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Exhibit 10.66
(English Translation of Original Document)
STOCK PURCHASE, DEBT ACKNOWLEDGMENT, MORTGAGE, AND TERMINATION
OF OBLIGATIONS
AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT") ENTERED INTO BY:
(i) NATIONAL FINANCIERA, S.N.C., IN ITS CAPACITY AS FINANCIAL
TRUST INSTITUTION
CAPITALIZATION AND INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE RURAL SECTOR
("FOCIR"), as Seller,
represented herein by Francisco Javier Delgado Mendoza;
(ii) The mercantile company organized and existing under the
laws of the United
Mexican States "SIERRA RANCHOS, S.A. DE C.V." ("PURCHASER");
represented herein
by Mr. Jakes Jordaan, in its capacity as Sole Administrator.
(iii) The company "THE UNIMARK GROUP, INC." organized under the
laws of the
State of Texas of the United States of America ("UNIMARK");
represented herein
by Mr. Jakes Jordan, as legal representative.
(iv) The mercantile company organized and existing under the
laws of the United
Mexican States "GRUPO INDUSTRIAL SANTA ENGRACIA, S.A. DE C.V."
("GISE" or the
"JOINT OBLIGOR"); represented herein by Mr. Jakes Jordaan, as
legal
representative.
Pursuant to the following Recitals, Representations, and
Clauses:
R E C I T A L S
1. On February 21, 2000, UNIMARK, the company GMARTINEZ, S.A. DE
C.V. ("GM") and
JOSE MARTINEZ BROHEZ ("JMB"), collectively, the "Private
Shareholders", entered
into, along with FOCIR, a Management Partnership Agreement
(Convenio de
Asociacion Empresarial) (hereinafter "CAE"), through which FOCIR
and the Private
Shareholders agreed to contribute to the equity interest of
GISE, for the
purpose of creating the Investment Project described
therein.
2. Pursuant to the terms of the CAE, the participation in the
equity interest of
GISE on the part of FOCIR increased to $48,000,000.00
(Forty-eight million and
00/100 pesos).
3. As provided in the CAE, pursuant to the general ordinary
shareholders meeting
of GISE, held February 21, 2000, formalized in public deed
number 7452 before
Blanca Amalia Cano Garza de Bello, registered in the Public
Notary Office number
187 of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, FOCIR took out 26,179,127
representative
shares of working capital of GISE without assigning a nominal
value, paying as
consideration, on February 25, 2000 an amount of $30,000,000.00
(Thirty million
and 00/100 pesos).
4. In the general shareholders meeting referenced in the
preceding paragraph,
the shareholders of GISE agreed to the increase of the variable
working capital
of GISE up to the amount of $68,000,000.00 (Sixty-eight million
and 00/100
pesos), authorizing the Board of Directors to issue the titles
representing the
increase in working capital, and maintaining for such effects
any unsubscribed
shares in the treasury of the company.
5. Pursuant to the above-referenced issue of shares, on June 30,
2000, FOCIR
contributed $13,116,000.00 (Thirteen million, one hundred
sixteen thousand and
00/100 pesos) to the equity interest of GISE and on November 16,
2000
contributed $3,917,971.00 (Three million, nine hundred seventeen
thousand, nine
hundred seventy-one and 00/100 pesos) comprising almost the
total amount of
contributions to the equity interest of GISE committed under the
CAE, and
increasing the share participation of FOCIR in GISE to
$47,033,971.00
(Forty-seven million, thirty-three thousand, nine hundred
seventy-one 00/100
pesos).
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6. Pursuant to the above-referenced contributions of FOCIR to
the equity
interest of GISE, the Fund subscribed and paid for a total of
26,003,444
ordinary shares, nominally represented in the variable capital
of the company,
of the 160,069,799 shares that represent the total of the equity
interest
subscribed and paid of GISE as of the date hereof.
7. Pursuant to clause Fourth of the CAE, the participation of
FOCIR would be
temporary and would remain effective for a period of nine (9)
years, beginning
from the date of the first share contribution by FOCIR in the
equity interest of
GISE, i.e. its equity participation would conclude on February
25, 2009.
