SPA For Sellers
SPA For Sellers
SPA For Sellers
COMPANY NAME:
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
REGISTERED ADDRESS:
REGISTRATION No:
EXPORT LICENSE No:
(if you don’t have one, please
complete Company Name, Contact
Details, & Export License No of the
Export License Holder)
REPRESENTED BY
(Name/Title):
PASSPORT (Country, Number,
Expiry):
COUNTRY:
TELEPHONE:
MOBILE:
E-MAIL:
(hereinafter referred to as “THE SELLER”)
AND
MOBILE 2: +306944501000
E-MAIL: aims-jb@aimsmail.com
(Hereinafter referred to as “THE BUYER”)
The Seller and the Buyer hereinafter referred to separately as the “Party” and jointly as the
“Parties”
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to sell and deliver non-refined gold (Au) bars in raw and non-refined
dory bars (hereinafter referred as “Gold Bars”) to the Buyer, who wishes to purchase and receive
such, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein set forth, both
Parties agree the following:
“Advance means other than its literal meaning, that the Seller may need some
Payment” money to pay for the taxes, insurance, transportation, etc. to be able to
ship his goods to the Buyer;
“ARDLC” means Auto Revolving Documentary Letter of Credit. This is rarely
used, since if an ARDLC is issued auto revolving for 12 months, it
would mean that the full funds for all 12 months have to be deposited
and blocked by the issuing bank. So, if for example a monthly shipment
is for $10 million, and is auto revolving for 12 months, then $120 million
must be deposited and held as collateral by the bank. That is why
always a SBLC is issued that needs only funds for one month/shipment
and when the payment is transferred for this shipment, then you can
always have the SBLC auto revolving every month;
“Assayer” means an assayer or assay company nominated by the Buyer and
licensed by the Governmental authorities of the Import and/or Export
Country in order to assay the Gold Bars in their offices or at the Buyer’s
nominated Security Company’s Bonded Warehouse;
“Assay Result” means the results issued by the Buyer’s Nominated Assayer (following
an assay of a given shipment of Gold Bars to be performed by the
Buyer’s Nominated Assayer in their laboratory or in the Bonded
Warehouse) ascertaining the specifications (including purity) of each
shipment of Gold Bars, and issues the assay certificate;
“ASWP” means Any Safe World Port/Airport;
“AU” means Gold - Aurum Utallum (AU);
“BBO” means Buyer’s (Bullion) Bank Officer;
“BCL” means Bank Capacity/Comfort Letter;
“Bonded means a secured building owned or leased or operated by the Buyer’s
Warehouse” nominated Security Company or bank fully licensed by the Import
Country’s Authorities for (a) storage, acceptance and release of
shipments upon receipt of formal instructions; and (b) third party
inspection and assaying;
“BRL” means a Bank Reference Letter issued by the Buyer, Seller or
Financier and sent only via bank to bank Swift MT799
“Bullion” Bullion refers to precious metals in bulk form which are regularly traded
on Commodity Markets. The value of bullion is typically determined by
the value of its precious metals content, which is defined by its purity
and mass.
The specifications of bullion are often regulated by market bodies or
legislation. In the European Union, the minimum purity for gold bullion,
Invoice” and together with the assay results, the LBMA price and all the rest of
the expenses are known, then the Final Commercial Invoice would be
issued by the Seller, which must be signed by both the Seller and the
Buyer in the presence of one of the Buyer’s Bank Officers or any other
party that is listed in the SPA;
"Fixing" means the Second Fixing, whereupon the price of gold is fixed on the
Gold Market at 3:00 P.M. London local time, in accordance with the
rules of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA);
“Financier” means an entity (bank, private company or individual) that provides the
financing to the Seller (or occasionally to the Buyer), in order for the
Seller to either buy the goods locally, or pay any expenses and then
ship to the Buyer. Usually the Buyer issues the SBLC to the Financier
after receipt from the Financier of a PB and the Financier transfers a
percentage of the funds to the Seller, either from his own reserves or
via a credit line or loan from a bank;
“FOB” means Free or Factory on Board to represent that the Buyer covers all
expenses up to his Import Country;
“GLD” means Good London Delivery and this term relates to a set standard of
gold bullion that regulates bar size, weight, acceptable Hallmarks
(stamp of the refiner), serial numbers, year of manufacture and of
course fineness (purity level).
