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Execution Copy
EUR 7,000,000
EXPORT CREDIT AGREEMENT no. 234.800
dated 4 April 2017
between
GEORGIA
acting by and through the Ministry of Finance of Georgia
as Borrower
and
UNICREDIT BANK AUSTRIA AG
as Lender
in relation to tlre financing of the project
"Gcorgian Research Institute for Energy and Hy<lrotcchnics',
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CONTENTS
AGREEMICNT
I.
Definitionsarrdlnterpretations
4
2.
Credit Facility
7
3.
lnterest
8
4.
Fees and Expenses
5.
Repayntent
6.
Payments
1.
Conditionsprecedent
8.
Events of Default
9.
Representatiorrs arrd Undertakings
10.
Coverning l,aw arrd Arbitr.aliorr
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Cenelal
12.
Entry Into Force
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ANNEXES
ANNEX I
PARTIES
ANNEX 2
PROJECT
ANNEX 3
CREDIT FACILITY
ANNEX 4
PAYMENT PROCEDURE
ANNEX 5
FORM OF CONFIRMATION THAT THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
IS IN FUI-L FORCE AND EFFECT
ANNEX 6
27
28
FORM OFACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
ACENT
29
3r
34
OF PROCESS
35
SIGNING PAGE
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This EXpoRr- cREDr'r'ACREEMEN', (the "Agreemenr,')
bctweerr
darccr 4 Aprir 20i7 is nrade
cEORGIA, acting by and through the Ministry of Finance
referred to as the ,.Borrorver.,)
of Georgia (hereinatier
and
2
UNICREDIT BANK AUSTRIA AG, a bank dury incorporated
under trre raws of
Austria, r.r'ith its registered office at Schottengasse
6-g, r0l0 vienna, ALrstria and
registered at the Handelsgericht wien under nurnber
FN r507 l4p (hereinafter ref-erred
to as thc "Lender").
WHEREAS
A
VACE Systemtechnik GmbH has concluded with the
Georgian Technical University
Tbilisi the purchase agreement no 228-2015 dated lst i
procurelnent, transport, and derivery ofeducationar
and other teaching and recturing ai<js, as weils
with a total Project value of EUR 7,000,000.
B
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3Oth September 20 l6 for the
and research equiprnent, machi,es
as, instailation and training for staff
Unicredit Bank Austria AG has agreed subject to the
terrrs and conditions set forth
thereirr' to provide tlre necessary financing fbr
above.
a purchasc agrcenrent referred to in
A
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oeKB (as defined below) has expressed its availability
to issue an oeKB Guarantee
(as defined berow) insuring the Lender against
sovereign risk deriving frorn the
fina.cing of trris Agreement. subject r.o the terms
and
conditiors thereunder.
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lT lS AGREED as foilorvs
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DEFINITIONSANDINTERPRETATIONS
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Definitions
ln tlris Agreernellt alld tlre Annexcs hereto the tbllowing
expressions shall have the
tbllowing rneanings:
"Annex" r].un, un annex to trris Agrcenrent the
to be incorporated into this Agreetlent and fornt
terms olwhicrr anrrex srra, be deerrred
a part thereof
"Availability period" rreans the period specified
Borrowings ntay be drawn against the Credit Facility.
"Borrorving" means an arnount drawn down
Facility.
.
in Annex 3 during which
by the Borrower against trre cr.edit
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"Business Day,, r,eans a day (orher tfr(,(SungAf
or Saturday) on which (a) banks arc
generally open for business in vienna unLT6iriri
of EUR, a Target Day.
-payment
"Closing Date" r,eans the date defined in
and, (b) in reration to any date for
Section 7 hereof.
"Credit Facility" trlealls Ihe ar]rount specified
in Annex 3 against which rhe Borror,r,er
rnay drau,Borrowings during the Availability period
"Disbursement Document" r,eans each of the
documen(s listed in Annex 4.
"Euro" or "EUR" or "€"
nreans the single currency of those merrrber
states of
the European Union that adopt the Euro as their
legislation of the Europea, comrnu,ity rerating
Union.
currency in accordance rvitrr
to European Economic and Morretary
"Extcrnal lndebtedness,, rneans any indebtedness
guarantees for ntoney borrowed) which IS:
(i)
for money borrowed (including
denominated, payabre or optionary payabre
Ceorgian lari; and/or
(ii)
owed lo a perso'r resident or rravirg its head
business outside Georgia.
"Event of Default" lneans any event or circumstance
ofllce or principar pracc or
specified as such in Sectio. g.l.
"Facility Account" nreans the account opened in t6e
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3.
otherwise than in the
name of the Borrower in
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"Interest Pal,mcnt Datcs" nreans 3lst March,3Oth June,3Oth Septernber and
3lst
Decenrber irl eacl.t year, provided that if any such date shall not be a Busirress
Day,
leferences to such date slrallbe to the irnrrrediatcly preceding Business Day.
"Loan" tlreans the aggl'egate principal amourll of the Bon'owings advancecl
under the
Credit Facility and for the time being ourstanding
"Mandatory Repaymenr Dates" rrreans the dates in each year specified in
Annex 3,
provided that if any such date shall not be a Business Day, references
to such date
shall be to the irnrnediately preceding Business Day.
"oeKB" rneans oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft, Am FIof 4, A_ I 0l I
Vienrra, Austria, being the Austrian export credit agency and acting for and
on behalf
of the Republic of Austria.
"OcKB Guarantee" nteans a guarantee with the number 234.800 issuecl by
OcKB in
respect of the Credit Facility for and on behalf of the Republic of ALrstria
in
accordance with the Export Pr.ortrotion Act l98l as amended.
"Party" tneans a party to this Agr.eement.
"Payment Procedure" tneans the procedure for the payrnent of Borrowings specified
in Annex 4.
"Project" means the project specified in Annex 2.
"Project Buyer" means the project buyer defined in Annex 2.
"Project Exporter" nreans the Austrian exporter defined as project exporter in
Annex 2.
"Purchase Agreement" means the agreement relating lo the project enterecl
nto
between the Project Exporter and the project Buyer and specified in Annex 2.
"Sanctions" nreans any trade, economic or financial sanctions laws, regulations,
embargoes or restrictive rleasures adrninisteled, enacted or enforced by (i) the Urrited
Nations, (ii) the Uuited States of Anlerica, (iii) the European Union, (iv) r5e Republic
of Austria or (v) the respective governmental institutions and agencies ol any of the
tbregoittg, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ol rhe
US Department of rreasury ("OFAC"), the United States Department of State and the
United States Department of Comlllerce.
"Section" rneans a section of this Agreement.
"Security" rreans any rnortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation, encumbrance,
title retention or other security interest of any kind whatsoever and howsoever arisipg.
"Target Day" meatrs a day on which the T'rans-European Autourated Real-Tirne Cross
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"UniCredit Group" nreans
U,icredit S.p.A ard rhose corpanies
or enrities, (a) in
directr-v or indirectry 25 yo
or rnore of lhe shares (or
which Unic'edit S.p.A hords
rights or
(b) which are conrroled
by r.j riCredit
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e power to direct the policies
or enrity whether by contract
or otrrer.wise.
Constructions
a)
Unress a co'trary indication
(i)
the ,,Lender',,
appears, any ref-erence in
the ,.Borrower,,,
the ,,project Exporter,,, .,project
"oeKB" sha, be conslrued so as
permitted assigns and permitted
(ii)
"asscts" includes present
(iii) a "the Agreement", "purchase
agreernent or instrurnent
restated;
transferees;
future, actual or contingent;
(whether incurred as principar
firm, cornpany, corporatio.,
or any association, trust
or not having separate legar
extencred or
or repaynrent or rnoney, whether
a "person" incrudes any person,
state or agency ofa state
agreenrenI or
Agreenrent or other
as amended, novated, ,uppl.,r."nr.o,
(iv) "indebtedness" incrudes any obrigation
(v)
and rights or
Agreernent", or any other-
to this Agreernent, purchase
as surety) tbr rrre payment
or
prcsent or
governrne^t,
or partnership (whether
personarity) or two or rnore
(vi) a "reguration" or "raw" incrudes
request or. guideline (whether
Buyer,, or
to incrude its successors in titre,
and futLrre properties, reverues
cvery descr.iptiorr;
rnstrurnent is a reference
this Agreenlent to:
of the foregoing;
any reguratio,, rure, otficial
directive.
or not having t^e force ,,
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or supranationar body, agency,
department or. regulatory,
self_regulatory or other
authority or
organisation;
governn)ental' intergovernrnentar
(vii) a provision ol law or regulation
anrended or re-enactecl;
b)
a tinre of day is a reference
c)
Section and Annex headings
d)
and
; a referetlce to that provision
rs
as
to Vienna tinre.
