Non-promissory Short Term Revolving Financing Agreement October 12, 2009
Exhibit
10.30
October
12, 2009
This Agreement is signed between the
two parties as follows:
(1)
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Citi
Bank (China) Limited, Shanghai
Branch
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Address:
33th floor Citigroup Tower, Xx.00 Xxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xx Jia Zui Finance and
Trade Area, Shanghai, P.R.Chian
(hereinafter
referred to as the Loan
Bank), and
(2)
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Xi’an
TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd.(“Xi’an
TCH”)
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Address:
Xx.00 Xxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xin District, Xi’an City, P.R.Chian, and
(3)
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Inner
Mongolia Xxxxx TCH Energy-Saving Development Co., Ltd (“Xxxxx
TCH”).
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Address:
Etuokeqi Qipan Jing Industrial Park, Eros City, Inner Mongolia,
P.R.Chian
(Signatory
(2) and Signatory (3) are hereinafter referred t to as the Customers)
The two parties hereby agree as
follows:
1.
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The
attached “Financing Agreement General Terms and Conditions” and any
relevant ancillary files are integral parts of the
agreement.
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2.
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The
maximum amount of the financing: RMB20,000,000
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In any
case, the total outstanding financing the two customers have under this
agreement shall not exceed the aforementioned financing amount.
3.
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Financing
Currency: RMB
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4.
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Financing
Methods and Limits:
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· for
discount business: shall not exceed RMB20,000,000
· for
accounts payable financing: shall not exceed RMB20,000,000
In any case, the total outstanding
financing subject to all the aforementioned financing
methods shall not exceed the maximum financing amount.
5.
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The
longest maturity of any financing method: 6 months
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6.
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loaning
rate/commission rate/financing
rate:
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· In
reference to any discount business, the discount rate shall be determined in the
ancillary files to be attached.
· In
reference to accounts payable financing, the financing rate shall be determined
in the ancillary files to be attached..
7.
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Purpose
of financing: for working capital needs and purchasing raw
materials
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8.
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Guaranty
and Guaranty Provider:
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·
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The
customers shall provide Pledge Agreements signed between the customers and
the loan bank as cash
guaranty
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·
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Xi’an
TCH shall provide a Letter of Assurance for Erdos TCH as
guaranty.
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·
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Xxxxx
TCH shall provide a Letter of Assurance for Xi’an TCH as
guaranty.
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Shanghai
TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. shall provide a Letter of Assurance as
guaranty.
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·
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Xx.
Xxxxxx Xx shall provide a Letter of Assurance as
guaranty.
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·
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The
customers shall provide Pledge Guaranties with its accounts receivable
through signing Accounts Receivable Pledge Agreement and Accounts Custody
Agreements with the loan bank.
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9.
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Penalty
interest rate:
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Pursuant
to the provision in the term 12 of Financing Agreement General Terms and
Conditions, penalty interest rate shall be:
In RMB:
penalty interest rate shall be the lowest penalty interest rate that is allowed
according to the related regulations of People’s Public of China on overdue
loans.
In US
dollar: penalty interest rate shall be determined by the loan bank.
10.
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Fees
for setup of a credit line: the customers shall pay credit line setup fees
in accordance with the specified amount, time and other provisions in the
“Letter for Credit Line Setup Fees ” issued by the loan bank in
any time.
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11.
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Independence
and division
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11.1
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Every
funding transaction supplied by the loan bank in accordance to the
agreement is an independent transaction. The relevant ancillary files
provided by the customers for each funding transaction under this the
agreement constitute a complete set of independent contract for the
funding. The contract shall automatically expire after the customers pay
off all the principle and interest and/or related
interest.
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11.2
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Each
customer shall have joint obligation under this agreement. If
one customer fails in repayment for the payable on the due
date, the loan bank shall have the right to request the other customer(s)
for repayment.
