Document:

Exhibit 4.25

 

7 April 2017

 

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED

 

arranged by

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED HEREIN

as Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED HEREIN

as Original Lenders

 

with

 

CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

acting as Agent

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
US$5,150,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FACILITY   AGREEMENT
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
for
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ALIBABA   GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
 
    	

    	
Freshfields   Bruckhaus Deringer
    	
 
    

 

 

CONTENT

 

	
Clause
    	
 
    	
Page
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.
    	
DEFINITIONS AND   INTERPRETATION
    	
1
    
	
2.
    	
THE FACILITY
    	
18
    
	
3.
    	
PURPOSE
    	
22
    
	
4.
    	
CONDITIONS OF   UTILISATION
    	
22
    
	
5.
    	
UTILISATION
    	
23
    
	
6.
    	
REPAYMENT
    	
24
    
	
7.
    	
PREPAYMENT AND   CANCELLATION
    	
25
    
	
8.
    	
INTEREST
    	
28
    
	
9.
    	
INTEREST PERIODS
    	
29
    
	
10.
    	
CHANGES TO THE   CALCULATION OF INTEREST
    	
29
    
	
11.
    	
FEES
    	
30
    
	
12.
    	
TAX GROSS UP AND   INDEMNITIES
    	
31
    
	
13.
    	
INCREASED COSTS
    	
34
    
	
14.
    	
MITIGATION BY THE   LENDERS
    	
36
    
	
15.
    	
OTHER INDEMNITIES
    	
37
    
	
16.
    	
COSTS AND EXPENSES
    	
38
    
	
17.
    	
REPRESENTATIONS
    	
39
    
	
18.
    	
INFORMATION   UNDERTAKINGS
    	
43
    
	
19.
    	
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
    	
45
    
	
20.
    	
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
    	
47
    
	
21.
    	
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
    	
49
    
	
22.
    	
ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER   BY THE COMPANY
    	
54
    
	
23.
    	
DISCLOSURE OF   INFORMATION
    	
54
    
	
24.
    	
ROLE OF THE   ADMINISTRATIVE PARTIES
    	
56
    
	
25.
    	
SHARING AMONG THE   FINANCE PARTIES
    	
66
    
	
26.
    	
PAYMENT MECHANICS
    	
67
    
	
27.
    	
SET-OFF
    	
71
    
	
28.
    	
NOTICES
    	
71
    
	
29.
    	
CALCULATIONS AND   CERTIFICATES
    	
73
    
	
30.
    	
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
    	
73
    
	
31.
    	
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
    	
74
    

 

 

	
32.
    	
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
    	
74
    
	
33.
    	
COUNTERPARTS
    	
78
    
	
34.
    	
CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION   OF BAIL-IN
    	
78
    
	
35.
    	
GOVERNING LAW
    	
79
    
	
36.
    	
ENFORCEMENT
    	
79
    
	
SCHEDULE 1 THE ORIGINAL   LENDERS
    	
81
    
	
SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT
    	
82
    
	
SCHEDULE 3 UTILISATION   REQUEST
    	
84
    
	
SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF   TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
    	
85
    
	
SCHEDULE 5 FORM OF   INCREASE CONFIRMATION
    	
87
    
	
SCHEDULE 6 FORM OF   CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
    	
89
    
	
SCHEDULE 7 ACCOUNT   DETAILS
    	
95
    
	
SCHEDULE 8 FORM OF   ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT NOTICE
    	
99
    

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 7 April 2017 and made between:

 

(1)                                 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED (the “Company”);

 

(2)                                 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED; THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.; BNP PARIBAS; CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS ASIA LIMITED; CREDIT SUISSE AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH; DBS BANK LTD.; DEUTSCHE BANK AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH; GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA; THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED; ING BANK N.V., SINGAPORE BRANCH; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH; MIZUHO BANK, LTD. and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. (whether acting individually or together, the “Mandated Lead Arrangers”);

 

(3)                                 THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) as lenders (the “Original Lenders”); and

 

(4)                                 CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED as agent of the Finance Parties (other than itself) (the “Agent”).

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                               Definitions

 

In this Agreement:

 

“Acceptable Bank” means:

 

(a)                                 a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investor Services Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency; or

 

(b)                                 any other bank or financial institution approved by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders).

 

“Accordion Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Accounting Principles” means, in relation to the Company, US GAAP or IFRS.

 

“Additional Commitment” means:

 

(a)                                 in relation to an entity identified as a Lender in an Additional Commitment Notice, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Additional Commitment” in such Additional Commitment Notice and the amount of any other Additional Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; or

 

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(b)                                 in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Additional Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.

 

“Additional Commitment Fee Letter” means each fee letter entered into between the Company and, if applicable, the Lenders or other banks which commit Additional Commitments.

 

“Additional Commitment Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Additional Commitment Notice) delivered by the Company to the Agent in accordance with Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Administrative Party” means each of the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers.

 

“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.

 

“APLMA” means the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Limited.

 

“Authorisation” means:

 

(a)                                 an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation, lodgement or registration; or

 

(b)                                 in relation to anything which will be fully or partly prohibited or restricted by law if a Governmental 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.

 

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling 65 months after the date of this Agreement.

 

“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:

 

(a)                                 the aggregate amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and

 

(b)                                 in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the aggregate amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,

 

other than, in relation to any proposed Utilisation, that Lender’s participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.

 

“Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.

 

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.

 

“Bail-In Legislation” means:

 

(a)                                 in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and

 

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(b)                                 in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation.

 

“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

 

(a)                                 the interest (excluding the Margin) which a Lender should have received pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the principal amount of a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

 

exceeds:

 

(b)                                 the amount of interest which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

 

“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York.

 

“Capital Stock” of any person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such person, including any Preferred Shares and limited liability or partnership interests (whether general or limited), but excluding any debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

 

“Commitment” means:

 

(a)                                 in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading Commitment in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments); and

 

(b)                                 in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments),

 

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.

 

“Competitors” means Amazon (including Joyo.com), Baidu, eBay (including PayPal), Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Tencent (including Tenpay), JD.com (formerly, 360Buy), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Yihaodian, Xiaomi, 58.com, Yahoo! JAPAN (including SoftBank Group), Qihoo 360, Vipshop, Rakuten, Ping An (including Lufax but excluding Ping An Bank), UnionPay, Uber, NetEase and each of their controlled Affiliates.

 

“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the APLMA as set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent and in any event the benefit of which accrues to the Company as a third party beneficiary.

 

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“Consolidated Affiliated Entity” of any person means any corporation, association or other entity which is or is required to be consolidated with such person under Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 810-10, Consolidation: Overall (including any changes, amendments or supplements thereto) or, if such person prepares its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles other than U.S. GAAP, the equivalent of Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 810-10, Consolidation: Overall under such accounting principles.

 

“Controlled Entity” of any person means a Subsidiary or a Consolidated Affiliated Entity of such person.

 

“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 20 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice or the making of any determination (other than as to materiality) referred to in Clause 20 (Events of Default)) be an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender:

 

(a)                                 which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available or has notified the Agent or the Company (which has notified the Agent) that it will not make its participation in a Loan available by the Utilisation Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation);

 

(b)                                 which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or

 

(c)                                  with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,

 

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

 

(i)                                     its failure to pay is caused by:

 

(A)                               administrative or technical error; or

 

(B)                               a Disruption Event; and,

 

payment is made within two Business Days of its due date; or

 

(ii)                                  the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.

 

“Disruption Event” means either or both of:

 

(a)                                 a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; and

 

(b)                                 the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:

 

(i)                                     from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

 

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(ii)                                  from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

 

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

 

“Distributable Reserves” means, in relation to a Major Material Subsidiary incorporated in the PRC which is a WFOE, the retained earnings of such WFOE that may in accordance with any applicable PRC law and regulation and PRC GAAP be distributed to its shareholders outside of the PRC after taking into account all Taxes payable under PRC law and all statutory reserve requirements in the PRC.

 

“Dormant Subsidiary” means a Group Member which does not trade (for itself or as agent for any person) and does not own, legally or beneficially, any material assets (including, without limitation, indebtedness owed to it).

 

“EBITDA” means the consolidated income before income tax and share of net losses or gains of equity investees of the Group before taxation (including the results from any discontinued operations):

 

(a)                                 before deducting any interest, commission, fees, discounts, prepayment fees, premiums or charges and other finance payments whether paid, payable or capitalised by any Group Member (calculated on a consolidated basis);

 

(b)                                 not including any accrued interest owing to any Group Member;

 

(c)                                  before taking into account any Exceptional Items;

 

(d)                                 before taking into account any unrealised gains or losses on any derivative instrument or similar financial instrument (but excluding any derivative instrument which is accounted for on a hedge accounting basis);

 

(e)                                  before taking into account any gain or loss arising from an upward or downward revaluation of any other asset at any time after the date to which the Original Financial Statements were made up;

 

(f)                                   before taking into account the charge to profit represented by expensing of stock based compensation;

 

(g)                                  after adding back any amount attributable to the amortisation, depreciation or impairment of assets of the Group Members; and

 

(h)                                 after excluding any Excluded Earnings,

 

in each case, to the extent added, deducted or taken into account, as the case may be, for the purposes of determining income before income tax and share of net losses or gains of equity investees of the Group before taxation.

 

“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time.

 

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“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 20 (Events of Default).

 

“Exceptional Items” means any exceptional, one off, non-recurring or extraordinary items including those arising on:

 

(a)                                 the restructuring of the activities of an entity and reversals of any provisions for the cost of restructuring;

 

(b)                                 disposals, revaluations or impairment of non-current assets; and

 

(c)                                  disposals of assets associated with discontinued operations.

 

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Excluded Earnings” means any earnings (whether positive or negative) of the Finance Companies and the Project Companies.

 

“Extended Loan” means a Loan or part of a Loan in respect of which the Company and the relevant Lender(s) have agreed to amend certain terms pursuant to an Extension Agreement.

 

“Extension Agreement” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments).

 

“Facility” means the revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2.1 (The Facility) as such facility may be increased pursuant to Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters referring to this Agreement or the Facility between one or more Administrative Parties and the Company setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees), and any Additional Commitment Fee Letter.

 

“Final Repayment Date” means the date falling sixty-six (66) months after the date of this Agreement.

 

“Finance Company” means:

 

(a)                                 深圳市一达通企业服务有限公司 (Shen Zhen One Touch Business Service Ltd.) [B69] and each of its Subsidiaries as at the date of this Agreement; and

 

(b)                                 any other Group Member whose primary function is the provision of merchant, consumer or other credit finance and/or related credit services (including provision of guarantees), which has obtained a small loans lending or other lending, credit, guarantee or comparable licence from the relevant regulator.

 

“Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Utilisation Request, any Additional Commitment Notice and any other document designated as such by the Company and the Agent (or by the Company and the Lenders, provided that the Agent receives notification of such designation).

 

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“Finance Party” means the Agent, a Mandated Lead Arranger or a Lender.

 

“Governmental Agency” means any government or any governmental agency, semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority (including, without limitation, any stock exchange or any self-regulatory organisation established under statute).

 

“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time.

 

“Group Member” means a member of the Group.

 

“Group Structure Chart” means the summary group structure chart in the agreed form.

 

“Holding Company” means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

 

“Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

 

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

“Impaired Agent” means the Agent at any time when:

 

(a)                                 it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment;

 

(b)                                 the Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document;

 

(c)                                  (if the Agent is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender”; or

 

(d)                                 an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Agent;

 

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

 

(i)                                     its failure to pay is caused by:

 

(A)                               administrative or technical error; or

 

(B)                               a Disruption Event; and

 

(ii)                                  payment is made within two Business Days of its due date; or

 

(iii)                               the Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.

 

“Increase Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Increase Confirmation).

 

“Increase Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).

 

“Indebtedness” means any and all obligations of a person for money borrowed which, in accordance with US GAAP, would be reflected on the balance sheet of such person as a liability on the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined.

 

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“Indenture” means the indenture dated as of 28 November 2014 in connection with the US$8,000,000,000 notes issued by the Company.

 

“Indirect Tax” means any goods and services tax, consumption tax, value added tax or any tax of a similar nature.

 

“Industrial Competitor” means any person which is, or is an Affiliate of, a Competitor, or any person that is acting on behalf of or fronting for any such person, provided that a person will not be considered to be “fronting for” or “acting on behalf of” any such person if such person has confirmed in writing to the relevant Finance Party with a copy to the Company that it is not fronting for or acting on behalf of a Competitor or an Affiliate of a Competitor.

 

“Insolvency Event” in relation to a Finance Party means that the Finance Party:

 

(a)                                 is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

 

(b)                                 becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(c)                                  makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;

 

(d)                                 institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;

 

(e)                                  has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and:

 

(i)                                     results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or

 

(ii)                                  is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof;

 

(f)                                   has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

 

(g)                                  seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets;

 

(h)                                 has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter;

 

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(i)                                     causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (h) above; or

 

(j)                                    takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.

 

“Intellectual Property” means:

 

(a)                                 any patents, trade marks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, domain names, moral rights, inventions, confidential information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests (which may now or in the future subsist), whether registered or unregistered; and

 

(b)                                 the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets of each Group Member (which may now or in the future subsist).

 

“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, the period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).

 

“Interpolated Screen Rate” means, in relation to LIBOR for any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Screen Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

 

(a)                                 the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

 

(b)                                 the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

 

each as of 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for the currency of that Loan.

 

“Lender” means:

 

(a)                                 any Original Lender; and

 

(b)                                 any bank or financial institution (or, with the prior written consent of the Company, other person) which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase), Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments) or Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders),

 

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

“LIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan:

 

(a)                                 the applicable Screen Rate;

 

(b)                                 (if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan; or

 

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(c)                                  if:

 

(i)                                     no Screen Rate is available for US Dollars; or

 

(ii)                                  no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan and it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan,

 

the Reference Bank Rate,

 

as of, in the case of paragraphs (a) and (c) above, 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for US Dollars and for a period comparable to the Interest Period of that Loan and, in the case of paragraphs (a) to (c) above, if any such rate is below zero, LIBOR will be deemed to be zero.

 

“Loan” means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.

 

“London Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business including dealings in interbank deposits in London.

 

“Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 50% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 50% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction).

 

“Major Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, a Group Member which has earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation calculated on the same basis as EBITDA representing five per cent. (5%) or more of EBITDA, calculated on a consolidated basis, but excluding any Project Company, any Finance Company and any Dormant Subsidiary.

 

“Management” means the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and the group general counsel of the Company.

 

“Margin” means 0.95 per cent. per annum.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on:

 

(a)                                 the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Group taken as a whole;

 

(b)                                 the ability of the Company to perform its payment obligations under the Finance Documents taking into account any support that it may reasonably expect from any other Group Member; or

 

(c)                                  the validity or enforceability of, or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under, any of the Finance Documents other than to the extent not materially adverse to the interests of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.

 

“Money Laundering” means:

 

(a)                                 the conversion or transfer of property, knowing it is derived from a criminal offence, for the purpose of concealing or disguising its illegal origin or of assisting any Person who is involved in the commission of the crime to evade the legal consequences of its actions;

 

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(b)                                 the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement, right with respect to, or ownership of, property knowing that it is derived from a criminal offence; or

 

(c)                                  the acquisition, possession or use of property knowing at the time of its receipt that it is derived from a criminal offence.

 

“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

 

(a)                                 (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(b)                                 if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and

 

(c)                                  if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end.

 

The above rules will apply only to the last Month of any period.

 

“New Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders).

 

“Non-recourse Obligation” means Indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to:

 

(a)                                 the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any of its Controlled Entities; or

 

(b)                                 the financing of a project involving the purchase, development, improvement or expansion of properties of the Company or any of its Controlled Entities,

 

as to which the obligee with respect to such Indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any Controlled Entities of the Company or to the Company’s or any such Controlled Entities’ assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).

 

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

“Officer” means the Executive Chairman of the Board, the Executive Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Corporate Secretary of the Company or, in the event that the Company is a partnership or a limited liability company that has no such officers, a person duly authorised under applicable law by the general partner, managers, members or a similar body to act on behalf of the Company.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

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“Original Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 March 2016.

 

“Participant” means each person to whom a Lender has transferred all or any of its obligations, economic interest or other interest under the Finance Documents by way of a Participation Agreement.

 

“Participation Agreement” means each agreement or letter (including, without limitation, a fee letter) between a Lender and a Participant under which the Lender has transferred all or any of its obligations, economic interest or other interest under the Finance Documents, directly or indirectly, whether by sub-participation, credit derivative (including a credit default swap or credit linked note), total return swap or in any other way but excluding any transfer or novation of any of a Lender’s Commitments and/or rights and/or obligations in accordance with Clause 21.1 (Transfers by the Lenders).

 

“Party” means a party to this Agreement.

 

“PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, excluding for these purposes Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

 

“PRC GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles of the PRC.

