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On January 31, 2013, a syndicate of 16 banks — including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) — signed a €1.600 billion EUR syndicated term loan facility agreement with EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. — a Portuguese electricity utilities company headquartered in Lisbon — and EDP Finance B.V. — a Netherlands-incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary of EDP — for refinancing purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years with 50% due for repayment in January 2017 (a grace period of four years) and 50% due for repayment on final maturity date January 31, 2018 and an interest rate of EURIBOR plus a margin of 4% (the margin being dependent on EDP's credit rating). The proceeds were to be used by the borrowers to refinance two existing and fully drawn loans, specifically a €925 million EUR revolving credit facility (RCF) signed in 2008 and maturing in April 2013 and a €1.100 billion EUR RCF signed in 2006 to be repaid at maturity in November 2013. Each lender, including ICBC, contributed €100 million EUR to the loan syndicate. Record ID#104127 captures ICBC's contribution. As of June 30, 2013, €955 million EUR was drawn down under this loan. On February 27, 2015, a syndicate of 16 banks — including the Bank of China (Luxembourg) S.A. (BOC Luxembourg) — signed a €2,000,000,000 EUR syndicated loan agreement with EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. and EDP Finance B.V. for refinancing purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years, an interest rate based on EURIBOR plus a margin of 1.1% (the margin being dependent on EDP's credit rating) and was divided into two tranches: a €1,500,000,000 EUR term loan tranche known as 'Tranche A' and a €500,000,000 EUR RCF tranche known as 'Tranche B'. The proceeds were to be used by the borrowers to refinance, via early repayment and cancellation, the January 2013 €1.6 billion EUR syndicated loan. Record ID#104130 captures BOC Luxembourg's contribution. As of December 31, 2015, €1.500 billion EUR was drawn down. As of March 7, 2018, €1,500,000,000 EUR of Tranche A remained drawn. On March 7, 2018, a syndicate of 17 lenders — including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) — signed a €2,240,000,000 EUR syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) agreement with EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. and EDP Finance B.V. for refinancing purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years with two one-year extension options subject to each lender's consent, a final maturity date in March 2023, and was available for draw down in euros and U.S. dollars. The proceeds were to be used by the borrowers to refinance via prepayment and cancellation of the €2,000,000,000 EUR facility signed in 2015 that was set to mature in February 2015 and was drawn to €1,500,000,000 EUR from Tranche A. Record ID#104139 captures ICBC's contribution. In addition to ICBC, the following lenders contributed to the loan syndicate: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Banco Santander Totta S.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (BTMU), BNP Paribas S.A., Caixabank, S.A., Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML), Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC France S.A., ING Bank N.V., J.P. Morgan Securities PLC, Mediobanca, National Westminster Bank PLC (NatWest), Société Générale S.A. (SocGen), and Unicredit Corporate & Investment Banking. All these lenders served as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers and EDP was the self-arranger. BNP Paribas served as facility agent. As of July 28, 2023, this RCF was not drawn. On July 28, 2023, a syndicate of 26 banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) and ICBC — signed a €3,000,000,000 EUR syndicated sustainability-linked RCF agreement with EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. and EDP Finance B.V. for refinancing purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years with two one-year extension options subject to lenders' consent and was available for draw down in euros, British pounds sterling (up to £500 million GBP), and U.S. dollars. As a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), this RCF was structured according to the Sustainability linked Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association with two Key Performance Indicators related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), namely (i) the reduction of scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions based on the Science Based Target initiative and (ii) an increase in the percentage of installed capacity of renewable energy within EDP; the borrower's performance against these KPIs was assessed, with fulfillments impacting the cost of the RCF. The proceeds were to be used by the borrowers to replace (refinance) the €2.24 billion EUR syndicated RCF maturing in March 2025, which was not drawn. Record ID#104149 captures BOC's contribution. Record ID#104153 captures ICBC's contribution.
Staff comments
1. The individual contributions of the 17 lenders to this €2,240,000,000 EUR syndicated loan are unknown. For the time being, AidData has estimated the contribution of ICBC by assuming each contributed an equal amount (€131,764,705.882 EUR) to the loan syndicate. IJGlobal does list a lender break down with each lender contributing €131.76 million EUR, which likely is based on the same assumption (albeit rounded down). 2. EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. is a private company that generates, supplies and distributes electricity and the supply of gas in Portugal and Spain.