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On June 20, 2016, a syndicate of 18 banks — including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) — signed a €1.25 billion EUR syndicated multicurrency revolving credit facility (RCF) agreement with Scania AB — a Sweden-incorporated and based commercial vehicle and truck manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje wholly owned by wholly owned by German multinational automotive company Volkswagen AG via Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH (82.63% stake) and its majority-owned subsidiary MAN SE (17.37% stake) — for refinancing purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of five years with two one-year extension options, which could extend the maturity date out to June 20, 2023. It was available for drawdown in euros and Swedish krona. The proceeds were to be used by the borrower to refinance a €1 billion EUR credit facility signed in May 2011 and another loan signed in 2011. In addition to ICBC, the following lenders contributed to the loan syndicate: Citibank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), BNP Paribas S.A., Danske Bank A/S, Deutsche bank, DNB ASA, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, HSBC Bank, ING Group N.V., Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nordea Bank Abp, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Standard Chartered Bank PLC, Swedbank AB, Banco Bradesco S.A., and Banco Itaú BBA S.A. Citibank and SEB served as mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners, and coordinators. ICBC, BNP Paribas, Danske Bank Deutsche Bank, DNB Bank, Handelsbanken, HSBC, ING, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Nordea, RBS,, Standard Chartered, and Swedbank joined in syndication as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers. Banco Bradesco and Itaú BBA served as lead arrangers. The loan was launched at €1 billion EUR before being increased to €1.25 billion EUR following oversubscription in syndication.
Staff comments
1. The individual contributions of the 18 lenders to this €1.25 billion EUR syndicated revolving credit facility are unknown. AidData has assumed each lender contributed to each tranche. Therefore, to estimate the contribution of ICBC, AidData has assumed each lender contributed equally (€69,444,444.4444 EUR) to the loan syndicate.