
Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Limited Harmony Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd Westpac Bank ‑ PNG ‑ Limited |
Facility Agreement |
Level 6, Mogoru Moto Building Champion Parade Port Moresby Papua New Guinea T +675 305 6000 F +675 320 0588 www.allens.com.au © Allens Papua New Guinea 2019 |
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1 | Definitions and interpretation | ||
1.1 | Definitions | ||
1.2 | Interpretations | ||
1.3 | Cancellation of reduction in Facility Limit | ||
1.4 | Document or agreement | ||
1.5 | Determination, statement and certificate | ||
1.6 | Accounting terms | ||
1.7 | Listing requirements included as law | ||
1.8 | Trust | ||
1.9 | Consents and Opinions | ||
1.10 | Multiple Obligors | ||
2 | Purpose | ||
3 | Drawdown Notices and Drawings | ||
3.1 | Drawdown Notices | ||
3.2 | Number of Drawings | ||
4 | Facility | ||
4.1 | Advance of Drawing | ||
4.2 | Interest | ||
5 | Funding Periods | ||
6 | Fees | ||
6.1 | Establishment fee | ||
6.2 | Fees not refundable or rebatable | ||
7 | Cancellation of Commitment | ||
8 | Repayment | ||
8.1 | Repayment of Facility | ||
8.2 | Repayment | ||
8.3 | Secured Money | ||
9 | Prepayments | ||
9.1 | Voluntary prepayments | ||
9.2 | Interest and break costs | ||
9.3 | Limitation on prepayments | ||
9.4 | Application against repayment instalments | ||
10 | Payments | ||
10.1 | Manner | ||
10.2 | Payment to be made on Business day | ||
10.3 | Appropriation where insufficient money available | ||
11 | Taxation | ||
11.1 | Additional payments | ||
11.2 | Tax credits | ||
12 | Change in Law | ||
12.1 | Illegality | ||
12.2 | Increased costs | ||
12.3 | Voluntary prepayment on Change in Law | ||
12.4 | Minimisation | ||
12.5 | Change in Law | ||
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13 | Market Disruption | ||
13.1 | Market disruption | ||
13.2 | Alternative basis of interest or funding | ||
13.3 | Confidentiality | ||
14 | Conditions Precedent | ||
14.1 | Conditions precedent | ||
14.2 | Further conditions precedent | ||
15 | Representations and Warranties | ||
15.1 | Obligor representation and warranties | ||
15.2 | Borrower representations and warranties | ||
15.3 | Reliance on representations and warranties | ||
16 | Undertakings | ||
16.1 | General undertakings | ||
16.2 | Undertakings relating to Secured Property | ||
16.3 | Term of undertakings | ||
17 | Casualty Event | ||
18 | Event of Default | ||
18.1 | Events of Default | ||
18.2 | Consequences | ||
19 | Guarantee | ||
19.1 | Interpretation | ||
19.2 | Consideration | ||
19.3 | Guarantee | ||
19.4 | Indemnity | ||
19.5 | Payment obligation | ||
19.6 | Unconditional nature of obligation | ||
19.7 | Principal and independent obligation | ||
19.8 | No marshalling | ||
19.9 | No competition | ||
19.10 | Suspense account | ||
19.11 | Rescission of payment | ||
19.12 | Continuing guarantee and indemnity | ||
19.13 | Variations | ||
19.14 | Judgement | ||
19.15 | Conditions precedent | ||
20 | Review of Facility | ||
20.1 | Review Event | ||
20.2 | Clause does not affect the Lender's other rights | ||
21 | Interest on Overdue Amount | ||
21.1 | Accrual and payment | ||
21.2 | Rate | ||
22 | Indemnities and Break Costs | ||
22.1 | Indemnities | ||
22.2 | Break costs | ||
23 | 'Know Your Customer' Checks | ||
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24 | Currency Indemnity | ||
24.1 | General | ||
24.2 | Reimbursement | ||
25 | Expenses | ||
26 | Stamp Duties and GST | ||
26.1 | Stamp duties | ||
26.2 | GST | ||
27 | Set-Off | ||
28 | Waivers, Remedies Cumulative | ||
29 | Severability of Provisions | ||
30 | Survival of Obligation | ||
31 | Personal properties securities law | ||
31.1 | PPSA security interests | ||
31.2 | PPSA undertaking | ||
31.3 | Costs of further steps and undertaking | ||
31.4 | General PPSA provisions | ||
32 | Moratorium Legislation | ||
33 | Assignments | ||
33.1 | Assignment by Obligor | ||
33.2 | Assignment by Lender | ||
33.3 | Securitisation | ||
33.4 | Disclosure | ||
33.5 | Non increased costs | ||
33.6 | Execution of further documentation | ||
34 | Notices | ||
34.1 | Notices | ||
34.2 | Notices sent my email | ||
34.3 | Receipt of Notices sent by email | ||
35 | Confidentiality | ||
35.1 | Confidentiality | ||
35.2 | Permitted disclosure | ||
35.3 | Privacy Statement | ||
35.4 | Survival of obligation | ||
36 | Authorised Officers | ||
37 | Governing law and jurisdiction | ||
38 | Counterparts | ||
39 | Acknowledgement by each Obligor | ||
40 | Borrower as agent | ||
41 | Anti-Money Laundering | ||
Schedule 1 | |||
Notice Details | |||
Schedule 2 | |||
Aproved Equipment | |||
Schedule 3 | |||
Conditions Precedent | |||
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This Agreement is made on 9 July 2018 | |
Parties | |
1 | Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Limited (Company No. 1-12047) incorporated in Papua New Guinea with its registered office at c/- Ashurst, Mogoru Moto Building, Level 4, Champion Parade, Port Moresby, National Capital District, 121, Papua New Guinea (the Borrower). |
2 | Harmony Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd (ACN 091 439 333) incorporated in Australia with its registered office at Level 2, 189 Coronation Drive, Milton, Queensland, Australia (the Guarantor). |
3 | Westpac Bank – PNG – Limited (Company No. 1-5295) incorporated in Papua New Guinea with its registered office at Level 1, Jeffrey Haus, Corner of Champion Parade and Musgrave Street, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (the Lender). |
Recitals | |
A | The Borrower and the Guarantor have requested the Lender to provide the Borrower with a Facility under which financial accommodation may be made available to the Borrower. |
B | The Lender has agreed to provide that Facility subject to (amongst other things) the execution of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents. |
1 | Definitions and Interpretation |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | the appliances, components, accessories, furnishings and other equipment incorporated or installed in, or attached to, the equipment; and |
(b) | the instructions or maintenance manuals for the equipment. |
(a) | a Related Entity of that entity; |
(b) | an entity, or the trustee or manager of a trust, which has a controlling interest in that entity or a Related Entity of that entity; |
(c) | a Related Entity of an entity included in paragraph (b) or (e); |
(d) | a director of that entity or of an entity included in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) or of the manager or of the trustee of any trust included in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) or a spouse, child, parent or sibling of that director; |
(e) | a corporation, or the trustee or manager of a trust, in which one or more entity or person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) alone or together has a controlling interest; |
(f) | the trustee of a discretionary trust of which an entity or person included in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) is a beneficiary (whether or not through one or more other discretionary trusts); or |
(g) | an entity of which a director of that entity or a Related Entity of that entity is also a director. |
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(i) | where a person is a beneficiary of a discretionary trust, that person will be taken to own, and control, all the assets of that trust; |
(ii) | a person has a controlling interest in a corporation or trust if: |
(A) | the corporation or its directors, or the trustee or manager of the trust or its directors, are accustomed, or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of that person or of that person in concert with others; or |
(B) | the person has a direct or indirect interest in total in more than 20% of the issued or voting shares, units or other interests in the corporation or trust (in number, voting power or value), or would have that relevant interest if any rights were exercised to subscribe for, or acquire or convert into, shares, units or other interests which are issued or unissued. |
(a) | any consent, authorisation, registration, filing, lodgement, agreement, notarisation, certificate, permission, licence, approval, authority or exemption from, by or with a Government Agency; or |
(b) | in relation to anything which will be fully or partly prohibited or restricted by law if a Government Agency intervenes or acts in any way within a specified period after lodgement, filing, registration or notification, the expiry of that period without intervention or action. |
(a) | in respect of any Obligor, any director or secretary, or any person from time to time nominated as an Authorised Officer by it by a notice to the Lender: |
(i) | in respect of which the identity of that person has been verified to the Lender's satisfaction in order to manage the Lender's anti money laundering, counter terrorism financing or economic and trade sanctions risk or to comply with any laws or regulations in Papua New Guinea or any other country (and the Lender has not received notice of revocation of the appointment); and |
(ii) | accompanied by certified copies of signatures of all new persons so appointed and identification documents sufficient to satisfy the Lender's 'know your customer' requirements; and |
(b) | in respect of the Lender, any person whose title or acting title includes the word director, head, chief, counsel, executive, manager, attorney or president or cognate expressions, or any secretary or director, or any lawyer acting for the Lender. |
(a) | the Drawdown Date; |
(b) | the date 30 days after the date of this Agreement; and |
(c) | the date on which the Commitment is cancelled. |
(a) | the date on which that Bus is delivered to the Site; and |
(b) | 31 August 2018, |
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(a) | the loss of, or the loss of use of, any Approved Equipment due to destruction, theft or damage beyond repair; |
(b) | the sale of any Approved Equipment by the Borrower; |
(c) | the occurrence of a Compulsory Acquisition Event in relation to any Approved Equipment; or |
(d) | a total loss of any Approved Equipment declared by its insurer under the relevant Insurance Policy, or |
(e) | in relation to a Bus, the Bus Delivery Date for that Bus does not occur by 31 August 2018 (or such later date as the Lender may agree). |
(a) | the composition of the board of directors of that entity; |
(b) | more than half the voting rights attaching to shares in that entity; or |
(c) | more than half the issued share capital of that entity. |
(a) | the asset being compulsorily acquired by or by order of a Government Agency or under law; |
(b) | a Government Agency ordering the sale, vesting or divesting of the asset; or |
(c) | a Government Agency taking a step for the purpose of any of the foregoing or proposing or threatening to do any of the foregoing. |
(a) | any defect in the condition, design, construction, performance, operation or fitness for use of any Approved Equipment; |
(b) | any defect in the Borrower's title to any Approved Equipment; |
(c) | any prohibition or interruption of, or other restriction on, the use, operation or possession of any Approved Equipment for any reason; |
(d) | any damage to, or loss or destruction of, any Approved Equipment (including, without limitation, any loss or damage incurred in the course of the delivery of any Approved Equipment to any person); or |
(e) | any requisitioning, confiscation or impounding of any Approved Equipment. |
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(a) | calculated by reference to the gross amount of a payment under a Finance Document (without the allowance of a deduction); or |
(b) | imposed because the Lender is taken to be connected with that jurisdiction solely because it is party to a Finance Document or a transaction contemplated by a Finance Document. |
(a) | USD25,000,000; or |
(b) | 80% of the aggregate value ascribed to the Approved Equipment in the Valuation delivered to the Lender pursuant to clause 14.1 (Conditions precedent), |
(a) | a bill of exchange, bond, debenture, note or similar instrument; |
(b) | a Guarantee of Finance Debt or a Guarantee given to a financier; |
(c) | a hire-purchase arrangement; |
(d) | a finance or operating Lease; |
(e) | a Derivative Transaction; |
(f) | an acceptance, endorsement or discounting arrangement; |
(g) | a redeemable share or redeemable stock; or |
(h) | the deferred purchase price (for more than 90 days) of an asset or service, |
(a) | this Agreement; |
(b) | a Drawdown Notice; |
(c) | a Security Document; |
(d) | any other consent deed or tripartite agreement (however called) entered into by the Lender and one or more Obligors with a third party or parties; |
