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From: Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch
And from: Standard Chartered Bank
To: Volcan Investments Limited (the Company)
31 July 2018
Dear Sirs,
US$1,100,000,000 term loans
We, Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch and Standard Chartered Bank (the Mandated Lead Arrangers)
are pleased to set out in this letter the terms and conditions on which we are willing to arrange, manage the
primary syndication of and underwrite the Facilities (as more fully described below) for the proposed
acquisition by the Company of all of the registered share capital of Vedanta Resources plc (the Target) that
is not already owned by the Company (the Acquisition).
We understand that the Acquisition will be debt financed with the proceeds of secured credit facilities to be
provided to Volcan Investments Cyprus Ltd, a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary of the Company (the
Borrower) in an aggregate amount of USD1,100,000,000, comprising:
(a) a term loan facility in an amount of USD200,000,000 (Facility A);
(b) a term loan facility in an amount of USD400,000,000 (Facility B);
(c) a term loan facility in an amount of USD500,000,000 (Facility C);
(each a Facility, and together, the Facilities).
1. Interpretation
(a) We refer you to the facilities agreement dated on or about the date of this letter between, among
others, the Borrower, the Company as guarantor, the financial institutions listed in schedule 1 therein
as Original Lenders and Citicorp International Limited as Agent (the Facilities Agreement). Terms
used in this letter but not otherwise specifically defined have the meaning given to them in the
Facilities Agreement.
(b) In this letter:
close of Syndication means the time the Bookrunners close Syndication in accordance with
paragraphs 9(b).
Facility Documents means the Facilities Agreement and related documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.
Fee Letter means any fee letter between any of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Bookrunners
and/or the Agent and the Company dated on or about the date of this letter.
Free to Trade Time means the time the Bookrunners notify the Syndication Lenders of their final
allocations in the Facilities.
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Information Memorandum has the meaning given to that term in paragraph 9(d).
INR means the lawful currency of the Republic of India.
Majority Bookrunners means a Bookrunner or Bookrunners whose Commitments aggregate more
than 50% of the Total Commitments.
Mumbai Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in Mumbai.
Successful Syndication means each Mandated Lead Arranger reducing its participations in the
Facilities to amounts not exceeding their respective minimum hold amounts as specified to the
Company.
Syndication Period means the period from the date of this letter to the earlier of (i) the date on
which Successful Syndication occurs and (ii) 120 days following the date of the Facilities
Agreement.
Syndication means the primary syndication of the Facilities.
Syndication Lenders means the parties participating as Lenders in Syndication.
2. Appointment
(a) By countersigning this letter and accepting the offer set out in, and subject to the terms of, this letter,
the Company appoints the Mandated Lead Arrangers as exclusive arrangers, bookrunners (the
Bookrunners) and underwriters of the Facilities.
(b) Until this mandate terminates in accordance with paragraph 16 (Termination):
(i) except for the appointment of Citicorp International Limited as the facility agent and the
security agent, no other person shall be appointed as mandated lead arranger, underwriter,
bookrunner, security agent, or facility agent;
(ii) no other titles shall be awarded; and
(iii) except as provided in the Facility Documents, no other compensation shall be paid to any
person,
in connection with the Facilities without the prior written consent of each of the Mandated Lead
Arrangers.
3. Conditions
This offer to arrange, manage the Syndication of and underwrite the Facilities is made on the terms
of this letter and is subject to compliance by the Company with all the terms of this letter and the
satisfaction of each of the conditions that are stipulated in Part 1 and Part 2 of Schedule 2
(Conditions Documents) to the Facilities Agreement.
4. Underwriting Proportions
(a) The underwriting proportions of each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers in respect of the Facilities are
as follows:
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SCB CS
Underwriting
Proportion
(%)
Amount
(USD)
Underwriting
Proportion
(%)
Amount
(USD)
Facility A 100 200,000,000 - -
Facility B 100 400,000,000 - -
Facility C - - 100 500,000,000
Total 600,000,000 500,000,000
(b) The obligations of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Bookrunners under this letter are several.
No Mandated Lead Arranger is responsible for the obligations of the other Mandated Lead Arranger.
No Bookrunner is responsible for the obligations of the other Bookrunner.
