Exhibit 4.55

  

  

  
    
      
        

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          


        
          

          

        

      

      

      

      

    

    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    

    

    	
            CONTENTS

          	 
	 	 	
            Page

          
	 	 	 
	
            32.

          	
            Definitions

          	
            1

          
	
            33.

          	
            Interpretations

          	
            13

          
	
            34.

          	
            Background

          	
            15

          
	
            35.

          	
            Newbuilding construction

          	
            15

          
	
            36.

          	
            Delivery

          	
            16

          
	
            37.

          	
            Disputes under the shipbuilding contract

          	
            17

          
	
            38.

          	
            Terms of delivery

          	
            19

          
	
            39.

          	
            Cancellation

          	
            20

          
	
            40.

          	
            Conditions precedent

          	
            21

          
	
            41.

          	
            Bunkers and luboils

          	
            23

          
	
            42.

          	
            Further maintenance and operation

          	
            24

          
	
            43.

          	
            Structural changes and alterations

          	
            24

          
	
            44.

          	
            Hire

          	
            25

          
	
            45.

          	
            Insurance

          	
            28

          
	
            46.

          	
            Redelivery

          	
            31

          
	
            47.

          	
            Redelivery conditions

          	
            32

          
	
            48.

          	
            Owners’ mortgage

          	
            33

          
	
            49.

          	
            Diver’s inspection at redelivery

          	
            34

          
	
            50.

          	
            Transport documents

          	
            34

          
	
            51.

          	
            Charterers’ representations and warranties

          	
            34

          
	
            52.

          	
            Charterers’ undertakings

          	
            38

          
	
            53.

          	
            Earnings Account

          	
            43

          
	
            54.

          	
            Termination Events

          	
            43

          
	
            55.

          	
            [Not Used]

          	
            48

          
	
            56.

          	
            Name of Vessel

          	
            48

          
	
            57.

          	
            Charter Period

          	
            49

          
	
            58.

          	
            Transaction fees

          	
            49

          
	
            59.

          	
            Early Termination, Purchase Option, Purchase Obligation and transfer of title, partial prepayment

          	
            49

          
	
            60.

          	
            Pre-delivery Sales Clause

          	
            51

          
	
            61.

          	
            Total Loss

          	
            51

          
	
            62.

          	
            Additional payment obligations

          	
            52

          
	
            63.

          	
            Stamp duties and taxes

          	
            52

          
	
            64.

          	
            Operational notifiable events

          	
            52

          
	
            65.

          	
            Further indemnities

          	
            53

          
	
            66.

          	
            Set-off

          	
            54

          
	
            67.

          	
            Further assurances and undertakings

          	
            55

          


    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    	
            68.

          	
            Cumulative rights

          	
            55

          
	
            69.

          	
            Day count convention

          	
            55

          
	
            70.

          	
            No waiver

          	
            55

          
	
            71.

          	
            Entire agreement

          	
            55

          
	
            72.

          	
            Invalidity

          	
            55

          
	
            73.

          	
            English language

          	
            55

          
	
            74.

          	
            No partnership

          	
            56

          
	
            75.

          	
            Notices

          	
            56

          
	
            76.

          	
            Conflicts

          	
            56

          
	
            77.

          	
            Survival of Charterers’ obligations

          	
            57

          
	
            78.

          	
            Counterparts

          	
            57

          
	
            79.

          	
            Confidentiality

          	
            57

          
	
            80.

          	
            Third Parties Act

          	
            57

          
	
            81.

          	
            Law and jurisdiction

          	
            57

          
	
            82.

          	
            Conditions subsequent

          	
            58

          
	
            83.

          	
            FATCA

          	
            59

          
	 	 	 
	
            SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

          	
            61

          
	
            SCHEDULE 2 FORM OF TITLE TRANSFER PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

          	
            62

          
	
            SCHEDULE 3 HIRE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

          	
            63

          
	
            SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE OF PURCHASE OPTION PRICE (EXCLUDING HIRE DUE)

          	
            68

          
	
            SIGNATURE PAGE

          	
            69

          


    

    

    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    ADDITIONAL CLAUSES

    TO BAREBOAT CHARTER FOR

    THE MR TANKER

    WITH BUILDER’S HULL NO. 2749

    32.          Definitions

    In this Charter:

    “Account Bank” means such bank or financial institution as selected or designated by the Owners from time to time.

    “Account Charge” means the account security deed in respect of the Earnings Account and all amounts from time to time standing to the
      credit to the Earnings Account from the Charterers in favour of the Owners.

    “Accrued Charterhire” has the meaning given to it in Clause 44.1.

    “Actual Delivery Date” means the date of delivery of the Vessel by the Owners to the Charterers under this Charter.

    “Affiliate” means, in relation to any entity, a Subsidiary of that entity, a Holding Company of that entity or any other Subsidiary of
      that Holding Company.

    “Agreement Term” means the period commencing on the date of this Charter and terminating on the expiration of the Charter Period or such
      earlier or later date on which all money of any nature owed by the Obligors to the Owners under the Transaction Documents or otherwise in connection with the Vessel have been paid in full to the Owners and no obligations of the Obligors of any nature
      to the Owners or otherwise in connection with the Transaction Documents or with the Vessel remain unperformed or undischarged.

    “AML Laws” means as to any person and in relation to money laundering or terrorism, the constitutional or organisational documents of such
      person, and any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, licence, permit requirement, order or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other governmental authority and the interpretation or
      administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or to which such person or any of its property is subject.

    “Applicable Rate” in respect of an Applicable Rate Period, the LIBOR notified by the Owners on the relevant Applicable Rate Determination
      Date to be (which is expressed as a percentage rate per annum) the rate which applies to all Unpaid Sums (including any Hire) for that Applicable Rate Period.

    “Applicable Rate Determination Date” means, in respect of an Applicable Rate Period, the day falling five (5) Business Days before the
      first day of that Applicable Rate Period.

    “Applicable Rate Period” means each Hire Period, with the first Applicable Rate Period commencing on the first Hire Payment Date.

    “Approved Broker” means each of Arrow Sale & Purchase (UK) Limited, Braemar ACM Shipbroking, Clarkson Platou, Maersk Broker A/S,
      Fearnley, SSY, Howe Robinson and any other reputable and independent ship brokers acceptable to the Owners (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and appointed by the Owners.

    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    
    

    

    “Approved Manager” in relation to the Vessel, means (i) Central Mare in respect of technical management and (ii) Central Shipping Inc. in
      respect of commercial management or any other management company reasonably acceptable to the Owners (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably delayed) and appointed by the Charterers.

    “Assumed Owners’ Cost” means US Dollars thirty million one hundred thousand (US$30,100,000).

    “Balloon Amount” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 3 (Hire Payment Schedule).

    “Break Costs” means all costs, reasonable losses, premiums or penalties incurred by the Owners as a result of the receipt by the Owners of
      any payment under or in relation to the Transaction Documents on a day other than the due date for payment of the sum in question.

    “Builders” means Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd., a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea.

    “Building Contract” means the agreement dated 2 December 2018 between the Builder and the Charterers in connection with the construction
      of the Vessel together with all schedules, addendums and appendices thereto.

    “Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks and financial markets are open for business in Shanghai, Hong
      Kong and New York and on a day when LIBOR is calculated, London.

    “Cancellation Date” means 30 June 2020 (for the avoidance of doubt, as the same may be extended from time to time).

    “Change of Control” means, in relation to the Charterers, the Charterers ceasing to be in the ownership and Control of (either directly or
      indirectly) the Pistiolis Family either directly or via the Charter Guarantor or, in relation to the Charterers or the Charter Guarantor, any circumstances in which Control of the Charterers or the Charter Guarantor passes from the Pistiolis Family
      who are in Control of the Charterers and the Charter Guarantor to a person or persons who is not or are not in Control of the Charterer and the Charter Guarantor as at the date of this Charter.

    “Charter Group” means the Charterers, and the Charter Guarantor, including all of their respective Holding Company (if any) and
      Subsidiaries from time to time, and a “member of the Charter Group” means any one of them.

    “Charter Guarantee” means the guarantee made or to be made by the Charter Guarantor in favour of the Owners in respect of the Charterers’
      obligations under this Charter.

    “Charter Guarantor” means TOP SHIPS INC.

    “Charter Period” means, subject to Clauses 44.3(l) (Hire), 54 (Termination



        Events), 60 (Sale of the Vessel by the Owners) and 61 (Total Loss), the period of one hundred and twenty (120) months from the Actual Delivery Date.

    “Charterers’ Assignment” means the deed of assignment executed or to be executed (as the case may be) by the Charterers in favour of the
      Owners in relation to certain of the Charterers’ rights and interest in and to (amongst other things) the (a) Earnings, (b) Insurances, (c) Requisition Compensation and (d) the Sub-charter.

    “Classification Society” means the vessel classification society referred to in Box 10 (Classification
        Society) of this Charter, or DNV GL, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (LR), Bureau Veritas (BV), ABS, Korean Register of Shipping (KR), China Classification Society (CCS) or such other reputable classification society which the Owners may
      approve from time to time.

    
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    “Collateral Charter” means the bareboat charterparty entered or to be entered into between the Collateral Charterer and the Collateral
      Owner in respect of the chartering of the MR Tanker with Hull No.2749.

    “Collateral Charterer” means Santa Catalina Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands with its registered office
      at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH 96960, the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

    “Collateral Obligors” means each Obligor as defined in the Collateral Transaction Documents.

    “Collateral Owner” means Great Catalina Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Marshall Islands with its registered office at
      Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH 96960, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,.

    “Collateral Transaction Documents” means the Transaction Documents as defined in the Collateral Charter.

    “Contract Price” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Control” means, in respect of the Charterers and the Charter Guarantor, the power of a person to secure that the affairs of the
      Charterers and the Charter Guarantor are conducted in accordance with the wishes of that person:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                by means of the holding of shares, or the possession of voting powers in or in relation to the Charterers and the Charter Guarantor; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                as a result of any powers conferred by the articles of association or any other document regulating the Charterers and the Charter Guarantor.

              


      

    

    “Cost Balance” means at any relevant time during the Agreement Term, the amount set out under the column titled “Cost Balance” in Schedule
      3 corresponding to the Hire Payment Date falling on or immediately preceding such date, which may be revised, updated and replaced from time to time in accordance with Clause 44.3(b) of this Charter.

    “Default Termination” means a termination of the Charter Period pursuant to the provisions of Clause 54 (Termination


        Events).

    “Delivery Conditions” means the conditions set out in Clause 40(b) (Delivery Conditions).

    “Delivery Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 36.4.

    “Disruption Event” means either or both of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in order for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
                  Documents to be carried out which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
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    and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

    “Earnings” means all hires, freights, pool income and other sums payable to or for the account of the Charterers in respect of the Vessel
      including (without limitation) all remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage and detention moneys, contributions in general average, compensation in respect of any requisition for hire, and damages and other payments (whether awarded by
      any court or arbitral tribunal or by agreement or otherwise) for breach, termination or variation of any contract for the operation, employment or use of the Vessel.

    “Earnings Account” means the US Dollar account in the name of the Charterers opened or to be opened with the Account Bank, and includes
      any sub-account thereof and such account which is designated by the Owners as the earnings account for the purposes of this Charter.

    “Effective Time” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Environmental Approvals” means any present or future permit, licence, approval, ruling, variance, exemption or other authorisation
      required under the applicable Environmental Law.

    “Environmental Claim” means any claim, proceeding or investigation by any person in respect of any Environmental Law.

    “Environmental Incident” means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any release, emission, spill or discharge from the Vessel or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from the Vessel; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Vessel and which
                  involves a collision between the Vessel and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or
                  injuncted and/or the Vessel and/or any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Vessel and in
                  connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative
                  action, other than in accordance with an Environmental Approval.

              


      

    

    “Environmentally Sensitive Material” means (i) oil and oil products and (ii) any other waste, pollutant, contaminant or other substance
      (including any liquid, solid, gas, ion, living organism or noise) that may be harmful to human health or other life or the environment or a nuisance to any person or that may make the enjoyment, ownership or other territorial control of any affected
      land, property or waters more costly for such person to a material degree.

    “Environmental Law” means any applicable law and regulation in any jurisdiction in which any Obligor conducts business which relates to
      the pollution or protection of the environment or harm to or the protection of human health or the health of animals or plants.

    “Environmental Permits” means any authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental
      Law for the operation of the business of any Obligor.

    
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    “Finance Document”“ means any facility agreement, security document, fee letter and any other document designated as such by
      the Finance Parties and the Owners and which have been or may be (as the case may be) entered into between the Finance Parties and the Owners for the purpose of, among other things, financing or (as the case may be) refinancing all or any part of the
      Cost Balance.

