{"id":2533,"date":"2022-07-21T13:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test2.autostrada-a2.pl\/uncategorized\/press-relase-21\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T09:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:14:01","slug":"press-relase-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a2.codocaine.com\/en\/news\/press-relase-21\/","title":{"rendered":"European Road Deal of The Year goes to the financing of construction and operation of A2 Motorway Section \u015awiecko – Nowy Tomy\u015bl (106 km)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today (27 November) the \u201cDeal of the Year\u201d was awarded in London to the financing of the construction and operation of A2 section reaching the German border.<\/p>\n

In an ancient building of Merchand Taylor\u2019s Hall the representatives of the financial advisors Deutsche Bank and Calyon, on behalf of themselves, shareholders and the management board of AWSAII, received a prestigious annual award of the reputable Janes\u2019 Transport Finance magazine in the category of European Deal of the Year. The awarding committee of independent experts and journalists of Janes\u2019 Transport Finance, by way of granting this award, acknowledged the fast pace of the process and the complexity of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin less than two months we succeeded in clinching a deal worth 1.6 billion Euro”, said Robert Nowak, Vice President\u00a0 Finance of the Concession Company building the motorway to \u015awiecko. \u201cIt was an unprecedented pace of the process, which will permit us to open the road to traffic before the 2012 EURO championships\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Financial Close, in respect of which contracts were signed on 29 June 2009, means the final\u00a0 approval of the project lenders permitting the project financing which enabled prompt commencement of construction. The funds amounting to ca. 1.6 billion EUR for the construction of the motorway to \u015awiecko come from three sources:<\/p>\n

\u2022 the European Investment Bank loan of EUR 1 billion (ca. 62% of the project cost),
\u2022 the loans from 11 international and Polish commercial banks of EUR 400 million (ca. 26% of the project cost); the banks granted an additional loan for the VAT expenses up to PLN 150 million. The funds for\u00a0 the project were also provided by the following commercial banks: BBVA S.A., Bank Pekao S.A., BRE Bank S.A., Caja Madrid, Calyon, Deutche Bank AG, Espirito Santo Investment, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, PKO BP, Societe Generale, WestLB.
\u2022 equity provided by the concessionaire of EUR 186 million, i.e. ca. 12% of the total project cost, including:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 share capital (EUR 50 million);
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 shareholder loan ( EUR 136 million)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award is a distinguished token of appreciation to us, said Jan Kulczyk, the main originator of the A2 motorway construction project under the Public Private Partnership in Poland. \u201cThis is also a proof that efficient cooperation is possible among the government, the private sector and the international financing institutions, with sound underlying principles, mutual respect in partnership , as well as transparency. I\u2019d like to thank all the parties involve in the project for their effort that , in these hard times of the crisis made the impossible possible, added Jan Kulczyk.<\/p>\n

The new section of the motorway will be of tremendous importance to the country’s economy by way of facilitating the trade exchange and mobility Between Poland and Germany. The completion and opening the road to traffic has been envisaged for early 2012.<\/p>\n

Additional information:<\/p>\n

Zofia Kwiatkowska, AWSA Spokesperson,
Tel.: +48 61 878 30 81
mobile phone +48 608 479 541
mail: z.kwiatkowska@awsa.pl
www.autostrada-a2.pl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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