CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“CDB Leasing”), announced today that CDB Aviation Hong Kong (Limited), a Hong Kong incorporated entity wholly owned by CDB Aviation, executed a new Sustainability Linked Loan (“SLL”) transaction on December 19, 2025, anchored with a five-year $710 million unsecured term loan facility.
“This term loan marks a major milestone for our platform, with our Hong Kong entity being appointed as the borrower for the very first time to enter into an SLL to raise substantial funds from the market,” commented Jie Chen, Chief Executive Officer of CDB Aviation.
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited acted as Facility Agent and Facility Coordinator, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited as Mandate Lead Arranger Bookrunner, and Credit Agricole as Sole Sustainability Agent and Lead Sustainability Structuring Advisor, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China London Branch and China CITIC Bank International Limited as Sustainability Structuring Advisors.
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