 

“Preferred Shares” applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

“Principal Controlled Entities” means one of the Company’s Controlled Entities:

 

(a)                                 as to which one or more of the following conditions is/are satisfied:

 

(i)                                     its total revenue or (in the case of one of the Company’s Controlled Entities which has one or more Controlled Entities) consolidated total revenue attributable to the Group is at least 5% of the consolidated total revenue of the Group;

 

(ii)                                  its net profit or (in the case of one of the Company’s Controlled Entities which has one or more Controlled Entities) consolidated net profit attributable to the Group (in each case before taxation and exceptional items) is at least 5% of the consolidated net profit (before taxation and exceptional items) of the Group; or

 

(iii)                               its net assets or (in the case of one of the Company’s Controlled Entities which has one or more Controlled Entities) consolidated net assets attributable to the Group (in each case after deducting minority interests in Subsidiaries) are at least 10% of its consolidated net assets of the Group (after deducting minority interests in Subsidiaries of the Company),

 

all as calculated by reference to the then latest audited financial statements (consolidated or, as the case may be, unconsolidated) of the Controlled Entity of the Company and the then latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company;

 

provided that, in relation to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above:

 

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(A)                               for the purpose of this definition only, “Group” means the Company and its Controlled Entities; and

 

(B)                               (1) in the case of a corporation or other business entity becoming a Controlled Entity after the end of the financial period to which the Company’s latest consolidated audited accounts relate, the reference to the then latest consolidated audited accounts of the Company and the Controlled Entities for the purposes of the calculation above shall, until the Company consolidated audited accounts for the financial period in which the relevant corporation or other business entity becomes a Controlled Entity are issued, be deemed to be a reference to the then latest consolidated audited accounts of the Company and the Controlled Entities adjusted to consolidate the latest audited accounts (consolidated in the case of a Controlled Entity which itself has Controlled Entities) of such Controlled Entity in such accounts;

 

(2) if at any relevant time in relation to the Company or any Controlled Entity which itself has Controlled Entities, no consolidated accounts are prepared and audited, total revenue, net profit or net assets of the Company and/or any such Controlled Entity shall be determined on the basis of pro forma consolidated accounts prepared for this purpose by or on behalf of the Company;

 

(3) if at any relevant time in relation to any Controlled Entity, no accounts are audited, its net assets (consolidated, if appropriate) shall be determined on the basis of pro forma accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) of the relevant Controlled Entity prepared for this purpose by or on behalf of the Company; and

 

(4) if the accounts of any Controlled Entity (not being a Controlled Entity referred to in proviso (1) above) are not consolidated with the Company’s accounts, then the determination of whether or not such Controlled Entity is a Principal Controlled Entity shall be based on a pro forma consolidation of its accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) with the Company’s consolidated accounts (determined on the basis of the foregoing); or

 

(b)                                 that Principal Controlled Entity merges with or into, or to which is transferred all or substantially all of the assets of a Controlled Entity which immediately prior to the transfer was a Principal Controlled Entity; provided that, with effect from such transfer, the Controlled Entity which so transfers its assets and undertakings shall cease to be a Principal Controlled Entity (but without prejudice to paragraph (a) above) and the Controlled Entity to which the assets are so transferred shall become a Principal Controlled Entity.

 

“Prohibited Transferee” means, in respect of any transfer or sub-participation:

 

(a)                                 an Industrial Competitor; or

 

(b)                                 any person which is not a bank or financial institution and which has not been specifically approved in writing by the Company.

 

“Project Company” means:

 

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(a)                                 Alibaba Group Properties Limited [A08] and each of its Subsidiaries as at the date of this Agreement; and

 

(b)                                 any other Group Member which is (i) established or acquired after the date of this Agreement; (ii) capitalised with equity funded by equity or shareholder loans from, or on behalf of, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) established or acquired to develop a specific asset or project.

 

“Quotation Day” means:

 

(a)                                 in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined two London Business Days before the first day of that period, unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days); and

 

(b)                                 in relation to any Interest Period the duration of which is selected by the Agent pursuant to Clause 8.3 (Default interest), such date as may be determined by the Agent (acting reasonably).

 

“Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request by the Reference Banks as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the Relevant Interbank Market, in US Dollars and for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in US Dollars and for that period.

 

“Reference Banks” means, subject to Clause 24.18 (Reference Banks), the principal London offices of any banks as may be appointed by the Agent with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

“Relevant Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness which is in the form of, or represented or evidenced by, bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities which for the time being are, or are intended to be or are commonly, quoted, listed or dealt in or traded on any stock exchange or over-the-counter or other securities market, but shall exclude any bank debt, bank loans or securitisations.

 

“Relevant Interbank Market” means the London interbank market.

 

“Relevant Jurisdiction” means, in relation to the Company:

 

(a)                                 its jurisdiction of incorporation; and

 

(b)                                 any jurisdiction where it conducts a material part of its business.

 

“Resolution Authority” means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers.

 

“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 17.1 (Status) to 17.6 (Governing law and enforcement), Clause 17.9 (No default), Clause 17.10 (No misleading information), paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 17.11 (Financial statements), Clause 17.19 (Good title to assets), paragraph (b) of Clause 17.20 (Bribery, Anti-corruption) and paragraph (b) of Clause 17.22 (Money Laundering).

 

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“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.

 

“Rollover Loan” means one or more Loans:

 

(a)                                 made or to be made on the same day that one or more maturing Loans is or are due to be repaid;

 

(b)                                 the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan(s); and

 

(c)                                  made or to be made to the Company for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan(s).

 

“Sanctions” means any sanctions, restrictions or embargoes imposed or enforced by the United Nations, the European Union, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland, OFAC, the State Department of the United States, HM Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia and any other sanctions administered by any governmental entity which is notified to a Group Member by the Agent in accordance with Clause 19.4 (Sanctions).

 

“Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for US Dollars and the relevant period, displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Company.

 

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as constituted from time to time.

 

“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Separate Loans” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 6.3 (Repayment).

 

“Subsidiary” of any person means:

 

(a)                                 any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or persons performing similar functions); or

 

(b)                                 any partnership, joint venture limited liability company or similar entity of which more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable,

 

is, in the case of (a) and (b), voting at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (1) such person; (2) such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such person. For the avoidance of doubt, references to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries exclude any Finance Company or Project Company whose financial results are not consolidated with those of the Company in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

 

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“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure by the Company to pay or any delay by the Company in paying any of the same).

 

“Tax Deduction” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 12.1 (Tax definitions).

 

“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments (being US$5,150,000,000 at the date of this Agreement).

 

“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Company.

 

“Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:

 

(a)                                 the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and

 

(b)                                 the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the United States, as amended.

 

“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Company under the Finance Documents.

 

“US Dollar” or “US$” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

“US GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

“Utilisation” means a utilisation of the Facility.

 

“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.

 

“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part A of Schedule 3 (Requests).

 

“WFOE” means a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated in the PRC.

 

“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means:

 

(a)                                 in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule; and

 

(b)                                 in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:

 

(i)                                     any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

 

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(ii)                                  any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.

 

1.2                               Construction

 

(a)                                 Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

 

(i)                  any “Administrative Party”, the “Agent”, any “Mandated Lead Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

 

(ii)               a document in “agreed form” is a document which is in the form previously agreed in writing by or on behalf of the Company and the Mandated Lead Arrangers prior to the date hereof or, on behalf of the Company and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders);

 

(iii)            “assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

(iv)           a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;

 

(v)              “including” shall be construed as “including without limitation” (and cognate expressions shall be construed similarly);

 

(vi)           “indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;

 

(vii)        a Lender’s “participation” in a Loan or Unpaid Sum includes an amount representing the fraction or portion (attributable to such Lender by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement) of the total amount of such Loan or Unpaid Sum and the Lender’s rights under this Agreement in respect thereof;

 

(viii)     a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);

 

(ix)              a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law, but if not having the force of law, which is generally complied with by those to whom it is addressed) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

 

(x)                 any notation after the name of a Group Member refers to the number for that Group Member as specified in the Group Structure Chart;

 

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(xi)              a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and

 

(xii)           a time of day is a reference to Hong Kong time.

 

(b)                                 Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.

 

(c)                                  Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 A Default or an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived.

 

(e)                                  No person shall incur any personal liability whatsoever in connection with the issuance of a certificate, on behalf of the Company, pursuant to the terms of a Finance Document.

 

1.3                               Third party rights

 

(a)                                 Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any third person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

 

2.                                      THE FACILITY

 

2.1                               The Facility

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Company a US Dollar revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.

 

2.2                               Increase

 

(a)                                 The Company may by giving prior notice to the Agent after the effective date of a cancellation of:

 

(i)                     the Available Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with paragraph (g) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender); or

 

(ii)                  the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with paragraph (h) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender); or

 

(iii)               the Commitments of a Lender in accordance with:

 

(A)                               Clause 7.1 (Illegality); or

 

(B)                               paragraph (a) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), request that the Commitments be increased (and the Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount of up to the amount of the Available Commitments or Commitments so cancelled as follows:

 

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(A)                               the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Lenders or other banks or financial institutions (or any other person approved in writing by the Company) (each an “Increase Lender”) selected by the Company and each of which confirms in writing whether in the relevant Increase Confirmation or otherwise its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, no Party shall be obliged to assume the obligations of a Lender pursuant to this Clause 2.2 (Increase) without the prior consent of that Party);

 

(B)                               the Company and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Company and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;

 

(C)                               each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;

 

(D)                               the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and

 

(E)                                any increase in the Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by the Company in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the conditions set out in paragraph (b) below are satisfied.

 

(b)                                 An increase in the Commitments will only be effective on:

 

(i)                     the execution by the Agent of an Increase Confirmation from the relevant Increase Lender; and

 

(ii)                  in relation to an Increase Lender which is not a Lender immediately prior to the relevant increase, the Agent being satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender. The Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Increase Lender upon being so satisfied.

 

(c)                                  Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective.

 

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(d)                                 Clause 21.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to:

 

(i)                     an “Existing Lender” were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase;

 

(ii)                  the “New Lender” were references to that “Increase Lender”; and

 

(iii)               a “re-transfer” were references to respectively a “transfer”.

 

2.3                               Additional Commitments

 

(a)                                 The Company may at any time confirm that one or more Lenders or any other bank(s) (each an “Accordion Lender”) has agreed to commit Additional Commitments by delivering an Additional Commitment Notice to the Agent.

 

(b)                                 Each Additional Commitment Notice is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless it has been countersigned by each Accordion Lender named therein and it specifies:

 

(i)                     the date on which the Additional Commitments are confirmed;

 

(ii)                  the amount of the Additional Commitments; and

 

(iii)               the amount of the Additional Commitments allocated to each Accordion Lender named in the Additional Commitment Notice.

 

(c)                                  By countersigning the Additional Commitment Notice:

 

(i)                     each Accordion Lender agrees to commit the Additional Commitments set out against its name; and

 

(ii)                  each Accordion Lender which is not already a Lender, agrees to become a party to this Agreement as a Lender.

 

(d)                                 An increase in the Commitments under this Clause 2.3 shall take effect on the date specified in the Additional Commitment Notice as the date on which the Additional Commitments are confirmed or any later date on which the conditions set out in paragraph (e) below are satisfied.

 

(e)                                  An increase in the Commitments under this Clause 2.3 will only be effective on:

 

(i)                     the execution by the Agent of the Additional Commitment Notice; and

 

(ii)                  in relation to an Accordion Lender which is not a Lender immediately prior to the relevant increase, the Agent being satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the Additional Commitments by that Accordion Lender. The Agent shall promptly execute the Additional Commitment Notice and notify the Company and the Accordion Lender upon being so satisfied.

 

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(f)                                   No Additional Commitment Notice shall become effective at a time when a Utilisation Request has been delivered and the proposed Utilisation Date under that Utilisation Request has not yet occurred.

 

(g)                                  Upon receipt of a duly completed Additional Commitment Notice, the Agent shall inform the Lenders of such receipt.

 

(h)                                 The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the increased amounts of the Commitments under the Facility promptly after an Additional Commitment Notice takes effect in accordance with this Clause 2.3.

 

(i)                                     For the avoidance of doubt: (i) the Additional Commitments shall have the same terms (other than as to upfront arrangement fees and conditions precedent) as the Facility; and (ii) the upfront arrangement fees in respect of the Additional Commitments shall be set out in a separate Additional Commitment Fee Letter entered into by the Company and the relevant Accordion Lender(s), provided that no Accordion Lender shall be offered or paid any fees on better terms than those which have been offered to the Mandated Lead Arrangers.

 

2.4                               Readjustment of participations in outstanding Loans

 

(a)                                 If any Loan is outstanding on the date of accession of any Accordion Lender and the establishment of any Additional Commitment in accordance with Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments), the amount of each Lender’s (including the acceding Accordion Lender’s) participation in each such outstanding Loan shall be calculated by the Agent so that the amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Commitment to the Total Commitments as at such date. For the avoidance of doubt, in making such calculation the Agent shall take into account the Additional Commitments.

 

(b)                                 The Agent will notify in writing each Lender and the Company of the recalculated amount of each Lender’s participation in each outstanding Loan.

 

(c)                                  Following receipt of such notice, the Accordion Lender(s) will make such balancing payments to the Agent (for the account of each other Lender) as may be required so as to ensure that each Lender’s participation in outstanding Loans is as calculated by the Agent in accordance with paragraph (a) above. Such payment in respect of each outstanding Loan shall be made to the Agent on the last day of the Interest Period for that Loan occurring after the date of such notice or, if earlier, the first Utilisation Date to occur after the date of such notice in respect of a Loan which is not a Rollover Loan.

 

(d)                                 For the avoidance of doubt, no Break Costs will be payable as a result of the readjustment of participations in outstanding Loans pursuant to this Clause 2.4.

 

2.5                               Finance Parties’ rights and obligations

 

(a)                                 The obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

 

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(b)                                 The rights of the Finance Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Company is a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of a Loan or any other amount owed by the Company which relates to a Finance Party’s participation in the Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by the Company.

 

(c)                                  A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

3.                                      PURPOSE

 

3.1                               Purpose

 

The Company shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards general corporate and working capital purposes of the Group (including acquisitions).

 

3.2                               Monitoring

 

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.                                      CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

 

4.1                               Initial conditions precedent

 

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) in relation to any Utilisation if on or before the date of the initial Utilisation Request the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (acting reasonably), and the Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

 

4.2                               Further conditions precedent

 

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

 

(a)                                 in the case of a Rollover Loan, the Company has not received written notice from the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) following an Event of Default which is continuing requiring the Company to repay the maturing Loan that is due to be repaid on the proposed Utilisation Date; and

 

(b)                                 in the case of any Loan other than a Rollover Loan:

 

(i)                     no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and

 

(ii)                  the Repeating Representations to be made by the Company are true in all material respects.

 

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4.3                               Maximum number of Loans

 

(a)                                 The Company may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation more than 13 Loans would be outstanding (or such greater number of Loans as may be agreed by the Agent in its sole discretion).

 

(b)                                 The Company may not request that a Loan be divided.

 

(c)                                  No Separate Loan or Extended Loan shall be taken into account in this Clause 4.3.

 

5.                                      UTILISATION

 

5.1                               Delivery of a Utilisation Request

 

The Company may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than 11.00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date or by such date as the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) may agree with the Company.

 

5.2                               Completion of a Utilisation Request

 

(a)                                 Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

 

(i)                     the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; and

 

(ii)                  the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

 

(b)                                 Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.

 

5.3                               Currency and amount

 

(a)                                 The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be US Dollars.

 

(b)                                 The amount of the proposed Loan must be a minimum of US$100,000,000, or, if less, the Available Facility.

 

5.4                               Lenders’ participation

 

(a)                                 If the conditions set out in Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) and Clauses 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request) to 5.3 (Currency and amount) above have been met, and subject to Clause 6 (Repayment), each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.

 

(b)                                 The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.

 

(c)                                  The Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan and if different, the amount of that participation to be made available in accordance with Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent), in each case by no later than 11.00 a.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date.

 

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5.5                               Cancellation of Available Facility

 

The Available Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled at 5.00 p.m. on the last day of the Availability Period.

 

6.                                      REPAYMENT

 

6.1                               Subject to Clause 6.3 below, the Company shall repay each Loan on the last day of its Interest Period.

 

6.2                               If one or more Loans are to be made available to the Company:

 

(a)                                 on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by the Company; and

 

(b)                                 in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan,

 

the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Company notifies the Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:

 

(i)                     if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

(A)                               the Company will only be required to make a payment under Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent) in an amount equal to that excess; and

 

(B)                               each Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Company in or towards repayment of that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to make a payment under Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans; and

 

(ii)                  if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

(A)                               the Company will not be required to make a payment under Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent); and

 

(B)                               each Lender will be required to make a payment under Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent that its participation in the new Loans exceeds that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Company in or towards repayment of that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan.

 

6.3                               At any time when a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the maturity date of each of the participations of that Defaulting Lender in the Loans then outstanding will be automatically extended to the Final Repayment Date and will be treated as separate Loans (the “Separate Loans”).

 

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6.4                               The Company may prepay a Separate Loan in accordance with paragraph (h) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender). The Agent will forward a copy of a prepayment notice received in accordance with paragraph (h) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) to the Defaulting Lender concerned as soon as practicable on receipt.

 

6.5                               Interest in respect of a Separate Loan will accrue for successive Interest Periods selected by the Company by the time and date specified by the Agent (acting reasonably) and will be payable by the Company to the Agent (for the account of that Defaulting Lender) on the last day of each Interest Period of that Loan.

 

6.6                               The terms of this Agreement relating to Loans generally shall continue to apply to Separate Loans other than to the extent inconsistent with Clauses 6.3 to 6.5 above, in which case those paragraphs shall prevail in respect of any Separate Loan.

