Narrative
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Project narrative
In or around August 28, 2009, a syndicate of four banks — including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) — signed a syndicated JPY 3.4 billion and ฿400 million THB loan agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL Leasing) — a Japanese leasing company and part of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. — for unspecified purposes. This loan carried a maturity period of three years and was divided into two tranches: a JPY 3.4 billion tranche with an interest rate of TIBOR plus a margin of 70 basis points (bps) and a ฿400 million THB tranche with an interest rate of the bank reference rate plus a margin of 100 bps. Record ID#99310 captures ICBC's contribution to the Japanese yen tranche. Record ID#99312 captures ICBC's contribution to the Thai baht tranche. SMBC served as sole bookrunner. ICBC, RHB Bank, and Chuo Mitsui Banking Company served as participants.
Staff comments
1. Based on the small number of lenders, AidData assumes that ICBC contributed to both tranches. The individual contributions of the four lenders to this JPY 3.4 billion tranche is unknown. For the time being, AidData has estimated the contribution of ICBC by assuming that each lender contributed an equal amount (JPY 850,000,000) to the syndicated loan. 2. A 6-month TIBOR was assumed. The average 6-month TIBOR for August 2009 was 0.66442%. Therefore, the interest rate has been coded as 0.66442% + 0.7% (70 bps), or 1.36442%.