The rating covers an issue of €500 mln with three-year maturity issued by Bank of Chinaʼs Hungarian branch.
The ‘A’ rating assigned to the notes issued by the Hungarian branch is higher than the country ceiling of ‘BBB’ for Hungary, “underpinned by our expectation of full support from the bankʼs headquarters to the branch,” Fitch noted.
The Hungarian branch of the Bank of China will use proceeds from the €500 mln bond, issued at the end of last month, for upgrades at local chemicals company BorsodChem, in eastern Hungary, a member of Chinaʼs Wanhua group, and state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM), as well as several other local businesses, the head of the branch, Chen Huaiyu said earlier.
The bond issue followed a memorandum of understanding between China and Hungary on their governmentsʼ support for the establishment of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Maritime Silk Road signed earlier in June.
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