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Report Date : |
15.05.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
BURWILL RESOURCES LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Burwill Holdings Ltd. Room 1402, 14/F., Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
11.08.1987 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
11504710 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Importer and Exporter of all kinds of steel materials |
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No. of Employees : |
499 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
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Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No complaints |
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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 – March 31, 2014
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2013) |
Current Rating (31.03.2014) |
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Hong Kong |
A2 |
A2 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low Risk |
A2 |
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Moderately Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderately High Risk |
C1 |
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High Risk |
C2 |
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Very High Risk |
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 has no tariffs on imported goods, and it levies excise duties on only four commodities, whether imported or produced locally: 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, its continued reliance on foreign trade and investment leaves it vulnerable to renewed global financial market volatility or a slowdown in the global economy. 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 12% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2013. 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 total trade 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. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly; consumer prices increased by more than 4% in 2013. 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. In 2013, Hong Kong and China signed new agreements under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from January 2014, cover services and trade facilitation, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies
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NOTE :
(Your enquiry at:
141F., of the same building)
BURWILL RESOURCES
LTD.
ADDRESS: c/o Burwill Holdings Ltd.
Room 1402, 14/F., Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2877 7368
FAX: 852-2877 2231, 852-2877 2282
E-MAIL: bwr@burwill.com
Managing Director: Mr. Sham Kai Man
Incorporated on: 11th August, 1987.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal:HK$1,000,000.00
Issued: HK$1,000,000.00
Business Category: Steel Trading.
Group Sales: HK$4,916,324,000 (Year ended 31-12-2012)
Group Employees: 499. (As at 30-06-2013)
Main Dealing Banker: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Good.
Registered Office:-
c/o Burwill Holdings Ltd.
Room 1402, 14/F., Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Operating Office:-
Room 2604, 26/F., Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
[Tel: 2136 6613
Fax: 2877 2282
E-mail: bwr@wellnet.com.hk]
Immediate Holding
Company:-
Burwill & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Ultimate Holding
Company:-
Burwill Holdings Ltd., Bermuda/Hong Kong.
Affiliated/Associated
Companies:-
Burwill Group of
Companies
Burwill China Portfolio Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Burwill Commercial Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong.
Burwill HK Portfolio Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Burwill Minerals Ltd., Hong Kong.
Burwill Nominees Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Burwill Resources Europe S.A., Spain.
Burwill Steel Co. Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Burwill Steel Pipes Ltd., Hong Kong.
Burwill Times Industrial Ltd., Hong Kong.
Burwill Warehousing (Shanghai) Ltd., China.
China Land Holdings International Ltd., Hong Kong.
Dongguan Hingwah Metals Factory Ltd., China.
Hillot Ltd., Hong Kong.
Hing Wah Metals Factory Ltd., Hong Kong.
Masteel (Yangzhou) Processing & Distribution Co. Ltd., China.
Nam Wah Precision Product (BVI) Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Smart Task Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
T.O.P. (Hong Kong) Investment Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Tai Xin Minerals Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
Yinmain Industrial Ltd., Hong Kong.
etc.
11504710
0195392
Group Chairman & Managing Director: Mr. Chan Shing
Group Executive Director & Deputy General Manager: Mr. Sit Hoi Tung
Managing Director: Mr. Sham Kai Man
Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 1,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00
SHAREHOLDERS: (As per registry dated 11-08-2013)
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Burwill Nominees Ltd. P.O. Box 71, Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. |
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1 |
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Burwill & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. |
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999,999 |
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–––––––– |
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Total: |
1,000,000 ======= |
DIRECTORS: (As per registry dated 17-02-2014)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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CHAN Shing |
Flat A, 24/F., Block T1, The Harbourside, 1 Austin Road West, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
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LAU Ting |
Unit A, 28/F., The Altitude, 20 Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. |
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SIT Hoi Tung |
Flat B, 26/F., Cumine Court, 4 Comfort Terrace, North Point, Hong Kong. |
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SHAM Kai Man |
Flat C, 37/F., Tower 1, The Pacifica, 9 Sham Shing Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
SECRETARY: (As per registry dated 11-08-2013)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Hardworkers (H.K.) Ltd. |
Room 1402, 14/F., Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. |
0236145 |
The subject was incorporated on 11th August, 1987 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
It was originally registered under the name of Joinkind Ltd., name changed to Burwill Metals Service Centre Ltd. on 29th December, 1987, and the present style was adopted on 15th May, 1998.
Formerly the subject was located at Room 1208-1210, 12/F., East Wing, New World Centre, 24 Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to the present address in March 1998.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.
Activities: Importer and Exporter.
Lines: All kinds of steel materials.
Group Employees: 499. (As at 30-06-2013)
Commodities Imported: Imported from Russia, India, etc.