8. Pursuant to clause Fourth of the CAE, the Private
Shareholders have the
option to purchase in advance the shares repreentative of the
capital stock of
FOCIR. Therefore, so as to accommodate the interest of the
parties to the CAE
and party hereto; FOCIR, GISE, and UNIMARK executed a "Letter of
Intent with
Terms and Conditions" (Carta de Intencion con Terminos y
Condiciones) in which
they expressly, but not exclusively, set forth the terms and
conditions by which
they agreed to implement and eventually to formalize the
resolutions of each and
every obligation contained in such, as well as an acknowledgment
of a debt
resulting from the purchase price of the representative shares
of the equity
interest of GISE, property of FOCIR. A copy of such Letter of
Intent is attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
9. Pursuant to an agreement by the General Manager of FOCIR,
pursuant to the
powers granted by the H. Techical Committee, the disinvestment
by FOCIR in the
equity interest of GISE, in the amount of $47,034,000.00
(Forty-seven million,
thirty-three thousand and 00/100 pesos), was authorized which
represents the
"historic" value of the share participation of this Fund, under
the credit
conditions set forth herein.
10. On August 2, 2004, GISE held at a General Shareholders
Meeting, whereby,
among others, they adopted the legal and statutory resolutions
necessary for
GISE and the Private Shareholders to execute this Agreement, as
evidenced in
public deed number 13,344, granted before Mr. Francisco Hugues
Velez, Public
Notary No. 212 of the Federal District.
RE P R E S E N T A T I O N S
1. FOCIR represents that:
(i) It is a Public Trust, organized by the Ministry of Finance
and Public Credit
and Nacional Financiera, S.N.C. (Secretaria de Hacienda y
Credito Publico y
Nacional Financiera, S.N.C.) under the laws of the United
Mexican States, fully
authorized in accordance with its purpose to enter into this
Agreement.
(ii) The legal representative has the legal capacity and
sufficient authority to
execute this Agreement, which have not been revoked, modified or
restricted in
any manner as of the date hereof.
(iii) Based on the representations and warranties of GISE and
the Private
Shareholders, it is prepared to enter into this Agreement, on
the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
2. THE PURCHASER represents that:
(i) It is a mercantile company duly organized and existing
pursuant to the laws
of the United Mexican States, fully authorized in accordance
with its corporate
purpose to execute this Agreement, as evidenced in public deed
number 13,348
dated August 4, 2004, granted before Mr. Francisco Hugues Velez,
Notary Public
number 212 of the Federal District, pending its
registration.
(ii) Its legal representative has the legal capacity and
sufficient authority to
execute the present Agreements, which, as of the date hereof,
have not been
revoked, modified, or restricted in any manner, as evidenced in
the
aforementioned public deed .
(iii) It agrees to execute this Agreement, on the terms and
conditions set forth
herein.
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(iv) As set forth in the letters attached hereto as Annex "B",
"GM", and "JMB"
have expressly and irrevocably waived (i) any right of first
refusal granted to
them under article XIII of the By-laws of GISE to acquire, on a
pro rata basis
to the number of shares held by it in GISE, the shares property
of FOCIR,
representative of the capital stock of GISE, to be transferred
in favor of THE
BUYER, as well as (ii) the procedure set forth in article XIII
of the Bylaws of
GISE for the transfer of shares representative of its capital
stock.
3. GISE represents that:
(i) It is a mercantile company duly organized and existing under
the laws of the
United Mexican States, fully authorized in accordance with its
corporate purpose
to execute this Agreement, as evidenced in public deed number
953 dated August
2, 1988 granted before Blanca Amalia Cano Garza de Bello, Notary
Public
registered with the Public Notary Office number 187 of Ciudad
Victoria,
Tamaulipas, registered on August 29, 1988 in the Public Registry
of Property and
Commerce of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas under number 65, Book
57, Commerce
Section.
(ii) Its Legal Representative has the legal capacity and
sufficient authority to
execute the present Agreements, which have not been revoked,
modified or
restricted in any manner as of the date hereof, as evidenced by
public deed
number 13,348 dated August 4, 2004, granted before Mr. Francisco
Hugues Velez,
Notary Public number 212 of the Federal District, pending its
registration.
(iii) It agrees to enter into this Agreement, on the terms and
conditions set
forth herein.
(iv) Its Federal Tax Registry is: GIS-880802-GH6.
(v) Its Shareholders Meeting dated August 2, 2004 authorized the
transfer of
shares referenced to in the Clause Second hereof, so as to
create an obligation
as set forth in the CAE, duly subscribed and signed by the
Private Shareholders
and by GISE.
