gnk_Ex10_20


		
			Exhibit 10.20
		

		
			PURCHASE AGREEMENT
		

		
			THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of October 4, 2016 by and among Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Company”), and the Investors set forth on the signature pages affixed hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively the “Investors”).
		

		
			Recitals
		

		
			A.        The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”), as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
		

		
			B.        The Investors wish to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Basic Shares (as defined below) and the Backstop Shares (as defined herein) (the Basic Shares and the Backstop Shares, collectively, the “Shares” and each, a “Share”) of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), such Series A Preferred Stock to have the relative rights, preferences, limitations and designations set forth in the Certificate of Designations set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Certificate of Designations”) and to be convertible into an aggregate of up to 5,773,197 shares (subject to adjustment) (such shares together with shares into which the Commitment Fee (as defined below) may be converted, the “Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (together with any securities into which such shares may be reclassified, whether by merger, charter amendment or otherwise, to the extent the Shares, in connection with any such reclassification, become convertible into such securities pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the “Common Stock”), at a conversion price of $4.85 per Share (subject to adjustment), at a purchase price of $4.85 per Share (the “Per Share Price”), for an aggregate purchase price of up to  $28,000,005.45 (the “Purchase Price”); and  
		

		
			C.        Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company is entering into a purchase agreement  with each of the Other Existing Investors (as defined below) on substantially the same terms and conditions as this Agreement (other than with respect to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be purchased by such Other Existing Investor) providing for the purchase of shares of  Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price (taken together with the Purchase Price) of up to One Hundred Twenty Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000) (each an “Other Purchase Agreement”); and
		

		
			D.        Contemporaneous with the sale of the Shares, the parties hereto will execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws on substantially the same terms and conditions as set forth in that certain Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and certain of its shareholders dated as of July 9, 2014 (the “Prior Registration Rights Agreement”). 
		

		
			In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


 



		

		
			consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
		

		
			1.         Definitions.  In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: 
		

		
			“Additional Private Placement” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.11.
		

		
			“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.
		

		
			“Agents” means, collectively, Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”),  DNB Markets ASA and Evercore Group LLC. 
		

		
			“Backstop Commitment” means, with respect to any Investor, the backstop subscription amount set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule 1 hereto, as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3. 
		

		
			“Backstop Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
		

		
			“Basic Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
		

		
			“Basic Subscription Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
		

		
			“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day, on which banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.
		

		
			“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
		

		
			“Closing Date” means the Business Day on which the Closing occurs, which shall be no earlier than the date as of which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) the Investors’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount, and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Shares at the Closing, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.
		

		
			“Commitment Fee” shall mean 288,660 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
		

		
			“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
		

		
			“Company’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Peter C. Georgiopoulos, John C. Wobensmith, Apostolos D. Zafolias, or Joseph Adamo.
		

		
			“Confidential Information” means trade secrets, confidential information and know-how (including but not limited to ideas, formulae, compositions, processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, computer program code, performance specifications, support documentation, drawings, specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and related information).
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			“Control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
		

		
			“Debt Commitment Letter” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Commitment Letter by and among the Company, Nordea Bank Finland plc, New York Branch, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), DVB Bank SE, ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft, Crédit Industriel et Commercial and BNP Paribas in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
		

		
			“Deemed Liquidation Event” means the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in a single transaction or series of transactions, or adoption of any plan for the same.
		

		
			“Effective Date” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.
		

		
			“Effectiveness Deadline” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement is required to be declared effective by the SEC under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
		

		
			“Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (first and fourth sentences only), Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Section 4.25 and the last sentence of Section 4.30.
		

		
			“Hayfin Facility Agreement” means the Facility Agreement, dated November 4, 2015, by and among the indirect Subsidiaries of the Company listed therein as borrowers, Genco Holdings Limited, the financial institutions listed therein as lenders, and Hayfin Services LLP, as agent and security agent.
		

		
			“Hayfin Term Sheet” means the term sheet dated June 29, 2016 in respect of the proposed
		

		
			amendment of the Hayfin Facility Agreement.
		

		
			“Insider” means each director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, and any promoter connected with the Company in any capacity on the date hereof.
		

		
			“Intellectual Property” means all of the following: (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights and copyrightable works; (iv) registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; and (v) proprietary computer software (including but not limited to data, data bases and documentation).
		

		
			“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (x) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			taken as a whole, or (y) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, except that any of the following, either alone or in combination, shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect: (i) effects caused by changes or circumstances affecting general market conditions in the U.S. economy or which are generally applicable to the industry in which the Company operates, provided that such effects are not borne disproportionately by the Company, (ii) effects resulting from or relating to the announcement or disclosure of the sale of the Securities or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (iii) effects caused by any event, occurrence or condition resulting from or relating to the taking of any action in accordance with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
		

		
			“Material Contract” means any contract, instrument or other agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including those that have been filed or were required to have been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
		

		
			“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
		

		
			“Other Existing Investors” means funds and/or related entities managed by Affiliates of Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and funds and/or related entities managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC or its Affiliates  that are shareholders of the Company as of the date of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Per Share Price” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
		

		
			“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
		

		
			“Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.
		

		
			“Registrar of Corporations” shall mean the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
		

		
			“Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
		

		
			“SEC Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
		

		
			“Securities” means the Shares, the Conversion Shares, and the Commitment Fee.
		

		
			“Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
		

		
			“Stockholders Meeting”  has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a).
		

		
			“Stockholders Meeting Deadline”  has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a).
		

		
			“Subsequent Stockholders Meeting”  has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a).
		

		
			“Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person.
		

		
			“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, and the Registration Rights Agreement.
		

		
			“Transfer Agent” means Computershare, Inc.
		

		
			“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
		

		
			“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
		

		
			2.          Purchase and Sale of the Shares.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, each Investor shall severally, and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell and issue to each Investor, (i) that number of basic shares of Series A Preferred Stock set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule 1 (the “Basic Shares”) in exchange for the portion of the Purchase Price equal to the basic share subscription amount set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule 1 (such Investor’s “Basic Subscription Amount”) and, if applicable, (ii) that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to such Investor’s Backstop Commitment divided by the Per Share Price (the “Backstop Shares”), in exchange for the portion of the Purchase Price equal to such Investor’s Backstop Commitment (such Investor’s Backstop Commitment, together with such Investor’s Basic Subscription Amount, such Investor’s “Subscription Amount”).
		

		
			3.          Closing.
		

		
			3.1      Closing.  The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing specified herein (other than those conditions which will be satisfied at the Closing), or at such other location and on such other date as the Company and the Investors shall mutually agree.  The Company shall deliver a notice of the Closing Date to each Investor at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.  On the Closing Date, each Investor shall cause a wire transfer in immediately available funds to be sent to the account designated by the Company, in an amount representing such Investor’s Subscription Amount, and the Company shall file the Certificate of Designations with the Registrar of Corporations.  Upon receipt of the Purchase Price by the Company, the certificates evidencing the Shares shall be released to the Investors.  In addition, in consideration of each Investor providing its Backstop Commitment hereunder, such Investor shall be entitled to receive at the Closing, its pro rata portion of the Commitment Fee. 
		

		
			3.2      [Intentionally omitted].
		

		
			3.3      Certain Adjustments.  Any sales of Series A Preferred Stock in the Additional Private Placement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include the sale of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Agreement or the Other Purchase Agreements) will reduce each outstanding unexercised Backstop Commitment by multiplying such Backstop Commitment by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to $38,600,000 less the aggregate proceeds from the Additional Private 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Placement and the denominator of which is equal to $38,600,000, provided that no Backstop Commitment shall be reduced below zero.
		

		
			4.          Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (collectively, the “Disclosure Schedules”):
		

		
			4.1      Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties.  Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property makes such qualification or leasing necessary unless the failure to be in good standing or so qualified has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.1 hereto, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not the subject of any judicial composition proceeding, bankruptcy proceeding or any similar process or of any judgment or dissolution. The Company’s Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 4.1 hereto.
		

		
			4.2      Authorization.  The Company has all corporate power and authority and, except for the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Registrar of Corporations and the approval of the Proposal at the Stockholders Meeting or any Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance) and delivery of the Securities.  The Transaction Documents, upon execution and delivery thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.
		

		
			4.3      Capitalization.  The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Q2 2016 10-Q”). The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act except as may be issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, the settlement of outstanding restricted stock units disclosed in the SEC Filings, or future awards under the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan.  No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in any transaction pertaining to the Company’s capital stock. Except as set forth in the SEC Filings or future awards under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. All of the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities except as described in Section 7.9 hereof. Except as set forth in the SEC Filings, there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Company’s Knowledge as of the date hereof, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders. Other than the rights being granted to the Investors or the Other Existing Investors pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to participants in the Additional Private Placement, or as set forth in the SEC Filings, no person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the 1933 Act of any securities of the Company.
		