Unress a contrary indication
are fbr ease of reference
only.
appears, a term used in
any other docunrent
or in
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any rlotice given utlder or in connection with this Agreernent
has tlre sar,e
lneaning in that docurnent or notice as in this Agreentenl.
e)
Words impolting the sirrgtrlar number shall be construed
so as to include the
plural arrd vice versa.
f)
A Default is "continuing" if it has not been waived
OeKB overridc
1.3
a)
Notu,ithstarding anything to the corrtrary, nothing in this Agreernent
oblige the Lender to act (or onrit to act) in a nranner that is irrcorrsistent
requirement of OeKB under or in connection with the OeKB
shall
with any
Cuarantee ancl, in
particu lar:
o
the Lender shall be authorised to take ail sucrr actions as it may
necessary lo ensure that all requilemenls of oeKB urrder or ir.r
creem
connection
rvith the OeKB Cuarantce are cornplied with, and
(ii)
the Lcnder shall not be obriged to do anything if, in its opinion,
to do so
could result irr a breaclr ol' any requirenrents of oeKB under
connection with the oeKB Guarantee or alfect the validity
or in
of the oeKB
Guarantee.
(b)
The Borrower agree and acknowledge tha( the oeKB Guarantee is
an'angenlent between oeKB and the Lender and the Borrower
a separate
shall not have
any right ol'recou'se against tlre Lender in respect of or arising by reason
payment made by oeKB to the Lender pursuant to any oeKB
c)
Nothing in this Section 1.3 shallaffect the obligations of the Borrower.
2.
CREDIT FACILITY
2t
The Facility
a)
of any
Grarantee.
Subject to the ternrs of this Agreement, the Lender rnakes
available to the
Borrower an EUR credit facility in an aggregate principal arnornt
specitied as
the "Credit Facility" in Annex 3 hereof.
b)
The Lende. hereby agrees to make the credit Facility available
to the Borrower
during the Availability period on the terr,s arrd conditions set
fortrr in this
Agreernent, provided that a Borrowing may onry be made
under the credit
Facility in accordancc with the payment procedure specified in Annex
4.
c)
The credit Facility granted lrereunder is extended under and pursuant
provisions of the rules and regulations for
to the
export prontotion prornulgated by the
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Republic of Austria. The Bon'ower hereby takes note that the finarrcing is
supported by public aid funds with a concessionality level (according to OECDregulations) of 35.45 % (thirty five point forty five per cent) (as indication at t6e
date of this Agreernent)
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Purposc
(a)
The Borrower shall apply all anrounts borrowed by it under the credit Facility
towards financing of the Pro.iect by rnakirrg payments directly to tlre project
Exporter under the Purclrase Agreenretrt
(b)
Taxes and other pLrblic charges orved by the Borrorver urrder this Agreerrent
shall not be financed frorn the l,oan.
(c)
Taxes, customs duties and other public charges owed by the pro-lect Buyer
under the Purchase Agreement, shall not be financed from the Loan.
(d)
The Lender is not bound to monitor or verify the application of arry arnount
borrowed pursuant to this Agreernent.
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Facility Account
The Lcnder shall open a Euro facility account in the narne of the Borrower', designated
"Facility Account". Each Borrowing made hereunder shall be debited to the Facility
Accottnt, in accordarrce with this Agreenrent, value the date of payrrerrt of suclr
Borrowing. Repayrlents and prepayrnents shall be applied to tlre Facility Account
accord ingly.
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Independcncc of Agrecment and Purchasc Agrecment
The Agreernent and the Purchase Agreernent are separate and independent agreements.
No failure of the Project Exporter to fulfil its obligations under the Purclrase
Agreen.rent shall affect the obligations of'the Borrower towards the Lender, nor shall
the Lender be liable for any failure ofthe Project Expolter and/or any other party to
the Purchase Agreernent.
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INTBREST
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Interest on the Facility Account
TIre Borrowel will pay interest on the lnterest Paynrent Dates al. a fixed rate as
specified irr Anuex 3, calculated orr the Loan.
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Computation and Date for Payment of lnterest
Interest dr.re in accordance with Section 3.1 shall accrue from day to day, shall be
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cornputed on the basis of trre actuar
nurnber of days erapsed and a year
o1.360 days,
arrd, except as provided irr Section
6.2. sirail be paid quarterry,,., urr.rr.
Borrorver to the [_ender.on the Interest payrnent
by the
Dates.
Default Intercst
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lf the Bort'ower fails to pay when due any arrount
payable by it under this Agreenrent,
it shall paf interest on such overdue arnount
fronr
date of actuar payrnent at the rate
the date of such fairure up to
rhe
specified in Annex 3. Delaurt interest
Sectio,3.i shail be cornputed on trre basis of the
year of360 days and sha, be due
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FEBS AND EXPENSES
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Commitment Fee
a)
and pa1'abre on the Interest payment
The Borrower shail pay to trre Lender.for
refurrdable comnritment fee at the rale
ttre date
day of the Avairabirity period
a non_
specified in Annex 3.
The cornmitnrent fee due in accordance
by the Lender:
(i)
and a
Dates.
the period frorn and incruding
of this Agreernert to and incruding the rast
b)
as per this
actuar number of days erapsed
with Section 4.r a) shalr be carcurated
on the und'awn barance of the Credit Facirity
on the date of trris
Agreement and on each successive
Interest payrnent Dates during
the
Availability period (the ,.Calculation
Date,,); and
(ii)
on the basis ofthe actual number
arrd sha'be paid in arrears by the
Payment Date irnmediately following
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ofdays erapsed and a yea'of360
Borrower to the Lender on the
days
lrterest
the Calculation Date.
Management Fce
within 30 (thirry) calendar days fr.orr the
date of this Agreernent, the Bor.rower
shall
pay to the Lender the non_refundable
managernent fee specified in Annex
3 calcLrlated
on the anrourrt ol'the Credit Facility.
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OeKB Guarantee premrum
a)
OeKB Guarantee premium payablc up_front
within 30 (thirty) care,dardays fi-om the
date of this Agreernent, the Borrower
sha, pay to the Lender (for the account
of oeKB) an upfront part of the
oeKB
Guarantee
premiuln in the antount specified in
Annex 3.
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OeKB Guarantee premium payable as margin
Starting with the fir'st Interest payrnent Date foilowing
Borrower shalr pay to the Lender'(for the account of
trre crosing Date, the
oeKB) the rernaining part
of the oeKB Guarartee prerniurn payabre as a nrargin at the
rate as carculated
by oeKB and specified ir.r Arrnex r Sucir part or-the oeKB
cuarantee
prenriunr
shall bc due and payabre q.arterry i, arrears on each rnterest paynrert
c)
Date.
The final anrount of the oeKB Guararrtee prerniurn payabre
up-frorrt and trre
oeKB cuarantee prernium payabre as margrn as weil as the payr.ert
schedure
of the oeKB Guarantee prerniunr payabre as rnargin wi, be deterrnined
by
oeKB upon issuance of the oeKB cuarantee. The Lender shail promptry
rrotiry
tlre Bolrower of such flnal anrourrs and the payrnent scheclule
accordingly
arrd
such notif'jcation shall becotne an inlegral parr of this Agreernept
with Section I I.5.
d)
ip accordarrce
If the final amount of the oeKB Guarantee premium payabre up-front
deterrni,ed a,d notified as referred to in paragraph (c) above
amounI specified in Annex 3, the Borrower shail promptry
the Lerrder indernnify the Lender for the amount of such
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exceecrs the
on first dernand by
surplus.
