National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) has informed BSE that the Company has signed a loan Agreement of Euro 68.56 million with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) on February 15, 2008, a multilateral financial institution owned by the Nordic and Baltic countries, to part finance the capital expenditure of its projects. The loan has a maturity of 12 years including availability period of 3 years. The loan carries a floating rate of interest linked to EURIBOR and is without sovereign guarantee. This is the first loan that NTPC has tied up with NIB.