CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT [This English version is for reference only.]
[This English version
is for reference only.]
Ref.: 2009-0009385110_
Lender: China Merchants
Bank Co.
Ltd.-
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx ("Party A")
Applicant: Measurement
Specialties China., Ltd. ("Party B")
Whereas upon the application by Party B, Party A has
agreed to grant to Party B the following credit facility (the "Facilities"). Parties A and B, after
thorough negotiations, hereby enter into this Agreement subject to the following
terms and in accordance with the relevant laws and
regulations.
1.
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CREDIT
FACILITY
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1.1.
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Party A shall grant to Party B a
credit facility of up to _RMB68,000,000__only (or the equivalent amount in
other currencies, and the applicable exchange rate shall be the foreign exchange rate quoted
and published by Party A at the relevant time, as follows), which includes
(tick the appropriate
box):
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□ Revolving Credit Facility
RMB
68,000,000 (amount
and currency)
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□ Term Loan Facility ___________
(amount and currency)
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"Revolving Credit
Facility" means the maximum
extent/limit of the aggregate outstanding principal of the following facilities
granted by Party A to Party
B during the term of the Facilities: revolving credit facility with an option to
rollover, Trade Financing, draft discounting, draft acceptance, issuance of
guarantee, overdraft on corporate account, domestic factoring.
"Term Loan
Facility" means during the term of the
Facilities, Party B may drawdown the advance from Party A in multiples, but the
aggregate of each drawdown shall not exceed the limit prescribed in this
Agreement for term loan facility. Each drawdown (in multiples) by Party B shall be deducted from the limit
prescribed in this Agreement for term loan facility, and the aggregate of each
drawdown shall not exceed the limit. Party B shall not draw down any
part of the Term Loan Facility which is repaid.
“Trade
Financing” includes issuance of letters of credit,
inward documentary bills, shipping guarantee, inward collection documentary
bills, packing loan, outward documentary bills, outward collection documentary
bills, import/export remittance financing, short-term credit insurance facilities, import
factoring, export factoring (except for without recourse two factor factoring,
without recourse two factor factoring both provided by Party's A, as
follows).
1.2.
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If Party A provides import
factoring or without recourse domestic factoring with
Party B as the paying party, the accounts receivables owing from Party B
which are assigned to Party A shall be counted towards the aforesaid
credit facility; and if Party B applies to Party A for with recourse
domestic factoring or with recourse export
factoring, the
standard purchase price (standard committed purchase price)
payable by Party B to Party A shall be counted towards the aforesaid
Facilities.
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1.3.
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Party A may, in accordance with
its internal procedures, appoint another branch of
China Merchants Bank for re-issuance of a letter of credit to the
beneficiary after Party A's issuance of the same, such re-issuance of
letter of credit and the inward documentary bills and shipping guarantee
arising thereunder shall be counted towards the
aforesaid Facilities.
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1.4.
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The aforesaid Facilities shall not
include any credit secured by a charge over cash deposit or pledge of
certificate of deposit provided by Party B or a third party for any single
specific facility
under this Agreement; as
follows.
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(inapplicable) 1.5 Parties A and B has previously entered
into a Credit Agreement (Ref.:__________________), upon this Agreement being
effective, all aggregate outstandings arising from the facilities under the previous Credit Agreement shall
automatically fall under this Agreement and be counted towards the credit limit
hereunder (please tick the box, if this clause is
applicable);
2.
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CREDIT
TERM
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The term of the Facilities shall be _24_ month(s), commencing from the _____ day
of ________ (month), 2009__ (year) to the _____ day of ________
(month), _2011 (year), during which Party B shall
apply to Party A for utilization of the facility. Unless otherwise provided in
this Agreement, Party A
shall not accept any application for utilization of the facility from Party B
upon the expiry of the term of the Facilities.
3.
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UTILIZATION OF CREDIT
FACILITY
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3.1.
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Types and Scope of
Facility
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The aforesaid facilities shall be (please choose one of the
following two options and tick the appropriate box):
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(X) 3.1.1
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General banking facilities, the
types of facilities included are as follows (please complete
correctly):
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Working
Capital Loan, Trade
financing (no more
than 3
months),
draft
acceptance (20%
deposit is needed)
At the same time, Party B (please fill in “may” or “may not”) switch the
utilization of the aforesaid types facility (please tick the appropriate
box):
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All types of facilities may be
switched for
utilization;
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□
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Some types of facilities may be
switched for utilization, namely, Working
Capital Loan_ and Draft
Acceptance_;
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(Inapplicable) 3.1.2 ________________
individual credit facility.
3.2.
