DATED NOVEMBER 11, 2009 WUHAN BLOWER CO., LTD. as Borrower A WUHAN GENERATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. as Borrower B WUHAN XINGELIN MACHINERY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. as Borrower C THE BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS named herein as Lenders...
EXHIBIT
10.1
DATED NOVEMBER
11, 2009
WUHAN
BLOWER CO., LTD.
武汉鼓风机有限公司
as
Borrower A
WUHAN
GENERATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
武汉发电设备制造有限公司
as
Borrower B
WUHAN
XINGELIN MACHINERY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
武汉鑫xx环保设备有限公司
as
Borrower C
THE BANKS
AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
named
herein as Lenders
STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK (CHINA) LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH
渣打银行(中国)有限公司广州分行
as
Facility Agent
STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK (CHINA) LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH
渣打银行(中国)有限公司广州分行
as
Security Agent
UNIVERSE
FAITH GROUP LTD.
as
Guarantor A
武汉通用集团(中国)有限公司
as
Guarantor B
MR. XU
JIE
xx
as
Guarantor C
_______________________________________________
RMB
303,100,000
TERM
LOAN FACILITY
_______________________________________________
CONTENTS
NUMBER
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CLAUSE
HEADING
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PAGE
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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4
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2.
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THE FACILITY
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12
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3.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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13
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4.
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ADVANCES
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19
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5.
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INTEREST
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21
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6.
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REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND
CANCELLATION
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22
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7.
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CHANGE OF LAW OR CIRCUMSTANCES OR
MARKET
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24
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8.
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TAXES AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS
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26
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9.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
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27
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10.
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PAYMENTS AND
EVIDENCE OF DEBT
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28
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11.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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30
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12.
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UNDERTAKINGS
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33
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13.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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41
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14.
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PENALTY INTEREST
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44
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15.
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INDEMNITIES AND SET-OFF
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45
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16.
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THE FINANCE PARTIES
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47
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17.
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AMENDMENT
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56
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18.
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WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
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57
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19.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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57
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20.
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ASSIGNMENT, NOVATION, DISCLOSURE AND LENDING OFFICE
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58
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21.
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NOTICES
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61
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GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES
RESOLUTION
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63
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EXECUTION |
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on
the 11th day of
November, 2009
BETWEEN:
WUHAN BLOWER CO., LTD. (武汉鼓风机有限公司), a corporation with limited
liability incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China with its
principal place of business at Canglongdao Science Xxxx, Miao Shan Development
Zone, Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
as Borrower A (the “Borrower
A”);
WUHAN GENERATING EQUIPMENT CO.,
LTD. (武汉发电设备制造有限公司), a corporation with limited
liability incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China with its
principal place of business at Canglongdao Science Xxxx of Jiangxia District,
Wuhan, Hubei (湖北省武汉市江夏区藏龙岛科技园区)
as Borrower B (the “Borrower
B”);
WUHAN XINGELIN MACHINERY EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (武汉鑫xx环保设备有限公司), a corporation with limited
liability incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China with its
principal place of business at No. 272, Chechengdong Road, Wuhan Economic and
Technology Development Zone (武汉经济技术开发区车城东路272号) as Borrower C
(the “Borrower
C”);
THE BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as lenders (collectively the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”
respectively);
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (CHINA)
LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH (渣打银行(中国)有限公司广州分行), a commercial bank duly
incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of
China with its principal place of business xx 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 000000,
Xxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx0x00x) as agent (the
“Facility
Agent”);
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (CHINA)
LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH (渣打银行(中国)有限公司广州分行), a commercial bank duly
incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of
China with its principal place of business xx 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 000000,
Xxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx0x00x) as security
agent (the “Security
Agent”);
UNIVERSE FAITH GROUP LTD., a
corporation with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands with its registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore
Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands as Guarantor A
(the “Guarantor
A”);
WUHAN GENRAL GROUP (CHINA), INC.
(武汉通用集团(中国)有限公司), a corporation with limited
liability incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada with its
principal place
of business at Canglongdao Science Xxxx of East Lake Technology Development Zone
Wuhan, Hubei, China (中国湖北xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
xx Xxxxxxxxx X (xxx “Xxxxxxxxx
X”); and
MR. XU JIE, a citizen of the
People’s Republic of China (ID Card No. 000000000000000000) with his residence
address at No. 191-603 Huang Jia Dian, Hong Shan District, Wuhan as Guarantor C
(the “Guarantor
C”).
IT IS
AGREED as follows:
1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions.
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In this
Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:
“Account Receivable Assignment” means the assignment
of receivables with balance over RMB 5,000,000 for Borrower A, RMB 10,000,000
for Borrower B and RMB 5,000,000 for Borrower C outstanding at the time of
Closing and the assignment of receivable with balance over RMB
5,000,000 for Borrower A, RMB 10,000,000 for Borrower B and RMB 5,000,000 for
Borrower C at any time after the Closing executed by each of the
Co-borrowers as a security in favour of the Lenders for all or any part of
the Co-borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders. For avoidance of doubt, the assignment
of receivables by Borrower A and Borrower B shall refer to the receivables from
any of the customers of Borrower A and Borrower B and the assignment of
receivables by Borrower C shall refer to the receivables from the external
customers of Borrower C other than Borrower A and Borrower B;
“Advance” means each lending of
a portion of the Commitments under the Facility pursuant to Clause 4 or, as the
context may require, the principal amount advanced to the Co-borrowers on each
such occasion;
“Assignee” means any person to
whom an assignment of all or part of the rights of the Lender has taken effect
in accordance with Clause 20.2;
“Availability Period” means (i)
for Tranche A, the period commencing from the Closing and ending on the earlier
of (a) the date falling three (3) months after Closing and (b) the date on which
Tranche A is fully drawn, cancelled or terminated under the provisions of this
Agreement; and (ii) for Tranche B, the period commencing from the Closing and
ending on
the
earlier of (c) the date falling twelve (12) months after Closing and (d) the
date on which Tranche B is fully drawn, cancelled and terminated under the
provisions of this Agreement.
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“Business Day” means a day on
which banks are open for business in Guangzhou, PRC;
“Certificate of Land Use Right”
means the certificate of land use right(土地使用权证) issued by
a competent Land Bureau to any of the Co-borrowers, evidencing the Co-borrowers’
ownership of the land use right of the Property;
“Certificate of Real Estate
Ownership” means the certificates of real estate ownership (房地产权证) issued by a
competent Real Estate Administration Authority to any of the Co-borrowers,
evidencing the Co-borrowers’ ownership of the Plant;
“Closing” means the closing of
the transaction contemplated hereunder which will take place upon the signing of
this Agreement and any other agreement entered into by the Facility
Agent on behalf of the Lenders with the Co-borrowers on or before the
signing of this Agreement.
“Co-borrowers” means Borrower
A, Borrower B and Borrower C collectively.
“Commitment” means, in
relation to each Lender, the principal amount set opposite that Lender’s name in
Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in any Novation Certificate, in each case as
reduced by its Participation in Advances made from time to time or otherwise in
accordance with this Agreement, being the maximum amount from time to time which
that Lender is committed to make available under the Facility;
“CRC of PBOC” means the Credit
Reference Center of PBOC.
“Drawdown Date” means the date
when each Advance or the Loan should be made;
“Eligible Transferee” means a
bank or other financial institution duly authorized to carry on its business and
to participate in the Facility.
“Encumbrance” means any claim
on any of the Co-borrowers’ assets and/or intangible properties,
including:
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(a)
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any
mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation or other security interest
or security arrangement of any
kind;
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(b)
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any
arrangement whereby any rights are subordinated to any rights of any third
party; and
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(c)
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any
contractual right of set-off;
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“Equipment” means the equipment
to be mortgaged in favour of the Lenders according to this
Agreement;
“Event of Default” means any
event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 13;
“Event of Force Majeure” means the events
which are not foreseeable, avoidable and conquerable by one party and cause such
party being incapable of performing the obligations under this Agreement,
including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, storm, tsunami or other
natural disaster, war, embargo, strike, riot, or other abnormal social
phenomenon and governmental behaviours such as government control, expropriation
or alteration of government policy and other situation stipulated by
law;
“Facility” means the loan
facility to be made available under this Agreement, comprising the Tranche A
facility and the Tranche B facility;
“Facility Agent” means Standard
Chartered Bank (China) Limited, Guangzhou Branch and its respective Assignor or
successor thereafter which shall act as the facility agent for the transaction
contemplated hereof in accordance with Clause 16 below.
“Final Repayment Date” means
the date falling three (3) years after the first Drawdown Date of Tranche A
and the Final Repayment Date for Tranche B shall match to the maturity of
Tranche A;
“Finance Documents” means this
Agreement (including its appendixes, amendments and/or riders), any Security
Document and any other documents designated as such by any of the Finance
Parties and any of the Co-borrowers and “Finance Document” means any
one of them;
“Finance Parties” means the
Facility Agent, the Security Agent and the Lenders and “Finance Party” means any one
of them;
“Fixed Rate” means a fixed
interest rate that will be paid for the term of this Facility. The
Fixed Rate will applicable to Tranche A will be determined at the time of the
First Drawdown for Tranche A. Should there be a Tranche B Fixed Rate
then this rate will be determined at the time of Tranche B
drawdown.
“Grant Contract” means
the Contracts for Assignment of Land Use Right of State-owned
Land (国有土地使用权出让合同)in relation to the
land use right over the land located at Guanfeng Road, Canglongdao Science Xxxx,
Jiangxia District, Wuhan owed by Borrower A and the Contract for Assignment
of Land Use Right of State-owned Land (国有土地使用权出让合同)in relation to the
land use right over the land located at Plot 4MA of Wuhan Economic and
Technology Development Zone owned by Borrower C;
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“Guarantee” means the Deed
of Guarantee issued by each of the Guarantors respectively;
“Guarantor A” means UNIVERSE FAITH GROUP
LTD., a corporation with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the
British Virgin Islands with its registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore
Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands;
“Guarantor B” means WUHAN GENRAL GROUP
(CHINA), INC., a corporation with limited liability incorporated under the
laws of the State of Vevada with its principal place of business
at Canglongdao Science Xxxx of East Lake Technology Development Zone Wuhan,
Hubei, China;
“Guarantor C” means MR. XU JIE, a citizen
of the People’s Republic of China (ID Card No. 000000000000000000) with his
residence address at No. 191-603 Huang Jia Dian, Hong Shan District,
Wuhan;
“Guarantors” shall refer to
Guarantor A, Guarantor B and Guarantor C;
“Insurance Assignment” means the assignment of
the insurance in respect of the Property and Equipment, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, executed or to be executed by each of the
Co-borrowers in favour of the Lenders;
“Interest Payment Date” means
the last day of an Interest Period;
“Interest Period” means, in
relation to any Advance or the Loan, an interest period ascertained in
accordance with Clause 5;
“Land Bureau” means Wuhan
Jiangxia District Land Administration Bureau and Wuhan Economic and Technology
Development Zone Land Administration Bureau or any of the same, as the case may
be;
“Lender(s)” means the banks
and financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 as Lender(s) and each Assignee
and Transferee but such term shall not include any Lender in respect of which
(a) no amount is or may become owing to or by it under this Agreement and (b)
whose Commitment has been cancelled or reduced to nil;
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“Lending
Office” means, in relation to each Lender, its office at the
address specified in Schedule 1 or such other office as may be selected by it
from time to time pursuant to Clause 20.11;
“Loan” means the aggregate
principal amount drawn and for the time being outstanding under the
Facility;
“Majority Lenders” means at any
time Lenders whose aggregate Participations in the Loan exceed 50% of the Loan
or, if no Advance has yet been made, whose aggregate Commitments exceed 50% of
all the Commitments;
“Material Adverse Effect”
means, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), a material
adverse effect on:
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(a)
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the
ability of the Co-borrowers to perform its obligations under any of the
Finance Documents to which it is or is to be a
party;
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(b)
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the
prospect of business, operations, assets or financial condition of the
Co-borrowers; or
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(c)
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the
validity or enforceability of any Finance Document, the value of any
security under any Security Document or the rights or remedies of any
Finance Party under the Finance
Documents;
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“MOC” means the relevant branch
of the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, or other relevant departments authorised
by such Ministry to approve the establishment of Borrower A;
“Mortgage Registration
Certificate” means the certificate of registration of other party’s
rights (他项权利证明书)issued by the Land
Bureau or Real Estate Administration Bureau or SAIC, evidencing registration of
the Property Mortgage and/or Equipment Mortgage, as the case may
be;
“Notice of Drawing” means a
notice in the form set out in the Appendix I;
“Novation
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Schedule 2;
“PBOC” means the People’s
Bank of China;
“Participation” means
in relation to each Lender, in respect of any amount owing to the Lenders
hereunder, the proportion of such amount which is owing to that Lender and, in
respect of an Advance, the proportion of that Advance which is to be made
available by that Lender and “Participation in the Facility”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“Potential Event of Default”
means any event or circumstances which with the giving of notice, the passage of
time, any determination of materiality or the satisfaction of any applicable
condition (or any combination of them) would become an Event of
Default;
“PRC” means the People’s
Republic of China;
“Property” means (i) the land
use right on Guanfeng Road, Canglongdao Science Xxxx, Jiangxia District, Wuhan
with the Certificates of Land Use Right of Xia Guo Yong (2005) No. 204, Xia Guo
Yong (2005) No.189, Xia Guo Yong (2007) No.385 and Xia Guo Yong (2005) No.386
owned by Borrower A; (ii) the land use right on Plot 4MA of Wuhan Economic and
Technology Development Zone with the Certificate of Land Use Right of Wu Kai Guo
Yong (2008) No. 23 owned by Borrower C; and (iii) the buildings with the
Certificates of Real Estate Ownership of Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No.
200505065, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200402226, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No
200403909, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200505066, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi
No. 200505064, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200402224, Wu Fang Quan Zheng
Xia Zi No. 200402225 and Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200803201 owned by
Borrower A;
“Property Mortgage” means the
mortgage over the Property known as land use right and real property
mortgage “房地产抵押合同”, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lenders, executed or to be executed by Borrower A
and Borrower C in favour of the Lenders;
“RMB” or “Renminbi” means the lawful
currency for the time being of the PRC;
“Real Estate Administration
Authority” means Wuhan Jiangxia
District Real Estate Administration Authority and Wuhan Economic and
Technology Development Zone Real Estate Administration Authority or any of
the same, as the case may be;
“Relevant Hedge Transactions” means any swap,
option, hedge transactions or arrangement (including the transaction between the
inner departments or functions booked with the Lenders), or combination of the
above participated by the Lenders in relation to the Facility hereunder for the
purpose of hedging the Fixed Rate, foreign exchange or other risks
exposure.
“SAIC” means the relevant
branch of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce of the
PRC;
“Security Agent”
means Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited, Guangzhou Branch and its
respective Assignor or successor thereafter which shall act as the security
agent for the transaction contemplated hereof in accordance with Clause 16
below.
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“Security Documents” means the
Guarantee issued by each of the Guarantors, Insurance Assignment, the Share
Pledge, the Account Receivable Assignment, the Property Mortgage, the
Equipment Mortgage, Trademarks Pledge and any other documents executed from time
to time by whatever person as a further guarantee of or security for all or any
part of the Co-borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement;
“Share Pledge” means the Pledge
over Shares of Borrower B and Borrower C executed by Borrower A in favour of the
Lenders as a security for all or any part of the Co-borrowers’ obligations under
this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lenders;
“Subsidiary” in relation to any
company means any other company or other entity directly or indirectly under the
control of the first-mentioned company; for this purpose “control” means ownership of
more than fifty per cent (50%) of the voting share capital or equivalent right
of ownership of such company or entity, or power to direct its policies and
management whether by contract or otherwise and “Holding Company” in relation
to any company means the company of which such last-mentioned company is a
Subsidiary;
“Hedge Break Costs” means any loss,
expenses or costs occur or will occur as a result of the close of position,
termination, adjustment, replacement or procurement of any economical effect
equal to the Relevant Hedge Transactions by the Lenders, which will be notified
to the Co-borrowers by the Facility Agent.
“Title Deeds” means all title
deeds and documents relating to the Property and any other documentary
proof of Borrower A and Borrower C’s title and interest in the Property
including the Certificate of Real Estate Ownership(房地产权证);
“Trademarks” means the
registered trademarks owned by Borrower A (Registration No. 4065933 and 4065932)
and the registered trademark owned by Borrower B (Registration No.
6193546);
“Trademarks Pledge” means
the Pledge over the Trademarks executed by Borrower A and Borrower B in favour
of the Lenders as a security for all or any part of the Co-borrowers’
obligations under this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lenders;
“Tranche A” means the facility
of up to RMB 211,600,000 which is mainly to finance Borrower A’s and Borrower
B’s existing bank debts and purchase of equipment to be used by Borrower
B;
“Tranche B” means the facility
of up to RMB 91,500,000 which is mainly to facilitate the new capex investments
of Borrower C;
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“Transferee” means an eligible
Transferee to which all or any part of a Lenders’ rights, benefits and/or
obligations under this Agreement have been transferred pursuant to Clause
20.2.
1.2
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Construction. In
this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, any reference
to:
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An
“authorization” includes any approvals, consents, licences, permits, franchises,
permissions, registrations, resolutions, directions, declarations and
exemptions;
An Event
of Default or Potential Event of Default which is “continuing” means an Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default which has not been remedied or
waived;
“Including”
or “includes” means including or includes without limitation;
“Indebtedness”
includes any obligation of any person for the payment or repayment of money,
whether present or future, actual or contingent, including but not limited to,
any such obligation:
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(i)
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under
or in respect of any acceptance, xxxx, bond, debenture, note or similar
instrument;
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(ii)
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under
or in respect of any guarantee, indemnity, counter-security or other
assurance against financial loss;
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(iii)
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in
respect of the purchase, hire or lease of any asset or service;
or
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(iv)
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in
respect of any indebtedness of any other person whether or not secured by
or benefiting from an Encumbrance on any property or asset of such
person;
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“Law”
and/or “regulation” includes any constitutional provisions, treaties,
conventions, statutes, acts, laws, decrees, ordinances, subsidiary and
subordinate legislation, orders, rules and regulations having the force of law
and rules under relevant jurisdiction;
An
“order” includes any judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any
court, arbitration or administrative tribunal;
A
“person” includes any individual, company, body corporate or unincorporate or
other juridical person, partnership, firm, joint venture or trust or any
federation, state or subdivision thereof or any government or agency of any
thereof;
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“Tax”
includes any tax, levy, duty, charge, impost, fee, deduction or withholding of
any nature now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by
any taxing or other authority and includes any interest, penalty or other charge
payable or claimed in respect thereof and “taxation” shall be construed
accordingly.