    “Finance Party”“ means any bank or financial institution which is or will be party to a Finance
      Document (other than the Owners and other entities which may have agreed or be intended as debtors and/or obligors thereunder) and “Finance Parties” means two or more of them.

    “Financial Indebtedness” means any obligation for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent, in
      respect of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                moneys borrowed;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any acceptance credit;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any bond, note, debenture, loan stock or similar instrument;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any finance, capital lease or operating leases for financing purposes;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                receivables sold or discounted (other than on a non-recourse basis);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                deferred payments for assets or services;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any derivative transaction protecting against or benefiting from fluctuations in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing according to the relevant account principles;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in (a) to (i).

              


      

    

    “Fixed Hire “ means in respect of each Hire Payment Date, the figure set out in the column ‘Fixed Hire’ in the Hire Payment Schedule
      against such Hire Payment Date, which may be revised, updated and replaced from time to time in accordance with Clause 44.3(b) of this Charter and in relation to the 120th Payment Date, an amount equal to the Balloon Amount.

    “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

    “Handling Fee” has the meaning given to it in Clause 58.2 (Handling Fee).

    “Hire Payment Date” means the 10th day of each calendar month (or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately following
      Business Day) during each and any Hire Period, save that:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the first Hire Payment Date shall fall on the Actual Delivery Date; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the second Hire Payment Date shall fall on the date which is the 10th day of the next calendar month (or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day) after the calendar month during which the
                  Actual Delivery Date falls.

              


      

    

    “Hire Payment Schedule” means Schedule 3.

    
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    “Hire Period” means (i) in respect of any Hire Payment Date (other than the last Hire Payment Date), the period commencing on such Hire
      Payment Date and ending on the next succeeding Hire Payment Date; and (ii) in respect of the last Hire Payment Date, the period commencing on such Hire Payment Date and ending on the last day of the Charter Period.

    “Holding Company” means, in relation to any entity, any other entity in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

    “IAPPC” means a valid international air pollution prevention certificate for the Vessel issued under Annex VI (Regulations for the
      Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (as modified in 1978 and 1997).

    “Indemnitee” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 65 (Further indemnities).

    “Initial Conditions” means the conditions set out in Clause 40(a) (Initial Conditions).

    “Initial Sub-Charter” means the time charter party dated 14 January 2019 between the Charterers and the Initial Sub-Charterer.

    “Initial Sub-Charterer” means Trafigura Logistics Maritime Pte Ltd.

    “Innocent Owners’ Interest Insurances” means all policies and contracts of innocent owners’ interest insurance from time to time taken out
      by the Owners in relation to the Vessel.

    “Insurances” means all policies and contracts of insurance which are from time to time taken out or entered into by the Charterers in
      respect of the Vessel or her Earnings or otherwise in connection with the Vessel or her Earnings, with the exception of Loss of Hire and Contingent Liability.

    “Interpolated Screen Rate” means, in relation to the LIBOR for the Cost Balance or any part of it, the rate which results from
      interpolating on a linear basis between:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than that relevant period; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    each at or about 11:00a.m. London time on the Quotation Day.

    “ISM Code” means the International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on its implementation), adopted by the International
      Maritime Organisation Assembly as Resolutions A.741 (18) (as amended by MSC 104 (73)) and A.913(22) (superseding Resolution A.788 (19)), as the same may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time (and the terms “safety management
      system”, “Safety Management Certificate” and “Document of Compliance” have the same meanings as are given to them in the ISM Code).

    “ISM Company” means, at any given time, the company responsible for the Vessel’s compliance with the ISM Code under paragraph 1.1.2 of the
      ISM Code.

    “ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (as the same
      may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time).

    “ISPS Company” means, at any given time, the company responsible for the Vessel’s compliance with the ISPS Code.

    “ISSC” means a valid international ship security certificate for the Vessel issued under the ISPS Code.

    
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    “LIBOR” means the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for USD and for a period of one month for any Unpaid Sum (including any
      Fixed Hire) and if that rate is less than zero, LIBOR will be deemed to be zero.

    “Major Casualty Amount” means seven hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars (US$750,000) or the equivalent in any other currency or
      currencies.

    “Management Agreement” means, in relation to the Vessel, the technical and/or commercial ship management agreement and/or layup management
      agreement executed or to be executed (as the case may be) between the relevant Approved Manager and the Charterers.

    “Manager’s Undertaking” means the deed of undertaking executed or to be executed by the relevant Approved Manager in favour of the Owners.

    “Market Value” means, in relation to the Vessel, the value as determined in accordance with Clause 52.30 (Valuation of Market Value).

    “MARPOL” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships adopted by the International Maritime Organisation
      (as the same may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time).

    “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the business or financial condition of the Charter Group taken as a whole;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the ability of the Charterers to perform and comply with their payment obligations under any Transaction Document or Project Document to which they are a party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the validity, legality or enforceability of this Charter, any other Transaction Document or any Project Document; or

              


      

    

    which adversely affects the ability of the relevant Obligors to perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents or the Project Documents to which they are a party.

    “Mortgagees’ Interest Insurances” means all policies and contracts of mortgagees’ interest insurance, mortgagees’ additional perils (oil
      pollution) insurance and any other insurance from time to time taken out by any Finance Party in relation to the Vessel.

    “Necessary Authorisations” means all Authorisations of any person including any government or other regulatory authority required by
      applicable law to enable it to:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                lawfully enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which it is party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in England and, if different, its jurisdiction of incorporation, of such Transaction Documents and Project Documents to which it is party; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                carry on its business from time to time.

              


      

    

    “Novated Building Contract” means the Building Contract as novated and amended by the Novation Agreement.

    “Novation Agreement” means the document so entitled made between the Owners, the Charterers and the Builder dated on or about the date
      hereof.

    “Obligor” means each of the Charterers, the Charter Guarantor, and any person within the Charterer Group that may be party to a
      Transaction Document from time to time (other than the Owners and the Account Bank).

    
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    “Original Buyer” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Outstanding Indebtedness” means liabilities which:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers has, at the date of this Charter or at any later time or times, to the Owners under or in connection with the Transaction Documents or any judgment relating to the Transaction Documents; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Collateral Charterer has, at the date of this Charter or at any later time or times, to the Collateral Owner under or in connection with the Transaction Documents (as defined under the Collateral Charter) or any judgment relating
                  to the Transaction Documents (as defined under the Collateral Charter),

              


      

    

    and for this purpose, there shall be disregarded any total or partial discharge of these liabilities, or variation of their terms, which is effected by, or in connection with,
      any bankruptcy, liquidation, arrangement or other procedure under the insolvency laws of any country.

    “Owners Cost” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Owners’ Cost Payment Date” means the date on which the Owners’ Cost is paid by the Owners (as buyer) to the Charterers (as seller) in
      accordance with the terms of the Novation Agreement.

    “Paid Instalments” means, as at a relevant date, the aggregate pre-delivery instalments of the Cost Balance and any other monies paid by
      the Owners to the Charterers under the Novation Agreement at that date.

    “Party” means a party to this Charter.

    “PDA” means the protocol of delivery and acceptance in relation to the Vessel to be executed between the Owners and the Charterers,
      substantially in the form contained in Schedule 1 (Form of Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance) hereto.

    “Permitted Security Interest” means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any Security Interest created or to be created in accordance with the Security Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                liens for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                liens for salvage;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                liens for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Vessel and not as a result of any default or omission by the Charterers, provided such liens do not secure
                  amounts more than 21 days overdue (unless the overdue amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate steps);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any Security Interest arising by operation of law in respect of Taxes which are not overdue for payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been made;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of trading and/or operating the Vessel and not more than 21 days overdue; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                any Security Interest which has the prior written approval of the Owners.

              


      

    

    
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    “Pistiolis Family” means Evangelos Pistiolis and his immediate family members.

    “Potential Termination Event” means an event or circumstance which, with the giving of any notice, the lapse of time, a determination of
      the Owners or any combination of the foregoing is a Termination Event.

    “Pre-Approved Flag” means the Marshall Islands or other flag approved by the Owners.

    “Pre-delivery Termination Sum” means the aggregate sum of all of the Owners’ documented losses as a result of the early termination of
      this Charter in accordance with Clause 54 (Termination Events) as a result of the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing prior to the Delivery Date, which both Parties acknowledge as a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of the Owners’
      losses in the event of such termination and does not impose consequences on the Charterers which are out of proportion to their legitimate interests in the event of such termination and such amount is to be calculated as being the aggregate of the
      following:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Paid Instalments together with any other sums the Owners have paid to or owe to the Builder due to the early termination of this Charter, or the repudiation or termination of the Shipbuilding Contract, or for other reasons caused
                  by the Charterers, together with interest accrued thereon pursuant to Clause 44 (i) up to the date of receipt by the Owners of the Pre-delivery Termination Sum;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any and all evidenced and documented direct costs, losses, liabilities and expenses incurred or suffered by the Owners as a result of the early termination of this Charter prior to the Delivery Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any properly documented Break Costs incurred (or payable) by the Owners under the Financing Documents, with the exclusion of any SWAP related costs; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any sums other than Fixed Hire, due and payable, but unpaid, under this Charter (including for the avoidance of doubt Pre-Delivery Interest) together with interest accrued thereon pursuant to Clause 44 (i) up to the date of receipt by
                  the Owners of the Pre- delivery Termination Sum.

              


      

    

    and for the avoidance of doubt there shall be no double counting of any amount that may be counted under any sub-clause (a) to (d) by also counting it as being included in any
      other sub-clause;

    “Project Documents” means the Sub-Charter and the Management Agreements;

    “Purchase Obligation Date” means the date on which the Owners shall transfer the legal and beneficial interest in the Vessel to the
      Charterers, and the Charterers shall purchase the Vessel, being the last day of the Charter Period.

    “Purchase Obligation Price” means an amount equal to the aggregate as of the Purchase Obligation Date of (i) $100, (ii) the Cost Balance
      as at the last day of the Agreement Term, (iii) any Break Costs, applicable only if charter is extended or terminated pursuant to Clauses (Hire), (Termination Events),
      (Sale of the Vessel by the Owners) and (Total Loss) and (iv) all other amounts payable under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents together with any
      applicable interest thereon.

    “Purchase Option Price” means the amount due and payable by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to Clause 59 (Purchase option and transfer of title), being the aggregate of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the estimated amount corresponding to the Hire Payment Date in the “Purchase Option Price” column as referenced in Schedule 4 (Schedule of Purchase Option Price) to this Charter, but such amount
                  to be adjusted, revised, updated and replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Charter and confirmed by the Owners (and agreed to by the Charterers) by reference to, among others, the figure to be provided

              


      

    

    
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    by the Owners upon the fixing of the delivery or closing date in accordance with such early purchase of the Vessel (the “Amount”); and

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                all Unpaid Sums due and payable together with interest accrued thereon pursuant to paragraph (j) of Clause 44 (Hire) from the due date for payment thereof up to the date of actual payment,

              


      

    

    together with any applicable and documented Break Costs under the financing entered into by Owners, with the exclusion of any SWAP related costs.

    “Quotation Day” means in relation to any period for which a Variable Hire or an interest rate is to be determined, the day falling five
      (5) Business Days before the first day of that period.

    “Reference Banks” shall mean the principal London offices of Citibank N.A., HSBC Bank Plc., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., or such other
      banks as the Owners may nominate in consultation with the Charterers.

    “Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four (4) decimal places) as supplied to the Owners at
      their request by the Reference Banks:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                (other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in US Dollars for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting
                  interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator.

              


      

    

    “Refund Guarantee” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Refund Guarantor” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Refund Guarantee Assignment” has the meaning given to it in the Novation Agreement.

    “Requisition Compensation” means all compensation or other money which may from time to time be payable to the Charterers as a result of
      the Vessel being requisitioned for title or in any other way compulsorily acquired (other than by way of requisition for hire).

    “Restricted Party” means a person or entity that is (i) listed on, or owned or controlled by a person listed on, or acting on behalf of a
      person listed on, any Sanctions List; (ii) a national of, located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or (directly or indirectly) controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organised under the laws of a country or
      territory that is the target of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions; or (iii) otherwise a target of Sanctions (“target of Sanctions” signifying a person with whom a US person or other national of Sanctions Authority would be prohibited or
      restricted by law from engaging in trade, business or other activities).

    “Sales Clause Termination Sum” means the remaining Handling Fee, plus commitment fee and all third party legal fees as set out in Clause
      58.1 (Commitment Fee).

    “Sanctions” means the economic sanction laws, regulations, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by: (i) the
      United States government; (ii) the United Nations; (iii) the European Union or its Member States, including, without limitation, the United Kingdom; (iv) the People’s Republic of China; or (v) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of
      any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury (“OFAC”), the United States Department of State and Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”); (together, the “Sanctions Authorities”).