 

7.                                      PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

 

7.1                               Illegality

 

If, at any time, it is or will become unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan:

 

(a)                                 that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

 

(b)                                 upon the Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

 

(c)                                  the Company shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to the Company on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).

 

7.2                               Voluntary cancellation

 

The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, reduce the Available Facility to zero or by such amount (being a minimum amount of US$5,000,000) as the Company may specify in such notice. Any such reduction under this Clause 7.2 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.

 

7.3                               Voluntary Prepayment

 

The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the Loan by a minimum amount of US$5,000,000) together with any applicable Break Costs.

 

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7.4                               Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

 

(a)                                 If:

 

(i)                     any sum payable to any Lender by the Company is required to be increased under paragraph (a) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or

 

(ii)                  any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs); or

 

(iii)               the rate notified by a Lender in relation to a particular Interest Period under sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 10.2 (Market disruption) is higher than the lowest rate notified by a Lender under that sub-paragraph,

 

the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and/or its intention to procure the prepayment of that Lender’s participation in the Loans or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.

 

(b)                                 On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

 

(c)                                  On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in that notice), the Company shall prepay that Lender’s participation in the relevant Loan.

 

(d)                                 The Company may, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above, on five Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent and that Lender, replace that Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Company which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash or other cash payment payable at the time of the transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Agent has not given a notification under Clause 21.10 (Pro-rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

 

(e)                                  The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                     the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent;

 

(ii)                  neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender;

 

(iii)               in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and

 

(iv)              no Lender shall be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate unless it is satisfied that it has completed all “know your customer” and other similar procedures that it is required (or deems desirable) to conduct in relation to the transfer to such replacement Lender.

 

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(f)                                   A Lender shall perform the procedures described in paragraph (e)(iv) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Agent and the Company when it is satisfied that it has completed those checks.

 

(g)                                  (i)                                     If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, at any time whilst the Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Agent two Business Days’ notice of cancellation of each Available Commitment of that Lender.

 

(ii)                                  On the notice referred to in paragraph (i) above becoming effective, each Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

 

(iii)                               The Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (i) above, notify all the Lenders.

 

(h)                                 (i)                                     The Company may, at any time, give the Agent two Business Days’ notice of prepayment of any Separate Loan and cancellation of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender in respect of that Separate Loan.

 

(ii)                                  On the notice referred to in paragraph (i) above becoming effective, the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender in respect of that Separate Loan shall immediately be reduced to zero and the Company shall prepay that Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Separate Loan (together with any applicable Break Costs).

 

(iii)                               The Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (i) above, notify all the Lenders.

 

7.5                               Restrictions

 

(a)                                 Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.

 

(b)                                 Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

 

(c)                                  Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility which is repaid or prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or reduce all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase), no amount of any Commitment that is reduced in accordance with this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.

 

(f)                                   If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as appropriate.

 

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(g)                                  If all or part of a Loan is repaid or prepaid and is not available for redrawing (other than by operation of Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent)), an amount of the Commitments (equal to the amount of the Loan which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment. Any cancellation under this paragraph (g) (save in connection with any repayment or, as the case may be, prepayment under paragraph (c) of Clause 7.1 (Illegality) or paragraph (c), (g) or (h) of Clause 7.4 (Right of prepayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender)) shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.

 

8.                                      INTEREST

 

8.1                               Calculation of interest

 

The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the:

 

(a)                                 Margin; and

 

(b)                                 applicable LIBOR.

 

8.2                               Payment of interest

 

The Company shall pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last day of each Interest Period relating to that Loan (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the dates falling at six monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).

 

8.3                               Default interest

 

(a)                                 If the Company fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which is, subject to paragraph (b) below, two per cent. (2%) higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 shall be immediately payable by the Company on demand by the Agent.

 

(b)                                 If any Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:

 

(i)                     the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and

 

(ii)                  the rate of interest applying to the Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be two per cent. (2%) higher than the rate which would have applied if the Unpaid Sum had not become due.

 

(c)                                  Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately due and payable.

 

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8.4                               Notification of rates of interest

 

The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the Company of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

 

9.                                      INTEREST PERIODS

 

9.1                               Selection of Interest Periods

 

(a)                                 The Company shall select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan.

 

(b)                                 Subject to this Clause 9, the Company may select an Interest Period of 1, 2, 3 or 6 Months or any other period agreed between the Company and the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders in relation to the relevant Loan).

 

(c)                                  An Interest Period for a Loan shall not, subject to Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments), extend beyond the Final Repayment Date.

 

(d)                                 Each Loan has one Interest Period only which shall start on the Utilisation Date of that Loan.

 

9.2                               Non-Business Days

 

If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

 

10.                               CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

 

10.1                        Absence of quotations

 

Subject to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by noon (local time) on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.

 

10.2                        Market disruption

 

(a)                                 Subject to any alternative basis agreed and consented to as contemplated by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 10.3 (Alternative basis of interest or funding), if a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s participation in that Loan for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

 

(i)                     the Margin; and

 

(ii)                  the percentage rate per annum notified to the Agent by that Lender, as soon as practicable and in any event not later than five Business Days before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, as the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select.

 

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(b)                                 In relation to a Market Disruption Event under paragraph (c)(ii) below, if the percentage rate per annum notified by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) above shall be less than LIBOR or if a Lender shall fail to notify the Agent of any such percentage rate per annum, the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in the relevant Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, to be LIBOR.

 

(c)                                  In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means:

 

(i)                     at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR for US Dollars and Interest Period; or

 

(ii)                  at 5.00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately following the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in the relevant Loan exceed 50 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR.

 

(d)                                 If a Market Disruption Event shall occur, the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company thereof.

 

10.3                        Alternative basis of interest or funding

 

(a)                                 If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Company so requires, the Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.

 

(b)                                 Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties.

 

(c)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that no substitute basis is agreed at the end of the thirty day period, the rate of interest shall continue to be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

10.4                        Break Costs

 

(a)                                 The Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Company on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.

 

(b)                                 Each Lender shall, together with its demand, provide a certificate confirming the amount and the basis of calculation of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

 

11.                               FEES

 

11.1                        Commitment fee

 

(a)                                 The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in US Dollars computed and accruing on a daily basis with effect from (but excluding) the date falling 45 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Commitment Fee Commencement Date”) at 0.20 per cent. per annum on that Lender’s Available Commitment for the Availability Period at close of business (in New York) on each day of the Availability Period falling after the Commitment Fee Commencement Date (or, if any such day shall not be a Business Day, at such close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day).

 

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(b)                                 The accrued commitment fee is payable (but without double counting):

 

(i)                     on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period commencing with the period of three Months starting on the Commitment Fee Commencement Date;

 

(ii)                  on the last day of the Availability Period; and

 

(iii)               if a Lender’s Commitment is reduced to zero before the last day of the Availability Period, on the day on which such reduction to zero becomes effective.

 

(c)                                  No commitment fee is payable to the Agent (for the account of a Lender) on any Available Commitment of that Lender for any day on which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

 

11.2                        Upfront fee

 

(a)                                 The Company shall pay to each Mandated Lead Arranger an upfront fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall pay to each Accordion Lender an upfront fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

11.3                        Agency fee

 

The Company shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

12.                               TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

 

12.1                        Tax definitions

 

(a)                                 In this Clause 12:

 

“FATCA” means:

 

(i)                     sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations or other official guidance;

 

(ii)                  any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (i) above; or

 

(iii)               any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (i) or (ii) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

 

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“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

 

“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

 

“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

 

“Tax Payment” means an increased payment made by the Company to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity).

 

(b)                                 Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination acting in good faith.

 

12.2                        Tax gross-up

 

(a)                                 All payments to be made by the Company to any Finance Party under the Finance Documents shall be made free and clear of and without any Tax Deduction unless the Company is required to make a Tax Deduction, in which case the sum payable by the Company (in respect of which such Tax Deduction is required to be made) shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that such Finance Party receives a sum net of any deduction or withholding equal to the sum which it would have received had no such Tax Deduction been made or required to be made.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company.

 

(c)                                  If the Company is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Company shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

(d)                                 Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Company shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

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12.3                        Tax indemnity

 

(a)                                 Without prejudice to Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up), if any Finance Party is required to make any payment of or on account of Tax on or in relation to any sum received or receivable under the Finance Documents (including any sum deemed for purposes of Tax to be received or receivable by such Finance Party whether or not actually received or receivable) or if any liability in respect of any such payment is asserted, imposed, levied or assessed against any Finance Party, the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand of the Agent, promptly indemnify the Finance Party which suffers a loss or liability as a result against such payment or liability, together with any interest, penalties, costs and expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith, provided that this Clause 12.3 shall not apply:

 

(i)                     to the extent a loss, liability or cost relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;

 

(ii)                  to any Tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income actually received or receivable by such Finance Party (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any sum deemed for purposes of Tax to be received or receivable by such Finance Party but not actually receivable) by the jurisdiction in which such Finance Party is incorporated; or

 

(iii)               to any Tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income of the Facility Office of such Finance Party actually received or receivable by such Finance Party (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any sum deemed for purposes of Tax to be received or receivable by such Finance Party but not actually receivable) by the jurisdiction in which its Facility Office is located.

 

(b)                                 A Finance Party intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, whereupon the Agent shall notify the Company thereof.

 

(c)                                  A Finance Party shall, on receiving a payment from the Company under this Clause 12.3, notify the Agent.

 

(d)                                 Paragraph (a) shall not apply to the extent any Tax is not notified to the Agent by the relevant Finance Party within three (3) Months of the relevant Finance Party becoming aware of the relevant Tax.

 

12.4                        Tax credit

 

If the Company makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:

 

(a)                                 a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and

 

(b)                                 that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,

 

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Company which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in no better and no worse position in respect of its worldwide tax liabilities than it would have been in had the Company not been required to make the Tax Payment.

 

12.5                        Stamp taxes

 

The Company shall:

 

(a)                                 pay all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document, and

 

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(b)                                 within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to any stamp duty, registration or other similar Tax paid or payable in respect of any Finance Document.

 

12.6                        Indirect tax

 

(a)                                 All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any Indirect Tax. If any Indirect Tax is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the Indirect Tax.

 

(b)                                 Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and indemnify the Finance Party against all Indirect Tax incurred by that Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment in respect of the Indirect Tax.

 

12.7                        FATCA Deduction

 

(a)                                 Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.

 

(b)                                 Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Company, the Agent and the other Finance Parties.

 

13.                               INCREASED COSTS

 

13.1                        Increased costs

 

(a)                                 Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation by any governmental or regulatory authority or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement. The terms “law” and “regulation” in this paragraph (a) shall include any law or regulation concerning capital adequacy, prudential limits, liquidity, reserve assets or Tax.

 

(b)                                 In this Agreement:

 

(i)                     “Basel III” means:

 

(A)                               the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended supplemented or restated; and

 

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(B)                               any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”; and

 

(ii)                  “Increased Costs” means:

 

(A)                               a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital (including as a result of any reduction in the rate of return on capital brought about by more capital being required to be allocated by such Finance Party);

 

(B)                               an additional or increased cost; or

 

(C)                               a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

 

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to the undertaking, funding or performance by such Finance Party of any of its obligations under any Finance Document or any participation of such Finance Party in any Loan or Unpaid Sum.

 

13.2                        Increased cost claims

 

(a)                                 A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Company.

 

(b)                                 Each Finance Party shall together with its demand provide a certificate confirming the amount and basis of calculation of its Increased Costs.

 

13.3                        Exceptions

 

(a)                                 Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

 

(i)                     attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Company;

 

(ii)                  compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because the exclusion in paragraph (a) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);

 

(iii)               attributable to the breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation or the negligence of any of them;

 

(iv)              attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (“Basel II”) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates);

 

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(v)                 attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with Basel III or any other law or regulation which implements Basel III (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates) but only to the extent the relevant Finance Party is required to implement, apply or comply with Basel III on the date on which it becomes a Party;

 

(vi)              attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; or

 

(vii)           not notified to the Agent by the relevant Finance Party within three (3) Months of such Finance Party becoming aware of the Increased Cost in accordance with Clause 13.2(a) (Increased cost claims).

 

(b)                                 In this Clause 13.3 references to a “FATCA Deduction” or a “Tax Deduction” have the same meaning given to such terms in Clause 12.1 (Tax definitions).

 

14.                               MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS

 

14.1                        Mitigation

 

(a)                                 Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs), including (but not limited to):

 

(i)                     providing such information as the Company may reasonably request in order to permit the Company to determine its entitlement to claim any exemption or other relief (whether pursuant to a double taxation treaty or otherwise) from any obligation to make a Tax Deduction; and

 

(ii)                  in relation to any circumstances which arise following the date of this Agreement, transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

 

(b)                                 Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents.

 

14.2                        Limitation of liability

 

(a)                                 The Company shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 14.1 (Mitigation).

 

(b)                                 A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 14.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to it.

 

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14.3                        Conduct of business by the Finance Parties

 

No provision of this Agreement will:

 

(a)                                 interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;

 

(b)                                 oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim;

 

(c)                                  oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax; or

 

(d)                                 oblige any Finance Party to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any applicable anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, economic or trade Sanctions law or regulation.

 

15.                               OTHER INDEMNITIES

 

15.1                        Currency indemnity

 

(a)                                 If any sum due from the Company under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

 

(i)                     making or filing a claim or proof against the Company; or

 

(ii)                  obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

 

the Company shall as an independent obligation, within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

 

(b)                                 The Company waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

 

15.2                        Other indemnities

 

The Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:

 

(a)                                 the occurrence of any Event of Default;

 

(b)                                 any written information produced or approved by the Company in connection with the Finance Documents being or being alleged to be misleading and/or deceptive in any respect;

 

(c)                                  any enquiry, investigation, subpoena (or similar order) or litigation with respect to the Company or with respect to the transactions contemplated or financed under this Agreement;

 

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(d)                                 a failure by the Company to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date or in the relevant currency, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 25 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);

 

(e)                                  funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Company in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone); or

 

(f)                                   a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Company.

 

15.3                        Indemnity to the Agent

 

(a)                                 The Company shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:

 

(i)                     investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or

 

(ii)                  acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

 

(b)                                 The indemnity to the Agent shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement and the resignation or replacement of the Agent.

 

16.                               COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

16.1                        Transaction expenses

 

The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay the Administrative Parties the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees of law firms approved by the Company and subject to any agreed caps) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of:

 

(a)                                 this Agreement and any other Finance Documents referred to in it; and

 

(b)                                 any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

 

16.2                        Amendment costs

 

If (a) the Company requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 26.10 (Change of currency), the Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees of law firms approved by the Company and subject to any agreed caps) reasonably incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.

 

16.3                        Enforcement costs

 

The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

 

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17.                               REPRESENTATIONS

 

The Company makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 17 to each Finance Party.

 

17.1                        Status

 

(a)                                 It is an exempted company, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

(b)                                 It and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business in all material respects as it is being conducted.

 

(c)                                  It is acting as principal for its own account and not as agent or trustee in any capacity on behalf of any person in relation to the Finance Documents.

 

17.2                        Binding obligations

 

The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations which are generally applicable, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

 

17.3                        Non-conflict with other obligations

 

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:

 

(a)                                 any material law or regulation applicable to it;

 

(b)                                 its constitutional documents; or

 

(c)                                  any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets in a manner that might reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

 

17.4                        Power and authority

 

It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.

 

17.5                        Validity and admissibility in evidence

 

All Authorisations required:

 

(a)                                 to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)                                 to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and

 

(c)                                  for it to carry on its business, and which are material,

 

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect (or, in each case, will be when required).

 

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17.6                        Governing law and enforcement

 

(a)                                 The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                 Any judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

17.7                        Deduction of Tax

 

It is not required under the law applicable where it is incorporated or resident or at the address specified in this Agreement to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under any Finance Document.

 

17.8                        No filing or stamp taxes

 

Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.

 

17.9                        No default

 

(a)                                 No Event of Default is continuing or could reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation.

 

(b)                                 No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

17.10                 No misleading information

 

Save as disclosed in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which such information is provided, all written information provided by any Group Member to the Agent after the date of this Agreement was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided and was not misleading in any material respect as at such date.

 

17.11                 Financial statements

 

(a)                                 Its financial statements most recently supplied to the Agent or otherwise made available to the public (which, at the date of this Agreement, are the Original Financial Statements) were prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles consistently applied save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements.

 

(b)                                 Its financial statements most recently supplied to the Agent or otherwise made available to the public (which, at the date of this Agreement, are the Original Financial Statements) give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its consolidated financial condition and operations as at the end of and for the relevant financial year save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements.

 

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(c)                                  There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group) since 31 March 2016.

 

17.12                 Pari passu ranking

 

Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

17.13                 No proceedings pending or threatened

 

No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to be adversely determined and, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

17.14                 Taxation

 

(a)                                 It is not (and none of its Subsidiaries is) overdue (taking into account any extension or grace period) in the payment of any material amount in respect of Tax, in each case save to the extent that (i) such payment is being contested in good faith; and (ii) it has maintained adequate reserves for those Taxes.

 

(b)                                 No claim or investigations are being, or to the actual knowledge of the Company, are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any of its Subsidiaries) with respect to Taxes which would have or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  It is resident for tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

 

17.15                 No insolvency

 

No event as described in Clause 20.5 (Involuntary proceedings) or Clause 20.6 (Voluntary proceedings) is continuing in relation to it or any Major Material Subsidiary.

