LOAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.2
between
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, a public
limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, acting through
its branch office in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, which
branch office is registered with the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
(Xxxxx van Koophandel)
under number 33185396
- hereinafter Lender -
and
FERROMATIK MILACRON MASCHINENBAU
GMBH, registered in the commercial register of the Local Court Freiburg
x.Xx. under HR B 260880, having its business seat at Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx 0, X-00000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
- hereinafter referred to as the Borrower -.
WHEREAS:
(A) Pursuant
to a financing facility consisting of several debt finance facilities and a
property finance facility entered into by the Lender, Lloyds TSB Finance Ltd.,
and any other assignee and / or participant of them (together the Lenders), the Borrower, and
certain other entities of the Milacron group (as Borrowers or Guarantors) on or about 10
March, 2008 as amended, varied, supplemented, superseded, increased or extended
from time to time, and as further set out in the Asset Based Finance Agreement
(the Facility), the
Lender has agreed to grant certain financing facilities to the Borrower as well
as to other Borrowers.
(B) As
a part of the Facility, the Lender has agreed to grant to the Borrower a Loan
(as defined below) pursuant to the terms set out herein and subject to the
Finance Documents (as defined below).
NOW, IT IS AGREED as
follows:
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this
Agreement:
“Agreement” means this Loan
Agreement;
“Asset Based Finance
Agreement” means the agreement entered into by the Lender, the Borrower,
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Ltd., XXXXXXXX X.X., XXXXXXXX Xxxxxxxxxxx B.V.,
CIMCOOL Europe B.V., CIMCOOL Industrial Products BV, MILACRON Kunststoffmaschinen Europa
GmbH, and DME Europe CVBA (as Borrowers or Guarantors) on or about 10
March, 2008 as amended, varied, supplemented, superseded, increased or extended
from time to time;
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“EURIBOR” means the 1
month interbank rate offered in Euro displayed on Reuters screen page
EURIBOR 01 or, if such page is replaced or Reuters screen service ceases to be
available, such rate as displayed on such other page or service specified by the
Lenders, after consultation with the Clients;
“Facility Amount” means the
maximum aggregate amount to be made available under the Facility which shall be
twenty seven million euros (€27,000,000) at any time outstanding on a revolving
basis;
“Finance Documents” means (i)
this Loan Agreement (ii) the Security Purpose Agreement, (iii) the Asset Based
Finance Agreement and (iv) any agreement in relation to the Facility, including
all other finance or security documents entered into by the Borrower or by any
other Borrower or Guarantor under the Facility or in connection with the
Facility, (iv) all present and future swap, hedging, foreign exchange or other
derivative transactions entered into by the Borrower or by any Borrower or
Guarantor with any person that is a Lender at the time such transaction is
entered into but only for so long as such person is a Lender;
“Material Adverse Change” means
in the reasonable opinion of the Lender a material adverse effect
on:
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(a)
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the
business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Borrower; or
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(b)
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the
ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents; or
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(c)
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the
validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any
Security granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to any of, the
Finance Documents by the Borrower;
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“Obligor” means the Borrower
under this Agreement, or any present or future Borrower or Guarantor under the
Finance Documents;
“Parties” means the Lender and
the Borrower;
“Tangible Net Worth”, means the total of the
Borrower’s capital employed in form and substance as included in the Borrower's
internal management account, plus retained earnings, less any intangible assets
of the Borrower.
1.2
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Interpretation
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This
Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the
English language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of
this Agreement. However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears
in the text of this Agreement, the German translation of such word or phrase
shall prevail wherever such original English word or phrase translated by such
German word or phrase appears in the text of this agreement.
If
certain capitalised terms are not expressly defined herein, such terms shall
have the same meaning in this agreement as is set out in the Asset Based Finance
Agreement.
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LOAN
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2.1
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The
Lender shall grant the Borrower loans from time to time in an aggregate
amount not to exceed EUR 11,160,000.00 (in words: EURO Eleven million
one hundred and sixty thousand, hereinafter referred to as the Loan or Loan Amount) at any
time pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (the Loan Agreement) and the
Asset Based Finance Agreement.