Increased OeKB costs
In the evert of any amendmenr of this Agreement (incruding
without rimitation any
clra,ge in the aggregate principal amount covered by the
oeKB Guarantee or any
extensio. of any of the Mandatory Repayrnent Dates),
alnount of its charges in'respect of the oeKB Guarantee
prerniurn to thc Lcnder. The Lender shall promptly
oeKB may re-carcurate the
and rrray charge an additional
notily the Borrower of any such
lncrease in the clrarges in respect of tlre OeKB Guararrtcc
and thc Borrower.shall
within l0 Business Days of first demand by the Lender indernnify
the Lender for the
amount of any such additional premiunr.
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Handling fee of OeKB
Witlrin 30 (thirry) calendar days fi.on rhe date of this
pay to the Lender (for the account of OeKB)
an'rount specified irr Anrrex 3.
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Agreernent, the Borrower shall
the non-refundable handlirrg fbe in the
Cost and Expenses
a)
The Borrower shall prornptly on denrarrd pay the
Lender the anrount of all costs
and expenses (including but not rirnited to regar
fees a,d traver expenses)
reasonably incurred by the Lender rn cornectron
preparation and execution of rhis Agreernerrt (sub,ject
b)
with trre negotiatior,
to the cap of EUIt 5.000).
The Borrower shall, within l0 (ten) Business Days
of demand, pay to the
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Lender the arnount of ail costs ard expenses (incruding
but not rinrited to legar
f'ees, translations and travel expenses) incurrcc,l
by the Lender i, cornectio,
with the errforcer,ent of- or the preservatiorr of ar), rights
c)
u.der this Agreerrent.
All taxes, duties, expenses or otSer charges levied on the Lender
in relation to
this Agreenrert ard the t'a,sactio,s contenrplatcd hereunder,
shall be fbr the
account of the Bo.rower and shall be payable by the Borrower.to
d)
the Lender
If the Borrower requests an arrendment, waiver or consent in relation
Agreenrent, the Borrower shalr, within l0 (ten) Business
reirnburse the Lender for the arnount of ail costs and
to this
Days of denrand,
cxpenses (incruding but
not limited to regar fees and traver expenses) reasonabry i.curred
by the Lender
in respondirrg to, evaluating, negotiating or cornprying with trrat request
or
feq u I rement.
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REPAYMENT
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Mandatory Repayment
Tlte Loan which is outstanding at lhc end of the Availability period
the Bo'r'owcr on the Mandatory Repayrnent Dates as specified
Borrower nray not reborrow any part of the credit Facirity which
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slrall be repaid by
in Annex 3. The
is repaid or.prepaid.
Voluntary Prepayment
a)
The Borrower rnay prepay trre whole or any part (if part, in
the arnount set fortlr
in Annex 3 or integral murtipres thereof) of the Loan upon giving
at reast 30
(thirty) calendar days prior written notice (such notice to
be irrevocable) of the
proposed prepayment date ro the Lender subject to the
approvar ofoeKB and
subject to payments of any break costs (as may be charged
by ocKB to the
Lender in the discretion of OeKB) incurred by the Lenrjer.
b)
Any such prepaynrenr shall, it made during the Avairabirity period,
reduce the
arl.unt of the C'edit Facility by arr amourt equal to srch prepayr,ent.
refe'ences to the credit lracility in this Agreernent shalltherealter
Any
be deemed to
be references to the amount specified in Annex 3 as so reduced.
Any such
prepayment shail, if nrade after the expiry of the Avairabirity period,
be applied
to satisfy the ne,rt following repayment instarments due thereafter.
c)
Tlre Borrower rnay not reborrow any part of the credit Facility
which is prepaid.
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PAYMENTS
Notice of Payment
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Method of Payment
a)
Euro is the currency of accou,t a.d payment tbr
Borrower under this Agreenrent, provided however
any sum due fronr the
that each payrnent in respect
of costs, experses or taxes shail be macre in the currency
expc,ses o' taxes are incurred. Any amount
currency other than euro shall be paid in that other
b)
irr which the costs,
expressed to be payabre irr a
currency.
on each date on which the Borrower is required to nrake a payment
under this
Agreernent, tlre Borrower slrall rnake the same arnount
available to tlre Lender
(unless a contrary indication appears in this
Agreernent) for varue on the due
date at the time and in sucrr funds specified by
the Lender as being custorlary at
the tinre for settlement of transactions in the rerevant
currercy in the prace
of
payment.
c)
Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not
a Business Day shall
be nrade on the preceding Business Day.
d)
All payments by the Borrower to the Lender urrder this Agreemenl shall
rnade to suclr account in the principal tinancial cerrtre
be
of'the country of that
c,rrency (or, in reration to euro, in Vienna) as the Lcnder-specifies.
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All paynients to be nrade by the Borrorver rrnder this Agreernent
set-off or coutlterclaim and fi'ee arrd clear ol and rvithoqt
shall be nracle without
deduction for or.orr accor.r'rt
ol, any present or fttture taxes, dutics, deductions, withholdirrgs
or.other charges of
required by law to rnake such
deduction lf so reqtrired b1' law, the su.r due fi'onr the
Borrower in respect of such
paylllent shall be increased to the extent necessary
to ensure lhat alter rnaking of suc5
dedtrction ol taxes, duties. deductions, withholdings
whatsoever nature ol ceorgia unless the Borrower is
t'eceives on the due date for such paynrent a net
or other charges the Lender
sunl equal to tlre surn which it would
have received had no such deduction of taxes, duties,
deductions, witlrholdings or
other charges been required to be made. The Borrower
shall prorrptly deliver to the
Lender any |eceipts, certificates or other ploof evidencing
payable in respect of any deduction or withholding
6.4.
the arnounts (if arry) paid or
as aforesaid.
Increased Costs
a)
If the result of (x) any charrge in, or the introduction of, any
raw, regLrratio, or
regulatory requirement; or (y) any change in the irrlerpretation
thereof or cornpriarrce by the Lender with any crirection,
or application
request or requirenrent
(whetlrer or not having the fo'ce of raw) of any centrar
regulatory or other authority (including, in each case,
bank, nronetary,
without lirnitation, those
rerating to capitar adequacy, IiqLridity, reserve assets and
(i)
speciar deposits) is to:
ircrease the cost to, or impose an additionar cost on,
trre Lender in
making o' keeping its commitment avairabre or maintaining
or tundirrg
the Loan; andloc
(ii)
reduce the amount payable or the eff'ectrve return to the
Lender under tlris
Agreement; andlor
(iii) reduce the Lender's rate of retu.r on its overail capitar by reason of a
change in the nranner in which it is required to ailocate capital
r.esources
to its obligations under this Agreernent; and/or
(iv) require the Lender to rnake a payrnent or forgo a retunr on, or calculated
by reference to, any amourt received or receivabre by it under trris
Agleement,
then the Lender shall notify thc Borrower in writing of the occurrencc
of a,y of
such cost, reducr.ion, payment or forgone'eturrr arrd thc Borrower.shall
pay to
the Lender on denrand a,y such cost, reduction, paynrent or forgone rer.urn
already incurred or suffered by the Lender.
b)
Any certificate of the Lender as to such cost, reduction, payment or forgone
return shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evide,ce and
binding on the Borrower.
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c)
For tlre purpose of this Section 6.4 tlre Lender Ina1,
spread costs and/or losses arlrong rts assets and
on such basis as they corrsider appropnate.
