TBS INTERNATIONAL PLC &
SUBSIDIARIES                                              EXHIBIT 10.13
 
 
 

 
Dated: as of April 15, 2011
 
BEDFORD MARITIME CORP.
BRIGHTON MARITIME CORP.
HARI MARITIME CORP.
PROSPECT NAVIGATION CORP.
HANCOCK NAVIGATION CORP
COLUMBUS MARITIME CORP.
and
WHITEHALL MARINE TRANSPORT CORP.
as joint and several Borrowers
 
TBS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
TBS HOLDINGS LIMITED
and
TBS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
as Guarantors
 
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD.
as Lender
 
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD.
as Facility Agent and Security Trustee
 
-and-
 
DVB BANK SE
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND
and
NATIXIS
as Swap Banks
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SIXTH AMENDATORY AGREEMENT
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Amending and Supplementing the Loan Agreement dated as of January 16, 2008,
as amended by a First Amendatory Agreement dated as of March 23, 2009,
a Second Amendatory Agreement dated as of December 31, 2009,
a Third Amendatory Agreement dated as of January 11, 2010
a Fourth Amendatory Agreement dated as of April 30, 2010 and
a Fifth Amendatory Agreement dated as of January 27, 2011

 
 
 
 
 

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SIXTH AMENDATORY AGREEMENT dated as of April 15, 2011 (this “Sixth Amendatory
Agreement”)

AMONG

(1)  
BEDFORD MARITIME CORP., BRIGHTON MARITIME CORP., HARI MARITIME CORP., PROSPECT
NAVIGATION CORP., HANCOCK NAVIGATION CORP., COLUMBUS MARITIME CORP. and
WHITEHALL MARINE TRANSPORT CORP., each a corporation organized and existing
under the law of the Republic of The Marshall Islands, as joint and several
borrowers (each, a “Borrower” and together, the “Borrowers”);

 
(2)  
TBS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, TBS HOLDINGS LIMITED, each a company organized and
existing under the law of Bermuda, and TBS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(“TBSPLC”), a company organized and existing under the law of Ireland, as
guarantors (each, a “Guarantor” and together, the “Guarantors”);

 
(3)  
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD., acting through its office at 77 Robinson
Road #30-02, Singapore, as lender (in such capacity, the “Lender”);

 
(4)  
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD., acting through its office at 77 Robinson
Road #30-02, Singapore, as facility agent (in such capacity, the “Facility
Agent”) for the Lender and as security trustee (in such capacity, the “Security
Trustee”) for the Lender and the Swap Banks; and

 
(5)  
DVB BANK SE (as successor-in-interest to DVB Bank AG), acting through its office
at Platz der Republik 6, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY
OF THE BANK OF IRELAND, acting through its office at Head Office, Building B4,
Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland, and NATIXIS, acting through its office
at BP 4 - F-75060, Paris Cedex 02, France, as swap banks (each, a “Swap Bank”
and together, the “Swap Banks”).

 
WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Lender, the Facility Agent, the
Security Trustee, the Swap Banks and others are parties to a Loan Agreement
dated as of January 16, 2008, as amended by a First Amendatory Agreement dated
as of March 23, 2009, a Second Amendatory Agreement dated as of December 31,
2009, a Third Amendatory Agreement dated as of January 11, 2010, a Fourth
Amendatory Agreement dated as of April 30, 2010 and a Fifth Amendatory Agreement
dated as of January 27, 2011 (as so amended, the “Loan Agreement”).

WHEREAS, upon the terms and conditions stated herein, the parties hereto have
agreed pursuant to Clause 19.1(b) of the Loan Agreement to amend certain
provisions of the Loan Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the covenants
and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

1  
DEFINITIONS

1.1  
Defined terms.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meaning assigned such terms in the Loan Agreement.

 
1.2  
Definitions.  In this Sixth Amendatory Agreement, unless the contrary intention
appears:

 
(a)  
“Incremental Capital Contribution” means capital contributions (other than the
Capital Infusions received by or pledged to TBSPLC prior to the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date) received by TBSPLC on or after the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date;

 
(b)  
“Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Bank of America Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(c)  
“Maximum Leverage Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Bank of
America Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(d)  
“Permitted Subordinated Debt” means subordinated Financial Indebtedness
(including subordinated Financial Indebtedness convertible into equity) of
TBSPLC that has a maturity no earlier than six months after the later of (i) the
Maturity Date and (ii) the maturity date of any of the Other TBS Credit
Facilities (other than the CS Credit Facility Agreement), has no required
principal payments prior to maturity, provides for any cash interest at a rate
acceptable to the Facility Agent, contains no maintenance financial covenants
and contains other covenants or events of default that are less restrictive than
those in the Loan Agreement, and no cross default to other Financial
Indebtedness of the Borrowers and/or Guarantors, all on terms acceptable to the
Facility Agent;

 
(e)  
“Qualified Cash” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Bank of America
Credit Facility Agreement; and

 
(f)  
“Sixth Amendment Effective Date” means the date that all of the conditions
precedent in Clause 5 hereof have been satisfied or waived.

