Bank of China contributes $22.5 million USD to $250 million USD syndicated revolving credit facility to CBOE Global Markets for working capital and general corporate purposes in 2020 (Linked to Record ID#107793 and #109974)

Project narrative

On December 21, 2020, financial close was reached on a deal in which a syndicate of 13 banks — including Bank of China — entered into a $250,000,000 USD syndicated loan agreement with CBOE Global Markets, Inc. — a U.S.-based company that operates equity, options, and futures exchanges globally — for working capital and general corporate purposes. The maturity of the loan is 3 years and the interest rate is LIBOR plus an applicable margin. Bank of China contributed $22,500,000 USD to this loan (Record ID#107792). The following lenders also participated: Bank of America ($25,000,000 USD), Barclays Bank PLC ($22,500,000 USD), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch ($22,500,000 USD), Royal Bank of Canada ($22,500,000 USD), The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch ($22,500,000 USD), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ($22,500,000 USD), Citibank, N.A. ($18,000,000 USD), Goldman Sachs Bank USA ($18,000,000 USD), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ($18,000,000 USD), PNC Bank, National Association ($18,000,000 USD), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. ($9,000,000 USD), and MUFG Bank, Ltd. ($9,000,000 USD). On February 25, 2022, financial close was reached on a deal in which a syndicate of 15 banks — including Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China — entered into a $400,000,000 USD syndicated loan agreement with CBOE Global Markets, Inc. — a U.S.-based company that operates equity, options, and futures exchanges globally — for working capital and general corporate purposes. The maturity of the loan is 5 years and the interest rate is SOFR plus an applicable margin. While Agricultural Bank of China (Record ID#107793) and Bank of China each contributed $28,000,000 USD to this loan (Record ID#107794), the following lenders also participated: Bank of America ($32,000,000 USD), Barclays Bank PLC ($28,000,000 USD), Citibank, N.A. ($28,000,000 USD), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch ($28,000,000 USD), Goldman Sachs Bank USA ($28,000,000 USD), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ($28,000,000 USD), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. ($28,000,000 USD), Royal Bank of Canada ($28,000,000 USD), The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch ($28,000,000 USD), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ($28,000,000 USD), Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc ($20,000,000 USD), MUFG Bank, Ltd. ($20,000,000 USD), and PNC Bank, National Association ($20,000,000 USD).