Founded in 1898, Rabobank Group (“Rabobank” or the “Bank”) is a full-range financial services provider founded on cooperative principles. Rabobank is a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking. The Group comprises 161 independent local Dutch Rabobanks, a central organization (Rabobank Nederland), and a large number of specialized international offices and subsidiaries. Food & Agribusiness is the international prime focus of the Rabobank Group. With total assets of €568 billion as of June 2008 and €32 billion in equity, Rabobank is rated AAA by Moody’s and Aaa by Standard & Poor’s and is one of the world’s fifteen largest financial institutions in terms of Tier 1 Capital. Today Rabobank has 349 offices in 43 different countries, and employs over 60,000 staff. The Rabobank Group provides approximately USD9 billion annually in trade finance products and trade related facilities to financial institutions in emerging markets. One of Rabobank’s key global wholesale businesses, the Trade & Commodity Finance Group brings together Rabobank’s long term expertise in agricultural commodities, export finance, as well as energy and metals finance. Rabobank has made a strong commitment to the trade finance sector and has integrated this business into its core business model.

As part of IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Program, the funding to Rabobank International will be for up to USD500 million to support the extension of funded trade financing to Rabobank’s clients.

150.0 million (USD)

Product Line	IFC Investment (million USD)
Risk Management
Guarantee
Loan	150.0
Equity

* These investment figures are indicative

Rabobank is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The project is expected to have a significant development impact by increasing funding for trade of consumer goods, intermediate goods, smaller machinery, and commodities demanded by emerging market’s enterprises.

IFC’s global franchise in financial markets will be critical to the project’s success in leveraging trade volumes, expanding new markets, and providing liquidity that will enable the financing of agricultural and manufacturing supply chains.

This project involves IFC support for the business of Trade Finance. This is a Category C project according to IFC''s Environmental & Social Review Procedure. Each trade pool will be supported by underlying documentation with the designated bank. The agreement with Rabobank International will specify that the underlying goods to the transaction will meet the requirements of the IFC Exclusion List and require the Bank to report on implementation on an annual basis. IFC will review the details of the underlying trade transactions.