MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

28.10.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UNILEVER SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANY AG

 

 

Registered Office :

Spitalstrasse 5 8200 Schaffhausen/SH

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

12.12.1995

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

249.4.001.616-4 / 469454

 

 

Legal Form :

Company limited by shares

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is the centre of European Supply Chain organisation in Unilever. It is responsible for supply of raw- and packaging materials, the whole factory network and the transport and warehousing of finished products from the European manufacturing sites.

 

 

No. of Employees :

300

 

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 – 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

 

Unilever Supply Chain Company AG

 

 

Operating address

 

Spitalstrasse 5

8200 Schaffhausen/SH

Switzerland/CH

 

Telephone:                   052 6315000

Fax:                             052 6315500

 

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

E-mail:                         uscc.reception@unilever.com

 

WIN Worldbox No.:       CH0003752267

VAT-No.:                      CHE108812120

 

 

Profile

 

Established:                 1929

Line of Business:          Commercial services

Industry Division:          Services

Industry-code (NACE):  8299       Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Import/Export:              Import, Export

Banks:                         unknown

 

 

Operational Figures

 

Coverage:                    Company

Figures:                        estimated

Employees:                  300

 

 

Activity

 

USCC is the centre of European Supply Chain organisation in Unilever. It is responsible for supply of raw- and packaging materials, the whole factory network and the transport and warehousing of finished products from the European manufacturing sites.

 

 

Real Estate

 

Information on property ownership was not available.

 

 

Company Register

 

Company No:               249.4.001.616-4 / 469454

Legal form:                   Company limited by shares

Registration:                 12.12.1995

Legal status:                 active

Responsible Register:   Handelsregister des Kantons Schaffhausen (since 04.01.2006)

History:                        Date of Statutes: 12.12.1995

                                    Date of Statutes: 21.05.2013

                                    Date of Statutes: 11.09.2008

                                    Date of Statutes: 03.01.2006

 

Entry          Deleted      Name

04.01.2006                    Unilever Supply Chain Company AG

04.01.2006                    Unilever Supply Chain Company SA (Name translated)

                  04.01.2006  Unilever Raw Materials AG

                  04.01.2006  Unilever Raw Materials SA (Name translated)

 

Entry          Deleted      Legal domicile

29.09.2008                    Schaffhausen, Switzerland

                  04.01.2006  Zug, Switzerland

04.01.2006  29.09.2008  Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland

 

Entry          Deleted      Address

29.09.2008                    Spitalstrasse 5, 8200 Schaffhausen/SH, Switzerland/CH

                  04.01.2006  Grafenau, 6301 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

04.01.2006  29.09.2008  Industrieplatz 1 E, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall/SH, Switzerland/CH

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital

active                           Share Capital CHF 300,000, paidup CHF 300,000

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital Structure

active                           300 Registered shares of CHF 1,000.--

 

 

Official Administration

 

Title                                           Name

President                                    Jan Zijderveld, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Den Haag, Netherlands, joint signature of two, Registered since: 28.05.2013

Vice-President                            Neil Humphrey, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: 8200 Schaffhausen/SH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 10.03.2011

Director                                      Gijsbert de Zoeten, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Den Haag, Netherlands, joint signature of two, Registered since: 28.05.2013

Director                                      Mark Longmire, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Schaffhausen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 19.06.2012

Director                                      Ranjay Radhakrishnan, Origin: India, Residential address: Wassenaar/NL, Switzerland, single signature, Registered since: 07.04.2014

Director                                      Hugo van Santen, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Erlenbach /ZH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 26.09.2014

 

 

Management

 

Title                                           Name

Director                                      David Beauchamp, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: 8000 Zürich/ZH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 05.12.2006

Director                                      Rupert Chatwin, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Den Haag, Netherlands, joint signature of two, Registered since: 01.11.2011

Director                                      Martin Johannes Nicolai Christophersen, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Erlenbach, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 24.09.2012

Director                                      Dirk Jan de With, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: 8200 Schaffhausen/SH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 06.02.2009

Director                                      Michael Peter Dicken, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Uster, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 01.11.2011

Director                                      Hans-Peter Dieter Gai, Origin: Germany, Residential address: Schaffhausen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 01.11.2011

Director                                      Prakash Ashok Patel, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Herrliberg, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 01.11.2011

Director                                      Wenerios Tsagkalidis, Origin: Germany, Residential address: 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall/SH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 23.03.2010

Member with signing authority      Louise Henbest, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: 8000 Zürich/ZH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 08.07.2011

Member with signing authority      Fabian Lang, Origin: St. Gallen, Switzerland, Residential address: Friedrichshafen , Germany, joint signature of two, Registered since: 26.06.2014