“Gold Bars” means Gold or Gold Dore Bars, Aurum Utalium (“AU”);
“Government” means the Government of the Country of Import or Export;
“Governmental means the Parliament or Congress of the Import or Export Country or
Authorities” the Government, any ministry, statutory body or office, authority
(including any regional, state, local or municipal authority) or division
thereof or any quasi-governmental or independent regulatory body or
any agency, inspectorate or corporation (other than the Buyer) owned
or controlled by the Government of the Import or Export Country, or
any sub-division thereof (including any regional or local authority), or
acting pursuant to authority granted to it by the Laws of the Export
Country;
“Hallmark” means an official mark or seal applied only by a registered Refinery
accepted by the banks after the item has been assayed to determine
that its purity conforms not only to the standards set down by the law
but also with the maker’s claims as to gold content. Any inaccuracy
would mean the loss of the Refinery’s license.
“ICC” means International Chamber of Commerce;
“ICPO” means Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order;
“IMFPA” means Irrevocable Master Fee Protection Agreement;
“Import Country” means the country where the Buyer will import the Gold Bars into;
“Incoterms 2010” means International rules for the interpretation of the most commonly used
trade terms in international trade, published by the International Chamber of
Commerce in 1936 and amended in 1953, 1967, 1976,1980,1990, 2000 and
2010.
“Intermediary” means a person or company acting as an agent/mandate of the Seller
and sometimes the Buyer as well;
“Kg” means Kilogram, which is equal to = 1,000 grams, or equal to 32.15
troy ounces;
“KPC” means Kimberley Process Certificate that is mandatory to accompany
rough diamonds;
“KYC” means Know Your Client (or Customer or Broker or Financier, as the
case may be) that must be submitted prior to any financial transaction
and is similar to CIS;
“LBMA” means the London Bullion Market Association;
“L/G” means Bank Letter of Guarantee issued by the bank and sent via Swift
MT760 under URDG 758 rules or latest version (since the ISP 98 rules
are usually used only for SBLC’s);
“LC” means a fully cash backed Letter of Credit via MT760 under the ISP98
Banking rules or via MT700 under the UCP 600 rules, to be decided by
the Buyer’s Bank;
“LoI” means Letter of Intent/Interest;
“Manifest” means, among other meanings, a manifest for diamonds which is a list
of each diamond specifying the number of carats, the colour, the clarity,
the shape, the price, etc.;
“MT103” means a SWIFT message format used for making payments. MT103
SWIFT payments are known as international wire transfers, telegraphic
transfers
“MT199” means a is an Interbank Message used between two banks to transmit
a SKR or a free format message engaging two bank’s readiness to
move forward with a transaction, usually a private one.
A MT199 swift message is easily explained as a “chat” message.
Basically you use this format
when a transfer order has been sent and you want to “notify”
the beneficiary bank in order to sort out something,
or to find out if funds have been applied,
or basic other info.
“MT760” means a SWIFT Message Type that Bank Guarantees are sent and
received by inter-communicating banks. When sending a Bank
Guarantee by SWIFT, the SWIFT Operator will enter the details on this
Message Type relating to the specifics of the Guarantee.
It is only Bank Guarantees that are sent with this Message Type 760.
“MT799, MT999” means a simple text message, sent bank to bank. This is used for a
bank to bank proof of funds, only. The MT799 is not a form of payment
and it is not a bank undertaking or promise to pay. It is simply a bank to
bank confirmation of the funds on deposit, nothing more.
Different formats may include bank letters, phone/fax verification, online
account access, verification of deposit form (VOD), bank to bank Swift,
Certificates of Deposit (CD's) and/or account statements.
For beginners, both are classified by SWIFT as “free format message” ,
the difference is that for an MT799, banks must exchange a so called
BKE authenticator… which means a test key is automatically coded
into the sent message, and decoded at the receiving end. So, an
MT799 is approved by two Bank Officers and thus is authenticated.