    
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    “Sanctions List” means the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list maintained by the OFAC, the Consolidated List of
      Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List maintained by HMT, or any similar list maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by, any of the Sanctions Authorities.

    “Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which
      takes over the administration of that rate) for US Dollars for 1-month period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page LIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters
      page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Owner may specify another page or
      service displaying the relevant rate.

    “Security Interest” means a mortgage, charge, assignment, pledge, lien, or other security interest securing any obligation of any person
      or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

    “Security Documents” means, in relation to the Vessel, the following:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charter Guarantee;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterers’ Assignment;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the Managers’ Undertaking;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Account Charge;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                the Shares Pledge;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                the Refund Guarantee Assignment; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any other document that may at any time be executed by any person creating, evidencing or perfecting any Security Interest to secure all or part of the Obligors’ obligations under or in connection with the Transaction Documents,

              


      

    

    and “Security Document” means any one of them.

    “Settlement Date” means, following a Total Loss of the Vessel, the earliest of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the date which falls 180 days after the date of occurrence of the Total Loss or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the date on which the Owners receive the Total Loss Proceeds in respect of the Total Loss.

              


      

    

    “SMC” means a valid safety management certificate issued for the Vessel by or on behalf of the Administration under paragraph 13.7 of the
      ISM Code.

    “Specified Time” means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in connection with determining the Screen Rate, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in connection with determining the Reference Bank Rate, noon (London time) on the Quotation Day.

              


      

    

    “Sub-charter” means the Initial Sub-Charter or any other sub-charter where approval is needed in accordance with Clause 51.

    
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    “Sub-charterers” means the Initial Sub-Charterer or any other Sub-Charterer under a Sub-charter.

    “Subsidiary” shall have its meaning as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

    “Tax” or “tax” means any present and future tax (including, without limitation, value added tax,
      consumption tax or any other tax in respect of added value or any income), levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of any nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of
      the same); and “Taxes”, “taxes”, “Taxation” and “taxation” shall be construed accordingly.

    “Termination” means the termination at any time of the chartering of the Vessel under this Charter.

    “Termination Event” means each of the events specified in paragraph 54.1 of Clause 54 (Termination
        Events).

    “Termination Notice” has the meaning given to such term in paragraph (l) of Clause 44 (Hire) and
      paragraph 54.3 of Clause 54 (Termination Events).

    “Termination Payment Date” means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in respect of a termination of this Charter in accordance with paragraph (l) of Clause 44 (Hire), the date specified in the Termination Notice served on the Charterers pursuant to that Clause
                  having regard to the various remedy periods;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in respect of a Default Termination, the date specified in the Termination Notice served on the Charterers pursuant to paragraph 54.3 of Clause 54 (Termination Events) in respect of such Default
                  Termination;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in respect of a Total Loss Termination, the Settlement Date in respect of the Total Loss which gives rise to such Total Loss Termination.

              


      

    

    “Termination Sum” means the aggregate of:-

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                all Fixed Hire due and payable but unpaid under this Charter up to and including the Termination Payment Date (if the Termination Payment Date is not a Hire Payment Date, the Fixed Hire payable shall be reduced pro-rata for the days
                  between preceding Hire Payment Date and the Termination Payment Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the amount of Cost Balance as at the relevant Termination Payment Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                all liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) so incurred directly in relation to repossessing the vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any costs and expenses, relating to Owner’s finance, incurred or suffered by the Owners as a direct result of the Termination Notice.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any and all Break Costs (excluding swap related expenses); and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any sums (other than hire) unpaid under this Charter and if such sums due and payable but unpaid then together with interest accrued thereon up to and including the Termination Payment Date.

              


      

    

    “Third Parties Act” means the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

    “Title Transfer PDA” means the protocol of delivery and acceptance in relation to the Vessel to be executed between the Owners and the
      Charterers, substantially in the form contained in Schedule 2 (Form of Title Transfer Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance) hereto.

    
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    “Total Loss” means during the Charter Period:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                actual or constructive or compromised or agreed or arranged total loss of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the requisition for title or compulsory acquisition of the Vessel by any government or other competent authority (other than by way of requisition for hire);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture of the Vessel (not falling within paragraph (b) of this definition), unless the Vessel is released and returned to the
                  possession of the Owners or the Charterers within ninety (90) days after the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture in question,

              


      

    

    and for the purpose of this Charter, (i) an actual Total Loss of the Vessel shall be deemed to have occurred at the date and time when the Vessel was lost but if the date of the
      loss is unknown the actual Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the Vessel was last reported, (ii) a constructive Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred at the date and time at which a notice of abandonment of the
      Vessel is given to the insurers of the Vessel and (iii) a compromised, agreed or arranged Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of the relevant compromise, agreement or arrangement.

    “Total Loss Proceeds” means the proceeds of the Insurances or any other compensation of any description in respect of a Total Loss in
      respect of a Total Loss.

    “Total Loss Termination” means a termination of the Charter Period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 61.1 of Clause 61 (Total Loss).

    “Transaction Documents” means, together, this Charter, the Sub-charter, the Novation Agreement, the Security Documents, the Collateral
      Transaction Documents and such other documents as maybe designated as such by the Owners from time to time.

    “Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by any Obligor under the Transaction Documents.

    “US Dollars”, “Dollars”, “USD”, “US$” and “$” each means available and freely transferable and convertible funds in lawful currency of the United States of America.

    “US Tax Obligor” means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are from sources within the United States for US federal income tax purposes.

              


      

    

    “Valuation Report” means, in relation to the Vessel, a valuation report of the Vessel addressed to the Owners from an Approved Broker.

    “Vessel” means the 50,000 DWT class product / chemical Tanker currently bearing Builders’ hull number 2749 as more particularly described
      in Boxes 5 (Vessel’s name, call sign and flag) to 10 (Classification Society) of this Charter.

    
      
        	33.	
                INTERPRETATIONS

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                In this Charter, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                this Charter include the Schedules hereto and references to Clauses and Schedules are, unless otherwise specified, references to Clauses of and Schedules to this Charter and, in the case of a Schedule, to such Schedule as incorporated
                  in this Charter as substituted from time to time;

              


      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                any statutory or other legislative provision shall be construed as including any statutory or legislative modification or re-enactment thereof, or any substitution therefor;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the term “Vessel” includes any part of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                the “Owners”, the “Charterers”, any “Obligor”, “Sub-charterer” or any other
                  person include any of their respective successors, permitted assignees and permitted transferees;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                any agreement, instrument or document include such agreement, instrument or document as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented, novated or substituted;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                the “equivalent” in one currency (the “first currency”) as at any date of an amount in another currency (the “second
                    currency”) shall be construed as a reference to the amount of the first currency which could be purchased with such amount of the second currency at the spot rate of exchange quoted by the People’s Bank of China at or about 11:00
                  a.m. two (2) Business Days (being a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banks and foreign exchange markets are generally open for business in Beijing) prior to such date for the purpose of the first currency with the second
                  currency for delivery and value on such date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import means this Charter as a whole (including the
                  Schedules) and not any particular part hereof;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(viii)	
                “law” includes common or customary law and any constitution, decree, judgment, legislation, order, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute, treaty or other legislative measure in any jurisdiction or
                  any present or future directive, regulation, request or requirement, or official or judicial interpretation of any of the foregoing, in each case having the force of law and, if not having the force of law, in respect of which compliance
                  is generally customary;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ix)	
                the word “person” or “persons” or to words importing persons include, without limitation, any state, divisions of a state, government, individuals,
                  partnerships, corporations, ventures, government agencies, committees, departments, authorities and other bodies, corporate or unincorporated, whether having distinct legal personality or not;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                the “winding-up”, “dissolution”, “administration”, “liquidation”, “insolvency”, “reorganisation”, “readjustment of debt”, “suspension of payments”, “moratorium” or “bankruptcy” (and their derivatives and cognate expressions) of any
                  person shall each be construed so as to include the others and any equivalent or analogous proceedings or event under the laws of any jurisdiction in which such person is incorporated or any jurisdiction in which such person carries on
                  business;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(xi)	
                “protection and indemnity risks” means the usual risks covered by a protection and indemnity association which is a member of the International Group of P&I Club, including pollution risks,
                  extended passenger cover and the proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies by reason of the incorporation in them of clause
                  6 of the International Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hull)(1/10/83) or clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls)(1/11/1995) or the Institute Amended Running Down Clause (1/10/71) or any
                  equivalent provision;

              


      

    

    
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              	(xii)	
                a Potential Termination Event or Termination Event which is “continuing” is a reference to a Potential Termination Event or Termination Event which is not remedied or waived; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(xiii)	
                words denoting the plural number include the singular and vice versa.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Headings are for the purpose of reference only, have no legal or other significance, and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                A time of day (unless otherwise specified) is a reference to Beijing time.

              


      

    

    
      
        	34.	
                BACKGROUND

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                By a novation agreement (the “Novation Agreement”) of even date herewith made between the Original Buyer, the Owners and the Charterers, the Owners have agreed to purchase the Vessel subject to
                  the terms and conditions therein.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Accordingly the parties hereby agree that the Owners’ obligation to charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter is subject to the effective transfer of ownership of the Vessel to the Owners pursuant to the Novation
                  Agreement.

              


      

    

    
      
        	35.	
                NEWBUILDING CONSTRUCTION

              


      

    

    35.1

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Vessel shall be constructed in accordance with the Shipbuilding Contract and in accordance with the Specifications (as defined in the Shipbuilding Contract) annexed thereto. Once the Novated Rights and Obligations (as defined in
                  the Novation Agreement) have been novated to the Owners, the Owners and Charterers shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Shipbuilding Contract and the Specifications in all respects on the understanding that the Vessel is to
                  be built solely for the use of the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                In addition to the Buyer’s Supplies, the Charterers or the Charter Guarantor shall, at its sole cost, expense and risk, supply bunkers, fuel, lubricating oil, hydraulic oil and greases for the purpose of trial runs under and in
                  accordance with the Shipbuilding Contract.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Subject to the terms of the Novation Agreement, the Charterers or its appointed supervisor approved by the Owners (at the Charter Guarantor’s/Charterers’ cost and expense) shall continue to exercise the Other Rights and Obligations (as
                  ‘Buyer’ and as defined in the Novation Agreement) under the Shipbuilding Contract relating to, inter alia:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Approval of Plans and Drawings;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                Changes and modifications on the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                Supervision of the Vessel; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                Attending all tests and sea trials.

              


      

    

    The Charterers or its appointed supervisor shall, at its own cost and expense, duly exercise the Other Rights and Obligations including the above rights (i) to (iv) in accordance
      with the Shipbuilding Contract in all respects.

    
      
        	35.2	
                The Vessel shall be constructed in accordance with the Shipbuilding Contract, under the supervision of the Charterers (or its appointed supervisor). Subject to the provisions of clause 3.6(a)(ii) of the Novation Agreement, the
                  Charterers have the right to make changes and modifications to the Vessel in accordance with the Shipbuilding Contract and the Charterers

              


      

    

    
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    and the Charter Guarantor will procure that the Charterers will not make such changes or modifications to the Vessel without the Owners’ prior written consent where required
      under clause 3.7 of the Novation Agreement. All documented costs and expenses relating to any such change and modification shall be borne by the Charterers or Charter Guarantor.

    
      
        	35.3	
                If, on the Delivery Date, there are any amounts due from the Charterers to the Builder under the terms of the Shipbuilding Contact and/or the Novation Agreement (including but not limited to any amounts payable by the Charterers under
                  clause 3.7 of the Novation Agreement and any amounts due for any bunkers, lubes or other costs and expenses incurred as a result of any extras, additions or alteration of the Vessel), then the Charterers shall pay such sums (as evidenced
                  by a commercial invoice from the Builder) to the Builder on or before the Delivery Date (the “Extra SBC Costs”). If any liquidated damages for reasons other than delay are payable by the Builder
                  under the Shipbuilding Contract, these liquidated damages shall be deducted from the Delivery Instalment payable by the Owners (any such deduction shall consequently reduce the Contract Price and the Cost Balance). If any liquidated
                  damages for delay are payable by the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract, then the Charterers may apply these towards payment of the Extra SBC Costs and any other reasonable, documented and directly incurred expenses as a result of a
                  delay in delivery (including any extra supervision costs incurred in accordance with the applicable supervision contract). Any excess liquidated damages for delay after such prior application by the Charterers shall be used to reduce the
                  Delivery Instalment payable by the Owners as part of the Contract Price (any such deduction shall consequently reduce the Contract Price, the Fixed Hire and Cost Balance accordingly).

