EX-10.2 3 y01610exv10w2.txt MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.2 MASTER CREDIT AGREEMENT UBS CORPORATE FINANCING 1. BORROWER MGI Luxury Group S.A: Nidaugasse 35 2502 Biel (hereinafter referred to as the 'Borrower') 2. LENDER UBS AG Barenplatz 8 3011 Bern (hereinafter referred to as 'UBS') 3. CREDIT FACILITY UBS grants the Borrower a credit facility in a MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 8 000 000 CHF (Swiss Francs eight million). 4. FINANCING PURPOSE To finance operating assets. 5. AVAILABILITY Subject to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, this credit facility is available in the following forms: - as a current account overdraft in CHF and/or any freely-available and convertible currency. - as UBS fixed advances with terms of 1 - 12 months in an amount of at least 500 000 CHF and/or the equivalent in any freely-available and convertible currency. - for issuing of guarantees in a form acceptable to UBS for a period of up to one year. - for opening of documentary credits in a form acceptable to UBS for a period of up to one year. 6. INTEREST RATES AND COMMISSION 6.1 UBS CURRENT ACCOUNTS The interest rate currently applicable for use with CHF is 4.5% p.a. No loan commission is charged. At the end of each calendar quarter, a closing statement showing interest shall be provided. UBS shall have the right to adjust interest rates to changing market conditions at any time with immediate effect. Interest rates and commission are subject to a separate Pooling Agreement dated 21st February 2002. 75165 E VS 03.3 530580320 Page 1/5 6.2 UBS FIXED ADVANCES For any advance with a term of up to and including 6 months, principal and interest shall be calculated and charged as a single payment at maturity. For any advance with a term of more than 6 months, interest shall be calculated and charged quarterly at the end of each calendar quarter. Principal and interest shall be calculated and charged at maturity. The base interest rate shall be calculated according to Euromarket rates for the relevant term and currency plus a UBS margin. The interest rate shall be fixed two bank working days prior to.any advance being drawn down or renewed, for the corresponding term and currency. The instructions for drawdown or renewal must be received by UBS at least two bank working days before such drawdown or renewal. Where such instructions are unavailable, advances falling due will not be renewed and both principal and interest will be debited from the relevant current account. 6.3 GUARANTEES/DOCUMENTARY CREDITS Commission and fees shall be fixed by UBS on a case-by-case basis, and shall depend on the nature, size, term and complexity of the transaction. 6.4 INTEREST CALCULATION Interest shall be calculated on a 365/360 basis, i.e. the actual number of days per month divided by a 360-day year. 7. TERM Until further notice. 8. TERMINATION 8.1 ORDINARY TERMINATION The Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Credit Agreement at any time with immediate effect. UBS shall have the right to terminate this Credit Agreement at any time with immediate effect, and to refuse to make funds available to the Borrower under the credit facility at its discretion, without having to provide any reasons. Any termination shall cancel the unused portion of the credit facility with immediate effect. To the extent that the credit facility has been drawn down, any outstanding amounts shall become due and payable as follows: - UBS CURRENT ACCOUNT immediately - UBS FIXED ADVANCE on expiration of the agreed term Any guarantees and documentary credits issued by UBS shall remain in effect with no changes until their expiration in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable on a case-by-case basis, and the Borrower shall remain fully liable. 8.2 EXTRAORDINARY TERMINATION The Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Credit Agreement at any time by giving 30 calendar days prior notice, and to repay any outstanding amounts in whole or in part. In the event that any prepayment is made during a fixed interest period or on a day other than the date originally agreed for repayment, an indemnity for prepayment shall be payable-pursuant to <> on the actual date that the prepayment is made. UBS shall have the right to terminate this Credit Agreement at any time with immediate effect, and to declare all outstanding amounts including accrued interest, commission, fees, etc, immediately due and payable, irrespective of the term of any credit facility granted, if: 1) the Borrower or a Group company (< 1) the Borrower has not created any security interest in respect of its own obligations and/or the obligations of third parties other than security-given under this Credit Agreement or in the context of other credit agreements with UBS and/or any security given in favour of other creditors with respect to which the Borrower has expressly notified UBS. 2) no event has occurred which would entitle UBS to effect extraordinary termination, and no legal action is pending which could have a material adverse effect on the Borrower or its assets 11. NEGATIVE COVENANTS The Borrower undertakes to refrain from entering into any other obligations which are secured by any charge upon its assets, and to refrain from providing security for any existing debt unless all claims arising out of