Erste Group Provides Major Loan to Telekom Serbia

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: January 18, 2012; 13:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian bank commits € 140m to Telekom Serbia as part of a recent syndicated loan taken by the company. Erste Group acted as joint mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner.

Erste Group Provides Major Loan to Telekom Serbia / Picture: © Erste Group / Helmut Lackner

Erste Group Bank AG („Erste Group”) initially underwrote € 140m in a € 470m syndicated loan facility signed by Telekom Serbia on the 9th of January 2012. In addition, Erste Group acted as Joint Mandated Lead Arranger.

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