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Report No. : |
339881 |
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Report Date : |
11.09.2015 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
NIRLAT
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Formerly Known as : |
UNIVERCOL – HILLEL HOFFMAN & SONS LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
D.N. Negev NIR OZ 8512200 |
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Country : |
Israel |
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Date of Incorporation : |
13.07.1980 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Manufacturers and marketers of paints, paint powders and additives,
lacquers and varnishes, insulating materials and sealants |
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No. of Employee : |
Not Available |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
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Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Good |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Regular |
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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 – March 31, 2015
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2014) |
Current Rating (31.03.2015) |
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Israel |
B1 |
B1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
D |
ISRAEL ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Israel has a technologically advanced market economy. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, and pharmaceuticals are among the leading exports. Its major imports include crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which are covered by tourism and other service exports, as well as significant foreign investment inflows. Between 2004 and 2013, growth averaged nearly 5% per year, led by exports. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 spurred a brief recession in Israel, but the country entered the crisis with solid fundamentals, following years of prudent fiscal policy and a resilient banking sector. Israel's economy also has weathered the Arab Spring because strong trade ties outside the Middle East have insulated the economy from spillover effects. Slowing demand domestically and internationally and reduced investment due to uncertainties caused by the Gaza conflict in summer 2014 have reduced GDP growth to about 2% during 2014. Natural gas fields discovered off Israel's coast since 2009 have brightened Israel's energy security outlook. The Tamar and Leviathan fields were some of the world's largest offshore natural gas finds this past decade. The massive Leviathan field is expected to come online no sooner than 2017, but production from Tamar provided a one percentage point boost to Israel's GDP in 2013 and a 0.5% boost in 2014. In mid-2011, public protests arose around income inequality and rising housing and commodity prices. Israel's income inequality and poverty rates are among the highest of OECD countries and there is a broad perception among the public that a small number of "tycoons" have a cartel-like grip over the major parts of the economy. The government formed committees and has started splitting up the oligopolies to address some of the grievances but has maintained that it will not engage in deficit spending to satisfy populist demands. Over the long term, Israel faces structural issues, including low labor participation rates for its fastest growing social segments - the ultra-orthodox and Arab-Israeli communities. Also, Israel's progressive, globally competitive, knowledge-based technology sector employs only 9% of the workforce, with the rest employed in manufacturing and services - sectors which face downward wage pressures from global competition.
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Source
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NIRLAT LTD.
Telephone 972
8 998 63 33
Fax 972
8 998 28 19
D.N. Negev
NIR OZ 8512200
ISRAEL
Originally
established as a limited partnership, registered as per file
No. 55-000510-2 on the 13.07.1980.
Converted into a
private limited company and registered as such as per file
No. 51-185124-8 on the 01.09.1993.
In October 1999
NIRLAT COLORS LTD. (formerly UNIVERCOL – HILLEL HOFFMAN & SONS LTD.)
announced it has acquired full ownership in subject from OZ NIR and ORLITE
INDUSTRIES LTD. and merge it within its activities. The 50% acquisition from
ORLITE was made for a sum of NIS 15.6 million.
The merger was approved by the Controller for Trade Restrictions in July 1999.
In January 2002, subject acquired all activities and assets of G.D. GAVISH
AGENCIES LTD., for a sum of NIS 1.4 million.
In July 2009 NIRLAT MARKETING LTD. was merged into subject.
Authorized share capital NIS 16,000,001.00, divided into –
10,500,001 ordinary "A" shares (8,250,001 shares issued),
5,500,000 ordinary "B" shares (issued), all of NIS 1.00 each,
of which shares amounting to NIS
13,750,001.00 were issued.
Subject is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NIRLAT
COLORS LTD., owned by:
1. INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD., 61.1%, a
public limited company, controlled (55.5%) by INROM INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRY
(H.B.) LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (LP), owned by INROM INDUSTRIES LTD., fully controlled by FIMI
Investment Fund, controlled by Ishay Davidi (Eldad Ben-Moshe holds 9.7% in INROM LP),
2. OZ
NIR HOLDINGS AND PROJECTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, 38.9%, a general partnership
controlled by KIBBUTZ NIR OZ and KIBBUTZ NIRIM, both co-operative societies,
operating communal agricultural settlements.
