Soufflet Corp (IFC-45465)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Bulgaria
  • Kazakhstan
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Ukraine
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
Completed
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
Sep 28, 2021
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
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)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 58.89 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 50
Converted using 2021-08-16 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 58.89 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 50
Converted using 2021-08-16 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Apr 22, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Aug 16, 2021

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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.

This project will enable Soufflet to support farmers by funding their inputs either directly or through in-kind pre-financing by providing agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds, fertilizers, crop protection products) to countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asian (ECA) region, including Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. 

The investment is a Euro 50 million A-Loan (“the IFC Loan”) to Soufflet, a longstanding IFC client. At the time this is IFC’s 6th investment with Soufflet.

Investment Description
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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 IFC: Established over a century ago, the Soufflet Group (“Soufflet” or “Company”) is a well-diversified and vertically integrated agribusiness group in the wheat and barley value chains. It is France’s #1 grain originator and input distributor, one of France’s largest grain exporters, and the 2nd largest maltster in the world. 

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Soufflet Finances SNC Client Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Information
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Name: Soufflet Group Communication

Address: Quai du General Sarrail, 10400 Nogent sur Seine Cedex, France

Tel: +33 3 25 39 41 11

Email: FINCOM@SOUFFLET.COM

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