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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 246, 17 April 1912, Page 4

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS 01! AS. J.NIVEN & COMPANY LIMITED. A Private Company duly incorporaed under The Companies Act, but about to be re-registered as a Public Company. (This Prospectus is issued in respect of the intended Public Company). CAPITAL - £300,000. :l DIVIDED INTO 300,0000 ORDINARY SHARES of £1 EACH. SHARES ALREADY ISSUED SHARES NOW OFFERED FOR PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION To be paid for as follows: On application On 29th June, 1912 On 30th September, 1912 On 31st December, 1912 On 31st March, 1913 On 30th June, 1913 >< On 30th September, 1913 On 31st December, 1913 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share 2s. per share The balance of 4s. per share shall (at the discretion of the directors) be payable in one sum at a date being not less i than 3 calendar months from the 31st December, 1913. or in such amounts and at such, intervals (being not earlier than as aforesaid) as the Directors may from time to time determine. • . i DIRECTORS: \ GEORGE NELSON, M.1., Mech. E., Napier, Chairman and Managing Director. . WILLIAM NELSON, Tomoana, General Manager in Nejr Zealand for Nelson Bros., Limited. JOHN CHAMBERS. Mokopek'a, Havelock North, Bheepfarmer. WILLIAM HENRY "NELSON, Woodville, Managing Director of the Woodville Bacon Co., Limited. LIONEL NELSON, G. 1., Mech. E., Napier, Engineer. , BANKERS: The Bank of Australasia. I AUDITOR: William McCulloch, Napier. SOLICITORS: Sainsbury, Logan and Williams, Napier. SECRETARY: Frank Sydney Russell. REGISTERED OFFICE: Waghorne-street, Napier. HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. The business of Jas. J. Niven and Co., General Engineers, was founded in the year 1893 by Jas. J. Niven and George Nelson, in partnership, under the style of Jas. J. Niven and Co. The partnership continued until 1903, when Mr. Niven retired. The business was carried on for 5 years by Mr. Nelson, when, owing to its outgrowing his financial resources, he converted the undertaking into a private company, incorporated on the 21st September, 1908. The business was taken over by the Company as a going concern, Mr. George Nelson being elected Chairman and Managing Director. The Capital of the Priv/te Company when registered was £65,000, divided into 50 Preference Shares of £IOO each and 600 Ordinary Shares of £IOO each, all fully subscribed; as the business grew, further capital'was from time to time i introduced, bringing the total up to £82,700. Eventually, in January, 1912, the Directors considered that the time had arrived when it was desirable, for the efficient carrying on and expansion of the business, that the capital of the Company should be again largely increased, and the Company converted into a Public Company. Accordingly the capital was increased to £300,000, and it was resolved .to register the Company as a Public Company under the provisions of Section 172 of The Companies Act, 1908. The necessary steps are now being taken to effect thi3. The conversion of the Company into a Public Company will enable the membership of the Company to be increased beyond that allowed by law to a Private Company—namely, 25—and will further enable the Company to avail itself to the full of the opportunities for legitimate expansion, which are now offering, and which it is confidently anticipated will in the future present themselves to the Company. The 50 Preference Shares mentioned in the Memorandum of Association of the Company have been converted into Ordinary Shares, and b,y a special resolution passed by the Company on 26th January, 1912, it was resolved that the capital of the Company be divided by the subdivision of all its existing shares into Ordinary Shaves of £1 each, a,nd that the conditions of the Memorandum of Association be modified accordingly. The capital of the Company, therefore, now consists of £300,000, divided into 300,000 Ordinary Shares of £1 each, of which 82,700 are held by Shareholders of the old Private Company, and have been fully paid for by them. The members of the old Private Company have not received, nor will they receive, any other benefit or consideration in cash or otherwise on the conversion of the Company into a Public Company, nor has any money or other consideration been paid or given for or in respect of the goodwill of the business of the Private Company, nor will any such be paid or given. As the re-registra-tion of the Private Company as a Public Company does not alter the identity of the Company, and consequently does not involve the promotion of a new Company, no payments have been or will be made to anyone as promoter. i The following statement, taken from the last Annual Report and Balance-sheet sets out the Assets and Liabilities of the Company as at 31st March, 1011, other than liabilities under current contracts in the ordinary course of business:— ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. The last Annual Report and Balance-sheet of the Company, duly certified by the Company's Auditors, shows that at 31st March, 1911, the assets held by the Company exceeded the Company's Liabilities by .. ..' £84,685 16, 5 This amount representing the Capital paid up at 31st March, 1911 Plus the profit available for division'year ending 31st March, 1911 78,000 0 0 6,685 16 5 £84,685 16 5 Since 31st March, 1911, further