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OPERATION AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT

BETWEEN
STEAMHOUSE INDIA LIMITED
AND
FILATEX INDIA LIMTIED

This Operation and Supply agreement (hereby referred as ‘agreement’) has been entered into
and made effective and binding on ______ day of ____ month to the year Two Thousand and
Twenty- Two (Commencement Date) by and between the Following Parties:

M/s SteamHouse India Ltd (hereby referred as “Operator/Supplier”) Details of Company


and
M/s Filatex India Limited (hereby referred as “Owner/Buyer”) Details of Company

RECITALS
WHERAS, the Owner Owns a Boiler Details of the Boiler with a capacity of 125 TPH
(hereby referred as “project”) and desires to contract for operations, maintenance and
management of the Project as well as purchase the steam produced by the operation
undertaken by the Operator on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
WHEREAS, Operator provides operations, maintenance and management services for the
Boiler, the Operator further agrees to generate the steam using the fuel purchased at the cost
of the Operator and supply the steam to the Owner on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement
The parties have undertaken all necessary Legal/Statutory approvals as may be required to
enter into the present Agreement and are following all the requisite laws applicable.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions hereinafter contained, the
Owner and Operator hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLES
1. AGREEMENT
This Agreement consists of the terms and conditions set forth in the sections captioned
by numbered article designations (“Articles”) and the following appendices, which are
incorporated and made part this Agreement by this reference and are included in any
reference to this Agreement.
If the terms and conditions of the Articles of this Agreement vary or are inconsistent with
any portion of the Appendices, the terms of the Articles of this Agreement shall control
and be given priority, and the provisions of the Appendices shall be subject to the terms of
the Articles. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties and
supersedes all prior agreements, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement. Neither party will be bound by or be deemed to
have made any representations, warranties, commitments, or other undertakings with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not contained in this Agreement.

1.1 Effective Date and Term: This Agreement shall be effective and shall govern the rights
and obligations of the parties from and after the date of this Agreement for a period of 5
(Five) years/months.

1.2 Relationship of The Parties: Operator has been retained by Owner as an independent
contractor to operate, maintain and manage the Project on behalf of Owner, in
accordance with Prudent Utility Practice and the requirements of the Project
Agreements. Owner has delegated to Operator overall responsibility for operating,
maintaining, and managing the Project to ensure that the Project is available to produce
Steam for supply. Further, it is also agreed between the party that the Operator shall
have full and complete rights over the steam generated from the Boiler and the Owner
shall purchase the Steam being produced by the operation undertaken by the
Operator/Supplier.

1.3 Representatives: Owner and Operator shall each designate a representative


("Designated Representative") to act on its behalf in overseeing the performance of this
Agreement. Owner and Operator may change their respective Designated
Representatives upon written notice to the other party given as provided in this
Agreement. Designated Representatives shall be the primary means for communication
and all other interactions between Owner and Operator that are required under this
Agreement. Designated Representatives shall have the power and authority to bind their
respective principals under the terms of this Agreement, with any required internal
corporate approvals with respect to such authority being the responsibility of each
representative to obtain from his or her principal.

2. SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT

The object of this Agreement is to set out the provisions under which the Owner will
deliver to the Operator the Boiler owned by the Owner and the Operator will Operate,
Maintain and manage the Boiler. The agreement further states out the provisions under
which the Operator shall Supply the Steam being produced to the Owner on the virtue that
the Coal is purchased by the Operator and the Owner shall Purchase the steam being
produced. The Operation, Maintenance and Management of the Boiler and Supply of the
Steam shall be exclusively subject to the provisions of this Agreement unless this
Agreement explicitly provides otherwise.
The Owner acknowledges that this Agreement forms the basis of the contractual
relationship between the Parties and waives the application of the Owner’s standard terms
and conditions that usually apply to such transaction. The Owner explicitly agrees that the
provisions of such standard terms and conditions of the Owner shall not bind the Operator,
even if they are printed or attached to orders (if any), confirmations of orders (if any),
shipping documents, invoices, or other business documents.

3. INTERPRETATION CLAUSE
Unless defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the capitalized terms in this Agreement shall
have the meaning set forth in this Section. The terms defined below or used elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the singular or plural as the context requires.
Further, the Terms that are defined in the other Articles shall have the meaning given to
them in those Articles.