(e) | each priority deed or intercreditor agreement (however called) entered into by the Lender, one or more Obligors and one or more third parties; |
(f) | any Guarantee or Security in respect of any of the Secured Money; |
(g) | any limit letter between the Lender and the Borrower relating to the Facility; |
(h) | any document or agreement which an Obligor and the Lender agree is a Finance Document; or |
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(i) | any document or agreement entered into or provided under or in connection with, or for the purpose of amending or novating, any of the above. It includes a written undertaking by or to a party or its lawyers under or in relation to any of the above. |
(a) | a patent, trade mark or service mark, copyright, registered design, trade secret or confidential information; or |
(b) | a licence or other right to use or to grant the use of any of the above or to be the registered proprietor or user of any of the above. |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Funding Period for the Drawing; and |
(b) | the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Funding Period for the Drawing, |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate as of 11am London time on the first day of that period for USD and for a period equal in length to the Funding Period for the Drawing; or |
(b) | if no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for that period, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Funding Period of the Drawing; or |
(c) | if no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for: |
(i) | USD; or |
(ii) | a period equal in length to the Funding Period and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate, |
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(a) | an interest in a company that is a share within the meaning of the Companies Act 1997; |
(b) | a unit or other interest in a trust or partnership; |
(c) | a negotiable instrument; and |
(d) | a right or an option in respect of a Marketable Security, whether issued or unissued, including any of the above. |
(a) | the business, operation, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of an Obligor; |
(b) | the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under a Finance Document; |
(c) | the effectiveness or priority of any Security granted by the Borrower under a Security Document; |
(d) | the validity or enforceability of the whole or any material part of any Finance Document or any material rights or remedies of the Lender under any Finance Document; or |
(e) | the value of the Secured Property or the security of the Lender (determined as a whole). |
(a) | the Borrower; or |
(b) | the Guarantor. |
(a) | in relation to an item of Approved Equipment identified in Schedule 2 and forming part of the Secured Property, the value ascribed to that item of Approved Equipment in the Valuation delivered to the Lender pursuant to clause 14.1; or |
(b) | in relation to an item of Approved Equipment provided as Satisfactory Security pursuant to clause 17.1(a)(ii) (Replacement Approved Equipment), the Original Value of the item of Approved Equipment that such Replacement Approved Equipment replaced (or if that Approved Equipment was replaced by more than one item of Replacement Approved Equipment, the proportion of the Original Value that the value of the relevant Replacement Approved Equipment bears to the aggregate value of all Replacement Approved Equipment for that relevant Approved Equipment as provided in the relevant Valuation for such Replacement Approved Equipment delivered pursuant to clause 17.1(b)). |
(a) | a Security Document or any Ancillary Security; |
(b) | any lien created by operation of law in the ordinary course of day‑to‑day trading and not securing Finance Debt, which secures an obligation that is not yet due, or, if due, is being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are held for payment; |
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(c) | a charge or lien arising in favour of a Government Agency by operation of statute unless there is default in payment of money secured by that charge or lien; |
(d) | any Security subject to a priority arrangement with the Lender on terms (including as to ranking) satisfactory to the Lender; or |
(e) | any Security granted by an Obligor to which the Lender has given its prior written consent. |
(a) | a Subsidiary of the first entity; |
(b) | an entity of which the first entity is a Subsidiary; or |
(c) | a Subsidiary of another entity of which the first entity is also a Subsidiary. |
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(a) | anything which gives a creditor priority to other creditors with respect to any asset; |
(b) | retention of title and a deposit of money by way of security; and |
(c) | a security interest under the PPSA. |
(a) | the Specific Security Deed; or |
(b) | any Ancillary Security. |
(a) | an entity of which a person has direct or indirect control or owns directly or indirectly more than 50% of the voting capital or similar right of ownership and control for this purpose means the power to direct the management and the policies of the entity whether through the ownership of voting capital, by contract or otherwise; or |
(b) | an entity treated as a subsidiary in the financial statements of any person pursuant to IFRS or Current Accounting Practice as the case may be. |
1.2 | Interpretation |
(a) | Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. |
(b) | The meaning of terms is not limited by specific examples introduced by including, or for example, or similar expressions. |
(c) | Nothing in this Agreement is to be interpreted against a party on the ground that the party put it forward. |
(d) | The following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise: |
(i) | the singular includes the plural and the converse; |
(ii) | a gender includes all genders; |
(iii) | where a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning; |
(iv) | a reference to a person, corporation, trust, partnership, unincorporated body or other entity includes any of them; |
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(v) | a reference to a clause, annexure or schedule is a reference to a clause of, or annexure or schedule to, this Agreement; |
(vi) | a reference to a party to this Agreement or another agreement or document includes the party's successors and permitted substitutes or assigns; |
(vii) | a reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation, statutory instrument, code or other thing issued under it; |
(viii) | a reference to writing includes a facsimile transmission and any means of reproducing words in a tangible and permanently visible form; |
(ix) | a reference to conduct includes an omission, statement or undertaking, whether or not in writing; |
(x) | each paragraph of a list is to be construed independently; none limits any other; |
(xi) | the meaning of terms is not limited by specific examples introduced by including, or for example, or similar expressions; |
(xii) | a reference to property or an asset includes any real or personal, present or future, tangible or intangible property or asset (including Intellectual Property) and any right, interest, revenue or benefit in, under or derived from the property or asset; |
(xiii) | a reference to disposal means to enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset; |
(xiv) | an Event of Default continues until it has been waived in writing by the Lender; |
(xv) | a reference to an amount for which a person is contingently liable includes an amount which that person may become actually or contingently liable to pay if a contingency occurs, whether or not under an existing obligation; |
(xvi) | unless otherwise specified, all references to time are to Port Moresby time; |
(xvii) | a reference to PGK or Kina means a reference to Papua New Guinea Kina (being the lawful currency for the time being of Papua New Guinea); and |
(xviii) | a reference to USD is a reference to United States dollars. |
1.3 | Cancellation or reduction in Facility Limit |
1.4 | Document or agreement |
(a) | an agreement includes a Security, Guarantee, undertaking, deed, agreement or legally enforceable arrangement whether or not in writing; and |
(b) | a document includes an agreement (as so defined) in writing or a certificate, notice, instrument or document. |
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1.5 | Determination, statement and certificate |
1.6 | Accounting terms |
(a) | Accounting terms are to be interpreted according to Current Accounting Practice. |
(b) | The parties acknowledge that changes to Current Accounting Practice on or after the date of this Agreement may make the interpretation of certain defined terms and other clauses of this Agreement which refer to Current Accounting Practice inappropriate or uncertain. |
(c) | If the Borrower or the Lender considers that such a change has occurred, it may notify the other to that effect (the Notification Date) and the Borrower and the Lender each agree to negotiate with each other in good faith to agree appropriate amendments to the affected clauses and/or definitions to take such change into account. |
(d) | If the Borrower and the Lender fail to agree on the appropriate amendments to the affected clauses and/or definitions within 20 Business Days of the Notification Date, then any reference to Current Accounting Practice in this Agreement or in any other Finance Document will be deemed to be a reference to Current Accounting Practice as at the date of this Agreement. |
(e) | Unless and until agreement is reached by the Borrower and the Lender in accordance with this clause, the Borrower will provide all Financial Reports and all other financial information required to be provided in accordance with the Finance Documents together with, in each case, any reconciliation statements (audited, where applicable) necessary to enable the calculation of the financial undertakings and associated definitions based on the Current Accounting Practice prior to the relevant change occurring and those changes will be ignored for the purposes of the financial undertakings and the relevant definitions. |
1.7 | Listing requirements included as law |
1.8 | Trust |
1.9 | Consents and Opinions |
1.10 | Multiple Obligors |
(a) | Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to 'the Borrower' or 'a Borrower', 'the Guarantor' or 'a Guarantor' or 'the Obligor' or 'an Obligor' in a Finance Document if there |
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(b) | The liability of (or an obligation) on a Guarantor or an Obligor (in those capacities) under a Finance Document if there are more than one is joint and several with each other Guarantor or Obligor (as the case may be). |
2 | Purpose |
3 | Drawdown Notices and Drawings |
3.1 | Drawdown Notices |
(a) | Whenever the Borrower wishes to make the Drawing it shall give to the Lender an irrevocable Drawdown Notice substantially in the form of the notice set out in Schedule 4. |
(b) | The Drawdown Notice must be received by the Lender by 11.00am (Port Moresby time) three Business Days before the proposed Drawdown Date (which must be a Business Day). |
(c) | The Lender is not obliged to provide the Drawing if as a result: |
(i) | the Principal Outstanding would exceed the Facility Limit; or |
(ii) | any other requirement of this Agreement would not be complied with. |
3.2 | Number of Drawings |
4 | Facility |
4.1 | Advance of Drawing |
4.2 | Interest |
5 | Funding Periods |
(a) | Subject to this clause, each Funding Period will be a period of 90 days. |
(b) | If a Funding Period ends on a day which is not a Business Day, that Funding Period will be extended to the next Business Day in the same calendar month or, if none, the preceding Business Day. |
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(c) | No Funding Period may extend beyond the Final Repayment Date. A Funding Period shall be shortened or lengthened at the election of the Lender to ensure that no Funding Period ends on a date later than the Final Repayment Date. |
6 | Fees |
6.1 | Establishment fee |
6.2 | Fees not refundable or rebatable |
7 | Cancellation of Commitment |
8 | Repayment |
8.1 | Repayment of Facility |
8.2 | Repayment |
(a) | The Borrower shall repay the Principal Outstanding by instalments on the last day of each Funding Period. |
(b) | Each instalment will be of an amount to be advised by the Lender from time to time, being calculated on the basis that the Principal Outstanding as at the end of the Availability Period will be fully amortised through equal instalments of principal over the period commencing on the last day of the Availability Period and ending on the Final Repayment Date. |
(c) | The final instalment will be the Principal Outstanding as at the Final Repayment Date. |
8.3 | Secured Money |
9 | Prepayments |
9.1 | Voluntary prepayments |
