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Mriya II Project The project involves providing a three-year renewable working capital facility to Mriya, a leading Ukrainian primary agricultural producer with a proven track record of growing wheat, barley, sugar beet, rapeseed, potatoes, and other crops. The three-year facility will provide financing of inputs needed for agricultural production to produce agricultural commodities for sale to local clients and international traders. IFC''s financing will contribute to the development of a large-scale modern farming operation which will improve land productivity and have a demonstration impact on other neighboring farms.  Mriya''s land and operations are located in Western Ukraine in the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Khmelnitsky regions.  These four regions are amongst the poorest regions in the country. Development impact of the project will be as follows:    Employment: Mriya has approximately 1,002 permanent employees and 623 seasonal employees. The project is expected to increase permanent employment to about 1700 and seasonal employment to about 900. In the western Ukraine where Mriya operates, employment opportunities are scarce. In addition to creating new jobs, Mriya is setting new employment standards in the region by providing benefits to its farm workers such food and housing.    Environmental and Social Standards: As part of the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP), Mriya will implement an ESMS to provide a structured framework to identify and act on environmental and social risks and opportunities in the management of its agricultural operations as well as down-stream in the agricultural value chain, in the operations of the Sponsor-owned affiliated sugar beet processing plants.    Private Sector Development: Mriya sells its products to a well diversified base of final customers and traders. Among them, there currently are about  55 MSME distributors of mainly potatoes, buckwheat, and corn, for final sales on the domestic market. On the purchasing side, Mriya relies on about 27 MSME suppliers, in addition to several large key ones, for deliveries of fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, and spare parts.
Sandora II Project Sandora LLC (Sandora or the company) is a leading manufacturer of branded packaged juices and juice nectars in Ukraine. It owns and operates two fruit processing and two juice and nectars packaging plants located in Southern Ukraine. The proposed project is a program of corporate-wide investments at Sandora aimed at:   - increasing the companys productive capacity; - introducing new plastic and glass packaging; - launching baby food products;  - strengthening fruit processing and concentrate production;  - improving Sandoras distribution network; and  - increasing working capital. The proposed investment program will add new capacity in the companys core juice and nectar packaging and fruit puree processing business.  Modernization, rationalization and capacity expansion of Sandoras production facilities, certification to international standards (HACCP) and strengthening of its local raw material base will allow the company to cater to the growing demand for nectars and juices in Ukraine and abroad, while improving product quality and broadening product range.  The company is and will remain a key contributor to the governments fiscal revenues in the Mykolayiv region. The proposed investment will also help the development of the fruit sector in southern Ukraine by creating consistent demand for local fruits purchased from private small farmers.
CJSC AES Kyivoblenergo & CJSC AES Rivneenergo Following a competitive tender in early 2001, the Government of Ukraine was successful in selling two distribution companies, Kyivoblenergo (KOE) and Rivneenergo (ROE), to AES Washington Holdings B.V. (AES B.V.), an affiliate of AES Corporation (AES).  KOE and ROE together serve 1.2 million customers from a population base of 3 million people. KOE supplies energy to 811,285 customers spread over a 28,400 square kilometer service area in the Kyiv oblast (excluding the city of Kyiv). ROE supplies energy to 404,387 customers spread over a 20,100 square kilometer service area in the Rivne oblast, situated in the northwest of the country.  

KOE and ROE have developed a capital investment program of approximately $80 million to be implemented over the 2005-2008 period.  The capital investment program (the project) as four primary objectives: 