6.5
i;1 good faith allocate or
liabilrties (or any class thereof)
Appropriation of payments
a)
All payrnents received by the Lender from tlre Borrower hereurrder
the Lender varies the order of application) be applied
will (Lrnless
by the Lender towards
payment o1'amoltnts due hereLrnder in the following
order, ancl the Bor.rower
hereby collsents to the application of such paynrents in
such order (and to any
variation thereof by, the Lender):
(i)
arlout.lts due under Section 4.2 (Management Fee);
(ii)
arnounts due under Section 4.5 (Handlingfee of
OeKB);
(iii) arnounts dLre under Section 4 3 (oeKB gltorantee premiunt);
(iu) antounts due under Section 4.1 (Comntittnent l_-ee);
(v)
arnounts due under Section 4.6 (Cost anri Expenses);
(vi) anlounts due under Section 3.3 (Defautt Interest);
(vii) amounts overdue under Section 3.1 (lnlerest on the Facility Account),
(viii) amounts overdue under Sectio.r 5.r (Mandatory Repaymenr).
(ix) arrourts due under Section 3.1 (lnterest on the l-aciliry Ac.count);
(x)
amouuts due uuder Section 5.1 (Mandatory Repaymenl);
(xi) amounts due under Section 5.2 (Voluntary prepayment);
(xii) any other anrounts due (ifany).
b)
The I-ender shall plornptly inforrn tlrc Borrower of the application
ol'paynrents
nrade. Any i,structions to the contrary given by the Borrower
shall be
d isregarded.
c)
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that OeKB has under the OeKB
Guarantee
reserved towards the Lender the right to vary the appropriation
of paynrents as
set out above. In strch case the Lender shall immediately inform
the Borrower in
writing and the Borrower shall accept the appropriation of OeKB and
hereby
undertakes to l'epay the Loan and any otlrer anrounts outstanding
urrder. tlris
Agreement as then notified (including a detailed calculation) by the
Le,der to
the Borrower.
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The Lender rnay set off any rnatured obligatiorr clue frorn
the Borrower Lrnder this
the Lender to tlre Borrower,
regardless of the place of paynrent, booking branch
or currency of either obligation. If
Agreetrrerrt against atry nratured obligation orved by
the obligatiorls are in different currencies, lhc Lender
may convert either obligation at
a tllarket rate ofexchange in its usual course ofbusiness
for tlre purpose ofthe set-off.
1.
CONDITIONSPRECEDENT
a)
This Credit Facility shall becorne available to the Borrower
orr t'e date
("closing Date") on which the Lender confirms to the Borrower
received in a form and substance satisfactory to it (or irr
trrat it has
respect of any sucrr
docunlent or eviderrce, has waived receipt (hereof) the following
docurrents and
evidences:
(i)
a copy of the purchase Agceernent;
(ii)
a ceftificale executed by a dury authorised officer of the project
Exporter
at a date not more than fourteen days prior to the Crosing Date
substantiaily in the forr, of A,nex 5 confirrning that the purchase
Agreentent in the forrn submittcd to thc Lcnder is in tull lbrce
and ell'ect
(subject to the effectiveness of tlris Agreement orrly);
(iii) a legal opinion from the Ministry ol JLrstice of Georgia substantially in
the forrn agreed between trre parties prior the date of this Agreement,
together with certified copies of any consents or authorisations refer.ed
to
in such opinion;
(iv) a copy of the authorisation issued by the Governrn'ent of ceorgia
authorising the Ministry of Finance to sign this Agreement
(v)
the copies of the photo-identifications and specirnen signatures of
person authorised to sign this Agreement and to sign notices
the
to be given
to the Lender. hereunder on behalf of the Borrower;
(vi) a copy of the ratification decree of this Agreement by the parliarnent of
Georgia;
(vii) confil'mation by the process agent substantially in thc lbrm ol'Annex 6 of
its acceptance ofthe process agency,
(viii) payrnent of the ntanagement fee according to Section 4.2;
(xi) payment of allcosts and expeuses (if any) payable pursuanr to Section 4.6
a);
(x)
the OeKB Guarantee,
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(*i) payrrerr of trre up-rr.ont part or'the ocKB cuaranlee prernitrr,
to Secrion 4.3 a);
(xii) payrnent of the handling fee of oeKB according to Scctiorr
(xiii) a refi.arcing agreement betrvee, the Lender and
Fac i I ity;
accord i ng
4.5;
oeKB fbr the credit
(xiv) a side agreernent betweerr the Lender.and the project
Exporter;
(xv) such other docunrent, evidence or autrrorisation
which the Lender
it has notified the Borrower
accordingly) in connection with the ently into
and per.fornra,ce of the
transactions cortemprated by this Agrecr,e^t
or fbr the validitv and
considers to be necessary or desirabre (if
enforccabi lity of this Agrecrncnt;
(xvi) such docurrcnrs as the Lender rnay rcqrrre as proof
of cornpriance by it
with the provisions of the Austrian Banking Act
rerating to rno.ey
laundering and custorner iclentification;
(xvii) such other documents as the Lender may reasonabry
may lequire on the issuance of the OeKB Guarantee.
(b)
require or as oeKrl
Upon satisfaction of ail the aforernentioned conditiorrs,
the Lender sharl
fbr-thwith notify the Borrower to that effect. rf
such co,ditiorrs shail not have
been satisfied within 60 (sixty) carendar days after
the date of this Agreenrent
(or within any other Ionger period as the Lender
may agree),
without pre-lucrice
to the Borrower's obligations under Sections 4.2 and4.5,
obliged to disburse any Borrowing hereunder.
(c)
the Lender shall not be
ol the above rnentioncd crocuments and noticcs shail be in I:ngrisrr
or
ce'nran. If not irr Engrish or Gernan a certified transratio,
Each
in Engrisrr or
Gel'man shall be attached to said document.
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trVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Events of Default
Each of the following events srrail constitute an Event
(a)
of Default:
The Borrower does not pay on the due date any amourt payabre
pursuant to trris
Agreenrent at trre place and in the currency in which it is payabre
fhilure ro pay is caused by adnrinistrative or tcchnicar error; and
unress its
paynrent is
nrade within l0 (ten) Business Days ol'its dLre dalel
(b)
The Borrorver does not cornply with arry provision of this Agreerlept (other
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than those referr.ed to in Sectjon g.l (a) above;
(.)
Any representation or statement rnade or deenred to be rnade
by the Borrower in
this Agreement or any other docurnent derivered by or on beharf
Borrower u,der o'in connection with this Agreernenl is
lncorrect or nrisleading in anl,nraterial rcspect wherr rnade
rnade;
(d)
of rhe
or proves to have been
(i) Any External lrrdebtedness of the Borrorver is not paid
or deerned to be
when dLre withirr arry
originally appricabre grace per iod or is decrared to be or ottrerwise
becornes due
and payable prior to its specified rnaturrty as a result of an
event of default
(however described) or (ii) any cornnritrnent for any E,xternal
the Borrowe'is cancelled or suspe,ded by a respective creditor
as a'esurt of an event of defaurt (however described)
lndebted.ess of
of tlre Borrower
or (iii) any creditor of the
Borrower beco.res entitled to declare any Exterrral Indebtedrress
of rhe
Borrower due a'd payable prior to its specified rnaturity as
a resurt of an event
of default (however descri bed);
(")
any Iicences, consents, registrations or approvals (gover,rnental
or otherwise)
required for the varidity, e^forceabirity or regality of this Agreenrent
Loa, or the pe'fo.nance thereof is withdrawn or ceases for any reaso,
full force and effect;
(f)
or the
to be in
A rrroratoriLrrr is declared on the payrnent of any Extcrrral Irrdebtedness
Borrower or the Borrower is unabre to pay its Externar Indebtedness
due or cornmerlces negotiations with any or rnore of its forcign
of the
as they fail
creditors with a
view to the general readjustrnent or r.escheduling of its External lndebtedness;
(e)
The Borrower ceases to be a rnember in good standing or becomes
ineligible to
use the l'esources of the International Monetary Fund.
(h)
It is or becornes unlawful for the Borrower to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement.
o
The Borrower
'epudiates
this Agreement or evidences an intention to repudiate
tltis Agreernent.