 

17.16                 Intellectual Property

 

(a)                                 It, or another Group Member, is the legal and beneficial owner of or has licensed to it all the material Intellectual Property which is required in order to carry on the business of the Group as it is currently being conducted.

 

(b)                                 It does not (nor does any of its Subsidiaries), in carrying on its businesses, infringe any Intellectual Property of any third party in any respect which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                                  All formal or procedural actions (including payment of fees) required to maintain any Intellectual Property owned by it or any of its Subsidiaries have been taken, except to the extent failure to take such actions does not or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

17.17                 Immunity

 

(a)                                 The entry into by it of each Finance Document constitutes, and the exercise by it of its rights and performance of its obligations under each Finance Document will constitute, private and commercial acts performed for private and commercial purposes.

 

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(b)                                 It will not be entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in any proceedings taken in its Relevant Jurisdiction in relation to any Finance Documents.

 

17.18                 Authorised Signatures

 

Any person specified as its authorised signatory under Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is authorised to sign Utilisation Requests and other notices on its behalf.

 

17.19                 Good title to assets

 

It and each of its Subsidiaries has a good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary to carry on its business as from time to time conducted the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

17.20                 Bribery, Anti-corruption

 

(a)                                 To the actual knowledge of Management, the business of the Group is carried on in all material respects in compliance with all, and no Group Member or any of their directors, officers, agents (solely in their capacity as agents under, and in compliance with, a written contract with that Group Member), affiliates or employees acts in breach of any, applicable laws relating to bribery and anti-corruption, including without limitation the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any similar laws, rules or regulations issued, administered or enforced by any government or governmental authority having jurisdiction over it.

 

(b)                                 There are in place appropriate policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with all such applicable laws by each Group Member and by its directors, officers and employees.

 

17.21                 Sanctions

 

(a)                                 To the actual knowledge of Management, after due and reasonable enquiry, the business of the Group is as at the date of this Agreement carried on in compliance with all applicable Sanctions.

 

(b)                                 None of the Company, any Group Member or any of its or their directors, officers, agents (solely in their capacity as agents under, and in compliance with, a written contract with that Group Member), affiliates or employees is a person currently the subject of any Sanctions, and neither the Company nor any Group Member is located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of any Sanctions.

 

17.22                 Money Laundering

 

(a)                                 To the actual knowledge of Management, after due and reasonable enquiry, no Group Member engages in Money Laundering or acts in breach of any applicable laws or regulations relating to Money Laundering issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over it.

 

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(b)                                 There are in place appropriate policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by each Group Member with all applicable laws or regulations relating to Money Laundering.

 

17.23                 Dividends repatriation

 

There is no contractual restriction for any Major Material Subsidiary incorporated in the PRC which is a WFOE to pay dividends out of its Distributable Reserves, or to make any distribution to any of its shareholders or holders of any equity interest in it (in each case, subject to any generally applicable administrative and legal restrictions).

 

17.24                 Times when representations made

 

(a)                                 All the representations and warranties in this Clause 17 are made by the Company on the date of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by the Company on the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period.

 

(c)                                  Each representation or warranty deemed to be made after the date of this Agreement shall, except where the contrary is indicated, be deemed to be made by reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the date the representation or warranty is deemed to be made.

 

18.                               INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

 

The undertakings in this Clause 18 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

 

18.1                        Financial statements

 

In the event that the Company’s financial statements cease to be publicly available, the Company shall supply to the Agent:

 

(a)                                 as soon as they become available but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its financial years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and

 

(b)                                 as soon as they become available but in any event within 60 days after the end of the first half of each of its financial years, its unaudited consolidated financial statements for that financial half year.

 

18.2                        Compliance Certificate

 

The Company shall supply to the Agent:

 

(a)                                 annually, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company; and

 

(b)                                 upon written request by the Agent, within 14 days of such request,

 

a brief certificate from the principal execution officer, principal financial officer, principal account officer or treasurer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under the Finance Documents (which compliance shall be determined without regarding to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under the Finance Documents), specifying if any Default has occurred and, in the event that any Default has occurred, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof of which such person may have knowledge.

 

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18.3                        SEC filings

 

The Company shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Finance Parties, if the Agent so requests) such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act, provided that, any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be supplied to the Agent within 30 calendar days after the same is filed with the SEC, provided further that the filing of the reports specified in Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act by an entity that is the direct or indirect parent of the Company shall satisfy the requirements of this Clause 18.3 so long as such entity is an obligor or guarantor of the obligations under the Finance Documents, provided further that the reports of such entity shall not be required to include condensed consolidating financial information for the Company in a footnote to the financial statements of such entity. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Agent is for information purpose only and the Agent’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under the Finance Documents (as to which the Agent is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). It is expressly understood that materials transmitted electronically by the Company to the Agent or filed pursuant to the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor electronic filing system) shall be deemed supplied to the Agent for purposes of this Clause 18.3.

 

18.4                        Notification of default

 

The Company shall deliver to the Agent promptly and in any event within 30 calendar days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any event which, with the giving of notice of the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting out the details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

18.5                        Rule 144A information

 

At any time when the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to the Lenders and to prospective lenders, upon the requests of such Lender (through the Agent), any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as any Securities (as defined in the Indenture) are not freely transferable under the Securities Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act as if expressly set out herein (mutatis mutandis) with references to the “indenture trustee” being deemed as references to the Agent; references to the “indenture securities” being deemed as references to the Facility; and references to the “indenture” being deemed as references to the Finance Documents.

 

18.6                        “Know your customer” checks

 

(a)                                 The Company shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender (including for any Lender on behalf of any prospective new Lender)) in order for the Agent, such Lender or any prospective new Lender to conduct any “know your customer” or other similar procedures under applicable laws and regulations.

 

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(b)                                 Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to conduct any “know your customer” or other similar procedures under applicable laws and regulations.

 

19.                               GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

 

The undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

 

19.1                        Pari passu ranking

 

The Company shall ensure that its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank and continue to rank at least pari passu with the claims of all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

19.2                        Negative pledge

 

(a)                                 The Company shall not create or have outstanding, and shall ensure that none of the Principal Controlled Entities will create or have outstanding, any Security upon the whole or any part of their respective present or future assets securing any Relevant Indebtedness, or create or have outstanding any guarantee or indemnity in respect of any Relevant Indebtedness either of the Company or of any of the Company’s Principal Controlled Entities, without:

 

(i)                     at the same time or prior thereto securing or guarantee of the liabilities of the Company under the Finance Documents equally and ratably therewith; or

 

(ii)                  providing such other Security or guarantee for the Facility as shall be approved by the Majority Lenders.

 

(b)                                 Paragraph (a) above does not apply to:

 

(i)                     any Security arising or already arisen automatically by operation of law which is timely discharged or disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(ii)                  any Security in respect of the obligations of any person which becomes a Principal Controlled Entity or which merges with or into the Company or a Principal Controlled Entity after the date of the Indenture which is in existence at the date on which it becomes a Principal Controlled Entity or merges with or into the Company or a Principal Controlled Entity;

 

(iii)               any Security created or outstanding in favour of the Company or any Security created by any of the Controlled Entities of the Company in favour of any of the Company’s other Controlled Entities;

 

(iv)              any Security in respect of Relevant Indebtedness of the Company or any Principal Controlled Entity with respect to which the Company or such Principal Controlled Entity has paid money or deposited money or securities with a paying agent, trustee or depository to pay or discharge in full the obligations of the Company or such Principal Controlled Entity in respect thereof (other than the obligation that such money or securities so paid or deposited, and the proceeds therefrom, be sufficient to pay or discharge such obligations in full);

 

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(v)                 any Security created in connection with a project financed with, or created to secure, Non-recourse Obligations; or

 

(vi)              any Security arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Relevant Indebtedness secured by any Security permitted by paragraphs (ii), (v) or this paragraph (vi); provided that such Relevant Indebtedness is not increased beyond the principal amount thereof (together with the costs of such refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding, including any accrued interest and prepayment premiums or consent fees) and is not secured by any additional property or assets.

 

19.3                        Merger, consolidation and sale of assets

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other person in a transaction in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person unless:

 

(a)                                 any person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties and assets substantially as an entirety is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity validly existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the PRC or Hong Kong and such person expressly assumes, by an accession deed in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, all of the Company’s obligations under the Finance Documents, including the obligations under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities);

 

(b)                                 immediately after given effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(c)                                  the Company shall have delivered to the Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an opinion of independent legal firm of internationally recognised standing that is reasonably acceptable to the Agent, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and the accession deed referred in paragraph (a) above comply with the Finance Documents and that all conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

19.4                        Sanctions

 

(a)                                 No Group Member shall use any of the funds advanced under this Agreement directly or indirectly for the purpose of, or with the effect of, funding or facilitating any activities or business activities in, with or relating to (a) Crimea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, Syria or North Korea, unless such countries are no longer the subject of Sanctions; and (b) any other countries that are, or become, the subject of Sanctions (as notified in writing by the Agent (acting on behalf of any Lenders) to such Group Member from time to time) where such utilisation would be prohibited under Sanctions.

 

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(b)                                 No Group Member shall use any of the funds advanced under this Agreement directly or indirectly for the purpose of, or with the effect of, funding or facilitating, any activities or business activities or dealings of or with any person that is/are the subject of Sanctions and/or subject to economic or trade sanctions, restrictions or embargoes by any other governmental or supranational body notified in writing by the Agent (acting on behalf of any Lenders) to such Group Member from time to time. This includes in particular (but without limitation) business activities involving persons named on any sanctions lists issued by any of the aforementioned bodies.

 

19.5                        Anti-corruption

 

No Group Member will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facility in a manner, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing or facilitating any activity, that would violate applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations including without limitation to the extent applicable the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

19.6                        Anti-money laundering

 

The Company will procure that the Group will at all times have in place appropriate procedures and policies designed to promote and achieve compliance by Group Members with all applicable laws and regulations relating to Money Laundering.

 

19.7                        Existing Revolving Loan Facility

 

In relation to the US$3,000,000,000 revolving loan facility made available to the Company pursuant to a facility agreement dated 20 August 2014 (as amended and restated from time to time) between, among others, the Company (as borrower) and Citicorp International Limited (as agent) (the “Existing Revolving Loan Facility”), the Company shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to reduce the Available Facility (as defined in the Existing Revolving Loan Facility) to zero pursuant to a notice of cancellation given in accordance with the terms of the Existing Revolving Loan Facility (the “Cancellation”) by no later than the date falling 15 Business Days after the date on which the Company receives notice from the Agent pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) (the “Relevant Date”), provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Cancellation has not been effected by the Relevant Date, the Company shall, unless otherwise agreed by all the Lenders, continue to use commercially reasonable endeavours to effect the Cancellation.

 

20.                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Each of the events or circumstances set out in the following sub-clauses of this Clause 20 (other than Clause 20.8 (Acceleration)) is an Event of Default.

 

20.1                        Non-payment of principal amount

 

The Company fails to pay the principal amount in respect of the Facility when due and payable (whether at the Final Repayment Date or upon acceleration or otherwise).

 

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20.2                        Non-payment of Interest

 

The Company fails to pay interest in respect of any Loan within 30 days after such interest becomes due and payable.

 

20.3                        Default under Clause 19.3 (Merger, consolidation and sale of assets)

 

The Company defaults in the performance of or breaches its obligations under Clause 19.3 (Merger, consolidation and sale of assets).

 

20.4                        Other obligations

 

The Company defaults in the performance of or breaches any provision of the Finance Documents (other than a default specified in Clauses 20.1, 20.2 or 20.3 above) and such default or breach continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written notice by the Agent.

 

20.5                        Involuntary proceedings

 

A court having jurisdiction enters in the premises of:

 

(a)                                 a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; or

 

(b)                                 a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as final and nonappealable a petition seeking reorganisation, arrangement, adjustment, or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official of the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities or of any substantial part of its or their respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs (or any similar relief granted under any foreign laws),

 

and in any such case the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive calendar days.

 

20.6                        Voluntary proceedings

 

The Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities:

 

(a)                                 commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent; or

 

(b)                                 consent to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any Principal Controlled Entity; or

 

(c)                                  file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganisation or relief with respect to the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or consent to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official of the Company or any of its Principal Controlled Entities or of any substantial part of its or their respective property pursuant to any such law; or

 

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(d)                                 make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors in respect of any indebtedness as a result of an inability to pay such indebtedness as it becomes due, or admit in writing of its inability to pay debts generally as they become due, or take corporate action that resolves to commence any such action.

 

20.7                        Illegality

 

Any obligation of the Company under the Finance Documents or any Finance Document is or becomes or is claimed by the Company to be unenforceable, invalid or ceases to be in full force and effect otherwise than is permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

20.8                        Acceleration

 

At any time while an Event of Default is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction), by notice to the Company:

 

(a)                                 without prejudice to the participations of any Lenders in any Loans then outstanding:

 

(i)                     cancel the Commitments (and reduce them to zero), whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled (and reduced to zero); or

 

(ii)                  cancel any part of any Commitment (and reduce such Commitment accordingly), whereupon the relevant part shall immediately be cancelled (and the relevant Commitment shall be immediately reduced accordingly); and/or

 

(b)                                 declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or

 

(c)                                  declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

 

21.                               CHANGES TO THE LENDERS

 

21.1                        Transfers by the Lenders

 

(a)                                 Subject to this Clause 21, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:

 

(i)                     transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, under the Finance Documents to another bank or financial institution (the “New Lender”); and

 

(ii)                  sub-participate any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(b)                                 Subject to Clause 21.9 (Security over Lender’s rights), an Existing Lender shall not be permitted to assign any of its rights under the Finance Documents.

 

21.2                        Conditions of transfer or sub-participation

 

(a)                                 Subject to paragraph (b) below, the prior written consent of the Company is required for any transfer or sub-participation by an Existing Lender.

 

(b)                                 The prior written consent of the Company is not required for a transfer by an Existing Lender if the relevant transfer is:

 

(i)                     to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; or

 

(ii)                  made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing,

 

unless such transfer is to a Prohibited Transferee, in which case consent of the Company will be required in accordance with paragraph (a) above.

 

(c)                                  Any transfer of a Lender’s rights or obligations under the Finance Documents must be in a minimum amount of US$25,000,000 (and following any such transfer by a Lender, unless that Lender has transferred all of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents, that Lender must retain rights and obligations in a minimum amount of US$25,000,000 or, in each case, such lower amount with the consent of the Company.

 

(d)                                 A transfer will be effective only if the procedure set out in Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.

 

(e)                                  If:

 

(i)                     a Lender transfers any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

 

(ii)                  as a result of circumstances existing at the date the transfer occurs, the Company would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs),

 

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the transfer had not occurred.

 

(f)                                   Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.

 

(g)                                  The right of any Lender to make transfers and enter into sub-participations as provided by this Clause 21 is in any event subject to that Lender procuring that Confidentiality Undertakings are entered into and delivered to the Company as provided by Clause 23 (Disclosure of Information).

 

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21.3                        Transfer fee

 

Unless the Agent otherwise agrees and excluding any transfer to an Affiliate of a Lender, the New Lender shall, on the date upon which a transfer takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of US$2,500.

 

21.4                        Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

 

(a)                                 Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

 

(i)                     the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;

 

(ii)                  the financial condition of the Company;

 

(iii)               the performance and observance by the Company of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

 

(iv)              the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

 

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

 

(b)                                 Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

 

(i)                     has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(ii)                  will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

 

(c)                                  Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

 

(i)                     accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations transferred under this Clause 21; or

 

(ii)                  support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by the Company of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

 

21.5                        Procedure for transfer

 

(a)                                 Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 21.2 (Conditions of transfer or sub-participation) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.

 

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(b)                                 The Agent shall not be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender unless it is satisfied that it has completed all “know your customer” and other similar procedures that it is required (or deems desirable) to conduct in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.

 

(c)                                  Subject to Clause 21.10 (Pro-rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:

 

(i)                     to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents, the Company and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);

 

(ii)                  the Company and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Company and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Company and the Existing Lender;

 

(iii)               the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under this Agreement; and

 

(iv)              the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.

 

(d)                                 The procedure set out in this Clause 21.5 shall not apply to any right or obligation under any Finance Document (other than this Agreement) if and to the extent its terms, or any laws or regulations applicable thereto, provide for or require a different means of transfer of such right or obligation or prohibit or restrict any transfer of such right or obligation, unless such prohibition or restriction shall not be applicable to the relevant transfer or each condition of any applicable restriction shall have been satisfied.

 

21.6                        Copy of Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation to Company

 

The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate or an Increase Confirmation, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation.

 

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21.7                        Existing consents and waivers

 

A New Lender shall be bound by any consent, waiver, election or decision given or made by the relevant Existing Lender under or pursuant to any Finance Document prior to the coming into effect of the relevant transfer to such New Lender.

 

21.8                        Exclusion of Agent’s liability

 

In relation to any transfer pursuant to this Clause 21, each Party acknowledges and agrees that the Agent shall not be obliged to enquire as to the accuracy of any representation or warranty made by a New Lender in respect of its eligibility as a Lender.

