INTERMARCHE - PEKAO FRAMEWORK FINANCING

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Project ID 28520

Status Complete

Location

Poland

Business Sector

Food and Agribusiness

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 28520

Status Complete

Location

Poland

Business Sector

Food and Agribusiness

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

02 Sep 2003

Disclosure date

31 Jul 2003

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

The proposed project would be a 50% co-financing facility with Bank Pekao SA. The funds would be used to finance franchisees of the Intermarché group to build new food and DIY supermarkets across Poland.

Transition Impact

Support for local entrepreneurship: The project will finance a network of SMEs led by Polish entrepreneurs. The Intermarché business model offers the possibility for talented individuals to build a substantial business with training and technical support from the Intermarché group. In addition, the entrepreneurs will be given the opportunity to participate in the corporate governance of a large international group such as Intermarché.
Expansion of an innovative corporate structure. This business model, which associates the individual features of SME companies (entrepreneurial risk taking), franchises (concept, quality control) and co-operatives (bargaining power, logistics, IT support) is well suited for Poland with its potential to be replicated by local SMEs both in and outside the retail sector.
Dissemination of modern retail methods across Poland. The Intermarché retail outlets are situated in smaller cities and rural areas, where the penetration of modern retail methods has been weak so far.
Backward linkages. Retail chains in general play an important role in the whole food chain development. Establishment of links between new Intermarché outlets in smaller cities and rural areas will expose local agricultural producers for the first time to terms and conditions of a modern retail chain.

The Client

Beneficiaries will be Intermarché or Bricomarche retail outlets set up by entrepreneurs. The supermarkets will operate under franchise agreement from the sponsor. Bank Pekao SA will appraise the loan applications and extend loans to individual supermarkets.

EBRD Finance

EBRD will co-finance 50% of each individual loan up to an aggregate total of PLN 100 million.

Project Cost

The total loan facility will amount to PLN 200 million.

Environmental Impact

Bank Pekao, a signatory to the UNEP Statement on Bank and the Environment, is implementing the Bank's "Environmental Procedures for Intermediated Lending through Local Banks" throughout its activities in the context of the existing project. Besides continuing to implement Environmental Procedures throughout its activities, it will be required to implement EBRD's "Environmental Procedures for Franchising" for the sub-projects under the Facility by ensuring that sub-projects comply with Polish environmental, health and safety standards and requirements, adhering the Bank's Environmental Exclusion and Referral List, reporting annually to the Bank on the implementation of the environmental procedures, and immediately notifying the Bank any environmental, health and safety-related material damages and losses associated with the project.

Technical Cooperation

None.

Company Contact

Intermarché website: www.itmentreprises.fr

C/o: Philippe Belot, EBRD Warsaw
Tel. +48 22 520 57 00
Email: belotp@waw.ebrd.com

Transition impact

ETI Score:35

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

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No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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