Moderate risk

MERCANTILE SHIPPING COMPANY PLC

Moderate (4.5)

MSL.N0000 · Commercial & Professional Services

YoY trend

Report year

Governance

Board composition, director tenure and turnover, committee effectiveness, succession gaps.

70.0 sub-score

Related-Party Transactions

RPT disclosure volume and gaps, undisclosed amounts, large transactions, counterparty conflicts.

9.3 sub-score

Audit & Assurance

Auditor qualifications, going-concern doubts, rotation and independence issues.

8.6 sub-score

Sentiment

Tone divergence between public and risk sections, negative risk sentiment, obfuscation.

0.0 sub-score

Network

Shared directors with risky peers, group spillover, structural links.

21.4 sub-score

Why this score?

no female directors (+1) Governance

No female directors on 30-member board

no female directors (+1) Governance

No female directors on 25-member board

no female directors (+1) Governance

No female directors on 16-member board

no female directors (+1) Governance

No female directors on 25-member board

no female directors (+1) Governance

No female directors on 16-member board

Risk score history

Category contribution to the total score per report year; the selected year (2026) is highlighted.

Showing current links: active roles and relationships from the last 2 years.

Entity kind

This company — ring colour = risk band

Person

Company entity

Linked only via a relationship

Person / director

Listed company

Private company

Group / conglomerate

Fund / institutional

Risk band

None

Low

Moderate

High

Elevated

Connections

Role at this company

Related-party transaction

Subsidiary

Loan / advance

Other relationship

Recency

Current — full strength

~5 years old — about half

10+ years — faint floor

In Historical view, older links are drawn thinner and fainter: about half strength after 5 years (5-year half-life, same as risk scoring), never below a faint minimum. Links with no recorded year show at full strength.

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Network summary

Moderate (4.5)

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Risk signals

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Section

Year from

Year to

Sentiment over time

FinBERT softmax probabilities for the selected section.

Section × year negativity

Section

High (≥0.50) Caution (0.20–0.50) Mild (0.10–0.20) Low (<0.10)

Sentiment divergence

Sections with average negative sentiment above 0.55 in the selected year range.

Year	Section	Avg negative

Related-party transactions

Transactions from the selected report year (2026) are highlighted. Amount bars are scaled to the largest transaction listed.

From	Relationship	To	Year	Amount (LKR)	Description	Graph
AFSL.N0000 Group / conglomerate	RELATED	Mercantile Shipping Company PLC Listed company	2026 selected year	—	corporate_governance: Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (related)

Edge thickness

Total LKR with the counterparty (log scale)

Undisclosed amounts: thickness = transaction count (half scale)

Edge age (opacity)

Recent — full strength

~5 years old — 50%

10+ years — 25% floor

Nodes

This company — ring colour = risk band

Person

Company entity — ring colour = its risk band when listed

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RPT graph summary

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Type All Annual Report

Year	Type	Period	Title	Pipeline DEP	Extraction DEP	Status
2026	Annual Report	—	Annual Report as at 31st March 2026	3.0	1.0	completed
2026	Quarterly Report	Q2	Interim Financial Statements for the Quarter ended 30th June 2026	3.0	—	completed
2024	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2024	3.0	1.0	completed
2023	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2023	3.0	1.0	completed
2022	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2022	3.0	1.0	completed
2021	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2021	3.0	1.0	completed
2020	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2020	3.0	1.0	completed
2019	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2019	3.0	1.0	completed
2018	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2018	3.0	1.0	completed
2017	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2017	3.0	1.0	completed
2016	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2016	3.0	1.0	completed
2015	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2015	3.0	1.0	completed
2014	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2014	3.0	1.0	completed
2013	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2013	3.0	1.0	completed
2012	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2012	3.0	1.0	completed
2011	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2011	3.0	1.0	completed
2007	Annual Report	—	MSL.N0000 Annual Report 2007	3.0	1.0	completed

Sector peers — Commercial & Professional Services

PARAGON CEYLON PLC Low (0.5)
GESTETNER OF CEYLON PLC None (0)
E M L CONSULTANTS PLC None (0)
PRINTCARE PLC None (0)
TESS AGRO PLC None (0)
LAKE HOUSE PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS PLC None (0)

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On this board

R E G Codipilly Person / director Member of the Audit Committee
S.M.Tennakoon Person / director Chartered Valuation Surveyor
P A Nandasena Person / director Member of the Audit Committee
C.P.P.G. Hapudeniya Person / director Chairman of the Audit Committee