5. Clear market
(a) Except with the prior written consent of each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,
during the period from the date of this letter to the earlier of (a) three months from the date of the
Information Memorandum and (b) the date following close of Syndication on which all the
Syndication Lenders become party to the Facility Documents, the Company shall not, and shall
ensure that no other member of the Group shall, announce, enter into discussions to raise, raise or
attempt to raise any other finance in the international syndicated loan, debt, bank market, including,
but not limited to, any bilateral or syndicated facility, bond or note issuance or private placement.
(b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to:
(i) the Facilities;
(ii) any credit facilities (whether in the form of loans, bonds or notes) denominated in INR and
issued or raised by Vedanta Limited or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) short term bilateral working capital facilities denominated in USD and raised by Vedanta
Limited or any of its subsidiaries;
(iv) bilateral revolving credit facilities in the maximum amount of USD175,000,000 and raised
by Target or any of its subsidiaries; and
(v) bilateral loans denominated in USD raised for the purposes of refinancing and in the
maximum aggregate amount of USD250,000,000 from any one Indian bank (or its
Subsidiary) or provided that the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the
Mandated Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), from additional
Indian Banks (or their respective Subsidiaries)
6. Fees, costs and expenses
The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the
Bookrunners, as applicable, the amount of all costs and expenses (including approved legal fees
subject to any pre-agreed capping arrangements) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection
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with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of the Facility Documents, this letter and
the Syndication, whether or not the Facility Documents are signed.
7. Restructure intent and amendments
(a) The Facilities Agreement, as of the date of this letter, provides for the beneficial interest in respect of
the Transaction Security Documents (and the proceeds and control in respect thereto) as being
available to all the Lenders across all the Facilities on a pari passu basis.
(b) The parties to this letter acknowledge that it is the intention of all the parties to act reasonably and in
good faith to agree to any amendments and supplements to the Finance Documents on or prior to
the date that is 30 calendar days from the date of this letter to ensure that the beneficial interests in
respect of the Transaction Security Documents (and the proceeds and controls in respect thereto) is
modified in a manner that the beneficial interests in respect of the Transaction Security Documents
(and the proceeds and controls in relation thereto) are available to the Lenders depending on (i) the
nature of the Transaction Security Documents and (ii) the Facilities in which such Lenders
participate (such amendments, supplements and modifications, collectively described as the
Restructure).
(c) Such Restructure will be based on the following terms and any other conditions that the Mandated
Lead Arrangers and the Company may agree:
(i) Facility B will be split into two facilities – facility B1 (Facility B1) and facility B2 (Facility
B2);
(ii) Lenders that do not participate in Facility A and Facility B2 will get the beneficial interest in
respect of the TSOL Pledge over SPTL Shares and the TSOL Pledge over STL Shares
(collectively, the Onshore Collateral);
(iii) Lenders in each Facility A, Facility B1, Facility B2 and Facility C will get the beneficial
interests in respect of the Transaction Security Documents described in the Facilities
Agreement as of the date of this letter that is not the Onshore Collateral (collectively, the
Offshore Collateral);
(iv) only Lenders that have the beneficial interests in the Onshore Collateral, or as applicable, the
Offshore Collateral will have the ability to have any controls over any enforcements of those
Transaction Security Documents and will be able to share in the proceeds of any
enforcement of such Security Interests in respect of the Onshore Collateral, or as applicable,
the Offshore Collateral;
(v) there will be no change in the proportion of the enforcement proceeds and the controls in
respect of enforcement that is available to the Facility C Lenders in respect of any of the
Transaction Security Documents described in the arrangements set out in paragraphs (i) to
(iv) (inclusive) above from that which is available to the Facility C Lenders in the Facilities
Agreement as of the date of this letter;
(vi) the roles and responsibilities of the Security Agent will be modified for all consequential
changes required to facilitate the arrangements set out in paragraphs (i) to (v) (inclusive)
(above);
(vii) the Facilities Agreement will be modified and supplemented to include required intercreditor
terms detailing the arrangements set out in paragraphs (i) to (vi) (inclusive) above) and a
separate intercreditor agreement will be entered into, if required, to document these changes;
and
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(viii) the Finance Documents, including the Transaction Security Documents will be amended and
supplemented in all manners to reflect all consequential changes required for the purposes of
the arrangements set out in paragraphs (i) to (vi) above.