1.3
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Successors
and Assigns.
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The
expressions “Co-borrowers”, “Lenders”, “Facility Agent”, “Security Agent”, “Finance Parties”
and “Guarantor(s)” shall, where the context
permits, include their respective successors and permitted assigns and any
persons deriving title under them.
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Miscellaneous.
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In this
Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, references to provisions of
any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as
replaced, amended, modified or re-enacted from time to time; words importing the
singular include the plural and vice versa and words
importing a gender include every gender; references to this Agreement or any
other Finance Document shall be construed as references to such document as the
same may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time; unless otherwise
stated, references to Clauses, Schedules and the Appendix are to Clauses of and
schedules and the appendix to this Agreement and references to this Agreement
include its Schedules and the Appendix. Clause headings are inserted
for reference only and shall be ignored in construing this
Agreement.
2.
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THE
FACILITY
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2.1
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Facility
Amount. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the
aggregate principal amount of the Facility available to the Co-borrowers
is RMB 303,100,000, divided into the Tranche A and Tranche B facility as
set out in Clause 2.2. Each Lender will participate in each
Advance in the proportion which its Commitment bears to be aggregate
Commitments of all the Lenders
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2.2
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Purpose. The
proceeds of Tranche A of the Facility shall be mainly used to finance
Borrower A’s and Borrower B’s existing bank debts and purchase of
equipment to be used by Borrower B. The proceeds of Tranche B
of the Facility shall be mainly used to facilitate the payment for
completing the construction of buildings and plant, and purchase of new
equipment by Borrower C. For any other usage of the proceeds of
the Facility, the Co-borrowers shall obtain prior written consent from the
Lenders. The Co-borrowers shall ensure that the usage of the
Facility be is in compliance with the relevant laws and the terms of this
Agreement. For any use of the proceeds under the Facility in
accordance with this clause which falls into the category of fixed assets
loan (固定资产贷款)
according to the applicable laws and regulations, each of the Co-borrowers
further agrees to Schedule 6 of this Agreement for the supplementary terms
for fixed assets loans.
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2.3
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Lenders’ Several
Liability. The rights and obligations of the Lenders
hereunder are several and
accordingly:
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(a)
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the
amount at any time owing by the Co-borrowers hereunder to each Lender or
the Facility Agent shall be a separate and independent debt and, subject
to the other provisions of this Agreement, each Lender shall be entitled
to protect and enforce its respective rights arising out of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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the
failure of any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall not
relieve any other Lender, the Facility Agent, the Security Agent or the
Borrower of any of its respective obligations, nor shall any Lender or the
Facility Agent or the Security Agent be responsible for the obligations of
any other Lender.
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2.4
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Term. The
term of the Facility shall be three (3) years from the first Drawdown Date
of Tranche A. Six (6) months prior to the expiry of the term
for the Facility under this Agreement, the Co-borrowers shall be entitled
to apply with the Lenders for an extension of one (1) year and a
half. The Lenders shall determine whether to grant such
extension, and the length of the extension, with its sole discretion
within thirty (30) Business Days upon receiving the application from the
Co-borrowers, conditional on the Co-borrowers providing all information
required by the Lenders to assess the extension
request.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1
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Conditions for First
Drawdown. The Lenders shall not be obliged to make the
Facility available to any of the Co-borrowers for the first drawdown
unless it is in receipt of the
following:
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(a)
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this
Agreement duly executed by all the
Parties;
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Corporate
Documents
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(b)
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in
relation to each of the Co-borrowers, certified true copies
of:
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(i)
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its
current articles of association;
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(ii)
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its
current business licence issued by
SAIC;
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(iii)
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a
list of its directors with their specimen
signatures;
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(iv)
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resolutions
of its board of directors approving the borrowing and the giving of
security on the terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents to
which it is a party and authorising a person or persons to execute this
Agreement, the relevant Security Documents, any Notice of Drawing and any
other notices or documents required in connection herewith or therewith,
and the specimen signature(s) of such
person(s);
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(v)
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for
Borrower A only, its approval issued by MOC in respect of its
establishment and its articles of
association;
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(vi)
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valid
lending IC control card;
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(vii)
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valid
Legal Person Code Certificate;
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(viii)
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capital
verification issued by a firm of independent accountants acceptable to the
Lenders confirming that 75.3% registered capital of Borrower A has been
duly contributed in cash for RMB 115,913,410 or in kind for RMB
110,000,000;
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(ix)
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capital
verification issued by a firm of independent accountants acceptable to the
Lenders confirming that 100% registered capital of Borrower B has been
duly contributed in kind for RMB
50,000,000;
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(x)
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capital
verification issued by a firm of independent accountants acceptable to the
Lenders confirming that 100% registered capital of Borrower C has been
duly contributed in cash for RMB 55,400,000 or in kind for RMB
124,600,000;
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Security
Documents
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(c)
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the
Insurance Assignment duly executed by and between the Co-borrowers and
relevant insurance company and any other documents required pursuant
thereto;
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(d)
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the
Property Mortgage duly executed by the Borrower A and Borrower C and any
other documents required pursuant
thereto;
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(e)
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the
Equipment Mortgage duly executed by the Co-borrowers and any other
documents required pursuant
thereto;
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(f)
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the
Equity Pledge duly executed by Borrower A with regard the pledge of shares
held by Borrower A in Borrower B and Borrower C and any other documents
required pursuant thereto;
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(g)
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the
Account Receivable Assignment duly executed by the Co-borrowers and any
other documents required pursuant
thereto;
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(h)
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the
Trademarks Pledge duly executed by Borrower A and Borrower B respectively
and any other documents required pursuant
thereto;
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(i)
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the
Guarantee duly executed by each of the Guarantors and any other documents
required pursuant thereto;
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Property
and Equipment
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(j)
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the
Title Deeds relating to the Property (including, without limitation,
certified true copies of the Certificate of Land Use Right and Certificate
of Real Property Ownership issued to any of the Co-borrowers and the Grant
Contract or land use right/title transfer contract (evidencing any of the
Co-borrowers’ interest of the land use right of the
Property);
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(k)
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evidence
that all land premium and other fees and charges payable to the relevant
authorities of the PRC in connection with the grant of land use right in
respect of the Property (whether payable under the Grant Contract/land use
right transfer contract or otherwise) have been duly
paid;
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(l)
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certified
copies of the insurance policies taken out in relation to the Property and
Equipment with such insurance companies as the Lenders may approve
together with copies of the receipt for the payment of the insurance
premium and evidence that the interest of the Lenders as assignee has been
noted and endorsed on each such insurance
policies;
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Trademarks
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(m)
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the
registration certificates relating to the
Trademarks;
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Miscellaneous
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(n)
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evidence
that all authorizations have been obtained and all necessary filings,
registrations and other formalities have been or will be completed in
order to ensure that the Finance Documents are valid and enforceable and
to preserve the Lenders’ priority under any Security Document, including
the following:
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(i)
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evidence
that the Property Mortgage has been registered with the Land Bureau and
the Real Property Administration Authority with the Lenders being
registered as (A) the first priority mortgagee for the mortgage over the
plots of land with Land Use Right Certificate of Xia Guo Yong (2007)
No.385, the real property with Title Certificates of Wu Fang Quan Zheng
Zia Zi No. 200505065, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200402226 and Wu Fang
Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200505066 as well as the project under construction
on the land with Land Use Right Certificate of Xia Guo Yong (2007) No.386
which are owned by Borrower A; (B) the second priority mortgagee for the
mortgage over the plots of land with Land Use Right Certificates of Xia
Guo Yong (2005) No. 204, Xia Guo Yong (2005) No.189 and Xia Guo Yong
(2005) No.386 which are owned by Borrower A and the plot of land with Land
Use Right Certificate of Wu Kai Guo Yong [2008] No. 23 which is owned by
Borrower C, the real property with Title Certificates of Wu Fang Quan
Zheng Xia Zi No 200403909, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200505064, Wu
Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200402224, Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No.
200402225 and Wu Fang Quan Zheng Xia Zi No. 200803201 which are owned by
Borrower A, together with the original Mortgage Registration Certificate
in respect of the Property Mortgage issued by the Land Bureau and/or the
Real Property Administration
Authority;
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(ii)
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evidence
that the Equipment Mortgage has been registered with the SAIC with the
Lenders being registered as the second priority mortgagee, together with
the original Mortgage Registration Certificate in respect of the Equipment
Mortgage issued by the SAIC;
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(iii)
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evidence
that the Share Pledge has been registered with the SAIC with the Lenders
being registered as the only pledgee thereof, together with the original
share pledge registration notice issued by the SAIC in respect of the
Share Pledge;
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(iv)
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evidence
that the Account Receivable Assignment has been registered with CRC of
PBOC with the Lenders being registered as the first priority pledgee,
together with the original account receivable registration certificate
issued by CRC of PBOC in respect of the Account Receivable
Assignment;
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(v)
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evidence
that the Trademarks Pledge has been registered with the relevant trademark
bureau of SAIC with the Lenders being registered as the only pledgee
thereof, together with the original trademark pledge registration notice
issued by the relevant trademark bureau of SAIC in respect of the
Trademarks Pledge;
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(o)
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evidence
that stamp duty levied by the PRC tax authorities and payable by the
Co-borrowers and the Lenders in respect of this Agreement has been
paid;
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(p)
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the
Co-borrowers’ business operations and management being satisfactory to the
Lenders;
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(q)
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confirmation
letter issued by Borrower A on the total debt outstanding by the
Co-borrowers, amount of debt to be refinanced by Tranche A loan, and no
other debt (including non-financial institution loans) remaining
post-refinancing by Tranche A except for the existing loans with China
Construction Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology Development Zone
Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (SN: 2008-09-8050-001) with Hu Bei Di
Long Industry Group Co., Ltd. as the real property mortgage security
provider and the loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology
Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreements (the facility of
50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN: 5243200001618200003631)), unless it
has obtained the written consent from the
Lenders;
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(r)
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confirmation
letter issued by Borrower A on the corporate guarantee outstanding by the
Co-borrowers and no other corporate guarantee remaining post-refinancing
by Tranche A except for the existing loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan Economic
and Technology Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (the
facility of 50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN:
5243200001618200003631));
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(s)
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evidence
that all fees and expenses due to the Lenders by the Co-borrowers have
been paid in full;
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(t)
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evidence
that the registered capital of each of the Co-borrowers had been duly
contributed at least pro rata to the aggregate Advance by such Co-borrower
and the development progress of the project to be financed by the Facility
hereunder matches with the capital
invested;
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(u)
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evidence
that the capital expenditure plan for Borrower B provided by Borrower A
and/or Borrower B which demonstrates the purpose and use of proceeds for
the portion of Tranche A that will be applied towards funding such capital
expenditure had been approved by the Majority Lenders in
writing;
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(v)
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results
of due diligence on the Co-borrowers’ business, legal by Xxxx & Wood,
financial and accounting by PriceWaterhouse, and appraisal by DTZ, as well
as other subject matters conducted by the Facility Agent on behalf of the
Lenders being satisfactory to the
Lenders;
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(w)
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legal
opinions covering such matters of the PRC relevant to this transaction as
the Lenders may reasonably request;
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(x)
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such
other documents relating to any of the matters contemplated herein as the
Lenders may reasonably request; including evidence showing that no
Material Adverse Effect and no Event of Default is continuing or would
result from the drawdown of the
Facility.
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3.2
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Conditions for Each
Drawdown. The Lenders shall not be obliged to make the Facility
available to any of the Co-borrowers for each drawdown unless the
following conditions are satisfied:
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(a)
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no
Event of Default is continuing or would result from drawdown of the
Facility;
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(b)
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all
repeating representations and warranties made by the Co-borrowers
hereunder are true, accurate and complete in all material aspects;
and
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(c)
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any
other conditions precedents agreed upon by the
Parties.
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3.3
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Additional Conditions
for Drawdown of Tranche B. The Lenders shall
not be obliged to make the Facility under Tranche B available to any of
the Co-borrowers unless the following additional conditions are
satisfied:
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(a)
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the
completion of syndication of at least RMB80,000,000 of the Facility to
Lenders participated after the execution of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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the
2009 consolidated financial statements of the Co-borrowers has been
released in accordance with the undertakings in this
Agreement;
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(c)
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group
consolidated financial covenants for the financial year ended December
2009:
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2009
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Total
Debt/Consolidated EBITA
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<2.9x
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Total
Revenues
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>RMB
600,000,000
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Gross
Margin
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>22%
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Please
see Schedule 5 of this Agreement for Financial Definitions.
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(d)
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the
Facility Agent shall have received, before or together with the relevant
Notice of Drawing, the written approval from the Majority Lenders
regarding the capital expenditure plan for Borrower C provided by Borrower
A and/or Borrower C which demonstrates the purpose and use of proceeds for
the portion of Tranche B that will be applied towards funding such capital
expenditure
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(e)
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the
Facility Agent shall have received, before or together with the relevant
Notice of Drawing, contracts, invoices, debit notes or such other evidence
as may be satisfactory to the Lenders, confirming that payment in an
amount not less than the amount of the proposed Advance are due and
payable by Borrower C, in relation to the planned capex investment of
Borrower C;
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(f)
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any
other conditions precedents agreed upon by the
Parties.
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3.4
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Facility Agent’s
Approval. All the documents and evidence referred to in
Clause 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent and shall be supplied in such number of
copies or counterparts as the Facility Agent may
require. Copies required to be certified shall be certified in
a manner satisfactory to the Facility Agent by a director or responsible
officer of Borrower A or other party
concerned.
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3.5
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Notice. Upon
receipt of all the documents and evidence referred to in Clause 3.1, 3.2
and 3.3, the Facility Agent shall give notice of that fact to the
Co-borrowers and the Lenders.
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4.
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ADVANCES
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4.1
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Availability of
Advances. Tranche A will be available from Closing until
three (3) months after Closing. Tranche B will be available
from Closing until twelve (12) months after
Closing.
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4.2
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Subject
to Clause 4.3 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, any of
the Co-borrowers may request the making of an Advance on any Business Day
during the Availability Period, provided
that:
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(a)
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the
total amount of Advance by Borrower A shall not exceed RMB147,182,000, the
total amount of Advance by Borrower B shall not exceed RMB64,418,000 and
the total amount of Advance by Borrower C shall not exceed RMB91,500,000,
the total Advances shall not exceed the
Facility;
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(b)
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the
amount of Advance under Tranche A shall be for one drawdown for the full
Tranche A amount provided that the amount of Advance under Tranche A shall
be deposited into the escrow account opened by Borrower A with the
Facility Agent and the use of proceeds in such escrow account shall be
subject to the terms and conditions agreed by Borrower A and the Facility
Agent in advance in the relevant escrow agreement. For the
portion of Tranche A which will be used to finance the procurement of the
equipment by Borrower B, in accordance with the relevant PRC laws and
regulations, if it is necessary to pay to the contractor of Borrower B,
such portion of Facility shall be directly paid to the relevant contractor
thereof;
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(c)
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the
amount of each Advance under Tranche B shall be at least RMB 10,000,000
and an integral multiple of RMB 5,000,000, except for the final
Advance of the remaining undrawn balance of the Facility and the Advance
for Tranche B shall only be paid directly to the relevant contractors of
Borrower C;
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(d)
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the
aggregate principal amount of all Advances shall not exceed the aggregate
principal amount of the Facility available for drawing under this
Agreement.
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4.3
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Conditions to the
Making of Advances. The making of each Advance is also
subject to the conditions that:
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(a)
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the
requirements of Clause 3 shall have been satisfied before the first Notice
of Drawing is given or at such later time as the Lenders may
agree;
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(b)
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the
Facility Agent shall have received not later than 12:00 noon (Beijing
time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day before the date on which the Advance
is to be made a duly completed and signed original Notice of
Drawing;
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(c)
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no
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and all
representations and warranties made by the Co-borrowers in or in
connection with this Agreement shall be true and correct as at the date
such Advance is to be made with reference to the facts and circumstances
then subsisting; and
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(d)
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not
later than 11:00 a.m. (Beijing time) on the date on which the Advance is
to be made, the Facility Agent shall have received and found reasonably
satisfactory such additional information, legal opinions from Lenders’
legal counsel (unless waived by Lenders) and documents relating to the
Co-borrowers or any Finance Document the Facility Agent may reasonably
require as a result of circumstances arising or becoming known to the
Facility Agent or the Lenders since the date of the previous Advance or,
if no previous Advance has been made, the date of this
Agreement.
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4.4
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Notification. The
Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of each Notice of Drawing
whereupon each Lender shall, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
make available to the Co-borrowers its Participation in the Advance in
accordance with Clause 10.1. The Facility Agent shall determine
the Participation of each Lender in the Advance pro rata according to the
Commitment of each Lender listed in Schedule 1 of this
Agreement.
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4.5
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Notice
of Drawing Irrevocable. A Notice of Drawing
once given shall be irrevocable and the Co-borrower issuing the Notice of
Drawing shall be bound to draw an Advance in accordance therewith, except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement. If for any reason an
Advance is not made in accordance with a Notice of Drawing, the
Co-borrowers shall on demand jointly pay to the Lenders such amount (if
any) as the Facility Agent on behalf of the Lenders may certify (acting
reasonably) to be necessary to compensate it for any loss or expense
incurred in liquidating or redeploying funds arranged for the purpose of
the proposed Advance or in terminating any such arrangement or any hedging
arrangement in respect of this Agreement or otherwise as a consequence of
the proposed Advance not having been made in accordance with the Notice of
Drawing. If the conditions of making an Advance as specified in Clause 4.3
are satisfied by the Co-borrowers, the Notice of Drawing given shall be
irrevocable.