3.1 “AFFILIATE” means any person or body Controlled by, Controlling or under common
Control with either party.
3.2 “BILLING METER”
3.3 "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized or required to close in India.
3.4 “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: means any financial, commercial, scientific,
operating and all proprietary information that is made available to the duly authorized
representatives of the Receiving Party in writing or electronic form or labelled as
“confidential” at the time of disclosure. Confidential Information will include but not
be limited to, the contents of all business negotiations including all legal documentation
such as agreements, memoranda of understanding, texts, articles, commentaries, emails,
financial details and projections, and all data given or made available to the Receiving
Party.
3.5 "CONTRACT YEAR" means: (i) for the first Contract Year, that period from the date
of this Agreement to and including March 31 of next year; and (ii) for each Contract
Year thereafter, the financial year starting 1st April.
3.6 “CONTROL, CONTROLLED OR CONTROLLING” shall mean with respect to a
Person, the right or ability, directly or indirectly, to cause a person to act in accordance
with another Person’s instruction.
3.7 ‘DAY’ means a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours beginning and ending at
0800 hours.
3.8 “WEEK’ means a period of seven (7) consecutive days beginning from a day.
3.9 "FORCE MAJEURE EVENT" means an event, condition or circumstance beyond the
reasonable control of, and not due to the fault or negligence of, the party affected, and
which could not have been avoided by due diligence and use of reasonable efforts,
which prevents the performance by such affected party of its obligations hereunder;
provided, that a "Force Majeure Event" shall not be deemed to have occurred or to be
continuing unless the party claiming Force Majeure complies with the requirements of
Section 15.3 (Force Majeure). Subject to the foregoing, "Force Majeure Event" shall
include, as to either party, explosion and fire (in either case to the extent not attributable
to the negligence of the affected party), flood, earthquake, storm or other natural
calamity or act of God, strike or other labour dispute, war, insurrection or riot, actions
or Mass Closure of Industries; Closure of Industries by GPCB or any other Authority;
or restrictions, restraints or requirements imposed by law or by rule, regulation or order
of governmental authorities, failures to act by governmental entities or officials, failure
to obtain governmental permits or approvals (despite timely application therefor and
due diligence) and changes in laws, rules, regulations, orders or ordinances affecting
operation of the Project, which events were not pending on the date of this Agreement.
3.10 ‘FORTNIGHT’ means a period of fifteen (15) consecutive days beginning from a
day.
3.11 ‘FIRST FORTNIGHT’ means a period commencing from the first day of the month
to the fifteenth day of the month.
3.12 ‘MONTH’ means a period beginning at 0800 hours on the first day of the calendar
month and ending at 0800 hours on the first day of the succeeding calendar month.
3.13 "OPERATION” shall mean all the activities undertaken by the Operator to Operate,
maintain manage the Boiler and Generate Steam.
3.14 "PROJECT" means generating Steam in the [Size, technology and other descriptive
information about the Boiler] and related assets, together with other facilities and
related assets, on the property owned by the Owner, located at the ________
3.15 "PROJECT AGREEMENTS" means the agreements relating to the Project, including
any Power Purchase Agreement, Interconnection Agreement, Loan Agreements, this
Agreement and all other agreements applicable to the Project, permits, and licenses
required for the operation, maintenance and management of the Project, as identified in
writing by Owner.
3.16 "PRUDENT UTILITY PRACTICE" means (i) any of the practices, methods, and acts
engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry in the
country and geographic region where the Project is located during the relevant time
period, or (ii) practices, methods and acts that, in the exercise of reasonable judgment
on the facts known (or that reasonably should have been known) at the time a decision
was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable
cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition.
3.17 ‘PERSON’ shall mean any natural person or legal entity, including trustees,
representatives, administrators, heirs, executors, partnerships, corporations, limited
liability companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, and governmental agencies,
departments and branches.
3.18 ‘SECOND FORTNIGHT’ means a period commencing from the sixteenth day of the
month to the last day of the month.
3.19 ‘STEAM’ shall mean steam produced by the Operator at the premises of the Owner,
in the Boiler Owned by the Owner, meeting the Specifications, as described in
________of the present Agreement or varied from time to time in terms of the present
Agreement.
3.20 “SUPPLY” shall mean the supply of steam by the operator to the owner at the price
on the basis of weighted average fuel cost.
3.21 ‘TIME’ shall be stated in ‘Hours’ and shall mean Indian Standard Time.
3.22 ‘TPH’ shall mean tons per hour (1000 kg per hour).