(d) The Company agrees that in the event that all amendments to the Finance Documents to reflect the
terms of the Restructure is not completed in a manner acceptable to the Mandated Lead Arrangers
(acting reasonably) by the period that is 30 days from the date of this letter, then the applicable
Margin in respect of each Facility will be increased by one hundred bps (1%) from the Margin
applicable to such Facility as of such date and the reference to “Margin” in the Facilities Agreement
will be deemed for all purposes to have been increased by such amount. The Company agrees to
enter into the required amendments to the Finance Documents to reflect such increase in the Margin,
however the increase in the Margin will not be conditional on whether or not such amendment is
entered into and will occur automatically in the circumstances described in this paragraph (d)
(e) Notwithstanding the terms set out in paragraph (a) to (d) above, the parties to this letter agree that
paragraphs (a) to (d) above shall not apply in the event that they, acting reasonably are able to agree
on an alternative structure to the Restructure (the Alternative Structure) and provided that (x)
each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers have secured all internal approvals for the Alternative
Structure and (y) the Finance Documents are amended as required to reflect the terms of the
Alternative Structure in a manner acceptable to the Mandated Lead Arrangers (acting reasonably)..
8. Taxes and payments
All payments to be made under this letter:
(a) shall be paid in USD and in immediately available, freely transferable cleared funds to such
account(s) with such bank(s) as the Agent, the Bookrunners or the Mandated Lead Arrangers
(as applicable) notify to the Company prior to the date of this letter;
(b) shall be paid without any deduction or withholding for or on account of tax (a Tax
Deduction) unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. If a Tax Deduction is required by
law to be made, the amount of the payment due shall be increased to an amount which (after
making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been
due if no Tax Deduction had been required; and
(c) are exclusive of any goods and services tax, consumption tax, value added tax or any tax or
charge of a similar nature (VAT). If VAT is chargeable, the Company shall also and at the
same time pay to the recipient of the relevant payment an amount equal to the amount of the
applicable VAT.
9. Syndication
(a) The Bookrunners shall carry out a joint-coordinated Syndication including common invite letter and
Information Memorandum (in consultation with the Company and the Mandated Lead Arrangers),
decide on the strategy to be adopted for Syndication (including timing and the selection of potential
Lenders) and the Bookrunners shall, unless otherwise stated in this letter, in consultation with the
Company, manage all other aspects of the Syndication. Subject to any applicable confidentiality
agreement between the Company and the Bookrunners, the Company authorises the Bookrunners to
discuss the terms of the Facilities with and to disclose those terms to, potential Lenders to facilitate
the Syndication. The Company acknowledges that the Bookrunners may at their discretion,
approach sub-underwriters prior to Syndication.
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(b) At any time after the Bookrunners have received sufficient commitments that (when reflected as
participations in the Facilities) would result in a Successful Syndication, the Majority Bookrunners
shall:
(i) close Syndication; and
(ii) accept the commitments received and allocate resulting participations in the Facilities (in a
way that will result in a Successful Syndication).
(c) The Bookrunners may not close Syndication, accept commitments received or allocate participations
in the Facilities other than in accordance with paragraphs (b) above.
(d) If at the end of the Syndication Period, the Bookrunners have not received sufficient commitments in
a way that would result in a Successful Syndication, the Bookrunners will accept the commitments
received, allocate resulting participations in the Facilities and close Syndication.
(e) The Company shall, and shall ensure that the other members of the Group will, give any assistance
which the Mandated Lead Arrangers reasonably require in relation to Syndication including but not
limited to:
(i) the preparation, with the assistance of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, of an information
memorandum (the Information Memorandum) in accordance with paragraph (f) below;
(ii) providing any information reasonably requested by the Mandated Lead Arrangers or
potential Lenders in connection with Syndication;
(iii) making available the senior management and representatives of the Company and other
members of the Group for the purposes of giving presentations to, and participating in
meetings with, potential Lenders at such times and places as the Mandated Lead Arrangers
may reasonably request;
(iv) using best efforts to ensure that Syndication benefits from the Group's and the Target
Group's existing lending relationships;
(v) agreeing to such shorter interest periods during the syndication process as are necessary for
the purposes of Syndication; and
(vi) entering into a syndication agreement in a form to be agreed between the Mandated Lead
Arrangers, the relevant Syndication Lenders and the Company.