 
2  
INCREMENTAL CAPTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 
2.1  
Incremental Capital Contribution.  In exchange for an Incremental Capital
Contribution, TBSPLC may issue preferred equity, common equity or Permitted
Subordinated Debt.

 
2.2  
Deposit in Special Account.  Any Incremental Capital Contribution received by
TBSPLC on or after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and prior to January 1,
2012 shall be deposited directly in the Special Account.  Any limits on amounts
deposited and able to be re-deposited in the Special Account pursuant to the
terms of the Fifth Amendatory Agreement are hereby increased to permit the
deposit in the Special Account of any Incremental Capital Contributions.

 
2.3  
Calculation of Excess Cash.  All amounts deposited in the Special Account on or
before the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and any Incremental Capital
Contribution received by TBSPLC on or after the Sixth Amendment Effect Date and
prior to January 1, 2012 shall not be included in the calculation of Excess Cash
for the purpose of mandatory prepayment under Clause 7.7(b) of the Loan
Agreement.

 
3  
INTERIM FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 
3.1  
Minimum liquidity.  Beginning with the week ending July 1, 2011 and ending
January 1, 2012, the minimum weekly average liquidity of TBSPLC shall be
$10,000,000 and the minimum amount of cash required to be held at Bank of
America N.A. and Royal Bank of Scotland plc by TBSPLC shall be, respectively,
$3,382,500 and $3,000,000.  If TBSPLC delivers a rolling 13-week cash flow
forecast pursuant to Clause 10.1(h)(ii) of the Loan Agreement projecting that
Qualified Cash will, or is likely to, fall below the minimum required weekly
average liquidity during the current week or during any of the next four
forecasted weeks, such forecast shall itself constitute a breach of this
covenant and TBSPLC shall promptly conduct a bank update call with the Facility
Agent and the agents for the Other TBS Credit Facilities to discuss liquidity
issues.

 
3.2  
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio.  For the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2011,
September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio
shall be not less than 2.50 to 1.00.

 
3.3  
Maximum Leverage Ratio.  For the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2011, September
30, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the Maximum Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.10
to 1.00.

 
3.4  
Changes to financial covenants.  Prior to January 1, 2012, TBSPLC shall discuss
with the Facility Agent and the agents for the Other TBS Credit Facilities, in
good faith, any appropriate changes to covenants stated in Clauses 3.1, 3.2 and
3.3.

 
4  
AMENDMENTS TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT

 
4.1  
Amendments.  Pursuant to Clause 19.1(b) of the Loan Agreement, subject to
fulfillment or waiver of the conditions subsequent stated in Clause 4 below, the
parties hereto agree to amend the Loan Agreement as follows, with effect on and
from the date hereof:

(a)  
The following definitions are added to Clause 1.1:

 
““Incremental Capital Contribution” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Sixth Amendatory Agreement;”
 
““Permitted Subordinated Debt” shall have the meaning set forth in the Sixth
Amendatory Agreement;”
 
(b)  
Clause 10.2(h) is amended and restated to read as follows:

 
“(i)
none of the Borrowers shall incur any Financial Indebtedness other than (A) the
Loan, (B) in the usual course of business, (C) as permitted by the Finance
Documents and (D) Financial Indebtedness that is fully subordinated to the Loan;
and

 
(ii)
the Guarantor Group shall not, on a consolidated basis, incur any Financial
Indebtedness other than:

(1)  
the Loan;

 
(2)  
in the usual course of business;

 
(3)  
pursuant to the AIG Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(4)  
pursuant to the Bank of America Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(5)  
pursuant to the Berenberg Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(6)  
pursuant to the Commerzbank Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(7)  
pursuant to the Credit Suisse Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(8)  
pursuant to the RBS Credit Facility Agreement;

 
(9)  
pursuant to the RBS Guarantee Facility Agreement;

 
(10)  
Capital Infusions,

 
(11)  
Incremental Capital Contributions;

 
(12)  
Permitted Additional Junior Capital;

 
(13)  
Permitted Subordinated Debt;

 
(14)  
Replacement Debt;

 
(15)  
Permitted Logstar Debt;

 
(16)  
Financial Indebtedness that is fully subordinated to the Guarantors’ obligations
under Clause 21 of the Loan Agreement;

