LOAN NUMBER 3881 SLU Loan Agreement (Solid Waste Management Project) between ST. LUCIA and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated ,1995 LOAN NUMBER 3881 SLU LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated f - , 1995, between ST. LUCIA (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONA BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS (A) the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to the Development Credit Agreement between the Borrower and the International Development Association (the Association) of even date herewith (the Development Credit Agreement), has requested the Bank to assist in the financing of the Project; (B) the Boirower has also requested the Association to provide additional financial assistance towards the financing of the Project and by the Developrni..W Credit Agreement the Association is agreeing to provide such assistance in an aggregate principal amount equivalent to one million, six hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 1,600,000) (the Credit); (C) the Borrower and the Bank intend, to the extent practicable, that the proceeds of the Credit be disbursed on account of expenditures in respect of the Project before disbursements of the proceeds of the Loan provided for in this Agreement are made; (D) by an agreement of even date herewith between the Borrower (the Recipient) and the Bank as Trustee (the Trustee) of funds provided by the GET (the GET Grant Agreement), the Trustee has agreed to make available to the Recipient funds (the GET Grant), on, the terms and conditions set forth in the GET Grant Agreement, to assist in the financing of the project (the National Project) described in the Regional GET Grant Agreement; (E) by an agreement of even date herewith the Borrower together with Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (together the Regional Recipients) have contracted, from the Trustee, a grant from the GET (the Regional GET Grant) to assist in the financing of the project (the Regional Project) described in the agreement (the Regional GET Grant Agreement) entered into among the Regional Recipients and .the Trustee; (F) the Regional Recipients have entered into an agreement with OECS (the Regional Agreement), of even date herewith, to regulate the assistance of OECS in the carrying out of the National Project and of the Regional Project; and -2- (G) the Borrower intends to contract from the Caribbean Developmnt Bank (the CDB) a loan (the CDB Loan) in an amount equivalent to $1,960,000 to assist in the financing of the Project, on the terms and conditions set forth in an agreement (the CDB Loan Agreement) to be entered into between the Borrower and CDB; WHEREAS the Bank has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing, to extend the Loan to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements" of the Bank, dated January 1, 1985, with the modifications set forth below (the General Conditions) constitute an integral part of this Agreement: (a) The last sentence of Section 3.02 is deleted. (b) In Section 6.02, subparagraph (k) is relettered a subparagraph (1) and a new subparagraph (k) is added to read: "(k) An extraordinary situation shall have arisen under which any further withdrawals under the Loan would be inconsistent with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of the Bank's Articles of Agreement." Section 1.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditions, in the GET Grant Agreement, in the Regional GET Grant Agreement and in the Preamble to this Agreement have the respective meanings therein set forth or referred to and the term "Development Credit Agreement" means the agreement of even date herewith between the Borrower and the Association for the Project, as such agreement may be amended from time to time, and such term includes the "General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements" of the Association, dated January 1, 1985, as applied to such agreement, and all schedules and agreements supplemental to the Development Credit Agreement. -3- ARTICLE H The Loan Section 2.01. The Bank agrees to lend to the Borrower, on the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in the Loan Agreement, various currencies that shall have an aggregate value equivalent to the amount of two million two hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,280,000), being the sum of withdrawals of the proceeds of the Loan, with each withdrawal valued by the Bank as of the date of such withdrawal. Section 2.02. The amount of the Loan may be withdrawn from the Loan Account in accordance with the provisions of ScheJule 1 to the Development Credit Agreement for expenditures made (or, if the Bank shall so agree, to be made) in respect of the reasonable cost of goods and services required for the Project described in Schedule 2 to the Development Credit Agreement and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan. Section 2.03. The Closing Date shall be December 31, 2000 or such later date as the Bank shall establish. The Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower of such later date. Section 2.04. The Borrower shall pay to the Bank a commitment charge at the rate of three-fourths of one percent (3/4 of 1%) per annum on the principal amount of the Loan not withdrawn from time to time. Section 2.05. (a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of the Loan withdrawn and outstanding from time to time, at a rate for each Interest Period equal to the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of the preceding Semester, plus one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%). On each of the dates specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay interest accrued on the principal amount outstinding during the preceding Interest Period, calculated at the rate applicable during such Interest Period. (b) As soon as practicible after the end of each Semester, the Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of such Semester. (c) For the purposes of this Section: (i) "Interest Period" means a six-month period ending on the date immediately preceding each date specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, beginning with the Interest Period in which this Agreement is signed. -4- (ii) "Cost of Qualified Borrowings" means the cost, as reasonably determined by the Bank and expressed as a percentage per annum, of the outstanding borrowings of the Bank drawn down after June 30, 