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On March 21, 2006, a syndicate of 22 banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) — entered into a ¥20 billion JPY syndicated loan agreement with Hana Bank Co., Ltd. — a South Korean bank headquartered in Seoul — for unspecified purposes. The loan was divided into tranches of ¥10 billion JPY each: a tranche with a maturity period of two years and an interest rate of Yen LIBOR plus a margin of 9 basis points (bps) and a tranche with a maturity period of one year and an interest rate of Yen LIBOR plus a margin of 7 bps and. BOC contributed ¥750 million JPY to the two-year tranche. In addition to BOC, the following lenders contributed the respective amounts to the loan syndicate: Bank of America (¥500 million JPY), Barclays Capital (¥500 million JPY), BNP Paribas S.A. (¥500 million JPY), Calyon (¥500 million JPY), DBS Bank (¥500 million JPY), HSH Nordbank AG (¥500 million JPY), Mizuho Corporate Bank (¥500 million JPY), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) (¥500 million JPY), DZ Bank AG (¥1.1 billion JPY), Dresdner Bank (¥450 million JPY), Fortis Bank (¥750 million JPY), Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (BMPS) (¥750 million JPY), Bank of Montreal (¥750 million JPY), SanPaolo IMI S.p.A. (¥750 million JPY), Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat Luxembourg (¥400 million JPY), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) (¥300 million JPY), American Express Bank (~¥225 million JPY), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) (~¥225 million JPY), Banca di Roma S.p.A. (~¥200 million JPY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (~¥200 million JPY). BOC did not contribute to the one-year tranche, which the following lenders contributed the respective amounts to: Bank of America (¥750 million JPY), Barclays Capital (¥750 million JPY), BNP Paribas (¥750 million JPY), Calyon (¥750 million JPY), DBS Bank (¥750 million JPY), HSH Nordbank (¥750 million JPY), Mizuho Corporate Bank (¥750 million JPY), SMBC (¥750 million JPY), Lloyds TSB Bank (¥1.15 billion JPY), Dresdner Bank (¥450 million JPY), Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat Luxembourg (¥400 million JPY), BBVA (¥300 million JPY), American Express Bank (~¥225 million JPY), RBC (~¥225 million JPY), Banca di Roma (~¥200 million JPY), and Toronto Dominion (~¥200 million JPY), Bank of America, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Calyon, DBS, HSH Nordbank, Mizuho Corporate Bank, and SMBC served as mandated lead arrangers. Lloyds, DZ Bank, Dresdner, Fortis, BMPS, BOC, Bank of Montreal, and Sanpaolo IMI joined as arrangers. Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, BBVA, American Express Bank, RBC, Banca di Roma, and TD Bank joined as co-arrangers.