(a) | Subject to this clause, the Borrower may prepay, on giving at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Lender, all or any part of the Principal Outstanding under the Facility. That notice is irrevocable. The Borrower shall prepay in accordance with it. |
(b) | Unless the Lender agrees otherwise, prepayment of part only of a Drawing may only be made in a minimum principal amount of USD500,000. |
(c) | Prepayments under this clause may only be made on the last day of a Funding Period. |
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9.2 | Interest and break costs |
(a) | any interest accrued on that amount; and |
(b) | any break costs with respect to the amount prepaid. |
9.3 | Limitation on prepayments |
9.4 | Application against repayment instalments |
10 | Payments |
10.1 | Manner |
10.2 | Payment to be made on Business Day |
10.3 | Appropriation where insufficient money available |
11 | Taxation |
11.1 | Additional payments |
(a) | (pay deduction) it shall promptly pay the amount deducted to the appropriate Government Agency; |
(b) | (receipt) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the deduction is made, it shall give the Lender the original receipt (or other documents acceptable to the Lender) evidencing the payment; and |
(c) | (gross‑up) unless the Tax is an Excluded Tax, on the due date it shall pay the Lender an additional amount so that the Lender receives a net amount (after allowance for any further deduction and any Tax on the additional amount) equal to the amount it would have received if no deduction had been made. It shall indemnify the Lender against the Tax and any amounts recoverable from the Lender in respect of the Tax. |
11.2 | Tax credits |
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(a) | (Refund) If the Lender in its absolute discretion decides that it has received any clearly identifiable tax relief in respect of a deduction for which an additional payment has been made, the Lender shall promptly refund the amount of the additional payment, but only: |
(i) | to the extent of the relief received; and |
(ii) | to the extent it determines that the refund can be made without prejudice to the retention of the relief. |
(b) | (Own tax affairs) Nothing in paragraph (a) interferes with the right of the Lender to arrange its tax affairs as it thinks fit. For example, the Lender need not claim any relief in respect of a deduction or disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or tax computations. |
12 | Change in Law |
12.1 | Illegality |
(a) | If a Change in Law makes it illegal or impracticable for the Lender to provide financial accommodation under the Finance Documents, the Lender may by notice to the Borrower: |
(i) | terminate the Commitment; and |
(ii) | direct the Borrower to prepay any financial accommodation affected, together with all other amounts owing under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | The Borrower shall make the prepayment immediately or, if later, the latest day (in the Lender’s opinion) on which the prepayment can be made without the illegality or impracticability arising. |
12.2 | Increased costs |
(a) | (increased costs) its costs are increased; |
(b) | (reduced receipts) an amount received or receivable by it is reduced; |
(c) | (reduced return) its or its holding company’s return on capital or other effective return is reduced (including because more capital needs to be allocated to the Facility and cannot be used elsewhere), |
12.3 | Voluntary prepayment on Change in Law |
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12.4 | Minimisation |
(a) | (Minimisation) The Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to avoid or minimise the consequences of a Change in Law mentioned in this clause. |
(b) | (No defence) The Borrower may not refuse a demand on the ground that the relevant consequences could have been avoided. |
12.5 | Change in Law |
(a) | a Change in Law is the introduction of, or a change in, any law, official directive, ruling or request or a change in its interpretation or application. If it does not have the force of law, it must be one with which responsible banks in Papua New Guinea or Australia would comply. It includes any with respect to capital adequacy, special deposit, liquidity, reserve, prime assets, tax or prudential requirements (except a change in tax on overall net income); and |
(b) | a Change in Law also includes: |
(i) | an investigation into the Borrower or an Associate of the Borrower by a Government Agency; or |
(ii) | an application for or grant of an injunction or order in respect of any Finance Document or Security granted by an Obligor or account conducted with the Lender made by a Government Agency. |
13 | Market Disruption |
13.1 | Market disruption |
(a) | If the Lender determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Drawing for any Funding Period, then it shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the rate of interest on that Drawing shall be the rate per annum which is the sum of: |
(i) | the Margin; and |
(ii) | the rate notified by the Lender as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the Business Day before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Funding Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding its participation in that Drawing from whatever source or sources it may reasonably select. |
(b) | The Lender shall determine the margin and the rate notified by it under paragraph (a)(ii) above in good faith. The rate so notified and any notification under paragraph (c) below, will be conclusive and binding on the parties in the absence of manifest error. |
(c) | In this Agreement, Market Disruption Event means the Lender determines that as a result of market circumstances not limited to it (whether or not those circumstances, or their effect on the Lender’s cost of funds, subsist on the date of this Agreement) the cost to it of funding a Drawing is or would be in excess of LIBOR. |
13.2 | Alternative basis of interest or funding |
(a) | If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 45 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. |
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(b) | Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be binding on all parties. |
13.3 | Confidentiality |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b), the Borrower shall keep confidential and not disclose to any other person any information described in this clause 13 (Market disruption). |
(b) | However, the Borrower or its officers or employees may disclose such information: |
(i) | to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation; |
(ii) | to the extent it reasonably deems necessary in connection with any actual or contemplated proceedings or a claim with respect to this clause 13; or |
(iii) | any of its Associates (including the Guarantor) and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers and auditors if any person to whom that information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information. |
14 | Conditions Precedent |
14.1 | Conditions precedent |
14.2 | Further conditions precedent |
(a) | (representations true) the representations and warranties by each Obligor in the Finance Documents are true in all material respects and not misleading as though they had been made at each date in respect of the facts and circumstances then subsisting; and |
(b) | (no default) no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default continues or will result from the provision of the financial accommodation. |
15 | Representations and Warranties |
15.1 | Obligor representations and warranties |
(a) | (Status) It is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the place of its incorporation specified in this Agreement and is capable of suing and being sued. |
(b) | (Power) It has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party, to carry out the transactions contemplated by those documents, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted or contemplated. |
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(c) | (Corporate authorisations) It has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the entry into, delivery (if applicable) and performance of the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party, and to carry out the transactions contemplated by those documents. |
(d) | (Documents binding) Each Finance Document to which it is expressed to be a party is its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to any necessary stamping and registration and subject to equitable principles. |
(e) | (Transactions permitted) The execution, delivery (if applicable) and performance by it of the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party and each transaction contemplated under those documents did not and will not violate in any respect a provision of: |
(i) | a law or treaty or a judgment, ruling, order or decree of a Government Agency binding on it; |
(ii) | its constitution or other constituent documents; or |
(iii) | any other document or agreement which is binding on it or its assets, and, except as provided by the Finance Documents, did not and will not: |
(iv) | create or impose a Security on any of its assets; or |
(v) | allow a person to accelerate or cancel an obligation with respect to Finance Debt, or constitute an event of default, cancellation event, prepayment event or similar event (whatever called) under an agreement relating to Finance Debt, whether immediately or after notice or lapse of time or both. |
(f) | (Financial Reports) |
(i) | Its most recent consolidated and unconsolidated audited Financial Reports give a true and fair view of: |
(A) | its financial position (including actual and contingent liabilities), and where relevant the financial position of any other relevant entities on a consolidated basis, as at the date to which the Financial Reports relate; and |
(B) | its performance, and where relevant the performance of any other relevant entities on a consolidated basis, during the accounting period to which the Financial Reports relate. |
(ii) | There has been no subsequent change in its business or financial condition which may have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(iii) | Those Financial Reports comply with Current Accounting Practice except to the extent disclosed in them and with all applicable laws. |
(g) | (No litigation) No litigation, arbitration, Tax claim, dispute or administrative or other proceeding is current or pending or, to its knowledge, threatened other than proceedings brought against the Borrower in December 2010 by certain landowners seeking unspecified damages relating to alleged release of waste rock and overburden by the operation of the Project, full details of which have been disclosed to the Lender prior to the date of this Agreement. |
(h) | (No default) |
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(i) | No Obligor is in default under a document or agreement (including an Authorisation) binding on it or its assets which relates to Finance Debt or is material. |
(ii) | Nothing has occurred which constitutes an event of default, cancellation event, prepayment event or similar event (whatever called) under those documents or agreements, whether immediately or after notice or lapse of time or both. |
(i) | (Authorisations) Each Authorisation which is required in relation to: |
(i) | the execution, delivery and performance by it of the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the transactions contemplated by those documents; |
(ii) | the validity and enforceability of those documents; and |
(iii) | its business as now conducted or contemplated and which is material, |
(j) | (No misrepresentation) |
(i) | All information (including Financial Reports) in connection with the Finance Documents provided by it to the Lender is true and accurate in all material respects at the date of this Agreement or, if later, when provided. Neither that information nor its conduct and the conduct of anyone on its behalf in relation to the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, was or is misleading, by omission or otherwise. |
(ii) | All financial projections provided by an Obligor have been prepared by appropriately qualified persons in good faith and on the basis of the most recently available historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
(iii) | It has and each Obligor has disclosed all information and documents relating to it, its assets, each Finance Document to which it is expressed to be a party and the transactions contemplated by each of them, which are material to the Lender's decision to enter into the Finance Documents. |
(k) | (Full disclosure) It has disclosed all material information and documents relating to it, its assets, each Finance Document and the transactions contemplated by each of them. |