0)
OeKB Guarantee and/or the reflnancing agreement with oeKB for the Credit
Facility ceases to be in full force and effect;
(k)
The National Bank (or any other competent authority) of ceorgia fails duly
perfornr any act or diligence as are necessary to enable the Borrower to
to
satisfy
in euro the obligations of the Bo'rorver under this Agreernerrt;
(l)
Any event or series of events occur(s) which has, or in the reasonable opinion of
the Lender could be expected to have, a material adverse effect to the ability of
tlre Borrowel to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement,
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provided hou,evel that no Event of Default under Section 8 I (b), (c), (d), (e) and (l)
above will occur if such default is capable ol'remedy and is rernecliecl within 30
(thirty) Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Lender giving rvritten notice to the
Borrower or (ii) the Borrower beconring arvare of suclr default.
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Action upon Events of l)efault
(a)
lf an E,vcnt of Detault has occurred and at any tirnc theleatier shall then be
continuing any or all of the following actions rnay be taken by the Lerrder:
(i)
the Lender nray by written notice to the Borrower declare the principal of
and accrued interest in respect ofthe Loan and all othel amounts payable
to the Lender hereurrder to be forthwith due and payable, whereuporr tlre
same shall becorne l'orthwith due and payable; ancl/or
(ii)
the Lender may by written notice to the Borrower declarc thc credit
Facility telrninated, whereupon the Lender's obligation to rrrake and
continue the Loan hereunder shall terminate inrmediately.
(b)
The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Lender orr dernand against all
losses, reasonable expenses and liabilities which tlre Lender rrray sustairr as a
consequence of any de[ault (including but not limiled io any interest paid by tlre
Lender to lenders of funds borlowed by it to maintain any arnounts in default).
A certificate by a duly authorised officer of the Lender setting fbrth the arloult
of such losses, reasonable expenses and liabilities and the basis of calculation
thereof, when forwarded to the Borrower, shall (save for rnanifest en-or) be
conclusive evidence of the arnount of such losses, expeuses and liabilities,
provided that such certificate shall be supported by documerrts to give evidence
ofsLrch losses, expenses and liabilities and such certificates shall be supported
by appropriated docurnents.
(c)
The Borrower shall, as sooll as it becornes aware of the sarne. give written
notice to the Lender of:
o
any Event ol"Default; or
()
any condition, cvent or act rvlrich with thc giviug of notice or lapse ol'
tirne or both or tlre fulfilment of any condition could lead to or constitute
an Event of Default.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS
9r
Reprcsentations
The Bolrowet'tnakes as at the date of this Agreement tlre tbllowing representations:
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the Borrower has the power to enter
heretrnder and to execute, deriver
necessary action to authorise the
authorise the execurio,, derivery
into this Agreement ard to
and perfornr this Agreement
borrow
and has taken a,
terrs and conditiors of this Agreenrent
and to
and perfornrance of this Agreerrrert;
(b) ail au(ho'isatro'rs, ricenses, colrserts, registrations
or approvars (governrnentar
the Borrowcr in connectron with
the
executron, derivery, perfbrrnance,
r,aridity or en[orceabirity of this
Agr.eenrerrt
or otrrerwise) necessarl, on the part of
have been obtainecr or effected
(c)
arrd are in fu, for-ce and eff.ect;
this Ag.eenrerlt constitures a regar. valid
and binding obrigation of the
Borrower.
enfor.ceable rn accordarrce with
its terms;
(d)
the execution, derivery and performance
provision of any existing raw or
of this Agreenrent wi, not viorate
any
reguration appricabre to the
Borrower of any
other agreement, contract or undertaking
which is binding upon itor its assets,
(e)
the Borrower is not in default with
YvrrIUrr the
""'b to
trrtr Dorl'ower
Borr
'v which
ts a party or
any paynrent of its External In.ebtedness
and no Event of Derault has occurred
expected to result from the rnaking
(f)
or is continuing or rnight reasonabry
be
of any Borrowirrg;
The choice of Austrian raw as the governing
law of trris Agreenrent arrd arry
judgment obtained in Austria
in reratron to this Agreement wi,
be recognised
and enforced in Georgia.
(g)
The paynlerrt obligations of the Bo.rower
under rhis Agreernent rank at
least
part passu with tlre clairns of all its
otherunsecured and unsuborclirratecl
credito.s, except for obrigations mandatoriry
(h)
Under the raw of ceorgia it is ,ot necessary
recorded or enrored with any court
that this Agreernent be fired,
or other autrrority in Georgia or that
any
stanrp, registration or simirar tax be paid
tlre transactions conternplated by this
(i)
on or in reration to this Agreement
t'e Borrower's execution of this Agreement constitutes,
constitute' private and commerciar acts
conrmercial purposes.
the Borrower is a member in good standing
in the financiar condition of trre Borrower
In
'espect
and
and eligibrc to use the resources
clt
has been no material aclverse change
since the date or the rMF. country
Report No. il/g7 for (ieorgia prepared by
published orr 2l Aprir20lr, which report
and the Borrower,s
of its obrrgations hereunder wi,
done and performed for private
tlre lrrterrrational Monetary Frrrd and tlrere
(k)
or
Agreement.
exercise of its rights and perrbrmance
0)
preferred by the appricabre raw.
Internatiorrar Monetary rru.d and
is accepted by the Borrower.
of trris Agreement and in respect of its obrigations
and rights under
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this Agrccrncnt, thc Borr ou,el is actirrg
110t as a'agent or tfustee
o
as principar a,d [or its own
or irr an-v otrrer capacity on beharf
Neither the Borrorver nor the project
Security on the wlrole or any part of
Agreernent.
account arrd
of any other party.
Buyer has created or agreed to
the goods supplied pursuanr
create any
to the purchase
(m) to tlre best of its knorvledge and
Buyer. or any of its afllliates or
o
on its behalf have offered. given,
payntent or improper advantage
connection with this Agreentent;
(n)
'l-he Loart will
not be used, lcnt, cont.ibLrted or orherrvise
Irallller or for any prlrpose that is prohibited
vioration of Sanctions by trre Borrower
by Sanctions or would result in
a
or arry or- its agencics (or arry or-
otficers, enrployees or agcnts acting on their
(o)
Neitrrer the Borrower
their
behalf),
'or any of its agerrcies (nor any of their officers,
emproyees or agents acting on their
designated target of, or is otherwise
beharf), so far as it is aware, is
enforce its respective rights under this
Lender is ricenced, quarified or entitred
enforcernent of the Agreernent.
The representations set out above shall
to carry on business in Georgia. The
on business or subject
the execution, derivery, pertbrmance
or
survive lhe execution olthis Agreernent
shall be deerned repeated on each date of
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or trre
of the Agreement, tlrat the
need to be resident, domicired, carrying
to taxation in Georgia by reason onry of
Date.
to enable the Lender to
Agreernerrt, or (ii) by reason
execution, delivery, perfornrance ancl enforcement
'ot
cur.rentry a
a subject of, Sanctions;
(p) It is not necessary urrder the law of ceorgia (i)
in order
Lender does
made available in any
and
Borrowi,g and on each rnterest payrnent
U ndertakings
The Borrower rrereby covenants and undertakes
(a)
The Borrower sha, (and shall ensure that
(i)
with and to the Lender as foilows:
the project Buyer will):
(x) rnaintain records adequate to identify the
goocrs and servioes financed
by the Loan, (y) disclose trre use thereof in the project
and (z) record the
progress ofthe project, including the cost
thereol
(ii)
allow the Lcnder's and/or oeKB's representatives
the undertaking of the pro-iect Buyer, the goods
pursuant to the purchase Agreemenl and
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and services supplicd
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docurnents;
(iii) furnish to the Lender ail such irrfor-mation as the Lender
co,cerning the experrditure of the Loan, the pro.iect
servtces supplied pursuatrt to the purchase Agr.eement.
(b)
The payrne,t obligations of trre Borrower under this
Agreernent sharl rank at
least pari passiz wilh ail other outstanding unsecured
Exterrral lrrdebtedness of the Borrower except for
mandatorily preferred by the applicable larv.
