The best way to know us is by our transactions
genuine examples of Loitas professionalism and innovation.
Transactions are listed alphabetically by country. However,
for privacy reasons, we have chosen not to list our most
recent clientele.
Key:
Corporate Finance and Corporate Advisory Services
CF
Treasury and Capital Markets TCM
Structured Trade and Project Finance STPF
Asset Management and Correspondent Banking
AMCB
Bank Management BM
Full Service Commercial and Merchant Banking
MB ANGOLA
Sociedade
Mineira Do Lucapa Lda - USD 8.6 Million
Equipment Financing - March 2001
Structured, arranged and managed a financing facility
for the purchase of infrastructural and earth-moving
equipment. (BM)
Sociedade
Mineira Do Lucapa Lda - USD 8.6 Million
Equipment Financing - March 2001
Structured, arranged and managed a financing facility
for the purchase of cellular telephone equipment.(STPF)
Angola
Telecom - USD 5.1 Million
Equipment Financing - November 1999
Structured, arranged and funded a financing facility
for the purchase of cellular telephone equipment. (STPF)
Banco
de Poupança e Crédito - N/A
Advisors - May 1999
Under a medium term, exclusive mandate with BPC, Loita
was advisor to the bank regarding the establishment
of a corporate banking unit responsible for originating,
structuring, funding and participating in structured
and corporate finance transactions in Angola, with the
secondment of two senior Loita officers. (BM)
Angolan
Bank Consortium - USD 6.8 Million
Medium Term Aircraft Financing - March 1999
Structured and arranged a three-year financing facility
for the purchase of business aircraft by a consortium
of four Angolan banks: Banco Nacional de Angola, Banco
de Comercio e Industrial, Banco de Poupanca e Credito,
and Caixa de Crédito Agro-Pecuaria e Pescas.
Loita is currently managing the facility. (STPF)
Sociedade
Mineira do Lucapa Lda - USD 10 Million
Medium Term Note Issuance Programme - July 1998
Structured and arranged a two-year medium term note
issuance programme for one of Angola's largest diamond
mining concerns, and placed the facility with international
private sector investors. Loita is currently acting
as managers of the programme. (TCM)
COTE
D'IVOIRE
Société
Internationale de Café-Cacao - FFR 50 Million
Pre-Export Financing - April 1997
Structured and arranged a short-term facility on behalf
of SICC to finance the export of coffee and cocoa. Loita
placed the facility with international financial institutions.
(STPF)

GHANA
Ace
Hotels - USD 3.5 Million
Acquisition - May 1998
Advised Ace Hotels on the acquisition of Kumasi Hotel,
which was being sold by the Government of Ghana through
its privatization programme. Loita structured and placed
financing of USD 2.5 Million as a part of its advisory
role. (CF)

KENYA
Motorway
/ Mutarata Group of Correspondent Companies - N/A
Corporate advisory services and financing facility -
December 2001
Advised on and closed the acquisition of Kwik Fit East
Africa Group on behalf of Motorway / Muturatara, and
structured and arranged a USD 1 million financing facility
for the new company.(CF)
Africa Air Rescue (AAR) Credit Services
Acquisition - December 2000
Loita Capital Partners acquired 35% of ordinary shares
in AAR Credit Services to enhance its product offerings
in securitisation. It has since structured and
arranged insurance premium financing facilities for
AAR Credit Services for over 15 million Kenya Shillings.
(AMCB)
International
Finance Corporation - N/A
Correspondent - 1994 - 2000
Loita acts as official correspondent for the IFC in
Kenya regarding its Emerging Markets Index. (AMCB)
Republic
of Kenya - GBP 26 Million
Medium Term Note Issuance Programme December 1997
Structured a five-year note issuance programme for the
Republic of Kenya to finance the importation of equipment
supplied by Philips, and placed the notes with international
investors.(TCM)
Nairobi
Plaza Limited - USD 5 Million
Advisor - March 1997
Advised NPL on financing structures available for the
construction of a shopping centre complex in Kenya.
(CF)
The
Acacia Fund - USD 1 Million
Placing - October 1996
Loita acted as placing agent to The Acacia Fund for
the subscription of ordinary shares and shareholder
loans. (AMCB)

