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Project narrative
In 2011, China Development Bank (CDB) provided an EUR 34.3 million loan to Chongqing Light Industry & Textile Holding Group Co. Ltd. (CQLT) to facilitate its acquisition of the SaarGummi Group (a global, full-service provider of body seals and molded products that specializes in sealing systems for the automotive and construction industries). The borrowing terms of the loan are unknown. The acquisition was completed in June 2011. At the time of the acquisition, SaarGummi Group was insolvent. CQLT reportedly paid EUR 64.147 million for the acquisition and assumed SaarGummi Group's debt of RMB 741 million. Chongqing Textile's actual investment was around RMB 300 million, but it leveraged a project with assets totaling more than RMB 2 billion. The remaining funds were mainly obtained through financing. CDB Chongqing Branch provided its loan, which accounted for approximately 50% of the acquisition cost. Deutsche Bank and HSBC also provided working capital loans totaling EUR 35 million.
Staff comments
1. China and Germany issued a joint press communique following their first-round inter-governmental consultation on June 28, 2011, announcing that China Development Bank would extend a 2-billion-euro special loan for small and medium-sized enterprises of both countries. By setting up the special loan, CDB dedicates itself to facilitating the cooperation between the Chinese and German SMEs, boosting employment and promoting the restructuring and upgrading of SMEs in both countries. In 2011, the bank issued 209 million U.S. dollars of SME loans to finance the cross-border merger and acquisition by Chinese enterprises in the sectors of precision machine tools and auto spare parts.