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Operation No: ITFC/1437/TF2/PAK/0011
SYNDICATED MURABAHA FINANCING
DOCUMENTATION
CONCERNING
PURCHASE OF CRUDE OIL AND REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
FOR SALE TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
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MUDARABA AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION
(AS MUDARIB)
AND
THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
LISTED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE (AS THE PARTICIPANTS)
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Contents
Section-1 Preamble and Schedules ............................................................................................................. 4 Section-2 Definitions.................................................................................................................................. 4 Section-3 Participation in the Mudaraba .................................................................................................... 8 Section-4 Murabaha Financing .................................................................................................................. 8 Section-5 ITFC and the Participants ........................................................................................................ 10 Section-6 Currency ................................................................................................................................... 13 Section-7 Notices ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Section-8 Remedies and Waiver .............................................................................................................. 13 Section-9 Amendment .............................................................................................................................. 13 Section-10 Assignment .............................................................................................................................. 13 Section-11 Severability of Provisions ........................................................................................................ 14 Section-12 Counterparts ............................................................................................................................. 14 Section-13 Language .................................................................................................................................. 14 Section-14 Governing Law, Settlement of Disputes .................................................................................. 14 Section-15 Confidentiality ......................................................................................................................... 15 Section-16 Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................................... 15 Execution Page For International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation ................................................................. 16 Annexes: First Schedule, Second Schedule, Third Schedule ................................................................... 42
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M U D A R A B A A G R E E M E N T
THIS AGREEMENT is made on ____/____/1437H corresponding to ____/____/2016G, between
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION, an international financial
institution established pursuant to Articles of Agreement signed/ratified by its member countries,
having its headquarters in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in its capacity as the Mudarib (hereinafter
called “ITFC”) and the banks and financial institutions listed in the First Schedule to this Agreement, as
the participating banks and financial institutions (hereinafter called the “Participants”).
ITFC and the Participants are hereinafter referred to individually as “Party” and collectively as
“Parties”.
WHEREAS
ITFC proposes a Special Mudaraba arrangement to the Participants within the meanings of this Agreement
and the Participants are willing to participate by their individual Contributions to the Special Mudaraba for
the purpose of using such Contributions in a Murabaha Financing arrangement for the PURCHASE OF
CRUDE OIL AND REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (hereinafter called the “Goods”) in favour
of THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTRY OF
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND STATISTICS (hereinafter called the “Recipient”) with the PAK-ARAB
REFINERY LIMITED (PARCO) (hereinafter called “PARCO”) as executing agency in an aggregate
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- (UNITED STATES DOLLARS FOUR HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION) only.
THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:
Section-1 Preamble and Schedules
The Preamble and the Schedules to this Agreement form an integral part thereof.
Section-2 Definitions
2.01 The Parties hereto agree that for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated hereunder:
“AAOIFI”: the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial
Institutions.
“Accrued Expenses”: any expenses which are not related to the Purchase Price, but rather
to cover other expenses, for instance, fees related to legal
procedures to be taken in the event of the Recipient’s default.
“Approved Amount”: the amount of USD478,000,000/- to be made available (on best
effort basis) for the purchase of the Goods.
“Business Day”: a day on which banks are generally open in London, New York,
Vienna and Jeddah for the transaction of business of the nature
required by this Agreement.
“Contribution”: the amount of deposit to be made with ITFC by each Participant as its
participation share in the Mudaraba as per the First Schedule on the
Disbursement Date in order to be used for the purchase of the Goods.
“Disbursement”: actual payment of the Purchase Price.
“Disbursement Date”: the date on which payment of the Purchase Price is made in the
manner indicated in Section 4.02 hereof.
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“Documentary Letter
of Credit”:
shall have the meaning given to it in the UCP.
“Effective Date”: shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.01(c).
“Executing Agency”: PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO).
“First Operation”: the Operation to be carried out after the effectiveness of the
Murabaha Agreement.
“Goods”: Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products.
“Gross Profit”: in relation to a Transaction, the amount as determined in accordance
with Section 4.03(a)(i) hereof.
“Guarantee”: the guarantee covering the Contributions of the Participants in the
amount of USD478,000,000.00 plus the related Mark-up to be
provided by the Guarantor in the form provided in Appendix-IV to
the Murabaha Agreement.
“Guarantor”: the Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
“Letter of Credit”: either a Standby Letter of Credit, a Sight Documentary Letter of
Credit, or a Usance Documentary Letter of Credit.
“Majority
Participants”:
the Participants having Contributions equal to 66.67% or more of
the aggregate amount of Contributions specified in the First
Schedule hereto.
“Mark-up”: in relation to a Transaction, the rate of return as determined in
accordance with Section 4.03 hereof.
“Material Adverse
Effect”:
in relation to any event or circumstance in whatsoever nature, the
occurrence of effect of which would, in the opinion of ITFC:
(a) constitute a force majeure;
(b) affect the PARCO, its assets and properties;
(c) impact the financial condition, business or operations of the
PARCO;
(d) affect the implementation of the Operation, the financial plan or
the carrying on of the PARCO’s business or operation;
(e) impair the ability of the Recipient or PARCO to perform or
comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any related
document;
(f) affect the enforceability of any provision under this Agreement
or any related document;
(g) cause the suspension, cancellation, revocation or termination of
this Agreement or any related document; or
(h) impact the socio-political, financial and/or economic
conditions of Pakistan, which would have adverse impact on
the domestic money, banking and/or capital markets.
and may do so:
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(i) in a manner or to an extent materially prejudicial to the rights
and/or remedies of ITFC under this Agreement or any related
agreement; or
(j) in a manner or to an extent which, is likely materially and
adversely to affect the Recipient’s and PARCO’s ability to
comply with any of its payment obligations under any agreement
to which it is a Party or to the Recipient’s or PARCO’s ability to
complete the Operation as a whole;
and references herein to an event or circumstance which “has” or
which “would have” a Material Adverse Effect shall be construed
accordingly.
“Mudaraba”: the fund in which Contributions made by the Participants are pooled
together for management by ITFC, (as the Mudarib) in accordance
with this Agreement.
“Mudarib's Share”: the Mudarib's share of the profit which shall be calculated as a
percentage of the Gross Profit in accordance with Section 4.03 (b)
hereof.
“Murabaha
Agreement”:
the agreement in the form provided in the Third Schedule hereto to
be entered into between ITFC and the Recipient.
“Murabaha
Financing”:
the financing to be made available to the Recipient in accordance
with this Agreement.
“Net Profit”: the portion of the Gross Profit minus the Mudarib's Share in
accordance with Section-4.03 (b) hereof and to be calculated in the
manner illustrated in the Second Schedule to this Agreement.
“Operation”: a number of Transactions to be carried out pursuant to the Murabaha
Agreement in a total sum that would not exceed the Approved
Amount.
“PARCO”: PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO), the Executing Agency.
“Participant’s Share
of the Profit”:
the share of each Participant in the Net Profit, as determined in
accordance with Section 4.03 hereof.
“Purchase Contract”: the contract to be concluded by the Recipient, acting on behalf of
ITFC, with the Supplier for purchase of a quantity of the Goods
pursuant to the Murabaha Agreement.
“Purchase Price”: the price to be paid by ITFC for the purchase of the Goods.
“Rab-al-Mal”: an Islamic finance terminology for investor, which in this Agreement
refers to each and every Participant in the Murabaha Financing.
“Sale Price”: the price at which the Goods are to be sold by ITFC to the Recipient,
as determined in accordance with the Murabaha Agreement.
“Second Operation”: the Operation to be carried out in accordance with Section 4.05 & 4.06
hereof and Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of the Murabaha Agreement after
the payment of the last Sale Price under the last Transaction of the
First Operation.
“Shari’a Standards”: the Shari’a Standards For Islamic Financial Institutions, published by
AAOIFI, as amended from time to time by AAOIFI.
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“Sight Documentary
Letter of Credit”:
a letter of credit where payment by the issuing bank would be made
to seller immediately upon presentation of the required documents,
and is not on deferred basis.
“Standby Letter of
Credit”:
shall have the meaning given to it in the UCP.
“Supplier”: the person or entity from which the Goods are purchased by the
Recipient on behalf of ITFC under the Murabaha Agreement.
“Transaction”: purchase of a quantity of the Goods by the Recipient, on behalf of
ITFC, in a single shipment and sale of the same by ITFC to the
Recipient.
“UCP”: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (2007
Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600
as promulgated, revised, and supplemented from time to time by the
International Chamber of Commerce and relevant Incoterms 2010.
“Usance Letter of
Credit”:
a letter of credit where payment by the issuing bank would not be
made to seller immediately upon presentation of the required
documents, but at a later time specifically defined in the letter of
credit.
“US Dollar”, “USD” or
“US$”:
the lawful currency of the United States of America.
2.02 Interpretation:
(a) unless the context does not so admit, the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
(b) the “Party” shall be construed so as to include its and any subsequent successors and
permitted transferees in accordance with the interest of ITFC.
(c) an “affiliate” of a Party shall be construed as a reference to its holding company,
subsidiary or another subsidiary of its holding company.
(d) an “appendix” shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to
an appendix of the agreement or document in which such reference appears.
(e) “assets” includes properties (movable and immovable), revenues and rights of every
description.
(f) “continuing”, in relation to an Event of Default, shall be construed as a reference to an
Event of Default which has not been waived or remedied in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(g) “including” shall be construed as a reference to “including, without limitation”.
(h) “indebtedness” shall be construed so as to include any obligation (whether incurred as
principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or
future, actual or contingent.
(i) a “law” shall be construed as any law (including common or customary law), statute,
constitution, decree, judgment, treaty, regulation, directive, bye-law, order or any other
legislative measure of any relevant government, supranational, local government,
statutory or regulatory body or court.
(j) a “month” is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending
on the numerically corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month save that,
where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the calendar
month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall
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end on the immediately preceding Business Day, provided that, if a period starts on the
last Business Day in a calendar month or if there is no numerically corresponding day
in the month in which that period ends, that period shall end on the last Business Day
in that later month (and references to “months” shall be construed accordingly).
(k) a “successor” shall be construed so as to include an assignee or successor in title of
such Party and any person who under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
domicile has assumed the rights and obligations of such Party under this Agreement or
to which, under such laws, such rights and obligations have been transferred.
(l) the “winding-up”, “dissolution”, “liquidation”, “insolvency” or “reorganisation” of a
company or corporation and references to “liquidator”, “assignee”, “receiver”,
“manager” and “trustee” of a company or corporation shall be construed so as to
include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the laws of Pakistan or any
jurisdiction in which such company or corporation carries on business including the
seeking of liquidation, winding-up, reorganisation, dissolution, arrangement,
adjustment, protection or relief of debtors.
(m) this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference
to this Agreement or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the
same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or
supplemented.
(n) “Section”, “paragraph” or “Appendix” shall, unless a contrary indication appears, be
construed as one in or to this Agreement, and any headings to any section, paragraph
or Appendix shall be for ease of reference only.
(o) “person” includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency
of a state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having separate legal
personality) of two or more of the foregoing.
(p) a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or
supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority
or organisation.
Section-3 Participation in the Mudaraba
3.01 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, ITFC shall enter into the Operation with the Recipient.
The total amount to be made available for the Operation shall not exceed the Approved Amount.
3.02 Each Participant, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, agrees to participate
severally in the Operation by its Contribution according to its share indicated in the First Schedule
and the signature of each Participant of this Agreement shall be deemed to represent its intention
and irrevocable commitment to provide, on the Disbursement Date, such part of its Contribution,
on pro rata basis, as ITFC may, from time to time, request in accordance with this Agreement.
Section-4 Murabaha Financing
4.01 Procedure of Financing:
(a) ITFC shall, as soon as practicable, enter into the Murabaha Agreement with the Recipient.
If ITFC is unable to enter into the Murabaha Agreement with the Recipient within 60
(Sixty) days from the date of this Agreement, this Agreement shall cease to be effective
and all parties hereto shall be released from their obligations.
(b) It is the understanding of all parties hereto that purchase of the Goods and the sale thereof
to the Recipient shall take place in several Transactions.
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(c) The obligation of each Participant as to the Contribution to be made by it hereunder is
subject to the condition that ITFC receives the documents mentioned in Section-13 of the
Murabaha Agreement (Effectiveness Documents), in a form and substance satisfactory to
ITFC.
(d) Payment of the Purchase Price shall be effected by means of Letters of Credit. Subject to
Section 4.01(c) hereof, ITFC shall arrange for the reimbursement of the relevant banks or
payment to any Suppliers, as the case may be, out of the funds made available to it by the
Participants in its account (the “Account”) indicated pursuant to Section 4.02(b) hereof.
4.02 Disbursement:
(a) Promptly after the receipt of the Effectiveness Documents, ITFC informs the Recipient
and the Guarantor of the availability of the Approved Amount to the Recipient. Thereafter
ITFC shall request the Recipient:
(i) to conclude Purchase Contract(s) with the Supplier(s);
(ii) to arrange for opening Documentary Letters of Credit, or, as the case may be,
Standby Letters of Credit, in accordance with the provisions of the Murabaha
Agreement.
(b) After the opening of each Documentary Letter of Credit, or Standby Letter of Credit, ITFC
shall determine the Disbursement Date and shall give notice thereof, at least 3 (Three)
Business Days before the Disbursement Date, to each Participant by telex, cable, SWIFT
message, fax, or email, and shall indicate the Account to which Contributions shall be
deposited. On the Disbursement Date, each Participant shall make its Contribution by
deposit to said Account.
(c) ITFC shall provide acknowledgement to each Participant of receipt of each Participant’s
Contribution, upon receiving confirmation from its correspondent bank of receipt of
payment from the Participant. On the Disbursement Date, ITFC shall cause the funds so
received, to be disbursed in accordance with the Murabaha Agreement.
4.03 Participant’s Share of the Sale Price:
(a) (i) Each Sale Price, as calculated in the manner illustrated in the Second Schedule,
shall consist of the corresponding Purchase Price and a fixed mark-up of 4.90%
(Four Point Nine Zero per cent) per annum.
(ii) Each Sale Price shall be due and payable 12 (Twelve) months from the Date of
Disbursement of the corresponding Purchase Price.
(b) ITFC shall be entitled to receive 15.00% (Fifteen Point Zero per cent) of the Gross
Profit as Mudarib's Share to be calculated in the manner illustrated in the Second
Schedule.
(c) A Participant’s Share of the Profit shall be its share in the Net Profit to be calculated in
the manner illustrated in the Second Schedule. A Participant’s Share of the Profit shall
be communicated to the Participant on the date of determination of the Sale Price.
(d) Net mark-up for the Participants shall be 4.165% per annum (Four Point One Six Five
per cent) and it shall be communicated to the Participant on the date of determination
of the Sale Price.
4.04 Subject to Section 5.03 hereof, ITFC shall credit, or cause to be credited, each Participant's
Share of the Profit, together with its actual Contribution to the Purchase Price in the
Transaction, along with any late payment charges accrued to each Participant in proportion to
its actual Contribution plus expenses, to the account designated by each Participant promptly
upon receipt of the Sale Price pursuant to the Murabaha Agreement.