4. UNIMARK represents that:
(i) It is an American company, duly organized under the laws of
the State of
Texas on December 31, 1991 and registered on January 3, 1992, in
the Corporate
Section of the Secretary of State of Texas.
(ii) Its legal representative has the legal capacity and
sufficient authority to
execute the present Agreements, which as of the date hereof,
have not been
revoked, modified or restricted in any manner.
(iii) It agrees to execute this Agreement with FOCIR, pursuant
to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
(iv) It agrees to terminate the Trust referenced in Clause First
hereof, as set
forth herein.
(v) It expressly and irrevocably waives (i) the right of first
refusal granted
by article XIII of the by-laws of GISE, to acquire, on a pro
rata basis to the
shares held by it in GISE, the shares owned by FOCIR
representative of the
capital stock of GISE to be transferred in favor of PURCHASER,
as well as (ii)
the procedure set forth in article XIII of the by-laws of GISE
for the transfer
of shares representative of its capital stock.
Given the foregoing recitals and representations, the parties
acknowledge
the capacity in which they act and agree and submit to the
following:
C L A U S E S
FIRST. DEFINITIONS
The terms used herein and set forth below will have the
following meanings,
whether plural or singular, capitalized or in lower case:
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Shares. Means the shares representative of the capital stock of
GISE to which
Clause Second hereof refers to and that the BUYER buys from
FOCIR.
Debt. Means the amount set forth in Clause Third Hereof, which
represents the
amount that THE PURCHASER acknowledges is owed to FOCIR for the
purchase of the
Shares, not including interest, expenses, premiums or any other
amount generated
by the Debt itself.
CAE. Shall mean the Convenio de Asociacion Empresarial referred
to in Recital 1
hereof.
CCP. Means the last rate (Costo de Captacion a Plazo de Pasivos
en Moneda
Nacional) that Banco de Mexico deems representative of the
collective of
multiple banking institutions, published in the Official Federal
Gazette (Diario
Oficial de la Federacion) for the ordinary interest to the date
on which each
Interest Calculation Period begins and for the moratory interest
to the date on
which occurs the delay, recognizing that that both the ordinary
and moratory
interests with vary monthly together with the variations of the
CCP.
Agreement. Means this Stock Purchase, Debt Acknowledgment,
Mortgage, and
Termination of Obligations Agreement.
Business Day. Means any day not considered a holiday in
accordance with
applicable provisions of the Mexican Banking System.
Payment Date(s). Mean(s) the last business day of the month of
October of each
of the years from 2004 to 2011.
Trust. Means the Irrevocable Guarantee Trust Agreement (Contrato
de Fideicomiso
Irrevocable de Garantia) entered into on February 21, 2000 by
and among the
Private Shareholders, GISE, and FOCIR with Banco Santander
Mexicano, S.A.,
Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Santander
Mexicano, as trustee.
Notes. Mean the negotiable instruments to be subscribed by the
BUYER duly
guaranteed by GISE in favor of FOCIR to evidence the Debt.
Interest Calculation Period. Means the period of time for which
the interest
that accrue on the Indebtedness is calculated, the first
Interest Calculation
Period commencing the day of execution hereof and ending the
last date of such
month and each subsequent Interest Calculation Period beginning
immediately
after the completion of the previous Interest Calculation Period
and ending the
last day of such month and so on, recognizing that the
computation thereof
includes all the days of the Interest Calculation Period,
provided that the last
Interest Calculation Period of Indebtedness will end exactly on
the date on
which the last capital amortization payment is made.
Outstanding Indebtedness. Means the amount of capital of the
Debt that has not
been covered by THE BUYER in a specific date.
Cetes Rate. Means the average of the annual yield, equal to the
discount of the
Federation Treasury Certificates (Certificados de la Tesoreria
de la Federacion)
(Cetes) in the first exchange issued for a term of twenty-eight
(28) days or for
a substitute term in the case of non business days,
corresponding to the
auctions held during the immediately preceding month on the
first date of each
Interest Calculation Period or on the date on which the delay
occurs,
recognizing that both the ordinary and moratory interest will
vary monthly
together with the variations of the Cetes Rate.