 

21.9                        Security over Lenders’ rights

 

In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 21, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from the Company at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation, any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank, except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:

 

(a)                                 release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or

 

(b)                                 require any payments to be made by the Company other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

21.10                 Pro-rata interest settlement

 

If the Agent has notified the Lenders and the Company (which it shall be under no obligation to do) that it is able to distribute interest payments on a “pro rata basis” to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer) the Transfer Date of which is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):

 

(a)                                 any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date (“Accrued Amounts”) and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the next of the dates which falls at six Monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and

 

(b)                                 the rights transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:

 

(i)                     when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and

 

(ii)                  the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 21.10, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.

 

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22.                               ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER BY THE COMPANY

 

The Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any Finance Document, except with the prior written consent of all the Lenders.

 

23.                               DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

 

23.1                        Obligation to keep information confidential

 

(a)                                 Each Finance Party must keep confidential all information relating to the Company, the Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either (i) any Group Member or any of its advisers; or (ii) another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any Group Member or any of its advisers (regardless of the form such information takes, and including information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information) and shall not use any such information except in connection with the Finance Documents and the Facility.

 

(b)                                 However, a Finance Party is entitled to disclose information referred to in paragraph (a) above:

 

(i)                     if such information is publicly available, other than as a direct or indirect result of a breach by that Finance Party of, or action by its Affiliates that is contrary to the provisions of, this Clause;

 

(ii)                  if required to do so in connection with any legal, arbitration or regulatory proceedings or procedure;

 

(iii)               if required to do so under any applicable law or regulation;

 

(iv)              if required or requested to do so by any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority;

 

(v)                 to its professional advisers and any other person providing services to it (including, without limitation, any provider of administrative or settlement services, external auditors, insurers and insurance brokers) provided that such person is under a duty of confidentiality, contractual or otherwise, to that Finance Party;

 

(vi)              to its officers, employees, directors and agents on a need-to-know basis provided that such person is under a duty of confidentiality, contractual or otherwise, to that Finance Party;

 

(vii)           to the head office, branches, representative offices, Subsidiaries, related corporations or Affiliate of any Finance Party (each a “Finance Party Related Party”) and each Finance Related Party shall be permitted to disclose information as if it were a Finance Party;

 

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(viii)        to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 21.9 (Security over lender’s rights);

 

(ix)              to any other Finance Party;

 

(x)                 to any person permitted in writing by the Company;

 

(xi)              to the Company; or

 

(xii)           to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) or any Credit Derivatives Determination Committee or sub-committee of ISDA where such disclosure is required by them in order to determine whether the obligations under the Finance Documents will be, or in order for the obligations under the Finance Documents to become, deliverable under a credit derivative transaction or other credit linked transaction which incorporates the 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees and Auction Settlement Supplement or other provisions substantially equivalent thereto.

 

(c)                                  A Finance Party may disclose to an Affiliate or any potential transferee or Participant to which a transfer or sub-participation is not expressly prohibited under Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) but for the avoidance of doubt not to an Industrial Competitor:

 

(i)                     a copy of any Finance Document; and

 

(ii)                  any information which that Finance Party has acquired under or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

However, before a potential transferee or Participant may receive any confidential information, it must execute in favour of the relevant Finance Party a Confidentiality Undertaking and deliver a copy of the same to the Company. A Participant may itself disclose the documents and information referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) to an Affiliate or any person with whom it may enter, or has entered into, any kind of transfer of an economic or other interest in, or related to, this Agreement so long as the relevant Affiliate or transferee executes in favour of the relevant potential transferee or Participant a Confidentiality Undertaking and delivers a copy of the same to the Company.

 

This Clause supersedes any previous agreement relating to the confidentiality of such information.

 

23.2                        Relevant information

 

Without affecting the responsibility of the Company for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each of the Lenders accepts and acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                 some or all of the information (including, without limitations, financial projections and/or other financial data) that has or may be provided to the Lenders (through the Agent or otherwise) is or may constitute relevant information in relation to the Company (the “Price Sensitive Information”) and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable laws and regulations relating to, among other things, insider dealing and/or market abuse;

 

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(b)                                 upon possession of the Price Sensitive Information, a Lender may be prohibited or restricted under the applicable laws and regulations from, among other things, dealing in or counselling or procuring another person to deal in the listed securities of the Company or its derivatives, or the listed securities of a related corporation of the Company or its derivatives, or otherwise from using or disclosing the Price Sensitive Information;

 

(c)                                  none of the Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers will be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with distributing the information provided that where it is required to act on the instructions of any Lender or Lenders, the Agent may ask for a confirmation or certificate (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) confirming that the instructing Lender or Lenders is or are not in possession of any Price Sensitive Information and that it is or they are not instructing the Agent, to act as a consequence of being in possession of any Price Sensitive Information; and

 

(d)                                 any information received under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall not be used for any unlawful purpose, and each Lender shall make an independent evaluation of, and ensure its compliance with, any legal and regulatory restrictions on the use and/or disclosure of such information.

 

23.3                        Individual Data

 

In respect of any data or information (including, without limitation, data covered by banking secrecy and/or personal data laws) regarding an individual (including, without limitation, any employees of the Company or its Affiliates) (“Individual Data”) provided to any Finance Party, the Company represents and warrants that it has obtained each relevant individual’s prior consent to the collection, use, disclosure and processing of his/her Individual Data by the Finance Parties, and that such Individual Data is true, accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

24.                               ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PARTIES

 

24.1                        Appointment of the Agent

 

(a)                                 Each of the other Finance Parties appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

(b)                                 Each of the other Finance Parties authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.

 

24.2                        Duties of the Agent

 

(a)                                 Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.

 

(b)                                 Without prejudice to Clause 21.6 (Copy of Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation to Company), paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate or any Increase Confirmation.

 

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(c)                                  Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.

 

(d)                                 If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties.

 

(e)                                  If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than to any Administrative Party) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.

 

(f)                                   The Agent shall provide to the Company within ten (10) Business Days of the last Business Day of each calendar month, a list (which may be in electronic form) setting out the names of the Lenders as at that Business Day, their respective Commitments, the address and fax number (and the department or office, if any, for whose attention any communication is to be marked) of each Lender for any communications to be made or document to be delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents, the electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt by electronic mail or other electronic means to and by each Lender to whom any communication under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by that means and the account details of each Lender for any payment to be distributed by the Agent to that Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

(g)                                  The Agent shall not be liable to account for interest on money paid to it by or recovered from the Company. Monies held by the Agent need not be segregated except as required by law.

 

(h)                                 The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.

 

24.3                        Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Mandated Lead Arrangers have no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

24.4                        No fiduciary duties

 

(a)                                 The Administrative Parties shall not otherwise have, nor be deemed to have, assumed any obligations to, or trust or fiduciary relationship with, any other party to this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 None of the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

 

24.5                        Business with the Group

 

(a)                                 Any Administrative Party may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Group Member.

 

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(b)                                 Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably waives, in favour of the Agent, any conflict of interest which may arise by virtue of the Agent acting in various capacities under the Finance Documents or for other customers of the Agent. Each of the Lenders acknowledges that the Agent and its affiliates (together, the “Agent Parties”) may have interests in, or may be providing or may in the future provide financial or other services to other parties with interests which a Lender may regard as conflicting with its interests and may possess information (whether or not material to the Lenders) other than as a result of the Agent acting as Agent under the Finance Documents, that the Agent may not be entitled to share with any Lender.

 

(c)                                  Consistent with its long-standing policy to hold in confidence the affairs of its customers, the Agent will not disclose confidential information obtained from any Lender (without its consent) to any of the Agent’s other customers nor will it use on the Lender’s behalf any confidential information obtained from any other customer. Without prejudice to the foregoing, each of the Lenders agrees that each of the Agent Parties may deal (whether for its own or its customers’ account) in, or advise on, securities of any party and that such dealing or giving of advice, will not constitute a conflict of interest for the purposes of the Finance Documents.

 

24.6                        Rights and discretions of the Agent

 

(a)                                 The Agent may rely on:

 

(i)                     any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and

 

(ii)                  any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

 

(b)                                 The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

 

(i)                     no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 20.1 (Non-payment));

 

(ii)                  any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and

 

(iii)               any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of the Company.

 

(c)                                  The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.

 

(d)                                 The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

 

(e)                                  The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (e) above, the Agent may disclose the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the other Finance Parties and the Company and shall disclose the same upon the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders.

 

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(g)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

 

24.7                        Majority Lenders’ instructions

 

(a)                                 Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority Lenders.

 

(b)                                 Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties.

 

(c)                                  The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) or under paragraph (d) below until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated Indirect Tax) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

 

(d)                                 In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.

 

(e)                                  The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.

 

24.8                        Responsibility for documentation

 

No Administrative Party:

 

(a)                                 is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by any Administrative Party, the Company or any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document; or

 

(b)                                 is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document;

 

(c)                                  is responsible for any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise.

 

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24.9                        Exclusion of liability

 

(a)                                 Without limiting paragraph (b) below, the Agent shall not be liable for any cost, loss or liability incurred by any Party as a consequence of:

 

(i)                     the Agent having taken or having omitted to take any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or

 

(ii)                  any delay in the crediting to any account of an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the Agent shall have taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for the purpose of such payment.

 

(b)                                 No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause subject to Clause 1.3 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

 

(c)                                  Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige any Administrative Party to conduct any “know your customer” or other procedures in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to each Administrative Party that it is solely responsible for any such procedures it is required to conduct and that it shall not rely on any statement in relation to such procedures made by any Administrative Party.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Finance Document, the Agent shall not in any event be liable for any loss or damage, or any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder if it is prevented from so performing its obligations by any reason which is beyond the control of the Agent, including, but not limited to, any existing or future law or regulation, any existing or future act of governmental authority, Act of God, flood, war whether declared or undeclared, terrorism, riot, rebellion, civil commotion, strike, lockout, other industrial action, general failure of electricity or other supply, aircraft collision, technical failure, accidental or mechanical or electrical breakdown, computer failure or failure of any money transmission system or any event where, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, performance of any duty or obligation under or pursuant to this Agreement would or may be illegal or would result in the Agent being in breach of any law, rule, regulation, or any decree, order or judgment of any court, or practice, request, direction, notice, announcement or similar action (whether or not having the force of law) of any relevant government, government agency, regulatory authority, stock exchange or self-regulatory organisation to which the Agent is subject.

 

(e)                                  Notwithstanding any other term or provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Agent shall not be liable under any circumstances for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not foreseeable, or for any loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit, whether arising directly or indirectly and whether or not forseeable, even if the Agent is actually aware of or has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of whether the claim for such loss or damage is made in negligence, for breach of contract, breach of trust, breach of fiduciary obligation or otherwise. The provisions of this Clause shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Agent.

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24.10                 Refrain from Illegality

 

The Agent may refrain from doing anything which in its opinion will or may be contrary to any relevant law, directive or regulation of any jurisdiction which would or might otherwise render it liable to any person.

 

24.11                 Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent

 

(a)                                 Each Lender shall, in accordance with paragraph (b) below, indemnify the Agent within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them (otherwise than by reason of the relevant Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by the Company pursuant to a Finance Document).

 

(b)                                 The proportion of such cost, loss or liability to be borne by each Lender shall be in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero.

 

(c)                                  The Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement and the resignation or replacement of the Agent.

 

24.12                 Resignation of the Agent

 

(a)                                 The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company.

 

(b)                                 Alternatively the Agent may resign by giving thirty (30) days’ notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) may appoint a successor Agent.

 

(c)                                  If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within thirty (30) days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) may appoint a successor Agent.

 

(d)                                 The retiring Agent shall make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.

 

(e)                                  The Agent’s resignation notice shall take effect only upon the appointment of a successor, provided that notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the resignation of the Agent otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Clause 24 shall be effective immediately in the event that the Agent’s continuing appointment would conflict with (and such resignation would be required by) applicable law or the Agent’s internal policies (including without limitation with respect to “know-your-client” and/or any conflict of interest) that in each case, cannot be resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent.

 

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(f)                                   Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 24.12. Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

 

(g)                                  After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above.

 

(h)                                 The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:

 

(i)                     the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 24.14 (FATCA information) and the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

 

(ii)                  any information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 24.14 (FATCA information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or

 

(iii)               the Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date,

 

and (in each case) the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the Company or that Lender, by notice to the Agent, requires it to resign.

 

For the purposes of this paragraph (h):

 

“Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“FATCA” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 12.1 (Tax definitions).

 

“FATCA Application Date” means:

 

(A)                               in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

 

(B)                               in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019; or

 

(C)                               in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (A) or (B) above, 1 January 2019, or, in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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“FATCA Deduction” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 12.1 (Tax definitions).

 

“FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

 

24.13                 Replacement of the Agent

 

(a)                                 After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by giving thirty (30) days’ notice to the Agent (or, at any time the Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders) replace the Agent or by appointing a successor Agent (acting through an office in Hong Kong).

 

(b)                                 The retiring Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.

 

(c)                                  The appointment of the successor Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Agent. As from this date, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 24.13 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date).

 

(d)                                 Any successor Agent and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

 

24.14                 FATCA Information

 

(a)                                 Subject to paragraph ( c) below, the Agent shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by the Company or a Lender:

 

(i)                     confirm to that other Party whether it is:

 

(A)                               a FATCA Exempt Party; or

 

(B)                               not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

(ii)                  supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “passthru payment percentage” or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA.

 

(b)                                 If the Agent confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, the Agent shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.

 

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(c)                                  Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Agent to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

 

(i)                     any law or regulation;

 

(ii)                  any fiduciary duty; or

 

(iii)               any duty of confidentiality.

 

(d)                                 If the Agent fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then:

 

(i)                     if the Agent failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then the Agent shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

(ii)                  if the Agent failed to confirm its applicable “passthru payment percentage” then the Agent shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable “passthru payment percentage” is 100%,

 

until (in each case) such time as the Agent provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

 

24.15                 Confidentiality

 

(a)                                 In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, each of the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency or, as the case may be, trustee division which shall be treated as a separate legal person from any other of its branches, divisions or departments.

 

(b)                                 If information is received by another branch, division or department of the legal person which is the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that branch, division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent shall not be obliged to disclose to any Finance Party any information supplied to it by the Company or any Affiliates of the Company on a confidential basis and for the purpose of evaluating whether any waiver or amendment is or may be required or desirable in relation to any Finance Document.

 

24.16                 Relationship with the Lenders

 

(a)                                 Subject to Clause 26.2 (Distributions by the Agent), the Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five (5) Business Days prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(b)                                 Each Lender shall supply the Agent with any information that the Agent may reasonably specify as being necessary or desirable to enable the Agent to perform its functions as Agent.

 

(c)                                  Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 28.5 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address, department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) and paragraph (a) of Clause 28.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender.

 

24.17                 Credit appraisal by the Lenders

 

Without affecting the responsibility of the Company for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to each Administrative Party that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

 

(a)                                 the financial condition, status and nature of each Group Member;

 

(b)                                 the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

 

(c)                                  whether that Finance Party has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(d)                                 the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

24.18                 Reference Banks

 

If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or any bank approved by the Majority Lenders to replace that Reference Bank.

 

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24.19                 Agent’s management time

 

Any amount payable to the Agent under Clause 15.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) and Clause 24.11 (Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent) shall include the reasonable cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or other resources in respect of any duties which are outside the scope of the normal duties of the Agent under the Finance Documents and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Parent and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 11 (Fees). For the avoidance of doubt, any action required to be undertaken by the Agent in respect of or in relation to any Default, change in structure of the Facility, including acts contemplated in Clauses 16.2 (Amendment costs) and 16.3 (Enforcement costs) shall not be regarded as tasks falling within the scope of the normal duties of the Agent under the Finance Documents. In the event of any dispute in respect of such cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or other resources, the costs to be paid shall be as reasonably determined by the Agent.

 

24.20                 Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent

 

If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.

 

25.                               SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES

 

25.1                        Payments to Finance Parties

 

If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers (whether by set off or otherwise) any amount from the Company other than in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment Mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:

 

(a)                                 the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery, to the Agent;

 

(b)                                 the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and

 

(c)                                  the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 26.6 (Partial payments).

 

25.2                        Redistribution of payments

 

The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the Company and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the “Sharing Finance Parties”) in accordance with Clause 26.6 (Partial payments) towards the obligations of the Company to the Sharing Finance Parties.

 

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25.3                        Recovering Finance Party’s rights

 

(a)                                 On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 25.2 (Redistribution of payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from the Company, as between the Company and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by the Company.

 

(b)                                 If and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on its rights under paragraph (a) above, the Company shall be liable to the Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment which is immediately due and payable.

 

25.4                        Reversal of redistribution

 

If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:

 

(a)                                 each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”); and

 

(b)                                 as between the Company and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by the Company.

 

25.5                        Exceptions

 

(a)                                 This Clause 25 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the Company.

 

(b)                                 A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:

 

(i)                     it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and

 

(ii)                  that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings.

 

26.                               PAYMENT MECHANICS

 

26.1                        Payments to the Agent

 

(a)                                 On each date on which the Company or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, the Company or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

 

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(b)                                 Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency with such bank as the Agent specifies.

 

26.2                        Distributions by the Agent

 

(a)                                 Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 26.3 (Distributions to the Company), Clause 26.4 (Clawback), Clause 26.6 (Partial payments) and Clause 24.20 (Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office):

 

(i)                     with respect to the Company and the Original Lenders, to such account as specified in Schedule 7 (Account details) (or such other account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency); or

 

(ii)                  with respect to any other Party, to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency.

