On December 15, the fourth tranche of medium-term notes (mergers and acquisitions) for 2025 issued by Zhuhai Port Co., Ltd., led and underwritten by Industrial Bank, was successfully issued in the national interbank market, becoming one of the first batch of merger and acquisition notes issued by the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors after the release of the new rules on merger and acquisition notes.
According to reports, this bond issuance has a scale of 100 million yuan and a term of 5 years. The funds raised will be used to support relevant merger and acquisition activities of enterprises and help them optimize their financing structure, in strict accordance with the requirements of the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors' "Notice on Optimizing the Working Mechanism Related to Merger and Acquisition Notes" (hereinafter referred to as the Notice).
Merger and acquisition notes are a type of debt financing instrument issued by non-financial enterprises in the interbank market. The funds raised can be used directly to pay for mergers and acquisitions, repay bank merger and acquisition loans, repay merger and acquisition trusts, etc., or to replace the company's own funds used for mergers and acquisitions in the past year.
On December 2, the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) issued a notice aimed at guiding bond market funds to serve corporate mergers and acquisitions and industrial integration, thereby contributing to economic restructuring and optimal resource allocation. Following the notice, Industrial Bank responded swiftly, actively developing its M&A bill business. It immediately established a special working group, leveraging its extensive experience in bond underwriting and M&A financing to provide companies with comprehensive financial solutions covering the entire M&A cycle.
For a long time, Industrial Bank has leveraged its advantages as a "commercial bank + investment bank" to promote the coordinated development of direct and indirect financing, broaden financing channels for the real economy, focus on the merger and acquisition needs of real economy enterprises, provide precise and efficient financial support, help optimize resource allocation, promote industrial upgrading, and better serve the high-quality development of the real economy. As of the end of November, Industrial Bank's outstanding M&A financing balance (according to the People's Bank of China) was nearly 200 billion yuan, maintaining its leading position among joint-stock commercial banks; since the beginning of this year, its underwriting share of debt financing instruments in the interbank market has exceeded 800 billion yuan, ranking second in the entire market.
