MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

348272

Report Date :

10.11.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SOLAR TIME LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

15/F., Kowloon Centre, 29-39 Ashley Road, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hongkong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.06.1977

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

05200635

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer, Importer and Exporter of all kinds of clocks, watches, watches-analog, watches-digital, watches-electronic, watches-mechanical, spare parts and watch movements, pens.

 

 

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 – March 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

Hongkong

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

HONGKONG - 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 12.5% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2014. 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 47.3 million in 2014, 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 2014 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 50% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 60.1% 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 4.4% in 2014. 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 2014, Hong Kong and China signed a new agreement on achieving basic liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong Province under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from March 2015, cover a negative list and a most-favored treatment provision, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company Name and Summary

 

SOLAR TIME LTD.

 

ADDRESS:                   15/F., Kowloon Centre, 29-39 Ashley Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:                        852-2376 0009

 

FAX:                             852-2375 7227

 

E-MAIL:                        solar@solartimeltd.com

                                    accounts@solartimeltd.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Notan Hassanand Tolani

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            30th June, 1977.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$5,000,000.00

 

Business Category:       Watches Manufacturer and Trader.

 

Employees:                   12.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

15/F., Kowloon Centre, 29-39 Ashley Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 95280, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Factory:-

Bao’an, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China.

 

Subsidiary Company:-

Solar Exports Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Associated Companies:  (Same address)

Bindaas Productions Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mextime Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

05200635

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0054060

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Notan Hassanand Tolani

Contact Person:            Ms. Amy Lau

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$5,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 30-06-2015)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Notan Hassanand TOLANI

 

4,500,000

Vishal Notandas TOLANI

 

500,000

 

 

––––––––

 

Total:

5,000,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 30-06-2015)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Vishal Notandas TOLANI

11/F., Ocean View Court, 21 Chatham Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Notan Hassanand TOLANI

11/F., Ocean View Court, 21 Chatham Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

Notan Hassanand TOLANI (As per registry dated 30-06-2015)

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 30th June, 1977 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Formerly the subject was located at Blocks A & E, 1/F., Han Yee Building, 19‑21 Hankow Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to the present location with effect from 16th August, 2000.

 

The subject registered its Chinese name on 25 February, 2005.

 

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Manufacturer, Importer and Exporter.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of clocks, watches, watches-analog, watches-digital, watches-electronic,  watches-mechanical, spare parts and watch movements, pens.

 

Trade Mark:                   MEXTIME, NOBLIA.

 

Employees:                  12.

 

Materials/Commodities: Mainly imported from China, Switzerland and other European countries.

 

Markets:                        Europe, US, India, Pakistan, Africa, Middle East, Japan, Singapore, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, D/P and D/A.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

The Indian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$5,000,000.00

 

Indebtedness:               HK$45,483,679.00  (Total amount outstanding on all mortgages and charges as per last  Annual Return dated 30-06-2015)

 

Mortgage or Charge (Since 2011):  (See attachment)

 

Profit & Loss:               Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                     Keeping in a satisfactory state.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met as required.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch.

Wayfoong Credit Ltd., Hong Kong.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Citibank, N.A., Hong Kong.

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 5 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Solar Time Ltd. is an Indian private limited company jointly held by Mr. Notan-Hassanand Tolani, holding 90% interests, and Mr. Vishal Notandas Tolani, holding 10%.

 

The subject currently has the following two companies located at the same address:

·         Mextime Ltd. [Mextime]

·         Bindaas Productions Ltd. [Bindaas]

 

The subject is a consolidated original designer, manufacture and marketer of watch and timepiece accessories.  It provides comprehensive private label turnkey solutions to a variety of clients ranging from specialty retail clients, brand-owners, corporate premium customers and other international watch brands.  Besides Original Design Lead Manufacturing solutions for its clients, Solar Time is home to a portfolio of in-house quality brands developed in conjunction with distribution partners worldwide.

 

The subject carries all kinds of watches, spare parts and watch movements which are mainly imported from Switzerland and other European countries.  Quite a large mount of commodities are imported from China.

 

The subject has had assembly facilities in Bao’an District, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China.

 

The subject is trading in the following products:-

·         Gent’s Watch;

·         Gent’s Chronograph Watch;

·         Gent’s Stainless Steel Chronograph Watch;

·         Men’s Stainless Steel Automatic Watch;

·         Ladies’ Ana-Digital Watch;

·         Men’s Analog Watch;

·         Triumph Skeleton Watch;

·         Pens, etc.

 

Its watch products bear the following trademarks: Giordano Watch, Triumph, Beverly Hills, Polo Club, Mextime, etc. while its pens bear the trade mark of NOBLIA.

 

Mextime is trading in the commodities bearing the brand name of Mextime.

 

The trade mark NOBLIA has registered with the Trade Marks Registry, Intellectual Property Department, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR.  The filing date was 26th November, 2009 while the expiry date is 25th November, 2019.

 

Finished products are re-exported to Europe, the United States, India, Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, etc.  Business has been good.

 

Bindaas is a Hong Kong company engaged in creating high-end Asian documentaries and corporate videos.

 

In order to penetrate the international market further, the subject has taken part in fairs and exhibitions held in Hong Kong and other foreign large cities.

 

For instance, it is going to take part in “Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair 2016” which will be held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong during the period of 6th to 10th September, 2016.

 

The history of the subject is over 38 years and four months.

 

On the whole, in view of the subject’s background and history, consider it good for business engagements.

 


REMARKS

 

            Court case record:-

Date

Plaintiff

Defendant

Cause

Amount

Sept. 1994

Ho Ling Wah, Christina Woo Yin Ha, Ho Ling Wah trading as Power Jewellery

Solar Time Ltd.

Declaration

Not stated

 

            Property information of the company:-

Property Location:         15/F. and Car Parking Space No. 5 on Basement, Kowloon Centre, 33 Ashley Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner:  Solar Time Ltd.

Date of Purchase:  n.a.

Purchased Price:  n.a.

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

30-05-2000

-

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

(Since 2011)

 

Date

Description of Instrument

 

Mortgagee

12-05-2011

Mortgage

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

25-11-2011

Assignment of Insurance Policy (Two-Party)

Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

12-06-2012

Charge Over Deposit

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

07-06-2013

Charge Over Deposits

Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

27-01-2014

Mortgage

Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

23-01-2015

Assignment of Insurance Policy (Two-Parties)

Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

12-05-2015

Deposit Deed

Citibank N.A., Hong Kong Branch.

29-06-2015

Floating Charge

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.66.34

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.03

Euro

1

Rs.71.45

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIT

 

               

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

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NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

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

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

 

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