 

(b)                                 The Agent shall distribute payments received by it in relation to all or any part of a Loan to the Lender indicated in the records of the Agent as being so entitled on that date PROVIDED THAT the Agent is authorised to distribute payments to be made on the date on which any transfer becomes effective pursuant to Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) to the Lender so entitled immediately before such transfer took place regardless of the period to which such sums relate.

 

26.3                        Distributions to the Company

 

The Agent may (with the consent of the Company or in accordance with Clause 27 (Set-Off)) apply any amount received by it for the Company in or towards payment (in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from the Company under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.

 

26.4                        Clawback

 

(a)                                 Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.

 

(b)                                 If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

 

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26.5                        Impaired Agent

 

(a)                                 If, at any time, the Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, the Company or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Agent in accordance with Clause 26.1 (Payments to the Agent) may instead either:

 

(i)                     pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s); or

 

(ii)                  if in its absolute discretion it considers that it is not reasonably practicable to pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s), pay that amount or the relevant part of that amount to an interest-bearing account held with an Acceptable Bank and in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Company or the Lender making the payment (the “Paying Party”) and designated as a trust account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents (the “Recipient Party” or “Recipient Parties”).

 

In each case such payments must be made on the due for payment under the Finance Documents.

 

(b)                                 All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for the benefit of the Recipient Party or the Recipient Parties pro rata to their respective entitlements.

 

(c)                                  A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 26.5 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to the credit of the trust account.

 

(d)                                 Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with Clause 24.13 (Replacement of the Agent ), each Paying Party shall (other than to the extent that that Party has given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (e) below) give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Agent for distribution to the relevant Recipient Party or Recipient Parties in accordance with Clause 26.2 (Distributions by the Agent).

 

(e)                                  A Paying Party shall, promptly upon request by a Recipient Party and to the extent:

 

(i)                                     that it has not given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (d) above; and

 

(ii)                                  that it has been provided with the necessary information by that Recipient Party,

 

give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the relevant amount (together with any accrued interest) to that Recipient Party.

 

26.6                        Partial payments

 

(a)                                 If any Finance Party receives or recovers an amount from or in respect of the Company under or in connection with any Finance Document which amount is insufficient to, or is not applied to, discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Finance Documents, then the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents in the following order:

 

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(i)                     first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent under the Finance Documents;

 

(ii)                  secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee (other than as provided in (ii) above) or commission due but unpaid under the Finance Documents;

 

(iii)               thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and

 

(iv)              fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.

 

(b)                                 The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above.

 

(c)                                  Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by the Company.

 

26.7                        No set-off by the Company

 

All payments to be made by the Company under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.

 

26.8                        Business Days

 

(a)                                 Any payment which is due to be made on a day (other than a Final Repayment Date) that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). If a Final Repayment Date is not a Business Day, any payment which is due to be made on that Final Repayment Date shall be made on the preceding Business Day.

 

(b)                                 During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under paragraph (a) above, interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

 

26.9                        Currency of account

 

(a)                                 Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, US Dollar is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from the Company under any Finance Document.

 

(b)                                 A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.

 

(c)                                  Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.

 

(d)                                 Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

 

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(e)                                  Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than US Dollar shall be paid in that other currency.

 

26.10                 Change of currency

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

 

(i)                     any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company); and

 

(ii)                  any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company).

 

(b)                                 If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

 

27.                               SET-OFF

 

While an Event of Default is continuing, a Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from the Company under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to the Company, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. That Finance Party shall promptly notify the Company of any such set-off or conversion.

 

28.                               NOTICES

 

28.1                        Communications in writing

 

Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.

 

28.2                        Addresses

 

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

 

(a)                                 in the case of the Company that identified with its name below;

 

(b)                                 in the case of each Lender that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and

 

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(c)                                  in the case of the Agent that identified with its name below,

 

or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.

 

28.3                        Delivery

 

(a)                                 Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will be effective:

 

(i)                     if by way of fax, only when received in legible form; or

 

(ii)                  if by way of letter, only when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;

 

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 28.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

 

(b)                                 Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).

 

(c)                                  All notices from or to the Company shall be sent through the Agent.

 

(d)                                 Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.

 

28.4                        Communication when Agent is Impaired Agent

 

If the Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of communicating with each other through the Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which require communications to be made or notices to be given to or by the Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly. This provision shall not operate after a replacement Agent has been appointed.

 

28.5                        Electronic communication

 

(a)                                 Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication and if those two Parties:

 

(i)                     notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

 

(ii)                  notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days’ notice.

 

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(b)                                 Any electronic communication made between those two Parties will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.

 

(c)                                  Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.

 

28.6                        English language

 

(a)                                 Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.

 

(b)                                 All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

 

(i)                     in English; or

 

(ii)                  if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

 

29.                               CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES

 

29.1                        Accounts

 

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

 

29.2                        Certificates and determinations

 

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document shall set out the basis of calculation in reasonable detail and is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

 

29.3                        Day count convention

 

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.

 

30.                               PARTIAL INVALIDITY

 

If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

 

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31.                               REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

 

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No election to affirm any of the Finance Documents on the part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

32.                               AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

32.1                        Required consents

 

(a)                                 Subject to Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments), Clause 32.2 (Exceptions) and Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments), any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Company and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

 

(b)                                 The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 32.

 

32.2                        Exceptions

 

(a)                                 Subject to Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments), an amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:

 

(i)                     the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);

 

(ii)                  an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;

 

(iii)               a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;

 

(iv)              an increase in the amount of any Commitment or an extension of the period of availability for utilisation of any Commitment or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably;

 

(v)                 any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;

 

(vi)              Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments);

 

(vii)           Clause 2.5 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations); or

 

(viii)        Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 32.2,

 

shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.

 

(b)                                 An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of any Administrative Party may not be effected without the consent of such Administrative Party.

 

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32.3                        Extension of Commitments

 

(a)                                 Subject to Clause 32.4 (Requirement to offer extension of Commitments to all Lenders) the Company and any Lender may agree that:

 

(i)                     the Availability Period and Final Repayment Date applicable to such participation be extended; and

 

(ii)                  if any extension as referred to in paragraph (a) applies, the Margin applicable to the relevant participation should be adjusted.

 

(b)                                 Following any agreement as referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Company and the relevant Lender(s) may notify the Agent, giving details of the applicable agreement (the “Extension Agreement”).

 

(c)                                  Promptly following notification in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the Agent shall, at the cost of the Company, agree with the Company on behalf of the Finance Parties such amendments to the Finance Documents as may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the Extension Agreement (which may for the avoidance of doubt include designating the affected participations as loans under a new facility).

 

(d)                                 The Agent shall promptly provide to each of the Finance Parties copies of any amendment agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (c) above.

 

32.4                        Requirement to offer extension of Commitments to all Lenders

 

(a)                                 The Agent will only be authorised to enter into an amendment agreement under paragraph (c) of Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments) if prior to entering into such amendment agreement it is satisfied (acting reasonably) that:

 

(i)                     each Lender shall have been offered the opportunity to participate in such extension in an amount up to that Lender’s Pro Rata Share; and

 

(ii)                  each Lender shall have been given a period of at least 10 Business Days following receipt of the proposed terms of the extension referred to in paragraph (a) of Clause 32.3 (Extension of Commitments), to determine (A) whether or not to participate; and (B) if it wishes to participate, the amount of its Commitment (up to its Pro Rata Share) that it is willing to extend on the proposed terms.

 

(b)                                 For the purposes of paragraph (a) above, “Pro Rata Share” means in relation to a Lender whose Commitments are being extended, the percentage of the aggregate amount of the relevant Extended Loans that that Lender’s Commitment bears to the Total Commitments.

 

(c)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, prior to the date on which the Company and the relevant Lender(s) execute an Extension Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to proceed with any proposed extension.

 

32.5                        Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders

 

(a)                                 For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining:

 

(i)                     the Majority Lenders; or

 

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(ii)                  whether:

 

(A)                               any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments; or

 

(B)                               the agreement of any specified group of Lenders,

 

has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote under the Finance Documents,

 

that Defaulting Lender’s Commitments will be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments and, to the extent that that reduction results in that Defaulting Lender’s Total Commitments being zero, that Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.

 

(b)                                 For the purposes of this Clause 32.5, the Agent may assume that the following Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:

 

(i)                     any Lender which has notified the Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender;

 

(ii)                  any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender” has occurred,

 

unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Agent) or the Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender.

 

32.6                        Excluded Commitments

 

If:

 

(a)                                 any Defaulting Lender fails to respond to a request for a consent, waiver, amendment of or in relation to any term of any Finance Document or any other vote of Lenders under the terms of this Agreement within fifteen Business Days of that request being notified to the Lenders (or, if later, within 15 Business Days of the date on which the Lenders have received such information as the Agent determines is reasonably required to allow the Lenders to respond to the relevant request in an informed manner); or

 

(b)                                 any Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender fails to respond to such a request for such a vote within fifteen Business Days of that request being made,

 

(unless, in either case, the Company and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation to any request):

 

(i)                     its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and

 

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(ii)                  its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request.

 

32.7                        Replacement of Lender

 

(a)                                 If:

 

(i)                     any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender (as defined in paragraph (d) below); or

 

(ii)                  the Company becomes obliged to repay any amount in accordance with Clause 7.1 (Illegality) or to pay additional amounts pursuant to Clause 13 (Increased Costs), Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) to any Lender; or

 

(iii)               any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or ceases to have a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or A3 or higher by Moody’s Investor Services Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency,

 

then the Company may, on fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Lender or other bank, financial institution or other entity (a “Replacement Lender”) selected by the Company, which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s participation in the outstanding Utilisations and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Agent has not given a notification under Clause 21.10 (Pro-rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

 

(b)                                 The replacement of a Lender pursuant to this Clause 32.7 shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                     the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent;

 

(ii)                  neither the Agent nor the Lender shall have any obligation to the Company to find a Replacement Lender;

 

(iii)               in the event of a replacement of a Non-Consenting Lender such replacement must take place no later than 30 Business Days after the date on which that Lender is deemed a Non-Consenting Lender;

 

(iv)              in no event shall the Lender replaced under Clause 32.4 (Requirement to offer extension of Commitments to all Lenders) be required to pay or surrender to such Replacement Lender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and

 

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(v)                 the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (a) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer.

 

(c)                                  A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (b)(v) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above and shall notify the Agent and the Company when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.

 

(d)                                 In the event that:

 

(i)                     the Company or the Agent (at the request of the Company) has requested the Lenders to give a consent in relation to, or to agree to a waiver or amendment of, any provisions of the Finance Documents;

 

(ii)                  the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the approval of all the Lenders; and

 

(iii)               Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than eighty per cent. (80%) of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than eighty per cent. (80%) of the Total Commitments prior to that reduction) have consented or agreed to such waiver or amendment,

 

then any Lender who does not and continues not to consent or agree to such waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”.

 

33.                               COUNTERPARTS

 

Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.

 

34.                               CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAIL-IN

 

Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Party to any other Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:

 

(a)                                 any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including:

 

(i)                     a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;

 

(ii)                  a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and

 

(iii)               a cancellation of any such liability; and

 

(b)                                 a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.

 

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35.                               GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

36.                               ENFORCEMENT

 

36.1                        Jurisdiction of English courts

 

(a)                                 The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including any dispute relating to any non-contractual obligation arising from or in connection with this Agreement and any dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).

 

(b)                                 The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.

 

(c)                                  This Clause 36.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

36.2                        Service of process

 

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law:

 

(a)                                 the Company irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(b)                                 agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Company of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

The Company expressly agrees and consent to the provision of this Clause 36.2.

 

36.3                        Waiver of immunities

 

The Company irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds from:

 

(a)                                 suit;

 

(b)                                 jurisdiction of any court;

 

(c)                                  relief by way of injunction or order for specific performance or recovery of property;

 

(d)                                 attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment); and

 

(e)                                  execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction (and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any immunity in any such proceedings).

 

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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

THE ORIGINAL LENDERS

 

	
Name of Original Lender
    	
 
    	
Commitment (US$)
    	
 
    
	
GOLDMAN SACHS   BANK USA
    	
 
    	
800,000,000
    	
 
    
	
THE HONGKONG AND   SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
    	
 
    	
800,000,000
    	
 
    
	
MIZUHO   BANK, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
600,000,000
    	
 
    
	
THE BANK OF   TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
500,000,000
    	
 
    
	
JPMORGAN CHASE   BANK, N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
400,000,000
    	
 
    
	
BNP PARIBAS,   ACTING THROUGH ITS HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
300,000,000
    	
 
    
	
CITIBANK N.A.,   HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
300,000,000
    	
 
    
	
CREDIT SUISSE   AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH
    	
 
    	
300,000,000
    	
 
    
	
MORGAN STANLEY   SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
    	
 
    	
300,000,000
    	
 
    
	
AUSTRALIA AND   NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED
    	
 
    	
250,000,000
    	
 
    
	
DBS BANK LTD.,   HONG KONG BRANCH
    	
 
    	
200,000,000
    	
 
    
	
DEUTSCHE BANK   AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH
    	
 
    	
200,000,000
    	
 
    
	
ING BANK N.V.,   SINGAPORE BRANCH
    	
 
    	
200,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Total:
    	
 
    	
US$
    	
5,150,000,000
    	
 
    
					

 

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SCHEDULE 2

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

1.                                      Company

 

(a)                                 A copy of the constitutional documents of the Company (comprising, its currently effective memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation (and certificate(s) of incorporation on change of name, if any), register of directors and register of mortgages and charges).

 

(b)                                 A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Company:

 

(i)                     approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;

 

(ii)                  authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf;

 

(iii)               if applicable, authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

 

(c)                                  A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above.

 

(d)                                 A certificate from the Company (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.

 

(e)                                  A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Company certifying that each copy document specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   A copy of a certificate of good standing of the Company.

 

(g)                                  A copy of a certificate of incumbency (or registered office provider’s certificate) from the registered office provider of the Company.

 

2.                                      Finance Documents

 

Copies of the following (duly executed and delivered by all parties thereto):

 

(a)                                 this Agreement; and

 

(b)                                 each Fee Letter (excluding any Additional Commitment Fee Letter).

 

3.                                      Legal opinions

 

(a)                                 A legal opinion as to English law from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in relation to the documents referred to in paragraph 2 above, addressed to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Agent and the Original Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Agent and the Original Lenders (acting reasonably).

 

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(b)                                 A legal opinion as to Cayman Islands law from Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, addressed to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Agent and the Original Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Agent and the Original Lenders (acting reasonably).

 

4.                                      Other documents and evidence

 

(a)                                 Evidence that the process agent referred to in Clause 36.2 (Service of process) has accepted its appointment.

 

(b)                                 A copy of the Group Structure Chart.

 

(c)                                  Evidence that any fees, costs and expenses then due from the Company pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date.

 

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SCHEDULE 3

 

UTILISATION REQUEST

 

From:               Alibaba Group Holding Limited

 

To:                             [Agent]

 

Dated:

 

Dear Sirs

 

Alibaba Group Holding Limited — US$5,150,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [            ] (the “Facility Agreement”)

 

1.                                      We refer to the Facility Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request.

 

2.                                      We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:

 

	
Proposed Utilisation Date:
    	
 
    	
[        ]   (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Currency of Loan:
    	
 
    	
US Dollars
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount:
    	
 
    	
[    ] or, if less, the   Available Facility
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Interest Period:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    

 

3.                                      We confirm that each applicable condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.

 

4.                                      [This Loan is to be made in [whole]/[part] for the purpose of refinancing [identify maturing Loan]/[The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].]

 

5.                                      This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.

 

Yours faithfully

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised signatory   for
    	
 
    
	
Alibaba   Group Holding Limited
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 4

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

To:                             [          ] as Agent

 

From:               [The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)

 

Dated:

 

Alibaba Group Holding Limited — US$5,150,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [               ] (the “Facility Agreement”)

 

1.                                      We refer to Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer) of the Facility Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms used in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

 

2.                                      The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation, and in accordance with Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer), all of the Existing Lender’s rights and obligations under the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitment(s) and participations in Loans under the Facility Agreement as specified in the Schedule.

 

3.                                      The proposed Transfer Date is [              ].

 

4.                                      The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention particulars for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

 

5.                                      The New Lender expressly acknowledges:

 

(a)                                 the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Clause 21.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders); and

 

(b)                                 that it is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any document is required or any formality or other condition requires to be satisfied to effect or perfect the transfer contemplated by this Transfer Certificate or otherwise to enable the New Lender to enjoy the full benefit of each Finance Document.

 

6.                                      The New Lender confirms that it is a “New Lender” within the meaning of Clause 21.1 (Transfers by the Lenders).

 

7.                                      The New Lender confirms that it is not an Industrial Competitor.

 

8.                                      This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.

 

9.                                      This Transfer Certificate [and all non-contractual obligations arising from or in connection with this Transfer Certificate] [is/are] governed by English law.

 

10.                               This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.

 

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THE SCHEDULE

 

Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred, and other particulars

 

Commitment/participation(s) transferred

 

	
Drawn Loan(s) participation(s) amount(s):
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    

 

	
Available Commitment amount:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    

 

Administration particulars:

 

	
New Lender’s receiving account:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    

 

	
Address:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Facsimile:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attn/Ref:
    	
 
    	
[        ]
    

 

	
[the Existing Lender]
    	
 
    	
[the New Lender]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
By:
    

 

This Transfer Certificate is executed by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [           ].