An MT999 is the same as MT799, just without this test code, therefore
its considered unauthenticated, and MT999 messages have no value
whatsoever, unless confirmed via a separate test key. The MT999 is
approved only by one Bank Officer.
“NCNDA” means Non Competing Non Disclosure Agreement that is usually valid
for three years and prohibits any of the parties in the agreement to
separately try and do business with the third party in the agreement;
“Net Weight means a report from a third party (Refinery, Assayer or Security
Report” Company) nominated by the Buyer with the final and accepted by both
parties (Seller and Buyer) net weight of the commodity;
“Nominated means any airport nominated by the Buyer, where the Seller would ship
International the commodity;
Airport”
"Ounce" means troy ounce, which is equal to 31.1034768 grams, or 1 Kilo being
equal to 32.1507466 troy ounces;
“Party(ies)” means the Seller, the Buyer and sometimes the Financier and/or the
Intermediary that usually also sign the SPA;
“PB” means Performance Bond (Bank Letter of Guarantee) accepted ONLY
from a top 100 global bank via Swift MT760 under URDG 758 rules or
latest version;
“PoF Blocked” means Proof of Funds usually via a bank L/G with funds being blocked
from the Buyer’s account and under administrative hold for the Seller,
and released to the Seller only after all the terms and conditions of the
SPA are met;
“PoF Unblocked” means Proof of Funds of the Buyer and sent by a bank via a letter or a
bank to bank swift, in order to prove to the Seller that the Buyer has the
funds available for the agreed transaction and the Buyer will not need
to find the funds from other sources other than his own accounts;
“PoP” means Proof of Product sent by the Seller’s bank to the Buyer’s bank
via a bank to bank swift;
“Preliminary means, in respect of any shipment of Gold Bars, the assay report and
Assay Report” certification ordered by the Seller and obtained from a state assay
office in the country of origin or export country of the Gold Bars prior to
the sale;
“Price” means the final price of the commodity as calculated according to the
agreed terms and conditions of the SPA;
“Product” means AU Gold Dore Bars;
“Proforma means an invoice that is issued based on the information known only to
Commercial the Seller prior to shipping the commodity to the Buyer’s nominated
Invoice” destination and is usually issued for Customs purposes only, and for
issuing the Performance Bond (PB) prior to issuing the SBLC;
“Purity” means the percentage of concentration of Gold (AU) in a Gold Dore
Bar;
“Purity means an amount in relation to the purity of the Gold Bars which is
Adjustment” equal to the difference between pure gold content of 999.9 % purity and
the purity ascertained by the Assay Result, in case the declared
fineness (purity) ascertained by the Assay Result is less than 999.9%.
As an illustrative example, if a specific shipment is ascertained by the
Assay Result to have a purity of 92.50%, then the Purity Adjustment
shall be - 7.50% (99.99 % pure gold purity – 92.50% Assay Result
Purity = - 7.49%);
“Refine” or means refining (cleaning) the gold to a Purity level of 99.50% or better,
“Refining” and the issuance of a refinery certificate;
“Refinery” means any Refinery nominated by the Buyer and licensed by the
Import Country’s Governmental Authorities (doing smelting and/or
assaying and/or the refining and conversion of gold bars to refined gold
of 99.5% or better purity) and located in the Import Country or any
“Good Delivery" (GD) listed London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)
member or registered and recognized affiliate thereof, or “Dubai Good
Delivery” (DGD) listed by DMCC in the UAE;
“RWA” means Ready, Willing and Able sent via bank to bank Swift MT799;
“SBLC” means a fully cash backed Stand By Letter of Credit via MT760 under
the ISP98 Banking rules or via MT700 under the UCP 600 rules, to be
decided by the Buyer’s Bank.
