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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
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D
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Identification number
US19-753-3446
Country
United States of America
ZIP code and city
45342 - MIAMISBURG
Address
8540 GANDER CREEK DR +1 877 855 7243 www.newpagecorp.com
Legal form Account
Consolidated
Incorporation date
2005
NACE 2 Sector
1712 - Manufacture of paper and paperboard
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31/12/2009
31/12/2008
2,691,214
2,156,045
3,129,986
CC
CC
CC
42.00%
42.00%
42.00%
78%
78%
78%
-6.34
285.08
26.04
0.84
1.00
1.04
Current Ratio
2.08
1.98
1.72
Quick Ratio
0.79
0.69
0.56
Probability of default
Plus
31/12/2010
Confidence Level
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Solvency ratios Leverage ratio Total asset/Total liabilties Liquidity ratios
Profitability and economic equilibrium ratios Return on investement ROI (%) Return on equity ROE (%)
-
-
-
-99,785.37
-2,164.32
-74.52
1E03
0.78
1.03
Asset turnover Interest paid weight Gross Profit/Operating revenue
-
-
-
0.02
-0.02
0.09
-
-
-
Interest Coverage ratios EBIT interest coverage ratio
Analysis and trend of financial strength
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MORE Credit Rating
D not available
non return
C
CC
extremly pathological pathological
CCC
B
BB
BBB
A
AA
AAA
high danger
weak
sufficient
adequate
good
very strong
extremely strong
NEWPAGE CORPORATION
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D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Sector Analysis Company
Healthy
Balanced
Vulnerable
Risky
Leverage ratio
-6.34
Total asset/Total liabilties
0.84
0.43
1.54
2.82
-1.36
3.36
1.65
1.31
0.96
Current Ratio Quick Ratio
2.08
2.84
1.46
1.08
0.66
0.79
2.19
1.00
0.71
0.38
-
15.03
5.81
-0.10
-7.19
-99,785.37
14.69
7.35
-6.73
-106.40
1E03
1.23
1.13
1.06
1.13
-
0.02
0.21
0.00
-0.20
0.02
0.24
0.21
0.16
0.03
-
53.00
3.50
-0.36
-2.88
Solvency ratios
Liquidity ratios
Profitability and economic equilibrium ratios Return on investement ROI (%) Return on equity ROE (%) Asset turnover Interest paid weight Gross Profit/Operating revenue Interest Coverage ratios EBIT interest coverage ratio Cash Conversion Cycle (days) Days Sales Of Inventory (DIO)
0
35
43
45
48
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
0
59
62
60
47
Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
0
24
38
52
66
Cash Conversion Cycle (DIO + DSO - DPO)
0
66
66
64
29
Numer of analyzed companies
-
150
538
260
74
CC
A
BBB
B
C
(Average) Rating
The sector has been chosen according to: international companies in the sector NACE 2 1712 with financial data of year 2009.