(f) The Information Memorandum shall contain all relevant information (including projections),
including, but not limited to, information about the Group, the Target Group, the Acquisition and
how the proceeds of the Facilities will be applied, as agreed between the Company and the Mandated
Lead Arrangers. The Company shall approve the Information Memorandum before the Mandated
Lead Arrangers distribute it to potential Lenders on the Company's behalf.
10. Indemnity
(a) For the purposes of this paragraph 10, Indemnified Person means each Mandated Lead Arranger,
each Bookrunner, the Agent, each Lender, in each case, any of their respective Affiliates and each of
their (or their respective Affiliates') respective directors, officers, employees and agents (but in each
case excluding loss of profit or margin, any other indirect or consequential loss or any punitive
damages).
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(b) Whether or not the Facility Documents are signed, the Company shall, within three Business Days of
written demand, indemnify each Indemnified Person against any cost, expense, loss or liability
(including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by or awarded against that Indemnified Person, in
each case, arising out of or in connection with any action, claim, investigation or proceeding
commenced or threatened (including, without limitation, any action, claim, investigation or
proceeding to preserve or enforce rights), but excluding loss of profit or margin, or other
consequential losses or damages, in relation to:
(i) the use of the proceeds of any of the Facilities;
(ii) this letter or any Facility Document; and/or
(iii) the arranging or underwriting of the Facilities,
the Company will not be liable under paragraph (b) above for any cost, expense, loss or liability
(including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by or awarded against an Indemnified Person if
that cost, expense, loss or liability results directly from any breach by that Indemnified Person of this
letter or any Facility Document which is, in each case, finally judicially determined to have resulted
directly from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.
(c) No Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner shall have any duty or obligation, whether as fiduciary
for any Indemnified Person or otherwise, to recover any payment made or required to be made under
paragraph (b) above.
(d) The Company agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect,
in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company or any of its Affiliates for or in connection with
anything referred to in paragraph (a) above, except, following the Company's agreement to this
letter, for any such cost, expense, loss or liability incurred by the Company that results directly from
any breach by that Indemnified Person of this letter or any Facility Document which is, in each case,
finally judicially determined to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct
of that Indemnified Person.
(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d) above, no Indemnified Person shall be responsible or have any
liability to the Company or any of its Affiliates or anyone else for consequential losses or damages.
(f) The Company represents to the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Bookrunners that:
(i) it is acting for its own account and it has made its own independent decisions to enter into
the Transaction and as to whether the Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based on its
own judgement and on advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary;
(ii) it is not relying on any communication (written or oral) from any or all of the Mandated
Lead Arrangers or Bookrunners as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into
the Transaction, it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms
and conditions of the Transaction shall not be considered investment advice or a
recommendation to enter into the Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received
from any or all of the Mandated Lead Arrangers or Bookrunners will be deemed to be an
assurance or guarantee as to the expected results of the Transaction;
(iii) it is capable of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own behalf or through
independent professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms, conditions and
risks of the Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and assumes, the risks of the
Transaction; and
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(iv) no Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner is acting as a fiduciary for or as an adviser to it
in connection with the Transaction.
(g) The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall apply to this paragraph 10 but only for the
benefit of other Indemnified Persons, subject always to the terms of paragraph 23 (Governing law
and jurisdiction).
11. No Front Running
(a) For the purposes of this paragraph 11:
Confidential Information means all information relating to the Company, the Group, the Target
Group, the Facility Documents and/or the Facilities which is provided to a Mandated Lead Arranger
or Bookrunner (the Receiving Party) in relation to the Facility Documents or Facilities by the
Company, the Group or any of its Affiliates or advisers (the Providing Party), in whatever form,
and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of
representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information
but excludes information that:
(i) is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the
Receiving Party of a confidentiality agreement to which that Receiving Party is party; or
(ii) is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by the Providing Party; or
(iii) is known by the Receiving Party before the date the information is disclosed to the
Receiving Party by the Providing Party or is lawfully obtained by the Receiving Party after
that date, from a source which is, as far as the Receiving Party is aware, unconnected with
the Group or the Target Group and which, in either case, as far as the Receiving Party is
aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of
confidentiality.
