SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
GAMESA WIND TURBINES PRIVATE LIMITED
AND
‘AEROSPACE MATERIALS PVT LTD
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Lid For Gamesa Wind é urbines Pvt. Ltd.,
Chairman Authorized SignatoryTABLE OF CONTENTS
. Definitions
. Right to Use Shared Services
. Shared Services Fee
|. Obligations of Owner
Insurance
Notices
. General Representation and Warranties
Consequential Losses
). Confidentiality
10. Suspension and Termination
11. Sub Contracting
42, Dispute Resolution
13. Validity
44, Counterparts
15, Governing Law and Language
16. General Provisions
SPEnNenewens
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This Shared Services Agreement ("Agreement’) is entered into at Chennai on 26th day of
Decemaber 2012 ("Effective Date")
By and Between
Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltda company duly incorporated under the Companies Act,
1956 and having its office at SF no 249/38, Mettupalayam Vilage, Kovilpalayam, Pollachi Taluk,
642 110, Coimbatore hereinafter referred to as the “Owner” (which term shall mean and
include its successors in interest and permitted assigns) of the ONE PART and represented
herein by its A.M. Pelanichamy
And
GAMESA WIND TURBINES PRIVATE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the
i provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, with its office at The Futura IT Park, Block B, 8th
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Floor, No.334, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Shollinganallur, Chennai - 600 119 (hereinafter referred
to as ‘Owner’, which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof
be deemed to mean and include its successors and permitted assigns) and represented
herein by its Dy. General Manager - Service, Mr. George A John,
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltd For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt, Ltd.,
Chairman Authorized SighatoryEmployer and Owner shall hereinafter be individually referred to as a ‘Party’ and shall
collectively be referred to as the ‘Parties’.
WHEREAS:
(A)
(B)
(Cc)
Employer intends to establish a .85 MW wind farm comprising of one number of
Gamesa make G58/850kW type Wind Turbine Generator (WTG') and auxiliary
equipment, collectively termed as ‘Equipment’ located in Rasipalayam site, Tirupur
District, in the state of Tamil Nadu (‘Wind Farm’) for which purpose the Parties
have signed the Relevant Contracts;
Owner is developing and establishing the Shared Services (as hereinafter defined)
essential for subsequent operation of the Wind Farm and WTG's of Employer and
of the other owner’ at the Wind Farm, and has agreed to operate and maintain the
Shared Services for at least the Operational Life;
‘The Parties hereby acknowledge that they have entered into the Relevant Contracts
‘outining the material terms and conditions of this Agreement sanctioning Employer
the right to use the Shared Services developed, constructed and owned by Owner
al the Site.
NOW THEREFORE the Parties agree as follows:
4.
DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms in title case
used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them hereunder:
‘Affiliate’ means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
Controlling, Controlled by, or under direct or indirect common Control with such Person;
‘Agreement’ means this Shared Services Agreement including its preamble, recitals,
echodules, ite annexure, attachments and any written amendments or variations thereto
made in accordance with its terms;
‘Applicable Law’ means any statute, ordinance, order, judgement, code, law, decree,
circular, rule, by-law or regulation, policy change by any Government Authority having
jurisdiction over the subject matter ofthis Agreement forthe time being in force:
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltd For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pv1. Ltd.,
Chairman Authorized Signatory‘Approvals’ shall collectively refer to any and all necessary and required authorisations,
consents, grants, approvals, licences, leases, permits, exemptions, concessions, filings,
clearances, variances, orders, publications, notices, declarations or regulations,
arifcations, issued by any Government Authority in connection with this Agreement;
‘Business Day’ means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on
ich banks are closed for business in the place where an obligation has to be performed.
In case of obligations for which a place of performance is not defined (or cannot be
reasonably inferred from the contents of this Contract), it means any day which is not a
Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are closed for business in India;
‘Claim includes any claim, proceeding, cause of action, action, demand or suit (including
by way of contribution or indemnity) at law or in equity in relation to Loss;
‘Commissioning’ means commissioning of the relevant WTG by TNEB and duly certified
as commissioned by it, and its grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly;
‘Commissioning Date’ means the date specified as commissioning date in the
‘commissioning certiticate issued by I NEB in respect ot each WIG;
‘Commissioning Date of the Wind Farm’ means the later of the Commissioning Dates
of the WTGs in the Wind Farm;
‘Control’ means, with respect to any Person, the ability to direct the management or
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares or
other securities, by contract or otherwise, provided that in all events, the direct or indirect
ownership of fity percent (50%) or more of the voting share capital of a Person shall be
deemed to constitute Control of that Person (the expressions ‘Controlling’ and
‘Controlled’ shall have the corresponding meanings);
‘Corrective Maintenance’ means and refers to repairs, labour, consumables, spare parts,
transportation, ling means and auxiliary resources required for performance of repairs on
the Shared Services provided by Owner,
‘CEIG’ means Chief Electricity Inspectorate to Government;
‘Due Date’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.2;
‘Effective Date’ means the date first set forth above;
‘Force Majeure’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.9;
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltd For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt. Lid.,
Chairman in Signatory‘Government Authority’ means any Indian national, state, local, regional, teritorial or
municipal government or quasi government, ministry, governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency, instrumentality, executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative body having or purporting to have jurisdiction over any matter