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
key
Sector Analysis - Graphs
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AA AAA
NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Balance Sheet BALANCE SHEET (th e)
31/12/2010
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
Accounting practice
Local GAAP
Local GAAP
Local GAAP
0.74839
0.69416
0.71855
Exchange rate USD - EUR Total assets
2,628
2,780,091
3,050,228
Fixed assets
1,997
2,137,303
2,381,261
Intangible fixed assets
0
0
0
Tangible fixed assets
0
0
0
1,997
2,137,303
2,381,261
Other fixed assets Current assets
631
642,788
668,966
Stocks
391
417,881
451,247
Debtors
219
205,470
199,756
21
19,436
17,964
6
3,471
2,156
-492
9,718
112,812
608
549,077
551,125
-1,100
-539,358
-438,313
Total liabilities
3,119
2,770,373
2,937,416
Non current liabilities
2,816
2,445,508
2,549,401
Long term debt
2,756
2,445,508
2,549,401
60
0
0
303
324,865
388,015
Other current assets Cash & cash equivalent Shareholders funds Capital Other shareholders funds
Other non-current liabilities Current liabilities Loans Creditors Other current liabilities Total shareh. funds & liab. NET DEBT (th e)
0
0
11,497
146
159,656
182,511
157
165,209
194,007
2,628
2,780,091
3,050,228
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
31/12/2010
Short term debts Long term debt Cash & cash equivalent Net debt
0
0
11,497
2,756
2,445,508
2,549,401
6
3,471
2,156
2,750
2,442,037
2,558,742
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
31/12/2010 Working capital
464
463,696
468,492
Net Current Assets
328
317,923
280,951
31/12/2010
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
Days Sales Of Inventory (DIO)
0
71
53
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
0
35
23
Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
0
27
21
Cash Conversion Cycle (DIO + DSO - DPO)
0
79
55
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Income Statement INCOME STATEMENT (th e)
31/12/2010
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
Accounting practice
Local GAAP
Local GAAP
Local GAAP
0.74839
0.69416
0.71855
Exchange rate USD - EUR Sales
-
-
-
Revenues growth (%)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Operating revenue / turnover
2,691,214
2,156,045
3,129,986
Total operating costs
2,764,556
2,326,113
3,214,056
Costs growth (%)
19
-28
-
Service costs
-
-
-
Material costs
-
-
-
Costs of employees
-
-
-
EBITDA
-
-
-
Depreciation
-
-
-
Other revenues +/- variation in inventories and contract in progress + Fixed assets own construction capitalized
EBIT Financial P/L Financial revenue Financial expenses Interest paid P/L before tax Extr. and other P/L
-73,342
-170,068
-84,070
-416,854
-77,745
0
-
212,411
-
416,854
290,157
-
-
-
-
-490,196
-247,813
-84,070
-
-
-
Extr. and other revenue
-
-
-
Extr. and other expenses
-
-
-
-
-
-
748
-37,484
-
-490,944
-210,329
-84,070
31/12/2010
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
2,627,601
2,201,166
2,859,095
63,613
-45,120
270,892
136,956
124,948
354,962
P/L before tax + Extr. and other P/L Taxation P/L for period
Costs of Good Sold Gross Profit Other Operating Expenses
31/12/2010
31/12/2009
31/12/2008
Cash flow
-
-
-
Added value
-
-
-
31/12/2010 Number of employees
380
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31/12/2008
380
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350
NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
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Evolutions and trends
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AA AAA
NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
key
Qualitative information Full overview
NewPage Corporation, founded in 2005, is a leading U. S. producer of coated papers in North America. The company is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, United States. NewPage produces several types of paper including coated free sheet, a high end paper used in annual reports, magazines, promotional brochures, coffee table books, and other types of publications. It also manufactures and distributes coated printing papers for catalogs, textbooks and advertising materials. The company’s brands include Signature Truer , Sterlingr Ultra, Focusr Plus, Anthemr , Visionr Plus, Escanabar Plus and Dependowebr Plus. Further, the company primarily serves media and entertainment and publishing industries. NewPage operates integrated pulp and paper manufacturing mills located in Escanaba, Michigan; Luke, Maryland; Rumford, Maine; and Wickliffe, Kentucky. These mills have a combined annual capacity of approximately 2.2 million tons of coated paper. The company also has a converting and distribution facility in Chillicothe, Ohio. NewPage has strategic partnerships with Motorsports, Print Council, Create Magazine, and Heidelberg.
History
Not available.
Primary business line
Producer of coated papers.
Secondary business line
Not available.
Main activity
Manufacturing.
Secondary activity
Not available.
Main products and services
Not available.
Size estimate
A leading U. S. producer of coated papers in North America.
Strategy, organization and policy
Not available.
Strategic alliances
Motorsports; Print Council; Create Magazine; Heidelberg.
Membership of a network
Not available.
