LOAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.7
This Loan Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Loan Agreement”) is made on this 29th day of March 2017 by and between:
ZEMENIK TRADING LIMITED, a company incorporated in Cyprus with registered number 332806, registered office is at Dositheou, 00, Xxxxxxxxx, 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, duly represented by its Directors Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx , acting under the Articles of Association, and authorized to sign all documents on behalf of the Company, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, (hereinafter referred to as the “Lender”)
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HIGHWORLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (with registered number 1802016), whose registered office is at Trident Xxxxxxxx, P.O. Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, BVI (hereinafter referred to as the “Borrower”), hereinafter together referred to as the “Parties”.
| 1. | THE LOAN |
1.1 Amount of the Loan
In accordance with the provisions and terms of this Loan Agreement the Lender grants the Borrower the loan in a principal amount not exceeding EUR 7 740 000 (Seven million seven hundred forty thousand euro) (hereinafter referred to as the “Loan”) with the direct transfer in the amount of EUR 7 216 195.50 (Seven million two hundred sixteen thousand one hundred ninety-five euro and 50 euro-cents) to the following bank account:
| NAME: | ELBRUS CAPITAL FUND II LP | |
| ACCOUNT NUMBER: | 357013463900 | |
| CURRENCY | USD | |
| IBAN: | XX00000000000000000000000000 |
SWIFT address (BIC code) of Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd is XXXXXX0X.
and the amount of EUR 523 804.50 (Five hundred twenty-three thousand eight hundred and four euro and 50 euro-cents) to the following bank account:
| NAME: | ELBRUS CAPITAL FUND II B, L.P. | |
| ACCOUNT NUMBER: | 357013463781 | |
| CURRENCY | USD | |
| IBAN: | XX00000000000000000000000000 |
SWIFT address (BIC code) of Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd: XXXXXX0X
| 1.2 | Terms of the Loan |
The Loan shall be advanced to the Borrower in one tranche at the Lender’s discretion within 15 (Fifteen) calendar days of the date of delivery of a drawdown request from the Borrower and shall be repaid by the Borrower in full or in part together with any accrued interest in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement.
The Loan shall be repaid to the following bank account of the Lender (or such other account as is notified in writing to the Borrower not later than 10 days before repayment is due):
Beneficiary: ZEMENIK TRADING LIMITED
Account Number: 3570 2503 0929
IBAN: XX00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
Bank: Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
Swift BIC: XXXXXX0X
The term of the Loan is 11 months and it shall be repayable by the Borrower on the day falling 11 months after the date of this Agreement or earlier at any time at the Borrower’s discretion.
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| 2. | REPRESENTATIONS |
| 2.1 | Borrower represents that: |
| • | it is a legal entity registered and carrying out activity in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands in force; |
| • | all corporate procedures, statutory documents and permissions necessary required for the execution of this Agreement have been obtained and are effective, and this Agreement does not contradict the contractual limitations binding upon Borrower and its statutory documents; and |
| • | this Agreement constitutes effective legal obligations of Borrower. |
| 2.2 | Lender represents that: |
| • | it is a legal entity registered and carrying out activity in accordance with the laws of Republic of Cyprus in force; |
| • | all corporate procedures, statutory documents and permissions necessary required for the execution of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein have been obtained and are effective, and this Agreement does not contradict ant contractual limitations binding upon Lender and its statutory documents; and |
| • | this Agreement constitutes effective legal obligations of Lender. |
| 3. | LOAN CONDITIONS. INTEREST |
3.1. The interest on the Loan accrues on a monthly basis in the amount of 6% (the “Interest Rate”) and shall be calculated using the formula provided in the clause 3.3. hereof.
3.2. Borrower shall pay to Lender interest on the Loan at the moment of full repayment of the total Loan amount.
3.3. Interest on the Loan Agreement shall be calculated using the following formula:
[The amount of the interest for a month]=[Outstanding Loan amount] X Interest Rate/365/366 days X [the amount of calendar days in the respective month]
3.4. The interest on the Loan is not compounded.
3.5 In case of Borrower’s default on its obligations with respect to the Loan and/or interest payments, Lender has the right to charge the penalty to the defaulted amount in the amount of 0.025% (zero point zero two five per cent) per day of default. Payment of penalty shall not discharge Borrower from repayment of the Loan and/or interest thereon.
| 4. | MISCELLANEOUS |
| 4.1 | Term of the Loan Agreement |
The Loan Agreement comes into force on the date first written above.
| 4.2 | Notifications |
Any notice sent under this Loan Agreement shall be submitted in writing with observance of the appropriate procedures while delivered personally, by mail, telex or fax to the addresses of both of the required Parties as indicated above or at any other address that the Parties may notify the other Party.
