SeABank Convert (IFC-46462)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Vietnam
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
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
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."
Voting Date
May 31, 2022
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 75.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 75.00 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.
Community Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Dec 16, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jul 1, 2022

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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 the bank's website, "the investment consists of a five-year convertible senior loan of up to US$75 million on IFC’s own account to Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank or the Bank), a top 12 private bank by asset size in Vietnam and IFC’s recently onboarded client, to support the Bank’s growth strategy and increase targeted lending to SMEs, including WSMEs. Of the total financing package, at least US$20 million will be earmarked exclusively for on-lending to WSMEs. IFC will have an option to convert its loan to an up to 5 percent shareholding in the form of common shares of SeABank."

As stated by Recourse and partners in a recent report, if converted to equity, the IFC will be exposed to SeABank’s oil and fossil gas investments. In 2022, SeABank released
another long-term loan to PV Gas amounting to VND 895.66bn (approx $37.74m). SeABank’s financial report for the last quarter of 2022 shows that it had long-term investments in five PV Oil Joint Stock Companies (JSCs) in 2021 and 2022. SeABank’s long term investments in PV Oil JSC amounted to VND 44.77bn (approx $1.89m) in both 2021 and 2022. The Bank also had long-term investments in Phu My Oil Processing JSC at VND 11bn (approx $463,000) in both 2021 and 2022.

Bank disclosures on financial intermediary sub-projects are often limited. Although the bank disclosures did not categorize this as an energy project, civil society research has linked this project with oil and gas. Therefore, for purposes of this snapshot and other research, the Early Warning System team has categorized this project as an "Energy" project.

Investment Description
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According to the IFC, the project involves a five-year convertible senior loan of up to US$75 million on IFC’s own account. IFC’s convertible senior loan to SeABank described in this SII is targeted for on-lending to SMEs, including women-owned SMEs.

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.

According to the IFC, SeABank was established in 1994 and headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. SeABank is currently listed on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (“HOSE”) with a market capitalization of VND 56,433 billion (USD 2.4 billion equivalent) as of June 15, 2022. The Bank’s charter capital as of March 31, 2022 is VND 16,598 billion. The Bank provides a wide range of commercial banking products and services to both retail and commercial clients through a nation-wide network of 173 branches. SeABank is the 12th largest private sector bank in Vietnam in terms of asset size as of December 31, 2021. The current main common shareholders as of March 31, 2022 are Madam Nguyen Thi Nga and her related persons at 16.5%. The remaining shares are owned by institutional investors and individual investors.


Contact Information
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Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank
Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh
Head of Risk
+ 84 24 3944 8688
anh.nt27@seabank.com.vn
BRG Tower, 198 Tran Quang Khai street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
https://www.seabank.com.vn

 

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