On Leap Year day China National Chemical Corporation put out a brief announcement to say HSBC and China Citic Bank would lead a three-month $15bn bridge loan to finance its $43bn purchase of Swiss-based Syngenta (as well as another $5bn to refinance the debt of its target). China Citic Bank is one of the smaller of the mainland’s listed state owned banks, and was not the obvious candidate for such a huge, high-profile transaction.
2月29日,manbetx3.0 化工集团公司(China National Chemical Corporation,简称manbetx3.0 化工)发出了一份简短的声明,表示汇丰银行(HSBC)和中信银行(China Citic Bank)会牵头发放为期3个月的150亿美元过桥贷款,为该集团以430亿美元收购瑞士先正达(Syngenta)提供资金。此外,它们还会提供另外50亿美元的贷款,为先正达的债务提供再融资。中信银行是manbetx3.0 内地上市国有银行中规模较小的银行之一,对于这样规模巨大、备受关注的交易,该行并不是显而易见的候选银行。