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4.6
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Cancellation. Any
part of the Facility undrawn at the end of the Availability Period shall
be immediately and automatically cancelled. The Co-borrowers
may, by giving not less than fourteen (14) days’ prior notice to the
Facility Agent, jointly cancel the undrawn amount of the Facility in whole
or in part (but if in part, in an integral multiple of RMB 10,000,000)
before the end of the Availability Period. Any amount of the
Facility so cancelled shall not be re-borrowed. If such a
cancellation is made, the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced pro rata. A
cancellation fee of 2% flat on the cancelled amount shall be jointly
payable by the Co-borrowers to the Facility Agent on the date of
cancellation.
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5.
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INTEREST
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5.1
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Interest. The
Co-borrowers shall pay interest on the Loan in accordance with the
provisions of this Clause.
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5.2
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Interest
Periods. The Interest Periods applicable to each Advance
or, as the case may be, the Loan shall be three (3) months, PROVIDED
that:
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(a)
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the
first Interest Period in relation to each Advance shall commence from the
date on which that Advance is made to the 20th
day of the last month of each quarter from the Drawdown Date and all the
subsequent Interest Period shall end on the 20th
day of the last month of each
quarter;
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(b)
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each
Interest Period (except the first Interest Period in relation to each
Advance) shall commence on but not include the 20th
day of the last month of the preceding Interest
Period;
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(c)
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any
Interest Period which would otherwise end on a non-Business Day shall
instead end on the following Business
Day;
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(d)
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any
Interest Period which would otherwise overrun a repayment date under
Clause 6.1 shall instead end on that repayment date, subject to adjustment
in accordance with Clause 10.1.
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5.3
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Rate and
Calculation. The Tranche A rate of interest applicable
to the Loan shall be a Fixed Rate without reference to any change to the
PBOC base rate thereafter so long as the agreement on the Fixed Rate by
the Parties does not fall into any violation of the applicable laws or
regulations. Tranche B maybe either Fixed Rate or floating PBOC
Rate plus margin, to be determined at the time of the Tranche B first
drawing. Interest shall accrue daily, shall be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360 day year,
including the first day of the period during which it accrues but
excluding the last, and shall be paid in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date. The Facility Agent will promptly notify the Co-borrowers of the
interest rate determined under this Clause. The Facility Agent will before
each Interest Payment Date notify the Co-borrowers of the amount of
interest payable by the Co-borrowers on such Interest Payment Date. In
case of market disruption or early repayment (whether voluntarily or
mandatory) by Co-borrowers, the Co-borrowers shall indemnify the Facility
Agent for any Hedge Break Costs in relation to the Fixed
Rate.
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6.
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REPAYMENT,
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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6.1
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Repayment. The
Co-borrowers shall take joint and several liabilities for the repayment
obligations for any Advance under this Agreement. The
Co-borrowers shall repay Facility under Tranche A at the end of the
fifteen (15) months period after the first drawdown under Tranche A by
eight (8) successive quarterly instalments, the first instalment to be
paid on the date falling fifteen (15) months after the first Drawdown Date
of Tranche A. The Co-borrowers shall repay Facility under Tranche B at the
end of the fifteen (15) months period after the first drawdown under
Tranche B by instalments according to the repayment schedule in the form
as set out in Schedule 3 hereof issued by the Facility Agent on behalf of
the Lenders within five (5) Business Days at the end of the Availability
Period for Tranche B. The amount of each repayment instalment shall be
confirmed in advance by the Facility Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Any
prepayment pursuant to Clause 6.2 and 6.3 or cancellation pursuant to
Clause 4.5 shall reduce the amount of the repayment instalments in inverse
order of maturity. Any prepayment pursuant to Clause 7.1 or 7.2
shall reduce the amount of the repayment
instalments.
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6.2
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Voluntary
Prepayment. The Co-borrowers may prepay all or part of
the Facility at any time starting one (1) year from the first Drawdown
Date of the Facility in whole or in part, PROVIDED
that:
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(a)
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the
Co-borrowers shall have given to the Facility Agent not less than sixty
(60) Business Days’ prior written notice specifying the amount and
intended date of prepayment;
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(b)
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the
amount of any partial prepayment shall be not less than RMB 15,000,000 and
shall be an integral multiple of RMB500,000, except for the final
prepayment of the outstanding balance of the
Facility;
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(c)
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all
other sums then due and payable shall have been
paid;
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(d)
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the
Co-borrowers commits to jointly pay the Lenders for the prepayment fee to
be calculated as follows: 3% × Prepaid
Amount × Number of
days from prepayment date to Maturity Date (inclusive) /
360. No prepayment of Facility outstanding will be permitted
unless all such prepayment fee, if applicable, is paid concurrently by the
Co-borrowers.
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6.3
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Mandatory
Prepayment. The Co-borrowers will be subject to mandatory
prepayment on any day determined by the Lenders on account of the
following:
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(a)
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Any
new debt financing, unless allowed by the
Lenders;
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(b)
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any
change in shareholders and /or shares held by shareholders and /or
director members of the
Co-borrowers;
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(c)
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any
disposal of assets of the Co-borrowers, that is outside its daily business
activities, greater than RMB 3 million
;
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(d)
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circumstance
of unlawfulness under Clause 7.1
hereunder;
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(e)
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any
distribution of dividend unless prior written consent is granted by the
Lenders.
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6.4
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Provisions Applicable
to Prepayments. Any notice of prepayment given by the
Co-borrowers under any provision of this Agreement shall be irrevocable
and the Co-borrowers shall be bound to make a prepayment in accordance
therewith. The Co-borrowers may not prepay the Loan or any part
thereof except in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement. In case of prepayment, the Co-borrowers shall
indemnify the Lenders for the Hedge Break Costs incurred by the Lenders.
Amounts prepaid may not be re-borrowed under this
Agreement.
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6.5
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Other
Amounts. If the Loan or any part thereof is prepaid
under this Agreement except Clause 6.2, the Co-borrowers shall also
jointly pay to the Facility Agent for the account of each Lender
concerned:
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(a)
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at
the time of prepayment, the interest and commitment fee accrued up to the
date of prepayment and all other sums payable by the Co-borrowers under
this Agreement for the account of such Lender;
and
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(b)
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any
and all break funding costs (including but not limited to any loss
incurred in liquidating or redeploying funds acquired to maintain the Loan
or in terminating any such arrangement or any hedging arrangement in
respect of this Agreement).
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6.6
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Final
Repayment. Subject to Clause 6.2 and Clause 6.3, the
balance (if any) of the Loan together with all accrued interest and other
monies, including but not limited to the relevant Hedge Break Costs
incurred under Clause 5.3, outstanding in connection with the Facility
shall be repaid on the Final Repayment
Date.
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7.
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CHANGE
OF LAW OR CIRCUMSTANCES OR MARKET
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7.1
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Unlawfulness. If
it becomes unlawful or contrary to any requirement of any governmental,
fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force of
law) for any Lender to give effect to its obligations hereunder, such
Lender shall so promptly notify the Co-borrowers, whereupon such Lender’s
outstanding Commitment shall be cancelled and its obligation to maintain
its Participation in the Loan shall cease. The Co-borrowers shall
forthwith after such notification, or such longer period as such Lender
may certify as being permitted by the relevant law, prepay (without any
penalty) such Lender’s Participation in the Loan in full together with
interest accrued thereon to the date of prepayment and any other monies
owing hereunder to such Lender.
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7.2
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Increased
Cost. If a Lender determines that the introduction of,
or any change in, any applicable law or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender with
any applicable direction, request or requirement (whether or not having
the force of law, and including any such direction, request or requirement
which affects the manner in which such Lender is required to or does
allocate or maintain capital in support of its assets or liabilities) of
any competent governmental, fiscal, monetary, or other authority does or
will:
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(a)
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subject
such Lender to any tax or other payment with reference to sums advanced or
to be advanced by such Lender or payable by the Co-borrowers under this
Agreement (except (i) tax on such Lender’s overall net income in its
jurisdiction or (ii) as referred to in Clause 8;
or
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(b)
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impose
on such Lender any other condition affecting its funding of the
Loan,
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the
effect of which is to (i) increase the cost to such Lender providing the
Facility or (ii) reduce the amount of any payment received or to be received by,
or the effective return to, such Lender in respect of the Facility or (iii)
impose a cost on such Lender resulting from such Lender’s provision of the
Facility, such Lender may through the Facility Agent so notify the
Co-borrowers, and the Co-borrowers shall upon demand (whether or not such
Lender’s provision of the Loan has been repaid) jointly pay to such Lender
such amounts as such Lender may certify to be necessary to compensate it for
such tax, payment, increased cost or reduction (each an “increased
cost”). Where such increased cost arises from circumstances
contemplated above which affect the Lender’s business generally or the manner in
which or extent to which that Lender allocates capital resources, the
Lender shall be entitled to such increased cost as it determines and certifies
is fairly allocable to its Participation in the Facility. Nothing in this Clause
7.2 shall require any Lender to disclose confidential information relating
to the organisation of its business or the business of any Holding Company. The
Co-borrowers and the Facility Agent shall discuss whether any alternative
arrangement may be made to avoid such increased cost. So long as the
circumstances giving rise to such increased cost continue, the Co-borrowers may,
after giving the Facility Agent not less than seven (7) Business
Days’ prior written notice (which shall be irrevocable), prepay (without
any penalty) all (but not only part of) the Loan in accordance with
Clauses 6.2 and 6.4, and upon the giving of such notice such Lender’s
outstanding Commitment shall be cancelled.
7.3
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Market
Disruption.
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(a)
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If
in relation to any Interest Period, the Majority Lender determines (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding) that by reason of
circumstances affecting the interbank market generally, adequate and fair
means do not exist for ascertaining the availability of any Facility for
that Interest Period, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the
Co-borrowers and the Lenders accordingly, and no Advance or further
Advance (as the case may be) shall be made unless and until an alternative
basis is agreed in accordance with Clause
7.3(b).
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(b)
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Alternative Basis by
Agreement. Immediately following such notification, the
Co-borrower and the Facility Agent, in consultation with the Lenders,
shall negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing upon an alternative
basis for funding the Loan and determining the applicable interest rate,
periods and payment dates. If an alternative basis is agreed in
writing within a period of thirty (30) days after such notification or
such longer period for discussion as the Co-borrowers and the Facility
Agent may agree, the alternative basis shall take effect in accordance
with its terms.
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(c)
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Alternative Basis
Determined by Lenders for Outstanding Advances. If an
alternative basis is not so agreed and one or more Advances have been
made, the Co-borrowers shall pay interest to each Lender on its
Participation in the Loan for the relevant Interest Period at the rate per
annum equal to the cost (expressed as an annual interest rate) to each
respective Lender of funding its Participation in the Loan during the
relevant Interest Period.
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(d)
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Cancellation and
Prepayment. If an alternative basis is not so agreed
pursuant to Clause 7.3(b):
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(i)
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if
no Advance has been made, the Facility shall be cancelled and all sums
outstanding under this Agreement shall be paid to the Facility Agent at
the end of the period for negotiation ascertained in accordance with
Clause 7.3(b); or
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(ii)
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if
one or more Advances have been made the Facility Agent may require the
Co-borrowers to prepay the Loan, by giving written notice to the
Co-borrowers specifying a prepayment date which is not less than thirty
(30) days after such notice is given. On the specified date the
Facility shall be cancelled and the Co-borrowers shall prepay the Loan in
full together with interest thereon from the beginning of the relevant
Interest Period to the date of prepayment. For this purpose,
the interest rate from time to time applicable to each Lender’s
Participation in the Loan shall be the rate ascertained in accordance with
Clause 7.3(b) in relation to the relevant
period.
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8.
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TAXES
AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS
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8.1
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No Deductions or
Withholdings. All sums payable by the Co-borrowers under
this Agreement shall be paid in full without set-off or counterclaim or
any restriction or condition and free and clear of any tax or other
deductions or withholdings of any nature. If the Co-borrowers or any other
person is required by any law or regulation to make any deduction or
withholding (on account of tax or otherwise) from any payment for the
account of any Finance Party, the Co-borrowers shall, together with such
payment, pay such additional amount as will ensure that the Finance Party
receives (free and clear of any tax or other deductions or withholdings)
the full amount which it would have received if no such deduction or
withholding had been required. The Co-borrowers shall promptly
forward to the Facility Agent copies of official receipts or other
evidence showing that the full amount of any such deduction or withholding
has been paid over to the relevant taxation or other
authority.
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8.2
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Advance
Notification. If at any time any of the Co-borrowers or
any other Finance Party becomes aware that any such deduction, withholding
or payment contemplated by Clause 8.1 is or will be required, it shall
immediately notify the Facility Agent and supply all available details
thereof.
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9.
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FEES
AND EXPENSES
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9.1
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Commitment
Fee. The Co-borrowers shall jointly pay to the Facility
Agent for the pro
rata account of the Lenders a commitment fee at the rate of 3% per
annum until the last day of the Availability Period calculated on the
daily undrawn balance of the Facility on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed and a 360 day year. The commitment fee shall
accrue daily and be paid in arrear at the end of each successive period of
one (1) month from the date of this Agreement and on the last day of the
Availability Period. The Facility Agent shall promptly notify
the Co-borrowers of the amount of the commitment fee from time to time
payable by the Co-borrowers under this
Agreement.
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9.2
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Expenses. The
Co-borrowers shall forthwith on demand and whether or not any Advance is
made, jointly pay to or reimburse each Finance Party for its own account
for all costs, charges and expenses (including legal and other fees on a
full indemnity basis and printing, translation, communication,
advertisement, travel and all other out-of-pocket expenses) incurred by it
in connection with:
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(a)
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the
negotiation, preparation, execution and (where relevant) registration of
the Finance Documents and any other documentation required
thereunder;
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(b)
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the
arrangement of the Facility;
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(c)
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any
amendment to any Finance Document;
and
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(d)
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any
inspection, calculation, approval, consent or waiver to be conducted, made
or given by any Finance Party pursuant to any provision of any Finance
Document.
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9.3
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Enforcement
Costs. The Co-borrowers shall forthwith on demand
jointly pay to or reimburse each of the Finance Parties for all
costs, charges and expenses (including legal and other fees on a full
indemnity basis and all other out-of-pocket expenses) incurred by it in
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is an Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default or in exercising any of its rights
or powers under any Finance Document or in suing for or seeking to recover
any sums due under any Finance Document or otherwise preserving or
enforcing its rights under any Finance Document or in defending any claims
brought against it in respect of any Finance Document or in releasing or
re-assigning any Security Document.
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9.4
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Taxes. The
Co-borrowers shall jointly pay all present and future stamp and other like
duties and taxes and all notarial (if needed), registration, recording and
other like fees which may be payable in respect of the execution,
registration, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document and shall
indemnify each Finance Party against all liabilities, costs and expenses
which may result from any default in paying such duties, taxes or
fees.
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10.
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PAYMENTS
AND EVIDENCE OF DEBT
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10.1
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Advances. Subject
to Clause 16.8 of this Agreement, amounts to be advanced by the Lenders to
the Co-borrowers under this Agreement shall be made available to the
Facility Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (Beijing time) on the date on
which such Advance is to be made in same day funds to such account and in
such manner as the Facility Agent may designate. Subject to Clause 16.9 of
this Agreement, the Facility Agent shall make available to the
Co-borrowers the amounts received by it by payment to the account of the
Co-borrowers with the Facility Agent respectively (or to such other
account as the Co-borrowers shall have previously agreed with the Facility
Agent). The Co-borrowers shall be deemed to have borrowed the
relevant amount when such payment is made by the Facility
Agent.
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10.2
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Payments by
Co-borrowers. All payments by the Co-borrowers under
this Agreement shall be made to the Facility Agent not later than 10:00
a.m. (Beijing time) on the relevant due date in same day funds to such
account and in such manner as the Facility Agent may designate. Subject to
Clause 16.8 of this Agreement, the Facility Agent shall forthwith
distribute to each Lender its due proportion (if any) of the amounts
received by it in like funds as are received by the Facility Agent and to
such account as such Lender shall have previously notified to the Facility
Agent.
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10.3
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Allocation of
Receipts. Subject to Clause 16.8 of this Agreement, if
any amount received by the Facility Agent in respect of sums due from the
Co-borrowers hereunder is less than the full amount due, the Facility
Agent shall allocate the amount received towards sums owing under this
Agreement in the following order of priority: (a) fees and expenses owing
to the Facility Agent; (b) other expenses and fees owing to the Finance
Parties; (c) interest on the Loan and on such interest; (d) principal of
the Loan; and (e) other sums owing by the Co-borrowers under the Finance
Documents to which it is a
party.
