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EBRD Agribusiness and Western Balkans. Serbia, November 2007. What is the EBRD?. International financial institution established in 1991 with headquarters in London Promotes transition to market economies in 29 countries from central Europe to central Asia
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EBRD Agribusiness and Western Balkans Serbia, November 2007
What is the EBRD? • International financial institution established in 1991 with headquarters in London • Promotes transition to market economies in 29 countries from central Europe to central Asia • Owned by 61 countries and two inter-governmental institutions • Capital base of €20 billion Cumulative commitments €34.9 billion Unaudited June 2007
Active in all countries of operations Cumulative commitments €34.9 billion Southeast Europe 22% Central Asia 7% Russia 26% Central Europe & Baltics 32% Eastern Europe & Caucasus13% Unaudited June 2007
Serbia: Bank’s activities • Country of operation since 2001 • Local presence with fully fledged Resident Office and a resident Director • Total commitments of € 1,164M • Total of 72 approved projects
Serbia: Project portfolio - € 987.8M € million 433 339 555 115 Undrawn commitments Portfolio As of 31 August 2007
Serbia: Commitments by sector – € 1,164M Financial Institutions 24% General Industry 8% Transport 25% Agribusiness 9% Property & Tourism 5% Telecoms 2% MEI 11% Power & Energy 15% As of 31 August 2007
Serbia: List of Bank’s major projects • Private Sector • Hemofarm, pharmaceuticals • Financial institutions (Komercijalna banka, Raiffeisenbank a.d., Societe Generale Yugoslav Bank, Procredit Bank, Volksbank a.d., Metals Banka, Cacanska Banka, UniCredit Bank, Opportunity Banka) • Ball Packaging • GTC Belgrade • Sevojno Rolling Mill • Soko Stark • Nectar • JKR Resource • Victoria Group (Sojaprotein) • SBB – Serbian Cable Operator • Frikom A.D. • Public Sector • Serbia Railways: Rolingstock • Sava river crossing • Road recovery and Novi Sad to Belgrade Motorway project • EPS • Municipal Infrastructure Reconstruction Programme (Belgrade, Subotica, Nis, Novi Sad, Kragujevac) • Future Air Traffic Management Modernisation & Upgrading System
333 projects signed with value of €4.7 bln Growing annual commitments 28 bankers from 19 counties 8 bankers based / or to be based in ROs Update on Agribusiness The EBRD annual investments in the Agribusiness sector (Million EUR)
EBRD & Agribusiness: Food Chain Upstream Downstream Agricultural inputs& production Primary & secondary processing Retail &Food Service Packaging &distribution
Agribusiness Clients Extensive experience in cooperating with the leading Agribusiness and FMCG corporates of the entire food chain. We are working with local and international clients with many follow on projects.
Agribusiness in WB – Past Success • The Agribusiness team has always worked with the leaders in each sub-sector, understanding the markets and the client needs • Successful transactions include : • Agrokor, Croatia EUR 110 million equity • Victoria Group, Serbia EUR 45 million debt • Vitaminka, Macedonia EUR 4 million debt • Soko Stark – Droga Kolinksa EUR 10 million debt • Relatively few failures – Fresh & Co, Serbia
EBRD 3 Key Fundamentals • Sound Banking • Transition Impact • Additionality
At the same time EBRD helps... • To establish and comply with high enviornmental standards (EU/WB) • To promote and achieve energy efficiency savings (EE audit for free and financing EE sustainable projects) • Governments with improvement of regulatory framework to enhance market economy (e.g. Warehouse Receipt Law, free trade regime etc.)
How to Grow Successfully? • High Business Standards Establish high business standards at an early stage to make the business attractive for potential investors • Flexible financing platform Develop a flexible financing platform (debt & equity) to fulfil company’s corporate strategy • Right financing for your business Choose the appropriate financial instruments and sources to fund your current and future business needs
Financial Instruments-EBRD unique institution as a provider of both debt and equity financing
Contact EBRD, Agribusiness Gilles Mettetal, Director, Agribusiness Team Tel.: +44 20 7338 7122 E-mail: mettetag@ebrd.com Miljan Zdrale, Banker, Agribusiness Team Tel.: +44 20 7338 7871 E-mail: zdralem@ebrd.com
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