exv10w7






Exhibit 10.7




Private and Confidential




Date 28 January 2011




NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

as Borrower



COMMERZBANK AG and HSH NORDBANK AG

as Lenders



HSH NORDBANK AG

as Swap Bank, Joint-Arranger, Agent,

Account Bank and Security Trustee



and



COMMERZBANK AG

as Joint-Arranger

as Swap Bank



 





SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT



 





in relation to a Facility Agreement dated 1 February 2007 (as amended),

for a term loan facility of up to US$280,000,000

and a reducing revolving credit facility of up to US$120,000,000







PIRAEUS



 









 





Index




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page No
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	1	 	INTERPRETATION
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	2	 	AGREEMENT OF THE LENDERS
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	3	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	4	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	5	 	AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	6	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	7	 	FEES AND EXPENSES
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	8	 	NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	9	 	SUPPLEMENTAL
	 	 	6	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	10	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	6	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE — Indenture Excerpt	 	 	8	 






 









 






THIS AGREEMENT is made on 28 January 2011



BETWEEN





	(1)	 	NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC. as Borrower;
	 
	(2)	 	COMMERZBANK AG and HSH NORDBANK AG as Lenders;
	 
	(3)	 	HSH NORDBANK AG as Swap Bank, Joint-Arranger, Agent, Account Bank and Security Trustee; and
	 
	(4)	 	COMMERZBANK AG as Joint-Arranger and Swap Bank.





BACKGROUND





	(A)	 	By a Facility Agreement dated 1 February 2007 (as amended by supplemental agreements dated 15
November 2007, 24 December 2007, 23 March 2009, 8 January 2010 and 28 April 2010) and made
between the parties hereto, the Lenders made available to the Borrower a term loan of
(originally) up to US$280,000,000 and a reducing revolving credit facility of up to
US$120,000,000.
	 
	(B)	 	The Borrower has made a request to the Lenders that they amend certain terms of the Facility
Agreement.
	 
	(C)	 	This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the Lenders agree, with effect on
and from the Effective Date, to amend certain terms of the Facility Agreement.





IT IS AGREED as follows:





	1	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Defined expressions. Words and expressions defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the
same meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.
	 
	1.2	 	Definitions. In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:
	 
	 	 	“Effective Date” means the Banking Day on which all the conditions precedent referred to in
Clause 3.1 have been fulfilled by the Borrower; and
	 
	 	 	“Facility Agreement” means the Facility Agreement referred to in Recital (A).
	 
	1.3	 	Application of construction and Interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement. Clauses
1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 of the Facility Agreement apply, with any necessary modifications, to
this Agreement.
	 
	2	 	AGREEMENT OF THE LENDERS






	2.1	 	Lender’s consent. The Lenders hereby agree to the amendments to the Facility Agreement set
out in Clause 5 and to the Borrower issuing $350,000,000 of notes under, and the Guarantors
issuing guarantees of the notes pursuant to, that certain indenture dated 28 January 2011
issued by the Borrower and Navios Maritime Finance II (US) Inc. and guaranteed by the
Guarantors for 8 1/8% Senior Notes due on 15 February 2019 (with the proceeds thereof being
used to repurchase and/or redeem the Borrower’s 9.5% Senior Notes due 2014 and to pay related
fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes) on condition that:
	 
	2.1.1	 	the Agent, or its authorised representative, has received the documents and
evidence specified in Clause 3.1 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and




 









 












	2.1.2	 	the representations and warranties contained in clause 4 are then true and correct
as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time.
	 
	3	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT






	3.1	 	Conditions precedent to the new indenture. The conditions referred to in Clause 2.1.1 are
that the Agent shall have received the following documents:
	 
	(a)	 	Corporate documents
	 
	 	 	Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of the
Borrower and its current corporate existence;
	 
	(b)	 	Corporate authorities






	 	(i)	 	Certified Copies of resolutions of the directors of the Borrower approving
this Supplemental Agreement and authorising the execution and delivery thereof and
performance of the Borrower’s obligations thereunder, additionally certified by an
officer of the Borrower as having been duly passed at a duly convened meeting of the
directors of the Borrower and not having been amended, modified or revoked and being
in full force and effect; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	originals or Certified Copies of any powers of attorney issued by any
Security Party pursuant to such resolutions






	(c)	 	Certificate of incumbency
	 
	 	 	a list of directors and officers of the Borrower, specifying the names and positions of
such persons, certified by an officer of the Borrower to be true, complete and up to date;
	 
	(d)	 	Laws of the Marshall Islands: opinion
	 
	 	 	an opinion of Messrs Cozen O’Connor, special legal advisers in New York to the
Banks;
	 
	(e)	 	London agent
	 
	 	 	documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in clause 19 of the
Facility Agreement has accepted its appointment in respect of this Agreement;
	 
	(f)	 	Acknowledgment
	 
	 	 	an acknowledgement (in a letter or otherwise) signed by each Security Party (other than the
Borrower) in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole
discretion acknowledging the terms of this Agreement;
	 
	(g)	 	Fee
	 
	 	 	A non-refundable fee of USD15,000 payable by the Borrower to the Agent promptly on
execution of this Agreement by the Borrower, for distribution to the Lenders pro rata
according to their Contributions to the Loan and the Revolving Loan; and
	 
	(h)	 	Further opinions, etc
	 
	 	 	any further opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with this Agreement
and the Security Documents which the Agent may request by notice to the Borrower prior to
the Effective Date.




