

Management

 

Title                                           Name

Member with signing authority       Kuek Chye Soon Alan, Origin: Malaysia, Residential address: Singapur , Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 05.07.2013

Member with signing authority       Verena (Vreni) Feierabend, Origin: Engelberg, Switzerland, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 06.05.2013

Member with signing authority       Axel Krüger, Origin: Belgium, Residential address: Hünenberg, Germany, joint signature of two, Registered since: 05.07.2013

Member with signing authority       Maria Theresia (Marie-Therese) Meyer, Origin: Huttwil, Switzerland, Residential address: Sempach, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 27.07.2011

Member with signing authority       Iain Paterson, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 25.01.2013

Member with signing authority       Rohit Saxena, Origin: India, Residential address: Menzingen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 03.05.2012

Member with signing authority       Bikram Partap Singh, Origin: India, Residential address: Baar, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 28.09.2012

Member with signing authority       Tristan-Pierre Zaniewicki, Origin: France, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 16.07.2013

 

 

External Positions

 

Title                                           Name

Auditor                                        KPMG AG, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, Id: CH-170.9.000.370-3, Registered since: 06.01.2012

 

 

Financial Data CWT LIMITED

 

Consolidation:               consolidated

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     31.12.2012        31.12.2011        31.12.2010        31.12.2009

Number of months:                                       12                    12                    12                    12

Currency:                                                 th. SGD            th. SGD            th. SGD            th. SGD

 

 

Balance Sheet

 

Intangible fixed assets                                130,508.0          139,555.0           49,947.0           45,940.0

Tangible fixed assets                                 314,071.0          308,226.0         217,446.0          183,544.0

Financial fixed assets                                167,000.0          140,192.0         132,069.0           50,243.0

other fixed assets                                        12,887.0           10,714.0             2,716.0             2,167.0

Fixed assets                                             624,466.0          598,687.0         402,178.0          281,894.0

Stocks                                                      338,095.0          170,334.0             2,566.0             1,532.0

Liquid assets                                             294,707.0          211,982.0         202,865.0           90,456.0

Current assets                                        1,590,437.0       1,005,164.0         351,969.0          393,853.0

Total assets                                           2,214,903.0       1,603,851.0         754,147.0          675,747.0

 

Total shareholders equity                            615,367.0          476,170.0         428,289.0          291,953.0

Minority interests                                                 0.0           33,030.0           20,698.0           17,551.0

long term debt (financial debts)                     83,627.0           79,322.0             1,961.0           12,689.0

Provisions                                                   11,338.0           11,802.0                   0.0                   0.0

Other non current liabilities                         150,310.0          187,456.0         107,224.0           45,488.0

Non current liabilities                                  245,275.0          278,580.0         109,185.0           58,177.0

Current liabilities                                     1,354,261.0          816,071.0         195,975.0          308,066.0

Shareh. equity, min. interests + liabilities  2,214,903.0       1,603,851.0         754,147.0          675,747.0

 

Profit and loss account

 

Net sales                                               5,397,046.0       2,579,696.0         747,181.0          623,929.0

Operating result                                         124,842.0           63,376.0         187,115.0           42,717.0

Result for the financial year                         107,920.0           57,145.0         178,967.0           33,945.0

 

 

Ultimate Parent Company

 

Name:                          CWT LIMITED

City/Country:                 SINGAPORE, Singapore/SG

 

 

Owner/-s

 

Owner:                         The company is foreign owned.

 

Class:                          100%

Type:                            direct, Group-Level 2

Name:                          CAPSOLON PTE. LTD.

City/Country:                 Singapore, Singapore/SG

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 01.07.2011)

 

Class:                          50-100%

Type:                            indirect, Group-Level 1

Name:                          CWT LIMITED

City/Country:                 SINGAPORE, Singapore/SG

Interest:                        96,60% voting right, 96,60% capital interest (since 01.07.2011)

 

 

Sisters

 

Name:                          MRI Trading Pte. Ltd.

City/Country:                 Singapore, Singapore/SG

 

 

Investments

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          L N METALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

City/Country:                 London, United Kingdom/GB

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 18.09.2012)

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          MRI China Co. Ltd.

City/Country:                 Shanghai, China/CN

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          MRI Metals AG

City/Country:                 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 27.06.2012)

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          MRI Resources South Africa  (PTY) Ltd.

City/Country:                 Sandton, South Africa/ZA

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          MRI Trading Private Limited

City/Country:                 Mumbai/Maharashtra, India/IN

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 04.04.2012)

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          MRI Trading (Singapore) AG

City/Country:                 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 13.03.2012)

 

Class:                          100%

Name:                          PREDUZEĆE ZA TRGOVINU I POSREDOVANJE MG OIL DOO

City/Country:                 Novi Beograd, Serbia/RS

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 31.07.2012)

 

 

Legal Actions

 

Control date       Year                       No.             Amount CHF     Status

09.08.2012          2012                           0

09.08.2012          2011                           0

09.08.2012          2010                           0

09.08.2012          2009                           0

28.10.2009          2009                           0

28.10.2009          2008                           0

 

An updated legal action check is only available against proof of interest. e.g. a copy of an enquiry letter, and order or invoice relating to the subject company.

 

 


Credit Information

 

Financial Statements:    The company does not disclose any financial statements. Third parties are not permitted any insight into the financial affairs. It is therefore difficult to make a proper assessment of the actual situation.

 

Financial Situation:        The financial situation is considered to be very good.

 

Payment experiences:   Financial obligations are paid promptly.


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.60.47

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.35

Euro

1

Rs.78.86

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

SHG

 

 

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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