THIS MURABAHA FACILITY AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement") is made at_____on ___ day of _____ by and
BETWEEN
______________________________________, (hereinafter referred to as
the "Client" which expression shall where the context so permits mean
and include its successors in interest and permitted assigns) of the
one part
AND
______________________________________, (hereinafter referred to as
the "Institution" which expression shall where the context so permits
mean and include its successors in interest and assigns) of the other
part.
IT IS AGREED BY THE PARTIES as follows:
1. PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
1.01 This Agreement sets out the terms and
conditions upon and subject to which the Institution has agreed to
purchase the Goods from time to time from the Suppliers and upon
which the Institution has agreed to sell the same to the Client from
time to time by way of Murabaha facility.
1.02 In this Agreement, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"Act" means the Banking Companies (Recovery of
Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Act, 1997 or any statutory
modification or re-promulgation thereof;
"Agent" means the person appointed under the terms of the
Agency Agreement;
"Agency Agreement" means the Agency Agreement
between the Institution and the Client as provided in the Murabaha
Document # 2;
"Business Day" means a day on which banks are
open for normal business in Pakistan;
"Cost Price" means the amount which may be
incurred by and/or on behalf of the Institution for the
acquisition of Goods plus all costs, duties, taxes and charges
incidental to and connected with acquisition of Goods;
"Contract Price" means aggregate of Cost Price
and a Profit of ___ per cent calculated thereon payable by the
Client to the Institution for Goods as stipulated in Part-III of
the Declaration (Murabaha Document # 5) to be issued by the
Institution from time to time;
"Declaration" means Declaration as set out in
Murabaha Document # 5;
"Event of Default" means any of the events or
circumstances described in Clause 9 hereto;
"Goods" means the Goods as may be specified in
the Purchase Requisition(s) to be issued by the Client from time
to time;
"Indebtedness" means any obligation of the Client
for the payment or any sum of money due or, payable under this
Agreement;
"License" means any license, permission,
authorization, registration, consent or approval granted to the
Client for the purpose of or relating to the conduct of its
business;
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, charge, pledge,
hypothecation, security interest, lien, right of set-off,
contractual restriction (such as negative covenants) and any other
encumbrance;
“Ordinance” means {insert description of
Ordinance};
"Payment Date" or "Payment Dates"
means the respective dates for the payment of the installments of
the Contract Price or part thereof by the Client to the
Institution as specified in Murabaha Document # 6 hereto, or, if
such respective due date is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day;
"Profit" means any part of the Contract Price
which is not a part of the Cost Price;
"Parties" mean the parties to this Agreement;
"Principal Documents" means this Agreement, the
Agency Agreement; and the Security Documents;
"Promissory Note" is defined in Clause 3.02 and
is negotiable only at the face value, if required;
"Prudential Regulations" means Prudential
Regulations or other regulations as are notified from time to time
by SBP;
"Purchase Requisition” means a request from time
to time by the Client to the Institution as per Murabaha Document
# 3/1;
“Receipt” means a confirmation by the Client (as
Agent of the Institution) of receipt of funds by the Supplier for
the supply of Goods Murabaha Document # 4.
"Security Documents" and "Security" is defined in
Clause 3;
"Supplier" means the supplier from whom the
Institution acquires Title to the Goods;
"Secured Assets" means (insert description of
assets in respect of which charge/mortgage may be created) offered
as security by the Client;
"Rupees" or "Rs." means the lawful currency of
Pakistan;
"SBP" means the State Bank of Pakistan;
"Title" means such title or other interest in the
Goods as the Institution receives from the Supplier;
"Taxes" includes all present and future taxes
(including central excise duty and sales tax), levies, imposts,
duties, stamp duties, penalties, fees or charges of whatever
nature together with delayed payment charges thereon and penalties
in respect thereof and
"Taxation" shall be construed accordingly;
"Value Date" means the date on which the Cost Price will
be disbursed by the Institution as stated in the Purchase
Requisition.
1.01 Clause headings and the table of contents are
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in
the interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires, references to Clauses and Murabaha
Documents are to be construed as references to the clauses of, and
Murabaha Documents to, this Agreement and references to this
Agreement include its Murabaha Documents; words importing the plural
shall include the singular and vice versa and reference to a person
shall be construed as including references to an individual, firm,
Institution, corporation, unincorporated body of persons or any
state or any Agency thereof.
