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Project narrative
On August 30, 2010, a syndicate of seven banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) signed a $250 million syndicated loan agreement with PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia (TGI) (Transgasindo) — an Indonesian natural gas transmission company and joint venture of PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (59.87% stake), Transasia Pipeline Pvt. Ltd (40% equity stake) and the PGN Employee Welfare and Retirement Foundation (YKPP PGN) (0.13% equity) — to refinance existing indebtedness, capital expenditures, and general corporate purposes. The loan carried a maturity period of five years. HSBC served as sole bookrunner. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU), Mizuho Corporate Bank (MHCB), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) joined in syndication as mandated lead arrangers. BOC and Bank of Ekonomi Raharja joined in syndication as lead maangers.
Staff comments
1. The individual contributions of the 7 lenders to this $250 million USD syndicated loan are unknown. For the time being, to estimate the contributions of BOC, AidData has assumed each lender contributed equally ($35,714,285.7143 USD) to the loan syndicate. 2. PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia's core business is the transport of natural gas through a pipeline system to domestic and international markets in Indonesia. It owns and operates 1,006 kilometers of onshore and offshore gas pipelines from Grissk to Duri and from Grissk to Singapore.