Following a successful IPO, on the 01.06.2014 INROM
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD. shares began to be traded on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange (TASE). As part of the IPO, the shares of NIRLAT COLORS and other
INROM Group's subsidiaries were transferred to INROM CONSTRUCTION from INROM
INDUSTRIES – see more in CHARACTER.
1.
Oded Frenkel, Chairman and
General Manager,
2.
Haim Bergfreund, CFO of
NIRLAT COLORS,
3. Eldad Ben-Moshe, General Manager of INROM Group,
4. Noam Schalke, CFO of INROM.
Manufacturers and marketers of paints, paint powders and additives,
lacquers and varnishes, insulating materials and sealants
75% of Group's sales are trade and retail, 20% are to the industry and
institutional market and % of sales are for export.
Subject supplies to contractors and building companies, DIY retail chains
(including largest DIY chains ACE DIY and HOME CENTER), wholesalers and many
retailers.
Among other clients:
EPOCOL, THERMOKIR INDUSTRIES, BEER SHEVA MESH, MOR MARKETING OF BUILDING PROD
Some 65% of raw materials purchasing are imported (mainly Western Europe),
the rest from local suppliers.
Group is Sole local representatives and distributors for (among others):
DOW CORNING, of Belgium & U.S.A.,
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IMPAX, INVEBI, both of Italy,
ICP, LENCO, both of France,
LAFARGE (plaster), of Ireland,
KANAKA, of Japan,
AKZO NOBEL, of Spain,
NATIONALGYPSUM CO. - multinational company.
Among local suppliers: LAGEEN, DEPOTCHEM, M. GOLD IMPORT AND
MARKETING, ALCO CHEMICALS, MYKO ENGINEERING, KFAR GILADI QUARRIES, CANIEL
PACKAGING INDUSTRIES, AKTIS CHEMICALS, DORMECO
Advertising agency: GLICKMAN NETLER SAMSONOV ADVERTISING CO.
Operating from premises, land very long-term leased from the State, on total area of 45,000 sq. meters (16,000 sq. meters built), in Kibbutz
Nir Oz - offices, plant and warehouses which serve the NIRLAT Group, mainly
subject.
Also operating from offices (owned by parent company), in 6 Hamelacha Street,
Industrial Zone South, Netanya, part of the premises of NIRLAT Group, on a plot
of 5,000 sq. meters (4,250 sq. meters built), also very long-term
leased from the State. In addition, operating from a rented 300 sq.
meters branch (also showroom) in Dan Design Center, Bnei Brak.
Having 424 employees in INROM CONSTRUCTION's Paint Products segment, as of
end of 2014, most serving subject (had 427 employees in end of 2013).
Having 828 employees in CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES as of end of 2014 (had 808 employees
in end of 2013).
There are some
1,400 employees in the whole INROM Group.
Stock was valued at NIS 45 million in the beginning of 2014.
Subject is an “Approved Enterprise” and as such enjoys tax benefits and
State incentives.
INROM CONSTRUCTION reported it invested in its Paint Products segment NIS
12 million in 2012-2013 in fixed assets.
Assets attributed to INROM CONSTRUCTION Paint Products segment as of
31.12.2014: NIS 300,295,000 (NIS 293,241,000 as of 31.12.2013); Liabilities NIS
177,605,000 (NIS 185,617,000 as of 31.12.2013).
In June 2012 it was reported that NIRLAT is erecting a new plant for industrial
paints with investment of NIS 20 million, and expected to start operations by
end of 2012.
In May 2014 INROM CONSTRUCTION raised
a total of NIS 354.6 million issuing shares and options on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange.
INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES current
market value US$ 252.8 million.