1.02 The recitals herein above and Murabaha
Documents to this Agreement shall form an integral part of this
Agreement.
2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE GOODS
2.01 The Institution agrees to sell the Goods to
the Client to a maximum amount of Rs____________ and the Client
agrees to purchase the Goods from the Institution from time to time
at the Contract Price. Upon receipt by the Institution of the
Client's Purchase Requisition advising the Institution to purchase
the Goods and making payment therefor, the Institution shall acquire
the Goods either directly or through the Agent, the payment for
which shall be made by the institution to the Supplier. The Receipt
for such payment shall be acknowledged by the Client in his capacity
as an Agent to the Institution, should he be so appointed as an
Agent of the Institution. The said Receipt shall be substantially in
a form given in Murabaha Document # 4.
2.02 Upon purchase of Goods by the Institution,
directly or through an Agent, from the Supplier, the Goods shall be
at the risk and cost of the Institution until such time that these
Goods are sold to the Client, to be evidenced by the acceptance,
duly signed and endorsed by the Institution in Part-III of the
Declaration.
2.03 After the purchase of Goods by the
Institution, the Client shall offer to purchase the Goods from the
Institution at the Contract Price in the manner provided in the
Part-II of the Declaration.
2.04 The Client’s purchase of Goods from the
Institution shall be effected by the exchange of an offer and
acceptance between the Client and the Institution as stipulated in
the Declaration.
3. SECURITY
3.01 As security for the indebtedness of the Client
under this Agreement, the Client shall:-
(a) Furnish to the Institution collateral(s)/security(ies),
substantially in the form and substance attached hereto as
Murabaha Document # 7;
(b) Execute such further deeds and documents as
may from time to time be required by the Institution for the
purpose of more fully securing and or perfecting the security
created in favour of the Institution; and
(c) Create such other securities to secure the
Client’s obligations under the Principal Documents as the parties
hereto, may by mutual consent agree from time to time.
(The above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Security").
3.02
In addition to above, the Client shall execute a demand promissory
note in favour of the Institution for the amount of the Contract
Price (the "Promissory Note");
(The Security and the Promissory Note are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Security Documents").
4. FEES AND EXPENSES
The Client shall pay to the Institution on demand within 15
days of such demand being made, all expenses (including legal and
other ancillary expenses) incurred by the Institution in connection
with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Principal
Documents and of amendment or extension of or the granting of any
waiver or consent under the Principal Documents.
5. PAYMENT OF CONTRACT PRICE
5.01 All payments to be made by the Client under
this Agreement shall be made in full, without any set-off, roll over
or counterclaim whatsoever, on the due date and when the due date is
not a Business Day, the following Business Day and save as provided
in Clause 5.02, free and clear of any deductions or withholdings, to
a current account of the Institution as may be notified from time to
time, and the Client will only be released from its payment
obligations hereunder by paying sums due into the aforementioned
account.
5.02 If at any time the Client is required to make
any non refundable and non-adjustable deduction or withholding in
respect of Taxes from any payment due to the Institution under this
Agreement, the sum due from the Client in respect of such payment
shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the
making of such deduction or withholding, the Institution receives on
the Payment Date, a net sum equal to the sum which it would have
received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be
made and the Client shall indemnify the Institution against any
losses or costs incurred by the Institution by reason of any failure
of the Client to make any such deduction or withholding. The Client
shall promptly deliver to the Institution any receipts, certificates
or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in
respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
a. The Client warrants and represents to the
Institution that in addition to the conditions set out in the
Ordinance that:
b. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Principal Documents by the Client will not
(i) contravene any existing law, regulations or
authorization to which the Client is subject
(ii) result in any breach of or default under any
agreement or other instrument to which the Client is a party or is
subject to, or (iii) contravene any provision of the constitutive
documents of the Client or any resolutions adopted by the board of
directors or members of the Client;
c. The financial statements submitted together with
the notes to the accounts and all contingent liabilities and assets
that are disclosed therein represent a true and fair financial
position of the business and to the best of the knowledge of the
client, its directors and principal officers, there are no material
omissions and/or mis-repsentations;
d. All requisite corporate and regulatory approvals
required to be obtained by the Client in order to enter into the
Principal Documents are in full force and effect and such approvals
permit the Client, inter alia, to obtain financial facilities under
this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder and that the
execution of the Principal Documents by the Client and the exercise
of its rights and performance of its obligations hereunder,
constitute private and commercial acts done for private and
commercial purposes;
e. No material litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings is pending or threatened against the
Client or any of its assets;
f. It shall inform the Institution within ____
business days of an event or happening which may have an adverse
effect on the financial position of the company, whether such an
event is recorded in the financial statements or not as per
applicable International Accounting Standards.