-  reduction of commercial and technical losses; 
-  refurbishment of ageing network equipment; 
-  capacity expansion in high growth areas; and 
-  improvement in management efficiency through investments in communication and information systems.
Kryvyi Rih Trams The Project seeks to provide long term financing to the municipal transport company of the City of Kryvyi Rih (City or KR), Shvidkisniy Tramway (ST or Municipal Company), to modernize the Citys rail system. The financing will be used to procure ~15 tram vehicles and rehabilitate 1.9km of associated tramway line.     The Project is expected to be supported by the Clean Technology Fund (CTF). Stakeholder - Customers: The Project will modernize obsolete tram network infrastructure to improve quality of service and urban mobility. The tram fleet renewal will introduce units that are compliant with best safety and accessibility standards and improve reliability of service that will benefit existing tram users. Environmental Effects: The Project will reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector in Kryvyi Rih due to savings in energy consumption of the new tram fleet. Resilience: The project will increase urban transport resilience by tackling weaknesses that affect transport systems across Ukrainian cities and demonstrating ways of improving financial sustainability of municipal transport companies.
MHP WCF Project The project is to assist Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP or the Company), a vertically integrated and the leading poultry producer in Ukraine, expand its production capacity. In line with its strategy of vertical integration, the Company plans to strengthen its grain growing segment by cultivating up to an additional 120,000 ha of land. The investment program will help MHP expand its domestic and export sales. The proposed Loan will support the Company''s working capital requirements for the successful implementation of MHP''s growth plans, which will have a significant impact on the local economy. Benefits include: - SMEs: MHP supports a network of 2,600 SMEs, a franchise network of small shops selling MHP branded poultry, which will significantly increase with the implementation of the Vinnytsia project. Significant number of these SMEs operate in rural locations often underserved in terms of basic food retail reach.  - Employment: The Company currently employs 24,800, including 9,000 females. As a result of the investment program, employment will increase by an additional 8,000 workers.  - Food security: MHP''s competitive cost structure will help the company provide competitively priced chicken in Ukraine as well as in importing countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia, thereby contributing to food security in those regions.
Aval Project This project consists of a senior loan secured by loan assets of up to $30 million to JSC Post-Pension Bank Aval (Aval or the bank), the  largest Ukrainian bank, for on-lending to SMEs. The bank has a country wide branch network with more than 1,300 branches and 16,000 employees, who serve 30,000 corporate and more than 3 million individual clients. The bank offers a wide range of services but sees its comparative advantages in lending to SMEs and retail.  IFCs financing would support this strategy and would increase Avals ability to offer long term loans to small and medium sized private companies.  

This transaction would form part of IFCs strategy to increase its investment activities in Ukraine, reflecting the countrys improved economic climate.  Other potential transactions currently being considered in the financial sector include a follow-on loan to ProCredit Ukraine, and loans to support mortgage financing to Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine and to a start-up, International Mortgage Bank.
Aval II Project The proposed project is an equity / quasi-equity investment of up to $60 million in Aval Bank (Aval or the Bank) in Ukraine.  Aval is an existing client of IFC.  IFC committed a $15 million senior loan and $20 million subordinated loan (tier 2 capital) in December 2004, both of which were disbursed in February 2005 (IFC project ID number 22762).     With total assets in excess of $2.2 billion, Aval is the largest bank in Ukraine.  The Bank has more than 1,400 branches and sub-branches, 12,000 corporate clients and 500,000 individual clients.  It is one of the few leading banks without the support of an industrial oligarch, as it is controlled and majority owned by its management.  Its leading position in the market makes it strategically important for the development of the Ukrainian banking sector.   IFCs investment may be a convertible loan, to be converted into Aval common shares upon its acquisition by the strategic investor.
MHP Corporate Loan The Project involves providing a long term corporate loan facility of up to US$250 million to Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP or the Company), the largest integrated poultry producer in Ukraine, to support the Companys expansion plans in Ukraine and refinance its Eurobond maturity falling due in 2015. The Project will help facilitate its continued growth in a high potential sector to Ukraine''s economy and strengthen the debt servicing capacity of a leading agribusiness group. Key development impacts of the Project include the following:  (i) Support food security: MHP''s overall volumes are expected to increase as a result of the Project and contribute to improved food security in Ukraine and beyond by efficiently converting grain to meat through supporting a leading and efficient poultry producer;  (ii) Provide demonstration effect: By supporting MHP, a socially responsible and efficient producer with solid track record, IFC''s investment, which includes a B Loan, will encourage foreign and local investors to invest in Ukraine''s economy in crisis times;   (iii) Support job preservation and creation: The Group currently employs 30,000 staff, including 11,400 women. Direct employment is expected to increase as a result of the Project; and  (iv) Support inclusiveness: The Company supports a network of 2,600 SMEs, a franchise network of small shops selling MHP branded poultry. Significant number of these SMEs operate in rural locations often underserved in terms of basic food retail reach.
RSF Midcaps Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine The proposed investment consists of an unfunded risk sharing facility (RSF) with Raiffeisen Bank JSC (Raiffeisen Bank, or the Bank) for a portfolio of up to 150 million (c.US$162 million equivalent) consisting of term loans, guarantees, and other eligible facilities to medium-sized and larger companies (midcaps) in Ukraine. IFCs risk participation will be up to 50 million (c.US$54 million equivalent), or 33% of the aforementioned midcap loan portfolio (the Project), including the possibility of IFC mobilizing third-party unfunded participation for the facility.  The Project will benefit from a first loss guarantee provided by the Government of France and/or other donors under the Economic Resilience Action (ERA) Program for Ukraine, which will help Raiffeisen Bank to increase access to finance for underserved midcaps in Ukraine. The most significant expected project-level outcome is increased access to finance for midcaps, in particular to those operating in agriculture, manufacturing and essential infrastructure services. Beyond the Project level outcomes, the Project is expected to promote the resilience of the midcap finance market in Ukraine through the demonstration and replication channels.
Delta-Wilmar CIS Delta-Wilmar CIS will construct, equip and place into operation a 1,500 metric ton per day crude palm oil (CPO) refinery in Ukraine. The project is expected to have the following development impacts. It will:

- support the growth of a private productive enterprise in the CIS; 
- provide a refined tropical oils to the food processing industry;
- enhance competition in the fats and oils market;
- establish an infrastructure investment supporting the trade and refining of tropical oil into the CIS markets; 
- bring additional tax revenues for the Government of Ukraine with import duties and corporate income tax; and 
- offer further leverage to improve the company's environmental and social management capabilities.
NECaF ING Bank ING Bank N.V. (ING Bank), is IFCs counterparty for emission reductions sourced from greenhouse gas mitigation projects, which will produce Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) under the Joint Implementation mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, and possibly Early Reductions prior to 2008.  ING Bank adds significant value to domestic companies by helping these companies commercialize their carbon assets, introducing them to international business practices and standards as well as encouraging compliance with required environmental standards in the respective domestic jurisdictions.  ING Bank may also pass on advances provided by IFC, as a Trustee of the Government of Netherlands, to the underlying project companies to meet capital expenditure and other upfront costs.  ING Bank will act as intermediary between IFC and the project company and sell, on a back-to-back basis the resulting emission reductions from underlying project activities. In addition, this transaction represents one of the first emission reduction transactions for ING Bank. By sale of the Emission Reduction Units to the Government of Netherlands with IFC acting as an intermediary, ING Bank will help its client companies commercialize their carbon assets. The commercial benefits of such emission reduction projects will likely have a strong demonstration effect on the nascent market for Joint Implementation projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
Galnaftogas Joint Stock Company Concern Galnaftogaz (GNG or the company) operates one of Ukraines new and fastest growing network of service stations selling petroleum products and related services.  It is based in Western Ukraine, which is where it has the strongest market presence.  IFCs investment will provide financing for further expansion of the companys network to other regions in the country, which will result in a significant increase in its market share and profitability.
Industrial Union of Donbass Industrial Union of Donbass (the company or ISD), one of the largest Ukrainian steel trading and holding companies, has approached IFC to finance its modernization program for its Ukrainian facilities.  The project consists of investments in ISDs existing plants in Ukraine to:     -  improve their environmental performance and bring them up to World Bank Group standards, including a time-bound program to close open-hearth furnaces; and    -   modernize and de-bottleneck operations to improve their competitiveness.      ISD, together with its subsidiaries in Ukraine and Hungary, produced 9.2 million tons of steel in 2005. The company''s total revenues were about $3.5 billion in 2005.  ISDs main steel subsidiaries in Ukraine are OJSC Alchevsk Iron & Steel Plant (AMK), OJSC Dneprovsky Iron & Steel Plant (DMK), and OJSC Alchevsk Coke.  ISDs subsidiaries outside Ukraine are Dunaferr in Hungary, and recently acquired Huta in Poland. The proposed project is expected to have a positive development impact in several areas:   -  It will further improve the competitiveness of a major steel producer in Ukraine.  The project should enable ISD to produce better quality and value products for the domestic and export markets.  ISD-Ukraine does not depend on tariffs, especially as it is export oriented.     -  By implementing an action plan to meet IFCs environmental guidelines, the project should have a substantial positive impact on the environment by decreasing the emissions, improving the use of gases and better recycling of dust emissions.     -  Efforts by ISD, an industry leader, to improve transparency through having an international audit of its financial statements, will have far reaching effects on the business practices of the rest of the Ukrainian private sector, and the attitudes of foreign investors regarding Ukraine.   -  Steel plants often have a huge impact on the local community by virtue of:   --the large number of people directly employed, normally between 10,000 and 60,000 per plant; and    --the historical dependence of nearby towns for services, especially in former Soviet Union and East Europe.     -  AMK and DMK are important to the development of the economies where the plants are located as they are town-creating enterprises and employ a significant portion of the regions workforce.  AMK and Alchevsk Cokes combined staff is 25,300.  AMK still supports some of the social infrastructure in the town of Alchevsk, with a population of about 190,000 people.  DMK with 19,000 employees is also one of the key employers in its town which has a population of 300,000.