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.	
                DELIVERY

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.1	
                The Vessel is scheduled to be delivered according to the terms of the Shipbuilding Contract. In case the delivery date under the Shipbuilding Contract is extended or postponed or delayed pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract then
                  subject to the terms of this Charter, the delivery date under the Charter shall be automatically and accordingly extended or postponed subject to it not being after the Cancellation Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.2	
                Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation of the Owners to charter the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder is conditional upon:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the delivery of the Vessel to the Owners by the Builder and acceptance of the Vessel by the Owners pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set out in Clause 40 below.

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.3	
                Subject to the Vessel being delivered to, and taken over by, the Owners pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract and the satisfaction or waiver by the Owners of the conditions precedent set out in Clause 40, then the Charterers shall be
                  deemed to have accepted and taken delivery of the Vessel (without reservation) under this Charter simultaneously with delivery by the Builder to the Owners pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract whether or not the Charterers takes actual
                  physical possession and/or use of the Vessel on the Delivery Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.4	
                Subject to Clauses 36.2 and 36.3, the actual date of delivery for the purpose of this Charter shall be the date when the Vessel is delivered by the Builder to the Owners as indicated by the protocol of delivery and acceptance signed
                  and timed by the Owners and the Builder pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract (the “Delivery Date”) and shall be deemed to be the commencement date for the purposes of this Charter whether or not the Charterers takes actual physical
                  possession and/or use of the Vessel on the Delivery Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	36.5	
                Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 36.4 above, the Owners and the Charterers shall on the Delivery Date sign a protocol of delivery and acceptance in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1.

              


      

    

    
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          	37.	
                  DISPUTES UNDER THE SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

                


        

      

    

    
      
        	37.1	
                Dispute under Shipbuilding Contract

              


      

    

    Generally

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                If there is a dispute under the Shipbuilding Contract, then, unless the Owners have served a Renovation Notice (and without prejudice to (i) any rights Owners may have to serve such a Renovation Notice at any time including pursuant to
                  paragraph (c) below and (ii) the Owners’ rights under Clause 54, the Owners shall enter into immediate consultation with the Charterers and/or the Builder in order to seek to resolve the dispute in an amicable way and the aggregate period
                  of such consultation shall be no more than ten (10) Banking Days (unless otherwise agreed by the Parties). The Owners shall not serve a termination notice under the Shipbuilding Contract without prior consultation with the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                In the event that the dispute cannot be resolved during above consultation period and arbitration proceedings have been initiated by any party under the Shipbuilding Contract in respect of such dispute, then the arbitration proceedings
                  shall, subject to paragraph (c) below, be handled in accordance with paragraphs (d) to (h) below.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Without prejudice to the terms of the Novation Agreement and notwithstanding the fact that arbitration proceedings in accordance with paragraphs (d) to (h) below may have commenced, the Owners shall also have the option to serve a
                  Renovation Notice under the Novation Agreement in the event any (or any combination of) the following circumstances arise prior to the Delivery Date:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Refund Guarantee is terminated or otherwise ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Vessel has not been delivered by the Builder prior to the Cancellation Date.

              


      

    

    In the event that a Renovation Notice is served under the Novation Agreement in connection with any of the above events, the Pre-Delivery Termination Sum (if not then already
      payable) shall be deemed to be payable by the Charterers to the Owners in full within ten (10) days of such Renovation Notice being served.

    Termination at Charterers’ request & Builder disputing / Builder termination or disputed tender for delivery

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                If:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers and/or Charter Guarantor propose to the Owners to terminate the Shipbuilding Contract or reject the Vessel while the Builder disputes the right of the Charter Guarantor, Charterers and/or the Owners to terminate the
                  Shipbuilding Contract or reject the Vessel; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Builder terminates or purports to terminate the Shipbuilding Contract while the Owners and/or the Charterers and/or the Charter Guarantor disputes such cancellation; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the Builder tenders for delivery of the Vessel while the Owners and/or the Charterers and/or Charter Guarantor disputes such tender for delivery the Charter Guarantor shall, at the Charter Guarantor’s cost and risk (and on behalf of
                  the Owners if a Renovation Notice has not been served and otherwise also on behalf of the Charterers),

              


      

    

    the Charterers shall further undertake to (1) lead the defence, claim, counterclaim and/or negotiations (when appropriate and if permitted by the arbitration tribunal); (2)
      appoint and/or engage and pay for the solicitors and/or counsels and/or experts and/or

    
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    arbitrator(s) (whether or not such solicitors and/or counsels and/or experts act for the Owners and/or Charterers and/or Charter Guarantor); and (3) deal with the arbitration
      and/or enforcement and/or settlement under the Shipbuilding Contract (however, any settlement or acknowledgment of the Builder’s demand or claim or waiver of the Owners’ or Charterers’ or Charter Guarantor’s demand or claim shall be subject to the
      Owners’ prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). All Parties shall provide full assistance and cooperation to each other (including, without limitation, the Owners shall (i) take reasonable steps to enforce the
      award or settlement agreement against the Builder at the Charter Guarantor’s cost if the Charter Guarantor or Charterers cannot do so by itself and (ii) makes demands under the Refund Guarantee if a Renovation Notice has not been served). In
      addition, the Owners shall (at Charterers and Charter Guarantor’s direction, cost and risk) bring proceedings under the Refund Guarantee if the Refund Guarantor does not honour a demand under the Refund Guarantee.

    Charterers’ wrongful termination, Builder’s justified termination

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                Should the cancellation of the Shipbuilding Contract or rejection of the Vessel by the Owners based on Charterers’ proposal or instruction be proven wrongful or the Builder’s cancellation or tender for delivery be proven justified, in
                  whole or in part, by final award and/or settlement agreement (any settlement agreement shall be approved by the Charterers and the Owners (each acting reasonably) and any such approved settlement agreement and/or final award shall be
                  binding upon the Charterers), the Charterers and Charter Guarantor shall indemnify and keep the Owners indemnified against all the liability and compensation that the Owners are ordered to assume/pay to the Builder together with all
                  documented losses, costs, expenses, interests, orders or other sanctions suffered or incurred by the Owners arising directly in any manner out of such wrongful cancellation or rejection of the Vessel by the Owners or justified
                  cancellation or tender for delivery by the Builder.

              


      

    

    Charterers’ justified termination, Builder’s wrongful termination

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                Should the cancellation of Shipbuilding Contract or rejection of the Vessel by the Charterers and/or Charter Guarantor and/or Owners based on Charterers’ proposal or instruction be proven justified or Builder’s cancellation or tender
                  for delivery be proven wrongful, in whole or in part, by final award and/or settlement agreement (any settlement agreement shall be approved by the Charterers and the Owners (each acting reasonably) and any such approved settlement
                  agreement and/or final award shall be binding upon the Charterers), after receipt of the amount from the Builder and/or Refund Guarantor as ordered by the final award and/or settlement agreement, such amounts shall be applied in
                  accordance with Clause 37.2.

              


      

    

    Settlement

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                Should any settlement agreement (any settlement agreement shall be approved by the Charterers and the Owners (each acting reasonably)) be reached with the Builder during the arbitration or enforcement proceeding, in respect of any and
                  all amounts and liabilities payable by the Builder under the settlement agreement, the Owners shall and the Charterers and Charter Guarantor shall apply such amounts in accordance with Clause 37.2.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                Any refunds received by the Charter Guarantor or Charterers from the Builder and/or the Refund Guarantor under the Shipbuilding Contract and the Refund Guarantee shall be applied (and the Charter Guarantor shall procure they are
                  applied) in accordance with Clause 37.2 unless a Step-in Notice under clause 3.4(b) of the Novation Agreement has been served by the Owners.

              


      

    

    
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        	37.2	
                Payment Regime

              


      

    

    Any amounts (other than amounts received by the Owners from the Charterers as indemnity costs pursuant to clause 37.1(d)) received pursuant to Clause 37.1 (d) and Clause 37.1
      (f), (g) and (h) shall be applied promptly in the following order:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                firstly towards payment to the Owners in full of the Pre-delivery Termination Sum, which shall (if already not then payable) be deemed at the time of such receipt to be immediately payable by the Charterers to the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                secondly in the event that the Owners receive an amount in excess of the Pre-delivery Termination Sum, towards any amounts then outstanding under any Collateral Charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                thirdly any further excess shall be paid over to the Charterers (for the Charterers’ account or the account of the Charter Guarantor at the Charterers’ option).

              


      

    

    If the Owners receive an amount which is less than the Pre-delivery Termination Sum, the Charterers or the Charter Guarantor shall immediately pay any shortfall to the Owners, so
      that the Owners receive the Pre-delivery Termination Sum in full.

    
      
        	37.3	
                Charterers’ rejection under clause 3.6 (a)(v) of the Novation Agreement

              


      

    

    The Charterers shall consult with the Owners in advance in the event that they and/or Charter Guarantor wish to exercise the right under clause 3.6(a)(v) of
      the Novation Agreement to reject the Vessel and shall provide sufficient evidence to the Owners in support of such decision. Any related dispute shall be determined in accordance with this Clause 37 or as between the Parties hereto, in accordance
      with Clause 54.

    
      
        	37.4	
                Owners’ pre-delivery default

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                After the Effective Time under the Novation Agreement has occurred, if the Owners fail to pay any instalment to the Builder pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract and the same failure has not been remedied by the Owners by the date
                  which falls three (3) Banking Days prior to the date upon which the Builder may terminate the Shipbuilding Contract for non-payment, then the Charterers shall be entitled to terminate this Charter upon written notice to the Owners and
                  serve a Renovation Notice in accordance with the terms of the Novation Agreement.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Upon this Charter being terminated by the Charterers in accordance with Clause 37.4(a) above, the Charterers shall, notwithstanding any such termination of this Charter, be obliged to pay to the Owners, within ten (10) days of any such
                  termination, the Pre-delivery Termination Sum, if any on the date of such termination.

              


      

    

    
      
        	38.	
                TERMS OF DELIVERY

              


      

    

    
      
        	38.1	
                The Vessel shall be delivered to the Charterers in her condition as indicated in all the protocols and delivery documents as delivered by the Builder pursuant to Article VII of the Shipbuilding Contract, and the Charterers hereby
                  acknowledge and agree that the Owners make no condition, term, representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or declaration, express or implied (and whether statutory or otherwise) as to the seaworthiness, merchantability, condition,
                  design, operation, performance, class, capacity or fitness for use or as to the eligibility of the Vessel for any particular trade or operation or any other condition, term, representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, with
                  respect to the Vessel. Acceptance of delivery by the Charterers or (as the case may be) deemed delivery of the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter shall be irrevocable, final and conclusive proof and evidence that, for the
                  purposes of the obligations and liabilities of the Owners hereunder or in connection herewith, the Vessel is at that time seaworthy, in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, in good working order and repair.

              


      

    

    
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        	38.2	
                The Charterers hereby waive all their rights in respect of any condition, term, representation or warranty express or implied (and whether statutory or otherwise) on the part of the Owners and all their claims against the Owners
                  howsoever and whenever the same may arise in respect of the Vessel or arising out of the operation or performance of the Vessel and the chartering thereof under this Charter (including in respect of the seaworthiness, condition, design,
                  operation, fitness for use or otherwise with respect to the Vessel). In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Owners shall be under no liability whatever and howsoever arising in relation to any injury,
                  death, loss, damage or delay of, or to, or in connection with the Vessel or any person or property whatsoever, whether on board the Vessel or elsewhere, irrespective of whether such injury, death, loss, damage or delay shall arise from
                  the unseaworthiness of or any defect in the Vessel. For the purposes of this Clause “delay” shall include delay in relation to the Vessel. (whether in respect of delivery of the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter or otherwise) or
                  any other delay whatsoever. The Charterers acknowledge that no representation has been made or will be made by or on behalf of the Owners in relation to the Vessel or any part thereof.

              


      

    

    If any of the above mentioned damage, injury, death loss or delay is the consequence of a fault, an act, an omission or a misconduct of the Builder, the Owners shall assign all
      necessary Owners’ rights (provided that the Owners have such rights and such rights are assignable) to the Charterers (or at the Charterers’ option, to the Charter Guarantor) in order to entitle the Charterers or the Charter Guarantor to exercise any
      appropriate recourse and/or action against the Builder.

    To the extent permissible under applicable law, the Charterers also waives any rights which it may have in tort in respect of any of the matters referred to above in paragraph 1
      of this Clause 38.2 excluding tort due to wilful misconduct or gross negligence and irrevocably agrees that the Owners shall have no greater liability in tort in respect of any such matter than it would have in contract after taking account of all
      the foregoing exclusions. No third party making any representation or warranty relating to the Vessel or any part of the Vessel is the agent or partner of the Owners nor has any such third party authority to bind the Owners thereby.

    
      
        	38.3	
                The Charterers agree that the Owners shall be under no liability to supply any replacement vessel or any piece or part thereof during any period when the Vessel is unusable or becomes a Total Loss and shall not be liable to the
                  Charterers or any other person as a result of the Vessel being unusable or a Total Loss.