As for the 1stH
2014 INROM Group was valued at NIS 1.5 billion (around NIS 1 billion for the
public part which subject was part of, and NIS 300 – 400 million for the
non-public part (see OTHER COMPANIES below).
Financial data is
included in the consolidated B/S of ('grand') parent company, INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD., which shows:
NIS
(thousands)
31.12.2014 30.06.2015
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash
and cash equivalents 21,509 30,041
Other
financial assets 6,770 1,152
Clients 339,501 376,438
Other
debtors and current assets 11,571 10,002
Stock 95,062 90,111
474,413 507,744
Non-current assets
Fixed
assets, net 173,597 174,419
Goodwill
and intangible assets 9,271 9,094
Other
non-current assets 3,172 3,089
186,040 186,602
660,453 694,346
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LIABILITIES
Current liabilities 244,771 252,458
Non-current liabilities 177,137 158,282
Equity 238,545 283,606
660,453 694,346
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There are 22 charges for unlimited amounts registered on the company's
assets, 3 of the charges on financial assets (charges placed between 1995-2004),
in favor of Bank Leumi Le’Israel Ltd., The First International Bank of Israel
Ltd. and Union Bank of Israel Ltd., 1 charge (placed in 1995) in favor of the
State of Israel, and remaining 19 charges (placed between 2005-2010) in favor
of a leasing company on vehicles.
Subject's local sales (without export, which comprises 5% of total sales):
2013 sales were NIS 288,245,000.
2014 sales were NIS 297,953,000.
Consolidated sales from the financial statements of INROM CONSTRUCTION's
Paint Products segment:
2011 sales were NIS 357,048,000, making an operating profit of NIS
38,685,000.
2012 sales were NIS 370,462,000, making an operating profit of NIS
32,349,000.
2013 sales were NIS 400,673,000, making a gross profit of NIS 142,290,000
and an operating profit of NIS 54,075,000.
2014 sales were NIS 395,714,000, making a gross profit of NIS 142,513,000
and an operating profit of NIS 58,445,000.
Parent NIRLAT COLORS LTD. ended 2014 with a net profit of NIS 43,468,000.
Sales for the first 6 months of 2015 were NIS 199,361,000, making an
operating profit of NIS 33,823,000.
INROM
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD.
Consolidated
Statement of Income (pro forma)
Year
ended 31.12
NIS
(thousands)
2012 2013 2014
Sales 743,197 809,393 833,186
Gross profit 247,762 292,700 305,052
Operating income 86,170 119,273 131,644
Profit before taxes on
income 73,666 107,230 128,283
Net income 54,160 79,949 93,622
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INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD. consolidated revenues
for the first 6 months of 2015 were NIS 436,400,000 (3% increase compared to
the parallel period in 2014), making a gross profit of NIS 161,663,000, an
operating income of NIS 71,161,000, and a net income of NIS 44,124,000.
NIMNI PAINTS NORTH LTD., 100%, marketing arm to the northern region, having
15 employees.
NADIR VEGA PROJECTS LTD., 100%, developers, manufacturers, marketers and
exporters of industrial electrostatic powder paints (powder coating).
LINK COLOR N.A. Inc., marketing arm in the U.S.A.
NIRLAT COLORS LTD. (also known as NIRLAT PAINTS) parent company, also fully
owns:
UNIVERCOL PAINTS LTD., developers, manufacturers, marketers and exporters
of industrial electrostatic powder paints (powder coating) and wet solvent paints.
Having 50 employees, 2013 sales claimed to be NIS 50 million.
INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD., a holding public company, besides
NIRLAT Group, also owns:
CARMIT MISTER FIX
LTD., 100%, manufacturers and marketers of building finishing products and
materials (insulation plasters, bonders, adhesives, supplements for building,
etc.).
YTONG INDUSTRIES LTD., 100%, holding company, owns: YTONG LTD.,
manufacturers and marketers of concrete blocks, building material, and
YTONG PAVING LTD.