Lviv E-Buses The Project seeks to provide long term financing to a municipal enterprise of the City of Lviv, Lvivelektrotrans (LET), which shall be used for (i) the acquisition of trolleybuses with in-motion charging batteries, and (ii) the rehabilitation of catenary lines. The main project outcome is improved user access and quality of Lviv's public transport system. The project will also address barriers to improve access of women to a safe public transport. The new efficient trolleybuses fleet, combined with renovations on catenary lines and route optimization, will contribute reduce CO2 emissions of Lviv's urban transport. At the market level, the project will open access of municipal infrastructure to local currency debt capital markets and enhance transport system wide resilience.
RSF SME SECO Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine The proposed project consists of an unfunded risk sharing facility (RSF) with Raiffeisen Bank JSC (Raiffeisen Bank, or the Bank) for a portfolio of up to US$50 million consisting of loans, guarantees, and other eligible facilities to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), where IFCs risk participation will be up to 50% (US$25 million) of the aforementioned SME portfolio (the Project). The objective of the Project is to help the Bank to de-risk and scale up lending to SMEs, particularly to agri-SMEs. The Project is expected to be supported by Blended Finance contributors under the Economic Resilience Action (ERA) Program for Ukraine, as described in the Blended Finance Section. By supporting Raiffeisen Bank that serves the SME segment in Ukraine, IFC will help to address the financing needs of SMEs whose operations and ability to access finance have been affected by Russias invasion of the country. The Project is expected to promote resilience of the SME finance market in Ukraine through the demonstration and replication channel as part of the programmatic intervention.
Mriya I Project The project involves providing a long-term quasi-equity financing and a three-year renewable working capital facility to Mriya, the 7th largest Ukrainian primary agricultural producer with a proven track record of growing wheat, barley, sugar beet, rapeseed, potatoes, and other crops.  The long-term loan will be used for a construction of three grain silos with storage capacity of 100,000 tons each, purchase of farm machinery, and acquisition of lease rights for 165,000 ha of agricultural land,  while the three-year facility will be used for working capital.  Mriya will use proceeds from the loans to produce wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, rapeseed and other agricultural commodities for sale to local clients and international traders. Employment: Mriya has approximately 606 permanent employees and 310 seasonal employees.  The project is expected to increase permanent employment to about 800 and seasonal employment to about 500.  In the western Ukraine where Mriya operates, employment opportunities are scarce.  In addition to creating new jobs, Mriya is setting new employment standards in the region by providing benefits to its farm workers such food and housing.
Environmental and Social Standards: As part of the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP), Mriya will implement an ESMS to provide a structured framework to identify and act on environmental and social risks and opportunities in the management of its agricultural operations as well as down-stream in the agricultural value chain, in the operations of the Sponsor-owned affiliated sugar beet processing plants.
Private Sector Development:  Mriya sells its products to a well diversified base of final customers and traders.  Among them, there currently are about 88 MSME distributors of mainly potatoes, buckwheat, and corn, for final sales on the domestic market.  On the purchasing side, Mriya relies on about 22 MSME suppliers, in addition to several large key ones, for deliveries of fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, and spare parts.
SwedBank Group Ukraine The purpose of the project is to enable one of the leading Ukrainian bank groups, Swedbank Ukraine, to expand its lending to SMEs for project finance, investment and working capital loans and to help expand its rapidly growing mortgage portfolio. The IFC loans will be used for onlending to SMEs and residential mortgage borrowers in the regions mostly outside of Kiev. The proposed project is to provide senior and syndicated loans to Swedbank Ukraine, Ukraine's 15th largest banking group, which has a clear focus on SMEs and retail lending. The project is expected to have development impacts at the level of the Bank, the Ukrainian banking system, as well as the broader economy. 

- Increased Efficiency in Banking System:  

Financing raised by IFC will support the lending activities of a fast growing banking group which has a meaningful market share in mortgage lending and lending to SMEs.  This will lead to increased competition and improved pricing and terms for borrowers.  

- Significant economic benefits:

IFCs loans are being specifically targeted at expanding financing to two underserved sectors which have important linkages and multiplier effects to the broader economy.  Small and medium sized enterprises have considerable potential to facilitate employment and economic growth but require financing in order to expand their activities, which this project will provide.  IFC's loan will help to satisfy demand for housing among the growing Ukrainian middle class. Increasing of financing to the mortgage sector will help provide for more efficient allocation of housing.