“SBO” means Seller’s (Bullion) Bank Officer
“Security & means an internationally recognized Security, Transport & Bonded
Transport Warehouse Services Company licensed either by the Import Country or
Company” by the Export Country Governmental Authorities to be selected and
designated by the Buyer or the Seller with mutual consent. In the UAE,
the only acceptable companies are Brinks, G4S, Via Mat and the
Government owned Transguard;
“Seller” means the person or company that is the direct seller of the commodity
to the Buyer;
“SCO” means Soft Corporate Offer it is identical to the FCO, and it is usually
an unsigned version of the FCO;
“SKR” means Safe Keeping Receipt to be sent to the Buyer by the Security
Company that is storing the commodity or sent via a bank to bank swift
confirming that they have in their possession/storage the commodity;
“Smelting means a company nominated by the Buyer that smelts gold into bars in
Company” a weight determined by the Buyer;
“SPA” means Sales & Purchase Agreement;
“Spot Market means the spot market bid price (as given on the KITCO website –
Bid” www.kitco.com – or other related industry websites)
“Specifications” means the detailed specifications of the commodity including quantity,
quality, packaging, etc.;
"Tonne" means one (1) metric tonne (or “Metric Ton”), and it is abbreviated as
“MT”
“T/T” means Telegraphic Transfer or Telex Transfer, often abbreviated to TT,
is a historic term used to refer to an electronic means of transferring
funds overseas.
Historically "T/T," meant a cable message from one bank to another in
order to effect the transfer of money. Prior to the existence of electronic
payment networks this was often directly between banks via a Telex
message.
“TTM” means Table Top Meeting among the Bullion Officers of the Buyer and
Seller and/or their lawyer without the presence of any Intermediaries or
Mandates (usually held at the Seller’s bank offices where the
commodity is held and can be inspected and at the same time, the
Seller can present his PoF);
“UAE” means the United Arab Emirates;
The masculine gender includes the neuter and feminine and vice versa.
The singular number includes the plural and vice versa
2. COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS
2.1. The commodity to be sold under this Agreement shall have the following specifications (the
“Specifications”):
Commodity: Gold Dore Bars
Fineness: Delivered at 92%+ Purity per thousand of the fine Gold or better (as
per Certificate of Analysis / Assay at origin)
Assay: Only Buyer’s Nominated Refinery or Assayer accepted as final
Country of Origin: Ghana
3. QUANTITY
3.1 The total net weight of Gold Bars to be sold under the terms of this Agreement shall be Two
Thousand Four Hundred kilograms (2,400 Kgs), to be sold and sent through 12 monthly
shipments of Two Hundred kilograms (200 Kgs) each, with possible rolls & extensions agreed
in writing by both Parties
3.2 Each shipment shall be delivered upon good and satisfactory delivery of the previous
shipment and upon full and satisfactory payment settlement to the Seller of the previous
shipment.
4. PRICE - INTERMEDIARY
4.1 The price for the sale of each shipment of Gold Bars shall be determined in accordance with
the methodology outlined in Annex B herein (the “Price”). The Parties hereby expressly and
unreservedly agree and accept the Price and the methodology for the determination of the
Price as fair and reasonable and in accordance with the Parties’ business arrangement and
accord and in any case waive any right to contest such.
4.2 The Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Seller has been introduced to the Buyer through by
Ms. Afra bin Beyat (the “Intermediary”). The Buyer undertakes to pay the Intermediary fees
agreed and that have been deducted from the Seller’s price and owed to the Intermediary at
the same time as payment is transferred to the Seller, pursuant to a certain intermediary
services agreement concluded amongst the Buyer and the Intermediary (as such intermediary
services agreement is in force and effect) in the manner stipulated in said agreement.
