Alpha Bank A.E., The Bank of New York, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, HVB Group (Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG/Vereins- und Westbank AG), BayernLB, Citibank N.A., Crédit Agricole Indosuez, Deutsche Bank AG, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, First Union National Bank, ING Group (ING Barings/BBL/BHF- BANK), Natexis Banques Populaires and The Sanwa Bank, Limited (the "Joint Arrangers", each a "Joint Arranger") are pleased to announce that the above Facility was signed today in Frankfurt.
The syndication of this Facility proved to be highly successful with a total of 47 banks, including the Joint Arrangers, in the syndicate.
As a result, the Facility was significantly oversubscribed and the Borrower elected to increase the final amount of the Facility from US$200,000,000 to US$350,000,000.
Please see the attached for a full list of participating banks.
Summary details of the Facility
Borrower Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.
Amount US$350,000,000
Facility Type Syndicated Term Loan Facility
Purpose Pre-export finance
Term 364 days
Repayment Bullet at maturity
Margin 80bps
Joint Arrangers' Roles
Co-ordinator The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Bookrunners The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.,
Deutsche Bank AG,
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
Facility Agent BayernLB
Documentation Agent BayernLB
Information Memorandum The Bank of New York
Publicity The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Signing Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Arrangers
Alpha Bank A.E.
The Bank of New York
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Barclays Capital
HVB Group (Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG/Vereins- und Westbank AG)
BayernLB
Citibank N.A.
Crédit Agricole Indosuez
Deutsche Bank AG
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
First Union National Bank
ING Group (ING Barings/BBL/BHF- BANK)
Natexis Banques Populaires
The Sanwa Bank, Limited
Senior Co-Arranger
NBG International Limited
Co-Arrangers
Commercial Bank of Greece S.A.
Finansbank (Holland) N.V.
Gulf Bank K.S.C.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG
Standard Chartered Bank
Lead Managers
Banque Misr - Cairo
Banque International de Commerce - BRED/ Geneva Branch
American Express Bank GmbH
CoBank, ACB
Nordea
The Toronto Dominion Bank
Managers
Bank of Ireland
Banco Popular Espanol
Banco Sabadell
Bank Leumi le - Israel B.M.
Lyonnaise de Banque
Credit Suisse First Boston
The Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China
N.V. Fortis Bank S.A.
Hamburgische Landesbank - Girozentrale -
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz
LB Kiel
National Bank of Pakistan
Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich reg. Gen.m.b.H.
UBAE Arab Italian SpA
Participants
Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc.
The Industrial Development Bank of Israel
KBC Bank N.V. Dublin Branch
Swedbank - FöreningsSparbanken
Tunis International Bank
Yapı Kredi / 03 Sep 2001