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UP TO USD 15,000,000 SUPER SENIOR REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT
dated 8 December 2017

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for

EAGLE BULK SHIPCO LLC
as Company

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Listed in Schedule 1 as original lenders

ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC
as mandated lead arranger

and

ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC
as agent

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CONTENTS
Clauses
Page
 

1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION    4

2.
THE FACILITY    23

3.
PURPOSE    23

4.
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION    24

5.
UTILISATION    24

6.
REPAYMENT    25

7.
ILLEGALITY, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION    26

8.
INTEREST    29

9.
INTEREST PERIODS    30

10.
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST    30

11.
FEES    32

12.
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES    32

13.
INCREASED COSTS    37

14.
OTHER INDEMNITIES AND DAMAGE WAIVER    39

15.
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS    41

16.
COSTS AND EXPENSES    41

17.
SECURITY    42

18.
REPRESENTATIONS    42

19.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS    46

20.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS    49

21.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS    49

22.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT    57

23.
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS    60

24.
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS    60

25.
ROLE OF THE AGENT    64

26.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES    69

27.
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES    70

28.
PAYMENT MECHANICS    71

29.
SET-OFF    74

30.
NOTICES    75

31.
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES    77

32.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY    77

33.
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS    77

34.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS    77

35.
CONFIDENTIALITY    79

36.
COUNTERPARTS    80

37.
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT    80

Schedules    Page
1.
THE ORIGINAL PARTIES    83

2.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT    84

3.
UTILISATION REQUEST    87

4.
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE    88

5.
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE    90

6.
INITIAL VESSELS    91

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THIS AGREEMENT is dated8 December 2017 and made between:
(1)
EAGLE BULK SHIPCO LLC, a company incorporated in the Marshall Islands with
registration no. 963693, having its registered office at Trust Company Complex,
Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 as borrower (the
"Company");

(2)
ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC of 100 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, 10017 NY, New York, USA
as mandated lead arranger (the "Mandated Lead Arranger");

(3)
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as lenders (the "Original
Lenders"); and

(4)
ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC of 100 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, 10017 NY, New York, USA
as agent of the other Finance Parties (the "Agent").

IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1
Definitions

In this Agreement:
"Additional Vessels" means any second-hand dry bulk carriers built in 2010 or
later, acquired (i) by using Excess Cash and/or new equity or Shareholder Loans,
and/or (ii) using proceeds from a Permitted Disposal.
"Affiliate" means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a
Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
"Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange" means the Agent's spot rate of exchange for the
purchase of the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the Norwegian
foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on a particular
day.
"Approved Brokers" means each of:
(a)
Braemar;

(b)
Fearnleys;

(c)
Howe Robinson;

(d)
Arrow;

(e)
Clarksons Platou; and

(f)
Simpson Spence Young.

"Approved Classification Society" means:
(a)
Lloyd's Register;

(b)
DNV-GL;

(c)
Class NK; and

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(d)
American Bureau of Shipping.

"Approved Flag State" means any of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Liberia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Isle of Man or another flag state
acceptable to the Lenders.
"Assignment of Earnings" means the assignments of all earnings and requisition
compensation related to each Vessel by the relevant Vessel Owner through a
general assignment, in each case to the extent (i) not included in the Charter
Contract Assignments and (ii) permitted pursuant to the relevant Charter
Contract (the Company and/or Vessel Owners to use its reasonable endeavours to
obtain consent from the charterer or other debtor under Charter Contracts with
firm duration of more than 12 months) and applicable law, with notice only to be
given to the relevant charterer in case of Charter Contracts with firm duration
of more than 12 months.
"Assignment of Insurances" means the assignments of claims of each Vessel Owner
under the Mandatory Insurances covering its Vessel.
"Assignment of Intra-Group Debt" means limited recourse assignment over all
claims from the Parent, and/or any member of the Group against any member of the
Group (including but not limited to Intra-Group Debt, Cash Pool Receivables and
Shareholder Loans), which limited recourse assignment shall provide that the
sole recourse against each assignor under the assignment shall be with respect
to the claim assigned against any member of the Group.
"Authorisation" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence,
exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the Closing Date to
and including the date falling 1 (one) Month prior to the Termination Date.
"Available Commitment" means a Lender's Commitment minus:
(a)
the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and

(b)
in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount of its
participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed
Utilisation Date,

other than that Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or
prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
"Available Facility" means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender's
Available Commitment.
"Bank Facility" has the meaning given to such term in the Bond Terms.
"Base Currency" means USD.
"Base Currency Amount" means, in relation to a Utilisation, the amount specified
in the Utilisation Request delivered by the Company for that Utilisation (or, if
the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that amount
converted into the Base Currency at the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the
date which is three Business Days before the Utilisation Date or, if later, on
the date the Agent receives the Utilisation Request) adjusted to reflect any
repayment or prepayment of a Utilisation.
"Bonds" means the debt instruments issued by the Company under the Bond Terms.
"Bond Finance Documents" has the meaning given to the term "Finance Documents"
in the Bond Terms.
"Bond Issue" means the issuance by the Company of Bonds under the Bond Terms in
the amount of up to USD 200,000,000.

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"Bond Security Documents" means pledges in favour of the Bond Trustee over the
Escrow Account and the Debt Service Retention Account.
"Bond Terms" means the terms and conditions relating to the bond loan agreement
to be entered into on or around the date hereof between, among others, the
Company as issuer and as the Bond Trustee as bond trustee.
"Bond Trustee" means Nordic Trustee AS as bond trustee on behalf of the holders
of the Bonds.
"Break Costs" means the amount (if any) by which:
(a)
the interest (less the Margin) which a Lender should have received for the
period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a
Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of
that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been
paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

exceeds:
(b)
the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal
to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading
bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day
following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest
Period.

"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) and:
(a)
in relation to a day on which LIBOR is to be fixed, a day on which banks are
open for general business in London and New York; and

(b)
in relation to a day on which a payment is to be made, a day on which banks are
open for general business in New York, Amsterdam and London.

"Cash Pool Receivables" means receivables created under any cash pool
arrangement with a bank or financial institution (always subject to any prior
right under such cash pool arrangement for the benefit of the bank or financial
institution as a provider thereof).
"Charter Contract" means any charter or agreement for the employment of a
Vessel.
"Charter Contract Assignments" means the assignments in favour of the Security
Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) of the rights of each Vessel Owner
under any Charter Contract having a firm duration of minimum 18 months (provided
that an assignment is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Charter Contract
and applicable law (it being understood that the Company shall use reasonable
efforts to agree a Charter Contract that allows assignment)), and the Company
shall give notice and use its reasonable endeavours to obtain consent and
acknowledgement of such assignment from the charterer.
"Closing Date" means the date of the first Utilisation under this Agreement, not
to occur later than 19 January 2018.
"Commercial Manager" means Eagle Bulk Management LLC.
"Commitment" means:
(a)
in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite
its name under the heading "Facility" in Schedule 1 (the Original Parties) and
the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and

(b)
in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any
Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,

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to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by the Lender under this
Agreement.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out
in Schedule 5 (Form of Compliance Certificate).
"Confidential Information" means all information relating to the Group or the
Finance Documents of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or
for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance
Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under the
Finance Documents from either:
(a)
any member of the Group, its owners, or any of its respective advisers; or

(b)
another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party
directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,

in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document,
electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which
contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information
that:
(i)
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of
any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 35 (Confidentiality); or

(ii)
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any
member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

(iii)
is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to
it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by
that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that
Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as
far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is
not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

"Cure Vessel" means an otherwise unencumbered vessel (other than a Vessel) in
respect of which a first priority mortgage and other security based on the
existing Security Documents is provided by the Group in favour of the Security
Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) as additional security.
"Debt Documents" has the meaning given to it in the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Debt Service Retention Account" means the Company's account no. 13796003 with
DNB Bank ASA, New York branch.
"Decisive Influence" means a person having, as a result of an agreement or
through the ownership of shares or interests in another person (directly or
indirectly):
(a)
a majority of the voting rights in that other person; or

(b)
a right to elect or remove a majority of the members of the board of directors
of that other person.

"Default" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in
Clause 22 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period,
the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance
Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender:

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(a)
which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available or has notified
the Agent that it will not make its participation in a Loan available by the
Utilisation Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lender's
Participation);

(b)
which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or

(c)
with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing;

unless, in case of paragraph (a) above:
(i)
its failure to pay is caused by:

(A)
administrative or technical error; or

(B)
a Disruption Event; and

such payment is made within five (5) Business Days of its due date; or
(ii)
the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to
make the payment in question.

"Disposal Account" means an account in the name of the Company with a (a) any
Norwegian banking institution, (b) the Agent or (c) any other bank having a
credit rating of A- or better.
"Disposal Account Pledge" means a charge over the Disposal Account, pledged and
blocked in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties).
"Distribution" mean any (i) payment of dividend on shares (whether in cash or in
kind), (ii) repurchase of own shares, (iii) redemption of share capital or other
restricted equity with repayment to shareholders, or (iv) repayment of
subordinated capital, (v) any other similar distribution or transfers of value
to the direct and indirect shareholders of any member of the Group or the
Affiliates of such direct and indirect shareholders.
"Disruption Event" means either or both of:
(a)
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those
financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for
payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for
the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which
disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties;
or

(b)
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical
or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party
preventing that, or any other Party:

(i)
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

(ii)
from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the
Finance Documents,

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of,
the Party whose operations are disrupted.
"Earnings Account" means the earnings account of each Vessel Owner with ABN AMRO
Bank N.V.
"Earnings Account Pledge" means Dutch law charges over the Earnings Account of
each Vessel Owner (provided such charge is permitted pursuant to the relevant
account agreements), pledged but not blocked in favour of the Security Agent (on
behalf of the Secured Parties).

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"EBITDA" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial
Definitions).
"Environment" means humans, animals, plants and all other living organisms
including the ecological systems of which they form part and the following
media:
(a)
air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures,
whether above or below ground);

(b)
water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters,
water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and

(c)
land (including, without limitation, land under water).

"Environmental Claim" means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or
investigation by any person in respect of any Environmental Law.
"Environmental Law" means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:
(a)
the pollution or protection of the Environment;

(b)
the conditions of the workplace; or

(c)
the generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of any substance
which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the
Environment, including without limitation, any waste.

"Escrow Account" means the Company's accounts no. NO09 1250 0572335 with DNB
Bank ASA, Oslo, Norway and no. 13796005 with DNB Bank ASA, New York branch.
"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in
Clause 22 (Events of Default).
"Excess Cash" means any Free Liquidity in excess of USD 20,000,000.
"Existing Indebtedness" means the Bank Facility and the PIK Note.
"FA Act" means the Norwegian Financial Agreements Act of 25 June 1999 No. 46.
"Facility" means the revolving credit facility made available under this
Agreement as described in Clause 2.1 (the Facility).
"Facility Office" means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent
in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date,
by not less than five (5) Business Days' written notice) as the office or
offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
"FATCA" means:
(a)
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;

(b)
any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an
intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in
either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to
in paragraph (a) above; or

(c)
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation
referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service,
the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction.

"FATCA Application Date" means:

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(a)
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of
the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from
sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

(b)
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of
the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of
a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019; or

(c)
in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code
not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019,

or, in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to
a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA
after the date of this Agreement.
"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a
Finance Document required by FATCA.
"FATCA Exempt Party" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free
from any FATCA Deduction.
"Fee Letter" means (i) any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this
Agreement between the Agent and the Company setting out any of the fees referred
to in Clause 11 (Fees) and (ii) any agreement setting out fees payable to a
Finance Party referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).
"Finance Document" means this Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Compliance
Certificate, any Utilisation Request, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security
Documents and any other document designated as a "Finance Document" by the Agent
and the Company.
"Finance Party" means the Agent or a Lender.
"Financial Indebtedness" means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
(a)
moneys borrowed and debt balances at banks or other financial institutions;

(b)
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or
dematerialized equivalent;

(c)
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds,
notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

(d)
the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract
which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as finance or capital lease
(meaning that the lease is capitalised as an asset and booked as a corresponding
liability in the balance sheet);

(e)
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they
are sold on a non-recourse basis provided that the requirements for
de-recognition under GAAP are met);

(f)
any derivative transaction entered into and, when calculating the value or any
derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual
amount us due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative
transaction, that amount shall be taken into account);

(g)
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, bond, standby or
documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or
financial institution in respect of an underlying liability of a person which is
not a member of the Group which liability would fall within one of the other
paragraphs of this definition;

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(h)
any amount raised by the issue of redeemable shares which are redeemable (other
than at the option of the Company) before the Termination Date or are otherwise
classified as borrowings under GAAP;

(i)
any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement, if
(a) the primary reason behind entering into the agreement is to raise finance or
(b) the agreement is in respect of the supply of assets or services and payment
is due more than 120 calendar days after the date of supply;

(j)
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing or otherwise
being classified as a borrowing under GAAP; and

(k)
without double counting, the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee
for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above.

