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Deal Analysis: EuroChem’s debut ECA deal

19 May 2010

Dickon Harris analyses Russian fertiliser EuroChem’s debut export credit agency financing.

Read more: Eurochem Barclays Capital ECA ECIC Absa Capital Clifford Chance Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs fertiliser

EuroChem ECA financing

Borrower:    EuroChem
Coordinating MLAs:     Absa Capital, Barclays Capital
Amount:     $261 million
Tenor:     10 years
Margin:     250bp over Libor
Export Credit Agency:     ECIC
Lawyers:     Clifford Chance, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs 

Russia’s largest manufacturer of mineral fertiliser EuroChem’s debut export credit agency (ECA) financing is a landmark transaction for both the company, and for ECIC, the South African ECA that backed the deal.

Arguably the most impressive deal ECIC has done to date, the transaction contains a number of firsts for the ECA that could open the door for future financings in overseas markets.

ECIC agreed to offer a 100% cover on the $261 million deal which will fund the construction of a cage shaft at the firm’s Gremyachinskoe potash deposit. The ten-year loan is the first...


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