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11.3
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If
the loan bank decides to cancel and/or terminate providing funds to one
customers, and/or accelerate the expiration date of any or all unpaid
loans and request for immediate repayment, the loan bank shall have the
right to decide to accelerate the expiration date of unpaid loans of the
other customer(s).
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11.4
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It
is irrevocably agreed by all the customers under this agreement that any
changes, amendments or supplements to the provisions of this agreement and
its ancillary files can be made by signing amendment or supplementary
agreement between the loan bank and the directly related customer, and no
need the other parties of this agreement to sign such amendment or
supplements.
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12.
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restriction
on related-party transaction:
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12.1
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The
customers agree that, without the consent of the loan bank, the financing
under the agreement shall not be used for paying any transactions between
the customer(s) and its related parties. The related party includes (1)
the customers’ subsidiary, share-holding company (either directly or
indirectly), affiliated company, the customers’ shareholders (either legal
entity or individual), other corporations or companies in which the
customers’ shareholders hold the shares directly or indirectly (no matter
in control or not); (2) any corporations or companies in which the
customers’ shareholders’ (natural person) spouses, direct relatives, or
collateral relatives in three generations, directors, supervisors,
executives, and any corporations or companies in which the aforementioned
persons hold the shares (no matter in control or not); (3) the corporation
in which the customers may actually take controls in business through
investment relationship, agreement or other
arrangements.
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12.2
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If
the customers need to use the fund under the agreement to pay for the
transactions between the customers and any aforementioned related party,
the customers should submit a written request to the loan bank. After
being examined and approved by the loan bank, the customers may use the
funds approved for the related party in accordance within the line of
financing of this agreement.
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13.
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Special
assurance:
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Starting from the date of signing this
agreement to the date when all the loan principle and interests have been paid
off, the customers hereby agree:
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the
customers agree to deposit their incomes from sales of products and
services into the accounts with the loan bank (hereinafter referred to as
“income amount”), and average monthly income amount of the customers is no
less than RMB5,000,000. The condition for the first draw for the customers
is that the single month income amount shall reach 80% of the expected
income amount as set forth in the agreement for that month. The expected
income amount for each month is listed as
follows.
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Incoming Month
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Expected Incoming Amount
(RMB)
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September,
2009
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6,600,000 | |||
October,
2009
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6,600,000 | |||
November,
2009
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11,900,000 | |||
January,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
February,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
March,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
April,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
May,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
June,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
July,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
August,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
September,
2010
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11,900,000 | |||
October,
2010
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11,900,000 |
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For
the customers, the interval between two drawings shall not be shorter than
30 days.
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·
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For
the customers, the amount of each drawing shall not exceed 35% of the
maximum financing amount.
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·
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If
a single month income amount is less than 70% of the expected income
amount of that month, the loan bank shall have the right to suspend,
cancel or terminate finance immediately in accordance with the term 16.2
of Financing Agreement General Terms and Conditions, and to accelerate the
expiration date of part or all unpaid loans and request for immediate
repayment. Meanwhile, the loan bank shall have the off-set right in
accordance with the term 15 of Financing Agreement General Terms and
Conditions.
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WHEREAS,
both parties of the agreement duly authorize representatives to sign the
agreement on the date stated in the beginning of the agreement, this agreement
shall take effect from the date of its execution by the duly authorized
representatives of the parties.
/s/ Representative of the Loan
Bank
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Representatives
of the Loan Bank
/s/ Representative of Xi’an
TCH Engergy Technology Co., Ltd.
Representatives
of Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
(Official
sealed)
/s/ Representative of Inner
Mongolia TCH Energy-Saving Development Co., Ltd.
Representatives
of Inner Mongolia TCH Energy-Saving Development Co., Ltd.
(Official
sealed)
Financing
Agreement General Terms and Conditions
1.
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General
Terms
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1.1
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The
terms and conditions (“terms and conditions”) shall apply to each
financing transaction under the financing agreement signed from any time
or signed in the future between the customers and related branch of the
Citi Bank (China) which supplies the financing (“loan bank”) mentioned in
the financing agreement (“financing agreement”), and be binding on the
customers and the loan bank.
