Art. 4
(Creation of the funded program)
Company undertakes to complete the creation of the funded program within 24 months after undersigning this agreement.
In terms of the relative allocations, the expenses which, based on the suitable documentation as for previous article 2, were incurred in the period ranging between 15/06/2016 (date Simest received the funding request) and the expiry of the period as for the previous paragraph, shall be considered acceptable; an expense is considered incurred on the date the actual payment was made.
An adjustment, up to a maximum of 30.00%, among the amounts of each expense item of the program is allowed to create the program, notwithstanding the amount of the program itself. Any adjustments of a higher amount or changes to single expense items can be requested from Simest, even only via fax, up to three months before the expiry of the program creation period and shall be submitted to Committee. In case accepted, the new expenses shall be funded only if incurred following the date Simest receives the relative change request. Any exceptions shall be submitted to Committee.
Art. 5
(Period of use)
The period when allocations can be made (hereinafter “period of use”) starts on the date this agreement is undersigned and ends 27 months after that date (meaning three months after the final term of the program creation period as for the previous article).
After the period of use ends, Simest, as provided by the Memorandum decided by Committee, will not be able to make any other allocations.
Art. 6
(Prepayment and reimbursement of the funding at a subsidized rate)
Company undertakes, during the 4 years after the term of the program creation period as for previous art. 4, to reimburse the amounts allocated in 8six-monthly installments, starting from such term, on a straight-line basis of capital plus the interest on current debt at the actual annual rate of 0.50% (zero point fifty percent) (hereinafter “subsidized rate”), pursuant to the Decree, notwithstanding that in all cases where the “rate of reference” is recalled in this agreement, the latter, pursuant to the Decree itself, shall be equal to the actual annual rate of 0.97 (zero point ninety seven percent), corresponding to the reference and discounting back rate as for the Community law, described by the Ministry for Economic Development, in force at the decision date by the Committee to grant funding.
The nominal annual subsidized rate with postponedsix-monthly payment equal to the actual rate as for the previous paragraph amounts to 0.4994% (zero point four thousand nine hundred and ninety four percent).
Company moreover undertakes to pay Simest, during the prepayment time which starts on the date this agreement is undersigned and lasts 24 months, with postponedsix-monthly expiry dates corresponding, by day and month, to those prescribed by the previous paragraph, installments of sole interest rates calculated on the current debt and starting on the date of each allocation.
The nominal annual rate with postponedsix-monthly payment equal to the actual rate as for the previous paragraphs amounts to 0.9677% (zero point nine thousand six hundred and seventy seven percent).