Main brand names
Signature Truer ; Focusr Plus; Anthemr ; Visionr Plus; Escanabar Plus; Dependowebr Plus; Sterlingr Ultra.
Main domestic country
United States of America.
Main foreign countries or regions
Not available.
Main production sites
Escanaba; Luke; Rumford; Wickliffe.
Main distribution sites
Chillicothe.
Main sales representation sites
Not available.
Main customers
Media and entertainment industry; Publishing industry.
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
key
Auditor/Advisor/Bank name
type
address
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Cincinnati,
Auditor
-
Ohio
Board name
date of birth
nationality
function
Mr Chan W Galbato Mr Robert L Nardelli Mr. Mark A. Suwyn Mr Julian Markby
1942 01/11/1952
United States United States United States
Chairman of the Board (Executives) Chairman (Finance & Administration) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Finance & Administration) Board of Directors (Finance & Administration)
Mr Lenard B Tessler Mr Raymond Wechsler
1952 -
United States United States
Board of Directors (Finance & Administration) Board of Directors (Finance & Administration)
Sharehoders (the first twenty shareholders ordered by Direct %)) Rating:
NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address: Not available
US MO -
Information date
-
Operating revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date
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3,596 4 2011/02
Rating:
ALEXANDAR WOLF Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address: Not available
CC
Operating revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees
-
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2011/02
NEWPAGE CORPORATION
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D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Subsidiaries (the first twenty subsidiaries ordered by Direct %) Rating:
-
Country ISO code
US
Operating revenue (MIL $)
210
NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %
MO -
Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date Rating:
-
Country ISO code
US
Operating revenue (MIL $)
104
NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %
MO -
Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date Rating:
-
Country ISO code
US
Operating revenue (MIL $)
78
NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %
MO -
Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date Rating:
-
Country ISO code
CA
Operating revenue (MIL $)
148
NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %
MO -
Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date
Country ISO code
US
Operating revenue (MIL $)
NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %
MO -
Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date
CHILLICOTHE PAPER INC
ESCANABA PAPER COMPANY
LUKE PAPER COMPANY
NEWPAGE PORT HAWKESBURY LIMITED
2,200 2010/04
1,200 2011/03
1,000 2011/04
553 2010/10
Rating:
NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEM INC.
3,521 4,100 2010/08
Rating:
RUMFORD PAPER COMPANY
-
Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code
US -
Operating revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $)
Direct % Total %
MO -
Number of Employees Information date
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2,176
1,200 2010/11
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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ASKMORE rating guide General vision
A credit rating is an opinion of the general creditworthiness of an obligor (issuer rating), or the creditworthiness of an obligor in respect of a specific debt security, or other financial obligation (issue rating), based on relevant risk factors. The Multi Objective Rating Evaluation (MORE) model is essentially used to assess the level of distress of industrial companies by using data included in financial statements. The basic idea of the model is to analyze a set of financial and economic ratios in a predictive corporate bankruptcy model with the purpose of creating a fundamental credit rating model for each industrial sector. Results of the model are obtained by applying newly developed numerical methodologies, drawing together financial theory, data mining and engineering design methodologies. The heart of MORE is a multi dimensional and multi objective algorithm that produces a classification of each company, by taking into account any attributes (such as sector and country) characterizing a firm. The model gives the opportunity to assign a rating to a company even without considering a complete data analysis and allows to process quality information. It induces a better understanding of a company’s strength and weakness thanks to sophisticated data mining tools and taking into account the analyst knowledge. The MORE rating vision is to look at the fundamental economics of the company. The main idea is to evaluate the rating observing every aspect of the economical and financial behavior of the company: better is the equilibrium between the different aspects, better will be the final rating. This is done studying, evaluating and aggregating the most important sections of the financial and economic behavior of a company such as: profitability, liquidity, solvency, interest coverage and efficiency.
