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SME Fixed Assets
Finance the investment of domestic and overseas fixed assets, including:
Purchase of equipment and machines for automation and upgrading
Construction or purchase of government and commercial built factories and business premises
Maximum Loan Quantum
S$30 million / borrower group
1
Note: Overall loan exposure limit of S$50 million per borrower group across all areas.
Maximum Repayment Period
15 years
Risk-Share
Risk share is at 50%. Young companies
2
or companies operating in a challenged market
3
may receive a risk share of 70%.
The borrower is responsible to repay 100% of the loan amount. When defaults occur, the Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) are obligated to follow their standard commercial recovery procedure, including the realisation of security, before they can make a claim against Enterprise Singapore for the unrecovered amount in proportion to the risk-share.
Interest Rate
Subject to PFIs’ assessment of risks involved.
1
Borrower Group consists of the following:
a.
Borrower; and
b.
Corporate shareholders that hold more than 50% of the total shareholding of the applicant company, and any subsequent corporate parents (all levels up), and subsidiaries all levels down. (Annual sales turnover and employment size is computed on a group basis.)
2
Young companies refer to firms formed within the past 5 years with at least 1 employee, and more than 50% equity owned by individuals.
3
Challenged markets refer to countries with S&P rating BB+ and below, including non-rated countries.
Eligibility
Be a business entity
4
that is registered and physically present in Singapore, and
At least 30% local equity held directly or indirectly by Singaporean(s) and/or Singapore PR(s), determined by the ultimate individual ownership, and
Have Group Annual Sales Turnover of not more than S$500 million
For “SME Fixed Assets”, the SME definition refers to Group revenue of up to S$100 million or maximum employment of 200 employees
4
ACRA registered Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Limited Liability Partnerships and Companies are eligible to apply for the scheme. Approval of the loan is subject to the PFI’s assessment.
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