MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

325892

Report Date :

11.06.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SAMANCOR AG

 

 

Registered Office :

Jöchlerweg 2, 6340 Baar/ZG

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.06.2014

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.07.1987

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

170.3.012.805-1

 

 

Legal Form :

Company limited by shares

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metal and industrial chemicals

 

 

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 :

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 – 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 Risk

 

A2

Moderate Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

B2

Moderate High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

C2

Very High Risk

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 responded to 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 hurt Switzerland's long history of bank secrecy.

 

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

 

WIN Worldbox No.:       CH0000348457

VAT-No.:                      CHE-106.142.998 MWST

UID-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

Figures:                        estimated

Financial year:              2015

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

UID-No.:                       CHE106142998

Legal form:                   Company limited by shares

Registration:                 03.07.1987

Legal status:                 active

Responsible Register:   Handelsregister des Kantons Zug

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 Ltd

25.04.2000                    Samancor SA

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  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.--

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.--

 

 

Official Administration

 

Title                                           Name

President                                    Dr. Patrick Sommer

                                                  Citizen: Therwil, Switzerland

                                                  Residential address: Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 10.10.2014

Chief Executive                           David Keith Richardson

                                                  Citizen: Australia

                                                  Residential address: Singapur , Singapore

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 10.04.2015

Director                                      Rodney Harold Elliott

                                                  Citizen: Australia

                                                  Residential address: Singapur, Singapore

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 28.01.2015

Director                                      Peter Healy Finnimore

                                                  Citizen: Australia

                                                  Residential address: Singapur, Singapore

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 05.06.2013

Director                                      Rolf Müller

                                                  Citizen: Hünenberg, Switzerland

                                                  Residential address: Zug, Switzerland

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 17.03.1999

Director                                      Mariana Poot

                                                  Citizen: Netherlands

                                                  Residential address: Cham, Switzerland

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 07.08.2014

 

Management

 

Title                                           Name

General Director                          Mariana Poot

                                                  Citizen: Netherlands

                                                  Residential address: Cham, Switzerland

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 07.08.2014

Member with signing authority      Marie de  Wit

                                                  Citizen: Netherlands

                                                  Residential address: 6340 Baar/ZG, Switzerland

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 07.08.2014

Member with signing authority      Richard Todd Duffey

                                                  Citizen: Australia

                                                  Residential address: Singapur , Singapore

                                                  joint signature of two

                                                  Registered since: 10.04.2015

 

External Positions

 

Title                                           Name

Auditor                                       KPMG AG

                                                  Residential address: Zug, Switzerland

                                                  Id: CH-170.9.000.370-3

                                                  Registered since: 30.01.2004

 

 

Executive board

 

Title                                           Name

Chief Executive Officer               Rolf Müller

 

 

Ultimate Parent Company

 

Name:                          BHP Billiton Limited

City/Country:                Melbourne, Australia/AU

 

 

Financial Data BHP Billiton Limited

 

Consolidation:              consolidated

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     30.06.2014        30.06.2013        30.06.2012        30.06.2011        30.06.2010

Number of months:                                      12                    12                    12                    12                    12

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

 

Balance Sheet

Intangible fixed assets                                  5,439.0             5,496.0             5,112.0             1,456.0                687.0

Land and buildings                                     25,292.0             3,694.0           27,669.0           18,148.0

Other tangible fixed assets                          83,495.0           96,871.0           67,578.0           49,797.0

Tangible fixed assets                                108,787.0          100,565.0           95,247.0           67,945.0           55,576.0

Financial fixed assets                                   6,013.0             5,394.0             1,881.0             1,602.0             2,143.0

other fixed assets                                         8,878.0             8,770.0             6,582.0             6,637.0             5,312.0

Fixed assets                                             129,117.0          120,225.0         108,822.0           77,640.0           63,718.0

 

Stocks                                                         6,013.0             5,821.0             6,233.0             6,154.0             5,334.0

Trade accounts receivable                             4,620.0             4,415.0             4,723.0             6,068.0

Cash & Cash Equivalents                              8,803.0             5,677.0             4,781.0           10,084.0           12,456.0

Securities                                                        371.0                174.0

other trade accounts                                     2,489.0             2,866.0             4,714.0             2,974.0

Other current assets                                    11,663.0             8,717.0             9,495.0           13,058.0

Current assets                                           22,296.0           18,953.0           20,451.0           25,280.0           25,134.0

 

Total assets                                             151,413.0          139,178.0         129,273.0          102,920.0           88,852.0

 

Capital                                                         2,255.0             2,255.0             2,255.0             2,253.0

Other shareholders funds                            76,888.0           68,412.0           63,615.0           54,509.0

Total shareholders equity                          79,143.0           70,667.0           65,870.0           56,762.0           48,525.0

 

Minority interests                                          6,239.0             4,624.0             1,215.0                993.0                804.0

long term debt (financial debts)                   30,327.0           28,099.0           24,799.0           12,388.0           13,396.0

Provisions                                                    9,891.0             8,178.0             8,914.0             9,293.0             7,433.0

Other non current liabilities                            7,749.0             7,471.0             6,441.0             3,746.0             5,652.0

Non current liabilities                                47,967.0           43,748.0           40,154.0           25,427.0           26,481.0

 

short term debt (financial debts)                    4,278.0             5,298.0             3,531.0             3,519.0