4.05 ITFC agrees with the Recipient that, after:
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(a) the whole of the Sale Prices under each Transaction under the First Operation shall
have been paid in full on due dates;
(b) that no adverse change in the business, assets or financial condition of the Recipient or
the Guarantor has occurred or is likely to occur, which in the reasonable opinion of the
Majority Participants, would affect the ability of the Recipient or the Guarantor, or
both, to meet their respective obligations under the Murabaha Agreement or the
Guarantee; and
to make available the same Approved Amount for a Second Operation with the same terms and
conditions as applied to the First Operation, unless the Participants shall otherwise decide. ITFC
shall notify the same Participants listed in First Schedule 1 (One) month before due date for
payment of last Sale Price under the First Operation of its intention to enter into the Second
Operation, and each Participant, at its sole discretion expressed in writing, shall have the option
to confirm its participation for the Second Operation A Participant that accepts to enter into the
Second Operation at least 15 days of ITFC’s notification of its intention to enter into the Second
Operation.
4.06 ITFC shall, upon receipt of the last Sale Price of the First Operation, promptly inform the
Recipient and the Guarantor that the Approved Amount will be made available to the Recipient
for the Second Operation. Such decision of ITFC shall be binding on all Participants that have
notified of their willingness to enter into the Second Operation.
4.07 (a) If ITFC receives payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and
payable by the Recipient under the Murabaha Agreement, ITFC shall apply that
payment towards the obligations of the Recipient thereunder in the following order:
(i) first, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued expenses due but unpaid
provided that such accrued expenses to be approved by the Majority
Participants;
(ii) secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of each Participant’s Share of the
Profit and Contribution due but unpaid; and
(iii) thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid.
(b) For the purposes of Section-4.07 (a) hereof, amounts to be distributed by ITFC include,
without limitation, any amount received by ITFC by virtue of its being entitled to a set
off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or other similar rights and actually applied by it or
towards satisfaction of amounts payable by the Recipient pursuant to the Murabaha
Agreement.
Section-5 ITFC and the Participants
5.01 (a) Each Participant authorizes ITFC to exercise on its behalf the powers specifically
delegated to ITFC herein and all other powers required to enable it to fulfil its
obligations and to complete the Transactions contemplated hereunder.
(b) Without prejudice to the generality of Paragraph (a) hereof, ITFC shall be authorized to
sign the Murabaha Agreement with the Recipient and any of its designated entities, and to
appoint an agent or agents (including the Recipient) for the purchase of the Goods on
ITFC’s behalf on an undisclosed agency basis. ITFC shall also be authorized to sell the
Goods to the Recipient on Murabaha basis, and to perform any other function or activity
required or permitted to be assumed or taken by ITFC.
(c) ITFC may make such amendments to the Murabaha Agreement, as may be dictated by
the exigencies of the Transaction. Any such amendment shall not reduce or diminish
any of the Participants’ rights, privileges or prerogatives.
Notwithstanding the above, ITFC shall not agree to any amendment, modification,
supplementation or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Murabaha
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Agreement, or the Guarantee, without obtaining the unanimous consent of all the
Participants, if the effect of such amendment, modification, supplementation or waiver
would be to:
(i) change the currency of payment under the Murabaha Agreement, this
Agreement, or the Guarantee;
(ii) extend or defer the date of payment of any amount payable by the Recipient or
the Guarantor;
(iii) increase the amount of any Participant’s Contribution;
(iv) amend, vary, waive or release any security interest or any document creating a
security interest;
(v) amend Section 4.03 hereof or this Section 5.01(c);
(vi) amend, vary or waive any of the provisions of Sections 8, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18,
or 19 of the Murabaha Agreement;
(vii) modify the definition of Majority Participants;
(viii) extend the availability period;
(ix) extend the tenor;
(x) suspend a grace period for any due payments;
(xi) restructure any debt; or
(xii) appoint any external counsel or other external advisers in connection with
Section 14 of the Mudaraba Agreement.
(d) The relationship between ITFC and the Participants is that of a Mudarib and Rab-al-
Mal in accordance with the Principles of Islamic Shariah. ITFC, or any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents shall not have any responsibility, unless, in each case,
arising from ITFC’s misfeasance, negligence or default, for exercising any powers
beyond the powers initially granted to it by the Participants, for (i) any failure on the
part of the Recipient or the Guarantor, (ii) the truth of any information or the authenticity
of any document given by the Recipient or the Guarantor, (iii) the enforceability of the
Murabaha Agreement or the Guarantee against the Recipient or the Guarantor, or (iv)
exercising any necessary powers required to enable it to perform its obligations under
this Agreement beyond the powers initially granted to it by the Majority Participants.
(e) None of ITFC or any of its executives, officers, employees or agents shall have any
responsibility for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with this
Agreement or any related documents except in the case of misfeasance or negligence or
default.
(f) ITFC shall be entitled to rely, in good faith, on any document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been sent or signed by the proper person and on the opinions and statements
of any legal counsel or other professional advisor selected by it and shall not be liable to
any other party for any consequence of such reliance except in the case of misfeasance or
default.
(g) Each Participant has made such investigation and evaluation of the credit-worthiness of
the Recipient and the Guarantor as it has judged appropriate and prudent in connection
with the making of its Contribution to the Mudaraba for the purpose of using such
Contribution for Murabaha Financing in accordance with this Agreement.
(h) ITFC shall promptly (i) transmit, or cause to be transmitted, to each Participant each notice
or other document received by it from the Recipient or the Guarantor which ITFC
reasonably thinks may have an adverse bearing on the status of the Murabaha Financing,
(ii) forward, or cause to be forwarded, to the Participants, as soon as practicable, copies
of the Murabaha Agreement, any amendment made pursuant to Paragraph (c) hereof and
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any other documents received from the Recipient in connection with the Murabaha
Financing, for its record.
(i) ITFC hereby confirms that it holds all rights held by it under the Murabaha Agreement
and the Guarantee (save to the extent that it has any such rights solely in its capacity as a
Participant) for the benefit of the Participants and accordingly, save as specified herein to
the contrary, amounts recovered from the Recipient under the Murabaha Agreement, or
from the Guarantor under the Guarantee, shall be for the account of the Participants, shall
be kept in a separate account or accounts and under no circumstances shall become
available to any creditor of ITFC or be used for any purpose save for distribution to the
Participants.
(j) ITFC undertakes that, at all times, the rights of each Participant under this Agreement will
rank pari passu with the rights of each of the other Participants.
(k) In the event of default or breach of any of the terms of the Murabaha Agreement by the
Recipient, or any of the terms of the Guarantee by the Guarantor, ITFC shall be authorized
to take such action under the Murabaha Agreement and/or the Guarantee, as the Majority
Participants may agree.
(l) In the event of any permanent default or major breach by ITFC of any of its obligations
under this Mudaraba Agreement, ITFC shall compensate the Participants for any actual,
direct and proven damages or losses suffered as a result of such default or breach.
(m) ITFC hereby undertakes and confirms that it will at all times thoroughly examine the
Letter of Credit along with its associated requirements/documents in respect of each
Transaction. ITFC accepts full responsibility for the validity, completeness, presentation
and forms of documentation in relation thereto.
5.02 Covenant to Reimburse:
Each Participant shall reimburse ITFC (to the extent not reimbursed by the Recipient or any person
responsible for it) on pro rata basis for all expenses reasonably incurred by ITFC, to be approved by the
Majority Participants, in the exercise of its responsibilities as the Mudarib incurred in connection with
enforcement of this Agreement, the Murabaha Agreement and all related documents and the transactions
contemplated herein and therein.
5.03 Non-receipt of Sale Price from the Recipient or Contributions from Participants:
(a) In case the Recipient fails, for any reason whatsoever, to pay any Sale Price to ITFC on
the due date pursuant to the Murabaha Agreement, ITFC shall in no way be under any
obligation to make available to each Participant the payment referred to in Section 4.04
hereof, until the said Sale Price is received by ITFC. However, if partial payment of the
Sale Price is made, ITFC shall distribute the amount of payment so received pro rata
among the Participants.
(b) The Obligation of ITFC to pay the Participants any amount payable pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement is conditional upon it having received the corresponding payment from
the Recipient pursuant to the terms of the Murabaha Agreement, and the Participants shall
have no recourse to ITFC in the event of any failure by the Recipient to make such
payment, except if such a failure by the Recipient is caused by gross negligence or wilful
default of ITFC.
(c) On the Disbursement Date, ITFC shall be entitled to assume that each Participant has
made funds available to ITFC as required by Section 4.02(b) hereof, and ITFC, acting in
reliance upon that assumption, may (but shall not be required to) pay such funds in
accordance with the terms of the Murabaha Agreement in relation to the Goods. If any
Participant fails to make funds available as required by Section 4.02(b) hereof, and ITFC
has paid an amount as aforesaid in reliance on such assumption, ITFC shall, subject to the
Principles of Islamic Shariah, be entitled to compensation for damages to cover the actual
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expenses, if any, for the amount of Contribution unpaid from that Participant, ITFC may,
at its sole discretion, cancel such Participant's right to make its full Contribution at a later
date and may itself make that Participant's Contribution and take for itself all ensuing
profit.
Section-6 Currency
All Contributions as per the First Schedule are payable by the Participants in United States Dollars. To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the obligation of the Participants and ITFC in respect of any
amount due under this Agreement, including, but not only limited to, any expenses incurred by ITFC in a
currency other than US Dollars, shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether
pursuant to an award, judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of that amount in US Dollars
that the party entitled to receive that payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures,
purchase with the sum paid in that other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on a Business
Day in New York, the principal financial centre of the country of such other currency and the country of
the relevant party hereunder, immediately following the day on which that party receives that payment. The
obligations of the parties under this Section are separate and distinct from the other obligations under this
Agreement and shall survive the giving or making of any judgment or order or award in relation to all or
any such other obligations.
Section-7 Notices
7.01 Issue of Notices: Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices in connection with this
Agreement shall be in writing, hand-delivered, sent by registered airmail, facsimile transmission,
telex, or authenticated SWIFT message. All such notices shall be sent to the address specified for
the intended recipient in the First Schedule, hereto or to such other address as that recipient may
have last specified by notice to ITFC. All such notices shall be effective upon receipt.
7.02 Transmission Errors: Without prejudice to Section 7.01, ITFC shall not be held liable for
damage resulting from cable, telephone, telex, fax, SWIFT messages, email, or other
transmission errors or malfunction, nor for delays, mis-routings or losses by post offices,
railroads or air carriers except in the case of evident misfeasance or default by ITFC.
Section-8 Remedies and Waiver
No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto, in exercising any right hereunder, shall operate as a
waiver of, or impair, any such right. No single or partial exercise of any such right shall preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. No waiver of any such right shall be effective
unless given in writing. No waiver of any such right shall be deemed a waiver of any other right hereunder.
Section-9 Amendment
This Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing, executed by all the parties. However, if
ITFC and all Participants so agree, certain amendments may be made by exchange of tested telexes, SWIFT
messages or fax messages between ITFC and each Participant.
Section-10 Assignment
10.01 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of ITFC and each Participant and
their respective successors and assigns.
10.02 Each Participant may, in accordance with the Principles of Islamic Shariah, at any time assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder so long as, to the extent that it assigns
any right, the assignee has undertaken to ITFC and the other Participants that it shall be under the
same obligations (matching the rights assigned) towards each of them as it would have been under
if it had been a party to this Agreement. ITFC and the Participants shall not be obliged to recognize
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any assignee as having rights against any of them until such undertaking is obtained from the
assignee.
10.03 If, for any reason, ITFC becomes incapable of performing its obligations hereunder as the Mudarib,
it may and, if unanimously agreed by the Participants shall, assign all its rights and obligations to
such third party as it, or as the case may be, the Participants may unanimously decide; provided
that if ITFC decides to assign its rights and obligations hereunder, the assignee shall be acceptable
to all Participants. Such assignment shall not be effective until such assignee has agreed in writing
with ITFC and the Participants that it has assumed the obligations of the Mudarib; thereupon ITFC
shall be released from all its obligations hereunder.
Section-11 Severability of Provisions
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of that prohibition or un-enforceability, without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of that provision in any other
jurisdiction.
Section-12 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and all the counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.
Section-13 Language
Each document to be delivered by all parties with respect to this Agreement shall be in English language
or shall be accompanied by an English translation thereof certified by the concerned party to be complete
and correct.
Section-14 Governing Law, Settlement of Disputes
14.01 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Islamic Shariah (as set out
in the Shari’a Standards published by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic
Financial Institutions and as interpreted by the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation or Islamic Development Bank Group Shariah Committee).
14.02 Any dispute between the Parties to this Agreement, and any claim by any such Party against the
other Party arising under this Agreement, which is not resolved by agreement of the Parties within
30 (Thirty) days from the date of notice by one Party to the other Party, shall be finally decided by
an arbitration panel in accordance with the rules and procedures of the International Islamic Centre
for Reconciliation and Arbitration in Dubai, UAE.
14.03 The provisions for arbitration set forth in Section 14.02 shall be in lieu of any other procedure for
the determination of disputes between the Parties to this Agreement or any claim by such Party
against the other Party arising thereunder.
14.04 If within 30 (Thirty) days after counterparts of the award shall have been delivered to the Parties,
the award is not complied with, any Party may enter judgment upon, or institute a proceeding to
enforce the award, in any court of competent jurisdiction against any other Party, may enforce such
judgment by execution or may pursue any other appropriate remedy against the other Party for the
enforcement of the award or the provisions of this Agreement.
14.05 Service of any notice or process in connection with any proceedings under this Section or in
connection with any proceedings to enforce any award rendered pursuant to this Section may be
made in the manner provided in Section 7.01 of this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement
waive any and all other requirements for the service of any such notice or process.
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Section-15 Confidentiality
Each of the Parties will at all times during the continuance of this Agreement and thereafter keep
confidential the terms and conditions of this Agreement and information acquired for approval purposes
and in consequence of this Agreement except for information which either of them may be bound to
disclose under compulsion of law, rules and procedure, to their professional advisers where reasonably
necessary for the performance of their professional services, or to counterparties where necessary for
approval purpose or carrying into effect of the purposes of this Agreement, provided that this obligation
to maintain confidentiality shall not apply in relation to any information once that information has
entered the public domain otherwise than in breach of this Agreement. All third parties to whom
confidential information is disclosed as permitted by this Section shall be informed of the confidential
nature of the information so disclosed and be obliged to keep such information confidential.
Section-16 Miscellaneous
16.01 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended, and shall not be
construed, to alter, limit, or enlarge in any way the scope or meaning of the language contained
in this Agreement.
16.02 The Recitals and the Appendices form an integral part of this Agreement.
16.03 This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto, except the fax
message in correspondence specifically mentioned referred to herein.
16.04 The person signing this Agreement on behalf of each Party hereby represents and warrants to
the other Party that he or she has the requisite legal power and authority to execute this
Agreement on behalf of the Party and bind the Party to the obligations herein.
16.05 This Agreement binds and benefits the respective successors and assignees of the Parties.
16.06 This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original, but all
of which constitute the same agreement.
16.07 The date of this Agreement shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be that appearing in the
Preamble hereto.
[END OF CLAUSES]
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Execution Page
For International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products
in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For National Commercial Bank (NCB)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, National Commercial Bank (NCB) through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (NCB)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Barwa Bank
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Barwa Bank through its duly authorized representative has signed this
Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
BARWA BANK
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Emirates National Bank of Dubai
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Emirates National Bank of Dubai through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
EMIRATES NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Allied Bank Limited
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Allied Bank Limited through its duly authorized representative has signed
this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
ALLIED BANK LIMITED
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OFID)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Ajman Bank, PJSC
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ajman Bank, PJSC through its duly authorized representative has signed
this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
AJMAN BANK, PJSC
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For National Bank of Pakistan (NBP-Bahrain)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP-Bahrain) through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (NBP-BAHRAIN)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For SAMBA Financial Group
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SAMBA Financial Group through its duly authorized representative has
signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
SAMBA FINANCIAL GROUP
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Commercial Bank of Dubai
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Commercial Bank of Dubai through its duly authorized representative has
signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For United Bank Ltd.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, United Bank Ltd. through its duly authorized representative has signed
this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
UNITED BANK LTD.