7. UNDERTAKING
The Client covenants to and undertakes with the Institution that so
long as the Client is indebted to the Institution in terms of this
Agreement:
(a) It shall inform the Institution of any Event of
Default or any event, which with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default forthwith upon
becoming aware thereof;
(b) It shall provide to the Institution, upon
written request, copies of all contracts, agreements and
documentation relating to the purchase of the Goods;
(c) The Client shall do all such things and execute
all such documents which in the judgment of the Institution may be
necessary to; (i) enable the Institution to assign or otherwise
transfer the liability of the Client in respect of the Contract
Price to any creditor of the Institution or to any third party as
the Institution may deem fit at its absolute discretion; (ii) create
and perfect the Security; (iii) maintain the Security in full force
and effect at all times including the priority thereof; (iv)
maintain, insure and pay all Taxes assessed in respect of the
Secured Assets and protect and enforce its rights and title, and the
rights of the Institution in respect of the Secured Assets, and; (v)
preserve and protect the Secured Assets. The Client shall at its own
expense cause to be delivered to the Institution such other
documentation and legal opinion(s) as the Institution may reasonably
require from time to time in respect of the foregoing;
(d) It will satisfactorily insure all its insurable
assets with reputable companies offering protection under the
Islamic concept of Takaful. The Secured Assets shall be
comprehensively insured (with a reputable insurance company to the
satisfaction of the Institution) against all insurable risks, which
may include fire, arson, theft, accidents, collision, body and
engine damage, vandalism, riots and acts of terrorism, and to assign
all policies of insurance in favour of the Institution to the extent
of the amount from time to time due under this Agreement, and to
cause the notice of the interest of the Institution to be noted on
the policies of insurance, and to punctually pay the premium due for
such insurances and to contemporaneously therewith deliver the
premium receipts to the Institution. Should the Client fail to
insure or keep insured the Secured Assets and/or to deliver such
policies and premium receipts to the Institution, then it shall be
lawful for the Institution, but not obligatory, to pay such premia
and to keep the Secured Assets so insured and all cost charges and
expenses incurred by it for the purpose shall be charged to and paid
by the Client as if the same were part of the Indebtedness. The
Client expressly agrees that the Institution shall be entitled to
adjust, settle or compromise any dispute with the insurance
company(ies) and the insurance arising under or in connection with
the policies of insurance and such adjustments/compromises or
settlements shall be binding on the Client and the Institution shall
be entitled to appropriate and adjust the amount, if any received,
under the aforesaid policy or policies towards part or full
satisfaction of the Client's indebtedness arising out of the above
arrangements and the Client shall not raise any question or
objection that larger sums might or should have been received under
the aforesaid policy nor the Client shall dispute its liability(ies)
for the balance remaining due after such payment/adjustment;
(e) Except as required in the normal operation of
its business, the Client shall not, without the written consent of
the Institution, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all
or a sizeable part of its assets, or undertake or permit any merger,
consolidation, dismantling or re?organization which would materially
affect the Client’s ability to perform its obligations under any of
the Principal Documents;
(f) The Client shall not (and shall not agree to),
except with the written consent of the Institution, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien whatsoever upon or with respect
to the Secured Assets and any other assets and properties owned by
the Client which may rank superior, pari passu or inferior to the
security created or to be created in favour of the Institution
pursuant to the Principal Documents;
(g) It shall forthwith inform the Institution of:
(i) Any event or factor, any litigation or
proceedings pending or threatened against the Client which could
materially and adversely affect or be likely to materially and
adversely affect:
(a) the financial condition of the Client;
(b) business or operations of the Client; and
(c) the Client’s ability to meet its obligations when