MALAWI
Press
Corporation Limited - MKW 100 Million
Commercial Paper Programme - September 2001
Loita Capital Partners and Loita Bank, Malawi structured,
launched, placed and acted as fiscal agent for a 100
million Malawi Kwacha issue on behalf of Press Corporation
Limited, a Malawian conglomerate. This was the
first commercial paper issue in Malawi's history. (TCM)
Loita
Bank, Malawi - USD 5 Million
Export Financing Facility - March 2000
Loita Capital Partners arranged a US$5,000,000 facility
from African Export - Import Bank on behalf of Loita
Bank, Malawi to contribute to LIB's export financing
business.
Press Agriculture
Limited - USD 2.8 Million
Agricultural Input Financing - February 2000
Structured, arranged and advanced a short-term facility
on behalf of PAL to finance the purchase of agricultural
inputs.(STPF)
Afrexim
Bank - USD 5 Million
Export Financing - ongoing
Arranged and currently manage a credit line from Afrexim
Bank to lend to Malawian traders. (STF)
Transglobe
Exports - USD 2.5 Million
Import Financing - January 2000
Structured, arranged and placed a short-term import
facility for educational supplies on behalf of the Malawi
Ministry of Education.(STPF)
PTA
Bank - USD 50 Million
Pre-Exp Fin - 1996-2001
Structured and arranged a short-term facility on behalf
of the PTA Bank to finance the export of tobacco and
non-traditional commodities. Loita placed the facility
with international financial institutions and also acts
as facility managers. (STPF)
PTA
Bank - USD 6.88 Million
Note Issuance Programme - September 1999; ongoing
Advised, structured and placed a one to 5-year fixed
rate currency-linked note for the PTA Bank. This was
a first for both the PTA Bank and the Malawi capital
market, and three successful issues have been effected
thus far.(TCM)
Loita
Bank, Malawi - N/A - 1999
Loita Investment Bank provides merchant and investment
banking services to the Malawi corporate sector and
officially opened in 1999. LIB is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of, and is managed by, Loita Capital Partners International.(MB)
Finance
Corporation of Malawi - N/A
Advisor - 1996 - 99
Under an exclusive mandate with Fincom, Loita advised
the bank on management restructuring, business development
and credit control. With the secondment of a senior
officer until June 1999, Loita was responsible for returning
Fincom to profitability, leading to its successful privatization
in May 1999. (BM)

MAURITIUS
Loita
Holdings Corporation Africa - USD 3 Million
Convertible Preference Share Issue - May 1999
Concluded an investment in convertible preference shares
by the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund ("SAEDF").(CF)
Loita
Capital Partners International Ltd/ Fintech International
LTD - USD 2 Million
Medium Term Debt - May 1999
Concluded a 3-year committed multi-drawdown debt facility,
made available by SAEDF. (CF)

MOZAMBIQUE:-
SOCIETE MARROMEO
Marromeu
Sugar Estate - USD 20.5 Million
Bridge Financing - May 2001
Structured and arranged a bridge financing facility
on behalf of a consortium of Mauritian companies for
rehabilitation of and investment in a major sugar estate
in Mozambique.(STPF) Banco
Comercial de Moçambique - USD 10 Million
Export Financing - March 1997
Structured and arranged a financing facility on behalf
of BCM for the export of timber and other commodities
to the southern African region.(STPF)

RWANDA
Banque
Continentale Africaine (Rwanda) - N/A
Advisors - June 1999
Under a medium-term, exclusive mandate with BACAR, Loita
is responsible for overall management of the bank, with
the secondment of three senior Loita officers.(BM)

SOUTH
AFRICA
Explorer Corporation
Holdings Limited - N/A
Acquisition - December 2000
Loita Capital Partners International acquired 34.9%
of Explorer Corporation Holdings Limited, a credit card
company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, thus
becoming Explorers majority shareholder and making
a valuable addition to the Loita technology group.
In 2001, Loita Capital Partners International has increased
its shareholding in Explorer Corporation Holdings to
77.5%. SAEDF has since converted shares within the Loita
Group for additional shares in Explorer Corporation
Holdings Limited bringing the Loita Capital Partners
shareholding to 67.94%. Explorer Corporation Holdings
Limited has also acquired, 100% of Industrial Credit
Corporation(ICC) of Zambia and ICC South Africa Ltd.
ICC is Zambia's leading provider of lease finance and
has been in operation for over 37 years, achieving a
profit in each of these years and has started trading
in South Africa under ICC South Africa. In March 2004,
ICC Africa Holdings Ltd changed its name to ICC Africa
Holdings Ltd in order to provide a base for ICC's Africa-wide
leasing activities. Explorer Corporation (a public company
and owned 67.94% by Loita Capital Partners International
Ltd continues to focus on the card side of the business.
(CF)

SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA REGION
EAST
AFRICAN Development Bank - UShs 10 BILLION
Bond Issue - May 1997
Loita advised the EADB on a four-year floating rate
bond issue for the EADB.(TCM)
EAST
AFRICAN Development Bank - KShs 820 Million
Bond Issue - November 1996
Loita acted as placing agents for a three-year floating
rate bond issue for the EADB.(AMCB)
REPUBLIC
NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK - HSBC BANK USA - N/A
Representatives - 1996 - 2001
Under an ongoing, long term mandate, Loita has acted
as the representative in Africa for Republic National
Bank - now HSBC Bank USA -- one of the highest-rated
banks in the United States. Loita's responsibilities
on behalf of RNBNY-HSBC included loan syndication, asset
management and correspondent banking activities.(AMCB)
Eastern
and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA
Bank) - N/A
Advisors - 1995 - Present
Appointed as investment banking advisors to the PTA
Bank, the largest regional bank in the COMESA region.
In this capacity, Loita advises the PTA Bank regarding
its trade financing structures and capital markets issues
throughout the region, comprising 15 countries.(BM)
HSBC
Bank USA, Equator Bank - N/A
Advisors - 1992 - 94
Under a management contract with HSBC Bank USA, and
Equator Bank, Loita was responsible for enhancing market
share and profitability for the bank in its existing
markets, and for expanding the bank's business into
new markets. Loita successfully completed its mandate
within half the contract period. (BM)

TANZANIA
VIP
Engineering LTD - N/A
Advisors - July 1996
Valued VIP Engineering's cellular franchise license
in Tanzania, and advised VIP in its joint-venture negotiations
with Tri-Telecommunications of Malaysia.(CF)
1st
Adili Bancorp - N/A
Advisors - 1995
Under a management contract with 1st Adili,
Loita advised the bank on its operations management
and business development, with the secondment of a senior
Loita officer.(BM)

UGANDA
PTA
Bank - UShs 5.5 BILLION
Currency-Linked Bond Issue - May 1999
Advised, structured and placed a 5-year fixed rate currency-linked
bond issue for the PTA Bank. This was a first for both
the PTA Bank and the Uganda capital market.(TCM)
PTA
Bank - UShs 15 BILLION
Bond Issue - March 1999
Advised, structured, placed and listed a 5-year floating
rate bond issue on behalf of the PTA Bank. This was
the PTA Bank's first bond issue.(TCM)
Sembule
Steel Mills - USD 6.6 Million
Medium Term Debt Restructuring - November 1998
Structured and arranged a 5-year debt refinancing facility
for Sembule. Loita successfully recruited new senior
management under a corporate restructuring plan.(CF)

ZAMBIA
Industrial
Credit Corporation- N/A
Acquisition - September 2000
The Loita Group acquired 100% of the shares of the Industrial
Credit Company, the leading provider of leasing finance
in Zambia, from the Commonwealth Development Corporation.(CF)
PTA
Bank - USD 10 Million
Currency-Linked Bond Issue - February 2000
Advised, structured and placed a 5-year fixed rate currency-linked
bond issue for the PTA Bank, which is listed on the
Lusaka Stock Exchange. This was a first for both the
PTA Bank and the Zambian capital market.(TCM)
Development
Bank of Zambia - USD 20 Million
Trade Receivable Securitization - May 1995
Structured, arranged and placed a facility securitising
DBZ's export receivables, and advised DBZ on balance
sheet restructuring.(CF)

ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe
Steel Company - USD 30 Million
Receivables Securitization - December 1999
Arranged and placed a short-term facility securitising
ZISCO's export receivables.(STPF)
Prime
Bank of Zimbabwe - USD 20 Million
Structured Finance Facility - November 1999
Structured and arranged a revolving finance facility
on behalf of Prime Bank.(AMCB)
Time
Bank of Zimbabwe - USD 15 Million
Structured Finance Facility - July 1999
Structured and arranged a revolving finance facility
on behalf of Time Bank.(AMCB)
Zimbabwe
United Passenger Company - N/A
Advisor - May 1999
Advised ZUPCO in its efforts to achieve privatization
and introduce a technical partner.(CF)
First
Banking Corporation - USD 20 Million
Export Financing - January 1999
Structured and arranged a short-term facility for the
financing of exports on behalf of FBC's agricultural
commodity and other clients.(STPF)
Zimbabwe
Express Airlines - USD 5 Million
Securitisation - December 1998
Structured and placed a securitisation facility against
Zimbabwe Express' IATA ticket sales.(CF)
PTA
Bank - USD 75 Million
Pre-Export Financing - 1996 - Present
Structured and arranged a revolving short-term facility
on behalf of the PTA Bank to finance the export of gold,
tobacco, asbestos and nontraditional commodities. Loita
placed the facility with international financial institutions,
and also acts as facility managers.(STPF)
Heritage
Investment Bank - USD 50 Million
Export Financing - April 1996
Structured and arranged a short-term facility for the
financing of cotton and other nontraditional exports.(STPF)
Cluff
Resources - USD 20 Million
Gold Loan - November 1994
Structured and arranged the first medium-term gold loan
in Zimbabwe.(CF)
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