MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

349041

Report Date :

14.11.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FOSSIL GROUP EUROPE GMBH

 

 

Registered Office :

Horburgstrasse 105 4057 Basel/BS

 

 

Country :

Switzerland

 

 

Financials (as on) :

03.01.2015

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.06.2004

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

270.4.013.864-7

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

·         Wholesale of watches and jewellery

·         Wholesale of clothing and footwear

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

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)

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 Swiss exports. The global financial crisis of 2008 and resulting economic downturn in 2009 stalled demand for Swiss exports and put Switzerland into a recession. During this period, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) implemented a zero-interest rate policy to boost the economy, as well as to prevent appreciation of the franc, and Switzerland's economy began to recover in 2010.

The sovereign debt crises unfolding in neighboring euro-zone countries, however, coupled with ongoing economic instability in Russia and other eastern European economies continue to pose a significant risk to the Swiss economy, driving up demand for the Swiss franc by investors seeking a safe-haven currency. In January 2015, the SNB abandoned the Swiss franc’s peg to the Euro, roiling global currency markets and making active SNB intervention a necessary hallmark of present-day Swiss monetary policy. 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 from 2011-14.

In recent years, Switzerland has responded to increasing pressure from neighboring countries and trading partners to reform its banking secrecy laws, by agreeing to conform to OECD regulations on administrative assistance in tax matters, including tax evasion. The Swiss government has also renegotiated its double taxation agreements with numerous countries, including the US, to incorporate OECD standards, and is openly considering the possibility of imposing taxes on bank deposits held by foreigners.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address

 

Fossil Group Europe GmbH

 

Operating address:

Horburgstrasse 105

4057 Basel/BS

Switzerland/CH

 

Telephone:        061 5609800

Fax:                  061 5609810

 

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

 

WIN Worldbox No.:       CH0006270645

VAT-No.:           CHE-111.699.344 MWST

UID-No.:           CHE111699344

 

 

Profile

 

Established:                  1984

Line of Business:          Consumer goods wholesale

Industry Division:          Wholesale trade

Industry-code (NACE):   4648     Wholesale of watches and jewellery

                                    4642     Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Import/Export:               Import, Export

Banks:                          UBS Ltd

 

 

Operational Figures

 

Coverage:         Company

Figures:            estimated

Financial year:   2015

Employees:      110

 

 

Activity

 

The business activities are the wholesale trade in watches, jewellery and fashion accessories for the group in Europe.

Brands: ADIDAS, BURBERRY, DIESEL, DKNY, EMPORIO ARMANI, RELIC, ZODIAC.

 

 

Real Estate

 

Real Estate:      The company owns buildings.

Area:    36,113 m2

 

 

Company Register

 

Company No:                270.4.013.864-7

UID-No.:                       CHE111699344

Legal form:                   Limited Liability Company

Registration:                 02.06.2004

Legal status:                 active

Responsible Register:   Handelsregister des Kantons Basel-Stadt

History:                         Date of Statutes: 25.03.2009

                                    Date of Statutes: 11.06.2004

                                    Date of Incorporation Statutes: 24.05.2004

 

Entry                Deleted Name

02.06.2004                                Fossil Group Europe GmbH

 

Entry                Deleted Legal domicile

02.06.2004                                Basel, Switzerland

 

Entry                Deleted Address

20.09.2006                                Horburgstrasse 105, 4057 Basel, Switzerland/CH

02.06.2004        20.09.2006        c/o No Time AG, Hardstr. 43, 4020 Basel, Switzerland/CH

 

Entry                Deleted Capital

02.06.2004                                LLC Capital CHF 20,000

 

Entry                Deleted Capital Structure

02.04.2009                                1 Participation shares of CHF 20,000.--

 

 

Management

 

Title                                          Name

General Manager                       Martin Frey

                                                Citizen: Gontenschwil, Switzerland

                                                Residential address: Nuglar, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 03.09.2007

General Manager                       Christian Stegemann

                                                Citizen: Zürich, Switzerland

                                                Residential address: Niederglatt, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 11.11.2011

General Manager                       Wolfgang Thoeren

                                                Citizen: Germany

                                                Residential address: Basel, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 08.12.2014

Chairman of the management     Hans-Peter Gehmacher

                                                Citizen: Germany

                                                Residential address: Birsfelden, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 03.09.2007

Member with signing authority    Marcel Graf

                                                Citizen: Buus, Switzerland

                                                Residential address: Frenkendorf, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 08.12.2014

Member with signing authority    Ueli Schmidlin

                                                Citizen: Dittingen, Switzerland

                                                Residential address: 4242 Laufen/BL, Switzerland

                                                joint signature of two

                                                Registered since: 30.03.2009

 

 

External Positions

 

Title      Name

Auditor Deloitte AG

            Residential address: Basel, Switzerland

            Id:  CHE-156.952.551

            Registered since: 02.04.2009

 

 

Ultimate Parent Company

 

Name:               Fossil Group, Inc.

