MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.12.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UNITED BEVERAGE CO KSCC

 

 

Registered Office :

Sabhan Industrial Area, Plot No 2, Block 1, Area 137 224 Safat 13003

 

 

Country :

Kuwait

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.03.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

80490

 

 

Legal Form :

Kuwaiti Shareholding Company Closed - KSCC

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture of Soft Drinks, Beverages and Purified Water.

 

 

No. of Employee :

1,550

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2014)

Current Rating

(30.09.2014)

Kuwait

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

KUWAIT ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Kuwait has a geographically small, but wealthy, relatively open economy with crude oil reserves of about 102 billion barrels - more than 6% of world reserves. Petroleum accounts for nearly half of GDP, 95% of export revenues, and 95% of government income. Kuwaiti officials have committed to increasing oil production to 4 million barrels per day by 2020. Budget surpluses have stayed around 30% of GDP, which has led to higher budget expenditures, particularly wage hikes for many public sector employees, as well as increased allotments to Kuwait’s Future Generations Fund. Kuwait has done little to diversify its economy, in part, because of this positive fiscal situation, and, in part, due to the poor business climate and the historically acrimonious relationship between the National Assembly and the executive branch, which has stymied most movement on economic reforms. In 2010, Kuwait passed an economic development plan that pledges to spend up to $130 billion over five years to diversify the economy away from oil, attract more investment, and boost private sector participation in the economy, though much of these funds have yet to be allocated.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                     : UNITED BEVERAGE CO KSCC

Country of Origin                                    : Kuwait

Legal Form                                            : Kuwaiti Shareholding Company Closed - KSCC

Start Date                                             : 1954

Registration Date                                   : 20th March 2006

Commercial Registration Number            : 80490

Trade Licence Number                            : 10341

Chamber Membership Number                : 100446

Issued Capital                                        : KD 10,000,000

Paid up Capital                                      : KD 10,000,000

Total Workforce                                     : 1,550

Activities                                               : Manufacture of soft drinks, beverages and purified water

Financial Condition                                 : Undetermined

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

Person Interviewed                                 : Waleed Sulaiman, Assistant Finance Manager

 

 

 

COMPANY NAME

 

UNITED BEVERAGE CO KSCC

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

 

Location            : Sabhan Industrial Area, Plot No 2, Block 1, Area 137

 

PO Box             : 224

 

Town                 : Safat 13003

Country             : Kuwait

 

Telephone         : (965) 22477477 / 1830088 / 24769909 / 24727211 / 24760827 / 24760887 / 24760817

Facsimile          : (965) 24723445

Email                : f.al-eidan@unibevkw.com

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a large suite of offices and a factory that are owned and located in the Industrial Area of Safat.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

     Name                                                                                               Position

 

·       Yacoub Yousef Saleh Al Homaidi                                                       Chairman

 

·       Mohamed Saleh Behbehani                                                                Vice Chairman

 

·       Khaled Abdullah Hamd Al Saqr                                                           Director

 

·       Mohamed Fadel Behbehani                                                                Director

 

·       Abdullah Al Hamd Al Saqr                                                                  Director

 

·       Faisal Al Eidan                                                                                 General Manager

 

·       Zaid Al Qumisi                                                                                  Plant Manager

 

·       R M Ganapathi                                                                                  Finance Manager

 

·       Sami Ullah Bhutt                                                                               Purchasing Manager

 

·       Emad Refai                                                                                       Administration Manager

 

·       Wail Ahmed Hassan                                                                          Logistics Manager

 

·       Reza Abbas                                                                                      Marketing Manager

 

·       Waleed Sulaiman                                                                              Assistant Finance Manager

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment  : Subject’s operations date back to 1954, however it was registered on 20th March 2006

 

Legal Form                  : Kuwaiti Shareholding Company Closed - KSCC

 

Commercial Reg. No.  : 80490

 

Trade Licence No.       : 10341

 

Chamber Member No. : 100446

 

Issued Capital              : KD 10,000,000

 

Paid up Capital            : KD 10,000,000

 

Name of Shareholder (s)

 

·       Mohamed Jassim Al Saqr

 

·       Ahmed G Al Naqeeb

 

·       Ali G Al Naqeeb

 

·       Sajida G Al Naqeeb

 

·       Jassim Hamd Al Saqr

 

·       Khaled Abdullah Hamd Al Saqr

 

·       Mohamed Saleh Behbehani

 

·       Talal Mohamed Behbehani

 

·       Essam Jassim Al Saqr

 

·       Yacoub Yousef Saleh Al Homaidi

 

·       Abdullah Al Hamd Al Saqr

 

·       Abdullah Al Hamd Al Saqr Co

Kuwait

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: Engaged in the manufacture of soft drinks, beverages and purified water. Subject is a bottler for Pepsi

     Beverages International. They make and deliver a broad portfolio of Pepsi-Cola core brands, Aquafina

     purified water, Tropicana juice ,Lipton ice tea, Gatorade sports drinks, and juice brands like Shreen, Ghalia  and Samar.

 

Subject has 82% share value of Kuwait Market and operates a fleet of 350 trucks for distributing its products.

 

Import Countries: India and Japan

 

Brand Names: PEPSI, 7UP, MIRANDA, AQUAFINA, TROPICANA, LIPTON, GATORADE, FRUZ, SHREEN, GHALIA and SAMAR

 

Subject has a workforce of approximately 1,550 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Companies registered in Kuwait are not legally required to make their accounts public and no financial information was released by the company or submitted by outside sources.

 

 

BANKERS

 

·       Commercial Bank of Kuwait

     Mubarak Al Kabir Street

     PO Box: 2861

     Safat 13029

     Tel: (965) 22411001

     Fax: (965) 22450150

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.63.63

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.98

Euro

1

Rs.77.74

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

RAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

ANK

 

 

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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