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2.2
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The
proceeds of the Loans shall be used
solely
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(a)
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to
finance working capital needs of the Borrowers, including to refinance
existing credit commitments of any of the Borrowers,
and
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(b)
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to
finance working capital needs of affiliates of the Borrowers, including
through dividends, distributions, intercompany loans, repayment of
intercompany loans and similar intragroup
transactions.
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PAYMENT
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3.1
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The
Loan shall be paid as follows: The Lender will provide a
revolving facility of up to EUR 11,160,000.00, the availability under
which will reduce in equal quarterly steps of EUR 279,000.00 subject to
the termination of all facilities under the
Facility.
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3.2
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Payments
under the Loan shall take place at the Borrower's risk and
expense. The Borrower shall request payments by giving a duly
completed payment request as set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement (the
Request) to the
Lender as set out in Schedule 2 to this Agreement. Each Request is
irrevocable.
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3.3
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The
Borrower may request any amount, provided that such amount shall not
exceed
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(a)
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the
undrawn portion of the Loan Amount;
and
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(b)
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the
maximum undrawn amount available under the Facility, as each notified by
the Lender from time to time
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in each
case on the proposed utilisation date.
3.4
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The
initial payment and all future payments shall only be carried out provided
that the securities pursuant to the Security Purpose Agreement have been
effectively granted or their granting is ensured according to the
reasonable opinion of the Lender.
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3.5
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The
initial payment and all future payments shall further only be carried out
provided that all information / documents have been submitted to the
Lender as stipulated in the Asset Based Finance Agreement and all other
conditions precedent and operation conditions as stipulated in the Asset
Based Finance Agreement have been satisfied according to the reasonable
opinion of the Lender, with the exception that the Borrower and Milacron
Kunststoffmaschinen Europa GmbH may provide notarised copies of identity
cards of their representatives (Geschäftsführer and
Prokuristen) also
within 15 business days after signing of this
Agreement.
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4
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TERM
/ REPAYMENT
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4.1
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The
Loan term shall end, and all payments under this Loan Agreement shall be
immediately due and payable, without the requirement of a specific
termination, on the 5th
anniversary of the signing of this Loan Agreement (the Final Repayment Date) at
the latest.
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4.2
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At
the end of the term of the Loan pursuant to clause 4.1, or in the case of
prior termination of the Loan to the date of total repayment, the entire
amount of the Loan that has not yet been repaid including accumulated
interest, fees and other contributions are immediately due for
payment.
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4.3
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Subject
to clause 4.1 and 4.2, the Borrower may at any time prior to
the Final Repayment Date repay the then outstanding Loan Amount in part or
in full to the Lender. The Borrower shall notify the Lender of any such
repayment as set out in Schedule 2 to this
Agreement.
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4.4
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All
payments of the Borrower under this Loan Agreement are to be paid in EURO
to the bank account of the Lender pursuant to clause 16.2 (Repayment Bank
Account).
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INTEREST
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As of the
date of payment, the Loan shall be charged with interest annually at an interest
rate of 2,00 % points above the 1-month-Euribor. The interest is to
be calculated in relation to the daily balance outstanding, accrued until the
end of the month and settled in arrears on the first business day of each
calendar month for the previous month.
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FEES
/ CHARGES / COMPENSATION
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6.1
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The
arrangement fee of 0,5% of the Loan Amount is due and payable on the
closing date of this Agreement.
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6.2
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The
unused line fee of 0,25% of the Loan Amount shall be calculated based on
the monthly average of the daily unused amounts under this Loan Agreement
and shall be charged monthly.
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6.3
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The
Borrower is obligated to pay the Lender a service charge in the aggregate
amount of EUR 10.500 per month with regard to the servicing of the entire
Facility shall be due by all parties, other than the Lender, of the
Finance Documents, jointly and severally. The service charge
shall be due monthly on the first working day of each calendar month and,
to the extent charged to the Borrower, shall be retained by the Lender
through deduction from the amount of the
Loan.
