PROJECT

Projects

Summary of Investment Information

Project Number

46251

Company Name

COCA COLA BEVERAGES PAKISTAN LIMITED

Date SPI Disclosed

Aug 16, 2023

Country

Pakistan

Region

Middle East

Projected Board Date

Mar 16, 2022

Environmental Category

B - Limited

Status

Active

Last Updated Date

Aug 16, 2023

Department

CM5PO - Regional Industry MAS MCT/MAS MCT Portfolio

Industry

Agribusiness and Forestry

Previous Events

Approved : Mar 16, 2022
Signed : Nov 1, 2022
Invested : Dec 13, 2022

Sector

Soft Drink

Project Description

  In 2022, IFC committed a new senior unsecured A-Loan (the ‘IFC Loan’) of up to US$40 million eqvt. to Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (‘CCBPL’ or the ‘Company’), to refinance the outstanding balance of IFC's existing loan to the Company and top up the overall Loan amount. The IFC Loan will i) fund CCBPL's expanded working capital needs, which have arisen due to COVID; ii) partially finance the Company's capital expenditure program, which COVID delayed; and iii) facilitate a long-term cross-currency swap to hedge the Company's hard currency debt exposure against the anticipated Pakistan Rupee (‘PKR’) devaluation (the ‘Project’).

                   

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