              


      

    

    
      
        	38.4	
                None of the Owners or their respective shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, consultants, agents and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or representatives shall be liable to the Charterers (including any
                  of its assigns, novatees, successors, shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, consultants, agents, managers, clients and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or representatives) for (i) indirect, special,
                  exemplary, punitive or consequential losses and damages, arising from, or relating to or in connection with this Charter (ii) and to the extent not covered by (i) above, the following, whether direct or indirect loss of profit, loss of
                  production, loss of revenue, loss of time, loss of contracts or otherwise, in each case irrespective of cause (by contract, by law, in tort or otherwise) and notwithstanding the negligence, misconduct or breach (whether contractual,
                  statutory or otherwise) save for (in each case) resulting from the gross negligence of wilful misconduct of such indemnified parties.

              


      

    

    
      
        	39.	
                CANCELLATION

              


      

    

    If, prior to any payment (i) being due and/or payable under the Shipbuilding Contract or (ii) having been made by the Owners under the Shipbuilding Contract, a Termination Event
      occurs and is continuing, then this Charter shall immediately terminate and be cancelled (with the exception of Clause 65) upon the Owners serving a Termination Notice in accordance with Clause 44 (Hire) and paragraph (c) of Clause 54 (Termination
      Events), provided that the Owners shall be entitled to retain all fees paid by the Charterers pursuant to Clause 58 (Transaction Fees) (and without prejudice to Clause 58 (Transaction Fees) but if such fees have not been paid but are due and payable,
      the Charterers shall forthwith pay such fees to the Owners in accordance with Clause 58 (Transaction Fees)) and such payment shall be

    
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    irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be construed as a penalty but shall represent an agreed estimate of the loss and damage suffered by the Owners in entering into this
      Charter upon the rems and conditions contained shall therefore be paid as compensation to the Owners.

    
      
        	40.	
                CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Initial Conditions

              


      

    

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Charter, the obligations of the Owners to make any payments to the Builder pursuant to the Building Contract as novated under the
      Novation agreement, to purchase and take delivery of the Vessel pursuant to the Novated Building Contract and to charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter are subject to and conditional upon the Owners’ receipt of following documents
      and evidence (in each case in form and substance acceptable to the Owners) on or before the first payment date for making a part payment of the Purchase Price under the Novation Agreement (or such other date as the Owners and the Charterers may
      agree):

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                an original of each of the following:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                the duly executed Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                the duly executed Novation Agreement;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(C)	
                the following duly executed Security Documents:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(I)	
                the Charter Guarantee;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(II)	
                the Charterers’ Assignment;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(III)	
                the Managers’ Undertaking; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(D)	
                all documents required by any of the Security Documents set out in paragraph (C), including but not limited to the notices and acknowledgement required under such Security Documents, except for the letters of undertaking from the
                  insurers, underwriters, protection and indemnity clubs and association which will be provided to the Owners and the acknowledgment by the acknowledgement by the Sub-charterers to the assignment of the Sub-charter, both of which will be
                  required under the Charterers’ Assignment and provided to the Owners in accordance with Clause 82 (Conditions subsequent);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                certified true copies of the memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent documents) (and all amendments thereto) of each Obligor and any other documents required to be filed or registered or issued under the laws of their
                  jurisdiction of incorporation to establish their incorporation;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                certified true copies of written resolutions or (as the case may be), resolutions passed at separate meetings, in each case, of the board of directors and (if required by any legal advisors to the Owners) shareholders of each Obligor
                  (or its sole member or general partners), evidencing its approval of the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which it is a party and authorising appropriate officers or attorneys to execute the same and to sign all notices
                  required to be given hereunder or thereunder on its behalf or other evidence of such approvals and authorisations as shall be acceptable to the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                if applicable, the original power of attorney of each Obligor under which any documents (including the Transaction Documents and Project Documents to which it is a party) are to be executed or transactions undertaken by that party;

              


      

    

    
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              	(v)	
                a certified list specifying the directors and officers of the Obligor (together with their respective specimen signatures);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                if applicable, copies of all governmental and other consents, licences, approvals and authorisations as may be necessary to authorise the performance by each Obligor of its obligations under the Transaction Documents and Project
                  Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, validity and enforceability of such Transaction Documents and Project Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                certified copies of the duly executed Management Agreements, in each case together with all addenda, amendments or supplements;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(viii)	
                evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers pursuant to the Novation Agreement, this Charter (including Clauses 62 (Fees and expenses) and 65 (Further indemnities)) have been paid or will be paid at such time as is agreed with the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ix)	
                a legal opinion issued by legal advisers to the Owners in the following jurisdictions, each in form and substance satisfactory to and agreed by the Owners (acting reasonably) (or confirmation satisfactory to the Owners that such an
                  opinion will be given):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                England and Wales; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                such other jurisdictions as the Owners may reasonably consider necessary.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Delivery Conditions

              


      

    

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Charter, the obligations of the Owners to purchase and take delivery of the Vessel pursuant to the Novation Agreement and to
      charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter are subject to and conditional upon the Owners’ receipt of following documents and evidence (in each case in form and substance acceptable to the Owners) on or before the Actual Delivery Date
      (or such other date as the Owners and the Charterers may agree):

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                an original of the Account Charge and all documents required by the Account Charge, including but not limited to the notices and acknowledgement required under the Account Charge;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                evidence that:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                all the conditions precedents under clause 2 (Conditions Precedent) of the Novation Agreement have been satisfied or, in the Owners’ opinion, will be satisfied on the Actual Delivery Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                subject to Clause 82 (Conditions Subsequent), the Vessel is (or will on the Actually Delivery Date) be insured in the manner required by the Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                certified copies of:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                the Approved Managers’ current Document of Compliance (as such term is defined pursuant to the ISM Code);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                the Vessel’s current IAPPC;

              


      

    

    
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              	(C)	
                a copy of the Vessel’s classification confirmation certificate evidencing that it is free of all overdue recommendations and requirements from the Classification Society; and (iv)a copy of each of the Collateral Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                valuations made in accordance with Clause 52 (dd), dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers pursuant to the Novation Agreement, this Charter (including Clauses 62 (Fees and expenses) and 65 (Further indemnities)) have been paid or will be paid at such time as is agreed with the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                a legal opinion issued by legal advisers to the Owners in the following jurisdictions, each in form and substance satisfactory to and agreed by the Owners (acting reasonably) (or confirmation satisfactory to the Owners that such an
                  opinion will be given):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                a legal opinion of HFW, legal advisors to the Owners on matters relating to English law;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                legal opinions by lawyers appointed by the Owners on matters relating to the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(C)	
                a legal opinion of the jurisdiction in which the account bank is situated; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(D)	
                such other jurisdictions as the Owners may reasonably consider necessary; and (viii) such other consent, licence, approval, authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which are necessary in connection with their entry into
                  and performance of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents or for the validity and enforceability thereof (including, without limitation in relation to or for the purposes of any financing by the Owners).

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                If the Owners in their sole discretion agree to deliver the Vessel under this Charter to the Charterers before all of the documents and evidence required by this Clause 39 have been delivered to or to the order of the Owners, the
                  Charterers undertake to deliver all outstanding documents and evidence to or to the order of the Owners no later than seven (7) Business Days after the Actual Delivery Date or such other date as specified by the Owners, acting in their
                  sole discretion. The delivery of the Vessel by the Owners to the Charterers under this Charter shall not, unless otherwise notified by the Owners (acting in their sole discretion) to the Charterers in writing, be taken as a waiver of the
                  Owners’ right to require production of all the documents and evidenced required by this Clause 40.

              


      

    

    
      
        	41.	
                BUNKERS AND LUBOILS

              


      

    

    
      
        	41.1	
                At delivery the Charterers shall take over all bunkers, lubricating oil, hydraulic oil, greases, water and unbroached stores and provisions in the Vessel without cost.

              


      

    

    
      
        	41.2	
                To the extent that Clause 46 (Redelivery) applies, at redelivery the Owners shall take over all bunkers, unused lubricating oil, hydraulic oil, greases, water and unbroached provisions and other consumable stores in the Vessel.

              


      

    

    
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        	42.	
                FURTHER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION

              


      

    

    
      
        	42.1	
                The good commercial maintenance practice under Clause 10 (Maintenance and Operation) (Part II) of this Charter shall be deemed to include:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the maintenance and operation of the Vessel by the Charterers in accordance with (as the following are amended from time to time):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the relevant regulations, requirements and recommendations of the Classification Society;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the relevant regulations, requirements and recommendations of the country and flag of the Vessel’s registry;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                any applicable IMO regulations (including but not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code and MARPOL);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                all other applicable laws or regulations; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                Charterers’ current standard operations and maintenance manuals;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the maintenance and operation of the Vessel by the Charterers taking into account:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                engine manufacturers’ recommended maintenance and service schedules;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                builder’s operations and maintenance manuals; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                recommended maintenance and service schedules of all installed equipment and pipework.

              


      

    

    
      
        	42.2	
                In addition to the above, the Charterers covenant with the Owners to arrange online access to class records for the Owners as available to the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	42.3	
                Any equipment that is found not to be required on board as a result of law or regulation is either to be removed at the Charterers expense or to be maintained in operable condition.

              


      

    

    
      
        	42.4	
                The title to any equipment:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                placed on board as a result of operational requirements of the Charterers shall automatically be deemed to belong to the Owners (unless hired from or belonging to a third party) immediately upon such placement, and such equipment may
                  only be removed: (A) with the Owners’ prior written consent, (B) at the Charterers’ own expense, and (C) without damage to the Vessel; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                replaced, renewed or substituted shall remain with the Owners until the part or equipment which replaced it or the new or substitute part or equipment becomes property of the Owners.

              


      

    

    
      
        	42.5	
                Without prejudice to any other provisions under this Charter, the Charterers shall maintain, use and operate the Vessel with commercially reasonable care as if the Charterers were the owner of the same.

              


      

    

    
      
        	43.	
                STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS

              


      

    

    
      
        	43.1	
                Unless required by the Classification Society, compulsory legislation or pursuant to the terms of any Sub-charter, the Charterers shall make no material structural changes in the Vessel or material changes in the machinery, engines,
                  appurtenances or spare parts thereof without in each instance first securing the Owners’ consent thereto, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that:

              


      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                any such changes do not have a material adverse effect on the Vessel’s certification or the Vessel’s fitness for purpose;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any such changes will not materially diminish the value of the Vessel and/or have a material adverse effect on the safety, performance, value or marketability of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the Charterers shall bear all time, costs and expenses in relation to any such changes;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers shall furnish the Owners with:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                copies of all plans in relation to such changes;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                if applicable, confirmation from the Classification Society that such changes will not adversely affect the class of the Vessel, provided always that such Classification Society agrees to issue such confirmation;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                one Valuation Report (at the Charterers’ cost) on the Market Value of the Vessel after the implementation of such changes.

              


      

    

    
      
        	43.2	
                Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event which is continuing, if the Owners decide to retake possession of the Vessel, the Charterers shall at their expense restore the Vessel to its former condition unless the changes made are
                  carried out:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                to improve the performance, operation or marketability of the Vessel; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                as a result of a regulatory compliance.

              


      

    

    
      
        	43.3	
                Any improvement, structural changes or new equipment becoming necessary for the continued operation of the Vessel by reason of new class requirements or by compulsory legislation shall be for the Charterers’ account and the Charterers
                  shall not have any right to recover from the Owners any part of the cost for such improvements, changes or new equipment either during the Charter Period or, to the extent that Clause 46 (Redelivery)
                  applies, at redelivery of the Vessel. The Charterers shall give written notice to the Owners of any such improvement, structural changes or new equipment.

              


      

    

    
      
        	44.	
                HIRE

              


      

    

    
      
        	44.1	
                In consideration of the Owners’ agreement to charter the Vessel to the Charterers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Charterers agree to pay to the Owners an amount of interest on the Paid Instalments (excluding, for the avoidance of
                  any doubt, the delivery instalment), accruing at the rate of three (3) month LIBOR plus 4.0 per cent. per annum (the “Accrued Charterhire”), with such amount being accrued and payable quarterly in
                  arrears.

              


      

    

    
      
        	44.2	
                The Accrued Charterhire shall be, for the avoidance of any doubt, non-refundable under all circumstances.

