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RSB IV Project This proposal comprises two independent Projects with Russian Standard Bank, (RSB, or the Bank), Russias leading retail bank and an existing client of IFC:  Loan Facility:  The first project comprises A and B loans totaling $100 million to RSB.  Mezzanine investment in securitization:  The second project comprises an investment of about $30 million in credit enhancement to support a proposed securitization of consumer loans by RSB.  Both of the above transactions build on IFCs existing successful investments in RSB, both equity and debt, and represent an effort by IFC to play a mobilization role to source funding for RSB, while limiting direct IFC funding to the Bank.   The Bank:  RSB is a large-sized rapidly growing private Russian bank and one of the leading consumer finance banks in Russia, with a unique point-of-sale (POS) consumer finance business model. RSB sells its financial products and services, comprising POS loans, credit card loans, and car loans to consumers through partner retail shops. RSB started its operations in Moscow in 1999 and has since expanded into various regions of Russia. RSB now operates through its network of 21 branches in Moscow and other regions in Russia, 13 regional centers, 158 representative offices in other major Russian cities representing 93% of Russias population and over 21,500 POS. RSBs strategic objective is to broaden its distribution network by extending its business to all of the major Russian regions and to provide a wider group of customers with a full range of consumer finance products.
Trio Invest LLC Trio Invest LLC (the Company) is building an A-class automated low temperature warehouse and distribution facility with storage capacity of about 22,000 metric tons, or about 24,000 pallets of frozen and processed meat products, fish, and vegetables.  The Company will provide loading, unloading of pallets and cartons, storage, sorting and picking, and palletizing services.  The facility is planned for completion by the first half of 2008.
BGK Project Belgrankorm Holding Ltd. (BGK or the company), one of the leading agro-industrial meat producers in Russia, has requested IFCs assistance in financing its corporate-wide expansion aimed at satisfying rapidly growing domestic demand via doubling production of meat, grain and milk by 2010.   The project involves:  - expansion of poultry breeder, broiler farms and hatcheries;  - start up of a new poultry production complex in Northern Russia;  - expansion of growing pig farms;  - construction of a pork slaughter house and processing plant;  - expansion of dairy farms;  - expansion of crop land for grain growing;  - acquisition of agricultural machinery and equipment;  - expansion of feed mill capacity, and  - working capital increase and refinancing of the existing debt. The project will strengthen and expand the capacity of a modern competitive poultry producer and will improve its efficiencies. The company operates in a rural part of Central Russia, a region with lower income population; its growth will benefit local communities through direct and indirect job creation, training, and education opportunities. The project will contribute to the substitution of poultry meat imports, and to the expansion of chilled poultry segment in Russia.
NBD SME Frontier IFC and NBD Bank (the Company) shall realize a 1 billion Russian ruble program of expanding SME finance in frontier regions of the Central part of Russia (NBD SME Frontier or the Project). The proposed IFCs investment consists of a senior local currency loan of up to 500 million Russian rubles (approximately up to $17 million equivalent) up to 5 years to finance SMEs in frontier regions of the Central part of Russia. NBD shall match IFC funding by investing additional 500 million Russian rubles (approximately up to $17 million equivalent) from its own sources. The Project is expected to have a high developmental impact on account of (a) providing access to finance to the Russian SME sector; (b) contribute to new employment generation in small towns of the Central part of Russia.
RBRU DPR Project IFC proposes to invest up to US$75 million (up to 7 years) in ZAO Raiffeisenbanks (the Bank or RBRU) Diversified Payment Rights (DPR) securitization. IFC will play the role of a lead investor, which will significantly contribute to the deal reaching the issuance amount of up to US$250 million. The proceeds from IFCs investment would be directed towards on-lending to subnational entities to support their investment in the essential economic and social infrastructure, and SMEs. The proposed Project is expected to have a number of the development impacts: 1. Capital market development: As the first DPR securitization out of Russia since the crisis, this would provide an important signaling effect to the market and could set the stage for subsequent Russian DPRs. 2. The deal would create a long-term funding source for the Bank. 3. The Project is expected to positively impact private sector development by increasing access to finance for SMEs.  Long-term financing is crucial for the sustainable development of the private sector across the country that would result in improved economic development and improved living conditions.  4. The Project would contribute to the objective of commercial long-term lending without sovereign guarantees to well-performing subnational entities to support their investment in the essential economic and social infrastructure. 5.    Demonstration effect: A succesful closing with the participation of other IFI''s could be used as a model for replication with other Western European banks with emerging market subsidiaries.
