Exhibit 10.18


 


A.1


 


Execution Version


 


LOAN AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT


 


Dated as of August 6, 2013


 


Among


 


GATX CORPORATION,


as Lender,


 


BULK LIBERTY LTD.,


as Borrower,


 


BULK PARTNERS (BERMUDA) LTD.,


as Holding Company,


 


and


 


AMERICAS BULK TRANSPORT (BVI) LIMITED,


as Charterer


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS


 


	 	Page
	 	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION	1
	1.1	Defined Terms	1
	1.2	Currency	10
	1.3	Accounting Terminology	10
	1.4	Computation of Interest and Time Periods	11
	1.5	Construction	11
	ARTICLE II LOAN	12
	2.1	Loan Advance.	12
	2.2	Payments; Late Payments; Business Days	12
	2.3	Application of Payments	13
	2.4	Prepayment.	13
	2.5	Taxes; Yield Protection; Illegality.	15
	2.6	Wire Transfers	15
	2.7	Renewal of Credit Facilities	16
	2.8	Conditions	16
	ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	16
	3.1	Conditions Precedent to the Advance	16
	3.2	Compliance with Loan Documents	25
	3.3	Unfulfilled Conditions Precedent Become Ongoing Covenants	25
	ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	25
	4.1	Company Matters	26
	4.2	Legal Matters	26
	4.3	Authorization; Validity and Enforceability	26
	4.4	Lines of Business	27
	4.5	Government Approvals	27
	4.6	Ownership; Subsidiaries	27
	4.7	Financial Condition	27
	4.8	Legal Actions	27
	4.9	Title and Encumbrances	27
	4.10	Contracts	27
	4.11	Place of Business	28
	4.12	Disclosure	28
	4.13	Laws and Regulations	28
	4.14	Tax Status	28
	4.15	Fiscal Year	28
	4.16	Intellectual Property	28
	4.17	ERISA Compliance	28
	4.18	Environmental Compliance.	28
	4.19	Vessel	29
	4.20	Land	29
	4.21	No Prohibited Persons	29


 




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	ARTICLE V COVENANTS	29
	5.1	Title and Liens.	29
	5.2	Change in Business	30
	5.3	Financial Covenants	30
	5.4	Company Matters.	30
	5.5	Financial Statements/Reporting Requirements	31
	5.6	Fiscal Year	33
	5.7	Accuracy of Financial Information	33
	5.8	Access	33
	5.9	Accounting Records	34
	5.10	Status	34
	5.11	Condition of Assets	34
	5.12	Legal Compliance	34
	5.13	ERISA Plans	34
	5.14	Taxes	34
	5.15	Permits	34
	5.16	Intellectual Property	35
	5.17	Arranger Fee	35
	5.18	Compliance by Allseas and Phoenix	35
	ARTICLE VI VESSEL PROVISIONS	35
	6.1	Vessel Registry	35
	6.2	Ownership and Encumbrances	35
	6.3	Transfers	36
	6.4	Lawful Operation	36
	6.5	Operation	37
	6.6	Maintenance	37
	6.7	Access and Surveys	37
	6.8	Seizure; Requisition	38
	6.9	Insurance	38
	6.10	No Charters to Prohibited Persons	41
	6.11	Payment of Charter Hire and Vessel Revenues	41
	ARTICLE VII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	41
	7.1	Default	41
	7.2	Remedies.	45
	7.3	Legal Actions	47
	7.4	Service of Process	48
	7.5	Judgment	48
	7.6	Right of Set-Off	48
	ARTICLE VIII CONTINUING GUARANTY	49
	8.1	Guaranty	49
	8.2	Guaranty Absolute	49
	8.3	Waiver	49
	8.4	Subrogation	49
	8.5	Holding Company Indemnification	50
	8.6	Subordination.	50
	ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS	52
	9.1	Loan Documents, Administration and Collection Expenses	52


 




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	9.2	Indemnification	52
	9.3	Amendments and Waivers	52
	9.4	Notices	53
	9.5	Governing Law	53
	9.6	Severability	53
	9.7	Assignment	54
	9.8	Further Assurances	54
	9.9	Authority	54
	9.10	Survival of Agreement	54
	9.11	Complete Agreement	54
	9.12	Counterparts	54


 


	Schedules	 
	 	 
	Schedule 2.4	Approved Appraisers
	Schedule 4.6	Shareholders
	Schedule 4.8	Litigation
	Schedule 4.9	Permitted Encumbrances
	Schedule 4.11	Locations


  


	Exhibits	 
	 	 
	Exhibit A	Request for Advance
	Exhibit B	Certificate of Compliance


  




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LOAN AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT


 


THIS LOAN AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT ("Agreement")
is entered into as of the 6th day of August, 2013, between GATX CORPORATION, a New York corporation ("Lender"),
and BULK LIBERTY LTD., a Bermuda company ("Borrower"), BULK PARTNERS (BERMUDA) LTD., a Bermuda company ("Holding
Company"), and AMERICAS BULK TRANSPORT (BVI) LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands business company ("Charterer"),
with respect to the following facts:


 


A.           Borrower
wishes to obtain from Lender and Lender wishes to provide to Borrower a term loan in the principal amount of U.S. $5,685,000.00
on the terms and conditions stated herein, in order to finance the vessel BULK LIBERTY (formerly known as KEN), to be re-registered
in the name of the Borrower under the laws and flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Official No. 1875, IMO No. 9166871
(the "Vessel").


 


B.           Holding
Company is the indirect owner of Borrower, and Charterer is the time charterer of the Vessel, in consideration of which Holding
Company and Charterer are guarantying the Borrower's obligations under this Agreement.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the agreements of the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which the parties
hereby acknowledge, the parties hereto represent, warrant and agree as follows:


 


ARTICLE
I

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION


 


1.1           Defined
Terms. As used herein and in the schedules of this Agreement, the terms defined below shall have the definitions ascribed to
them below:


 


"Advance" has the meaning
given to it in Section 2.1(a).


 


"Affiliate" means, with
respect to a Person any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person. "Control" "controlled by" and "under common control with" means direct or indirect possession
of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise); provided that control shall be conclusively presumed for this purpose when any Person or affiliated group
directly or indirectly owns ten percent (10%) or more of the securities or other Equity Interests having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors, managing general partners, trustees or managers of a Person.


 


"Allseas Cash Deposit Account"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(i).


 


"Allseas Charge Over Cash Deposit"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xiv).


 


"Allseas" means Allseas
Logistics Bermuda Ltd., a Bermuda company.


 




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"Applicable Law" means
the laws of the country having jurisdiction over Lender, Borrower, the country of registry of the vessel, and the United States.


 


"Banking Day" means any
day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency markets)
in New York and Chicago.


 


"Bankruptcy or Other Proceeding"
means a Debtor Relief Proceeding; a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, or reorganization of a Person; an arrangement with a
Person's creditors or a composition of a Person or any of its debts; or an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshalling of the assets and liabilities of a Person.


 


"Borrower Charge Over Bulk Liberty
Hire Account" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xiii).


 


"Borrower" has the meaning
set forth in the first paragraph hereof.


 


"Borrower's Earnings Assignment
Agreement" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(iii).


 


"Bulk Atlantic" means Bulk
Atlantic Ltd., a Bermuda company. 


 


"BULK BEOTHUK" means the
vessel BULK BEOTHUK, Official No. 5017, registered in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and owned by Bulk Atlantic.


 


"Bulk Beothuk Loan Agreement"
means the Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated as of February 18, 2013 among Lender, Bulk Atlantic, Holding Company, and Charterer.


 


"Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents"
means the Bulk Beothuk Loan Agreement, the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage, and all other agreements, instruments, certificates, or other
documents under or related thereto.


 


"Bulk Beothuk Mortgage"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(m)(i).


 


"Bulk Beothuk Obligations"
means all of the obligations of Bulk Atlantic under any Bulk Beothuk Loan Document, including but not limited to, the obligations
of Bulk Atlantic that are secured by the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage.


 


"Bulk Cajun" means Bulk
Cajun Bermuda Ltd., a Bermuda company.


 


"BULK CAJUN" means the
vessel BULK CAJUN, Official No. 43084-11, registered in Panama and owned by Bulk Cajun.


 


"Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement"
means the Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 20, 2011 among Lender, Bulk Cajun, Holding Company, and Charterer.


 







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"Bulk Cajun Loan Documents"
means the Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement, the Bulk Cajun Mortgage, and all other agreements, instruments, certificates, or other documents
under or related thereto.


 


"Bulk Cajun Mortgage" has
the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(l)(i).


 


"Bulk Cajun Obligations"
means all of the obligations of Bulk Cajun under any Bulk Cajun Loan Document, including but not limited to, the obligations of
Bulk Cajun that are secured by the Bulk Cajun Mortgage.


 


"Bulk Cajun Pledgor" means
Bulk Fleet Bermuda Holding Company Ltd., a Bermuda company.


 


"Bulk Discovery" means
Bulk Discovery (Bermuda) Ltd., a Bermuda company.


 


"BULK DISCOVERY" means
the vessel BULK DISCOVERY, Official No. 42515-11, registered in Panama and owned by Bulk Discovery.


 


"Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement"
means the Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated as of February 25, 2011 among Lender, Bulk Discovery, Holding Company, and Charterer.


 


"Bulk Discovery Loan Documents"
means the Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement, the Bulk Discovery Mortgage, and all other agreements, instruments, certificates, or other
documents under or related thereto.


 


"Bulk Discovery Mortgage"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(k)(i).


 


"Bulk Discovery Obligations"
means all of the obligations of Bulk Discovery under any Bulk Discovery Loan Document, including but not limited to, the obligations
of Bulk Discovery that are secured by the Bulk Discovery Mortgage.


 


"Bulk Liberty Hire Account"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(h).


 


"Bulk Liberty Mortgage"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(ii).


 


"Charterer" has the meaning
set forth in the first paragraph hereof.


 


"Charterer's Earnings Assignment
Agreement" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(v).


 


"Closing Date" means the
date the Advance is made upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent listed in Article III.


 


"Code" means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.


 


"Collateral" means personal
or real property, whether tangible or intangible, on which an Encumbrance is granted as security for any or all of the Obligations
outstanding from time to time under any Loan Document.


 




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"Commercial Management Agreement"
means the Commercial Management Agreement for the Vessel between Borrower and Phoenix US dated as of July 12, 2013.


 


"Commitment Fee" has the
meaning given to it in Section 3.1(n).


 


"Constitutional Documents"
means the certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association and by-laws of a corporation, as the same may be amended, restated
or supplemented from time to time.


 


"Credit Party" means Borrower,
Pledgor, Holding Company, Charterer, or any Guarantor (including, but not limited to, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery).


 


"Cross-Collateral Guaranty"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xxxvii).


 


"Debtor Relief Proceeding"
means bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership dissolution, arrangement, reorganization, administration, debt relief or similar proceeding
pertaining to a Person.


 


"Default Rate" has the
meaning given to it in Section 2.1(c)(i).


 


"Default" means an event
or condition which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.


 


"EBITDA" means, for any
period, for any Person, an amount equal to the Net Earnings of such Person for such period plus the following to the extent
deducted in calculating such Net Earnings: (i) the Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (ii) the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by such Person for such period, and (iii) the amount of depreciation
and amortization expense deducted in determining such Net Earnings.


 


"ED & F" means ED &
F Man Shipping Limited.


 


"ED & F Charter" means
the Time Charter for the Vessel dated August 6, 2010, as amended by Addendum No. 1 thereto dated July 9, 2012, and as further amended
by Addendum No. 2 thereto dated April 11, 2013, between Borrower and ED & F, as novated by the Novation Agreement.


 


"Encumbrance" means any
lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, liability for forfeiture, defeasance, lease, charter, right to possession
or services of the relevant property, option, right of first refusal with respect to the relevant property, restriction against
transferability or use, or other encumbrance whatsoever.


 


"Environmental Law" means
law relating to environmental, health, safety or land use matters applicable to any property.


 


"Environmental Liability"
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or indemnities), that is directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.


 




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"Equity Interest" means
stock in a corporation, a membership interest in a company, a general or limited partnership interest in a partnership, a beneficial
interest in a trust, or other equity interest in a Person.


 


"ERISA Affiliate" means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Borrower or a Guarantor within the meaning of Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code.


 


"ERISA" means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any regulations issued pursuant thereto.


 


"Event of Default" has
the meaning given to it in Section 7.1.


 


"Fixed Charges" means,
for any period, for any Person, the sum of Interest Expense, operating lease payments, payments of the current portion of capital
leases, and payments of the current portion of long term Indebtedness, and distributions of equity made during the relevant period.


 


"Funds Deposit Agreement"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xi).


 


"GAAP" means at any time
generally accepted accounting principles as then in effect in the United States, applied on a consistent basis.


 


"Governmental Authority"
includes all foreign and U.S. federal, national, state and local governments; government corporations, authorities, boards, commissions,
and entities; and all departments, ministries, agencies, bureaus, offices, and subdivisions of any of the foregoing.


 


"Group Loan Documents"
means, collectively, the Loan Documents, the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents, the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents and the Bulk Cajun
Loan Documents.


 


"Group Obligations" means,
collectively, the Obligations, the Bulk Beothuk Obligations, the Bulk Discovery Obligations and the Bulk Cajun Obligations.


 


"Guarantor" means Holding
Company, Charterer, and each of the Borrower, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery in its capacity as guarantor under the
Cross-Collateral Guaranty, and any other Person that grants Lender a guaranty for any of the Obligations, as the context requires.


 


"Hazardous Materials" means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious
or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.


 




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"Holding Company" has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.


 


"Indebtedness" means, for
any Person, (i) indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments; (iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services; (iv) obligations as lessee
under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases; (v) obligations as lessee
under Synthetic Lease Obligations; (vi) obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit issued for the account of that
Person or under bonds or suretyship arrangements; (vii) all obligations arising under any swap transaction or other agreement
or arrangement designated to protect the Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices;
(viii) obligations to ordinary trade creditors which are more than ninety (90) days delinquent; (ix) liabilities in respect
of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; (x) obligations under indemnification agreements in
favor of issuers of letters of credit (contingent or otherwise); and (xi) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties
or suretyship agreements in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise
to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)
through (x) above.


 


"Indemnitee" has the meaning
given to it in Section 9.2.


 


"Interest Expense" shall
mean for any period, for any Person, the aggregate amount of interest expense of such Person for such period as determined in accordance
with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, specific items of interest expense shall only be included in this definition to the extent
such items have been deducted from gross revenues in calculating the Net Earnings of such Person for such fiscal period.


 


"Interest Rate" has the
meaning given to it in Section 2.1(c)(i).


 


"Investment" means, as
to any Person, any acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of
capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a convertible loan or advance, or capital contribution to, purchase
or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership interest,
membership interest, joint venture interest, or other beneficial interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other
acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes
of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases
or decreases in the value of such Investment.


 


"IRS" means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.


 


"Lender" has the meaning
set forth in the first paragraph hereof.


 


"Lender's Allowance" means
the Lender's allowance described in Section 3.1(n)(ii).


 




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"Loan Document" means any
of: this Agreement, the Cross-Collateral Guaranty, the Omnibus Agreement, Bulk Liberty Mortgage, Borrower's Earnings Assignment
Agreement, Charterer's Earnings Assignment Agreement, Phoenix Earnings Assignment Agreement, Borrower Charge Over Bulk Liberty
Hire Account, Allseas Charge Over Cash Deposit, Funds Deposit Agreement, Manager's Undertaking, Shares Charge, Letter of Credit
and any other loan agreement, promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness related to this Agreement; and any ship or naval
mortgage, security agreement, assignment, deed of trust, pledge, or other security document; any guaranty; any subordination agreement,
or any other agreement, instrument, certificate, or other document; in each case whether heretofore, concurrently, or hereafter
entered into by any Person in connection with this Agreement.


 


"Manager's Undertaking"
means a Manager's Undertaking as described in Sections 3.1(a) (ix) or 3.1(a)(x).


 


"Marshall Islands Registry"
means the Office of the Maritime Administrator of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.


 


"Material" means, with
reference to the significance of a matter which is reasonably calculable in monetary terms, a change or effect related to such
matter which has a monetary consequence of $500,000.00 or more in amount.


 


"Multiemployer Plan" means
any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Borrower, a Guarantor or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding three calendar years, has made or been obligated
to make contributions.


