OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2008. X5 Retail Group N.V., Russia's largest food retailer in terms of sales (LSE ticker: “FIVE”), announced today that syndication for the USD 1,100,000,000 3 year Term Loan Facility for the Company has been launched by BNP Paribas, CALYON, HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V. and Raiffeisen Zentralbank Цsterreich AG (RZB). The Facility was fully pre-funded by the Bookrunners. There will be a bank meeting held in London on January 29, 2008.