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Loans CHANGE

These loans are focused on transforming the Lithuanian economy and improving the competitiveness of businesses by investing in:

  • Automation of production processes in industrial enterprises and the introduction of digitisation technologies in the Mid-western Lithuania Region;
  • Digitising the production processes of high value-added industries in the Capital Region.
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Allocated amount: 148.5 M EUR

This is translated information. In case of any discrepancies, the original Lithuanian version shall prevail.

Who is eligible?

Industrial enterprices of various sizes can apply for loans.

Loan ammount & duration

The maximum loan amount is EUR 10 million. The maximum amount of the project’s eligible costs must be  not more than 75% of the project’s eligible costs, 25%  must come from private financiers or the borrower’s own resources.
Several loans may be granted to a single borrower, but the total amount of the loans may not exceed EUR 10 million.

The maximum duration of the loan is 10 years.

Loan interest

The loans shall be granted by applying the varying annual interest rate.

The loan interest rate shall consist of:

  • 1% interest margin.
  • Variable interest rate part – 6 months EURIBOR (when EURIBOR is negative, it is equated to zero).

Where to apply?

The application for loan shall be addressed to ILTE. It shall be submitted together with the supporting documents via the application submission system (Lithuanian language version).

Terms

Loan agreements shall be signed by 30 June 2029 and loan payouts shall be made no later than 31 December 2029.

Funded projects

Funding is provided for new projects that have not yet started and that comply with the horizontal principles and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Mid-western Lithuania (MWL) Region* Capital Region**
  1. Implementation of production process equipment with integrated digitisation technologies in industrial companies.
  2. Projects do not have to contribute to the Smart Specialisation concept, but if they do, they may be eligible for a grant.
  1. Implementation of production process equipment with integrated digitisation technologies in high added-value-creating industrial companies.
  2. Projects must contribute to the Smart Specialisation concept and correspond to at least one of its priority themes.
3. The project introduces production process equipment (including production logistics) with at least one digital technology.

* Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Marijampole, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Tauragė, Telšiai and Utena counties.
** Vilnius County.

Requirements for applicants

You can apply for a loan if:

  • You operate in the Republic of Lithuania;
  • You meet the minimum criteria for a reliable taxpayer;
  • You are not a company in bankruptcy, restructuring or liquidation;
  • You are not a company in difficult situation at the time of application and you have submitted a set of financial statements for the last financial year to the Centre of Registers;
  • The state and/or municipality does not own or owns less than 25% of the shares, stocks or other forms of participation in the company’s capital;
  • You have not received state aid which has been declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market by a decision of the European Commission and/or the lender, or you have repaid the full amount of the aid, including interest, in accordance with the procedure laid down by law;
  • The applicant and its beneficiary, or the natural and legal persons for whose benefit the loan will be used, are not subject to sanctions (any trade, economic or financial sanctions, embargoes or other restrictive measures);
  • The business entity, its manager, a member of its administrative, management and/or supervisory bodies, or a person having powers of representation, decision-making or control over the business entity, has not been convicted of any criminal offence and has no spent or unspent criminal record;
  • You do not have business relations with legal persons registered in territories which do not cooperate with the European Union in the application of internationally harmonised taxes under their jurisdiction, nor do you carry out or intend to carry out transactions with legal persons registered in the target territories;
  • You do not have, or have terminated, trade commitments with natural and/or legal persons from countries hostile to the Republic of Lithuania by 31 August 2022;
  • You have submitted all the required documents.