 


"Net Earnings" means, for
any period, for any Person, the net earnings of such Person for such period determined in accordance with GAAP for such period,
but not including the net after-tax amount of: (a) any gains or losses resulting from the disposition of capital assets (as
defined by GAAP) where the consideration paid in connection with such disposition is not paid in cash, provided, however,
that when all or any portion of the consideration paid in connection with such disposition is received in cash, checks or other
cash equivalent financial instruments, such amount shall be recognized as gain or loss and included in the net earnings of such
Person in the fiscal period received; (b) any gains or income resulting from the write-up of assets; (c) any gains or
losses resulting from the acquisition of securities or the retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness; (d) any losses from
the impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets required to be recognized under GAAP; (e) any losses from the impairment
or disposal of long-lived assets required to be recognized under GAAP; (f) any gains or losses arising from changes in accounting
principles; (g) any equity of such Person in the undistributed earnings of any Person which is not a Subsidiary; (h) any
earnings of any Person acquired by such Person through purchase, merger or consolidation or otherwise for any period prior to the
date of acquisition; (i) any deferred credit representing the excess of equity in any Subsidiary at the date of acquisition
over the cost of the investment in such Subsidiary; and (j) any extraordinary gains or losses.


 


"Novation Agreement" means
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"Obligations" means all
obligations of Borrower to repay the Advance, to pay interest thereon, or to pay and perform other debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties, existing or arising under any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest that accrues after the
commencement, by or against Borrower or any Person of which Borrower is a partner, joint venturer, or member, of any Debtor Relief
Proceeding in which such Person is the debtor in such proceeding.


 


"Omnibus Agreement" has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(xxxviii).


 


"Other Taxes" has the meaning
given to it in Section 2.5(a)(ii).


 


"Panamanian Public Registry"
means the Panamanian Public Registry of Titles and Encumbrances of Vessels of the Panamanian Maritime Authority.


 


"Permit" means any authorization,
certificate, consent, approval, license, permit, waiver or exemption issued or granted by a Governmental Authority.


 


"Permitted Encumbrance"
has the meaning given to it in Section 4.9.


 


"Pension Plan" means any
"employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is sponsored or maintained by
Borrower, a Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower, a Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation
to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions
at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.


 


"Permitted Investments"
means (i) U.S. Dollar demand deposits maintained in the United States with any commercial bank which has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $100,000,000.00; (ii) U.S. Dollar time deposits maintained in the United States with, or certificates
of deposit having a maturity of six months or less issued by, any commercial bank which has its head office in the United States
and which has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000.00; (iii) direct obligations of, or obligations unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States Government and having a maturity of one year or less; or (iv) readily marketable commercial
paper having a maturity of six months or less, issued by any corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States,
any state thereof, or the District of Columbia and rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's Corporation or P-1 by Moody's Investors Service,
Inc. (or, if neither such organization shall rate such commercial paper at any time, rated by any nationally recognized rating
organization in the United States with the highest rating assigned by such organization).


 


"Person" includes an individual
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, joint venture, association, trust, Governmental
Authority, and any other entity.


 


"Phoenix" means Phoenix
Bulk Carriers (BVI) Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company.


 


"Phoenix Earnings Assignment Agreement"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(vii).


 




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"Phoenix US" means Phoenix
Bulk Carriers (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.


 


"Plan" means any "employee
benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.


 


"Pledgor" means Bulk Partners
Holding Company Bermuda Ltd., a Bermuda company.


 


"Process Agent" has the
meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xv), and includes any successor thereto that is appointed as contemplated in Section 7.4.


 


"Process Agent Appointment"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xv).


 


"Prohibited Country" means
(a) any state, country or jurisdiction which is subject to any United Nations Security Council Resolution, European Union Decision
or United States or other Applicable Law which would have the effect of prohibiting the sale, lease, charter, or voyage of the
Vessel to or from such country or otherwise cause the Lender or Borrower, to be in contravention of any Applicable Law to which
such party is subject; (b) any country to which voyages are not covered under the insurances required to be maintained by Borrower
herein; or (c) any country which Lender determines now or in the future due to a change in law or circumstances that voyages to
such country would materially prejudice the Lender’s ability to repossess the Vessel, or enforce the remedies or realize
the benefit of the Liens and rights established under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Lender has designated without
limitation Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan and North Korea as Prohibited Countries.


 


"Prohibited Person" means
any individual or entity: (a) with whom Lender or Borrower is prohibited or restricted in engaging in transactions or exporting
goods or services to under Applicable Law; (b) who is a resident of, or organized under the laws of or doing business in any Prohibited
Country; (c) who is designated on any United Nations Security Council Resolution or any European Union or United States list, order,
or other published designation of terrorists, narcotics traffickers, proliferators of weapons of mass destruction or other lists
of barred or restricted entities or individuals including without limitation the U.S. Treasury Specially Designated Nationals List.


 


"Requisition" means expropriation,
confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the title to or use of property, whether for full consideration or a consideration
less than full value, which is effected by any Governmental Authority or by any Person or Persons claiming to be or to represent
a Governmental Authority


 


"Reportable Event" means
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA.


 


"Request for Advance" has
the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).


 


"Seizure" means an arrest,
repossession, taking into custody, detention or seizure by judicial or nonjudicial means (including attachment, garnishment, or
execution or levy), and "Seize" has a correlative meaning.


 


"Shares Charge" has the
meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a)(xii).


 




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"Sub-Time Charter" means
the sub-time charter between Charterer and Phoenix dated July 1, 2013.


 


"Subordinated Debt" has
the meaning given to it in Section 8.6(a).


 


"Subordinated Liens" has
the meaning given to it in Section 8.6(a).


 


"Subsidiary" means any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust or estate of which (or in which) the relevant
Person owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of (i) the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock
of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (ii) the
interest in the capital or profits of such limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, or association, or (iii) the
beneficial interest of such trust or estate.


 


"Synthetic Lease Obligation"
means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an
agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but
which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard
to accounting treatment).


 


"Taxes" has the meaning
given to it in Section 2.5(a)(i).


 


"Technical Management Agreement"
means the Ship Management Agreement for the Vessel between Borrower and Seamar Management S.A. dated July 5, 2013.


 


"Time Charter" means the
time charter for the Vessel between Borrower and Charterer dated July 1, 2013.


 


"United States" means the
United States of America, its territories and possessions.


 


"Vessel" has the meaning
given to it in Recital A.


 


1.2           Currency.
All references to dollars and all usage of the symbol "$" are references to U.S. Dollars.


 


1.3           Accounting
Terminology. All accounting terms used in the Loan Documents shall be construed, and all financial records and reports prepared
or provided pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP.


 




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1.4           Computation
of Interest and Time Periods. Under the Loan Documents, interest shall accrue and be calculated at a rate per annum based on
the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year. Anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, interest
shall not accrue thereunder at a rate in excess of the maximum rate, if any, that is permitted under applicable law, and shall
be deemed automatically capped at the relevant maximum rate in effect, if any, from time to time. At no time shall the interest
rate payable on the Advance, together with the late payment fees and prepayment fees that accrue under, and all other amounts payable
under the Loan Documents to the Lender, to the extent the same are construed to constitute interest, exceed the maximum rate of
interest that at any time may be contracted for, taken, charged or received by the Lender under the Loan Documents under applicable
law. If for any period during the term of this Agreement any amount paid to the Lender under the Loan Documents (to the extent
the same shall (but for the provisions of this Section) constitute or be deemed to constitute interest) would exceed the maximum
amount of interest permitted during such period, then such excess amount shall be applied or shall be deemed to have been applied
as a prepayment of the Advance in such order as the Lender shall determine. In computations of interest or time under this Agreement,
"from" means "from and excluding," and "to" or "through" means "to and including."
For the calculation of the duration of a monthly period, a month commencing on one numeric day of a calendar month shall end on
the same numeric day of the next calendar month, if any, or else the last day of the next calendar month.


 


1.5           Construction.
In this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise: (a) references to articles, sections, exhibits and schedules, are references
to articles, sections, exhibits, and schedules of this Agreement, and references to "herein," "hereof," and
"hereto" are references to this Agreement as a whole; (b) the terms "include," "including" and
similar terms shall be construed as if followed by the words "but not limited to"; (c) the term "documents"
includes any and all instruments, documents, charters, leases, contracts, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form; (d) references to execution of documents
shall include obtaining notarial acknowledgements thereof in accordance with applicable law as required by Lender; (e) words
denoting the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, and words denoting any gender shall include all genders; (f) captions
of articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in the interpretation
or construction of this Agreement; (g) references to agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include
such agreements and other instruments as assigned, assumed, amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced, or otherwise modified
from time to time, but only to the extent that the assignments, assumptions, amendments, supplements, renewals, restatements, replacements,
novations, and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (h) references to the accrual of interest
include reference to the applicable loan margins and increases in interest relevant to an Event of Default, as provided in the
Loan Documents. In this Agreement "law" includes (i) all international, foreign, U.S. federal, state and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, court, administrative or other governmental
tribunal charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, (ii) all applicable administrative orders,
directed duties, requests, and Permits of, or issued by, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force
of law, and (iii) any particular law shall include all recodifications, amendments, consolidations, replacements, and supplements
thereto and thereof, and interpretations of such law by relevant Governmental Authorities. Each party to the Loan Documents has
had an opportunity to review and revise them, so the rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation or construction of the Loan Documents. Time is of the essence
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ARTICLE
II

LOAN


 


2.1           Loan
Advance.


 


(a)          Loan
Advance. Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to advance to Borrower, in a single advance, $5,685,000.00
(the "Advance"); provided, the Advance shall in no event be greater than 60% of the acquisition cost of the Vessel,
as such acquisition cost is approved by the Lender in its sole discretion. The Advance shall be disbursed for the account of Borrower
in accordance with an executed request therefor in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Request
for Advance").


 


(b)          Principal
Repayments. The Advance shall be repaid in installments as follows: principal installments of $149,605 each shall be repaid
on every three-month anniversary date of the Closing Date, commencing with the six-month anniversary date of the Closing Date,
plus a balloon payment of $2,842,505 due with the final principal payment, until the principal of the Advance is fully repaid,
provided, the final installment of all principal then outstanding, shall be repaid in full on August 6, 2018. Once repaid
no portion of the Advance may be reborrowed.


 


(c)          Interest.


 


(i)          Interest
Rate. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal of the Advance from the date the Advance is disbursed until the principal
is fully repaid, at a fixed rate (the "Interest Rate") consisting of the sum of (A) four and ten one-hundredths
percent (4.10%) plus (B)  the sum of (x) the rate for U.S. Treasury obligations with a five-year remaining time to maturity,
as of the most recent rate published in the Federal Reserve H15 report, and (y) one and fifty one-hundredths percent (1.50%)1,
provided, however, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the exercise
of Lender's sole discretion, the Interest Rate shall be increased by five percent (5%) per annum (such resulting rate being the
"Default Rate"), provided, further, in no event shall the Advance or any other amount owing under the
Loan Documents accrue interest in excess of the maximum amount, if any, that is permitted by law. Interest shall accrue and be
calculated at a rate per annum based on the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year. Lender's determination of the Interest
Rate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.


 


(ii)         Interest
Payments. On each date on which a payment of principal is due under this Agreement, Borrower shall also make payment of all
interest that has accrued and that remains unpaid as of that date.


 


2.2           Payments;
Late Payments; Business Days. If any payment to be made by Borrower under the Loan Documents shall fall due on a day other
than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day. Principal payments made more than five (5) Business
Days' late shall incur a late payment fee of five percent (5%) of the amount that is late, which shall be due concurrently with
the late payment, without limiting Lender's rights to interest or default interest, or the right to exercise any of its other rights,
powers, and remedies for Default.





 


 






1
The actual fixed interest rate will be set two days prior to the Closing Date.


 




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2.3           Application
of Payments. (a) Unless the application of payments received on account of the Obligations in advance of an Event of Default
are otherwise specified by another provision of the Loan Documents, if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
all payments and other funds received on account of the Obligations (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of Requisition of the
Vessel, proceeds of disposition of or realization on Collateral, and other proceeds of collection), together with the proceeds
of any claims for damages for loss of or damage to Collateral received by the Lender pursuant to or under the terms of the Loan
Documents, shall be applied as follows:


 


first, toward the payment
of the fees, costs and other expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), and interest thereon, that are owed by Borrower
and that are outstanding under the Loan Documents at the time, and, as required by Lender from time to time, to provide adequate
indemnity against Encumbrances claiming priority over Lender's security in any Collateral, provided that unless an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing said sums shall not be used to satisfy or provide indemnity against or security for Permitted
Encumbrances;


 


second, toward interest
that accrues on the Obligations;


 


third, toward payment of
the principal of the Advance; and


 


fourth, to the Borrower
or to whosoever may be entitled thereto.


 


(b)          When
applied to the Advance, payments and prepayments shall be applied in the reverse order of the maturity of the installments thereof.


 


(c)          If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all amounts received by the Lender from the Borrower or arising out
of any Collateral shall be applied in accordance with the terms of Section 17 of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage.


 


2.4           Prepayment.


 


(a)          Required
Prepayments. At six-month intervals after the Closing Date Borrower shall provide to Lender a written appraisal of the Vessel
that is prepared by an appraiser listed in Schedule 2.4, and dated not more than fourteen days before it is given to Lender.
In lieu of the foregoing, or in the event that Borrower fails to timely deliver any required appraisal, the Lender may have the
Vessel appraised, at Borrower's expense, by an appraiser selected by Lender in the exercise of its sole discretion. In either event
the Borrower shall make the Vessel available for inspection (without being required to delay a departure for, or deviate from,
a voyage under the any charter or contract of affreightment, or to specially dry dock the Vessel), but for this purpose such an
inspection shall not be required unless requested by Lender. The appraiser shall determine the fair market value of the Vessel
on a lien- and charter- free basis, assuming a willing buyer and a willing seller not under a compulsion to sell. If that valuation
is an amount that is less than seventy percent (70%) of the outstanding principal of the Advance at the time the appraisal is made,
and if demanded to do so by Lender, Borrower shall, within sixty (60) days after receiving notice thereof and a copy of the appraisal,
either (i) prepay an amount such that, after such prepayment is first applied to outstanding interest at the time the prepayment
is made and the balance is applied to the principal of the Advance, the outstanding amount of the Advance shall not exceed seventy
percent (70%) of the appraised value of the Vessel, or (ii) Borrower shall provide further security to Lender that is of a
type, value, and that is subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Lender, acceptable to Lender in the
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(b)          Voluntary
Prepayments. Borrower may make voluntary prepayment of the Advance and all accrued unpaid interest thereon in whole but not
in part on the second, third, or fourth anniversary of the Closing Date (or the first Business Day thereafter), by first providing
to Lender sixty (60) days' advance written notice of Borrower's intention to do so. Once such notice is given for any prepayment,
Borrower is obligated to make such prepayment on the date so indicated.


 


(c)          Other
Prepayments; Prepayment Fee. In the event the Advance (or any part thereof) is prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.4(a) or
(b), or as a result of receipt by Lender and application of proceeds of insurance, foreclosure or other realization on
Collateral, collection actions with respect to an Obligation, proceeds of Requisition, a payment from Bankruptcy or Other
Proceedings, prepayment compelled by law, or any other mandatory or involuntary prepayment, Borrower shall, concurrently with
Lender's receipt of such prepayment, pay a prepayment fee calculated as the difference between X and Y, with the variables X
and Y defined as follows:


 


X equals all future scheduled principal and interest
payments (from the date of prepayment through August 6, 2018) related to the portion of the Advance prepaid, reduced to present
value as of the prepayment date at the rate of three and 60/100ths percent (3.60%) per annum.


 


Y equals the amount of the Advance prepaid.


 


Borrower acknowledges that the prepayment fee is intended to
compensate the Lender and is not a penalty.


 




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2.5           Taxes;
Yield Protection; Illegality.


 


(a)          Taxes.


 


(i)          All
payments by Borrower to or for the account of Lender under the Loan Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
for present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on or measured by Lender's net income or gross receipts, and franchise taxes imposed
on Lender (in lieu of net income taxes) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which Lender
is organized or maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If Borrower shall
be required by any law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to Lender, (A) the
sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 2.5), Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions
been made, (B) Borrower shall make such deductions, (C) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation
authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law, and (D) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment,
Borrower shall furnish to Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. In the event and to
the extent that Lender receives, from an applicable taxing authority, a refund or credit for any Taxes so withheld and paid to
a Governmental Authority by Borrower and for which Borrower makes an additional payment to Lender under the foregoing clause (A),
Lender shall promptly make a refund to Borrower of the amount of such refund or credit.


 


(ii)         Borrower
agrees to pay all present or future stamp taxes, court or documentary taxes, and other excise or property taxes or charges or similar
levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement, filing
or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").


 


(iii)        If
Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable to Lender under any
Loan Document, Borrower shall also pay to Lender, at the times interest is paid, such additional amounts that Lender specifies
as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all Taxes, Other Taxes, and taxes imposed on or measured by net
income or gross receipts, and franchise taxes) Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.


 


(iv)        Borrower
agrees to indemnify Lender for (A) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.5) paid by Lender, (B) amounts otherwise payable under
this Section 2.5, and (C) all liabilities (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. Payment under this Section (iv) shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date Lender makes a demand therefor.


 


(b)          Matters
Applicable to all Requests for Compensation. A certificate of Lender claiming compensation under this Section 2.5 and setting
forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining
such amount, Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.


 


(c)          Survival.
All of Borrower's obligations under this Section 2.5 shall survive repayment of the Advance and all interest thereon.