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Union De Banques Arabes et Francaises (UBAF)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Union De Banques Arabes et Francaises (UBAF) through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
UNION DE BANQUES ARABES ET FRANCAISES (UBAF)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Bank Al Falah Limited
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank Al Falah Limited through its duly authorized representative has
signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
BANK AL FALAH LIMITED
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For MCB Bank Limited (Bahrain)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MCB Bank Limited (Bahrain) through its duly authorized representative
has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
MCB BANK LIMITED (BAHRAIN)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Bank Al Habib Ltd. (Bahrain)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank Al Habib Ltd. (Bahrain) through its duly authorized representative
has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
BANK AL HABIB LTD. (BAHRAIN)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Federated Investors (UK) LLP (Federated Project and Trade Finance Core Fund)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Federated Investors (UK) LLP (Federated Project and Trade Finance Core
Fund) through its duly authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to
Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude
Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written
above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP
(FEDERATED PROJECT AND TRADE FINANCE CORE FUND)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Sharjah Islamic Bank
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Sharjah Islamic Bank through its duly authorized representative has
signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
SHARJAH ISLAMIC BANK
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Islamic Development Bank (Fael Khair Program)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Islamic Development Bank (Fael Khair Program) through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (FAEL KHAIR PROGRAM)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Bank Al Habib Ltd (Malaysia)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank Al Habib Ltd (Malaysia) through its duly authorized representative
has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
BANK AL HABIB LTD (MALAYSIA)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For MCB Bank Limited (Dubai)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MCB Bank Limited (Dubai) through its duly authorized representative
has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
MCB BANK LIMITED (DUBAI)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Jordan Islamic Bank
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Jordan Islamic Bank through its duly authorized representative has signed
this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For National Bank of Pakistan (Germany)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, National Bank of Pakistan (Germany) through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (GERMANY)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Federated Investors (UK) LLP (Azzad Wise Capital Fund)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Federated Investors (UK) LLP (Azzad Wise Capital Fund) through its
duly authorized representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP
(AZZAD WISE CAPITAL FUND)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For National Bank of Pakistan (France)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, National Bank of Pakistan (France) through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (FRANCE)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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For Anfaal Capital
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Anfaal Capital through its duly authorized representative has signed this
Mudaraba Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing Operation
No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products in an
amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
ANFAAL CAPITAL
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Annexes: First Schedule, Second Schedule, Third Schedule
Schedule Title No of Pages
First Schedule LIST OF PARTICIPANTS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS
03 Pages
Second Schedule ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF DETERMINING
SHARES OF THE MUDARIB AND PARTICIPANT(S)
IN THE PROFIT
01 Page
Third Schedule MURABAHA AGREEMENT 39 Pages
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First Schedule List of Participants with their Respective Contributions
ITFC's Pakistan Syndication: PAK-011-USD 478 MM
# INSTITUTION COUNTRY
US$ MM
01
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION (ITFC) ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK Group P O Box # 55335 JEDDAH 21534, SAUDI ARABIA Tel. (+966-12) 646 8418
Fax (+966-12) 637 10 64
SAUDI ARABIA 24.5
02
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (NCB) – Financial Institutions Department Corporate Banking Group P. O. Box # 3555 Jeddah 21481 Saudi Arabia Tel: +966 12 610 7083 Fax. + 966-12-263 1146
SAUDI ARABIA 100.0
03
BARWA BANK Head Office 1st Floor, Grand Hamad Street
P.O.Box 27778 Doha – Qatar Tel. +974-444-88-235 Fax. +974-444-88-508
QATAR 61.0
04
EMIRATES NBD (EMIRATES NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI) Head Office Next to SHERATON CREEK Baniyas Road, Deira P O Box # 777 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Telephone # (00-971-4) 201 2603 Fax # (00-971-4) 234 1970
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
40.0
05
ALLIED BANK LIMITED Office 52, Al Rossais Tower, Building # 283, Road 1704, Area - 317, Diplomatic Area Kingdom of Bahrain Tel. 00-973 1700 3480 Fax. +973 1700 3481
BAHRAIN 30.0
06
OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OFID) Parkring 8 – P O Box # 995 A-1010 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Telephone # (00-43-1) 515 64-239
AUSTRIA 25.0
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Fax # (00-43-1) 513 92 38
07
AJMAN BANK, PJSC P.O. Box: 7770 Ajman, UAE Tel: +971-6-7018587 Fax: +971-6-7018253
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
25.0
08
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (NBP-BAHRAIN) Off-shore Banking Unit 51 MANAMA CENTER Government Avenue P. O. Box # 775 Manama, Bahrain T. +973-17-224 191 F. +973-17-224 4 11
BAHRAIN 25.0
09
SAMBA FINANCIAL GROUP P.O.Box 833 , Riyadh-11421 l Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel: +966 (0) 11 2117424
SAUDI ARABIA 20.0
10
COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI P.O.Box 2668, Al Ittihad Street, Dubai, UAE Tel : + 971 4 2121827 / 828 Fax: + 971 4 2121870 / 2050148
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15.0
11
UNITED BANK LTD. Park Place 17th Floor, Sheikh Zayed Road P. O. Box 1367, Dubai - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES T : +971 4 7093741 / 35 F : +971 4 3297040
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15.0
12
UNION DE BANQUES ARABES ET FRANCAISES (UBAF) 190 Avenue Charles De Gaulle 92523 Neuilly Cedex FRANCE Telephone # (00-33-1) 4640 61 10 Fax # (00-33-1) 4640 65 16 / 4640 65 17
FRANCE 10.0
13
BANK AL FALAH LIMITED Bahrain Operations, “Bahrain Financial Harbour” West Tower, Level # 13 P O Box # 1375 MANAMA, BAHRAIN Telephone # (00-973-17) 2031 00 Ext. 108/ 203 108 Fax # (00-973-17) 22 43 00 /
BAHRAIN 10.0
14 MCB BANK LIMITED BAHRAIN 10.0
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Wholesale Banking Branch 3rd Floor, BKIC Building Diplomatic Area P O Box # 10164 MANAMA, BAHRAIN Telephone # (00-973-17) 53 33 06 / 53 39 77 Fax # (00-973-17) 53 33 08
15
JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY P.O.Box 1264 Jeddah 21431 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia T : +966-2-651-5111 Ext : 1050 F : +966-2-650-3600 / 651 – 7373
SAUDI ARABIA 10.0
16
BANK AL HABIB LTD. ALMOAYYED TOWER, AL SEEF DISTRICT P.O.BOX:50786, MANAMA, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN Tel # 00973-17-564-044-1302
BAHRAIN 10.0
17
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP Federated Project and Trade Finance Core Fund 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T: 001-412.288.2292 F: 001-412.992 4351
U.S.A 10.0
18
SHARJAH ISLAMIC BANK P.O. Box 4, Sharjah - United Arab Emirates Tel.: +971 6 599 9158
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
10.0
19
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK Fael Khair Program Special Assistance Department P O Box # 5925 JEDDAH 21432, SAUDI ARABIA Telephone # (00-966-2) 646 67 44 Fax # (00-966-2) 646 78 31
SAUDI ARABIA 9.0
20
BANK AL HABIB LTD Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru & Labuan, Malaysia Mobile +60 17 8302011 Tel : +603 2298 7142
MALAYSIA 5.0
21
MCB BANK LIMITED Dubai Branch Al Reem Residency Building-
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4.0
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Ground Floor, Zabeel Road P.O.Box. 6481, Al karama, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: 00971-4 396-4472 EXT 215 Fax: 00971-4 -396-3210
22
JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK P.O. Box 926225, Amman Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Tel : +962 6 5677377 Fax : +962 6 5666326
JORDAN 3.0
23
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Filiale Frankfurt Frankfurt Branch Holzgraben 31 60313 Frankfurt am Main Germany Tel: +49 - (0)69 - 97 57 12 11 Fax: +49 - (0)69 - 97 40 91 71
GERMANY 2.5
24
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP
Azzad Wise Capital Fund 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T: 001-412.288.2292 F: 001-412.992 4351
U.S.A 2.0
25
National Bank of Pakistan 128 Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris Tél. : +33 1 42 56 25 38 Fax : +33 1 45 63 66 04
FRANCE 1.5
26
Anfaal Capital P.O.Box 126575 Jeddah 21352 T : 966-9200-234-23 Ext. 142 F : 966-12-606-8787
SAUDI ARABIA 0.5
TOTAL AMOUNT:
478.0 Million
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Second Schedule Illustrative Example of determining Shares of the Mudarib and
Participant(s) in the Profit
ITFC’s Pakistan Syndication: ITFC-1437-TF2-PAK-011 - USD 478mn
Schedule 2
Illustrative Example of Profit Calculation
A Aggregate Financing Amount (USD) 478,000,000
B Financing Tenor (Months) 12
C Gross Mark-up (% p.a.) 4.900%
D Gross Mark-up (USD) 23,422,000
E Aggregate Financing Amount + Gross Markup (USD) 501,422,000
F ITFC's Mudarib Fee (%) 15.000%
G ITFC's Mudarib Fee (USD) 3,513,300
H Net Mark-up for Participants (USD) 19,908,700
I Net Mark-up for Participants (% p.a.) 4.165%
A As a portion of the drawdown amount to be paid to the supplier.
B From the date of drawdown to date of repayment by Beneficiary.
C Gross Profit percentage applied on the drawdown amont.
D [ = A * B/12 * C ]
E [ = A + D ]
F Fee to be deducted by ITFC.
G [ = D * F ]
H [ = D - G ]
I [ = C - C * F ]
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Third Schedule Murabaha Agreement
Ref. Operation No. ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011
MURABAHA AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION
AND
(1)
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
(REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND STATISTICS)
(2)
PAK-ARAB REFINERY LIMITED (PARCO)
(AS EXECUTING AGENCY)
CONCERNING
PURCHASE OF CRUDE OIL AND REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
FOR SALE TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
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Contents SECTION-1 DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 50 SECTION-2 UTILIZATION OF THE APPROVED AMOUNT ................................................................. 55 SECTION-3 PROCUREMENT OF THE GOODS ...................................................................................... 56 SECTION-4 INSURANCE ........................................................................................................................... 57 SECTION-5 DELIVERY.............................................................................................................................. 58 SECTION-6 PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE BY ITFC ............................................................. 58 SECTION-7 PROMISE BY THE RECIPIENT TO PURCHASE THE GOODS FROM ITFC................... 59 SECTION-8 SALE PRICE OF THE GOODS SOLD TO RECIPIENT ....................................................... 59 SECTION-9 SALE OF THE GOODS TO THE RECIPIENT WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY OF ITFC FOR
DEFECTS ................................................................................................................................ 60 SECTION-10 DENOMINATION OF THE SALE PRICE ............................................................................ 60 SECTION-11 PAYMENT OF THE SALE PRICE ........................................................................................ 60 SECTION-12 MANNER OF PAYMENT OF THE SALE PRICE BY THE RECIPIENT............................ 60 SECTION-13 EFFECTIVENESS ................................................................................................................... 61 SECTION-14 DELAY IN THE EXERCISE OF RIGHTS ............................................................................. 61 SECTION-15 CANCELLATION AND SUSPENSION OF THE APPROVED AMOUNT ......................... 61 SECTION-16 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ........................................................................ 63 SECTION-17 EVENTS OF DEFAULT ......................................................................................................... 65 SECTION-18 INDEMNITY ........................................................................................................................... 66 SECTION-19 GOVERNING LAW-SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES ........................................................... 68 SECTION-20 NOTICES- REQUESTS .......................................................................................................... 68 SECTION-21 CONFIDENTIALITY .............................................................................................................. 69 SECTION-22 MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................ 69 Execution Page For the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ........................................................... 71 Execution Page For the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation ........................................................... 70 Execution Page For PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO) ............................................................................ 72 Appendix-I LIST OF PARTICIPANTS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONTRIBUTION ....................... 73 Appendix-II FORM OF OFFER FROM THE RECIPIENT ........................................................................ 77 Appendix-III FORM OF ACCEPTANCE BY ITFC ..................................................................................... 78 Appendix-IV FORM OF GUARANTEE ....................................................................................................... 79 Appendix-V FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN.................................................................................................... 85
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MURABAHA AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made on ____/____/1437H corresponding to ____/____/2016G, between the
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to as
“ITFC”) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTRY OF
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND STATISTICS (hereinafter referred to as the “Recipient”).
ITFC and the Recipient are hereinafter referred to individually as “Party” and collectively as “Parties”.
WHEREAS,
A. The Recipient has requested ITFC to purchase CRUDE OIL AND REFINED PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS (hereinafter referred to as the “Goods”) and sell the same at a profit to the
Recipient on Murabaha basis;
B. The banks and financial institutions listed in Appendix-I hereto (hereinafter referred to as the
“Participants”) have agreed, on the basis of a proposal made to them by ITFC, to finance the
purchase of the Goods in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- (UNITED STATES
DOLLARS FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION) (hereinafter referred to as
the “Approved Amount”) and to sell the Goods to the Recipient against the security of a
guarantee (the “Guarantee”) from the MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN (hereinafter referred to
as the “Guarantor”) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
C. The Recipient has designated PAK-ARAB REFINERY LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as
“PARCO”) as the Executing Agency for the purchase of the Goods and taking delivery thereof
on behalf of the Recipient;
D. The terms and conditions referred to in (B) above have been communicated to the Recipient by
a fax message No.69/76728 dated 13/07/2016G the Recipient has accepted the said terms and
conditions by its letters No. ……….. dated ….G and No……. dated………….
E. The Participants have authorized ITFC to enter into this Agreement with the Recipient and
ITFC has promised to use its best endeavors to make the Approved Amount available to the
Recipient for the Operation, as defined hereunder; and
F. ITFC has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to authorize the
Recipient, as an agent of ITFC, and to the extent of the Approved Amount, to negotiate with a
supplier, or suppliers, and to conclude a contract, or contracts, for the purchase of the Goods
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
SECTION-1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 Except where the context otherwise requires, each of the following terms shall have the
meaning assigned to it hereunder wherever used in this Agreement:
“AAOIFI”: the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic
Financial Institutions headquartered in Bahrain.
“Administrative Fee”: the fee to be paid/or payable in accordance with Section 2.3 to
this Agreement.
“Approved Amount”: as defined in Recital-B of this Agreement.
“Business Day”: a day on which banks are generally open in London, New York,
Vienna and Jeddah for the business of the nature required by
this Agreement.
“Disbursement”: actual payment of the Purchase Price.
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“Disbursement Date”: the date on which payment of the Purchase Price is made.
“Documentary Letter of
Credit”:
shall have the meaning given to it in the UCP.
“Effective Date”: the date on which this Agreement shall enter into effect as
provided in Section-13 hereof.
“Event of Default” the occurrence of any of the events set out in Section 17 hereof.
“Executing Agency”: PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO).
“First Operation”: the Operation to be carried out after the effectiveness of the
Murabaha Agreement.
“Goods”: Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products, which ITFC has
agreed to purchase and sell to the Recipient under this
Agreement.