City/Country:     Richardson/Texas, United States of America/US

 

 

Direct owner/-s

 

No. of owner/-s:            1

Owner:  The company is domestic owned.

 

Class:   100%

Name:   Swiss Technology Holding GmbH

City/Country:     Biel/Bienne/BE, Switzerland/CH

Capital share:    CHF 20,000.--

Interest:            100,00% voting right, 100,00% capital interest (since 02.06.2004)

 

Sisters

 

Name:               Fossil Management GmbH

City/Country:     Basel/BS, Switzerland/CH

 

Name:               Montres Antima AG

City/Country:     Biel/Bienne/BE, Switzerland/CH

 

Name:               Swiss Technology Components SA

City/Country:     Glovelier/JU, Switzerland/CH

 

 

Financial Data Fossil Group, Inc.

 

Consolidation:              consolidated

Industry:                       Trade/Industry

 

Fiscal year end:                                     03.01.2015        28.12.2013        29.12.2012        31.12.2011        01.01.2011

Number of months:                                      12                    12                    12                    12                    12

Currency:                                                 th. USD            th. USD            th. USD            th. USD            th. USD

 

Balance Sheet

Intangible fixed assets                              308,195.0          323,719.0         355,466.0           44,054.0         100,309.0

Tangible fixed assets                                345,606.0          355,666.0         335,446.0          282,050.0         217,424.0

Financial fixed assets                                                               26.0             6,965.0             7,520.0             9,023.0

other fixed assets                                       63,897.0           71,541.0                   0.0           73,896.0

Fixed assets                                             717,698.0          750,952.0         697,877.0          407,520.0         326,756.0

 

Stocks                                                      597,281.0          570,719.0         506,314.0          488,983.0         371,935.0

Trade accounts receivable                         430,498.0          454,762.0         363,456.0          302,467.0         263,218.0

Cash & Cash Equivalents                          276,261.0          320,479.0         177,236.0          287,498.0         392,794.0

Securities                                                                                                          0.0                155.0             8,864.0

other trade accounts                                   75,120.0           57,888.0           57,268.0           97,751.0           63,571.0

Accruals                                                   110,694.0           75,614.0           39,838.0           58,548.0           40,435.0

Other current assets                                  462,075.0          453,981.0         274,342.0          443,952.0         505,664.0

Current assets                                       1,489,854.0       1,479,462.0       1,144,112.0       1,235,402.0       1,140,817.0

 

Total assets                                           2,207,552.0       2,230,414.0       1,841,989.0       1,642,922.0       1,467,573.0

 

Capital                                                      172,177.0          154,923.0         138,693.0          149,927.0          -65,120.0

Other shareholders funds                          805,683.0          913,754.0       1,094,842.0          966,919.0       1,116,828.0

Total shareholders equity                        977,860.0       1,068,677.0       1,233,535.0       1,116,846.0       1,051,708.0

 

Minority interests                                          5,941.0             6,690.0             6,929.0

long term debt (financial debts)                 613,659.0          494,711.0           75,140.0             6,236.0             4,513.0

Other non current liabilities                         163,263.0          168,430.0         119,607.0          128,562.0           71,864.0

Non current liabilities                              776,922.0          663,141.0         194,747.0          134,798.0           76,377.0

 

short term debt (financial debts)                  16,646.0           13,443.0             2,794.0             9,009.0             5,314.0

Trade accounts payable                            159,267.0          165,433.0         149,561.0          157,883.0         122,266.0

Accruals                                                   244,290.0          286,283.0         223,158.0          208,047.0         183,879.0

other accounts payable                               26,626.0           26,747.0           31,265.0           16,339.0           28,029.0

other current liabilities                                270,916.0          313,030.0         254,423.0          224,386.0         211,908.0

Current liabilities                                     446,829.0          491,906.0         406,778.0          391,278.0         339,488.0

 

Shareh. equity, min. int. & liabilities     2,207,552.0       2,230,414.0       1,841,989.0       1,642,922.0       1,467,573.0