All requirements are described in the description (Lithuanian language)

Application of state aid
Company size Region in which the investment takes place Type of investment Provisions of the applicable regulation
SME* MWL**, Capital*** Initial investment, Initial investment that creates a new economy activity General Exemption Regulation (State aid under Article 14)
SMCE and MCE* MWL** Initial investment, Initial investment that creates a new economy activity
Capital***  Initial investment that creates a new economy activity
Capital*** Initial investment De minimis Regulation

*An SME is a very small, small or medium-sized enterprise. An SMCE small mid-cap enterprise with no more than 499 employees and is not an SME. An MCE is a mid-cap enterprise with up to 3,000 employees and which is not an SME or an SMCE. For more details, see Annex 2 to the Description.
** MWL: Mid-western Lithuania (Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Marijampolė, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Tauragė, Telšiai and Utena counties).
***Vilnius County.

Source of funding

Amount of funds committed under the financial instrument CHANGE ("Pokytis" in Lithuanian language), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund:
•  EUR 49 477 735 for the digitisation of industrial enterprises in Mid-western Lithuania Region;
•  EUR 99 065 421 for the digitisation of high value-added industries in the Capital Region.

Documents and information to be provided

Document forms are provided in the Lithuanian version of  loans CHANGE (POKYTIS).

Documents and information to be provided Mid-western Lithuania (MWL) region* Capital region**

Application

Declaration of SME status signed by the head of the enterprise (except in the case of an application from a large enterprise with up to 3,000 employees)
Copy of the identity document of the company director
Single undertaking declaration (to be completed for aid granted under the de minimis regulation)
Up-to-date corporate and governance structure, i.e. consistent information on all levels of the corporate and governance structure, as well as on all natural and legal persons at all levels of the corporate ownership and governance structure
A free-form document setting out the relationship between the business entity and its related companies
The last quarterly interim set of financial statements for the current financial year, if 40 calendar days have elapsed since the start of the current quarter. In the case of companies operating for less than one year, an interim set of financial statements for the quarter preceding the last quarter, or equivalent documents, must be submitted if fewer than 40 calendar days have elapsed since the beginning of the current quarter

Business Plan***

Form detailing the activity (financial) data of the borrower
A letter of intent from the private financier to participate in the project (not applicable when the funds covering the private financier’s share are entirely borne by the borrower. In this case, the business plan must substantiate the origin of the loan recipient's own funds and provide documentation to support the origin of the own funds)
Completed and signed Do No Significant Harm compliance declaration (Annex 5 to the profile)
Technological audit conclusion (recommendations for conducting a technological audit) 
Services’ contract for the technological audit and (or) contract for technological oversight on the implementation of technological audit conclusions. *****
Invoice for technological audit services and proof of payment *****
Completed Annex 4 of the description justifying the project’s contribution to the Smart Specialisation concept
Completed Annex 4 of the description justifying the project’s contribution to the Smart Specialisation concept (where there is a desire to receive a grant)
A reasoned explanation of the changes that have occurred in the business entity’s activities and in the documents/data submitted with the application, and supporting documentation for the explanation, if the business entity is applying not for the first time (i.e. where the previous application(s) has been refused)
At the end of the project, the following must be submitted
Invoice for the technological supervision services provided for the implementation of the conclusion of the technology audit and proof of payment of the invoice ****
Certificate on the productivity indicator ‘Value added per employee’ in the prescribed format

* Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Marijampole, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Tauragė, Telšiai and Utena counties.
** Vilnius County.
*** The business plan shall include a description of the ongoing and/or planned activities, the current and projected financial position of the business entity, a proposal for the loan payment schedule and the loan security instruments, a description of the investments and the documents supporting the investments, if such documents supporting the investments exist. It must also include financial performance projections/estimates reflecting the ability of the business entity to make timely payments on all of the business entity’s existing and future financial obligations for the full term of the loan. It is suggested that the structure of the business plan recommended by the Innovation Agency is followed.
**** In cases where a grant is requested to cover such costs.

The submission, evaluation, conclusion or refusal of a loan agreement is governed by ILTE's procedure for the submission and evaluation of applications and requests for direct loans.

Instrument Description

ATTENTION! 30-08-2024 UAB "Investicijų ir verslo garantijos" became UAB ILTE.

Instrument description (Lithuanian language version)