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6.4
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If
part of the Loan is granted as a guarantee, letter of credit or any other
bond, a monthly fee shall be charged by the Lender at the rate equal to
the margin charged for that month. For the avoidance of doubt, this fee
does not include the Lender’s normal charges for issuing that bond, which
will be charged in addition.
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6.5
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All
costs (including reasonable out of pocket legal fees) and taxes incurred
in connection with entering into and the execution of this Agreement and
the security as well as all costs incurred in connection with foreclosure
of the security and for the retransfer of security shall be borne by the
Borrower.
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6.6
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The
Borrower shall compensate the Lender upon first demand for all expenses,
which have incurred, or will incur respectively, in connection with the
preparation, the conclusion and the execution of this Loan Agreement,
including the evaluation and granting of security (Sicherheitenbewertung and
Sicherheitenbestellung). These fees are due and payable
whether or not the Loan will be granted and paid out to the Borrower for
whatever reason.
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6.7
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The
Borrower shall compensate the Lender upon first demand also for expenses
of the Lender, which incur due to or in connection with the enforcement or
other such protection of claims and rights resulting from or on the basis
of this Loan Agreement, including the realisation of security (Sicherheitenverwertung).
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6.8
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Without
prejudice to the foregoing, other reasonable fees or expenses may be
charged where it is reasonably necessary to delegate any of the Lender’s
functions as agent, security agent, or where an exceptional workload is
involved. Such fees are to be agreed with the Borrower before being
incurred.
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6.9
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All
amounts respectively do not include statutory value-added tax (VAT), which
may be applicable.
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PREMATURE
TERMINATION
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7.1
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Subject
to clause 7.2 if this Agreement is terminated for any reason prior to the
second anniversary of the signing of this Loan Agreement (Commencement
Date), the Borrower shall pay, on a joint and several basis with all
parties of the Finance Documents other than the Lenders, an early
termination fee of 1% of the Facility Amount in aggregate to the
Lenders.
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7.2
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The
provisions of clause 7.1 will not apply in the event that the Lenders
terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Finance
Documents as set out in clause 5.2 of the Asset Based Finance
Agreement.
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7.3
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At
any time after the second anniversary of the commencement date, the
Borrower may terminate this Agreement by giving at least 3 months notice
to the Lender or at the Borrower’s sole discretion, by the Borrower, on a
joint and several basis with all parties of the Finance Documents other
than the Lenders, paying the Lenders the sum of US$200,000 (or the
equivalent amount in Euro as at the date of payment) in aggregate to
terminate this Agreement immediately at any
time.
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PAYMENTS
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8.1
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All
payments of the Borrower under this Loan Agreement are to be paid by the
due date to the Repayment Bank Account. The Borrower is not
entitled to assert set-off or retention rights (Aufrechnungs- oder
Zurückbehaltungsrechte). The payments of the Borrower
shall not discharge the debt until the amount to be paid has been credited
to the Lender's bank account.
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8.2
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If
a due date of payment is not a bank working day, the payment shall be due
on the following bank working day if this day is still in the same
calendar month; otherwise, the payment shall already be due on the
directly preceding bank working day. Bank working days are days
on which the banks are generally open at the place of business of the
Borrower and the Lender.
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8.3
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If
the Borrower makes payments, which are not sufficient to cover all of the
outstanding debts under this Loan Agreement, the Lender can credit the
received amounts against the outstanding debts that are due under the Loan
Agreement as it sees fit. Deviating instructions of the
Borrower are not to be taken into
consideration.
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DEFAULT
OF PAYMENT
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9.1
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If
amounts that are to be paid under the Loan Agreement are not rendered or
only partly rendered on the due date, the Borrower shall be in default of
payment without the requirement of a
reminder.
