Senior Loan (Non-Convertible) - Unibank

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Project ID 40360

Status Complete

Location

Azerbaijan

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

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

Project ID 40360

Status Complete

Location

Azerbaijan

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

16 Jun 2009

Disclosure date

06 May 2009

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 EBRD is considering providing a financing package of up to USD 83 million to Unibank in the form of equity, convertible bonds and senior debt. The package is envisaged to be co-financed by Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (‘DEG’), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (‘FMO’), and the Development Bank of Austria (‘OeEB’).

The new financing will create a foundation for the growth of one of Azerbaijan’s leading independent commercial banks.

Transition Impact

This project is expected to have a significant transition impact, which is stems from:

Supporting the development of a leading private bank in Azerbaijan. Unibank has an excellent record of performance and growth since its formation in 2002. With the proposed package, EBRD will support a successful and promising bank as it develops into a credible competitor to the state-dominated market.
Demonstration of new replicable behaviour and activities. The convertible bond is a new product for the Azeri banking sector, which will increase the availability of financial instruments that other banks can use to finance their activities.

The Client

Unibank is one of the leading private, independent commercial banks in Azerbaijan with total assets of USD 513 million and total equity of USD 56 million as of 31 December 2008. Unibank is 75% owned by three local individuals, 15% by EBRD and 8% by DEG.

EBRD Finance

EBRD will provide Unibank with USD 37 million new financing in the form of :

Senior Debt in the amount of USD 18.5 million ( the remaining USD 32.5 million to be financed by DEG, FMO, and OeEB)
Convertible Bond in the amount of USD 17.5 million (the remaining USD 7.5 million to be financed by DEG)
Equity investment in the amount of USD 1.1 million

Project Cost

USD 37 million.

Environmental Impact

Screened FI. Currently Unibank applies its environmental and social risk management procedures only to transactions financed under EBRD and other international credit lines. Unibank will need to review its existing procedures in the context of the new EBRD Performance Requirements and ensure that acceptable environmental procedures are applied across the entire commercial lending portfolio. Unibank should ensure that its human resource policies are compliant with EBRD's Performance Requirement 2 on Labour and Working Conditions and develop a plan of action to achieve compliance in a reasonable time. Such compliance includes the implementation of a grievance mechanism for employees. Unibank shall not finance any activities included in the EBRD's Exclusion List: Unibank shall submit to the Bank annual environmental reports on implementation of the environmental and social procedures and Performance Requirements 2 and 9.

Technical Cooperation

It is envisaged that EBRD will provide consultancy funds of up to EUR 50,000 to support the implementation of a Corrective Action Plan at Unibank.

The Plan will focus on improvement of risk management and development of a long-term sustainable funding base through the expansion of Unibank’s local deposit base.

Company Contact

Faig Huseynov
Chairman of the Executive Board
Unibank

tel:0099412 4982244
fax:0099412 4980953
E-mail: email: fh@unibank.az

Transition impact

ETI Score:60

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

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