BCR arranged a 101.5 million Euro syndicated loan for Rodbun Group

Rodbun Group, one of Romania’s leading agribusiness companies, has signed a syndicated credit facility totaling 101.5 million Euro, through which refinances and increases existing facilities by 37.14 million Euro.

The credit facility includes three tranches, a 93.5 million Euro revolving loan, a 2.86 million Euro term loan facility and a 5.1 million Euro CAPEX facility, which will be used by Rodbun to cover their working capital needs and to support the group’s development strategy.

The facility was arranged by Banca Comercială Română S.A. (BCR), which acted as Coordinator, Initial Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner, Documentation Agent, Facility Agent and Security Agent, alongside CEC Bank, ING NV Amsterdam – Bucharest Branch and Raiffeisen Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers, together with Garanti BBVA and AlphaBank as Lenders.

PCF Investment Banking acted as exclusive advisor to Rodbun Group in structuring, negotiating and implementing the transaction.

“Rodbun, together with the banks present in this syndicate, works to stimulate Romania’s economic growth and to provide Romanian farmers with high quality products and services. In this context, Rodbun has the opportunity to continue its investments in genetics – with a special emphasis on the valorization of local genetics – in the development of seeds adapted to regional specifics and in the improvement of logistical capabilities through cutting-edge technologies. The company is also able to allocate resources to test cutting-edge technological innovations capable of increasing the resistance of crops to the new climate changes. Thus, Romania will be better equipped to face the inevitable challenges of the coming decades,” said Daniel Muntean, co-founder Rodbun.

With a team that exceeds 500 people, Rodbun Group manages approximately 8,000 hectares of seed production in farms located in regions with agricultural potential in Romania, operates three seed processing and conditioning factories and owns a chain of 50 agricultural stores that serve the small farmer.

The group has one of the strongest logistics infrastructures in the agro market, with regional logistics centers, regional warehouses and grain storage capacities.

“Rodbun is one of the most successful projects in Romanian agriculture, which has grown steadily over time, becoming a first choice for farmers. We are happy to have supported this evolution and the development of a national brand. But most of all we are honored to have built a solid, long-term partnership based on expertise, transparency and competitive and specialized solutions, anchored in the specificity of the industry in which the group operates,” said Ana-Maria Samuilă, Head of Agriculture Financing BCR.