Conformed Copy - L4450 - Year 2000 Technical Assistance Project - Loan Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 4450 MA Loan Agreement (Year 2000 Technical Assistance Project) between MALAYSIA and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated March 31, 1999 LOAN NUMBER 4450 MA LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated March 31, 1999, between MALAYSIA (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, has requested the Bank to assist in the financing of the Project; WHEREAS the Bank has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing, to extend the Loan to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; 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 for Single Currency Loans" of the Bank, dated May 30, 1995, as amended through December 2, 1997 (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 have the respective meanings therein set forth and the Page 2 following additional terms have the following meanings: (a)