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During the term of the Facilities,
Party B may rollover
the Revolving Credit Facility but not the Term Loan Facility. Each
drawdown of the Facilities shall be supported by an individual application
by Party B and Party A shall approve the same on a case by case basis. The
amount, period and purpose of each loan or other credit
facility may be agreed and prescribed in the contract (including
promissory note) or agreement separately entered into by the parties or
the application letter for a specific facility submitted by Party B and
approved by Party A.
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For without recourse domestic factoring,
the "notification of assignment of accounts receivables" issued by Party A to
Party B shall be deemed as the "contract" entered into by Party A and Party B
upon acknowledgement by Party B in a form approved by Party A.
3.3.
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The utilization period for each
loan or credit under the Facilities shall be determined in accordance with
the operational needs of Party B and the regulations for business
management of Party A. The maturity date of each individual facility may be later than
the expiry date of the term of the
Facilities.
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4.
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INTEREST
AND FEES
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Interest on any loan and financing under
the Facilities and relevant fees shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the relevant
contracts.
5.
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TERMS
OF GUARANTEE
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(Inapplicable) 5.1. An irrevocable letter of guarantee shall
be executed by ____________________ in
favour of Party A for a maximum amount to secure all the outstanding
liabilities owing to Party
A by Party B under this Agreement, the obligations and liabilities of which
shall be joint and several; and/or
(Inapplicable) 5.2. A security assignment/ debenture to be
executed by _________________ in
respect of all its assets
or in respect of _____________ to which it has legal title or of which it is
rightfully entitled to dispose, to secure all the outstanding liabilities owing
to Party A by Party B under this Agreement, and the two Parties shall enter into
a separate security documents.
If the guarantor/security provider fails
to execute the security documents or complete the procedures for the
guarantee/security, Party A shall be entitled to refuse the grant of the
Facilities to Party B.
6.
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY
B
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6.1.
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Party B shall have the following
rights:
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6.1.1.
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to request Party A to grant the
Facilities or other financing in accordance with this
Agreement;
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6.1.2.
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to utilize the Facilities in
accordance with this
Agreement;
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6.1.3.
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to request Party A to keep the
information provided by Party B in respect of its production, operations,
assets, accounts and so forth confidential, unless otherwise required by
law 、regulations or regulatory
authorities;
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6.1.4.
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to assign the outstanding
liabilities to a third party after obtaining consent from Party
A.
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6.2.
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Party B shall undertake the
following obligations:
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6.2.1.
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to provide such true documents and
materials as Party A
may require (including but not limited to, at the request of Party A,
financial statements and annual financial reports, and notification of any
material decisions on and changes in production, operations and
management) and the information on all its bank accounts, account
number and account balance and to cooperate with Party A's investigation,
review and
examination;
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6.2.2.
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to accept Party A's supervision
over its use of the Facilities, operations and financial
activities;
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6.2.3.
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to use the Facilities and/or other
financing for the purposes prescribed in and/or in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and other relevant
contracts;
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6.2.4.
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to make timely and full repayment
of the principal and interest of the loans, advances and other
debts in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and other
relevant contracts;
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6.2.5.
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to obtain prior written consent
from Party A before assigning the outstanding liabilities hereunder, in
whole or in part, to
a third party;
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6.2.6.
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upon the occurrence of any of the
following events, to forthwith notify Party A and cooperate with Party A
to take protective measures for securing timely and full repayment of the
principal and interest of the loans, advances, other debts and
all relevant expenses
hereunder:
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6.2.6.1.
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Party B suffering grave financial
loss, loss of assets or other financial
distress;
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6.2.6.2.
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Party B offering a loan or
guarantee or mortgages (pledges) its property (right) for the benefits of a third
party;
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6.2.6.3.
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amalgamation (merger), division,
reorganization, equity (cooperative) joint venture, transfer of
equity/assets and change in shareholding of Party
B;
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6.2.6.4.
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Party B is subject to winding up
of business,
revocation or cancellation of business licence, petition for bankruptcy or
bankruptcy petition or dissolution and so
forth;
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6.2.6.5.
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any of Party B's controlling
shareholders or other affiliates suffering significant business or
financial distress
which affects its normal
operations;
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6.2.6.6.
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Party B entering into material
connected transactions with its controlling shareholders and other
affiliates which affects its normal
operations;
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6.2.6.7.
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Party B being involved in any
litigation or
arbitration or being imposed any criminal or administrative penalty which
has material adverse effects on its business or financial
conditions;
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6.2.6.8.
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occurrence of other material
events which are likely to affect Party B's ability to repay.
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6.2.7.
