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ADVISORY SERVICES
ECUADOR
FAVORITA FRUIT COMPANY, Ltd
CIFI has been mandated as Lead Arranger and Advisor by Favorita Fruit Co. Ltd of Ecuador, to raise a US$55 million in a Senior Debt Facility. The loan proceeds will be used to finance new infrastructure investments, including a warehouse investment in its maritime port facility, and a small hydro facility for the Group’s power requirements.
Favorita, a member of one of Ecuador’s blue-chip Groups, has a 4.5% market share of the worldwide Bananas market, and also has businesses in the plastics, cardboard boxes, aerial fumigation, and fertilizer importation and distribution industries. The company operates a private port terminal in Guayaquil that contributes significantly to Ecuador’s export related activities, and also creates new jobs while allowing for premium port services and a significant improvement in Ecuador's competitive position in the world.
ARGENTINA
FLUVIOMAR HOLDINGS LIMITED
CIFI was hired as Lead Arranger for a US$22 million senior debt facility for FLUVIOMAR, an Argentine company, that is the second largest barge operator, on the Parana-Paraguay inland waterway system in South America. The company operates a fleet of bulk cargo transport barges and related facilities, accounting for an estimated 28% of total barge capacity on the Hidrovia.
The company is owned by local investors together with Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd., an emerging markets investment firm and Crosstown Financial Company 4, LLC, a subsidiary of the private investment division of Cargill, Inc.
PERU
GRUPO DE SUPERMERCADOS WONG, S.A.
CIFI has been mandated as Lead Arranger by Grupo de Supermercados Wong (Wong) to raise up to US$21 million in term financing for the company’s expansion program. Wong is the largest (by sales) supermarket chain in Peru, accounting for approximately 63% of total sales in the supermarket sector. The Loan Facility will be applied by Wong to the construction of new stores, the principal source of growth in sales for a grocery store chain.
PERU
FERROVIAS CENTRAL ANDINA, S.A.
CIFI was hired as exclusive financial advisor by the Ferrovias Central Andina, S.A.(the Concessionaire) and Ferrocarril Central Andino, S.A. (the Operator) corporations to structure and arrange US$14 million in long-term debt financing to carry out their projected capital investment program, while strengthening the quality of their financial structure via the partial refinancing of their existing short and medium term debt. DEG of Germany and CIFI participated in the financing package.
ECUADOR
ECOELECTRIC,S.A
CIFI was hired by Ecuadorian firm Ecoelectric, whose sponsors include the Noboa Group, as Lead Arranger and Structurer for a bagasse cogeneration project. CIFI performed a technical and environmental Due Diligence, structured the financing and led the US$21 million syndication for the renewable energy project. Lenders include CAF, CIFI and DEG of Germany. The total project cost was US$31MM.
BELIZE
BELIZE CO-GENERATION ENERGY LIMITED (BELCOGEN).
CIFI was hired by Belcogen to structure and arrange senior and subordinated debt facilities for a US$45 million bagasse cogeneration project. CIFI performed a technical, financial and environmental Due Diligence of BELCOGEN, for a renewable energy project in Belize to supply the parent company’s sugar mill and sell to the national grid. CIFI prepared Information Memorandum, advised on the financial structure of the facility and acted as lead arranger of the US$34 million loan syndicate.
PERU
CEMENTOS LIMA
CIFI served as financial advisor to Cementos Lima S.A. of Perú to evaluate the feasibility of developing an irrigated large-scale farming operation. CIFI developed a detailed business assessment and marketing study to evaluate the economic viability of the proposed project, and completed profitability prospects with cash flow models for a range of potential crops.
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