PROCEDURE (Alternative 1 )
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A)Upon receipt and acceptance of the Soft Corporate Offer (SCO), the Seller will be informed about the Buyer’s coordinates and after that, Seller issues a Full Corporate Offer (FCO) including full coordinates (registered address, plus office address (if different) plus phone, fax, corporate email), of the Bank’s recognized Seller, Company registration number of the Seller entity, Seller Code, Signature and Seal of the Seller matching signature of passport and if possible a copy of the Registration document properly addressed to the Buyer with corresponding Fee Agreement, draft Sales & Purchase Agreement and Seller lawful signatory’s full size color passport copy.
B) Buyer responds with signed and sealed Letter of Intent (LOI) together with copy of Buyer’s Board Resolution / signatory authority and passport together with IMFPA and NCND to include all intermediary and Mandate participants to the said transaction.
C) Seller’s Bank issues directly to Buyer a Letter of Invitation to attend a TTM at the Bank’s premises in relation to the referenced FCO and LOI. Buyer sends written acceptance. Furthermore, Seller submits to Buyer a document from his own Bullion Bank, addressed to the Seller, stating the Bank is ready to arrange and transact the contemplated business in the Seller’s referenced Full FCO.
D) At TTM, the Seller provides evidence of legal ownership of the specific Au metal parcel(s) on offer, confirmation of the Seller’s Bank-recognized signatory authority to sell, current Assay Report, Safe Keeping Receipt, Bank statement and/or other appropriate documentation to enable the Buyer to qualify the offer to sell the Au metal.
E) On successful verification of the documentation in clauses d. – e., Buyer immediately delivers to Seller’s representative at the TTM a document from Buyer’s Bullion Bank, addressed to the Buyer, stating the Bank is ready to arrange and transact the contemplated business referred to in this Full Corporate Offer (FCO), or –
F) Alternatively, Buyer will immediately arrange for Buyer’s Bank to issue to Seller’s Bank an acceptable institutional payment guarantee in favor of the Seller for the full contract or tranche value.
G) Seller issues to Buyer four fully completed signed Sale and Purchase Agreements (pre-agreed); Buyer signs and returns two originals to the Seller.
H) Buyer and Seller lodge contracts and related documents to their respective Bullion Banks for verification and execution as per Swiss procedures.
I) Seller’s Bank will SWIFT to Buyer’s Bank formally confirming the existence and transferability of merchandise
J) Buyer’s Bank will respond by SWIFT formally confirming availability of payment
k. Transaction will be completed on a Bank-to-Bank basis.