under his trading license and strictly following all legal regulations, but always at
Seller’s full responsibility that all documentation necessary for import are acceptable
to the Import Country’s customs authorities, usually within three (3) Business Days if
all documentation required is received, from arrival of the shipment to the Nominated
International Airport, in the manner stipulated in Clause 6.4 herein;
5.1.7 Transfer of the Gold Bars at Buyer’s expense to the Buyer’s nominated Security
Company or Assayer or Refinery or Bonded Warehouse under the terms stipulated in
Clause 6 herein;
5.1.8 Assay of the Gold Bars by the Buyer’s nominated Assayer at its premises or in the
Bonded Warehouse and issuance, within four (4) Business Days (if the gold bars are
in 5kg weight each and total weight is not more than 200Kg, otherwise the Assay
Report may take longer) from clearance by the Import Country customs authorities, of
the Assay Result confirming also that said Gold Bars meet the Specifications with a
margin of 5% deviation in relation to the purity (the Assay Result to be notified in
writing by the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to Clause 5.1-10). In case the Seller sends
any shipment of gold in a non homogenous form, then the Seller (or the Buyer on
behalf of the Seller pursuant to a mandate given by this agreement by the Seller to
the Buyer hereby) shall instruct the Security Company to: (a) transfer the gold to a
Refinery or a Smelting Company, in order to be smelted or refined. After smelting or
refining, the Gold will be placed in sealed boxes and the Seller from that point on will
not be able to touch the gold and in case the seal has been tampered with, the
smelting or refining and weighing process will have to be done again at the Seller’s
expense. The smelting or refining and weighing can be done in the presence of the
Seller or one (and only one) of his representatives, if the Seller so requires; and (b) to
receive the smelted or refined Gold Bars and transfer such back to the Buyer’s
nominated Security Company or Assayer or Refinery or Bonded Warehouse in order
for the Assayer to perform the necessary assay for the issuance of the Assay Result
(the Assay Result to be notified in writing by the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to
Clause 5.1-10) and the Security Company or the Assayer or the Refinery or the
Smelting Company to perform the necessary net weight for the issuance of the Net
Weight Report pursuant to Clause 5.1-9. It is acknowledged and accepted that, if the
bars are not homogeneous and need to be smelted or refined, then, one additional
Business Day is required for the smelting or refining of each 100Kg. The Seller shall
be solely responsible for the implementation of the procedure mentioned in this
Clause 5.1-8 and shall take all necessary actions to this end. The previous sentence
notwithstanding, any and all associated costs incurred for the transfer of the Gold
Bars to the Refinery, their smelting or refining and their return to the Buyer’s
nominated Security Company or Assayer or Refinery or Bonded Warehouse, as
stipulated above, shall be borne and paid by the Buyer on behalf of the Seller and
shall be set-off and deducted from the Final Commercial Invoice amount;
5.1.9 Weighting of the Gold Bars and issuance of the final/actual net weight report by the
Assayer or the Refinery or the Smelting Company (the “Net Weight Report”) and the
weight will be accepted by Seller and Buyer. Weighting of the Gold Bars shall be
performed in the presence of the Seller and the Buyer or their authorized
representatives in this agreement, should they choose to be present;
5.1.10 Written notification by fax or email from the Buyer to the Seller (or their authorized
representatives in this agreement), not later than one (1) Business Day following the
latest of (a) issuance of the Assay Result or (b) issuance of the Net Weight Report,
informing the Seller of: (i) the Assay Result and the Net Weight Report; and (ii) the
Price of the shipment of Gold Bars as per the calculation of Annex B herein;
5.1.11 Issuance and delivery by the Seller to the Buyer (or their authorized representatives
in this agreement) of the Final Commercial Invoice, for an amount equal to the Price,
as such has been determined as per the by the calculation of Annex B herein and has
been included in the Buyer’s notification of the previous Clause 5.1-10 and signature
of such by the Buyer and the Seller (or their authorized representatives in this
agreement) in the presence of one of the Buyer’s Bank officers or the Buyer’s Lawyer
(and optionally the Seller’s lawyer as well if one is assigned by the Seller for such a
task) or Assayer’s representative or Refinery’s representative in the Import Country in
order to automatically complete the transfer of ownership (“Final Commercial
Invoice”);
5.1.12 The Buyer agrees that the Seller is entitled, at his option, to be represented by his
authorized representative in this agreement during Customs Clearance at the Buyer’s
Nominated Airport. If agreed by the Security Transport Company and/or the Refinery,
the Seller’s representative is authorized to accompany the transport of the gold to the
Buyer’s Nominated Refinery and to witness smelting or refining of the gold and
verification of the purity and/or taking samples by the Assayer in order to process
them in his laboratory;
5.2 In relation to the conditions mentioned in Clauses 5.1-2 to 5.1-11 (inclusive), fulfilment of each
condition (beginning with the one mentioned in Clause 5.1-2) is a requirement in order for the
fulfilment of the next one.