(l) | (Copies of documents) All copies of documents (including its latest audited Financial Reports and all Authorisations) given by it or on its behalf to the Lender are true and complete copies. Those documents are in full force and effect. |
(m) | (Law) It and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all laws binding on it where breach may have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(n) | (Investigation by agency) No investigation by any agency into all or part of its affairs is current in circumstances material to its business or financial condition. |
(o) | (Environmental Law) No act or omission has occurred and there is no circumstance relating to its assets or its business or the assets or business of any of its Subsidiaries which has given rise or may give rise to: |
(i) | a substantial claim against it or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(ii) | a requirement of substantial expenditure by it or any of its Subsidiaries; or |
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(iii) | a requirement that it or any of its Subsidiaries cease or substantially alters an activity, |
(p) | (Authorised officers) Any person specified as an Authorised Officer of the Borrower is authorised to sign any requests and other notices on its behalf and do all other things contemplated by the Finance Documents. |
(q) | (Benefit) It benefits by entering into and performing its obligations under each Finance Document. |
(r) | (No immunity) It has no immunity from the jurisdiction of a court, or from legal process, in Papua New Guinea. |
(s) | (Pari passu ranking) Its obligations under this Agreement rank at least equally with all of its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness (other than liabilities mandatorily preferred by law). |
(t) | (Intellectual Property) It owns, or has the right and license to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business. |
(u) | (Taxes) It has complied with all laws in relation to Tax in all jurisdictions in which it is subject to Taxes and has paid all Taxes due and payable by it except those for which it has set aside sufficient reserves and which are being contested in good faith (except where failure to pay may have a Material Adverse Effect). |
(v) | (Insurance) |
(i) | All insurances required under the Finance Documents are in effect and current and meet the requirements of the Finance Documents. |
(ii) | It has not made any material misrepresentation or omission to its insurers and is not aware of any reason why any of the insurance policies may be terminated or why any insurers may refuse to pay a claim when made. |
(w) | (Undisclosed relationships) Except as disclosed to and agreed by the Lender, it has not entered into any Finance Document and does not hold any Secured Property: |
(i) | as a trustee of any trust; |
(ii) | as a partner of a partnership; |
(iii) | as a responsible entity of any registered scheme; |
(iv) | as an agent of an undisclosed principal; or |
(v) | in any other capacity for the benefit of any person. |
15.2 | Borrower representations and warranties |
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(a) | (Title) |
(i) | It is the sole beneficial owner of its Secured Property (if any) free of any other third party right or interest whatever other than as permitted by clause 16.2(c) (Negative pledge). |
(ii) | There are no third party rights or interests (including Security) in or over any place where any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property is or is to be located other than those disclosed in writing to the Lender before the date of this Agreement or, if they arise after that date, before the first date on which the representations and warranties in this clause are repeated after they arise. |
(b) | (Location) As at the date of this Agreement, each Approved Equipment (other than, until the Bus Delivery Date for a Bus, each such Bus) is located at the Site. |
15.3 | Reliance on representations and warranties |
16 | Undertakings |
16.1 | General undertakings |
(a) | (Corporate reporting and information): |
(i) | (annual Financial Reports) it will provide to the Lender as soon as practicable (but within 120 days) after the close of each of its financial years or (if earlier) within 5 Business Days after any earlier date on which it is required to file its consolidated Financial Reports with any Government Agency, copies of its consolidated audited Financial Reports in respect of that financial year; |
(ii) | (management accounts) it will provide to the Lender as soon as practicable (but within 60 days) after the end of each of its financial half-years or (if earlier) within 5 Business Days after any earlier date on which it is required to file its consolidated half-yearly management accounts with any Government Agency, copies of its consolidated management accounts in respect of that half-year, the financial year to date and for the 12 month period ending at the end of that half year (including, but not limited to, a statement of financial position, statement of financial performance, cash flow statement and performance against forecasts); |
(iii) | (documents issued to shareholders) the Borrower will provide to the Lender promptly, all documents provided by it to a stock exchange or holders of Marketable Securities issued by it; |
(iv) | (litigation) it will provide to the Lender promptly, written particulars of any litigation, arbitration, Tax claim, dispute or administrative or other proceeding in relation to it or its Subsidiaries other than a claim for worker's compensation; |
(v) | (Government Agency) it will provide to the Lender promptly, any notice, order or material correspondence from or with a Government Agency relating to its or its Subsidiaries' business or assets which may have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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(vi) | (other information) it will provide to the Lender promptly, any other information in relation to its (or in relation to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries') financial condition or business which the Lender may request. |
(b) | (Accounting principles) It will ensure that the Financial Reports provided to the Lender under paragraph (a): |
(i) | comply with Current Accounting Practice except to the extent disclosed in them and with all applicable laws; and |
(ii) | give a true and fair view of the matters with which they deal. |
(c) | (Authorisations) It will ensure that each Authorisation required for: |
(i) | the execution, delivery and performance by it of the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the transactions contemplated by those documents; |
(ii) | the validity and enforceability of those documents; and |
(iii) | the carrying on by it and its Subsidiaries of its and their business as now conducted or contemplated, |
(d) | (Notice to Lender) It will notify the Lender as soon as it becomes aware of: |
(i) | any Event of Default, Review Event or Potential Event of Default; |
(ii) | (in relation to the Borrower only) any Defect or Casualty Event; |
(iii) | (in relation to the Borrower only) any substantial dispute between it or any of its Subsidiaries and a Government Agency; |
(iv) | any change in its Authorised Officers, giving specimen signatures of any new Authorised Officer appointed, and, where requested by the Lender, evidence satisfactory to the Lender of the authority of any Authorised Officer together with documents evidencing the new Authorised Officer's identity verified to the Lender's satisfaction; |
(v) | any Change in Control; |
(vi) | any liability under an Environmental Law; and |
(vii) | any material litigation, asset write down or other actual or potential material enterprise diminishing event. |
(e) | (Corporate existence) It will do everything necessary to maintain its corporate existence in good standing. It will not transfer its jurisdiction of incorporation or enter any merger or consolidation without the Lender's prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). |
(f) | (Compliance with law) It will comply with all laws binding on it or its assets in all material respects. |
(g) | (Pay Taxes) It will pay all Taxes payable by it when due, but: |
(i) | it need not pay Taxes for which it has set aside sufficient reserves and which are being contested in good faith, except where failure to pay may have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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(ii) | to the extent liable, it will pay those Taxes on the final determination or settlement of the contest. |
(h) | (Commercial dealings) |
(i) | It will not deal in any way with any person except at arm's length in the ordinary course of business for valuable commercial consideration. |
(ii) | It may only deal with an Associate if a person satisfactory to the Lender verifies the adequacy of the consideration or otherwise verifies compliance with sub‑paragraph (i). |
(i) | (Ratification) As holder of shares, units or any other direct or indirect interest in any Obligor, it ratifies and confirms the execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of each Finance Document. It will be taken to have ratified and confirmed the execution, delivery and performance of each Finance Document to which any entity in which it has such an interest is at any time expressed to be party. |
(j) | (Inspection) |
(i) | Subject to sub-paragraph (iii) below, the Lender or persons authorised by it may at any time inspect and require the provision of copies of the records, and inspect the premises, of the Borrower. The Borrower will do everything in its power to assist that inspection and provide those copies and will ensure that its employees and officers do the same. |
(ii) | Without limitation, the Borrower shall permit and enable the Lender and its representatives (including any experts appointed by it), whenever the Lender reasonably requires, to: |
(A) | inspect or test any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property; |
(B) | examine, make copies of or take extracts from, the books of account, records, reports and other documents relating to the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property; and |
(C) | discuss with the officers, accountants and auditors of the Borrower its affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property, |
(iii) | The Lender (or persons authorised by it) shall not exercise its rights under this paragraph (j): |
(A) | without providing reasonable notice to the Borrower and complying with all reasonable workplace health and safety and security protocols of the Borrower; and |
(B) | more frequently than once per calendar year, unless an Event or Default or Potential Event of Default continues. |
(k) | (Books and records) It will ensure that it maintains appropriate books and records at all times. |
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(l) | (Environmental Law) |
(i) | It will maintain procedures which, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, are adequate to monitor its compliance with Environmental Law and Authorisations. |
(ii) | Where the Lender reasonably suspects that the Borrower is not complying in a material respect with an Environmental Law or Authorisation and, after consultation with the Borrower, the Lender reasonably continues to do so, the Lender may have an audit conducted of the procedures maintained and of compliance. It will do everything reasonably necessary to facilitate that audit. |
(iii) | Where the procedures or the audit referred to in this paragraph reveal any non-compliance with Environmental Law or Authorisations, it will promptly remedy them. |
(iv) | Without limitation, it will comply and ensure that the Project complies at all times with applicable Equator Principles. |
16.2 | Undertakings relating to Secured Property |
(a) | (Approved Equipment) |
(i) | It will ensure that at all times the Principal Outstanding is equal to or less than |
(ii) | It shall, within 10 Business Days of becoming aware that it is not in compliance with its obligation under sub-paragraph (i) above, prepay in accordance with clause 9 (Voluntary prepayments) such minimum amount of the Principal Outstanding (together with interest and (if such payment is not made on the last day of a Funding Period) break costs) so as to ensure that immediately upon payment, the Principal Outstanding is equal to or less than 80% of the aggregate value of the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property (other than Approved Equipment that has been subject to a Casualty Event) as recorded in the most recent Valuation accepted by the Lender at that time. |