“Guarantee”: the guarantee covering the Contributions of the Participants in
the amount of USD478,000,000.00 plus the related Mark-up to
be provided by the Guarantor in the form provided in
Appendix-IV to the Murabaha Agreement.
“Guarantor”: the Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan.
“Irrevocable
Commitment to
Reimburse”:
with respect to a Letter of Credit established under any
Transaction hereunder, means an irrevocable undertaking by
ITFC to reimburse the Issuing Bank, the confirming or the
negotiating bank (as the case may be) for payments made under
Documentary Letter of Credit, or to pay to the Supplier under a
Standby Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Bank”: the Bank, which issued or is acting as an advising bank/agent
of the bank, which issued the Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit”: either a Standby Letter of Credit, a Sight Documentary Letter
of Credit, or a Usance Documentary Letter of Credit.
“Market Disruption
Event”:
at or about noon on the quotation day of the relevant Sale Price,
the Reuters screen rate is not available or this rate is zero or
negative.
“Material Adverse
Effect”:
in relation to any event or circumstance in whatsoever nature,
the occurrence of effect of which would, in the opinion of ITFC:
(a) constitute a force majeure;
(b) affect the PARCO, its assets and properties;
(c) impact the financial condition, business or operations of the
PARCO;
(d) affect the implementation of the Operation, the financial
plan or the carrying on of the PARCO’s business or
operation;
(e) impair the ability of the Recipient or PARCO to perform
or comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any
related document;
(f) affect the enforceability of any provision under this
Agreement or any related document;
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(g) cause the suspension, cancellation, revocation or
termination of this Agreement or any related document; or
(h) impact the socio-political, financial and/or economic
conditions of Pakistan, which would have adverse impact
on the domestic money, banking and/or capital markets.
and may do so:
(i) in a manner or to an extent materially prejudicial to the
rights and/or remedies of ITFC under this Agreement or
any related agreement; or
(j) in a manner or to an extent which, is likely materially and
adversely to affect the Recipient’s and PARCO’s ability to
comply with any of its payment obligations under any
agreement to which it is a Party or to the Recipient’s or
PARCO’s ability to complete the Operation as a whole;
and references herein to an event or circumstance which “has”
or which “would have” a Material Adverse Effect shall be
construed accordingly.
“Member Country”: a country, which is a member of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC).
“Non Member Country”: a country, which is not a member of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC).
“Operation”: a number of Transactions to be carried out pursuant to the
Murabaha Agreement in a total sum that would not exceed the
Approved Amount.
“PARCO”: PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO), the Executing
Agency.
“Procurement Procedures
of ITFC”:
the Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Services under
the Islamic Development Bank’s Financing.
“Purchase Contract”: the contract to be concluded, on behalf of ITFC, by the
Recipient with a Supplier for purchase of a quantity of the
Goods pursuant to this Agreement.
“Purchase Price”: the price paid, or payable, by ITFC to a Supplier for each
shipment of the Goods inclusive of any Taxes, insurance
premium, banking or other fees (except fees for confirmation of
Letters of Credit) borne by ITFC in connection with the
shipment of the Goods to Pakistan.
“Reference Banks”: the principal London offices of the JPMorgan Chase, Citibank
N.A. and HSBC and/or any other bank appointed by ITFC in
substitution for any of the foregoing banks.
“Sale Contract”: the contract to be concluded between ITFC and the Recipient,
in the manner indicated in Section 7 hereof, for sale of the
Goods to the Recipient.
“Sale Price”: the price at which ITFC sells the Goods to the Recipient, as
determined in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
“Sanctionable Practices”: any of Corrupt practice, Coercive practice, Collusive practice,
Fraudulent practice or Obstructive practice:
(i) Corrupt Practice: the offering, giving, receiving, or
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soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to
influence improperly the actions of another Party;
(ii) Coercive Practice: any act or omission impairing or
harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or
indirectly, any Party or the property of the Party to
influence improperly the actions of a Party.
(iii) Collusive Practice: an arrangement between two or more
parties designed to achieve an improper purpose,
including influencing improperly the actions of another
Party.
(iv) Fraudulent Practice: any act or omission, including a
misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads,
or attempts to mislead, a Party to obtain a financial or
other benefit or to avoid an obligation.
(v) Obstructive Practice:
(a) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or
concealing of evidence material to the investigation
or making of false statements to investigators, in
order to materially impede ITFC investigation into
allegations of a Corrupt, Fraudulent, Coercive or
Collusive practice, and/or threatening, harassing or
intimidating any Party to prevent it from disclosing
its knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation
or from pursuing the investigation, or
(b) acts intended to materially impede the exercise of
ITFC’s access to contractually required information
in connection with ITFC’s investigation into
allegations of a Corrupt, Fraudulent, Coercive or
Collusive practice.
“Sight Documentary
Letter of Credit”: a letter of credit where payment by the issuing bank would
be made to seller immediately upon presentation of the
required documents, and is not on deferred basis.
“Standby Letter of
Credit”:
shall have the meaning given to it in the UCP.
“Second Operation”: the Operation to be carried out in accordance with Section 3.02
of the Mudaraba Agreement and Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of the
Murabaha Agreement after the payment of the last Sale Price
under the last Transaction of the First Operation
“Supplier”: the person or entity from which the Goods are purchased by the
Recipient on behalf of ITFC under this Agreement.
“Tax”: includes imposts, levies, fees and duties of any nature, whether
in effect on the Effective Date of this Agreement, or thereafter
imposed.
“Term Sheet”: terms and conditions communicated to the Recipient on
13/07/2016G and duly accepted signed by the Recipient on
…………..G.
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“Transaction”: purchase of a quantity of the Goods by the Recipient, on behalf
of ITFC, in a single shipment and sale of the same by ITFC to
the Recipient in accordance with this Agreement.
“UCP”: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit
(2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 600 as promulgated, revised, and supplemented
from time to time by the International Chamber of Commerce
and relevant Incoterms 2010.
“Usance Letter of
Credit”:
a letter of credit where payment by the issuing bank would not
be made to seller immediately upon presentation of the required
documents, but at a later time specifically defined in the letter
of credit.
“US Dollar”, “USD” or
“US$”:
the lawful currency of the United States of America.
1.2 Interpretation:
(a) unless the context does not so admit, the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
(b) the “Party” shall be construed so as to include its and any subsequent successors and
permitted transferees in accordance with the interest of ITFC.
(c) an “affiliate” of a Party shall be construed as a reference to its holding company,
subsidiary or another subsidiary of its holding company.
(d) an “appendix” shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to
an appendix of the agreement or document in which such reference appears.
(e) “assets” includes properties (movable and immovable), revenues and rights of every
description.
(f) “continuing”, in relation to an Event of Default, shall be construed as a reference to an
Event of Default which has not been waived or remedied in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(g) “including” shall be construed as a reference to “including, without limitation”.
(h) “indebtedness” shall be construed so as to include any obligation (whether incurred as
principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or
future, actual or contingent.
(i) a “law” shall be construed as any law (including common or customary law), statute,
constitution, decree, judgment, treaty, regulation, directive, bye-law, order or any other
legislative measure of any relevant government, supranational, local government,
statutory or regulatory body or court.
(j) a “month” is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending
on the numerically corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month save that,
where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the calendar
month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall
end on the immediately preceding Business Day, provided that, if a period starts on the
last Business Day in a calendar month or if there is no numerically corresponding day
in the month in which that period ends, that period shall end on the last Business Day
in that later month (and references to “months” shall be construed accordingly).
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(k) a “successor” shall be construed so as to include an assignee or successor in title of
such Party and any person who under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
domicile has assumed the rights and obligations of such Party under this Agreement or
to which, under such laws, such rights and obligations have been transferred.
(l) the “winding-up”, “dissolution”, “liquidation”, “insolvency” or “reorganization” of a
company or corporation and references to “liquidator”, “assignee”, “receiver”,
“manager” and “trustee” of a company or corporation shall be construed so as to
include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the laws of the Republic of
Pakistan or any jurisdiction in which such company or corporation carries on business
including the seeking of liquidation, winding-up, reorganization, dissolution,
arrangement, adjustment, protection or relief of debtors.
(m) this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference
to this Agreement or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the
same may have been, or may from time to time be amended, varied, novated or
supplemented.
(n) “Section”, “paragraph” or “Appendix” shall, unless a contrary indication appears, be
construed as one in or to this Agreement, and any headings to any section, paragraph
or Appendix shall be for ease of reference only.
(o) “person” includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency
of a state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having separate legal
personality) of two or more of the foregoing.
(p) a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or
supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority
or organization.
SECTION-2 UTILIZATION OF THE APPROVED AMOUNT
2.1 ITFC shall, upon effectiveness of this Agreement in accordance with Section 13 hereof, make
the Approved Amount available to the Recipient for the First Operation.
2.2 Without prejudice to Section 2.1 above ITFC may by sending written notice to the Recipient,
effective immediately on the date of sending, suspend all or some of Disbursements not yet
made by ITFC pursuant to Section 6 hereunder upon the occurrence of any exceptional
circumstances which adversely affect ITFC's access to the capital markets (all as determined
by ITFC in its sole discretion). Any such suspension will continue until notification in writing
from ITFC to the Recipient of the end of this suspension or until ITFC cancels the relevant
Disbursements which are subject to such suspension pursuant to Section 2.3.
2.3 The Recipient shall pay to ITFC an Administrative Fee amounting to US$500,000.00 (US
Dollars Five Hundred Thousand). Half of this Administrative Fee shall be paid as a condition
of effectiveness and the remaining amount shall be paid at the earlier of six months from
payment of first installment or utilization of 50% of the financing.
2.4 The Recipient shall start withdrawal of the Approved Amount within 60 (Sixty) days from the
Effective Date.
2.5 ITFC shall use its best endeavors to make the Approved Amount, such part thereof as may be
provided by the Participants, available for the Recipient for the Second Operation; on the
following conditions:
(a) that the whole of the Sale Prices under each Transaction under the First Operation shall
have been paid in full on due dates;
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(b) that the Goods to be financed under the Second Operation shall be the same kind of
Goods as in the First Operation, while, however, the quantity of the Goods under the
Second Operation may differ from the quantity of the First Operation;
(c) that no adverse change in the business, assets or financial condition of the Recipient,
or the Guarantor, as well as the market and the relevant country, shall have occurred,
or is likely to occur, which in the reasonable opinion of the Participants would affect
the ability of the Recipient or the Guarantor to meet their respective obligations under
this Agreement.
2.6 The Second Operation shall revolve within the availability of the exposure of the Approved
Amount.
2.7 All costs and expenses reasonably incurred in relation to the Murabaha facility granted under
this Agreement, including legal fees, shall be borne and paid by the Recipient.
2.8 The decision of ITFC whether or not to enter into the Second Operation shall be notified by
ITFC to the Recipient, PARCO and the Guarantor within 30 (Thirty) days after the date of
payment of the last Sale Price under the First Operation.
2.9 Unless the Participants shall otherwise decide, the Second Operation shall be subject to the
same terms and conditions as applied to the First Operation.
SECTION-3 PROCUREMENT OF THE GOODS
3.1 The total amount of the Purchase Prices for the Transactions executed as per this Agreement
shall not exceed the Approved Amount.
3.2 The Recipient as well as the PARCO undertakes to provide ITFC as soon as possible with a
schedule demonstrating the quantities of Goods to be purchased as per the Purchase Contract.
The above schedule should clearly state the dates of shipments and the Purchase Price for each
Transaction.
3.3 For the avoidance of doubts, it is well understood between the Parties that the Recipient as well
as the PARCO will purchase the Goods on behalf of ITFC in order to repurchase the same on
Murabaha basis from ITFC in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
3.4 It is agreed between the Parties hereto that the Recipient is authorized to purchase the Goods,
either directly or through the PARCO, for and on behalf of ITFC, from OIC Member Countries.
Procurement shall be in accordance with the Procurement Procedures of ITFC or any other
procedure to which ITFC may in writing agree and shall be subject to such terms and conditions
as ITFC may determine.
3.5 The Recipient as well as the PARCO undertakes to ensure that the Supplier is not on the List
of the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation concerning any
restrictive measure, embargo, or sanction.
3.6 The Recipient covenants that, when acting as agent, it shall act as an undisclosed agent of ITFC
and it shall not disclose that it is acting as an agent of ITFC to any third party. PARCO
acknowledges and accepts such undisclosed agency arrangement and covenants not to do, or
omit to be done, anything, which could result in this, undisclosed agency arrangement being
breached. The Recipient and the PARCO agree that any act or omission of the PARCO under
or pursuant to this Agreement shall have the same effect as though the act or omission had been
the act of the Recipient. No act or omission by the PARCO shall relieve, impair or prejudice
the obligations and duties of the Recipient under or pursuant to this Agreement.
3.7 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall submit through the most expeditious mode of
communication the terms and conditions of the draft Purchase Contract for the approval of
ITFC before it concludes it. Any reference to the Purchase Contract shall be taken as a reference
to such contract after the approval of its terms and conditions by ITFC and its conclusion by
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the Recipient on ITFC's behalf. Once approved by ITFC, no material amendment to or waiver
or cancellation of the Purchase Contract shall be made or agreed by the Recipient without the
prior written consent of ITFC.
3.8 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall ensure that the purchase of the Goods and the
signature of the Purchase Contract will be done without the assistance or intervention whether
direct, indirect of any middleman or a commission agent or a similar person, or party.
3.9 In acting as an agent of ITFC, the Recipient as well as the PARCO shall endeavor to act as if
acting for its own account and shall take all necessary measures to protect ITFC’s rights and
interests and will not do or omit to do anything, which will be inconsistent with its obligations
and responsibilities under the Agreement.
3.10 The Recipient as well as the PARCO undertakes to select the Goods and to exercise as much
care in satisfying itself as to matters of quality and quantity of the Goods and title thereto and
of performance by the Supplier as if it were purchasing the Goods for its own account directly
from the Supplier.
3.11 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall be fully and solely responsible for the quality,
condition, selection and specifications of the Goods and for deciding the need for, and the extent
and the manner of, the Transaction and storage thereof.
3.12 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall ensure that all necessary permits, exchange control
approvals, import licenses and all other consents required in connection with the import of the
Goods are obtained.
3.13 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall, on behalf of ITFC, do all things and observe and
perform all obligations falling to be done or observed under the Purchase Contract as if the
Goods are purchased by ITFC directly from the Supplier.
3.14 The Recipient as well as the PARCO shall not engage itself or through any person acting on its
behalf, in any Sanctionable Practices in connection with its business and operations, including
the procurement or the execution of any contract relating to the Operation.
SECTION-4 INSURANCE
4.1 The Recipient shall ensure that the Goods are insured by the Supplier at all times, including
marine transit until title to the Goods and all risks pass to the Recipient under the Sale Contract,
with reputable insurers and in an amount acceptable to ITFC to the full Purchase Price of the
Goods, against such risks as are normally insured by persons transporting goods in the same
manner and of the same kind as the Goods including, without limitation, all environmental
pollution risks. The Recipient shall ensure that a term of such insurance will be that the
insurance proceeds shall be payable to ITFC in US Dollars. The Recipient shall comply with
the terms and conditions of the insurance and shall not perform or omit, consent or permit any
act or omission, which might invalidate or render unenforceable the whole or any part of such
insurance.