Member with signing authority      Ansgar Luetke Schelhowe, Origin: Germany, Residential address: Schaffhausen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 19.06.2012

Member with signing authority      Andreas Reschek, Origin: Rüeggisberg, Switzerland, Residential address: Kaltenbach (Wagenhausen), Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 07.04.2014

Member with signing authority      Ernst-Rainer Schoenert, Origin: Germany, Residential address: Murg , Germany, joint signature of two, Registered since: 01.11.2011

Member with signing authority      Henk Sijbring, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Schaffhausen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 26.06.2014

Member with signing authority      Gábor Szekendi, Origin: Canada, Hungary, Residential address: Stetten/SH, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 24.07.2013

 

 

External Positions

 

Title                                           Name

Auditor                                       KPMG AG, Residential address: Zürich, Switzerland, Id: CHE-106.084.881, Registered since: 26.09.2014

 

 

Financial Data

 

Unilever Switzerland

Consolidation:              consolidated (Segment)

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     31.12.2012        31.12.2011        31.12.2010        31.12.2009        31.12.2008

Number of months:                                      12                    12                    12                    12                    12

Currency:                                                 th. CHF             th. CHF            th. CHF             th. CHF            th. CHF

 

Operating revenue                                     620,000.0          620,000.0         602,000.0          603,000.0         623,000.0

Sales per Employee                                        517.0                496.0                482.0                482.0                498.0

 

Employees  at year end                                   1,200                1,250                1,250                1,250                1,250

Employees inland                                            1,200                1,250                1,250                1,250                1,250

Employees abroad                                                0                      0                      0                      0                      0

 

 

Financial Data Unilever Group

Consolidation:              consolidated

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     31.12.2012        31.12.2011        31.12.2010        31.12.2009        31.12.2008

Number of months:                                      12                    12                    12                    12                    12

Currency:                                                mil. EUR           mil. EUR           mil. EUR           mil. EUR           mil. EUR

 

Operating revenue                                       51,324.0           46,467.0           44,262.0           39,823.0           40,523.0

Operating result                                            6,989.0             6,433.0             6,339.0             5,020.0             7,167.0

Result before minority interests                     6,683.0             6,245.0             6,132.0             4,916.0             7,129.0

Capital                                                            484.0                484.0                484.0                484.0                484.0

Total shareholders equity                            15,159.0           14,293.0           14,485.0           12,065.0             9,948.0

Total assets                                                46,166.0           47,512.0           27,561.0           25,417.0           22,342.0

Cost of employees                                       6,291.0             5,345.0             5,599.0             5,223.0             5,274.0

Depreciation                                                 1,199.0             1,029.0                993.0             1,019.0                956.0

Investments in tangible fixed assets              1,975.0             1,835.0             1,638.0             1,248.0             1,142.0

 

Employees  average                                    172,000            169,000            167,000            163,000            174,000

 

 

Ultimate Parent Company

Name:                          UNILEVER NV

City/Country:                ROTTERDAM, Netherlands/NL

 

 

Owner/-s

No. of Owner/-s:           1

Owner:                         The company is foreign owned.

 

Class:                          100%

Type:                           indirect, Group-Level 1

Name:                          UNILEVER NV

City/Country:                ROTTERDAM, Netherlands/NL

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 2002)

 

Class:                          100%

Type:                           direct, Group-Level 2

Name:                          Unilever Swiss Holdings AG

City/Country:                Schaffhausen/SH, Switzerland/CH

Interest:                        100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 2002)

 

 

Sisters

Name:                          Knorr-Nährmittel Aktiengesellschaft

City/Country:                Thayngen/SH, Switzerland/CH

 

Name:                          Unilever Reinsurance AG

City/Country:                Baar/ZG, Switzerland/CH

 

 

Investments

Class:                          100%

Name:                          Unilever ASCC AG

City/Country:                Schaffhausen/SH, Switzerland/CH

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

 


 

Legal Actions

 

Control date       Year                       No.             Amount CHF     Status

14.11.2013          2013                           0

31.12.2012          2012                           1                       528.--      Open legal actions

31.12.2012          2012                           1                   57,518.--      Opposition filed

31.12.2011          2011                           0

31.12.2010          2010                           0

31.12.2009          2009                           0

31.12.2008          2008                           0

31.12.2007          2007                           0

31.12.2006          2006                           0

31.12.2005          2005                           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.

 

 

Remarks

 

Debt collection case:

NOV 2010: CHF 348.00.

 

 

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 good.

 

Payment experiences:   Payment habits are considered good.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.22

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.52

Euro

1

Rs.77.75

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

RAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIS

 

               

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

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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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