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Overview

China Construction Bank contributes $10 million USD to a $1 billion USD syndicated loan to Vedanta Resources for Sesa Goa purchase

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$14,084,461
Commitment Year2008Country of ActivityIndiaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationUnited KingdomSectorIndustry, Mining, ConstructionFlow TypeLoan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 1, 2008
Last repayment (originally scheduled)
Jul 31, 2013

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB)

Cofinancing agencies

Private Sector

  • ABN AMRO Bank NV
  • Bank of East Asia Limited (BEA)
  • Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)
  • Barclays Bank PLC
  • Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Limited
  • Citigroup Inc.
  • Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB) (Crédit Agricole CIB) (Formerly Calyon) (Formerly Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI))
  • CTBC Bank (formerly Chinatrust Commercial Bank)
  • DBS Bank Ltd.
  • First Commercial Bank Limited
  • Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. (formerly Cariplo/Banca Intesa/BCI)
  • Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG)
  • MUFG Bank, Ltd. (Formerly Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU))
  • Natixis
  • Standard Chartered Bank PLC
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
  • Taishin International Bank (Taishin Bank)
  • Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale

State-owned Banks

  • Bank of Baroda
  • Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB)
  • First Gulf Bank (FGB)
  • State Bank of India (SBI)

State-owned companies

  • Indian Bank

Receiving agencies

Private Sector

  • Vedanta Resources plc

Loan desecription

China Construction Bank contribution to USD 1 billion syndicated loan to Vedanta Resources for Sesa Goa purchase

Interest typeUnknownMaturity5 years

Narrative

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Project narrative

In August 2008, China Construction Bank participated in a USD 1 billion syndicated loan to Vedanta Resources to restructure their April 2007 USD 1.1 billion loan to acquire a 51% controlling stake in the Indian iron ore mining company Sesa Goa. China Construction Bank's contribution was USD 10 million. 24 banks participated in the syndicate as follows: ABN Amro Bank, now part of RBS US,: USD 66.8 million, Bank of Baroda: USD 66.8 million, Bank of East Asia: USD 5.0 million, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ: USD 66.8 million, Barclays: USD 66.8 million, Bayerische Landesbank: USD 25.0 million, Calyon, part of Crédit Agricole,: USD 66.8 million, Chang Hwa Commercial Bank: USD 15.0 million, China Construction Bank: USD 10.0 million, Chinatrust Financial Holding: USD 15.0 million, Citigroup: USD 66.8 million, DBS Bank: USD 25.0 million, First Commercial Bank: USD 5.0 million. First Gulf Bank: USD 10.0 million, Indian Bank: USD 20.0 million, Intesa SanPaolo: USD 25.0 million, Mizuho Financial Group: USD 66.8 million, Natixis: USD 50.0 million, Scotiabank-Bank of Nova Scotia: USD 50.0 million, Standard Chartered Bank: USD 66.8 million, State Bank of India: USD 66.8 million, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp: USD 66.8 million, Taishin International Bank: USD 10.0 million, Westdeutsche Landes Giro: USD 66.8 million.