EX-4.47 3 dex447.htm BANKING FACILITY LETTER DATED JANUARY 29, 2010 Banking Facility Letter dated January 29, 2010

EXHIBIT 4.47

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Date:    29th January 2010   
Our Ref:    OCC/LCC/TEAM 1/CAM   

CONFIDENTIAL

Kwong Lee Shun Trading Company Limited

12/F Kin Tech Industrial Bldg,

26 Wong Chuk Hang Rd,

Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

Attn: Mr. John Sham

Dear Sirs,

BANKING FACILITIES

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited LOGO (the “Bank”) is pleased to offer certain banking facilities including, amongst other facilities, those terms set out in this facility letter (the “Facilities”) to the Customer(s) below for the purpose(s) of general working capital and trade finance and treasury requirement, subject to the Bank’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Banking Facilities and Services (including the Trade Finance Supplement) and Terms and Conditions for Foreign Exchange Business attached and the terms and conditions set out in this facility letter.

 

A. CUSTOMER(S):

Kwong Lee Shun Trading Company Limited

 

B. FACILITY LIMITS:

 

  (1) General Banking Facilities

 

Type(s) of Facility

 

   Facility Limit(s)    Designated Customer(s) and Sub-limit(s), if applicable
     

1.      Trade Finance

(Please refer to Appendix 1 for product details.)

 

   HKD1,000,000.-     

-

     

(a) Trade Finance Group All

 

       

•       The Customer (HKD1,000,000.-)

     

(b) Trade Finance Group 1

 

       

•       The Customer (HKD1,000,000.-)

     

(c) Trade Finance Group 2

 

       

•       The Customer (HKD1,000,000.-)

   

Total Facility Limit:

 

   HKD1,000,000.-       

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited LOGO

Origination & Client Coverage

Credit Risk Control

11th Floor Standard Chartered Tower

388 Kwun Tong Road Kwun Tong Hong Kong

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Notes:

 

•       The aggregate amounts outstanding under all Sub-limits shall not at any time exceed the Facility Limit to which the Sub-limits relate and the aggregate amounts outstanding under all Facilities shall not at any time exceed the Total Facility Limit.

 

 

 

  (2) Treasury Facilities (The Bank may arrange for these facilities to be available through Standard Chartered Bank or other members of the Standard Chartered Group and separate documentation would be executed where necessary.)

 

Type(s) of Facility

 

   Designated Customer(s) and Sub-limit(s), if applicable
   

1.      Foreign Exchange Contract(s)
(Spot and Forward)

 

Facility Limit to be determined by the Bank on a case by case basis.

 

  

•       The Customer

   

2.      Currency and Interest Rate Risk Management

 

  

•       The Customer

 

C. PRICING AND CONDITIONS:

 

1.      Trade Finance

  

Interest:

HKD/foreign currency import/export facilities: 0.75% per annum over the Bank’s standard bills finance rate.

 

   
    

Commission:

Standard rates unless otherwise stipulated.

 

   
    

Letter of Credit Opening Commission:

First USD50.000.-

Balance

 

  

1/4%

1/16%

    
   
     Maximum tenor/advance percentage for:        
     Import facilities: Combined usance period of any transaction is not to exceed 90 days.        
   
    

Export facilities: Not to exceed 90 days.

 

         

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2.      Foreign Exchange

Contract(s) (Spot and

Forward)

  

For transactions in the ordinary course of business of the Customer.

 

Tenor: Up to 2 days for Spot.

   Up to 24 months for Forward.

 

3.      Currency and Interest Rate Risk Management

  

For transactions in the ordinary course of business of the Customer.

 

Tenor: Up to 24 months.

 

Special Condition: If required by the Bank in its sole and absolute discretion, the Customer undertakes to provide additional security acceptable to the Bank within the time limit imposed by the Bank at the relevant time. Without prejudice to any other provision of this Letter, the Customer agrees that failure to strictly comply with this undertaking gives the Bank (or any member of the Standard Chartered Group that is providing such Treasury Facilities) a right to terminate all or any part of the Treasury Facilities.

 

Handling Fee of Facilities:

  

Handling fee to be mutually agreed and payable on each anniversary of the date of this letter if the Facilities are continuing.

 

 

D. SECURITY AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT:

The availability of the Facilities is conditional upon the Bank’s receipt of the following documents, items and evidence (both in form and substance) satisfactory to the Bank:

 

1. This letter duly executed by the Customer.

 

2. A corporate guarantee executed by Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. (formerly known as Global-Tech Appliances Inc.) for an unlimited amount.

 

3. Original/Certified copies of all necessary consents, approvals and other authorisations (including board resolutions) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this letter and all other documents mentioned above, if applicable.

 

4. (if any of the facilities referred to in this letter are to be made available by Standard Chartered Bank or other members of the Standard Chartered Group) All such documents, items or evidence with, in favour of or to Standard Chartered Bank or, as the case may be, such member of the Standard Chartered Group as the Bank may request.