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9.2
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If
the Borrower is in default with payments under this Loan Agreement, the
Borrower shall pay default interest as of the date of default in the
amount of 8 % p.a. above the interest rate, which results from the opening
notification (Eröffnungsnotierung) of
the one month EURIBOR on the next bank working day following the date of
default until the corresponding payment has been credited to the Lender's
bank account.
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9.3
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Irrespective
of clause 9.2, the Lender is entitled to claim compensation for damages
due to default according to the statutory
provisions.
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9.4
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The
Borrower shall render the default interest upon the first demand of the
Lender without reasonable delay to the Lender's bank
account.
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GUARANTEES
OF THE BORROWER
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The
Borrower warrants and guaranties by way of an independent and no-fault guarantee
that
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(a)
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the
fulfilment of the obligations resulting from the Loan Agreement, including
the security agreements does not:
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(i)
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violate
applicable law or applicable regulations of the government or an official
authority, or against a decision or ruling of a competent
court;
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(ii)
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conflict
with an agreement or certificate or constitute a violation against such
agreements, or conflict with a permit or other authorisation, which the
Borrower must observe or to which the Borrower is bound;
or
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(iii)
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violate
or conflict with the provisions of the articles of association, a
resolution of the executive board or of the shareholders and/ or the
bylaws of the company;
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(b)
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the
Borrower holds all rights and titles resulting from the security;
and
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(c)
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all
of the information transmitted and to be transmitted to the Lender within
the scope of this Loan Agreement is complete and correct or will be
complete and correct.
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SUBMISSION
OF DOCUMENTS, OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION
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11.1
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The
Borrower shall, upon request of the Lender, provide proof by submitting
appropriate documents that it has fulfilled the warranty according to
clause 10 of this Loan Agreement.
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11.2
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The
Borrower shall send its annual report and its audited annual financial
statement to the Lender for the duration of this Loan Agreement
immediately upon each respective compilation, at the latest, within eight
months after expiration of its financial
year.
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11.3
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The
Borrower shall inform the Lender without reasonable delay of all essential
matters, which are capable of hindering or endangering the proper
fulfilment of this Loan Agreement.
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11.4
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In
particular, the Borrower shall immediately inform the Lender of the
following circumstances:
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(a)
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every
material fact or matter which the Borrower knows, or ought to have known,
which might influence the Lender in deciding whether or not to enter into
this Agreement or to accept any person as an surety or
guarantor;
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(b)
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if
a Material Adverse Change occurs;
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(c)
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if
material changes to the business or company structure of the Borrower are
planned; this includes changes in the rights of representation of the
Borrower;
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(d)
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In
addition, the Borrower is obliged to forthwith inform the Lender about all
circumstances affecting its business which could be material to the Lender
in the Borrower’s reasonable opinion and to provide the relevant
documents.
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11.5
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The
Lender or a third party on its behalf is entitled at any time after giving
1 (one) day notice to examine at the Borrower’s premises books, data,
accounts, written documents, records or other sources of information of
the Borrower in so far as they relate to information which are subject to
this contract. In order to carry out the review, the Lender or a third
party on its behalf is entitled at any time during normal business hours
to reasonable access to the business premises of the
Borrower.
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11.6
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At
the reasonable request of the Lender, it shall be provided with copies,
and if necessary the originals, of the sources of information set out
above.
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FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
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12.1
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Tangible
Net Worth: The Borrower must ensure that, at all times, the Tangible Net
Worth shall not fall below EUR 20,000,000.00 (in words: Euro Twenty
million).
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12.2
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The
Borrower acknowledges that, at all times, other covenants as provided for
in the Asset Based Finance Agreement are to be adhered to at group
level.
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SECURITY
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13.1
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The
Borrower shall provide the Lender (or a Security Agent named by the
Lender) with certain security according to a security purpose agreement
entered into between the Parties and other entities (the Security Purpose
Agreement) in order to secure claims resulting from this Loan
Agreement as well as to secure claims resulting from other Finance
Documents, in each case pursuant and subject to the Security Purpose
Agreement.
