Lionbridge Green (IFC-41378)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • China
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Nation-wide
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Mar 13, 2020
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
LIONBRIDGE FINANCING LEASING (CHINA) CO LTD
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 million
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Loan Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 20.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Aug 20, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Feb 25, 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 the bank document, Lionbridge is established in 2012 and led by a group of leasing experts with extensive industry experience and provides financial leasing and extended operational services to micro/small-enterprises and individuals primarily in the sector of commercial vehicle leasing.

By the end of September 2018, the outstanding leasing receivables of Lionbridge reached RMB 12.72 billion (US$1.9 billion equivalent) which was primarily relating to truck leasing.

According to the management account of the financial statement as of end September 2018, the total asset of Lionbridge was RMB 16.9 billion, and the total equity was RMB 2.7 Billion. 

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The IFC categorized the project risk as 'FI-2'.

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

The proposed project consists of a three year up to US$20 million USD loan from IFC’s own account and potential mobilization.

Financial Intermediary
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Private Actors Description
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Bain Capital acquired the Company in 2014 and is now the controlling shareholder holding 61.76% stake in Lionbridge. The remaining stake is held by Baidu.com (11.11%), Sunshine insurance (11.11%) and the management team (16.02%).

Bain Capital was founded in 1984 and is one of the world’s leading private equity and alternative asset management company with AUM of approximately US$105 billion. Bain Capital’s investment in China mainly focused on the following sectors including consumer products, healthcare, TMT, and financial institutions & services. 

Baidu, Inc., incorporated in 2000, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence. It is one of the largest AI and internet companies in the world. 

Sunshine Insurance Group founded in 2005 is one of the largest insurance companies in China 


Contact Information
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1/Project Contact

Lionbridge Financing Leasing (China) Co., Ltd 
Mr. Jun Wan - CEO 
+86-10-56700777 
wanjun@lionbridgecapital.cn 
Chaoyang District, Beijing.100102 
Websitehttp://www.sqcapital.cn/ 

2/ IFC Contact

General IFC Inquiries
IFC Communications
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20433
Telephone: 202-473-3800
Fax: 202-974-4384

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