 









 












	4	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	4.1	 	Repetition of Facility Agreement representations and warranties. The Borrower represents and
warrants to each Bank that the representations and warranties in clause 7 of the Facility
Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and updated with appropriate
modifications to refer to this Agreement, remain true and not misleading if repeated on the
date of this Agreement with reference to the circumstances now existing.
	 
	5	 	AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS
	 
	5.1	 	Specific amendments to Facility Agreement. With effect on and from the Effective Date the
Facility Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:






	 	(a)	 	by deleting in the definition of “Indenture” in Clause 1.1 the words “18
December 2006 issued by the Borrower and the Guarantors for 9 1/2% Senior Notes due on
18 December 2014” and replacing them with the words “28 January 2011 issued by the
Borrower and Navios Maritime Finance II (US) Inc. and guaranteed by the Guarantors
for 8 1/8% Senior Notes due on 15 February 2019”;
	 
	 	(b)	 	by adding the words “and as is permitted to be incurred pursuant to the
covenants set forth in the Indenture Excerpt” after the words “Existing Loan
Agreement” at the end of Clause 7.1.24;
	 
	 	(c)	 	by deleting the Indenture Excerpt from Schedule 8 and replacing it with the
Indenture Excerpt set out in the Schedule attached to this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	by construing references throughout to “this Agreement”, “hereunder” and
other like expressions as if the same referred to the Facility Agreement as amended
and supplemented by this Agreement.






	5.2	 	Amendments to Security Documents. With effect on and from the Effective Date each of the
Security Documents other than the Facility Agreement, shall be, and shall be deemed by this
Agreement to be, amended as follows:






	 	(a)	 	the definition of, and references throughout each of the Security Documents
to, the Facility Agreement and any of the other Security Documents shall be construed
as if the same referred to the Facility Agreement and those Security Documents as
amended and supplemented by this Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	by construing references throughout each of the Security Documents to “this
Agreement”, “this Deed”, “hereunder” and other like expressions as if the same
referred to such Security Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.






	5.3	 	Security Documents to remain In full force and effect. The Security Documents shall remain
in full force and effect as amended and supplemented by:






	 	(a)	 	the amendments to the Security Documents contained or referred to in
Clauses 5.1 and 5.2 or the relevant; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	such further or consequential modifications as may be necessary to give
full effect to the terms of this Agreement.




 









 












	6	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	6.1	 	Borrower’s obligation to execute further documents etc. The Borrower shall, and shall
procure that any other party to any Security Document shall:






	 	(a)	 	execute and deliver to the Agent (or as it may direct) any assignment,
mortgage, power of attorney, proxy or other document, governed by the law of England or
such other country as the Agent may, in any particular case, specify,
	 
	 	(b)	 	effect any registration or notarisation, give any notice or take any other
step, which the Agent may, by notice to the Borrower or other party, specify for any of
the purposes described in Clause 6.2 or for any similar or related purpose.






	6.2	 	Purposes of further assurances. Those purposes are:






	 	(a)	 	validly and effectively to create any Security Interest or right of any kind
which the Lender intended should be created by or pursuant to the Facility Agreement or
any other Security Document, each as amended and supplemented by this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	implementing the terms and provisions of this Agreement.






	6.3	 	Terms of further assurances. The Agent may specify the terms of any document to be executed
by the Borrower or any other party under Clause 6.1, and those terms may include any
covenants, powers and provisions which the Agent considers appropriate to protect its
interests.
	 
	6.4	 	Obligation to comply with notice. The Borrower shall comply with a notice under Clause 6.1
by the date specified in the notice.
	 
	6.5	 	Additional corporate action. At the same time as the Borrower or any other party delivers to
the Agent any document executed under Clause 6.1(a), the Borrower or such other party shall
also deliver to the Agent a certificate signed by 2 of the Borrower’s or that other party’s
directors which shall:






	 	(a)	 	set out the text of a resolution of the Borrower’s or that other party’s
directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the
Agent, and
	 
	 	(b)	 	state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the
directors validly convened and held throughout which a quorum of directors entitled to
vote on the resolution was present or that the resolution has been signed by all the
directors and is valid under the Borrower’s or that other party’s articles of
association or other constitutional documents.






	7	 	FEES AND EXPENSES
	 
	7.1	 	Expenses. The provisions of clause 5 (Fees and Expenses) of the Facility Agreement, as
amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were
expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.
	 
	8	 	NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS
	 
	8.1	 	General. The provisions of clause 17 (Notices and other matters) of the Facility Agreement,
as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were
expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.




 









 












	9	 	SUPPLEMENTAL
	 
	9.1	 	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.
	 
	9.2	 	Third party rights. A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of
this Agreement.
	 
	10	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	10.1	 	Governing law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English
law.
	 
	10.2	 	Incorporation of the Facility Agreement provisions. The provisions of clauses 18 and 19
(Governing Law and Jurisdiction) of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented by
this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this
Agreement with any necessary modifications.




IN WITNESS whereof the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on
the date first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED as a deed by Alexandros Laios

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Alexandros Laios
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as Borrower under and pursuant to

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	a power of attorney dated 28 January 2011

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	COMMERZBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as a Lender)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	HSH NORDBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as a Lender)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	HSH NORDBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as a Swap Bank)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	HSH NORDBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as Joint-Arranger, Agent, Account

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	Bank and Security Trustee)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 





 









 






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	COMMERZBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as Joint-Arranger)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by Ronan Le Du

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	COMMERZBANK AG

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	(as Swap Bank)

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Witness to all the above

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	Signatures:

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	Name: Robin Parry

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ Robin Parry
	Address: 47-49 Akti Miaouli

	 	 	)	 	 	 





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