(iii) | The Borrower will not be in breach of its obligation under sub-paragraph (i) above if the failure is a direct result of a Casualty Event affecting one or more items of Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property and the Borrower complies with its obligations under clause 17 in respect of that Approved Equipment. |
(b) | (Disposal of assets) It will not sell or otherwise dispose of, part with possession of, or create an interest in any Secured Property or agree or attempt to do so (whether in one or more related or unrelated transactions) except in accordance with clause 17 (Casualty Event). |
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(c) | (Negative pledge) It will not create or allow to exist a Security Interest over the Secured Property other than a Permitted Security. |
(d) | (Mortgaged or leased premises) |
(i) | It shall not install, use or store any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property (other than, until the Bus Delivery Date for a Bus, each such Bus) in any place that it does not own or that is subject to a Security, Lease or other similar interest unless the Lessor has received an acknowledgement executed by each person who has any interest in that place. |
(ii) | The acknowledgement is to confirm that the Approved Equipment: |
(A) | is and will remain the Borrower's property; |
(B) | if affixed to any land or building, will not become a fixture of the land or building and that that person will not acquire an interest in the Approved Equipment; |
(C) | will not be subject to the Security (if any) over the place; and |
(D) | may be removed by the Lender from the place without the Lender incurring any liability. |
(iii) | It shall not create any Security over the place where any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property is located unless the Borrower first obtains an acknowledgement from the security holder in the form described in paragraph (ii). |
(e) | (Sale and Lease back) It will not sell or otherwise dispose of any Secured Property to a person where, under the terms of that sale or disposal, or under a related transaction, that asset is or may be Leased to the Guarantor or its Associate. |
(f) | (Maintenance) |
(i) | It will maintain, or procure that any relevant operator maintain, the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property in: |
(A) | proper working order and condition in accordance with the Supplier's specifications and the requirements (if any) of any insurer of any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property; and |
(B) | good and substantial repair, with due allowance for normal wear and tear, |
(ii) | It will promptly, or procure that any relevant tenant will promptly, remedy every material defect in the repair and condition of the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property (fair wear and tear excepted). |
(g) | (Insurance) It will, in addition to any requirement of any other Finance Document: |
(i) | take out and maintain insurance over and in relation to the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property (including fire, loss of rent and public liability insurance) with independent and reputable insurers for amounts, against risks and upon terms and conditions reasonably stipulated by the Lender, or if no such requirements are stipulated, for amounts, against risks and upon terms and |
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(ii) | note the interest of the Lender as mortgagee and loss payee on each policy of insurance over the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property; |
(iii) | disclose to each insurer all facts which are material to the insurer's risk and comply with its obligations of utmost good faith to the insurer; |
(iv) | give to the Lender on demand a certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender from the insurer to the effect that the required insurance is current and no premiums or other moneys are due for payment to the insurer; |
(v) | pay when due all premiums, commissions, levies, stamp duties, charges and other expenses necessary for taking out those insurance policies and keeping them in force; |
(vi) | except with the Lender's prior written consent, ensure that no material alteration is made to any insurance policy; and |
(vii) | as soon as practicable notify the Lender if an event occurs which permits an insurance claim to be made, or if an insurance claim is made or refused. |
(h) | (Insurance proceeds) To the extent permitted at law, proceeds of each insurance policy in relation to the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property must be applied as follows, unless the Lender otherwise consents: |
(i) | if no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default subsists: |
(A) | in the case of a policy covering destruction, damage or loss of Approved Equipment, in replacing, reinstating, rebuilding or repairing that Approved Equipment; and |
(B) | in any other case, in discharging the liability or making good the loss covered by the policy, |
(ii) | if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default subsists, to reduce the Secured Money whether or not due. |
(i) | (Alterations) It will not materially alter, or permit any person to materially alter, the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property. |
(j) | (Preservation and protection of security) It will promptly do everything in its power necessary or reasonably required by the Lender: |
(i) | to preserve and protect the value of the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property; and |
(ii) | to protect and enforce its title and the title of the Lender as mortgagee or secured party in respect of the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property. |
(k) | (Other Security) It will comply with all Security affecting the Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property and with its obligations secured by that Security. |
(l) | (Location) It will not remove, or allow to be removed, any Approved Equipment forming part of the Secured Property (other than, until the Bus Delvery date for a Bus, each such Bus) from the location corresponding to that Approved Equipment as set out in |
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16.3 | Term of undertakings |
17 | Casualty Event |
(a) | On the occurrence of any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event, within 20 Business Days or such longer period the Lender might agree): |
(i) | prepay in accordance with clause 9 (Voluntary prepayments) an amount of the Principal Outstanding equal to or greater than the amount calculated by the Lender to be the Proportionate Principal Outstanding at that time together with interest and (if such payment is not made on the last day of a Funding Period) break costs; or |
(ii) | provide Satisfactory Security in respect of one or more items of Approved Equipment (not already forming part of the Secured Property) of a value equal to or greater than 125% of the Proportionate Principal Outstanding at that time. |
(b) | The Borrower shall at its cost promptly procure any Valuation required by the Lender to satisfy itself of any determination required under this clause 17, including without limitation the Proportionate Principal Outstanding or the value of any asset proposed to be subject of any Satisfactory Security to be given in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) above. |
(c) | Subject to clause 16.2(h), the Borrower may set-off any insurance proceeds received by the Lender as a result of any Casualty Event that are applied by the Lender in reduction of the Secured Money against its obligation to prepay under clause17.1(a)(i). |
18 | Events of Default |
18.1 | Events of Default |
(a) | (Obligations under Finance Documents) An Obligor fails: |
(i) | to pay an amount payable by it under a Finance Document when due (other than where the failure is caused solely by an administrative or technical error in the transmission of funds outside the control of the Obligors and such failure is remedied within two Business Days); |
(ii) | to comply with an undertaking under clause 16.2(c) (Negative pledge), 16.2(l) (Location), 16.2(g) (Insurance), 17 (Casualty Event) or 31 (Personal properties securities law); |
(iii) | to comply with any of its other obligations under a Finance Document except, where in the opinion of the Lender that failure can be remedied within 10 Business Days, if it remedies the failure within that period; or |
(iv) | to satisfy within the time stipulated anything which the Lender made a condition of its waiving compliance with a condition precedent or undertaking in a Finance Document. |
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(b) | (Misrepresentation) A representation, warranty or statement by or on behalf of an Obligor in a Finance Document, or in a document provided under or in connection with a Finance Document, is not true in a material respect or is misleading when made or repeated. |
(c) | (Cross default) |
(i) | Finance Debt of an Obligor: |
(A) | is not paid when due (or within an applicable grace period); or |
(B) | becomes due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable before its stated maturity or expiry; or |
(ii) | a facility or obligation granted or owed by a person to an Obligor to provide financial accommodation or to acquire or underwrite Finance Debt is prematurely terminated; or |
(iii) | an event of default (however called or defined) occurs under any agreement documenting Finance Debt or a Security to which an Obligor is a party. |
(iv) | in relation to the Guarantor, less than USD5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currency or currencies); and |
(v) | in relation to the Borrower, less than USD1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currency or currencies). |
(d) | (Administration, winding up, arrangements, insolvency etc) |
(i) | An administrator of an Obligor is appointed. |
(ii) | Except for the purpose of a solvent reconstruction or amalgamation previously approved by the Lender: |
(A) | an application or an order is made, proceedings are commenced, a resolution is passed or proposed in a notice of meeting, an application to a court or other steps are taken for: |
(1) | the winding up, dissolution or administration of an Obligor; or |
(2) | an Obligor entering into an arrangement, compromise or composition with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or a class of them, |
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(B) | an Obligor ceases, suspends or threatens to cease or suspend the conduct of all or a substantial part of its business or disposes of or threatens to dispose of a substantial part of its assets. |
(iii) | An Obligor: |
(A) | is, or under legislation is presumed or taken to be, insolvent (other than as the result of a failure to pay a debt or claim the subject of a good faith dispute); or |
(B) | stops or suspends or threatens to stop or suspend payment of all or a class of its debts. |
(e) | (Enforcement against assets) |
(i) | A receiver, receiver and manager, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed to; |
(ii) | a Security becomes enforceable or is enforced over; or |
(iii) | a distress, attachment or other execution is levied or enforced or applied for over, |
(f) | (Reduction of capital) Without the prior consent of the Lender, the Borrower: |
(i) | reduces its capital (including a purchase of its shares); |
(ii) | passes a resolution to reduce its capital or to authorise it to purchase its shares, or calls a meeting to consider such a resolution; |
(iii) | applies to a court to call any such meeting or to sanction any such resolution or reduction; or |
(iv) | enters into any amalgamation, merger, demerger or corporate reconstruction. |
(g) | (Investigation) An investigation into all or part of the affairs of an Obligor commences under companies legislation in circumstances material to its financial condition. |
(h) | (Analogous process) Anything analogous to anything referred to in paragraphs (d) to (g) inclusive, or which has substantially similar effect, occurs with respect to any Obligor under any law. |
(i) | (Vitiation of documents) |
(i) | All or any part of a Finance Document is terminated or is or becomes void, illegal, invalid, unenforceable or of limited force and effect; |
(ii) | a party becomes entitled to terminate, rescind or avoid all or part of a Finance Document; or |
(iii) | a party other than the Lender alleges or claims that an event described in sub‑paragraph (i) has occurred or that it is entitled as described in sub‑paragraph (ii). |
(j) | (Revocation of Authorisation) An Authorisation which is material to the performance by any Obligor of a Finance Document, or to the validity and enforceability of a Finance Document or to the security of the Lender, is repealed, revoked or terminated or expires, or is modified or amended or conditions are attached to it in a manner unacceptable to the Lender, and is not replaced by another Authorisation acceptable to the Lender. |