the present agreement have been secured to a degree deemed necessary by UBS so that the Borrower's obligations under this credit facility will rank pari passu with all other obligations. This provision shall not apply to any existing liabilities to the extent of the security already provided. Furthermore, the Borrower shall not grant any security in the above-mentioned manner in favour of any third parties, if the Borrower is part of a group, it shall not grant any security in favour of any companies controlled directly or indirectly by it and/or any third parties. The Borrower shall moreover ensure that and companies controlled directly or indirectly by it do not grant any security in the above-noted manner in favour of any third parties or any other companies controlled directly or indirectly by it. This provision shall not apply to security provided for obligations arising under this Credit Agreement. 12. INFORMATION UNDERTAKING For the entire term of this Credit Agreement, the Borrower undertakes to provide the following information to UBS: 1) one copy of the balance sheet and profit and loss statement, including any appendices, together with the auditor's report, by no later than four months following the close of the fiscal year (separate and consolidated). 2) one copy of the budget, including the investment budget, by no later than 30 calendar days prior to commencement of the relevant fiscal year. The Borrower undertakes, for the entire term of this credit facility, to immediately inform UBS of any material changes, in particular of the occurrence, or likely occurrence, of any circumstances which might constitute grounds for extraordinary termination. 13. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT No utilisation may be drawn down until all copies of the documents listed below have been received by UBS, executed in the required form, and UBS has received the agreed security in legally valid form: - one copy of this Credit Agreement In the event that UBS has not received all of the documents and/or security, in the required form, within one month of the date of execution of this Credit Agreement, UBS shall be authorized to rescind this Credit Agreement without granting any extension of the deadline for receiving the said documents and/or security. 14. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 14.1 GENERAL CONDITIONS The <> of UBS shall form an integral part of this Credit Agreement. 15. TRANSFER UBS shall have the right to offer for transfer, or to transfer, in whole or in part, its rights under this Credit Agreement, including any security provided in respect of the credit facility, such as mortgage notes and any other security, to any third parties in Switzerland or abroad. UBS may at any time provide all third parties, including rating agencies, which may be parties to such transfer, with access to all information and data relevant to the transfer, and shall be exempted in this regard from the statutory obligation to maintain banking secrecy. Insofar as third parties are not subject to Swiss legislation on banking secrecy, information and data shall only be disclosed if the said parties undertake to maintain secrecy and, in turn, ensure that this obligation is binding upon any further contracting parties. All assignees shall be entitled to reassign the rights acquired, provided that each subsequent assignee also undertakes to maintain secrecy. UBS (and any party acquiring rights as a result of any transfer made in accordance with this Clause) may, without having to obtain consent from the Borrower, assign any limit obligation agreed under this Credit Agreement, and/or any other obligations arising hereunder, to the assignee in respect thereof, together with any claims under the credit granted. Any party acquiring such obligations must either be a company affiliated with UBS, or a Swiss or foreign financial institution (bank, insurance company, or similar). UBS shall be released from any obligation to the extent that it transfers save. 16. WAIVER OF SET-OFF The Borrower waives its right to offset its obligations against any claims it may have against UBS and/or any party acquiring rights under this Credit Agreement, even if such claim by way of set-off against UBS, or any party acquiring rights hereunder, may not be recoverable as a result of insolvency or over-indebtedness. 17. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION This Credit Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with SWISS LAW. The place of performance, the place of debt collection (only for persons domiciled outside of Switzerland) and the EXCLUSIVE PLACE OF JURISDICTION for all disputes arising out of and in connection with this Agreement shall be BERN. UBS shall, however, be entitled to commence legal action against the Borrower before the competent authority at the place of its registered office, or before any other competent authority, in which event Swiss law shall continue to apply exclusively. This Agreement was executed in two original copies. Ref. P42M-SVM UBS AG Bern, 17th August 2004 /s/ Norbert Schacht /s/ Katja Schmidt-Zaringer -------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------- Norbert Schacht Katja Schmidt-Zaringer AGREED BORROWER MGI LUXURY GROUP S.A /s/ Biel, August 20, 2004 /s/ K. BURRI /s/ E. 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