A Worldwide Alliance of Hands-On Owners, Dedicated to Freight Forwarding And Customs Clearance Service CANDIDATE FOR MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE

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1 CANDIDATE FOR MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE COMPANY NAME: FREIGHT MANAGEMENT LTD. 1. Having read the rules and regulations of GFG, what do you expect to achieve as a member of the organization? Would expect honest & healthy business relationship and environment among the GFG members. As well as utilising huge potential to develop sea & air freight traffic between GFG members for in & out bound both way. 2. Is there anything outlined in the rules and regulations of our organization that cause your company concern? If so, please explain. 3. Does your company have an exclusive arrangement or commitment with any other freight forwarder in any part of the world that would prohibit cooperation with GFG members? If so, please explain. 4. Are you aware of the various types of membership, (Observer, Aspirant, Affiliate and Full) their responsibilities and the costs involved? Yes Page 1 of 6

2 5. Is your company a member of any industry organisation or association whose aims and objectives are similar to the GFG? If yes, please list names of organisations or associations. 6. Please provide specific details as to the ownership of your company: A. Is it privately owned? YES If so, please give details of the shareholders, and their percentage shareholding. 1. Mr. Hossain M Zahedi, Managing Director 50% 2. Mrs. Farhana Zahedi, Director 50% B. Is it a subsidiary of a multi-national? Private Limited Company C. Is it a corporation? D. How long has your company been in business? Since Please provide details regarding your office and warehouse facilities. Sea port. A. Approximate size of warehouse 40,000 SQF B. Proximity to airports / ports 2 Kms from Dhaka Airport, 364 Kms from Chittagong C. Are such facilities bonded? Applied & under process D. Number of staff members at each facility At warehouse 15 Person, Dhaka office 30 Person, Chittagong Office (Branch) 15 Person E. Please give specific details as to your company s ability to generate sales. The company has dedicated sales personnel who has access to the market place to generate qualified sales leads F. The names of the individuals responsible for sales. Md. Wahiduzzaman Chunnu Mr. Muqtadeer Chowdhury Mr. Suzon Rahman Mr. Alim Sohel Page 2 of 6

3 8. Is your company a member of any of the following organisations? If so, please provide: Length of Membership Membership Number A. IATA member B. FMC registered C. FMC bonded NVOCC 9. What are the major areas that your company derives revenue from? Please give percentage breakdown. A. Import Airfreight 5 % Export Airfreight 40 % B. Import Oceanfreight 7 % Export Oceanfreight 45 % C. Import Charters 0 % Export Charters 0 % D. Custom Brokerage 0 % E. Storage 3 % F. Other 0 % 10. What would you describe as the particular positives and negatives of your company? Positives: Aggressive in sales and high growth rates Excellent Customer Service Support Team Speedy responses and good command in English Negatives: network of partners 11. English is the principal language used for all communications with the GFG membership. Will this cause any problem with your staff in attending meetings, answering the telephone, handling correspondence, etc? Page 3 of 6

4 12. What are the principle countries or areas that your company generates freight to or from? Please provide specific information. Bangladesh to Europe :(Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, rway) USA, Canada, Far East :(China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong), Middle East : (UAE, Saudi Arabia), Australia. 13. Do you anticipate any difficulty in profit sharing on any business that is generated from a sales lead from another GFG member? 14. Do you understand that any agreement on profit sharing is agreed upon bi-laterally, and that the accounting for such agreement is a matter for the individual members involved? Yes 15. Do you anticipate any difficulty in attending the required meetings of GFG as prescribed in the rules of the association? 16. Since your knowledge, involvement and exposure of GFG is somewhat limited at this time, do you have any thoughts as to how your company can and will contribute to the well being and future success of GFG? Understand that the group never had a reliable and active member in Bangladesh and we are confiendet that we will make our presense felt to the membership Page 4 of 6

5 17. Would you have any objection to displaying the GFG logo on company letterhead, airway bills, business cards, etc? 18. Would you be prepared to serve as a Board Member, as a member of a sub-committee, or in any capacity that your expertise could best serve the GFG? t at this moment 19. Please provide the following technical information regarding your company: A. Address: fml@fml-bd.com B. Web Page Address: C. Scanner: Available D. Word Processing Software: Available 20. Please review the enclosed list of current Members and list those members with whom you have conducted business. Freight Links International (Pvt) Ltd 21. Please provide your bank name and contact party that can provide us with financial information regarding your company. Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, T.K Bhaban (1 st Floor) 13, Kawran Bazar, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215, Tel: +88(02) , , C/P : Mr. Md. Nurul Islam (Manager) 22. Please provide the company names, personal contact names, telephone and of three international companies with whom you have worked regularly for at least one year so that we may contact them for references. Freight Links International (Pvt) Ltd, C/P : Mr. Niral Dasarath Kadawatharatchie, Tele : , niralk@sltnet.lk, Ritra Cargo (Holland) B.V, C/P : Mr. Martijn Berghout Tele : , MBerghout@Ritra.nl, Cargo-partner GmbH, C/P : Mrs. Karin Peper, Tele : , karin.peper@cargo-partner.com Page 5 of 6

6 23. Does your company have an insurance policy which covers errors and omissions / clerical error / professional liability? If so, what is the level of coverage? 24. Please attach a copy of your most recent fiscal year end Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement. 25. Should the Board of Directors, in their final evaluation, accept your application for membership, are you in a position to attend our next meeting scheduled for 25 th 28 th October 2009, which will be held in Manila, Philippines? Yes yes Hossain M Zahedi Name of Person Completing Questionnaire Managing Director Title of Person Completing Questionnaire Date Page 6 of 6