"Financial Support" means any loans, guarantees, Security or other financial
assistance (whether actual or contingent).
"Free Liquidity" means the freely available, unrestricted and unencumbered
consolidated cash balance of the Group as defined in accordance with GAAP,
including any Available Commitment (provided that remaining term of the Facility
is no less than six (6) Months).
"GAAP" means IFRS.
"General Manager" means Eagle Bulk Management LLC (a 100% indirect subsidiary of
the Parent).
"General Management Agreement" means the agreement for overhead sharing and
general management services provided to the Company and each Vessel Owner and
entered into between the General Manager and the relevant member of the Group.
"Green Passport" means a document listing all the potentially hazardous
materials on board a Vessel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
"Group" means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time.
"Guarantee Agreements" means the guarantee agreements dated on or about the date
of this Agreement, entered into in respect thereof between, amongst others, the
Guarantors and the Security Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties).
"Guarantor Share Pledge" means the pledges in favour of the Security Agent (on
behalf of the Secured Parties) over all the shares (100 per cent.) in each
Guarantor, together with, inter alia, letters of resignation (effective upon an
Event of Default) from current board members and covenants to obtain such from
future board members.
"Guarantors" means the Vessel Owners, and each additional Vessel Owner that has
become a Guarantor by delivery of a guarantee agreement in the form of the
Guarantee Agreements and that have complied with the conditions precedent
applicable or relating to the Guarantors as set out in Schedule 2 (Conditions
Precedent).
"Holding Company" means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of
which it is a Subsidiary.
"IFRS" means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS
Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial
statements.
"Initial Vessels" means the dry bulk carriers set out in Schedule 6 hereto.

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"Insolvency Event" in relation to a Finance Party means that the Finance Party:
(a)
is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

(b)
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing
its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(c)
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit
of its creditors;

(d)
institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any
similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory
jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or
the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of
insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency
law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented
for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar
official;

(e)
has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or
bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other
similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its
winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition
instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or
presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and:

(i)
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for
relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation;

(ii)
is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within thirty
days of the institution or presentation thereof;

(f)
has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation
(other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

(g)
seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, judicial
manager, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or
other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets;

(h)
has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or
has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process
levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and
such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed,
discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within thirty days thereafter;

(i)
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable
laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified
in paragraphs (a) to (h) above; or

(j)
takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of,
or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.

"Intercreditor Agreement" means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about
the date of this Agreement, entered into between, amongst others, the Company,
the Security Agent, the Bond Trustee and the Agent.
"Interest Period" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in
accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum,
each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).

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"Interpolated Screen Rate" means, in relation to LIBOR, the rate which results
from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a)
the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is
available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

(b)
the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate
is available) which exceeds the Interest period of that Loan,

each as of 11 a.m.
"Intra-Group Debt" means any loans made between members of the Group.
"Issuer Share Pledge" means the limited recourse pledge in favour of the
Security Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) over all the shares (100 per
cent.) in the Company, together with, inter alia, letters of resignation
(effective upon an Event of Default) from current board members and covenants to
obtain such from future board members. The sole recourse against the Parent
under the share pledge shall be shall in respect of the pledged shares.
"Legal Reservations" means:
(a)
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the
discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to
insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of
creditors;

(b)
the time barring of claims under applicable law;

(c)
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction; and

(d)
any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to
matters of law of general application in any legal opinions delivered to the
Agent pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent).

"Lender" means:
(a)
any Original Lender; and

(b)
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a
Party in accordance with Clause 24.1 (Assignments and transfers by Lenders).

"Leverage Ratio" means the ratio of (i) amounts outstanding under the Finance
Documents or the Bond Finance Documents , less (a) any amounts standing to the
Company's credit on any of the Escrow Account, the Debt Service Retention
Account and the Disposal Account and (b) freely available, unrestricted and
unencumbered consolidated cash balance of the Group as defined in accordance
with GAAP (other than such restrictions and encumbrances made in favour of the
Agent, the Bond Trustee or the Security Agent), to the aggregate of (i) the
total book value of the Vessels in accordance with GAAP, and, (ii) the total
Market Value of any Cure Vessels.
"LIBOR" means in relation to any Loan:
(a)
the applicable Screen Rate; or

(b)
(if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period of that
Loan) the Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan; or

(c)
if

(i)
no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan; and

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(ii)
it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan,

the Reference Bank Rate,
as of, in the case of paragraph (a) and (c) above, 3 pm. on the Quotation Day
for the currency of that Loan for a period equal in length to the Interest
Period of that Loan, and, if any such rate is below zero, LIBOR will be deemed
to be zero.
"LMA" means the Loan Market Association.
"Loan" means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal
amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"Majority Lenders" means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more
than 662/3% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been
reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments
immediately prior to the reduction).
"Margin" means 2.00 per cent p.a.
"Market Disruption Event" has the meaning given to it in Clause 10.2 (Market
disruption).
"Market Value" means the fair market value of the vessel(s) determined as the
arithmetic mean of independent valuations of the vessel(s) obtained from (i) two
Approved Brokers or (ii) two independent and well-reputed sale and purchase
brokers familiar with the market for the vessel(s) appointed by the Company and
approved by the Agent. Such valuation shall be made on the basis of a sale for
prompt delivery for cash at arm’s length on normal commercial terms as between a
willing seller and willing buyer, on an "as is where is" basis, free of any
existing charters or other contracts for employment.
"Material Adverse Effect" means:
(a)
a material adverse change in, or a material adverse change on, the operations,
business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

(b)
a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Finance Documents, (ii) the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability against the Company or any Finance Document to which it
is a party or (iii) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred
upon, the Finance Parties under any Finance Document.

"Month" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
(a)
if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall
end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to
end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business
Day; and

(b)
if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that
period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that
calendar month.

The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
"Mortgages" means the mortgages in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of
the Secured Parties) governed by the laws of the relevant Approved Flag State
over each Vessel including all relevant equipment being legally part of that
Vessel under the applicable law (including any deed of covenants supplemental to
the Mortgages and to the security thereby created between the Company and the
Security Agent).

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"New Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 24.1 (Assignments and
transfers by Lenders).
"Net Profit" means the consolidated net profit (or loss) in accordance with GAAP
according to the latest relevant financial statement(s).
"Obligors" means the Company and the Guarantors.
"Original Financial Statements" means in relation to the Company, the pro forma
balance sheet as of 8 December 2017.
"Parent" means Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
"Parent Group" means the Parent and its Subsidiaries from time to time.
"Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that
has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the
European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
"Party" means a party to this Agreement.
"Permitted Acquisition" means an acquisition by the Company of an additional
Vessel Owner provided that such additional Vessel Owner becomes a Guarantor.
"Permitted Chartering" means the chartering-in of vessels from (i) another
member of the Group and/or (ii) an entity not being a member of the Group for a
period which in each case is less than 12 months, as well as the operation and
chartering-out of vessels mentioned in (i) and (ii), except for any
chartering-in and chartering-out on a demise or bareboat basis.
"Permitted Disposal" means any disposal of a Vessel or the shares in a Vessel
Owner, provided that the Net Proceeds received in connection with such disposal
are paid directly into the Disposal Account.
"Permitted Distribution" has the meaning given to such term in Clause 21.20
(Distributions).
"Permitted Financial Indebtedness" means the Existing Indebtedness (to be
refinanced upon the first release of funds from the Escrow Account), and any
Financial Indebtedness:
(a)
incurred under the Finance Documents;

(b)
incurred by the Company's issuance of the Bonds pursuant to the Bond Terms;

(c)
in the form of Shareholder Loans;

(d)
in the form of Intra-Group Debt;

(e)
incurred under any Permitted Hedging Obligation;

(f)
arising under any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, bond,
standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank
or financial institution in respect of an underlying liability in the ordinary
course of business of a member of the Group;

(g)
under any pension and tax liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business; or

(h)
arising in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding USD 3,000,000 in
aggregate for the Group.

"Permitted Financial Support" means any Financial Support:

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(a)
by way of Permitted Loans; and

(b)
by way of Permitted Guarantees

"Permitted Guarantees" means:
(a)
any guarantee obligation arising under or out of the Finance Documents;

(b)
granted in relation to any Permitted Financial Indebtedness;

(c)
any guarantee granted in the ordinary course of business; and

(d)
any guarantees required under any Vessel Management Agreement.

"Permitted Hedging Obligation" means any unsecured obligations of any member of
the Group under a derivative transaction entered into in the ordinary course of
business of the Group and for non-speculative purposes.
"Permitted Loan" means:
(a)
any Financial Indebtedness or loan made by and between members of the Group
(including cash pooling arrangements to the extent allowed under applicable
law);

(b)
deposits of Cash with financial institutions for cash management purposes or in
the ordinary course of business;

(c)
any Financial Indebtedness or loan made or credit extended by any member of the
Group to its customers in the ordinary course of business; and

(d)
any Financial Indebtedness or Financial Support arising out of any Permitted
Guarantee or Permitted Security.

"Permitted Security" means any Security granted to secure the Existing
Indebtedness (up and until Closing) and any Security:
(a)
created under the Security Documents and the Bond Security Documents;

(b)
arising in the ordinary course of banking arrangements for the purpose of
netting debt and credit balances of members of the Group;

(c)
arising by operation of law;

(d)
any pledge of the Defeasance Account; or

(e)
arising in the ordinary course of business which does not exceed USD 5,000,000
(or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate for the Group at any time.

"Person" means any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or
agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium,
partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality).
"PIK Note" has the meaning given to such term in the Bond Terms.
"Prohibited Person" means any Person (whether designated by name or by reason of
being included in a class of Persons) against whom Sanctions are directed.
"Quotation Day" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is
to be determined or a currency selected two Business Days before the first day
of that period.

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"Reference Bank Rate" means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to
four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request by the Reference
Banks in relation to LIBOR, as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank
could borrow funds in the London interbank market for the relevant period, were
it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in
reasonable market size in that currency and for that period.
"Reference Banks" means the principal offices of ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC or
such other banks as may be appointed by the Agent in consultation with the
Company.
"Relevant Interbank Market" means the London interbank market.
"Relevant Person" means:
(a)
each member of the Group; and

(b)
each of their directors, officers and employees.

"Repeating Representations" means each of the representations set out in Clauses
18.1 (status) to 18.6 (governing law and enforcement), 18.10 (no default), and
18.12 (financial statements) to 18.17 (centre of main interest).
"Representative" means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee,
attorney, trustee or custodian.
"Rollover Loan" means one or more Loans:
(a)
made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;

(b)
the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the
maturing Loan;

(c)
in the same currency as the maturing Loan; and

(d)
made or to be made to the Company for the purpose of refinancing a maturing
Loan.

"Sanctions" means any laws, regulations or orders concerning trade, economic or
financial sanctions or embargoes imposed by any Sanctions Authority.
"Sanctions Authority" means the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of
Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations
Security Council, the European Union and/or Her Majesty's Treasury.
"Screen Rate" means:
(a)
in relation to LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE
Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the
administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed on Reuters screen
page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen page;

(b)
or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes
that rate from time to time in place of Reuters. If such page or service ceases
to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the
relevant rate after consultation with the Company and in accordance with market
practice in the Relevant Interbank Market.

"Secured Obligations" has the meaning given to it in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
"Secured Parties" has the meaning given to it in the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Security" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security assignment or other
security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement
or arrangement having a similar effect.

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"Security Agent" means Nordic Trustee AS (company no. 963 342 624), or such
other person appointed as "Security Agent" in accordance with the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Security Documents" means each of the documents referred to in Clause 17
(Security) and all such other documents and instruments which may be entered
into or executed at any time with or in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf
of the Secured Parties) as security for the Secured Obligations.
"Shareholder Loan" means any existing or future loan (including accumulated
interest) provided to the Company by any direct or indirect shareholders of the
Company or Affiliate not being a member of the Group, and provided that such
loans are fully subordinated to (a) the Secured Obligations and (b) the
Intra-Group Debt, and provided that no cash interest payment or repayment of
principal shall occur prior to the Termination Date other than by a Permitted
Distribution or by way of conversion to equity.
"Signing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means an entity over which another entity or person has Decisive
Influence.
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a
similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any
failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
"Technical Manager" means Eagle Ship Management LLC.
"Termination Date" means the earlier of (i) 8 December 2022 and (ii) the date
falling three (3) months prior to the final maturity date for the Bonds.
"Top Account Pledge" means a charge over the top account in any cash pool
structure of the Group, or, if no such cash pool is in place, the operating
account of the Company, pledged but not blocked in favour of the Security Agent
(on behalf of the Secured Parties).
"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments, being USD 15,000,000
at the Signing Date.
"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the
Agent and the Company.
"Transfer Date" means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
(a)
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and

(b)
the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.

