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Download 127.05 KB LOAN NUMBER 2657-PRC LOAN AGREEMENT (Ordinary Operations) (Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development Project) between PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA and ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK DATED 24 JANUARY 2011 LAL:PRC 42010 LOAN AGREEMENT (Ordinary Operations) LOAN AGREEMENT dated 24 January 2011 between PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (hereinafter called the Borrower) and ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (hereinafter called ADB). WHEREAS (A) the Borrower has applied to ADB for a loan for the purposes of the Project described in Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; (B) the Project will be carried out by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government (hereinafter called GZARG), Fangzhenggang Municipal Government (hereinafter called FMG), Chongzuo Municipal Government (hereinafter called CMG), and Baise Municipal Government (hereinafter called BMG) and for this purpose the Borrower will make available through GZARG a portion of the proceeds of the Loan to each of FMG, CMG and BMG provided for herein upon terms and conditions satisfactory to ADB; and (C) ADB has agreed to make a loan to the Borrower from ADB's ordinary capital resources upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Project Agreement of even date herewith between ADB and GZARG; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I Loan Regulations; Definitions Section 1.01. All the provisions of the Ordinary Operations Loan Regulations Applicable to LIBOR-Based Loans Made from ADB's Ordinary Capital Resources, dated 1 July 2001, are hereby made applicable to this Loan Agreement with the same force and effect as if they were fully set forth herein, subject, however, to the following modifications thereof (said Ordinary Operations Loan Regulations as so modified being hereinafter called the Loan Regulations): (a) Section 3.03 is deleted and the following is substituted therefor: Commitment Charge; Credit. (aa) The Borrower shall pay a commitment charge on the unwithdrawn amount of the Loan at the rate and on the terms specified in the Loan Agreement. (bb) ADB shall provide to the Borrower a credit at the rate specified in the Loan Agreement, which credit shall remain 2 fixed for the term of the Loan. ADB shall apply the amount of the credit against the interest payable by the Borrower. (b) Section 3.06 is deleted and the following is substituted therefor: (aa) Following any announcement by ADB that the Fixed Spread applicable to new Loans shall be reduced, ADB shall provide a Rebate to any Borrower with an outstanding Loan on which a higher Fixed Spread is applicable. The amount of the Rebate shall be determined by multiplying (i) the difference between the Fixed Spread applicable to the outstanding Loan and the Fixed Spread that will be applied to new Loans (expressed as a percentage per annum), by (ii) the principal amount of the outstanding Loan on which the Borrower shall pay interest for all interest periods commencing on and after the effective date of the lower Fixed Spread that will be applied to new Loans. (bb) Following any announcement by ADB that its Funding Cost Margin calculations with respect to any Loan Currency (or Approved Currency) in any Semester resulted in ADB achieving savings, ADB shall provide a Rebate to the Borrower. The amount of the Rebate shall be determined by multiplying (i) the Funding Cost Margin (expressed as a percentage per annum) by (ii) the principal amount of the Loan on which the Borrower shall pay interest for the Interest Period commencing immediately after the Semester for which the Funding Cost Margin was calculated. ADB shall apply the amount of the Rebate against the interest payable by the Borrower for the Interest Period commencing immediately after the Semester for which the Funding Cost Margin was calculated. (c) Section 3.07 is deleted and the following is substituted therefor: (aa) Following any announcement by ADB that the Fixed Spread applicable to new Loans shall be increased, any Borrower with an outstanding Loan on which a lower Fixed Spread is applicable shall pay ADB a Surcharge. The amount of the Surcharge shall be determined by multiplying (i) the difference between the Fixed Spread that will be applied to new Loans and the Fixed Spread applicable to the outstanding Loan (expressed as a percentage per annum), by (ii) the principal amount of the outstanding Loan on which the Borrower shall pay interest for all interest periods commencing on and after the effective date of the higher Fixed Spread that will be applied to new Loans. (bb) Following any announcement by ADB that its Funding Cost Margin calculations with respect to any Loan Currency (or Approved Currency) in any Semester resulted in 3 ADB incurring additional costs, the Borrower shall pay ADB a Surcharge. The amount of the Surcharge shall be determined by multiplying (i) the Funding Cost Margin (expressed as a percentage per annum) by (ii) the principal amount of the Loan on which the Borrower shall pay interest for the Interest Period commencing immediately after the Semester for which the Funding Cost Margin was calculated. ADB shall add the amount of the Surcharge to the interest payable by the Borrower for the Interest Period commencing immediately after the Semester for which the Funding Cost Margin was calculated. Section 1.02. Wherever used in this Loan Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the Loan Regulations have the respective meanings therein set forth, and the following additional terms have the following meanings: (a) “BCDIC” means Baise City Development Investment Company Limited, which is a limited liability company wholly owned by BMG and incorporated under a registration certificate issued by Baise City Administration of Industry and Commerce; (b) “Consulting Guidelines” means ADB’s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and its Borrowers (2007, as amended from time to time); (c) “CUCIC” means Chongzuo Urban Construction and Investment Company Limited, a limited liability company wholly owned by CMG and incorporated under a registration certificate issued by Chongzuo City Administration of Industry and Commerce; (d) “EIA” means each of the following: (i) EIA dated September 2009 prepared by Institute of Industry EP & D, Zhejiang Province for the Fangchenggang Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure Component described under Component I in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; (ii) EIA dated August 2009 prepared by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Environmental Protection Science Academy for the Fangchenggang Coastal Protection and Upgrading Component described under Component II in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; (iii) EIA dated June 2009 and EIA dated July 2009 prepared by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Environmental Protection Science Academy for Chongzuo Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure Component described under Component III in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; 4 (iv) EIA dated September 2009 prepared by Chongzuo City Environmental Science Institute for the Chongzuo Shuikou Lake Environmental Improvement Component described under Component IV in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; (v) EIA dated August 2009 prepared by Guangxi Communications Science Research Institute for the Baise Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure Component described under Component V in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; and (vi) EIA dated July 2009 prepared by Guangxi Communications Science Research Institute for the Baise Longwang Bridge Component described under Component VI in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Loan Agreement; (e) “EMP” means Environmental Management Plan prepared for the Project; (f) “FPDUCIC” means Fangchenggang Port District Urban Construction and Investment Company Limited, a limited liability company wholly owned by the Port District Government under Fangchenggang City and incorporated under a registration certificate issued by Fangchenggang City Administration of Industry and Commerce; (g) “Goods” means equipment and materials to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan; including related services such as transportation, insurance, installation, commissioning, training, and initial maintenance, but excluding consulting services; (h) “GPMO” means an inter-departmental project management office at the regional government level established in GDRC as described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to this Loan Agreement and paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Project Agreement; (i) “MPMO” means an inter-agency municipal project management office set up under each FMG, CMG and BMG as described in detail in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to this Loan Agreement and in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Project Agreement; (j) “PPMS” means Project Performance Monitoring System to be prepared for and applied during Project implementation according to paragraphs 30 and 32 of the Schedule to the Project Agreement; (k) “Procurement Guidelines” means ADB’s Procurement Guidelines (2007, as amended from time to time); (l) “Procurement Plan” means the procurement plan for the Project dated 12 June 2010 and agreed between ADB and GZARG, as updated from time to time in accordance with Procurement Guidelines, Consulting Guidelines, and other arrangements agreed with ADB; 5 (m) “Project Cities” means Fangchenggang City, Chongzuo City and Baise City; (n) “Project Executing Agency” for the purposes of, and within the meaning of, the Loan Regulations means GZARG, which is responsible for the overall implementation
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