4.2 Where the draft Purchase Contract does not provide for the insurance of the Goods by the
Supplier in the manner specified in Section 4.1 hereof, the Recipient shall, at the time of
submitting the terms and conditions of the draft Purchase Contract for the approval of ITFC in
accordance with Section 3.7 hereof, advise ITFC of the arrangements it has made, or will make,
to insure the Goods in the aforesaid manner in order to obtain ITFC's approval for the same. In
this case the insurance cost shall be paid by ITFC and added to the Purchase Price.
4.3 The Recipient shall provide ITFC with a copy of the insurance policy entered into by the
Supplier in relation to the Goods subject to Section 4.1 hereof or a conformed copy of any
insurance contract or agreement concluded directly or indirectly by PARCO in the manner
specified in Section 4.2 hereof.
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SECTION-5 DELIVERY
The Recipient shall ensure that the Purchase Contract provides for the delivery of the Goods directly to
the Recipient or to its order, and the Recipient shall be responsible for checking their quality, quantity,
specifications and all other matters relating thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, delivery is achieved
when the Recipient takes actual or constructive possession of the Goods in its capacity as agent of ITFC.
SECTION-6 PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE BY ITFC
6.1 Unless ITFC otherwise agrees in writing, payment of the Purchase Price of all Goods shipped
pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made by Letters of Credit.
6.2 Subject to Section 6.1 hereof and where payment of the Purchase Price is to be effected by a
Documentary Letter of Credit, the Recipient or PARCO shall, on behalf of ITFC, open a
Documentary Letter of Credit in the manner required by the Purchase Contract in favor of the
Supplier. Each and every Documentary Letter of Credit established under this Agreement shall
contain, inter alia, the following particulars:
(a) The number of the Documentary Letter of Credit;
(b) The name of the issuing bank;
(c) The name of the applicant for the Credit;
(d) The name of the Recipient of the Credit;
(e) Description and quantity of the Goods;
(f) Origin of the Goods;
(g) The amount;
(h) Insurance cover;
(i) The expiry date;
(j) The latest shipment date;
(k) The name of the paying bank or the negotiating bank;
(l) That the Credit will be available by sight/deferred payment or on usance terms; and
(m) That the Letter of Credit is subject to the UCP.
6.3 Where the payment of the Purchase Price is required to be made directly to the Supplier, the
Recipient or PARCO shall open a Standby Letter of Credit in the form specified by the Supplier.
6.4 The Recipient or PARCO shall communicate to ITFC, by tested telex or authenticated SWIFT
message, the full text of the Documentary Letter of Credit or, as the case may be, the Standby
Letter of Credit. Provided that the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit or, as the case
may be, the Standby Letter of Credit, are acceptable to ITFC, ITFC will, on receipt of the said
telex or message, issue an Irrevocable Commitment to Reimburse.
6.5 (a) Where a Documentary Letter of Credit is opened hereunder, ITFC will arrange
reimbursement against a receipt of a certificate from the relevant bank that all the
relevant terms of such Documentary Letter of Credit have been fully and properly
complied with.
(b) Where a Standby Letter of Credit is opened, ITFC will pay directly to the Supplier
upon receipt of notification from the Recipient or PARCO. A claim of payment to the
Supplier shall be notified by the Recipient or PARCO through its bank, to ITFC at least
4 (Four) Business Days before the value date of payment to the Supplier, indicating the
exact amount, value date and details of the account to which payment is required to be
made.
6.6 Amendments of any Documentary Letter of Credit relating to the matters specified in Section
6.2 hereof shall be subject to the approval of ITFC. Any other amendment could be made by
agreement of the parties to the Letter of Credit without reverting to ITFC provided that such
amendment is consistent with the general terms and conditions of this Agreement and that
Recipient or PARCO shall be solely responsible for damages or risks associated with such
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amendments. However, PARCO shall promptly notify ITFC of any amendment and shall be
solely responsible for any damage or risk associated with any amendment.
6.7 The first Letter of Credit hereunder shall be opened: (i) within 60 (Sixty) days from the
Effective Date for the First Operation and (ii) within 60 (Sixty) days from the date ITFC notifies
the Recipient, the PARCO and the Guarantor of the availability of the Approved Amount, or
any part thereof, to the Recipient for the Second Operation. If the Recipient or PARCO fails
to open the first Letter of Credit within the periods specified herein, and ITFC is not satisfied
with the justification for such failure, ITFC may, by notice to the Recipient, terminate this
Agreement and may cancel the Operation.
6.8 It is agreed by the parties hereto that the whole of the Approved Amount under each of the two
Operations shall be disbursed within a period of 7 (Seven) months from the date of first
Disbursement under the Operation. Unless ITFC otherwise agrees, such part of the Approved
Amount as may remain un-disbursed after the expiry of the period specified herein, will be
considered cancelled.
6.9 In the event of termination or cancellation as mentioned in Sections 6.7 and 6.8 hereof, all costs
and expenses arising from such termination and cancellation shall be born jointly by the
Recipient and PARCO without prejudice to Participants’ rights to any rights and remedies that
may have accrued to Participants prior to termination or that may arise from termination.
6.10 The Purchase Price shall be paid in the currency specified in the Letter of Credit, to be
calculated and credited to the Recipient in USD as per the dollar exchange rate prevailing on
the date of payment.
6.11 All payments to be made hereunder by the Recipient shall be made on the due dates of such
payments free from, clear off and without deduction for any taxes; provided, however, if the
Recipient shall at any time be compelled by law to withhold or deduct any taxes from any
amounts payable to ITFC , then the Recipient shall pay such additional amounts as may be
necessary in order that the net amounts received after withholding or deduction shall equal the
amounts which would have been received if such withholding or deduction were not required.
6.12 All disbursements shall be conditional upon timely payments under the existing ITFC facilities.
SECTION-7 PROMISE BY THE RECIPIENT TO PURCHASE THE GOODS FROM ITFC
7.1 The Recipient undertakes to purchase the Goods from ITFC immediately upon taking delivery
thereof (as provided in Section 5) on behalf of ITFC and on the terms specified in Section 7.2
hereof to Section 22 of this Agreement.
7.2 The Sale Contract shall be concluded on the Disbursement Date by an exchange of tested
telexes or fax messages as soon as the Goods are delivered as provided in Section 5 at the port
of destination in Pakistan. The said exchange will consist of an offer from the Recipient in the
form provided in Appendix-II hereto, and an acceptance from ITFC in the form provided in
Appendix-III hereto. If the Recipient fails to communicate with ITFC for the finalization of the
conclusion of the Sale Contract after the Recipient has bought and taken delivery of the Goods
on behalf of ITFC, the Recipient shall be liable to ITFC for any and all damages, costs, expenses
and losses suffered by ITFC and/or the Participants as a result of the breach of the Recipient’s
undertaking to conclude the Sale Contract in the manner indicated herein.
SECTION-8 SALE PRICE OF THE GOODS SOLD TO RECIPIENT
8.1 Each Sale Price payable by the Recipient to ITFC hereunder shall consist of the corresponding
Purchase Price and a fixed mark-up rate of 4.90% (Four Point Nine Zero per cent) per annum.
The Sale Price shall be determined two Business Days prior to the Disbursement Date of the
corresponding Purchase Price and shall be communicated to the Recipient on the date of such
determination.
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8.2 The mark-up amount will be computed from the Disbursement Date (inclusive) until due date
of the Sale Price (exclusive).
SECTION-9 SALE OF THE GOODS TO THE RECIPIENT WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY
OF ITFC FOR DEFECTS
As the Recipient will select the Goods relying solely on its own skill and judgment, it is expressly
agreed between ITFC and the Recipient that the Recipient shall purchase the Goods from ITFC “As - Is”
on delivery without responsibility on the part of ITFC for any defect therein whether in relation to
quality or otherwise. When the Recipient takes delivery of the Goods and the Sale Contract is concluded
in accordance with Section 7 hereof, the Recipient shall acknowledge that it would examine the Goods
and that it would satisfy itself as to their quality quantity, and all other relevant specifications. However,
if any defect appears in the Goods, ITFC undertakes to assign to the Recipient, or to its nominee, the
rights and warranties to which ITFC may be entitled under the Purchase Contract, together with any
other rights and warranties, which may be implied by law or custom in favor of a purchaser.
SECTION-10 DENOMINATION OF THE SALE PRICE
Each Sale Price shall be denominated and payable in US Dollars.
SECTION-11 PAYMENT OF THE SALE PRICE
11.1 The Recipient shall pay to ITFC the Sale Price Twelve (12) months from the date of the
corresponding Disbursement effected by ITFC.
11.2 If any payment becomes due on a day on which the banks are not officially open for business
in the place where payment is to be effected by the Recipient in the currency concerned, such
payment shall be made on the next following day on which such banks are open for business.
11.3 If the Recipient fails to pay any amount payable hereunder when it is due in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, then in addition to paying such amount, the Recipient shall pay
ITFC a Late Payment Charge in respect of the overdue amount, in accordance with the
Principles of Islamic Shariah, and any such Late Payment Charge shall be calculated and
applied as follows:
(i) a sum determined by ITFC after applying the formula indicated below:
A×B×C
360
Where: “A” means the unpaid amount;
“B” a sum in aggregate equal to 4.90% per annum;
“C” means the number of days from and including such due
date to, and, including the date of actual payment (whether before or
after judgment).
(ii) all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any legal, or collecting
agent’s costs and expenses) incurred by ITFC as a result of delay in payment to ITFC.
11.4 The Recipient shall, after deduction of all costs and expenses incurred and demanded by ITFC,
pay any amount received pursuant to this Section 11.3 to the International Islamic Trade
Finance Corporation’s Account No.241150120215 with the Arab Banking Corporation
(B.S.C.), P.O. Box 5698, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, Tel: +973 17 543000, Fax: +973 17
533163, Swift BIC:ABCOBHBM (IBAN:BH58ABCOUS241150120215). Amounts equal to
all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by ITFC and the Participants shall be paid to ITFC
as Mudarib under Mudaraba Agreement No____ of even date. It should be noted that this
account is a special account set up by ITFC solely for charitable purposes in accordance with
the Principles of Islamic Shariah.
SECTION-12 MANNER OF PAYMENT OF THE SALE PRICE BY THE RECIPIENT
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12.1 The Recipient shall pay each Sale Price to ITFC by SWIFT message, telex, cable, fax, or email
to such bank account as ITFC shall specify to the Recipient, or in such other manner as ITFC
may direct from time to time.
12.2 Without prejudice to the generality of Section 12.1, all payments due hereunder shall be deemed
to be duly paid when the following bank confirms to ITFC the receipt of such payment in ITFC's
account with it:
Account Name. IDB-ITFC-OPERATIONS
Account No. GB93SINT60928000159152
Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited
One Knightsbridge London SW1X 7XS
United Kingdom
SWIFT CODE: SINTGB2LXXX
12.3 All charges and expenses in connection with any payment by the Recipient to ITFC hereunder
shall be paid by and shall be for the account of the Recipient.
12.4 All payments by the Recipient to ITFC hereunder shall be made without any set-off or
counterclaim and free and clear of all taxes, charges, deductions or withholdings of whatever
nature, all of which shall be for the account of the Recipient.
SECTION-13 EFFECTIVENESS
13.1 This Agreement shall not be effective until the Recipient furnishes ITFC with a full set of
original documents as listed below:
(a) A Guarantee from the Guarantor, covering the Contributions of the Participants in the
amount of USD 478,000,000.00 (United States Dollars Four Hundred Seventy-Eight
Million) plus the related mark-up, in the Form provided in Appendix-IV hereto.
(b) A Legal Opinion issued by the authorized Legal Counsel of the Recipient stating that
the provisions of this Agreement as well as the Guarantee constitute enforceable
binding obligations upon the Recipient substantially in the form provided in Appendix-
V hereto.
(c) A Letter issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to ITFC,
confirming that the concerned department or unit charged with servicing external debt
has been instructed to make payment of the Sale Price instalments on due dates.
(d) The payment to ITFC of the half of the total amount of the Administrative Fee specified
in Section 2.3 to this Agreement.
(e) Receipt of documents certifying the names and true signatures of the officers
authorized to sign legal and disbursement documents.
(f) A Tentative Disbursement Schedule.
13.2 If this Agreement shall not have entered into effect within 45 (Forty-Five) days from the date
of signature first above mentioned, this Agreement and all obligations of the Parties thereunder
shall terminate, unless ITFC after consideration of the reasons for the delay shall, subject to the
consent of the Majority Participants, establish a later date for the purposes of this Section.
SECTION-14 DELAY IN THE EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
No delay, forbearance or other indulgence on the part of ITFC in exercising any rights, which it may
have against the other party, shall constitute a waiver thereof.
SECTION-15 CANCELLATION AND SUSPENSION OF THE APPROVED AMOUNT
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Unless a commitment has been made with a third party by, or on behalf of, ITFC:
15.1 The Recipient may request ITFC to cancel the Approved Amount or any part thereof provided
that the Recipient shall compensate ITFC and the Participants for all costs and expenses
resulting from such cancellation.
15.2 ITFC may, by notice to the Recipient, suspend payment of the Purchase Price or any part thereof
in any of the following cases:
(a) Failure of the Recipient, or the Guarantor, to discharge its obligations to pay any
amount due to ITFC or to any other affiliated body to ITFC, under any agreement other
than this Agreement.
(b) The Recipient, or the Guarantor, shall have failed to perform any obligation under this
Agreement or the Guarantee, respectively.
(c) The Guarantee shall have, for any reason, ceased to be in full force and effect as the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor.
(d) The Recipient, or the Guarantor, shall have declared a moratorium on the payment of
its indebtedness.
(e) In case of a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) In case of an Event of Default.
(g) In case of a Market Disruption Event.
(h) Any action shall have been taken or legal proceedings shall have been started for the
winding up, dissolution or reorganization of the PARCO or the Guarantor (otherwise
than for the purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction while solvent on terms
approved by ITFC in writing) or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee or similar
officer of the Recipient or of any or all revenues and assets of the Recipient.
(i) An extraordinary situation shall have arisen which (i) shall make it, in the opinion of
ITFC, improbable that the Operation can be carried out by the Recipient, or (ii) shall
prevent the attainment of the purposes for which this Agreement is entered into.
(j) A representation made by the Recipient, the PARCO, or the Guarantor, or any
statement furnished and intended to be relied upon by ITFC in processing the Operation
for approval or for entering into this Agreement, shall have been incomplete or
incorrect in any material respect.
Payment of the Purchase Price by ITFC shall continue to be suspended in whole or in part, as
the case may be, until the event or events which gave rise to such suspension shall have ceased
to exist before the expiry of the time limit indicated in Section 15.3 or until ITFC shall have
notified the Recipient that the undertaking of ITFC to pay the Purchase Price has been restored,
whichever is earlier, provided, however, that in the case of any such notice of restoration, the
undertaking to pay the Purchase Price shall be restored only to the extent and subject to the
conditions specified in such notice, and no such notice shall affect or impair any right, power
or remedy of ITFC in respect of any other or subsequent event described in this Section.
15.3 If (a) the undertaking to pay the Purchase Price shall have been suspended with
respect to any part of the Approved Amount for a continuous period of 30
(Thirty) days or
(b) at any time ITFC determines, after consultation with the Recipient, that any
part of the Approved Amount will not be required to finance the Operation.
ITFC may give notice to the Recipient terminating the undertaking by ITFC to disburse such
part. That part of the Approved Amount shall be considered cancelled upon delivery of such
notice.
