Narrative
Full Description
Project narrative
On December 13, 2004, a syndicate of nine banks — including the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), and China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) — signed a $70 million USD syndicated loan agreement with Singpu Chemicals Limited (SP Chemicals) — a Singapore-based chemical manufacturer and vendor — for unspecified purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years. ABC committed $3 million USD as a lead manager, ICBC committed $8 million USD as a lead manager, and CCB committed $9 million USD as a co-arranger. Record ID#104251 captures ABC's contribution. Record ID#104252 captures ICBC's contribution. Record ID#104253 captures CCB's contribution. In addition to the three Chinese state-owned lenders, the following banks contributed the respective amounts to the loan syndicate in these roles: Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation, Limited (OCBC Bank) ($17.25 million USD as a mandated lead arranger), BNP Paribas S.A. ($10 million USD as co-arranger), Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (BCB) ($8 million USD as a lead manager), Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) ($5.75 million USD as lead manager), Krungthai Bank PCL ($5 million USD as lead manager), and the Bank of East Asia (BEA) ($4 million USD as lead manager).