"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Company under the
Finance Documents.
"US Tax Obligor" means:
(a)
an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or

(b)
an Obligor whose some or all of payments under the Finance Documents are from
sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.

"USD" means US Dollars, being the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"Utilisation" means a utilisation under the Facility.
"Utilisation Date" means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which a
Loan is to be made.

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"Utilisation Request" means a notice substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request).
"VAT" means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Act of 19
June 2009, No. 58 (in Norwegian: merverdiavgiftsloven) and any other tax of a
similar nature.
"Vessel" means any of:
(a)
the Initial Vessels;

(b)
any Additional Vessels; and

(c)
any other dry bulk vessel owned by any member of the Group.

"Vessel Manager" means (i) the Commercial Manager, (ii) the Technical Manager
and/or (iii) any other entity (being an entity within the Parent Group or a
third party acceptable to the Agent) entering into a Vessel Management Agreement
with a Vessel Owner on terms no less favourable to such Vessel Owner than
arms-length terms and otherwise in compliance with the term hereof.
"Vessel Management Agreements" means any commercial, crewing and/or technical
management agreements for the Vessels (as amended from time to time) entered
into between each of the Vessel Owners and the respective Vessel Manager.
"Vessel Owner" means an owner of a Vessel, each being a single purpose limited
liability company.
1.2
Construction

(a)
Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

(i)
the "Agent", any "Finance Party", any "Lender", any "Obligor", the "Security
Agent" or any "Party" shall be construed so as to include its successors in
title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

(ii)
"assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every
description;

(iii)
a "Finance Document" or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that
Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated,
supplemented, extended or restated;

(iv)
"indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as
surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual
or contingent;

(v)
a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government,
state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium
or partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal
personality);

(vi)
a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any
regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

(vii)
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
and

(viii)
a time of day is a reference to New York time unless specified otherwise herein.

(b)
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.

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(c)
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document
or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the
same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.

(d)
A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not been
remedied or waived and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been
remedied or waived.

SECTION 2
THE FACILITY
2.
THE FACILITY

2.1
The Facility

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the
Company a revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Commitments which may be utilised by way of drawing of Loans.
2.2
Finance Parties' rights and obligations

(a)
The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several.
Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance
Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other
Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

(b)
The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance
Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the
Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Company shall be a separate and
independent debt.

(c)
A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.

3.
PURPOSE

3.1
Purpose

The Company shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards:
(a)
acquisitions of Additional Vessels, or additional Vessel Owners, as the case may
be; and

(b)
general corporate and working capital purposes of the Group, including, but not
limited to working capital and capital expenditure.

For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts borrowed under the Facility may not be
used to finance purchases of Bonds by the Group.
3.2
Monitoring

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount
borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
4.
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

4.1
Initial conditions precedent

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders'
participation) in relation to any Utilisation if on or before the Utilisation
Date for that Utilisation, the Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Company and the
Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

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4.2
Further conditions precedent

Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent), the Lenders will only be
obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation) if on the date of the
Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:
(a)
in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would
result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other Loan, no Default is
continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and

(b)
in relation to any Utilisation on the Closing Date, all the representations and
warranties in Clause 18 (Representations) or, in relation to any other
Utilisation, the Repeating Representations to be made by the Company are true in
all material respects.

4.3
Maximum number of Loans

The Company may only deliver three (3) Utilisation Requests in any financial
quarter.
SECTION 3
UTILISATION
5.
UTILISATION

5.1
Delivery of a Utilisation Request

The Company may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly
completed Utilisation Request no later than three (3) Business Day's prior to
the requested Utilisation Date.
5.2
Completion of a Utilisation Request

(a)
Each Utilisation Request for a Loan is irrevocable and will not be regarded as
having been duly completed unless:

(i)
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

(ii)
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and
amount); and

(iii)
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

(b)
Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.

5.3
Currency and amount

(a)
The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base Currency.

(b)
The amount of a proposed Loan must be:

(i)
a minimum of USD 1,000,000; or

(ii)
in any event such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or equal to the
Available Facility.

5.4
Lenders' participation

(a)
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, and subject to Clause
6.1 (Repayment of Loans) each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan
available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office in each case by 12
noon two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date.

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(b)
The amount of each Lender's participation in each Loan will be equal to the
proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility
immediately prior to making the Loan.

5.5
Cancellation of Commitment

Any part of the Total Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be
immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period.
SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
6.
REPAYMENT

6.1
Repayment of Loans

(a)
The Company shall repay each Loan on the last day of its Interest Period.

(b)
Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under paragraph
(a) may be re-borrowed.

(c)
On the Termination Date, the Company shall repay all Loans then outstanding
under the Facility in full and shall also pay to the Agent (on behalf of the
other Finance Parties) all other sums due and outstanding in respect of the
Facility at such date.

(d)
Without prejudice to the Company's obligation under paragraph (a) above, if:

(i)
one or more Loans are to be made available to the Company:

(A)
on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by the Company; and

(B)
in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan; and

(ii)
the proportion borne by each Lender's participation in the maturing Loan to the
amount of that maturing Loan is the same as the proportion borne by that
Lender's participation in the new Loans to the aggregate amount of those new
Loans,

the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Company notifies the
Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if
applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:
(A)
if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new
Loans:

(1)
the Company will only be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments
to the Agent) in an amount equal to that excess; and

(2)
each Lender's participation (if any) in the new Loans shall be treated as having
been made available and applied by the Company in or towards repayment of that
Lender's participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required
to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its
participation in the new Loans; and

(B)
if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount
of the new Loans:

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(1)
the Company will not be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments
to the Agent); and

(2)
each Lender will be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to
the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent
that its participation in the new Loans exceeds that Lender's participation in
the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Lender's participation in the new
Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Company
in or towards repayment of that Lender's participation in the maturing Loan.

7.
ILLEGALITY, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

7.1
Illegality

If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform
any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement, to fund, issue or
maintain its participation in any Utilisation, then:
(a)
that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

(b)
upon the Agent notifying the Company, the Available Commitment of that Lender
will be immediately cancelled; and

(c)
the Company shall repay the Loans on the last day of the Interest Period for
each Loan, occurring after the Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier,
the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no
earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) that
Lender's corresponding Commitment shall be cancelled in the amount of the
participations repaid.

7.2
Market Value of Vessels

If at any time the aggregate Market Value of the Vessels is less than 300 per
cent. of the Total Commitments, the Total Commitments shall be cancelled and the
Company shall repay any amount outstanding under the Facility.
7.3
Bond Purchase/Redemption

If the Company or any other member of the Group purchases, repays, prepays or
redeems Bonds so that less than USD 100,000,000 (the "Note Purchase Threshold")
is outstanding under the Bond Terms, the Total Commitments shall be cancelled
and the Company shall repay any amount outstanding under the Facility.
7.4
Voluntary cancellation

The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days' (or
such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or
any part (being a minimum amount of 1,000,000) of the Available Facility.
7.5
Voluntary Prepayment of Loans

The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days' (or
such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or
any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the Base
Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000).
7.6
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single
Lender

(a)
If:

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(i)
any sum payable to any Lender by the Company is required to be increased under
paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or

(ii)
any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 12.3 (Tax
indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs),

the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that
increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of
the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that
Lender's participation in the Loans or give the Agent notice of its intention to
replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
(b)
On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of
that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

(c)
On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given
notice under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the
Company in that notice), the Company shall repay that Lender's participation in
that Loan.

(d)
The Company may, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above, on five
(5) Business Days' prior notice to the Agent and that Lender, replace that
Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that
Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and
not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Lender or
other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the
Company which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the
obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to
the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash or other cash payment payable at the
time of the transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest, Break Costs and
other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

(e)
The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to
the following conditions:

(i)
the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent;

(ii)
neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement
Lender;

(iii)
in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to
pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance
Documents; and

(iv)
the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant
to paragraph (d) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all
necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws
and regulations in relation to that transfer.

(f)
A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (e)(iv) above as soon
as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in
paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Agent and the Company when it is
satisfied that it has complied with those checks.

7.7
Restrictions

(a)
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7
shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this
Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation
or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.

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(b)
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest
on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or
penalty.

(c)
Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility
which is prepaid or repaid may be re-borrowed in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.

(d)
The Company shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all
or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly
provided for in this Agreement.

(e)
No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be
subsequently reinstated.

(f)
If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 it shall promptly forward a
copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as
appropriate.

(g)
If all or part of a Utilisation is repaid or prepaid and is not available for
redrawing (other than by operation of Clause 4.2 (Further conditions
precedent)), an amount of the Commitments (equal to the Base Currency Amount of
the amount of the Utilisation which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be
cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment. Any cancellation under this
paragraph (g) shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the
Facility.

SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATIONS
8.
INTEREST

8.1
Calculation of interest

The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage
rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(a)
Margin; and

(b)
LIBOR.

8.2
Payment of interest

The Company shall pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last day of each
Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, on
the dates falling at three (3)Monthly intervals after the first day of the
Interest Period).
8.3
Default interest

(a)
If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on
its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up
to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which,
subject to paragraph (b) below, is 2.00 per cent higher than the rate which
would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of
non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for
successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting
reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 shall be immediately
payable by the Company on demand by the Agent.

(b)
If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a
day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:

(i)
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to
the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and

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(ii)
the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest
Period shall be 2.00 per cent. higher than the rate which would have applied if
the overdue amount had not become due.

(c)
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded
with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that
overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

8.4
Notification of rates of interest

The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company of the determination
of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
9.
INTEREST PERIODS

9.1
Selection of Interest Periods

(a)
The Company may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request
for that Loan.

(b)
Subject to this Clause 9, the Company may select an Interest Period of three (3)
or six (6) Months or any other period agreed between the Company and the Agent
(acting on the instructions of the Lenders).

(c)
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.

(d)
Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date for that
Loan.

(e)
A Loan has one Interest Period only.

9.2
Non-Business Days

If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day,
that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar
month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
10.
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

10.1
Absence of quotations

Subject to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by
reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a
quotation by the 12.00 (local time) on the Quotation Day, LIBOR shall be
determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
10.2
Market disruption

(a)
If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest
Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender's share of that Loan for the
Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

(i)
the Margin; and

(ii)
the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any
event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to
be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender
of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably
select.

(b)
In this Agreement "Market Disruption Event" means:

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(i)
at or about 12:00 (local time) on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest
Period LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and none or
only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to determine the
LIBOR for the relevant currency and Interest Period; or

(ii)
before close of business in New York on the Quotation Day for the relevant
Interest Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders
(whose participations in a Loan exceed 50 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost
to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be
in excess of LIBOR.

10.3
Alternative basis of interest or funding

(a)
If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Company so requires,
the Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not
more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for
determining the rate of interest.

(b)
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the
prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties.

10.4
Break Costs

(a)
the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party,
pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a
Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Company on a day other than the last day of
an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.

(b)
Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the
Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any
Interest Period in which they accrue.

11.
FEES

11.1
Commitment fee

(a)
The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in the
Base Currency computed at the rate of forty (40) per cent. per annum of the
applicable Margin on the Lender's Available Commitment for the Availability
Period (calculated on a day-to-day basis).

(b)
The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period
of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of
the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of
the relevant Lender's Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.

11.2
Up-Front fee

The Company shall pay to the Agent the up-front fee in an amount and at the
times agreed in a Fee Letter.
11.3
Agency fee

The Company shall pay to the Agent the agency fee in an amount and at the times
agreed in a Fee Letter.
11.4
No fees to a Defaulting Lender

No fees will be payable to the Agent (for the account of the Lender) under this
Clause 11 for any day on which the Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
12.
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

12.1
Definitions

(a)
In this Clause 12:

"Protected Party" means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any
liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation
to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be
received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of
any Tax.
"Tax Deduction" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a
payment under a Finance Document.
"Tax Payment" means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a
Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3
(Tax indemnity).
"Treaty Lender" means, in respect of a jurisdiction, a Lender entitled to under
the provisions of a double taxation treaty to receive payments of interest from
a person resident in that jurisdiction without a Tax Deduction (subject to
completion of any necessary procedural formalities).
(b)
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to
"determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the absolute
discretion of the person making the determination.