 


2.6           Wire
Transfers. If the Advance is, at Borrower's request, to be wire transferred to Borrower or any other Person, such transfer
shall be subject to all applicable law, including the policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Borrower
acknowledges that as a result thereof, the transmission of the Advance may be significantly delayed.


 




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2.7           Renewal
of Credit Facilities. Borrower acknowledges that any request that it makes for a renewal, extension, or replacement of the
credit facilities contained in this Agreement shall be granted or withheld by Lender in the exercise of Lender's sole discretion.


 


2.8           Conditions.
Lender shall not be required to make the Advance unless at such time: all Conditions Precedent that are relevant to the Advance
have been timely fulfilled; none of the covenants, representations or warranties of Borrower or any other Person other than Lender
that are contained in the Loan Documents shall have been materially breached or shall be materially untrue; no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be outstanding; no default shall have occurred and be outstanding under the Bulk Beothuk Loan
Agreement, the Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement or the Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement; there shall have been no Materially adverse change
in the businesses, assets, or liabilities of Holding Company since the effective date of its draft audited financial reports dated
or received by Lender on July 16, 2013, and its unaudited 1Q2013 financial report provided to Lender on May 21, 2013; and all other
requirements set forth in the Loan Documents shall be satisfied in all material respects; provided that any of the foregoing may
be waived by the Lender if done in writing. Other than as expressly set forth herein, Lender shall be under no obligation to make
advances to Borrower, and no other advances made by Lender apart from the requirements of this Agreement shall be deemed to establish
any contrary practice, course of dealing or obligation.


 


ARTICLE
III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT


 


3.1           Conditions
Precedent to the Advance. Lender's obligation to make the Advance under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment,
on or before September 30, 2013 (or such later date as Lender approves in writing), of all of the following conditions precedent,
and all other conditions precedent that may be contained in any of the Loan Documents:


 


(a)          General
Documents. Borrower shall furnish to Lender the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, dated as of the Closing
Date, unless otherwise indicated below:


 


(i)          this
Agreement executed by the parties hereto and the Request for Advance executed by the Borrower in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A;


 


(ii)         a
First Preferred Ship Mortgage encumbering the Vessel, duly executed by Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender,
that has been notarized and that complies with all other formalities as required for recordation in the Marshall Islands Registry
(the "Bulk Liberty Mortgage");


 


(iii)        an
Assignment of Charter, Earnings and Insurances (respecting the Time Charter and the ED & F Charter) executed by Borrower, in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Borrower's Earnings Assignment Agreement");


 


(iv)        a
certification that an executed Notice of Assignment, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, respecting the Borrower's Earnings
Assignment Agreement was delivered to Charterer, and an Acknowledgement and Agreement executed by Charterer, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender;


 




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(v)         an
Assignment of Charter, Earnings and Insurances executed by Charterer, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Charterer's
Earnings Assignment Agreement");


 


(vi)        a
certification that an executed Notice of Assignment, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, respecting the Charterer's Earnings
Assignment Agreement was delivered to Phoenix, and an Acknowledgement and Agreement executed by Phoenix, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender;


 


(vii)       an
Assignment of Earnings and Insurances executed by Phoenix, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Phoenix Earnings
Assignment Agreement");


 


(viii)      a
copy of the ED & F Charter, including the Novation Agreement and evidence from Borrower to ED & F, in form acceptable to
Lender, that instructs ED & F to remit all charter hire to the Allseas Cash Deposit Account;


 


(ix)         a
Manager's Undertaking executed by Seamar Management S.A., in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;


 


(x)          a
Manager's Undertaking executed by Phoenix US, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;


 


(xi)         a
Funds Deposit Agreement executed by Borrower, Charterer, Phoenix, Allseas, and Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
(the "Funds Deposit Agreement");


 


(xii)        a
Charge over Shares regarding all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock in Borrower, executed by Pledgor, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender (the "Shares Charge"), and (A) a Shareholder's Proxy executed by Pledgor in substantially
the form attached to the Shares Charge, (B) a Share Transfer Form executed by Pledgor in substantially the form attached to
the Shares Charge that pertains to the shares subject to the Shares Charge, (C) all share certificates for all issued and
outstanding shares of stock of Borrower, (D) an Undertaking executed by Pledgor in substantially the form attached to the
Shares Charge, and (E) undated Director & Officer Resignation Letters executed by all of the directors and officers of
Borrower in substantially the form attached to the Shares Charge;


 


(xiii)       a
Charge Over Bulk Liberty Hire Account executed by Borrower and Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Borrower
Charge Over Bulk Liberty Hire Account"), and a letter executed by HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited respecting the Borrower Charge
Over Bulk Liberty Hire Account, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;


 


(xiv)      a
Charge Over Cash Deposit executed by Allseas and Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Allseas Charge
Over Cash Deposit"), and a letter executed by HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited respecting the Allseas Charge Over Cash Deposit
Account, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;


 




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(xv)       an
irrevocable consent to appointment as registered agent for service of process on Borrower, Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix, and the Guarantors,
executed by Leicht & Rein Tax Associates, Ltd., 570 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018 ("Process Agent"),
in form acceptable to Lender ("Process Agent Appointment");


 


(xvi)      copies
of the executed Time Charter, ED & F Charter, Technical Management Agreement, and Commercial Management Agreement certified
by an officer of Borrower or another individual acceptable to Lender, containing a certification that they are still in full force
and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded;


 


(xvii) a copy of the executed
Sub-Time Charter certified by an officer of Charterer or another individual acceptable to Lender, containing a certification that
it is still in full force and effect, and has not been amended or rescinded;


 


(xviii)    certified
copies of all entries and filings in respect of each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas on file in the Register
of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Hamilton, Bermuda;


 


(xix)       copies,
certified by the secretaries of the respective companies or other individuals acceptable to Lender, of the Constitutional Documents
of each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas, and of minutes of the meetings of the board of directors of each of
Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas containing, inter alia, the unanimous resolutions of the directors of each
of such companies approving such companies' authorization of and entry into the Loan Documents to be executed on their behalf;


 


(xx)        a
Certificate of Compliance issued by the Bermuda Registrar of Companies in respect of each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor,
Allseas;


 


(xxi)       a
certified copy of the Register of Shareholders in respect of each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas;


 


(xxii)      a
certified copy of the Register of Directors and Officers in respect of each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas,
certified by their respective secretaries;


 


(xxiii)     certified
copy of a current Foreign Exchange Letter issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority with respect to each of Borrower, Holding Company,
Pledgor, and Allseas, certified by their respective secretaries;


 


(xxiv)    a
certified copy of a current Tax Assurance issued by the Bermuda Registrar of Companies for the Minister of Finance in relation
to each of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, and Allseas, certified by their respective secretaries;


 


(xxv)     copies
of the Constitutional Documents and public records of Charterer obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs and the High Court
Registry of the British Virgin Islands and certified by the secretary of Charterer;


 




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(xxvi)      copies
of the memorandum and articles of association and certificate of incorporation of Charterer certified by the secretary of Charterer;


 


(xxvii)     copies
of the public information respecting Charterer revealed from a search of each of the Civil Index Book and the Commercial Book,
each from the date of the Charterer's incorporation, maintained by the British Virgin Islands' High Court Registry;


 


(xxviii)    a certificate of the
secretary of the Charterer identifying, inter alia, the directors, officers, and shareholders of Charterer;


 


(xxix)       a
copy certified by the secretary of the Charterer of the written resolutions of the directors of Charterer approving, inter alia,
the Charterer's authorization of and entry into the Loan Documents to be executed for and on behalf of Charterer;


 


(xxx)        a
copy of the register of the members of Charterer certified by the secretary of Charterer;


 


(xxxi)       a
copy of the register of the directors of Charterer certified by the secretary of Charterer;


 


(xxxii)      a certificate of the secretary
of Phoenix, certifying and attaching:


 


(A)         copies
of the Constitutional Documents and public records of Phoenix obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs and the High Court
Registry of the British Virgin Islands;


 


(B)         copies
of the memorandum and articles of association and certificate of incorporation of Phoenix;


 


(C)         a
copy of the written resolutions of the directors of Phoenix respecting, inter alia, Phoenix's authorization of and entry into the
Loan Documents to be executed for and on behalf of Phoenix;


 


(D)         verifies
the incumbency and signature of the individual who executes Loan Documents on behalf of Phoenix; and


 


(E)         copies
of the public information respecting Phoenix revealed from a search of each of the Civil Index Book and the Commercial Book, each
from the date of Phoenix's incorporation, maintained by the British Virgin Islands' High Court Registry;


 


(xxxiii)      a Marshall Islands Foreign
Maritime Entity Certificate of Good Standing for the Borrower issued by the Marshall Islands Registry on or about the Closing Date;


 




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(xxxiv) certified true copies
of executed powers of attorneys appointing all attorneys-in-fact who execute Loan Documents on behalf of Borrower, Holding Company,
Pledgor, Bulk Cajun Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix, Phoenix US, Bulk Discovery, Bulk Cajun, Bulk Atlantic, or Charterer;


 


(xxxv) certifications of the signatures
of all individuals who execute Loan Documents on behalf of Borrower, Holding Company, Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix, Phoenix US, Bulk
Discovery, Bulk Cajun, Bulk Atlantic, or Charterer;


 


(xxxvi) legal opinions of counsel
in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands and Panama that are acceptable to Lender, in form acceptable to Lender,
regarding this Agreement and the transactions and matters contemplated therein;


 


(xxxvii) an amended and restated
guaranty given by (A) Bulk Discovery, with respect to the Obligations, the Bulk Beothuk Obligations and the Bulk Cajun Obligations,
and (B) Bulk Cajun, with respect to the Obligations, the Bulk Beothuk Obligations and the Bulk Discovery Obligations, (C) Bulk
Atlantic, with respect to the Obligations, the Bulk Discovery Obligations and the Bulk Cajun Obligations, and (D) the Borrower
with respect to the Bulk Beothuk Obligations, the Bulk Cajun Obligations and the Bulk Discovery Obligations, executed in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Cross-Collateral Guaranty");


 


(xxxviii) the Amended and Restated
Omnibus Agreement, executed by Lender, Borrower, Bulk Discovery, Bulk Cajun, Bulk Atlantic, Holding Company, Charterer, Pledgor,
Bulk Cajun Pledgor, Phoenix, Phoenix US, and Allseas, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Omnibus Agreement");
and


 


(xxxix) such other agreements,
instruments, documents, and certifications as Lender may reasonably require.


 


(b)          Vessel
Documents. Lender shall have received:


 


(i)          Copies
of the following documents respecting the Borrower's purchase of the Vessel (certified by Borrower as true, correct and complete):


 


(A)         Memorandum
of Agreement dated 9th April 2013;


 


(B)         Evidence
that the Vessel was registered immediately prior to purchase thereof by the seller thereof in the Marshall Islands registry free
and clear of all liens and encumbrances;


 


(C)         Bill
of Sale in favor of the Borrower;


 


(D)         Copy
of Permission for Sale issued by the Marshall Islands Registry to the Seller of the Vessel respecting the sale of the Vessel to
the Borrower; and


 


(E)         Protocol
of Delivery and Acceptance.


 




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(ii)         Copies
of the following documents that are duly issued, valid and current with respect to the Vessel:


 


(A)        A
one (1) year validity Provisional Certificate of Registry and Radio License for the Vessel issued under the authority of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands in the name of the Borrower;


 


(B)         Document
of Compliance issued under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;


 


(C)         International Tonnage Certificate
(ITC) for the Vessel;


 


(D)         International
Safety Management Certificate;


 


(E)         International
Ship Security Certificate; and


 


(F) Confirmation of Class Certificate
issued by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai showing the Vessel's assigned class as BULK CARRIER and stating there are no recommendations.


 


(c)          Bulk
Liberty Mortgage Filing. The Bulk Liberty Mortgage shall have been duly filed and recorded at the Marshall Islands Registry,
such that it creates a duly perfected preferred mortgage and maritime lien under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and creates a preferred mortgage on the Vessel (as the term "preferred mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B)),
subject to no Encumbrances thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances. Lender shall have received an original certificate of ownership
and encumbrance for the Vessel issued by the Marshall Islands Registry that indicates that Borrower is the sole owner of record
of the Vessel, that the Bulk Liberty Mortgage has been duly filed and recorded at the Marshall Islands Registry, and that there
are no outstanding Encumbrances of record at the Marshall Islands Registry that pertain to the Vessel.


 


(d)          Vessel
Items. Lender shall have received the results of a survey of the Vessel, and certified copies of valid and unexpired documents
that indicate that the Vessel satisfies the requirements contained in Section 4.19, in each such case that are satisfactory to
Lender, in the exercise of its sole discretion. There shall have been no change in the condition of the Vessel or in the existence
aboard or condition of any equipment listed in such survey since the date of the surveyor's inspection thereof, except for ordinary
wear and tear.


 


(e)          Financing
Statements. There shall have been duly filed in all jurisdictions of Lender's choice forms of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements (or Company's Registry filings) and amendments thereto, as necessary, pertaining to Borrower, Bulk Discovery, Bulk Cajun,
Bulk Atlantic, Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix, and Charterer as debtors, with respect to the Collateral, in forms required by Lender.


 


(f)          Perfection.
Borrower, Bulk Discovery, Bulk Cajun, Bulk Atlantic, Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix and Charterer shall furnish to Lender all other
evidence of the perfection of the security granted in the Loan Documents in all jurisdictions of Lender's choice, in form as it
may require, and evidence satisfactory to Lender that all such mortgages, assignments, and other security interests have the priority
required of them herein or in the relevant Loan Documents.


 




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(g)          Insurance.
Borrower shall have furnished to all underwriters and protection and indemnity associations Notices of Assignment as required herein,
which shall have been duly endorsed on all policies and entries. Lender shall have been furnished with certified copies of all
policies of insurance and protection and indemnity association certificates of entry that Borrower is required to procure and maintain
pursuant to the Loan Documents, along with all required endorsements thereto, a letter of undertaking from the Vessel's protection
and indemnity association, and a letter from the Borrower's insurance broker as required herein. Lender shall have been furnished
with certified copies of all policies of insurance that Charterer obtains for which it is required to furnish documents pursuant
to the Charterer's Earnings Assignment Agreement (or of a certificate of entry in the case of a protection and indemnity association),
and all such documents that Charterer is required to furnish pursuant to the Charterer's Earnings Assignment Agreement. Charterer
shall have furnished to all underwriters and protection and indemnity associations Notices of Assignment as required therein, which
shall have been duly endorsed on all policies and entries. Borrower and Charterer shall have provided to Lender duplicate originals
of the Notices of Assignment respecting the Borrower's Earnings Assignment Agreement, the Charterer's Earnings Assignment Agreement,
and the Phoenix Earnings Assignment Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.


 


(h)          Borrower
Bank Account. Borrower shall have opened a demand deposit account with HSBC Bermuda Bank Limited for the purpose of receiving
from the Allseas Cash Deposit Account charter hire generated under the Time Charter, the Sub-Time Charter and the ED & F Charter
(the "Bulk Liberty Hire Account").


 


(i)          Allseas
Bank Account. Allseas shall have opened a demand deposit account or confirmed that such demand deposit account exists, as the
case may be, with HSBC Bermuda Bank Limited for the purpose of receiving all revenues from any third party (including, but not
limited to ED & F) for employment of the Vessel (the "Allseas Cash Deposit Account").


 


(j)          [not
used]


 


(k)          Bulk
Discovery Cross-Collateralization.


 


(i)          The
First Naval Mortgage granted by Bulk Discovery to Lender on the BULK DISCOVERY dated March 2, 2011 and recorded in the Panamanian
Public Registry under Microjacket: 35245 and Document: 1904846, on July 28, 2011, as amended by Amendment of Mortgage dated December
21, 2011, as further amended by Amendment of Mortgage dated January 10, 2012, and as restated and further amended by Amendment
of Mortgage dated March 4, 2013 (collectively, the "Bulk Discovery Mortgage") shall be further amended such that
(i) it acknowledges that an Event of Default shall be an event of default of Bulk Discovery under the Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement,
(ii) it secures the obligations of Bulk Discovery under the Cross Collateral Guaranty, and (iii) shall otherwise be in form satisfactory
to Lender in the exercise of its sole discretion. Such amendment shall be preliminarily filed and recorded at the Panamanian Public
Registry such that the Bulk Discovery Mortgage, as amended, is a duly perfected mortgage and maritime lien under the laws of the
Republic of Panama, and creates a preferred mortgage on the Vessel (as the term "preferred mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C.
§ 31301(6)(B)), subject to no Encumbrances thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Bulk Discovery Mortgage,
as so further amended;


 




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(ii)         Lender
shall have received a certified copy of a certificate of ownership and encumbrance for the BULK DISCOVERY issued by the Panamanian
Public Registry that indicates that Bulk Discovery is the sole owner of record of the BULK DISCOVERY, that the Bulk Discovery Mortgage
and the amendment thereto referred to in Section 3.1(k)(i) have been duly filed and recorded at the Panama Public Register Office,
and that there are no other outstanding Encumbrances of record at the Panama Public Register Office that pertain to the BULK DISCOVERY;


 


(iii)        Each
of the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents shall be amended as Lender reasonably requires in order that the Group Obligations are completely
cross-collateralized; and


 


(iv)        The
Lender shall have received copies of such corporate authorizations and other instruments and documents relating to amendments to
the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents as it may reasonably request.