5.3. In case any of the conditions precedent stipulated in Clause 5.1 is not fulfilled properly and
punctually or in case any shipment of Gold Bars is not sent as per the time schedule
mentioned in Clause 8 of this Agreement then: (a) the sale of the respective shipment of Gold
Bars shall not be consummated and consequently transfer of ownership and possession of
the said Gold Bars from the Seller to the Buyer shall not be effected and the Buyer shall have
the right to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by a unilateral written notification to
the Seller and only after paying for all the costs incurred so far. In case of non fulfilment of the
conditions mentioned in Clauses 5.1-7 to 5.1-9 (inclusive) or in case any shipment of Gold
Bars is not sent as per the time schedule mentioned in Clause 8 of this Agreement , then the
Buyer, in addition to its right to terminate the Agreement by a unilateral written notification to
the Seller, it shall have the right to collect any damages and losses (including loss of
opportunity, potential costs paid by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement in relation to
customs clearance, security, transport, storage, smelting or refining, assaying, and all other
expenses) incurred, such indemnification being considered as fair and reasonable by the
Parties; and (ii) the Seller shall be obliged to ship the Gold Bars back to the origin airport at its
own expenses (if such Gold Bars have been shipped).
5.4. The Buyer may (but in any case is not obliged to) waive fulfilment of any conditions stipulated
in Clause 5.1 herein by a unilateral written notification to the Seller.
5.5 The Seller hereby expressly and unreservedly agrees and accepts the procedure in relation to
the issuance of the Assay Result and Net Weight Report and notifications of its results by the
Buyer as fair, reasonable and in accordance with the Parties’ business arrangement and
accord and waives any right to dispute the content of such. Moreover, the Parties
acknowledge and accept that the maximum number of Assay Results for each Gold Bar
(assuming only that each Gold Bar is homogenous) that can be performed within one (1) day
are one hundred (100). So, if the Gold Bars are 1Kg each, then this means that a total of only
100Kg of gold can be assayed per day. If the Gold Bars are 12.5Kgs each, then it means that
up to 1,250Kg of Gold can be assayed per week.
6. DELIVERY TERMS
6.1 Each shipment of Gold Bars shall be shipped to the Nominated International Airport and, upon
Customs clearance by the Import Country Customs Authorities shall be delivered by the Seller
to the Security Company, to be transferred and kept by the Security Company in their Bonded
Warehouse for the purposes of this Agreement. The Security Company shall deliver the Gold
bars to the Buyer’s Refinery or Smelting Company or Assayer in the presence of the Seller (or
their authorized representatives in this agreement), in case they are present, as per Clause 7.
6.2 All Gold Bars shall be insured by the Seller against all risks until delivery to the Buyer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the Seller’s expense.
6.3 The export document processing, taxes, duties, freight & insurance costs and other expenses
imposed on or required up to delivery of the Gold Bars to the Nominated International Airport,
shall be borne by the Seller.
6.4 The import procedure (including clearance by the Import Country customs authorities) shall be
the responsibility of the Seller, provided however that all associated fees taxes and levies, as
well as, all security transport and associated costs from the Nominated International Airport to
the Bonded Warehouse, including cost of assaying, etc. and until the moment of transfer of
ownership or termination of the Agreement pursuant to Clause 12 herein shall be borne and
paid directly by the Seller, including the expenses of re-smelting or refined in case the Gold
Bars sent by the Seller are not homogeneous which, if paid by the Buyer, will be deducted
from the Final Commercial Invoice;
6.5 The Seller is obligated to notify the Buyer at least three (3) days prior to shipment all details of
the airline, date of loading at the export country, flight number, date and time of arrival at the
Import Country. Failure to do so may result in delays in Customs Clearance, and/or Assaying,
and/or refining, and the Buyer shall be held harmless and blameless.
6.6 The Buyer undertakes to use its reasonable endeavours, subject always to applicable law, to
facilitate the Seller in order to obtain clearance of the Gold Bars by the Import Country
customs authorities; to this end the Buyer shall, should the Seller requires so, designate to the
Seller any licensed customs clearance third parties or shall make available to the Seller any
Buyer’s licensed customs clearance personnel.