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SECTION-16 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
16.1 The Recipient represents and warrants to ITFC and acknowledges that ITFC has agreed to this
Agreement in reliance on the following representations and warranties:
(a) The Recipient has power to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations
hereunder and all action required to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the
performance by the Recipient of its obligations hereunder has been duly taken;
(b) the obligations expressed to be assumed by the Recipient in this Agreement are legal
and valid obligations binding on the Recipient in accordance with the terms;
(c) the execution of this Agreement and the Recipient’s performance of its obligations
hereunder do not constitute and will not result in any breach of any agreement, treaty
or law;
(d) all acts, conditions and things (including exchange control consents) required by the
laws of Pakistan to be done, have been fulfilled and performed in order:
(i) to enable the Recipient lawfully to enter into and perform the obligations
expressed to be assumed by it in this Agreement;
(ii) to ensure that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Agreement
are legal, valid and enforceable; and
(iii) to make this Agreement admissible in evidence in Pakistan without further
steps or formalities have been done, fulfilled and performed in strict
compliance with the laws and Constitution of Pakistan.
(e) no action or administrative proceeding of or before any court or agency which might
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Recipient has been
initiated or threatened;
(f) under the laws of Pakistan in force at the date of this Agreement, the claims of ITFC
against the Recipient under this Agreement will rank at least pari passu with the claims
of all other similar secured creditors for any external indebtedness of the Recipient.
16.2 The PARCO represents and warrants to ITFC and acknowledges that ITFC has agreed to this
Agreement in reliance on the following representations and warranties:
(a) the PARCO is duly established and validly existing under the laws of Pakistan and has
the corporate power and has obtained all required authorizations to own its assets,
conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, and comply with its
obligations under, this Agreement and the Transaction to which it is a party or will, in
the case of any Transaction document not executed as at the date of this Agreement,
when that Transaction document is executed, have the corporate power to enter into,
and comply with its obligations under, that Transaction document.
(b) each Transaction document to which the PARCO is a party has been, or will be, duly
authorized and executed by the PARCO and constitutes, or will when executed
constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of the PARCO, enforceable in
accordance with its terms and the PARCO is not, nor will it be, a party to any agreement
other than the Transaction documents, and none of the Transaction documents has
been, or will be, amended or modified except as permitted under this Agreement.
(c) neither the making of any Transaction document to which the PARCO is a party nor
the compliance with its terms will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default or require any consent under, any
indenture, mortgage, agreement or other instrument or arrangement to which the
PARCO is a party or which it is bound, or violate any of the terms or provisions of the
PARCO’s constitutive documents or any authorization, judgment, decree or order or
any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the PARCO.
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(d) (i) to the best of the PARCO’s knowledge, after due inquiry all the authorizations
(other than authorizations that are of a routine nature and are obtained in the
ordinary course of business) needed by the PARCO to conduct its business,
carry out the Transactions and execute, and comply with its obligations under,
this Agreement and each of the other Transaction documents to which it is a
party; and
(ii) except for rights that can reasonably be expected to be obtained on
commercially reasonable terms at the time required, the Transaction
documents contain all rights that are necessary for the conduct of the
obligations of the PARCO as contemplated under this Agreement.
(e) except for amendments reflecting capital increases, the PARCO’s constitutive
documents have not been amended since 31/12/2015G.
(f) neither the PARCO nor any of its property enjoys any right of immunity from set-off,
suit or execution with respect to its assets or its obligations under any Transaction
document.
(g) since 31/12/2015G, the PARCO:
(i) has not suffered any change that has a material adverse effect or incurred any
substantial loss or liability that is continuing; and
(ii) has not undertaken or agreed to undertake any substantial obligation that will
affect the PARCO’s ability to perform its obligations under this agreement.
(h) the financial statements of the PARCO for the period ending on 31/12/2015G:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with the accounting standards, and give a
true and fair view of the financial condition of the PARCO as of the date as of
which they were prepared and the results of the Recipient's operations during
the period then ended; and
(ii) disclose all liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the PARCO or and the
reserves, if any, for such liabilities and all unrealized or anticipated liabilities
and losses arising from commitments entered into by the Recipient (whether
or not such commitments have been disclosed in such financial statements).
(i) the PARCO has good title to all of the assets purported to be owned by it, in all cases
free and clear of all liens that will affect the PARCO’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, other than permitted liens and no contracts or arrangements,
conditional or unconditional, exist for the creation by the PARCO of any lien;
(j) all tax returns and reports of the PARCO required by law to be filed have been duly
filed and all taxes, obligations, fees and other governmental charges upon the PARCO,
or its properties, or its income or assets, which are due and payable or to be withheld,
have been paid or withheld, other than those presently payable without penalty.
(k) the PARCO is not engaged in, to the best of its knowledge, after due inquiry, nor
threatened by, any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings, the outcome of
which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect.
(l) no judgment or order has been issued which has or may reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect.
(m) to the best of its knowledge and belief after due inquiry, the PARCO is not in violation
of any statute or regulation of any authority.
(n) there are no ongoing, to the best knowledge of the PARCO after due inquiry, or
threatened, strikes, slowdowns or work stoppages by employees of the PARCO or any
contractor with respect to this Agreement.
(o) none of the representations and warranties in this Section omits any matter the omission
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of which makes any of such representations and warranties untrue or misleading in any
material respect.
(p) the PARCO shall not engage, through any person acting on its behalf, in any
Sanctionable Practices in connection with its business and operations, including the
procurement or the execution of any contract relating to this Agreement.
16.3 The Recipient and PARCO represent that they have not relied on any representation made by
ITFC as to the Sharia compliance of the Operation contemplated by this Agreement and have
independently made their own assessment as to such Sharia compliance.
16.4 Each representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated by the Recipient and PARCO on
the date of each Disbursement. It is deemed to be made by reference to the circumstances
existing at the time of the representation or warranty.
16.5 The Recipient further represents that necessary arrangements have been made with the State
Bank of Pakistan to remit currency and the State Bank of Pakistan has been instructed to make
payment of the Sale Price installments on due dates.
SECTION-17 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
17.1 If any of the events specified in this Section (Events of Default) shall have happened and be
continuing, ITFC may, by notice to the Recipient and the Guarantor, declare all the outstanding
Sale Price(s) due, and the same shall immediately be, due and payable (anything in this
Agreement notwithstanding) without any further notice:
(a) any default by the Recipient, or as the case may be by the Guarantor, shall have
occurred in the payment of any amount due hereunder, or otherwise, to ITFC and the
Participants, any of its affiliates, or any of the Participants, and such default shall have
continued for a period of 5 (Five) days.
(b) any default other than the default specified in (a) above shall have occurred in the
performance of any obligation of the Recipient, or the Guarantor, and any such default
shall have continued for a period of 10 (Ten) days.
(c) any representation or warranty confirmed or made by the Recipient, or the Guarantor,
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Guarantee, any
document provided hereunder or thereunder or in connection with any request for
Disbursement hereunder, shall be found to have been incorrect in any material respect
and shall continue to be incorrect for a period of 15 (Fifteen) days after notice thereof
shall have been given by ITFC to the Recipient and/or Guarantor.
(d) the Guarantor shall have convened a meeting, or shall have taken any action, for the
purpose of making any arrangement or composition with its creditors.
(e) the Guarantor shall have ceased temporarily or permanently, or shall have threatened
to cease, for any reason whatsoever, to carry on their business or any substantial part
thereof.
(f) the Recipient, or the Guarantor, shall have created or permitted to subsist any
encumbrances in respect of its external indebtedness without the consent of ITFC.
(g) the Recipient, or the Guarantor, shall have declared a moratorium upon its indebtedness
or any suspension in its payment obligations to any third party.
(h) the Recipient, or the Guarantor, shall have become unable to pay its debts as they fall
due, or if any indebtedness of the Recipient, or Guarantor, is declared to be due and
payable prior to its specified maturity or shall have become unable to make available
foreign currency required to pay foreign debts or shall otherwise have either of them
become insolvent; or any encumbrance shall have lawfully taken possession or a
receiver or trustee shall have been appointed of the whole or any part of the undertaking
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or assets of the Guarantor, or a distress or execution (or analogous process) shall have
been levied or enforced upon or issued out against any of the chattels or property of the
Guarantor and such distress or execution shall not have been discharged within 15
(Fifteen) days; or an order shall have been made or an effective resolution passed or
analogous proceedings taken for the Guarantor’s winding up, bankruptcy or
dissolution; or any other event shall have occurred which under any applicable law
would have an effect analogous to any of those events mentioned in this paragraph;
(i) any provision of this Agreement, or the Guarantee, becomes invalid or unenforceable.
(j) any event or circumstance shall have occurred, which ITFC believes might have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Recipient, or the Guarantor, to perform or
comply with its obligations hereunder or under the Guarantee.
(k) if the Recipient ceases to be member in good standing or becomes ineligible to use the
resources of the International Monetary Fund.
(l) at any time, during the life of this Agreement, ITFC determines that any person or entity
has engaged in Sanction able Practices, without the Recipient having taken timely and
appropriate action satisfactory to ITFC to remedy the situation or to address such
practices when they occur.
17.2 If any Event of Default or any event, which with lapse of time or notice and lapse of time,
would become an Event of Default shall have happened, the Recipient shall immediately give
ITFC notice thereof by telex or facsimile, specifying the nature of such Event of Default and
any steps the Recipient is taking to remedy the same.
17.3 No course of dealing, and no delay in exercising, or omission to exercise, any right, power or
remedy accruing to ITFC and the Participants upon any Default hereunder or any other
agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof
or an acquiescence therein; nor shall the action of ITFC in respect of any such Default, or any
acquiescence by it therein, affect or impair any right, power or remedy of ITFC and the
Participants in respect of any other default.
SECTION-18 INDEMNITY
18.1 The Recipient hereby undertakes to indemnify ITFC (hereinafter referred to as “Indemnitee”),
on a full and grossed-up basis against, and agrees to protect, save and keep harmless, the
Indemnitee from any, and all obligations, fees, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, demands,
actions, judgments and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses (including such
legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement), of
every kind and nature whatsoever imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against an Indemnitee
arising out of:
(a) ownership, possession, use, documentation, removal, return, or other applications or
dispositions of the Goods, including such as may arise from:
(i) any loss or damage to any property or death or injury to any person;
(ii) defects in the Goods which could have been discovered by a reasonable
inspection;
(iii) any claims based on strict liability in tort or otherwise;
(iv) any claims based on liability arising under the applicable environmental laws
or environmental approvals;
(v) any claim regarding title to the Goods;
(vi) any claim or dispute relating to any Purchase Contract concluded by the
Recipient on behalf of ITFC hereunder or any Letter of Credit established
pursuant to this Agreement; and
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(b) the occurrence of any default or any other failure on the part of the Recipient to perform
or comply with any term of this Agreement, or any document, agreement or contract
entered into in relation hereto or otherwise in relation to the Goods, but excluding any
claim based upon any failure on the part of ITFC to comply with its obligations under
this Agreement or any document, agreement or contract entered into by ITFC in
relation hereto or otherwise in relation to the Goods;
(c) the receipt of any payment from the Recipient otherwise than on a due date thereof; or
(d) any claims, encumbrances, security interests, and liens or legal processes regarding
ITFC’s title to or interests in the Goods.
18.2 The Recipient shall give ITFC prompt notice of any occurrence or condition known to the
Recipient as a consequence of which an Indemnitee is or is reasonably likely to be entitled to
indemnification. The indemnification provided in Section 18.1 above shall specifically apply
to and include claims or actions brought by or on behalf of any third party against ITFC and
the Participants, and the Recipient hereby expressly waives, as against the Indemnitee, any
immunity to which the Recipient might otherwise be entitled under any applicable laws. The
Recipient shall promptly upon request by the Indemnitee (but in any event within 15 (Fifteen)
days of such request) reimburse the Indemnitee for amounts expended by it in connection with
any of the foregoing or pay such amounts directly. The Recipient shall be subrogated to the
Indemnitee’s rights in any matter with respect to which the Recipient has actually reimbursed
the Indemnitee for amounts expended by it or has actually paid such amounts directly pursuant
to Section 18.1 or this Section 18.2. In case any action or proceeding is brought against an
Indemnitee in connection with any indemnified claim, the Indemnitee will, after receipt of
notice of the commencement of such action or proceeding, notify the Recipient thereof,
enclosing a copy of all papers served upon the Indemnitee. The Recipient may, and upon the
Indemnitee’s request, will resist and defend such action or proceeding at the Recipient’s
expense, or cause the same to be resisted or defended by counsel selected by the Recipient and
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. In the event of any failure by the Recipient to do so,
the Recipient shall pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and
expenses) incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such action or proceeding.
18.3 The provisions of Sections 18.1 and 18.2 shall apply to the use of the Goods from the date of
the execution of this Agreement, and this Section 18.3 shall survive the expiry or earlier
termination of this Agreement and all documents, agreements and contracts entered into in
relation hereto or otherwise in relation to the Goods and are expressly made for the benefit of,
and are enforceable by the Indemnitee.
18.4 If any sum due from the Recipient under this Agreement or any award, order or judgment given
or made in relation hereto has to be converted from the currency (the “first currency”) in which
the same is payable under this Agreement or under such award, order or judgment into another
currency (the “second currency”) for the purpose:
(a) making or filing a claim or proof against the Recipient;
(b) obtaining an award, order or judgment in any court or tribunal or
(c) enforcing any award, order or judgment given or made in relation to this Agreement;
The Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from and against any loss
suffered as a result of any difference between:
(i) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first
currency into the second currency; and
(ii) the rate or rates of exchange at which ITFC may in the ordinary course of business
purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in
satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof.
Any amount due from the Recipient under this Section 18.4, shall be due as a separate debt,
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and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums due under or in respect
of this Agreement, and the term “rate of exchange” includes any premium and costs of exchange
payable in connection with the purchase of the first currency with the second currency.
18.5 Payments pursuant to the Recipient’s obligations under this Section shall be made on demand.
SECTION-19 GOVERNING LAW-SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
19.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Islamic Sharia (as set
out in Sharia’s Standards published by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic
Financial Institutions and as interpreted by the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation or Islamic Development Bank Group Sharia Committee).
19.2 Any dispute between the Parties to this Agreement, and any claim by any such Party against
the other Party arising under the Agreement, which is not resolved by agreement of the Parties
within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of notice by one Party to the other Party, shall be finally
decided by an arbitration panel in accordance with the rules and procedures of the International
Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration in Dubai, UAE.
19.3 The provisions for arbitration set forth in Section-19.2 shall be in lieu of any other procedure
for the determination of disputes between the Parties to this Agreement or any claim by such
Party against the other Party arising thereunder.
19.4 If within 30 (Thirty) days after counterparts of the award shall have been delivered to the
Parties, the award is not complied with, any Party may enter judgment upon, or institute a
proceeding to enforce the award, in any court of competent jurisdiction against the other Party,
may enforce such judgment by execution or may pursue any other appropriate remedy against
the other Party for the enforcement of the award or the provisions of this Agreement.
19.5 Service of any notice or process in connection with any proceedings under Section-19.2 or in
connection with any proceedings to enforce any award rendered pursuant to Section-19.2 may
be made in the manner provided in Section-20 to this Agreement. The Parties to this Agreement
waive any and all other requirements for the service of any such notice or process.
19.6 To the extent that the Recipient may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity
from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid or execution, before award or judgment or
otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be
attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), the Recipient hereby
irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity.