ATB Far East Rus Asian Pacific Bank (ATB or the Bank) is a mid-sized Russian regional private bank headquartered in Blagoveshchensk, the capital of the Amur region. It has presence in the frontier regions of the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia. It holds the seventh largest market share in terms of total assets among 53 banks registered in the Far East region. The bank is mainly engaged in retail lending operations. The bank has a well-diversified regional branch network across five sub-regions of Russias Far East Federal District and has recently expanded into sub-regions of the Siberian Federal District.   This project comprises a financial package of a loan and equity. The project will have strong development impacts. It will:  - support regional expansion of ATB in a frontier and underserved region of Russias Far East and Eastern Siberia; - share IFCs global expertise with the Bank in introducing best practices of corporate governance, SME, mortgage, and trade finance; - deepen the financial market in Russia by enhancing access to finance to ATB and thus, to millions of people and corporates resided in the Far East and Eastern Siberia of Russia.
North-Western Shipping North Western Shipping Company (NWSC or the company) is one of Russias largest river and sea shipping companies with a focus on the northern trading areas. It was originally founded in 1923. The proposed project will support the financing of the companys vessel renewal program.
Industry & Construction Bank The proposed investment is part of the Russian multi-bank credit line project to provide funding to several regional banks in Russia.  Established in 1990, ICB is among the largest commercial banks in Russia.  In 2001, ICB was named bank of the year for its dynamic development and it is among the strongest retail banks in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.  As of December 31, 2001, the banks preliminary unaudited total assets amounted to US$1.0 billion and capital to US$116.9 million equivalent calculated according to IAS (except for IAS 39).       Currently, there are virtually no commercial sources of long-term funding for Russian banks, unless they belong to one of the large financial industrial groups. IFC''s financing will enable ICB to expand its lending activities to the mid-sized enterprises in the region.      The Russian financial sector is underdeveloped and does not function efficiently in either mobilizing or allocating resources.  The resulting shortage of financing is a major constraint to the development of a productive sector of the economy.  This project will contribute to rehabilitating and restoring confidence in the sector by helping a regional viable bank and will provide credit to help the development of regional productive enterprises.  The investment will also allow the bank to increase its lending, with longer maturities, to mid-sized Russian corporates, thus supporting a sector of the economy which will be a key to achieving sustained economic growth and generating employment in the next few years.
OOO Kronospan Established in April 2002 and July 2002 respectively, OOO Kronospan and OOO Kronohim (together the company or the borrowers) are limited liability companies incorporated in the Russian Federation. The proposed investment program is to set up: 

-  a 140,000 cubic meters per year medium density fiberboard (MDF) line (under construction); 
-  a second 175,000 cubic meters per year MDF line, and 
-  a 80,000 tons/year resin plant.
Center-invest This investment is part of the Russian Multi-Bank Credit Line project to provide funding to several regional banks in Russia.  Center-invest was established in 1992 and is the largest local bank in the Rostov region.  The bank focuses its activities on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs. Its retail lending operations are limited.  As of  March 31, 2001, the bank''s total assets amounted to US$34.6 million equivalent and capital to US$7.5 million equivalent.     Currently, there are virtually no commercial sources of long-term funding for Russian banks, unless they belong to one of the large financial industrial groups. IFC''s financing will enable Center-invest to expand its lending activities to the local SME sector and to mid-sized enterprises in the region. This financing will be combined with a program of technical assistance to improve the bank''s operations.     The Russian financial sector is seriously underdeveloped and does not function efficiently in either mobilizing or allocating resources.  The resulting shortage of financing is a major constraint to the development of a productive sector of the economy.  This project will contribute to rehabilitating and restoring confidence in the sector by helping a regional viable bank and will provide credit to help the development of regional productive enterprises.  The investment will also allow the bank to increase its lending, with longer maturities, to small and mid sized Russian corporates, thus supporting a sector of the economy which will be a key to achieving sustained economic growth and generating employment in the next few years.
Locko Bank Project The project consists of a senior loan of up to $10 million for on-lending to small- and medium-sized companies, an equity investment of up to $20 million, and a trade finance facility of up to $5 million to LOCKO-Bank (LOCKO-Bank or the Bank), a medium-sized Moscow based bank specializing in lending to SMEs. IFC financing would support the Banks strategy, recognize its commitment to improving corporate governance standards, and increase its ability to offer longer-term loans to SME clients.