4. SERVICES
4.1 Scope of Service: Operator shall (i) operate, maintain, and manage the Project on behalf
of Owner (“Services”) and (ii) also perform the specific duties set forth in this
Agreement if they are not otherwise required by the standards defined in Section 4.2.
Operator shall further Sell/Supply the Steam of _______ TPH (CONTRACTED
QUANTIY) to the Owner at a pressure of 35KG/cm 2 - 45KG/cm2 at _______degrees
centigrade generated from the operation undertaken by him using the Coal & other fuel
purchased/Imported by the Operator. It is further agreed by the party that the Operator
shall be at a liberty to use the _______TPH Steam extracted from the back pressure
turbine for further re-sale.
4.2 Standards for Performance of the Services: Operator will perform the Services
required under this Agreement, in a prudent, reasonable, and efficient manner and in
accordance with (i) Operating Manuals, the Administrative Procedures Manual and
applicable vendor warranties, (ii) the applicable Annual Project Operating Plan (iii) all
applicable Laws, (iv) Prudent Utility Practices, (v) the Project Agreements, (vi) the
requirements of any System Operator. Operator shall use all reasonable efforts to
optimize the useful life of the Project and to minimize Reimbursable Costs and Project
outages or other unavailability.
4.3 Operator’s Personnel Standards: Operator shall provide as reasonably necessary all
labour and professional, supervisory and managerial personnel as are required to
perform the Services. Such personnel shall be qualified to perform the duties to which
they are assigned and shall meet any requirements for Project personnel under the
Project Agreements. All individuals employed by Operator to perform the Services
shall be employees of Operator, and their working hours, rates of compensation and all
other matters relating to their employment shall be determined solely by Operator. With
respect to labour matters, hiring personnel, and employment policies, Operator shall
comply with all applicable Laws. Operator also shall act in a reasonable manner that is
consistent with the intent and purpose of this Agreement.
4.4 Compliance: Operator shall comply with all Laws applicable to the operation,
maintenance and management of the Project and the performance of the Services.
Operator shall not be responsible for and obtaining, all necessary permits, licenses and
approvals (and renewals of the same) required to allow Operator to do business or
perform the Services in the jurisdictions where the Services are to be performed and it
shall be the duty of the Owner to take all the necessary permit, licenses and approvals.
Owner also shall file such reports, notices, and other communications as may be
required by any governmental agency regarding the Project.
4.5 Procurement of Raw Materials: Operator shall be under an Obligation to procure the
Fuel to be used in the Boiler for generation of Steam at its own cost and the Owner
shall not be liable to pay for the Fuel & other raw material (water, electricity,
chemicals, bed material, maintenance material etc.) procured by the Operator.
4.6 Operating Records and Reports: Operator shall maintain, at a location acceptable to
Owner, the Project operating logs, records, and reports that document the operation and
maintenance of the Project, all in form and substance sufficient to meet Owner's
reporting requirements under the Project Agreements. Operator shall maintain current
revisions of drawings, specifications, lists, clarifications and other materials related to
operation and maintenance of the Project provided to Operator by Owner and vendors.
Operator shall provide Owner reasonably necessary assistance in connection with
Owner's compliance with reporting requirements under the Project Agreements,
applicable Laws or any other agreement to which Owner is a party relating to the
Project. Such assistance shall include providing reports, records, logs and other
information that Owner may reasonably request as to the Project or its operation.
4.7 No Liens or Encumbrances: Owner shall maintain the Project free and clear of all liens
and encumbrances resulting from any action of Owner or work done at the request of
Owner.
4.8 Emergency Action: If an emergency endangering the safety or protection of persons, the
Project, or property located near the Project occurs, Operator can take all necessary
action to attempt to prevent or mitigate any such threatened damage, injury or loss
without any prior permission of the Owner and Operator shall not be held liable for any
loss which has not occurred due to the fault of the operator. However, if any loss is
caused to the Operator due to such accidents, the Owner shall reimburse the Operator
and make good of his loss.
4.9 Overhaul of Major Equipment and Capital Improvements: The cost of all major
equipment teardowns and overhauls and all capital improvements shall be the
responsibility of Operator. Operator shall promptly notify Owner in writing of any
such teardowns and overhauls of major equipment or capital improvements that
Operator believes are necessary or advisable together with a proposed schedule for
completing such repairs or improvements. If Owner has otherwise consented in writing
to reimburse Operator for such costs, Operator shall schedule, coordinate, contract and
oversee the performance of such activities and the expenses made by the Operator for
such teardowns and overhauls immediately after the servicing of such equipment.

5. OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY
5.1 Information: Owner shall provide Operator with all vendor manuals, spare parts lists,
Project data books and drawings which are provided to Owner pursuant to any Project
Agreement or by any contractor responsible for construction, installation, repair or
maintenance of the Project or a part thereof. Subject to the standards of performance
set forth in Article 4.2. Operator shall be entitled to rely upon such information in
performance of the Services. Owner shall also provide Operator with copies of all
Project Agreements and any amendments thereto and any other documents that define
the Project's operating requirements.

5.2 Installation of other technical equipment: The Owner shall be liable to install the back-
pressure Turbine for the extraction of steam for its further supply at the cost of the
owner before the commencement of the operation. The Owner shall ensure that the
Back Pressure turbine is meeting the specification as per the requirement mentioned in
the Annexure B as required by the Operator before the commencement of the Project.
Connection of water supply

If the Owner has not fulfilled its Obligation and due to such failure of fulfilment of its
obligation the Operator/ Supplier has faced loss and damages, the Operator shall be at
liberty to terminate this agreement and also claim the damages and losses incurred to it
due to such failure.