19.7 The Recipient as well as the Guarantor agrees that any arbitration award or judgment rendered
pursuant to this Agreement against it may be executed against its funds (assets) in any
jurisdiction. The Recipient as well as the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection it
may have to any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the enforcement of an
arbitration award under this Agreement, whether brought in any jurisdiction in which it has
funds (assets), and hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any jurisdiction has been brought in any inconvenient forum.
SECTION-20 NOTICES- REQUESTS
20.1 Any notice or request required to be given or made under this Agreement to either party shall
be in writing. Such notice or request shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it
shall be delivered by hand, mail, cable, telex, fax or authenticated SWIFT message to the
address to which it is required or permitted to be given or made to such party at its address
specified in Section 20.2 hereof or at such other address which such addressee shall have
designated by notice to the party giving such notice or making such request.
20.2 For purposes of Section 20.1 above, each party hereto has given its addresses as follows:
For the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation:
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P.O. Box: 55335, Jeddah-21534
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Telex: 601137 ISDB SJ
Tel: +966 12 636 1400
Fax: +966 12 637 1064
Email: [email protected]
For the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics (Economics Affairs Division)
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics
Pak-Secretariat, Block C, Room 435
Islamabad, Pakistan
For the PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO):
Corporate Headquarters, Korangi Creek Road
P.O. Box 12243, Karachi-75190, Pakistan
Tel: +92 21 35090100-25
Fax: +92 21 35090625
SECTION-21 CONFIDENTIALITY
Each of the Parties will at all times during the continuance of this Agreement and thereafter keep
confidential the terms and conditions of this Agreement and information acquired for approval purposes
and in consequence of this Agreement except for information which either of them may be bound to
disclose under compulsion of law, rules and procedure, to their professional advisers where reasonably
necessary for the performance of their professional services, or to counterparties where necessary for
approval purpose or carrying into effect of the purposes of this Agreement, provided that this obligation
to maintain confidentiality shall not apply in relation to any information once that information has
entered the public domain otherwise than in breach of this Agreement. All third parties to whom
confidential information is disclosed as permitted by this Section shall be informed of the confidential
nature of the information so disclosed and be obliged to keep such information confidential.
SECTION-22 MISCELLANEOUS
22.1 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended, and shall not be
construed, to alter, limit, or enlarge in any way the scope or meaning of the language contained
in this Agreement.
22.2 The Recitals and the Appendices form an integral part of this Agreement.
22.3 The person signing this Agreement on behalf of each Party hereby represents and warrants to
the other Party that he or she has the requisite legal power and authority to execute this
Agreement on behalf of the Party and bind the Party to the obligations herein.
22.4 This Agreement binds and benefits the respective successors and assignees of the Parties,
provided that neither of them may assign this Agreement in whole or in part without the prior
written consent of the other.
22.5 This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original, but all
of which constitute the same agreement.
22.6 The date of this Agreement shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be that appearing in the
Preamble hereto.
[END OF SECTIONS]
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Execution Page
For the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Murabaha Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan through its duly
authorized representative has signed this Murabaha Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha
Financing Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined
Petroleum Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN (REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND STATISTICS)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Execution Page
For PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO) through its duly authorized
representative has signed this Murabaha Agreement relating to Syndicated Murabaha Financing
Operation No.ITFC/1437H/TF2/PAK/0011 for the Purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum
Products in an amount not exceeding USD478,000,000/- on date first written above.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
PAK-ARAB REFINERY LIMITED (PARCO)
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Appendix-I LIST OF PARTICIPANTS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONTRIBUTION
ITFC's Pakistan Syndication: PAK-011-USD 478 MM
# INSTITUTION COUNTRY
US$ MM
01
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION (ITFC) ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK Group P O Box # 55335 JEDDAH 21534, SAUDI ARABIA Tel. (+966-12) 646 8418
Fax (+966-12) 637 10 64
SAUDI ARABIA 24.5
02
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (NCB) – Financial Institutions Department Corporate Banking Group P. O. Box # 3555 Jeddah 21481 Saudi Arabia Tel: +966 12 610 7083 Fax. + 966-12-263 1146
SAUDI ARABIA 100.0
03
BARWA BANK Head Office 1st Floor, Grand Hamad Street
P.O.Box 27778 Doha – Qatar Tel. +974-444-88-235 Fax. +974-444-88-508
QATAR 61.0
04
EMIRATES NBD (EMIRATES NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI) Head Office Next to SHERATON CREEK Baniyas Road, Deira P O Box # 777 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Telephone # (00-971-4) 201 2603 Fax # (00-971-4) 234 1970
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
40.0
05
ALLIED BANK LIMITED Office 52, Al Rossais Tower, Building # 283, Road 1704, Area - 317, Diplomatic Area Kingdom of Bahrain Tel. 00-973 1700 3480 Fax. +973 1700 3481
BAHRAIN 30.0
06
OPEC FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OFID) Parkring 8 – P O Box # 995 A-1010 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
AUSTRIA 25.0
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Telephone # (00-43-1) 515 64-239 Fax # (00-43-1) 513 92 38
07
AJMAN BANK, PJSC P.O. Box: 7770 Ajman, UAE Tel: +971-6-7018587 Fax: +971-6-7018253
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
25.0
08
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN (NBP-BAHRAIN) Off-shore Banking Unit 51 MANAMA CENTER Government Avenue P. O. Box # 775 Manama, Bahrain T. +973-17-224 191 F. +973-17-224 4 11
BAHRAIN 25.0
09
SAMBA FINANCIAL GROUP P.O.Box 833 , Riyadh-11421 l Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel: +966 (0) 11 2117424
SAUDI ARABIA 20.0
10
COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI P.O.Box 2668, Al Ittihad Street, Dubai, UAE Tel : + 971 4 2121827 / 828 Fax: + 971 4 2121870 / 2050148
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15.0
11
UNITED BANK LTD. Park Place 17th Floor, Sheikh Zayed Road P. O. Box 1367, Dubai - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES T : +971 4 7093741 / 35 F : +971 4 3297040
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15.0
12
UNION DE BANQUES ARABES ET FRANCAISES (UBAF) 190 Avenue Charles De Gaulle 92523 Neuilly Cedex FRANCE Telephone # (00-33-1) 4640 61 10 Fax # (00-33-1) 4640 65 16 / 4640 65 17
FRANCE 10.0
13
BANK AL FALAH LIMITED Bahrain Operations, “Bahrain Financial Harbour” West Tower, Level # 13 P O Box # 1375 MANAMA, BAHRAIN Telephone # (00-973-17) 2031 00 Ext. 108/ 203 108 Fax # (00-973-17) 22 43 00 /
BAHRAIN 10.0
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14
MCB BANK LIMITED Wholesale Banking Branch 3rd Floor, BKIC Building Diplomatic Area P O Box # 10164 MANAMA, BAHRAIN Telephone # (00-973-17) 53 33 06 / 53 39 77 Fax # (00-973-17) 53 33 08
BAHRAIN 10.0
15
JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY P.O.Box 1264 Jeddah 21431 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia T : +966-2-651-5111 Ext : 1050 F : +966-2-650-3600 / 651 – 7373
SAUDI ARABIA 10.0
16
BANK AL HABIB LTD. ALMOAYYED TOWER, AL SEEF DISTRICT P.O.BOX:50786, MANAMA, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN Tel # 00973-17-564-044-1302
BAHRAIN 10.0
17
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP Federated Project and Trade Finance Core Fund 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T: 001-412.288.2292 F: 001-412.992 4351
U.S.A 10.0
18
SHARJAH ISLAMIC BANK P.O. Box 4, Sharjah - United Arab Emirates Tel.: +971 6 599 9158
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
10.0
19
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK Fael Khair Program Special Assistance Department P O Box # 5925 JEDDAH 21432, SAUDI ARABIA Telephone # (00-966-2) 646 67 44 Fax # (00-966-2) 646 78 31
SAUDI ARABIA 9.0
20
BANK AL HABIB LTD Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru & Labuan, Malaysia Mobile +60 17 8302011 Tel : +603 2298 7142
MALAYSIA 5.0
21 MCB BANK LIMITED Dubai Branch
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4.0
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Al Reem Residency Building- Ground Floor, Zabeel Road P.O.Box. 6481, Al karama, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: 00971-4 396-4472 EXT 215 Fax: 00971-4 -396-3210
22
JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK P.O. Box 926225, Amman Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Tel : +962 6 5677377 Fax : +962 6 5666326
JORDAN 3.0
23
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN Filiale Frankfurt Frankfurt Branch Holzgraben 31 60313 Frankfurt am Main Germany Tel: +49 - (0)69 - 97 57 12 11 Fax: +49 - (0)69 - 97 40 91 71
GERMANY 2.5
24
FEDERATED INVESTORS (UK) LLP
Azzad Wise Capital Fund 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T: 001-412.288.2292 F: 001-412.992 4351
U.S.A 2.0
25
National Bank of Pakistan 128 Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris Tél. : +33 1 42 56 25 38 Fax : +33 1 45 63 66 04
FRANCE 1.5
26
Anfaal Capital P.O.Box 126575 Jeddah 21352 T : 966-9200-234-23 Ext. 142 F : 966-12-606-8787
SAUDI ARABIA 0.5
TOTAL AMOUNT:
478.0 Million
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Appendix-II FORM OF OFFER FROM THE RECIPIENT
[TO BE PRINTED AND PROVIDED ON THE LETTERHEAD]
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
P.O. Box: 55335
Jeddah-21534
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
OFFER
We, [insert Name of the Counterparty] (the “Recipient”), in conformity with the Murabaha Agreement
(the “Agreement”) concluded by us with International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (“ITFC”) on
[insert the Agreement Date] in accordance with Section-7 of the Agreement, offer to buy the Goods of
which we have taken delivery on behalf of ITFC on the terms and conditions provided for in Section-
7.2 to Section-22 inclusive) of the Agreement:
(i) Quantity and general description: ___________
(ii) Name and address of Supplier: ___________
(iii) L/C No. (if any): ___________
(iv) Country of origin: ___________
(v) Delivery Date: ___________
(vi) Purchase Price: ___________
(vii) Sale Price: ___________
(viii) Due Date of Sale Price: ___________
FOR [insert the Name of the Recipient]
[Signature]
[Insert Name of the Signatory]
[Insert Title of the Signatory]
**********
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Appendix-III FORM OF ACCEPTANCE BY ITFC
[TO BE PRINTED AND PROVIDED ON THE LETTERHEAD]
[Insert Name of the Recipient]
[Insert Complete Address]
ACCEPTANCE
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) in response to [insert Name of the
Counterparty] (the Recipient)’s Offer communicated through your telex/fax number [insert ref.no. and
date], accepts the offer and hereby sells to the Recipient, on the terms and conditions provided for in
Section-7.2 to Section-22 (inclusive) of the Murabaha Agreement concluded between ITFC and the
Recipient on [insert the Agreement Date] the following Goods of which the Recipient has taken delivery
on behalf of ITFC:
(i) Quantity and general description: ___________
(ii) Name and address of Supplier: ___________
(iii) L/C No. (if any): ___________
(iv) Country of origin: ___________
(v) Delivery Date: ___________
(vi) Purchase Price: ___________
(vii) Sale Price: ___________
(viii) Due Date of Sale Price: ___________
For International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
[Signature]
[Insert Name of the Signatory]
[Insert Title of the Signatory]
**********
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Appendix-IV FORM OF GUARANTEE
[TO BE PRINTED ON THE LETTERHEAD]
THIS GUARANTEE is executed on ___/___/____H (corresponding to ___/___/____G) by the
Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as
the “Guarantor”) in favor of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (hereinafter referred
to as “ITFC”) in its capacity as the Mudarib of the USD478,000,000/- Syndicated Murabaha Financing
extended to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as “the
Recipient”).
WHEREAS,
A. Pursuant to the terms of a Murabaha Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated ____/____/______,
made between ITFC and the Recipient under which ITFC has agreed to purchase crude oil and
Refined Petroleum Products (the Goods) for an approved amount of USD478,000,000/-
(United States Dollars Nine Hundred Million) and to sell the same to the Recipient.
B. It is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Agreement that the Guarantor irrevocably
and unconditionally guarantees the performance by the Recipient of its obligations under the
Agreement up to the amount of USD478,000,000/- (United States Dollars Nine Hundred
Million) covering the Contributions of the Participants plus the related Mark-up.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1) Definitions
In this Guarantee:
(a) unless otherwise defined herein and unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning herein,
(b) the Section headings are for ease of reference only, and;
(c) “External Indebtedness” means indebtedness of the Guarantor, which is or may be
payable or repayable in a currency other than the currency of Pakistan and/or to a
person resident or whose principal place of business or registered office is situated
outside Pakistan.
2) Representations and Warranties
The Guarantor represents and warrants that:
(a) it has power to enter into this Guarantee and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and all actions required to authorize the execution of this Guarantee, and
the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations hereunder and thereunder has been
duly taken;
(b) the Guarantor is not in breach of or default under any agreement to which it is a party
or which is binding on it or any of its assets to an extent or in a manner which might
have a material adverse effect on its financial condition;
(c) no action or administrative proceeding of or before any court or agency, which might
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Guarantor currently
exists, has been started or threatened;
(d) no encumbrance given in respect of External Indebtedness exists over all or any of the
present or future revenues or assets of the Guarantor;
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(e) the execution of this Guarantee and the Guarantor's performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder (1) constitute legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligations and (2) will not result in the existence of or oblige the Guarantor to create
any encumbrance over any of its present or future revenues or assets;
(f) the execution of this Guarantee and the Guarantor's performance of its obligations
hereunder do not constitute and will not result in any breach of any agreement, treaty
or law;
(g) under the laws of Pakistan in force at the date hereof, the Guarantor will not be required
to make any deduction or withholding from any payment it may make hereunder;
(h) under the laws of Pakistan in force at the date hereof, the claims of ITFC against the
Guarantor under this Guarantee will rank at least pari passu with the claims of all other
similar secured creditors for any External Indebtedness of the Guarantor;
(i) all acts, conditions and things (including exchange control consents) required by the
laws and Constitution of Pakistan to be done, fulfilled and performed in order (i) to
enable the Guarantor lawfully to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be
assumed by it in this Guarantee, (ii) to ensure that the obligations expressed to be
assumed by it in this Guarantee are legal, valid and enforceable and (iii) to make this
Guarantee admissible in evidence in Pakistan without further steps or formalities have
been done, fulfilled and performed in strict compliance with the laws and Constitution
of Pakistan;
(j) the obligations expressed to be assumed by the Guarantor in this Guarantee constitute
legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations binding on the Guarantor in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(k) the execution of this Guarantee constitutes, and the Guarantor's performance of its
obligations hereunder will constitute commercial acts done and performed for private
and commercial purposes;
(l) the Guarantor is not entitled to claim privilege or immunity from suit, execution,
attachment or other legal process in Pakistan;
(m) in any proceeding taken in Pakistan for the enforcement of this Guarantee the choice
of English Law (subject to the Principles of Islamic Sharia) as the governing law of
this Guarantee will be recognized and any judgment or award hereon will be enforced
under the laws of Pakistan;
The representations and warranties set out above are made on the date of this Guarantee and
are deemed to be repeated by the Guarantor (with reference to the facts and circumstances then
existing) on each day until ITFC certifies to the Guarantor that its obligations hereunder are
discharged in full.
