THE WORLD BANK 41 Kazybek Bi Str. Bldg. A, 4' floor Tel. +7 (727) 3778220 113RD IDA I woRLDeAwoRoup Almaty, 050010 Fax +7 (727) 3778276 Central Asia Regional Office OFFIC DOCUMENTS April 13, 2015 Mr. Abdusalom Kurboniyon Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance 3, Akademikov Rajabovikh Ave. Dushanbe, 734025 REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN Re: Republic of Tajikistan: Additional Financing for Municipal Infrastructure Development Project, Grant H7690 Amendment to the Financinz Azreement Dear Mr. Kurboniyon: We refer to the Financing Agreement between the Republic of Tajikistan (the Recipient) and the International Development Association (the Association) for the above referenced Project dated August 23, 2012 (Financing Agreement), and to the letter from the Recipient dated February 20, 2015 requesting an amendment to the Financing Agreement for the Project to: i) extend the current Closing Date of the Project by duration of eight months (i.e. from August 31, 2015 until April 30, 2016) and ii) amend the Grant Financing Agreement for the purposes of Reallocation of residual grant proceeds between appropriate Disbursement Categories. We are pleased to concur with your request and agree to amend the Agreement as follows: 1. Table set forth under Schedule 2, Section IV.A.2 to the Financing Agreement is hereby amended as follows: Percentage of Amount of the Grant Expenditures to be Allocated Financed "Category (expressed in SDR) (exclusive of VAT and customs taxes) (1) Goods and works for Parts 3,944,452 86 % A.1 and A.2 of the Project (2) Goods and works for Part A.3 100,000 60 % of the Project (3) Goods for Part A.4 of the 663,812 100% Project (4) Goods for Part A.5 of the 565,288 100% Project (5) Goods and works for Part B. 1. 282,700 100 % of the Project -2- Percentage of Amount of the Grant Expenditures to be Allocated Financed "Category (expressed in SDR) (exclusive of VAT and customs taxes) (6) Goods, works, consultants' 910,260 100 % services, including audit, and Training under Parts B.2 - B. 8 of the Project (7) Goods, works, consultants' 1,233,488 100 % services, including audit, Training, and Incremental Operating Costs under Part C of the Project TOTAL AMOUNT 7,700,000 2. Text in Section IV.B.2 of Schedule 2, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Closing Date is April 30, 2016." All other provisions of the Financing Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing by countersigning, dating and returning to us a hard copy of this letter. The amendment shall become effective upon our receipt of the countersigned copy of this letter. Very truly yours, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Saroj Kumar Jha Regional Director Central Asia CONFIRMED: REPUBLIC OF TT ST By: 1 Name: ______ _ _ 1_0/5 Title: ht1plsL:eC C)f Fjjap/e Date: 62' / w