Conformed Copy - C2449 - Renewable Resources Development Project - Guarantee Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 3544 IN Guarantee Agreement (Renewable Resources Development Project) between INDIA and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated March 5, 1993 LOAN NUMBER 3544 IN GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated March 5, 1993, between INDIA acting by its President (the Guarantor) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS (A) the Guarantor and Tamil Nadu Newsprint And Papers Limited (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 seventy five million dollars ($75,000,000), 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 as provided in this Agreement; and WHEREAS the Guarantor, in consideration of the Bank's entering into the Loan Agreement with the Borrower, has agreed so to guarantee such obligations of the Borrower; Page 2 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 modifications set forth below (the General Conditions) constitute an integral part of this Agreement: (a) The last sentence of Section 3.02 is deleted. (b) In Section 6.02, sub-paragraph (k) is re-lettered as sub-paragraph (l) and a new sub-paragraph (k) is added to read: "(k) An extraordinary situation shall have arisen under which any further withdrawals under the Loan would be inconsistent with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of the Bank's Articles of Agreement." Section 1.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditions and in the Preamble to and Section 1.02 of the Loan Agreement have the respective meanings therein set forth. ARTICLE II Guarantee 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, 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, all as set forth in the Loan Agreement. ARTICLE III Other Covenants Section 3.01. The Guarantor shall enter into an agreement satisfactory to the Bank, with the Borrower for the payment by the Borrower of a guarantee fee of one percent (1%) per annum to the Guarantor on the principal amounts of the Loan withdrawn and outstanding from time to time. Section 3.02. The legal mortgage in English form referred to in Section 5.06 (f) of the Loan Agreement shall be free from any taxes (including stamp duty and fees) that shall be levied under the laws of the Guarantor or laws in effect in its territories or in its political or administrative sub-divisions on or in connection with the execution, issue, delivery or registration thereof. ARTICLE IV Representatives of the Guarantor; Addresses Section 4.01. Any Secretary, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Director, Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary 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: The Secretary to the Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs Page 3 New Delhi India Cable address: Telex: ECOFAIRS 953-3166175 New Delhi 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 248423 (RCA) Washington, D.C. 82987 (FTCC) 64145 (WUI) or 197688 (TRT) 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. INDIA By /s/ N. Valluri Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By /s/ D. Joseph Wood Regional Vice President South Asia