MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

306595

Report Date :

06.02.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SAMANCOR AG

 

 

Registered Office :

Jöchlerweg 2 6340 Baar/ZG

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.06.2013 (Consolidated)

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.09.1979

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

170.3.012.805-1 / 57433

 

 

Legal Form :

Company limited by shares

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in trading of commodities, metals and petroleum, especially for the Manganese Alloy Plant, a division of Samancor Manganese South Africa.

 

 

No. of Employees

12

 

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 – December 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2014)

Current Rating

(31.12.2014)

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

 

The UAE has an open economy with a high per capita income and a sizable annual trade surplus. Successful efforts at economic diversification have reduced the portion of GDP based on oil and gas output to 25%. Since the discovery of oil in the UAE more than 30 years ago, the country has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high standard of living. The government has increased spending on job creation and infrastructure expansion and is opening up utilities to greater private sector involvement. In April 2004, the UAE signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with Washington and in November 2004 agreed to undertake negotiations toward a Free Trade Agreement with the US; however, those talks have not moved forward. The country's Free Trade Zones - offering 100% foreign ownership and zero taxes - are helping to attract foreign investors. The global financial crisis, tight international credit, and deflated asset prices constricted the economy in 2009. UAE authorities tried to blunt the crisis by increasing spending and boosting liquidity in the banking sector. The crisis hit Dubai hardest, as it was heavily exposed to depressed real estate prices. Dubai lacked sufficient cash to meet its debt obligations, prompting global concern about its solvency. The UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi-based banks bought the largest shares. In December 2009 Dubai received an additional $10 billion loan from the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Dependence on oil, a large expatriate workforce, and growing inflation pressures are significant long-term challenges. The UAE's strategic plan for the next few years focuses on diversification and creating more opportunities for nationals through improved education and increased private sector employment

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name

 

SAMANCOR AG

 

 

Operating address

 

Jöchlerweg 2

6340 Baar/ZG

Switzerland/CH

 

Telephone:                   041 7668080

Fax:                             041 7668088

 

Web site:                      http://www.bhpbilliton.com

 

VAT-No.:                      CHE106142998

 

 

Profile

 

Established:                 1987

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:                          CS Credit Suisse

 

 

Operational Figures

 

Coverage:         Company

Employees:      12

 

 

Activity

 

The business activities includes trading in commodities, metals and petroleum, especially for the Manganese alloy plant, a division of Samancor Manganese South Africa. Products: Manganese alloys including high-carbon ferromanganese, refined (medium-carbon ferromanganese) alloy.

 


Real Estate

 

Real Estate:                    The company does not appear to own any property.

 

 

Company Register

 

Company No:               170.3.012.805-1 / 57433

Legal form:                   Company limited by shares

Registration:                 03.09.1979

Legal status:                 active

Responsible Register:   Handelsregister des Kantons Zug (since 03.07.1987)

History:                        Date of Statutes: 30.06.1994

                                    Date of Statutes: 12.11.2013

                                    Date of Statutes: 11.03.2010

                                    Date of Statutes: 04.09.2006

                                    Date of Statutes: 14.11.2002

                                    Date of Statutes: 14.06.2001

                                    Date of Statutes: 29.01.2001

                                    Date of Statutes: 20.04.2000

                                    Date of Statutes: 06.06.1995

 

Entry          Deleted      Name

25.04.2000                    Samancor AG

                  25.04.2000  Ferroalloys Handels AG

                  25.04.2000  Ferroalloys Commerce SA (Name translated)

                  25.04.2000  Ferroalloys Trading Ltd (Name translated)

 

Entry          Deleted      Legal domicile

30.01.2001                    Baar, Switzerland

                  30.01.2001  Zug, Switzerland

 

Entry          Deleted      Address

30.01.2001                    Jöchlerweg 2, 6340 Baar/ZG, Switzerland/CH

                  19.01.1998  Baarerstrasse 94, 6300 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

19.01.1998  30.01.2001  Grafenauweg 6, 6301 Zug/ZG, Switzerland/CH

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital

12.03.2010                    Share Capital CHF 33,300,000, paidup CHF 33,300,000

                  16.06.1995  Share Capital CHF 14,600,000, paidup CHF 14,600,000

16.06.1995  12.03.2010  Share Capital CHF 15,300,000, paidup CHF 15,300,000

 

Entry          Deleted      Capital Structure

14.11.2013                    33,300 Registered shares with restricted transferability of CHF 1,000.--

