DUBLIN – January 12, 2026 – 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.

The facility was financed by a group of MLA banks, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Sydney Branch, Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited (Incorporated In Hong Kong With Limited Liability), China CITIC Bank International Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China London Branch, Ping An Bank, and CTBC Bank Co., Ltd.

“Our continued success in attracting top-tier financiers reinforces our position as a premier global lessor with the strongest credit rating among the top 10 lessors and showcases the market’s confidence in our long-term strategy. We continue to strengthen our cost of capital and position our platform for sustainable profitability,” added Chen.

In line with the other facilities, the SLL parameters are contingent on the satisfaction of Sustainability Performance Targets (“SPTs”), based on the lessor’s Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) related to:

*reducing the carbon intensity of the fleet, focusing on the most fuel-efficient aircraft; and
*increasing the share of new generation aircraft in the fleet.