		
			4.4      Valid Issuance.  Upon the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Registrar of Corporations, the Shares and the Commitment Fee will have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions (other than those created by the Investors), except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws.  Upon the due conversion of the Shares, the Conversion Shares and the Commitment Fee will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions, except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws (other than those created by the Investors).  The Company has reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the conversion of the Shares and the Commitment Fee.
		

		
			4.5      Consents.  Except for the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Registrar of Corporations, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, approval of the Proposal by the Company’s shareholders, and the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than filings that have been made (or shall have been made prior to Closing) pursuant to applicable state securities laws and NYSE listing requirements and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods and approval of the Proposal at the Stockholders Meeting.
		

		
			4.6      Delivery of SEC Filings; Business.  The Company has made available to the Investors through the EDGAR system, true and complete copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the “10-K”), and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act since the filing of the 10-K (collectively, the “SEC Filings”).  The SEC Filings are the only filings required of the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act for such period.
		

		
			4.7      Use of Proceeds.  The net proceeds of the sale of the Shares hereunder shall be used by the Company for debt repayment, working capital and general corporate purposes.
		

		
			4.8      Absence of Certain Events.  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Filings, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Filings prior to the date hereof or on Schedule 4.8, (i) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (ii) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, except in connection with the payment of the exercise price of, or withholding taxes for, awards under the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Company’s equity incentive plans, and (iii) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to the Company’s existing equity incentive plans. As of the date hereof, the Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, operations, financial condition or prospects that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed. 
		

		
			4.9      SEC Filings.
		

		
			(a)      At the time of filing thereof, the SEC Filings complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
		

		
			(b)      Each registration statement and any amendment thereto filed by the Company during the two years preceding the date hereof pursuant to the 1933 Act, as of the date such statement or amendment became effective, complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein not misleading; and each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, as of its issue date and as of the closing of any sale of securities pursuant thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
		

		
			4.10    No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default.  Subject to the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Registrar of Corporations, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of (a) any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which have been made available to the Investors through the EDGAR system), or (b) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective assets or properties, except, with respect to subclause (i)(b), as which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Material Contract, except as which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate. 
		

		
			4.11    Tax Matters.  The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company has timely prepared and filed (or timely filed for an extension for) all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company or such Subsidiary with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Filings.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid assessments against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any basis for the assessment of any additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority except for any assessment which is not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party when due, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Filings.  There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or property.  Except as described on Schedule 4.11, there are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or other corporation or entity.
		

		
			4.12    Title to Properties.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or Schedule 4.12, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them.
		

		
			4.13    Registry of and Title to Vessels; Good Standing.  Each of the Company’s vessels is owned directly by the Company or one its Subsidiaries, has been duly registered as a vessel under the laws and regulations and flag of its jurisdiction in the sole ownership of the Company or such Subsidiary, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company or each such Subsidiary, as applicable, has good title to the applicable vessel, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests and claims and all defects of the title of record other than as disclosed in Schedule 4.13, and no other action is necessary to establish and perfect such entity’s title to and interest in such vessel as against any charterer or third party, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each such vessel is in good standing with respect to the payment of past and current taxes, fees and other amounts payable under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is registered as would affect its registry with the ship registry of such jurisdiction except for failures to be in good standing which would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			4.14    Compliance with Maritime Guidelines.  Except with respect to vessels described in Schedule 4.14, each of the Company’s vessels is operated in compliance with the rules, codes of practice, conventions, protocols, guidelines or similar requirements or restrictions imposed, published or promulgated by any governmental authority, classification society or insurer applicable to the respective vessel (collectively, “Maritime Guidelines”) and all applicable international, national, state and local conventions, laws, regulations, orders, governmental licenses and other requirements (including, without limitation, all environmental laws), except where such failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			4.15    Classification.  Except with respect to vessels described in Schedule 4.15, each vessel is classed by a classification society which is a full member of the International Association of Classification Societies and is in class with valid class and trading certificates, without any overdue recommendations, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			4.16    Certificates, Authorities and Permits.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, except where such failure has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any such Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have been in violation or breach of, or default under, any such certificate, authority or permit except where such violation, breach or failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.
		

		
			4.17    Labor Matters.  No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, has been threatened with respect to any of the employees of the Company which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the Company’s Knowledge, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
		

		
			4.18    Intellectual Property.  The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted or as described in the SEC Filings to be conducted, except as such failure to own, possess, or acquire such rights would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth in the SEC Filings, as of the date hereof, there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, or alleging that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate. 
		

		
			4.19    Environmental Matters.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.
		

		
			4.20    Litigation.  Except as described in the SEC Filings, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.
		

		
			4.21    Financial Statements.  The financial statements included in the SEC Filings comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement) and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, except for normal year-end audit adjustments and as otherwise as permitted by Form 10-Q under the 1934 Act).  Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof or as described on Schedule 4.21, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			4.22    Insurance Coverage.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage that is customary for comparably situated companies for the business being conducted and properties owned or leased by the Company and each such Subsidiary.
		

		
			4.23    Compliance with Law.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance, and since January 1, 2013, have been in compliance, in all material respects, with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations applicable to them or the operation of their respective business or by which their assets are bound or affected, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.  None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have received any written notice of any material violation of any U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations applicable to them or the operations of their respective businesses or by which their assets are bound or affected at any time since January 1, 2013, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.
		

		
			4.24    Compliance with NYSE Continued Listing Requirements.  Except as described in the SEC Filings or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby:  (i) the Company is in compliance with applicable NYSE continued listing requirements, and (ii) there are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			continued listing of the Common Stock on the NYSE and the Company has not received any notice of, nor to the Company’s Knowledge is there any basis for, the delisting of the Common Stock from the NYSE.
		

		
			4.25    Brokers and Finders.  No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than as described in Schedule 4.25.
		

		
			4.26    No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation.  Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.
		

		
			4.27    No Integrated Offering.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would be reasonably likely to adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(a)(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act.
		

		
			4.28    Rule 506 Compliance.  To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the Company nor any Insider is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2)(i) or (d)(3) of the 1933 Act.  The Company is not disqualified from relying on Rule 506 of Regulation D under the 1933 Act (“Rule 506”) for any of the reasons stated in Rule 506(d) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement.  The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any such disqualification under Rule 506(d) exists.
		

		
			4.29    Private Placement.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investors in Section 5 hereof, the offer and sale of the Securities to the Investors as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
		

		
			4.30    Material Contracts.  As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Material Contract that has not been filed.  Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Contract is a valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, of the other parties thereto, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles; (ii) each Material Contract is in full force and effect; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or default under any Material Contract and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party to any Material Contract is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or default thereunder except as is subject to a waiver described in the SEC Filings; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any breach or default of any Material Contract other than as may be set forth in any waiver described in the SEC Filings, and (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from any other party to a Material Contract that such other party intends to terminate, not renew, or renegotiate the terms of any such Material Contract.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.30, no event has occurred (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) and is continuing that would constitute a breach or default, or permit termination, modification, or acceleration under any credit facility or debt instrument, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, and to the Company’s Knowledge there exists no event or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such breach, default, termination, modification, or acceleration, except as is subject to a waiver described in the SEC Filings.
		

		
			4.31    Transactions with Affiliates.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any material transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and for services as employees, officers and directors), including any material contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
		

		
			4.32    Internal Controls.  The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 currently applicable to the Company.  The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations and (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability.  The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in 1934 Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act, as the case may be, is being prepared.  
		

		
			4.33    Investment Company.  The Company is not required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
		

		
			4.34    Other Existing Investors.  Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company is entering into the Other Purchase Agreements on the same terms and conditions as this Agreement (other than with respect to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock  purchased), and the Company has delivered to the Investors true and complete copies of the Other Purchase Agreements.
		

		
			5.          Representations and Warranties of the Investors.  Each of the Investors hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company that:
		

		
			5.1      Organization and Existence.  Such Investor, is a validly existing corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company and has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority.
		

		
			5.2      Authorization; No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of the Transaction Documents to which such Investor is a party have been duly authorized and each will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which the Investor is a party and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Investor or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Investor is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities or “blue sky” laws) applicable to such Investor, except in the case of clause (ii) above, for such conflicts, defaults or rights which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Investor to perform its obligations hereunder.
		

		
			5.3      Purchase Entirely for Own Account.  The Securities to be received by such Investor hereunder will be acquired for such Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, and such Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the 1933 Act without prejudice, however, to such Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Securities for any period of time.  Neither such Investor nor any Affiliate of such Investors is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the 1934 Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered.
		