(c)
The Borrower shall not (and shail ensure that the project
or perr,it to subsisr any Security over any of the goods
Purchase Agreernent other than any rien a.isirg
(d)
shail request
and the goods and
and unsubordinated
obrigatiorrs that arc
Buyer wilr not) create
suppried pursuant to the
by operation of raw.
From the date of this Agreement and so rong as
any parl of the Loan sha,
rernain outsta,di,g, the Borrower shail not create
or agree to cr.eate any
Security on the whole or any part of its assets to
secure an1, External
I,debtedness or to secure a guarantee ofany Externar
Indebtedness, unress the
Loan shall be secured equary and rateabry therewith
satisfaction.
(e)
The Borrower shalr not (arrd shail ensure that trre project
vary, llovate, sLrpplernent, supersede, warve, suspend
to trre Lender,s
Buyer wiil not) arnerrd,
the operation of, repudiate
or terrninate any rernl 0f any of the purchase Agreernent without
wntten collsent of'the Lender and OeK
(f)
The Borrower sha, comply in arr respects with arl requests
by trre Lender
derived f'or, requirernents of oeKB imposed on the Borrower
u'der or by
reason of the OeKB Cuarantee.
(g)
The Borrower shall etlsure that,either it nor any of its
ernployees or agents acting on its behalf will offer, give,
officers, directors,
insist on, receive or
solicit any iilegal payrnent or irnproper advantage to influence
person irr connection with the Agreernent.
(h)
the pr.ior
trre action of any
The Borrower shal I not (and shall ensure that neither
any of its agencies nor any of its
and any of its agencies' officers, enrployees or agents acting
on its or their be5all) use,
lerrd, contribute or otherwise nrake available any part
of the Loans in any marrner or
for arry pulpose that is prohibited by Sanctions or would result irr
Sarrctious by the Borrower or any of its agencies (or any
agents
acting
on
a violation of
of their offrcers, ernproyees
their
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GO\/EIINING LAW AND ARBITRATION
Govcrning Larv
This Agreerrent shail be governed by the law of the Repubric of
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Arbitration
(a) Any dispute, colltroversy ol clairtt arising out of or irr conrrectiorr with rhis
Agreenlent including any question which nray arise in connection
with the
of
creation, existence, validity, effect, termination, inter.pretation, perforrnance
or breach of, or the legal relationships established by, tl.ris Agreernent (includi,g
claims for set-off or counterclairn) (a "Dispute") shall be referred
to, and finally
setlled by, arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation
lrrternational Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Econonric
of the
Chamber
Austria in Vie,rra (Vienrra Rules). as in force at the date at whiclr
proceedings are referred to arbitration. (the ,,Rules,,).
(b)
There shall be thlee arbitrators appointed in accordance with the Rules;
the
tle seat
of the arbitration shall be vierrna, Austria; the language olthe arbitratiop
shall
be English.
(c)
Any decision of the arbitral tribirnal shall be final and binding and the parties
of
this Agreement hereby irrevocabry waive any rights to any forrn of appeal,
revrew or recourse to any state or other judicial authority in so far as such
waiver nray validly be rnade.
(d)
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ln any arbitral proceeding, the certificate of the Lender as to any amount due to
the Lender shall be prima facie evidence of such amount.
0.3 Process agent
(a)
without prejudice to any other mode of service allowe<j Lrnder any r.elevant law,
the Borrower herewitlr irrevocably appoints the Embassy of Georgia in
Republic of Austria as its agent for selvice of process in relation to any
proceedings as nrentioned in Section 10.2 above. The Borrower agr.ees that
a
failure by the process agent to notily (he Borr owcr of the process will not
invalidate the proceedings concerned and that it will appoirrt pronrptly anotlrer
process agent ifthe current process agent can no longer perforrn its duties.
(b)
The Borrower shall provide the Lender with an acceptance of such appointnrent
in a forrn as set up in Annex 6.
10.4 Immunity
(a)
To the firllest extenl perrnitted by the laws o['Georgia, the Borrowcr lrcreby
ir|cvocably and unconditionally waives generally all immunity it or its assets or
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revellttes tra)/ otherw'se have in any jurisdiction, including iurmunity in respect
ol (i) the giving of any relief by rvay of injLrnction or orcier lbr specific
perfornrance or for the recovery ofassets or assets or revenues; and (ii) tftc issue
of any process against its assets or revenues for the enfbrcernent of a.judgernelt
or arbitratiorl award or, in au action ad renr, for the arrest, detention or sale of
any of its assets or revenues.
(b)
Notrvithstanding the foregoing the Borlower does not waive any suclr irrrnurrily
in respect of (i) its property of diplomatic or consular rnission of Ceorgia, (ii)
property of a rnilitary character and under the cotrtrol of a military authority or
defence agency, (iii) property located in Georgia and dedicated to a public or
goverlllnelltal use, (iv) property of the Nalional Bank of Ceorgia whether or not
held in a Georgian or a notr-Ceorgian bank or any other financial institution,
and (v) any other property located in Georgia having suclr irnrnunity lionr
enforcetneut in accordance with the mandatory provisions of legislation of
Georgia.
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GENERAL
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Notices
(a)
Any cornmunication in connecl.ion with this Agrecment must be in writing in
the English language and may be given by post, fax or any electronic
comnrun icatiorr. For the purpose of th is Agr eernent, an electron ic
comrnunicatiorr will be treated as being in writing.
(b)
Tlre contact details for all notices in connection with this Agreernent are as set
tbrth in Anncx l. Any Party rna1, changc its contact dctails by giving tive
Bttsiness Days'notice to the other Parry. Where a Party nominates a particular
departrnent or officer to receive a notice, a notice will not be effective if it tails
to specify that department or officer.
(c)
Except as provided below, any notice in connection with this Agreernept will be
deerned to be given as follows:
o
ifposted, five days after being deposited in the post, postage prepaid, in a
correctly addressed envelope with a copy delivered by fax or by e-rnail;
(ii)
if by fax, when received in legible forrn; and
(iii) if by e-rnail or any other electrouic conrntunication, orr receipt.
Any conrrnurrication received on a non-\.\,orkirrg day or after business lrouls in
the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the next working day in
that place.
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No failure or delay on lhe part of
privirege hereu,der a,d no course
slrall operate as a *ai'cr thereof;
po\ver or. privilege hereu,der
exercise of any other right,
the Lendcr in exercisi
or- dearing between th.
nor s'all an,, si,glc
I any right, power or
B
,.",:;':,:;:::jj:TilT:
",.
precludc any other or further
exerclse thereof or the
power or privirege. The rights
expressly provided are cumulative
the Lender would otherwise have.
shall entitle the flerl'elvsr to any
sante circutlrstances or constitute
further action in reration to such
and rerrredies herein
and not exclusive of any rigrrts
No notice to or demand on the
or remedies which
Borrower in any case
other or further notice or. delnand
in respect of the
a waiver of the righrs of the
Lender of arry other or
circurnstances rvitrrout notrce
or denrand.
I 1.3 Partial Invalidiry
If, at any tinre' any provision of this
Agreement is or becomes iregar,
invarid or
any law of any juriscriction, neither
the regarity,
validity or e,fbrceabiriry of the renraining
pr-ovisions nor the regarity.
varidity or
enfbrceabirity orsucrr provisron
under.thc raw of any other jurisdictiJrr
wi, in any
unenforceabre i' ary respccl uncrer
be affected or irnpaired and the
parties thereto wiil use thcir
the irtvalid provisio, so as to rerrder
expressed therein.
n.4
way
best errdeavours to revisc
it enforceabre in accordance with
the intention
Assignment
(a)
The Borrower may not witrrout
transfer the whole or any part
this Agreerrent.
(b)
the prior written consent of the
The Lender r,ay assign or transfer
full or in part to:
(i)
Lender assig. or
of its rights and obligations under
or irr respect of
any of its rights and obrigations
hereunder in
OeKB;
(ii) the Republic olAusrria; andlor.
