Peter BallingerPeter Ballinger
Director, Business DevelopmentDirector, Business Development
Leveraging OPIC Leveraging OPIC InvestmentInvestment Finance and Finance and
Insurance ProductsInsurance ProductsTo Help California Small Businesses To Help California Small Businesses
Seeking to Tap Overseas MarketsSeeking to Tap Overseas Markets
Global CaliforniaGlobal California Conference
OPIC’s MissionOPIC’s Mission
“ …mobilize and facilitate the participation of U.S. private
capital and skills in the economic and social development of less
developed countries and areas, and countries in transition from non-market to market economies.”
Tools to Support U.S. Tools to Support U.S. InvestorsInvestors
•Political Risk Insurance •Finance (Debt)
•Investment Funds (Equity)
Enterprise Development Network (EDN)
OPIC-backed companies in OPIC-backed companies in CaliforniaCalifornia
• Align Technology, Inc. – Sunnyvale: $3.5 million in political risk insurance for a medical project in Pakistan.
• Aqua International Partners – San Francisco: $200 million investment guaranty to fun projects involving the treatment, supply, distribution, or protection of water worldwide.
• Alterra Partners – San Francisco: $89 million in finance for the privatization, rehabilitation and expansion of the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru.
• Paladin Realty – Los Angeles: $35 million in financing for a private equity fund to develop of housing and other projects in Latin America.
• Sambazon Inc. – San Clemente: $3.7 million in finance and insurance for the construction of an environmentally-sustainable organic açaí berry processing facility in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
• Texas Overseas Gas Corp. – San Diego: $25 million in political risk insurance to a U.S. small business for construction of the largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility in Central America.
Political Risk InsurancePolitical Risk InsurancePolitical Risk Insurance covers U.S. Investors against:
– Inconvertibility: Inability to convert and transfer local currency into U.S. dollars.
– Expropriation: Losses due to expropriation, nationalization or confiscation by a foreign government.
– Political Violence: Losses due to war, revolution, insurrection or political motivated strife.
PRI does not cover commercial risk or currency devaluation risks
FinanceFinance• Investment Guarantee Program: Provides
credit guarantees for loans ranging between $10 million and $250 million.
• Direct Loan Program: Reserved for small business and cooperatives ranging between $100,000 and $250 million.
OPIC will only finance projects that are commer-cially sound, have at least 25 percent U.S. ownership, have significant collateral and generate enough cash flow to pay the loan.
Investment FundsInvestment Funds•OPIC has supported 40 privately
managed and owned equity funds that represent $3 billion in aggregate debt and equity capital.
•The funds’ investments must meet OPIC’s U.S. and host country economic impact, environment and workers rights policy standards.
Large structured finance transactions to small business loans
Investment FinanceInvestment Finance
OPIC Finance ProductsOPIC Finance Products
• Direct loans– Available to firms with under $250 million in sales, or
$67 million in net worth
• Investment guaranties
Critical ElementsCritical Elements
• Involvement of a U.S. investor, U.S. connection or other U.S. nexis
• Commercially and financially sound
• Strong track record of borrower
Overview of FinancingOverview of Financing
Medium- to long-term funding• Minimum 3-5 years• Average loan tenor 6-9 years• Up to 15 to 20 years
Overview Overview (continued)(continued)
Analysis of economic, technical, marketing and financial soundness of project
• Evaluate risks to OPIC and investor and over life of project
• Structure transaction to minimize risks and make them acceptable to all parties
• Interactive process with client
Overview Overview (continued)(continued)
Adequate cash flow to:• Pay all operational costs• Service all debt• Provide owners with adequate return on their
investment
Project OwnershipProject OwnershipU.S. debt or equity investor must assume a meaningful share of
the risk
• 25 percent equity participation• U.S. bank involved in transaction• Franchise involvement• Significant long-term involvement of contractors and/or
operators
• Private sector majority ownership• Government participation
Financing Plan – CostsFinancing Plan – Costs• Pre-investment/feasibility studies• Organizational expenses• Land and buildings• Construction• Equipment, machinery• Financings costs• Training and market development expenses• Start-up expenses, including initial losses• Adequate working capital• Inventory expenses• Legal costs
Unparalleled experience; unmatched claims handling reputation
Investment InsuranceInvestment InsurancePolitical Risk InsurancePolitical Risk Insurance
Currency Currency InconvertibilityInconvertibility
• Definition: deterioration in the investor's ability to convert profits, debt service, and other investment returns from local currency into U.S. dollars and to transfer U.S. dollars out of the host country.
Political ViolencePolitical Violence• Definition: loss of assets or income due to war,
revolution, insurrection, politically motivated civil strife, terrorism, or sabotage.
ExpropriationExpropriation• Definition: loss of an investment due to
expropriation, nationalization, or confiscation by the host government.
EligibilityEligibility• Citizens of the United States; or
• Corporations, partnerships or other associations created under the laws of the United States, with up to 49% ownership by foreign citizens and beneficially owned (51%) by U.S. citizens; or
• Foreign corporations more than 95% owned by investors eligible under the above criteria; or
• Other foreign entities that are 100% U.S. owned.
Enterprise Development NetworkEnterprise Development Network
Supports SMEs with:• Loan application packaging by Loan Originators
(LOs)• EDN Program Manager assures application
package is complete• Possible funding by OPIC Designated Lender
(DL), or• Funding provided by OPIC
http://www.ednaccess.com – The new EDN Website!
EDN Contacts in CaliforniaEDN Contacts in CaliforniaLOAN ORIGINATORS:
• Capital Management Group, Anaheim, Ray Shaw, tel. 714 439-9600,www.cm-group.com
• Leonard Gonzalez Enterprises, Inc., San Francisco, Lucia Leonard, tel. 415 439-4991, www.lgeinternationaltrade.com
• Onfé, Inc., Gustavo Montoya, Santa Ana, tel. 714 542-7644, www.onfefinancial.com
• Provident Traders, Inc., Philo, John Keevan-Lynch, tel. 707 895-9353, www.providenttraders.com
• Vinitus & Nesto, LLC, Los Angeles, Ricardo Tejada, tel. 213 382-1600, www.vnestocapital.com
DESIGNATED LENDER:
Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank: www.wellsfargo.com/inatl/trade_svcs/