 

Profit and loss account

Net sales                                               3,509,691.0       3,259,971.0       2,857,508.0       2,567,302.0       2,030,690.0

Other operating revenue                                                        1,149.0             1,116.0             1,326.0

Operating revenue                                 3,509,691.0       3,261,120.0       2,858,624.0       2,568,628.0       2,030,690.0

 

Cost of goods sold                                1,508,519.0       1,398,285.0       1,250,965.0       1,128,116.0         875,526.0

Gross profit                                           2,001,172.0       1,862,835.0       1,607,659.0       1,440,512.0       1,155,164.0

Other operating expenses                       1,434,636.0       1,300,090.0       1,117,703.0          967,195.0         778,750.0

Operating result                                       566,536.0          562,745.0         489,956.0          473,317.0         376,414.0

 

Interest revenues                                             799.0                809.0                889.0                350.0             1,503.0

other financial revenues                                6,641.0           15,392.0           13,117.0             1,027.0             7,412.0

Financial income                                           7,440.0           16,201.0           14,006.0             1,377.0             8,915.0

Interest expenses                                        15,898.0             9,548.0             5,160.0             2,391.0             1,119.0

other financial expenses                              53,101.0                                           0.0           20,744.0                   0.0

Financial expenses                                     68,999.0             9,548.0             5,160.0           23,135.0             1,119.0

Financial result                                           -61,559.0             6,653.0             8,846.0          -21,758.0             7,796.0

Result before extraordinary items            504,977.0          569,398.0         498,802.0          451,559.0         384,210.0

 

Extraordinary Result                                                                                           0.0                   0.0                   0.0

Result before taxes                                  504,977.0          569,398.0         498,802.0          451,559.0         384,210.0

 

Taxes                                                       171,467.0          173,419.0         137,963.0          144,157.0         119,320.0

Result before minority interests                  333,510.0          395,979.0         360,839.0          307,402.0         264,890.0

minority interests                                          9,904.0             9,896.0           10,858.0           12,700.0             9,685.0

Result for the financial year                     323,606.0          386,083.0         349,981.0          294,702.0         255,205.0

 

Cash flow

Depreciation                                               95,931.0           81,936.0           65,536.0           51,925.0           40,560.0

Cash flow                                                 429,441.0          477,915.0         426,375.0          359,327.0         305,450.0

Cash flow from operating activities            387,883.0          411,682.0         451,600.0          251,267.0         209,177.0

Investments in tangible fixed assets            94,763.0           95,234.0         112,385.0          109,852.0           46,538.0

Cash flow from investing activities            -103,160.0         -123,168.0        -345,153.0         -110,073.0          -47,533.0

Cash flow from financing activities            -325,181.0         -148,249.0        -219,592.0         -249,857.0        -170,584.0

Others                                                         -3,760.0             2,978.0             2,883.0             3,367.0            -3,441.0

Change in liquidity                                     -44,218.0          143,243.0        -110,262.0         -105,296.0          -12,381.0

Liquidity at beginning of the year               320,479.0          177,236.0         287,498.0          392,794.0         405,175.0

Liquidity at end of the year                        276,261.0          320,479.0         177,236.0          287,498.0         392,794.0

 

Notes

Added value                                             616,806.0          660,882.0         569,498.0          505,875.0         425,889.0

Working Capital                                         868,512.0          860,048.0         720,209.0          633,567.0         512,887.0

Net Current Assets                                 1,043,025.0          987,556.0         737,334.0          844,124.0         801,329.0

Sales per Employee                                        230.9                223.3                204.1                196.0                193.4

Gross cost land and buildings                   354,837.0          346,682.0         334,670.0          257,968.0         223,374.0

Gross cost other tangible fixed assets       350,960.0          323,771.0         262,817.0          241,327.0         199,362.0

Gross cost total                                        705,797.0          670,453.0         597,487.0          499,295.0         422,736.0

 

Employees  at year end                                 15,200              14,600              14,000              13,100              10,500

Employees inland                                            7,700                7,800                6,800

Employees abroad                                          7,500                6,800                7,200

 

 

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

06.12.2010        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

31.12.2006        2006     0                      Legal actions

31.12.2005        2005     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 WorldCompliance database.

 

 

Payment experiences

 

Debt collection case:

NOV 2012: CHF 504'810.00, booked up.

 

 

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 met in an orderly manner.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.66.14

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.55

Euro

1

Rs.71.26

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

HEE

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TRU

 

               

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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