12.2
Tax gross-up

(a)
Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction,
unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

(b)
The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax
Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax
Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the
Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If
the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company
and that Obligor.

(c)
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of
the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after
making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have
been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

(d)
An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to the Lender under
paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax imposed on a payment
of interest on a Loan, if that Lender is a Treaty Lender and that Obligor (or
the Company) is able to demonstrate that the Tax Deduction is required to be
made as a result of the failure of that Treaty Lender to comply with its
obligations under paragraph (g) below.

(e)
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that
Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction
within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

(f)
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required
in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction
shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment
evidence reasonably satisfactory

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to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable)
any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
(g)
A Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty
Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities
necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without
a Tax Deduction.

12.3
Tax indemnity

(a)
The Company shall (within five (5)) Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to
a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that
Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered
for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance
Document.

(b)
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:

(i)
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:

(A)
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated
or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance
Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

(B)
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party's Facility Office
is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received
or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that
Finance Party; or
(ii)
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:

(A)
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up);

(B)
related to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; or

(C)
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax
gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in
paragraph d of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) applied.

(c)
A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above
shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise
to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Company.

(d)
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this
Clause 12.3, notify the Agent.

12.4
Tax Credit

If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines
that:
(a)
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment
forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which
that Tax Payment was required; and

(b)
that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,

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the Finance Party shall pay an amount to that Obligor which that Finance Party
determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as
it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by that
Obligor.
12.5
Stamp taxes

The Company shall pay and, within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs
in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in
respect of any Finance Document.
12.6
VAT

(a)
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a
Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any
supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is
chargeable on that supply and, accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on
any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document and
such Finance Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the
VAT, that Party must pay to such Finance Party (in addition to and at the same
time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the
amount of the VAT (and such Finance Party must promptly provide an appropriate
VAT invoice to that Party).

(b)
If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the
"Supplier") to any other Finance Party (the "Recipient") under a Finance
Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the "Relevant Party") is
required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the
consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to
reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration):

(i)
(where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax
authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the
same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the
VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the
Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives
from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines
relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and

(ii)
(where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax
authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from
the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on
that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that
it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in
respect of that VAT.

(c)
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance
Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the
case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense,
including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such
Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment
in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

12.7
FATCA Information

(a)
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days
of a reasonable request by another Party:

(i)
confirm to that other Party whether it is:

(A)
a FATCA Exempt Party; or

(B)
not a FATCA Exempt Party;

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(ii)
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information
relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for
the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and

(iii)
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information
relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes
of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of
information regime.

(b)
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it
is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has
ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party
reasonably promptly.

(c)
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and
paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which
would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

(i)
any law or regulation;

(ii)
any fiduciary duty; or

(iii)
any duty of confidentiality.

(d)
If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to
supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where
paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes
of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA
Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested
confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

(e)
If the Company is a US Tax Obligor or the Agent reasonably believes that its
obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it,
each Lender shall, within 10 (ten) Business Days of:

(i)
where the Company is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an Original
Lender, the date of this Agreement;

(ii)
where the Company is a US Tax Obligor on a date on which any other Lender
becomes a Party as a Lender, that date; or

(iii)
where the Company is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Agent,

supply to the Agent:
(A)
a withholding certificate on Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or

(B)
any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the
Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA
or that other law or regulation.

(f)
The Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement,
document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) above to the Company.

(g)
If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation
or waiver provided to the Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above is
or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly
update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding
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Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender
shall promptly notify the Agent). The Agent shall provide any such updated
withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or
waiver to the Company.
(h)
The Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement,
document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) or (g) above without further verification. The Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraph (e), (f)
or (g) above.

12.8
FATCA Deduction

(a)
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any
payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be
required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA
Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA
Deduction.

(b)
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA
Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA
Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition,
shall notify the Company and the Agent and the Agent shall notify the other
Finance Parties.

13.
INCREASED COSTS

13.1
Increased costs

(a)
Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within five (5) Business
Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount
of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates
as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the
interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation, (ii)
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement or
(iii) regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued, compliance with the
Basel III Standards (as defined below) and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives
thereunder or issued in connection therewith.

(b)
In this Agreement "Increased Costs" means:

(i)
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party's (or
its Affiliate's) overall capital;

(ii)
an additional or increased cost; or

(iii)
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the
extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its
Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document
(taking into consideration such Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) policies
with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity requirements).
13.2
Increased cost claims

(a)
A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased
costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following
which the Agent shall promptly notify the Company.

(b)
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent,
provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

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13.3
Exceptions

(a)
Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost
is:

(i)
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor;

(ii)
compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated
for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because
any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);

(iii)
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its
Affiliates of any law or regulation; or

(iv)
attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the
"International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a
Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in
June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (but excluding any
amendment arising out of Basel III) ("Basel II") or any other law or regulation
which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or
compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its
Affiliates), and provided that if such Increased Costs are attributable to the
implementation or application of or compliance with the Basel III Standards,
this sub-paragraph (v) shall not apply.

(b)
For the purpose of this Clause 13.3, "Basel III Standards" means

(i)
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards
contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks
and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk
measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities
operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee
on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or
restated;

(ii)
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global
systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss
absorbency requirement – Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated;

(iii)
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision relating to "Basel III"; and

(iv)
CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies CRD IV.

(c)
For the purpose of this Clause 13.3,"CRD IV" means:

(i)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26
June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment
firms; and

(ii)
Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June
2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential
supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive
2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.

(d)
In this Clause 13.3, a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has the same meaning given
to the term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).

14.
OTHER INDEMNITIES AND DAMAGE WAIVER

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14.1
Currency indemnity

(a)
If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any
order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted
from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into
another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of:

(i)
making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;

(ii)
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation
or arbitration proceedings,

the Company shall as an independent obligation, in respect of that Obligor,
within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom
that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a
result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of
exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second
Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the
time of its receipt of that Sum.
(b)
The Company waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount
under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which it is expressed to be payable.

14.2
Other indemnities

The Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor will), within three (3)
Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or
liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
(a)
the occurrence of any Event of Default;

(b)
a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its
due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a
result of Clause 27 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);

(c)
funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested
by the Company in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation
of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of
default or negligence by that Finance Party alone);

(d)
a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
prepayment given by the Company; or

(e)
any claim, action, civil penalty or fine against, any settlement, and any other
kind of loss or liability, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and disbursements), in each case resulting from any
Obligor or other member of the Group (or any of their respective partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors when acting in such capacity
for any member of the Group) violating any Sanctions.

14.3
Indemnity to the Agent

The Company shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or
liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
(a)
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or

(b)
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably
believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

14.4
Waiver of Consequential Damages

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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall not assert,
and hereby waives, any claim against any Finance Party, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan,
or the use of the proceeds thereof.
15.
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS

15.1
Mitigation

(a)
Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable
steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in the
Facility ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or
pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12
(Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) including (but not
limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents
to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

(b)
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Company
under the Finance Documents.

15.2
Limitation of liability

(a)
The Company shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and
expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by
it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).

(b)
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 Mitigation)
if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be
prejudicial to it.

16.
COSTS AND EXPENSES

16.1
Transaction expenses

The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent and the Lenders the amount of
all externally incurred costs and expenses (including external legal fees in
line with obtained fee quotes) incurred by (and duly documented) any of them in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and perfection
of:
(a)
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement and the
Security Documents; and

(b)
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

16.2
Amendment costs

If (a) the Company requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment
is required pursuant to Clause 28.9 (Change of currency), the Company shall,
within five (5) Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of
all external costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by
the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that
request or requirement.
16.3
Enforcement costs

The Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance
Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by
that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of
any rights under, any Finance Document.
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SECURITY
17.
SECURITY

17.1
Initial security

Subject to such limitations as may be required by applicable law, the
obligations and liabilities of the Obligors under or in respect of Secured
Obligations including without limitations any derived liability whatsoever of
the Obligors towards the Finance Parties in connection therewith, shall be
secured by the following with first priority:
(a)
the Guarantee Agreements;

(b)
the Mortgages;

(c)
the Issuer Share Pledge;

(d)
the Guarantor Share Pledge;

(e)
the Charter Contract Assignments;

(f)
the Assignment of Earnings;

(g)
the Assignment of Insurances;

(h)
the Assignment of Intra-Group Debt;

(i)
any Disposal Account Pledge;

(j)
the Earnings Account Pledge; and

(k)
the Top Account Pledge.

17.2
Security upon acquisition of Additional Vessels and/or additional Vessel Owners

In the event of acquisition of Additional Vessels and/or additional Vessel
Owners, the Company shall procure the granting of the same Security in respect
of such Additional Vessels and/or additional Vessel Owners as applies to the
Initial Vessel and/or the original Vessel Owners, such security to be
established and perfected upon completion of the relevant acquisition.
SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
18.
REPRESENTATIONS

The Company makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18
to each Finance Party.
18.1
Status

(a)
It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its
jurisdiction of incorporation.

(b)
It and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its
business as it is being conducted.

18.2
Binding obligations

Subject to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it
in each Finance Document are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance
with its terms.

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18.3
Non-conflict with other obligations

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by,
the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:
(a)
any law or regulation applicable to it;

(b)
its or any of its Subsidiaries' constitutional documents; or

(c)
any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
its or any of its Subsidiaries' assets.

18.4
Power and authority

It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary
action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance
Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those
Finance Documents.
18.5
Validity and admissibility in evidence

All Authorisations required or desirable:
(a)
to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and

(b)
to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in
its jurisdiction of incorporation,

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
18.6
Governing law and enforcement

The choice of governing law of the Finance Documents to which it is a party will
be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
18.7
Deduction of Tax

It is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any
payment it may make under any Finance Document.
18.8
No filing or stamp taxes

Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the
Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other
authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be
paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated
by the Finance Documents, save for any filing, recordation or enrolment or any
stamp, registration or similar tax referred to in any of the Security Documents
18.9
No Insolvency

Neither it nor any member of the Group:
(a)
is unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

(b)
has suspended the making of payment of any of its debts;

(c)
has entered into voluntary compositions proceedings;

(d)
has commenced negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to
rescheduling any of its indebtedness; or

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(e)
has become or been declared insolvent.

18.10
No default

(a)
No Event of Default, and on the Signing Date and the Closing Date no Default is
continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the making of any Utilisation
or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any
Finance Document.

(b)
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under
any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its
Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries') assets are subject
which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

18.11
No misleading information

Any factual information provided by it to the Agent or any other Finance Party
for the purposes of this Agreement, any other Finance Document and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby was true and accurate in all
material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at
which it is stated to be governed.
18.12
Financial statements

(a)
Its audited financial statements most recently delivered to the Agent (and, as
at the date of this Agreement, the Original Financial Statements):

(i)
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; and

(ii)
fairly represent its financial condition and results of operations (consolidated
in the case of the Company) as at the date to which they were drawn up.

(b)
As at the date of this Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in
the consolidated financial condition of the Company since the date to which the
Original Financial Statements were drawn up.

18.13
Pari passu ranking

Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu
with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except
for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
18.14
No proceedings pending or threatened

No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations of or
before any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely determined, are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its
knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been started or
threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries.
18.15
No Breach of Laws

(a)
It has not breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)
No labour disputes are current or, to the best of its knowledge and belief
(having made due and careful enquiry), threatened against any member of the
Group which have or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

18.16
Patriot Act, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption

(a)
To the extent applicable, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in
compliance in all material respects with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act,
each of the foreign assets control

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regulations of the United States Treasury Department and any other enabling
legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the Patriot Act.
(b)
None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any director, officer, or to
the knowledge of the Company, any employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is owned fifty per cent. (50%) or more,
individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly or controlled by one or
more Persons that are subject to any Sanctions.

(c)
None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is owned
fifty per cent. (50%) or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or
indirectly or controlled by one or more Persons that are located, organised or
resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject
of comprehensive Sanctions (as at the Signing Date, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North
Korea, Sudan and Syria).

(d)
The Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and,
to the knowledge of the the Company, employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and any other applicable
anti-corruption law in all material respects. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure
compliance therewith.

18.17
Centre of main interest/Principal Place of Business

The main centre of interest of any Obligor and the exclusive jurisdiction for
any insolvency in respect of such Obligor is in its jurisdiction of its
incorporation.
18.18
Repetition

The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by the Company by reference
to the facts and circumstances then existing on:
(a)
the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period;
and

(b)
on each Utilisation Date.