                  16.06.1995  14,600 Bearer shares of CHF 1,000.--

12.03.2010  14.11.2013  19,980 Registered shares with restricted transferability of CHF 1,000.--

12.03.2010  14.11.2013  13,320 Registered shares (preferred shares) of CHF 1,000.--

18.06.2001  12.03.2010  9,180 Registered shares with restricted transferability of CHF 1,000.--

18.06.2001  12.03.2010  6,120 Registered shares (preferred shares) of CHF 1,000.--

16.06.1995  18.06.2001  15,300 Bearer shares of CHF 1,000.--

 

 

Official Administration

 

Title                                           Name

President                                    Hans Wille, Origin: Zürich, La Sagne, Switzerland, Residential address: Zollikon/ZH, Switzerland, born: 05.07.1947, joint signature of two

Chief Executive                           Terence George Malcolm Briant, Origin: United Kingdom, Residential address: Zug/ZG, Switzerland, joint signature of two

Director                                      Arnoud Jonathan Balhuizen, Origin: Netherlands, Residential address: Houston, United States of America, joint signature of two, Registered since: 05.06.2013

Director                                      Peter Healy, Finnimore, Origin: Australia, Residential address: Singapur, Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 05.06.2013

Director                                      Pieter Le Roux, Origin: South Africa, Residential address: Singapur, Singapore, joint signature of two, Registered since: 24.08.2011

Director                                      Rolf Müller, Origin: Hünenberg, Switzerland, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, joint signature of two

Director                                      Martin Andreas Scherer, Origin: Wohlen AG, Switzerland, Residential address: Thalwil, Switzerland, joint signature of two

 

 

Management

 

Title                                           Name

General Director                          Rolf Müller, Origin: Hünenberg, Switzerland, Residential address: Zug, Switzerland, joint signature of two

Member with signing authority      Sara Christina Schuler, Origin: Schwyz, Switzerland, Residential address: Brunnen, Switzerland, joint signature of two, Registered since: 14.11.2011

 

 

External Positions

 

Title                                           Name

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

 

 

Executive board

 

Title                                           Name

Chief Executive Officer               Rolf Müller

 

 

Financial Data BHP Billiton Limited

 

Consolidation:              consolidated

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     30.06.2013        30.06.2012        30.06.2011        30.06.2010        30.06.2009

Number of months:                                      12                    12                    12                    12                    12

Currency:                                                mil. USD           mil. USD          mil. USD           mil. USD          mil. USD

 

 

Balance Sheet

 

Intangible fixed assets                                  5,226.0             5,112.0             1,456.0                687.0                661.0

Land and buildings                                                             27,669.0           18,148.0

Other tangible fixed assets                                                 67,578.0           49,797.0

Tangible fixed assets                                102,927.0           95,247.0           67,945.0           55,576.0           49,032.0

Financial fixed assets                                   1,698.0             1,881.0             1,602.0             2,143.0             1,211.0

other fixed assets                                         8,472.0             6,582.0             6,637.0             5,312.0             5,380.0

Fixed assets                                             118,323.0          108,822.0           77,640.0           63,718.0           56,284.0

Stocks                                                         5,822.0             6,233.0             6,154.0             5,334.0             4,821.0

Trade accounts receivable                             6,728.0             4,723.0             6,068.0

Liquid assets                                                6,060.0             4,781.0           10,084.0           12,456.0           10,833.0

other trade accounts                                                             4,714.0             2,974.0

Accruals                                                       1,176.0

Other current assets                                      7,236.0             9,495.0           13,058.0

Current assets                                            19,786.0           20,451.0           25,280.0           25,134.0           22,486.0

Total assets                                              138,109.0          129,273.0         102,920.0           88,852.0           78,770.0

 

Capital                                                         2,255.0             2,255.0             2,253.0

Other shareholders funds                            68,409.0           63,615.0           54,509.0

Total shareholders equity                            70,664.0           65,870.0           56,762.0           48,525.0           39,954.0

Minority interests                                          1,371.0             1,215.0                993.0                804.0                757.0

long term debt (financial debts)                   29,862.0           24,799.0           12,388.0           13,396.0           15,147.0

Provisions                                                    8,237.0             8,914.0             9,293.0             7,433.0             7,032.0

Other non current liabilities                            7,603.0             6,441.0             3,746.0             5,652.0             4,030.0

Non current liabilities                                   45,702.0           40,154.0           25,427.0           26,481.0           26,209.0

short term debt (financial debts)                    5,303.0             3,531.0             3,519.0

