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Between March 14 and 20, 2008, a syndicate of 15 banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) — entered into a $100 million USD syndicated loan agreement with Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) — an Indian public sector bank based in Chennai — for unspecified purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of three years. The coordinating arrangers, BOC HSBC, Intesa Sanpalo, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, DZ Bank, First Commercial Bank, and Taiwan Cooperative Bank committed $9 million USD each. Arrangers Bank of Austria Creditanstalt and Land Bank of Taiwan provided $7 million USD each, while co-arrangers Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Banque des Mascareignes and Hua Nan Commercial Bank committed $5 million USD apiece. Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China committed $3.5 million USD while Bank of Kaohsiung committed $3 million USD. Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank committed $1.5 million USD.