TIIE Rate. Means the Interbank Balance Interest Rate (Tasa de
Interes
Interbancaria de Equilibrio) published periodically by Banco de
Mexico in the
Official Federal Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federacion) on
the last day of
the preceding month, as well as of the date on which the first
Credit
Disbursement (Disposicion de Credito) as well as on the date on
which the delay
occurs, provided that the calculation of ordinary and moratory
interests, as the
case may be, will be made monthly based on the last Interbank
Balance Interest
Rate published in the preceding month, regardless of the term
for which it was
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determined and if on such date various Interbank Balance
Interest Rates for
various terms are published the following will apply: (i) the
Interbank Balance
Interest Rate set for the term of twenty-eight (28) days; (ii)
failing that,
that Interbank Balance Interest Rate for term of greater than
twenty-eight (28)
days that is closest to the length of such term; and (iii)
failing that, the
Interbank Balance Interest Rate for a term of less than
twenty-eight (28) days
that is closest to the length of such term, recognizing that
both the ordinary
and moratory interest rates will vary monthly together with the
variations in
the TIIE.
SECOND. PURCHASE
In accordance herewith, in order to accommodate the interests of
Unimark, GISE,
and FOCIR, THE PURCHASER purchases for FOCIR, which, in turn
sells each and
every of its shares representing the equity interest of GISE
duly subscribed and
paid for by FOCIR (the "Shares") as set forth below, for the
price of
$47,034,000.00 (forty-seven million, thirty-four thousand and
00/100 pesos).
The Shares acquired by the PURCHASER are those represented by
the following
share certificate:
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CERTIFICATE SERIES SHARES REPRESENTED AMOUNT
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9 B 26,003,444 N/A
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In connection herewith, FOCIR will deliver to THE PURCHASER the
stock titles
described in this clause, duly endorsed in blank in its favor,
for the purpose
of delivering the shares in connection with the purchase.
FOCIR and THE PURCHASER expressly agree that the purchase price
of the Shares
will be paid to FOCIR within a maximum period of seven years,
three months,
accrued beginning with the signature hereof, made in seven
annual partial
payments in consecutive installments on the Debt Payment Dates,
pursuant to the
conditions set forth in the Clause Sixth hereof.
As a result the execution of this Agreement, FOCIR grants to THE
PURCHASER the
broadest receipt allowable by law with respect to the
fulfillment of the
obligation delivery of the purchase price, on the understanding
that as of the
date hereof THE PURCHASER acknowledges that it owes to FOCIR the
amount of Debt,
same that amounts to the purchase price.
In virtue of the foregoing, GISE agrees to register the transfer
of Shares
referred to in this clause in its Shareholders Registry
Book.
THIRD. DEBT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As consideration for the Purchase of the Shares referenced in
Clause SECOND
hereof, THE PURCHASER expressly and irrevocably acknowledges
that as of the date
hereof it owes to FOCIR the amount of $47,034,000.00
(forty-seven million,
thirty-four thousand and 00/100 pesos) (the "Debt"), on the
understanding that
the Debt will accrue ordinary and moratory interest, as the case
may be, from
the date of execution hereof at the interest rate and under the
conditions set
forth in Clause Fifth hereof.
The amount of the Debt does not include interest and expenses
arising from this
Agreement.
FOURTH. TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
As a result of the purchase of Shares referred to in Clause
Second hereof,
FOCIR, in its capacity as Trustee, and UNIMARK, in their
capacity as settlor,
who must obtain the consent of the rest of the settlers (the
"Settlors"), hereby
demonstrate their express and irrevocable intent to terminate
the Trust.
Considering the foregoing, the parties agree to notify the
Trustee of their
decision to terminate the Trust, so that said institution,
together with FOCIR
in its capacity as Trustee, and the Private Shareholders in
their capacity of
Settlors, and pursuant to the provisions on fraction I of
article 392 of the
General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions
(Ley General de
Titulos y Operaciones de Credito), will
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carry out the corresponding termination, as well as see to other
necessary
matters for the formalization of said termination and to conform
to the
provisions of article 393 of the General Law of Negotiable
Instruments and
Credit Transactions (Ley General de Titulos y Operaciones de
Credito), the
return being in favor of the Settlors of the pledged interests,
recognizing that
any expense arising in connection with the termination of the
Trust will be
charged to the Settlors.
FIFTH. DEBT INTEREST
The Debt will accrue ordinary and moratory interest from the
date of execution
hereof, which will be calculated on a basis of a year of three
hundred sixty
(360) days and of days which have effectively elapsed.
A) ORDINARY INTEREST.
THE PURCHASER hereby agrees to pay to FOCIR on a quarterly
basis, with
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