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| 4.3 | Successors |
The Parties may not transfer all or part of his rights or obligations under this Loan Agreement without preliminary written consent of the other Party.
| 4.4 | Introduction of amendments |
Any amendments to this Loan Agreement can only be introduced in the form of a written document duly signed by the authorised representatives of Borrower and the Lender. Any changes, suspensions or extension of the term of the Loan Agreement shall be made by additional agreement of the Parties.
| 4.5 | Counterparts |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement. No counterpart shall be effective until each party has executed and delivered at least one counterpart.
| 4.6 | Applicable law and jurisdiction |
The provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
All disputes of the Lender with Borrower concerning the provisions of this Agreement, which cannot be settled by way of negotiations, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the LCIA Rules, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat or legal place of arbitration shall be London. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties acting through their authorised representatives have concluded and have signed this Loan Agreement on the specified day.
Duly executed by the Parties:
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| Director | ||
| For and on behalf of the Borrower | ||
| Mrs. / Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
| Mr. / Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx / | ||
| For and on behalf of the Lender | ||
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Additional Agreement to the Loan Agreement dated 29 March 2017
12 December 2017
ZEMENIK TRADING LIMITED, a company incorporated in Cyprus with registered number 332806, registered office is at Dositheou, 00, Xxxxxxxxx, 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, duly represented by its Directors Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, acting under the Articles of Association (hereinafter referred to as the “Lender”), and
HIGHWORLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company incorporated in British Virgin Islands with registered number 1802016, whose registered office is at Trident Xxxxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX0 (hereinafter referred to as the “Borrower”),
hereinafter together referred to as the “Parties”, have entered into this additional agreement (the “Additional Agreement”) to the loan agreement dated 29 March 2017 between the Parties, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the “Loan Agreement”) which is attached to this Additional Agreement in Annex 1 hereto and have agreed as follows.
| 1. | INTERPRETATION |
Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each capitalized term used herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Loan Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Additional Agreement and the Loan Agreement with respect to the matters set forth herein, the provisions of this Additional Agreement shall prevail.
| 2. | AMENDMENTS |
2.1 With effect from (and including) the Effective Date (as defined below), the Parties agree that the following amendments shall be made to the Loan Agreement:
(A) A new clause 1.3 shall be added to clause 1 (The Loan):
“(a) With effect from (and including) the Effective Date, the Loan shall be redenominated into Russian Roubles (“Roubles” or “RUB”) and such redenomination shall be calculated by reference to an exchange rate of RUB 68.3563 for one Euro. Following such redomination, the outstanding principal amount under the Loan shall be equal to RUB 529,077,762.00.
(b) With effect from (and including) the Effective Date, the accrued interest on the Loan shall be redenominated into Roubles and such redenomination shall be calculated by reference to an exchange rate of RUB 68.3563 for one Euro. Following such redomination, the accrued interest on the Loan shall be equal to RUB 12,436,951.23. Other than as specified in clause 3.6 (as included into this Loan Agreement pursuant to this Additional Agreement, the provisions pertaining to the accrual and payment of interest in respect of the Loan shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the redenomination.”
(B) A new clause 3.6 shall be added to clause 3 (Loan conditions. Interest):
“Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, with effect from (and including) the Effective Date and ending and (including) 31 March 2018 (such 120 day period, the “Excluded Period”), no interest shall accrue on the Loan. After the expiry of the Excluded Period, interest shall continue to accrue on the outstanding amount of the Loan in accordance with this Loan Agreement.”
| 3. | EFFECTIVE DATE |
The Parties agree that the “Effective Date” shall be 1 December 2017.
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| 4. | MISCELLANEOUS |
4.1 Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
4.2 This Additional Agreement comes into force on the date first written above and applies to the relations of the Parties that have arisen prior to such date.
4.3 The Parties agree that clause 4 (Miscellaneous) of the Loan Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Additional Agreement.
Signature page follows
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties acting through their authorized representatives have concluded and have signed this Additional Agreement on the specified day.
Duly executed by the Parties:
| For and on behalf of the Borrower: | ||
| Signature: |
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| Name: |
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| Position: | Director | |
| For and on behalf of the Lender: | ||
| Signature: |
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| Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Position: | Director | |
| Signature: |
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| Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Position: | Director | |
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ANNEX 1
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