Project Description
A Resilience and Livelihoods Guarantee (RLG) in the form of an unfunded risk-sharing instrument covering up to 50 per cent of the credit risk in newly originated sub-loans with the total value of €120 million equivalent (the “Covered Portfolio”) to be originated by PrivatBank in Ukraine subject to total 50 per cent portfolio cap.
The Project will include a sub-limit under the SME Competitiveness Programme in the European Union’s (EU) Eastern Partnership (“EaP SMEC” sub-limit, assigned with a separate EBRD project number 54451) of €24 million or 20% of the Covered Portfolio to finance long term capital investments of micro-, small-, and medium sized enterprises (MSME) to upgrade their technologies and equipment to EU standards, including investments in sustainable and green technologies (70% of EaP SMEC sub-limit), thereby enhancing businesses’ competitiveness. Eligible sub-borrowers will also receive technical assistance funded by the EU and grant support in the form of investment incentives upon the completion of their investment projects
Project Objectives
The facility will be used to support lending to Ukrainian private companies (predominnatly micro-, small-, and medium sized enterprises) operating in the primary and secondary agriculture and other critical industries (inter alia food processing, retail, logistics), with the ultimate goal of preserving livelihoods in Ukraine.
Transition Impact
The Facility will support the Resilient and Inclusive TI qualities.
The Resilient quality stems from credit enhancement mechanism provided by the RLG, which enables PrivatBank to finance Ukrainian agricultural value chains and other critical industries to preserve food security, retain jobs, support family incomes, maintain consumption and access to food as a vital step in safeguarding people’s livelihoods and to reduce losses due to supply chain disruptions, while shielding their loan portfolio from excessive risk prevailing in the current volatile conditions. The Facility will also support the Inclusive quality by providing funding to the Ukrainian businesses affected by the war, aimed at safeguarding their human and organisational capital.
Client Information
PRIVATBANK
PrivatBank is fully owned by the state and is the largest systemically important bank in Ukraine with 23 per cent of market share by assets (US$ 15 billion) at YE2022. It specializes in servicing retail and MSMEs clients through a country-wide network of 1,200 branches and 7,300 ATMs.
EBRD Finance Summary
EUR 30,000,000
Total Project Cost
EUR 120,000,000
Additionality
Response to the war in Ukraine: the Facility is provided in the extraordinary circumstances of the ongoing war on Ukraine, serving as a significant risk mitigating instrument to enable financing of critical industries.
Environmental and Social Summary
Categorised FI (ESP 2019). PrivatBank is a new client and will be required to comply with PRs 2, 4 & 9, and implement and comply with the relevant EBRD’s Environmental & Social (E&S) Procedures and submit annual environmental and social reports to the Bank. PrivatBank’s sub-borrowers will be required to comply with applicable national environmental, health and safety and labour requirements. The environmental and social due diligence will include a review of the E&S due diligence questionnaire and an interview with relevant personnel if required.
Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing
Non-TC: The project is approved on the basis of minimum 50 per cent of donor funding coverage as the first loss risk cover in the amount of €15 million (50 per cent of the EBRD’s risk share).
TC and non-TC under EaP SMEC sub-limit: MSME sub-borrowers will benefit from EU-funded financial incentives (up to 30 per cent of the lower of sub-loan disbursed amount or investment cost) for eligible sub-projects, while the bank will receive technical assistance from dedicated consultants towards investment projects preparation and implementation.
Company Contact Information
Evgeny Zaigraiev
[email protected]
+38-073-716-11-31
https://en.privatbank.ua/
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY COMMERCIAL BANK PRIVATBANK
Legal address: 1d Hrushevskoho Str., Kyiv, 01001, Ukraine
Address for correspondence: 30, Naberezhna Peremogy str., Dnipro, 49094, Ukraine
PSD last updated
03 May 2023
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Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)
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