due under any of the Principal Documents;
(ii) Any change in the directors of the Client;
(iii) Any actual or proposed termination,
rescission, discharge (otherwise than by performance), amendment
or waiver or indulgence under any material provision of any of the
Principal Documents;
(iv) Any material notice or correspondence
received or initiated by the Client relating to the License,
consent or authorization necessary for the performance by the
Client of its obligations under any of the Principal Documents
8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
8.01 The obligation of the Institution to pay the
Cost Price shall be subject to the receipt by the Institution (in
form and substance acceptable to the Institution) at least ___
Business Days prior to the Value Date of:
(i) Documentary evidence that:
(a) This Agreement and the Agency Agreement
(should the Institution appoint the Client as its Agent) have
been executed and delivered by the Client;
(b) The Client’s representatives are duly empowered to
sign the Principal Documents for and on behalf of the Client and
to enter into the covenants and undertakings set out herein or
which arise as a consequence of the Client entering into the
Principal Documents;
(c) The Client has taken all necessary steps
and executed all documents required under or pursuant to the
Principal Documents or any documents creating or evidencing the
Security in favour of the Institution and has perfected the
Security as required by the Institution.
(ii) Certified copy of the Memorandum and
Articles of Association of the Client.
(iii) Certified copies of the Client’s audited
financial statements for the last ____ years
(iv) The Purchase Requisition.
8.02 The obligation of the Institution to pay the
Cost Price on the Value Date shall be further subject to the
fulfillment of the following conditions (as shall be determined by
the Institution in its sole discretion):
(a) The payment of Cost Price by the Institution
to the Supplier on the Value Date shall not result in any breach
of any law or existing agreement;
(b) The Security has been validly created,
perfected and is subsisting in terms of this Agreement;
(c) The Institution has received such other
documents as it may reasonably require in respect of the payment
of the Cost Price;
(d) No event or circumstance which constitutes or
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or is likely to occur and that the payment of the Cost
Price shall not result in the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(e) Delivery by the Client to the Institution of
a true and complete extract of all relevant parts of the minutes
of a duly convened meeting of its Board of Directors approving the
Principal Documents and granting the necessary authorizations for
entering into, execution and delivery of the Principal Documents
which shall be duly signed and certified by the person authorized
by the Board for this purpose;
(f) All fees, commission, expenses required to be
paid by the Client to the Institution have been received by the
Institution.
8.03 Any condition precedent set forth in this Clause 8 may
be waived and or modified by the mutual written consent of the
parties hereto.
9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
9.01 There shall be an Event of Default if in the
opinion of the Institution
(a) Any representation or warranty made or deemed
to be made or repeated by the Client in or pursuant to the
Principal Documents or in any document delivered under this
Agreement is found to be incorrect;
(b) Any Indebtedness of the Client to the
Institution in excess of Rs.___________________________ (Rupees
______________________________ only) is not paid when due or
becomes due or capable of being declared due prior to its stated
maturity;
9.02 Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the
Institution may without prejudice to any of its other rights, at any
time after the happening of an Event of Default by notice to the
Client declare that entire amount by which the Client is indebted to
the Institution shall forthwith become due and payable.
10. PENALTY
10.1. Where any amount is required to be paid by
the Client under the Principal Documents on a specified date and is
not paid by that date, or an extension thereof, permitted by the
Institution without any increase in the Contract Price, the Client
hereby undertakes to pay directly to the Charity Fund, constituted
by the Institution, a sum calculated @ ------% per annum for the
entire period of default, calculated on the total amount of the
obligations remaining un-discharged. The Charity Fund shall be used
at the absolute discretion of the Institution, exclusively for the
purposes of approved charity.
