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Overview

Bank of China contributes to SGD 325 million syndicated credit facility to Millenia Tower Investments for unspecified corporate purposes (linked to Record ID#96728)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$57,785,692
Commitment Year2004Country of ActivitySingaporeDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationSingaporeSectorBusiness And Other ServicesFlow TypeLoan

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2004
Last repayment (originally scheduled)
Dec 30, 2008

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 Commercial Banks

  • Bank of China (BOC)

Cofinancing agencies

Private Sector

  • Bank of East Asia Limited (BEA)
  • BNP Paribas S.A.
  • Maybank International (L) Limited
  • Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Limited (OCBC Bank)
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • China Bank of Communications (BoCom or BoComm)

Receiving agencies

Joint Venture/Special Purpose Vehicles

  • Millenia Tower Investments

Loan description

2004 Bank of China and Bank of Communications contributions to SGD 325 million syndicated loan for corporate purposes in Singapore

Interest rate (t₀)1.575%Interest typeVariable Interest RateMaturity5 years

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2004, a group of banks, including Bank of China and China Bank of Communications, contributed to a SGD 325 million multi-tranche credit facility to Millenia Tower Investments for unspecified corporate purposes. The facility is split into three tranches: a SGD 125 million term loan, a SGD 100 million term loan, and a SGD 100 million "loan-style floating rate note." All three tranches have a five-year maturity and an interest rate of 92.5bp over the Singapore Dollar Swap Offer Rate (SOR). Individual contributions are unclear. The facility was expected to be signed in December 2004. BNP Paribas, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. served as lead arrangers. Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Bank of East Asia, and Maybank also joined the syndicate. Bank of China's contribution is captured here. BoComm's contribution is captured via Record ID#96728.

Staff comments

1. AidData is unable to ascertain individual contributions to neither the loan facility nor the individual tranches. Therefore, AidData has assumed that each bank contributed an equal amount to the total facility (SGD 46.43 million per bank). 2. AidData estimates the interest rate by adding the 6-month SIBOR rate (0.625%) with the applicable margin (0.925%) equal to 1.575%.