Direct loans to business entities affected by the war
What are the benefits?
The instrument is intended to reduce the impact of the crisis caused by the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine by providing loans to the working capital of business entities, and to reduce the lack of investment loans in the Lithuanian economy caused by this crisis.
Who is eligible?
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as large companies that meet the requirements for applicants may apply for a loan.
A borrower is considered a victim of a war-induced crisis if it meets any of the following conditions:
- The share of the borrower's imports or exports with Ukraine and/or the share of imports with Russia and/or Belarus together make up at least 25% of the total share of the borrower's imports or exports (including with European Union countries) from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2021;
or - The borrower's energy consumption, i.e. supply of natural gas, heat and electricity constitutes at least 8% of the borrower's costs in 2021;
or - According to the data of the Lithuanian Department of Statistics of 1 January 2022, the borrower carried out one of the economic activities included in Annex I to the European Commission's communication of 23 March 2022 No. 2022/C 131 I/01 (adopted with effect from 28 October 2022 in a new version No. 2022/C 426/01) "Communication from the Commission Temporary Crisis Framework for State Aid instrument to support the economy following the aggression against Ukraine by Russia" (hereinafter referred to as the Communication).
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| SMEs and large companies | Entrepreneurs carrying out individual activities | SMEs and large companies | Entrepreneurs carrying out individual activities | |
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| Documents describing the borrower: incorporation (activity) documents of the legal entity, copies of the personal identity document of the manager, information about the participants of the legal entity (shareholders, owners, beneficiaries), the relevant shareholder structure of the borrower and a free form document specifying the business entity and the relations of its related companies | |
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| Registration documents of the entrepreneur's individual activity, a copy of the personal identity document and a free-form document indicating the relationship between the entrepreneur and his/her related companies | |
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| Business plan (description of the investment project), prepared in accordance with the requirements for a business plan recommended by Inovacijų agentūra | |
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| Form detailing the activity (financial) data of the borrower | |
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| The decision of the management body of the business entity, the competence of which is to make the relevant decision, regarding obtaining a loan, pledging assets and appointing persons authorised to sign relevant contracts or transactions | |
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| Financial documents for the last three financial years or a shorter period (if the borrower has been operating for less than three years) | |
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| Invoices issued to the borrower for the provision of energy services during the year 2021, where the damage caused due to the crisis caused by the war is based on Clause 4.2 of Section 2.2 or Clause 4.2 of Section 2.3 of the description | |
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| Invoices (documents proving the experience of energy costs) issued to the borrower during the last 12 months before the month of submitting the loan application, if the borrower wishes the loan amount to be calculated according to Clause 1.2 of Section 2.2 and Clause 1.2 of Section 2.3 of the description. If the borrower has been operating for less than 12 months, then the possible size of the loan amount shall be calculated based on the period in which the borrower has been operating up to the date of application | |
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| Interim report of the current financial year – financial report of the last quarter, if 40 calendar days have not passed since the current quarter, the financial report of the previous quarter must be submitted (if an entrepreneur is applying for a loan, he/she may submit equivalent documents) | |
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| Accounting certificate of import or export to Ukraine and/or import from Russia and/or Belarus and total import or export of the borrower from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, when the loan is applied for by a non-VAT payer and the damage due to the crisis caused by the war is based on Clause 4.1 of Section 2.2 or Clause 4.1 of Section 2.3 of the description | |
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| Reasoned explanation of the changes in the activities of the business entity and in the documents (data) submitted with the application, as well as supporting documents, when the business entity does not apply for the first time (i.e. when the previous application (s) were rejected) | |
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Confirmation that the business entity does not have any or has terminated trade obligations with natural persons and/or legal entities of Russia and/or Belarus by 31 August 2022 |
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| Declaration (Annex 1 of the description), which declares loans granted to the borrower and/or leasing transactions (including guaranteed loans and/or guaranteed leasing transactions) in accordance with the measures implemented in accordance with the Communication | |
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A letter of the private sponsor about intention to take part in financing of the investment project signed by a qualified electronic signature of the manager. |
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* If an application is submitted by an authorised person, a power of attorney has to be signed by a qualified electronic signature of the manager and the personal identity document of the authorised person has to be submitted.
** Upon request of INVEGA, the sponsor has to prove its financial capacity to take part in the investment project and to justify the origin f own funds. If the investment borrower intends to use own funds for financing of the investment project, this information has to be substantiated in the business plan.