19.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

The undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents
or any Commitment is in force.
19.1
Financial statements

The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders:
(a)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the
end of each of its financial years the audited consolidated financial statements
of the Company for that financial year;

(b)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the
end of its financial year, the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Parent for that financial year;

(c)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the
end of the first, third and fourth quarter and 60 days after the end of each
second quarter of each of its financial years the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Company for that financial quarter;

(d)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the
end of each of its financial quarters the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Parent for that financial quarter;

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(e)
as soon as they become available, but in any event prior to the start of each
financial year, a yearly budget for the Company and Parent; and

(f)
as soon as they become available, but in any event prior to the start of each
financial year, cash flow projections for the Company and Parent.

19.2
Requirements as to financial statements

(a)
Each set of financial statements delivered by the Company pursuant to
Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) shall fairly represent its financial
condition as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

(b)
The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP.

19.3
Compliance Certificate

(a)
The Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements
delivered in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (c) of Clause 19.1 (Financial
statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail)
computations as to compliance with Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) as at the
date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

(b)
The Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements
delivered for the second and the fourth financial quarter in accordance with
paragraphs (c) above, a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable
detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 7.2 (Market Value of Vessels)
as at the relevant financial quarter based on valuations not older than thirty
(30) days.

(c)
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by a duly authorised signatory of
the Company.

19.4
Environmental claims

The Company shall, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Agent in
writing of:
(a)
any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current,
pending or threatened; and

(b)
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any
Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the
Group,

where the claim, if determined against that member of the Group, has or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
19.5
Information: miscellaneous

The Company shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders,
if the Agent so requests):
(a)
all documents dispatched by it to its creditors generally (or any class of them)
at the same time as they are dispatched;

(b)
copies of any amendments or variations to the Vessel Management Agreements, the
General Management Agreement and of any new Vessel Management Agreements or
General Management Agreement;

(c)
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any major casualty, total
loss, requisition, environmental incidents and/or claims, withdrawal of class
and recommendations affecting class, non-compliance with codes, arrest or
detention in relation to a Vessel.

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(d)
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, breach of
Sanctions, breach of Environmental Laws, arbitration or administrative
proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the
Group or the Parent, and which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(e)
promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, assets,
business and operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through
the Agent) may reasonably request.

19.6
Notification of default

The Company shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being
taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
19.7
Use of websites

The Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any
information by posting this information onto the electronic website of the
Company.
19.8
"Know your customer" checks

(a)
If:

(i)
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

(ii)
any change in the status of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or

(iii)
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such
assignment or transfer,

obliges the Agent or the Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any
prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar
identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is
not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the
Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and
other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf
of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described
in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for
the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii)
above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied
with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all
applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the
Finance Documents.
(b)
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the
supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by
the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it
has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks
under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions
contemplated in the Finance Documents.

19.9
No change of financial year

(a)
The Company shall procure that its accounting reference shall not be changed.

(b)
The Company shall procure that the financial end year of each member of the
Group shall fall on 31 December.

20.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS

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The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under any Finance Document or
any Commitment is in force and shall be tested at the end of each period set out
in this Clause 20.
20.1
Minimum Liquidity

The Group shall at all times maintain Free Liquidity of minimum USD 12,500,000.
20.2
Maximum Leverage Ratio

The Company shall at all times ensure that the Leverage Ratio does not exceed
75%.
20.3
Leverage Ratio Covenant Cure

If the Company fails (or would otherwise fail) to comply with the Leverage Ratio
at any time and the Company prior to the relevant reporting date has provided
either (i) a Cure Vessel and Security in respect of such Cure Vessel along the
principles applicable to the Vessels or (ii) cash collateral deposited on a bank
account pledged on first priority and blocked in favour of the Security Agent
(on behalf of the Secured Parties) bridging the value shortfall, then (a) if a
Cure Vessel is provided, the Leverage Ratio shall be recalculated on the basis
that the Market Value of such Cure Vessel shall be deemed to increase the total
aggregate Market Value of the Vessels for the relevant period to which the
breach relates and (b) if cash collateral is provided and for as long as such
cash collateral remains in place, the amount outstanding under the Finance
Documents and the Bond Finance Documents shall, for the purpose of the Leverage
Ratio only, be deemed to be reduced by the amount of the cash collateral so
provided.
If, after the Leverage Ratio is recalculated as set out above, the breach has
been prevented or cured, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to have been
satisfied from the last day of the reporting period covered by the financial
statements to be delivered on the relevant reporting date.
If a Cure Vessel or cash collateral has been provided in accordance with this
Clause 20.3, the security arrangement or relevant cash deposit amount shall be
released, or, as the case may be in respect of the cash collateral,
partly-released, by the Security Agent at the request of the Company, if the
Company to the satisfaction of the Agent has demonstrated that following such
release or part-release, it will be in compliance with the maximum Leverage
Ratio covenant.
21.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

The undertakings in this Clause 21 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents
or any Commitment is in force.
21.1
Authorisations

The Company shall, and shall procure that each member of the Group will,
(a)
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and
effect; and

(b)
supply certified copies to the Agent of,

any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of
incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility
in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document if a
failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.2
Compliance with laws and conduct of business

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(a)
comply in all material respects with all laws and regulations to which it may be
subject, except in such instances in which failure to comply, either
individually or in aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and

(b)
carry on its business in accordance with acknowledged, careful and sound
practices in all material respects and comply in all material respects with all
laws and regulations it may be subject to from time to time.

21.3
Negative pledge

The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will,
create or allow to subsist, retain, provide, prolong or renew any Security over
any of its/their assets (present or future) to secure any loan or other
indebtedness, provided that the members of the Group have a right to retain,
provide, prolong and renew any Permitted Security.
21.4
Disposals

(a)
The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will
sell or otherwise dispose of a Vessel or the shares in a Vessel Owner, unless
such transaction constitutes a Permitted Disposal.

(b)
Upon the disposal of a Vessel Owner or a Vessel and application of proceeds in
accordance with the requirements for a Permitted Disposal, the Agent shall, upon
request and at the Company's cost, release the Security held relating solely to
the asset sold.

21.5
Merger

The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will,
carry out any merger or other business combination or corporate reorganisation
involving a consolidation of the assets and obligations of any member of the
Group with any other companies or entities, if such transaction would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
21.6
De-Merger

The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will,
carry out any de-merger or other corporate reorganisation involving a split of
the Company or any other member of the Group, to the extent such de-merger would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.7
Anti-corruption law

(a)
The Company shall not directly or, to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly
use the proceeds of the Facility for any purpose which would breach any
applicable anti-corruption law.

(b)
The Company shall ensure that each member of the Group shall conduct its
businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws in all material
respects and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve
compliance with such laws.

21.8
Sanctions

(a)
The Company shall not, directly or to its knowledge, indirectly, use the
proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(i)
to fund any activities or business of or with any Person that is prohibited by
Sanctions, or in any country or territory, that is, or whose government is, at
the time of such funding, the subject of comprehensive Sanctions (as at the
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(ii)
in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person
(including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter,
advisor, investor, or otherwise).

(b)
Without limiting paragraph (a) above, neither the Parent nor any Obligor shall
charter or, to its knowledge, permit the charter of a Vessel to a Prohibited
Person to the extent that such charter would be prohibited if the Obligor were
resident or organized in the United States, the European Union or the United
Kingdom.

(c)
None of the Company's funds that are used to repay any obligation under this
Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall constitute property of, or shall
be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Prohibited Person to the
extent that such would be prohibited if the Obligor were resident or organized
in the United States, the European Union or the United Kingdom.

(d)
The Company and each other Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each
Relevant Person will) comply with all Sanctions applicable to it in all material
respects.

21.9
Asset control

The Company shall, and shall ensure that each Obligor ensures that:
(a)
it is not:

(i)
fifty per cent. (50%) or more owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more
Prohibited Persons in the aggregate;

(ii)
controlled by a Prohibited Person; or

(iii)
acting directly on behalf of a Prohibited Person to the extent such action would
be prohibited if the Parent or relevant Obligor were resident or organized in
the United States, the European Union or the United Kingdom;

(b)
it does not own or control a Prohibited Person;

(c)
to its knowledge, it is not acting indirectly for the benefit of a Prohibited
Person to the extent that such action would be prohibited if the Parent or
relevant Obligor were resident or organized in the United States, the European
Union or the United Kingdom;

(d)
no proceeds of any Loan;

(i)
shall be made available directly to a Prohibited Person to the extent that such
action would be prohibited if the Parent or relevant Obligor were resident or
organized in the United States, the European Union or the United Kingdom;

(ii)
otherwise shall be directly applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by
Sanctions; and

(e)
to its knowledge, no proceeds of any Loan:

(i)
shall be made available indirectly to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person
to the extent that such action would be prohibited if the Parent or relevant
Obligor were resident or organized in the United States, the European Union or
the United Kingdom; or

(ii)
otherwise shall be indirectly applied in a manner or for the purpose prohibited
by Sanctions.

21.10
Continuation of business

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The Company shall procure that no material change is made to the general nature
or scope of the Group from that carried on at the Signing Date, being direct and
indirect ownership, chartering out and in of vessels and business reasonably
related thereto.
21.11
Arm's length transaction

The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no member of the Group shall enter
into any transaction with any person other than on arm's length terms , other
than (a) the payment or reimbursement of the Group’s pro rata share of expenses
for shared personnel, office facilities, and administrative overhead of the
Parent and its subsidiaries, as fairly and reasonably allocated by the Parent;
and (b) management services on economic terms at least as favorable to the Group
as those set forth on Schedule 7.
21.12
Corporate status

The Company shall not change its type of organisation or jurisdiction of
incorporation.
21.13
No amendment of constitutional documents

The Company shall not make any amendments to its constitutional documents if
such amendment may have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.14
Financial Support

The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will,
incur or allow to exist any Financial Support, other than Permitted Financial
Support.
21.15
Financial Indebtedness

The Company shall not incur or permit to subsist any Financial Indebtedness,
other than Permitted Financial Indebtedness.
21.16
Activities, acquisitions and investments

(a)
No member of the Group shall charter out any vessel on demise or bareboat
charters without the prior consent of the Agent.

(b)
The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will
acquire any company, shares, securities, business or undertaking (or any
interest in any of them), unless the transaction constitutes a Permitted
Acquisition.

(c)
The Company shall not, and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will,
make any investments or capital expenditures other than solely related to the
direct or indirect ownership and ordinary operation of the Vessels, Permitted
Chartering and/or the acquisition of any additional Vessels.

21.17
No sale and leaseback transactions

The Company shall not and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will
enter into any sale and leaseback transactions.
21.18
Insurances

(a)
The Company shall procure that the Vessels are kept fully insured according to
the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan, American Institute Hull Clauses or any other
relevant market terms approved by the Agent against such risks, in such amounts,
on such terms and with such insurers as the Lender may reasonably require
including, but not limited to:

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(i)
Hull and Machinery (to be minimum 80% of the total coverage), Hull Interest and
Freight Interest (including Marine Increased Value Insurance), insurance values
shall at all times be equal to or greater than the higher of (a) the aggregate
Market Value of the Vessels and (b) 120% of the aggregate of (i) the Facility
and (ii) the amount outstanding under the Bond Finance Documents;

(ii)
Protection & Indemnity insurance in the maximum amount available in the markets
for oil pollution;

(iii)
War Risks Insurance in an amount equal to or greater than the higher of (a) the
aggregate Market Value of the Vessels and (b) 120% of the aggregate of (i) the
Facility and (ii) the amount outstanding under the Bond Finance Documents; and

(iv)
Mortgagee's Interest Insurance (MII) and MMI Additional Perils Pollution
Insurance, each in an amount equal to or greater than the higher of (a) the
aggregate Market Value of the Vessels and (b) 120% of the aggregate of (i) the
Facility and (ii) the amount outstanding under the Bond Finance Documents, the
cost of such insurances taken out by the Agent to be covered by the Company
promptly upon demand.

(b)
The Company shall procure the registration of the Security Agent as mortgagee in
all insurance policies taken out in respect of the Vessels.

(c)
All insurance proceeds shall be paid directly to the Security Agent, provided
always that any amount less than USD 2,000,000 of the insured amount for any
such occurrence may, unless a Default has occurred, be paid directly to the
relevant Vessel Owner or to its order.

(d)
No later than fourteen (14) days prior to the expiry date of the relevant
insurances, the Company shall procure the delivery to the Agent of a certificate
from the insurance broker(s) through whom the insurances referred to above have
been renewed and taken out in respect of the Vessels with the required insurance
values, that such insurances are in full force and effect and that the Security
Agent (as mortgagee) has been noted by the relevant insurers.