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not to fail to diligently manage
or exercise its matured creditor’s right, or to dispose of its
existing major assets without consideration or by other inappropriate
means.
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7.
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY
A
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7.1.
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Party A shall have the following
rights:
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7.1.1.
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to require Party B to make timely
and full repayment of the principal and interest of the loans, advances
and other debts under this Agreement and other relevant
contracts;
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7.1.2.
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to require Party B to provide any
information relating its use of the
Facilities;
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7.1.3.
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to know the operations and
financial activities of Party
B;
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7.1.4.
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to monitor Party B's use of the
Facilities and/or other financing so as to ensure that it is for the purposes
prescribed in this Agreement and other relevant
contracts;
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7.1.5.
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having accepted Party's B
application for the issuance of letter of credit, to instruct another
branch of China Merchants Bank located in the same place as the beneficiary to re-issue the
letter of credit;
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7.1.6.
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the right to debit such amount
directly from Party B's account for repaying the debts owed by Party B
under this Agreement and all relevant
contracts;
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7.1.7.
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to assign or transfer its
rights in respect of
the outstanding liabilities payable by Party B, and to use any means as it
may deem appropriate to notify Party B of such assignment or transfer, and
to seek payment from Party B, including but not limited to facsimile,
post, personal delivery, and announcement in the
mass media;
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7.1.8.
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other rights as conferred
herein.
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7.2.
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Party A undertakes the following
obligations:
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7.2.1.
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to grant the Facilities to Party B
in accordance with this Agreement and the relevant contracts;
and
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7.2.2.
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to keep Party B's assets,
financial, production and operational conditions confidential unless
otherwise required by law or regulations or supervisory
authorities.
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8.
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ARTY B HEREBY SPECIFICALLY
WARRANTS THAT:
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8.1.
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Party B is an enterprise duly
established and lawfully existing in accordance with the laws of People's
Republic of China with the legal person status and sufficient legal
capacity for carrying out the civil conduct of execution and
performance of this
Agreement;
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8.2.
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the execution and performance of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by its board of directors and
other relevant authorities;
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8.3.
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all the documents, information and
instruments Party B has provided concerning itself, the guarantor,
the mortgagor (the pledgor) and the mortgage (pledge) security document
are true, accurate, complete and valid, and do not contain any material
mistakes inconsistent with the facts or omit any material
facts;
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8.4.
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to fully comply with the terms of
all relevant contracts and the undertaking for issuance of letter of
credit, trust receipt and other related documents executed in favour of
Party A;
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8.5.
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at the time of execution of this
Agreement, no litigation, arbitration or criminal
or administrative penalty which has material adverse effects on Party B or
its major assets has occurred, nor will such litigation, arbitration or
criminal or administrative penalty occur during performance of this
Agreement. Party B shall forthwith notify
Party A of such occurrence, if
any;
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8.6.
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it will keep its operations in
full compliance with the national laws and regulations, conduct business
legally and within the business scope prescribed in its
Business Licence and
attend to annual registration and
examination;
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8.7.
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it will maintain or improve its
current operations and management; ensure that value of its existing
assets remain stable or to appreciate; not to waive its claim for any
matured liabilities
and not to dispose of its existing major assets withoutconsideration or by
other inappropriate
means;
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8.8.
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it will not settle other long term
liabilities prematurely without Party A's authorization;
and
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8.9.
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at the time of execution of this Agreement,
no material event has occurred on the part of Party B which will affect
Party B's performance of its obligations
hereunder.
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9.
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EXPENSES
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All expenses arising from matters
relating to this Agreement, such as investigation of credit standing,
examination and notarization, and all expenses incurred by Party A in enforcing
its claims on Party B's failure to repay the debts owed to Party A hereunder
when they fall due, such as legal fees, litigation costs, travel expenses, publication fees and courier
charges shall be borne by Party B. Party B hereby authorizes Party A to debit
such expenses directly from its accounts. In case of deficiency, Party B
guarantees to make such payment in full as Party A may specify by notice.
10.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
HANDLING
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10.1.
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It shall be an event of default if
Party B finds itself in one of the following
situations:
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10.1.1.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.1
hereof, Party B provides false materials to or withholds important facts from Party A
or does not cooperate with Party A's investigations, reviews or
examinations;
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10.1.2.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.2
hereof, Party B refuses to accept or evades Party A's supervision over its
use of Facilities, operations and financial
activities;
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10.1.3.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.3
hereof, Party B does not use the Facilities and/or other financing for the
purposes prescribed in this Agreement and the relevant
contracts;
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10.1.4.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.4
hereof, Party B fails
to make timely and full payment of the principal and interest of the
loans, advances and other debts in accordance with this Agreement and/or
the relevant
contracts;
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10.1.5.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.5
hereof, Party B transfers its outstanding liabilities hereunder to a
third party without authorization; or in violation of Clause 6.2.7 hereof,
fails to diligently manage or exercise its matured creditor’s right, or disposes of its
existing major assets without consideration or by other inappropriate
means;
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10.1.6.