6.7 All delivery dates mentioned in this agreement assume that the Seller notifies the Buyer at
least four (4) days in advance and the Customs Clearance Agents, the Assayer and especially
the Refinery or Smelting Company that the gold bars will be taken for re-smelting or refined if
they are not homogeneous agree to do it on the estimated time as planned in this agreement
if everything runs smoothly, otherwise there may be delays beyond the Buyer’s control, since
all the service providers (Security Company, Customs Brokers, Assayers, Refineries, Smelting
Companies) are in no way controlled by the Buyer and they will quote their own delivery
times.
BANK NAME:
BANK ADDRESS:
BANK TEL / FAX:
BIC /SWIFT CODE:
BANK OFFICER:
TELEPHONE:
EMAIL:
ACCT. HOLDER NAME:
ACCT. NUMBER (USD):
REFERENCE CODE:
9.2 The Seller may change the bank account that is mentioned herein, provided he does so in
writing (designating on the same document the new bank account details) at least five (5)
Business Days prior to the issuing of the payment by the Buyer’s bank.
10.1.1
10.2 The Buyer may change at any time the payment transferring bank mentioned in Clause 10.1
herein.
15. CONFIDENTIALITY
15.1 Subject to Clause 15.2 herein, each Party shall keep in confidence and not disclose to any
third party or use for any purpose other than as authorised by this Agreement, the content and
existence of this Agreement (or any discussions and negotiations pertaining thereto), as well
as, all ‘Confidential Information’ which was provided to it by the other Party or any other
Party’s representatives, in respect of such Party and such Party’s officers, shareholders,
client’s and business without the written authorization of the disclosing Party. For the purpose
of this Agreement, the term ‘Confidential Information’ means any information which a Party
(‘Receiving Party’) receives from the other Party (‘Disclosing Party’) in writing or other
tangible form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include any
information that:
(a) is already known to the Receiving Party at the time of its receipt from the Disclosing
Party; or
(b) is or becomes publicly available without breach of this Agreement by the Receiving
Party; or
(c) is made available to a third party by the Disclosing Party without restriction on
disclosure; or
(d) is received by the Receiving Party from a third party without, to the Receiving Party’s
best knowledge, any obligation of confidentiality; or
(e) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Disclosing
Party’s Confidential Information.
15.1 Any Party may disclose the existence and/or content of this Agreement to any of its legal or
financial advisors, bankers, employees or consultants, provided that this is necessary for the
purposes of this Agreement.
17. MISCELANEOUS
17.1 This Agreement together with any documents referred to in it constitutes the entire agreement
and understanding between the Parties and supersedes any previous oral or written
agreement between them (which shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual
consent) relating to subject matter hereof .
17.2 If any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, or their application to any
person or circumstance, shall to any extent be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any
other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
17.3 Waiver by party of performance of any covenant or condition under this Agreement shall not
invalidate this Agreement nor shall it be considered a waiver of any other covenant or
condition under this Agreement.
17.4 Time is of the essence in the performance of services under this Agreement.
17.5 The Parties agree that the present business arrangement reflected in this Agreement is on a
non exclusive basis.
17.6 No variation of or supplement to this Agreement, or of any of the documents referred to in it,
shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties .
17.7 This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be an original, and all the counterparts together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
17.8 Unless otherwise notified in writing by the Seller to the Buyer, the following additional persons
can only represent and bind the Seller for the purposes of this Agreement:
17.9 Unless otherwise notified in writing by the Buyer to the Seller, the following additional persons
can only represent and bind the Buyer for the purposes of this Agreement:
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Authorized Seller’s Signature & Company Stamp
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Authorized Buyer’s Signature & Company Stamp
EDT (Electronic document transmissions) shall be deemed valid and enforceable in respect of any
provisions of this Contract. As applicable, this agreement shall be:- Incorporate U.S. Public Law 106-
229, ‘‘Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act’’ or such other applicable law
conforming to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures (2001) and ELECTRONIC
COMMERCE AGREEMENT (ECE/TRADE/257, Geneva, May 2000) adopted by the United Nations
Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). EDT documents shall be subject
to European Community Directive No. 95/46/EEC, as applicable. Either Party may request hard
copy of any document that has been previously transmitted by electronic means provided however,
that any such request shall in no manner delay the parties from performing their respective obligations
and duties under EDT instruments.