(e)
The Company shall procure that the Vessels are always employed in conformity
with the terms of the relevant insurances and comply with such requirements as
to extra premium or otherwise as the insurers may prescribe.

21.19
Hedging

The Company shall, and shall ensure that the other members of the Group will,
maintain an adequate hedging policy and shall not carry out derivative
transactions for speculative purposes.
21.20
Distributions

The Company shall not make any Distribution unless,
(a)
the Company on a consolidated basis immediately after such Distribution
maintains a Value Adjusted Equity Ratio of minimum;

(i)
40 per cent., and such Distribution does not exceed 50 per cent. of the
consolidated Net Profit; or

(ii)
50 per cent., and such Distribution does not exceed 75 per cent. of the
consolidated Net Profit;

((i) and (ii) above, each a "Permitted Distribution").

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(b)
For the purpose of (i) and (ii) above, the Company's consolidated Net Profit
shall be based on the latest financial statements and any unutilized portion of
such Net Profit may not be carried forward.

21.21
Ownership

(a)
Each Guarantor shall remain a direct owned and controlled subsidiary of the
Company, and each Guarantor shall be registered in the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, provided that any additional Vessel Owner becoming a Guarantor after
the date of this Agreement may be incorporated in an Approved Flag State.

(b)
The Parent shall:

(i)
remain the 100% direct or indirect owner of the Company and, in the case of
indirect ownership, procure that all shares in the Company remain subject to the
Issuer Share Pledge; and

(ii)
remain the 100% direct or indirect owner of the General Manager, which shall be
the provider of general management services to the Company pursuant to the
General Management Agreement.

21.22
Maintenance of Security Documents

The Company shall at its own cost ensure that the Security created under the
Security Documents maintain in full force and effect, and shall do all such acts
which may in the opinion of the Agent be necessary to ensure that such Security
remains duly created, enforceable, and perfected with first priority ranking,
creating the Security thereunder.
21.23
Listing of shares in Parent

The shares in the Parent shall remain listed on NASDAQ or another recognised
stock exchange.
21.24
Debt Service Retention Account

(a)
The Group shall only be allowed to fund the Debt Service Retention Account by
monthly transfers of an amount equal to 1/6 of the next interest payment plus
1/6 of the next fixed amortisation due in respect of the Bonds, starting from
the months falling six months prior to the (i) first interest payment date, in
respect of interest and (ii) the first amortisation date, in respect of fixed
amortisations, in each case with reference to the amortisations and interest
payments as set out in the original Bond Terms.

(b)
The Debt Service Retention Account shall in any case not be funded in excess of
the amount of interest and amortisation due on the next interest payment date /
amortisation date as set out above.

(c)
The Company shall, at the request of the Agent, inform of the balance on the
Debt Service Retention Account and any payments scheduled to be made thereto.

21.25
Vessel Managers

The Company shall procure that the Vessel Managers operate the Vessels in
accordance with good industry practice and in accordance with the relevant
Vessel Management Agreements and in compliance with the Security Documents.
21.26
No claims from Vessel Owning Companies

The Company shall ensure that upon completion of a sale of a Vessel Owner, there
shall be no claims from that Vessel Owner against any member of the Group.

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21.27
Sustainable Vessel dismantling

The Group shall develop and implement a policy to ensure that any scrapping of a
Vessel is conducted in compliance with the IMO Convention for the Safe and
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ship and with the guidelines issued by the
IMO in connection with such Convention.
21.28
Subordination of management fees

The Company shall ensure that any claims for fees against any member of the
Group from the General Manager or a Vessel Manager that is a member of the
Parent Group is subordinated to the Secured Obligations.
21.29
Vessel undertakings

The Company shall (in its capacity as parent company) ensure that:
(a)
Each Vessel Owner shall (i) ensure that all earnings related to the Vessels and
any insurance or sale proceeds (in each case payable to the Group) shall be paid
into the relevant earnings accounts or other accounts being subject to Security
with either the Vessel Owner or the Company, (ii) each Vessel Owner remains a
single purpose company owning and chartering the relevant Vessel and/or involved
in Permitted Chartering, and (ii) comply with laws, including Sanctions, in all
material respects, and (iii) upon request of the Agent arrange for the Agent or
the Security Agent, and/or any person appointed by the Agent or the Security
Agent, to undertake a technical inspection of the Vessels without interference
of the daily operation of the Vessels and at the expense of the Company (however
limited to one yearly inspection per vessel unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing).

(b)
The Vessels shall be registered in and fly the flag of an Approved Flag State.
No other change of registry, ownership or flag without the Lenders' prior
written consent such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

(c)
The Vessels shall be classed with an Approved Classification Society with the
highest class and no material overdue recommendations or adverse notations and
there shall be no change in classification society, other than to another
Approved Classification Society, without the Lenders’ prior written consent.

(d)
The Vessels shall be operated by the Vessel Managers in all material respects in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations and good industry practice.

(e)
No amendments, supplements, variations or waiver of any material terms of the
Vessel Management Agreements shall be made if any such amendment, supplement,
variation or waiver would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f)
The Vessels shall comply with the ISM Code and with the ISPS Code.

(g)
The Company shall use its best efforts to make available Green Passport for each
Vessel as soon as reasonably possible and in any event no later than twenty four
(24) Months following the Closing Date.

(h)
No change or amendment shall be made to the name of a Vessel without the prior
written consent of the Lenders, provided that such approval will not be required
if a change is required and permitted pursuant to any Charter Contract for the
relevant vessel and the Security Documents are not impaired.

(i)
Each Vessel shall carry a copy of the notice of mortgage and the Mortgage.

(j)
No Vessel Owning Company shall declare or make any Distribution to any company
other than Company.

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(k)
No Vessel Owning Company shall sell or otherwise dispose of a Vessel, other than
any Permitted Disposals.

(l)
No Vessel Owning Company shall cease to carry on its business or changes the
general nature of its business from that carried on at the Signing Date, other
than in relation of a Permitted Disposal.

22.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 22 is an Event of Default
(save for Clause 22.14 (Acceleration)).
22.1
Non-payment

The Company does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a
Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be
payable unless:
(a)
its failure to pay is caused by:

(i)
administrative or technical error; or

(ii)
a Disruption Event; and

payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
22.2
Financial covenants and other obligations

(a)
Any requirement of Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) is not satisfied or the
Company does not comply with the provisions of Clause 19 (Information
Undertakings).

(b)
An Obligor does not comply with the provisions of Clause 21.8 (Sanctions) or
21.9 (Asset control).

22.3
Other obligations

(a)
An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other
than those referred to in elsewhere in this Clause 22).

(b)
No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to
comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten (10) Business Days of the
earlier of (A) the Agent giving notice to the Company and (B) the Company
becoming aware of the failure to comply.

22.4
Misrepresentation

Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by the Company in the
Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of the Company
under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made
unless the circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation are capable of
remedy and are remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the earlier of (A)
the Agent giving notice to the Company, and (B) the Company becoming aware of
the misrepresentation.
22.5
Cross default

(a)
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any
originally applicable grace period.

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(b)
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes
due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of
default (however described).

(c)
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is cancelled or
suspended by a creditor of any Obligor as a result of an event of default
(however described).

(d)
Any creditor of any Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial
Indebtedness of any Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a
result of an event of default (however described).

(e)
No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 22.5 if the aggregate amount of
Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within
paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than USD 12,500,000.

22.6
Insolvency

(a)
An Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due,
suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or
anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of
its creditors (excluding any Finance Party in its capacity as such) with a view
to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.

(b)
The value of the assets of an Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into
account contingent and prospective liabilities).

(c)
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of an Obligor.

22.7
Insolvency proceedings

Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in
relation to:
(a)
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up,
dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement,
scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of an Obligor other than a solvent
liquidation or reorganisation of the Company;

(b)
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of an
Obligor;

(c)
the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation
of an Obligor which is not the Company), receiver, administrative receiver,
administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any
member of the Group or any of its assets; or

(d)
enforcement of any Security over any assets of any member of the Group,

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
This Clause 22.7 shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous
or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within thirty (30) days of
commencement.
22.8
Creditors' process

Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any
asset or assets of any Obligor having an aggregate value of USD 12,500,000 or
its equivalent and is not discharged within thirty (30) days.
22.9
Cessation of business

An Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business except as a
result of a Permitted Disposal.

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22.10
Unlawfulness

(a)
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under
the Finance Documents or any Security created or expressed to be created or
evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be effective.

(b)
Any obligation or obligations of any Obligor under any Finance Documents are not
(subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or
enforceable and the cessation individually or cumulatively materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Documents.

(c)
Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or any Security
ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective or is alleged by a
party to it (other than a Finance Party) to be ineffective.

22.11
Intercreditor Agreement

(a)
Any party to the Intercreditor Agreement (other than a Finance Party or an
Obligor) fails to comply with the provisions of, or does not perform its
obligations under, the Intercreditor Agreement; or

(b)
a representation or warranty given by that party in the Intercreditor Agreement
is incorrect in any material respect.

22.12
Repudiation

An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate
a Finance Document.
22.13
Material Adverse Change

Any event or circumstance occurs which has or is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, provided, that such event or circumstance shall only
constitute an Event of Default if the Agent has given notice of an Material
Adverse Effect to the Company.
22.14
Acceleration

(a)
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is
continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by
notice to the Company:

(i)
cancel the Total Commitments at which time they shall immediately be cancelled;

(ii)
declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all
other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately
due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;

(iii)
declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall
immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the
Majority Lenders and/or; and

(iv)
subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, exercise or direct the Agent to exercise
any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance
Documents.

(b)
Any notice given under this Clause 22.14 will take effect in accordance with its
terms.

SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
23.
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS

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23.1
Assignments and transfer by the Company

The Company may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents.
24.
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS

24.1
Assignments and transfers by Lenders

(a)
For the purpose of this Clause 24, a "New Lender" means a reputable bank or
financial institution which is regularly engaged in or established for the
purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other
financial assets.

(b)
Subject to this Clause 24, a Lender (the "Existing Lender") may assign or
transfer any of its rights and obligations to a New Lender which is a reputable
bank or financial institution.

24.2
Conditions of assignment or transfer

(a)
The consent of the Company is required for an assignment or transfer by an
Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is:

(i)
to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;

(ii)
is to a member of the European System of Central Banks or the Norwegian Central
Bank; or

(iii)
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.

(b)
The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. The Company will be deemed to have given its consent five
(5) Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is
expressly refused by the Company in writing within that time.

(c)
An assignment will only be effective on:

(i)
receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same
obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was
an Original Lender; and

(ii)
performance by the Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar
checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment
to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the
Existing Lender and the New Lender.

(d)
A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 24.5
(Procedure for transfer) is complied with.

(e)
If:

(i)
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance
Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

(ii)
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or
change occurs, the Company would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender
or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up
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then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only
entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the
Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have
been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.
(f)
Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for
the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf
any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite
Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on
which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this
Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the
Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.

24.3
Assignment or transfer fee

The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes
effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of USD 5,000.
24.4
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

(a)
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

(i)
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance
Documents or any other documents;

(ii)
the financial condition of any Obligor;

(iii)
the performance and observance by any Obligor or any other member of the Group
of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

(iv)
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in
connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b)
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties
that it:

(i)
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its
related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has
not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender
in connection with any Finance Document; and

(ii)
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of
each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding
under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

(c)
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

(i)
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and
obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 23; or

(ii)
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason
of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance
Documents or otherwise.

24.5
Procedure for transfer

(a)
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the
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otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing
Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer
Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate.
(b)
The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to
it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has
complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under
all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New
Lender.

(c)
On the Transfer Date:

(i)
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to
transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents the
Company and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations
towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights
against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the
"Discharged Rights and Obligations");

(ii)
the Agent, the New Lender and the other Lenders shall acquire the same rights
and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired
and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or
obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that
extent the Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further
obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and

(iii)
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".

24.6
Copy of Transfer Certificate to Company

The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a
Transfer Certificate, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate.
24.7
Security over Lenders' rights

In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 23, each
Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from the Company, at any
time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of
collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to
secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
(a)
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal
reserve or central bank; and

(b)
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other
Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of
obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those
obligations or securities,

except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
(i)
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for
the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or

(ii)
require any payments to be made by the Company other than or in excess of, or
grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or
granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

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THE FINANCE PARTIES
25.
ROLE OF THE AGENT

25.1
Appointment of the Agent

(a)
Each other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in
connection with the Finance Documents.