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(k) | (Control of Borrower) There is a Change in Control of the Borrower. |
(l) | (Compulsory acquisition) The occurrence of any Compulsory Acquisition Event in relation to all or any substantial part of the Secured Property. |
(m) | (Governmental interference) A law or anything done by a Government Agency wholly or partially to a material extent renders illegal, prevents or restricts the performance or effectiveness of a Finance Document or otherwise has a Material Adverse Effect. |
(n) | (Environmental event) |
(i) | (A) Any person takes action; |
(B) | there is a claim; or |
(C) | there is a requirement of expenditure or of cessation or alteration of activity, |
(ii) | a circumstance arises which in the opinion of the Lender may give rise to an action, claim or requirement within sub‑paragraph (i). |
(o) | (Project) |
(i) | A Compulsory Acquisition Event occurs in relation to all or a material part of the Project. |
(ii) | All or a material part of the Project is abandoned. |
(iii) | The Project breaches any applicable Equator Principles and that breach is not remedied to the satisfaction of the Lender within six months. |
(p) | (Material damage or destruction) The occurrence of material damage to or destruction of all or a material part of the Secured Property provided that no Event of Default will occur under this clause if the affected Secured Property is the subject of a Casualty Event and the Borrower complies with its obligations under clause 17. |
(q) | (Material adverse change) Any other event or series of events, whether related or not, occurs (including a material adverse change in the business, assets, prospects or financial condition of any Obligor or the value of the Secured Property), which in the opinion of the Lender may have a Material Adverse Effect. |
18.2 | Consequences |
(a) | by notice to the Borrower declare the Secured Money immediately due and payable, and the Borrower shall immediately pay the Principal Outstanding and together with all other Secured Money (including accrued interest, fees and other costs and expenses); |
(b) | by notice to the Borrower cancel all or any part of the Commitment; |
(c) | take any step to enforce any Security or any Security Document, or exercise any rights of the Lender, under one or more Finance Documents; |
(d) | (with immediate effect) change some or all of the conditions on which one or more of the Facility is made available to the Borrower (in particular the Lender may adjust any fees, interest rates, discount fees and margins payable under this Agreement or any other |
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(e) | at the cost of the Borrower: |
(i) | appoint a firm of independent accountants or other experts to review and report to the Lender on the affairs, financial condition and business of any Obligor; and |
(ii) | obtain a Valuation of all or any part of the Approved Equipment forming party of the Secured Property. |
19 | Guarantee |
19.1 | Interpretation |
(a) | any person includes the Borrower; |
(b) | any document or agreement includes this Agreement or any other Finance Document; and |
(c) | any reason or some reason includes: |
(i) | any legal limitation, disability, Liquidation, incapacity or thing affecting any person or the operation of any law, including any law relating to Liquidation, fiduciary or other duties or obligations or the protection of creditors; |
(ii) | any release, discharge, termination, rescission, repudiation, extinguishment, abandonment or disclaimer; |
(iii) | any failure by any person to execute, or to execute properly, an agreement or document or to comply with some requirement; or |
(iv) | an agreement, document, obligation or transaction being or becoming illegal, invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable in any respect. |
19.2 | Consideration |
19.3 | Guarantee |
19.4 | Indemnity |
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19.5 | Payment obligation |
(a) | On demand from time to time the Guarantor shall pay an amount equal to the Secured Money which is then due and payable or would have been due and payable but for some reason. Subject to paragraph (b), the Guarantor shall pay that amount in the same manner and currency which the relevant Obligor is, or would have been, required to pay the Secured Money. A demand need only specify the amount owing. It need not specify the basis of calculation of that amount. |
(b) | In relation to any payment obligation of the Borrower expressed to be payable in the PGK Equivalent of an amount denominated in USD, the Guarantor shall pay the relevant amount in USD. |
19.6 | Unconditional nature of obligation |
(a) | the grant to any person of any time, waiver or other indulgence, or the discharge or release of any person; |
(b) | any transaction or arrangement between the Lender and any person; |
(c) | the Lender becoming a party to or bound by any compromise, moratorium, assignment of property, scheme of arrangement, deed of company arrangement, composition of debts or scheme of reconstruction by or relating to any person; |
(d) | the Lender exercising or delaying or refraining from exercising or enforcing any document or agreement or any right, power or remedy conferred on it by law or by any document or agreement; |
(e) | all or any part of any document or agreement held by the Lender at any time or of any right, obligation, power or remedy changing, ceasing or being transferred (this includes amendment, variation, novation, replacement, rescission, invalidity, extinguishment, repudiation, avoidance, unenforceability, frustration, failure, expiry, termination, loss, release, discharge, abandonment or assignment); |
(f) | the taking or perfection of any document or agreement or failure to take or perfect any document or agreement; |
(g) | the failure by any person or the Lender to notify the Guarantor of any default by any person under any document or agreement or other circumstance; |
(h) | the Lender obtaining a judgment against any person for the payment of any Secured Money; |
(i) | any change in any circumstance (including in the members or constitution of any person); |
(j) | any increase in the Secured Money for any reason (including as a result of anything referred to above); or |
(k) | any reason, |
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19.7 | Principal and independent obligation |
19.8 | No marshalling |
(a) | any Security, Guarantee, document or agreement held by the Lender at any time; or |
(b) | any of the funds or assets that the Lender is entitled to receive or has a claim on. |
19.9 | No competition |
(a) | be subrogated to the Lender or any person who has any rights against the Borrower or claim the benefit of any Security or Guarantee held by the Lender or any such person or any such at any time; |
(b) | either directly or indirectly prove in, claim or receive the benefit of, any distribution, dividend or payment arising out of or relating to the Liquidation of the Borrower; or |
(c) | have or claim any right of contribution or indemnity for any reason (whether or not relating to this Agreement) from the Borrower, |
19.10 | Suspense account |
(a) | (b) credit to a suspense account (without applying it); and |
(i) | appropriate at the discretion of the Lender, |
(b) | prove in any Liquidation of any person in respect of the full amount of the Secured Money disregarding any sums in the suspense account. |
19.11 | Rescission of payment |
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(a) | all or part of any transaction of any nature (including any payment or transfer) made during the term of this Agreement which affects or relates in any way to the Secured Money is void, set aside or voidable; |
(b) | any claim of a nature contemplated by paragraph (a) is upheld, conceded or compromised; or |
(c) | the Lender is required to return or repay any money or asset received by it under any such transaction or the equivalent in value of that money or asset, |
19.12 | Continuing guarantee and indemnity |
(a) | is a continuing guarantee and indemnity; |
(b) | will not be taken to be wholly or partially discharged by the payment at any time of any Secured Money or by any settlement of account or other matter or thing; and |
(c) | remains in full force until the Secured Money has been paid in full and the Guarantor has completely performed its obligations under this Agreement. |
19.13 | Variations |
(a) | any amendment to, or waiver under, any Finance Document; or |
(b) | the provision of further accommodation to the Borrower, |
19.14 | Judgment |
19.15 | Conditions precedent |
20 | Review of Facility |
20.1 | Review Event |
(a) | at the request of the Lender, the Borrower and the Lender shall meet promptly (and in any event within 3 Business Days of either party receiving notice of the occurrence of a Review Event) to discuss the Review Event and, if required by the Lender, agree a strategy for the Borrower to rectify the circumstances giving rise to the Review Event; and |
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(b) | if the Borrower and the Lender cannot reach an agreement within 30 days of the occurrence of the Review Event as to ongoing terms and conditions (including but not limited to, pricing) of the Facility, the Lender may give notice to the Borrower requiring repayments of the Principal Outstanding within 60 days of the date of that notice (or such later date as the Lender may, in its absolute discretion, specify). |
20.2 | Clause does not affect the Lender's other rights |
(a) | the Lender's rights if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; or |
(b) | the Lender's right at any time to terminate a Facility which is ‘on demand’, by making a demand for payment in full. |
21 | Interest on Overdue Amounts |
21.1 | Accrual and payment |
(a) | (Accrual) Interest accrues on each unpaid amount which is due and payable by an Obligor under or in respect of any Finance Document (including interest under this clause): |
(i) | on a daily basis up to the date of actual payment from (and including) the due date or, in the case of an amount payable by way of reimbursement or indemnity, the date of disbursement or loss, if earlier; |
(ii) | both before and after judgment (as a separate and independent obligation); and |
(iii) | at the rate provided in clause 21.2 (Rate), |
(b) | (Payment) Each Obligor shall pay interest accrued under this clause on demand and on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter. That interest is payable in the currency of the unpaid amount on which it accrues. |
21.2 | Rate |
(a) | the rate (if any) applicable to the unpaid amount immediately before the due date; or |
(b) | the sum of the Margin and the Lender’s cost of funds, |
22 | Indemnities and Break Costs |
22.1 | Indemnities |
(a) | any Event of Default or breach of a Finance Document; |
(b) | any Defect or Casualty Event; |
(c) | any exercise or attempted exercise of any right, power or remedy under any Finance Document or any failure to exercise any right, power or remedy; |
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(d) | the Secured Property or the existence of any interest in or control, right, power or remedy with respect to the Secured Property; |
(e) | a Drawing requested in a Drawdown Notice not being provided for any reason (including failure to fulfil a condition precedent but excluding default by the Lender); |
(f) | the Lender receiving payments of principal in respect of any Drawing before the end of the relevant Funding Period or the last day of any period under clause 22.2 (Interest on overdue amounts) for any reason, including prepayment in accordance with this Agreement; or |
(g) | the Lender acting in connection with a Finance Document in good faith on email or facsimile instructions purporting to originate from the offices of the Borrower or to be given by an Authorised Officer of the Borrower. |
22.2 | Break costs |
(a) | If the Lender receives or recovers all or part (the Received Amount) of any Drawing or overdue amount before the last day of its Funding Period, on demand the Borrower shall pay the Lender the PGK Equivalent amount (if any) by which: |
(i) | the interest which the Lender should have received on the Received Amount for the period from the date of receipt or recovery of the Received Amount to the last day of its current Funding Period, had it not been paid until that last day; |
(ii) | the interest which the Lender determines that it would obtain by placing an amount equal to the Received Amount on deposit with a leading bank for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on that last day. |
