European Investment Bank Project bonds – a guide
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of Funds and Hedging
An arrangement fee will apply, plus
commitment fees equal to 50% of
margin. Commitment fees may not
always be applicable, as EIB
envisages the proceeds being drawn
upfront and deposited in an escrow
account.
account providers to have a minimum
credit requirement.
However, EIB may also consider
allowing funded mezzanine debt to
be drawn into the project company
towards the end of the construction
period, at a time when a majority of
the senior bond proceeds have been
utilized
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. Any
adjustment
mezzanine debt will be set by EIB at
financial close.
I
nterest during construction on
funded PBCE will need to be payable
in cash, not capitalised/rolled up into
the loan balance.
In the event that funded PBCE is
prepaid, breakage costs will apply.
It is expected that, the Letter of Credit fee
will typically be paid
close with no on-going
arrangement fee will apply but there will be
no commitment fees.
Should the Letter of Credit be drawn, the
EIB’s cost of funds adjustment
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and a
credit margin will be added to the
reference rate.
adjustment will on
of the drawdown and margins will be set at
financial close in line with market
conditions.
As the facility will be repaid on a cash-
sweep basis, no hedging will be
implemented at the time of the drawdown.
Drawn PBCE will therefore
rate facility with a reference rate based on
the periodicity of Senior Bond debt service
(e.g. quarterly, semi-annual).
Repayment
It is expected that funded PBCE will
have a scheduled amortisation profile
based on sculpted repayments pro
rata to the Senior Bond.
Repayment of the PBCE will
generally
time as
repayments
- Repayment term
same as those of the Senior
Bonds.
-
PBCE debt service will be
repaid from cash flows
following
Bond principal and interest
payments and transfers to
senior secured reserve
accounts including the DSRA
- Payments received by the
EIB will be applied firstly to
current interest, second to
capitalised interest and
thirdly to principal
repayment.
It is contemplated that there will be no
specific repayment dates for repayment of
drawn Letter of Credit amounts.
Following drawdown of the Letter of
Credit, EIB will benefit from a full cash
sweep of cash flow after scheduled
Senior Bond principal and interest
payments and transfers to senior secured
reserve accounts, including the DSRA. As
such, any payments in respect of the risk
capital of the project (generally
subordinated debt and/or ordinary share
capital but also potentially contingent
equity) will not be permitted until
outstanding Letter of Credit amounts
(principal and capitalised interest) have
been repaid.
Payments received by the EIB will be
applied firstly to current interest,
secondly to capitalised interest and
thirdly to principal repayments.
Prior to final repayment of the funded
Full cash sweep as set out above will
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In this case EIB would not provide a Letter of Credit in favour of the Senior bond-holders in respect of
supporting deferred mezzanine subscriptions.
16
Similar to EIB Senior Debt, expressed as a premium over LIBOR or EURIBOR and based on the EIB’s
cost of funding itself, not a given project. In contrast from EIB Senior debt, the timing (or eventuality) of
drawdown is unknown and thus the premium cannot be fixed at financial close.