INROM INDUSTRIES LTD., holding company, heads the Group and also holds:
INROM INVESTMENTS
IN INDUSTRY (H.B.) LP ("FIMI 4"), which holds (100%,
unless otherwise mentioned) in the following subsidiaries:
URDAN METAL & CASTING INDUSTRIES LTD., metal works, exporters and marketers of
steel elements,
CYCLE GROUP LTD.,
ORLITE INDUSTRIES
(MILLENIUM 2000) LTD., manufacturers and marketers of advanced products
made of lightweight composite materials,
ALONY MARBLE LTD., importers, manufacturers and marketers of tiles, marble,
granite, ceramics, sanitary tools
FIMI Fund Group has many other holdings (see more CHARACTER).
OZ NIR HOLDINGS AND PROJECTS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a general partnership
controlled by KIBBUTZ NIR OZ and KIBBUTZ NIRIM, both co-operative societies,
operating communal agricultural settlements. Both have holding in other
enterprises (including cooperative societies for marketing agricultural
produce).
Bank Leumi Le’Israel Ltd., Netanya Business Branch (No. 717), Netanya.
Also working with:
Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Business Central Branch (No. 600), Tel Aviv.
The First International Bank of Israel Ltd., Main Tel Aviv Branch (No. 046), Tel Aviv.
Bank Leumi Le’Israel Ltd., Principal Branch Tel Aviv (No. 800), Tel Aviv
There are several legal cases in which NIRLAT Group has been involved in,
though considered part of the business routine and relatively insignificant.
In July 2013 it was reported that subject's distributor in Benelux
countries, SINOVA, filed a NIS 4.7 million lawsuit against subject to the Tel
Aviv District Court, due to recurring faults in subject's products, which
caused the plaintiffs hefty damages in front of their clients. Subject argues
in response that along the many years of selling their products there has never
been any such problems or complaints, while SINIVA is a new company which
encountered financial difficulties trying to avoid paying subject. We did not
find further data on matter.
Nothing unfavorable learned, apart from the above.
Subject is the second largest paints manufacturer in Israel, after TAMBOUR.
The paint and allied sealants market in Israel is estimated at NIS 1.2
billion per annum (marked 5%-6% rise in 2012), from which some two thirds are
for the home sector (49% acrylic, 11% lime and 28% for wood and metal) and the
balance for the industrial sector. NIRLAT's officials estimated their market
share at 30%.
INROM Group,
including YTONG, is a leading player in the local construction inputs market.
Subject is certified with ISO 9001:2000 and other international standards.
Kibbutz Nir Oz and Kibbutz Nirim are both communal agricultural
settlements.
Nir Oz was established in 1957. It has 220 members (total population 400).
They cultivate field crops, breed livestock, etc., as well as operating the
Nir Oz feed mill and other small ventures.
Kibbutz Nirim was established in 1946. It also has 220 members (total
population 400). They cultivate field crops, grow avocado plantation, flowers
greenhouses, operate husbandry (cows, poultry), as well as other small
ventures.
INROM Group established INROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LTD. for the sake of
an IPO of some 45% of its shares. INROM CONSTRUCTION assumed the holding of INROM
Group in 3 main companies (and their subsidiaries): CARMIT MISTER FIX LTD.,
YTONG LTD. and of NIRLAT COLORS, and in May 2014 raised a total of NIS 354.6 million issuing shares and
options on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Other members of INROM Group were not
part of the IPO.
In 2005, it was reported that subject received the concession for marketing
sealants of Japanese KANEKA in Israel and several Mediterranean countries.
In March 2006, it was reported that subject launched a new design center
(300 sq. meters in Bnei Brak) with an investment of US$ 1.5 million.
In June 2006, subject signed an agreement with local FRESCO PAINTS IMPORT
& MARKETING LTD., for marketing FRESCO's products.
In the framework of a re-organization process, in August 2008 grand-parent
company YTONG INDUSTRIES published a tender offer for the shares of parent
company NIRLAT COLORS LTD. held by the public (10.6%), in consideration of NIS
13.8 million. Following the completion of the tender offer in the beginning of
September 2008, NIRLAT COLORS’s shares were de-listed from trade on the Tel
Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). In parallel, parent company YTONG INDUSTRIES shares
were also de-listed from trade on TASE.