		
			5.4      Investment Experience.  Such Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment contemplated hereby.
		

		
			5.5      Disclosure of Information.  Such Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto, including Schedule 5.5) and the SEC Filings and the risk factors set forth therein.  Such Investor and its advisors, if any, has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Investor. Such Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Investor understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities. Such Investor is relying solely on its own accounting, legal and tax advisors, and not on any statements of the Company or any of its agents or representatives, for such accounting, legal and tax advice with respect to its acquisition of the Securities and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
		

		
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			recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
		

		
			5.7      Restricted Securities.  Such Investor understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act only in certain limited circumstances.
		

		
			5.8      Legends.  It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates or other instruments evidencing the Securities may bear the following or any similar legend:
		

		
			(a)       “The securities represented hereby have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the securities commission of any state in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.”
		

		
			(b)      If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.
		

		
			5.9      Accredited Investor / Qualified Purchaser.  Such Investor is, and on the date the Conversion Shares are issued upon conversion of the Shares such Investor will be, an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under the 1933 Act, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  
		

		
			5.10     No General Solicitation.  Such Investor did not learn of the investment in the Securities as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising.
		

		
			5.11     Brokers and Finders.  No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such Investor.
		

		
			5.12     Prohibited Transactions.  Since the earlier of (a) such time as such Investor was first contacted by the Company or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company regarding the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, neither such Investor nor any Affiliate of such Investor which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Investor’s investments or trading or information concerning such Investor’s investments, including in respect of the Securities, or (z) is subject to such Investor’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the 1934 Act) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Securities (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”).  Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this Agreement, (ii) the Effective Date or (iii) the Effectiveness Deadline, such Investor shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction.  Such Investor acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 5.11 are being made for the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			benefit of the Investors as well as the Company and that each of the other Investors shall have an independent right to assert any claims against such Investor arising out of any breach or violation of the provisions of this Section 5.11. 
		

		
			5.13     Affiliate Involvement in Offering; Trading Price.  Such Investor acknowledges that it is aware of the following: (i) that one or more Persons that may be deemed Affiliates of the Company are purchasing Securities; (ii) that such purchase by such Persons should not be taken as an indication of their views regarding the prospects of the Company nor should such Investor infer from their participation that they possess non-public information suggesting favorable prospects for the Company; and (iii) the Company’s stock is thinly traded, and accordingly the trading price of the Company’s stock may not accurately reflect the current value of the Company.
		

		
			5.14     Rule 506 Compliance.  Neither such Investor nor any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members is subject to any Disqualification Event (as defined above), except for Disqualification Events covered by Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) under the 1933 Act and disclosed in writing in reasonable detail to the Company.
		

		
			5.15     The Agents.  Such Investor understands that each Agent has acted solely as an agent of the Company in the placement of the Securities, and that none of the Agents makes any representation or warranty with regard to the merits of this transaction or as to the accuracy of any information such Investor may have received in connection therewith.  Such Investor acknowledges that it has not relied on any information or advice furnished by or on behalf of the Agent.
		

		
			5.16     Sufficient Funds.  Each Investor has sufficient cash on hand or undrawn capital commitments to pay the Purchase Price and otherwise satisfy its obligations in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
		

		
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			6.1       Conditions to the Investors’ Obligations.  The obligation of each Investor to purchase the Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Investor (as to itself only):
		

		
			(a)     The Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such Fundamental Representation shall be true and correct as of such earlier date.  The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof (other than the Fundamental Representations) qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect" shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and, the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof (other than the Fundamental Representations) not qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.  The Company shall have performed in all material 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.
		

		
			(b)     The Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents on the Closing Date, all of which shall be in full force and effect.
		

		
			(c)      The Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.
		

		
			(d)     The Company shall have filed with the NYSE a supplementary listing application or similar application for the listing or trading of the Conversion Shares on the NYSE, a copy of which shall have been provided to the Investors.
		

		
			(e)     The Certificate of Designations shall have been filed with the Registrar of Corporations and shall be effective; a filed copy of the Certificate of Designations shall have been provided to the Investors.
		

		
			(f)     No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.
		

		
			(g)     The Company shall have delivered an officer’s certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 6.1.
		

		
			(h)     The Investors shall have received an opinion from each of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Reeder & Simpson, P.C., dated as of the Closing Date, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2, respectively.
		

		
			(i)      No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by the NYSE, the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the Common Stock.
		

		
			(j)      The Company shall have received, or shall receive substantially simultaneously with the Closing, an amount not less than the difference between $125 million and the Investors’ Subscription Amount in gross proceeds in respect of the sale of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
		

		
			(k)     The conditions precedent set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter shall be or have been satisfied or waived and the Refinancing (as defined in the Debt Commitment Letter) for no less than $400 million shall have occurred, or shall occur substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Investor’s Subscription Amount, on the terms set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter.
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(l)      The Hayfin Facility Agreement shall have been amended, or shall be amended substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Investor’s Subscription Amount, on the terms set forth in the Hayfin Term Sheet.
		

		
			(m)     The Other Purchase Agreements shall have substantially identical terms to the terms of this Agreement, excluding the Subscription Amount and related terms.  For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of such Other Purchase Agreements and the securities issued pursuant thereto shall not be more favorable than the terms provided to the Investors under this Agreement and the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock received pursuant hereto.
		

		
			(n)     The Additional Private Placement, if consummated, shall not have been on terms more favorable to any such Third Party Purchaser than the terms provided to the Investors under this Agreement.
		

		
			6.2      Conditions to Obligations of the Company.  The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:
		

		
			(a)     The representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 5 hereof, other than the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9 (the “Investment Representations”), shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.  The Investment Representations shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date.  The Investors shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by them on or prior to the Closing Date.
		

		
			(b)     The Investors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.
		

		
			(c)      No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.
		

		
			(d)     The Company shall have received, or shall receive substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Investors’ Subscription Amount, an aggregate of not less than $125 million (inclusive of the Investors’ Subscription Amount) in gross proceeds in respect of the sale of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
		

		
			(e)     The Refinancing (as defined in the Debt Commitment Letter) shall have occurred, or shall occur substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Investors’ Subscription Amount, on the terms set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
		

		
			(f)     The Hayfin Facility Agreement shall have been amended, or shall be amended substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Investors’ Subscription Amount, on the terms set forth in the Hayfin Term Sheet and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(g)     The Investors shall have delivered an officer’s certificate, executed on behalf of each Investor by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer or person performing similar functions, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this Section 6.2.
		

		
			6.3        Termination of Obligations to Effect Closing; Effects.
		

		
			(a)     The obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other hand, to effect the Closing shall terminate as follows:
		

		
			(i)      Upon the mutual written consent of the Company and the Investors;
		

		
			(ii)     By the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Company;
		

		
			(iii)    By an Investor (with respect to itself only) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Investor; or
		

		
			(iv)    By either the Company or any Investor (with respect to itself only) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to November 15, 2016;provided, however, that, except in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, the party seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents if such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing.
		

		
			(b)     In the event of termination by any Investor of its obligations to effect the Closing pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(iii), written notice thereof shall promptly be given to the other Investors by the Company and the other Investors shall have the right to terminate their obligations to effect the Closing upon written notice to the Company and the other Investors.  Nothing in this Section 6.3 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
		

		
			7.          Covenants and Agreements.
		

		
			7.1      Operation in the Ordinary Course.  Except as set forth in Schedule 7.1, as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter, or as has been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the execution hereof, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.3, and except for what is expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents or what may be authorized by the Investors, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, to (a) use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its existence in good standing pursuant to applicable law, (b) conduct its business and operations in the ordinary course of business and (c) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) preserve intact its material assets, properties, contracts or other legally binding understandings, licenses and business organizations; (ii) keep available the services of its current officers and key employees; and (iii) preserve the current 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			relationships with charterers, customers, third-party vessel managers, suppliers, distributors, lessors, licensors, licensees, creditors, contractors, governmental or regulatory authorities and other Persons with whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has business relations.  Except as set forth in Schedule 7.1, as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter, or as has been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the execution hereof, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.3, and except for what is expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents or what may be authorized by the Investors, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not, to (a) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any of the equity securities of the Company or any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase, or other acquisition of any of such equity securities by the Company or any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company other than with respect to the cashless exercise of warrants outstanding on the date hereof, (b) incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money other than indebtedness among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or in the ordinary course of business (other than as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter), (c) issue, sell or otherwise dispose any equity securities of the Company or any non-wholly owned Subsidiary except pursuant to its 2014 Management Incentive Plan or its 2015 Equity Incentive Plan or upon the exercise or settlement of awards made under either such plan, (d) change any terms of compensation of any executive officers of the Company or enter into any transaction required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC without the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors of a committee thereof comprised solely of independent directors or (e) effect any Deemed Liquidation Event. 
		