(b) | If for any reason the Borrower revokes, or fails to draw in accordance with, a notice given by it, then on demand it must pay the amount which would have been payable under paragraph (a) if the Drawing had been drawn down and prepaid on the specified drawdown day. |
(c) | Without limitation the indemnity under clause 22.1 will cover any amount determined by the Lender to be incurred by reason of the liquidation or re-employment of deposits or other funds acquired or contracted for by the Lender to fund or maintain any amount (including loss of margin) and by reason of the termination or reversing of any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Lender to fix, hedge or limit its effective cost of funding or maintaining any accommodation under this Agreement or any amount. |
23 | 'Know Your Customer' Checks |
24 | Currency Indemnity |
24.1 | General |
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(a) | the Lender receives or recovers an amount in one currency (the Payment Currency) in respect of an amount denominated under a Finance Document in another currency (the Due Currency); and |
(b) | the amount actually received or recovered by the Lender in accordance with its normal practice when it converts the Payment Currency into the Due Currency is less than the relevant amount of the Due Currency. |
24.2 | Reimbursement |
25 | Expenses |
(a) | its reasonable expenses in relation to the preparation, execution and completion of the Finance Documents and any subsequent consent, agreement, approval, waiver or amendment; and |
(b) | its expenses in relation to: |
(i) | any actual or contemplated enforcement of the Finance Documents, or the actual or contemplated exercise, preservation or consideration of any rights, powers or remedies under the Finance Documents or in relation to the Secured Property; and |
(ii) | any enquiry by a Government Agency concerning any Obligor or the Secured Property or a transaction or activity the subject of the Finance Documents or in connection with which, financial accommodation or funds raised under a Finance Document are used or provided. |
26 | Stamp Duties and GST |
26.1 | Stamp duties |
(a) | Each Obligor shall pay or reimburse the Lender on demand for all stamp, transaction, registration and similar Taxes (including fines and penalties) on or in relation to the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document or any payment, receipt or other transaction contemplated by any Finance Document. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall indemnify the Lender on demand against any liability resulting from delay or omission to pay those Taxes except to the extent the liability results from failure by the Lender to pay any Tax after having been put in funds (with all necessary documents) to do so by an Obligor. |
26.2 | GST |
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(a) | If all or part of any such payment is the consideration for a taxable supply for GST purposes then, when an Obligor makes the payment: |
(i) | it must pay to the Lender an additional amount equal to that payment (or part) multiplied by the appropriate rate of GST (currently 10%); and |
(ii) | the Lender will promptly provide to an Obligor a tax invoice complying with the relevant GST legislation. |
(b) | Where under this Agreement or any other Finance Document an Obligor is required to reimburse or indemnify for an amount, the Obligor will pay the relevant amount (including any sum in respect of GST) less any GST input tax credit the Lender determines that it is entitled to claim in respect of that amount. |
27 | Set‑Off |
(a) | The Lender may apply at any time any credit balance in any currency (whether or not matured) in any account of an Obligor with any branch of the Lender towards satisfaction of any sum then due and payable by it to the Lender under or in relation to any Finance Document. The Lender need not make the application. |
(b) | The Lender may exchange currencies to make that application. |
28 | Waivers, Remedies Cumulative |
(a) | No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, power or remedy under any Finance Document operates as a waiver, nor does any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of that or any other right, power or remedy. |
(b) | The rights, powers and remedies provided to the Lender in the Finance Documents are in addition to, and do not exclude or limit, any right, power or remedy provided by law. |
29 | Severability of Provisions |
30 | Survival of Obligations |
(a) | (Representations and warranties) Each representation or warranty in a Finance Document survives the execution and delivery of the Finance Documents and the provision of financial accommodation. |
(b) | (Indemnity) Each indemnity, reimbursement or similar obligation in a Finance Document (including clause 11 (Taxation) and 12 (Change in Law): |
(i) | is a continuing, separate and independent obligation; |
(ii) | is payable on demand; and |
(iii) | survives termination or discharge of the relevant Finance Document and repayment of financial accommodation. |
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31 | Personal properties securities law |
31.1 | PPSA security interests |
(a) | If a Finance Document (or a transaction in connection with it) is or contains a security interest for the purposes of the PPSA, each Obligor agrees that to the extent the law permits them to be excluded or waived: |
(i) | any provision of the PPSA may be excluded by the relevant secured party giving notice to the grantor that that provision is excluded; and |
(ii) | the Lender need not give any notice required under any provision of the PPSA. |
(b) | If the Lender determines that a Finance Document (or a transaction in connection with it) is or contains a security interest, each Obligor agrees to do anything (such as obtaining consents, signing and producing documents, getting documents completed and signed and supplying information) which the Lender asks and considers necessary for the purposes of: |
(i) | ensuring that the security interest is enforceable, perfected (including, where possible, by control in addition to registration) and otherwise effective; or |
(ii) | enabling the Lender to apply for any registration, or give any notification, in connection with the security interest so that the security interest has the priority required by the Lender; or |
(iii) | enabling the Lender to exercise rights in connection with the security interest. |
31.2 | PPSA undertaking |
31.3 | Costs of further steps and undertaking |
31.4 | General PPSA provisions |
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(a) | In this clause 31, security interest has the meaning given to it in the PPSA. |
(b) | This clause 31 applies despite any other clause in a Finance Document. |
32 | Moratorium Legislation |
(a) | lessens, varies or affects in favour of an Obligor any obligation under a Finance Document; or |
(b) | delays, prevents or prejudicially affects the exercise by the Lender of any right, power or remedy conferred by a Finance Document, |
33 | Assignments |
33.1 | Assignment by Obligor |
33.2 | Assignment by Lender |
33.3 | Securitisation |
33.4 | Disclosure |
(a) | without the consent of any Obligor, disclose to any ratings agency or Government Agency; or |
(b) | with the prior consent of the Borrower (who shall not unreasonably withhold that consent) disclose to a proposed assignee, transferee or sub‑Lender, |
33.5 | No increased costs |
33.6 | Execution of further documentation |
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34 | Notices |
34.1 | Notices |
(a) | All notices, requests, demands, consents, approvals, agreements or other communications to or by a party to this Agreement (each a Notice) (whether being given under this Agreement or under another Finance Document): |
(i) | must be in writing signed by an Authorised Officer of the sender (or in the case of an email message, sent from the email address of an Authorised Officer of the sender); and |
(ii) | will be conclusively taken to be given or made when delivered, received or left at the address, fax number or email address of the recipient shown in Schedule 1 (Notice Details) or to any other address or fax number which it may have notified the sender. |
(b) | A Notice is given and received: |
(i) | if it is hand delivered: |
(A) | by 4.00pm (local time in the place of receipt) on a Business Day – on that day; or |
(B) | after 4.00pm (local time in the place of receipt) on a Business Day, or on a day that is not a Business Day – on the next Business Day; and |
(ii) | if it is sent by fax: |
(A) | by 4.00pm (local time in the place of receipt, equivalent to the time shown on the transmission confirmation report produced by the fax machine from which it was sent) on a Business Day – on that day; or |
(B) | after 4.00pm (local time in the place of receipt, equivalent to the time shown on the transmission confirmation report produced by the fax machine from which it was sent) on a Business Day, or on a day that is not a Business Day – on the next Business Day; and |
(iii) | if it is sent by post: |
(A) | within Papua New Guinea – three Business Days after posting; or |
(B) | to or from a place outside Papua New Guinea – seven Business Days after posting. |
34.2 | Notices sent by email |
(a) | Any Notice which may be given or made under this Agreement or any other Finance Document may instead be sent by email if: |
(i) | the Notice is purported to be sent by an Authorised Officer of the sender; |
(ii) | the Notice is sent to the email address last notified by the intended recipient to the sender: and |
(iii) | the sender keeps an electronic copy of the Notice sent. |
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(b) | Where a Notice required to be provided by an Obligor under this Agreement or a Finance Document has been given by email in accordance with this clause, the sender must promptly provide: |
(i) | the original of any Drawdown Notice to the Lender; and |
(ii) | for any other Notice, the original of that Notice to the Lender and any other relevant person upon request. |
34.3 | Receipt of Notices sent by email |
(a) | receipt by the sender of an email acknowledgement from the recipient’s information system showing that the Notice has been delivered to the email address stated above; |
(b) | the time that the Notice enters an information system which is under the control of the recipient; and |
(c) | the time that the Notice is first opened or read by an employee or officer of the recipient, |
35 | Confidentiality |
35.1 | Confidentiality |
35.2 | Permitted disclosure |
(a) | if allowed or required by law; |
(b) | if required by any securities exchange or any rating agency; |
(c) | if required under a binding order of a Government Agency; |
(d) | by the Lender in enforcing a Finance Document or in a proceeding arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document or to the extent that disclosure is regarded by the Lender as necessary to protect its interests; |
(e) | if the information is in the public domain; |
(f) | by the Lender to its agents, auditors, employees and officers or to any controller appointed by the Lender to an Obligor; |
(g) | to the professional advisers or consultants of any party involved in connection with the Finance Documents who are bound by a duty or obligation of confidence; |
(h) | to an Associate of the Lender, Borrower or Guarantor in which case this clause 35.2 will apply to that Associate; |
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(i) | to an entity whom the Lender assigns, transfers, novates, sub-participates or sells-down by whatever form (or may potentially assign, transfer, novate, sub-participate or sell-down) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under any Finance Document; |
(j) | with the prior written consent of the party providing the information; or |
(k) | as expressly required or permitted by any Finance Document. |
35.3 | Privacy Statement |
35.4 | Survival of obligation |
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36 | Authorised Officers |
37 | Governing law and jurisdiction |
38 | Counterparts |
39 | Acknowledgement by each Obligor |
(a) | it has not entered into any Finance Document in reliance on, or as a result of, any conduct of any kind of or on behalf of the Lender or any Related Entity of the Lender (including any advice, warranty, representation or undertaking); and |
(b) | neither the Lender nor any Related Entity of the Lender is obliged to do anything (including disclose anything or give advice), |
40 | Borrower as agent |
(a) | the Borrower on its behalf to: |
(i) | supply all information concerning itself contemplated by this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to the Lender; |
(ii) | give all notices, certificates, instructions or other communications to the Lender; and |
