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Excelcomindo – export financing

23 March 2009

Excelling for Indonesian telecoms

Read more: Excelcomindo Standard Chartered RBS EKN Ericsson Indonesia

Excelcomindo – export financing
MLAs: RBS, Standard Chartered Bank
Borrower: PT Excelcomindo Pratama  
Amount: $214 million
ECA: EKN
Tenor: 7 years
Exporter: Ericsson

Moving forward with financing equipment imports for service providers in the emerging markets has become much tougher as the global economic recession has deepened.

But in mid-December 2008, RBS and Standard Chartered Bank successfully closed a $214 million buyer credit facility supported by EKN (The Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board) for Indonesia's PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) for the purchase of telecom equipment and services from Sweden's Ericsson. This is one of the biggest telecoms deals yet seen in the Indonesian market.

The deal was a triumph, not least because of the timing, but...


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