Sodrugestvo United Trading A/S (or the company) is a holding of the Sodrugestvo group of companies, the largest importer and distributor of animal nutrition products in Russia. The company is developing local soy bean crushing capacity to capture additional processing margins, to optimize the efficiency of trade logistics, and to improve service to its existing clients, the Russian livestock producers.  The project is to complete the construction of:  - the companys own specialized agricultural commodities port in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia;  - two soybean/rapeseed crushing plants,  - an edible soybean oil refinery; and  - provide permanent working capital. The companys port presents a significant upgrade over existing facilities in Kaliningrad, utilizing modern equipment to efficiently load and unload freight vessels.  By processing soybeans in its port, the company will be able to increase the efficiencies of logistics and improve service to its clients by reducing delivery times and improving product quality.  In addition to improving its own operational efficiencies, the company plans to offer port services to third parties in Kaliningrad, thus provide benefits to other agricultural commodity traders.  Currently the company employs about 550 staff. It is expected that the project will generate a minimum of 100 additional positions, mostly unskilled. The company offers training especially for key operations management positions which do not have an equivalent in the local market.  The company is expected to be the largest local rapeseed buyer purchasing raw materials directly from local farmers once the rapeseed crushing facility is completed.  The company has begun to improve its corporate management, governance, and business transparency, including the adoption of IFRS reporting standards.  The company understands the need to improve corporate governance further and is expected to attract independent international industry expertise to the Board.
Samara region The Project is to support Samara Regions investments in educational sector, which involve new construction and reconstruction of kindergartens and schools during 2012-2013. The Project is aimed at increasing access of children to and quality of preschool, primary and secondary education by reconstruction of public education facilities in dilapidated conditions and construction of new facilities. The Project will improve access and quality of essential social infrastructure in Samara Region by increasing the number, capacity and quality of education facilities. With the implementation of the Project the coverage of children with preschool education will increase from 64% to 66% and the total waiting list for preschool education services will decrease by 6%. Around 7.000 students of primary and secondary schools will achieve access to modern learning spaces. The Project is also expected to contribute to female inclusion in the workforce by creating direct jobs for preschool educators and caregivers and increasing labor force participation for young mothers.
OOO Vladpivo Ltd OJSC Pivoindustria Primoriva (PIP or the company) is the only brewery located in the Russian Far East capital city of Vladivostok. Its nearest competitors are located 750 Kilometers away in Khabarovsk. The project, which will be implemented in two phases, involves a $58 million investment program for the following:    -  acquisition of PIP by the Sponsors;    -  upgrading of PIPs facilities and expand its current production capacity to 1.5 million Hectoliters (HL) p.afrom the present 720,000 HLby 2008;    -  settlement of $14 million in old debt; and    -  provision of the necessary working capital.     The project also includes plans to improve product quality, revive existing brands and develop new brands for PIP.  The project will enable PIP to become the leading brewer in Vladivostok city and the surrounding Primorye krai markets, serving a population of 2.2 million people.
ZAO Stora Enso II ZAO Stora Enso Packaging is a Russian subsidiary of Stora Enso Packaging OY. The existing company management has proven fully capable in the fast developing Russian corrugated board market, and has emerged as a market leader.  This is due mainly to the sponsor, which has extensive experience in corrugated board manufacturing and has extensive experience in Central and Eastern Europe.  In order to satisfy increasing demand for its product, the company is undertaking an expansion. The project foresees an increase in the company''s production capacity from  current 70 million sqm/year (33, 390 mt/year) to 105 million sqm/year (50, 085 mt/year).    IFC''s role in this project is to provide continued, substantive support to its client in an uncertain environment and mitigate political risk.    The project will enhance the positive demonstration effect for local businesses that ZAO Stora Enso has already achieved through their best practice production and environmental practices. IFC estimates that as a result of the expansion, ZAO Stora Enso, located in Moscow''s poorer neighboring region, Kaluga, will increase its workforce by an additional 90 people, to a total of 240 people by the end of 2002 (the Company employed 150 people at FYE 2000).  Indirectly, the local business community will greatly benefit from the project as a nucleus of regional development.  It will also help create jobs and improve infrastructure in many key upstream and downstream businesses.
Chuvash Republic The Chuvash Republic is a regional government in the Russian Federation located 650 km east of Moscow on the Volga River with the population of 1.3 million people. The Republics Gross Regional Product (GRP) is RUR60.7 billion ($2.12 billion).  Industry has a large share in the GRP composition at 30.2%, while agriculture constitutes 12.5%.  Machine building and metal processing dominate in industrial production - in 2004 their share was 45%.  The purpose of the project is to help the Republic raise long-term financing for essential infrastructure investments.  The proceeds of the bond will be used to finance the Republics Targeted Investment Program for the calendar year 2006, which totals RUR1,433 million ($50.4 million) and includes mainly investments in water supply, housing and road construction projects.  This project is the Municipal Funds first investment in the Russian Federation.