              


      

    

    
      
        	44.3	
                In consideration of the Owners’ agreement to charter the Vessel to the Charterers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Charterers agree to pay to the Owners the following sums on the relevant dates as follows:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                on each and every Hire Payment Date, pay to the Owners the relevant amount then payable on the corresponding Hire Payment Date (the “Fixed Hire”) as determined by reference to the amount set out
                  opposite such Hire Payment Date under the heading “Fixed Hire” in the hire payment schedule as attached as Schedule 3 (Hire Payment Schedule) hereto (the “Hire Payment Schedule”);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                for the purpose of determining any Monthly Hire payment:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers hereby expressly acknowledge that the Hire Payment Schedule in its current form and content as attached hereto (i) is based on the Assumed

              


      

    

    
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    Owners’ Cost and (ii) on the assumption that no partial pre-payment has been made pursuant to Clause 59(g); and

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                accordingly, should the Parties agree to a change in the Assumed Owners’ Cost or the Charterers make a partial pre-payment, the Owners shall deliver to the Charters an amended Hire Payment Schedule at such time (including, without
                  limitation, the cost Balance) reflecting the resulting pro-rata adjustments for the Charterers’ review and approval, which shall thereafter:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                constitute the current Hire Payment Schedule; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                save for manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the rate of Fixed Hire payable under this Charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any provisions in this Clause 44 (Hire), the Charterers’ obligation to pay Monthly Hire as calculated in accordance with the formula set out in
                  Clause 44(b)(ii)(B) above shall remain at all times, whether or not the Owners provide any amended Hire Payment Schedule.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                All payments of Fixed Hire shall be paid in advance on each Hire Payment Date (prior to 16:00, Shanghai time) (in respect of which time is of the essence) with the first (1st) instalment falling due on the Actual Delivery
                  Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                Any payment provided herein due on any day which is not a Business Day shall be payable on the following Business Day.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                All payments under this Charter shall be made to the account notified by the Owners to the Charterers prior to the first Hire Payment Date (or such other account as the Owners may thereafter notify the Charterers from time to time) for
                  credit to such account notified by the Owners.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                Following delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance by, the Charterers under this Charter, the Charterers’ obligation to pay Fixed Hire in accordance with this Clause 44 shall be absolute irrespective of any contingency whatsoever
                  including but not limited to:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any set-off (save as permitted under Clause 44.1), counterclaim, recoupment, defence or other right which the Charterers may have against the Owners, the Finance Parties or any other third party (unless otherwise agreed between the
                  Owners and the Charterers);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any unavailability of the Vessel, for any reason, including but not limited to seaworthiness, condition, design, operation, merchantability or fitness for use or purpose of the Vessel or any apparent or latent defects in the Vessel or
                  its machinery and equipment or the ineligibility of the Vessel for any particular use or trade or for registration of documentation under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction or lack of registration or the absence or withdrawal of any
                  consent required under the applicable law of any relevant jurisdiction for the ownership, chartering, use or operation of the Vessel or any damage to the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                any lack or invalidity of title or any other defect in title;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                any failure or delay on the part of either party to this Charter, whether with or without fault on its part, in performing or complying with any of the terms, conditions or other provisions of this Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganisation, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, administration, liquidation or similar proceedings by or

              


      

    

    
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    against the Owners or the Charterers or any change in the constitution of the Owners or the Charterers;

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                any invalidity or unenforceability or lack of due authorisation of or any defect in this Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                any other cause which would but for this provision have the effect of terminating or in any way affecting the obligations of the Charterers hereunder,

              


      

    

    it being the intention of the parties that the provisions of this Clause 44, and the obligation of the Charterers to pay Fixed Hire and make any payments under this Charter,
      shall (save as expressly provided in this Clause 44) survive any frustration and that, save as expressly provided in this Charter, no moneys paid under this Charter by the Charterers to the Owners shall in any event or circumstance be repayable to
      the Charterers.

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                All payments of Fixed Hire and all other Unpaid Sums to the Owners pursuant to this Charter and the other relevant Transaction Documents shall be made in immediately available funds in US Dollars, free and clear of, and without
                  deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes (unless otherwise agreed between the Owners and the Charterers).

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                In the event that the Charterers are required by any law or regulation to make any deduction or withholding on account of any taxes which arise as a consequence of any payment due under this Charter, then:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers shall notify the Owners promptly after they become aware of such requirement;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Charterers shall remit the amount of such taxes to the appropriate taxation authority within three (3) Business Days or any other applicable shorter time limits and in any event prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto;
                  and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                such payment shall be increased by such amount as may be necessary to ensure that the Owners receive a net amount which, after deducting or withholding such taxes, is equal to the full amount which the Owners would have received had
                  such payment not been subject to such taxes.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                The Charterers shall forward to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that any such taxes have been remitted to the appropriate taxation authority within thirty (30) days of the expiry of any time limit within which
                  such taxes must be so remitted or, if earlier, the date on which such taxes are so remitted.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                Subject to sub-paragraph 54.1)(a) of Clause 54 (Termination Events), if the Charterers fail to pay any amount payable by it under a Transaction Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on
                  a daily basis over the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate of 8% per annum.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                In the event that this Charter is terminated for whatever reason, the Charterers’ obligation to pay Fixed Hire, and such other Unpaid Sum which (in each case) has accrued due before, and which remains unpaid, at the date of such
                  termination shall continue notwithstanding such termination.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                In the event that it becomes unlawful or it is prohibited for either the Owners or the Charterers to charter the Vessel pursuant to this Charter, then the Owners and Charterers, if such new or changed law or regulation or such
                  interpretation or application permit, shall notify the other party of the relevant event and negotiate in good faith for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the receipt of the relevant notice by the other party to agree an
                  alternative. If such agreement is not reached within such thirty (30)-day period, the Charterers agree that, in such circumstances, the

              


      

    

    
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    Owners shall have the right to terminate this Charter by delivering to the Charterers a Termination Notice, whereupon the Charterers shall be obliged to pay to the Owners the
      Termination Sum in accordance with paragraph (d) of Clause 54 (Termination Events) and/or such other terms and conditions as may be specified in such Termination Notice.

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                Subject to paragraph (o) below, the Charterers shall, within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the Owners, pay to the Owners the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by the Owners as a result of (i) the introduction of or any
                  change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                “Increased Costs” means:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                a reduction in the rate of return from the Fixed Hire or on the Owners’ overall capital;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                an additional or increased cost; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(C)	
                a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Transaction Document,

              


      

    

    which is incurred or suffered by the Owners to the extent that it is attributable to the Owners having entered into any Transaction Document or funding or performing its
      obligations under any Transaction Document.

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                The Owners shall notify the Charterers of any claim arising from paragraph (m) above (and of the event giving rise to such claim). The Owners shall, as soon as practicable after having made a demand in respect of such claim, provide a
                  certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs as well as evidence supporting its calculation.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                Paragraph (m) above does not apply to the extent any Increased Costs is:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                compensated for by a payment made under paragraph (h)(iii) above; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                attributable to the wilful breach by the Owners of any law or regulation.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.	
                INSURANCE

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.1	
                During the Agreement Term, the Charterers shall at their expense keep the Vessel insured against fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks), oil pollution liability risks, war and protection and
                  indemnity risks (and any risks against which it is compulsory to insure for the operation for the Vessel) in US Dollars and in such market and on such terms as the Owners and the Finance Parties (if any) shall in writing approve45 in line
                  with good shipping practise.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.2	
                Such insurances shall be arranged by the Charterers to protect the interests of the Owners, the Charterers and (if any) the mortgagee of the Vessel (but if there exists any mortgagee, the Charterers shall request such mortgagee to
                  agree to enter into a quiet enjoyment agreement with the Charterers in such form as the parties may agree but nothing herein shall prohibit the Owners from granting such mortgage in favour of a Finance Party under a Finance Document) or
                  such other relevant Finance Party, and the Charterers shall be at liberty to protect under such insurances the interests of any Approved Manager.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.3	
                Insurance policies shall cover the Owners, the Charterers and (if any) the Finance Parties according to their respective interests. Subject to the approval of the Owners (acting on the instructions or with the approval of the Finance
                  Parties (in each case if applicable) and the insurers, the Charterers shall effect all insured repairs and shall undertake settlement and reimbursement from the insurers of all costs in connection with such repairs as well as insured

              


      

    

    
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    charges, expenses and liabilities to the extent of coverage under the insurances herein provided for.

    
      
        	45.4	
                The Charterers shall also remain responsible for and to effect repairs and settlement of costs and expenses incurred thereby in respect of all other repairs not covered by the insurances and/or not exceeding any possible franchise(s)
                  or deductibles provided for in the insurances.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.5	
                The Charterers shall arrange that, at any time during the Agreement Term, the hull and machinery and war risks insurance shall be in an amount not less than the greater of:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                an amount which equals one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Cost Balance; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the current Market Value of the Vessel.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.6	
                The terms of the hull and machinery insurance and the identity of the insurers shall be acceptable to the Owners and (if any) the Finance Parties. The Vessel shall be entered in a P&I Club which is a member of the International
                  Group Association on customary terms and shall be covered against liability for pollution claims in an amount not less than one billion US Dollars (US$1,000,000,000). The P&I cover shall be placed with a P&I Club acceptable to the
                  Owners and (if any) the Finance Parties. All insurances shall include customary protection in favour of the Owners and (if any) the Finance Parties as notice of cancellation and exclusion from liability for premiums or calls. The
                  insurance policies or cover notes for the hull and machinery insurance shall name the Owners as co-assured, endorsing its rights and interests. The Owners shall be entered as a member for the P&I cover and war risks insurance.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.7	
                The Charterers:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                undertake to place the Insurances in such markets, in such currency, on such terms and conditions, and with such brokers, underwriters and associations as the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties shall have previously
                  approved in writing such approval not be unreasonably withheld; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                shall not alter the terms of any of the Insurances nor allow any person (except the Approved Manager) to be co-assured under any of the Insurances without the prior written consent of the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties,
                  and will supply the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties from time to time on request with such information as the Owners and, if applicable, any Finance Party may in their discretion require with regard to the Insurances and
                  the brokers, underwriters or associations through or with which the Insurances are placed.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.8	
                The Charterers undertake duly and punctually to pay all premiums, calls and contributions, and all other sums at any time payable in connection with the Insurances, and, at their own expense, to arrange and provide any guarantees from
                  time to time required by any protection and indemnity or war risks association. The Charterers shall provide the Owners and/or such Finance Party with (i) copies of all invoices issued by the brokers, underwriters or associations in
                  respect of such premiums calls, contributions and other sums, and (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Owners and/or such Finance Party that such premiums, calls, contributions and other sums have been duly and punctually paid; that any such
                  guarantees have been duly given; and that all declarations and notices required by the terms of any of the Insurances to be made or given by or on behalf of the Charterers to brokers, underwriters or associations have been duly and
                  punctually made or given.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.9	
                The Charterers will comply in all respects with all terms and conditions of the Insurances and will make all such declarations to brokers, underwriters and associations as may be required to enable the Vessel to operate in accordance
                  with the terms and conditions of the Insurances. The Charterers will not do, nor permit to be done, any act, nor make, nor permit to be made, any omission, as a result of which any of the Insurances may become liable to be suspended,
                  cancelled or avoided, or may become unenforceable, or as a result of which any sums payable under or in connection with any of the Insurances may be reduced or become liable to be repaid

              


      

    

    
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    or rescinded in whole or in part. In particular, but without limitation, the Charterers will not permit the Vessel to be employed other than in conformity with the Insurances
      without first taking out additional insurance cover in respect of that employment in all respects to the satisfaction of the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties, and the Charterers will promptly notify the Owners and, if applicable, the
      Finance Parties of any new requirement imposed by any broker, underwriter or association in relation to any of the Insurances.

    
      
        	45.10	
                The Charterers will endeavour and before the expiry of any of the Insurances renew them and shall as soon as reasonably thereafter (but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the relevant renewals) give the Owners and, if
                  applicable, the Finance Parties such details of those renewals as the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties may require.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.11	
                The Charterers shall deliver to the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties certified copies (and, if required by the Owners and/or (if applicable) any Finance Parties, the originals) of all policies, certificates of entry
                  (endorsed with the appropriate loss payable clauses as may be required by the Owners and the Finance Parties from time to time) and other documents relating to the Insurances (including, without limitation, receipts for premiums, calls or
                  contributions) and shall procure that letters of undertaking in such form as the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties may approve shall be issued to the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties by the brokers through which
                  the Insurances are placed (or, in the case of protection and indemnity or war risks associations, by their managers). If the Vessel is at any time during the Agreement Term insured under any form of fleet cover, the Charterers shall
                  procure that those letters of undertaking contain confirmation that the brokers, underwriters or association (as the case may be) will not set off claims relating to the Vessel against premiums, calls or contributions in respect of any
                  other vessel or other insurance, and that the insurance cover of the Vessel will not be cancelled by reason of non-payment of premiums, calls or contributions relating to any other vessel or other insurance. Failing receipt of those
                  confirmations, the Charterers will instruct the brokers, underwriters or association concerned to issue a separate policy or certificate for the Vessel in the sole name of the Charterers or of the Charterers’ brokers as agents for the
                  Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.12	
                Upon the Owners’ reasonable request, the Charterers shall provide the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties with full information available to the Charterers regarding any casualty or other accident or damage to the Vessel,
                  including, without limitation, any communication with all parties involved in case of a claim under any of the Insurances.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.13	
                The Charterers agree that, at any time after the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties shall be entitled to collect, sue for, recover and give a good discharge for all
                  claims in respect of any of the Insurances; to pay collecting brokers the customary commission on all sums collected in respect of those claims; to compromise all such claims or refer them to arbitration or any other form of judicial or
                  non-judicial determination; and otherwise to deal with such claims in such manner as the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties shall in their discretion think fit.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.14	
                Whether or not a Termination Event shall have occurred, the proceeds of any claim under any of the Insurances in respect of a Total Loss shall be paid and applied in accordance with Clause 61 (Total
                    Loss).

