£270.000.000 (305.000.000€) voor Group Lotus!

[Frederik]

Lotus Cars gets £270m bankroll from six financial institutions
April 15, 2011 at 7:14 pm

Looks like Lotus Cars Limited’s five-year business plan is on. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Proton Holdings today signed an agreement for facilities amounting to £270 million (RM1.33 billion), extended by a syndicate of six financial institutions.

The six financial institutions acting as lenders are CIMB Bank, Malayan Banking, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation, Export-Import Bank of Malaysia, Affin Bank and EON Bank.

The agreement was inked at the Proton Centre of Excellence Complex in Shah Alam by Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on behalf of Lotus Cars Limited, while signing on behalf of their respective banks were Datuk Seri Nazir Tun Razak, group chief executive of CIMB Group; Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, president and CEO of Maybank; Tuan Syed Abdull Aziz Jailani Syed Kechik, CEO and director of OCBC; Adissadikin Ali, CEO of EXIM Bank; Datuk Zulkiflee Abbas Abdul Hamid, CEO of Affin Bank and Peter TC Chow, head of group business & investment banking and principal officer of EON Bank.

The loan syndication forms part of the funding required to execute Lotus’ five-year business plan. With the conclusion of the syndication exercise, the external portion of the funding is now in place and, together with other financial resources, this means that Lotus has successfully raised the required funding to realise the future plans.

“On behalf of Group Lotus, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to CIMB Group, Malayan Banking Berhad, Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad, Affin Bank Berhad and EON Bank Berhad for their support and, above all, confidence in our future plans,” Bahar said.

“With the help of this external financing, we look forward to introducing our exciting new models to the world, which will complement our current product range. I am confident that the execution of our business plan will mark the return of the iconic Lotus brand into the elite ranks of the world’s premium sportscar manufacturers and generate greater profitability and long-term financial sustainability for the company and its stakeholders,” he added.

“I would like to thank our shareholders, Proton, for the unwavering support and confidence in Lotus. I believe Lotus has a lot to offer to Proton moving forward. As the future plans bear fruit, I am confident that Proton will benefit in terms of branding, product development, and sales and marketing,” Bahar concluded.

Bron : pauktan.org

[Frederik]

Malayan Banking : Malaysia (grootste bank ginder)
CIMB Bank : Malaysia (2e grootste bank ginder)
EON Bank : Malaysia
Affin Bank : Malaysia
Export-Import Bank of Malaysia : Malaysia
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) : Singapore

't is duidelijk vanwaar de centen komen hé ...
Volgens mij nu ook duidelijk waar de wagens gebouwd zullen worden.
Al spreekt dit bericht het toch wat tegen > http://www.lotusforum.be/viewtopic.php? ... 789#p53789

tov die dikke lening zal wel een en ander voorwaarden staan ...

[elwood]

Zeer sterk ! Hoedje af indien dit werkelijkheid is...

[Jeroenbox]

eindelijk witte rook voor Bahar, gelukkig.

[Didier]

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Volgens mij nu ook duidelijk waar de wagens gebouwd zullen worden.
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Zal de aanschaffingsprijs dan ook lager worden, gezien de lagere loonkosten aldaar?
Betwijfel dat sterk

(sorry , ben luidop aan het dromen)

[Exploded]

Ik zou nog geen hoera moment inlassen. Dit geval krijgt meer en meer DeLorean allures, imho.
Het is natuurlijk wel altijd beter om veel geld te hebben om te investeren, dan helemaal niets zoals onder Mike Kimberly.