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    Reference: 20200770
    Release date: 28 January 2021

    Promoter – Financial Intermediary

    BPIFRANCE SA

    Location

    Description

    Linked risk-sharing instrument under the European Guarantee Fund (EGF) to improve access to finance for mid-caps and large corporates in France and possibly in other EGF participating member states. Moreover, Bpifrance will build a complementary portfolio of up to EUR 2 billion to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Namely, the objective is to support companies' access to liquidity and to improve their resilience to temporary demand and liquidity suppression brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as support investment, and thereby also foster economic recovery.

    Additionality and Impact

    The proposed operation concerns a EUR 750 m unfunded guarantee scheme, which will support Bpifrance's 3-years medium term loan products dedicated to MidCaps and larger corporates up to 5000 employees in an amount of EUR 1.000m in France. The medium-term working capital MidCap loan programmes, which shall benefit from the 75% EGF guarantee, are enabling access to finance at favourable financing conditions. Moreover, BpiF is contractually undertaking to produce a complementary portfolio of eligible SME financing at least equivalent to the EIB EGF guarantee amount.The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge with very severe socio-economic consequences. The objective of the pan-European Guarantee Fund is to respond to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak by ensuring that eligible entities and primarily SMEs and MidCaps have sufficient liquidity available and access to finance to weather the rapidly unfolding crisis, and are able to continue their development in mid/long term.Specifically, the proposed operation is designed to complement BpiF's mandate under COVID-19 to support the working capital position (and possibly, to smaller extent, investments) of predominantly French MidCaps and larger corporates up to 5,000 employees..

    Objectives

    The transaction consists of an unfunded risk-sharing transaction with Bpifrance, the French national promotional bank dedicated to private sector development, in view of guaranteeing mainly medium-term working capital loans, Bpifrance's loans to mid-cap entities and large corporates up to 5 000 employees, in the context of the European Guarantee Fund (EGF), which has been set up to tackle the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Sector(s)

    Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)

    EUR 750 million

    Total cost (Approximate amount)

    EUR 4200 million

    Environmental aspects

    In accordance with the Bank's policy to ensure that sub-loans comply with the EU acquis, in particular in the fields of environment and public procurement, the Bank will require Bpifrance to take all the requisite measures to ensure that the environment and procurement procedures carried out by the final recipients under the new portfolio will comply with the relevant EU environment and procurement legislation and the applicable national legislation, provided that it is in conformity with EU rules.

    Procurement

    In accordance with the Bank's policy to ensure that sub-loans comply with the EU acquis, in particular in the fields of environment and public procurement, the Bank will require Bpifrance to take all the requisite measures to ensure that the environment and procurement procedures carried out by the final recipients under the new portfolio will comply with the relevant EU environment and procurement legislation and the applicable national legislation, provided that it is in conformity with EU rules.

    Status

    Signed - 17/05/2021

    Disclaimer

    Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
    They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).

    Related tags

    France Credit lines