Markets: Hong Kong, China, Asia, Europe and USA.
Group Sales: HK$8,334,596,000 (Year ended 31-12-2008)
HK$3,256,714,000 (Year ended 31-12-2009)
HK$6,080,074,000 (Year ended 31-12-2010)
HK$7,623,154,000 (Year ended 31-12-2011)
HK$4,916,324,000 (Year ended 31-12-2012)
HK$3,055,409,000 (6 months ended 30-06-2012)
HK$2,487,815,000 (6 months ended 30-06-2013)
Terms/Sales: On various terms.
Terms/Buying: As per contracted.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 1,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00
Indebtedness: US$9,997,500.00 (Total amount outstanding on all mortgages and charges as per last Annual Return dated 11-08-2013)
Mortgage or Charge: (See attachment)
Group Operating Profit/(Loss):-
HK$215,547,000 (Year ended 31-12-2008)
HK$ 67,227,000 (Year ended 31-12-2009)
HK$ 81,918,000 (Year ended 31-12-2010)
HK$ 60,612,000 (Year ended 31-12-2011)
(HK$ 7,013,000) (Year ended 31-12-2012)
(HK$ 4,920,000) (6 months ended 30-06-2012)
HK$ 30,635,000 (6 months ended 30-06-2013)
Group Total Equity: HK$1,469,321,000 (As at 31-12-2008)
HK$1,588,051,000 (As at 31-12-2009)
HK$2,261,266,000 (As at 31-12-2010)
HK$2,266,593,000 (As at 31-12-2011)
HK$1,742,977,000 (As at 31-12-2012)
HK$1,814,425,000 (6 months ended 30-06-2013)
Profit or Loss: Group made a loss in 2012 but made a profit in 2013 again.
Condition: Business is active.
Facilities: Adequate for current running.
Payment: Met trade commitments as required.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Bankers:-
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Taishin International Bank Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.
CITIC Bank International Ltd., Hong Kong.
Natixis, Hong Kong Branch.
The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
etc.
Standing: Good.
Burwill Resources Ltd. was incorporated in August 1987 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Burwill & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong which is in turn a subsidiary of Burwill Holdings Ltd. [BHL], a Bermuda-incorporated company. BHL is the holding company of the Burwill Group.
Burwill Group was founded in 1949 and BHL was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. bearing stock code 24th in August 1983. A listing status in The Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd. was obtained in May 1990. However, the Group has been delisted from The Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd. since 9th September, 2010.
Burwill Group’s activities comprise international steel trading and manufacturing of steel products, high-technology investment, property investment and development. Market coverage of the Group has been expanded to Hong Kong, China, Asia, Australia and Europe.
The subject, a core member of the Burwill Group, is primarily engaged in the trading of steel products such as steel ingots, pig iron, steel billets and slabs, hot-rolled/cold-rolled sheets/coils and steel scrap. These are generally imported from Japan, Russia, Ukraine and Korea and are sold in Asia, Europe and the USA, in particular to the leading steel mills and steel processing and manufacturing factories in China. Moreover, the subject enjoys a competitive edge in China steel exports where the subject has maintained good business relationship with established steel mills such as Angang, Pangang and Jigang. The average monthly exports of China steel products amounted to about 50,000 tons. The subject is one of the largest steel traders in Hong Kong.
As of 31st December, 2012, the Group recorded approximately HK$4,916.3 million (2011: HK$7,623.2 million), decreased by 35.5%. The Group made a loss of HK$7.0 million in the FY2012 as compared with a profit of HK$60.6 million in previous year.
The year 2012 was an extremely tough year for the Group. Due to slump of commodity prices, the Group recorded a 35.5% decrease in turnover of approximately HK$2,707 million, compared with previous year. Gross profit, compared with last year, dropped 46.8%, a decrease of approximately HK$83.8 million. In addition, with impairment losses on goodwill on the magnetite iron ore mining project in Shandong of approximately HK$394 million, the Group recorded loss attributable to shareholders of approximately HK$465 million, which was very exceptional in past ten years.
During the period of FY 2012, save for a temporary rise in the first quarter of 2012, China steel prices dropped almost throughout the year, up to 25% decline and slump continued for a long time, which was seldom seen over the years. Slower than expected recovery in peripheral economies; weak domestic currencies in markets such as the European Union, India and Vietnam including an almost 20% depreciation in India Rupees; rise in trade protectionism; and more anti dumping investigations and arbitrations against China, all led China’s steel product exports squeezed and the whole industry comprehensively loss making, a situation which was even worse than that of the financial tsunami in 2008.
During the FY 2012, overall sales volume of the Group’s steel processing plant in Dongguan rose slightly compared with the same period of previous year. Inventories had been drastically reduced and cost was cut. However, due to export business to the United States and the European markets remained fragile, the Group recorded a loss in this business segment.