FIMI Fund, which already purchased 50% of INROM in December 2007 for NIS 144
million, purchased the other 50% in November 2008 for NIS 105 million, reaching
full control of INROM Group.
In May 2009 it was reported that subject signed an agreement with IMPEX of
Italy to be the sole representative in Israel for the next 3 years. Deal
estimated at NIS 10 million.
In July 2009 it was reported that subject signed an agreement with DISNEY,
giving them the exclusive rights for painting Disney’s figures on children room
walls (brand name “Colors). Reported investment in the move is NIS 2.5 million.
In February 2010 it was reported that subject is launching an advertising
campaign for NIS 2.5 million (similar investment to the advertising campaign in
the parallel period of 2009). In June 2010 the Group launched a promotional
campaign with an investment of NIS 6.5 million.
In 2010 NIRLAT acquired CHEMITAL, which holds concessions of international
paint manufacturers for local marketing, for NIS 3 million.
In June 2013 it
was reported that ACE DIY chain, one of the 2 leading chains for DIY products,
chose subject as a strategic partner in order to expand their paints
activities, that on account of subject's main rival TAMBOUR. According to
estimation, ACE captures 2%-3% of paints local sales.
In June 2015 INROM reported that subject's sister company YTONG received an
order to manufacture concrete blocks for the new Haifa Port, in volume of NIS
104 million.
Founded in 1997, FIMI Fund (mainly via 5
funds) is a leading local private equity investment fund (mezzanine and buy-out
fund), headed by its founder and CEO Ishay Davidi (other senior partners are
Sam Vlodinger and Eldad Ben-Moshe). FIMI invests in traditional industry
companies with growth potential overseas. Having a successful track record of
78 major transactions (48 cash exits) and manages over US$ 2 billion in assets.
Presently, the Fund has more than US$900 million equity available for new
investments. FIMI investors list includes leading US and Israeli institutional
investors (in Israel includes all largest financial institutions, i.e banks,
insurance companies and provident & pension funds). According to American
research firm PREQIN, based on the average annual yield to its investors, FIMI
Fund was ranked the 4th best private equity fund in the world.
The Home Design area is directly influence
by the changes in the local market in general, and construction and real estate
market in particular.
From the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
data for 2014, investments in construction for dwelling in 2014 fell by 1.2%,
after an increase of 1.2% in 2013 and 8.6% in 2012. Investments in construction
not for dwelling (public institutions, commerce, industry, etc.) and other
construction works (e.g. roads, offices, industrial, institutional) dropped 13%
in 2014, after climbing 8% in 2013.
Total investment in buildings and other
construction works in 2014 reached NIS 104.15 billion, 6% decrease from 2013
(when it rose 3.7% from 2012). The investment included NIS 66 billion in
residential building (-1.2% from 2013), of which 91.5% was for private
building, the rest for public building. Construction fell despite the
Government's efforts to increase investments. The fall in investment also lead
to a rise in houses prices.
Investment in construction for non-residential building (public
institutions, commerce, industry, etc.) summed up to NIS 19.4 billion in 2014
(-12% from 2013), and investment in other construction works (e.g. roads,
offices, industrial, institutional) reached NIS 18.75 billion (-14%).
Investments in infrastructures comprise 19% of total investments in
construction.
The annual volume of houses renovations
according to the Renovations Contractors Association is estimated at NIS 15
billion, and the turnover of the ceramics branch is estimated to capture NIS
2.3 billion (which comprises some 80% of the branch's total volume).
Good for trade engagements.
Note: Since
February 2013 Israel Post has started using a new area code method of 7 digits (the
old method of 5 digits is no longer valid).
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.66.58 |
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1 |
Rs.102.29 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.74.71 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest
capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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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 |
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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 |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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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 |
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<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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