Soufflet Grain Financing (EBRD-50194)

Countries
  • Bulgaria
  • Kazakhstan
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Ukraine
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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
B
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
Oct 3, 2018
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
SOUFFLET FINANCES SNC
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Technical Cooperation
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)
$ 40.64 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 35 million
Converted using 2018-09-03 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jan 28, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Aug 30, 2018

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Project Description
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This project provides financing to SNC Soufflet Finances, Soufflet Agro Polska, and Soufflet Agro Ukraine for activities in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Serbia. These companies are subsidiaries of the Soufflet Group, which is involved in the origination, storage processing (malting), and trading of agricultural commodities. 

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

The Project will have a Technical Cooperation component provided by the Japan-EBRD Cooperation Fund under the "Project Preparation Support Programme for Agribusiness Projects in Ukraine". These funds will partially cover the legal due diligence costs.

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.

SNC Soufflet Finances, Soufflet Agro Polska, and Soufflet Agro Ukraine are 100% subsidiaries of the Group. Soufflet is a diversified agribusiness group based in France, engaged in malting, milling, trading, agricultural inputs distribution, as well as bakery business.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Soufflet Agro Polska Client -
- - - - Soufflet Agro Ukraine Client -
- - - - Soufflet Finances SNC Client -
- - - - Soufflet Group Parent Company -

Contact Information
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Name: Mr. Olivier Gallay
Email: ogallay@soufflet.com
Tell: +33 325 39 41 11
Website: www.soufflet.com

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD
The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent. You can contact the PCM at pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form, http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en. You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html.

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