6. STEAM QUANTITY OBLIGATION


The Buyer/Owner agrees that the steam supplied by the Operator/Supplier shall be used by
the BUYER solely for its own processes sand use subject to the average consumption of
______TPH and a total of ______ Tons in a period of 31 days hereinafter called as
‘Contracted Quantity’. However, the billing of steam supply to BUYER by the SUPPLIER
would be based on actual quantity consumed (80%). The supply of Steam shall be at an
even rate spread over a period of 24 hours and the Owner/Buyer agrees to use as per plant
requirement.

6.1 The Owner/Buyer shall purchase STEAM every month to a minimum of 80% of the
contracted quantity. If The Buyer purchases STEAM less than 80% of the contracted
quantity during a calendar month and when the Supplier is prepared to supply the
same, the Buyer shall pay to the Supplier, the entire payment towards this monthly
minimum quantity (hereinafter termed as ‘Minimum Guaranteed Offtake’ or ‘MGO’)
of 80% of the contracted quantity. However, in case of stoppage or interruption of
supply of STEAM from the SUPPLIER’s side, the MGO will be reduced on a pro-rata
basis. That is, if STEAM supply for ‘N’ number of days is less than the MGO
quantity or if the plant of the Buyer is under shutdown for ‘N’ number of days due to
scheduled planned maintenance then the MGO would be worked out as: -

MGO = Monthly Contracted Quantity x (number of days in a month – N)/ number of


days in a month.
The Buyer undertakes to pay for such MGO or for actual quantity used during the
month, whichever is higher.

7. COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT


7.1 Payment for supply of steam: The Operator/Supplier shall be entitled payment towards
the supply of steam generated by the operator and apart from this the Owner/ Buyer
shall not be liable to pay any operation fee towards the operation activity undertaken by
the Operator and all the cost incurred by the operator during the operation shall be
borne by the Operator except for the cost incurred due to the provisions mentioned in
Clause 5.2 of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed by the Owner/Buyer that the
Operator shall be sole and complete owner of the steam generated by the Boiler and the
Owner shall have to purchase the steam it requires for its operation. Further, it is
unconditionally agreed by the Owner/Buyer that the Operator/Supplier shall be entitled
to extract the steam from back pressure turbine for further sale of the steam to its other
customers. The payment towards the steam shall be made on weighted average fuel
price as calculated in the table provided as Annexure A.

7.2 It is specifically agreed that in case any particular cess or tax or fee or duty or levy or
assessment or other incidental and connected charges, etc, or any change thereto is
effective or imposed, as the case may be, or any charges imposed by the concerned
Central or State Government or local authority or any such other body or bodies, the
same shall be payable by the Owner/Buyer to the Operator/Supplier or directly as the
case may be.
7.2.1 Components and Escalation in Sale Price.
7.2.2 The Owner/Buyer has understood that the project is designed around the
Operator/Supplier procuring coal from Indonesia. Any variation in this component
would be a pass-through to the Owner/Buyer. The market rate of the coal would
be arrived at by taking the mean of the rates paid by the three largest Gujarat-
based importers of Indonesian coal The market rate of the Coal would be arrived
at as per the price indicated at Adani IRM Portal for 4200 GCV. However, the
sale price of steam would be revised as and when the price of coal will fluctuate.
A notice will be sent to the BUYER 48 hours before any such change.

7.3 Invoicing: The Supplier shall raise and issue the invoice for First Fortnight on every
15th day of the month based on the quantity drawn and the invoice for the second
fortnight would be raised on the last day of the month. Payments are to be made
within 7 (seven) days of receipt of the invoice. However, if the 7th day is a bank
holiday, then the 6th working day would be considered as the due date and on this
precise day, the invoice amount should be received in the Supplier’s bank account.
Bill sent on designated e-mail would be considered as proper delivery of the bill. If
payment to any invoice is delayed beyond seven days, The buyer/Owner shall pay
interest of @18% for the period of delay.

7.4 The Operator/Supplier, being an eco-friendly organization discourages the use of


paper. Therefore, invoices would be sent through e-mails to the designated e-mail
account of the owner/Buyer. Delivery of invoice through e-mail would be considered
as proper delivery of the invoice to the Owner/Buyer. However, in case the
Buyer/owner is desirous to get a paper invoice, it may ask for the same. Payments can
be made by direct transfer to Operator/Supplier’s bank account with intimation to us.
Bank details to which the Owner/Buyer shall make all the Payments are as follow:

Name of the beneficiary : Steam House India Limited


Name of the bank : Axis Bank Limited
Branch : Ghod Dod Road, Surat.
Account Number : 921030002690772
IFSC Code : UTIB0000047

Once the Operator/Buyer’s web-based payment gateway comes into operation,


payments will have to be made through that only.

