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Project narrative
On or around April 21, 2006, a syndicate of 42 banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) — entered into a €541 million EUR syndicated loan agreement with an unspecified borrower in Italy. The loan carried a maturity period of 18 months (2.5 years) and an interest rate based on a floating rate plus a margin of 45 basis points (bps). BOC contributed €8 million EUR to the loan syndicate. In addition to BOC, the following lenders contributed to the loan syndicate: ING (€81.5 million EUR); Banca Carige (€50 million EUR); Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. (BNP Paribas - BNL) (€50 million EUR); Banca Popolare dell’Etruria e del Lazio (€25 million EUR); Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A. (€25 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Bergamo (€20 million EUR); Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) (€20 million EUR); Centrobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario e Mobiliare S.p.A.(€20 million EUR); Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (€20 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio della Provincia di Chieti S.p.A. (€15 million EUR); Banca Intesa S.p.A. (€10 million EUR); Banca Mediolanum S.p.A. (€10 million EUR); Banca Regionale Europea S.p.A. (€10 million EUR); Banca Popolare Pugliese S.C.p.A. (BPP) (€10 million EUR); Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria S.p.A. (BPCI) (€10 million EUR); Banca Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze S.p.A. (Banca CR Firenze) (€10 million EUR); Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) (€10 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza S.p.A. (€10 million EUR); Commerzbank AG (€10 million EUR); Credito Siciliano S.p.A. (€10 million EUR); Fortis Bank (€10 million EUR); Banca Agricola Mantovana S.p.A. (BAM) (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Aprilia S.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Bari S.C.p.A. (BP Bari) (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Intra S.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare del Lazio S.C.p.A. (BP Lazio) (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Milano (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.C.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Banca Popolare Italiana S.C. (€5 million EUR); Banco di Brescia San Paolo CAB S.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Cassa Centrale Raiffeisen dell'Alto Adige (€5 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Asti S.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Cento S.p.A. (€5 million EUR); Banca Galileo S.p.A. (€4 million EUR); Banca del Monte di Foggia S.p.A. (€4 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Fossano S.p.A. (€3 million EUR); Banca Popolare del Cassinate (€2.5 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia (€2.5 million EUR); Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo (€2 million EUR); Banca Popolare San Angelo (€1.5 million EUR); and Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (€1 million EUR).
Staff comments
1. The source, while mentioning the loan details, appears to have entirely excluded the information by the borrower on accident. Thus, AidData has been unable to determine what the loan was for. Given the borrowers featured were generally Italian corporates, AidData has assumed the loan supported the 250 - Business and Other Services sector.