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13.2
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The
details regarding the provision / assignment of securities to the Lender
(or a security agent designated by the Lender), the purpose of the
security, the increase, realisation and release of security are set out in
the Security Purpose Agreement.
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14
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TERMINATION
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14.1
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The
Lender is entitled to refuse payment of the Loan amount, in total or in
part, or to terminate the Loan Agreement with immediate effect,
if
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(a)
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the
Borrower does not render repayment of amounts that are due on
time;
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(b)
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the
Borrower breaches other duties resulting from this Loan Agreement,
including the Guarantees as stipulated in clause 10, or from the Finance
Documents, as well as those obligations resulting from the Security
Purpose Agreement or from the security agreements listed therein and these
breaches of duty including their consequences are not remedied within 10
business days after written notice issued by the
Lender;
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(c)
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the
Borrower does not honour its payment obligations at the time of maturity
resulting from other commitments to the Lender or does not properly fulfil
guarantee obligations, which it granted to the
Lender;
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(d)
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the
Borrower declares insolvency or a moratorium;
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(e)
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the
Borrower does not fulfil a written request of the Lender to increase the
security according to clause 2.2 of the Security Purpose Agreement within
14 days after receipt of this
request;
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(f)
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the
Borrower voluntarily subjects itself to liquidation
proceedings;
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(g)
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insolvency
proceedings are applied or opened against the assets of the Borrower or
the opening of such proceedings are rejected due to lack of assets, provided that such filing is not frivolous or
vexatious;
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(h)
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a
Material Adverse Change occurs, which may endanger the repayment of the
Loan; or
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(i)
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any
other Finance Document concluded between the Borrower or other Borrowers
or Guarantors and the Lenders is terminated for whatever reason with
termination of any of the debt financing facilities or property financing
facilities will cause all other debt financing facilities or property
financing facilities under the Facility to be terminated
simultaneously.
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14.2
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A
termination due to voluntary liquidation according to clause 14.1 f) is
excluded if the liquidation is directly connected to a merger or other
form of fusion with a different company (absorbing company) and the
absorbing company assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower resulting
from this Loan Agreement by law or after prior approval of the
Lender.
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14.3
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A
termination due to a deterioration of assets according to clause 14.1 e)
or h) is excluded if the Borrower provides additional securities, which
are assessed by the Lender as being sufficient, beyond the securities
according to clause 2.1 of the Security Purpose Agreement within 14 days
after receipt of the written request of the
Lender.
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14.4
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The
Borrower is obligated to compensate the Lender for the damages and
expenses, which result from the termination of the Loan
Agreement.
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15
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ASSIGNMENT,
SYNDICATION, PARTICIPATION
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15.1
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The
Buyer is entitled to assign, syndicate or grant participations in its
rights and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with and subject
to clause 4 of the Assed Based Finance
Agreement.
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15.2
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For
the avoidance of doubt, the Lender may instruct other entities of the
Lloyds group with the administration of the Loan without notifying the
Borrower thereof. Clause 15.1 shall not
apply.
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15.3
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The
Borrower may only assign claims and rights under this Loan Agreement, or
respectively, encumber such claims with the rights of third parties with
the prior written approval of the Lender,
which shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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16
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BANK
ACCOUNTS
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16.1
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Borrower's
bank account for payment:
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Bank:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX, Xxxxxxxx
XXXXX: XXXX
XX 0X
XXXX:
XX00 0000 0000 0000 0000 00
Purpose:
16.2
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Lender's
bank account for repayment:
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Bank:
Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Haarlem
Swift:
LOYDNL2A
IBAN:
XX00XXXX0000000000
Purpose: Repayment instalment
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MISCELLANEOUS
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17.1
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Notices
to be served by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement shall be
made as provided for in Schedule 2 until and unless otherwise notified by
the Lender in writing and subject to the Agreement as set out in Schedule
3.
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17.2
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Amendments
to or alterations of this Agreement, including this provision, have to be
made in writing, unless a stricter form is required by
law.
