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R4 Ghent closes with hard mini-perm

08 February 2012

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DG-Infra (75%) and Participatie Maatschappi Vlaanderen - PMV (25%) have closed the financing for the 30-year R4 Ghent road PPP. Dexia and Fortis are providing a 9-year Eu90 million ($119.4 million) hard miniperm. Such a structure is rare in the Belgian transport sector, but given banks’ difficulties in providing long-term funding for projects, the deal could serve as a precedent for other European PPPs.

The project follows the DBM+F model, under which the tender for financing is kept separate from the design, build and maintain contract until the preferred bidder stage....


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