 


(l)          Bulk
Cajun Cross-Collateralization.


 


(i)          The
First Naval Mortgage granted by Bulk Cajun to Lender on the BULK CAJUN dated October 21, 2011 and recorded in the Panamanian Public
Registry under Microjacket: 35900 and Document: 1905707, on March 13, 2012, as amended by Amendment of Mortgage dated December
21, 2011, and as restated and further amended by Amendment of Mortgage dated March 4, 2013 (collectively, the "Bulk Cajun
Mortgage") shall be further amended such that (i) it acknowledges that an Event of Default shall be an event of default
of Bulk Cajun under the Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement, (ii) it secures the obligations of Bulk Cajun under the Cross-Collateral Guaranty,
and (iii) shall otherwise be in form satisfactory to Lender in the exercise of its sole discretion. Such amendment shall be preliminarily
filed and recorded at the Panamanian Public Registry such that the Bulk Cajun Mortgage, as amended, is a duly perfected mortgage
and maritime lien under the laws of the Republic of Panama, and creates a preferred mortgage on the Vessel (as the term "preferred
mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B)), subject to no Encumbrances thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances
and the Bulk Cajun Mortgage, as so further amended;


 


(ii)         Lender
shall have received a certified copy of a certificate of ownership and encumbrance for the BULK CAJUN issued by the Panamanian
Public Registry that indicates that Bulk Cajun is the sole owner of record of the BULK CAJUN, that the Bulk Cajun Mortgage and
the amendment thereto referred to in Section 3.1(l)(i) have been duly filed and recorded at the Panama Public Register Office,
and that there are no other outstanding Encumbrances of record at the Panama Public Register Office that pertain to the BULK CAJUN;


 




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(iii)        Each
of the Bulk Cajun Loan Documents shall be amended as Lender reasonably requires in order that the Group Obligations are completely
cross-collateralized; and


 


(iv)        The
Lender shall have received copies of such corporate authorizations and other instruments and documents relating to amendments to
the Bulk Cajun Loan Documents as it may reasonably request.


 


(m)          Bulk
Beothuk Cross-Collateralization.


 


(i)          The
First Preferred Ship Mortgage granted by Bulk Atlantic to Lender on the BULK BEOTHUK dated February 19, 2013 and recorded at the
Marshall Island Registry in Book PM 24, at Page 164, at 4:31 A.M. E.S.T, on February 19, 2013, (the "Bulk Beothuk Mortgage")
shall be amended such that (i) it acknowledges that an Event of Default shall be an event of default of Bulk Atlantic under the
Bulk Beothuk Loan Agreement, (ii) it secures the obligations of Bulk Cajun under the Cross-Collateral Guaranty, and (iii) shall
otherwise be in form satisfactory to Lender in the exercise of its sole discretion. Such amendment shall be filed and recorded
at the Marshall Islands Registry such that the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage, as amended, is a duly perfected mortgage and maritime lien
under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and creates a preferred mortgage on the Vessel (as the term "preferred
mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B)), subject to no Encumbrances thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances
and the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage, as so amended;


 


(ii)         Lender
shall have received a certified copy of a certificate of ownership and encumbrance for the BULK BEOTHUK issued by the Marshall
Islands Registry that indicates that Bulk Atlantic is the sole owner of record of the BULK BEOTHUK, that the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage
and the amendment thereto referred to in Section 3.1(m)(i) have been duly filed and recorded at the Marshall Islands Registry,
and that there are no other outstanding Encumbrances of record at the Marshall Islands Registry that pertain to the BULK BEOTHUK;


 


(iii)        Each
of the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents shall be amended as Lender reasonably requires in order that the Group Obligations are completely
cross-collateralized; and


 


(iv)        The
Lender shall have received copies of such corporate authorizations and other instruments and documents relating to amendments to
the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents as it may reasonably request.


 


(n)          Fees
and Expenses.


 


(i)          Borrower
shall have paid (A) a commitment fee of one percent (1%) of the Advance (the "Commitment Fee"), (B) Lender's
reasonable expenses incurred for inspecting and appraising the Vessel, (C) all filing and recording fees, and all stamp and
other taxes payable with respect to the consummation of the transactions as contemplated in this Agreement, and (D) Lenders'
reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred as of the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement.


 




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(ii)         Notwithstanding
the above, Lender will be responsible for $25,000 in costs and expenses (the "Lender's Allowance") and payment
of the transactions costs described in Section 3.1(n)(i) shall be made as follows:


 


first, by application of
the $25,000 deposit paid by the Borrower upon acceptance of the Term Sheet dated May 7, 2013 between the Lender and the Holding
Company;


 


second, by the Lender, up
to the Lender's Allowance amount; and


 


third, by the Borrower.


 


3.2           Compliance
with Loan Documents. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.8, it is a condition precedent to the Advance that
the representations and warranties of Borrower and Guarantors contained in the Loan Documents shall be true, and there shall be
no outstanding Default or Event of Default thereunder by any of the Loan Documents, and there shall not exist any Material adverse
condition with respect to a Credit Party that has not been contained in the most recent written information about them, their
assets, their businesses, and their financial condition that has not heretofore been disclosed to Lender in writing.


 


3.3           Unfulfilled
Conditions Precedent Become Ongoing Covenants. Conditions Precedent specified in this Article III that, with the prior written
consent of the Lender in its sole discretion, remain unfulfilled as of the disbursement of the Advance shall survive and shall
be deemed ongoing covenants of Borrower, the performance of which shall be due on demand, unless they are waived by Lender in
writing. Borrower shall cause Allseas and Phoenix to comply with all Conditions Precedent, applicable to them respectively, specified
in this Article III.


 


ARTICLE
IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


The Credit Parties party thereto make the
following representations, warranties, and covenants in addition to those which may be contained elsewhere in the Loan Documents.
All of the following and such other representations, warranties, and covenants as such parties shall make in the other Loan Documents
are continuing representations and warranties and shall survive the Closing Date until all of the Obligations are fully performed:


 




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4.1           Company
Matters. Each of Borrower, Pledgor, Allseas, Phoenix, and Holding Company is an exempted company incorporated under the laws
of Bermuda, and possesses the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name and is in good standing under the laws of Bermuda. Charterer
is an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and possesses the capacity to sue and be sued
in its own name and is in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Each Credit Party, and each of Allseas, Phoenix,
Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery possesses all requisite power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver, and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents, the Bulk Cajun Loan Documents,
and the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents, respectively, to which it is or is to become party pursuant to this Agreement and to take
all action as may be necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The entry into, execution, delivery, and performance
by each Credit Party, and each of Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery of the Loan Documents to which
it is, or, pursuant to this Agreement is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby, have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action. This Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the other Group Loan Documents, in each case which this
Agreement contemplates that any of the Credit Parties, Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery, respectively,
will execute have been duly executed by such Persons and constitute (or shall constitute when executed and delivered) legal, valid,
and binding obligations of such Persons, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms.


 


4.2           Legal
Matters. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents and the other Group Loan Documents to which any of
the Credit Parties, Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery, respectively, are or are to become party do
not and will not (a) violate any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination
or award presently in effect having applicability to any of them, or (b) result in a breach of or constitute a default under
any indenture, loan or credit agreement, or any other note, instrument, or agreement for borrowed money. None of the Credit Parties,
Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery, respectively, are in Material violation of or Material default under
any such law, rule, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, award, indenture, loan or credit agreement, or other
note, instrument, or agreement for borrowed money. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents, and the other
Group Loan Documents, in each case to which each of the Credit Parties, Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery,
respectively, is or is to become a party do not and will not violate its Constitutional Documents, are within its powers, and have
been duly authorized by all necessary company action.


 


4.3           Authorization;
Validity and Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of Borrower and Guarantors, and constitutes a
valid obligation of each of them, and is enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms. Each Loan Document, and
each other Group Loan Document when executed and delivered by such of the Credit Parties, Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk
Cajun or Bulk Discovery, respectively, as are stated to be parties thereto, will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Persons as are stated to be party thereto, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms. This Agreement, each
Loan Document, and each other Group Loan Document is not subject to any claim, defense or right of offset or recoupment of any
kind whatsoever. None of the Credit Parties, Allseas, Phoenix, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery, respectively, has any
claims, counterclaims or defenses against the Lender or any other Person that would or might affect (1) the validity, enforceability
or binding nature of any provision of any Loan Document, or any other Group Loan Document, or (2) the collectability of any
of the Obligations or any other Group Obligations, or any of the obligations of any Guarantor, Pledgor, Allseas, or Phoenix under
the Loan Documents, or of any of the parties to any other Group Loan Documents.


 




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4.4           Lines
of Business. Borrower is engaged exclusively in the ownership and operation of the Vessel for operation in the international
bulk cargo trade, including to and from ports in the United States, and activities reasonably related thereto.


 


4.5           Government
Approvals. No Permit from, or filing or registration with any Governmental Authority is or will be necessary to the valid execution,
delivery, or performance of the Loan Documents by the Credit Parties, Allseas or Phoenix.


 


4.6           Ownership;
Subsidiaries. All Equity Interests in the Credit Parties are owned as set forth in Schedule 4.6. Borrower has no
Subsidiaries other than as set forth in Schedule 4.6. Except as has been disclosed to the Lender in Schedule 4.6,
there are no outstanding subscription agreements, membership interest or share purchase agreements, warrants, or options for any
Equity Interests in Borrower. Allseas and Phoenix are, directly or indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Holding Company and
Affiliates of Borrower.


 


4.7           Financial
Condition. All financial information heretofore given to Lender by Borrower or any of its Affiliates pertaining to Borrower
or any other Person reasonably and accurately reflected the facts stated therein or represented thereby as of the dates of such
financial information, and was prepared in accordance with GAAP, and was otherwise prepared in a manner that is consistent with
the financial information with which Lender has been provided heretofore, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. At such
dates there were no omissions of material facts or materially erroneous statements therein or therefrom, as determined in accordance
with GAAP.


 


4.8           Legal
Actions. There are no Material actions, suits, or proceedings pending or threatened against any of the Credit Parties, Bulk
Atlantic, Bulk Cajun or Bulk Discovery or any of their assets, before any court, administrative or other tribunal, arbitrator or
panel of arbitrators, or Governmental Authority except as set forth in Schedule 4.8 hereto.


 


4.9           Title
and Encumbrances. Borrower has good and marketable title to the Vessel and to all of the other Collateral except Collateral
owned by Pledgor, Charterer or Allseas. Pledgor has good and marketable title to all of the Equity Interest in Borrower, and all
Collateral related thereto. Charterer has good and marketable title to the Time Charter, all other Collateral described in the
Charterer's Earnings Assignment Agreement, and all Collateral related thereto. Allseas has good and marketable title to the deposit
account described in the Allseas Charge Over Cash Deposit and all Collateral related thereto. None of Borrower's assets or any
of the other Collateral are subject to any Encumbrances except (a) Encumbrances in favor of Lender, (b) Encumbrances
listed in Schedule 4.9, and (c) Encumbrances expressly permitted in any Loan Documents (each, a "Permitted
Encumbrance").


 


4.10         Contracts.
The Time Charter, Sub-Time Charter, ED & F Charter, Technical Management Agreement, and Commercial Management Agreement are
in full force and effect, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties no parties thereto are in default thereunder, and no such contracts
have been assigned, assumed, amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced, or otherwise modified.


 




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4.11         Place
of Business. Borrower's, Charterer's and Allseas' offices where they keep their books and records pertaining to deposit accounts
and general intangibles owing or belonging to them are located at the address of Borrower stated in Section 9.4. For purposes
of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Borrower, Charterer, Pledgor and Allseas have only one place of business located at, or if
each has more than one place of business, the chief executive office where management decisions are taken is, as stated in Schedule 4.11.


 


4.12         Disclosure.
All written statements, representations, and warranties made by any of the Credit Parties, Allseas, and Phoenix in the Loan Documents
or in any other Group Loan Documents are materially true, and do not omit any material facts on the date as of which such information
was stated or certified. All copies of documents, instruments or certificates delivered to Lender in connection herewith by any
Credit Party are true, correct and complete.


 


4.13         Laws
and Regulations. The Credit Parties, Allseas, and Phoenix are in compliance with all applicable laws, except for any violation
of which would not subject any Collateral to forfeiture, could not subject any directors, officers, or shareholders of any of the
Credit Parties, Allseas, or Phoenix to imprisonment, and could not have a Material effect on the Credit Parties, Allseas, or Phoenix.
Borrower is not engaged and shall not engage in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation
U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock. Borrower is not subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or
any other law that restricts entering into or performing any obligation of Borrower under any Loan Document.


 


4.14         Tax
Status. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns and reports required to be filed, have made provision
in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all applicable and accrued or accruing foreign, U.S. federal, state and local taxes,
and have paid all such taxes which are due and payable.


 


4.15         Fiscal
Year. The Credit Parties' and their Subsidiaries' fiscal years for accounting and tax purposes end on December 31.


 


4.16         Intellectual
Property. The Credit Parties own or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, and copyrights
that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, and
none own any patents, patent rights, franchises, or licenses or registered trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
or other intellectual property rights.


 


4.17         ERISA
Compliance. No Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.


 


4.18         Environmental
Compliance.


 


(a)          The
Credit Parties, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery and their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws, the violation of which could have a Material adverse effect
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(b)          No
Hazardous Materials have been generated or manufactured on, transported to or from, treated at, stored at or discharged from or
on any real property or from a vessel, owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery
or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in violation of any Environmental Laws.


 


(c)          None
of the Credit Parties, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery or any of their respective Subsidiaries have received notice
or otherwise learned of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding, event, condition, report, directive, Encumbrance, violation,
non-compliance or investigation indicating or concerning any potential or actual liability or remedial action arising in connection
with any non-compliance with or violation of the requirements of any applicable Environmental Laws, or the presence of, or release
or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials on or from any real property, or from a vessel, owned, leased or operated by any
of the Credit Parties, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk Cajun and Bulk Discovery or any of their respective Subsidiaries.


 


4.19         Vessel.
The Vessel (a) satisfies the criteria to conduct the business as described in Section 4.4, (b) measures 7,638 light ship tons
and 46,747 deadweight tons, (c) is in class BULK CARRIER of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, and is so certified, without any outstanding
exceptions or recommendations, and (d) has, and Borrower has possession of, all required national and international certificates
of financial responsibility, and all other Permits that are required to conduct the business described in Section 4.4, including
all Permits required under the laws of the Marshall Islands and the United States for the carriage of cargo under the Time Charter,
Sub-Time Charter and ED & F Charter.


 


4.20         Land.
Charterer and Phoenix own no real property in the British Virgin Islands.


 


4.21         No
Prohibited Persons. Neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower, nor any person or entity that owns or controls any of them
is a Prohibited Person. For purposes of this clause "ownership" shall mean 50% or more interest or a controlling minority
interest. "Control" shall mean the ability to direct or affect the day-to-day business of Borrower or any Affiliate of
Borrower.


 


ARTICLE
V

COVENANTS


 


So long as any Obligations are outstanding
or Lender has any commitment to make the Advance hereunder, Borrower and Guarantors agree to comply with the following covenants
that are applicable to them unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Lender:


 


5.1           Title
and Liens.


 


(a)          On
the Closing Date , Borrower shall be the sole owner of the whole of the Vessel and other Collateral, except Collateral owned by
Pledgor, Charterer, or Allseas, and shall thereafter retain good and marketable title thereto, subject to no Encumbrances
except Permitted Encumbrances; and


 




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(b)          On
the Closing Date, Charterer shall have good and marketable title to the Time Charter, all Collateral described in the Charterer's
Earnings Assignment Agreement, and all Collateral related thereto, and shall thereafter retain good and marketable title thereto,
subject to no Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances.


 


5.2           Change
in Business. Borrower shall not engage in any trade or business in which it is not currently engaged utilizing only the Vessel.
Borrower shall not change the location of its chief executive office or the office where it keeps its books and records pertaining
to accounts and general intangibles owing or belonging to it without giving Lender at least thirty (30) days' advance written notice.


 


5.3           Financial
Covenants. Borrower shall maintain a ratio of EBITDA to Fixed Charges for each fiscal year of not less than 1.2 : 1. Holding
Company shall at all times have shareholders' equity of not less than $10,000,000.00, determined in accordance with GAAP.


