Structured Finance
    Eligible Borrowers
1.

(Export of Goods and Services)

The most common loans for the small and middle business are:

 up to $10 M medium-term credits

Borrower or guarantor must conform to certain standards for creditworthiness which include, but not limited to, the following financial criteria:

It should have been in the same general line of business at least 3 years. If the borrower is a newly established company, we can still arrange financing so long as there is a creditworthy guarantor who meets the historical and financial criteria otherwise required of borrowers. These criteria are detailed below.

It must be able to provide financial statements for last 3 years. It is generally required that the said statements are to be audited and that auditor's option be unqualified. Unaudited statements might be accepted if the loan amount is less than $1M.

Positive profit from operations (operating income) and net income (total revenue) in each of last 2 years.

Positive cash flows from operations in the last fiscal year.

The principal of the loan does not exceed 40% of borrower's equity at the end of last fiscal year.*

EBITIDA2 to Debt Service (DS) is at least:
EBITIDA / DS = 1.5 for the last fiscal year.

Total liabilities (excluding the discussed debt) do not exceed 1.75 equities at the end of the last fiscal year.

Down payment of 15% - 20% of the total price of contracts for purchase goods or services, shipping, etc. should be made by Borrower to the produ-cer or Government Export Agency or Servicing Bank. (This requirement could be reduced from time to time to e.g. 5% by sponsorship involvement or local bank credit loan.)

Other non-financial criteria are also required to the borrowers or guarantors such as audit statement, etc.

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* This is the only criteria related to loan amounts up to $10 M.

1 These requirements refer to a borrower / investor loan application for to Export Credit Agency.

2 Earning Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization, EBITDA