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1.2
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The
terms and conditions may be revised and/or amended by the financing
agreement, and shall be read with the financing agreement. The terms and
conditions is the integral part of the financing agreement (together are
called “the agreement”).
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1.3
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If
the terms and conditions are inconsistent with the financing agreement,
the latter shall govern. If the financing agreement is inconsistent with
the ancillary files (defined as follows), the latter shall
govern.
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2.
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Financing
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2.1
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Subject
to the terms and conditions of the agreement and its ancillary files, the
customers may ask the loan bank and the loan bank may agree (but no
obliged to) to supply the customers with the non-promissory short term
credit financing (the financing), financing methods include loan, bank
guarantee, standby letter of credit, trading letter of credit, discount
business, credits, acceptance xxxx, accounts receivable/payable financing
and/or import/export financing (subject to the Article 4 of financing
agreement upon specific situation). The maximum of total financing amount
for all financing method is accordance with the amount in the Article 2 of
the financing agreement(the maximum of financing).
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2.2
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For
the purpose of the agreement, ancillary files mean the following files
signed and conformed by the customers (as the case may
be):
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In
reference to the loan, it shall mean (a) the notice of drawing; and (b) notice
of conforming(if any).
In
reference to the bank guarantee or standby letter of credit, it shall mean the
application and agreement for standby letter of credit/or letter of
guaranty.
In
reference to the trading letter of credit, it shall mean (a) application for the
documentary credit, and (b) agreement for irrevocable standby letter of
credit.
In
reference to the discount business, it shall mean (a) discount business
contract; and (b) any related ancillary files may be signed by the
customers.
In
reference to the credits, it shall mean (a) credit agreement; and (b) any
related files may be signed by the customers.
In
reference to the acceptance xxxx, it shall mean acceptance xxxx agreement; and
(b) any related files may be signed by the customers.
In
reference to the receivable/payable financing, it shall mean (a) application
letter; and (b) any related files may be signed by the customers.
In
reference to the import/export financing, it shall mean (a) application letter;
and (b) any related files may be signed by the customers.
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prerequisite
conditions
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3.1
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Unless
otherwise specified in the agreement or its ancillary files, any and each
use of the financing shall meet general prerequisite conditions and
satisfy the loan bank.
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4
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Conditions
of drawing and loans
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4.1
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For
each loan, the customers shall provide the loan bank with the notice of
drawing in no less than 2 business days before the expected date for the
drawing . The customers shall confirm in each notice of drawing: (a)
intended date of drawing; (b) intended amount of drawing; and (c) intended
payment date for repaying the drawing. Once the loan bank receives the
notice of drawing, the customers shall not cancel the expected money
drawing; and, if the customers cancel the drawing after the notice is
given, the customers shall be responsible for all the cost,
fees and/or loss caused to the loan bank.
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4.2
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For
each loan, the loan bank shall provide a conforming notice (called “the
confirming notice”). The conforming notice shall specify the necessary
details that may be chose by the loan bank. Unless there is any obvious
error, the conforming notice (or, if there is no such conforming notice),
the internal records of the loan bank [either in written or in electronic
version]) shall be the conclusive evidence in the aspect of supplying
loans to the customers.
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5
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Repayment
and the interest of the loans
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5.1
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Subject
to the term 5.2, all the due principle, accrual interest and other
payable, which are specified on the notice of drawing, should be fully
repaid on the due date. If the due date is not on a business date, the due
date shall be postponed to the first business day after this due date (the
interest shall be adjusted accordingly), if the business day belongs to
another calendar month, the aforementioned amount must be repaid on the
business day before the due date. The amount which is repaid
under this term may be borrowed again in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this agreement.