In the first half of the year 2013/14 (for the 6 months ended 30th June, 2013), the Group turned loss into profit, recorded profit attributable to equity holders of approximately HK$3.69 million (same period of 2012: loss of HK$ 18.62 million). The Group’s turnover decreased by 18.58% to approximately HK$2,488 million (same period of 2012: HK$ 3,055 million), while gross profit rose 36.88% to approximately HK$90.9 million, compared with the same period of previous year which was HK$ 66.4 million. Operating profit for the period was HK$30.6 million (same period of 2012: loss of HK$ 4.9 million).
The excess of supply over demand in global steel production has not changed.
Compared with the same period last year, crude steel production in US and Euro zones declined in the first half of 2013/14; however in Asia, particularly in China and India, increase in crude steel production led to the aggregate crude steel production among the world’s 64 major steel-producing countries rising over 2% year-on-year.
Meanwhile, global steel demand remained sluggish. Even though the economy of the United States and Japan improved, both social steel inventory level and stock of steel in corporations remained high. Affected by the European debt crisis and credit crunch, building, automotive and steel construction industries, which cover more than 50% of the Eurozone aggregate demand, had no signs of recovery. Although slightly profit-making found in the whole industry, considerable drops in both iron ore and steel prices in Chinese market and high production cost, all made the operating conditions not much improved over the year. In India, the world’s third largest steel consumption country, even with domestic growth in steel production by 3.9%, but influenced by the depreciation in Indian Rupees, imported steel price fell and trading volume reduced.
As at 30th June 2013, the Group employed 499 staff.
The subject is fully supported by the Burwill Group.
On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.
Brief personal profile of the principal directors:-
Mr. CHAN Shing, aged 57, joined the Group as Chairman and Managing Director in 1998. Mr. Chan has over 20 years of experience in international trading of metal, the processing and manufacturing of related products, the management of industrial enterprises, the investment in industrial and commercial properties, and corporate planning and management. Ms. Lau Ting is the spouse of Mr. Chan.
Ms. LAU Ting, aged 56, joined the Group as an Executive Director in 1998. Ms. Lau has over 20 years of experience in business development and strategic planning, project investment and financial management. She is the spouse of Mr. Chan Shing. Ms. Lau is also the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of China LotSynergy Holdings Ltd.
Mr. SIT Hoi Tung, aged 47, joined the Group in 1998 and was appointed as an Executive Director in 2000. He was promoted to Deputy General Manager in 2006. Mr. Sit is also a Director of the subject, in charge of contracts and import/export bills operation for metal trading. He graduated from the Finance Department of Jinan University in Guangzhou. He had worked for banking sector and metal trading companies and has over 19 years’ experience in international metal trading and import/export bills operation.
Mr. SHAM Kai Man, aged 46, joined the Group in 2000 and was appointed as an Executive Director in July 2009. He is the Managing Director of the subject, in charge of the Group’s steel and mineral trading business. Mr. Sham graduated from The University of Hong Kong and, prior to joining the Group, had worked for a multinational steel trading company for 7 years.
He has over 19 years extensive experience in steel trading and gains good international connections.
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16-07-2009 |
Instrument: Trade Finance Security Assignment Property: 1) By way of absolute assignment to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Borrower, as at the date of the Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Assigned Assets; and 2) By way of first fixed charge to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Borrower, as at the date of the Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Borrower Account (No. 44716881562 for US$30,000,000) Mortgagee: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong. |
To secure for the payment of all Secured Liabilities |
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02-06-2010 |
Instrument: Supplemental Deed to Trade Finance Security Assignment dated 16-07-2009 Property: 1) By way of absolute assignment to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Existing Borrower, as at the date of the Security Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Assigned Assets; and 2) By way of first fixed charge to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Existing Borrower, as at the date of the Security Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Borrower Account (No. 44716881562 for US$30,000,000) Mortgagee: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong. |
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Security Assignment, to secure for the payment of all Secured Liabilities |
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04-06-2012 |
Instrument: Second Supplemental Deed to Trade Finance Security Assignment dated 16-07-2009 Property: 1) By way of absolute assignment to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Existing Borrower, as at the date of the Security Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Assigned Assets; and 2) By way of first fixed charge to the Lender all rights, title, interests and benefits of the Existing Borrower, as at the date of the Security Assignment and thereafter, in and to the Borrower Account (US$ Denominated Account No. 44716881562 for US$30,000,000) Mortgagee: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong. |
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Security Assignment, to secure for the payment of all Secured Liabilities |
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.59.87 |
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1 |
Rs.100.98 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.82.40 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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PDT |
RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability
for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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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 |
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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 |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation
is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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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 |
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<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%)
This report is issued at your request without any
risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL)
or its officials.