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in violation of Clause 6.2.6
hereof, Party B fails to promptly notify Party A of any occurrence of the
events prescribed therein or fails to cooperate in taking additional
protective measures for securing payment of the debts hereunder as required by Party A after
having knowledge of such occurrence or any event considered by Party A as
affecting the repayment of the principal and interest of the
credit;
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10.1.7.
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in violation of Clauses 8.1, 8.2
or 8.5 hereof or in violation of Clauses 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 or
8.9 hereof and Party B fails to remedy its default immediately upon
request by Party A;
and
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(inapplicable)
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10.1.8.
the occurrence of
other events which, in the opinion of Party A, may impair Party A's legal
interests.
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10.2.
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If the guarantor is found to be in
any of the following situations which Party A considers may affect the
ability of the guarantor to perform its duties as a guarantor, Party A may
require either the guarantor to take remedial action or Party B
to add or modify the
terms of guarantee and if the guarantor and Party B fail to cooperate, it
shall be deemed as an event of
default:
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10.2.1.
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any of the events similar to those
described in Clause 6.2.6 hereof
occurs;
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10.2.2.
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non-disclosure of its inability to guarantee or failure to obtain
authorization from the relevant authority at the time of execution of the
irrevocable letter of
guarantee;
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10.2.3.
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failure to attend to the annual
registration and examination formalities;
and
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10.2.4.
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failure to diligently manage or exercise its
matured creditor’s right, or disposal of its
existing major assets without value or by other inappropriate
means.
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10.3.
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If the mortgagor (or the pledgor)
is found to be in any of the following situations which Party A considers may invalidate the
mortgage (or pledge) or render the value of the mortgaged property (or the
pledged property) falling below the required valuation, Party A may
require the mortgagor (or the pledgor) to take remedial action or Party B
to add or modify the terms of security
and if the mortgagor (or the pledgor) and Party B fail to cooperate, it
shall be deemed as an event of
default:
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10.3.1.
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no title to or right to dispose of
the mortgaged property (pledged property), or such title or
right is in
dispute;
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10.3.2.
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the mortgaged property (or the
pledged property) has already been leased, seized, detained, under
supervision or Party A's security is subject to a prior or preferential
right (including but not limited to preferential construction costs), and/or the
non-disclosure of the
same;
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10.3.3.
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without prior written consent from
Party A, the mortgagor transfers, leases out, re-mortgages the mortgaged
property or otherwise disposes of the mortgaged property by other
inappropriate means, or the mortgagor disposes of the
mortgaged property with written consent from Party A but contrary to Party
A's request, the proceeds from such disposal are not used to repay the
debts owed by Party B to Party
A.
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10.3.4.
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the mortgagor fails to keep the
mortgaged property in
safe custody or to maintain and repair the mortgaged property properly,
leading to substantial depreciation in the value of the mortgaged
property; or the mortgagor's actions directly jeopardizes the mortgaged
property, leading to a depreciation in the value of the
mortgaged property, or the mortgagor fails to keep the mortgaged property
insured as required by Party A during the continuance of the
mortgage.
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10.4.
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Should any of the events of
default described in Clauses 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 occurs, Party A shall
be entitled to take the following measures separately or
simultaneously:
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10.4.1.
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to reduce the Facilities hereunder
or prohibit the use of the remaining
Facilities;
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10.4.2.
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to declare the principal and
interest of the loan
drawn under the Facilities and relevant expenses to be immediately due and
payable;
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10.4.3.
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in respect of draft accepted or
letter of credit (including the re-issuance of letter of credit), letter of
guarantee and letter of shipping guarantee issued by Party A, irrespective of
whether Party A has made any advance or not to request for additional
margin from Party B or to transfer such amount from another account of
Party B maintained at Party A to the margin account for settlement of any
future advances that may be made by Party A
under this Agreement or to place the same in the custody of a third party
as margin for any future advances to be made by Party
A;
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10.4.4.
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in respect of outstanding accounts
receivables assigned to Party A by Party B under with recourse domestic factoring
or export factoring, to request Party B to perform its repurchase
obligations immediately; in respect of accounts receivables assigned to
Party A by Party B under without recourse domestic factoring or import
factoring, to claim from Party B
immediately;
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10.4.5.