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5.2
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By
providing the loan bank with a new notice of drawing in no less than 2
business days before the due date, the customers may ask the loan bank to
extend all or parts of the principle amount of the due loan. If the loan
bank agrees to extend the loan, the customers shall be deemed having
repaid this loan (or a part of the loan, as the case may be) on the due
date and in the meantime having been granted a new loan upon the terms of
the agreement. For avoiding questions, the customers shall repay the
accrued interests and other payables under the previous
loan.
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6.
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Early repayment of loans, cash
reimbursement and cancellation of letter of credit/ letter of
guarantee
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6.1
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Upon
the agreement by the loan bank in written and in compliance with the
related regulations and rules of the Foreign Exchange Control Bureau (if
applies), the customers may pay off the loan with accrued interests early.
The prerequisite for an early pay back of the loan is that the customers
have paid in full to the loan bank all the costs and losses arose from
such early repayment. No other early repayment is
allowed.
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6.2
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Whether
or not a trading letter of credit and/or a standby letter of credit (
together called letter of credit) and/or bank guarantee are due, whether
or not the loan bank has been requested to make payment under the letter
of credit and/or the bank guarantee, the loan bank may request the
customers to provide cash reimbursement for all or part of loans under the
issued letter of credit and/or bank guaranty. The customers shall provide
reimbursement in cash within 3 business days after receiving the
request.
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6.3
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Notwithstanding
the provisions in the 6.2 term, the obligations and duties of customers
shall not be exempted unless the loan bank notifies the customer that the
obligations and duties of customers under the agreement or any attachment
are exempted by a written notice. Notwithstanding the aforementioned
notice, in case the loan bank is responsible for the provisions of letter
of credit/letter of guarantee, the reimbursement of the term 13 shall be
still effective. The decision made by the loan bank on whether or not to
exempt the obligations under the letter of credit/letter of guarantee
shall be binding on the customers.
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7.
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Taxation
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7.1
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Unless
the law requests the customers to withhold any tax from the payment, the
customers shall not pay the tax and the tax shall be deemed as being
cleared, and shall not withhold any tax and any amount shall not be
deducted. If the customers have to withhold tax on the accounts payable or
payments, or other tax related amount, or other withholdings, the
customers shall pay the loan bank additional amount to ensure that the net
amount received by the loan bank equals to amount as if taxes
have not been withheld or and the other amounts have not been paid. The
customers shall pay tax on time and shall pay the taxes to be withheld
from paid or should be paid amounts under the agreement in accordance with
the law. Within 15 days, it shall provide the loan bank with documentation
(including all related tax return forms) which will satisfy the loan bank
and can prove that the customers have made payment to relevant
authority.
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8.
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Statement
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8.1
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The
customers’ representations and warranties: the corporation is founded by
Law of People’s Republic of China, and shall have the right of signing
this agreement and any attachment, and take actions to make this agreement
and the attachments legal, effective, binding and
enforceable.
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8.2
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Representations
and warranties made by the customers under this agreement shall be deemed
as being made repeatedly on the date of each loan, letter of credit/
letter of guarantee, accounts receivable/payable financing or
import/export financing.
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9.
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Promise
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9.1
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The
customers shall apply, receive and comply with all the legal ratification,
authorization, approval, registration, license and agreement, and remain
in full force and effect, to make sure to sign this agreement and other
attachments legally and to fulfill the duties. If the loan bank requires,
the customers shall provide the related evidence right
away.
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9.2
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The
customers shall notify the loan bank any event which may affect the
ability to fulfill their duties.
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9.3
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The
financing under this agreement only satisfy the capital requirement for
general operation or other agreed purposes. The customers shall not use
the financing under this agreement in investment on stocks or other
purposes than core business of customers. The loan bank shall have no
responsibility to supervise or examine the usage of the financing under
this agreement.
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10.