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.15	
                In the event of any claim in respect of any of the Insurances (other than in respect of a Total Loss), if the Charterers shall fail to reach agreement with any of the brokers, underwriters or associations for the immediate restoration
                  of the Vessel, or for payment to third parties, within such time as the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties may stipulate, the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties shall be entitled to require payment to itself. In
                  the event of any dispute arising between the Charterers and any broker, underwriter or association with respect to any obligation to make any payment to the Charterers or to the Owners and/or (if applicable) the Finance Parties under or
                  in connection with any of the Insurances, or with respect to the amount of any such payment, the Owners and/or (if applicable) the Finance Parties shall be entitled to settle that dispute directly with the broker, underwriter or
                  association concerned. Any such settlement shall be binding on the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                implement any recommendations contained in the reports issued following the surveys referred to in sub-paragraph Error! Reference source not found. above within the relevant time limits, and
                  provide evidence satisfactory to the Owners and, if applicable, the Finance Parties that the protection and indemnity insurers are satisfied that this has been done; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in addition to the foregoing (if such trade is in the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                obtain and retain a certificate of financial responsibility under the Act in form and substance satisfactory to the United States Coast Guard and provide the Owners with evidence of the same;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                procure that the protection and indemnity insurances do not contain a US Trading Exclusion Clause or any other analogous provision and provide the Owners with evidence that this is so; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                comply strictly with any operational or structural regulations issued from time to time by any relevant authorities under the Act so that at all times the Vessel falls within the provisions which limit strict liability under the Act
                  for oil pollution.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.17	
                The Owners shall be at liberty to, in relation to the Vessel, take out Lessor’s or Innocent Owners’ Interest Insurance and Lessor’s Additional Peril (Pollution) insurance on such terms and conditions as the Owners may from time to time
                  decide. The Charterers shall from time to time upon the Owners’ demand reimburse the Owners for all costs, premiums and expenses paid or incurred by the Owners in connection with such Lessor’s or Innocent Owners’ Interest Insurance and
                  Lessor’s Additional Peril (Pollution) insurance, but only to the extent corresponding to each of the Lessor’s or Owners’ Interest Insurance or Lessor’s Additional Peril (Pollution) insurance for an amount not exceeding one hundred and
                  twenty per cent (120%) of the then current Cost Balance.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.18	
                Any Finance Party shall be at liberty to take out a Mortgagees’ Interest Insurance in relation to the Vessel on such terms and conditions as that Finance Party may from time to time decide. The Charterers shall from time to time upon
                  the Owners’ demand reimburse the Owners for all costs, premiums and expenses paid or incurred by the Owners or that Finance Party in connection with such Mortgagees’ Interest Insurance, but only to the extent corresponding to a
                  Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance for an amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty per cent. (120%) of the amount then outstanding under any loan made available by the Finance Parties pursuant to any Finance Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	45.19	
                The Owners shall be at liberty to, in relation to the Vessel, take out freight, demurrage and defence cover on such terms and conditions as the Owners may from time to time decide. The Charterers shall from time to time upon the
                  Owners’ demand reimburse the Owners for all costs, premiums and expenses paid or incurred by the Owners in connection with such cover, but only to the extent corresponding to such cover for an amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty
                  per cent (120%) of the then current Cost Balance.

              


      

    

    
      
        	46.	
                REDELIVERY

              


      

    

    Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event which is continuing, the Owners decide to retake possession of the Vessel pursuant to paragraph (g) of Clause 54 (Termination Events), then the Charterers shall, at their own cost and expense, redeliver or cause to be redelivered the Vessel to the Owners at a safe, ice free port reasonably nominated solely by the Owner where
      the Vessel would be afloat at all times in a ready safe berth or anchorage, in accordance with Clauses 46 (Redelivery), 47 (Redelivery conditions) and 49 (Diver’s inspection at redelivery).

    
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        	47.	
                REDELIVERY CONDITIONS

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                In addition to what has been agreed in Clauses 15 (Redelivery) (Part II) and 46 (Redelivery), the condition of the Vessel shall at redelivery be as
                  follows:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Vessel shall be free of any class and statutory recommendations affecting its trading certificates;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Vessel must be redelivered with all equipment and spares or replacement items listed in the delivery inventory carried out pursuant to Clause 9 (Inventories, Oil and Stores) (Part II) and
                  any spare parts on board or on order for any equipment installed on the Vessel following delivery (provided that any such items which are on lease or hire purchase shall be replaced with items of an equivalent standard and condition fair
                  wear and tear excepted); all records, logs, plans, operating manuals and drawings, spare parts onboard shall be included at the time of redelivery in connection with a transfer of the Vessel or such other items as are then in the
                  possession of the Charterers shall be delivered to the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the Vessel must be redelivered with all national and international trading certificates and hull/machinery survey positions for both class and statutory surveys free of any overdue recommendation and qualifications valid and
                  un-extended for a period of at least three (3) months beyond the redelivery date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                all of the Vessel’s ballast tank coatings to be maintained in “Fair” (as such term (or its equivalent) may be defined and/or interpreted in the relevant survey report) condition as appropriate for the Vessel’s age at the time of
                  redelivery, fair wear and tear excepted;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                the Vessel shall have passed any flag or class surveys or inspections due within three (3) months after the date of redelivery and have its continuous survey system up to date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                the Vessel must be re-delivered with accommodation and common spaces for crew and officers substantially in the same condition as at the Actual Delivery Date, free of damage over and above fair wear and tear, clean and free of
                  infestation and odours; with cargo spaces generally fit to carry the cargoes originally designed and intended for the Vessel; with main propulsion equipment, auxiliary equipment, cargo handling equipment, navigational equipment, etc., in
                  such operating condition as provided for in this Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                the Vessel shall be free and clear of all liens other than those created by or on the instruction of the Owners;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(viii)	
                the condition of the cargo holds to be in accordance with the maintenance regime undertaken by the Charterers during the Charter Period since delivery with allowance for legitimate cargoes carried since the last major maintenance
                  programme;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ix)	
                at the costs and expenses of the Charterers, a final joint report from the surveyors appointed by the Owners and the Charterers respectively shall be carried out as to the condition of the Vessel and a list of agreed deficiencies if
                  any shall be drawn up;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                the anti-fouling coating system applied at the last scheduled dry-docking shall be in accordance with prevailing regulations at the time of application;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(xi)	
                the funnel markings and name (unless being maintained by the Owner following redelivery) shall be painted out by the Charterers; and

              


      

    

    
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              	(xii)	
                recently taken lube oil samples for all major machinery shall be made available within one (1) week of redelivery and results forwarded to Owners’ technical management for review.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                At redelivery, the Charterers shall ensure that the Vessel shall meet the following performance levels (which where relevant shall be determined by reference to the Vessel’s log books):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                all equipment controlling the habitability of the accommodation and service areas to be in proper working order, fair wear and tear excepted; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                available deadweight to be within one per cent (1%) of that achieved at delivery (as the same may be adjusted as a result of any upgrading of the Vessel carried out in accordance with this Charter (such adjustment to be agreed between
                  the Owners and Charterers at the time such upgrading work is to be undertaken);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                The Owners and Charterers shall each appoint (at the Charterers’ cost and expense) surveyors for the purpose of determining and agreeing in writing the condition of the Vessel at redelivery.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                If the Vessel is not in the condition or does not meet the performance criteria required by this Clause 47, a list of deficiencies together with the costs of repairing/remedying such deficiencies shall be agreed by the respective
                  surveyors.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                The Charterers shall be obliged to repair any class items restricting the operation or trading of the Vessel prior to redelivery.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                The Charterers shall be obliged to repair/remedy all such other deficiencies as are necessary to put the Vessel into the return condition required by this Clause 47.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                Until such time as any compensatory amount in respect of any repairs/remedial work outstanding as at redelivery has been paid in accordance with the terms of this Charter and the Vessel has been redelivered, the Charterers shall
                  continue to pay the Fixed Hire in accordance with the terms of this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	48.	
                OWNERS’ MORTGAGE

              


      

    

    
      
        	48.1	
                If required by the Sub-Charterer, the Owner shall procure, or provide, as the case may be a quiet enjoyment letter in wording to be reasonably agreed between the parties, the Charterers:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                acknowledge that the Owners are entitled and do intend to enter or have entered into certain funding arrangements with the Finance Parties in order to finance part of the Owners’ Cost, which funding arrangements may be secured, inter
                  alia, by ship mortgages over the Vessel and (along with other related matters) the relevant Finance Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                irrevocably consent to any assignment in favour of the Finance Parties pursuant to the relevant Finance Documents of the Charterers’ rights, interests and benefits in and to the Insurances, Earnings, Requisition Compensation and any
                  guarantee in favour of the Charterers for the performance of the obligations of any Sub-charterer under any Sub-charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                without limiting the generality of paragraph 52.14 of Clause 52 (Charterers’ undertakings), undertake to execute, provide or procure the execution or provision (as the case may be) of such further reasonably information or document as
                  are necessary to effect the assignment referred to in paragraph (b) above.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Owners’ may assign, transfer or novate their rights under this Charter without the prior written consent of the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
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        	49.	
                DIVER’S INSPECTION AT REDELIVERY

              


      

    

    
      
        	49.1	
                Unless the Vessel is returned in dry-dock, a diver’s inspection is required to be performed at the time of redelivery.

              


      

    

    
      
        	49.2	
                The Charterers shall, at the written request of the Owners, arrange at the Charterers’ time and expense for an underwater inspection by a diver approved by the Classification Society immediately prior to the redelivery.

              


      

    

    
      
        	49.3	
                A video film of the inspection shall be made. The extent of the inspection and the conditions under which it is performed shall be to the satisfaction of the Classification Society.

              


      

    

    
      
        	49.4	
                If damage to the underwater parts is found, the Charterers shall arrange, at their time and costs, for the Vessel to be dry-docked and repairs carried out to the satisfaction of the Classification Society.

              


      

    

    
      
        	49.5	
                If the conditions at the port of redelivery are unsuitable for such diver’s inspection, the Charterers shall take the Vessel (in Owners’ time but at Charterers’ expense) to a suitable alternative place nearest to the redelivery port
                  unless an alternative solution is agreed.

              


      

    

    All costs relating to any diver’s inspection shall be borne by the Charterers.

    
      
        	50.	
                TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS

              


      

    

    The Charterers shall use their standard documents, waybills and conditions of carriage in the carriage of goods. Such documents, waybills and standard conditions shall comply
      with compulsory applicable legislation.