(iii) any nrenrber of UniCredit Croup
without the prior consent of the Borrower.
(c) The Lender may assign or transfer any of its
full or in part to any other assignee lvitrr
provided however that:
(i)
such consent not to be unreasonabry
given if ,o repry has been received
witrrin 30 (thi,,y) carendar days
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the prior .onr.n, of the [Jorrower,
withherd and deemed to rrave
been
by the Lender fi.om trre Borrower.
of service of a request for co,sent,
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(ii)
sttch conselrt is rrot lequired if an Event of Default
Default has occurred and is continuing.
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or a potential Event of
Amendmcnts to the Agreement
This Agreenlent rnay not be rrodified or arnended
other than by wr.itten instrurnents,
provided that any such nlodification or amerrdrnerrt
shall enter inlo force when duly
signed by the parties and ratified by tire parliarrent
of Georgia.
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Confidentialiry,
(a)
Sub.iect to Section il.6 (b) berow. ail inforrnation
rerating ro this Agreernert,
whether in written or oral forrn, shall be co,fidential
unless it has r.eached the
public dornain. Each party (the "First party") undertakes
that it wiil not, without
the prior written consent of the other party, discrose any
inforrnation to any person:
(i)
except to directors, enrployees, agents andlor adviser-s
such confidentiar
of the First party or
a,y affiriate or any agency of the First party, to whonr, in
the First party disclosure of sucrr inforrnation is necessary
the opinion of
to enable the
First Party to cornply with its obligations under this Agreernerrt;
(ii)
except to compry with any requrrcrnent of Iaw or
request of any
goverlrnental or regulatory agency or rn connection
witlr any litigation,
arbitration or other court proceedlng: or
(iii) exccpt to directors, employees, agents and/or advisers of the First party
any affiriate or any agency of the First party, to whonr,
or
in the opiniorr of
tlrc First party disclosure of sucrr information is necessary
First Party to cornply with any internal approval regulations
to errabre the
fronr tinre to
tinre.
(b)
The Lender rnay discrose any irrformation rerating to this
(i)
OeKB;
(ii)
the Republic of Austria;
Agreerrert to:
(iii) the Project Exporrer;
(iv) any rnember of UniCredit Group; and
(v)
a prospective assignee or transferee or to any other person
or conrpary
wlto tnay propose entering into contractual relations with the
Lender in
relation to this Agreenrent
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and shall proctlre that such persons tleat
colrfidcntial to tlre extent set out in (a) above
(c)
the inforrnation disclosed as
Eacrr Party herewith agrees that trre otrrer party
may disclose, especiaily for
adve,liselnetlt purposes, the fbllowing infornration
pertaining to this Agreerre,t:
(i)
narle of otlrer party:
(ii)
date of this Agr.eenrent;
(iii) atnount, currency and type of the Facility;
(iv) purpose of the Facility;
(v)
terrns of repayment;
(vi) any other inforrnation agreed between the parties.
Sucrr discrosure may take prace in form
of so-cared ,,tombstones.., pubric
announcemerrts and advertisenrents in newspapers,
electronic rnedia
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internar pubrications and/or
ENTRY INTO FORCE
This Agreement shall enter into force whcn
tlre Parliament of Ceorgia
duly signed by tlre parties and r.atified
by
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ANNEX I
PARTIES
The Borrou,er:
Nalne:
Ceorgia, acting by and through its Ministry
Departntent
Public Debt and External Financing
Address:
l6 V.Gorgasali street, Tbilisi, Ceorgia
Te I eph on e:
+995 322261450
Fax:
+995 322262423
E-rnail
publicdebt@rnof.ge
Nartre:
UNICREDIT BANK AUSI'RIA AG
Address:
Schottengasse 6-8
of Finance
l-hc Lcndcr
l0l0 Vienna, Austria
Departlnent:
8243 Structured Trade and Exporl Finance
Telephone:
+ 43 50505 _ 56914
Fax:
+ 43 50505 _ 503 r 8
E-nrail
theresia. weyrr iers@unicred itgroup.at
Attn.
Mrs. Theresia Weyrniers
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ANn*EX 2
PROJECT
The Proiect:
"Georgian Rcsearch Irrstitute for Errergy and llyclrotechnics" with a lotal Pro.icct value
of EUR 7,000,000.
Proiect Bxporter:
VACE Systerntechnik GmbH
Wahringerstr. 34
4030 Linz
A ustria
Proiect Buver:
Georgiarr
-l-echnical
University - Tbilisi
Kostava Str. 77
0175 Tbilisi
Ceorgia
Purchase Agreement:
Cor.rtract no.228-2015 dated lst / 3Oth Septernber 2016 between the Project Exporter
artd the Project Buyer for the procurement, transport, and delivery of educational and
resealch equiprnent, tnachines and other teaching and lecturing aids, as well as,
installation and training for staff.
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CREDIT FACILITY
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Credit Facility (Secriorr 2.1)
An anrount not exceeding EUR 7,000,000 (Euro
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Availabiliry period (Secrion 2. t b))
The period fiorn and including the Closing
inclLrding the day falling lhc carlier
(i)
(ii)
Date (as defined
in Section 7) to arrd
of:
30 rnontlrs after the Closing Date; and
3
l Decernber 20l g
or any later date as the Lender may specify
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seven rnillion).
from time to time.
Interest (Section 3. l)
0 (zero) per cent per annutn
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Default Interest (Section 3.3)
The Lender's refinancirrg costs based
on the interest rate as reasonabry deterrrrined
by
the Lender at lhat time (and if such
inte'cst rare is below ze'o. the interest
rate will be
deen.red to be zero) plus a rnargir.r
of 2 %o (two percent)
p.a.
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Commitment Fee (Section 4.1)
0.50 % (zero point tifry) per cent per.
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annum.
Management Fee (Section 4.2)
0'50 % (zero point fifty) per cent
flat of the totar amount of trre credit
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OeKB Guarantee premium pal,able up_front (Section 4.3
a))
EUR 21,875 (as an indication at the dare of rhis Agreernenr).
The flnal anlount will be deterrnirrecl by oeKB upon issuance
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of rhe oeKB Guararrtce.
OeKB Guarantee premium payable as margin (Section 4
3 b))
1.00% (one per cent) per annunr (as an indicatiorr at thc date
of this Agreement)
The final rate will be deternrined by oeKB upo, issuarrce
of the oeKB GLrarantec.
Accordir:g to the oeKB Guarantee, the oeKB Guar.antee premiurr
is supported by the Austrian Federar Ministry of Finance by
payabre as rnargin
a deveroprnent_poricy
rnotivated reduction of 40 %o arnounting to EUR 530,g33.33 (as
an indication at the
date of this Agreernent).
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Handling Fee of OeKB (Section 4.5)
EUR 1.440
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Mandatory Repayment Dates (Section 5.1)
ln 26 (twenty six) equar consecutive serni-a.nuar rcpayment instarnrents.
The first sttclr repayment instalment to be due on the date wlrich
(i)
54 rnonths after the date of the final delivery; and
(ii)
84 months after the Closing Date; and
is the earlier ofi
(iii) 30 June 2024.
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Voluntary Prepayment Amount (Section 5.2)
EUR s00,000
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PAYMENT PROCEDURE
No Borrowing is pernritted unless:
(a)
the amount ol'the proposed Borrowing is less than or equal to the
aggregate
arnount of the Credit Facility ntinus
(i)
the aggregate amou'rt of any outstanding Loan .nder the Facirity;
and
(ii) in
to ary proposecr Borrowing, rhe aggregate amourt of any
'elation
Borrowing that is due ro be nrade on or.berore the date of the proposed
Borrowing.
(b)
the date of the p'oposed Borrowing falls to be made on a Busi,ess
Day within
the Availability Period;
(c)
tlre Lerrder is satisfied that the oeKB Guarantee and the oeKB refinancing
agreement apply in respect of the proposed Borrowing and all present
and future
interest relating thereto;
(d)
no Event olDethLrlt is continuing or would result tionr the proposed
Borrowirrg;
and
(e)
the representations made by the Borrower under Sectiorr 9. I are rrue
in all
material respects.
