Agricover SME (IFC-41560)

Countries
  • Romania
Where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Bank Risk Rating
FI
Risk rating varies among banks and may refer only to the particular investment and not to the risk for the project as a whole. Projects marked 'U' have an 'Unknown' risk rating at the time of disclosure.
Voting Date
Dec 7, 2018
The estimate day the bank will vote on a proposed investment. The decision dates may change, so review updated project documents or contact the EWS team.
Borrower
AGRICOVER CREDIT IFN SA
The holder of the loan, grant, or other investment.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Energy
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Ring Fence
  • Small & Medium Enterprises
A financial intermediary is a commercial bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank, sometimes for a specific lending purpose. A "ring fence" is another name for this specific purpose. These funds are then used for lending by the financial intermediary to client companies or individuals.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, etc.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 9.79 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, converted to USD$. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 40
Converted using 2018-11-05 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Mar 13, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Nov 5, 2018

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Project Description

This project provides financing to Agricover Credit IFN for funding long-term investments proposed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in agribusiness in Romania, including small-scale climate energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Investment Description
Financial Intermediary
Financial Intermediary: A commercial bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actor Relationship

There is often limited information publicly available about what development banks are funding through financial intermediaries. In 2021, the Early Warning System partnered with Oxfam International to incorporate information on high-risk projects being funded by financial intermediaries receiving funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Dutch Development Bank (FMO).

The information listed below describes the relationship between the different private actors linked to high-risk sectors and subprojects of IFC and FMO's financial intermediary investments and/or the financial intermediary's parent companies made from 2017 through 2020, including any associated ring fences.

The database, however, does not explicitly or implicitly imply that IFC or FMO have material exposure to or are contractually or legally accountable to the sub-projects financed by their financial intermediaries or the financial intermediary's parent companies. It only shows a seemingly financial relationship among the different private actors, the financial intermediaries, and IFC or FMO.

Private Actors Description

According to Bank documents, IFN’s majority shareholder is Agricover Holding SA owning 99.99% of the Company. Agricover Holding SA is 87.27% owned by Mr. Jabbar Kanani, a Romanian citizen of Iranian origin, whereas 12.72% is owned by the EBRD. Remaining 0.0004% stake represents minority shareholders.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Agricover S.A. Parent Company -

Contact Information

Agricover Credit IFN SA 
Robert Rekkers 
General Manager 
robert.rekkers@agricover.ro  
Cubic Center Building, Bd. Pipera, nr 1B, etaj 6, Voluntari, Iflov, Romania 
www.agricover.ro/finantare  

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