Facility Interest means a legal, beneficial or economic interest acquired or to be acquired expressly
and specifically in or in relation to the Facilities, whether as initial lender or by way of assignment,
transfer, novation, sub-participation (whether disclosed, undisclosed, risk or funded) or any other
similar method.
Front Running means undertaking any of the following activities prior to the Free to Trade Time:
(i) entering into or continuing any discussion or other communication with any person or
disclosing any information (including the Information Memorandum) to any person which is
intended to or is reasonably likely to:
(A) discourage any person from taking a Facility Interest as a lender of record in
Syndication; or
(B) encourage any person to take a Facility Interest except as a lender of record in
Syndication; or
(ii) making a bid or offer price (whether firm or indicative) with a view to buying or selling a
Facility Interest; or
(iii) entering into (or agreeing to enter into) any agreement, option or other arrangement, whether
legally binding or not, in relation to the Acquisition of or giving rise to the assumption of
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any risk or participation in any exposure in relation to a Facility Interest (whether on an
indicative basis, a "when and if issued" basis or otherwise),
excluding where any of the foregoing is:
(A) made to or entered into with an Affiliate;
(B) an act of a Mandated Lead Arranger (or its Affiliate) or a Bookrunner (or its Affiliate) who
is operating on the public side of an information barrier unless such person is acting on the
instructions of a person who has received Confidential Information and is aware of the
proposed Facilities; or
(C) made to or entered into with another Mandated Lead Arranger (or its Affiliate) or another
Bookrunner (or its Affiliate) in connection with the facilitation of either Syndication or
initial drawdown under the Facilities.
(b) Each Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner agrees and acknowledges that:
(i) it shall not engage, and shall procure that none of its Affiliates shall engage, in any Front
Running;
(ii) if it or any of its Affiliates engages in any Front Running, the other Mandated Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners may suffer loss or damage and its position in future financings
with the other Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and the Company may be
prejudiced;
(iii) if it or any of its Affiliates engages in any Front Running, the other Mandated Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners retain the right not to allocate to it a participation under the
Facilities;
(iv) any arrangement, front-end or similar fee which may be payable to it in connection with the
Facilities is only payable on condition that neither it nor any of its Affiliates has breached
the terms of this letter. This condition is in addition to any other conditions agreed between
the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners in relation to the entitlement of each
Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner to any such fee.
(c) Each Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner confirms that neither it nor any of its Affiliates has
engaged in any Front Running.
(d) This paragraph 11 is for the benefit of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Bookrunners only.
12. Disclosure:
The Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Bookrunners and the Agent (together the Arranging Parties)
may disclose this letter to:
(a) any Affiliate of such Arranging Party (together with such Arranging Party, the Permitted
Parties);
(b) professional advisors, insurers, insurance brokers and service providers of a Permitted Party
who are under a duty of confidentiality to a Permitted Party;
(c) any party for the purposes of the Offer; and
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(d) whom information is required to be disclosed by any court or tribunal of competent
jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority or similar body, or pursuant to any
applicable law or regulation.
13. Publicity/Announcements
(a) All publicity in connection with the Facilities shall be managed by the Mandated Lead Arrangers in
consultation with the Company.
(b) No announcements regarding the Facilities or any roles as arranger, underwriter, bookrunner, lender
or agent shall be made without the prior written consent of the Company and each of the Mandated
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.
14. Conflicts
(a) The Company and each Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner acknowledge that the Mandated
Lead Arrangers or their Affiliates and the Bookrunners or their Affiliates may provide debt
financing, equity capital or other services to other persons with whom the Company or its Affiliates
may have conflicting interests in respect of the Facilities in this or other transactions.
(b) The Company and each Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner acknowledge that the Mandated
Lead Arrangers or their Affiliates and the Bookrunners or their Affiliates may act in more than one
capacity in relation to this Transaction and may have conflicting interests in respect of such different
capacities.