 

5. Such other documents, items or evidence that the Bank may request from time to time.

 

E. COVENANTS AND UNDERTAKINGS:

The Customer undertakes to the Bank that it will:

 

1. promptly submit to the Bank:

 

   

certified copies of the annual audited financial statements of the Customer and the Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. within 9 months after their respective financial year end;

 

   

a certified copy of the quarterly management accounts of Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. within 120 days after the end of the relevant accounting period; and

 

   

other information that the Bank may request from time to time.

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2. immediately inform the Bank:

 

   

of any change of the Customer’s directors or beneficial shareholders or amendment to its memorandum or articles of association or equivalent constitutional documents;

 

   

of any substantial change to the general nature of the Customer’s existing business; or

 

   

if it becomes, or is aware that any of its directors, shareholders, partners or managers becomes, a Related Person (as defined in paragraph 5 of section F of this letter).

 

F. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

 

1. The Facilities are available at the sole discretion of the Bank. The Bank may at any time immediately terminate, cancel or suspend the Facilities or otherwise modify the Facilities without the consent of any party.

 

2. Notwithstanding any provisions stated in this letter, the Facilities are repayable on demand by the Bank. The Bank has the overriding right at any time to require immediate payment and/or cash collateralisation of all or any sums actually or contingently owing to it under the Facilities. This clause 2 does not apply to any factoring facility(ies).

 

3. The Bank’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Banking Facilities and Services (including the Trade Finance Supplement) and Terms and Conditions for Foreign Exchange Business (“Standard Terms and Conditions”) attached and/or referred to in this letter forms an integral part of this letter and the Customer agrees to observe and be bound by such Standard Terms and Conditions.

 

4. The terms and conditions set out or referred to in this letter supersede and replace those set out in our letter (if any) previously sent to the Customer(s).

 

5. Please note that section 83 of the Banking Ordinance imposes on the Bank certain limitations on advances to persons (including firms, partnerships and companies) related to its directors, employees with lending authority or controllers (each person so related shall be referred to as a “Related Person”). When acknowledging and accepting this facility letter, you should advise us if you are, or any of your directors, shareholders, partners or managers is, a Related Person within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance. If subsequent to your acceptance of this facility letter, you become, or are aware that any of your directors, shareholders, partners or managers is or becomes, a Related Person, you should immediately advise us in writing.

 

6. The Customer acknowledges the following:

 

  (a) The Customer has received and read the Bank’s Notice to Customers and Other Individuals relating to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and the Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data; and

 

  (b) The Customer has, or will, notify each of its Relevant Individuals, the Bank may, in the course of providing banking services to the Customer, receive Customer information in respect of that Relevant Individual.

For the purpose of the above, a “Relevant Individual” is defined as being one of the following (but not limited to) Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, department heads, corporate officers (e.g. authorized signatories, company secretary etc.), directors, major shareholders, beneficial owners, and guarantors (where applicable).

 

7. This letter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong SAR.

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Please sign and return to us the enclosed copy of this letter together with the attached Standard Terms and Conditions for Banking Facilities and Services (including the Trade Finance Supplement) and Terms and Conditions for Foreign Exchange Business to the Bank’s Credit Risk Control at 11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon within one month after the date of this letter, failing which this offer shall lapse.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact any of the following persons:

 

Queries on

 

  

Name

 

  

Telephone No.

 

Banking arrangements

 

  

Mr. Kelvin Fong, Relationship Manager, Local Corporates, Origination & Client Coverage, Wholesale Banking

 

   2821-1323

 

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED LOGO

 

/s/ Josephine To
Josephine To
Senior Credit Documentation Manager

JT/AW

Encl.

We agree and accept all the terms and conditions set out above and the Bank’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Banking Facilities and Services (including the Trade Finance Supplement) and Terms and Terms and Conditions for Foreign Exchange Business attached and/or referred to in this letter, which we have read and understood.

For and on behalf of

KWONG LEE SHUN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

 

/s/ Kwong Ho Sham

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Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledge the terms of this facility letter and confirm that their respective obligations under each guarantee and security document (as applicable) that they have executed in favour of the Bank will continue in full force and are not and will not be affected, discharged or varied by the execution of this facility letter.

For and on behalf of

GLOBAL-TECH ADVANCED INNOVATIONS INC.

 

/s/ John C.K. Sham

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Appendix 1

TRADE FINANCE FACILITY

Trade Finance Group All

 

   

Negotiation of export credit documents with discrepancies on a with recourse basis

Trade Finance Group 1

 

•       Purchase of documents against payment bills with title documents on parties acceptable to the Bank on a with recourse basis

•       Purchase of documents against acceptance bills with ECA/approved insurance cover on a with recourse basis

•       Issuance of import letters of credit

   - sight and usance   
   - with title document   

Trade Finance Group 2

 

•       Purchase of documents against acceptance bills without ECA/approved insurance cover on a with recourse basis

•       Purchase of documents against payment bills without title documents on parties acceptable to the Bank on a with recourse basis

•       Issuance of import letters of credit

   - sight and usance   
   - without title documents   

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