Yesterday, at a historic ceremony near the White House, a Ukrainian State-owned enterprise, NAEK Energoatom, and a special purpose statutory Trust, have concluded a $250 million loan transaction to finance the bulk of a new Ukrainian Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility being built in the Chernobyl exclusionary zone.
The low-interest, 20-year loan, is notable for a number of important reasons:
- It is the first time I political risk insurance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – a US Government agency- has been used to issue bonds in the US capital markets, in order to finance a state-owned enterprise.
- Based on the insurance, and its merits, the project received Aa2 credit rating from Moody’s, which in turn allowed the project to benefit from significantly lower financing costs for the financing of the project.
- The project marks the unique collaboration between the US and Ukrainian governments, major US public and private companies and a state-owned enterprise.
Broad Street Capital Group proudly acted as the Financial Developer on this transaction and would like to congratulate all participants and thank the entire project team for its professionalism, dedication, and perseverance.
As the Financial Developer, Broad Street Capital has provided project facilitation, assembled the financing team, developed the insurance application, and secured financial support for the project.
About the Broad Street Capital Group
Based in the heart of New York City’s financial district, Broad Street Capital Group (www.broadstreetcap.com) is an international private merchant bank, which since 1988 has served several foreign governments, multiple state-owned companies, as well as SMEs in emerging markets. Through its member companies, the Group focuses on arranging project financing in the $50-500 million range, providing political risk mitigation, export management services and cross-border market development advisory. The Group has done business in over 35 countries, spanning the emerging markets landscape from Bangladesh to Ukraine.
The Firm works closely with all trade and development agencies of the U.S. Government and Export Credit Agencies of several European and North American countries. Since its inception, Broad Street Capital Group has been involved in multiple high-profile cross-border transactions in IT/telecom, aerospace, healthcare, energy generation, food security, nuclear safety, hospitality, and franchising sectors. The firm’s current advisory and export management portfolio exceeds $630 million. For more information, please contact Tamara Zykova at tz@broadstreetcap.com