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Special
terms for foreign guaranty (when applicable)
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10.1
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The
customers shall obey the rules issued by Foreign Exchange Control Bureau
from time to time with regards of financing under overseas related
guarantee. The customers shall promise hereby: within the validity period
of the financing agreement, (1) medium and long term foreign debt amount,
(2) short term foreign debt balance and (3) the total amount of the
performance guarantee (hereinafter referred to as balance of liabilities)
of its foreign entity and person (calculate according to the real balance
of external liabilities) shall not exceed the difference between it total
investment and registration capital (hereinafter referred to as the gap of
investment). The customers shall register the foreign liabilities in the
Foreign Exchange Control Bureau after guarantee the performance in the
foreign country.
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10.2
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For
the aforementioned purposes, the customers promise: in the valid period of
the financing agreement, the customers shall or on demand of the loan bank
from time to time provide the loan bank with the related files and/or
information on the balance of liabilities and the difference between the
investment and registered capital; and the aforementioned file and/or
information shall be true, accurate and complete.
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11.
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Fees
and expenses
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11.1
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Any
fees and expenses arising from negotiation, preparing, signing, protecting
or enforcing by the loan bank, or any fees or expenses from completion of
this transaction agreement or any ancillary document shall be compensated
by the customer, once the loan bank makes such request. The customer shall
pay all stamp tax and other taxes that related to this agreement or any
ancillary document.
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12.
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Penalty
rate
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Any loan,
guarantee of letter/ credit, receivable account/payable account financing and
import/export financing, which should be paid on its due date on time.
Otherwise, the customers shall pay the penalty rate, and the penalty rate shall
be calculated from its due date to its actual payment day. The penalty rate is
defined in term 9 under Financing Agreement. Any
penalty rate shall be compounded monthly
13.
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Compensation
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13.1
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The
customers shall compensate the loan bank all of losses, amount,
responsibility (including environmental liabilities), fees (including any
attorney fees and other legal fees arising from the loan bank taking any
enforcement or claim actions against the customer), charges and expenses
arising from performing this agreement or transaction under this
agreement, but damages caused by loan bank’s major negligence or intended
misconducts are excluded.
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13.2
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The
payment currency under this financing agreement should be consistent with
the currency specified in Article 3 of Financing
Agreement. If it is resulted from judgment, arbitration,
liquidation of guarantor or others that the currency received by loan bank
is not the currency for financing (financing currency) provide by loan
bank, the customer’s obligation to this agreement shall not be released
until the loan bank use the received money to buy sufficient amount of
financing currency through normal bank procedure. If the amount of the
financing currency bought by loan bank is less than the payable amount
after it deducts exchange cost under this agreement, the short difference
shall be compensated by customer, this compensation obligation is
independent of customer’s other obligations under this agreement, and it
shall be a supplement to other obligations.
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13.3
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Both
parties agree that, under any circumstance, neither party shall take any
responsibilities for other party’s indirect or secondary losses or damages
arising from this agreement
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14.
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Payment
and notice
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14.1
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Any
payment under this agreement and its ancilliary files shall be paid by
customer according to the time, amount, currency and account specified by
loan bank, and shall be paid with the value on the due date on time. The
either party signing the agreement shall send its notice to its
counterparty’s address as set in this Financing Agreement,
and the party should notify its address in a written form to its
counterparty.
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15.
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Counteraction—Offsets
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15.1
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The
customers agree that, besides loan bank’s rights according to laws, the
loan bank also has the right to combine or consolidate all of customer’s
accounts with its debt to the loan bank, or counteract or transfer any/
several credit balance of any/several account of the customer to repay any
of customer’s debt to the loan bank under this agreement without notifying
it to the customers, no matter this debt is real or contingent, prime or
secondary, is joint or severe, due or undue, and in different nature or in
different currency. In addition, if any obligation of the customer to the
loan bank is contingent or anticipative, the loan bank has the right to
suspend paying any money to customer until the contingency
or anticipative incident takes
place.
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16.
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Financing
termination
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16.1
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The
customer confirms that the nature of financing under this agreement is
short-time, and the bank has the right to audit the financing every
year.
