ADVISORY SERVICES 2010 2009 GUATEMALA -- 2009 CAPOLLO GROUP CIFI was hired by Caigsa, the Campollo Group’s largest sugar mill in Guatemala, to structure and mobilize on best effort basis US$ 50 million in long-term funds for the proposed investment in a new ethanol plant and expansion of its biomass cogeneration facilities. CIFI completed its in-field due diligence process together with an international independent engineering firm. The mandate was suspended by the Client due to the sudden and vertical rise in the international price of sugar in mid-2009. Prospective interested lenders included DEG, FMO, Proparco of France, and CIFI. 2008 ECUADOR--2006 AND 2008 FAVORITA FRUIT COMPANY, Ltd CIFI has been mandated as Lead Arranger and Advisor by Favorita Fruit Co. Ltd of Ecuador, to raise a US$55 million in a Senior Debt Facility. The loan proceeds will be used to finance new infrastructure investments, including a warehouse investment in its maritime port facility, and a small hydro facility for the Group’s power requirements. Favorita, a member of one of Ecuador’s blue-chip Groups, has a 4.5% market share of the worldwide Bananas market, and also has businesses in the plastics, cardboard boxes, aerial fumigation, and fertilizer importation and distribution industries. The company operates a private port terminal in Guayaquil that contributes significantly to Ecuador’s export related activities, and also creates new jobs while allowing for premium port services and a significant improvement in Ecuador's competitive position in the world. 2007 ECUADOR TERMINAL AEROPORTUARIA DE GUAYAQUIL, S.A. (TAGSA) CIFI was hired by Tagsa’s Argentine and Ecuadorian sponsors to structure a US$30 million long-term credit facility for the re-funding of medium-term shareholders’ loans to Tagsa, Guayaquil’s modern airport completed in 2007. Prospective interested lenders included DEG, FMO and CIFI. The country’s newly announced government policy in 2008 inhibited CIFI from circulating the company approved Information Memorandum. 2006 PERU -- 2006 GRUPO DE SUPERMERCADOS WONG, S.A. CIFI has been mandated as Lead Arranger by Grupo de Supermercados Wong (Wong) to raise up to US$21 million in term financing for the company’s expansion program. Wong is the largest (by sales) supermarket chain in Peru, accounting for approximately 63% of total sales in the supermarket sector. The Loan Facility will be applied by Wong to the construction of new stores, the principal source of growth in sales for a grocery store chain. 2005 ECUADOR -- 2005 ECOELECTRIC,S.A CIFI was hired by Ecuadorian firm Ecoelectric, whose sponsors include the Noboa Group, as Lead Arranger and Structurer for a bagasse cogeneration project. CIFI performed a technical and environmental Due Diligence, structured the financing and led the US$21 million syndication for the renewable energy project. Lenders include CAF, CIFI and DEG of Germany. The total project cost was US$31MM. BELIZE -- 2005 BELIZE CO-GENERATION ENERGY LIMITED (BELCOGEN). CIFI was hired by Belcogen to structure and arrange senior and subordinated debt facilities for a US$45 million bagasse cogeneration project. CIFI performed a technical, financial and environmental Due Diligence of BELCOGEN, for a renewable energy project in Belize to supply the parent company’s sugar mill and sell to the national grid. CIFI prepared Information Memorandum, advised on the financial structure of the facility and acted as lead arranger of the US$34 million loan syndicate. 2004 PERU -- 2004 FERROVIAS CENTRAL ANDINA, S.A. CIFI was hired as exclusive financial advisor by the Ferrovias Central Andina, S.A.(the Concessionaire) and Ferrocarril Central Andino, S.A. (the Operator) corporations to structure and arrange US$14 million in long-term debt financing to carry out their projected capital investment program, while strengthening the quality of their financial structure via the partial refinancing of their existing short and medium term debt. DEG of Germany and CIFI participated in the financing package. 2003 2002 PERU -- 2002 CEMENTOS LIMA CIFI served as financial advisor to Cementos Lima S.A. of Perú to evaluate the feasibility of developing an irrigated large-scale farming operation. CIFI developed a detailed business assessment and marketing study to evaluate the economic viability of the proposed project, and completed profitability prospects with cash flow models for a range of potential crops. < Printable View