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10.4
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Payments by Facility
Agent and Refunds. Subject to Clause 16.8 and 16.9 of
this Agreement, where any sum is to be paid to the Facility Agent under
any Finance Document for the account of the Co-borrowers or any Finance
Party, the Facility Agent shall not be obliged to pay that sum to the
Co-borrowers or such Finance Party (as the case may be) or enter into or
perform any related exchange contract unless and until the Facility Agent
has established to its satisfaction that it has actually received that
sum. Where any sum is to be paid under this Agreement to the
Facility Agent for the account of another person, the Facility Agent may
assume that the payment will be made when due and may (but shall not be
obliged to) make such sum available to the person so entitled
and:
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(a)
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Amounts Due from
Co-borrowers: if the Facility Agent distributes to a
Finance Party an amount which the Facility Agent should have but has not
in fact received from the Co-borrowers (or from any other person for the
Co-borrowers’ account), such Finance Party shall on request promptly
refund such amount to the Facility Agent together with interest thereon
for the relevant period at the rate per annum certified by the Facility
Agent to represent the cost to it of funding such amount for such
period;
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(b)
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Refunds to
Co-borrowers: if the Facility Agent has distributed to a
Finance Party an amount which is required to be repaid to the Co-borrowers
(or to any other person for the Co-borrowers’ account), such Finance Party
shall on request promptly refund such amount to the Facility Agent
together with such interest thereon (if any) as is required to be paid to
the Co-borrowers; and
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(c)
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Amounts Due from
Finance Parties: if the Facility Agent makes an amount
available to the Co-borrowers which the Facility Agent should have but has
not in fact received from a Finance Party, the Co-borrowers shall on
request promptly refund such amount to the Facility Agent together with
interest thereon for the relevant period at the rate per annum certified
by the Facility Agent to represent the cost to it of funding such amount
for such period,
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and, in
each such case, the person by which such sum was payable shall indemnify the
Facility Agent for all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses which
the Facility Agent may incur as a consequence of such sum not having been paid
when due.
10.5
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Business
Days. If any sum would otherwise become due for payment
on a non-Business Day that sum shall become due on the next Business Day
and interest shall be adjusted accordingly, except that if any repayment
due under Clause 6.1 would then become due in another calendar month such
repayment shall become due on the immediately preceding Business
Day.
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10.6
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Evidence of
Debt. The Finance Parties shall maintain on its books in
accordance with its usual practice a set of accounts recording the amounts
from time to time owing by the Co-borrowers hereunder. In any legal
proceeding and otherwise for the purposes of this Agreement the entries
made in such accounts setting out the computation and basis thereof shall,
in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the
Co-borrowers as to the existence and amounts of the obligations of the
Co-borrowers recorded therein.
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10.7
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Certificate Conclusive
and Binding. Where any provision of this Agreement provides that a
Finance Party may certify or determine an amount or rate payable by the
Co-borrowers, a certificate by such Finance Party as to such amount or
rate setting out the computation and basis thereof shall be conclusive and
binding on the Co-borrowers in the absence of manifest
error.
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11.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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11.1
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Representations and
Warranties. Each of the Co-borrowers represents and
warrants to each Finance Party
that:
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(a)
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Status: it
is an enterprise duly established with limited liability and validly
existing under the laws of the PRC, and has full power, authority and
legal right to own its property and assets and to carry on its
business;
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(b)
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Power and
authority: it has full power, authority and legal right
to enter into and engage in the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents to which it is a party and has taken or obtained all necessary
corporate and other action and consents to authorise the execution and
performance of the Finance Documents to which it is a
party;
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(c)
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Binding
obligations: the Finance Documents to which it is a
party constitute, or when executed and delivered will constitute, legal,
valid and binding obligations of it enforceable in accordance with their
terms;
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(d)
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Compliance with
environmental regulations: it conducts and maintains its business
operations and properties so as to comply in all material respects with
all applicable environmental
regulations;
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(e)
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No change in
shareholding structure: no change will be made to the
shareholding structure as listed in Schedule
4;
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(f)
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No conflict with other
obligations: neither the execution of the Finance
Documents to which it is a party nor the performance by it of any of its
obligations or the exercise of any of its rights thereunder will conflict
with or result in a breach of any law, regulation, judgment, order,
authorisation, agreement or obligation applicable to it, including but not
limited to the existing loans with China Construction Bank Wuhan Economic
and Technology Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (SN:
2008-09-8050-001) with Hu Bei Di Long Industry Group Co., Ltd. as the real
property mortgage security provider and the loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan
Economic and Technology Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan
Agreement (the facility of 50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN:
5243200001618200003631)), or cause any limitation placed on it or the
powers of its directors to be exceeded or result in the creation of or
oblige it to create an Encumbrance in respect of any of its property or
assets except in favour of the Lenders under or pursuant to the Security
Documents to which it is a party;
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(g)
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Authorisations: all
authorisations required from any governmental or other authority or from
any shareholders or creditors of it for or in connection with the
execution, validity and performance of the Finance Documents to which it
is a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect or, by the
date on which the first Notice of Drawing is given, will have been
obtained and be in full force and effect and there has been no default
under the conditions of any of the
same;
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(h)
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No filings or
taxes: other than (i) the registration of the Property
Mortgage with the Land Bureau or Real Estate Administration Authority or
other competent authorities, (ii) the registration of the Equipment
Mortgage with SAIC, (iii) the registration of the Share Pledge with SAIC,
(iv) the registration of the Account Receivable Assignment with the CRC of
PBOC, (v) the registration of the Trademarks Pledge with the trademark
bureau of SAIC, it is not necessary in order to ensure the validity,
enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence in proceedings of
any of the Finance Documents in the PRC or any other relevant jurisdiction
that any of them or any other document be filed or registered with any
authority in the PRC or elsewhere or that any tax be paid in
respect thereof;
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(i)
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No
litigation: no litigation, arbitration or administrative
proceeding is currently taking place or pending or, to the knowledge of
it, threatened against it or the assets or revenues of it, or concerning
the Property or the Equipment;
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(j)
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No default: it
is not in default under any law, regulation, judgment, order,
authorisation, agreement or obligation applicable to it, or its assets or
revenues, the consequences of which default could have a Material Adverse
Effect, and no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has
occurred;
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(k)
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No
Encumbrances: no Encumbrance exists over all or any part
of the property, assets or revenues of it except those already disclosed
to the Lenders and those as may be permitted under Clause
12.2(k);
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(l)
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No
indebtedness: it has no indebtedness to any party except
(i) indebtedness arising from this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereunder, (ii) indebtedness previously disclosed
in writing to the Lenders, limited to the existing loans with China
Construction Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology Development Zone
Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (SN: 2008-09-8050-001) with Hu Bei Di
Long Industry Group Co., Ltd. as the real property mortgage security
provider and the loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology
Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreements (the facility of
50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN:
5243200001618200003631)), or (iii) indebtedness acceptable by
the Lenders thereafter;
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(m)
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No Revocation or
Material Adverse Change: there has been no revocation of
or material adverse change to the terms and conditions of any contracts,
consents, and/or licences required for the conduct of its
Business;
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(n)
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No misleading
information: all information provided to the Finance
Parties by or on behalf of it in connection with the Facility, the
Property and Equipment is true and accurate in all material respects and
all forecasts and projections contained therein were arrived at after due
and careful consideration on the part of it and were, in its considered
opinion, fair and reasonable when made; it is not aware of any fact which
has not been disclosed in writing to the Lenders which might have a
material adverse effect on any such information, forecasts or projections
or which might affect the willingness of the Lenders to lend upon the
terms of this Agreement;
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(o)
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No
immunity: it is generally subject to civil and
commercial law and to legal proceedings and neither it nor any of its
assets or revenues is entitled to any immunity or privilege (sovereign or
otherwise) from any set-off, judgment, execution, attachment or other
legal process;
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(p)
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Compliance with tax
regulations: it has on a timely basis filed all tax returns,
financial statements and other documents required to be filed by them
pursuant to any applicable laws and regulations. No such filing has
contained any material misstatement or omitted any statement of any
material fact that should have been included therein. It has withheld and
remitted to the proper government entity on a timely basis and in a form
required under applicable laws and regulations, all amounts in respect of
taxes required to be withheld and remitted by
it.
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11.2
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Continuing
Representation and Warranty. Each of the Co-borrowers
also represents and warrants to and undertakes with the Finance Parties
that the foregoing representations and warranties will be true and
accurate throughout the continuance of the Finance Documents with
reference to the facts and circumstances subsisting from time to
time.
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11.3
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Acknowledgement of
Reliance. Each of the Co-borrowers acknowledges that
each of the Finance Parties has entered into this Agreement in reliance
upon the representations and warranties contained in this
Clause.
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12.
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UNDERTAKINGS
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12.1
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Affirmative
Undertakings. Each of the Co-borrowers and Guarantors
undertakes and agrees with each of the Finance Parties throughout the
continuance of the Finance Documents and so long as any sum remains owing
thereunder that each of the Co-borrowers and the Guarantors will, as the
case may be, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agrees in
writing:
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(a)
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Financial
and other information: procure any of the Co-borrowers, as the
case may be, to supply to the Facility Agent in sufficient number for each
Lender:
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(i)
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as
soon as they are available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after
the end of each financial year of each of the Co-borrowers, copies of its
financial statements in respect of such financial year (including a profit
and loss account, cash flow statement, and balance sheet) audited and
certified without qualification by an internationally recognised firm of
independent accountants together with a certificate signed by one of the
directors of each of the Co-borrowers certifying that there did not exist
any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default as at the end of such
financial year (or if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
did exist specifying the same);
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(ii)
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as
soon as they are available, but in any event within fifteen (15) days
after the end of each quarter of each financial year of each of the
Co-borrowers , copies of its unaudited financial statements (including a
profit and loss account, balance sheet, and cash flow statement) prepared
on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements of each of the
Co-borrowers together with (A) a certificate signed by the principal
financial officer of each of the Co-borrowers to the effect that such
financial statements are true in all material respects and present fairly
the financial position of each of the Co-borrowers as at the end of, and
the results of its operations for, such quarterly period, and (B) a
certificate signed by Borrower A’s auditor showing the consolidated
financial statements of Borrower A and details of calculations that
Borrower A group is in compliant with all the financial covenants in
Clause 12.4, and (C) a certificate signed by one of the directors of each
of the Co-borrowers certifying that there did not exist any Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default as at the end of each quarter (or if
an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default did exist specifying the
same) and shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by one of the
directors of each of the Co-borrowers certifying whether or not the
financial undertakings referred to in Clause 12.4 had been complied with
throughout such quarter;
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(iii)
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as
soon as they are available, but in any event within ten (10) days after
the end of each month, copies of its management accounts together with a
certificate signed by the principal financial officer of each of the
Co-borrowers to the effect that such management accounts are true in all
material respects and present fairly the financial position of each of the
Co-borrowers as at the end of, and the results of its operations for, such
monthly period;
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(iv)
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at
the time of issue, copies of all statements and circulars to the
shareholder(s) or to any class of creditors of each of the
Co-borrowers;
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(v)
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promptly
on request, such additional financial or other information (including, but
not limited to, cash flows and profit and loss projections) relating to
each of the Co-borrowers as the Lenders may from time to time reasonably
request;
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(b)
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Business:
conduct its affairs and businesses, including but not limited to all the
notes payable, with all due diligence and efficiency and in accordance
with sound financial and business standards and
practices;
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(c)
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Effective
documents: obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to
maintain the Finance Documents in full force and
effect;
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(d)
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Books and
records: keep proper records and books of account in
respect of its business and permit the Lenders and/or any professional
consultants appointed by the Lenders at all reasonable times to inspect
and examine the records and books of account of each of the
Co-borrowers;
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(e)
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Notification of
default: promptly inform the Facility Agent
of:
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(i)
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the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default;
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(ii)
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any
litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding as referred to in
Clause 13.1(g);
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(f)
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Compliance with
laws: maintain its corporate existence and conduct its
business in a proper and efficient manner and in compliance with all laws,
regulations, authorisations, agreements and obligations applicable to it
and pay all taxes and fees imposed on it when due, including but not
limited to be in compliance with all laws, regulations and obligations
applicable to foreign-invested enterprises, e.g. the payment obligations
of reserve fund, development fund, employees welfare and bonus fund from
profit after tax;
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(g)
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Licenses and
Certificates: comply with the necessary health, safety and
environmental standards, obtain all necessary and required approvals and
maintain necessary licenses and
certifications;
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(h)
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Ownership: procure
that:
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(i)
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there
is no change of the shareholdings in or ownership or control (direct or
indirect) of each of the
Co-borrowers;
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(ii)
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Guarantor
A shall not alter the amount or structure of its registered share capital
or permit any change in its shareholding in Borrower A without the prior
written consent of the Lenders;
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(i)
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Management
control: procure that there is no material change in the
management control of the board of directors without the prior written
consent of the Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld);
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(j)
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Amendments to
constitution: procure that no deletion, amendment or
supplement is made to the articles of associations or other constitutive
documents of each of the Co-borrowers in any material aspects without the
prior written consent of the Lenders, except as may be required by
applicable laws;
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(k)
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Authorisations: maintain
in full force and effect all such authorisations as are referred to in
Clause 13.1(e), and take immediate steps to obtain and thereafter maintain
in full force and effect any other authorisations which may become
necessary or advisable for the purposes stated therein and comply with all
conditions attached to all authorisations
obtained;
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(l)
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Good Title and
Insurance: maintain good title over all material assets,
especially insure all assets mortgaged/pledged to the Lenders are
maintained in good working order, and to renew the insurance policy every
year till the maturity of the
Facility;
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(m)
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Front-ended Equity
Contribution: ensure that 75.3% of the equity,
equivalent to RMB 225,913,410, have been infused into Borrower A prior to
the first drawdown of the Facility and the balance will be infused by
December 31, 2009. In case Borrower A fails to infuse the
balance of the registered capital by December 31, 2009, Borrower A shall
provide Lenders with written evidence for filing the registration for the
reduction of its registered capital by no later than February 30 , 2010,
and written evidence confirming the completion of reduction of its
registered capital by no later than September 28, 2010, including but not
limited to the approval letter from the approval authority as well as the
updated Approval Certificate and Business License. Any change in the
schedule for the balance of the equity infusion of Borrower A will be
subject to prior approval from the
Lenders;
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(n)
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Ranking of
obligations: ensure that its obligations under this
Agreement at all times rank senior to all other present and future
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of each of the Co-borrowers,
except the existing loan with China Construction Bank Wuhan Economic and
Technology Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (SN:
2008-09-8050-001) with Hu Bei Di Long Industry Group Co., Ltd. as the real
property mortgage security provider and the loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan
Economic and Technology Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan
Agreements (the facility of 50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN:
5243200001618200003631)), which will rank at least pari passu with
unsecured obligations of Borrower
A;
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(o)
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Use of
proceeds: use the Facility exclusively for the purposes
specified in Clause 2.2;
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(p)
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Early
termination: acknowledge that if for any reasons that this
Agreement shall be early terminated, cancelled or any of the Co-borrowers
requests for prepayment of all or part of the Facility, the Lenders may
need to position, terminate or adjust the Relevant Hedge Transactions
which may lead to the Hedge Break
Costs;
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(q)
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Payment
obligations: punctually pay all sums due from it and
otherwise comply with its obligations under the Finance Documents to which
it is a party, including but not limited to the material Hedge Break Costs
in relation to the Fixed Rate arisen from the Relevant Hedge Transactions
which might be substantial;
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(r)
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Marketing Plan:
procure Borrower A to provide an annual business plan along with a
marketing plan satisfactory to the Lenders before the beginning of each
calendar year (but no later than 15 December of the previous
year);
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(s)
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Related
Transaction: ensure that all related party transactions to be on an
arms length basis and shall be disclosed to the Lenders at
request;
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(t)
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Loan Mortgage
Ratio: ensure that the Co-borrowers shall maintain a maximum Loan
to Value Ratio of 75% for the period upto the end of June 2010 and then
shall maintain a maximum Loan to Value Ratio of 65% thereafter, defined as
the Total Debt / sum of valuation of the Equipment and Property mortgaged
to the Lenders under the all the mortgage agreements for Equipment and
Property Mortgage. At its sole discretion, the Lenders shall
have the right to ask for a valuation report from a reputable valuer at
the Co-borrowers’ cost and the new valuation would be used to re-compute
the Loan to Value Ratio. At the minimum, an updated valuation
of the Equipment and Property Mortgage should be undertaken every 18
months. The Co-borrowers may prepay or deposit a cash
collateral with the Lenders to maintain the Loan to Value Ratio under the
above relevant 75% or 65% as determined by a valuer of the Lenders’
choice;
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(u)
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Future Mortgage
Obligations: ensure that the Co-borrowers shall provide mortgage
over any of its fixed assets, whether one asset or a number of assets with
cumulative value over RMB 3,500,000 purchased after the execution of this
Agreement to the Lenders as part of the security package
hereunder. For this purpose, the Co-borrowers shall notify the
Lenders in writing within five (5) Business Days upon execution of the
relevant fixed assets purchase contract and shall execute the relevant
mortgage contracts in the form satisfactory to the Lenders and complete
the relevant mortgage registration within twenty-five (25) Business Days
upon receiving the relevant title certificate to the real property or
possession of the fixed assets, as the case may
be.
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12.2
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Negative
Undertakings. Each of the Co-borrowers and Guarantors
undertakes and agrees with each of the Finance Parties throughout the
continuance of the Finance Documents and so long as any sum remains owing
thereunder that each of the Co-borrowers and Guarantors will not, as the
case may be, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agrees in writing
to:
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(a)
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Reconstruction and
Merger: cause Borrower A to enter into any form of
reconstruction, and/or merge or consolidate with any other entity or take
any step with a view to dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up;
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(b)
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Investments: cause
any of the Co-borrowers to establish or acquire any Subsidiary or invest
in any other entity or provide financing to any person other than those
listed in the annual budget every year, without the Lender’s prior written
consent, except by way of trade credit in the ordinary course of its
business;
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(c)
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Change of
business: materially change the nature of its business
from that carried on at the date of this
Agreement;
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(d)
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License:
terminate the patent or trademark licensing agreements during the term of
the Facility;
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(e)
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Disposals: sell,
transfer or otherwise assign, deal with or dispose of all or any material
part of its business or (except for good consideration in the ordinary
course of its business, for any assets disposal which is not greater than
US$ 1,000,000, mandatory prepayment shall apply according to Clause 6.3)
its assets or revenues, whether by a single transaction or by a number of
transactions whether related or
not;
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(f)
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Borrowing:
cause any of the Co-borrowers to borrow or raise indebtedness (both bank
and non-bank debt) other than the Facility under this Agreement (except
for borrowing occurred in its normal business working capital operations
requirement up to RMB 35,000,000, on the proviso that (i) the
Co-borrowers’ total revenues have increased by RMB100m in the past 6
months over the preceding 6 month period, or the Borrower A and Borrower
B’s contracted order book for the next three (3) months to have increased
by RMB100m over the previous six (6) months, to reflect the need for
additional working capital
financing);
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(g)
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Related
Borrowing: cause any of the Co-borrowers to provide any financing
or loans to any related parties or affiliates without prior written
consent from the Lender;
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(h)
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Borrowing Secured by
Third Parties: cause any of the Co-borrowers to borrow or raise
indebtedness other than the Facility under this Agreement with assets for
collateral provided by third parties, except for the existing loans with
China Construction Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology Development Zone
Sub-branch under the Loan Agreement (SN: 2008-09-8050-001) with Hu Bei Di
Long Industry Group Co., Ltd. as the real property mortgage security
provider and the loan with Hua Xia Bank Wuhan Economic and Technology
Development Zone Sub-branch under the Loan Agreements (the facility of
50,000,000 dated October 6, 2008 (SN:
5243200001618200003631));
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(i)
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Extension of
Guarantee: cause any of the Co-borrowers to extend the current
corporate guarantees provided by the Co-borrowers to third parties, and
grant any new guarantee without prior written consent from the
Lender.