 

[the Agent]

 

By:

 

Note: It is the New Lender’s responsibility to ascertain whether any other document is required, or any formality or other condition is required to be satisfied, to effect or perfect the transfer contemplated in this Transfer Certificate or to give the New Lender full enjoyment of all the Finance Documents.

 

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SCHEDULE 5

 

FORM OF INCREASE CONFIRMATION

 

To:                             Citicorp International Limited as Agent

Alibaba Group Holding Limited as the Company

 

From:               [the Increase Lender] (the “Increase Lender”)

 

Dated:

 

Alibaba Group Holding Limited - US$5,150,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [ ] (the “Facility Agreement”)

 

1.                                      We refer to the Facility Agreement. This agreement (the “Agreement”) shall take effect as an Increase Confirmation for the purpose of the Facility Agreement. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.

 

2.                                      We refer to Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Facility Agreement.

 

3.                                      The Increase Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Commitment specified in the Schedule (the “Relevant Commitment”) as if it was an Original Lender under the Facility Agreement.

 

4.                                      The proposed date on which the increase in relation to the Increase Lender and the Relevant Commitment is to take effect (the “Increase Date”) is [ ].

 

5.                                      On the Increase Date, the Increase Lender becomes party to the relevant Finance Documents as a Lender.

 

6.                                      The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices to the Increase Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) of the Facility Agreement are set out in the Schedule.

 

7.                                      The Increase Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders’ obligations referred to in paragraph (d) of Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Facility Agreement.

 

8.                                      This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.

 

9.                                      This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

10.                               This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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THE SCHEDULE

Relevant Commitment/rights and obligations to be assumed by the Increase Lender

 

[insert relevant details]

[Facility office address, fax number and attention details for notices

and account details for payments]

 

	
[Increase Lender]
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    

 

This Agreement is accepted as an Increase Confirmation for the purposes of the Facility Agreement by the Agent and the Increase Date is confirmed as [     ].

 

	
Agent
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 6

 

FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING

 

[Letterhead of Existing Lender]

 

To:

 

[insert name of potential transferee / Participant]

 

The Facility Agreement

 

Borrower: Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Date of Facility Agreement:

Amount: US$5,150,000,000

Facility Agent: Citicorp International Limited

 

Dear Sirs

 

We understand that you are considering acquiring an interest in the Facility Agreement and (if applicable) the other Finance Documents which, subject to the Facility Agreement, may be by way of novation, the entering into, whether directly or indirectly, of a sub-participation or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to one or more Finance Documents and/or the Borrower or by way of investing in or otherwise financing, directly or indirectly, any such novation, sub-participation or other transaction (the “Acquisition”).

 

In consideration of us agreeing to make available to you certain information, by your signature of a copy of this letter you agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Confidentiality Undertaking

 

You undertake:

 

(a)                                 to keep the Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to ensure that the Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to your own confidential information; and

 

(b)                                 until the Acquisition is completed, to use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted Purpose.

 

2.                                      Permitted Disclosure

 

You may disclose Confidential Information:

 

(a)                                 to any member of the Purchaser Group, its professional advisers, officers, directors, employees, auditors and other persons providing services to it (provided that such person is under a duty of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information, professional, contractual or otherwise, to you) to the extent necessary for the Permitted Purpose, if such person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

 

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(b)                                 (i) where requested or required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent banking, taxation, judicial, governmental, supervisory, regulatory or equivalent body, (ii) where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or other securities of any member of the Purchaser Group are listed or (iii) where required by the laws or regulations of any country with jurisdiction over the affairs of any member of the Purchaser Group;

 

(c)                                  to any person:

 

(i) to (or through) whom you transfer (or may potentially transfer) all or any of the rights, benefits and obligations which you may acquire under the Facility Agreement; or

 

(ii) with (or through) whom you enter into (or may potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to, the Facility, the Facility Agreement and/or one or more of the other Finance Documents or the Borrower,

 

provided that such person has delivered to you (with a copy to the Company) a letter in equivalent form to this letter; and

 

(d)                                 notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (c) above, to such persons to whom, and on the same terms as, a Finance Party is permitted to disclose Confidential Information under the Facility Agreement, as if such permissions were set out in full in this letter and as if references in those permissions to a Finance Party were references to you.

 

3.                                      Notification of Required or Unauthorised Disclosure

 

To the extent practicable and permitted by law and regulation, you agree to inform us:

 

(a)                                 of the full circumstances of any disclosure under paragraph 2(b) above except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and

 

(b)                                 upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this letter.

 

4.                                      Return/Destruction of Confidential Information

 

If you do not enter into the Acquisition and we so request in writing, you shall:

 

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(a)                                 return or destroy all Confidential Information supplied to you by us;

 

(b)                                 destroy or permanently erase all copies of Confidential Information made by you; and

 

(c)                                  use reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone who has received any Confidential Information destroys or permanently erases such Confidential Information and all copies made by them,

 

in each case save to the extent that you or the recipients are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any applicable law, rule or regulation or by any competent banking, taxation, judicial, governmental, supervisory, regulatory or equivalent body or where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or other securities of any member of the Purchaser Group are listed or in accordance with internal policy, or where the Confidential Information has been disclosed under paragraph 2(b) above.

 

However, you and any such recipients shall not be under any obligation to return, destroy or permanently erase any Confidential Information:

 

(i)                                     contained in any work produced by any member of the Purchaser Group, its professional advisers or other persons providing services to it, to the extent that any of them are required by any applicable law, rule or regulation or by any competent banking, taxation, judicial, governmental, supervisory, regulatory or equivalent body or stock exchange or by internal policy to retain such work; or

 

(ii)                                  contained in any computer record or file which has been created by or pursuant to any automatic electronic archiving system or IT back-up procedure.

 

5.                                      Continuing Obligations

 

The obligations in this letter are continuing and, in particular, shall survive the termination of any discussions or negotiations between you and us. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the obligations in this letter shall cease on the earliest of:

 

(a)                                 if you become a party to the Facility Agreement as a lender of record, the date on which you become such a party to the Facility Agreement;

 

(b)                                 if you enter into the Acquisition but it does not result in you becoming a party to the Facility Agreement as a lender of record, the date falling twelve (12) months after the date on which all of your rights and obligations contained in the documentation entered into to implement that Acquisition have terminated;

 

(c)                                  in any other case, the date falling twelve (12) months after the date of your final receipt (in whatever manner) of any Confidential Information.

 

6.                                      No Representation; Consequences of Breach, etc

 

You acknowledge and agree that:

 

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(a)                                 neither we nor any member of the Borrower Group nor any of our or their respective officers, employees, affiliates or advisers (each a “ Relevant Person”) (i) make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Borrower Group or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Borrower Group or be otherwise liable to you or any other person in respect of the Confidential Information or any such information; and

 

(b)                                 we or members of the Borrower Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach of the terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy; each Relevant Person may be granted an injunction or specific performance for any threatened or actual breach by you of the provisions of this letter.

 

If you become a party to the Finance Documents, the terms of paragraph (a) above are without prejudice to your right to enforce and enjoy any term of any Finance Document on and from the date on which you become a party to the Finance Documents.

 

7.                                      No Waiver; Amendments, etc

 

This letter sets out the full extent of your obligations of confidentiality owed to us in relation to the information the subject of this letter and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding the information the subject of this letter. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter will operate as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege under this letter. The terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter may be amended or modified only by written agreement between you and us.

 

8.                                      Inside Information

 

You acknowledge that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities laws relating to insider dealing or market misconduct and you undertake not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.

 

9.                                      Nature of Undertakings

 

The undertakings given by you in this letter are given to us and (without implying any fiduciary obligations on our part) are also given for the benefit of each member of the Borrower Group.

 

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10.                               Third party rights

 

Subject to this paragraph 10 and to paragraphs 6 and 9, a person who is not a party to this letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter.

 

The Relevant Persons and each member of the Borrower Group may enjoy the benefit of the terms of paragraphs 6 and 9 subject to and in accordance with this paragraph 10 and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do not require the consent of any Relevant Person or any member of the Borrower Group to rescind or vary this letter at any time.

 

11.                               Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

This letter (including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms) and all non-contractual obligations arising from or in connection with this letter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this letter (including a dispute relating to any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this letter).

 

12.                               Definitions

 

In this letter (including the acknowledgement set out below):

 

“Borrower Group” means the Borrower and each of its Holding Companies and Subsidiaries and each Subsidiary of each of its Holding Companies.

 

“Confidential Information” means the Finance Documents, any information relating to the Borrower, Borrower Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility (including without limitation the information package and any other information provided in relation to the Facility) provided to you by us or any of our affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and:

 

(a)                                 includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information, but

 

(b)                                 excludes information that:

 

(i)                                     is or becomes public knowledge other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by you of this letter, or

 

(ii)                                  is known by you before the date the information is provided to you by us or any of our affiliates or advisers, or

 

(iii)                               is lawfully disclosed to you, other than from a source which is connected with the Borrower Group, after the date it is provided to you by us or any of our affiliates or advisers,

 

and which, in the case of sub-paragraphs (b)(ii) and (b)(iii), as far as you are aware, has not been disclosed in violation of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

 

“Facility Agreement” means the Facility Agreement described in the heading of this letter.

 

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“Finance Documents” means the documents defined in the Facility Agreement as Finance Documents.

 

“Finance Party” means the parties defined in the Facility Agreement as Finance Parties.

 

“Holding Company” means, in relation to any company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

 

“Permitted Purpose” means considering and evaluating whether to enter into the Acquisition.

 

“Purchaser Group” means you, your head office and any other branch, each of your Holding Companies and Subsidiaries and each Subsidiary of each of your Holding Companies.

 

“Subsidiary” means, in relation to any company or corporation, a company or corporation:

 

(a)                                 which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation;

 

(b)                                 more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation; or

 

(c)                                  which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company or corporation,

 

and, for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

 

Please acknowledge your agreement to the above by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

 

Yours faithfully

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on   behalf of
    	
 
    
	
[Existing Lender]
    	
 
    

 

To:                             [Existing Lender]

 

The Borrower and each other member of the Borrower Group

 

We acknowledge and agree to the above:

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on   behalf of
    	
 
    
	
[potential transferee / Participant]
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 7

 

ACCOUNT DETAILS

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
USD CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
Via RTGS / CHATS
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
RECEIVING BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BANK CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BRANCH CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Remittance through New York
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CORRESPONDENT BANK SWIFT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FOR ACCOUNT OF:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK SWIFT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK A/C NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

BNP PARIBAS, ACTING THROUGH ITS HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
USD CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACCOUNT NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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PAYMENT

 

CITIBANK N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
CORRESPONDENT BANK NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CORRESPONDENT BANK SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK ACCOUNT NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FINAL BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FINAL BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY DETAILS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
A/C NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

DBS BANK LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
USD CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CHIPS UID:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
CORRESPONDENT BANK NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CORRESPONDENT BANK SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK ACCOUNT NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY BANK SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FINAL BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FINAL BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ROUTING CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ABA:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
LOCATION:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ROUTING CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACCOUNT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REF:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED

 

	
CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CORRESPONDENT BANK SWIFT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY’S NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY SWIFT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
HSBC BANK US, NY’S FEDWIRE NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CHIPS ABA NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CHIPS UID:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE (IF ANY):
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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ING BANK N.V., SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
USD CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT ADDRESS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTENTION:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
CORRESPONDENT BANK:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
A/C NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SWIFT CODE:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
A/C NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
PAY TO:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FOR ACCOUNT OF:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACCOUNT NO.:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

 

	
CURRENCY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BANK NAME:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BANK SWIFT:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ABA:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
REFERENCE:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 8

 

FORM OF ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT NOTICE

 

Additional Commitment Notice number: [1/2/3 ...]

 

To:                             The Agent

 

From:               The Company and the Accordion Lenders named herein

 

Dated:           [·]

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Alibaba Group Holding Limited - US$5,150,000,000 Facility Agreement  dated [          ] (the “Facility Agreement”)

 

1.                                      We refer to the Facility Agreement. This notice shall take effect as an Additional Commitment Notice for the purpose of the Facility Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meaning in this notice.

 

2.                                      We refer to Clause 2.3 (Additional Commitments) of the Facility Agreement.

 

3.                                      We have agreed with the following Accordion Lenders that they commit Additional Commitments as follows:

 

	
Name of Accordion Lender
    	
 
    	
Existing Lenders (yes/no)
    	
 
    	
Additional Commitment
   (US$)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
TOTAL:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

4.                                      The date on which the Additional Commitments referred to above are confirmed is [DATE].

 

5.                                      By countersigning this notice:

 

(a)                                 each Accordion Lender agrees to commit the Additional Commitments set out against its name in paragraph 3 above and assume all of the obligations corresponding to such Additional Commitments as a Lender under the Facility Agreement;

 

(b)                                 each Accordion Lender which is not an existing Lender under the Facility Agreement expressly confirms and acknowledges the following:

 

(i)                                     it is not an Industrial Competitor;

 

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(ii)                                  on and with effect from the date referred to in paragraph 4 above, it shall become party to the Facility Agreement and the other relevant Finance Documents as a Lender;

 

(iii)                               its Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) of the Facility Agreement are set out in the Schedule to this notice; and

 

(iv)                              it is its own responsibility to ascertain whether any document is required or any formality or other condition is required to be satisfied to enable it to enjoy the full benefit of each Finance Document.

 

6.                                      This notice may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this notice.

 

7.                                      This notice and all non-contractual obligations arising from or in connection with this notice are governed by English law.

 

8.                                      This notice has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this notice.

 

Yours faithfully

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised   signatory for
    	
 
    
	
Alibaba   Group Holding Limited
    	
 
    

 

Countersigned by

 

[NAME OF EACH ACCORDION LENDER]

 

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THE SCHEDULE

 

[insert relevant details for each Accordion Lender

which is not an existing Lender under the Facility Agreement]

 

[Facility office address, fax number and attention details for notices

and account details for payments]

 

This notice is accepted as an Additional Commitment Notice for the purposes of the Facility Agreement by the Agent.

 

Agent

By:

 

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SIGNATORIES

 

	
The   Company
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ALIBABA   GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
Timothy   Alexander Steinert
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Timothy   Alexander Steinert
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
c/o Alibaba   Group Services Limited
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
26/F, Tower One,   Times Square
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
1 Matheson   Street
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Causeway Bay
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Hong Kong
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    	
 
    
				

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Company)]

 

 

The Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Sherzad Desai
    	
 
    	
/s/ TAI, Alan   Pak Ling
    
	
 
    	
Sherzad Desai
    	
 
    	
TAI, Alan Pak Ling
    
	
 
    	
Head of TMET Asia
    	
 
    	
Director, Loans Structuring & Execution Asia
    

 

	
Address:
    	
22/F, Three   Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

	
THE   BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	

    	
 
    	

    

 

	
Address:
    	
5th Floor, AIA   Central, 1 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Alice Chan /   Alice Kam / Daisy Chan / Ida Lai
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Credit related matters:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
8th Floor, AIA   Central, 1 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Dara Fong / Tony   Leung / Ellen Peng (Credit Department No. 3) Jarvis Tam / Samuel Young /   Johnson Tsang (China Business Department 1, China Business Group)
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Anthony Siu
    	
 
    	
/s/ Mary Hse
    
	
 
    	
Anthony Siu
    	
 
    	
Mary Hse
    
	
 
    	
Senior Banker
    	
 
    	
Senior Banker
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    

 

	
Address:
    	
63/F, Two   International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For operational matters:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Contact Person:
    	
Hugo Chan /   ClementWong
    
	
Department:
    	
ITO Client   Management - Loan Services
    
	
Address:
    	
16/F., PCCW   Tower, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
    
	
Telephone   number:
    	
 
    
	
Facsimile   number:
    	
 
    
	
E-mail address:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS ASIA LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Asghar Ali
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Asghar Ali
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
50/F, Champion   Tower, Three Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Tan Sixue
    	
 
    	
/s/ Joycelyn Goh
    
	
 
    	
Tan Sixue
    	
 
    	
Joycelyn Goh
    
	
 
    	
Vice President
    	
 
    	
Assistant Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
General Counsel   Division
    	
 
    	
Credit Suisse AG
    

 

	
Address:
    	
1 Changi   Business Park Central 1, #01-101 ONE@Changi City Singapore 486036
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Loans Operations   / Karnal Chauhan / Winnie Cheung / Catherine Yen / Winnie Li
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

DBS BANK LTD.

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Ng Yun Qiao,   Stockor
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Ng Yun Qiao,   Stockor
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Specimen   Signature No. 9098
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
18th Floor, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central,   Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Simon Leung /   Ivan Chan
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Ananda   Chakravorty
    	
 
    	
/s/ Steffen   Limbach
    
	
 
    	
Ananda   Chakravorty
    	
 
    	
Steffen Limbach
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
One Raffles Quay   # 14-00 South Tower Singapore 048583
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Rebecca   Kratz
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Rebecca Kratz
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
200 West Street,   New York, NY 10282-2198
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Matthew Hung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Matthew Hung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director, Global Banking, China
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
Level 16, 1   Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Ms. Anqi   Dong / Mr. Derek Leung
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

ING BANK N.V., SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Lisa Kwok
    	
 
    	
/s/ Richard Cox
    
	
 
    	
Lisa Kwok
    	
 
    	
Richard Cox
    
	
 
    	
Director
    	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    
	
 
    	
Credit Risk   Management, Asia
    	
 
    	
Head of credit   and Trading Risk, Asia
    
	
 
    	
ING Bank N.V.
    	