De Novo Cloud The Project will assist De Novo Overseas Holdings Limited (De Novo of the Company) to finance capital and operating requirements for the launch and development of cloud services in Russia over the next 9-12 months.  De Novo is a 5-year old IT services company offering data center co-location services, managed hosting, cloud services, and IT systems/application management and integration to Ukrainian corporates with a focus on banks.  De Novos datacenter is a 3 year old initiative being implemented in Kiev, Ukraine, by the Company, and is the first DC compliant to the Uptime Institutes TIA-942 standard and categorized as Tier III in Ukraine.  De Novo was founded in 2008 by Mr. Maxim Ageyev, the former president of Kvazar-Micro, one of the largest information technology companies in Ukraine and the CIS region that was acquired by Sitronics (Russia) in 2004.  The Company is headquartered in Kiev, employs 80 people and has a team of highly-qualified professionals with IT industry experience of over ten years. The Project is expected to have the following development impact: Private Sector Development: 1) the project supports the growth of an innovative successful local IT company; 2) the provision of cloud services in Russia will allow De Novo''s customers to reduce capex and operational costs freeing up cash to invest in their core business; and 3) IFC''s financing will help De Novo expand quicker in local and regional markets, as well as in high growth IT sub-sectors such as cloud services. Employment generation: New high-income jobs will be created due to the implementation of this project.
Sonic Duo Project Sonic Duo was established to offer GSM mobile cellular services in the Moscow license area, covering the city of Moscow and the Moscow Oblast.  In May 2000, Sonic Duo received the third cellular license in Moscow to offer GSM cellular services in the 900/1800 MHz frequency range.  This project would help the company build out its network and provide GSM cellular service to the area.    This project will help increase the country''s wireless penetration directly by spurring competition in the Moscow license area, and also indirectly, by promoting additional investment and growth to other areas of Russia through the demonstration effect, attracting other telecommunications operators as the market and industry mature.       IFC would provide long-term financing for its own account and for the account of participant banks, which is not otherwise available.  At present, long-term commercial financing is not available in Russia, particularly on the tenor and conditions necessary to finance a major infrastructure project.  The project would therefore mobilize foreign direct investment in Russia, providing a demonstrative effect by showing that longer-term financing is available in the country on a project finance basis for non-export driven projects.
Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky Municipality The proposed project involves implementation of a program of capital investments in local infrastructure by the Municipality of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (MPK) in Russia. The key areas of investment are roads, health, education and housing and communal services. 

In 2007 and 2008 MPK has envisaged rehabilitating 86 km of the main streets.  In addition, the City also plans to undertake some more comprehensive road reconstruction work involving dismantling and replacement of the old road pavement in 2008. MPK will also upgrade its social infrastructure through modernization and re-equipping municipal health and education facilities and essential renovations of the municipal housing. The following are expected to be the main developmental impacts of the project:

- help contribute to economic growth and the competitiveness of local firms by improving the local infrastructure, 
- allow MPK to better match its liabilities with the expected benefits of its infrastructure investments over their service life and free up resources for additional productive investments, 
- extend MPKs credit history.  Accompanying technical assistance will help MPK improve its procurement practices and support its efforts to improve effectiveness of financial management.
BCEN-EuroBank The weakness of Russias financial sector and its inability to mobilize and allocate resources efficiently are major constraints on Russias ability to sustain macro-economic growth over the long term. This, combined with the lack of access to international debt markets and the limited availability of long term funding, are major impediments to its overall economic growth.  As a result, Russian private sector companies and exporters are prevented from making much needed capital investments as well as obtaining import and export financing for their products. Following the recent upturn in Russias economy, Russian companies are seeing emerging opportunities recorded in the increased level of trade between Western countries and Russia. The proposed project will help BCEN-EuroBank (or the bank) to provide critically lacking term resources and trade lines to private Russian corporations. In addition, by providing term resources at time when the bank is going through a transition from state to private ownership, IFC will lend credibility to BCEN-EuroBank and enhance its privatization prospects. It is expected that ultimately, the success of the privatization will free up resources from the public sector and lay the groundwork for creating a sustainable private sector bank.