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(j)
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Negative
Pledge: cause any of the Co-borrowers to create or
attempt or agree to create or permit to arise or exist any Encumbrance
over all or any part of its property, assets or revenues now owned or
hereafter acquired, or assign, novate or sell any income or revenues
(including accounts receivables) or rights in respect of any thereof,
except liens arising by operation of law and cash pledged for its notes
payables in the ordinary course of business of any of any of the
Co-borrowers, as the case may be;
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(k)
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Negative Pledge by
Guarantor A: create or attempt or agree to create or permit to
arise or exist any Encumbrance over the Shares of Borrower A held by
Guarantor A;
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(l)
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Hedging
Agreements: cause any of the Co-borrowers to enter into
any hedging agreement, other than hedging agreements that constitute
permitted investments which have been agreed by the Lender in advance and
that entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate
risks to which any of the Co-borrowers, as the case may be, is exposed in
the conduct of its business or performance of its
obligations;
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(m)
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Set-off: cause
any of the Co-borrowers to enter into any transactions involving the
set-off of its accounts receivables and accounts payables or other
payables;
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(n)
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Capex
investment: cause Borrower C to incur its planned capex investment
before meeting its drawdown conditions for Tranche B, and always not
exceeding the Tranche B funding amount;
and
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(o)
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Other
obligations: enter into any agreement or obligation
which might materially and adversely affect its financial or other
condition.
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12.3
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Undertakings relating
to Security. Each of the Co-borrowers undertakes and
agrees with each of the Finance Parties throughout the continuance of the
Finance Documents and so long as any sum remains owing thereunder that
each of the Co-borrowers will, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise
agrees in writing:
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(a)
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Information: Supply
or cause to be supplied to the Facility Agent in sufficient number for
each Lender:
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(i)
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as
the Lenders may from time to time reasonably request, a valuation report
of the Property/Equipment prepared and issued at the Co-borrowers’
expense, addressed to the Lenders by a qualified appraisal reasonably
acceptable to the Lenders;
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(ii)
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upon
written request by the Lenders, such additional information in relation to
the Property/Equipment as the Lenders may reasonably
request;
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all such
reports and other information to be prepared and supplied at the cost of the
Co-borrowers;
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(b)
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Documents:
supply or cause to supply to the Lenders: any and all documents
which are required by the Land Bureau or Real Estate Administration Bureau
or SAIC for the purpose of registration of Property Mortgage / Equipment
Mortgage / Share Pledge / Trademarks Pledge, including but not limited to
Land Use Right Certificate, Certificate of Real Estate Ownership,
Trademark Registration Certificate, invoices for equipments, power of
attorney, business licence and certificate of legal
representative;
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(c)
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Inspection: permit
the Lenders and any other person appointed by the Lenders full and free
access to the Land, Plant and Equipment at all reasonable times after
prior written notice and provide any such person any information required
by him so as to enable the Lenders to be fully informed of all aspects of
the above; and
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(d)
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Insurance: (i)
take out and maintain all risks insurance for the full amount of the
Property and the Equipment; (ii) ensure that all risks insurance shall be
maintained with such insurance companies as the Lenders may approve (such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld); (iii) ensure that the Lenders
are named as sole loss payee of the insurance policies (except for the
third party risk insurance); and (iv) deliver to the Security Agent the
original of the policy of insurance taken out by any of the Co-borrowers
in relation to the Property and Equipment, in accordance with this
paragraph together with a copy, certified as a true copy of its original
by any of the Co-borrowers, of the receipt for the payment of insurance
premium, and evidence that the interest of the Lenders has been noted or
endorsed on such policy on terms reasonably acceptable to the Lenders; (v)
ensure that all the insurance proceeds be used for mandatory repayment of
the Facility hereunder, unless the Lenders agree
otherwise.
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12.4
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Financial
Covenants:
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Borrower
A undertakes with each of the Lenders throughout the continuance of the Finance
Documents and so long as any sum remains owing hereunder that Borrower A
covenants that, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agrees in writing, it will
be in compliance with the following consolidated financial
covenants:
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2009
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Mar-10
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Jun-10
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Sep-10
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Dec-10
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2011 and
there after
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|||||||
Total
Debt / EBITA
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<3.0x
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<3.5x
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<3.0x
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<3.0x
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<3.0x
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<2.5x
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||||||
[Total
Debt + Notes Payable] / EBITA
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<4.3x
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<4.5x
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<4.0x
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<3.5x
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<3.5x
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<3.0x
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||||||
EBITA
/ Interest
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>6.0x
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>5.0x
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>5.0x
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>5.0x
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>5.0x
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>7.0x
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||||||
Debt
/ Equity
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<50%
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<50%
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<50%
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<50%
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<50%
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<50%
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||||||
Revenues
(RMB million)
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>600
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>630
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>675
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>710
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>750
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>750
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||||||
Gross
Margin
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>23%
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>23%
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>24%
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>24%
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>25%
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>25%
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||||||
Consolidated
Accounts Receivables Days
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<180
days
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<180
days
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<180
days
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<180
days
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<180
days
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<180
days
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||||||
Accounts
Receivables Age Over 2 Years
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<RMB26m
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<RMB26m
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<RMB26m
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<RMB26m
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<RMB26m
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<RMB26m
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Borrower
A agrees to provide to the Facility Agent compliance certificates from its
auditor to confirm it is in compliance with the above financial covenants on a
quarterly basis, at the end of the quarter ending March, June, Sep and
Dec. The Company’s auditor firm should follow PRC GAAP; and that the
test of the financial covenants will be performed based on the prior rolling 12
month financials as per the audited statement or management accounts reviewed by
its auditor.
Please
see Schedule 5 of this Agreement for Financial Definitions and Appendix II of
this Agreement for the form of the Compliance Certificate.
13.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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13.1
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Events of
Default. Each of the following events and circumstances
shall be an
Event of
Default:
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(a)
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Non-payment: any
of the Co-borrowers fails to pay any sum payable under any Finance
Document to which it is a party when due or otherwise in accordance with
the provisions thereof unless its failure to pay is caused by
administrative or technical error in the transmission of funds and payment
is made within three (3) Business Days of its original due
date;
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(b)
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Other
obligations: the Co-borrowers or the Guarantors fails
duly and punctually to perform or comply with any of its respective
obligations or undertakings under any Finance Document and, in respect
only of a failure which in the opinion of the Lenders (acting reasonably)
is capable of remedy and which is not a failure to pay
money, does not remedy such failure to the Lender’s
reasonable satisfaction within five (5) Business Days (or such longer
period as the Lenders may approve) after receipt of written notice from
the Lenders requiring it to do so;
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(c)
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Misrepresentation: any
representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the Co-borrowers
or the Guarantors in or in connection with any Finance Document proves to
have been incorrect or misleading in any respect considered by the
Majority Lenders to be material (acting
reasonably);
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(d)
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Cross
default: any of the Co-borrowers defaults or receives
notice of default under any agreement or obligation relating to borrowing
or any indebtedness of such Co-borrower becomes payable or capable of
being declared payable before its stated maturity or is not paid when due
or any Encumbrance, guarantee or other security now or hereafter created
by any of the Co-borrowers becomes enforceable and the default is not
remedied to the Lender’s reasonable satisfaction within five (5) Business
Days (or such longer period as the Lenders may in its discretion agree)
after receipt of written notice from the Lenders requiring it to do
so;
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(e)
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Authorisation: any
of the authorisations referred to in Clause 11.1(g) is not granted or
ceases to be in full force and effect or is modified in a manner which, in
the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, might have a Material
Adverse Effect, or if any law, regulation, judgment or order (or the
repeal or modification of any of the foregoing) suspends, varies,
terminates or excuses performance by any of the Co-borrowers of any of its
obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a party or purports
to do any of the same;
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(f)
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Creditors’
process: a creditor takes possession of all or any part
of the business or assets of any of the Co-borrowers or any execution or
other legal process is enforced against the business or any asset of any
of the Co-borrowers;
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(g)
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Insolvency
proceedings: a petition is presented or a proceeding is
commenced or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed or any
other step is taken by any person for the winding-up, insolvency,
administration, reorganisation, reconstruction, dissolution or bankruptcy
of any of the Co-borrowers or for the appointment of a liquidator,
receiver, administrator, trustee or similar officer of any of the
Co-borrowers or of all or any part of its business or
assets;
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(h)
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Suspension of
payments: any of the Co-borrowers stops or suspends
payments to its creditors generally or is unable or admits its inability
to pay its debts as they fall due or seeks to enter into any composition
or other arrangement with its creditors or is declared or becomes bankrupt
or insolvent;
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(i)
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Analogous
events: any event occurs which in the opinion of the
Lenders appears to have an effect analogous to the matters set out in
paragraphs (f), (g) or (h) above in any jurisdiction in which any of the
Co-borrowers is incorporated or carries on
business;
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(j)
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Cessation of business;
expropriation: any of the Co-borrowers ceases or
threatens to cease to carry on its business or any substantial part
thereof or changes or threatens to change the nature or scope of its
business or any of the Co-borrowers disposes of or threatens to dispose of
or any governmental or other authority expropriates or threatens to
expropriate all or any substantial part of its business or
assets;
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(k)
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Other
parties: any event which has an effect equivalent or
similar to any of the events described in any of the above paragraphs
occurs, mutatis
mutandis, in relation to Guarantor
A;
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(l)
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Unlawfulness: any
Finance Document or any provision thereof ceases for any reason to be in
full force and effect or is terminated or jeopardised or becomes invalid
or unenforceable or if there is any dispute regarding the validity or
enforceability of the same or if there is any purported termination or
repudiation of the same or it becomes impossible or unlawful for any of
the Co-borrowers or any other party thereto to perform any of its
obligations thereunder or for any Finance Party to exercise all or any of
its rights, powers and remedies thereunder or any undertaking in Clause 12
is not enforceable as such and any of the Co-borrowers fails to do, or
fails to refrain from doing, the activity which it purported to undertake
to do or, as the case may be, not to
do;
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(m)
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Compulsory
purchase: any substantial part of the Property is seized,
nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily purchased or the applicable
local authority makes an order for the compulsory purchase of all or any
substantial part of the Property;
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(n)
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Major
damage: any substantial part of the Property is
destroyed or substantially damaged;
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(o)
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Litigation and change
control: any of the Co-borrowers engages in material litigation or
have material litigation taken against the Co-borrowers, or administrative
or arbitration proceedings or change in control of any of the
Co-borrowers; and
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(p)
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Material adverse
change: any situation which in the opinion of the
Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) gives reasonable grounds to believe
that an event having a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred.
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In this
Loan Agreement, a “Potential Event of Default” means any event which may become
(with the elapse of time, the giving of notice, the making of any determination
hereunder or any combination thereof) an Event of Default.
13.2
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Declarations. If
an Event of Default has occurred the Facility Agent may, and upon written
request by the Majority Lenders shall, by written notice to the
Co-borrowers:
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(a)
|
declare
the Loan, accrued interest and all other sums payable hereunder to be,
whereupon they shall become, immediately due and payable without further
demand, notice or other legal formality of any kind;
and/or
|
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(b)
|
declare
the Facility terminated whereupon the obligation of the Lenders to make
further Advances hereunder shall immediately
cease.
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14.
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PENALTY
INTEREST
|
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(a)
|
Penalty Interest
Rate. If the Co-borrowers fails to pay any sum payable
under this Agreement when due then an additional 1% penalty interest rate
shall be levied on all amounts due and
unpaid.
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(b)
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Penalty Interest Rate
for Misappropriation. If the Co-borrowers misappropriate
any or all of the Facility under this Agreement, the PBOC Rate plus 50% -
100% xxxx up shall be levied on all amounts
misappropriated.
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(c)
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Calculation of Penalty
Interest. Interest at the rate determined from time to
time as aforesaid shall accrue from day to day, and shall be calculated
from the due date to the date actual payment for the overdue and from the
date of misappropriation to the date when the misappropriation is ceased
at the sole discretion of the
Lenders.
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15.
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INDEMNITIES
AND SET-OFF
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15.1
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General
Indemnity. The Co-borrowers shall jointly indemnify each
Finance Party against all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses
which such Finance Party may incur as a consequence of the information
produced or approved by either of the Co-borrowers being or being alleged
to be misleading or deceptive in any respect or any Event of Default or
Potential Event of Default or any other breach by any of the Co-borrowers
of any of its obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a
party or any failure to borrow in accordance with a Notice of Drawing or
any prepayment under this Agreement (except under Clause 6.2) or otherwise
in connection with the Finance Documents (including any loss or expense
reasonably incurred in liquidating or redeploying funds acquired or
arranged for the purposes of a proposed Advance or any unpaid sum or in
terminating any such arrangement or any hedging arrangement in respect of
this Agreement and any interest or fees incurred in funding any unpaid
sum, but taking into account any interest paid by the Co-borrowers in
respect of such unpaid sum under Clause
14).
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15.2
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Indemnity for Hedge
Break Costs.
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(a)
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Without
prejudice to the above, upon the occurrence of any of the following
circumstance, the Co-borrowers shall indemnify the Lenders for the Hedge
Break Costs:
|
|
(i)
|
the
Co-borrowers is required to make the prepayment in accordance with Clause
6 hereof;
|
|
(ii)
|
the
Lenders accelerate, cancel or terminate any or all of the Facility
hereunder according to the terms of this Agreement, including but not
limited to the terms relating to prepayment and Event of
Default;
|
|
(b)
|
The
calculation of the Hedge Break Costs shall be conducted by any of the
relevant Lenders and the Facility Agent shall inform the Co-borrowers of
such Hedge Break Costs payable.
|
|
(c)
|
Any
Hedge Break Costs payable hereof shall be the payable in addition to the
principal, interest or any other amount to be paid by the Co-borrowers in
accordance with this Agreement.
|
|
(d)
|
The
results of calculation and payment decision on the Hedge Break Costs from
the Lenders shall be binding upon the Co-borrowers unless there is any
material mistake.
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15.3
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Set-Off. If
an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred
each Finance Party shall have the right, without notice to any
of the Co-borrowers or any other person, to set off and apply any credit
balance on any account (whether subject to notice or not and whether
matured or not and in whatever currency) of the Co-borrowers with such
Finance Party, and any other indebtedness owing by such Finance Party to
any of the Co-borrowers, against the liabilities of the Co-borrowers under
the Finance Documents to which it is a party, and each Finance Party is
authorised to purchase with the monies standing to the credit of any such
account such other currencies as may be necessary for this purpose. Each
Finance Party shall forthwith notify the Co-borrowers of the exercise of
any right under this Clause. This Clause shall not affect any general or
banker’s lien, right of set-off or other right to which any Finance Party
may be entitled.
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15.4
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Pro
Rata
Sharing. If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance
Party”) receives or recovers any amount from the Co-borrowers or
otherwise in respect of sums due from the Co-borrowers (other than in
accordance with Clause 10.2) and applies that amount to a payment due
under the Finance Documents then:
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(a)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify
details of the receipt or recovery, to the Facility
Agent;
|
|
(b)
|
the
Facility Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in
excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had
the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Facility Agent and
distributed in accordance with Clause 10.2, without taking account of any
tax which would be imposed on the Facility Agent in relation to the
receipt, recovery or distribution;
and
|
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(c)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand
by the Facility Agent, pay to the Facility Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal
to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Facility Agent
determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of
any payment to be made, in accordance with this Clause
15.4.
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The
Facility Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the
Co-borrowers or relevant Guarantors and distribute it between the Finance
Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) in accordance with this Clause
15.4. On a distribution by the Facility Agent under this Clause 15.4,
the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance
Parties which have shared in the redistribution. If and to the extent
that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on its rights of
subrogation, the Co-borrowers shall be liable to the Recovering Finance Party
for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment which is immediately due and
payable. If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by
a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering
Finance Party, then:
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(i)
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each
Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment
pursuant to this Clause 15.4 shall, upon request of the Facility Agent,
pay to the Facility Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party
an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing
Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that
Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing
Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay);
and
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(ii)
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that
Recovering Finance Party’s rights of subrogation in respect of any
reimbursement shall be cancelled and the Co-borrowers will be liable to
the reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so
reimbursed.
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This
Clause 15.4 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party
would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and
enforceable claim against the Co-borrowers or the relevant
Guarantors. A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with
any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has
received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings and
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or
arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable
having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration
proceedings.
15.5
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No
Encumbrance. Clause 15.4 shall not constitute and shall
not be construed as constituting an Encumbrance by any Lender over all or
any part of any sum received or recovered by it in the manner set out in
Clause 15.4.
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16.