7.5 Invoice Requirements: The Operator shall a raise valid Tax invoice for the supplies
made to the BUYER as per the provisions of the GST Act. and shall include the
following information:
a. Name, address and GSTIN of the supplier;
b. A consecutive serial number, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or
numerals or special characters’, hyphen or dash and slash symbolized as “-” and
“/” respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year;
c. date of its issue.
d. name, address, and GSTIN of the recipient.
e. HSN code of goods or Accounting Code of services.
f. description of goods or services.
g. quantity in case of goods and unit or Unique Quantity Code thereof.
h. total value of supply of goods or services or both.
i. taxable value of supply of goods or services or both taking into account discount
or abatement, if any.
j. rate of tax (central tax, State tax, integrated tax, Union territory tax or cess).
k. amount of tax charged in respect of taxable goods or services (central tax, State
tax, integrated tax, Union territory tax or cess).
l. place of supply along with the name of State, in case of a supply in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce.
m. address of delivery where the same is different from the place of supply.
n. whether the tax is payable on a reverse charge basis; and
o. A signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorized representative:
p. Above details are required for the BUYER to claim Input Tax Credit with respect
to the taxes charged in the invoice by the vendor.

8. INITIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION


The Parties will use their good faith efforts to resolve any claim or dispute arising out
of or related to this Agreement in a fair and equitable manner through discussions
between senior executives of the Parties to be held within thirty (30) days after either
party notifies the other in Writing that a claim or dispute exists and specifying, in
detail sufficient to understand the nature of the claim or dispute, the object of such
claim or dispute and the relief sought. If the Parties cannot resolve any such claim or
dispute within such a thirty (30) day period, then either Party may invoke the
provisions of Section 15 below.

9. ARBITRATION
Any dispute or claims which have not been resolved within the time prescribed by the
parties as mentioned in clause 14, the dissenting party shall invoke arbitration by
serving a notice of invocation of arbitration within 30 (thirty) days of failure of Initial
dispute resolution under clause 14. After notice of invocation of Arbitration, any
claim, dispute or difference relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be
referred to the arbitration, of a sole Arbitrator. The Sole Arbitrator shall be appointed
mutually by the parties, if the parties fail to arrive at a mutual decision as to the
appointment of the Arbitrator, an application shall be made to the South Gujarat
Chamber of Commerce and Industries for the appointment of the Arbitrator. The
arbitration shall be subject to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 which may
be amended from time to time. The parties shall be at liberty to decide the procedure
to be adopted for arbitration with the prior consent of the Arbitrator. The seat and
venue of arbitration shall be Surat, Gujarat. The proceedings shall be undertaken in
English. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the parties. The Fee of
Arbitrator shall be in accordance with Schedule IV of Arbitration and Conciliation
Act, 1996.

10. TERMINATION
10.1 In addition to the causes of termination as already stipulated in this Agreement, this
Agreement shall come to an automatic termination on completion of the
Agreement period or the extended Agreement period.

10.1.1 Immediate Termination By Operator: Subject to the terms of any Project


Agreements, Operator/Supplier may terminate this Agreement immediately (i)
upon the Bankruptcy of Owner or (ii) upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure
Event that is not remedied within 120 days of its initial occurrence. If the
Agreement is terminated by Operator pursuant to Article 10.1.1(i) or 10.1.1(ii),
Operator shall be compensated for all Reimbursable Costs incurred by operator to
and including the date of termination. In addition, if the Agreement is terminated
by Operator pursuant to Article 10.1.1(ii), Owner/Buyer shall be pay all unpaid
bills towards supply of steam to and including the date of termination.
10.1.2 Termination Upon Notice By Operator. Subject to the terms of any Project
Agreements, Operator may terminate this Agreement upon 10 days prior written
notice to Owner in the event (i) that Operator violates, or consents to a violation
of, any Laws applicable to the Services or the Project, where the violation has or
may have a material adverse effect on the operation conducted by the Operator or
Operator’s interest, and Owner does not cure such violation within 30 days (or, if
not curable within 30 days, within such period of time as is reasonably necessary,
but in no event more than 90 days, provided Owner diligently commences and
pursues such cure and indemnifies Owner for all related costs, of whatever kind),
If the Agreement is terminated by Owner pursuant to this Article, Operator shall
be compensated for all Reimbursable Costs incurred by Operator and all unpaid
Annual Operating Bills to and including the date of termination.
10.1.3 Termination by Operator without cause: In addition to its rights set forth in this
Article 10, subject to the terms of any Project Agreements, Operator reserves the
right to terminate this Agreement without cause upon 90 days written notice to
Owner.
10.1.4 Immediate Termination By Owner. Subject to the terms of any Project
Agreements, Owner may terminate this Agreement immediately (i) upon the
Bankruptcy of Operator or (ii) upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event that
is not remedied within 120 days of its initial occurrence. If the Agreement is
terminated by Owner pursuant to Article 10.1.4 (i) or (ii) Operator shall be
compensated for all Reimbursable Costs incurred by Operator to and including the
date of termination. In addition, if the Agreement is terminated by Owner
pursuant to Article 10.1.4(ii), Operator shall be paid all unpaid Annual Operating
Fees to and including the date of termination.
10.1.5 Other Termination Upon Notice By Owner. Subject to the terms of any Project
Agreements, Owner may terminate this Agreement with 18 months prior written
notice to Operator, upon the occurrence of (a) a sale or transfer by Owner of its
rights in the Project or a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of or
interests in Owner, (b) a determination by Owner that, for any reason, it no longer
intends to continue operation of the Project or (c) a determination by Owner that it
does not wish to extend this agreement after the expiry of this term of Agreement.
If the Agreement is terminated by Owner pursuant to this Article 10.1.5 Operator
shall be compensated for all Reimbursable Costs incurred by Operator and all
unpaid Bills towards the Steam Supplied to the Owner by the Operator to and
including the date of such termination under this Section 8.4.
Both the Parties(s) hereby agree that if no notice is served by the terminating party, it
shall be liable to make good of loss to the other party who has suffered loss of business
due to such failure in serving notice.