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16.2
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Although
with the regulation of term 16.1 above, the loan bank has the right to
cancel or terminate the financing, or accelerate repayment of any or all
unpaid loan and require customer to pay it promptly, or modify any term of
this agreement, without reasons or notifying it to customer in
advance.
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17.
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Transfer
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17.1
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The
customer shall not transfer, divert, renew or dispose its right/obligation
or other benefits relating to its right or obligation under this
agreement. The loan bank may transfer its right/obligation under this
agreement/any ancillary document to other entity/person any time by
sending transfer notice to the customer, and the customer agrees that the
notice of transfer can be in any written form that loan bank may use, and
needs no customer’s permit or approval. Although the transfer occurs, this
agreement/any ancillary document will continuously take effectiveness for
customer and customer agrees and accepts the binding of this contract/any
ancillary document. The loan bank may provide the copy of this agreement
and disclose any information under this agreement/ancillary documents or
any information from this agreement/ancillary document to the
entity/person whoever is intended or has already reached an agreement with
the loan for transfer or participation or other agreements related to this
agreement/ancillary
documents.
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18.
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Information
disclosure
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18.1
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Under
confidential use purpose by the loan bank(including but not limited to
data processing, statistic, risk analysis and credit monitoring and
tracing), the customer agrees the loan bank to disclose relevant
information( including but not limited to any information comes from loan
behavior credit evaluation and assessment purpose) about the customer or
the financing to loan bank’s branch, subsidiary company, parent company,
related organization, representative office, agent or any third party
(hereinafter referred to as “relevant party”) chose by the loan bank. The
customer shall urge the guarantor to agree and comply with the above
information disclosing clause. The loan bank and its related parties shall
comply with the requirements of any applicable laws, regulations or rules,
court, supervisory authority or judicial procedure to disclose
information.
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19.
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Applicable
laws and judicial jurisdiction
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19.1
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This
agreement is applicable to Chinese law and be explained by it. The Chinese
court where the loan bank locates has the with non-exclusive jurisdiction
to any dispute arising from this agreement or related to this
agreement.
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20.
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Telephone
or fax indication
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Unless
agreed by
both parties, the loan bank has no obligation to perform or accept any
instruction from customer by oral or fax. Under any circumstances, the loan bank
will take no responsibility in any of customer losses resulted from bank’s
misunderstanding due to ambiguous, difficult identified or unclear
instruction.
21.
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Independence
of clause
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21.1
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Any
invalid, illegal or unenforceable clause under this agreement or ancillary
documents shall not influence other valid, legal and enforceable clause
under this agreement or ancillary
documents.
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22.
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Non-waiver,
modification
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22.1
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The
loan bank’s failure or defer in exercise its right under this agreement or
any ancillary documents shall not affect its right and shall not be taken
as its waiver. Any exemption for one breach behavior/event under this
agreement or ancillary documents shall not be taken as the exemption for
other breach behavior/event. Under any circumstances, any clause
modification or exemption of this agreement or any ancillary documents
shall come into force only after getting loan bank’s written
signature.
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23.
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Language
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23.1
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This
agreement shall be signed both in Chinese and English with identical
effects. If there is any conflict in language, the Chinese
version shall prevail.
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Attachment
General
precondition
According
to the term 3 of the general terms and conditions of Financing Agreement, every
time before using the financing money, all of the following conditions should be
met and be satisfied by loan bank,
1. The
loan bank has received the following documents from customer,
(a) Copy
of Articles of Incorporations and any of its amendment;
(b) Copy
of valid and legal business license
(c) The
board of director’s resolution, including agreeing and authorizing the customer
to make financing and sign this agreement or any ancillary
documents
(d)
Customer’s authorization to one or several personnel to sign this agreement or
any ancillary documents, and the signature sample of the authorized
person(s).
2. Any
and all subsidiary documents are signed in the forms and contents that satisfy
loan bank, and have been received by loan bank.
3. The
intended date of providing a loan, or issue of letter of credit/letter of
guarantee is the loan bank’s business day
3. Other
documents to be required by loan bank in any time.