Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Venulum Group

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
PO Box 765
4th Floor Rodus Building
Road Reef
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2002

BVI registered subsidiaries:
Venulum Ltd (BVI)
Venulum Capital LLC (BVI)
Venulum Property Investments (BVI) Ltd

About the BVI company:
The Venulum Group is an international private wealth management company registered and headquartered in BVI, specializing in alternative investments for high net worth individuals and balancing their portfolios with investments in fine wine, real estate and venture capital. The Group is working in the alternative investment market by balancing risks and rewards according to client's needs.

The BVI Group conducts its business in four countries, other two countries having service offices. Its headquarters are located in the British Virgin Islands, the Group operating under British Virgin Islands law and having physical offices in the jurisdiction. Venulum Group has a substantial number of United States based clients.

Along with BVI-registered subsidiaries, the Group has subsidiaries registered in the United Kingdom: Cadman Fine Wines, fine wine sales and marketing division, and its parent company Venulum Wines Ltd. Canada-based subsidiary, Venulum Inc, is responsible for all client services. Mutual fund Venulum Property Investments Ltd, based in the Cayman Islands, enables clients to invest using funds from their retirement portfolios.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

UTi Worldwide Inc


Industry: Transportation and Logistics


Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
9 Columbus Centre
Pelican Drive
Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: January 1995

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: UTIW

Financial highlights (2007) (compare to 2006 financial highlights):
Gross Revenue: US$3.6 billion
Net Revenue: US$1.2 billion
Operating Income: US$158.6 million
Net Income: US$107.9 million
Operating Cash Flow: US$128.2 million
Total Assets: US$$1,660 million

Auditors: Deloitte & Touche LLP

Legal Counsel: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

About the BVI company:

UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based global integrated logistics company, providing supply chain management and optimization solutions. Company services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services. The company assists its clients in designing and implementing solutions that improve the predictability and visibility, and reduce the overall costs of the supply chains.

Company's customer base includes clients operating in the pharmaceutical, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive and technology industries.

On June 30, 2006 global network of freight forwarding offices of UTi Worldwide Inc. included 280 cities, and the company managed over 140 logistics centers, in a total of 64 countries with a staff of more than 17,000 people.

The company also has approximately 151 independent agent-owned offices in 76 additional countries, of which about 131 offices are exclusive freight forwarding agents.

The eight principal support offices of the company are located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Sydney and, in the United States, in Los Angeles, California and Columbia, South Carolina.

Subsequent to January 31, 2006 and effective March 7, 2006, UTi Worldwide acquired 100% shares of Market Industries, Ltd. - a third-party provider of logistics services and multi-modal transportation capacity solutions specializing in truck brokerage.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Saber Energy Corp.

(updated information)

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Botswana

Registered Office:
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Financial highlights: (2007)
Total assets: approximately $50 million
Net loss: $4 million
Outstanding common shares: 150,610,690
Common share purchase warrants: 2,530,534

About the BVI company:

Saber Energy Corp. was a private energy company focused on developing a coal bed methane (CBM) and shale gas field. In March 2010, the company merged with Talon Metals Corporation. After closing the transaction, Talon continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the same symbol (“TLO”).