Loan Agreement - General Bureau of Hainan State Farms and Hainan Agricultural Resources Co. Ltd.
LOAN AGREEMENT
Lender: General Bureau of Hainan State Farms
Borrower: Hainan Agricultural Resources Company Limited
WHEREAS in order to more effectively making use of the foreign raised capital
and to enable the Borrower to better plan for its production operation for
fiscal year 1996 and the new investment projects. The Borrower hereby applies
for a loan from the Lender.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to mutual consultations, the Parties agree as follows:
1. TYPE OF LOAN: Shareholder's free interest loan.
2. AMOUNT OF LOAN: Renminbi Thirty Five Million Eight Hundred and Sixty Seven
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven Yuan (RMB35,867,857.00).
3. LOAN PERIOD: The Loan shall be interest free and payable to an account
designated by the Borrower. The Loan shall be capitalized into registered
capital of the Borrower by the Lender as interest-free investment once the
procedures for the capital enlargement application and approval and the capital
verification are completed.
4. WARRANTIES BY THE PARTIES:
(1). The Lender should wire the Loan into a bank account designated by
the Borrower with the Bank of China, Hainan Branch before March 31, 1996. The
bank account number is 01-02-01-2039867.
(2) The Borrower should utilize the Loan according to the decisions on
its application made by the Board of Directors. The Borrower should report to
the Lender regularly with regard to the manner in which the Loan is applied.
5. PENALTY FOR DEFAULT: The Borrower should utilize the Loan according to the
decisions of the Board of Directors. Otherwise, the Lender can terminate the
Loan Agreement and call back the Loan.
6. ARBITRATION: Should any dispute arise from this Loan Agreement, both Parties
shall resolve them through friendly negotiations, failing which, they should be
submitted to the People's Court where the contract is signed, for solution.
7. LAWS APPLICABLE: The relevant rules and laws of the State and the normal
terms for a bank loan shall apply to such events in case they are not being
covered by this Agreement.
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8. MISCELLANEOUS: This Agreement shall become effective upon the date it is
signed by the Parties. This Agreement shall be made in duplicate and each party
shall retain one copy.
Lender: Borrower:
(General Bureau of Hainan State Farms) (Hainan Agricultural Resources
Co., Ltd.)
Representative: Representative:
(Han Jian Zhun) (Li Feilie)
Address: Address:
Telephone number: Telephone number:
Date: March 25, 1996 Date: March 25, 1996
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SUPPLEMENTARY LOAN AGREEMENT
Borrower: Hainan Agricultural Resources Company limited
Lender: General Bureau of Hainan State Farms
WHEREAS the Borrower and the Lender entered into a Loan Agreement dated March
25, 1996. According to the Agreement, the Lender agreed to lend an interest-free
loan, amounting Renminbi Thirty Five Million Eight Hundred and Sixty Seven
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven Yuan (RMB35,867,857.00), to the Borrower.
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to mutual consultations, the Parties agree to make
amendments to the Agreement as follows:
1. A new article (Article 5) will be inserted below Article 4 as below:
ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS OF SET-OFF: The Lender agrees, upon written notice by the
Borrower, the above interest-free loan or any additional loans that will be made
by the Lender to the Borrower, shall be used by the Borrower to offset any
amounts due by the Lender to the Borrower or any amounts due by the Lender's
subsidiary companies and related companies to the Borrower. The amounts being
offset shall be treated as repayment of loan by the Borrower.
2. The original articles 5 to 7 shall be amended to 6 to 8 accordingly.
This Agreement shall become effective upon the date it is signed by the Parties.
This Agreement shall be made in duplicate and each party shall retain one copy.
Borrower: Lender:
(Hainan Agricultural Resources (General Bureau of Hainan State
Company Limited) Farms)
Representative: Representative:
(Li Feilie) (Han Jian Zhun)
Date: December 31, 1996