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to satisfy all the outstanding
liabilities owed by Party B under this Agreement and all specific
contracts by debiting the same directly from Party B's settlement account
or other accounts;
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10.4.6.
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to seek recourse pursuant to Clause 13
hereof.
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11.
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MODIFICATION AND
TERMINATION
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This Agreement may be modified and
terminated upon a written agreement between Parties A and B through
negotiations. This Agreement shall remain in force so long as no
agreement has been reached.
Neither party shall modify, amend or terminate this Agreement without the
consent of the other party.
12.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1.
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During the term of this Agreement,
no compromise, forbearance or indulgence by Party A in enforcing any of its
interests or rights hereunder in respect of any events of default or delay
of Party B shall prejudice, affect or restrict Party A's interests and
rights as a creditor under this Agreement and all relevant laws and
regulations, nor shall it be taken as Party A's
approval to, consent of, or operate as waiver of its rights to take
actions against existing or future
defaults.
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12.2.
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Should this Agreement or any
provisions hereof become invalid under the law for whatsoever
reasons, Party B
shall continue to fulfill all its obligations to make repayment. In such
event, Party A is entitled to terminate this Agreement and demand
immediate repayment of the debts hereunder from Party
B.
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12.3.
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Each notice and demand to be
given by Parties A
and B hereunder shall be made in
writing.
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Address of Party A: The
first floor of Tian Xiang Building,
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Chegongmiao
Tian An Park, Shenzhen, PRC
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Address of Party B: Xx. 00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx High-Tech Park(North),
Nanshan District,
Shenzhen, PRC
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Notices given by personal delivery shall
be deemed duly served once the receiving party signed an acknowledgment of
receipt (if the receiving party refuses to acknowledge receipt, service shall be
deemed to be effected on the date of refusal). Notices given by
post shall be deemed duly served 7 days after posting of the mail. Notices given
by facsimile transmission shall be deemed duly served upon receipt by the
facsimile machine of the receiving party. Announcements in the mass
media made by Party A notifying Party B of any
assignment of its rights in respect of the outstanding liabilities or demanding
repayment from Party B shall be deemed duly served on the date of the
announcement.
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Should either one of Party A or
Party B change its
correspondence address, it shall notify the other Party promptly or else
it shall bear all losses resulting
therefrom.
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12.4.
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Both Parties agree that an
application letter for a transaction under trade financing shall be
effective upon affixing the same seal as shown in the
“Power of Attorney
for Sample Seal” and both Parties shall recognize the force of that
seal.
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12.5.
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Any written supplemental agreement
entered into between Parties A and B through negotiations in respect of
matters not covered
in or changes to this Agreement and the specific contracts hereunder shall
constitute the schedule(s) to and form an integral part of this
Agreement.
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13.
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APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
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13.1.
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The execution,
construction and
dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
People's Republic of China. The interests of
Parties A and B are protected by the laws of the People's Republic of
China.
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13.2.
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Any dispute between Parties A and
B in connection with
the performance of this Agreement may be settled by the two Parties
through negotiations. In case no settlement can be reached through
negotiations, any of the Parties may either (pick one of the following
three and tick the appropriate box):
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□
13.2.1
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xxx in the People's Court of the
territory where Party A is located;
or
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□ 13.2.2
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submit the dispute to arbitration committee, for
arbitration.
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□ 13.2.3
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submit to (if chosen this option,
please tick one of the
followings):
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□ China International Economic and
Trade Arbitration
Commission
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□ China International Economic and
Trade Arbitration Commission ________________
branch
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for arbitration in accordance with
the Financial Disputes Arbitration
Rules.
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13.3.
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Having completed the formalities of
notarization by Parties A and B for the enforcement of this Agreement,
Party A may directly apply to the People's Court with competent
jurisdiction for enforcement with a view to claim for the debts due and
owed by Party B
hereunder.
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14.
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EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
CONTRACT
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This Agreement shall be effective upon
the affixing of signature (or name seal) together with company seal/special
contract seal by the legal representative (person-in-charge) or authorized
agent of each of Party A
and Party B. This Agreement shall automatically expire upon the expiry of the
credit term or on the date on which all the debts owed by Party B to Party A and
all other relevant expenses hereunder are repaid in full (whichever is
later).
15.
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SUPPLEMENTARY
PROVISION
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This Agreement is executed in
three
counterparts with each having the same
force. Party A, Party B, department for
property pledge register shall hold one copy each.
In case any discrepancy exists between
the Chinese and English
context, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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blank)
EXECUTION PAGE
PARTY A:
(seal)
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PARTY B:
(seal)
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DATE: November 3, 2009