 


5.4           Company
Matters.


 


(a)          Without
the written consent of Lender previously obtained, Borrower shall not, and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to:


 


(i)          make
any Investments except for Permitted Investments or Investments otherwise permitted by this Agreement;


 


(ii)         incur
any Indebtedness (other than borrowing funds under this Agreement), make any loans or advances, or extend credit to any Person;


 


(iii)        acquire
any Equity Interests, create any Subsidiaries, or contribute to the equity of any Person;


 


(iv)        declare
or pay any dividends, distribute any equity, or make any other distributions to its shareholders or members;


 


(v)         redeem
any Equity Interests;


 


(vi)        change
its fiscal year or make any material change in its method of accounting;


 


(vii)       merge,
consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other Person, change the legal nature of its form of entity, or change its jurisdiction
of formation;


 


(viii)      liquidate
or dissolve;


 


(ix)         sell
or dispose of any assets other than equipment that is obsolete, or worn out, or no longer necessary for the conduct of Borrower's
business or the operation of the Vessel, however, if such equipment that is disposed of is equipment of the Vessel, such equipment
shall be concurrently replaced with equipment of equal value;


 


(x)          grant
any Encumbrance on any of its assets except Permitted Encumbrances; or


 




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(xi)         incur
or pay any management fees or commissions to any Person other than pursuant to the current express provisions of the Technical
Management Agreement and the Commercial Management Agreement.


 


(b)          Borrower
shall pay all of its obligations as they mature, provided, it may contest obligations in good faith if appropriate reserves
therefor are established and maintained consistently with GAAP, and security therefor is posted as may be required by Lender.


 


5.5           Financial
Statements/Reporting Requirements. Each of Borrower (on a stand alone basis and on a consolidated basis as to it and its Subsidiaries,
if any) and Holding Company (on a consolidated basis) shall deliver to Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to Lender, the following
information and documents, which shall be accurate and complete in all material respects:


 


(a)          As
soon as available but no later than seventy-five (75) days after the end of the each of its fiscal quarters, complete copies of
its financial statements, which shall include its balance sheet, income statement, a statement of changes in equity, and a statement
of cash flows for the preceding fiscal quarter, prepared in a level of detail as reasonably required by Lender, certified by its
chief financial officer or a representative acceptable to Lender as being complete and correct, and fairly presenting its and their
respective financial conditions and the results of its and their respective operations in all material respects; provided,
however, that complete copies of its financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013 shall be delivered
to Lender on or before August 15, 2013;


 


(b)          As
soon as available but no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of the each of its fiscal years, complete copies
of its financial statements, which shall include its balance sheet, income statement, a statement of changes in equity, and a statement
of cash flows for the preceding fiscal year, prepared in a level of detail as reasonably required by Lender, certified by its chief
financial officer or a representative acceptable to Lender as being complete and correct, and fairly presenting its and their respective
financial conditions and the results of its and their respective operations in all material respects, and which, as to Holding
Company, shall have been audited by an independent certified public accountant that has been selected with the written approval
of Lender; simultaneously with the financial statements described in this Section 5.5(b), Holding Company shall deliver a certificate
by its chief financial officer or a representative acceptable to Lender confirming that, as of the last day of the fiscal year
covered by such statements, the covenants set forth in Section 5.3 have been met, which are calculations evidencing such compliance,
in reasonable detail as is satisfactory to the Lender; provided, however, that complete copies of its financial statements
for each of the fiscal year 2011 and the fiscal year 2012 shall be delivered to Lender on or before September 30, 2013;


 


(c)          On
each August 1 and February 1 of each year, a Certificate of Compliance executed by an officer of Borrower (or its authorized representative
approved by Lender) in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;


 


(d)          Within
thirty (30) days after they are due to be filed under applicable law, as extended pursuant to any valid extensions, copies of the
income tax returns for Borrower and Guarantors in each relevant jurisdiction for each of their fiscal years ending after the date
of this Agreement, and, if filing extensions are requested, Borrower and Guarantors shall furnish Lender forthwith with copies
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(e)          Within
ten (10) days after becoming aware of any of the following, written notice to Lender of:


 


(i)          all
Material breaches of contract to which Borrower is a party,


 


(ii)         any
Material disputed account receivable,


 


(iii)        the
institution of any litigation or arbitration to which Borrower is a party or which affects any of its assets (including by means
of counterclaim, cross claim, impleader, or interpleader), in which the claim against the Borrower or a Guarantor is in excess
of $1,000,000.00,


 


(iv)        the
revocation, modification, rescission or failure to renew of any Permit issued to Borrower or the Vessel,


 


(v)         the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, together with a detailed statement of the steps being taken by the defaulting party
to deal with any such Default or Event of Default,


 


(vi)        any
change in the jurisdiction of a Credit Party's formation, or location of Borrower's or Charterer's chief executive office or the
office where it keeps its books and records pertaining to accounts and general intangibles owing or belonging to it, or of the
establishment of any new, or the discontinuance of any existing, place of business of Borrower or Charterer,


 


(vii)       the
death or disablement of Edward Coll such that he may no longer effectively participate in the management of Holding Company,


 


(viii)      the
occurrence of damage to the Vessel in excess of the amount of the deductible or franchise amount of the hull and machinery insurance
thereon; a total loss of the Vessel occurs; or an incident of salvage or general average occurs with respect to the Vessel,


 


(ix)         after
receiving knowledge of a Requisition of the Vessel, or knowledge that a Governmental Authority intends to effect a Requisition
of the Vessel (which shall be accompanied by a copy of the relevant communications received),


 


(x)          after
the occurrence of any discharge from the Vessel of any Hazardous Material into the environment,


 


(xi)         after
receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority of any illegal act, omission, or condition by or concerning the Vessel or
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(xii)        if
any material requirement of any Governmental Authority or classification society with respect to the Vessel is made that is not
complied with, or any Governmental Authority or classification society issues a recommendation or exception with respect to a certification
or Permit pertaining to the Vessel that is not complied with or rectified (which shall be accompanied by a copy of the relevant
communications received), or if any classification certificate for the Vessel is terminated,


 


(xiii)       if
the Vessel is Seized,


 


(xiv)     any other matter which
has resulted or might result in a Material adverse change in the financial condition or business of Borrower.


 


(f)          Such
other statements, lists or property and accounts, budgets, forecasts, reports or other financial information as are regularly made
or maintained by Borrower as Lender may from time to time request.


 


Borrower shall provide to Lender copies of all Form CG-2692
accident reports (and all similar reports filed outside the United States) within five (5) days after submitting them to the United
States Coast Guard, and copies of all periodic classification society, damage, and insurance surveys that are prepared for the
Vessel.


 


5.6           Fiscal
Year. No Credit Party shall change its fiscal year, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary thereof to do so, without the advance
written consent of Lender.


 


5.7           Accuracy
of Financial Information. All financial information hereafter given to Lender by Borrower, any Guarantor, or any accountant,
or other professional therefor pertaining to Borrower, any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary thereof shall reasonably and accurately
reflect the facts stated therein or represented thereby as of the dates of such financial information subject to, in the case of
non-fiscal year-end information, normal year-end adjustments, and shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and otherwise in a
manner that is consistent with the financial information with which Lender has been provided heretofore. There shall be no omissions
of material facts therefrom, determined in accordance with GAAP, and there shall be no material and erroneous statements therein,
determined in accordance with GAAP.


 


5.8           Access.
The Borrower and Guarantors, shall cause their presidents, chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and authorized
representatives (and Holding Company shall cause the presidents, chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and authorized
representatives of Allseas and Phoenix, and the Persons with custody of or control over the books and records referred to in Section
5.9 pertaining to Allseas and Phoenix) to be available during customary office hours at least once each fiscal quarter for a conference
with a representative of Lender for the purpose of discussing the financial affairs of Borrower (and any Subsidiaries of Borrower
that may exist from time to time), Guarantors, Allseas and Phoenix.


 




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5.9           Accounting
Records. Borrower and Guarantors shall maintain, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to maintain, adequate books, accounts and
records of all of their financial transactions and their assets and businesses, and prepare all financial statements, all in accordance
with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of every Governmental Authority or other regulatory body having jurisdiction over
it or them or its or their businesses. Borrower and Guarantors shall permit, and cause their Subsidiaries to permit, employees
or agents of Lender at such reasonable times as Lender may request to inspect their assets, including without limitation regular
collateral audits, and to examine, audit, and make copies and memoranda of its and their documents, books, accounts and records,
including those kept in electronic form. None of Borrowers or Guarantors shall make or permit any material change in their accounting
policies or reporting practices, and shall ensure that none of their Subsidiaries do so, except (i) as required by generally
accepted accounting principles, or (ii) with the prior written consent of the Lender, which consent shall not unreasonably
be withheld.


 


5.10         Status.
Borrower and Guarantors shall maintain, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to maintain, in full force and effect their corporate
existences, and shall maintain their qualifications to do business as foreign corporations or as a foreign maritime entity in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the assets owned by them or the nature of their activities make such qualification necessary
to avoid a material adverse effect on them.


 


5.11         Condition
of Assets. Borrower and Guarantors shall maintain all of their assets that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of
its business in good working order and condition, normal wear and tear and excepted.


 


5.12         Legal
Compliance. Borrower and Guarantors shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of all
applicable law, and judicial, arbitral, and governmental rules, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, determinations
and awards. Borrower and Charterer bear sole responsibility for compliance with or obtaining all Permits as may be necessary under
applicable contracts and law with respect to the security granted by them to Lender in the Collateral.


 


5.13         ERISA
Plans. No Credit Party shall have, or permit any Subsidiary thereof to have, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.


 


5.14         Taxes.
Prior to the date on which they became delinquent, Borrower and Guarantors shall duly pay, and discharge, and shall cause each
of their Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings, user
fees, and other governmental charges imposed upon them or upon their income or profits, upon its or their activities, or upon any
assets belonging to it or them, provided, such Persons may contest in good faith any such claims and taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings, user fees, and other governmental charges if appropriate reserves therefor
are established and maintained consistently with GAAP, and provided, further, if an Encumbrance on Collateral arises in
respect thereto, Borrower or Guarantors shall post, or shall cause their relevant Subsidiaries to post, security sufficient to
ensure that the Governmental Authority asserting the claim, or any successor or assign thereof, will not enforce an Encumbrance
against the Collateral.


 


5.15         Permits.
Borrower and Charterer shall obtain and maintain in full force and effect all of their Permits in effect on the date hereof or
on the Closing Date, and such others as are necessary to allow them to conduct the business contemplated in Section 4.4. Borrower
and Charterer shall not operate, and shall not allow the Vessel to be operated, without a Permit in violation of applicable law.
None of Borrower or Charterer shall sell, subject to any Encumbrance, or otherwise transfer any such Permit or any right, title,
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5.16         Intellectual
Property. Borrower and Guarantors shall not, sell, transfer, encumber, or otherwise dispose of any of its or their rights,
title, or interest in any trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and
other intellectual property rights and assets that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its or their businesses, except
transfers of such property to Borrower.


 


5.17         Arranger
Fee. Borrower shall fully and timely pay all arranger and broker fees, commissions, and expenses incurred in connection with
this loan transaction, if any.


 


5.18         Compliance
by Allseas and Phoenix. Borrower and Guarantors shall cause Allseas and Phoenix to comply with all applicable covenants contained
in this Agreement and in the other Group Loan Documents to which either is a party.


 


ARTICLE
VI

VESSEL PROVISIONS


 


On, from and after the Closing Date, Borrower
represents, warrants, and agrees as follows (and shall cause all managers and operators of the Vessel to ensure compliance with
the following provisions on behalf of Borrower):


 


6.1           Vessel
Registry. Borrower shall keep the Vessel fully documented under the Marshall Islands Registry, including all additional certifications
required for vessels of its type, tonnage and area of operation, under the laws of and international conventions approved by the
Republic of the Marshall Islands; provided, however, that the Borrower, at its sole cost and expense (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Lender), may transfer the Vessel to the Panamanian Public Registry upon not
less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Lender and upon such transfer shall keep the Vessel fully documented under
the Panamanian Public Registry in compliance with this Section 6.1, provided, further, that any such transfer of
the Vessel to the Panamanian Public Registry shall be subject to the Borrower putting in place, simultaneously with such transfer,
appropriate comparable security documentation in favor of and satisfactory to the Lender, including, but not limited to, the execution,
delivery and recordation at the Panama Public Register Office of a First Naval Mortgage covering the Vessel.


 


6.2           Ownership
and Encumbrances. Borrower is, and shall continue to be, the sole owner of the whole of the Vessel free and clear of all Encumbrances
except Permitted Encumbrances, and is, and shall continue to be, lawfully possessed of the Vessel and warrants, and shall continue
to warrant, and shall defend its title to and possession thereof and every part thereof for the benefit of Lender against the claims
and demands of all persons whomsoever. No Encumbrances shall exist hereafter against the Vessel except for Permitted Encumbrances,
and none of Borrower or the master of the Vessel nor any other Persons has or shall have any right or authority to create, incur
or permit to be placed or imposed upon the Vessel, or any part of any of the Vessel, any Encumbrance whatsoever other than Permitted
Encumbrances. Borrower shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, from time to time, all
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6.3           Transfers.
There are no outstanding charters, contracts of affreightment, or other rights to possession of or services of the Vessel other
than as listed in Schedule 4.9. So long as any Obligations are outstanding hereunder, the Vessel shall remain time
chartered under the Time Charter and sub-time chartered under the Sub-Time Charter. Neither Borrower nor Charterer shall sell,
convey, mortgage, or further charter the Vessel (except as set forth in the prior sentence or Schedule 4.9) or any
portion thereof, or transfer any interest therein in any manner (including by grant of an option, right of first refusal, or restriction
on transferability), without the written consent of Lender being first obtained, provided, that Permitted Encumbrances
are permitted. Phoenix shall not enter into any sub-time charters, voyage charters, or contracts of affreightment for employment
of the Vessel in the international bulk cargo trade for a period (including optional renewals) exceeding twelve (12) months without
the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of Lender, and provided any such contracts are assigned by Phoenix
to Lender substantially in the form of Borrower's Earnings Assignment Agreement. No such written consent to any such sale, conveyance,
mortgage, charter, or transfer shall be construed to be a waiver of this provision in respect to any subsequent proposed sale,
conveyance, mortgage, charter, or transfer. Borrower shall repay all of the Obligations concurrently with a sale or other transfer
of title to the Vessel in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3(a) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing. If at the time of sale, a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all proceeds of sale
shall be applied in the manner and order specified in Section 17 of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage. Each other mortgage, charter, or
transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage and the lien it creates. Borrower shall cause each existing
time charter, sub-time charter or contract of affreightment that has a remaining term of twelve (12) months or greater, including
any extension option, to be assigned to Lender by means of an assignment of charter, earnings and insurances (or other appropriate
form of assignment) substantially in the form of the Borrower's Earnings Assignment Agreement.


 


6.4           Lawful
Operation. The Vessel and its operations shall at all times comply with (a) all laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
or the Republic of Panama, all applicable treaties and conventions, and all applicable rules and regulations thereunder, as in
effect from time to time, and (b) all laws and regulations applicable to the Vessel and its operation in all trades and locations
in which it operates or is located from time to time; and the Vessel shall have on board as and when required thereby valid certificates
of inspection and all other certificates evidencing compliance therewith. Borrower shall obtain and file all certificates of financial
responsibility as legally required in all jurisdictions in which the Vessel is located from time to time. Borrower shall prepare
and file all pollution prevention and contingency plans and take all other steps required under all applicable laws concerning
the prevention and cleanup of environmental pollution, and the regulation of shipowners and vessels with respect to environmental
matters. The Vessel shall not be abandoned, and shall not carry any passenger, cargo, or other matter that will expose it to penalty,
forfeiture or capture. Borrower shall ensure that all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that no illegal drugs or drug
paraphernalia are used or kept on board the Vessel, and shall otherwise comply with the anti-drug policies of the United States
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6.5           Operation.
Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Lender, granted or withheld in the exercise of its sole discretion, Borrower and Charterer
shall ensure that the Vessel shall on or before the Closing Date, and at all times thereafter, be dedicated to the performance
of the ED & F Charter, or the Time Charter and the Sub-Time Charter, as the case may be, shall not be taken to a zone that
is a declared war zone by any government or by any of the Vessel's war risk underwriters, and shall not be abandoned in a port
or place outside the United States. The Vessel satisfies, and shall continue to satisfy, the objective requirements for it to be
utilized under the Time Charter, the Sub-Time Charter and the ED & F Charter, all of which are in full force and effect.