Standard working capital loan agreement
Standard investment loan agreement
Payment request form
To be completed in case of disbursement of an investment loan. Payment requests must be submitted by sending them by e-mail to operacijos@invega.lt. Payment requests shall be evaluated only in cases where they are received from the e-mail address of the borrower specified in the contract or application. The payment request must be duly signed.
When the contract’s conditions are amended, it is necessary to submit:
- An application to repay the loan or its part, if a person wants to cover the loan or its part in advance and to repay the loan otherwise than provided in the contract.
- An application in free form, if other conditions of the contract are to be amended.
All the applications have to be signed by a qualified electronic signature of the manager. The contract’s number has to be indicated in the applications. The applications shall be sent to INVEGA by e-mail info@invega.lt, stating the contract’s number in the e-mail’s subject.
Terms
Loan applications are accepted until 10 November 2023.
The loan agreement must be signed by 20 December 2023.
How much?
EUR 50 million of funds from the INVEGA fund have been allocated for the implementation of the instrument.
Working capital loan
Working capital loan funds must be used no later than within 6 months from the date of loan disbursement. After the specified deadline, the unused amount of the working capital loan funds must be returned to INVEGA no later than 10 busines days after the end of the deadline.
Investment loan
Investment loan funds shall be disbursed no later than within 12 months from the date of conclusion of the contract, but no later than by 31 December 2023. In cases where construction or contracting works (including reconstruction) are performed, the loan funds shall be disbursed no later than within 24 months, but no later than by 31 December 2024.
The maximum loan amount shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions:
- the loan amount must not exceed 15% of the borrower's average sales revenue of the last 3 financial years;
or - the loan amount must not exceed 50% of the amount of the borrower's energy costs incurred in the last 12 months prior to the month of submitting the loan application.
- the loan amount granted to a borrower or a group of companies (if the borrower belongs to a group of companies) cannot exceed EUR 10 million.
| Only one working capital loan may be granted to one borrower and only one investment loan may be granted for the financing of one investment project. The amount of the granted working capital/investment loan cannot be increased. |
Interest on loans
Loans shall be provided at a fixed annual interest rate.
The interest rate applied to the loan cannot be lower than 5%.
Preliminary interest rate calculator |
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| Purpose of the loan | The loan is granted to finance working capital, except for ineligible expenses. | Loan funds may be used to finance the purchase of tangible non-current assets (buildings, devices, machines and equipment), including the reconstruction of own non-current tangible assets, as well as the purchase of land, when the investment in the acquisition of land is directly related to the production of planned products (goods) and/or provision of services and/or intangible non-current assets that do not have a physical or financial form (patents, licences or other intellectual property). |
| Collateral | The loan may be subject to loan collateral. | A financed non-current asset or other equivalent non-current asset must be pledged in favour of INVEGA. |
| Loan deferral period | Up to 6 months + 6 months With INVEGA's consent. | Up to 24 months |
You may apply for a loan if:
- You are a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) or a large company.
- You do not carry out activities attributed to the financial sectors.
- You do not have or have terminated commercial relations with natural persons and/or legal entities of Russia and/or Belarus no later than by 31 August 2022.
- You are a victim of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.
- You operate in the Republic of Lithuania.
- You meet the minimum criteria for reliable taxpayers.
- At the time of application submission, you have submitted to the Centre of Registers a set of financial statements for the last three financial years or a shorter period (if the borrower has been in business for less than three years), in which the composition of equity is disclosed in detail. If you are an entrepreneur, you must submit financial documents to INVEGA for the last two financial years or a shorter period (if you have been operating for less than three years).
- You have not received illegal aid, which was recognised as illegal and incompatible with the internal market by the decision of the European Commission, or you have returned its full amount, including interest, in accordance with the procedure established by law.
- You are not a state and municipal enterprise in which 25% or more of the capital shares or the votes of the participants are individually or jointly owned by the state and/or municipality.
- You are not undergoing bankruptcy and/or restructuring or you are not an entrepreneur against whom a personal bankruptcy case has been initiated.
- You justify the need to get a loan.
- Sanctions (any trade, economic or financial sanctions, embargoes or other restrictive measures) are not applied to the borrower and its beneficiary, or to natural person and legal entities for the benefit of which the loan shall be used.
- You have not received funding under the incentive financial instrument "Loans Intended to Ensure Liquidity of Economic Entities Active in the Production, Processing and Trade of Agricultural and Fishery Products in Response to Russian Aggression against Ukraine".
- The risk of default of the borrower and/or the loan is of an acceptable risk level according to the methodology approved by INVEGA.
