Agenda 4.Matters for consideration and approval
4.1 To consider and acknowledge/approve the result and progress of the negotiation of the concession agreement and the draft concession agreement
The Secretary of the Board of Directors invited a representative from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Pte Ltd (“RB”) to present information regarding this agenda.
RB referred to the Presentation as attached to Annex no. 1 (RB Presentation) of the paper for the Board of Directors Meeting No. 2/2015 and informed the Meeting regarding the current status and key objectives of the PMO for initial phrase, the characteristics of the Concession Agreement, the Memorandum of the Understanding regarding the reimbursement of previous investment made by ITD and the proposed next steps, as detailed in the presentation.
The Meeting concerned about the timeline of conditions precedent under the Concession Agreement which are required to be fulfilled within 7 months, especially for the EIA report which is required to be submitted by the concessionaire and approved by the Myanmar Government.
RB informed the Meeting that Myanmar Government will not be in breach for fulfilling the conditions precedent. In the event that ITD does not fulfil its obligations but Myanmar Government does, there will be two options; (1) if Myanmar Government believes that ITD has used its best effort to fulfil the obligations but they are unable to complete within the timeline for certain reasons, Myanmar Government may extend the timeline; (2) if Myanmar Government does not wish to extend the timeline, it shall be deemed that the concessionaire does not fulfil the obligation within 7 months period, DSEZ MC will be entitled to exercise the bank guarantee or corporate guarantee.