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THE
FINANCE PARTIES
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16.1
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Appointment for
Facility Agent. Each of the other Finance Parties hereby
appoints the Facility Agent to act as its agent in relation to the
administration of the Facility and authorises the Facility Agent to take
such action on its behalf and to exercise and enforce such rights, powers
and discretions as are expressly or by implication delegated to the
Facility Agent by the terms of this Agreement and such rights, powers and
discretions as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
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16.2
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Appointment for
Security Agent. Each of the other Finance Parties hereby
appoints the Security Agent to act as its agent and trustee in relation to
the Security Documents and authorises the Security Agent to enter into the
Security Documents on its behalf and authorises the Security Agent to
settle the rights, benefits and interests as described in each Security
Documents on trust on its behalf and authorises the Security Agent to take
such action on its behalf and to exercise and enforce such rights, powers
and discretions as are expressly or by implication delegated to the
Security Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents
and such rights, powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
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16.3
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Covenant to
Pay. Without prejudice to its respective obligations to
the Finance Parties under the other provisions of the Finance Documents to
which it is a party, the Co-borrowers undertakes to the Facility Agent to
pay to the Facility Agent from time to time on demand (any such demand
being expressed to be made under this Clause) all amounts from time to
time due and payable by it for the account of any other party to this
Agreement pursuant to any Finance Document to the extent not already
paid. Any payment made pursuant to any such demand shall, to
the extent of such payment, also discharge the Co-borrowers’ obligation to
make payment for the account of the person
concerned.
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16.4
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Nature of
Duties. The duties and functions of the Facility Agent
or Security Agent shall be of a mechanical and administrative nature
only. The Facility Agent or Security Agent shall not be deemed
to be a trustee of any Finance Party except as specified in the Finance
Documents and shall not be deemed to be an agent or trustee of the
Co-borrowers for any purpose except as specified in Clause
20.5. The Facility Agent or Security Agent shall have no duties
or obligations except those expressly set out in the Finance
Documents.
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16.5
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Specific Duties of the
Facility Agent. The Facility Agent
shall:
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(a)
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promptly
account to each Lender for its due proportion of all payments received by
the Facility Agent from the Co-borrowers or otherwise in connection with
the Facility;
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(b)
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promptly
inform each Lender of:
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(i)
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the
contents of any document which the Facility Agent receives in respect of
the Facility and which it considers to be material;
and
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(ii)
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any
material Event of Default of which an officer of the Facility Agent acting
in respect of the Finance Documents and in his capacity as such has actual
knowledge;
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(c)
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except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, take or refrain from taking any
action in accordance with any lawful and proper instructions given to it
by the Majority Lenders, and any such instructions shall be binding on all
the Finance Parties, and the Facility Agent shall have no liability to the
Co-borrowers or any other Finance Party if it acts (or refrains from
taking any action) in accordance with any lawful and proper instructions
of the Majority Lenders;
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(d)
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consult
with the other Finance Parties to the extent practicable before making any
declaration or demand under Clause 13.2 or effecting any amendment or
waiver under Clause 17.
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16.6
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Specific Duties and
Obligations of the Security Agent. The Security Agent
shall:
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(a)
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execute
the Security Documents on behalf of the Lenders and shall procure and
assist the relevant security providers to conduct the necessary
registration, filing and approval for the Security Documents in accordance
with the applicable laws and regulations and shall maintain all the above
mentioned registration, filing and approval legal and valid until the
Facility under this Agreement has been fully
repaid;
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(b)
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keep
all the certificates or other documents which represent the rights of the
Lenders and to circulate the copies of the aforementioned documents to
each of the Lenders;
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(c)
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perform
its duties under this Agreement with due diligence and to fairly protect
the interests of each of the Lenders without harming the legal benefits of
other Lenders under its position as a Security
Agent;
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(d)
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notify
the Facility Agent within three (3) Business Days if it has been or should
have been aware of any event of defaults under the Security Documents and
upon receiving the notice from the Security Agent, the Facility Agent
shall notify the other Lenders within three (3) Business
Days;
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(e)
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not
request the security providers to perform its security obligations or
realize the security under any of the Security Documents in any way,
unless it is otherwise agreed in this
Agreement;
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(f)
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perform
other duties as agreed in this
Agreement;
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(g)
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rectify
any failure to perform its duties or obligations hereunder or the
activities which may harm the interests of other Lenders and compensate
the other Lenders’ loss arisen
therefrom.
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16.7
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Rights and Powers of
the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent
may:
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(a)
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perform
any of its duties and functions through its directors, officers, employees
or agents;
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(b)
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engage
and pay for the advice or services of lawyers, accountants or other
professional advisers or experts as the Facility Agent may consider
necessary or desirable and rely and act upon such
advice;
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(c)
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refrain
from exercising any of its rights, powers and discretions unless and until
instructed to do so, and as to the manner of doing so, by the Majority
Lenders, and refrain from acting upon any instructions to take enforcement
action until it has been indemnified or secured to its satisfaction
against any liabilities, costs and expenses which it may
incur;
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(d)
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(but
shall not be obliged to) in the absence of any instructions from the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders), act (or refrain from
taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Finance
Parties;
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(e)
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refrain
from taking any action which in its opinion would or might contravene any
law or regulation or render it liable to any person, and do all things
which in its opinion may be necessary in order to comply with any law or
regulation;
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(f)
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if
any Finance Party owes an amount to the Facility Agent under any Finance
Document, after giving notice to that Finance Party deduct an amount not
exceeding the amount owed by the Finance Party from any payment which the
Facility Agent would otherwise be obliged to make to that Finance Party
under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards
satisfaction of the amount owed to the Facility Agent, and for the
purposes of the Finance Documents that Finance Party shall be regarded as
having received any amount so
deducted;
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(g)
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disclose
to the other Finance Parties any information which, in the opinion of the
Facility Agent, is received by it in its capacity as the Facility
Agent;
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(h)
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deduct
from any amount received by it for the account of the other Finance
Parties pro rata any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Facility Agent
incurred by it in connection with the Finance
Documents;
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(i)
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assume
that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, that
any representation made by the Co-borrowers or any Guarantor in or in
connection with any Finance Document is true and that no party is in
breach of its obligations under any Finance Document unless the Facility
Agent receives specific written notice to the
contrary;
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(j)
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rely
upon any communication or document which it believes to be genuine and, as
to any matters of fact which can reasonably be expected to be within the
knowledge of any other party to any Finance Document, rely upon a
certificate signed by or on behalf of that
party;
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(k)
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assume
that each Lending Office is that identified in Schedule 1 or in the
Novation Certificate under which any Transferee became a party to this
Agreement until it has received from the relevant Lender or Transferee a
notice designating another office as its Lending Office and may act upon
such notice until the same is superseded by a further such notice;
and
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(l)
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deposit
any instruments, documents or deeds delivered to it with any bank or
professional custodian or with its or any Finance Party’s legal advisers
and shall not be liable for any loss thereby incurred in the absence of
any gross negligence or wilful default by it and the Facility Agent shall
not be in any way liable for any loss incurred through the misconduct or
default of such delegate.
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16.8
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No Liability to
Finance Party by the Facility Agent or the Security
Agent. The Facility Agent or the Security Agent shall
have no liability or obligation to any other Finance
Party:
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(a)
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as
a result of any failure or delay by the Co-borrowers or any other party in
performing its respective obligations under any Finance
Document;
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(b)
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for
the authorisation, execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
effectiveness, genuineness or sufficiency of any Finance Document or any
other document relevant to this transaction or for the collectability of
any sum payable under any Finance
Document;
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(c)
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for:
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(i)
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the
accuracy or completeness of any information supplied by any person at any
time whether or not such information was or is circulated by the Facility
Agent or the Security Agent;
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(ii)
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the
accuracy of any representation, warranty or statement (whether written or
oral) made in or at any time in connection with any Finance
Document;
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(d)
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to
take any steps to ascertain whether an Event of Default or Potential Event
of Default has occurred or whether the Co-borrowers or any other party is
otherwise in breach of any of its respective obligations or any
representation or warranty under any Finance
Document;
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(e)
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to
provide any credit or other information relating to the Co-borrowers or
any Guarantor or otherwise relating to the Facility, except as expressly
stated in this Agreement;
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(f)
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to
account for any sum received by the Facility Agent (other than for the
account of the other Finance Parties) by way of fees or reimbursement of
expenses in connection with any Finance Document or for any benefit
received by it arising out of any present or future banking or other
relationship with the Co-borrowers or any Guarantor or any person
connected with the Co-borrowers or any
Guarantor;
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(g)
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for
any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with any
amount required to be paid by the Facility Agent under any Finance
Document if the Facility Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as
reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the
Facility Agent for that purpose;
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(h)
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as
a result of any act or omission by the Facility Agent or the Security
Agent or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent or
the Security Agent in connection with the Facility, except in the case of
the Facility Agent’s or Security Agent’s gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
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Each
other Finance Party agrees that it will not seek to make any claim against any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent or the Security Agent
in respect of any of the matters described in this Clause 16.8.
16.9
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No Liability to
Co-borrowers. The Facility Agent or the Security Agent
shall have no liability or obligation to the Co-borrowers as a result of
any failure or delay by any Finance Party or any other party in performing
its respective obligations under any Finance
Document.
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16.10
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Indemnity. The
Lenders shall indemnify the Facility Agent or the Security Agent upon
demand from and against all claims, actions, liabilities, damages,
penalties, losses, costs and expenses (including legal fees) which the
Facility Agent or the Security Agent may incur in any way relating to or
arising out of any Finance Document or relating to or arising out of any
action taken or omitted to be taken by the Facility Agent or the Security
Agent in seeking to protect, exercise or enforce the rights of the Finance
Parties or otherwise in connection with the Facility, (including, without
limitation, the costs, charges and expenses referred to in Clauses 9.2 and
9.3) unless and to the extent that any of the foregoing results directly
from the Facility Agent’s or the Security Agent’s gross negligence or
wilful misconduct. The Lenders shall be severally liable under
the foregoing indemnity in proportion to their respective Participations
in the Loan or, if no Advance has yet been made, in proportion to their
respective Commitments, in each case calculated at the time of the
Facility Agent’s or the Security Agent’s demand, or, if the Loan has been
fully repaid, in proportion to their respective Participations in the Loan
immediately before such repayment. The Co-borrowers shall
immediately on demand reimburse each Lender for any payment made under
this Clause.
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16.11
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Acknowledgement by
other Finance Parties. Each of the other Finance Parties
acknowledges to and agrees with the Facility Agent or the Security Agent
that:
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(a)
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it
has itself been and will continue to be solely responsible for making its
own independent analysis of and investigations into the status,
creditworthiness, prospects, business, operations, assets and condition of
the Co-borrowers, each Guarantor and any other person referred to herein
and for making its own decisions as to the entering into or the taking or
not taking of any action in connection with this
transaction;
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(b)
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any
due diligence in respect of the Co-borrowers, the Guarantors and the
transactions contemplated under the Finance Documents required to comply
with the requirements under the applicable law relating to anti-money
laundering shall remain the responsibility of each other Finance Party,
and it is expressly agreed that the Co-borrowers shall, and shall procure
each of the Guarantors to, provide any information required by any Finance
Party as soon as practicable for the purpose of complying with such
Finance Party’s obligations under the applicable law relating to
anti-money laundering;
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(c)
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it
has not relied upon any representation or statement made by the Facility
Agent or the Security Agent as being an inducement to enter into any of
the Finance Documents.
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16.12
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Certifications by
Facility Agent. Where any provision of any Finance
Document provides that the Facility Agent may certify or determine an
amount or rate payable by the other Finance Parties or any of them, a
certificate by the Facility Agent as to such amount or rate shall be
conclusive and binding on each such other Finance Party in the absence of
manifest error.
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16.13
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No Restriction of
Business. The Facility Agent or the Security Agent shall
have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other
Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as if it was not acting as
an agent and trustee in relation to any of the Finance
Documents. The Facility Agent or the Security Agent may engage
in any banking or other business with the Co-borrowers or any Guarantor or
any person connected with the Co-borrowers or any Guarantor and may treat
as confidential, and shall not be obliged to disclose to any other Finance
Party, any information which it receives in connection with such other
business.
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16.14
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Resignation of
Facility Agent or the Security Agent. The Facility Agent
or the Security Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than
thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Lenders and the
Co-borrowers. The Majority Lenders, on behalf of the Finance
Parties, shall have the right to appoint a successor Facility Agent or a
successor Security Agent, but if they do not do so within the period of
such notice the retiring Facility Agent or the retiring Security Agent may
appoint a successor Facility Agent or a successor Security
Agent. The Facility Agent’s or the Security Agent’s resignation
shall not take effect until a successor Facility Agent or a successor
Security Agent has been appointed. Upon such appointment the
successor Facility Agent or a successor Security Agent shall succeed to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretions and duties of
the retiring Facility Agent or the retiring Security Agent and the
retiring Facility Agent or the retiring Security Agent shall be discharged
from any further duties and obligations hereunder. The parties
to this Agreement agree to execute whatever documents may be necessary to
effect such a change of Facility Agent or the Security
Agent. After any retiring Facility Agent’s or retiring Security
Agent’s resignation the provisions of this Clause 16 shall continue in
effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was acting as the Facility Agent or the Security
Agent.
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16.15
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Security
Trustee. The following provisions shall apply to the
Security Agent in its capacity as trustee in relation to any of the
Security Documents:
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(a)
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the Security
Agent:
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(i)
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may
accept without enquiry or objection such title as the Co-borrowers or the
relevant Guarantor may have to any assets which are subject to any of the
Security Documents and shall not be liable for any lack of or defect in
such title, whether apparent or not and whether capable of remedy or
not;
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(ii)
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shall
not be liable for any omission or delay in giving notice to any third
party, or effecting any filing or registration, or obtaining any
authorisation, or otherwise perfecting the security constituted by any of
the Security Documents;
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(iii)
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shall
not be obliged to hold any share certificates, title or other documents
relating to the assets charged under any of the Security Documents in its
own possession or to take any steps to protect or preserve such documents,
and may permit the Co-borrowers or the relevant Guarantor (or its lawyers
or representatives) to retain such documents in its possession if it is
reasonable in the circumstances;
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(iv)
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may
procure that any investment or all or any part of the property and assets
charged or assigned under the Security Documents, or the proceeds thereof,
is held and/or registered in the name of its
nominee;
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(b)
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each
of the other Finance Parties authorises the Security Agent (by
itself or by such person(s) as it may nominate) to execute and enforce the
Security Documents as trustee, as agent or as otherwise provided, and
confirms that the Security Agent shall have an independent
right to release from any Security Document any asset permitted to be
disposed of under this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and
authorises the Security Agent to execute any document which is
reasonably required to achieve the release of any property or asset
subject to the relevant Security Document as permitted or required by the
terms of this Agreement or the relevant Security
Document;
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(c)
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the Security
Agent may appoint any person established or resident in any jurisdiction
(whether a trust corporation or not) to act as a trustee or agent, either
separately or jointly with the Security Agent, in relation to
any of the Security Documents if the Security Agent considers
that such an appointment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of
conforming with any legal requirement in any relevant jurisdiction or
otherwise for the purpose of holding, administering, protecting or
enforcing any of the Security Documents, and any such trustee or agent
shall have such powers and discretions (not exceeding those conferred on
the Security Agent) and such obligations as shall be conferred or imposed
on it by the Security
Agent;
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(d)
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in
relation to any Security Document governed by a law other than PRC law,
each Finance Party:
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(i)
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shall
execute and deliver any Security Document which, under applicable law,
cannot be entered into by the Security Agent on its behalf, for
example, because the security constituted by the Security Document must be
entered into by it as creditor having a pro rata claim of the
claims secured thereby;
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(ii)
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grants
the Security Agent power of representation in relation to the
execution, enforcement and administration of the Security Documents;
and
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(iii)
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shall
enter into such notarial deeds or other deeds or documents as are required
under any applicable law relating to the security constituted by the
Security Documents to enable the Security Agent or another
attorney-in-fact to execute any Security Document on such Finance Party’s
behalf and administer and enforce such
security.
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16.16
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No
Partnership. Nothing contained or implied in this
Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership
between any of the parties to this
Agreement.
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16.17
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Change of Name and
Reorganisation of Lenders. In
the event that any Lender changes its name or enter into any
reorganisation, merger, amalgamation and consolidation with any other
entity, such Lender shall at the request of the Majority Lender and at its
own cost provide a legal opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the
Majority Lender confirming that the surviving entity shall assume the
obligations of such Lender under the Finance Documents by not later than
15 days (or such longer period as the Majority Lender may agree in
writing) after the change in name, reorganisation, merger, amalgamation
and consolidation takes effect. Should such Lender fail to do
so, the Majority Lender shall be entitled (but not obliged) to require
such Lender to transfer its rights and obligations under the Finance
Documents in accordance with Clause
20.4.
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16.18
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Replacement of
Lenders: When there is a deadlock arises between the Lenders
if the Lender other than the Majority Lender (“Affected Lender”) cannot
agree on the fundamental matter about operation of the Facility hereunder,
including but not limited to (i) amendments on the terms of the Finance
Documents; (ii) release the liabilities or obligations of any of the
Co-borrowers hereunder; (iii) assignment of its Participation by any other
Lenders in accordance with this Agreement; (iv) declaration of the default
by any of the Co-borrowers; (v) suspension, termination, cancellation,
acceleration and prepayment of all or part of the Facility hereunder; and
(vi) grace period for the approval, registration and filing procedures in
relation to the Finance Documents to be granted to any of the
Co-borrowers, then the Majority Lender may compel the Affected
Lender to transfer to a replacement bank or financial institution
nominated by the Majority Lender all or any part of the Affected Lender's
rights and obligations under the relevant Facility in accordance with
Clause 20.3.
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17.