(b)
Each other Finance Party authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers,
authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in
connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights,
powers, authorities and discretions.

25.2
Duties of the Agent

(a)
Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the
original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that
Party by any other Party.

(b)
Without prejudice to Clause 24.6 (Copy of Transfer Certificate to Company),
paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate.

(c)
Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is
not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any
document it forwards to another Party.

(d)
If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default,
it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties.

(e)
If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment
fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent) under this
Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.

(f)
The Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and
administrative in nature.

25.3
No fiduciary duties

(a)
Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent as a trustee or fiduciary of any
other person.

(b)
The Agent shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit
element of any sum received by it for its own account.

25.4
Business with the Group

The Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any
kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
25.5
Rights and discretions of the Agent

(a)
The Agent may rely on:

(i)
any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and
appropriately authorised; and

(ii)
any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person
regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge
or within his power to verify.

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(b)
The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its
capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

(i)
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising
under Clause 22.1 (Non-payment)); and

(ii)
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority
Lenders has not been exercised.

(c)
The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers,
accountants, surveyors or other experts.

(d)
The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and
agents.

(e)
The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes
it has received as agent under this Agreement.

(f)
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the
Agent is not obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its
reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a
fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

25.6
Majority Lenders' instructions

(a)
Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i)
exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in
accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so
instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power,
authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any
act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance
with an instruction of the Majority Lenders.

(b)
Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions
given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties.

(c)
The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received such
security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any
associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

(d)
In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate,
the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers
to be in the best interest of the Lenders.

(e)
The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first
obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings
relating to any Finance Document.

25.7
Responsibility for documentation

The Agent is not:
(a)
is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information
(whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Company or any other person
given in or in connection with any Finance Document; or

(b)
is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or
enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or
document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with
any Finance Document; or

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(c)
is responsible for any determination as to whether any information provided or
to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which
may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to
insider dealing or otherwise.

25.8
Exclusion of liability

(a)
Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of
paragraph (b) of Clause 28.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.)), the Agent
will not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any
Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.

(b)
No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the
Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee
or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent
of the Agent may rely on this Clause 25.8.

(c)
The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be
paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as
reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of
any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose.

(d)
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent to carry out any "know your
customer" or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and
each Lender confirms to the Agent that it is solely responsible for any such
checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in
relation to such checks made by the Agent.

25.9
Lenders' indemnity to the Agent

Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if
the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three
(3) Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including,
without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability
whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent's gross
negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability
pursuant to Clause 28.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding
the Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability
whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in
acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been
reimbursed by the Company pursuant to a Finance Document).
25.10
Resignation of the Agent

(a)
The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving
notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company.

(b)
Alternatively the Agent may resign by giving thirty (30) days' notice to the
other Finance Parties and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after
consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent.

(c)
If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with
paragraph (b) above within twenty (20) days after notice of resignation was
given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Company) may appoint a
successor Agent.

(d)
The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent
such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent
may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent
under the Finance Documents.

(e)
The Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a
successor.

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(f)
Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from
any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain
entitled to the benefit of this Clause 25. Any successor and each of the other
Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they
would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

(g)
After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the
Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this
event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above.

25.11
Confidentiality

(a)
In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as
acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity
from any other of its divisions or departments.

(b)
If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it
may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent
shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

25.12
Relationship with the Lenders

(a)
The Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of
business (in the place of the Agent's principal office as notified to the
Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility
Office:

(i)
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that
day; and

(ii)
entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication
or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or
delivered on that day,

unless it has received not less than five (5) Business Days' prior notice from
that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)
Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf
all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched
to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the
address and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is
permitted under Clause 30.5 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address
and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of
information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any,
for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a
notification of a substitute address, electronic mail address, department and
officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 30.2 (Addresses) and
paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 30.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall
be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such
notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were
that Lender.

25.13
Credit appraisal by the Lenders

Without affecting the responsibility of the Company for information supplied by
it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender
confirms to the Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely
responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all
risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not
limited to:
(a)
the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group;

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(b)
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance
Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or
executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

(c)
whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse,
against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with
any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or
any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

(d)
the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the
Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance
Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other
agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

25.14
Reference Banks

If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of
which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in
consultation with the Company) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender to replace that Reference Bank.
25.15
Agent's Management Time

Any amount payable to the Agent under Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent),
Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) and Clause 25.9 (Lenders' indemnity to the Agent)
shall include the cost of utilising the Agent's management time or other
resources and will be calculated on the basis or such reasonable daily or hourly
rates as the Agent may notify to the Company and the Lenders, and in addition to
any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 11 (Fees).
25.16
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent

If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent
may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that
amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged
to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards
satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that
Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
26.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES

No provision of this Agreement will:
(a)
interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;

(b)
oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission
or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or

(c)
oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs
(tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.

27.
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES

27.1
Payments to Finance Parties

If a Finance Party (a "Recovering Finance Party") receives or recovers any
amount from the Company other than in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment
Mechanics) (a "Recovered Amount") and applies that amount to a payment due under
the Finance Documents then:

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(a)
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify
details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent;

(b)
the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the
amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or
recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with
Clause 28 (Payment Mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be
imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and

(c)
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by
the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the "Sharing Payment") equal to such
receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained
by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in
accordance with Clause 28.5 (Partial payments).

27.2
Redistribution of payments

The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the Company
and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance
Party) (the "Sharing Finance Parties") in accordance with Clause 28.5 (Partial
payments) towards the obligations of the Company to the Sharing Finance Parties.
27.3
Recovering Finance Party's rights

On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 27.2 (Redistribution of payments) of
a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from the Company , as between
the Company and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount
equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by the
Company.
27.4
Reversal of redistribution

If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance
Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
(a)
each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent
for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the
appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as
is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of
any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is
required to pay) (the "Redistributed Amount"); and

(b)
as between the Company and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal
to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by
the Company.

27.5
Exceptions

(a)
This Clause 27 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party
would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and
enforceable claim against the Company.

(b)
A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party
any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a
result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:

(i)
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings;
and

(ii)
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or
arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable
having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration
proceedings.

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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION
28.
PAYMENT MECHANICS

28.1
Payments to the Agent

(a)
On each date on which the Company or a Lender is required to make a payment
under a Finance Document, the Company or Lender shall make the same available to
the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value
on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being
customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in
the place of payment.

(b)
Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the
country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial
centre in a Participating Member State or London) with such bank as the Agent
specifies.

28.2
Distributions by the Agent

Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party
shall, subject to Clause 28.3 (Distributions to the Company ) and Clause 28.4
(Clawback) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt
to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in
the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account
as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five (5) Business Days'
notice with a bank specified by that Party in the principal financial centre of
the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal
financial centre of a Participating Member State or London), as specified by
that Party.
28.3
Distributions to the Company

The Agent may (with the consent of the Company or in accordance with Clause 29
(Set-Off)) apply any amount received by it for the Company in or towards payment
(on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from
the Company under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount
of any currency to be so applied.
28.4
Clawback

(a)
Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another
Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter
into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to
establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.

(b)
If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that
the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that
amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent
shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that
amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated
by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

28.5
Partial payments

(a)
If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the
amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Finance Documents, the
Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of the Company under the
Finance Documents in the following order:

(i)
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of
the Agent under the Finance Documents;

(ii)
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or
commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;

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(iii)
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under
this Agreement; and

(iv)
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under
the Finance Documents.

(b)
The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out
in paragraphs (a) (ii) to (iv) above.

(c)
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by the
Company.

28.6
No set-off by the Company

All payments to be made by the Company under the Finance Documents shall be
calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off
or counterclaim.
28.7
Business Days

(a)
Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or
the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

(b)
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum
under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the
rate payable on the original due date.

28.8
Currency of account

(a)
Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of
account and payment for any sum due from the Company under any Finance Document.

(b)
A repayment of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Utilisation or Unpaid
Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Utilisation or Unpaid Sum is
denominated on its due date.

(c)
Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in
respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest
accrued.

(d)
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

(e)
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency
shall be paid in that other currency.

28.9
Change of currency

(a)
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit
are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful
currency of that country, then:

(i)
any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the
Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or
paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent
(after consultation with the Company); and

(ii)
any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the
official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of
that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent
(acting reasonably).

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(b)
If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the
extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company)
specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted
conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise
to reflect the change in currency.

28.10
Disruption to Payment Systems etc.

If either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has
occurred or the Agent is notified by the Company that a Disruption Event has
occurred:
(a)
the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Company, consult with the
Company with a view to agreeing with the Company such changes to the operation
or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem necessary in the
circumstances;

(b)
the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Company in relation to any
changes mentioned in paragraph (a) if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to
do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree
to such changes;

(c)
the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes
mentioned in paragraph (a) but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion,
it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;

(d)
any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Company shall (whether or not
it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon
the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of
the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 34 (Amendments
and Waivers);

(e)
the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever
(including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other
category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud
of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions
pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 28.10; and

(f)
the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to
paragraph (d) above.

29.
SET-OFF

(a)
A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from the Company under
the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party)
against any obligation and/or bank deposits owed by that Finance Party to the
Company, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of
either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance
Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual
course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

(b)
The Company hereby agrees and accepts that this Clause 29 (Set-off) shall
constitute a waiver of the provisions of the FA Act and further agrees and
accepts, to the extent permitted by law, that Section 29 of the FA Act shall not
apply to this Agreement.

30.
NOTICES

30.1
Communications in writing

Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents
shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by e-mail or
letter.
30.2
Addresses

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The address and e-mail address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose
attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication
or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance
Documents is:
(a)
in the case of the Company

Eagle Bulk Shipco LLC
300 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
United States of America
Attn: Frank De Costanzo, CFO
Phone: +1 203 276 8101 /  +1 203 570 2159
Email: fdecostanzo@eagleships.com
(b)
in the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to
the date on which it becomes a Party; and

(c)
in the case of the Agent

ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC
100 Park Avenue, 17th floor
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Wudasse Zaudou
Facsimile: 917-284-6697
Email: wudasse.zaudou@abnamro.com
/ AABUS_NY_Agency@abnamro.com

or any substitute address, e-mail address or department or officer as the Party
may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a
change is made by the Agent) by not less than five (5) Business Days' notice.
30.3
Delivery

(a)
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

(i)
if by way of e-mail, when received in legible form; or

(ii)
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5)
Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope
addressed to it at that address;

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address
details provided under Clause 30.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department
or officer.
(b)
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be
effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is
expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with
the Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the
Agent shall specify for this purpose).

(c)
All notices from or to the Company shall be sent through the Agent.

(d)
Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with
paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be
deemed only to become effective on the following day.

30.4
Notification of address

Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address or change of address
pursuant to Clause 30.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address, the Agent shall
notify the other Parties.

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30.5
Electronic communication

(a)
Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with
the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means
to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to
the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication and if those two
Parties:

(i)
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that
means; and

(ii)
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information
supplied by them by not less than five (5) Business Days' notice.

(b)
Any electronic communication made between those two Parties will be effective
only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic
communication made by a Party to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a
manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.

(c)
Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with
paragraph (b) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed
only to become effective on the following day.

30.6
English language

(a)
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in
English.

(b)
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be:

(i)
in English; or

(ii)
if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified
English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail
unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

31.
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES

31.1
Accounts

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection
with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a
Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
31.2
Certificates and Determinations

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under
any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence
of the matters to which it relates.
31.3
Day count convention

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue
from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the
Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.
32.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY

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If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction,
neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor
the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any
other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
33.
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance
Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver
of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of the
Finance Documents. No election to affirm any of the Finance Documents on the
part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single
or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other
exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies provided by law.
34.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

34.1
Required consents

(a)
Subject to Clause 34.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be
amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Company
and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

(b)
The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver
permitted by this Clause 34.

34.2
Exceptions

(a)
An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:

(i)
the definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);

(ii)
an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;

(iii)
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of
principal, interest, fees or commission payable;

(iv)
an increase in or an extension of any Commitment or any requirement that a
cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably
under the Facility;

(v)
a change to the Company other than in accordance with Clause 23;

(vi)
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; and

(vii)
Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties' rights and obligations), Clause 23 (Changes to the
Obligors)

(b)
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent
may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or.

34.3
Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders

(a)
For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining
the Majority Lenders or whether any given percentage (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments has been obtained to
approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote under the
Finance Documents, that Defaulting Lender's Commitment will be reduced by the
amount of its Available Commitment.