arising from or in connection with this Agreement;
‘Location’ means, in respect of a WTG, the specific parcel of land on which such WTG is
to be erected and installed;
‘Losses’ means all direct losses (excluding consequential losses, indirect losses, loss of
profit and loss of revenue), liabilties, damages, fines, interest, awards, penalties, costs
(including, reasonable legal costs, lawyers’ and arbitrator's fees), charges and expenses;
‘Material Breach’ means any breach which jeopardizes or threatens to jeopardize the
performance of one or more obligations of a Party under this Agreement;
‘Operational Life’ means the operational life of the Wind Farm (i. a period of minimum
of twenty (20) years from the Commissioning Date of the Wind Farm);
‘Person’ means any individual, sole proprietorship, unincorporated association,
unincorporated organization, body corporate, corporation, company, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, government authority or trust or any other Entity or
organization and includes the Parties;
‘Personnel’ means the Employer's Personnel or Owner's Personnel, as the case may be;
‘Preventive Maintenance Schedule’ shall have the meaning assigned to the term under
section 4.4;
‘Project’ shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in Recital A;
‘Relevant Contract’ means the Supply Contract between the Supplier and the Purchaser
therein dated 19/12/2012, the Erection and Commissioning Contract between the
Employer and the Contractor therein dated 20/12/2012 or the Development Contract
between the Owner and the Developer dated 18/12/2012 or the Operations and
Maintenance Contract between the Contractor and Owner therein date 24/12/2012 and
‘Relevant Contracts’ means all of them;
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltel For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt. Ltd,
Chairman Authorized Signatory‘Shared Services’ means and comprises of power evacuation faclily developed,
constructed and owned by Owner atthe Site;
‘Shared Services Fee or Fee’ shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in section 3.1;
‘Site’ means the land where the Wind Farm is located;
‘Tan Transco’ means Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited;
‘Taxes’ means any taxes, fees, levies, cess or other sum levied pursuant to any
Applicable Law, including but not limited to all sales tax, value added tax, excise duty,
storage taxes, service tax, goods and services tax, licence and permit fees, entry tax,
works contract tax, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and duties (not including
stamp duty and registration charges) and shall include any interest or penalties related
thereto, but does not include personal tax;
‘Term’ means and refers to the term of this Agreement, which shall commence on the date
execution of this Agreement and shall continue for at least the Operational Life unless
terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement.
“TNEB’ means the Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board and its successor entity;
‘VAT’ means and refers to Value Added Tax;
‘Wind Farm’ shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in Recital A;
‘WTG' means ‘Wind Turbine Generator, the energy machine set employed for generating
electricity based on Wind Power and which shall comprise mainly of, but not restricted to
Nacolle, Hub and sct of three blades, controler (microprocessor), tower suitable for hub
hoight of 65 meters and protection mechanism against lightning.
2.__ RIGHT TO USE SHARED SERVICES
2.4 Owner hereby grants to Employor and Employer hereby accepte the right to non-
exclusive use of the Shared Services for entire the Operational Life of the Wind
Farm (‘Term’) from the Effective Date.
2.2 Employer agrees that the right to use the Shared Services is a non-exclusive right
and may be used by other WTG owners atthe Site also.
— Materials Pvt Lid For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt, Ltd.,
Chairman Authorized Signatory3.
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SHARED SERVICE FEE
Employer shall pay Owner a fee of INR 1,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Lakh Only)
per WTG per annum from the Commissioning Date of the Wind Farm with an
annual escalation of 5% from the second year on the previous years charges up to
40" year, (‘Shared Service Feo or Fee’) for the right of non-exclusive use of the
Shared Services granted by Owner to Employer. This fee is exclusive of VAT, taxes
and other duties as may be applicable. Prior to the expiry of the Tenth (10!) yoar
from the Commissioning Date of the Wind Farm, the Parties shall mutually discuss
and agree in writing, on the Fee for the subsequent years.
Employer shall pay half yearly Fees in advance, upon Owner raising an invoice for
that amount, within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of such invoice (‘Due
ate’). The Parties agree that the first invoice for the half-yearly Fees for all the
WTGs in the Wind Farm will be raised on the Commissioning Date of the Wind
Farm which shall comprise of the Fee for the next six (6) months period together
with proportionate Fee for the additional periods of such WTGs that were
commissioned prior to the Commissioning Date of the Wind Farm,
In the event of any delay in the actual payment as agreed herein above, Employer
shall be liable to pay simple interest atthe rate of [5] % per annum over and above
the prevailing SBAR (atthe first date of default in respect of each default) to Owner
con the amount due, from the date such amount falls due, up to the date of
realization of actual payment by Owner.
‘The fee payable by Employer under this Section 3 does not include the following:
a) Any additional charges levied by TNEB, or its affiliates; and
b) Transmission charges as applicable as per the outcome of order from Tan
Transco.
Charges under sub-section a) and b) shall be borne by Employer.
OBLIGATIONS OF OWNER
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Owner shall operate and monitor the performance of the Shared Services on a
continuous basis (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) throughout the Operational Life of
the Wind Farm and shall deploy adequate skilled and trained manpower for this
purpose. Owner shall also provide security for the Shared Services in accordance
with Owner's Site security plan, at no extra cost to Employer.
For Aerospace Materials Pvt Ltd For Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt. Lid.,
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Chairman Authorized Signatory