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Overview

CDB provides $350 million loan to PT Smart Telecom as part of Buyer’s Credit Facility Phase II (Linked to Record ID#66471, #66464)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$397,774,002
Commitment Year2011Country of ActivityIndonesiaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationIndonesiaSectorCommunicationsFlow TypeLoan

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 29, 2011
First repayment (originally scheduled)
Jun 28, 2014
Last repayment (originally scheduled)
Jun 27, 2016

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Policy Banks

  • China Development Bank (CDB)

Receiving agencies

Private Sector

  • PT Smart Telecom (Smartel)

Guarantors

Private Sector

  • PT Sinar Mas Tunggal

Collateral providers

Private Sector

  • PT Global Nusa Data
  • PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk

Loan description

CDB provides $350 million loan to PT Smart Telecom as part of Buyer’s Credit Facility Phase II

Grace period3 yearsGrant element18.6181%Interest rate (t₀)4%Interest typeVariable Interest RateLoan tenor6-month rateMaturity5 years

Collateral

Shares of Smartel owned by the PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk, PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk's shares owned by PT Global Nusa Data, PT Bali Media Telekomunikasi, and PT Wahana Inti Nusantara, deed of fiduciary transfer for all assets purchased from this loan, trade accounts receivable, inventories, assignment of all the subsidiary’s cash, shares of PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa Tbk (DSS), Golden Agri Resources Ltd, Sinar Mas Land Ltd

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 29, 2011, PT Smart Telecom (Smartel), a subsidiary of PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk, signed the Buyer's Credit Facility Phase II Agreement worth $350 million with China Development Bank (CDB) as lender, arranger, and agent, and PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk as security agent. On September 28, 2015, there was an amendment agreement to change the security agent to PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk. The loan has a grace period of 3 years and a maturity of 5 years, due on 2019. It has an interest rate of six-month LIBOR plus a certain margin, payable on May 20 and November 20 of each year. The average effective interest rate for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were 3.90% and 3.17%, respectively. The average effective interest rate for the years ending December 31, 2018 and 2017, were 5% and 4.18%, respectively. The outstanding loan payable as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 amounted to $227,364,001 and $262,343,072, respectively. Outstanding loan payable as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 amounted to $34,979,050 and $104,937,210, respectively. The loan is secured by pledge of shares of Smartel owned by the PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk, PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk's shares owned by PT Global Nusa Data, PT Bali Media Telekomunikasi, and PT Wahana Inti Nusantara, deed of fiduciary transfer for all assets purchased from this loan, trade accounts receivable, inventories, assignment of all the subsidiary’s cash, shares of PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa Tbk (DSS), Golden Agri Resources Ltd, Sinar Mas Land Ltd and corporate guarantee from PT Sinar Mas Tunggal.

Staff comments

1. The overall interest rate has been coded as 4%, since the margin is unknown. 4% is the approximate average between the known annual averages. 2. This project is linked to Record ID#66471 (a $350 million loan from CDB for Phase I of the Buyer's Credit Facility) and Record ID#66464 (a $300 million loan from CDB for Phase III of the Buyer's Credit Facility).