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AMENDMENT
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Any
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and any waiver of any
default under this Agreement shall only be effective if made in writing and
signed by or on behalf of the party against whom the amendment or waiver is
asserted. For these purposes, any amendment or waiver which is made
in writing by the Facility Agent at the direction of the Majority Lenders shall
be binding on all Finance Parties, except that the written approval of all
Lenders is required where that amendment or waiver relates to:
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(a)
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an
increase of the Facility or of any Lender’s Commitment or the length of
the Availability Period or the amount or currency of or the due date for
any payment of principal or interest on the Loan or commitment fee or
other fees;
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(b)
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a
reduction in the rate or rates of interest or any commitment or other fees
or other amounts payable to the Lenders
hereunder;
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(c)
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any
amendment of the definition of “Majority Lenders” or of the provisions of
this Clause;
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(d)
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the
provision of any guarantee of or security for the Co-borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement or the release or amendment of any
Security Document or the release of any security created thereby;
or
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(e)
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any
provision of this Agreement which expressly requires the consent of all
Lenders.
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Any
amendment affecting the rights of the Facility Agent shall also require the
consent of the Facility Agent.
18.
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WAIVER
AND SEVERABILITY
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Time is
of the essence for this Agreement but no failure or delay by any Finance Party
in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall impair such right,
power or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of the same preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies
herein provided are cumulative and do not exclude any other rights, powers and
remedies provided by law. If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or
becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of
any jurisdiction, the legality, validity and enforceability of such provision
under the law of any other jurisdiction, and of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
19.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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19.1
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Effectiveness. This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution by all the
Parties.
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19.2
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Verification.
The Co-borrowers undertake to procure that all verifications and approvals
required of the competent authorities (if needed) are carried out and
obtained to enable all payments to be made under the Finance Documents in
accordance with their respective
terms.
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19.3
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Chinese and English
Versions. In the event that this Agreement is required
to be executed in both English and Chinese, the Chinese version shall
prevail for all purposes.
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19.4
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Entire
Agreement. The Finance Documents constitute the entire
obligation of all parties and supersede any previous expressions of intent
or understandings in respect of this
transaction.
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19.5
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Originals. This
Agreement may be executed in eighteen (18)
originals.
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20.
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ASSIGNMENT,
NOVATION, DISCLOSURE AND LENDING
OFFICE
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20.1
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The Co-borrowers and
the Guarantors. The Co-borrowers or the Guarantors shall
not assign or transfer all or any part of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement.
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20.2
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Assignment
and Novation. A Lender
may:
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(a)
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assign
all or any part of its rights under the Finance Documents in accordance
with Clause 20.3; or
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(b)
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transfer
by novation all or a portion of its rights, benefits and obligations under
the Finance Documents in accordance with Clause
20.4,
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(any such
assignment or transfer by novation being referred to in this Clause 20 as a
“transfer”). The
Co-borrowers shall execute and do all such documents, acts and things as the
Facility Agent may reasonably require for perfecting and completing any such
transfer.
20.3
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Assignment by
Lenders. Any Lender may assign or transfer all or any part of its
rights or obligations to any other person under the Finance Documents
without the consent of any other person, Provided
that:
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(a)
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any
transfer of rights together with a novation of obligations to the same
person may only be made in accordance with the novation procedure set out
in Clause 20.4; and
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(b)
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no
such assignment shall take effect until the proposed Assignee has (i)
agreed with the Facility Agent and the other Lenders that it shall be
under the same obligations towards each of them as it would have been
under if it had been a party hereto as a Lender, (ii) paid the Facility
Agent for its own account a fee to cover all costs, charges and expenses
(including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) reasonably incurred in
connection therewith and (iii) paid all sums which have been demanded
under Clause 20.8.
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20.4
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Novation by
Lenders. Any Lender may at any time transfer by novation
all or part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under or arising
out of the Finance Documents to an Eligible Transferee. Such
transfer shall be effected by:
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the
Eligible Transferee delivering a completed original Novation Certificate
in the form substantially identical to Schedule 2 hereunder duly executed
by such Lender and the intended Transferee to the Facility Agent (for this
purpose only, for itself and as agent for and on behalf of the
Co-borrowers and the other Lenders) together with a fee for the account of
the Facility Agent of all costs, charges and expenses (including legal
fees on a full indemnity basis) reasonably incurred in connection
therewith provided that if the
Eligible Transferee requests for substantial changes to the terms in the
Novation Certificate, the Facility Agent shall notify all the Lenders
within three (3) Business Days upon receiving the same from the
Eligible Transferee. If there is no written objection on the
amended Novation Certificate from any of the Lenders received by the
Facility Agent within seven (7) Business Days after the delivery of the
amendment notice, it will be deemed as that the amended Novation
Certificate has been approved by all the Lenders and the Facility Agent is
authorized to execute on the amended Novation Certificate to acknowledge
receipt thereof. In case the Facility Agent receives a written
objection on the amended Novation Certificate from any of the Lenders, the
Facility Agent shall promptly notify the other Lenders. If no
agreement could be reached within ten (10) Business Days after the
notification for objection, the Majority Lender shall has the right to
decide whether to accept the amendment on the Novation Certificate;
and
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(b)
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the
Facility Agent executing such Novation Certificate to acknowledge receipt
thereof.
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Upon
delivery and execution of a Novation Certificate in accordance with the above
conditions, all parties to this Agreement agree that, on the later of the date
specified as the Transfer Date in such Novation Certificate and the fifth (5th)
Business Day following the date of receipt thereof by the Facility Agent (unless
the Facility Agent agrees a shorter period):
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(i)
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to
the extent only that in such Novation Certificate the Lender which is
party thereto seeks to transfer its rights and/or its obligations under
the Finance Documents, the Co-borrowers and such Lender shall each be
released from further obligations to the other hereunder and their
respective rights against the other shall be cancelled (such rights and
obligations being referred to in this Clause 20.4 as “discharged rights and
obligations”);
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(ii)
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the
Co-borrowers and the Transferee which is party to such Novation
Certificate shall each assume obligations towards the other and/or acquire
rights against the other which differ from such discharged rights and
obligations only insofar as the Co-borrowers and such Transferee have
assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Co-borrowers and such
Lender; and
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(iii)
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the
Facility Agent, such Transferee and the other Lenders shall acquire the
same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they
would have acquired and assumed had such Transferee been an original party
hereto as a Lender with the rights and obligations acquired or assumed by
it as a result of such transfer.
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20.5
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Authority. Each
of the Co-borrowers and the other Lenders hereby irrevocably authorises
the Facility Agent without further reference to it to acknowledge receipt
of each Novation Certificate delivered to it in accordance with Clause
20.4 by its execution thereof. Upon receipt of any Novation
Certificate, the Facility Agent shall send a copy thereof to the
Co-borrowers but the Co-borrowers agree that failure to do so shall not
invalidate any transfer. The Facility Agent shall incur no liability to
the Borrower or any Lender by virtue of its acting in accordance with the
provisions of this Clause.
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20.6
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Reliance. The
Facility Agent and the Co-borrowers may rely on and act in accordance with
any Novation Certificate which has been delivered to and accepted by the
Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 20.4 and which appears to be
complete and regular on its face. Neither of them shall incur
any liability to any party by so doing and the Facility Agent shall not be
obliged to check or enquire whether a purported Transferee is an Eligible
Transferee Provided that if it has
actual notice that any proposed Transferee is not an Eligible Transferee,
the Facility Agent is hereby authorised (but not obliged) to refuse to
accept the relevant Novation
Certificate.
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20.7
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Disclosure. A
Finance Party may disclose the information of the Co-borrowers
and the Guarantors to the following persons as such Finance Party
considers appropriate (a) any Assignee, Transferee or participant or
potential Assignee, Transferee or participant, (b) the Holding Company of
such Finance Party ,(c) any Subsidiary or affiliates of such Finance Party
or of its Holding Company; (d) any service provider or professional
counsel which undertakes with confidentiality obligations with such
Finance Party or its Holding Company, Subsidiary or affiliates; (e) any
credit rating institutions, insurance companies, insurance brokers or any
third parties which provide credit protection for such Finance Party or
its Holding Company, Subsidiary or affiliates directly or indirectly or
(f) any other competent courts or hearing body which has a jurisdiction on
the Finance Party or any other competent governmental departments or
quasi-governmental body which regulate, supervise or administrate the
Finance Party or its Holding Company, Subsidiary or
affiliates. Any Finance Party and any person to whom disclosure
has been made pursuant to this Clause may also make such disclosures as
may be required by any applicable law of PRC or
elsewhere.
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20.8
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Reimbursement of
Facility Agent. Any Lender seeking to effect any
transfer under this Clause 20 shall reimburse the Facility Agent on demand
for all costs, charges and expenses (including legal fees on a full
indemnity basis) reasonably incurred in connection
therewith.
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20.9
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Payments. The
Facility Agent shall distribute payments received by it in relation to all
or any part of a share of Commitment or Participation to the Lender
indicated in the records of the Facility Agent as being so entitled on
that date Provided
that the Facility Agent is authorised to distribute payments to be made on
the date on which any transfer becomes effective pursuant to any part of
this Clause to the Lender so entitled immediately before such transfer
took place regardless of the period to which such sums
relate.
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20.10
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Participations. A
Lender may at any time grant one or more participations in its rights
and/or obligations under the Finance Documents but no other party thereto
shall be concerned in any way with any participation so
granted. For avoidance of doubt, this Agreement is drafted for
the purpose of syndicate loan hereunder and at the time of the execution
of this Agreement, there may be only one Lender participate in the
Facility. The other Lenders may participate in the Facility by
the existing Lender’s assignment and/or novation in accordance with
Clauses 20.3 and 20.4. Upon the completion of the assignment
and/or novation hereunder, the other Lender shall become a Party to this
Agreement and the terms hereof shall be binding on
it.
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20.11
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Lending
Offices. Each Lender shall act initially through its
Lending Office specified in Schedule 1 and may act subsequently through
any of its other offices as selected by it from time to time. A
Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of any change of its
Lending Office.
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21.
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NOTICES
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21.1
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Delivery. Each
notice, demand or other communication to be given or made under this
Agreement shall be in writing and delivered or sent to the party at its
address or fax number set out below (or such other address or fax number
as the addressee has by five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice
specified to the other party):
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To Borrower A
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:
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Address
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:
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Canglongdao
Science Xxxx of Wuhan East Lake, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei,
China (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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To Borrower B
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:
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Address
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:
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Canglongdao
Science Xxxx of Wuhan East Lake, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei,
China (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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To Borrower C
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:
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Address
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:
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Xx.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx.( xxxxxxxxxxxxx000x)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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To the Facility Agent
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:
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Address
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:
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00xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx0x00x)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Luo Weijie
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To the Security Agent
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:
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Address
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:
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00xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx0x00x)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Luo Weijie
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To the Guarantor A
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:
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Address
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:
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Canglongdao
Science Xxxx of Wuhan East Lake, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei,
China (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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To the Guarantor B
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:
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Address
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:
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Canglongdao
Science Xxxx of Wuhan East Lake, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei,
China (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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To the Guarantor C
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:
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Address
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:
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Canglongdao
Science Xxxx of Wuhan East Lake, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei,
China (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Fax Number
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:
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000-00000000
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Attention
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:
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Mr.
Xu Jie
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And to
the Lenders at their respective Lending Office.
21.2
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Deemed
Delivery. Any notice, demand or other communication so
addressed to the party shall be deemed to have been delivered (a) if given
or made by letter, when actually delivered to the relevant address and (b)
if given or made by fax, when despatched with electronic confirmation of
complete and error-free transmission, PROVIDED that, if such
day is not a working day in the place to which it is sent, such notice,
demand or other communication shall be deemed delivered on the next
following working day at such
place.
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21.3
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Facility
Agent. All communications between the Lenders, the
Security Agent and the Borrower in relation to this Agreement shall be
made through the Facility Agent.
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21.4
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Language. Each
notice, demand or other communication hereunder and any other documents
required to be delivered hereunder shall be either in Chinese or
accompanied by a certified translation thereof into the Chinese
language.
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22.
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GOVERNING
LAW AND DISPUTES RESOLUTION
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(a)
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Law. This
Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
PRC.
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(b)
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Disputes
Resolution. All Parties irrevocably agree that any
dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement which cannot be
resolved through negotiations may be submitted to the people’s courts
where the Facility Agent located for hearing and judgement. For this
purpose, all Parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts.
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(c)
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Waiver of
Immunity. The Co-borrowers and Guarantors irrevocably
and unconditionally waives any immunity to which it or its property may at
any time be or become entitled, whether characterised as sovereign
immunity or otherwise, from any set-off or legal action in PRC or
elsewhere.
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IN WITNESS whereof this
Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto on the date stated at the
beginning of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
1: The Lender(s)
Name and Lending Office
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Commitment
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Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited Guangzhou Branch
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Tranche A RMB 211,600,000
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Tranche B RMB 91,500,000
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10th Floor,
International Finance Place
8 Huaxia
Road, Zhujiang New Town
Guangzhou
510623, China
Fax
Number: 000-00000000
Attention:
Mr. Luo Weijie
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SCHEDULE
2:
Form
of Novation Certificate
To:
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Standard
Chartered Bank (China) Limited, Guangzhou
Branch
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as agent
for itself and on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Co-borrowers each as
defined below and as agent and trustee under the Security Documents
NOVATION
CERTIFICATE
Relating
to the agreement (the “Loan
Agreement”) dated ______ 2009 whereby a loan facility was made available
to Wuhan Blower Co., Ltd., Wuhan
Generating Equipment Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Xingelin Machinery Equipment
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (the “Co-borrowers”) by the Lenders
(as therein defined) on whose behalf Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited,
Guangzhou Branch (the “Facility
Agent”) acted as agent in connection therewith. Terms defined
in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings when used
herein.
1.
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[ ]
(the “Transferor”)
confirms the accuracy of the summary of its Participation in the Facility
set out in the Schedule below and requests
[ ]
(the “Transferee”)
to accept and procure the transfer to the Transferee of [the whole] /
[[ ] per cent] of its Commitment and/or its Participation
in the Loan and the corresponding benefit of the Security Documents by
countersigning and delivering this Novation Certificate to the Facility
Agent at its address for the service of notices specified in the Loan
Agreement.
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2.
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The
Transferee hereby requests the Facility Agent to accept this Novation
Certificate as being delivered to the Facility Agent pursuant to Clause
20.4 of the Loan Agreement so as to take effect in accordance with the
terms thereof on
[ ]
20· (the “Transfer Date”) or on
such later date as may be determined in accordance with the terms of
Clause 20.4 and confirms and agrees as contemplated by such
Clause.
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3.
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The
Transferee hereby:
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(a)
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undertakes
with the Transferor and each of the other parties to the Loan Agreement
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all those obligations
which by the terms of any Finance Document are expressed to be assumed by
it after receipt of this Novation Certificate by the Facility Agent and
satisfaction of the conditions (if any) subject to which this Novation
Certificate is expressed to take
effect;
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(b)
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appoints
the Facility Agent to act as its agent as provided in the Loan Agreement
and as its agent and trustee as provided in the Security
Documents;
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(c)
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authorises
the Facility Agent, in its capacity as trustee to settle the rights,
benefits and interests as described in each Security Document on trust on
its behalf;
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(d)
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expressly
agrees to all the terms of the Loan Agreement and the Security
Documents.
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4.
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The
Transferee warrants that it has received copies of the Loan Agreement and
each of the Security Documents together with such other information as it
has required in connection with this transaction and that it has not
relied and will not hereafter rely on the Transferor or any other Finance
Party to check or enquire on its behalf into the legality, validity,
effectiveness, adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any such document or
information and further agrees that it has not relied and will not rely on
the Transferor or any other Finance Party to assess or keep under review
on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition,
affairs, status or nature of the Co-borrowers or any other party to any
Finance Document.
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5.
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Neither
the Transferor nor the Facility Agent (either on its own behalf or on
behalf of any other Finance Party or other person) makes any
representation or warranty or assumes any responsibility with respect to
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document or any document relating thereto or assumes any
responsibility for the financial condition of the Co-borrowers, any
Guarantor or any other party or for the performance and observance by the
Co-borrowers or any other party of any of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or any document relating thereto and any and all such
conditions and warranties, whether express or implied by law or otherwise,
are hereby excluded.
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6.
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By
its execution of this Novation Certificate, the Transferee hereby
represents to the Transferor and each of the other parties to the Finance
Documents that:
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(a)
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it
is an Eligible Transferee; and
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(b)
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it
is duly incorporated, validly existing, has full power, authority and
legal right to enter into the transactions contemplated by, and perform
the obligations assumed pursuant to, this Novation Certificate and the
relevant Finance Documents and has taken all necessary action to authorise
execution of this Novation
Certificate.
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7.
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The
Transferor hereby gives notice that nothing herein or in any Finance
Document (or any document relating thereto) shall oblige the Transferor
to:
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(a)
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accept
a re-transfer from the Transferee of the whole or any part of its rights,
benefits and/or obligations under any Finance Document hereby transferred;
or
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(b)
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support
any losses directly or indirectly sustained or incurred by the Transferee
(i) by reason of the non-performance by the Co-borrowers or any other
party to any Finance Document or any document relating thereto of its
obligations under any such document or (ii)
otherwise.
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The
Transferee hereby acknowledges the absence of any such obligation as is referred
to in (a) or (b) above.
This
Novation Certificate and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
PRC.
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The
Schedule
Transferor’s Participation
in the Facility
Commitment
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Participation
in the Loan
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Amount to be
Transferred
Commitment
|
Participation
|
|
%
Amount:
RMB
|
%
Amount:
RMB
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[Transferor]
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[Transferee]
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By:
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By:
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Date
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Date:
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Address:
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Address:
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Tel:
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Tel:
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Fax:
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Fax:
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Bank
account(s)
|
||||
for
payments:
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for
payments:
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Receipt
acknowledged.
Facility
Agent
By:
Date:
·
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This Novation Certificate is
not a security and is of no value to any person other than the Transferor,
the Transferee and the
Co-borrowers.
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SCHEDULE
3: REPAYMENT SCHEDULE
To: Wuhan Blower Co.,
Ltd.
Wuhan
Generating Equipment Co., Ltd.