3) Covenants
(a) The Guarantor shall:
(i) promptly inform ITFC of the occurrence of any event which is or may cause
(with the passage of time, the giving of notice or both) default of the
Guarantor's obligations hereunder including anything constituting a
misrepresentation under Section 2 above and upon receipt of a written request
to that effect from ITFC, confirm to ITFC that save as previously notified to
ITFC no such event has occurred; and
(ii) ensure that at all times the claims of ITFC against the Guarantor under this
Guarantee rank at least pari passu with the claims of all other similar secured
creditors for any External Indebtedness of the Guarantor.
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(b) The Guarantor shall not create or permit to subsist any encumbrance in respect of its
External Indebtedness over all or any of its present or future revenues or assets.
4) Guarantee
In consideration of ITFC making funds available to the Recipient under the Transaction
pursuant to the Agreement:
(a) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to ITFC and/or its
successors, assignees and the Participants punctual payment of all amounts due and to
become due from the Recipient under or pursuant to the Agreement as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms thereof and agrees
that if and whenever the Recipient shall fail to pay any such sum the Guarantor shall
forthwith on written demand by ITFC pay an amount equal to such sum to ITFC for
account of the person or persons entitled thereto in the currency and in the manner
required of the Recipient by the Agreement.
(b) This Guarantee shall be a primary obligation in respect of sums due from the Recipient
and accordingly no person for whose benefit this Guarantee is given shall be obliged
before enforcing this Guarantee to make any demand of or to take any proceedings
against the Recipient or to enforce any other security held by it in respect of the
obligations of the Recipient under the Agreement.
(c) The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall not be in any way
discharged or impaired by any time or indulgence granted to the Recipient in relation
to all or any of the obligations assumed by the Recipient in the Agreement or any
variation of any provision thereof (whether or not the Guarantor shall be cognizant of
the same) or by any other circumstance which would or might (but for this provision)
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
(d) This Guarantee shall continue in full force and effect irrespective of the legality,
validity and enforceability of any provision of the Agreement and notwithstanding any
change in the status of the Recipient until all moneys at any time owed by the Recipient
under the Agreement and by the Guarantor hereunder have been paid and shall be in
addition to and not in substitution for or derogation of any other security held by any
person for whose benefit this Guarantee is given in respect of the obligations of the
Recipient under the Agreement.
(e) The Guarantor agrees that so long as any sums are or may be owed by the Recipient
under the Agreement, any rights which the Guarantor may at any time have by reason
of performance by the Guarantor of its obligations (i) to be indemnified by the
Recipient and/or (ii) to take the benefit (in whole or in part) of any security taken
pursuant to the Agreement by all or any of the persons for whose benefit this Guarantee
is given or otherwise to be subrogated to its rights against the Recipient shall be
exercised by the Guarantor in such manner and upon such terms as ITFC may require
(and in the meantime shall not be exercised) and further agrees to hold any moneys at
any time received by it as a result of the exercise of any such rights for and on behalf
and to the order of ITFC for application in or towards payment of any sums at any time
owed by the Recipient under the Agreement.
(f) A certificate delivered by ITFC to the Guarantor certifying the amount due from the
Recipient under the Agreement at the date of such certificate together with an extract
from the accounts maintained by ITFC under the Agreement of the amounts due from
the Recipient, shall be prima facie evidence of the amount due from the Recipient
thereunder.
(g) This Guarantee shall constitute a separate obligation of the Guarantor in respect of the
moneys due and to become due to each Participant through ITFC by the Recipient
under or pursuant to the Agreement and/or any related document.
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(h) Any settlement or discharge between ITFC and the Guarantor shall be conditional upon
no security or payment to ITFC on behalf of the Recipient or any other person being
avoided or reduced for any reason whatsoever and if any such security or payment is
so avoided or reduced, ITFC shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of any
such security or payment from the Guarantor subsequently as if such settlement or
discharge had not occurred.
(i) Without prejudice to ITFC's rights against the Recipient as the principal obligor, the
Guarantor shall as between ITFC on the one hand, and the Guarantor on the other be
deemed principal obligor in respect of its obligations hereunder and not merely surety.
Accordingly, the Guarantor shall not be discharged nor shall its liability be discharged
or impaired by any act, thing, omission or means whatsoever whereby its liability
would have been discharged if it had been merely a secondary obligor. This Guarantee
shall remain binding on the Guarantor notwithstanding that, all or any of the Recipient's
obligations under the Agreement may not for any reason be valid and binding or
capable of enforcement.
(j) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees to indemnify and to keep ITFC indemnified
against all expenses, which ITFC may incur in proceeding against the Recipient and/or
the Guarantor, until such time as the Guarantor shall have discharged all its obligations
hereunder.
(k) The Agreement shall be binding on the Guarantor as though the Guarantor were a party
to the Agreement.
5) General
(a) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees:
(i) to make available all US Dollar amounts needed by the Recipient to make any
payment due to ITFC under the Agreement,
(ii) that this undertaking shall become valid from the date hereof and shall continue
in full force and effect until all amounts owed by the Recipient to ITFC under
the Agreement shall have been paid in full in US Dollars,
(b) If (i) the Guarantor is required by law to make any deduction or withholding
from any sum payable by the Guarantor to any person hereunder or,
(ii) any person or ITFC on its behalf is required by law to make any
payment, on account of tax (other than tax on its overall net income)
or otherwise, on or in relation to any amount received or receivable by
such person hereunder, then the sum payable by the Guarantor in
respect of which such deduction, withholding or payment is required
to be made shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that,
after the making of such deduction, withholding or payment, such
person receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of any
such deduction, withholding or payment) a net sum equal to the sum
which it would have received and so retained had no such deduction,
withholding or payment been made.
(c) (i) If at any time the Guarantor is required by law to make any deduction or
withholding from any sum payable by it hereunder (or if thereafter there is any
change in the rates at which or the manner in which such deductions or
withholdings are calculated) the Guarantor shall promptly notify ITFC.
(ii) The Guarantor shall deliver to ITFC within 30 (Thirty) days after it has made
any payment from which it is required by law to make any deduction or
withholding a receipt issued by the applicable tax or other authorities
evidencing the deduction or withholding of all amounts required to be deducted
or withheld from such payment.
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(d) (i) The United States Dollar (the Dollar) is the currency of account and payment
for each and every sum at any time due from the Guarantor hereunder
(ii) If any sum due from the Guarantor under this Guarantee or any order, award
or judgment given or made in relation hereto has to be converted from a
currency (the “First Currency”) in which the same is payable hereunder or
under such order, award or judgment into another currency (the “Second
Currency”) for the purpose of:
(I) making or filing a claim or proof against the Guarantor,
(II) obtaining an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal, or
(III) enforcing any order, award or judgment given or made in relation
hereto, the Guarantor shall indemnify and hold harmless ITFC from
and against any loss suffered as a result of any discrepancy between:
(1) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum
in question from the First Currency into the Second Currency
and
(2) the rate or rates of exchange at which ITFC may in the
ordinary course of business purchase the First Currency with
the Second Currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in
satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, award,
judgment, claim or proof.
(e) On each date on which an amount is due from the Guarantor hereunder the Guarantor
shall make the same available to ITFC by payment in US Dollars to such account as
may be designated by ITFC, each such payment to be made in time for value the same
day.
(f) All payments made by the Guarantor hereunder shall be made free and clear of and
without any deduction for or on account of (i) any set-off or counterclaim or (ii) any
tax or other matter.
(g) If at any time any provision hereof is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in
any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof nor the legality, validity or
enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
(h) (i) Each communication to be made hereunder shall be made in writing but, unless
otherwise stated, may be made by telex or telefax.
(ii) Any communication or document to be made or delivered by one party to the
other pursuant to this Guarantee shall (unless that party has by fifteen days'
written notice specified another address) be made or delivered to that other
party at the address identified below or (as the case may be) in the Agreement
and shall be deemed to have been made or delivered (in the case of any
communication by telex or telefax) on the date of dispatch or (in the case of
communication by letter) ten days after being deposited in the post first class
airmail postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address, Provided
that any communication or document to be made or delivered by the Guarantor
to or care of ITFC shall be effective only when received by ITFC.
(iii) Each communication and document made or delivered by one party to the other
pursuant to this Guarantee shall be in the English language.
(i) (i) This Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each party
hereto and its successors and assigns.
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(ii) The Guarantor shall not assign or transfer all or any of its rights, benefits and
obligations hereunder.
(iii) ITFC may at any time assign to any one or more of the Participants or other
institutions or persons all or any part of its rights and benefits hereunder and in
that event, the assignee shall have the same rights against the Guarantor as it
would have had if it had been a party hereto.
(iv) ITFC may disclose to a potential assignee or to any person, who may otherwise
enter into contractual relations with ITFC in relation to this Guarantee, such
information about the Guarantor, as ITFC shall consider appropriate.
(j) (i) The Guarantor hereby consents generally in respect of any legal action or
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee to the giving
of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with such action or
proceedings including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or
execution against any property whatsoever (irrespective of its use or intended
use) of any order, award or judgment which may be made or given in such
action or proceedings.
(ii) to the extent that the Guarantor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its
assets immunity from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid or execution,
before award or judgment or otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent
that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such
immunity (whether or not claimed), the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees
not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity.
(k) This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law in
so far as English Law is not contrary to the Principles of Islamic Sharia (as set out in
Sharia Standards published by the Accounting and Auditing Organization of Islamic
Financial Institutions and as interpreted by the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation). If any provisions of English Law is applicable
to this Guarantee is contrary to the Principles of Islamic Sharia, the Principles of
Islamic Sharia shall prevail.
(l) Any dispute relating to this Guarantee, which is not settled amicably within 30 (Thirty)
days, shall be referred to arbitration. For this purpose, all provisions of Sections 19.2,
19.3, 19.4 and 19.6 of the Agreement shall apply as if specifically incorporated herein.
By Name: _____________________
Designation: _____________________
Signature: _____________________
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Appendix-V FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
[TO BE PRINTED ON THE LETTERHEAD]
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
P.O. Box: 55335
Jeddah-21534
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dear Sirs:
In my official capacity as Counsel to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (the
“Recipient”) , I have examined originals (or copies) certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction
of the following documents relating to the Murabaha Agreement dated ___/___/____H (corresponding
to ___/___/____G), (the “Agreement”) providing for Murabaha financing in an approved amount of
USD478,000,000 (U.S. Dollars Four Hundred Seventy-Eight Million) (the “Murabaha Financing”) for
the purchase of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products (the “Goods”) to the Recipient as specified
in the Agreement with the Guarantee of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan (the “Guarantor”);
(i) The Agreement;
(ii) Guarantee by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”) in Appendix-IV to the Agreement;
(iii) Such other documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the
opinions expressed herein.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to questions arising under the laws of Pakistan and its political
subdivisions and I do not purport to express an opinion on any question arising under the laws of any
other jurisdiction.
All terms defined in the Agreement and used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in the Agreement.
Subject to the foregoing, it is my opinion that:
(a) The Recipient and the Guarantor have the power and authority to own their property,
to conduct their business as currently conducted and to consummate the transactions
contemplated in the Agreement and the Guarantee.
(b) The Recipient and the Guarantor have taken all necessary actions, to authorize the
execution and delivery of the Agreement, the Guarantee, and all other documents to be
executed and delivered by them in connection with the Agreement and the Guarantee,
the performance of their obligations under the Agreement and the Guarantee and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement and the Guarantee.
(c) The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Recipient and constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Recipient enforceable against the Recipient
in accordance with its terms.
(d) The Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor
in accordance with the terms thereof irrespective of the legality, validity or
enforceability of any provision of the Agreement.
(e) All corporate and governmental authorizations and actions of any kind necessary to
authorize or required for the validity or enforceability of the obligations contemplated
under the Agreement and the Guarantee against the Recipient and the Guarantor,
respectively, have been obtained or performed and are valid and subsisting in full force
and effect.
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(f) The PAK-ARAB Refinery Limited (PARCO) has the power and authority to conduct
its business as currently conducted and to consummate the transactions contemplated
in the Agreement.
(g) PARCO has taken all necessary action, to authorize the execution and delivery of the
Agreement and all other documents to be executed and delivered by it in connection
with the Agreement, the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement.
(h) No event has occurred, and is continuing, that constitutes, or that with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under any agreement or
instrument evidencing any obligation of the Recipient, and no such event will occur
upon the making of any disbursement under the Agreement.
(i) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes, or that, with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute, a default under any agreement or
instrument evidencing any obligation of the Guarantor, and no such event will occur
upon the execution by the Guarantor of the Guarantee.
(j) No consent of, approval of, or notice to, any creditor of the Recipient or the Guarantor,
is required by the terms of any agreement, or instrument evidencing any obligations of
the Recipient or the Guarantor, for the execution or delivery of, or the performance of
the obligations of the Recipient or the Guarantor under the Agreement and the
Guarantee or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement and
the Guarantee, and that execution, delivery, performance and consummation will not
result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan or any agreement, instrument, judgment or order
known to me, or any statute, rule, regulation or law, applicable to the Recipient or to
any of its property.
(k) No further governmental consents are required for remittance of the proceeds under the
Guarantee.
(l) There are no actions or proceedings pending or, to my knowledge, threatened, the
adverse determination of which might have a materially adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Recipient or the Guarantor or impair the ability of the Recipient or the
Guarantor to perform their obligations under, or affect the validity or enforceability of,
the Agreement and the Guarantee.
(m) The Recipient and the Guarantor have good title to their property free and clear of all
liens and other encumbrances, and its obligations under the Agreement and the
Guarantee rank at least pari passu with all their other similar secured creditors for any
external indebtedness.
(n) The execution and delivery of the Agreement and the Guarantee are not subject to any
tax, duty, fee or other charge, including, without limitation, any registration or transfer
tax, stamp duty or similar levy, imposed by or within Pakistan or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(o) Neither the Recipient, nor the Guarantor, nor their property have any right of immunity
on grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from jurisdiction, attachment (before or after
judgment) or execution in respect of any action or proceeding relating in any way to
the Agreement and the Guarantee that may be brought in the courts of Pakistan.
(p) The execution and delivery of the Agreement and the Guarantee by the Recipient and
the Guarantor, respectively, and performance of their obligations thereunder constitute
commercial transactions.
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(q) The choice by the parties to the Agreement of the Islamic Sharia as governing law, and
the agreement of the parties to settle disputes arising under the Agreement by
Arbitration, is legal, valid and binding on the Recipient.
(r) The governing law stated in the Guarantee is legal, valid and binding.
(s) It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in
evidence of the Agreement or the Guarantee, in the courts of Pakistan, that they be
filed, recorded, registered or enrolled with any court or government agency of or in
Pakistan or stamped with any stamp or similar transaction tax.
(t) It is not necessary, under the laws and Constitution of Pakistan in order to enable ITFC
to enforce its rights under the Agreement and the Guarantee or by reason of the
execution of the Agreement and the Guarantee or the performance by ITFC of its
obligations thereunder that ITFC should be licensed, qualified or entitled to carry on
business in Pakistan.
(u) ITFC will not be deemed to be resident, domiciled, to carry on business or subject to
taxation in Pakistan by reason only of the execution, performance and/or enforcement
of the Agreement or the Guarantee, the purchase of the Goods by ITFC and the sale
thereof to the Recipient pursuant to the Agreement, and no withholding taxes will be
imposed on any amounts otherwise receivable by ITFC under the Agreement.
(v) Any award given, or any decision made by an Arbitration Tribunal with respect to the
Agreement or the Guarantee shall be enforceable in Pakistan.
This opinion may be relied upon by ITFC and each Participant, its successors and assigns.
Very truly yours,
[Name| Title| Signature]
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