		
			7.2      Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the conversion of the Shares and the Commitment Fee, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time equal the number of shares sufficient to permit the conversion of the Shares and the Commitment Fee issued pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms.
		

		
			7.3      [Intentionally omitted].
		

		
			7.4      No Conflicting Agreements.  The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Investors under the Transaction Documents.
		

		
			7.5      Listing of Underlying Shares and Related Matters.  The Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be approved for listing or trading on the NYSE or such other exchange or market where the Common Stock is trading or expected to trade no later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date.  Further, if the Company applies to have its Common Stock or other securities traded on any other principal stock exchange or market, it shall include in such application the Conversion Shares and will take such other action as is necessary to cause such Common Stock to be so listed.
		

		
			7.6      [Intentionally omitted].
		

		
			7.7      Subsequent Equity Sales.
		

		
			(a)       From the date hereof until the date of conversion of the Shares, without the consent of the Investors, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall issue shares of preferred stock, Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			this Section 7.7(a) shall not apply to (i) the issuance of the Securities, (ii) the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Other Purchase Agreements and in the Additional Private Placement or any Common Stock issuable upon the conversion thereof, (iii) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents upon the conversion, settlement or exercise of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof, provided that the terms of such security are not amended after the date hereof to decrease the exercise price or increase the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents receivable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, (iv) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in connection with the acquisition by the Company of all or substantially all of the assets or equity interests of another business entity in a transaction approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, (v) the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to any Company equity incentive plan in place as of the date hereof or approved by the Company’s stockholders or (vi) the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in a transaction or series of related transactions, for the primary purpose of raising capital, approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and consented to by the Investors not participating in such transaction or transactions who beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) a majority of the Shares issued pursuant hereto (excluding the Shares held by any Investors participating in such transaction or transactions).  For the avoidance of doubt, any sale and issuance of Series A Preferred Stock to purchasers in the Additional Private Placement shall not be on terms, including the price paid for such Series A Preferred Stock, more favorable to any such purchaser than the terms provided to the Investors under this Agreement.
		

		
			(b)       The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the 1933 Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the 1933 Act of the sale of the Securities to the Investors, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any trading market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
		

		
			7.8       Equal Treatment of Investors.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to such Transaction Documents, and no consideration shall be offered or paid to any Other Existing Investor to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the purchase agreements entered into simultaneously with this Agreement (or the other transaction documents contemplated thereby) unless the same consideration is also offered to the Investors.  For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Investor and each Other Existing Investor by the Company and negotiated separately by each Investor, and is intended for the Company to treat the Investors and the Other Existing Investors as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Investors acting in concert or as a group with the Other Existing Investors with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
		

		
			7.9       Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting.  
		

		
			(a)       Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company shall take all action necessary to call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”), which shall occur not later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date (the “Stockholders Meeting Deadline”), for the purpose of seeking approval of the Company’s stockholders for the issuance 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement or the other Purchase Agreements or in the Additional Private Placement  (the “Proposal”) and the increase of the size of the Company’s Board of Directors from eight (8) members to nine (9) members (the “Board Increase”). In the event the Proposal or the Board Increase is not approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Stockholders Meeting, the Company shall take all action necessary to call up to three (3) additional meetings of its stockholders (each a “Subsequent Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking approval of the Proposal or the Board Increase as applicable, to be held promptly following the completion of the Stockholders Meeting and in no event more than one year after the Closing Date to the extent reasonably practicable. In connection with the Stockholders Meeting and, if applicable, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, the Company will prepare and file with the SEC proxy materials pursuant to and in compliance with Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act (including a proxy statement and form of proxy) for use at the Stockholders Meeting and, if applicable, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, and, after receiving and responding to any comments of the SEC thereon, shall mail such proxy materials (or, if permitted, notice of the availability of such proxy materials) to the stockholders of the Company. Each Investor shall promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information relating to such Investor and its investment in the Company as the Company may reasonably request for inclusion in each proxy statement.
		

		
			(b)       Subject to their fiduciary obligations under applicable law (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors after consultation with the Company’s outside counsel), the Company’s Board of Directors shall recommend to the Company’s stockholders that the stockholders vote in favor of the Proposal and the Board Increase (each a “Company Board Recommendation”) at the Stockholders Meeting and, if applicable, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, unless the Board of Directors shall have modified, amended or withdrawn such Company Board Recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the immediately succeeding sentence. The Company covenants that the Board of Directors of the Company shall not modify, amend or withdraw either Company Board Recommendation unless the Board of Directors (after consultation with the Company’s outside counsel) shall determine in the good faith exercise of its business judgment that maintaining such Company Board Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duty to the Company’s stockholders. Whether or not the Company’s Board of Directors modifies, amends or withdraws either Company Board Recommendation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall in accordance with the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and the provisions of its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or its Amended and Restated Bylaws, (i) take all action reasonably necessary to convene the Stockholders Meeting and, if necessary, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting as promptly as practicable, but no later than the Stockholders Meeting Deadline with respect to the Stockholders Meeting and as soon as practicable with respect to each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, to consider and vote upon the approval of the Proposal and the Board Increase and (ii) submit the Proposal and the Board Increase at the Stockholders Meeting or, if applicable, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting to the stockholders of the Company for their approval.
		

		
			(c)       From the date hereof until termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof (the “Term”), at the Stockholders Meeting and, if applicable, each Subsequent Stockholders Meeting, however called and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, and in any action by consent of the stockholders of the Company, each Investor and its Affiliates owning any shares of Common Stock shall (A) appear at such meeting or otherwise cause all shares of Common Stock held by it to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum and (B) vote (or cause to be voted) all shares of Common Stock held by it in favor of the Proposal and such other matters as may be necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; provided that no Investor or its Affiliates shall be under any obligation hereunder with respect to any vote regarding the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Board Increase.  During the term of this Agreement, no such Investor or its Affiliates shall transfer any shares of Common Stock prior to shareholder approval of the Proposal unless the transferee has agreed for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the provisions of this Section 7.9(c).
		

		
			7.10     [Intentionally omitted].
		

		
			7.11      Additional Private Placement.  Following the entry by the parties into this Agreement, the Company shall conduct a private placement of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Additional Private Placement”), and will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain binding commitments from third parties for the purchase of not more than Thirty Eight Million Six Hundred  Thousand Dollars ($38,600,000) in Series A Preferred Stock in such private placement; provided that such Additional Private Placement shall not be on terms more favorable to any such Third Party Purchaser than the terms provided to the Investors under this Agreement.
		

		
			7.12     Investor Director.
		

		
			(a)      From and after the Closing until the conversion of the Shares, and thereafter and until the Investors no longer beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) at least 12.5% of the total outstanding Common Stock at any time (the “Nomination Right Termination”), at each annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected to the Board of Directors, the Company (subject to applicable law, including any fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors) shall nominate and use its commercially reasonable efforts (which shall include inserting in any proxy statement used by the Company to solicit the vote of its stockholders in connection with any such meeting the recommendation of the Board of Directors that stockholders of the Company vote in favor of each Investor Designee (defined below)) to cause the election to the Board of Directors of a slate of directors that includes one (1) individual designated in writing by the Investors for nomination for election or for appointment to the Board of Directors and approved by the Board of Directors or any responsible committee thereof (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) (any such individual being an “Investor Designee”); except that if the Investors beneficially own at least 25% of the total outstanding Common Stock and the size of the Board has been increased to nine (9) members, the number of Investor Designees that the Investors shall be entitled to designate shall be two (2).  To the extent that the Company’s Board of Directors or any responsible committee thereof views it as necessary or desirable that any second Investor Designee of the Investors be independent under the applicable rules of any exchange on which the Company’s capital stock is listed or for regulatory compliance purposes, the Investors shall comply with the request of the Company to designate a second Investor Designee that would be independent under such rules or regulations or, if such second Investor Designee has already been elected or appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (an “Investor Director”), shall secure the resignation of such Investor Director and designate an Investor Designee who would be independent under such rules or regulations.  
		

		
			(b)      The Investors shall notify the Company of the identity of any proposed Investor Designee, in writing, at or before the time such information is reasonably requested by the Board of Directors or any responsible committee thereof for inclusion in a proxy statement for a meeting of stockholders, and shall promptly furnish in writing all information about the Investors and such proposed Investor Designee as shall be reasonably requested by the Board of Directors or any responsible committee thereof (including, at a minimum, any information regarding such proposed Investor Designee to the extent required by applicable securities laws or for any other person nominated for election to the Board of Directors).
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(c)       Until the Nomination Right Termination and subject to Sections 7.11(a) and (b), in the event of (i) the death, disability, removal or resignation of an Investor Director, the Board of Directors (subject to applicable law, including any fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors) shall promptly appoint as a replacement Investor Director the Investor Designee designated by the Investors to fill the resulting vacancy, or (ii) the failure of an Investor Designee to be elected to the Board of Directors at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which such Investor Designee stood for election but was nevertheless not elected (such Investor Designee, an “Investor Specified Designee”), the Board of Directors (subject to applicable law, including any fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors) shall promptly appoint another Investor Designee designated by the Investors to serve in lieu of such Investor Specified Designee as an Investor Director during the term that such Investor Specified Designee would have served had such Investor Specified Designee been elected at such meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and, in each case of clause (i) and clause (ii), such individual shall then be deemed an Investor Director for all purposes hereunder.
		