1982, excluding such borrowings or portions thereof as the Bank has allocated to fund: (A) the Bank's investments; and (B) loans which may be made by the Bank after July 1, 1989 bearing interest rates determined otherwise than as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. (iii) "Semester" means the first six months or the second six months of a calendar year. (d) On such date as the Bank may specify by no less than six months' notice to the Borrower, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) (iii) of this Section shall be amended to read as follows: "(a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of the Loan withdrawn ad outstanding from time to time, at a rate for each Quarter equal to the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of the preceding Quarter, plus one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%). On each of the dates specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay interest accrued on the principal amount outstanding during the preceding Interest Period, calculated at the rates applicable during such Interest Period." "(b) As soon as practicable after the end of each Quarter, the Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of such Quarter." "(c) (iii) 'Quarter' means a three-month period commencing on January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1 in a calendar year." Section 2.06. Interest and other charges shall be payable semiannually on January I and July 1 in each year. Section 2.07. The Borrower shall repay the principal amount of the Loan in accordance with the amortization schedule set forth in Schedule 1 to this Agreement. -5- ARTICLE III Execution of the Project Section 3.01. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section, Sections 2.02 (b), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 4.01 of the Development Credit Agreement and Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 thereto are incorporated in the Loan Agreement, with the following modifications in said Sections and Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the term "Association" shall be read as "Bank"; (ii) the term "Credit" and "Credit Account" shall be read as "Loan" and "Loan Account"; and (iii) the term "this Agreement" shall be read as "the Development Credit Agreement". (b) So long as any part of the Credit provided for under the Development Credit Agreement shall remain outstanding and unless the Borrower has been notified otherwise by the Bank: (i) all actions taken, including approvals given, by the Association pursuant to any of the Sections of, and Schedules to, the Development Credit Agreement enumerated in paragraph (a) of this Section, as well as pursuant to Section 2.02 (a) of the Development Credit Agreement, shall be deemed to be taken or given in the name and on behalf of both the Association and the Bank; and (ii) all information or documentation furnished by the Borrower to the Association pursuant to the provisions of any of such Sections of the Development Credit Agreement or Schedules thereto shall be deemed to be furnished to both the Association and the Bank. -6- ARTICLE IV Remedies of the Bank Section 4.01. Pursuant to Section 6.02 (1) of the General Conditions, the following additional events are specified, namely, the events set out in Section 5.01 of the Development Credit Agreement, provided, however, that the term "Association" wherever it appears in such Section shall be read as "Bank". Section 4.02. Pursuant to Section 7.01 (h) of the General Conditions, the following additional events are specified, namely, the events set out in Section 5.02 of the Development Credit Agreement. ARTICLE V Effective Date; Termination Section 5.01. The following event is specified as additional condition to the effectiveness of the Loan Agreement within the meaning of Section 12.01 (c) of the General Conditions, namely, that all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Development Credit Agreement shall have been fulfilled, other than those related to the effectiveness of this Agreement. Section 5.02. The date ] is hereby specified for the purposes of Section 12.04 of the General Conditions. Section 5.03. If the Development CreMit Agreement terminates prior to the termination of this Agreement, the provisions of the Development Credit Agreement referred to in this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect between the Borrower and the Bank. -7- ARTICLE VI Representative of the Borrower; Addresses Section 6.01. The Minister of Finance of the Borrower is designated as representative of the Borrower for the purposes of Section 11.03 of the General Conditions. Section 6.02. The following addresses are specified for the purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: For the Borrower: Ministry of Finance Government Building Castries, St. Lucia, WI For the Bank: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: Telex: INTBAFRAD 248423 (RCA) Washington, D.C. 82987 (FTCC) 64145 (WUI) or 197688 (TRT) -8- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names in as of the day and year first above written. ST. LUCIA By Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By A 4'g Regional Vice President Latin America and the Caribbean -9- SCHEDULE 1 Amortization Schedule Payment of Principal Date Payment Due (expressed in dollars)* On each January 1 and July 1 beginning January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2010 115,000 and on July 1, 2010 95,000 * The figures in this column represent dollar equivalents determined as of the respective dates of withdrawal. See General Conditions, Sections 3.04 and 4.03. - 10 - Premiums on Prepayment Pursuant to Section 3.04 (b) of the General Conditions, the premium payable on the principal amount of any maturity of the Loan to be prepaid shall be the percentage specified for the applicable time of prepayment below: Time of Prepayment Premium The interest rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) applicable to the Loan on the day of prepayment multiplied by: Not more than three years 0.20 before maturity More than three years bu: 0.40 not more than six years before maturity More than six years but 0.73 not more than 11 years before maturity More than 11 yea:s but not 0.87 more than 13 years before maturity More than 13 years before 1.00 maturity INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original in the archives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. FOR SECRETARY