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17.3
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Should
individual provisions of this Agreement be fully or partially void or not
executable, this shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining
provisions in this Agreement. The Parties undertake to replace such a void
or inexecutable provision by a valid or implementable provision which
comes closest to the economic effect desired by the Parties in relation to
the void or inexecutable provision. The same applies with respect to an
incompleteness of this agreement.
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17.4
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This
Agreement is subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany
excluding conflict of law rules. Place of jurisdiction is
Berlin.
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17.5
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This
Loan Agreement shall take effect with the signing by the Borrower and the
Lender. The Borrower and the Lender shall each receive one
original copy of this Loan
Agreement.
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_______________,
12 March 2008
[Place,
Date]
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________________,
12 March 2008
[Place,
Date]
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/s/
Guy Moillet
[Signature
Borrower]
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx van der Meer
[Signature
Lender]
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Guy
Moillet
Managing
Director
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Proxyholder
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx van der Meer
Proxyholder
[Name]
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SCHEDULE
1 - Form of Request
To: Lender
From:
Borrower
Date:
EUR 11,160,000.00
Loan Agreement dated [_____] 2008 (the “Agreement”)
Dear
Sirs
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We
refer to the Agreement. This is a
Request.
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2
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We
wish to borrow a Loan on the following
terms:
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(a)
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Utilisation
Date: [not earlier than 5 business days from receipt of Request by
Lender]
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(b)
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Amount:
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3
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Our
payment instructions are: [as set out in the Agreement / as
follows:]
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4
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We
confirm that each condition precedent under the Agreement which must be
satisfied on the date of this Request is so
satisfied.
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5
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We
confirm that you may deduct from the Loan (although the amount of the Loan
will remain the amount requested above) any outstanding fees (in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement or the Finance
Documents).
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6
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This
Request is irrevocable.
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_______________________________
[Place,
Date]
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_______________________________
[Signature
Borrower]
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_______________________________
[Name]
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SCHEDULE
2 – Communication
Payment
requests (clause 3.2, Schedule 1) and repayment notifications (clause 4.3) shall
be faxed to
LTSB
Haarlem / Loans Administration Department
Att.
Xxxxxxx van der Meer
Fax
number 0000-000000000
and sent
by email to the following contact persons :
Xxxxxxx
van der Meer
xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
xxxxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Senior Collateral Controller
Tel:
(x00) 0000 000000
Fax:
(x00) 0000 000000
Xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Collateral Executive
Tel: 00000
000000
Fax:
00000 000000
xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Collateral Controller
Tel:
00000 000000
Fax:
00000 000000
Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Senior Collateral Controller
Tel:
00000 000000
Fax:
00000 000000
xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx
Division
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
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SCHEDULE
3 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
Between
a)
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Lloyds
TSB Bank plc, having its registered office in London and a branch in
Haarlem (hereinafter the ‘Bank’);
and
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b)
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Ferromatik
Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH, registered in the commercial register of the
Local Court Freiburg i. Br. under HR B 260880, having its business seat at
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0, X-00000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx (hereinafter called the ‘Client’),
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Whereas one or more mandates
and/or other agreements are currently in force between the Bank and the Client
which govern the relationship between the Bank and the Client, including the
operation and use of the Client’s account(s) and/or other facilities with the
Bank (any such mandates and agreements are hereinafter together referred to as
the ‘Mandate’);
The Client and the Bank hereby
agree as follows:
1.
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a)
the Client hereby requests and authorises the Bank to act in accordance
with telephone and/or facsimile instructions which may from time to time
be, or purport to be, given on behalf of the Client by any of the persons
listed in Appendix A hereto, in relation to (i) the operation of the
Client’s account(s), (ii) any other transaction involving the Client and
the Bank or (iii) the use by the Client of any service which the Bank
provides, without any further enquiry on the part of the Bank being
required as to (a) the authority of any such person or persons referred to
in Clause 3 to give such instructions, (b) the circumstances prevailing at
the time such instructions are given both in relation to the nature of the
transaction and the disposition of any monies, securities or documents,
which are the subject of such transaction or (c) otherwise. The Bank will
be entitled to, but is under no obligation, to act in accordance with any
instructions as aforementioned.
