GWFP ETG ING II (IFC-43040)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • 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
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
FI
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
ETC GROUP
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Fund
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 25.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 50.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Sep 4, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Aug 23, 2019

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank documents, the proposed investment is an unfunded risk participation of USD 25 million in an uncommitted trade finance facility, made available and arranged by ING Belgique, Bruxelles, succursale de Lancy/Genève (ING) for ETG Agri Inputs FZE (ETG), an entity of the ETG group. Its purpose is to support ETG's imports, storage and sales of fertilizers.

Investment Description
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Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a 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 Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

ING Group is the largest Dutch financial institution in terms of assets and 26th globally. With over 54,000 employees, ING operates in more than 40 countries globally, serving 38.4 million customers. The bank’s ratings are A+ / Aa3 / AA- with stable outlook.

Established in 1967 in Kenya, the ETG is a vertically integrated agricultural supply chain manager involved in the origination, procurement, warehousing, transport, agriculture processing and consumer products. It is active in over 25 African countries, as well as in India, China and South East Asia. It has additional trading and merchandising desks in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. ETG employs more than 7,000 people globally.

The major shareholders are the Sponsors, Ketan Patel, Mahesh Patel and Pradip Patel family trust and institutional investors Pembani Remgro (South Africa) and Mitsui & Co Ltd of Japan.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - ETG Agri Inputs FZE Client -
- - - - ETG Group Parent Company -

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ING Belgique, Bruxelles, succursale de Lancy/Genève 
Louis Prieur         
Senior Relationship Manager      
+ 41 22 592 23 63 
louis.prieur@ing.ch 
Avenue des Morgines 10, 1213 Petit-Lancy, Switzerland  
www.ing.com 

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