EXHIBIT 10.1
Loan Contract
No.: Ba1 1101 080819
00042
Lender (Party
A): International Business Department, Bank of Nanjing Co.,
Ltd.
Borrower:
(Party B): Goldenway Nanjing Garment Co., Ltd.
Whereas Party B
applies to Party A for, and Party A agrees to provide, the loan
stated below and in order to clarify the rights and liabilities of
the two parties, and to protect the legal rights and interests of
both of them, Party A and Party B have duly concluded the Contract
for common observance, according to governing laws and regulations,
and through negotiation and agreement.
Article
1 Amount of the Loan
RMB39,600,000.00, said Thirty-nine Million and
Six Hundred Thousand RMB Yuan.
Article
2 Usage of the Loan
Article
3 Term of the Loan
Commencing on
August 19, 2008 and ending on February 18, 2009.
The actual term
of the loan is subject to the one stipulated in the note which is a
constituent part of the Contract, and is equally
binding.
Article
4 Loan Interest, Default Interest and their Accrual and
Settlement
The interest
rate is monthly, and is calculated according to the method
described in Category 1 listed below:
(Category 1) A
fixed rate of 6.0225‰ remaining unchanged within the Term of
the Loan
(Category 2) A
floating rate adjusted upward or downward from the benchmark
interest rate (i.e. the loan interest rate of the same class
published and put into force by People’s Bank of China)
by /
% to /
‰; in case of a PBC benchmark
interest rate adjusted during the Term of the Loan, this floating
rate is to be adjusted from this benchmark by the upward or
downward margin agreed in this item, on next month’s
corresponding day of the publishing date. And this floating rate is
subject to any other regulations stipulated by People’s Bank
of China.
(1) In case of
Party B’s failure in using the loan in compliance with the
Contract, a default interest is set by adding 100% to the loan
interest of the Contract.
(2) In case of
the loan exceeding the term of loan of the Contract, a default
interests is set by adding 50% to the loan of interest of the
Contract.
(3) In case of
exceeding the term of loan or failure in using the loan in
compliance with the Contract, the interests are to be settled on
default interest rates, from the date of exceeding or the date of
the said failure, until both the principal and interests are
repaid. For any interest not paid on time, a compound interest is
set by a default interest rate.
The interest of
the loan is calculated from the date when the loan is provided.
Under the Contract the interest of the loan is calculated daily by
a daily rate = the monthly rate/30. In case Party B fails to pay
the interest on time, a compound interest rate is set from the next
day of this failure.
4-4 Settlement
of Interests
(1) For the
loan with a fixed interest rate, the interest is calculated with
the rate agreed upon. For the loan with a floating interest rate,
an interest is calculated within each floating term with a rate set
within the term; while multiple times of floatation were there for
one calculation, one interest is calculated within each floating
term, and all the interests calculated are added to a
summation.
(2) The
interest of the loan under the Contract is settled in a quarterly
manner, and the settling date is set on the 20th day of the last
month of the quarter.
Article
5 Guarantee of the Loan
5-1 For the
principal and interests (including compound interest and default
interest, and same in the following text) of the loan under the
Contract, and any penalties, damages, and relevant expenses
(including but not limited to legal cost, arbitration fee, property
preservation charge, travel expense, execution fee, notarial fee,
attorney fee, eligibility fee, auctioneers fee, etc., and same in
the following text) for Party A to realize its creditor’s
rights, one or more types of following guaranties are provided by
the guarantor below:
(1) Jiangsu
Ever-Glory International Enterprises Group Co., Ltd., acting as a
guarantor, provides a guaranty with joint liability guarantee, and
concludes and signs a guaranty contract with Party A.
(2) (Void)
acting as a mortgagor, provides an underlying security with
properties legally owned by or at the disposal of itself, and
concludes and signs a relevant mortgage contract with Party
A.
(3) (Void)
acting as pledgor, provides a pledge of rights with rights legally
owned by or at the disposal of itself, and concludes and signs a
relevant contract of pledge of right.
5-2 In case of
any changes in the guaranty or pledge under the Contract to the
disadvantage of the creditor’s rights of Party A, Party B
shall provide a guaranty or pledge recognized by Party A as
required.
Article
6 Provision and Expense of the Loan
6-1 Only when
the following prerequisites are met simultaneously has Party A the
liability to provide the loan:
(1) The
Contract becomes effective;
(2) Party B has
completed the relevant formalities in approval, registration,
document delivery and others for the loan under the Contract in
accordance with the governing laws and regulations;
(3) When the
Contract is attached with a guaranty, the guaranty contract,
agreement or other guaranty means in conformity with Party
A’s requirements, has taken effect;
(4) Other
pre-conditions set by both parties. (Void)
6-2 Party
B’s Expending Plan of the Loan
Article
7 Repayment of the Loan
7-1 Unless
agreed by Party A in writing, any repayment made by Party B under
the Contract, shall adhere to the principle of paying interest
first and principal after.
7-2 Party B
shall pay due interest to Party A by the settling date. The first
repaying day falls on the first settling date after the loan was
provided. Upon the last time of repayment, all remaining interests
shall be paid with the principal.
7-3 Party B
shall repay the principal according to a plan of Type 1
below:
(Type 1)
Repayment of principal at once when due;
(Type 2)
Repaying by installments, according to the plan below:
7-4 Party B
shall deposit enough fund in an account opened by Party A before
each repaying date agreed upon under the Contract, to let it be
transferred for the repaying, or have a fund transferred from some
other account for the repaying before the repaying date.
7-5 In case of
Party B fails to come to time as stipulated in the above item,
Party A is entitled to deduct its receivables directly from any
settlement account opened by Party B at the side of Party A
(including but not limited to current account, savings account,
national debt account, etc.), and Party B bears by itself any
interest, handling charge, loss from exchange rate fluctuation,
etc. caused by the deduction.
Article
8 Repayment of the Principal in Advance
8-1 If wishing
to repay the principal in advance, Party B needs to apply in
writing with Party A five days beforehand, and is able to repay the
principal partly or wholly only if Party A agrees. When the
principal is repaid by Party B in advance, the interests shall be
calculated in the light of amount of the principal repaid, number
of days when the loan is used, and the loan interest rate set by
Article 4 of the Contract, and the interests shall be settled at
once with the repayment of the principal.
8-2 In the case
of repayment of the principal in advance, Party B shall pay Party A
a compensation, the amount of the compensation = amount of repaid
principal × number of days in advance × __
%.