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In
the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Model Murabaha Facility Agreement
(For Corporate Clients-local
purchases) |
Murabaha
Document # 1 |
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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;
"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" iincludes
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 therefore, the Institution shall acquire
the Goods either directly or through the Agent.
The payment for such goods shall be made by
the institution directly to the Supplier on
submission of Purchase Advice by the client/agent.
The said Receipt shall be substantially in a
form given in Murabaha Document # 4. (For making
payment to the Supplier the bank should prepare
a Pay Order/Cross cheque, etc in the name of
Supplier that should be handed over to him through
client/agent. The supplier should issue invoice
in the name of Bank Account Client e.g. ‘1st
Islamic Bank – ABC Company’. This
way, the problem of claiming Sales or other
Taxes Refund could be solved easily).
2.02 Upon receipt of 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:
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
8.01 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.
9.01 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.
10.1.
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 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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