OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS CREDIT NUMBER 6197-ET (Scale-up Facility Credit) Financing Agreement (Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program) between FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CREDIT NUMBER 6197-ET (Scale-up Facility Credit) FINANCING AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of the Signature Date between FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA ("Recipient") and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ("Association"). WHEREAS: (A) by an agreement of the same date as the Signature Date between the Recipient and the Association ("IDA Grant Financing Agreement"), the Association is agreeing to provide an amount equivalent to SDR $191,700,000 ("Grant") under Grant No. D277-ET to further assist in the financing of the Operation on the terms and conditions of said agreement; and (B) by an agreement of the same date as the Signature Date between the Recipient and the Association ("Regular Credit Financing Agreement"), the Association is agreeing to provide an amount equivalent to SDR 89,200,000 ("Regular Credit") under Credit No. 6196-ET to further assist in the financing of the Operation on the terms and conditions of said agreement. The Recipient and the Association hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I - GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS 1.01. The General Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement) apply to and form part of this Agreement. 1.02. Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the General Conditions or in the Appendix to this Agreement. ARTICLE II - CREDIT 2.01. The Association agrees to extend to the Recipient a credit, deemed by the Association to be on non-concessional terms, as set forth or referred to in this Agreement, in the amount of two hundred million Dollars ($200,000,000), as such amount may be converted from time to time through a Currency Conversion ("Credit"), to assist in financing: (a) the program as described in Part I ("Program") of Schedule I to this Agreement; and -2- (b) the project as described in Part 2 ("Project") of Schedule 1 to this Agreement, (the Program and the Project hereinafter jointly referred to as the "Operation"). 2.02. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Credit in accordance with Section IV of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. All withdrawals from the Credit Account to which the amount of the Credit allocated to the Program is credited shall be deposited by the Association into an account specified by the Recipient and acceptable to the Association. 2.03. The Front-end Fee is one quarter of one percent (/4 of 1%) of the Credit amount. 2.04. The Commitment Charge is one-quarter of one percent (/ of 1%) per annum on the Unwithdrawn Credit Balance. 2.05. The Interest Charge is the Reference Rate plus the Fixed Spread or such rate as may apply following a Conversion; subject to Section 3.09(e) of the General Conditions. 2.06. The Payment Dates are April 1 and October 1 in each year. 2.07. The principal amount of the Credit shall be repaid in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Agreement. ARTICLE III - OPERATION 3.01. The Recipient declares its commitment to the objective of the Operation. To this end, the Recipient shall carry out, through MUDHo, the Operation in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Program General Conditions, Article V of the Project General Conditions, and Schedule 2 to this Agreement. ARTICLE IV - EFFECTIVENESS; TERMINATION 4.01. The Effectiveness Deadline is the date ninety (90) days after the Signature Date. 4.02. For purposes of Section 10.05 (b) of the General Conditions, the date on which the obligations of the Recipient under this Agreement (other than those providing for payment obligations) shall terminate is twenty (20) years after the Signature Date. ARTICLE V - REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES 5.01. The Recipient's Representative is its Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation. -3- 5.02. For purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions, (a) the Recipient's address is: Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation P. 0. Box 1905 Addis Ababa Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; and (b) the Recipient's Electronic Address is: Telex: Facsimile: 21147 (251-11) 1551355 5.03. For purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: (a) the Association's Address is: International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America; and (b) the Association's Electronic Address is: Telex: Facsimile: 248423 (MCI) 1-202-477-6391 -4- AGREED as of the Signature Date. FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA By Authorized Representative Name:_______ ofMace ate: j", rRJ &ID , ao I INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION t1 ,, By W LDB3ANK By0 Authorized Representa r Date: - M r0 ccj,