10.2 Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Owner/buyer will


immediately do the following, without limitation:
(a) pay all amounts due and owing to SUPPLIER and its Affiliates and deposit
with SUPPLIER as per the present agreement that will become due and
owing after the termination or expiration date, attributable to the period
before such date; and

(b) Allow and co-operate with the SUPPLIER to remove all its equipment,
fixture and fittings without resulting in damage to the SUPPLIER or to its
other customers.

11. LAWS GOVERNING THE AGREEMENT:

The AGREEMENT shall be subject to Indian laws and also under rules and
regulations framed under it.

12. FORCE MAJEURE EVENTS. 


There shall be no breach or violation of this Agreement if either Party is prevented
from fulfilling its obligations hereunder because of a Force Majeure Event. A Force
Majeure Event shall mean any cause, occurrence or condition which wholly or partly
prevents or delays the performance of obligations arising under this Agreement and
which despite the exercise of due diligence is not within the reasonable control of the
non-performing Party, and shall include, without limitation, an act of God, nuclear
emergency, medical crisis, global pandemic, explosion, accident, fire, an act of
declared or undeclared war, sabotage, an invasion; an embargo; a revolution,
terrorism; an unusually severe storm; a flood; lightning, an explosion; an earthquake;
a civil disturbance; a riot; Mass Closure of Industries; Closure of Industries by GPCB
or any other Authority; or restrictions, restraints or requirements imposed by law or
by rule, regulation or order of governmental authorities, (each a “Force Majeure
Event”) which also includes imposition of Disaster Management Act 2005 due to
occurrence and spread of any Pandemic and Epidemic situation or for any other
reason.

Notice Obligations:
If either Party is rendered wholly or partially unable to perform its obligations (other
than any obligation to make any payment hereunder) under this Agreement because of
a Force Majeure Event, that Party will provide the other Party with prompt written
notice of the nature and an estimate of its expected duration of each Force Majeure
Event and of the extent of its effect on such Party’s performance hereunder, and the
Party giving the notice shall be excused from whatever performance is affected by
such Force Majeure Event to the extent so affected.

Reasonable Efforts during Force Majeure Events:


Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts (including, but not limited to,
expending a sum of money that is reasonable considering the effects the continuation
of such act or event would have on such Party) to limit the scope and duration of any
Force Majeure Event, and to mitigate or limit damages to the other Party, including,
but not limited to, restoring any damaged property necessary to fully reinstate the
ability of the affected Party to carry out its obligations hereunder. Increased cost of
performance shall not be considered in and of itself a Force Majeure Event. When a
Party’s ability to perform is no longer suspended because of a Force Majeure Event,
that Party’s obligations under this Agreement shall be reinstated.

13. TRANSFERS
The Owner/buyer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Operator/Supplier
assign, transfer, charge, or deal in any other similar manner with this agreement.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY


The Operator and Owner shall not be liable to the other or to any other person or
entity for special, indirect, reliance, incidental, or consequential damages or loss
arising out of subject matter of the present agreement or arising out of the Agreement,
whether in an action arising out of breach of contract, breach of warranty, delay,
negligence, strict tort liability, patent matters, or any other theory whether or not it
had any knowledge, actual or constructive, that such damages might be incurred.

15. PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE:


This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties concerning the
subject matter hereof and supersedes and cancels any prior agreements,
representations, warranties, or communications, whether oral or written, among the
Parties regarding the transactions contemplated by, and the subject matter of, this
Agreement. That is, all discussions and correspondence exchanged between the
Buyer/owner and the Operator/Supplier in respect of this Agreement and any
decisions arrived at therein in the past and before coming into force of this Agreement
stands superseded by this agreement and no reference of such discussions or meetings
or past correspondence shall be entertained by either the Operator/ Supplier or the
Owner/Buyer for interpreting the Agreement or otherwise.