		
			(d)       The Company shall at all times provide each Investor Director (in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors) with the same rights to indemnification and exculpation that it provides to the other members of the Board of Directors.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that any such obligations to indemnify or advance expenses to each Investor Director, in his or her capacity as such, for the matters covered by such obligations, shall be the primary source of indemnification and advancement of such Investor Director in connection therewith, and any obligation on the part of any Investor under any indemnification agreement to indemnify or advance expenses to such Investor Director shall be secondary to the Company’s obligation and shall be reduced by any amount that such Investor Director may collect as indemnification or advancement from the Company.  In the event that the Company fails to indemnify or advance expenses to such Investor Director as required by such indemnification obligations and this Agreement (such unpaid amounts, the “Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts”), and any Investor makes any payment to such Investor Director in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses on account of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts, such Investor shall be subrogated to the rights of such Investor Director under this Agreement in respect of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts.
		

		
			(e)       The initial Investor Director shall be Arthur L. Regan.
		

		
			8.          Survival and Indemnification.
		

		
			8.1      Survival.  The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
		

		
			8.2      Indemnification.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, trustees, members, managers, employees and agents, and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney fees and disbursements and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement thereof) (collectively, “Losses”) to which such Person may become subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be performed on the part of the Company under the Transaction Documents.
		

		
			8.3      Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.  Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person); and provided,  further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation.  It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties.  No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation and, in the event an indemnified party controls the defense of any claim under this Section 8.3, such indemnified party may not settle such claim without the Company’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.
		

		
			9.          Miscellaneous.
		

		
			9.1      Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company or the Investors, as applicable, provided, however, that an Investor may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate or to a third party acquiring some or all of its Securities in a transaction complying with applicable securities laws without the prior written consent of the Company or the other Investors.  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Shares” shall be deemed to refer to the securities received by the Investors in connection with such transaction.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
		

		
			9.2      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			9.3      Titles and Subtitles.  The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
		

		
			9.4      Notices.  Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one Business Day after delivery to such carrier.  All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party:
		

		
			If to the Company:
		

		
			Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
		

		
			299 Park Avenue, 12th Floor
		

		
			New York, NY 10171
		

		
			Attention: John C. Wobensmith
		

		
			Fax: (646) 443-8551
		

		
			With a copy to:
		

		
			Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
		

		
			1177 Avenue of the Americas
		

		
			New York, NY 10036
		

		
			Attention: Thomas E. Molner
		

		
			Fax: (212) 715-8000
		

		
			If to the Investors:
		

		
			to the addresses set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
		

		
			9.5      Expenses.  The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection herewith, except that the Company shall reimburse the Investors for their reasonable and documented legal fees and related costs in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby up to a maximum of $50,000 within a reasonable time following the Closing.
		

		
			9.6      Amendments and Waivers.  Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Investors.  Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all such Securities, and the Company.
		

		
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			the prior written consent of the Company (in the case of a release or announcement by the Investors) or the Investors (in the case of a release or announcement by the Company) (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as such release or announcement may be required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Company or the Investors, as the case may be, shall allow the Investors or the Company, as applicable, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.
		

		
			9.8      Severability.  Any provision of this 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 the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
		

		
			9.9      Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, including the Exhibits and the Disclosure Schedules, and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
		

		
			9.10     Further Assurances.  The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.
		

		
			9.11     Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof.  Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement.  Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.
		

		
			9.12     Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction Document.  The decision of each Investor to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Investor independently of any other Investor.  Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.  Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors and the Other Existing Investors has been provided with the same transaction documents for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Persons and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Person.
		

		
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			(a)       Each Investor agrees and acknowledges that (i) none of the Agents has made, or will make, any representations or warranties with respect to the Company or the offer and sale of the Shares, and such Investor will not rely on any statements made by any Agent, orally or in writing, to the contrary; (ii) it will be responsible for conducting its own due diligence investigation with respect to the Company and the offer and sale of the Shares, (iii) it will be purchasing Shares based on the results of its own due diligence investigation of the Company, (iv) it has negotiated the offer and sale of the Shares directly with the Company, and the Agents will not be responsible for the ultimate success of any such investment and (v) the decision to invest in the Company will involve a significant degree of risk, including a risk of total loss of such investment.  Each Investor further represents and warrants to each Agent that it, including any fund or funds that it manages or advises that participates in the offer and sale of the Shares, is permitted under its constitutive documents (including, without limitation, all limited partnership agreements, charters, bylaws, limited liability company agreements, all applicable side letters with investors, and similar documents) to make investments of the type contemplated by this Agreement.  In light of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Investor releases each Agent, its employees, officers, representatives and Affiliates from any liability with respect to such Investor’s participation in the offer and sale of the Shares including, but not limited to, any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company. This Section 9.13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.  The Agents have introduced each Investor to the Company in reliance on the Investor’s understanding and agreement to this Section 9.13.
		

		
			(b)       The parties agree and acknowledge that each Agent may rely on the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement and may rely on the representations and warranties of the respective Investors contained in this Agreement as if such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants, as applicable, were made directly to such Agent.  The parties further agree each Agent may rely on the legal opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) hereof.
		

		
			(c)       Each Investor agrees, for the express benefit of the Agents, that: no Agent, nor any of its Affiliates or any of its representatives (1) has any duties or obligations with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth herein or in the engagement letter, to be entered into between the Company and the Agents; (2) shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company; (3) makes any representation or warranty, or has any responsibilities as to the validity, accuracy, value or genuineness of any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or the 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Transaction Documents; or (4) shall be liable to such Investor (x) for any action taken, suffered or omitted by any of them in good faith and reasonably believed to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement or any Transaction Document or (y) for anything which any of them may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document, except for such Agent’s own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.  Jefferies, its Affiliates and its representatives shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company for acting as placement agent hereunder pursuant the indemnification provisions set forth in the Engagement Letter.
		

		
			9.14      Non-Recourse. All actions, obligations, losses or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, in respect of, arise under, out or by reason of, be connected with, or relate in any manner to (a) this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document, (b) the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document, (c) any breach or violation of this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document and (d) any failure of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents to be consummated, in each case, may only be made against (and are those solely of) the Persons that are expressly named as parties hereto or thereto to the extent set forth herein and therein. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or otherwise to the contrary, each party covenants, agrees and acknowledges, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and its and their respective representatives, that no recourse under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be had against (i) any past, present or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, Affiliate, member, manager, general or limited partner, stockholder, incorporator, representative or assignee of any party hereto or thereto (unless such Person is also a party) or (ii) any past, present or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, Affiliate, member, manager, general or limited partner, stockholder, incorporator, representative or assignee of any of the foregoing (unless such Person is also a party), and none of the foregoing shall have any liability hereunder or thereunder (in each case, whether in tort, contract or otherwise), it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability or losses whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the aforementioned, as such, arising out of, in connection with or related in any manner to the items in the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (d).
		

		
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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Purchase Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						The Company: 

					
					
						Genco Shipping & Trading Limited 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By: 

					
					
						 /s/ Apostolos Zafolias

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Apostolos Zafolias

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Chief Financial Officer

				



		
			 
		

		
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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Purchase Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.
		

		
			The Investors:
		

		
			Apollo Centre Street Partnership, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo Centre Street Management, LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo Franklin Partnership, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo Franklin Management, LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo Credit Opportunity Trading Fund III
		

		
			By: Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund III LP, its general partner
		

		
			By: Apollo Credit Opportunity Management III LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			By: Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund (Offshore) III LP, its general partner
		

		
			By: Apollo Credit Opportunity Management III LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo European Credit Fund, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo European Credit Management, L.P., its investment manager
		

		
			By: Apollo European Credit Management GP, LLC, its general partner
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
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			AES (Lux) S.a r.l.
		

		
			By: Apollo European Strategic Management, L.P., its investment manager
		

		
			By: Apollo European Strategic Management GP, LLC, its general partner
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo SK Strategic Investments, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo SK Strategic Management, LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo Special Opportunities Managed Account, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo SVF Management, L.P.,  its investment manager
		

		
			By: Apollo SVF Management GP, LLC, its general partner
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
			Apollo Zeus Strategic Investments, L.P.
		