(c) The Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall not use confidential information obtained
from the Company or its Affiliates for the purposes of the Facilities in connection with providing
services to other persons or furnish such information to such other person.
(d) The Company acknowledges that the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners have no obligation
to use any information obtained from another source for the purposes of the Facilities or to furnish
such information to the Company or its Affiliates.
15. Assignments
The Company shall not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
letter without the prior written consent of each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.
16. Termination
(a) If the Company does not accept the offer made by each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and
Bookrunners in this letter before 11:59 p.m. (Mumbai time) on 1 August 2018, such offer shall
terminate on that date.
(b) The commitments and agreements under this letter shall automatically expire and terminate on the
earliest of:
(i) the Offer Expiry Date; and
(ii) 10 August 2018 if the Press Release has not been issued by such date.
(c) A Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner may terminate this letter and its commitments hereunder
if that Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner has notified the Company that the Company is in
breach of any material provision of this letter and such breach has not been remedied by the
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Company or waived by that Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner, within 10 Mumbai Business
Days of such notification.
17. Right to Participate
The Company agrees that each Mandated Lead Arranger shall be provided with a right of first
refusal to participate as a joint lead manager and bookrunner (at the most senior level available) in
respect of any non-Rupee denominated debt capital markets offering by any member of the Group
the proceeds of which are used (in whole or in part) for the purposes of repaying the Facilities.
18. Survival
(a) Except for paragraphs 3 (Conditions), 4 (Underwriting Proportions), 6 (Fees, costs and expenses), 8
(Taxes and payments) and 16 (Termination) the terms of this letter shall survive and continue after
the Facility Documents are signed.
(b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, paragraphs 6 (Fees, costs and expenses), 8 (Taxes and
payments), 10 (Indemnity), 13 (Publicity/Announcements), 14 (Conflicts), 16 (Termination) to 23
(Governing law and jurisdiction) will survive and continue after any termination of the obligations of
any Mandated Lead Arranger or Bookrunner under this letter.
19. Entire agreement
(a) This letter sets out the entire agreement between the Company, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and
the Bookrunners as to arranging, managing the Syndication of, and underwriting the Facilities and
supersede any prior oral and/or written understandings or arrangements relating to the Facilities.
(b) Any provision of this letter may only be amended or waived in writing signed by the Company and
each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.
20. Third Party Rights
(a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this letter, a person who is not a party to this letter has
no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of
any of its terms.
(b) Notwithstanding any term of this letter, the consent of any person who is not a party to this letter is
not required to rescind or vary this letter at any time.
21. Counterparts
This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the
signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this letter.
22. Severability
If a term of this letter is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of
any jurisdiction, that will not affect:
(a) the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other term of this letter; or
(b) the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other term of this
letter.
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23. Governing law and jurisdiction
(a) This letter (including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms) (the Letter)
and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it (including any non-
contractual obligations arising out of the negotiation of the transactions contemplated by this Letter)
are governed by English law.
(b) The courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in
connection with this letter (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of
this letter or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this letter or the
negotiation of the transactions contemplated by this letter) (a Dispute) and each party to this letter
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
(c) Each party to this Letter agrees that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient
courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no party to this letter will argue to the contrary.
(d) Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Company:
(i) irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited as its agent for service of
process under the Mandate Documents in relation to any proceedings before the English
courts in connection with any Mandate Document; and
(ii) agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Company of the process will not
invalidate the proceedings concerned.
(e) If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for
service of process, the Company must immediately (and in any event within five days of the event
taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Mandated Lead Arrangers. Failing
this, the Mandated Lead Arrangers may appoint another process agent for this purpose.
If you agree to the above, please acknowledge your agreement and acceptance of the offer by signing and
returning the enclosed copy of this letter (together with the Fee Letter countersigned by you) to Rajesh
Janakiraman, Reuban Johnson, G K Bharath Kumar, P C Vinod or P Srinivas Rao at Standard Chartered
Bank at 44 207 885 8071 or Grace Tapia / Prem Palani Swami at Credit Suisse at +65 6212 2709.
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Vienna – Joint Mandate letter
Yours faithfully,
…………………………….
For and on behalf of
Standard Chartered Bank (as Mandated Lead Arranger)