10.2. In case (i) any amount(s) referred to in
clause 10.01 above, including the amount undertaken to be paid
directly to the Charity Fund, by the Client, is not paid by him, or
(ii) the Client delays the payment of any amount due under the
Principal Documents and/ or the payment of amount to the Charity
Fund as envisaged under Clause 10.01 above, as a result of which any
direct or indirect costs are incurred by the Institution, the
Institution shall have the right to approach a competent Court (i)
for recovery of any amounts remaining unpaid as well as (ii) for
imposing of a penalty on the Client. In this regard the Client is
aware and acknowledges that in terms of the Ordinance and
notwithstanding the amount paid by the Client to the Charity Fund of
the Institution, the Court has the power to impose penalty, at its
discretion, and from the amount of such penalty, a smaller or bigger
part, depending upon the circumstances, can be awarded as solatium
to the Institution, determined on the basis of direct and indirect
costs incurred, other than the opportunity cost.
11. INDEMNITIES
The Client shall indemnify the Institution against any
expense which the Institution shall prove as rightly incurred by it as
a consequence of
(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default,
(b) the purchase and sale of Goods or any part thereof by
the Client or the ownership thereof, and
(c) any mis-representation.
12. SET-OFF
The Client authorizes the Institution to apply any credit
balance to which the Client is entitled or any amount which is payable
by the Institution to the Client at any time in or towards partial or
total satisfaction of any sum which may be due or payable from the
Client to the Institution under this Agreement.
13. ASSIGNMENT
13.01 This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Institution, the
Client, and respective successors permitted assigns and transferees
of the parties hereto, provided that the Client shall not assign or
transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the written consent of the Institution. The Institution may
assign all or any part of its rights or transfer all or any part of
its obligations and/or commitments under this Agreement to any
Institution, or other person. The Client shall not be liable for the
costs of the assignment and/or transfer of commitments hereunder by
the Institution. If the Institution assigns all or any part of its
rights or transfers all or any part of its obligations and
commitments as provided in this Clause, all relevant references in
this Agreement to the Institution shall thereafter be construed as a
reference to the Institution and/or its assignee(s) or transferee(s)
(as the case may be) to the extent of their respective interests.
13.02 The Institution may disclose to a potential
assignee or transferee or to any other person who may propose
entering into contractual relations with the Institution in relation
to this Agreement such information about the Client as the
Institution shall consider appropriate.
14. FORCE MAJEURE
Any delays in or failure by a Party hereto in the performance
hereunder if and to the extent it is caused by the occurrences or
circumstances beyond such Party’s reasonable control, including but
not limited to, acts of God, fire, strikes or other labor
disturbances, riots, civil commotion, war (declared or not) sabotage,
any other causes, similar to those herein specified which cannot be
controlled by such Party. The Party affected by such events shall
promptly inform the other Party of the occurrence of such events and
shall furnish proof of details of the occurrence and reasons for its
non-performance of whole or part of this Agreement. The parties shall
consult each other to decide whether to terminate this Agreement or to
discharge part of the obligations of the affected Party or extend its
obligations on a best effort and on an arm’s length basis.
15. GENERAL
15.01 No failure or delay on the part of the
Institution to exercise any power, right or remedy under this
Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor a partial exercise
by the Institution of any power, right or remedy preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power right
or remedy. The remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law;
15.02 This Agreement represents the entire
agreement and understanding between the Parties in relation to the
subject matter and no amendment or modification to this Agreement
will be effective or binding unless it is in writing, signed by both
Parties and refers to this Agreement;
15.03 This Agreement is governed by and shall be
construed in accordance with Pakistan law. All competent courts at
________ shall have the non-exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
determine any action, claim or proceedings arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement.
15.04 Nothing contained herein shall prejudice or
otherwise affect the rights and remedies that may otherwise be
available under law to the parties.
15.05 Any reconstruction, division, re-organization
or change in the constitution of the Institution or its absorption
in or amalgamation with any other person or the acquisition of all
or part of its undertaking by any other person shall not in any way
prejudice or affect its rights hereunder.
15.06 The two parties agree that any notice or
communication required or permitted by this agreement shall be
deemed to have been given to the other party seven days after the
same has been posted by registered mail or the next Business Day if
given by a facsimile message or telex or by any other electronic
means, or the next Business Day as counted from the date of delivery
if delivered by courier mail;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties to this Agreement
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the date and year
first aforementioned.
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