 


6.6           Maintenance.
The vessel has a valid classification certificate issued by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, in classification BULK CARRIER without outstanding
exceptions or recommendations. Borrower shall, at all times, and without cost or expense to Lender, maintain such classification
status, and maintain and preserve the Vessel as required in all applicable manufacturer's manuals, and in a safe and seaworthy
condition, and in such running order and repair as would be expected of a prudent, first-class shipowner, and in a condition, working
order and repair at least as good as such Vessel is in on the date of this Agreement, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Borrower
shall not make or permit to be made any material changes to the structure, type or speed of the Vessel, or to its propulsion system,
or make any alterations to the Vessel that would change its registered length, breadth, or depth, or its gross, net, deadweight,
or lightship tonnages, without first receiving written approval from Lender. Borrower may remove equipment from the Vessel free
and clear of the liens of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage if (i) it simultaneously replaces such equipment with equipment of the
same or greater value, (ii) it causes all damage to the Vessel caused by such removal and replacement to be promptly repaired,
and (iii) such removal and replacement will not adversely affect the fair market value of the Vessel. Borrower shall cause
the Vessel to be surveyed and placed in dry dock when and as is required in order for it to maintain its classification status,
and to maintain all certificates of inspection and other certifications that it now has or is required to have in order to pursue
its intended trades.


 


6.7           Access
and Surveys. At all times Borrower shall afford Lender or its authorized representatives and surveyors full and complete access
to the Vessel for the purpose of inspecting it and its cargoes, and papers, and making copies of such papers, and shall provide
to Lender, within seven (7) days after being so requested, copies of all contracts, charterparties, policies of insurance, evidence
of club entries, and all other documents (including records that are in electronic form) pertaining to the Vessel or its operations.
Borrower shall provide to Lender prompt advance notice of all emergency dry-dockings of the Vessel, and fourteen (14) days advance
written notice of all non-emergency dry-dockings of the Vessel. If requested by Lender Borrower shall instruct the Vessel's classification
society to make available to Lender all of its records pertaining to the Vessel (including records that are in electronic form),
and to provide Lender with copies of all of the classification society's communications with Borrower, its managers or agents with
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6.8           Seizure;
Requisition. If the Vessel shall be Seized, Borrower, within thirty (30) days thereafter, shall cause the Vessel to be irrevocably
released and all Encumbrances thereon, other than the lien of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage, to be discharged by payment, performance,
or the posting of security therefor. In the event any of the foregoing occurs, Borrower agrees forthwith to notify Lender by facsimile
or telegram, confirmed by letter, at its address set forth in Section 9.4. In the event the Vessel shall be Seized and shall not
be released therefrom within thirty (30) days thereafter, Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers Lender and severally
each officer of Lender in the name of Borrower (as attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest) to apply for and receive possession
of the Vessel, with all rights and authority that Borrower might have, possess and exercise in any such event, but Lender and such
officers shall not be under any obligation to act in connection with the rights given in this Section. Borrower also authorizes
and empowers Lender and the officers above specified, severally, or their appointees, or any of them, to appear in the name of
Borrower in any court of any country or nation of the world where a complaint in rem or libel is pending against the Vessel,
or where the Vessel is Seized or is subject to Seizure and to take such actions as may seem proper toward the defense of such suit
and the discharge of any or all Encumbrances thereon or other relevant judgment or claim, and all expenditures made or so incurred
shall be obligations due from Borrower to Lender, shall be secured by the liens of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage, the Bulk Beothuk
Mortgage, the Bulk Cajun Mortgage and Bulk Discovery Mortgage, and shall accrue interest at the Interest Rate or Default Rate,
as in effect from time to time.


 


6.9           Insurance.
Borrower shall obtain insurance for its assets and liabilities as would be customary for a business of its type. Without limiting
the foregoing:


 


(a)          Borrower
shall, while any of the Obligations, the Bulk Beothuk Obligations, the Bulk Cajun Obligations or the Bulk Discovery Obligations
are outstanding, or Lender has any commitment to advance funds under this Agreement (whether or not there is a request for an advance
outstanding), obtain and maintain the following insurances with respect to the Vessel:


 


(i)          Marine
hull and machinery insurance, and war risk hull and machinery insurance, in an amount not less than the full commercial value of
the Vessel, on a charter-free and lien-free basis, determined in a manner approved by Lender (which value shall not at any time
be an amount less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the principal amount of the Advance that is outstanding from time to
time);


 


(ii)         Protection
and Indemnity insurance purchased through a protection and indemnity association that is a member of the International Group of
P & I Clubs, including, but not limited to, coverage for crew injuries, pollution liability including clean-up costs, wreck
removal, 4/4ths collision liability, third party bodily injury and property damage insurance and war risk protection and indemnity
insurance, in such amounts per occurrence as is currently available from the protection and indemnity associations that are members
of the International Group of P & I Clubs;


 


(iii)        Workers
Compensation and Employers Liability insurance for each state in or from which the Vessel shall operate, if and as required by
law, and United States Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act insurance for statutory amounts;


 


(iv)        A
separate policy of Mortgagee's Interest Insurance with Lender as the Named Insured with respect to loss of or damage to the Vessel
in an amount at least equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the principal amount of the Advance that is outstanding from
time to time; and


 


(v)         Insurance
as required by law, and insurance against any other risks to the Vessel or liabilities that could give rise to liens thereon as
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Borrower shall obtain and maintain all such insurances at its
own expense, and shall timely pay all premiums, dues, calls, assessments and other amounts and expenses thereunder, and issue or
procure all guaranties required by protection and indemnity associations with respect thereto. In the event Borrower fails to pay
such amounts, Lender shall have no responsibility to make any such payments, and no payment or undertaking to pay any such amounts
by Lender shall relieve the Borrower of its responsibility to make such payments or its responsibility under Section 7.2(c)
to reimburse Lender for all such amounts that Lender pays.


 


(b)          All
policies of insurance shall be maintained in forms approved by Lender, effected by an insurance broker approved by Lender, and
contain insuring covenants, deductible or franchise clauses, Lender clauses, and other terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender.
No policy shall be materially amended or terminated without obtaining the prior written consent of Lender. All policies, binders
and interim contracts of insurance shall provide for fourteen (14) days' prior written notice to be given to Lender by the underwriters
in the event of amendment or cancellation, except in the event of cancellation for nonpayment of premiums, in which event Lender
shall be furnished with not less than ten (10) days' notice of cancellation, and in the event of cancellation of war risk insurance,
in which event Lender shall be furnished with the same advance written notice of cancellation as the relevant policies shall provide
for notices to Borrower. Certifications of all insurances required hereunder, including certified copies of protection and indemnity
association certificates of entry shall be provided to Lender forthwith upon placement of all such insurances. Certified copies
of the originals of all policies, amendments, endorsements, letters of undertaking, binders and other interim insurance contracts
shall be deposited with Lender promptly upon placement thereof, and the originals thereof shall be furnished to Lender promptly
on request. Evidence of renewal of all insurances shall be furnished to Lender not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the expiration
of all of such insurances. Borrower shall furnish evidence satisfactory to Lender whenever it may require that all premiums, dues,
assessments and other charges with respect to the insurance required herein have been fully paid. At the option of Lender, and
without waiver of any default with respect thereto, any policies of insurance required herein and not timely obtained and properly
maintained by Borrower may be obtained and maintained by Lender at Borrower's expense.


 


(c)          Borrower
shall provide to all underwriters of the insurances a Notice of Assignment, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which
shall be endorsed on all relevant polices and protection and indemnity association entries. All insurances shall name Lender as
an additional insured in addition to Borrower and as sole loss payee, pursuant to endorsements in substantially the form attached
to the aforementioned Notice of Assignment (including a customary protection and indemnity association letter of undertaking in
the customary form issued by members of the International Group of P & I Clubs), except as to: (i) Mortgagee's Interest
Insurance, as to which Lender shall be the sole insured and sole loss payee, and (ii) the insurance required in Section 6.9(a)(iii)
and 6.9(a)(v). No assured or loss payees shall be added to any policy without obtaining the advance written consent of Lender.
All insurance required in Section 6.9 shall be endorsed to (i) waive the underwriters' rights of subrogation against
Lender, (ii) to provide that all such insurance is primary and non-contributory with respect to insurances placed by Lender,
and (iii) provide that Lender will not be responsible for premiums, calls, supplementary calls or similar payments. Unless
Lender shall otherwise agree, concurrently with each placement and, not more than fourteen (14) days before expiration of an insurance
coverage that is required herein, renewal or replacement of that insurance, Borrower shall provide to Lender a Brokers Opinion
Letter, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, confirming that the insurance placed by such broker conforms to the insurance
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(d)          In
the event of an actual total loss, a constructive total loss, or a compromised, agreed, or arranged total loss of the Vessel, Lender
shall apply insurance payments received on account of such loss as provided in Section 17 of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage. Lender
shall have the sole right to tender abandonment of the Vessel to its underwriters on behalf of itself and Borrower. If there has
not occurred and there is not continuing an Event of Default at the time of tender of payment by the underwriters, in the event
of any other loss payable in an amount less than $500,000.00 under any hull and machinery insurance, war risk hull and machinery
insurance, or other insurance in respect of loss of or damage to the Vessel or any of its appurtenances, or sue and labor expenses
or defense costs insured thereunder, Lender shall instruct the underwriters to pay directly for the covered repairs, replacements,
expenses, or costs, or to reimburse Borrower or Lender therefor. If there has not occurred and there is not continuing an Event
of Default, and the Vessel is not an actual total loss, a constructive total loss, or a compromised, agreed, or arranged total
loss, in the event of any other loss payable in an amount equal to or greater than $500,000.00 under any hull and machinery insurance,
or war risk hull and machinery insurance, or increased value insurance in respect of loss of or damage to the Vessel or any of
its appurtenances, or sue and labor expenses or defense costs insured thereunder, in the exercise of its sole discretion, Lender
shall either instruct the underwriters to pay directly for the covered repairs, replacements, or sue and labor expenses or defense
costs insured thereunder or to reimburse Borrower or Lender therefor, or Lender may receive all such insurance proceeds and use
them to pay directly for the repairs, replacements, or sue and labor expenses or defense costs insured thereunder, or to reimburse
Borrower or Lender therefor. All claims for unrepaired damage shall be paid to Lender, which shall apply them as provided in Section
17 of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage. In the event of any loss payable under any hull and machinery insurance, war risk hull and machinery
insurance, or increased value insurance not provided for above in this Section 6.9(d), in the exercise of it is sole discretion,
Lender may instruct the underwriters to pay directly for the covered repairs, replacements, expenses, or costs, or to reimburse
Borrower therefor, or Lender may, in the exercise of its sole discretion, receive all such insurance proceeds in order to defray
its own covered expenses and apply the balance as provided in Section 17 of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage. For the purpose of this
clause, all hull and machinery, war risk hull and machinery, and increased value insurance proceeds payable with respect to an
occurrence and its consequences shall be deemed to be proceeds of a single loss event.


 


(e)          In
the event that insurance moneys become due under any protection and indemnity insurance or other liability insurance coverage,
including coverage for salvage, general average, or other liabilities covered by the relevant hull insurance policy, if there has
not occurred and there is not continuing an Event of Default at the time of tender of payment by the underwriters or protection
and indemnity association, Lender shall instruct the underwriters to pay Borrower such insurance proceeds as may be due to Borrower
on account of any liability covered by such insurance if Borrower has already paid the liability, or to pay the party in respect
of whom the liability was incurred, in exchange for an appropriate release of liability with respect thereto. At such time of tender
of payment, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in the exercise of Lender's sole discretion and in lieu of the
foregoing, Lender shall be entitled to receive such insurance proceeds and may apply the proceeds thereof toward the discharge
or indemnification or reimbursement for the payment of the relevant liability, and the balance of the proceeds shall be applied
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(f)          Borrower
shall promptly file all required and customary proofs of loss and claims under all insurances, and on any failure by Borrower to
do so, Lender may do so on its and Borrower's behalf, and is hereby irrevocably appointed as Borrower's attorney-in-fact, coupled
with an interest, to do so.


 


(g)          In
the event the Vessel is Seized, Lender may, in lieu of the foregoing Sections 6.9(d) and (e), in the exercise of its sole
discretion, agree with any surety executing a surety bond releasing the Vessel from such attachment or arrest to hold for the benefit
of such surety any or all insurance proceeds under the policies of insurance on the Vessel as collateral security to indemnify
such surety against liability under such bond.


 


(h)          Borrower
shall not do any act or voluntarily suffer or permit any act to be done whereby any insurance shall or may be impaired, suspended,
or canceled, and shall not suffer or permit the Vessel to engage in any voyage or to engage in any trade or activity not permitted
under the policies of insurance at the time in effect without first covering the Vessel for such voyage, trade or activity with
insurances of the types, obtained from underwriters, and in the forms and amounts herein required.


 


(i)          The
acquiescence by Lender in any noncompliance in the placement of insurance in one or more instances shall not establish a consent
or course of dealing with respect to such noncompliance in any other instances.


 


6.10         No
Charters to Prohibited Persons. Borrower and Guarantors covenant and agree that the Vessel will not (a) be chartered to a
Prohibited Person, (b) make voyages to or from any Prohibited Country, and (c) be allowed to carry cargo from or destined to a
Prohibited Country.


 


6.11         Payment
of Charter Hire and Vessel Revenues. Borrower and Guarantors shall procure that (a) all charter hire under the ED & F Charter
shall be deposited into the Bulk Liberty Hire Account, (b) all revenues earned by Phoenix from third parties for the employment
of the Vessel shall be deposited into the Allseas Cash Deposit Account, and (c) all such amounts deposited into the Allseas Cash
Deposit Account with respect to the Vessel shall be retained therein with the exception of (i) amounts necessary to pay customary
voyage expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Vessel, and (ii) any amount equal to charter hire due under
the Time Charter which shall be transferred to the Bulk Liberty Hire Account, such amount to be deemed payment of charter hire
under the Sub-Time Charter, (x) for use in connection with the Vessel and its operations in the ordinary course of business, and
for no other purpose, and (y) any amounts due to Lender under this Agreement.


 


ARTICLE
VII

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES


 


7.1           Default.
The occurrence of each of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default" as such term is used in this Agreement:


 




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(a)          Borrower
fails to make any payment of principal, interest or any other amount, as and when it becomes due to Lender under the Loan Documents,
including the Commitment Fee;


 


(b)          any
representation or warranty made or to be made by Borrower or any other Person (other than Lender) in any Loan Document was false
or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made under the provisions of any Loan Document;


 


(c)          any
of the Loan Documents, for any reason, cease to be in full force and effect or are declared to be null and void; or any Person
other than Lender that has executed a Loan Document denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document
which it has executed (or any provisions thereof) before full performance of all obligations thereunder;


 


(d)          a
Credit Party, Phoenix, or Allseas: (i) applies for or consents to or becomes subject to the appointment of a receiver, trustee
or liquidator of itself, or of all or any part of its assets, or any Collateral, or becomes subject to an administration order,
(ii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) becomes or is adjudicated insolvent, (iv) commences
any Debtor Relief Proceeding in any jurisdiction, (v) becomes subject to any involuntary Debtor Relief Proceeding in any jurisdiction
and such proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is commenced, (vi) enters into an arrangement with a
group of creditors for the restructuring of its obligations, (vii) shall fail to pay its debts generally as they become due,
(viii) if a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, merges or consolidates with any Person, (ix) commences
a dissolution or liquidation proceeding or is dissolved or liquidates, (x) becomes the subject of any involuntary dissolution
or liquidation proceeding and any such proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is commenced, (xi) commences,
agrees to or is or becomes subject to any action taken for the purpose of effectuating any of the foregoing, (xii) changes
its name, and (xiii) if a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, reorganizes, reclassifies or recapitalizes
its capital stock or any membership or partnership interests in it;


 


(e)          the
shareholders, directors, or members of any Credit Party, Phoenix or Allseas adopt a resolution authorizing or approving of any
of the actions described in Section 7.1(d) with respect to a Credit Party;


 


(f)          Borrower issues, redeems, purchases,
retires or otherwise acquires any shares of any class of any Equity Interest in itself, enters into any subscription agreement
or other agreement for the issuance of any shares in itself, or grants or issues any warrant, right or option pertaining thereto,
or incurs any debt or obligations or issues any security that is convertible into any of the foregoing;


 


(g)          any
judgment shall be entered against a Credit Party, Phoenix, or Allseas in a Material amount that is not covered by liability insurance
with a deductible clause that has been approved by Lender in writing, and such judgment is not effectively stayed and remains undischarged
and unbonded for thirty (30) days;


 


(h)          without
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(i)          (x)
a Credit Party, Phoenix or Allseas is or becomes in default under any loan agreement, promissory note, guaranty or other instrument
or agreement (or of any guarantee of the foregoing) with or in favor of Lender or any Affiliate of Lender; (y) or any Indebtedness
the original principal amount of which is in excess of $500,000 of a Credit Party (or that is guaranteed by a Credit Party) with
or in favor of an entity who is not Lender or an Affiliate of Lender is not paid in full when due, whether on maturity, upon acceleration,
or otherwise; (z) or Borrower or a Guarantor is or becomes in default under any preferred or other mortgage, deed of trust, assignment,
or other security agreement that secures any of its obligations with respect to any of the foregoing;


 


(j)          any
other Indebtedness of a Credit Party, Phoenix or Allseas that is not subject to Section 7.1(i) in any Material amount is or
becomes due prematurely by reason of default; Borrower fails to make any Material payment thereunder on or before the due date
for such payment; or the security for any obligation of Borrower or a Guarantor, or any security therefor, becomes enforceable
against any Collateral or against a Material amount of any of its assets;


