Gandules Inc. S.A.C.

inactive

The proposed operation consists of a senior loan to Gandules, which includes two tranches: (i) Commitment Tranche of up to US$15 million for: (a) US$8.0 million for investments in industrial fixed assets to automate processes, improve quality and increase capacity, (b) US$1.0 million for investments in water wells to increase the water resources, and (c) US$6.0 million for refinancing of financial debt; (ii) Non-Committed Tranche for up to US$5.0 million for investments acceptable to the IIC in fixed assets or expansion of agricultural frontier (jointly (i) and (ii) "Project").Gandules began operations in 2002, is a partially vertically integrated business with activities spanning the whole agricultural value chain, incorporating farming, processing, marketing, and trading. Is a leading export market in Capsicums (green chili, jalapeños, cherry, peppadew, etc.). Other crops include mango, pineapple and beans. Gandules operates 1.135 Ha through a mix of own and third party (53%) lands. Additionally, Gandules owns 2914 Ha of uncropped lands. Processing output is 724 Tons/day from two canning facilities (480t/day), frozen food plant (64 t/day), and one plant devoted to fresh produce (180 t/day). With this project, Gandules will increase its canned and frozen production capacity by 27% and 14%, respectively. It employs a working population that varies between 3,500 and 6,000 workers in all stages of its productive chain, 70% of whom are women.