		
			By: Apollo Zeus Strategic Management, LLC, its investment manager
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Joseph D. Glatt

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President

					
					
						 

				



		
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			SCHEDULE 1
		

		
			INVESTOR COMMITMENTS
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Investor

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Basic Shares

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Basic
Subscription
Amount

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Basic
Subscription
Percentage

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Backstop Shares

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Backstop
Commitment*

					
					
						  

					
					
						  

					
					
						Backstop
Commitment
Percentage

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Apollo Centre Street Partnership, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
260,836 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
1,265,054.60 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
7.27 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
158,900 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
770,665.00 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
7.27 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo Franklin Partnership, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
65,071 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
315,594.35 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
1.81 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
39,641 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
192,258.85 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
1.81 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo Credit Opportunity Trading Fund III

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
1,499,385 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
7,272,017.25 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
41.79 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
913,419 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
4,430,082.15 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
41.79 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo European Credit Fund, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
194,594 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
943,780.90 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
5.42 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
118,546 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
574,948.10 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
5.42 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						AES (Lux) S.a r.l.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
334,091 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
1,620,341.35 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
9.31 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
203,527 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
987,105.95 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
9.31 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo SK Strategic Investments, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
134,617 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
652,892.45 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
3.75 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
82,008 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
397,738.80 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
3.75 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo Special Opportunities Managed Account, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
824,281 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
3,997,762.85 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
22.98 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
502,148 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
2,435,417.80 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
22.98 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Apollo Zeus Strategic Investments, L.P.

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
274,754 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
1,332,556.90 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
7.66 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
167,379 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
811,788.15 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
7.66 
					
					
						%

				
	
					
						Total

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
3,587,629 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
17,400,000.65 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
100.00 
					
					
						%

					
					
						  

					
2,185,568 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

					
10,600,004.80 
					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
100.00 
					
					
						%

				



		


		
			*Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.3.
		

		
			Address for Notices:
		

		
			Apollo Global Management, LLC
9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention:  Joseph D. Glatt
Fax:  (646) 417-6605
		

		
			With a copy to:
		

		
			Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 1002
Attention:  Gregory V. Gooding
Fax:  (212) 521-7870
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			EXHIBIT A
		

		
			CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND PRIVILEGES OF
		

		
			SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK OF
		

		
			GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
		

		
			The undersigned, John C. Wobensmith, does hereby certify: 
		

		
			1.        That he is the duly elected and acting President and Secretary of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Company”). 
		

		
			2.        That pursuant to the authority conferred by the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the Company’s Board of Directors on [__________], 2016 adopted the following resolution designating and prescribing the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock: 
		

		
			RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company by the Articles of Incorporation, the Board does hereby establish a series of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, and the designation and certain powers, preferences and other special rights of the shares of such series, and certain qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon, are hereby fixed as follows:
		

		
			Section 1. Designation and Amount.  The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Preferred Stock”.  The  Series A Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.01 per share, and the number of shares constituting such series shall initially be 27,061,856, which number the Board may from time to time increase or decrease (but not below the number then outstanding).  The Series A Preferred Stock shall have a liquidation preference of $4.85 per share (the “Liquidation Preference”).
		

		
			Section 2. Ranking.  The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, (a) senior to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), whether now outstanding or hereafter issued, and to each other class or series of stock of the Company (including any series of preferred stock established after [___________], 2016 (the “Issue Date”) by the Board of Directors) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to, or pari passu, with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as “Junior Stock”); (b) pari passu with each other class or series of stock of the Company established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as “Parity Stock”); and (c) junior to each other class or series of stock of the Company established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as “Senior Stock”). The Company’s ability to issue Capital Stock that ranks pari passu with or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5. 
		

		
			Section 3. Dividends.  (a) Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock payable semiannually, which dividends shall be declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, out of the assets of the Company legally available therefor, and shall be payable semiannually commencing on the 180th day following the Issue Date (or the following Business Day if any such payment date is not a Business Day) (each such date being referred to herein as a “Dividend Payment Date”) at the rate per annum of 6% per share on the Liquidation Preference; provided that, in the event that on any Dividend Payment Date, the
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Company is not permitted to declare or pay such dividend or incur such liability either (x) as a matter of law or (y) under the terms of any loan agreement, credit agreement, guaranty, or related agreement, such dividend (a “Deferred Dividend”) shall not be declared by the Board of Directors, shall not be paid or payable on such Dividend Payment Date and no liability shall be incurred in respect thereof, and instead, such Deferred Dividend shall be declared, become payable and be paid and the liability in respect thereof be incurred on the first succeeding Dividend Payment Date on which the Company is not prohibited from declaring, paying and incurring the liability in respect of such Deferred Dividend (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such Deferred Dividend shall be payable in addition to, and not in lieu of, any dividend which would ordinarily be payable on such succeeding Dividend Payment Date). The amount of dividends payable for any other period that is shorter or longer than a full semiannual dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
		

		
			Commencing on and following the Meeting End Date, in the event that dividends are paid on shares of Common Stock in any dividend period with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, then a dividend shall be payable in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock for such period in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the amount otherwise payable in respect of such share of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the foregoing paragraph and (ii) the product of (A) the aggregate dividends payable per share of Common Stock in such dividend period times (B) the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible. 
		

		
			For purposes of this Section 3(a), a dividend period with respect to a Dividend Payment Date is the period commencing on the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or, if there is no preceding Dividend Payment Date, the Issue Date) and ending on the day immediately prior to the next Dividend Payment Date. Dividends payable on a Dividend Payment Date shall be payable to Holders of record on the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof declares the dividend payable (each, a “Dividend Record Date”). 
		

		
			Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3(a) to the contrary, and without limiting any other remedy available to the Company or any other party, dividends shall not accrue or be payable in respect of shares initially issued any Holder who is contractually obligated to appear and vote in favor of any proposal made at a meeting of stockholders of the Company in order to effect the Stockholder Approval (or whose transferor Holder was so obligated) if such Holder (or such transferor Holder or the Affiliates of either) fails so to appear and vote in favor.  Any shares issued to such Holders shall bear the Stockholder Approval Legend.
		

		
			(b) Payment of Dividends. The Company may make each dividend payment on the Series A Preferred Stock either (i) in cash (or, if applicable, in the same form as such dividend is paid to holders of Common Stock) or (ii) at the Company’s option, by the issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including fractional shares) having an aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the amount of the dividend to be paid (or, in the case of a non-cash distribution, having an aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the fair market value of such dividend (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution)). Each fractional share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall be entitled to a ratably proportionate amount of all dividends accumulating with respect to each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3, and all such dividends with respect to such outstanding fractional shares shall accumulate (whether or not declared) and shall be payable in the same manner and at such times as provided for in Section 3 with respect to dividends on each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock. No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest shall be payable in respect of any dividends or payment that may be in arrears. 
		

		
			(c) Payment Restrictions. No dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior 
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Stock (in the case of Junior Stock) and other than cash paid in lieu of fractional shares) may be declared, made or paid, or set apart for payment upon, any Parity Stock or Junior Stock, nor may any Parity Stock or Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any money paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any Parity Stock or Junior Stock) by or on behalf of the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior Stock (in the case of Junior Stock)), unless all accrued and unpaid dividends shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid (in cash or in kind), or are declared and a sum of cash sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment, on the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full dividends have not been paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock so long as the dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the aggregate amounts of dividends declared per share on, and the amounts of such dividends declared in cash or in kind, as applicable, per share on, the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such other Parity Stock bear to each other. 
		

		
			Section 4. Liquidation Preference. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, each Holder shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to stockholders of the Company, before any distribution of assets is made on the Common Stock or any other Junior Stock, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate Liquidation Preference attributable to shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15(a), plus an amount equal to the sum of all accrued and unpaid cumulative dividends, and (ii) the product of (x) the amount per share that would have been payable upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up to the holders of shares of Common Stock or such other class or series of securities into which the Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible (assuming the conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock), multiplied by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock or such other securities into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder are then convertible. 
		

		
			None of (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company (other than in connection with the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company), (ii) the merger, conversion or consolidation of the Company into or with any other Person or (iii) the merger, conversion or consolidation of any other Person into or with the Company, shall constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company for the purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph. 
		

		
			In the event the assets of the Company available for distribution to Holders upon any liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which such Holders are entitled pursuant to this Section 4, no such distribution shall be made on account of any shares of Parity Stock upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up unless proportionate distributable amounts shall be paid on account of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, ratably, in proportion to the full distributable amounts for which Holders and holders of any Parity Stock are entitled upon such liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, with the amount allocable to each series of such stock determined on a pro rata basis of the aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding shares of each series and accrued and unpaid dividends to which each series is entitled. 
		