 


(k)          without
the written consent of the Lender (i) Claus Boggild does not own at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Equity Interest
in, and hold at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the voting power in Lagoa Investments Ltd., and Edward Coll, Anthony Laura,
and Lagoa Investments Ltd. do not collectively own at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Equity Interest in, and hold at least
fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting power in Holding Company; (ii) Holding Company does not own all of the Equity Interest
in and hold all of the voting power in Bulk Partners Holding Company Bermuda Ltd, a Bermuda company; (iii)  Pledgor does
not own all of the Equity Interest in and hold all of the voting power in Borrower; and (iv) Holding Company does not, directly
or indirectly, own all of the Equity Interest in and hold all of the voting power in Charterer and Allseas; provided, the
death of any of Claus Boggild, Anthony Laura or Edward Coll shall not cause an Event of Default under this Section 7.1(k)
if there is not an Event of Default outstanding or that results therefrom under Section 7.1(l);


 


(l)          either
of Anthony Laura or Edward Coll becomes sufficiently disabled that either of them cannot effectively participate in the management
of Holding Company, or dies, and at least one of them, or Anthony Laura, Edward Coll and Claus Boggild collectively, who are alive
and not so disabled, does not hold voting control over fifty-one percent (51%) of the shares of Holding Company;


 


(m)          any
judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of or other realization upon any pledge or assignment of, or other security interest in, or
other encumbrance of any shares of the capital stock of Borrower shall be commenced or occur;


 


(n)          any
of the Time Charter, Sub-Time Charter, Technical Management Agreement, or Commercial Management Agreement have been or are assigned,
assumed, amended, renewed, replaced, or otherwise modified, or terminated without the prior written consent of Lender;


 


(o)          a
material default by (x) Borrower occurs under any of the Time Charter, ED & F Charter, Technical Management Agreement, or Commercial
Management Agreement, (y) by Charterer under the Sub-Time Charter, or (z) any such contract is terminated prematurely;


 




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(p)          Any
party defaults under the Funds Deposit Agreement or any Manager's Undertaking;


 


(q)          any
of Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries has a fiscal year-end that does not end on December 31;


 


(r)          the
Vessel, the BULK BEOTHUK, the BULK CAJUN or the BULK DISCOVERY becomes subject to a Seizure and is not released therefrom within
thirty (30) days thereafter in the manner required in the applicable mortgage or mortgages granted by Borrower, Bulk Cajun or Bulk
Discovery;


 


(s)          the
Vessel, the BULK BEOTHUK, the BULK CAJUN or the BULK DISCOVERY becomes an actual total loss, or a constructive, compromised, arranged,
or agreed total loss, or there is a Requisition of the Vessel, and the Obligations are not paid in full and the balance of the
proceeds, if any, is not applied to the Bulk Beothuk Obligations, the Bulk Cajun Obligations and/or the Bulk Discovery Obligations,
within one hundred twenty (120) days thereafter;


 


(t)          any
Permit required in Section 4.19 or 5.15 is materially modified, becomes invalid, or is terminated;


 


(u)          the
occurrence of illegal activity which in the opinion of the Lender caused the forfeiture of or which subjects to forfeiture the
Vessel or any other Collateral;


 


(v)         the
Vessel or other Collateral is placed in danger of being seriously damaged or becoming a total loss and is not removed from such
danger by Borrower forthwith;


 


(w)          Pledgor
does not or shall not have good and marketable title to all of the shares of the Equity Interest in Borrower, and all Collateral
related thereto, and does not have or shall not hereafter retain good and marketable title thereto, subject to no Encumbrances
except Permitted Encumbrances;


 


(x)          Allseas
does not or shall not have good and marketable title to the deposit account described in the Allseas Charge Over Cash Deposit,
and all Collateral related thereto, and does not have or shall not hereafter retain good and marketable title thereto, subject
to no Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances;


 


(y)          Borrower
does not or shall not have good and marketable title to the deposit account described in the Borrower Charge Over Bulk Liberty
Hire Account, and all Collateral related thereto, and does not have or shall not hereafter retain good and marketable title thereto,
subject to no Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances;


 


(z)          without
Lender's prior written consent, all hire owed by Charterer to Borrower or by any sub-charterer to Charterer, as the case may be,
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(aa)         the
Bulk Liberty Mortgage is not registered with the Marshall Islands Registry or the Panamanian Public Registry such that it is and
continues to be a duly perfected mortgage and maritime lien under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or the Republic
of Panama, as applicable, and creates a preferred mortgage on the Vessel (as the term "preferred Mortgage" is defined
at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B));


 


(bb)         the
amendments to the Bulk Discovery Mortgage (as described in Section 3.1(k) hereof) and the Bulk Cajun Mortgage (as described in
Section 3.1(l) hereof) are not provisionally registered within (5) business days after the date hereof or within 120 days after
the date hereof permanently registered at the Panamanian Public Registry, such that they are and continue to be duly perfected
mortgages and maritime liens under the laws of the Republic of Panama, and create preferred mortgages on the BULK CAJUN or the
BULK DISCOVERY (as the term "preferred mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B)) and duly secure
all obligations under the Cross-Collateral Guaranty;


 


(cc)         the
amendment to the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage (as described in Section 3.1(m) hereof) is not provisionally registered within (5) business
days after the date hereof at the Marshall Islands Registry, such that it is and continues to be a duly perfected mortgage and
maritime lien under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or if the BULK BEOTHUK is transferred to the Panamanian Public
Registry, under the laws of the Republic of Panama, and creates a preferred mortgage on the BULK BEOTHUK (as the term "preferred
mortgage" is defined at 46 U.S.C. § 31301(6)(B)) and duly secure all obligations under the Cross-Collateral
Guaranty;


 


(dd)         the
amendments to the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents, the Bulk Cajun Loan Documents and the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents are not entered
into as required under Sections 3.1(k)(iii), 3.1(l)(iii) and 3.1(m)(iii) hereof;


 


(ee)         
in a manner which is not otherwise specifically referenced in this Section 7.1, Borrower from time to time breaches or fails
to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Loan Documents, is or becomes in default thereunder, or
any further event of default occurs under any of the Loan Documents;


 


(ff)         any
amount due under the Cross-Collateral Guaranty is not paid on the date due in accordance with the terms of the Cross-Collateral
Guaranty or any Event of Default occurs under the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents, the Bulk Discovery Loan Documents or the Bulk Cajun
Loan Documents.


 


7.2           Remedies.


 


(a)          Upon
the occurrence of:


 


(i)          an
Event of Default constituting a default with respect to a payment of principal, interest, fees, expenses, or any other sum which
is payable to Lender, including but not limited to, any amount payable to Lender under the Cross-Collateral Guaranty, which continues
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(ii)         an
Event of Default consisting of: (A) a breach of an obligation with respect to obtaining or maintaining required insurance
or providing reasonable and prompt verification thereof, (B) an Event of Default with respect to Sections 5.4(vii), (viii),
(ix), 5.10, 6.3, 6.8, or 8.6, (C) an Event of Default described in Sections 7.1(d), (g), (h), (l), (m), (n), (p), (r),
(t), (u), (x), (y), (z), or (ff), (D) an Event of Default which, by its nature, is not capable of being fully remedied so
as to provide to Lender the practical benefits to which it or they are entitled under any of the Loan Documents with respect to
such Event of Default; or (E) an Event of Default which occurs with the knowledge of a Borrower as to which a notice required
to be given to Lender is not timely given; or


 


(iii)        any
other Event of Default not specified in subsections (i) or (ii) above which is not fully remedied to the satisfaction of the Lender
within ten (10) days after it occurs,


 


Lender shall enjoy all rights, powers, and remedies which may
arise under the Loan Documents, or otherwise existing or arising by agreement, at law, in equity or in admiralty, including the
following: Lender may deem the principal of the Advance, interest thereon, and all other amounts then owing, accrued or accruing
with respect to the Advance immediately due and payable, and Lender may exercise all such rights, powers and remedies, without
presentments, demands, protests, or notices of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, provided,
that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Borrower under the United States Bankruptcy
Code, as amended, the Obligations automatically shall become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower.


 


(b)          All
rights, powers and authority granted to the Lender in any Loan Document may be exercised on its behalf by any agents or representatives
it appoints from time to time.


 


(c)          On
the occurrence of an Event of Default Lender may, in its discretion, do any act or make any expenditures necessary to remedy such
default or preserve the value of or protect the Collateral, including entering the Vessel to make repairs, purchasing insurance,
discharging Encumbrances, or defending any lawsuit against the Vessel, and Borrower shall promptly reimburse Lender for all such
expenses, with interest at the Interest Rate or Default Rate, as in effect from time to time, for any and all expenditures so made
or incurred, and until Borrower has so reimbursed Lender for such expenditures; but Lender, though privileged so to do, shall be
under no obligation to Borrower to make any such expenditures nor shall the making thereof relieve Borrower of any default in that
respect.


 


(d)          The
rights, powers, and remedies provided in the Loan Documents or otherwise existing or arising by agreement, at law, in equity or
in admiralty, or otherwise, are cumulative. All rights, powers, and remedies may be exercised, in whole or in part, from time to
time, as often, and in any order as Lender chooses, and the exercise or the beginning of the exercise of any right, power, or remedy
shall not be construed to be an election of rights, powers, or remedies, or a waiver of the right to exercise at the same time
or thereafter any other right, power, or remedy. No delay or omission by Lender in the exercise of any right, power, or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right, power, or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any right to
take advantage of any such future event or of any such past Default or Event of Default. In case Lender proceeds to enforce any
right, power, or remedy, and such enforcement is discontinued or abandoned for any reason or is determined adversely to Lender,
in whole or in part, then, and in any such case, at the option of Lender, in the exercise of its sole discretion, the relevant
parties shall be restored to their former positions and rights, all rights, powers, and remedies of Lender shall continue as if
no such proceedings had been taken and nothing shall be construed to be a waiver of any right, power, or remedy of Lender. The
acceptance by Lender of any security or any payment of or on account of the Obligations maturing after any Event of Default or
any payment on account of any past default shall not be construed to be a waiver of any right of Lender to take advantage of any
future Event of Default or of any past Event of Default not completely cured thereby. Each Encumbrance that exists or is granted
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7.3           Legal
Actions. All judicial actions by any party to enforce any provision of any or all of the Loan Documents shall, if requested
by Lender, be brought in or transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the state
courts of general jurisdiction sitting in the County of New York in the State of New York, or in the jurisdiction where relevant
Collateral is located or subject to in rem or quasi in rem proceedings from time to time. Borrower and the Guarantors
consent to the jurisdiction of all such courts over them under or in connection with this Agreement, the Bulk Beothuk Loan Agreement,
the Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement or the Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement, and hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which they may now or hereafter have to the
bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.


 


BORROWER AND GUARANTORS WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
EVERY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE BULK BEOTHUK LOAN
DOCUMENTS, THE BULK CAJUN LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BULK DISCOVERY LOAN DOCUMENTS. BORROWER AND GUARANTORS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FOREGOING
WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO LENDER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT LENDER IS RELYING UPON THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN
ITS DEALINGS WITH BORROWER AND GUARANTORS. BORROWER AND GUARANTORS REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED, OR HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, THE FOREGOING WAIVER WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL AND HAVE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVED THEIR JURY TRIAL
RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION, OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT, WITH SUCH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT
MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY BY THE COURT. BORROWER AND GUARANTORS HEREBY CERTIFY THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE
OR AGENT OF LENDER, OR COUNSEL TO LENDER, HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION.


 




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7.4           Service
of Process. Service of process may be made on Borrower or Guarantors by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to the
Borrower or Guarantors in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent's address specified in the Process Agent Appointment,
or to any new address of the Process Agent of which Lender becomes aware. Borrower and Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorize
and direct the Process Agent to accept such service on their behalf at such addresses. Process Agent is at liberty to change its
address to another address in the United States, but Lender is permitted to effect service upon Borrower and Guarantors by service
by mail or by service on any person of suitable age and discretion at the last address for Process Agent known by Lender at the
time. Not later than fifteen (15) days before the appointment of Process Agent is terminated for any reason, Borrower and Guarantors
shall appoint a successor that has an address in the United States and deliver to Lender a written acceptance of appointment of
a substitute process agent that contains an agreement in writing to give Lender not less than thirty (30) days' advance written
notice of any change of its address or any termination of its appointment (delivered to Lender's address specified in, or changed
as provided in Section 9.4 hereof). As an alternative method of service, the Borrower and Guarantors also irrevocably consent
to the service of any and all process, postage prepaid, in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy of such process to the
Borrower and Guarantors at their addresses identified in or in accordance with Section 9.4. Nothing herein shall affect the
right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The provisions of this section apply equally to process related to the Loan
Documents and to process related to the Bulk Beothuk Loan Documents, the Bulk Cajun Loan Documents and the Bulk Discovery Loan
Documents.


 


7.5           Judgment.
If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in any currency (the "Original
Currency") into another currency (the "Other Currency") the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent
that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures
the Lender could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency in New York City on the second Business Day preceding that
on which final judgment is given. Upon receipt of payment in the Other Currency of the amount of such judgment, the Lender shall
convert such amount into the Original Currency on or as of the next Business Day in accordance with normal banking procedures.
If the amount is so converted at or as of that time is insufficient to discharge the entire amount (including accrued interest),
denominated in the Original Currency, that would be owing at the time to the Lender had no judgment been entered or fixed in the
Other Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify Lender against
such loss.


 


7.6           Right
of Set-Off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender is hereby authorized at any time
and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits and investments (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held in any accounts, and other indebtedness at any time owed by
Lender, to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any Guarantor, against any or all of the obligations of the relevant
Borrower or Guarantor now or hereafter existing in favor of Lender, whether or not Lender shall have given any notice or made any
demand to the relevant Borrower or Guarantor, and although such obligations of the relevant Borrower or Guarantor may be unmatured.
Lender agrees to mail or transmit notice to the relevant Borrower or Guarantor on the day of each such set-off and application
made by Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application, nor
shall such failure subject Lender to any liability. The rights of Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights, powers,
and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which Lender may have.


 




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ARTICLE
VIII

CONTINUING GUARANTY


 


8.1           Guaranty.
Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as its separate and independent obligation, as principal obligor,
and not merely as a surety, the punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise,
of the Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor and the Borrower are joint and several.


 


8.2           Guaranty
Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms
of the Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any
of such terms or the rights, powers, or remedies of Lender with respect thereto. This is a guaranty of payment, and not just of
collection. The liability of each Guarantor under this Agreement for the Obligations or otherwise shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of one or more of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any provision thereof;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, any or all of the Obligations; (c) any
waiver, termination, renewal, replacement, amendment or other modification of, or any consent to any departure from, any Loan Document
or any provision thereof; (d) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any real or personal property security for
any or all of the Obligations; (e) any taking, waiver, release, amendment or other modification of, or any consent to departure
from, any other guaranty of or liability for any or all of the Obligations; (f) any manner of sale or other disposition of
any real or personal property security for any or all of the Obligations; (g) any manner of application of any real or personal
property security, or any proceeds of any such security, to any or all of the Obligations; (h) any change, restructuring or
termination of the structure or existence of Borrower, any other guarantor or other obligor, or any other Person; or (i) any
other circumstance (other than payment and performance of the Obligations in full) that might otherwise constitute a suretyship
or other defense available to either Guarantor. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has received copies of the Loan Documents now
in existence, and has reviewed them to its satisfaction.


 


8.3           Waiver.
With the exception of notices to which it is expressly entitled under applicable agreements, each Guarantor hereby waives its rights,
if any, to any notices of acceptance and any other notices with respect to any of the Obligations or this Agreement, and waives
all requirements that Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any real or personal property security for any or all of the Obligations,
or any property subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any action against Borrower or any other Person, or any security,
or Collateral. Lender shall have no obligation to marshal any present or future Collateral security for any of the Obligations
or to resort to any such Collateral security in any order.


 


8.4           Subrogation.
Each Guarantor shall not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation under this Agreement, by any payment made
hereunder or otherwise, until all the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full. If any amount shall be paid to a
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all the Obligations shall not have been paid and performed in
full, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied
to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 2.3.


 




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8.5           Holding
Company Indemnification. Holding Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Charterer from and against any and all liabilities
claims, actions, suits, judgments, costs, disbursements and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel related
thereto) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Charterer as a result
of Charterer's obligations under this Article.