 
(17)  
to the extent constituting Financial Indebtedness, all obligations in respect of
guaranties and interest rate swaps related to the Other TBS Credit Facilities;
and

 
(18)  
TBSPLC and its Affiliates shall be permitted to convert the LAGUNA BELLE and
SEMINOLE PRINCESS Charters to debt which shall not exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $25,000,000 and shall have no adverse effect on the consolidated cash
flow of TBSPLC and its Affiliates as compared to the LAGUNA BELLE and SEMINOLE
PRINCESS Charters;”

 
5  
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 
5.1  
Conditions precedent.  The effectiveness of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement
shall be subject to the following conditions precedent being completed to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Facility Agent on or before 5:00 p.m. New York
time on April 15, 2011 (the “Conditions Precedent Deadline”):

 
(a)  
The Facility Agent shall have received an original of this Sixth Amendatory
Agreement, duly executed by the parties hereto;

 
(b)  
The Facility Agent shall have received evidence, reasonably satisfactory to the
Facility Agent, that each of the Other TBS Credit Facilities have been amended
with the approval of all of the creditors under such Other TBS Credit Facilities
on terms substantially consistent with this Sixth Amendatory Agreement;

 
(c)  
The Facility Agent shall have received an original fee letter, duly executed by
the parties thereto, in such form as the Facility Agent shall prescribe; and

 
(d)  
The Facility Agent shall have received the original of any power of attorney
under which this Sixth Amendatory Agreement and any other document to be
executed pursuant to this Sixth Amendatory Agreement was or is to be executed on
behalf of an Obligor.

 
5.2  
Waiver of conditions precedent.  The Facility Agent, with the consent of the
Lenders and the Swap Banks, may waive one or more of the conditions referred to
in Clause 5.1; provided that the Obligors deliver to the Facility Agent a
written undertaking to satisfy such conditions within ten (10) Business Days
after the Facility Agent grants such waiver (or such longer period as the
Facility Agent may specify).

 
5.3  
Failure to complete conditions precedent.  If the Obligors fail to complete all
or any of the conditions precedent required by Clause 5.1 by the Conditions
Precedent Deadline, and the Facility Agent has not granted a waiver pursuant to
Clause 5.2 hereof, the Obligors acknowledge and agree that such failure shall be
deemed an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement and that the Credit Parties
shall be entitled to all rights and to exercise all remedies afforded to them
under the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents (all of
which are expressly reserved).

 
6  
EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS

 
6.1  
References.  Each reference in the Loan Agreement to “this Agreement”,
“hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to
the “Loan Agreement” in any of the other Finance Documents, shall mean and refer
to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

6.2  
Effect of amendments.  Subject to the terms of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement,
with effect on and from the date hereof (subject to fulfillment or waiver of the
conditions precedent stated in Clause 5 above) the Loan Agreement shall be, and
shall be deemed by this Sixth Amendatory Agreement to have been, amended upon
the terms and conditions stated herein and, as so amended, the Loan Agreement
shall continue to be binding on each of the parties to it in accordance with its
terms as so amended.  In addition, each of the Finance Documents shall be, and
shall be deemed by this Sixth Amendatory Agreement to have been, amended as
follows:

(a)
the definition of, and references throughout each of such Finance Documents to,
the “Loan Agreement” and any of the other Finance Documents shall be construed
as if the same referred to the Loan Agreement and those Finance Documents as
amended or supplemented by this Sixth Amendatory Agreement; and

 
(b)
by construing references throughout each of the Finance Documents to “this
Agreement”, “hereunder” and other like expressions as if the same referred to
such Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Sixth Amendatory
Agreement.

6.3  
No other amendments; ratification.

 
(a)  
Except as amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement
and the other Finance Documents remain unchanged and in full force and effect
and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 
(b)  
Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees
that the Guaranty remains in full force and effect.

 
(c)  
The Obligors acknowledge and agree that the Loan Agreement shall, together with
this Sixth Amendatory Agreement, be read and construed as a single agreement.

 
7  
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 
7.1  
Authority.  The execution and delivery by each of the Obligors of this Sixth
Amendatory and the performance by each Obligor of all of its agreements and
obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, are within such
Obligor’s corporate authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of such Obligor, and no consent of any third party
is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Sixth
Amendatory Agreement.

 
7.2  
Enforceability.  This Sixth Amendatory Agreement and the Loan Agreement, as
amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of
the Obligors party hereto and are enforceable against such Obligors in
accordance with their terms, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting
generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and except to the extent that
availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is
subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be
brought.