Wuhan Xingelin Machinery Equipment
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Relating
to the agreement (the “Loan
Agreement”) dated ________ 2009 whereby a loan facility was made
available to you as the Co-borrowers (as therein defined) by the Lenders (as
therein defined) on whose behalf we acted as Facility Agent (as therein defined)
in connection therewith. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall
have the same meanings when used herein.
We hereby
inform you that as of [ ], 20[ ], the total
Loan outstanding under Tranche [ ] of the Facility granted
according to the Loan Agreement is RMB
[ ]. You shall jointly and severally be
responsible for the repayment of the above outstanding Loan under Tranche
[ ] in accordance with the following repayment
schedule:
Instalment
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Date
of Repayment
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Amount
(RMB)
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1
|
||
2
|
||
3
|
||
4
|
||
5
|
||
6
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||
7
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||
8
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Facility
Agent
By:
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Date:
Receipt
acknowledged.
Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd.
By:
Date:
Wuhan
Generating Equipment Co., Ltd.
By:
Date:
Wuhan
Xingelin Machinery Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
By:
Date:
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SCHEDULE
4: SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE
The
shareholding of Borrower A is as follows:
Name of Shareholder
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Proportion of
Shareholding
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Registered Capital
(RMB)
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Paid-in Capital
Contribution
(RMB)
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Universe
Faith Group Limited
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100%
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300,000,000
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225,913,410
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The
shareholding of Borrower B is as follows:
Name of Shareholder
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Proportion of
Shareholding
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Registered Capital
(RMB)
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Paid-in Capital
Contribution
(RMB)
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Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd.
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100%
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50
million
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50
million
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The
shareholding of Borrower C is as follows:
Name of Shareholder
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Proportion of
Shareholding
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Registered Capital
(RMB)
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Paid-in Capital
Contribution
(RMB)
|
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Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd.
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100%
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180
million
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180
million
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SCHEDULE
5: FINANCIAL DEFINITIONS
“Borrowing Principal” means, at
any time, the aggregate outstanding principal, capital and/or nominal amount and
any fixed and/or minimum premium payable on prepayment or redemption of any
indebtedness for or in respect of any financial indebtedness and without double
counting of any guarantee of financial indebtedness and the financial
indebtedness to which the guarantee relates.
“Capital Expenditure” means,
for any Relevant Period, any expenditure or obligation of the group (or any
member of the group) in respect of capital expenditure as shown on a cash flow
statement prepared in accordance with the GAAP (applicable to the
Co-borrowers).
“Consolidated EBITDA” mean, in
relation to any Relevant Period, the consolidated operating profits of the group
for such period from ordinary activities before taxation determined in
accordance with GAAP:
(i)
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before deducting any
Consolidated Interest Expenses for such
period;
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(ii)
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before taking into
account any amount owed or paid by any member of the group to any
other member of the group;
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(iii)
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before taking into
account any items treated as exceptional or extraordinary or
non-recurring items;
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(iv)
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after deducting the
amount of any profit of any member of the group which is attributable to
minority interests (that is, the interests of any person who is not a
member of the group in any Subsidiary of the
Borrower);
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(v)
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after deducting the
amount of any profit of any investment or entity (which is not itself a
member of the group) in which any member of the group has an interest to
the extent that the amount of such profit included in the financial
statements of the group exceeds the amount (net of all applicable
withholdings and deductions) received in cash by members of the group
through distributions by such investment or
entity;
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(vi)
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before taking into
account any realised and unrealised exchange gains and/or losses
including without limitation those arising on translation of currency
debt; and
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(vii)
|
before deducting any
amount attributable to amortisation of intangible assets or the
depreciation of tangible assets,
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“Consolidated Interest
Expenses” means, for any Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of the
accrued interest, commission, fees, discounts, prepayment penalties or premiums
and other finance payments in respect of financial indebtedness whether paid,
payable or capitalised by any member of the group in respect of that
period:
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(i)
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excluding any such
obligations owed to any other member of the
group;
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(ii)
|
including the interest
element of leasing and hire purchase
payments;
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(iii)
|
including any accrued
interest, commission, fees, discounts and other finance payments payable
by any member of the group under any interest rate hedging
arrangement;
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(iv)
|
deducting any accrued
interest, commission, fees, discounts and other finance payments payable
to any member of the group under any interest rate hedging instrument;
and
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(v)
|
excluding any accounting
and/or marked-to market
adjustments,
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(vi)
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in
each case without double counting and so that no amount shall be included
or excluded more than once.
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“Cost of Sales” means, for any
Relevant Period, the aggregate of the costs whatsoever arising in connection
with the sale of any items in the ordinary course of business of any or all
members of the group in accordance with the GAAP (applicable to the
Co-borrowers).
“EBITDA” means in relation to
any Relevant Period, the total consolidated operating profit of any of the
Co-borrowers, as the case may be, for that relevant period
(i)
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before
taking into account:
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(A)
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goodwill
amortisation;
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(B)
|
interest
expense (including interest on working capital facilities, lease and hire
purchase payments, commitment fees, commissions, arrangement fees and
guarantee fees, amounts in nature of interest payable in respect of any
shares other than equity share capital and any currency hedging
arrangements);
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(C)
|
extraordinary
and exceptional items; and
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(D)
|
tax
payments; and
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(ii)
|
after
adding back all amounts provided for depreciation and amortisation for
that Relevant Period;
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“Equity” means the total
shareholder equity recorded in the consolidated financial statement of Borrower
A.
“GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles in the PRC;
“Gross Margin” means the ratio
of Total Revenues less Cost of Sales divided by Total Revenues
“Relevant Periods” means (a)
each period consisting of two consecutive six (6) month periods ending on the
last day of each financial year and (b) each period consisting of two
consecutive six (6) month periods ending on the last day of the first half of
each financial year (commencing in June 2009) (each a "Relevant
Period").
“Total Debt” means at any time, the
aggregate amount of all obligations (whether actual or contingent) of any or all
members of the group for or in respect of Borrowing Principal but:
(i)
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excluding any
such obligations to any other member of the group;
and
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(ii)
|
including, in the case
of finance leases, only the capitalised value
thereof,
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(iii)
|
and
so that no amount shall be included or excluded more than
once.
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“Total Equity” means, at any
time, the aggregate of (i) the consolidated Total Debt and (ii) the aggregate of
the amounts paid up (or credited as paid up) on the registered capital of all
the Co-borrowers and (iii) the aggregate amount of the reserves of the group as
shown on the most recent consolidated financial statements for all the
Co-borrowers delivered in accordance with this Agreement:
(i)
|
including (to the extent
not otherwise included) any balance standing to the credit of the
consolidated profit and loss account of all the
Co-borrowers;
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(ii)
|
deducting (to the extent
not otherwise deducted) any debit balance on the consolidated profit and
loss account of all the
Co-borrowers;
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(iii)
|
deducting any amount in
respect of any interest of any person (that is not a member of the group)
in any Subsidiary of the any of the
Co-borrowers;
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(iv)
|
deducting (to the extent
otherwise included) any amount shown in respect of goodwill (including
goodwill arising only on consolidation) or other intangible assets
(excluding land user rights whose entire land premium has been paid off
and any paid-up portion of any mining rights) of the group or any member
thereof;
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(v)
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deducting (to the extent
otherwise included) any amount set aside for taxation, deferred taxation
or bad debts; and
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(vi)
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deducting any amount in
respect of any dividend or distribution declared, recommended or made by
any member of the group to the extent that such dividend or distribution
is payable to a person that is not a member of the group and is not
provided for in and deducted from the most recent
consolidated financial statements of the
group,
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“Total Revenues” means, for any
Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of all revenues of any nature whatsoever
received by any member of the group (determined on a consolidated basis for the
group and excluding any intra-group items) in accordance with the GAAP
(applicable to the Co-borrowers).
“Consolidated Accounts Receivables
Days” means, for any Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of outstanding
accounts receivables shown in the consolidated balance sheet divided by Total
Revenues multiplied by 360 days.
“Accounts Receivables Age Over 2
Years” means, for any Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of
outstanding accounts receivables that is aged over 2 years.
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SCHEDULE
5 SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS FOR FIXED ASSETS LOANS
To:
Standard Chartered (China) Limited and other Lenders (“your Bank” or
“Bank”)
Dear
Sirs/Madam,
In
respect of the Loan Agreement (defined as below), we acknowledge that if any
Advance under the Loan Agreement is for Fixed Assets Investment, we shall comply
with the provisions of the Interim Measures for Administration of Fixed Assets
Loan (“固定资产贷款管理暂行办法”) and
other relevant laws and regulations. Therefore, we hereby agree to
the following supplementary terms (“these terms”):
1.
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Definitions, all terms
and definitions in the Loan Agreement when being used hereunder shall bear
the same meaning
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a)
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Fixed
Assets Investment means investment on infrastructure projects, technical
renovation or innovation, real property development and all the other
fixed assets.
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b)
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Fixed
Assets Loans means loans or facilities in RMB or other currencies extended
by the Bank to any of the Co-borrowers with the loan purpose for Fixed
Assets Investment.
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c)
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Loan
Agreement means any Loan Agreement signed between the Bank and the
Co-borrowers in relation to Fixed Assets Loans, including any update
review amendment extension from time to time entered into by the Bank and
the Co-borrowers in connection
therewith.
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d)
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Loan
Disbursement Account means a settlement account opened or to be open by
any of the Co-borrowers with the Bank specifically to receive the proceeds
of Fixed Assets Loans and from which to proceed outward
payment.
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e)
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Consigned
Disbursement means the Bank shall disburse the loan proceeds into any
settlement account of any of the Co-borrowers and pay the same from such
account instantly upon the instruction of any of the Co-borrowers to its
respective counterparty in relation to Fixed Assets Investment and such
Co-borrower shall submit at the same time or supplement to the Bank later
on invoices and/or commercial contract and/or the other underlying
transactional documents in connection with such
payments.
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f)
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Self-controlled
Disbursement means the Bank shall disburse the loan proceeds into the Loan
Disbursement Account for any of the Co-borrowers determine at its own
discretion when and how to pay to its respective counterparty in relation
to Fixed Assets Investment.
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2.
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Scope of
Application
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These
terms shall be applied to all Fixed Assets Loans except those secured by full
amount cash pledge.
3.
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Supplementary terms to the
Conditions Precedent Documents certified true copies of the
following documents in relation to Fixed Assets Investment shall be added
to the Conditions Precedent Documents :
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a)
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Evidence
of the satisfaction of state requirements if any for qualifications of
investors and business certificate
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b)
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if
applicable, approval documents from governmental authority in terms of
project investment amount, project equity ratio, land and environmental
protection, and etc.,
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c)
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if
applicable, evidence of the project capital in proportion to the utilized
loan being in place and the minimum project equity ration as required by
regulators for the relevant projects having been
fulfilled.
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4.
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Loan disbursement and
Payment Each of the Co-borrowers agree
to accept the Bank’s management with respect to the loan disbursement and
payment in accordance with the following
terms:
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a)
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all
loan proceeds subject to Self-controlled Disbursement shall be credited
into Loan Disbursement Account;
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b)
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each
of the Co-borrowers shall procure Loan Disbursement Account be opened
solely for loan disbursement and payment and any sums of money credited
into Loan Disbursement Account in the form of loan proceeds or not shall
be paid in accordance with terms and conditions
hereof;
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c)
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loan
proceeds shall not be paid to any other account of the Co-borrowers with
the Bank or any other financial institutions whether or not Consigned
Disbursement or Self-controlled Disbursement is to be
applied;
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d)
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Consigned
Disbursement shall be adopted for any payment using loan proceeds
exceeding 5% of total investment amount or five(5) million RMB equivalent
whichever is smaller;
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e)
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the
Co-borrowers shall provide the Bank with summary report of details with
respect to loan proceeds utilization and upon the enquiry of the Bank
further present any invoices commercial contracts and other documents in
relation to payment referred to in the report for the bank to verify
against.
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5.
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Supplementary terms to
Covenants The Co-borrowers further covenants as follows:
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a)
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accept
the Bank to perform an on-site inspection on the Co-borrowers and the
project and shall in no event refuse or set any obstacles for any reason
or with any excuse;
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b)
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inform
the Bank in time on the occurrence of any events that could materially and
adversely affect the debt repayment capacity of the
Co-borrowers;
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c)
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without
prior written consent of the Bank, the Co-borrowers shall not proceed with
any material investment which is to be approved by its shareholder meeting
or Board President.
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6.
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Supplementary terms to Events
of Default Besides the Events of Default
stipulated in Loan Agreement, occurrence of any of the following shall
constitute Events of Default as
well:
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a)
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Misappropriation
of the loan by the Co-borrowers;
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b)
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breach
of these terms by the Co-borrowers in respect of the payment using loan
proceeds;
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c)
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project
progress lags behind the fund use
progress;
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d)
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to
avoid the mandatory requirement for Consigned Disbursement hereunder by
frequent loan drawdown requests;
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e)
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fails
to satisfy any financial requirements set by the
Bank.
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Once upon
the occurrence of any events of default, in addition to the actions provided for
in Loan Agreement, the Bank shall be entitled to changing the all existing
management method for loan disbursement into Consigned Disbursement
only.
7.
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Supplementary terms to Security
Conditions
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a)
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If
as a matter of fact or in the opinion of the Bank, the value of the
security provided by the Co-borrowers or other security provider for the
facilities hereunder has depreciated, the Bank has the right to ask the
Co-borrowers to provide additional security in form and substance
satisfactory to the Bank.
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b)
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The
term “security” referred to herein include both tangible security and
guarantee by a third party. The depreciation of security value
includes, but is not limited to, decrease of the absolute value of the
collateral due to drop in market price, adverse change in the Guarantors’
credit standing, and depreciation of the guaranteed credit limit or any
form of cash cover security or evaluated value of the collateral when
converted into the currency in which the loan hereunder is denominated as
a result of fluctuation of foreign exchange
rate.
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8.
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These
supplementary terms shall become effective from the effective date of Loan
Agreement and will act as effective and necessary supplementation instead
replacement thereof and it shall be read in conjunction with
the other terms and conditions of Loan Agreement and constitute integral
part thereof. Any matters not covered herein shall refer to Loan Agreement
and in case of any inconsistency between these terms and the content of
Loan Agreement, these terms shall prevail. Where Fixed Assets
Loans form part of a project finance, the terms and conditions of such
project finance shall be applicable to Fixed Assets
Loans.
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Schedule
for Loan Agreement Details
Loan Agreement Term
Loan Facility of RMB 303,100,000
Execution
date ________________,
2009
Serial
No. [_________________________]
Wuhan Blower Co., Ltd. (Company
Chop)
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Wuhan Generating Equipment
Co., Ltd. (Company
Chop)
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signature
of legal representative or the authorized person:
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signature
of legal representative or the authorized person:
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Wuhan Xingelin Machinery
Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Company Chop)
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signature
of legal representative or the authorized person:
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THE
APPENDIX I: FORM OF NOTICE OF DRAWING
From:
To:
____________________
20··
Dear
Sirs,
RMB 303,100,000 loan
facility:
Loan Agreement dated
Ä[ ]
2009
We refer
to the above Loan Agreement, and hereby give notice that we wish to draw an
Advance under the Facility on ____________________ 20Ä in the amount
of RMB__________________.
The
proceeds of the Advance are to be used exclusively for: Ä[capital
expansion] and Ä[ ].
The first
Interest Period in relation to the Advance shall be Ä[ ]
month(s) (subject as provided in Clause 5.2 of the Loan
Agreement).
We
confirm that:
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(a)
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the
representations and warranties set out in Clause 11.1 of the Loan
Agreement, repeated with reference to the facts and circumstances
subsisting at the date of this notice, remain true and correct;
and
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(b)
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no
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred which remains
unwaived or unremedied or would result from the making of the
Advance.
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Terms
defined in the Loan Agreement have the same meanings when used in this
notice.
For and
on behalf of
Ä_____________________________________
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THE
APPENDIX II: FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
From: Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd.
To: [Standard
Chartered Bank (China) Limited, Guangzhou Branch] as Facility Agent
Dated:
Dear
Sirs
Loan
Agreement dated [ ] between, among others, Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd., Wuhan Generating Equipment Co., Ltd., Wuhan Xingelin Machinery
Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited,
Guangzhou Branch as facility agent (as amended from time to time, the
"Agreement")
1.
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We
refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance
Certificate. Terms defined in or construed for the purposes of
the Agreement have the same meaning in this Compliance Certificate unless
given a different meaning in this Compliance
Certificate
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2.
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We
confirm that:
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[insert details of financial
covenants and whether such financial covenants have been complied
with]
Computations
demonstrating such financial covenants are attached to this Compliance
Certificate.
3.
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[We
confirm that no Default is continuing.]*
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Signed:
__________________
[name and title]
For and
on behalf of
Wuhan
Blower Co., Ltd.
*
If this statement cannot be made, the Compliance Certificate should identify
each of the Defaults that are continuing and the steps, if any, being taken to
remedy the same.
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EXECUTION
THE
BORROWER A
SIGNED
for and on behalf of WUHAN
BLOWER CO., LTD.
by
/s/
(chop)
Name:
Title:
THE
BORROWER B
SIGNED
for and on behalf of WUHAN GENERATING EQUIPMENT CO.,
LTD.
by
/s/
(chop)
Name:
Title:
THE
BORROWER C
SIGNED
for and on behalf of WUHAN XINGELIN MACHINERY
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
by
/s/
(chop)
Name:
Title:
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THE
LENDERS/THE FACILITY AGENT/THE SECURITY AGENT
SIGNED
for and on behalf of STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK (CHINA) LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH
by
/s/
(chop)
Name:
Title:
THE
GUARANTOR A
SIGNED
for and on behalf of UNIVERSE
FAITH GROUP LTD.
by
/s/ Xu
Jie (chop)
Name: Xu
Jie
Title:
Director
THE
GUARANTOR B
SIGNED
for and on behalf of WUHAN
GENERAL GROUP (CHINA), INC.
by
/s/ Xu Jie
(chop)
Name: Xu
Jie
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
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THE
GUARANTOR C
MR.
XU JIE
/s/
Xu
Jie
Name: Xu
Jie
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