Trade accounts payable                              10,881.0             8,727.0             6,667.0

Provisions                                                    2,395.0             2,784.0             2,256.0

other accounts payable                                 1,793.0             6,992.0             7,296.0

other current liabilities                                   4,188.0             9,776.0             9,552.0

Current liabilities                                         20,372.0           22,034.0           19,738.0           13,042.0           11,850.0

Shareh. equity, min. interests + liabilities    138,109.0          129,273.0         102,920.0           88,852.0           78,770.0


 

Profit and loss account

 

Sales                                                         65,968.0           72,226.0           71,739.0

Net sales                                                    65,968.0           72,226.0           71,739.0           52,798.0           50,211.0

Other operating revenue                                4,130.0                906.0                531.0

Operating revenue                                       70,098.0           73,132.0           72,270.0

Cost of goods sold                                    50,873.0             8,483.0             8,148.0

Gross profit                                                19,225.0           64,649.0           64,122.0

Other operating expenses                                                   41,252.0           31,232.0

Operating result                                          19,225.0           23,397.0           32,890.0           20,129.0           11,874.0

Interest revenues                                             169.0                122.0                141.0

other financial revenues                                                           458.0                104.0

Financial income                                             169.0                580.0                245.0

Interest expenses                                         1,522.0                404.0                234.0

other financial expenses                                                          842.0             1,737.0

Financial expenses                                       1,522.0             1,246.0             1,971.0

Financial result                                            -1,353.0               -666.0            -1,726.0

Result before extraordinary items                17,872.0           22,731.0           31,164.0

Extraordinary expenses                                1,156.0

Extraordinary Result                                    -1,156.0                   0.0                   0.0

Result before taxes                                     16,716.0           22,731.0           31,164.0

Taxes                                                           5,641.0             7,490.0             7,309.0

Result before minority interests                   11,075.0           15,241.0           23,855.0

minority interests                                             199.0                117.0                284.0

Result for the financial year                         10,876.0           15,124.0           23,571.0           12,722.0             5,877.0

 

 

Cash flow

 

Depreciation                                                                        6,408.0             5,039.0

Cash flow                                                                           21,649.0           28,894.0

Cash flow from operating activities                                      24,384.0           30,080.0

Investments in tangible fixed assets                                    18,385.0           11,147.0

Cash flow from investing activities                                     -32,036.0          -16,464.0

Cash flow from financing activities                                        2,509.0          -16,018.0

Others                                                                                     -56.0                 27.0

Change in liquidity                                                               -5,199.0            -2,375.0

Liquidity at beginning of the year                                         10,080.0           12,455.0

Liquidity at end ot the year                                                    4,881.0           10,080.0

 


 

Notes

 

Cost of employees                                                               6,663.0             5,299.0

Research and Development                                                       75.0                 74.0

Added value                                                                       36,206.0           41,736.0

Working Capital                                                                    2,229.0             5,555.0

Sales per Employee                                                                   0.6

Gross cost land and buildings                                             30,465.0           20,422.0

Gross cost other tangible fixed assets                               105,368.0           81,546.0

Gross cost total                                                                135,833.0         101,968.0

 

Employees  at year end                                                       125,000

 

 

Ultimate Parent Company

 

Name:                          BHP Billiton Limited

City/Country:                Melbourne, Australia/AU

 

 

Owner/-s

 

No. of Owner/-s:           2

Owner:                         The company is foreign owned.

 

Class:                          50-100%

Type:                           indirect, Group-Level 1

Name:                          BHP Billiton Limited

City/Country:                Melbourne, Australia/AU

Interest:                        60,00% voting right, 60,00% capital interest

 

Class:                          40-49%

Type:                           indirect, Group-Level 1

Name:                          Anglo American Plc

City/Country:                London, United Kingdom/GB

Interest:                        40,00% voting right, 40,00% capital interest

 

 

Investments

 

It is believed that the company has no investments.

 


 

Legal Actions

 

Control date       Year                       No.             Amount CHF     Status

18.07.2012          2012                           0

18.07.2012          2011                           0

18.07.2012          2010                           0

18.07.2012          2009                           0

18.07.2012          2008                           0

12.05.2009          2007                           0

18.11.2002          2002                           0

18.11.2002          2001                           0

18.11.2002          2000                           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 in order.

 

Payment experiences:   Payment habits are considered good.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.87

UK Pound

1

Rs.94.07

Euro

1

Rs.70.19

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

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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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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