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(b)
For the purposes of this Clause 34.3, the Agent may assume that the following
Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:

(i)
any Lender which has notified the Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender;

(ii)
any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or
circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of
"Defaulting Lender" has occurred,

unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned
(together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Agent) or the
Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender.
34.4
Replacement of a Defaulting Lender

(a)
The Company may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a
Defaulting Lender, by giving five (5) Business Days' prior written notice to the
Agent and such Lender replace such lender by requiring such Lender to (and such
Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24.1 (Assignments and transfer by the
Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement to a Lender or other bank or financial institution (a "Replacement
Lender") selected by the Company, and which is acceptable to the Agent (acting
reasonably) and which confirms it willingness to assume and does assume all the
obligations or all the relevant obligations of the transferring Lender
(including the assumption of the transferring Lender's participations or
unfunded participations (as the case may be) on the same basis as the
transferring Lender) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of
transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest and/or Break
Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

(b)
Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this
Clause 34.4 shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i)
the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent;

(ii)
neither the Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the
Company to find a Replacement Lender;

(iii)
the transfer must take place no later than ten (10) Business Days after the
notice referred to in paragraph (a) above; and

(iv)
in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the
Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to
the Finance Documents.

35.
CONFIDENTIALITY

35.1
Confidential Information

Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and
not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 35.2
(Disclosure of information), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is
protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its
own confidential information.
35.2
Disclosure of information

Any Lender may disclose to any person:
(a)
to (or through) whom such Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign
or transfer) all or any of its rights, benefits and obligations hereunder;

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(b)
with (or through) whom such Lender enters into (or may potentially enter into)
any sub-participation, any securitisation, any hedge or otherwise in relation
to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference
to, this Agreement or the Company;

(c)
who is an Affiliate of that Lender;

(d)
who is a Party;

(e)
with the consent of the Company; or

(f)
to whom information may be required to be disclosed by any applicable law;

such information about any Obligor and this Agreement as such Lender shall
consider appropriate provided that in relation to (a), (b) and (c) above, the
person to whom such information is to be given has entered into a
confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form of the recommended LMA
confidentiality undertaking or in any form agreed between the Agent and the
Company.
36.
COUNTERPARTS

Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this
has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single
copy of the Finance Document.
SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
37.
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

37.1
Governing law

This Agreement is governed by Norwegian law.
37.2
Jurisdiction

(a)
The courts of Norway have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the
existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual
obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (a "Dispute").

(b)
The Parties agree that the courts of Norway, with Oslo as venue, are the most
appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party
will argue to the contrary.

(c)
This Clause 37.2 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no
Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute
in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance
Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

37.3
Waiver of jury trial

Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in any legal proceeding
directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this agreement or any other
loan document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (whether based
on contract, tort or any other theory). Each Party (a) certifies that no
representative, agent or attorney of any other person has represented, expressly
or otherwise, that such other person would not, in the event of litigation, seek
to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other
Parties have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the other Finance
Documents by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this
Clause 37.3 (Waiver of jury trial).

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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.
[Signature page follows]

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SIGNATURE PAGE

For and on behalf of
EAGLE BULK SHIPCO LLC
(as Company)

By: ___________________________
Name with
block letters:
For and on behalf of
ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC
(as Original Lender, Agent and Arranger)

By: ___________________________
Name with
block letters:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SCHEDULE 1
THE ORIGINAL LENDERS

Name of Original Lender
Commitment
ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC
USD 15,000,000
Total:
USD 15,000,000

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SCHEDULE 2
Conditions Precedent

Part I
Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation
1.
The Parent and the Obligors

(a)
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Parent and each Obligor.

(b)
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Parent and each Obligor:

(i)
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance
Documents to which it is a party;

(ii)
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to
which it is a party on its behalf; and

(iii)
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or
despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation
Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Finance Documents to which it is a party.

(c)
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred
to in paragraph (b) above.

(d)
A certificate of the Company (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or
guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any
borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any Obligor to be exceeded.

(e)
A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Company certifying that each
copy document relating to it specified in this Part I of Schedule 2 is correct,
complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of
this Agreement.

2.
Finance Documents

(a)
This Agreement, duly executed by the parties to it.

(b)
The Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the parties to it.

(c)
The Bond Terms, duly executed by the parties to it, and evidence that the Bonds
thereunder have been issued and that the proceeds thereof have been released
from the Escrow Account.

(d)
The Security Documents, duly executed and perfected.

(e)
The Fee Letters, duly executed and perfected.

3.
Other documents and evidence

(a)
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which
the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Company
accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the
transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and
enforceability of any Finance Document.

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(b)
Evidence that the Existing Indebtedness has been unconditionally and irrevocably
repaid in full.

(c)
Copies of the Parent's and the Company's latest financial statements, budgets
and cash flow projections.

(d)
Evidence that the consolidated Free Liquidity of the Company is minimum USD
20,000,000 on the Closing Date.

(e)
Evidence of the Market Value of the Vessels dated no earlier than 30 days before
the Closing Date, evidencing compliance with Clause 7.2 (Market Value of
Vessels).

(f)
Copies of the duly executed General Management Agreement and the Vessel
Management Agreements.

(g)
An undertaking from any Vessel Manager within the Parent Group, subordinating
its claims for fees to the Secured Obligations and granting termination rights
to the Security Agent in case of an Event of Default.

(h)
An undertaking from the General Manager, subordinating its claims for fees to
the Secured Obligations and granting termination rights to the Security Agent in
case of an Event of Default.

(i)
Copies of any Charter Contracts with firm duration of more than 12 months.

(j)
Loan agreements in respect of any Shareholder Loans or Intra-Group Debt.

(k)
Evidence that all insurances pursuant to Clause 21.18 (Insurances) have been
taken out and are in full force and effect (including, if so requested by the
Agent, a confirmation/insurance report from BankServe or other third party
insurance advisor acceptable to the Agent).

(l)
Transcripts from the relevant registry showing that the relevant Vessel is duly
registered in the name of the respective Vessel Owner, flying the flag of an
approved flag state and free and clear of any encumbrances other than any
Permitted Security.

(m)
A copy of the class certificate for the Vessels from an Approved Classification
Society, confirming that the Vessel is classed with the highest class, free of
any outstanding or overdue recommendations and conditions.

(n)
A copy of the current SMC, ISSC and DOC for the relevant Vessels.

(o)
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Company pursuant to
Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be
paid by the first Utilisation Date.

(p)
Evidence of the appointment of a process agent, if relevant.

(q)
Legal opinions in respect of the existence and capacity of the Parent and the
Obligors and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the
Finance Documents, including without limitation perfection of the Security
contemplated by the Security Documents.

(r)
Such documentation and other evidence needed for the Agent or the Lender to
carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your
customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in
respect of the Parent and the Obligors.

(s)
Any other document, authorization, opinion or assurance reasonably required by
the Agent.

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SCHEDULE 3
Utilisation Request
From:    Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC
To:    ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC
Dated:    
Dear Sirs
Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC – USD 15,000,000 Super Senior Credit Facility Agreement
dated [ ● ] 2017 (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a
different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

2.
We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:

Proposed Utilisation Date:
[         ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
Amount:
[         ] or, if less, the Available Facility
Interest Period:
[         ]

3.
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions
precedent) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation
Request.

4.
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

…………………………………
authorised signatory for
Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC
 

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SCHEDULE 4
Form of Transfer Certificate
To:    [           ] as Agent
From:
[The Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [The New Lender] (the "New
Lender")

Dated:    
Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC – USD 15,000,000 Super Senior Credit Facility Agreement
dated [ ● ] 2017 (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a
different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

2.
We refer to Clause 24.5 (Procedure for transfer) of the Agreement:

(a)
The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring
to the New Lender by novation, and in accordance with Clause 24.5 (Procedure for
transfer) of the Agreement, all of the Existing Lender's rights and obligations
under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion
of the Existing Lender's Commitment and participations in Loans under the
Agreement as specified in the Schedule.

(b)
The proposed Transfer Date is [                ].

(c)
The Facility Office and address and attention details for notices of the New
Lender for the purposes of Clause 30.2 (Addresses) of the Agreement are set out
in the Schedule.

3.
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's
obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.4 (Limitation of
responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Agreement.

4.
This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this
has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single
copy of this Transfer Certificate.

5.
This Transfer Certificate governed by Norwegian law.

6.
The courts of Norway have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising
out of or in connection with this Transfer Certificate and the parties therefore
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Oslo district court
(Oslo tingrett).

7.
This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the
beginning of this Transfer Certificate.

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The Schedule
Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred

[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address and attention details for notices and account details
for payments,]
[Existing Lender]
[New Lender]
By:
By:

This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is
confirmed as [           ].
[Agent]
By:

 

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SCHEDULE 5
Form of Compliance Certificate
To:     ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC as Agent
From:    [ ● ]
Dated:    
Dear Sirs
Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC – USD 15,000,000 Super Senior Credit Facility Agreement
dated [ ● ] 2017 (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in
the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate
unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.

2.
We confirm that as of [the relevant testing date]:

a.
the consolidated Free Liquidity of the Group is USD [●]

b.
the Leverage Ratio is [●]

3.
We confirm that as of [the relevant testing date] each set of financial
statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) of the
Agreement fairly represents the Company's financial condition as at the date as
which those financial statements were drawn up.

4.
We confirm that as of [the relevant testing date], we are in compliance with
Clause 7.2 (Market Value of Vessels). Copies of valuations evidencing Market
Value is attached as Appendix 1 hereto.

5.
We confirm that at [the relevant testing date] no Default is continuing and
further that there has been no change that would have a Material Adverse Effect
since the date of the financial statements or the Compliance Certificate last
submitted to you.  

Signed:
 
 
Authorised signatory
 
of
 
Eagle Bulk ShipCo LLC

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SCHEDULE 6
Initial Vessels

#
Initial Vessel:
Vessel Owner:
Built
IMO No.
1
Singapore Eagle
Singapore Eagle LLC
3-Jan-17
9788100
2
Stamford Eagle
Stamford Eagle LLC
15-Feb-16
9441269
3
Sandpiper Bulker
Sandpiper Shipping LLC
18-Oct-11
9441271
4
Roadrunner Bulker
Roadrunner Shipping LLC
1-Sep-11
9274575
5
Puffin Bulker
Puffin Shipping LLC
18-Aug-11
9224659
6
Petrel Bulker
Petrel Shipping LLC
13-Jul-11
9441283
7
Owl
Owl Shipping LLC
8-Jul-11
9478626
8
Oriole
Oriole Shipping LLC
19-May-11
9418729
9
Thrush
Thrush Shipping LLC
5-Jan-11
9441295
10
Thrasher
Thrasher Shipping LLC
28-Jan-10
9244855
11
Egret Bulker
Egret Shipping LLC
16-Jan-10
9224661
12
Crane
Crane Shipping LLC
12-Jan-10
9284843
13
Canary
Canary Shipping LLC
15-Dec-09
9296157
14
Bittern
Bittern Shipping LLC
20-Oct-09
9223552
15
Stellar Eagle
Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC
24-Mar-09
9441374
16
Crested Eagle
Crested Eagle Shipping LLC
1-Feb-09
9241504
17
Crowned Eagle
Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC
11-Nov-08
9441386
18
Jaeger
Jaeger Shipping LLC
29-Oct-04
9441398
19
Cardinal
Cardinal Shipping LLC
1-Jul-04
9441403
20
Kestrel I
Kestrel Shipping LLC
3-Jun-04
9441415
21
Skua
Skua Shipping LLC
16-May-03
9441427
22
Shrike
Shrike Shipping LLC
26-Mar-03
9237187
23
Tern
Tern Shipping LLC
1-Jan-03
9237199
24
Osprey I
Osprey Shipping LLC
1-Jul-02
9735127
25
Goldeneye
Goldeneye Shipping LLC
15-Jan-02
9514004
26
Merlin
Merlin Shipping LLC
1-Mar-01
9266190
27
Condor
Condor Shipping LLC
1-Jan-01
9347932
28
Hawk I
Hawk Shipping LLC
1-Jan-01
9347920

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SCHEDULE 7

Management fees
(1)
USD 150,000 per Vessel per annum for commercial management services inclusive of
operations in the first year following the Closing Date, subject to annual
increases thereafter, as fairly and reasonably determined by the relevant
Guarantor, at arm’s length and in line with market standards.

(2)
USD 135,000 per Vessel per annum for technical management in the first year
following the Closing Date, subject to annual increases thereafter, as fairly
and reasonably determined by the relevant Guarantor at arm’s length and in line
with market standards.

(3)
1.0% fee for any vessel purchase or subsequent sale.

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