The provisions of this Agreement shall not be amended, changed, reformed, altered,
or modified in any way by any practice or course of dealing prior to or during the
term of the Agreement, and can only be amended, changed, reformed, altered, or
modified by a writing signed by authorized representatives of the Operator/Supplier

16. NOTICES 
All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective Parties shall be in
Writing. Such communications shall be addressed and directed to the Parties listed
below as follows, or to such other address or recipient for a Party as may be hereafter
notified by such Party:

If to, If to,

Steam House India Limited Filatex India Limited.

to: Ms. To:

Legal Officer

Steam House India Limited

Plot No. 8108/1A

Road No.2, Sachin GIDC-Estate,

Sachin – 394230

Dist: Surat
e-mail: compliance@steamhouse.in; e-mail:
info@steamhouse.in;

Contact: +91 Contact:

 
17. COOPERATION 
At each respective Party’s sole expense, the Owner/buyer and the Operator/Supplier
shall exchange information and confer in good faith upon request regarding operating
conditions, maintenance schedules, changes in planned operation and other
operational matters of importance and cooperate with each other to facilitate any
maintenance requirements of the other Party. Nothing in this provision shall require a
Party to undertake any action inconsistent with Prudent Practice of operation of their
respective plants.

18. INDEMNITIES:
(a) Indemnification by Owner: The delivery of steam being a continuous process,
Once the Coal has been purchased/imported by the Operator/Seller for the purpose
of steam generation at the Boiler of the Owner/Buyer, the Buyer shall be deemed
to be responsible for its arrangements, appurtenances, and properties.
Accordingly, the Owner/Buyer covenants and agrees to fully protect, indemnify
and hold the Operator/Supplier, its employees, agents, successors, affiliates and
assigns harmless against all and any claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings
and judgments and any and all liabilities, cost, expenses, incidental to or in
connection therewith which may be made or brought against the
Operator/Supplier, whether by the Owner/Buyer, its employees, agents and
successors and assigns or by third parties on account of damages or injury to
property or person or loss of life resulting from or arising out of the installation,
presence, maintenance or operation of the intake arrangements, appurtenances,
and properties of the Owner/ Buyer or others relating to the possession and
handling of any steam supplied and further defend the Operator/Supplier and bear
the expenses arising on the Operator/Supplier in any litigation involving the
Supplier.

(b) Indemnification by Operator. Operator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Owner, the members thereof, and their respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, Affiliates and representatives (the "Owner Indemnified Parties"), from and
against any and all claims (in whatever form and to the fullest extent permitted by
law) arising out of or in any way connected with, but only to the extent of, any
gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct of Operator or anyone acting on
Operator's behalf or under its instructions, in connection with this Agreement and
Operator's obligations thereunder. Any costs or expenses incurred by Operator
pursuant to its indemnity obligations under this Article 18(b) shall not constitute
reimbursable cost.
19. SEVERABILITY
All provisions of this Agreement are severable. If pursuant to the decision of any
court or arbitration tribunal having jurisdiction, any provisions, in whole or in part are
not enforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue to be in full force and
effect, and the applicable parts of the affected provisions are superseded and modified
by such applicable law. If any provision requiring Owner/Buyer to indemnify, defend
and hold Operator/Supplier (or its Affiliates) harmless against and from the
consequences of Owner’s/Buyer (or its Affiliates’) negligence is judicially determined
to be unenforceable, the parties will contribute to, or reimburse each other for, any
payments required to be made pursuant to the applicable Claim in proportion to the
adjudicated degree of fault.

20. NON-COMPETE CLAUSE


The Owner/Buyer understands that the business model of the Operator/Supplier is a
unique model and understands that it is striving to maintain the trade secrets and
technology in such competitive market. In this regard the Owner/buyer agrees that
during the subsistence of this Agreement and for a Period of Thirty-Six (36) months
following the termination of this or any other agreement, the Owner/Buyer shall not,
directly or indirectly, (i) in any manner whatsoever engage in any capacity with any
business competitive with the Operator/Supplier’s current lines of business or any
business then engaged in by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of its affiliate
(the Company’s Business) for the Director’s own benefit or for the benefit of any
person or entity other than the company or any subsidiary or affiliate or(ii)
Directly/Indirectly engage in business of Supply of Steam (iii) have any interest as
owner, sole proprietor, stockholder, partner, lender, director, officer, manager,
employee, consultant, agent or otherwise in any business competitive with the
Company’s business. In addition, during the restricted period, the Director shall not
develop any property for use in the Supplier’s Business on behalf of any person or
entity other than the Company, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.

21. WAIVER
The failure, refusal, or neglect of one party to require the other party to comply with
any provision of this Agreement, in whole or in part, does not constitute a waiver by
the former of its right to require full compliance with the same or different provisions
in the future, regardless of the acceptance of payments or performance by the party
seeking compliance.