(iii) | execute on its behalf any notice or other agreement or deed or to effect any relevant consents, waivers, amendments or variations arising out of, under or in connection with any Finance Document, notwithstanding that they may affect the Guarantor, without further reference to or the consent of the Guarantor; and |
(b) | the Lender to give any notice, demand or other communication to it pursuant to this Agreement or any other Finance Document to the Borrower, |
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(a) | Each Obligor agrees that the Lender may delay, block or refuse to process any transaction without incurring any liability if the Lender suspects that: |
(i) | the transaction may breach any law in Papua New Guinea or any other country; or |
(ii) | the transaction may directly or indirectly involve the proceeds of, or be applied for the purposes of, unlawful conduct. |
(b) | Each Obligor must provide all information to the Lender which the Lender reasonably requires in order to manage anti-money laundering or counter-terrorism financing risk or to comply with any laws in Papua New Guinea or any other country. Each Obligor agrees that the Lender may disclose any information concerning the Obligors to: |
(i) | any law enforcement, regulatory agency or court where required by an such law, in Papua New Guinea or elsewhere; or |
(ii) | any correspondent or agent the Lender uses to make the payment for the purpose of compliance with any such law. |
(c) | Each Obligor warrants that it is acting on its own behalf in entering into the Finance Documents. Each Obligor declares and undertakes to the Lender that the payment of money by the Lender in accordance with its (or any other Obligor's) instructions will not breach any anti-money laundering or counter-terrorism financing laws in Papua New Guinea or any other country where the Facility (or amounts drawn under the Facility) may be used. |
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Item | Description | Make | Model | YOM | Serial Number | VIN | Engine Number | Unit Number |
1 | Komatsu HM400-3 Truck | KOMATSU | HM400-3 | 2015 | 3824 | AT542 | ||
2 | Komatsu HM400-3 Truck | KOMATSU | HM400-3 | 2015 | 3827 | AT543 | ||
3 | Komatsu HM400-3 Truck | KOMATSU | HM400-3 | 2015 | 3825 | AT544 | ||
4 | Komatsu HM400-3 Truck | KOMATSU | HM400-3 | 2015 | 3807 | AT545 | ||
5 | Komatsu HM400-3 Truck | KOMATSU | HM400-3 | 2015 | 3805 | AT546 | ||
6 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | 1-10785-7 | 2011 | 9436 | DT332 | ||
7 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2013 | 30703 | DT336 | ||
8 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2013 | 30623 | DT335 | ||
9 | Komatsu 10785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2011 | 9642 | DT334 | ||
10 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2011 | 9610 | DT333 | ||
11 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 30311 | DT337 | ||
12 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 30252 | DT338 | ||
13 | Komatsu HD785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 30307 | DT339 | ||
14 | Komatsu 10785-7 Dump Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 30257 | DT340 | ||
15 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2014 | 29009996 | DT341 | ||
16 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2014 | 29030397 | DT342 | ||
17 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2014 | 29030420 | DT343 | ||
18 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2014 | 29009982 | DT344 | ||
19 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2014 | 29009988 | DT345 | ||
20 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 8962 | DT346 | ||
21 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 9287 | DT347 | ||
22 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 8944 | DT348 | ||
23 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2011 | 8863 | DT349 | ||
24 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 9349 | DT350 | ||
25 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2012 | 9284 | DT351 | ||
26 | Komatsu PC 1250-8R | KOMATSU | PC 1250-8R | 2017 | EX653 (35795 | EX653 | ||
27 | Komatsu PC 1250-8R | KOMATSU | PC 1250-8R | 2017 | EX654 35819 | EX654 | ||
28 | Komatsu PC2000 Excavator | KOMATSU | PC2000-8 | 2014 | 20515 | EX706 | ||
29 | Komatsu GD825 Grader SG404 | KOMATSU | GD825-2 | 2013 | i2913 | SG404 | ||
30 | Service Truck HD465-7E | KOMATSU | HD465-7E1 | 20016 | ST504 | |||
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Item | Description | Make | Model | YOM | Serial Number | VIN | Engine Number | Unit Number |
31 | Service Truck HD465-7E | KOMATSU | HD465-7E1 | 2013 | 20010 | ST503 | ||
32 | Komatsu D275A-5R | KOMATSU | D275A-5R | 2014 | TD607 45070 | TD607 | ||
33 | Komatsu D275A-5R | KOMATSU | D275A-5R | 2014 | TD606 45094 | TD606 | ||
34 | Komatsu D275A-5R | KOMATSU | D275A-5R | 2017 | TD608 (45188 | TD608 | ||
35 | Komatsu D375A-6R | KOMATSU | D375A-6R | 2014 | TD707 65559 | TD707 | ||
36 | Wheel Excavator R210W-9 | HYUNDAI | ROBEX210W9 | ROBEX210W _9 0442 | WE-201 | |||
37 | Komatsu WA900 Wheel Loader | KOMATSU | WA900-3 | 2012 | 60217 | WL604 | ||
38 | Komatsu 10785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2013 | 30581 | |||
39 | Komatsu HD785-7 Truck | KOMATSU | HD785-7 | 2013 | 30582 | |||
40 | All Terrain Crane | GROVE | Grove5250L (250T) | 2018 | 52506015 | W09250560JWG12015 | CN07 | |
41 | 25T Terrex Franna Crane | TERRE-X | MAC 25T (25T Franna Crane | 2018 | 251164 | CN06 | ||
42 | D65 Drill | ATLAS COPCO | D65 Drill | 2018 | TMG17SEDO 506 | SD503 | ||
43 | D65 Drill | ATLAS COPCO | 065 Drill | 2018 | TMG17SEDO 509 | SD504 | ||
44 | Cat Excavatar 6030 | Cat | 6030 | 2015 | EX801 | |||
45 | Prime Movers (Iveco Astra) | Iveco | ASTRA HD9EU3 66.48T Truck-Tractors-6x6-H2166 | 2018 | ZCNH96639F PC04762 | F3BE0681E**B191-240332 | ||
46 | Prime Movers (Iveco Astra) | Iveco | ASTRA HD9EU3 66.48T Truck-Tractors-6x6-H2165 | 2018 | ZCNH96637F PC04761 | F3BE0681**B191-240300 | ||
47 | Prime Movers (Iveco Astra) | Iveco | HD9EU3 66.48T Truck-Tractors-6x6-H2167 | 2018 | ZCNH96630F PC04763 | F3BE0681E**B191-240323 | ||
48 | Prime Movers (Iveco Astra) | Iveco | ASTRA HD9EU3 66.48T Truck-Tractors-6x6-H2168 | 2018 | ZCNH96632F PC04764 | F3BE0681E**B191-240273 | ||
49 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728106600222 | N04CUH21673 | ||
50 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728X06600235 | N04CUH21781 | ||
51 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728106600267 | N04CUH21859 | ||
52 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728606600247 | N04CUH21810 | ||
53 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728906600260 | N04CUH21830 | ||
54 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728406600179 | N04CUH21397 | ||
55 | Bus Endur04 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728206600245 | N04CUH21806 | ||
56 | Bus Enduro 4 x 4 Toyota | Toyota | 4x4 16 Seater Coaster | 2018 | JTGFP728406600134 | 8155695 | ||
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1 | Executed Finance Documents |
2 | Verification Certificate |
3 | Consents and BPNG Authorisation |
(a) | Authority of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, for the Borrower to enter into the Facility Agreement (being an agreement which creates an obligation in favour of the Lender, in a foreign currency). |
(b) | The consent of each relevant Government Agency to the entry into and performance of (and if relevant, registration of) each Finance Document that is required by law or considered necessary or desirable by the Lender. |
4 | Registration of Securities |
(a) | Evidence that each security interest created under the Specific Security Deed has been registered on each relevant register in Papua New Guinea. |
(b) | Evidence that all registered Securities over the Secured Property (other than in favour of the Lender) have been or will be released on or before the first Drawdown Date except any Security permitted by clause 16.2(c) (Negative pledge). |
(c) | Each document necessary to register: |
(i) | each Ancillary Security in an appropriate register; and |
(ii) | any other Finance Document with each relevant Government Agency, |
5 | Stamping |
(a) | evidence that no Finance Document is liable to stamp duty; or |
(b) | for each Finance Document which is liable to duty and has not been duly stamped for the full amount of all advances which may be made under this Agreement, evidence that it has been or will be lodged for stamping with the appropriate relevant Government Agency with a cheque or other appropriate remittance for the full amount of duty payable. |
6 | Secured Property |
7 | Title Documents |
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8 | Opinions |
(a) | An Australian law opinion of Allens, legal advisers to the Lender, in relation to the Finance Documents. |
(b) | A Papua New Guinea law opinion of Allens, legal advisers to the Lender, in relation to the Finance Documents. |
9 | Valuation |
10 | Insurance |
11 | Fees and expenses |
12 | Anti-money laundering – 'Know Your Customer' Requirements |
13 | Major transaction |
14 | Foreign enterprise |
15 | Other information |
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1 | We wish to draw under the Facility on [*] (the Drawdown Date). |
2 | The total principal amount to be drawn is USD[*]. |
3 | Please remit the proceeds to account number [*] at [*]. |
4 | We represent and warrant on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantor as follows. |
(a) | [Except as disclosed in paragraph (c)] the representations and warranties in the Facility Agreement are true as though they had been made at the date of this Drawdown Notice in respect of the facts and circumstances then subsisting. |
(b) | [Except as disclosed in paragraph (c)] no Event of Default [or Potential Event of Default] continues or will result from the drawing. |
(c) | [Details of the exceptions to paragraphs (a) and (b) are as follows: [*], and we [have taken/propose] the following remedial action [*].] |
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1 | [In relation to the Borrower] Extracts of minutes of a meeting of directors of the Company authorising the execution and delivery of, and performance of the Company's obligations under, each Finance Document to which it is expressed to be a party explaining why the directors believe it is in the best interests and commercial benefit of, the Company. |
2 | [In relation to the Borrower] Extracts of minutes of a meeting of all members of the Company authorising execution of any Finance Document to which it is expressed to be a party relating to the above facility. Such resolutions have not been amended, modified or revoked and are in full force and effect. |
3 | [In relation to the Borrower] A certificate of incorporation and constituent documents for the Company, if they are not already held by the Lender. |
4 | Specimen signatures of all those authorised to give [drawdown and other] notices for the Company[ or to sign the Finance Documents], if they are not already held by the Lender. |
5 | [The following Authorisations: |
(a) | [*]; |
(b) | [*] |
6 | ][[*] |
1 | [In relation to the Borrower] [the Company does not have a constitution; |
2 | ]the Company is solvent and will not become insolvent as a result of the entry into and performance of the Facility Agreement; |
3 | [In relation to the Borrower] no Security is registered against Approved Equipment under the PPSA on the date of this certificate; |
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4 | no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; |
5 | the Company and the Project is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and Equator Principles; and |
6 | nothing has occurred that might reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect. |
Director Signature | Director Signature | |
Print Name | Print Name | |
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The Common Seal of Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Limited was affixed in the presence of: | ||
/s/ JJ van Heerden | /s/ Aubrey Testa | |
Director Signature | Director Signature | |
JJ van Heerder | Aubrey Testa | |
Print Name | Print Name | |
Executed in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by Harmony Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd: | ||
/s/ JJ van Heerden | /s/ D Lightfoot | |
Director Signature | Director/Secretary Signature | |
JJ van Heerden | D Lightfoot | |
Print Name | Print Name | |
Signed for Westpac Bank – PNG – Limited by its attorneys under power of attorney in the presence of: | ||
/s/ Kenneth Bali | /s/ Yangung Meraudje | |
Witness Signature | Attorney Signature | |
Kenneth Bali | Yangung Meraudje | |
Print Name | Print Name | |
/s/ Adrian Huges | ||
Attorney Signature | ||
Adrian Huges | ||
Print Name | ||
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