Capital to the amount of £4,700 has been paid up, making the total of paid-up Capital to date £82,700 0 0 REMARKS ON ASSETS. The Company owns Engineering Works at Napier, Gisborne, Hamilton and Palmerston North. THE NAPIER WORKS cover an area of 2% acres, of which I*4 acres—including most of the frontage—is freehold. The back portions of the property are held under six leases from the Napier Harbour Board, five or which have from 11 to 14 years to run, and contain provisions giving the tenant the right to a perpetual renewal. The remaining Lease from the Harbour Board runs out in 1930, and contains no renewal provisions. It affects only a small portion of the works' site. The remainder of the works' site is held under Lease, whicli has two years to run, and which contains a purchasing clause at £225, exercisable at the end of the term. The Property has a frontage of 508 feet to Waghorne Street, of which 412 feet is freehold. The Premises and plant comprise all the Departments of a General Engineering Company; the Works are modern and complete in every respect. At GISBORNE the Company owns three roods thirty-two perches of freehold facing the River on the Kaiti sideopposite the passenger wharf—on which the Works are situated. The buildings, whicli are of wood and iron, cover 9000 square feet, and are quite new, having been built in 1910. AT AUCKLAND the Company rents an Office only. AT HAMILTON the Company purchased Mr. Upton's Engineering Establishment—facing the Railway Station—in October last. The purchase comprises a freehold section of twenty-seven perches, with buildings of wood and iron, covering 2600 square feet, built in 1902 and 1907, suitably fitted and equipped. Plans are now being prepared for doubling the size of <these premises. With an eye to future developments, the company has purchased two acres of freehold at the corner of London and Selkirk Streets. At PALMERSTON NORTH the Company has works built on iy 4 acres of freehold in Church Street, facing the Railway Goods Shed. The buildings, of wood and iron, cover 9000 square feet, and were built in 1903. At WELLINGTON the Company rents premises, where a small stock is carried. At WAIPUKURAU the Company has arranged to purchase 1% acres of freehold opposite tlie Railway Station. This transaction is not yet completed, but will be shortly. At HASTINGS the Company recently purchased seventeen perches of freehold, having thirty-six feet frontage to Market Street, opposite the Public Library. THE BUILDINGS AND PLANT throughout the Various Works are in good order, and have been thoroughly weM maintained. ) LONDON OFFICE.—The Company rents offices in London, from which all European purchases are made and negotiations conducted. The Lease of the premises has nine years to run, at a satisfactory rental. THE STOCKS are in good order, and the books debts owing to-the Company are sound. Year by year any doubtful items have been written down. INVESTMENTS.—These consist of shares in and loan to Subsidiary Companies, namely, Needham, Niven and Co., Ltd., of Christshurch, and Scott, Niven and Co., Ltd., of Palmerston North. In the former the Company holds a controlling interest. The company of Scott, Niven and Co., Ltd., was wound up last yoar ( and its business purchased by this Company. It is now conducted as a Branch of the Company. PROFITS OF THE COMPANY. Since the formation of the Company in 1908, an average annual profit of £7,777 18s 4d has been earned. The Directors have no reason to anticipate other than an expansion of the profits consequent upon the extension of the Company's business and the sympathy and interest of a larger circle of shareholders. GENERAL. As the re-registration of the Company does not alter its identity, the subsisting contracts of the Company will not be affected. They arc of the ordinary trade character. The minimum subscription on which the Directors may proceed to allotment is 20,000 shares, all of which the present shareholders are prepared to take up. No commission will be payable for subscribing or agreeing to subscribe or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, but the Company will be at liberty to pay ordinary brokerage. The preliminary expenses of the Public Company will be paid by it, and are estimated at £BOO. The Articles of Association provide that a Director's qualification is the holding in his own right of at least 1000 shares of the Company, and that the Directors' fees shall be fixed from time to time by a resolution of the Company in general meeting, and that the remuneration of the Managing Director shall be fixed by the Directors. Applications for shares should be made to the Directors 0 n the forms provided with the Prospectus. They may be forwarded direct to the Secretary of the Company at Napier, or through the Managers of the Company at Gisborne, Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, or 3 Salters' Hall Court, Cannon Street, London, E.C. Applications will be received up on noon on TUESDAY, 30th April, 1912. A remittance for the amount payable on application must be forwarded with the application. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deduction. If the number of shares allotted is less than that applied for the surplus will be returned to the applicant. at any of tne Company's Offices. Prospectuses and Forms of Application can be obtained The Prospectus has been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies. Dated this Eighth day of March, 1912.