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b)
In carrying out any facsimile instructions of the Client, the Bank
undertakes to check that the signature(s) of the person or persons acting
on behalf of the Client match(es) the relevant signature(s) set forth in
Appendix A. Where a signature on the facsimile instruction does not
resemble any signature shown in Appendix A, the Bank will not accept such
instruction but may approach the relevant person stating to be acting on
behalf of the Client for further verification or
identification.
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c)
The Client has requested and the Bank has agreed that the Client may, at
its own risk, provide such signature specimens within 15 business days as
from signing of this agreement at the very
latest.
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2.
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The
Client agrees that any acts by the Bank in accordance with Clause 1 hereof
in respect of telephone and/or facsimile instructions shall be binding
upon the Client. The books of the Bank shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be prima
facie evidence of any such instructions given by the
Client.
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3.
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The
Client hereby authorises each of the persons whose name and signature
appear in Appendix A to jointly and/or severally act on the Client’s
behalf for the purpose of giving instructions to the Bank by telephone or
facsimile as specified in Clause 1. By signing Appendix A, such persons
accept the authorisations given by the Client to them
herein.
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4.
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The
Client (i) undertakes to indemnify the Bank and to keep the Bank
indemnified against all losses, claims, actions, proceedings, demands,
damages, costs and expenses incurred or sustained by the Bank of whatever
nature and howsoever arising as a result of instructions referred to under
Clause 1 hereof and (ii) agrees not to hold the Bank responsible for
fraudulent or unauthorised instructions made on the Clients behalf or for
any loss (including consequential loss), damage or liability whatsoever
resulting therefrom, except where such is caused by the Bank’s gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. The Client undertakes and agrees to pay
and reimburse the Bank within 5 business days of first demand and in the
currency specified therein, for any and all payments made by the Bank as
set out in (i) above. The Client irrevocably authorises the Bank to debit
any of the Client’s accounts with the Bank in respect of any such payments
and to apply amounts so debited towards discharge of any reimbursement
obligation of the Client pursuant to this Clause
4.
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5.
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Without
prejudice to Clauses 1 and 2, the Client undertakes to confirm any
telephone and [untested] facsimile instructions by latest by close of
business on the following business day by way of a letter signed by one or
more duly authorised signatories. In any event and notwithstanding any of
the provisions hereof (including the Bank’s authority to act as set out in
Clause 1 hereof), any telephone and/or facsimile instruction shall be
deemed to have been confirmed by the Client 14 days after dispatch by the
Bank to the Client of any Bank statement relating to or involving the
relevant instruction or transaction contemplated
thereby.
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6.
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The
instructions and authorisations contained in this agreement shall remain
in full force and effect unless and until either (i) the Bank receives a
written notice by registered mail of termination of (a) this agreement or
(b) the authorisation of any person as set forth in Clause 3 hereof or
(ii) the Bank terminates this agreement. Any termination set out in 6(i)
will be effective within five business days after receipt of such notice.
Any termination set out in 6(ii) will have immediate
effect.
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7.
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A
termination in accordance with Clause 6 will not release the Client from
any liability or obligation to indemnify the Bank as aforesaid in respect
of any instructions and/or acts performed by the Bank pursuant to the
terms of this agreement prior to the date on which such termination
becomes effective.
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8.
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This
agreement, including all rights and obligations arising or in connection
herewith shall be governed by the laws of the
Netherlands.
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9.
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All
disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall in the
first instance be exclusively referred to the District Court of Amsterdam,
without prejudice to the Bank’s right to submit any such dispute to any
other court of any jurisdiction with competence to judge on the matters
agreed herein.
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Signed in
_________________________ [place] , on ____________[date]
for and
on behalf of Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau
GmbH
______________________ ____________________
Name: Name:
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Title: Title:
for and
on behalf of Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
______________________ ____________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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