 
7.3  
Certifications.  Each Obligor certifies that:

 
(a)  
there is no proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such party;

 
(b)  
the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement, as amended
hereby, are true and correct as though made on and as of the date hereof, except
for (A) representations or warranties which expressly relate to an earlier date
in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct, in
all material respects, as of such earlier date or (B) representations or
warranties which are no longer true as a result of a transaction expressly
permitted by the Loan Agreement;

 
(c)  
there is no material misstatement of fact in any information provided by any of
the Obligors to the Facility Agent or the Lender or the Swap Banks since January
27, 2011, and such information did not omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading;

 
(d)  
there is no event occurring and continuing, or resulting from this Sixth
Amendatory Agreement, that constitutes a Potential Event of Default or an Event
of Default; and

 
(e)  
there have been no amendments to the constitutional documents of any Obligor
since January 27, 2011.

 
8  
RELEASE

 
8.1  
Release.

(a)  
In consideration of the Lender, the Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the
Swap Banks entering into this Sixth Amendatory Agreement, each of the Obligors
acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof:

(i)  
such Obligor does not have any claim or cause of action against any Credit Party
(or any of such Credit Party’s respective directors, officers, employees or
agents);

 
(ii)  
such Obligor does not have any offset right, counterclaim or defense of any kind
against any of its respective Secured Liabilities to any Credit Party; and

 
(iii)  
each of the Credit Parties has heretofore properly performed and satisfied in a
timely manner all of their respective obligations to the Obligors.

 
(b)  
To eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts, omissions, events,
circumstances or matters would impair or otherwise adversely affect any Credit
Party’s rights, interests, contracts, collateral security or remedies, each
Obligor unconditionally releases, waives and forever discharges:

(i)  
any and all liabilities, obligations, duties, promises or indebtedness of any
kind of any Credit Party to such Obligor, except the obligations to be performed
by any Credit Party on or after the date hereof as expressly stated in this
Sixth Amendatory Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents;
and

 
(ii)  
all claims, offsets, causes of action, suits or defenses of any kind whatsoever
(if any), whether arising at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which
such Obligor might otherwise have against any Credit Party or any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents,

 
in either case (i) or (ii), on account of any past or presently existing
condition, act, omission, event, contract, liability, obligation, indebtedness,
claim, cause of action, defense, circumstance or matter of any kind.
 
9  
MISCELLANEOUS

 
9.1  
Governing law.  THIS SIXTH AMENDATORY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING THE
LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW (OTHER THAN THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW §5-1401).

 
9.2  
Counterparts.  This Sixth Amendatory Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

 
9.3  
Severability.  Any provision of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in
any other jurisdiction.

 
9.4  
Payment of expenses.  The Obligors agree to pay or reimburse each of the Credit
Parties for all reasonable expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution and carrying out of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement and any other
document in connection herewith or therewith, including but not limited to,
reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel whom the Credit Parties may deem
necessary or appropriate to retain, any duties, registration fees and other
charges and all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any of the
Credit Parties in connection with the foregoing.

 
9.5  
Headings and captions.  The headings captions in this Sixth Amendatory Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit the
provisions hereof.

 
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WHEREFORE, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth Amendatory Agreement to be
executed as of the date first above written.

BEDFORD MARITIME CORP., as Borrower
 
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD., as Lender
 
 
By: /s/ Jane Freeberg Sarma
Name:Jane Freeberg Sarma
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
BRIGHTON MARITIME CORP., as Borrower
 
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD., as Facility Agent and Security Trustee
 
 
By: /s/ Jane Freeberg Sarma
Name:Jane Freeberg Sarma
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
HARI MARITIME CORP., as Borrower
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
PROSPECT NAVIGATION CORP., as Borrower
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND, as Swap Bank
 
 
By: /s/ Kimberly Jones
Name: Kimberly Jones
Title: Manager
 
 
By: /s/ Annette Dowling 
Name: Annette Dowling
Title: Associate
 
HANCOCK NAVIGATION CORP., as Borrower
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
COLUMBUS MARITIME CORP., as Borrower
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
NATIXIS, as Swap Bank
 
 
By: /s/ Rubiella
Name: Rubiella
Title: Head of FICT Sales
 
 
By: /s/ Guzinean Guillarme
Name: Guzinean Guillarme
Title: Head of FI Trading
 
WHITEHALL MARINE TRANSPORT CORP.,
as Borrower
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
DVB BANK SE, as Swap Bank
 
 
 
By: /s/ Jane Freeberg Sarma
Name:Jane Freeberg Sarma
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
TBS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, as Guarantor
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
TBS HOLDINGS LIMITED, as Guarantor
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
TBS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, as Guarantor
 
 
By: /s/ Christophil B. Costas
Name: Christophil B. Costas
Title: Attorney-in-Fact