		
			After the payment to the Holders of the full preferential amounts provided for above, the Holders as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company. 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Section 5. Voting Rights.
		

		
			(a) The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, including the right to elect any directors, except (i) voting rights, if any, required by law, and (ii) voting rights, if any, described in this Section 5. 
		

		
			(b) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, in addition to any other vote of stockholders of the Company required under applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation, the affirmative vote or consent of  the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a single class, will be required (i) for any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation if the amendment would alter or change the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Holders so as to affect them adversely, (ii) to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase, any Parity Stock or Senior Stock, or (iii) to reclassify any authorized stock of the Company into any Parity Stock or Senior Stock, or any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase any Parity Stock or Senior Stock. No such vote shall be required for the Company to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase, any Junior Stock. 
		

		
			Section 6. Conversion.  
		

		
			(a) Mandatory Conversion. Effective as of the close of business on the Stockholder Approval Date, with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock of a Holder, such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically, without any action of such Holder, convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate Liquidation Preference of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock divided by the Conversion Price then in effect (such quotient, the “Conversion Shares”). 
		

		
			(b) In addition, effective as of the close of business on the Stockholder Approval Date, a Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, at the election of the Company, either (i) cash in an amount equal to the then unpaid Deferred Dividends in respect of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder or (ii) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount of any then unpaid Deferred Dividends in respect of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder divided by the Conversion Price then in effect (such quotient, the “Dividend Shares”). 
		

		
			No Holder may convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock other than pursuant to Section 6(a). 
		

		
			(c) Conversion Procedures.  
		

		
			(i) In the event of conversion pursuant to Section 6(a), the Company shall deliver as promptly as practicable written notice to each holder specifying: (A) the Stockholder Approval Date; (B) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock that is converted; (C) the place or places where certificates or evidence of book-entry notation for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for issuance of certificates or evidence of book-entry notation representing shares of Common Stock; and (D) that dividends on the shares to be converted will cease to accrue on such Stockholder Approval Date. Unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are registered, each share surrendered for mandatory conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in accordance with Section 15(f). 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(ii) The conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the Stockholder Approval Date. At such time: (A) the person in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such mandatory conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby at such time; (B) such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of a holder with respect to such shares shall immediately terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock and other amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6 and the right to receive any dividend declared but not yet paid pursuant to Section 3. 
		

		
			(iii) Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the mandatory conversion thereof following such Dividend Record Date and prior to such Dividend Payment Date. In such event, any such dividend that would otherwise be payable in the form of Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable to such Holder either (i) in cash or (ii) at the Company’s option, in shares of Common Stock converted at the Conversion Price in effect as of the time of such mandatory conversion. 
		

		
			(iv) In connection with the mandatory conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, no fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued, but in lieu thereof the Company shall pay an amount of cash in respect of such fractional interest equal to such fractional interest multiplied by the Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Stockholder Approval Date. 
		

		
			Section 7. Settlement upon Conversion. The Company shall satisfy its obligation to deliver Conversion Shares and, if applicable, Dividend Shares (or such other class or series of securities into which the Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible) upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock by delivering to each Holder surrendering shares of Series A Preferred Stock for conversion a number of shares of Common Stock (or such other class or series of securities into which the Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible) equal to the number of Conversion Shares and, if applicable, Dividend Shares to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 6 (provided that the Company will deliver cash in lieu of fractional shares), as soon as practicable after the third Trading Day (but in no event later than the fifth Business Day) following the Stockholder Approval Date. In the event the Company elects to pay cash pursuant to Section 6(b)(i), such cash payment shall be made on the same date. 
		

		
			Section 8. Anti-dilution Adjustments.
		

		
			(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the following adjustments from time to time: 
		

		
			(i) Stock Dividends. In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock in Common Stock, the Conversion Price, as in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution, shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination; provided,  however, that no such adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if the Holders would be entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution pursuant to Section 3. 
		

		
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			of Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days from the date of issuance of such options, warrants or other rights at a price per share of Common Stock less than 95% of the Market Value on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such options, warrants or other rights (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment, share purchase or similar plan), the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration expected to be received by the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such options, warrants or other rights (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) would purchase at such Market Value and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, either directly or indirectly, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination; provided,  however, that no such adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if the Holders would be entitled to receive such options, warrants or other rights pursuant to Section 3; provided,  further,  however, that if any of the foregoing options, warrants or other rights are only exercisable upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, then the Conversion Price will not be adjusted until such Triggering Event occurs. 
		

		
			(iii) Stock Splits, Reverse Splits and Combinations. In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided, split or reclassified into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision, split or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined or reclassified into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision, split, reclassification or combination becomes effective. 
		

		
			(iv) Debt, Asset or Security Distributions.
		

		
			(A) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, assets or securities (but excluding any dividend or distribution of options, warrants or other rights referred to in paragraph (ii) of this Section 8(a), any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, any dividend or distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit in the case of a Spin-off referred to in the next subparagraph, or any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section 8(a)), the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination minus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination, such adjustment to become effective immediately prior 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution. In any case in which this subparagraph (iv)(A) is applicable, subparagraph (iv)(B) of this Section 8(a) shall not be applicable. No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if the Holders would be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 3. 
		

		
			(B) In the case of a Spin-off, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution shall be reduced by multiplying the Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination minus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the shares (or fractions thereof) of Capital Stock or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be the Market Value. Any adjustment to the Conversion Price under this subparagraph (iv)(B) will occur on the date that is the earlier of (1) the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date of the Spin-off and (2) the date of the Initial Public Offering of the securities being distributed in the Spin-off, if that Initial Public Offering is effected simultaneously with the Spin-off. No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if the Holders would be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 3. 
		

		
			(v) Tender Offers. In the case that a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to stockholders of the Company (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) per share of Common Stock that exceeds the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, then, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the expiration thereof), the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying the Conversion Price immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the product of (x) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time, and (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to (x) the product of (I) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly tendered or exchanged, not withdrawn and accepted for payment on the date of the Expiration Time (such validly tendered or exchanged shares, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”) plus (y) the amount of cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders of the Company pursuant to the tender or exchange offer (assuming the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares). 
		

		
			(b) De minimis Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment under this Section 8 need be made to the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% of the Conversion Price then in effect. Any lesser 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall result in an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% of such Conversion Price. No adjustment under this Section 8 shall be made if such adjustment will result in a Conversion Price that is less than the par value of the Common Stock. 
		

		
			(c) Tax-Related Adjustments. The Company may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this Section 8, as the Board of Directors considers advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. In the event the Company elects to make such a reduction in the Conversion Price, the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder if and to the extent that such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the reduction in the Conversion Price. 
		

		
			(d) Stockholder Rights Plans. Upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the extent that the Holders receive Common Stock, such Holders shall receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights issued under any future stockholder rights plan the Company may establish whether or not such rights are separated from the Common Stock prior to conversion. A distribution of rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plan will not result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii) or 7(a)(iv), provided that the Company has provided for the Holders to receive such rights upon conversion. 
		

		
			(e) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted in accordance with this Section 8, the Company shall (i) compute the Conversion Price in accordance with this Section 8 and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based and (ii) as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 8 (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), the Company or, at the request and expense of the Company, the Transfer Agent shall provide a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event and a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to the Conversion Price was determined and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price. 
		

		
			(f) Reversal of Adjustment. If the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution, and shall thereafter (and before the dividend or distribution has been paid or delivered to stockholders) legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then thereafter no adjustment in the Conversion Price then in effect shall be required by reason of the taking of such record. 
		

		
			(g) Exceptions to Adjustment. The applicable Conversion Price shall not be adjusted: 
		

		
			(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan; 
		

		
			(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date; 
		

		
			(iv) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or any other security of the Company in connection with acquisitions of assets or securities of another Person, including with respect to any merger or consolidation or similar transaction; 
		

		
			(v) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or 
		

		
			(vi) for accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock. 
		

		
			Section 9. Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes in the Company’s Stock. In the event of any reclassification of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or any sale or other disposition to another Person of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (computed on a consolidated basis) (any of the foregoing, a “Transaction”), upon conversion of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock, a Holder will be entitled to receive the kind and amount of securities (of the Company or another issuer), cash and other property receivable upon such Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock were convertible immediately prior to such Transaction, after giving effect to any adjustment event or, in the event holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in any Transaction, the weighted average of the forms and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, the Holders shall become entitled upon conversion to any securities other than, or in addition to, shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number or amount of such other securities so receivable upon conversion shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock set forth in this Certificate of Designations. 
		