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The Borrowet'ltcrewith authorises the Lender irrevocably to disburse
any Borrowing
directly to the Project Exporter up to thc totar rnaxirnunr or BUR 7,000,000
presentation by the Project Exporter to the Lender of the following
against
clocurnents (eaclr
of them in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender) (the ..Disbursement
Documents"):
(a)
Advance Paynrent, being 25% of the total amount of the purchase
Agreement
i.e. EUR 1,750,000:
(i)
I (one) original and 2 (two) photocopies of the valid export licerrse issued
by relevant authorities of the Project Expofter and/or nranylhctLrrer,s
country or a statement issued by the project Exporter certifying
trrat no
export license is required;
(ii) I (one) originar and r (one) dupricarc copy of the Acrvance paynrenr
cuarantee issued by thc project L-xporter's Barrk in favour
of the pro.ject
Buyer co'ering 25 %o (twenty five percent) of the rotar
anrotrrl of rhc
Purchase Agreernent, i.c- EUR 1,750,000, specinren
of whicrr is specified
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Project;
to the end of the
(iii) 3 (three) originals of Project Exporter 's rnanually signecl
invoice indicating the antount to be paid,
(b)
Pavlnent for Contract Equiprnent beingT5ok of
the total anrount of the pLrrclrase
Agreement i.e. EUR 5,250,000, to be paid pro rata
(i)
comrnercial
upon each shiprnerrt:
r (one) photocopy of cMR truck bi, andror Bi, of Lading;
or in case o'
air derivery r (one) originar and r (one) copy of Airway
Bil, or irr case of
local delivery I (one) copy of delivery note, or
in case of storage of tlre
Contract Eqtripment itl a warehouse I (one) original
notifying the project Buyer;
of warelrouse receipt
(ii) 3 (three) originals of Project Exporter's manually signed
comrnercial
invoice indicating the arnount to be paid;
(iii) I (orre) originar and 2 (two) dupricare copies of detaired packing
indicating the shipping weight. nur.nbc. and the date
risr
of the corresporrcling
tnvotce;
(iv) I (one) copy of fax or eruail advising the project Buyer ot'the
irnmediately after it is rnade;
delivery
(v) Fo'the rast srripment, l (one) originar arrd r (one) dupricate
copy
Warranty Bond isstred by the project Exporter's
of trre
bank in favour of the
Project Buyer covering 5 Yo (five percent) of the price
for t6e Contract
Equipnrent i.e. EUR 350,000, specimen of wrrich
is specified in Appendix
6 0f the purchase Agreement, varid up to the expiration
of trre warranty
Period for the Contract Equipment.
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Each of the Disbursernent Docurnents shall be in
English orGerrnan. If not in English
or certnan (and if so required by the Lender) a certified
German shall be attached to said docLrrnent
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Each anloLtnl disbursed under the Facilitl,
shall be transferred by the Lcncler (o such
account as the Project Expor.ter rnay by notice lo
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Partial deliveries and partial disbursements are
the Lerrdcr direct
allowed.
The Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower
of each Borrowirrg which has been
effected by sending a written notification to the
Borrower, setting out the exact
amount and the value date of the effected Borrowrng.
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After a Borrowing has been effected to the Project
relevant docurnents to the Bor.rower by separate
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Exporter, the Lender slrall rernit the
courier_ser.vice.
The Lender:
(a)
deals in docurnerrts onry and wiil not be concerned
witrr the regarity of a clairn
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or any Disbtlrselllellt Docutrterrt ot'othcl docurncnI
any avairabre sct-ofl, cor-rntercrairn or any other.
or LrntJerlying transaction or
defence of any person;
(b) ,ay rely on trre sufficiency, accuracy or genrineness
of any crairn
Disbursement Docurrent or other docunrent (or,
or of a.y
in arry such case, sigrature
the,eon) derivered to it and which appear.s on its race
to be in order and is not
obliged to enqrire into the capacity of, or any rimitation
person srgnrng any crainr, Disbursernert Docurnerrt
(c)
of powcrs ot, any
or docurrrent; and
is not obliged to carlJ out any investigation or seek
arry confirrnation fiorr any
otlrer person before rnaking a Disbursernent under this
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The Lerrder assu,es no riabirity or responsibirity for
genuineness, falsificatiorr or legal effect of any
Agreernent.
the forrn, sufficiency, accuracy,
Disbursemerrt Document(s), or for the
general and/or particular conditions sripulated in
the Disbursement Documerrt(s) or
supe'inrposed thereon; nor does it assume any riability
or responsibirity fbr the
description, quantity, weight, quarity, condition, packing,
derivery, varue
or existence
of the goods or services represented by any Disbursement
Docunrent(s), or for the
good faith or acts and/or omissions, sorvency, perforrnance
consignors, the carriers, the forwarders, the consignees
any olher person whonrsoever.
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ANNEX 5
FORM OF CONFIRMATION THAT THE PTJRCHASE
FULL FOITCE AND EFFECT
AGREEMENT IS IN
[Let terhead of P roj ec t Export e r)
To
UniCredit Bank Austria AC
Dept.8243
Attn. Mrs. Theresia Weyrniers
Schottengasse 6-8
l0l0 Vierrna, Austria
.... . .....lplace and date)
Ref' EUR 7,000,000 Export credit Agreemenl no. 234.800 dated 4 April
20t7 between
Georgia acting by and through the Ministry of Finance
as Borrower and Unicredit Bank
Austria AC, as Lender (tlre ..Export
Credit Agreement,,).
Dear Sirs,
we hereby confirtn to you tlrat the Purchase Agreement
Septenrber 2016 between VACE systemtechnik
has conre into force on
no.22g-2015 dated Ist i 30th
GmbH and the Georgian Techrrical University
Best regards
[Project Exporter)
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FORM OI- ACCIIPI'ANCE OF APPOINI'MENT OF PROCESS AGENT
[Letter hcad of Em bassy)
To
UuiCredit Bank Austria AG
Dept.8243
Attn. Mrs Theresia Weyrniers
Schottengasse 6-8
l0l0 Vienna, Austria
Acceptance of Appointmcnt of process Agcnt
.. ........[plnce ond date)
Dear Sirs
ReL EUR 7,000,000 Export Credit Agreement no.234.800 dated 4 April 2017 berween
Georgia acting by and through the Ministry of Finance as Borrower
and UniCredit Bank
Austria AG, as Lender (the ..Export Credit Agreement").
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I ref'er to Section 10.3 (Process agent) and ro Section 7 (a) (vii) (Conditictns
Precedent) of the Export Credit Agreenrent. Unless otherwise
defined therein, ter.rns
detlned in tlre Export Credit Agreenrent have llre same meaning
acceptance.
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in tlris letter of
I hereby accept the appointment of the Embassy of Georgia in Republic
of Austria as
the authorised process agent for Georgia for service of process
in relation to ary
proceedirlgs before the cotnpetent arbitral tribunal in connectiorr
with the Export
Credit Agreenrent.
3.
My address for trotices is:
Anrbassador of Georgia in the Republic of Austria
t....1
tl
t.... ....1
Should there be any change of nry address I shall notify you
in writing without delay.
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It is understood that this acceptance of appointrnent shall neitlrer subject
nre to the
lurisdiction of arry Court in the Republic of Austria, nor u,ill it constrtLrte any waiver
of
the diplomatic itllnlutrities and privileges enjoyed by rne as
the Arnbassador
in terrns of the V ienna convention on Diprornatic Rerations
for.Georgia
of r g Aprir .l 96 r
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Best regards
Arrbassador of Georgia
in the Republic of Austria
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S]GNING PACE
lN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto
above in two of or.iginals in the Englislr
have executed this Agreenrenl
language.
the date written
GEORGIA
acting by and thr-ough the Ministry
of Finarrce
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Adele Motal
Managing Director
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Director
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