22. COMPLIANCE TO SEBI REGULATIONS


The Parties hereby acknowledge that they are aware (and that their representatives,
employees, affiliates, and advisors are aware or, will be advised by them) that in the
course of providing Services and procuring service, they, their representatives,
employees, affiliates, and advisors shall be in possession of information and/or
documents in any form or manner, which may contain material, non-public
information regarding the Party or any affiliate of the Party. Parties further
acknowledge that they are aware and that their representatives, employees, affiliates,
and advisors have been advised that applicable securities laws prohibit any person
having unpublished price sensitive information about a company from trading with
the securities of that company or communicating such unpublished price sensitive
information, and they agree to abide by and cause our representatives, employees,
affiliates, and advisors, to abide by the terms of such securities laws, including
without limitation, the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (“PIT
Regulations”), as may be replaced, amended or supplemented from time to time and
other applicable laws in relation to insider trading and the acquisition of securities.
Parties shall also provide with a copy of the Code of Conduct for the Prevention of
Insider Trading Regulations, as issued by the Company if listed, and agree to abide by
the same. In the event of any breach of the provisions of (i) this undertaking, or (ii)
any applicable securities laws, including the PIT Regulations, by us or any of our
representatives, affiliates, employees, directors, officers, advisors, Parties hereby
unconditionally undertake to be fully responsible for the consequences of any such
breach and fully indemnify and keep the Company and its directors, officers,
employees, agents, representatives, and affiliates from and against all or any damages
on account of such breach, or any penalties/fines/charges/costs/actions that may be
imposed or undertaken by the Securities and Exchange Board of India or any other
authorities under any Act, law or regulation.
Parties shall promptly notify the Company in the event of any breach of the provisions
of (i) this undertaking, or (ii) any applicable securities laws, including the PIT
Regulations, by us or our employees, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives, and
advisors.

Parties also acknowledges that this undertaking forms an integral part of the terms of
their engagement with the Company and any breach of this undertaking would result
in a breach of the terms of such engagement and they understand and agree to be
subject to all the consequences of such a breach.

23. ACTIONS BY OTHERS


Where Owner/Buyer is prohibited by this Agreement from directly taking any action,
or where action by Owner/Buyer would constitute a default, Owner/Buyer agrees that
it will not encourage, authorize or permit any other Person, directly or indirectly or
under its control to take such action.

24. PERFORMANCE THROUGH OTHERS


The Operator/Supplier has the right to perform all of its obligations directly or
through its Affiliates or third-party consultants. If performed through any of them,
Operator/Supplier’s obligations with respect to such matters will still run directly to
Operator/Supplier.

25. GOVERNMENT APPROVALS OR REGISTRATIONS


25.1 Owner/Buyer, at its expense, is responsible for obtaining from any
Governmental Authority, if required, the Governmental Permits approving:

(i) This Agreement; and

(ii) Any action which either party needs to or is required to take with or
under this Agreement.
26. INSURANCE
The Owner/ Buyer will maintain all required insurances to cover any risk within their
factory premises arising out of the steam.
27. CONFIDENTIALITY
Neither party will disclose any confidential information in terms of this Agreement to
any Person, provided, however, that the restrictions of this clause do not apply to any
information required to be disclosed pursuant to legal requirements or the
requirements of any stock exchange or other regulatory body, or to information that
becomes public other than by virtue of a breach of this Section. In case either party is
disclosing the contents of the present agreement to its consultants/advisors, such party
will inform such consultants/advisors of the confidential nature of the information
disclosed to them and will require them to agree to act in accordance with the
provisions of this Section with respect to such information. Neither party will issue
any press releases or make any other statements for public consumption with respect
to this Agreement without the other party's approval.

28. NO OBJECTION
The Parties hereby mutually agree that the other party shall be at liberty to marketize
this collaboration at Global Level with the sole intent to attract other Stakeholders in
the market and in relation to such marketization, the Parties are at liberty to use the
logo of the company in the advertisement and Presentation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written. 

STEAMHOUSE INDIA LIMITED FILATEX INDIA LIMITED

Company Seal & Authorized Company Seal & Authorized Signature


Signature

Name: Mr. Lalankumar Yadav Name:

Designation: Director Designation:

WITNESS:
STEAMHOUSE INDIA Ltd. FILATEX INDIA LIMTIED

1. 1.

2. 2.
ANNEXURE-A

Price of Indonesian 4200 GCV Coal (Per Price of Steam


Ton) as per Adani IRM Portal as on the
date of billing (Per Ton)

Upto Rs. 6000 Rs. 437.5


Rs.6001-7000 Rs. 468.75
Rs. 7001-8000 Rs. 500.00
Rs. 8001-9000 Rs. 531.25
Rs. 9001-1000 Rs. 562.50
Rs. 10001-11000 Rs.593.75
Rs. 11001-12000 Rs.625.00
Rs. 12001-13000 Rs.656.25
Rs. 13001-14000 Rs.687.50
Rs. 14001-15000 Rs. 718.75
Rs. 15001-16000 Rs.750.00
Rs. 16001-17000 Rs.781.25
ANNEXURE B

Technical Specifications of Back Pressure Turbine for extraction of Steam

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