Wording | Features |
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Denomination | “GSS Bond BIDC-EBID 6.50% 2024 – 2031” |
Issuer | ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development |
Amount of the issue | 70 000 000 000 FCFA |
Interest rate | 6.50% net per year |
Duration of the loan | 7 years including 2 years deferred on capital repayment |
Type of investment | Public offering |
Nature of titles | Bonds |
Purpose of the Operation | Financing the recovery plan in the WAEMU zone - Covid-19 context |
Financement de projets pour l’atteinte des Objectifs de Développement Durable | |
Rank of titles | Pari passu |
Issue price | 10 000 FCFA – Au pair |
Nominal value | 10 000 FCFA |
Number of shares to be issued | 7,000,000 bonds |
Taxation | In accordance with Article 49 of the Articles of Association, EBID enjoys the following immunities, privileges, financial facilities and tax exemptions |
Income from these bonds will be exempt from tax in all ECOWAS countries. | |
Form of securities | The securities will be dematerialised, registered in an account with the Central Depositary/Settlement Bank (DC/BR) and held in the books of the WAEMU SGIs or approved account-keeping banks.
held in the books of WAEMU SGIs or approved account-keeping banks |
Subscribers | Corporate and individual investors in the WAEMU and abroad |
Liquidity of securities | L’obligation “GSS Bond BIDC-EBID 6,50% 2024
–
2031” fera l’objet d’une demande d’admission au
compartiment obligataire de la BRVM dès la clôture de l’Opération |
Les opérations secondaires se feront via les ordres introduits auprès des acteurs agréés par l’AMF – UMOA | |
Payment of interest and repayment of capital | Interest will be paid semi-annually from the date on which the shares are entitled to dividends. |
The capital will be repaid semi-annually at a rate of one tenth (1/10) of the capital over 5 years. | |
Competent court | The Bonds are governed by the regulations in force on the UMOA Regional Financial Market and the OHADA regulations. Any dispute to which the Borrowing may give rise between the investors and EBID shall be settled amicably, and failing amicable settlement within three months, shall be finally settled by arbitration, the organisation of which shall be entrusted to the Joint Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA (CCJA), based in Abidjan in accordance with its arbitration rules. |
International rating | Fitch - B with stable short- and long-term outlook - April 2024 |
Moody's - B2 with stable short- and long-term outlook - October 2023 | |
Guarantee | The callable capital serves as full security for the Bank's various borrowings. |
At 31 December 2023, the authorised capital is UA 2.5 billion (i.e. FCFA 2,014 billion), including callable capital of UA 1,050 million (i.e. FCFA 846 billion). |
BENIN : AfricaBourse, AGI, BIIC Financial Services (BFS), SGI Benin, United Capital for Africa / BURKINA FASO : Coris Bourse, SA2IF, SBIF / COTE D’IVOIRE : Attijari Securities West Africa (ASWA), Atlantique Finance,BICI Bourse, BNI Finances, BOA Capital Securities, BRIDGE Securities, EDC Invetstment Corporation, Hudson & CIE, MAC-AFICAN-SGI, Matha Securities, NSIA Finance, Oragroup Securities, Phoenix Capital Management, Sirius Capital, SG – CSWA / MALI : CIFA Bourse, SGI Mali, Global Capital, CIFA Bourse / NIGER : SGI Niger / SENEGAL : ABCO Bourse, CGF Bourse, Everest Finance, Impaxis Securities, Finance Gestion et Intermédiation, Invictus Capital Finance / TOGO : SGI Togo
This transaction has been authorised by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-UMOA) under visa N° EOP/24-01