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Rating scale Rating class
Rating macro class
The company’s capacity to meet its financial commitments is extremely strong. The company shows an excellent
AAA
AA
Assessment
economic and financial flow and fund equilibrium. Healthy
The company has very strong creditworthiness. It also has a good capital structure and economic and financial equilibrium. Difference from AAA is slight. The company has a high solvency. The company is however more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in
A
circumstances and economic conditions than companies in higher rated categories. Capital structure and economic equilibrium are considered adequate. The company’s capacity to meet its financial commitments could be affected by serious unfavourable events.
BBB Balanced
A company rated BB is more vulnerable than companies rated BBB. Furthermore the company faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions.
BB
The company presents vulnerable signals with regards to its fundamentals. Adverse business, financial, or economic
B
conditions will be likely to impair the company’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitments. Vulnerable
CCC
A company rated CCC has a dangerous disequilibrium on the capital structure and on its economic and financial fundamentals. Adverse market events and an inadequate management could affect with high probability the company’s solvency.
CC
The company shows signals of high vulnerability. In the event of adverse market and economic conditions, the company’s strong disequilibrium could increase. Risky
C
The company shows considerable pathological situations. commitments is very low.
D
The company has not any longer the capacity to meet its financial commitments.
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The company’s capacity to meet its financial
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
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D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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Fundamental Credit Rating Ratios Analysis area
Ratio
Assessment This measures the level of total liabilities of the company in comparison
Leverage ratio
with equity.
Solvency ratios
Financial ratios
Assets to debt
This indicates company’s solvency. The company shows a level of deficit when the value of this ratio is under one unit.
Fixed Assets coverage ratio
This is calculated only for holdings. It measures the capital structure i.e. whether a company covers the fixed assets with long term capital.
Current ratio
This measures whether a company has sufficient short-term assets to cover its short-term liabilities.
Liquidity ratios This compares current liabilities only to those assets that can be readily
Quick ratio
turned into cash.
Return on Investement(ROI)
This measures the profitability of company investments without regard to the way the investment is financed.
Return on Equity(ROE)
This measures the profitability of the equity.
Asset turnover
This indicates the investments turnover with regards to sales. The level assumed from the ratio depends on the sector in which the company operates.
Profit margin
This indicates the profitability of sales.
Interest Paid coverage
This indicate the ability of the company to cover interest expenses through the economic margins (Gross profit and EBIT) and through the cash flow from operating activities.
Profitability and economic ratios
Interest coverage ratio
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
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C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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MORE Credit Limit, Probability of default and Confidence Level MORE Credit Limit
MORE Credit limit is the estimation of the amount of maximum credit that is possible to assign on a commercial relationship with the analyzed company with an outlook of one year. modeFinance used the following values associated with the company analyzed while computing the credit limit:
• Size; • Years in Business; • Average number of suppliers; • Liquidity of the company and the comparison with its sector; • The funds dedicated to be paid to suppliers; • The likelihood that a company may pay its debts in the next 12 months (MORE Ratings).
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Probability of default e Confidence Level
In addition to the MORE Rating, modeFinance also estimates the probability of default and provides a level of confidence. The probability of default is the degree of certainty (in quantitative terms) that the company will go into default. As the probability of default is strongly affected by the economic climate that the company is operating in, companies in the same MORE class will not necessarily have the same probability of default. The MORE model can produce a MORE rating even if there is missing data by using an associated confidence level:
Confidence =
P Available Information P Total Information
The level of confidence does not indicate financial confidence in the company. It is a reflection of the variations in availability of financial data across Europe due to filing regulations and suggests the degree of financial detail the MORE rating is able to take into account for each company. For companies with fully populated records a confidence level of 100% would be applied: companies where no financial data is provided, 0%. This puts the MORE rating in a context for the user and aids interpretation.
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NEWPAGE CORPORATION
Thursday, 08 September 2011 MORE Credit Rating
D
C
CC CCC
B
BB BBB
A
AA AAA
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