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Bulgaria to Take EUR 360 M Loan via Deutsche Bank
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Bulgaria and Deutsche Bank have agreed on a EUR 360 M Schuldschein loan to finance the country's budget shortfall, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
Deutsche Bank and Raiffeisen Bank International are the arrangers of the Schuldschein loan, which is not well known in Bulgaria and is used to raise capital from both private corporations, municipalities and states.
"On November 4, 2013 Bulgaria's Finance Minister Petar Chobanov has signed promissory note loan contracts (Shuldscheindarlehen) maturing in 2020, 2023 and 2028 with fixed interest rates with Deutsche Bank acting as creditor and payment agent," the ministry said in a statement.
The loan agreement envisages three tranches of seven, 10 and 15 years paying fixed rate interest rates.
The loan agreement is yet to be ratified by Bulgaria's parliament.
Last month it emerged that Bulgaria’s government has invited offers from ten German banks and Minister Petar Chobanov, who will be in charge of placing debt under German legislation, is expected to pick the one with the lowest fee.
Economists have said the proposed loan is cheaper and faster to arrange.
“Obtaining additional external financing by placing debt under German legislation will lead to diversification of debt funding sources and the investor base of the Bulgarian public debt.
This will also prevent concentration of future debt payments,” the government said in a statement.
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