Buyer’s License
ANNEX A
Delivery Schedule
10 200 Kg 10thMonth
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ANNEX B
Price
The price for the sale and purchase of each shipment of Gold Bars shall the LBMA second Fixing
price per Ounce on the date of the final assay, per troy ounce of pure gold content of 999.9% purity,
on the previous day of the date of written notification by the Buyer to the Seller on the Assay Result
pursuant to Clause 5.1-10, reduced by an amount equal to the Purity Adjustment (if applicable) as per
the Assay Result, further reduced by a discount amount of XXX per cent (XX%), multiplied by the net
weight of such Gold Bars (following, for the avoidance of doubt, their potential smelting or refining
pursuant to Clause 5.1-9) as such has been determined in the Net Weight Report by the Security
Company and/or Buyer’s Nominated Assayer and/or Buyer’s Nominated Refinery, and in case the
gold bars are not homogenous, minus any expenses (for smelting or refining and making them
homogeneous, expenses for the Security Transport & Insurance Fees required for moving the gold
bars safely for smelting or refining) that will be incurred and paid by the Buyer on behalf of the Seller
in case the Seller does not pay them.
In case any expenses (like security transport, melting or refining, VAT, etc.) that have been paid by the
Buyer on behalf of the Seller, including turning the bars to a homogeneous form, all this amount will
be deducted from the amount owed as per the Final Commercial Invoice.
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ANNEX C
DELETERIOUS ELEMENTS
The Seller shall advise Buyer in advance prior to shipment if the Gold contains any of the following
deleterious elements which exceed Iron 2.00%; Copper 10.00%, Zinc 5.00%, Lead 2.50%, Nickel
2.00%, Bismuth 0.50%, Mercury 0.20%, Arsenic 0.20%, Beryllium 0.20%, Cadmium 0.50%, Antimony
0.50%, Selenium 0.20%, Tin 0.20%, and Tellurium 0.20%.
Penalties will apply should the Gold delivered to Buyer contain levels in excess of these levels.
Additional charges due to the excessive impurity content of the gold will be deducted from the amount
payable to the Seller. Buyer has the right to refuse acceptance of the gold and keep the Performance
Bond proceeds as penalty, besides having the right to take the Seller to court for further damages.
In the following the most common impurities in refining material are specified and limits are
formulated below which the material is acceptable without additional amounts being charged to the
Supplier.
These limits are to be considered as indications by Buyer and have to be re-evaluated depending on
the material and the process of refining it is destined for.
Class I: Impurities, which are hazardous to personal and environment:
Element Acceptable levels
Radioactive none
Mercury Hg none
Arsenic As max. 100 ppm
Cadmium Cd max. 100 ppm
Class II: Impurities, which can disturb the refining process and as well influence the
environmental protection processes:
Element Acceptable levels
Lead Pb max. 2.5%
Tin Sn max. 3%
Selenium Se max. 500 ppm
Tellurium Te max. 500 ppm
Bismuth Bi max. 100 ppm
Antimony Sb max. 100 ppm
There are other elements, which may be present in refining material, that do not have hazardous
properties or disturb the processing significantly if present in minor quantities, but may disturb
severely the homogenization and sampling due to the fact that they produce a heavy segregation
when the Gold solidifies. These elements in particular are: Iron (Fe), Nickel (Ni) and Cobalt (Co). This
list is not representative for all material compositions and subject to adjustment by in case of
necessity.
In case the Dore bars or alluvial Gold in form of powder supplied by the Seller contain impurities that
are deleterious to other persons or to the refining process, the Buyer shall have the right to either
Reject the Shipment; all expenses incurred by the Buyer in connection with the rejected Shipment
being for the account of the Seller, or
Ask for additional payments from the Seller in order to cover any additional cost that the Buyer
incurs in connection with such deleterious elements.