		
			Section 10. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
		

		
			(a) The Company, without the consent of the Holders, may consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to any Person or may permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into, or transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties to, the Company (any of the foregoing, “Reorganization”); provided,  however, that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will become the kind and amount of securities of such successor, transferee or lessee, cash and other property receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock were convertible immediately prior to such Reorganization, having in respect of such successor, transferee or lessee the same power, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon. 
		

		
			(b) Upon any consolidation by the Company with, or merger by the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the assets of the Company as described in Section 10(a), the successor resulting from such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the transferee or lessee to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made, will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor (if still in existence) will be released from its obligations and covenants with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			Section 11. Notices.
		

		
			(a) When the Company is required, pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, to give notice to Holders by issuing a press release, rather than directly to Holders, the Company shall do so in a public medium that is customary for such press release.  In such cases, publication of a press release through GlobeNewswire, Inc. shall be considered sufficient to comply with such notice obligation. 
		

		
			(b) When the Company is required, pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, to give notice to Holders without specifying the method of giving such notice, the Company shall do so by sending notice via first class mail or by overnight courier to the Holders of record as of a reasonably current date. 
		

		
			Section 12. Transfer of Securities.
		

		
			(a) The shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Securities”) have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws and may not be offered or sold except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or in a transaction not subject to such laws. The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the benefit of certain registration rights under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and the Holders on [__________], 2016, a copy of which may be obtained from the Company by writing to it at Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, 299 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10171, Attention: Secretary. 
		

		
			(b) Shares of Common Stock issued upon a conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock bearing the Restricted Stock Legend, prior to the first anniversary of the Issue Date, shall bear a restricted common stock legend that corresponds to the Restricted Stock Legend (the “Restricted Common Stock Legend”). 
		

		
			Section 13. Certain Tax Matters. The Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment of cash, shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or other consideration deliverable to a Holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, any amounts required to be deducted or withheld under applicable U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax laws with respect to such payment or issuance. In the event the Company paid withholding taxes to a governmental authority in respect of any amount treated as a distribution on a share of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company shall be entitled to deduct any such taxes from any subsequent payment of cash, shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or other consideration otherwise deliverable to a Holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.
		

		
			Section 14. Definitions.  
		

		
			(a)  “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person,
		

		
			(b) “Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Certificate of Designations. 
		

		
			(c) “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Transfer Agent. 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(d) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. 
		

		
			(e) “Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person. 
		

		
			(f) The “Closing Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, or if it is not so traded, on the over-the-counter market. In the absence of such a quotation, the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock will be an amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be the fair market value of such Common Stock, and such determination shall be conclusive. 
		

		
			(g) “Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 
		

		
			(h) “Company” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Certificate of Designations. 
		

		
			(i) “Control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
		

		
			(j) “Conversion Price” shall initially equal $4.85 per share of Common Stock, and shall be subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 8. 
		

		
			(k) “Conversion Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). 
		

		
			(l) “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a). 
		

		
			(m) “Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 
		

		
			(n) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
		

		
			(o) “Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(v). 
		

		
			(p) “Holder” means the Person in whose name a share of Series A Preferred Stock is registered. 
		

		
			(q) “including” means “including, without limitation”. 
		

		
			(r) “Initial Public Offering” means, in the event of a Spin-off, the first time securities of the same class or type as the securities being distributed in the Spin-off are bona fide offered to the public for cash. 
		

		
			(s) “Issue Date”  has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 
		

		
			(t) “Junior Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 
		

		
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			(v) “Market Value” means, with respect to any date of determination, the average Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for a five consecutive Trading Day period preceding the earlier of (i) the day preceding the date of determination and (ii) the day before the “ex date” with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this definition, the term “ex date” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular way, on the New York Stock Exchange or the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, or if it is not so traded, on the over-the-counter market, without the right to receive the issuance or distribution. 
		

		
			(w) “Meeting End Date” shall mean seventy-five days after the Issue Date. 
		

		
			(x) “Officer” means the President, Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. 
		

		
			(y) “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers. 
		

		
			(z) “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Company. 
		

		
			(aa) “Parity Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 
		

		
			(bb) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein. 
		

		
			(cc) “Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(v). 
		

		
			(dd) “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [_________], 2016, by and among, the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein) set forth on the signature page thereto. 
		

		
			(ee) “Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a). 
		

		
			(ff) “Restricted Common Stock Legend” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(b). 
		

		
			(gg) “Restricted Stock Legend” means a legend to the following effect: 
		

		
			THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. 
		

		
			(hh) “Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a). 
		

		
			(ii) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
		

		
			(jj) “Senior Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 
		

		
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			(ll) “Spin-off” means a dividend or other distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company. 
		

		
			(mm) “Stockholder Approval” means the stockholder approval of the proposals to issue Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock for purposes of Rule 312 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. 
		

		
			(nn) “Stockholder Approval Date” means the date on which the Stockholder Approval is obtained. 
		

		
			(oo) “Stockholder Approval Legend” means a legend to the following effect:  
		

		
			THE SHAREHOLDER TO WHOM THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO VOTE IN IN FAVOR OF ANY PROPOSAL MADE AT A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL AS DEFINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND PRIVILEGES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK OF GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED.  NO DIVIDENDS SHALL ACCRUE OR BE PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF SUCH SHARES IF THE SHAREHOLDER FAILS SO TO VOTE IN FAVOR.
		

		
			(pp) “Subsidiary” of any Person means any other Person (i) more than 50% of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such other Person are, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, but such other Person shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control exists, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities with such right to vote, as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association, but more than 50% of whose ownership interest representing the right to make the decisions for such other Person is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, but such other Person shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control exists. 
		

		
			 (qq) “Trading Day” means a day during which trading in securities generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange. 
		

		
			(rr) “Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 9. 
		

		
			(ss) “Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A. unless and until a successor is selected by the Company, and then such successor. 
		

		
			(tt) “Triggering Event” means a specified event the occurrence of which entitles the holders of rights, options or warrants to exercise such rights, options or warrants. 
		

		
			Section 15. Miscellaneous.  
		

		
			(a) The Liquidation Preference and any dividend rate set forth herein each shall be subject to equitable adjustment whenever there shall occur a stock split, combination, reclassification or other similar event involving the Series A Preferred Stock. Such adjustments shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (and such determination shall be conclusive). 
		

		
			(b) For the purposes of Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. 
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(c) If the Company shall take any action affecting the Common Stock, other than any action described in Section 8, that in the opinion of the Board of Directors would materially adversely affect the conversion rights of the Holders, then the Conversion Price for the Series A Preferred Stock may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, and at such time, as the Board of Directors may determine to be equitable in the circumstances. 
		

		
			(d) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for the purpose of effecting conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the full number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock not theretofore converted. For purposes of this Section 15(d), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder. 
		

		
			(e) Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free from preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issuance thereof, except for transfer restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws and the Registration Rights Agreement. 
		

		
			(f) The Company shall pay all transfer, stamp and other similar taxes due with respect to the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided,  however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable with respect to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property in a name other than that of the Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, and the Holder shall be responsible for any such tax. 
		

		
			(g) The Series A Preferred Stock is not entitled to any preemptive or subscription rights in respect of any securities of the Company. 
		

		
			(h) The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to redemption. 
		

		
			(i) Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions hereof. If a court of competent jurisdiction should determine that a provision hereof would be valid or enforceable if a period of time were extended or shortened or a particular percentage were increased or decreased, then such court may make such change as shall be necessary to render the provision in question effective and valid under applicable law. 
		

		
			(j) Series A Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the Holder, in proportion to such Holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and have the benefit of all other rights of Holders of Series A Preferred Stock. 
		

		
			(k) Subject to applicable escheat laws, any monies set aside by the Company in respect of any payment with respect to shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, or dividends thereon, and unclaimed at the end of two years from the date upon which such payment is due and payable shall revert to the general funds of the Company, after which reversion the Holders of such shares shall look only to the general funds of the Company for the payment thereof. Any interest accumulated on funds so deposited shall be paid to the Company from time to time. 
		

		
			
		

		
			


		 


		

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			(l) Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in this Certificate of Designations or the Articles of Incorporation. 
		

		
			(m) The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof. 
		

		
			(n) If any of the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth herein is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series A Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth herein which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series A Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series A Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series A Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof unless so expressed herein. 
		

		
			(o) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that (i) have not been issued on or before the Issue Date or (ii) have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or converted, shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of Business Corporations Act of the Republic of the Marshall Islands) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company undesignated as to series and may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Company; provided that any issuance of such shares as Series A Preferred Stock must be in compliance with the terms hereof. 
		

		
			(p) If any of the Series A Preferred Stock certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series A Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Series A Preferred Stock certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series A Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series A Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent. 
		

		
			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to be duly executed this _____ day of ________, 2016. 
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						John C. Wobensmith

				
	
					
						 

					
					
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