 


8.6           Subordination.


 


(a)          No
Guarantor shall make any loans or advances to Borrower, and Holding Company shall ensure that no Subsidiaries thereof shall make
any loans or advances to Borrower, in each case other than equity investments of capital. All Indebtedness of Borrower to each
Guarantor whether now existing or hereafter arising (the "Subordinated Debt") is hereby subordinated to full payment
and performance of the Obligations, and until then, Borrower shall not make, and neither Guarantor shall, without the prior written
consent from Lender (granted or withheld in the exercise of its sole discretion) accept any payment of an Indebtedness from Borrower.
All Encumbrances that either Guarantor may have or that would otherwise arise against any assets of Borrower, Bulk Atlantic, Bulk
Cajun or Bulk Discovery, including for any breach of the Time Charter, the Sub-Time Charter or the ED & F Charter, are hereby
irrevocably subordinated to the liens of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage and the other security granted in the Loan Documents, and the
liens of the Bulk Discovery Mortgage, the Bulk Cajun Mortgage, the Bulk Beothuk Mortgage and the other security granted for the
obligations secured by each of them (the "Subordinated Liens").


 


(b)          Unless
otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement, all payments or distributions upon or with respect to the Subordinated Debt or
obligations secured by Subordinated Liens, including from Bankruptcy or Other Proceedings pertaining to any of them, whether through
payment, subrogation, or otherwise, shall be received in trust for the benefit of Lender, shall be segregated from other funds
and assets held by the recipient, and shall be forthwith paid to the Lender in the same form in which it was received (with any
necessary endorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3, or received
as collateral (in the case of non-cash property or securities) as security for, the payment of the Obligations, to be foreclosed
upon in the occurrence of an Event of Default as permitted by law.


 


(c)          If
any Bankruptcy or Other Proceeding is commenced by or against or otherwise occurs with respect to Borrower, any member or shareholder
of Borrower, any Person of which Borrower is a partner, joint venturer, or member, or any Subsidiary of Borrower, this Agreement
shall remain in effect, and Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized (in its own name or in the name of Holding Company or Charterer,
as the case may be), but shall have no obligation, to demand, sue for, collect, and receive every payment or distribution that
results from a Bankruptcy or Other Proceeding on account of any Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens,
and to give acquittance therefor, file claims and proofs of claim, and take such other action with respect thereto (including voting
the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens, enforcing security therefor, and compromising claims therefor)
as it may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights, powers, and remedies of the Lender
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(d)          For
so long as any of the Obligations remain outstanding the Guarantors shall duly and promptly take or refrain from taking such action
as the Lender may reasonably require: (i) unless otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement, to collect the Subordinated
Debt and obligations secured by Subordinated Liens and remit the proceeds thereof to Lender, file appropriate claims and proofs
of claim in respect of the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens, (ii) to execute and deliver to
the Lender such powers of attorney, assignments, and other instruments as the Lender may require in order to enable the Lender
to enforce any or all claims with respect to, and security for, the Subordinated Debt and obligations secured by Subordinated Liens,
and (iii) to collect and receive all payments and distributions that may be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to
the Subordinated Debt and obligations secured by Subordinated Liens.


 


(e)          For
so long as any of the Advance remains outstanding Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender: (i) accelerate
or demand payment of any of the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens; (ii) commence any legal proceedings
or arbitration proceedings to collect any of the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens, (iii) exercise
any rights, powers, or remedies with respect to collection of the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens;
(iv) cooperate with or stipulate to the commencement or continuation of any Bankruptcy or Other Proceeding with respect to
Borrower or any of its assets, (v) assist the Borrower with respect to any Bankruptcy or Other Proceedings pertaining to the
Borrower, or (vi) assign, transfer, or subject to an Encumbrance any Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated
Liens.


 


(f)          Borrower
shall not make any payment of any of the Subordinated Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens without the written consent
of Lender previously obtained, which may be granted or withheld by Lender in the exercise of its sole discretion. None of the Subordinated
Debt or obligations secured by Subordinated Liens (or any agreements, instruments, or other evidence thereof) shall be amended
in a manner that would have an adverse effect on the rights, powers, or remedies of Lender under this Agreement. Borrower and Guarantors
agree to refrain from all acts which are in any way inconsistent with this Agreement or the rights of Lender hereunder. Borrower
and Guarantors agree to perform all further acts reasonably necessary to give full effect to this Agreement.


 


(g)          Guarantors
waive the right to assert the doctrine of marshalling of assets against the Lender.


 


(h)          Each
Guarantor re-confirms its respective guaranties granted in favor of the Lender as set forth in Article VIII of the Bulk Beothuk
Loan Agreement, Article VIII of the Bulk Discovery Loan Agreement or Article VIII of the Bulk Cajun Loan Agreement, as the case
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ARTICLE
IX

MISCELLANEOUS


 


9.1           Loan
Documents, Administration and Collection Expenses. Borrower shall pay or reimburse Lender for the preparation, negotiation
and execution of the Loan Documents (subject to the provisions of Section 3.1(n)(ii)), and all waivers under and amendments thereto
from time to time, and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Lender in connection therewith, whether Borrower satisfies
the conditions precedent contained in Article III or not. Borrower shall pay or reimburse Lender for all costs and other expenses
incurred in connection with the drafting, negotiation, execution, delivery, filing, or recording of the Loan Documents, or the
enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights, powers, or remedies under the Loan Documents (including all
such costs and expenses incurred during any "workout" or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during legal
proceedings, including Bankruptcy or Other Proceedings), and including all the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel.
The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and
stamp and other taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender, and the cost of independent public
accountants and other outside experts retained by Lender.


 


9.2           Indemnification.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless Lender and its
Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively, the "Indemnitee")
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, disbursements and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel related thereto) of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising
out of or in connection with (a) the drafting, negotiation, execution, delivery, filing, recording, enforcement, performance
or administration of any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby,
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the Advance or the use or proposed use of the proceeds thereof,
(c) the ownership and operation of the business and assets of Borrower, including if any assertion is made that Borrower,
any Indemnitee, or any other Persons were negligent with respect thereto, (d) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any personal or real property currently or formerly owned or operated by Borrower or for its account,
or any Environmental Liability related in any way to Borrower or any of the Collateral, or (e) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability, or
any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, litigation, investigation,
or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising,
in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, disbursements and expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted primarily from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of an Indemnitee. The agreements in this Section shall
survive the performance of all the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.


 


9.3           Amendments
and Waivers. No amendment, modification, termination, or waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents, nor consent
to any departure therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender. Waivers or consents shall
be effective only in the specific instances and for the specific purposes for which they are given. The Loan Documents shall not
be deemed amended, qualified, or supplemented by any course of dealing. No notice to or demand on any Person in any instance shall
entitle any Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.


 




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9.4           Notices.
All notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications between parties hereto shall be in writing and delivered by
hand, sent by overnight courier, or by facsimile, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested (postage prepaid), to the
applicable party at the addresses indicated below:


 


If to a Credit Party (and Allseas and Phoenix):


 


	 	c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC
	 	(as agent)
	 	109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor
	 	Newport, RI 02840
	 	United States
	 	Attn: Mr. Anthony Laura
	 	Facsimile No.: (401) 846-1520
	 	 
	If to Lender:	GATX Corporation
	 	580 California Street, Suite 1100
	 	San Francisco, CA 94104
	 	Attn:  Contracts Administration
	 	Facsimile No.:  415-955-3416


 


or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated
by such party on written notice to the other party otherwise complying as to form and delivery with terms of this paragraph. All
such notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications shall be effective on actual delivery, or, when mailed, shall
be effective on the third calendar day after being deposited in the U.S. mail, or, when sent by overnight courier, on the next
business day after being delivered to such overnight courier, or when transmitted by fax, shall be effective on transmission with
confirmed receipt of transmission, respectively.


 


9.5           Governing
Law. The validity, performance, construction, interpretation, and effect of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (excluding its laws relating to conflicts of law except for Sections
5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligation Laws of New York), except as the same may be governed by the federal law of the United
States.


 


9.6           Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement, or the application to any circumstance, person or place, is held to be unenforceable, invalid
or void by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed therefrom or shall be reformed
only to the extent necessary to be enforceable to such circumstance, person or place; and such provision as applied to other circumstances,
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9.7           Assignment.
No assignment, delegation or other transfer of this Agreement, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily,
involuntarily or by operation of law, or of any rights and obligations under this Agreement can be made by any party other than
Lender, without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent can be withheld in the exercise of its sole discretion.
Any purported assignment, transfer, or delegation in violation of this Section shall be void. Subject to the limits on assignment,
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
This Agreement does not create and shall not be construed as creating any rights enforceable by any person not a party to this
Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, Lender may freely assign any or all of the Loan Documents, or assign or delegate any
or all of its rights and obligations arising under the Loan Documents to other parties or financial institutions, and may permit
other parties or financial institutions to participate in the Obligations and transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents, in
which event reference to Lender in such documents shall refer to Lender's successors, delegees, or assigns, and to such participants,
as appropriate. In that connection, Lender may disclose all documents and information which Lender now or hereafter may have relating
to the Loan Documents, the transactions evidenced thereby, Borrower, or its business.


 


9.8           Further
Assurances. Each party hereto agrees to perform such further acts and to execute and deliver such additional written instruments
as may from time to time be reasonably required to provide, maintain and perfect the security contemplated in this Agreement, and
otherwise to carry out the intent, terms and conditions of this Agreement.


 


9.9           Authority.
None of the obligations of any of the parties to this Agreement or to any of the other Loan Documents shall be affected in the
event that the execution and delivery of any or all of the Loan Documents on behalf of any other party was not duly authorized
by all necessary corporate or company action.


 


9.10         Survival
of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations are satisfied in full. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, the provisions of Article VIII shall remain in full force and effect and binding on Holding Company and
Charterer until all Group Obligations are satisfied in full.


 


9.11         Complete
Agreement. This Agreement, including all exhibits, schedules, and all additional documents herein or therein incorporated by
reference, expresses the complete understanding and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to its subject matter, all prior
oral and written agreements to the contrary notwithstanding, and all contemporaneous oral agreements notwithstanding.


 


9.12         Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute the entire Agreement. For purposes
of this Agreement, a facsimile or other electronic version of a party's signature, such as a .pdf, printed by a receiving facsimile
or printer shall be deemed an original signature.


 


[Signatures
provided on next page]


 




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties
hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date first above written.


 


	 	GATX CORPORATION, as Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name: Kevin Hillesland
	 	Title: Vice-President
	 	 
	 	BULK LIBERTY LTD., as Borrower
	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name:  Deborah L. Davis
	 	Title: Director
	 	 
	 	BULK PARTNERS (BERMUDA) LTD., as Holding Company
	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name: Deborah L. Davis
	 	Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	 	 
	 	AMERICAS BULK TRANSPORT (BVI) LIMITED, as Charterer
	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name: Deborah L. Davis
	 	Title: Director


 


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SCHEDULE 2.4 


 


APPROVED APPRAISERS


 


Fearnleys AS


H. Clarkson & Co. Limited


Platou Shipbrokers


 




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SCHEDULE 4.6


 


EQUITY INTERESTS IN HOLDING COMPANY


Bulk Partners (Bermuda) Ltd.


 


	Shareholder	 	Number of Shares	 	Percentage	 	Citizenship
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ed Coll	 	38,643 (Common)	 	44.25%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lagoa Investments Ltd.	 	34,277 (Common)	 	39.25%	 	Bermuda
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Anthony Laura	 	9,409 (Common)	 	10.77%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Anthony Laura Trust	 	5,000 (Common)	 	5.73%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pangaea One L.P.	 	23,020.024 (Preferred)	 	33.10%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pangaea One (Cayman) L.P.	 	12,686.847 (Preferred)	 	18.242%	 	Cayman Islands
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pangaea One Parallel Fund L.P.	 	11,855.343 (Preferred)	 	17.047%	 	Cayman Islands
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pangaea One Parallel Fund (B) L.P.	 	5,984.368 (Preferred)	 	8.605%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ed Coll	 	6,920.00 (Preferred)	 	9.950%	 	United States
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lago Investments Ltd.	 	6,920.00 (Preferred)	 	9.950%	 	Bermuda
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Anthony Laura	 	2,106.00 (Preferred)	 	3.106%	 	United States


 


EQUITY INTERESTS IN PLEDGOR


Bulk Partners Holding Company Bermuda
Limited


 


	Shareholder	 	Number of

Shares	 	Percentage	 	Citizenship
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Bulk Partners (Bermuda) Ltd.	 	10,000	 	100%	 	Bermuda


 


 




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SCHEDULE 4.6 (continued)


 


EQUITY INTERESTS IN BORROWER


BULK LIBERTY LTD.


 


	Shareholder	 	Number of

Shares	 	Percentage	 	Citizenship
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Bulk Partners Holding Company Bermuda Limited	 	10,000	 	100%	 	Bermuda


 


EQUITY INTERESTS IN CHARTERER


Americas Bulk Transport (BVI) Limited


 


	Shareholder	 	Number

of Shares	 	Percentage	 	Citizenship
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Bulk Partners Holding Company Bermuda Ltd.	 	1,000	 	100%	 	Bermuda


 


BORROWER'S SUBSIDIARIES


(Direct and Indirect)


 


None


 


SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS, ETC. FOR EQUITY


INTERESTS IN BORROWER


 


None


 




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SCHEDULE 4.8


 


MATERIAL LEGAL ACTIONS


 


NONE


 




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SCHEDULE 4.9


 


PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES


 


Charters and Service Agreements


 


		·	The Time Charter



		·	The ED & F Charter



		—	The Sub-Time Charter






		·	Sub-time charters, voyage charters, or contracts of affreightment entered into by Phoenix for a period (including optional
renewals) of twelve (12) months or less, for employment of the Vessel in the international bulk cargo trade



 


Other Encumbrances


 


Maritime liens on the Vessel for:


 


(a)          torts
that are covered by insurance that complies with the provisions of the Bulk Liberty Mortgage; or


 


(b)          crew's
wages, salvage, or for goods and services furnished to the Vessel in the ordinary course of Borrower's business and not in violation
of any provisions of the Loan Documents, none of which are overdue provided, Borrower may contest such Encumbrances in good
faith if appropriate reserves therefor are established and maintained consistently with GAAP, and security therefor is posted as
necessary to prevent the Seizure of the Vessel, or, if the Vessel is Seized with respect to a claim of such an Encumbrance, the
Vessel is released therefrom within thirty (30) days.


 




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SCHEDULE 4.11


 


LOCATIONS


 


 


	Entity	 	Chief Executive Office	 	Place of Business or Business Records
	 	 	 	 	 
	Borrower	 	
        3rd Floor – Par la Ville Place

        14 Par la Ville Road

        Hamilton HM08

        Bermuda
	 	
        c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC

        109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor

        Newport, RI 02840

	 	 	 	 	 
	Pledgor	 	
        3rd Floor – Par la Ville Place

        14 Par la Ville Road

        Hamilton HM08

        Bermuda
	 	
        c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC

        109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor

        Newport, RI 02840

	 	 	 	 	 
	Charterer	 	
        3rd Floor – Par la Ville Place

        14 Par la Ville Road

        Hamilton HM08

        Bermuda
	 	
        c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC

        109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor

        Newport, RI 02840

	 	 	 	 	 
	Allseas	 	
        3rd Floor – Par la Ville Place

        14 Par la Ville Road

        Hamilton HM08

        Bermuda
	 	
        c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC

        109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor

        Newport, RI 02840



 


All of the above companies have no place of business or business
records at any location in the United States, with the possible exception of:


 


c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC


109 Long Wharf, 2nd Floor


Newport, RI 02840


 




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EXHIBIT A


 


REQUEST FOR ADVANCE


 


Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated
August __, 2013 (as assigned, assumed, amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced, or otherwise modified (the "Loan
Agreement"), among GATX CORPORATION ("Lender") and BULK LIBERTY LTD. ("Borrower"), BULK PARTNERS
(BERMUDA) LTD., and AMERICAS BULK TRANSPORT (BVI) LIMITED, please disburse the Advance on a Business Day on or about _______, 2013
as follows:


 


1.          The
amount of $_____________ by wire transfer as follows:


_______________________


Branch: _____________


Account No.: _________________


ABA Routing No.: ________________


 


2.          ____________________________________


 


None of Borrower's representations or warranties contained in
any of the Loan Documents are untrue, Borrower is in compliance with all of its covenants contained in the Loan Documents, and
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Documents.


 


Terms used herein that are defined in the Loan Agreement have
the meaning herein that they are given therein.


 


DATE: _____________, 2013


 


	 	BULK LIBERTY LTD.
	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:


 




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EXHIBIT B


 


CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE


 


The undersigned, in his or her capacity
as ____________________ of BULK LIBERTY LTD. (the "Borrower"), pursuant to Section 5.5(c) of the Loan and
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August __, 2013 (as assigned, assumed, amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced,
or otherwise modified (the "Loan Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among
the Borrower, GATX CORPORATION ("Lender"), and the other parties named therein, does hereby certify that:


 


1.          The
representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Loan Agreement and in other places in the Loan Documents are
true and correct on and as of the date of this Certificate, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date.


 


2.          No
Default or Event of Default exists.


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
executed this Certificate of Compliance this ____ day of __________, 201_.


 


	 	BULK LIBERTY LTD.
	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:


 




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