Exhibit 10 (xv)
SUPPLY AGREEMENT NO. 3
March 31, 2001
This Agreement is made on the date as set out below
BETWEEN
*, a company duly organized and existing under the laws of Sweden, having its
head offices at * (referred hereinafter * ) and its subsidiary *.
AND
Bontex Inc. and Bontex S.A., ( referred hereinafter Bontex)
WHEREAS, * desires to sell and Bontex desires to purchase, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, certain qualities of pulp to be manufactured
by * at its pulp manufacturing facility in *.
Now, therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows :
1. DEFINITIONS
- " Delivery point U.S. " shall mean the facility at
Bontex Inc.1, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇.▇.▇.
- " Delivery point Belgium " shall mean the facility at
Bontex ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ Slar ▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
- " Product or Products " shall mean Flashdried
unbleached sulphite Pulp.
- " USD " shall mean the lawful currency of the United
States of America.
- "ADMT " shall mean one thousand (1.000) kilograms of
air-dry pulp.
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2. SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS
2.1 During the term of this Agreement * agree to sell to Bontex
and Bontex agrees to purchase from * ▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) ADMT
of the Products annually.
2.2 delivery terms : see Appendix no 1.
3. PRICES AND PAYMENT
3.1 From January 1st to June 30th, 2001 the price is US$ * per
ADMT.
From July 1st 2001, for a period of 5 years, the price is US$
* per ADMT. This figure is subject to revision according to
FOEX/PIX index. If the NBSK index is more than US$ * above or
below the US$ * level, then shall the price be adjusted with *
percent of the increase or the decrease. Any adjustment to the
agreed base price because of index change will be made on the
basis of the actual index rate on the day of invoicing.
3.2 Payment terms : see Appendix no 1.
4. FORECAST AND ORDERS
4.1 Bontex will provide before the 15th of each month the
quantities to be delivered the following month.
5. PENALTY
5.1 If * fails to deliver the Product on the acknowleged delivery
date and such failure is not caused by Bontex or by any force
majeure event, * will purchase on open market equivalent pulp
and supply Bontex at Supply Contract price.
6. QUALITY OF PRODUCT
6.1 * shall supply the Products to Bontex in accordance with the
specifications in the Appendix 4 (technical data sheet *).
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7. WARRANTY
7.1 Bontex warrants that it can lawfully enter into this Agreement
and that it has complied and will continue to comply with all
legal prerequisites and formalities or governmental laws or
regulations, which are necessary for Bontex' performance of
its obligations under this Agreement.
7.2 * warrants that it can lawfully enter into this Agreement and
that is has complied and will continue to comply with all
legal prerequisites and formalities or governmental laws or
regulations, which are necessary for * performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 Each party shall retain all confidential information furnished
by the disclosing party to the receiving party hereunder as
strictly confidential, and shall refrain from disclosing the
same to any third party, except for the information which :
(i) is or falls within the public domain through
no fault of the receiving party or its
affiliate ; or
(ii) is or has been known to the receiving party
in good faith as evidenced by its written
records or other competent proof before
receipt of the said information from a
disclosing party ; or
(iii) is disclosed to the receiving party in good
faith by a third party who has the right to
make such disclosure.
8.2 Notwithstanding the above, a receiving party may disclose such
information:
a) to its employees who should have access to
the information to safeguard that the
receiving party pursuits according to this
Agreement.
b) as required by law; or
c) to the extent such disclosure is necessary
to achieve the purposes of this
Agreement.
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9. TERM, TERMINATION
9.1 This Agreement enters into force on January 1, 2001 and it
shall remain in force for a period of five ( 5) years and six
( 6)months.
9.2 Notwithstanding the above, this Agreement may be terminated at
any time by either party sending a written notice to the other
in the event of a material breach of any conditions of this
Agreement by the other party continuing for a period of six
(6) months after notice by the non-defaulting party specifying
the default complained of, and failure of the defaulting party
to remedy such default within the above six (6) months period.
10. FORCE MAJEURE
10.1 A force majeure event shall mean any event or condition, not
existing as of the date hereof, not reasonably foreseeable as
of such date and not reasonably within the control of either
party, which prevents in whole or in material part the
performance of one of the parties of its obligations
hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the following shall
constitute force majeure events: Acts of state or governmental
action, epidemics, riots, war, strikes, lock outs, suspension,
termination, or interruption of utilities, fire, flood,
hurricane, earthquake, and explosion.
10.2 The party wishing to claim relief by reason of force majeure
event shall notify the other party in writing without delay.
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
11.1 This Agreement sets out the entire understanding between the
parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes and replaces all previous understandings and
agreements between the parties, whether oral or written, in
connection with the subject matter hereof.
11.2 Any amendments or supplements to this Agreement shall only be
valid if made in writing and duly executed by both parties
hereto.
12. NOTICES
12.1 Any notice to the other party in connection with this
Agreement shall be delivered in person or sent by registered
letter or telefax.
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13. GENERAL CONDITIONS AND GOVERNING LAW
13.1. To the extent not otherwise agreed the GENERAL TRADE RULES FOR
WOODPULPS, 1975, shall apply for this Agreement.
13.2 This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties
should be governed by the laws of UK and in case of a dispute
this should be settled under the Rules of Conciliation an
Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in
London.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed in two identical
copies, one for each party.
* BONTEX S.A. BONTEX Inc.
______/s/__________ ________/s/_______ __________________
Date 5/9/01 Date 5/9/01 Date _____________
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APPENDIX NO 1.
DELIVERY TERMS: DDU Stembert Mill and DDU Buena Vista respectively.
PAYMENT TERMS: Cash within 10 days from invoice date less 1,5 % discount for
deliveries to Stembert mill and 60 days net for deliveries to Buena Vista mill.
According to INCOTERMS 1990.
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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UNBLEACHED KRAFT SOFTWOOD PULP
PULP FROM THE * MILL
Date: 98-12-07 Issued by: * , *
PROCESS INFORMATION:
Spruce and pine around 50% of each are used as wood supply. 70% arrives as logs,
the rest is waste chips from sawmills. The chips are continuously digested in a
Kamyr digester. After cleaning and washing of the pulp follows an extra super
washing before drying.
All pulp is flash dried.
PULP CHARACTERISTICS:
Kappa number 28 SCAN-C 1:77
Brightness % ISO 29 SCAN-CM 11:95
Intrinsic viscosity dm3/kg 1150 SCAN-C 15:88
Ash Content % 0.20 SCAN-C 6:62
Extractives (Acetone) % 0.13 SCAN-CM 93
Standards SCAN/ISO Testing climate 50% RH 23 (degree)C
Beating rev PFI 3500 5200 6200 7200 9000
Drainage Resistance (degree)SR 20 25 30 35 45
Tensile index Nm/g 95 99 102 102 104
Breaking length m 9700 10100 10350 10400 10600
Burst index kPa m2/g 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.0 8.4
Tear index mN m2/g 13.0 12.7 12.1 11.6 10.7
Folding endurance 401og 3.25 3.29 3.31 3.34 3.40
Light Scattering Coeff. M2/kg 16.0 15.1 14.4 14.0 13.6
Opacity % 93.6 93.1 92.4 92.1 91.6
Density kg/m3 717 750 759 770 780
Bulk cm3/g 1.39 1.33 1.32 1.30 1.28
Air permeability, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇/kPa s 18 9 4.3 2.4 1.1
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