Trade accounts payable                              10,145.0           10,860.0             8,727.0             6,667.0

Provisions                                                    2,504.0             2,372.0             2,784.0             2,256.0

other accounts payable                                 1,137.0             1,609.0             6,992.0             7,296.0

other current liabilities                                   3,641.0             3,981.0             9,776.0             9,552.0

Current liabilities                                       18,064.0           20,139.0           22,034.0           19,738.0           13,042.0

 

Shareh. equity, min. int. & liabilities        151,413.0          139,178.0         129,273.0          102,920.0           88,852.0

 

Profit and loss account

Sales                                                         67,206.0           65,953.0           72,226.0           71,739.0

Net sales                                                    67,206.0           65,953.0           72,226.0           71,739.0           52,798.0

Other operating revenue                                   903.0             2,777.0                906.0                531.0

Operating revenue                                     68,109.0           68,730.0           73,132.0           72,270.0

 

Cost of goods sold                                      8,714.0             9,106.0             8,483.0             8,148.0

Gross profit                                                59,395.0           59,624.0           64,649.0           64,122.0

Other operating expenses                           37,912.0           41,205.0           41,252.0           31,232.0

Operating result                                         21,483.0           18,419.0           23,397.0           32,890.0           20,129.0

 

Interest revenues                                             279.0                398.0                122.0                141.0

other financial revenues                                2,366.0             3,333.0                458.0                104.0

Financial income                                           2,645.0             3,731.0                580.0                245.0

Interest expenses                                            744.0                997.0                404.0                234.0

other financial expenses                               1,103.0             1,262.0                842.0             1,737.0

Financial expenses                                       1,847.0             2,259.0             1,246.0             1,971.0

Financial result                                                798.0             1,472.0               -666.0            -1,726.0

Result before extraordinary items              22,281.0           19,891.0           22,731.0           31,164.0

 

Extraordinary Result                                                                                           0.0                   0.0

Result before taxes                                    22,281.0           19,891.0           22,731.0           31,164.0

 

Taxes                                                           7,012.0             6,906.0             7,490.0             7,309.0

Result before minority interests                   15,269.0           12,985.0           15,241.0           23,855.0

minority interests                                          1,392.0             1,599.0                117.0                284.0

Result for the financial year                       13,877.0           11,386.0           15,124.0           23,571.0           12,722.0

 

Cash flow

Depreciation                                                 8,701.0             7,031.0             6,408.0             5,039.0

Cash flow                                                   23,970.0           20,016.0           21,649.0           28,894.0

Cash flow from operating activities              25,364.0           20,154.0           24,384.0           30,080.0

Investments in tangible fixed assets            15,993.0           22,243.0           18,385.0           11,147.0

Cash flow from investing activities              -15,834.0          -18,726.0          -32,036.0          -16,464.0

Cash flow from financing activities               -6,468.0               -198.0             2,509.0          -16,018.0

Others                                                              23.0                 -17.0                -56.0                  27.0

Change in liquidity                                        3,085.0             1,213.0            -5,199.0            -2,375.0

Liquidity at beginning of the year                   5,667.0             4,454.0           10,080.0           12,455.0

Liquidity at end of the year                            8,752.0             5,667.0             4,881.0           10,080.0

 

 

Notes

 

Material costs                                               8,842.0             8,926.0

Cost of employees                                       6,903.0             7,168.0             6,663.0             5,299.0

Research and Development                               43.0                  64.0                 75.0                  74.0

Added value                                               38,629.0           35,087.0           36,206.0           41,736.0

Working Capital                                               488.0               -624.0             2,229.0             5,555.0

Net Current Assets                                        4,232.0            -1,186.0            -1,583.0             5,542.0           12,092.0

Sales per Employee                                            0.5                   0.5                   0.6

Gross cost land and buildings                     28,986.0           34,006.0           30,465.0           20,422.0

Gross cost other tangible fixed assets       135,932.0          116,244.0         105,368.0           81,546.0

Gross cost total                                        164,918.0          150,250.0         135,833.0          101,968.0

 

Employees  at year end                               123,803            126,222            125,000

 

 

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.

 

 

Financials

 

Balance sheet publication:     

The subject company does not publish balance sheet or turnover figures.

 

 

Legal Actions

 

Control date       Year                       No.             Amount CHF     Status

13.04.2015          2015                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2014          2014                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2013          2013                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2012          2012                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2011          2011                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2010          2010                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2009          2009                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2008          2008                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2007          2007                           0                                      Legal actions

18.11.2002          2002                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2001          2001                           0                                      Legal actions

31.12.2000          2000                           0                                      Legal actions

Official bankruptcy reports:

No bankruptcy publications available on the subject.

 

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.

 

 

Sanctions List

 

The company is not listed in the World Compliance database.

 

 

Payment experiences

 

Payment experiences from pre-legal collection cases:

No payment experiences from pre-legal collection cases are available.

 

Payment experiences from collection cases:

No payment experiences from legal collection cases are available.

 

Mode of payment / Business conduct:

There are no complaints about the mode of payment and the business conduct.

 

 

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 appears to be good.

 

Payment experiences:   Financial obligations are paid punctually.

 

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 63.88

UK Pound

1

Rs. 98.47

Euro

1

Rs. 72.14

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KRN

 

 

Report Prepared by :

DPT

 

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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