Conformed Copy - L3052 - First Telecommunications Project - Guarantee Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 3052 EC (First Telecommunications Project) between INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT and INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO DE TELECOMUNICACIONES Dated September 28, 1989 LOAN NUMBER 3052 EC GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated September 28, 1989, between REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR (the Guarantor) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS (A) the Guarantor and Instituto Ecuatoriano de Tele- comunicaciones (the Borrower), having been satisfied as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to the Loan Agreement, have requested the Bank to assist in the financing of the Project; and (B) by the Loan Agreement of even date herewith between the Bank and the Borrower, the Bank has agreed to extend to the Borrower a loan in various currencies equivalent to forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000), on the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement, but only on condition that the Guarantor agree to guarantee the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such loan and to undertake such other obligations as provided in this Agreement; and Page 2 WHEREAS the Guarantor, in consideration of the Bank's enter- ing into the Loan Agreement with the Borrower, has agreed so to guarantee such obligations of the Borrower; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements" of the Bank, dated January 1, 1985, with the last sentence of Section 3.02 deleted (the General Conditions) constitute an integral part of this Agreement. Section 1.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditions and in the Preamble to this Agreement and in the Preamble to and Section 1.02 of the Loan Agreement have the respective meanings therein set forth. ARTICLE II Guarantee; Provision of Funds Section 2.01. The Guarantor declares its commitment to the objectives of the Project as set forth in Schedule 2 to the Loan Agreement, and, to this end, without limitation or restriction upon any of its other obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not as surety merely, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and interest and other charges on, the Loan and the premium, if any, on the prepayment of the Loan, and the punctual performance of all the other obligations of the Borrower, all as set forth in the Loan Agreement. Section 2.02. Without limitation or restriction upon the provisions of Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Guarantor specifically undertakes, whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that the funds available to the Borrower will be inadequate to meet the estimated expenditures required for the carrying out of the Project, to make arrangements, satisfactory to the Bank, promptly to provide the Borrower or cause the Borrower to be provided with such funds as are needed to meet such expenditures. ARTICLE III Other Covenants Section 3.01. Without limitation or restriction upon the provisions of Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Guarantor shall take all necessary or appropriate actions in order to enable the Borrower to meet its obligations under Sections 5.02, 5.03 and 5.04 of the Loan Agreement, including authorizing, approving or ratifying increases in the Borrower's levels of rates charged to customers. ARTICLE IV Representatives of the Guarantor; Addresses Section 4.01. The Minister of Finance and Public Credit of the Guarantor is designated as representative of the Guarantor for the purposes of Section 11.03 of the General Conditions. Section 4.02. The following addresses are specified for the purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: For the Guarantor: Ministry of Finance and Public Credit Page 3 Avenida 10 de Agosto y 18 de Septiembre Quito, Ecuador Cable address: Telex: MINFINANZAS 2358 MINFIN-ED Quito, Ecuador For the Bank International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: Telex: INTBAFRAD 440098 (ITT) Washington, D.C. 248423 (RCA) or 64145 (WUI) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names in the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR By /s/ Jorge Gallardo Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By /s/ Shahid Husain Regional Vice President Latin America and the Caribbean