 
    	
ING Bank N.V.
    

 

	
Address:
    	
9 Raffles Place,   #19-02, Republic Plaza, Singapore 048619
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	

    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
28/F Chater   House, 8 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Christine Ding /   Neha Rastogi / Puneet Kapur
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Monita Chang
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Monita Chang
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
17th Floor, Two   Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Ms. Monita   Chang / Ms. Joey Mak
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

 

	
By:
    	

    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
1585 Broadway   New York, NY 10036
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Tripp William /   Sydney West
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Mandated Lead Arrangers)]

 

 

The Original Lenders

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Sherzad   Desai
    	
 
    	
/s/ TAI, Alan   Pak Ling
    
	
 
    	
Sherzad Desai
    	
 
    	
TAI, Alan Pak   Ling
    
	
 
    	
Head of TMET   Asia
    	
 
    	
Director, Loans Structuring &   Execution Asia
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	

    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

BNP PARIBAS, ACTING THROUGH ITS HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Anthony Siu
    	
 
    	
/s/ Mary Hse
    
	
 
    	
Anthony Siu
    	
 
    	
Mary Hse
    
	
 
    	
Senior Banker
    	
 
    	
Senior Banker
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

CITIBANK N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Asghar Ali
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Asghar Ali
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Tan Sixue
    	
 
    	
/s/ Joycelyn Goh
    
	
 
    	
Tan Sixue
    	
 
    	
Joycelyn Goh
    
	
 
    	
Vice President
    	
 
    	
Assistant Vice President
    
	
 
    	
General Counsel   Division
    	
 
    	
Credit Suisse AG
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

DBS BANK LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Sherman Hung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Sherman Hung, Managing Director
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Ananda   Chakravorty
    	
 
    	
/s/ Steffen   Limbach
    
	
 
    	
Ananda   Chakravorty
    	
 
    	
Steffen Limbach
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Deutsche Bank AG
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Singapore Branch
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
One Raffles Quay
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
#16-00 South   Tower
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Singapore 048583
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Rebecca   Kratz
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Rebecca Kratz
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Matthew Hung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Matthew Hung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Managing   Director, Global Banking, China
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

ING BANK N.V., SINGAPORE BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Lisa Kwok
    	
 
    	
/s/ Richard Cox
    
	
 
    	
Lisa Kwok
    	
 
    	
Richard Cox
    
	
 
    	
Director
    	
 
    	
Managing   Director
    
	
 
    	
Credit Risk   Management, Asia
    	
 
    	
Head of Credit   and Trading Risk, Asia
    
	
 
    	
ING Bank N.V.
    	
 
    	
ING Bank N.V.
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Neha Rastogi
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Neha Rastogi
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Executive   Director
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Davis Chai
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Davis Chai
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

	
MORGAN   STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	

    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Original Lenders)]

 

 

The Agent

 

CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
/s/ Terence Yeung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Terence Yeung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Vice president
    	
 
    

 

	
Address:
    	
10th Floor, Citi   Tower, One Bay East, 83 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
Client   Administration Team / Transaction Management Team / Regional Loans Agency
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
With   copy to:
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
Citicorp   International Limited
    
	
 
    	
39/F Champion Tower,   3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
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[Signature Page to the Facility Agreement (Agent)]Exhibit 4.26

 

Execution Version

 

	
 
    

 

HANGZHOU ZHENXI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

 

AND

 

ZHEJIANG TMALL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

 

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

 

January 10, 2018

 

	
 
    

 

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on January 10, 2018 (“Execution Date”)

 

BY AND BETWEEN:

 

1.                  Hangzhou Zhenxi Investment Management Co., Ltd. ( “Borrower”); and

Registered Address: Room 505, 5/F, Building No. 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou

Legal Representative: Zheng Junfang

 

2.                  Zhejiang Tmall Technology Co., Ltd. (“Lender”)

Registered Address: Room 507, 5/F, Building No. 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou

Legal Representative: Zhang Yong

 

In this Agreement, the aforementioned parties are referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

1.                  The Borrower intends to obtain the Loan (as defined below) from the Lender in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof for the purpose of its operation; and

 

2.                  The Lender intends to provide the Borrower with the Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

 

With a view to clarifying the rights and obligations of the Borrower and the Lender under the Loan arrangement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I                                                    DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                               For the purposes of this Agreement:

 

“Domestic Company” means Zhejiang Tmall Network Co., Ltd., a limited liability company located in Hangzhou, the PRC.

 

“Loan” means the loan provided by the Lender to the Borrower on a lump-sum basis or in installments under Section 2.1 in the aggregate principal amount of Renminbi Ten Million (RMB10,000,000).

 

“Loan Period” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1 hereof.

 

“Outstanding Amount” means the outstanding amount of the Borrower under the Loan.

 

“Repayment Notice” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.2 hereof.

 

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“PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purposes hereof, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

 

“Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1 hereof.

 

“Restricted Transaction” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1 hereof.

 

“Restricted Document” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1 hereof.

 

“Party’s Rights” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.5 hereof.

 

1.2                               In this Agreement, relevant terms shall be construed as follows:

 

The term “article” or “section” shall be construed to mean an article or section of this Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context;

 

The term “taxes and charges” shall be construed to include any tax, charge, tariffs or other impositions of a similar nature (including, without limitation, any fine or interest in connection with the failure or delay in payment of such taxes and charges); and

 

The terms “Borrower” and “Lender” shall be construed to include their respective successors and assignees.

 

1.3                               Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall be construed to be a reference to this Agreement or such other agreement or document (as the case may be) as has been (or as may from time to time be) modified, amended, substituted or supplemented.

 

ARTICLE II                                               EXTENSION OF LOAN

 

2.1                               Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lender agrees to provide the Borrower with the Loans in the aggregate principal amount of Renminbi Ten Million (RMB10,000,000):

 

The Borrower may use the Loan hereunder only for the operation activities approved by the Lender.

 

Without prior written consent of the Lender, the Borrower shall not use all or any part of the Loan for any other purposes.

 

2.2                               The Parties agree that the Loan may be provided by the Lender and/or a third party designated by the Lender on a lump-sum basis or in installments. The Parties acknowledge that the Lender and/or a third party designated by the Lender shall fully provide the Borrower with the Loan in the amount set forth in Section 2.1 within 120 days after the Execution Date.

 

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2.3                               The Parties acknowledge that the Borrower shall perform its repayment obligations to the Lender and its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

2.4                               The Borrower has entered into equity pledge agreement with the Lender in accordance with the request of the Lender on the Execution Date, whereby the Borrower has pledged all of its equity interest in the Company to the Lender as security for the performance by the Borrower of its obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, repayment of the Outstanding Amount in accordance with the terms hereof).

 

ARTICLE III                                          INTEREST

 

3.1                               The Lender acknowledges that the interest on the Loan shall be settled each calendar year, and calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days, with an interest rate of Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate of the corresponding period.

 

ARTICLE IV                                           REPAYMENT OF LOAN

 

4.1                               This Agreement shall be formed as from the date when it is duly executed by the Parties. Once formed, the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be retrospective to January 10, 2018 (“Effective Date”). The Loan Period hereunder shall commence from the Effective Date and expire upon the earliest to the occurrence of (i) the expiry of a period of twenty (20) years after the Execution Date; (ii) the expiry of the business term of the Lender; or (iii) the expiry of the business term of the Domestic Company (“Loan Period”). Upon expiry of the Loan Period, except where relevant parties have agreed to extend the term of the Loan through consultations, the Borrower shall repay all Outstanding Amount on the expiry date of the Loan Period on a lump-sum basis. In such event, to the extent not contrary to applicable laws and regulations, the Lender may complete the payment of the transfer price of the Option Equity Interest (as defined in the Exclusive Call Option Agreement) acquired under the Exclusive Call Option Agreement by offsetting the creditor’s right of the Lender to the Outstanding Amount against the Borrower in accordance with the Exclusive Call Option Agreement otherwise entered into with the Borrower and other relevant parties.

 

4.2                               During the Loan Period, the Lender may at any time accelerate the Loan in its absolute and sole discretion and may, upon ten (10)-day repayment notice (“Repayment Notice”) to any of the Borrower, demand the Borrower to repay in part or in full the Outstanding Amount in the manner prescribed hereby.

 

If, in accordance with the foregoing paragraph, the Lender demands any Borrower to effect repayment, then to the extent not contrary to applicable laws and regulations, the Lender may complete the payment of the transfer price of the equity interest designated to be transferred under the Exclusive Call Option Agreement by offsetting the creditor’s right of the Lender to the Outstanding Amount demanded to be repaid against such Borrower in accordance with the Exclusive Call Option Agreement otherwise entered into with the Borrower and other relevant parties on the Execution Date. The ratio of such equity interest  demanded to be purchased to the equity interest held by such Borrower in the Domestic Company on the date when the subscription of the registered capital of the Domestic Company is completed shall be the same as the ratio of the Outstanding Amount demanded to be repaid in the Repayment Notice to the total amount of the Loan obtained by such Borrower in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article, the Loan will be immediately accelerated in any of the following circumstances:

 

(a)             the Domestic Company is dissolved and enters into liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings;

 

(b)             the Borrower ceases to be a shareholder of the Domestic Company;

 

(c)              all or part of equity interest held by the Borrower in the Domestic Company are transferred to any individual or entity other than the Lender or any individual or entity designated by the Lender as a result of applicable laws and regulations or any judgment or award rendered by a court or arbitral body (due to including, without limitation, repayment of debts) (“Passive Equity Transfer”);

 

(d)             the Lender may determine any possible Passive Equity Transfer in its absolute and sole discretion.

 

4.3                               The Parties unanimously agree and acknowledge that the Borrower shall repay the relevant Outstanding Amount in cash (or in other forms prescribed by the resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of the Lender).

 

4.4                               Concurrently with the repayment by the Borrower of the Outstanding Amount under this Article IV, if the Lender elects to purchase the equity interest in the Domestic Company in accordance with Section 4.1 or 4.2, the Parties shall complete the transfer of the relevant equity interest in the Domestic Company at the same time so as to ensure that simultaneously with the repayment of the Outstanding Amount, the Lender or a third party designated by it shall have, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, lawfully and fully acquired the relevant equity interest in the Domestic Company free from any pledge or any other form of encumbrance. When any equity interest in the Domestic Company is transferred in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Borrower shall fully provide its reasonable cooperation and waive any right of first refusal owned by them.

 

4.5                               The Borrower shall be released from the repayment obligations hereunder upon transfer of all of its equity interest in the Domestic Company to the Lender or a third party designated by the Lender and full repayment of the Outstanding Amount, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Article IIV.

 

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ARTICLE V                                                TAXES AND CHARGES

 

5.1                               All taxes and charges pertaining to the Loan shall be borne by the Parties respectively in accordance with law.

 

ARTICLE VI                                           CONFIDENTIALITY

 

6.1                               Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the business secrets, proprietary information, customer information and all other information of a confidential nature of the other Parties coming into its knowledge during the entry into and performance of this Agreement (“Confidential Information”). Except where prior written consent has been obtained from the Party disclosing the Confidential Information or where disclosure to a third party is mandated by relevant laws or regulations or by the rules of the place of listing of an affiliate of a Party, the Party receiving the Confidential Information shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any third party; the Party receiving the Confidential Information shall not use, either directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information other than for the purpose of performing this Agreement.

 

6.2                               The Parties acknowledge that the following information shall not constitute the Confidential Information:

 

(a)             any information which, as shown by written evidence, has previously been known to the receiving Party by way of legal means;

 

(b)             any information which enters the public domain other than as a result of a fault of the receiving Party; or

 

(c)              any information lawfully acquired by the receiving Party from another source subsequent to the receipt of relevant information.

 

6.3                                A receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information to its relevant employees, agents or its appointed professionals, provided that such receiving Party shall ensure that such persons shall comply with relevant terms and conditions of this Agreement and that it shall assume any liability arising out of any breach by such persons of relevant terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

6.4                                Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the validity of this article shall not be affected by any suspension or termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII                                      UNDERTAKINGS AND WARRANTIES

 

7.1                                The Borrower hereby irrevocably undertakes and warrants that, without prior written consent of the Lender, the Borrower will not effect or authorize others (including, without limitation, the directors of the Domestic Company nominated by them) to effect any resolution, instruction, approval or order in any manner, approving, authorizing or causing the Domestic Company to carry out any transaction which will have, or is likely to have, a material effect on the assets, rights, obligations or business of the Domestic Company (including its branches and/or subsidiaries) (“Restricted Transaction”), including, without limitation:

 

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(a)             any borrowing from a third party or any incurring of any debt, other than debts in an amount of no more than RMB100,000 arising in the ordinary course of business, either in a single instance, or cumulatively over a period of six (6) consecutive months;

 

(b)             provision of security to a third party in connection with its own debts or provision of any security for a third party;

 

(c)              transfer of any business, material asset or actual or potential business opportunity to a third party;

 

(d)             transfer or licensing to a third party of any domain name, trademark or other intellectual properties rightfully possessed by the Domestic Company or other disposal of material assets of the Domestic Company;

 

(e)              transfer to a third party of all or part of its equity interest in the Domestic Company; or

 

(f)               any other material transaction;

 

nor shall the Domestic Company be approved, authorized or caused to enter into any agreement, contract, memorandum or other forms of transaction documents (“Restricted Document”) in connection with the Restricted Transactions or suffer, through any form of act or omission, the carrying out of any Restricted Transaction or the entry into of any Restricted Document.

 

7.2                           The Borrower will cause the directors and officers of the Domestic Company to strictly comply with the provisions of this Agreement during its performance of its duties as director or officer of the Domestic Company and not to do or omit to do, in any manner whatsoever, anything contrary to any of the foregoing undertakings.

 

7.3                           Once the Borrower knows or should have known any possible transfer of the equity interest held by such Borrower in the Domestic Company to any third parties other than the Lender or any individual or entity designated by the Lender as a result of applicable laws or any judgment or award rendered by a court or arbitral body or for any other reasons, such Borrower shall notify the Lender immediately and without delay.

 

ARTICLE VIII                                 NOTICES

 

8.1                                Any notice, request, demand and other correspondences required by or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in writing and delivered to the relevant Parties.

 

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8.2                                Such notice or other correspondences shall be deemed delivered when it is transmitted if transmitted by fax or email; or upon delivery if delivered in person; or two (2) days after posting if delivered by mail.

 

ARTICLE IX                                          LIABILITY FOR DEFAULT

 

9.1                                The Borrower irrevocably undertake to indemnify the Lender against any actions, fees, claims, costs, damages, demands, expenses, liabilities, losses or proceedings as may be suffered or incurred by the Lender as a result of the Borrower’ breach of any of its obligations hereunder. The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that its breach of Article VII hereof shall constitute its material breach of this Agreement.

 

9.2                                Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the validity of this article shall not be affected by any suspension or termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE X                                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1                         This Agreement is made in Chinese in five (5) originals, of which one (1) copy shall be used for governmental approval/registration purposes and the remaining copies shall be kept by the Lender.

 

10.2                         The entry into, effectiveness and interpretation of, and resolution of disputes under, this Agreement shall be governed by the PRC laws.

 

10.3                         Dispute Resolution

 

(a)             All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be first settled by the relevant Parties through amiable consultations; if such Parties fail to resolve the dispute through consultations, the dispute shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”) for arbitration according to CIETAC arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The seat of arbitration shall be in Hangzhou. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the relevant Parties. Except as otherwise required by the arbitration award, the arbitration fees shall be borne by the losing party. The losing party shall also indemnify for the attorneys’ fee and other expenses incurred by the winning party.

 

(b)             Pending the resolution of such dispute, the Parties shall continue to perform the remaining provisions of this Agreement other than the disputed matters.

 

10.4                         No right, power or remedy empowered to any Party by any provision of this Agreement shall preclude any other right, power or remedy enjoyed by such Party in accordance with law or any other provisions hereof and no exercise by a Party of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall preclude its exercise of its other rights, powers and remedies.

 

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10.5                         No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

10.6                         The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

10.7                         Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

10.8                         This Agreement and schedules hereto shall replace all prior oral or written agreements, understandings and communications entered into by the Parties in respect of the content hereof. Any amendments or supplements to this Agreement shall be made in writing. Except for the transfer of rights hereunder by the Lender according to Section 10.9 hereof, such amendments or supplements shall become effective only if they are duly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

10.9                         Without prior written consent of the Lender, the Borrower shall not assign any of its rights and/or obligations hereunder to any third party. The Lender shall have the right, upon notice to the other Parties, to transfer any right hereunder to a third party designated by it.

 

10.10                This Agreement shall be binding upon the legal assignees or successors of the Parties. The Borrower warrants to the Lender that it has made all appropriate arrangements and executed all necessary documents to ensure that, in the event of its bankruptcy, dissolution or occurrence of other circumstances that might affect exercise of its shareholder rights, its legal assignee, successor, heir, liquidator, bankruptcy administrator, creditor and other persons that might consequently acquire the equity interest in or relevant rights of the Domestic Company cannot affect or impede the performance of this Agreement. For this purpose, the Borrower shall promptly sign all other documents and take all other actions (including, without limitation, notarization of this Agreement) as required by the Lender.

 

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