Exhibit
10.1
LOAN
AGREEMENT
(English
Translation)
Contract
No.411200900051802
Borrower (full name):
Henan Gengsheng Refractories Co., Ltd
Lender (full name):
Agricultural Bank of China, Gongyi City
Branch
Pursuant to the laws and
regulations of the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), and on the
basis of agreement reached through comprehensive negotiations,
Borrower and Lender enter into and consent to be bound by this Loan
Agreement.
Article 1. The
Loan
1. Type of loan:
Short-term Working Capital loan
2. Purpose of Loan:
buy raw and processed materials
3. Loan Amount
(full-form characters): RMB Twenty Millions
4. Loan and Repayment
Terms: one year
(1)
The following table sets
forth the loan and repayment terms.
|
Loan
|
Repayment
|
|
Year
|
Month
|
Date
|
Amount
|
Year
|
Month
|
Date
|
Amount
|
|
2008
|
March
|
23
|
RMB20,000,000
|
2008
|
3
|
22
|
RMB20,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
(US$2,886,003)
|
|
|
|
(US$2,886,003)
|
(If there is not enough
space in the following table, an additional sheet may be attached
to the Loan Agreement and shall constitute an integral part of the
Agreement.)
(2) If
the Loan Amount, Borrowing Date, and Repayment Date herein are
inconsistent with the Loan Amount, Borrowing Date, and Repayment
Date specified in the borrowing voucher (the "Borrowing Voucher");
the Borrowing Voucher shall prevail. The Borrowing Voucher shall
form part of this Loan Agreement and have the same legal force and
effect.
(3) If
the loan is foreign currency one under this contract, the Borrower
should repay the principle and interest in the original kind of
currency in time.
5. Loan Interest
Rate
The RMB loan interest
rate is decided as method mentioned in the following (1)
.
(1)
Floating Interest
Rate
The Loan interest rate
upward (upward/down) floats 10% on the interest rate
basis. The executed annual interest rate is 5.841% .
The interest rate basis for the loan under 5-year (including
5-year) is as the basis interest rate for the same period RMB loan
published by the People’s Bank of China. The interest rate
basis for the loan above 5-year is as the basis interest rate for
the RMB loan published by the People’s Bank of China plus
/ (in Words) %.
The interest is adjusted
in six -month cycle. If the basis interest rate for RMB loan
of the People’s Bank of China adjusts, the Borrower
determines new interest rate according to the basis interest rate
of corresponding time period after adjustment and the calculation
method mentioned above without informing the Lender from the
corresponding date of the loan of the first month in the next cycle
after the adjustment of basis interest rate. If the adjustment date
of the basis interest rate is the same as the provision day of the
loan or the corresponding date of the loan of the first month in
the same cycle, the new executed interest rate for the loan is
determined from the adjustment date of the basis interest rate. If
there is no corresponding loan date, the last day of that month is
regarded as the corresponding date of the loan.
(2)
Fixed Interest
Rate
The Loan interest rate
/ (upward/down) floats _ on the interest rate
basis. The executed annual interest rate is __ . The
interest rate basis for the loan under 5-year (including 5-year) is
as the basis interest rate for the same period RMB loan published
by the People’s Bank of China. The interest rate basis for
the loan above 5-year is as the basis interest rate for the RMB
loan published by the People’s Bank of China plus /
(in Words) %.
The interest rate for
foreign currency loan is determined as method described in /
:
(1) / (in
Words) months / (LIBOR/HIBOR) + interest rate of
loan which is consist from interest rate spread of
(2)
/ % and floated
by / (in Words) months. LIBOR/HIBOR is the London/Hong
Kong Interbank Offered Rate for the corresponding time period as
published by Reuters two working days before the interest rate
calculation day.
(3) The executed annual
interest rate is / till the expiration day of the
loan.
(4) Other method
/
.
6. Interest
Payment
Interest on the Loan
Amount shall accrue on the 20th day of each month ( Month/
Last month of the Quarter) and shall be paid monthly
(Monthly/Quarterly) (the "Accrual Date"). The Borrower should pay
the interest on every Accrual Date. If there is no accrual date for
the last repayment date of the principle, the unpaid interest
should be settled with the principle ( the daily interest rate =
monthly interest rate / 30).
Article 2 Conditions
precedent to performance by lender under this loan
agreement:
1. Borrower shall open a
general deposit account with Lender.
2. The Borrower shall
provide any relevant documents and materials that Lender may
request and has completed all the relevant procedures.
3. If the loan in this
contract is foreign currency one, the Borrower has completed all
the related approval, registration and other legal procedures as
required by regulations.
4. If the Loan Amount is
secured by collateral or hypothecation, Borrower shall have
registered and/or applied for and obtained insurance or performed
other such legal formality as requested by Lender and shall
maintain the effectiveness of said security and insurance. If the
loan in this contract is under guarantee, the guarantee contract is
signed and goes into effect.
Article 3 Rights
& Obligations of Lender
1. Lender shall have the
right to know the Borrower's production
operations, financial
affairs, commodity stock and the use of loan funds and to request
that Borrower provide, in a timely manner, to Lender all documents,
materials and information such as the financial statement of
Borrower.
2. The Lender can stop
providing the loan or taking back the loan in advance if the
adverse behaviors or situations which are including but not limited
to the ones listed in 7 、
8 and 9 of Article 4 in
this contract happen.
3. When Lender collects,
upon or prior to the due dates, the Principal, interest, penalty
interest, compound interest and other fees as stipulated per this
agreement from Borrower, Lender shall have the right to directly
transfer funds from Borrower's any account with Lender.
4. If the money repaid
by the Borrower is not enough to pay off all the due amount in this
contract, the Lender could choose to use this amount of money to
repay the Principle, interest, penalty interest, compound interest
and other fees.
5. If the Borrower does
not implement the obligation of the repayment, the Lender can
publicly disclose the default behavior of the Borrower.
6. Subject to Borrower
complying with the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement,
Lender shall release to Borrower, pursuant to the schedule, the
Loan Amount.
Article 4
Ri