    
      
        	51.	
                CHARTERERS’ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

              


      

    

    
      
        	51.1	
                The Charterers represent and warrant to the Owners on the date of this Charter and (by reference to the facts and circumstances then pertaining) on, each payment date for making payment of the Paid Instalments, the Actual Delivery Date
                  and each Hire Payment Date as follows (except that (1) the representation and warranty contained in paragraph (g) and (x) below shall only be made on the date of this Charter, each payment date for making payment of the Paid Instalments
                  and on the Actual Delivery Date, and (2) the representations and warranties in paragraph (b) below shall only be made on the date of this Charter):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Status and due authorisation: each Obligor is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or formed under the laws of its jurisdiction
                  of incorporation or formation (as the case may be) with power to enter into the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents (to which it is a party) and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under the Transaction
                  Documents and the Project Documents (to which it is a party) and all corporate and other action required to authorise its execution of the Transaction Documents and the Project documents (to which it is a party) and its performance of its
                  obligations thereunder has been duly taken;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                No deductions or withholding: under the laws of the Obligors’ respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation in force at the date hereof, none of the Obligors will be
                  required to make any deduction or withholding from any payment it may make under any of the Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Claims pari passu: under the laws of the Obligors’ respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation in force at the date hereof, the payment obligations of each Obligor
                  under each Transaction Document to which it is a party, rank at least pari passu with the claims of all other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors of such obligor save for any obligations which
                  are preferred solely by any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general application;

              


      

    

    
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              	(d)	
                No Immunity: in any proceedings taken in any of the Obligors’ respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation in relation to any of the Transaction Documents, none of
                  the Obligors will be entitled to claim for itself or any of its assets immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                Governing law and judgments: in any proceedings taken in any of the Obligors’ jurisdiction of incorporation or formation in relation
                  to any of the Transaction Documents in which there is an express choice of the law of a particular country as the governing law thereof, that choice of law and any judgment or (if applicable) arbitral award obtained in that country will
                  be recognised and enforced;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                Validity and admissibility in evidence: as at the date hereof, all acts, conditions and things required to be done, fulfilled and performed in order (A) to enable each of the
                  Obligors lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights under and perform and comply with the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which it is a party, (B) to ensure that the
                  obligations expressed to be assumed by each of the Obligors in the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents are legal, valid and binding, and (C) to make the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which it is a party
                  admissible in evidence in the jurisdictions of incorporation or formation of each of the Obligors, have been done, fulfilled and performed;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                No filing or stamp taxes: under the laws of the Obligors’ respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation in force at the date hereof, it is not necessary that any of
                  the Transaction Documents to which it is a party be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation (other than the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales or the
                  relevant maritime registry, to the extent applicable) or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to any of the Transaction Document except that the Charterers’ Assignment, the Manager’s Undertakings and the
                  Account Charge shall be filed against the Charterers with the Marshall Islands within one month of the date of execution of such document;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                Binding obligations: the obligations expressed to be assumed by each of the Obligors in the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which it is a party are legal
                  and valid obligations, binding on each of them in accordance with the terms of such Transaction Documents and the Project Documents and no limit on any of their powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowings, granting of security
                  or giving of guarantees contemplated by such Transaction Documents and the Project Documents or the performance by any of them of any of their obligations thereunder;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                No misleading information: to the best of its knowledge, any factual information provided by any Obligor to the Owners in connection with the Transaction Documents was true
                  and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided and is not misleading in any material respect;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                No winding-up: none of the Obligors has taken any corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action nor have any other steps been taken or legal proceedings
                  been started or (to the best of the Charterers’ knowledge and belief) threatened against any Obligor for its winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation or for the appointment of a receiver, administrator, administrative
                  receiver, trustee or similar officer of it or of any or all of its assets or revenues which might have a Material Adverse Effect ;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                Solvency:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                None of the Obligors is unable, or admits or has admitted its inability, to pay its debts or has suspended making payments in respect of any of its debts;

              


      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                None of the Obligors by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has commenced, or intends to commence, negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                The value of the assets of each Obligor is not less than the liabilities of such Obligor (as the case may be) (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                No moratorium has been, declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Obligor.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                No material defaults:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Without prejudice to paragraph (ii) below, none of the Obligors are in breach of or in default under any agreement to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets to an extent or in a manner which might have a
                  Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                No Potential Termination Event or Termination Event is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from each Obligor’s entry into and performance of each Transaction Document to which such Obligor is a party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                No material proceedings: no material action or administrative proceeding of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which is not covered by adequate insurance or which
                  might have a Material Adverse Effect has been started;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                Accounts: all financial statements relating to the Charterers required to be delivered under paragraph 52.1 of Clause 52 (Charterers’
                    undertakings), were each prepared in accordance with GAAP, (in conjunction with the notes thereto) fairly represent the financial condition of the Charterers at the date as of which they were prepared and the results of their
                  operations during the financial period then ended;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                No obligation to create Security Interest: the execution of the Transaction Documents by the Obligors and their exercise of their rights and performance of their obligations
                  thereunder will not result in the existence of nor oblige any Obligor to create any Security Interest over all or any of their present or future revenues or assets, other than pursuant to the Security Documents to which they are a party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p)	
                No breach: the execution of the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents by each of the Obligors and their exercise of their rights and performance of their
                  obligations under any of the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents to which they are a party do not constitute and will not result in any breach of any agreement or treaty to which any of them is a party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                Security: each of the Obligors is the legal and beneficial owner of all assets and other property which it purports to charge, mortgage, pledge, assign or otherwise secure
                  pursuant to each Security Document and those Security Documents to which it is a party create and give rise to valid and effective security having the ranking expressed in those Security Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(r)	
                Necessary authorisations: the Necessary Authorisations required by each Obligor are in full force and effect, and each Obligor is in compliance with the material provisions
                  of each such Necessary Authorisation relating to it and, to the best of its knowledge, none of the Necessary Authorisations relating to it are the subject of any pending or threatened proceedings or revocation;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(s)	
                No money laundering: the performance of the obligations of the Obligors under the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents, will be for the account of members of the
                  respective Obligor(s) and will not involve any breach by any of them of any law or regulatory measure relating to “money laundering” as defined in Article 1 of the

              


      

    

    
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    Directive (2005/EC/60) of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Communities;

    
      
        	

              	(t)	
                Disclosure of material facts: the Charterers are not aware of any material facts or circumstances which have not been disclosed to the Owners and which might, if disclosed,
                  have reasonably been expected to materially adversely affect the decision of a person considering whether or not to enter into the Transaction Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(u)	
                Environmental laws:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Each of the Charter Guarantors is in compliance with paragraph 52.8 of Clause 52 (Charterers’ undertakings) and (to the best of its knowledge and belief) no circumstances have occurred which
                  would prevent such compliance in a manner or to an extent which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to
                  the best of the Charterers’ knowledge and belief) is threatened against any of the Charter Guarantor where that claim has or is reasonably likely, if determined against the Charter Guarantor, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                Taxation

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                No Obligor is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and no Obligor overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax of one million US Dollars (US$1,000,000) (or its equivalent in any other currency) or more, save in
                  the case of Taxes which are being contested in good faith.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                As far as the Charterers are aware, each of the Obligors (save for the Approved Manager) is resident for Tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(w)	
                No Restricted Party: no Obligor is a Restricted Party nor has any Obligor or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or any person acting on their behalf
                  received notice or are aware of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against any of them with respect to Sanctions by a Sanctions Authority.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                No Material Adverse Effect: no event or circumstance which has occurred which has a Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(y)	
                Status of Project Documents: The copies of the Project Documents delivered to the Lender are true and complete copies. The Project Documents constitute legal, valid, binding
                  and enforceable obligations of the parties to them in accordance with their respective terms except insofar as enforcement may be limited by any applicable laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, administration and similar laws affecting
                  creditors’ rights generally and by principles of equity. No amendments or additions to the Project Documents have been agreed nor has any party to any Project Document waived any of its respective rights under that Project Document
                  (except as those notified to the Owners in writing and, if consent of the Owners are required pursuant to this Charter, as consented to by the Owners).

              


      

    

    
      
        	51.2	
                The representation and warranties of the Charterers in this Clause 51 are subject to:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the principle that equitable remedies are remedies which may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws generally affecting or limiting the rights of creditors;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the time barring of claims under any applicable limitation acts;

              


      

    

    
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              	(d)	
                the possibility that a court may strike out provisions for a contract as being invalid for reasons of oppression, undue influence or similar; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any other reservations or qualifications of law expressed in any legal opinions obtained by the Owners in connection with the Transaction Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.	
                CHARTERERS’ UNDERTAKINGS

              


      

    

    The undertaking and covenants in this Clause 52 remain in force for the duration of the Agreement Term.

    
      
        	52.1	
                Financial statements the Charterers shall and shall procure the Charter Guarantor to each supply to the Owners (i) as soon as the same become available, but in any event
                  within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of each of its financial years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.2	
                Requirements as to financial statements each set of financial statements delivered to the Owners under paragraph 52.1 of Clause 52 in relation to the Charterers and the
                  Charter Guarantor (each a “Notifying Party”):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                shall be certified by an authorised signatory of the relevant Notifying Party as fairly representing its financial condition as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.3	
                Information The Charterers shall supply to the Owners:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                promptly upon becoming aware of them, details of any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against the Charterers, and which, if adversely determined, are reasonably
                  likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of the Charterers as the Owners may reasonably request.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.4	
                Maintenance of legal validity The Charterers shall comply with the terms of and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect all Necessary Authorisations
                  required in or by the laws and regulations of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation and all other applicable jurisdictions, to enable it lawfully to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to
                  ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Transaction Documents in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and all other applicable jurisdictions.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.5	
                Notification of Potential Termination Event The Charterers shall promptly, upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Owners in writing of the occurrence of any Termination
                  Event or Potential Termination Event (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy this) and, upon receipt of a written request to that effect from the Owners, confirm to the Owners that, save as previously notified to the Owners or as
                  notified in such confirmation, no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event is continuing or if a Termination Event or Potential Termination Event is continuing specifying the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.6	
                Claims pari passu The Charterers shall ensure that at all times the claims of the Owners against it under the Transaction Documents rank at least pani passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and subordinated creditors save those whose claims are preferred by any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding-up or other similar laws of general application.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.7	
                Necessary Authorisations Without prejudice to any specific provision of the Transaction Documents relating to a Necessary Authorisation, the Charterers shall (i) obtain,
                  comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect all Necessary Authorisations if a

              


      

    

    
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    failure to do the same may cause a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) promptly upon request, supply certified copies to the Owners of all Necessary Authorisations.

    
      
        	52.8	
                Compliance with applicable laws The Charterers shall comply with all applicable laws, including Environmental Laws, to which it may be subject (except as regards Restricted
                  Parties to which paragraph 52.9 below applies, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws to which paragraph 52.10 below applies) if a failure to do the same may have a Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.9	
                No dealings with Restricted Parties The Charterers shall not, and shall not permit or authorise any other person to, directly or indirectly, utilise or employ the Vessel or
                  to use, lend, make payments of, contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of any transaction(s) contemplated by the Transaction Documents to fund any trade, business or other activities:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Party; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in any other manner that would reasonably be expected to result in any Obligor or the Owners or any Finance Party (if applicable) being in breach of any Sanctions or become a Restricted Party.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.10	
                Anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws The Charterers shall conduct its business in compliance with applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.11	
                Environmental compliance

              


      

    

    The Charterers shall:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                comply with any Environmental Law;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,

              


      

    

    where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

    
      
        	52.12	
                Environmental Claims The Charterers shall, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Owners in writing of:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any Environmental Claim against the Charterers which is current or pending; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against the Charterers,

              


      

    

    where the claim, if determined against the Charterers, has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

    
      
        	52.13	
                Taxation

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Charterers shall pay and discharge any Tax imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                such payment is being contested in good faith;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                adequate reserves are being maintained for such Tax and the costs required to contest them have been disclosed in its latest financial statements; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay such Tax does not have or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                No Obligor may change its residence for Tax purposes.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.14	
                Further assurance The Charterers shall, at their own expense, promptly take all such action as the Owners may reasonably require for the purpose of perfecting or protecting
                  any of the Owner’s rights with respect to the security created or evidenced (or intended to be created or evidenced) by the Security Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.15	
                Other information The Charterers will promptly supply to the Owners such financial information and explanations as the Owners may from time to time reasonably require in
                  connection with the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.16	
                Inspection of records The Charterers will permit the inspection of their financial records and accounts relating to the Transaction Documents on reasonable notice from time
                  to time during business hours by the Owners or its nominee.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.17	
                Merger and demerger The Charterers shall not enter into any amalgamation, merger, demerger or corporate restructuring without the prior written consent of the Owners (such
                  consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.18	
                Transfer of assets The Charterers shall not, sell or transfer any of its material assets other than:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                on arm’s length terms to third parties where the net proceeds of sale are used as a prepayment hereunder; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                on arm’s length terms to its Affiliates, which are and remain members of the Charter Group.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.19	
                Change of business The Charterers shall not, without the prior written consent of the Owners, make any substantial change to the general nature of their shipping business
                  from that carried on at the date of this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.20	
                “Know your customer” checks If:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any change in the status of the Charterers after the date of this Charter; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                a proposed assignment or transfer by Owners of any of its rights and obligations under this Charter,

              


      

    

    obliges the Owners to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the
      Charterers shall promptly upon the request of the Owners supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Owners in order for the Owners to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all
      necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

    
      
        	52.21	
                Management of the Vessel The Charterers shall ensure that:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Vessel is at all times technically and commercially managed by an Approved Manager;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                unless (A) the Charterers have promptly informed the Owners in writing of any proposed change of an Approved Manager, and (B) the Owners have granted its prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to
                  such proposed change, the Approved Manager shall not be changed to another entity; and

              


      

    

    
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              	(c)	
                the Approved Managers will provide a written confirmation confirming that, among other things, following the occurrence of Termination Event which is continuing, all claims of the Approved Managers against the Charterers shall be
                  subordinated to the claims of the Owners or the Finance Parties (if applicable) under the Transaction Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.22	
                Classification The Charterers shall ensure that the Vessel maintains the highest classification required for the purpose of the relevant trade of the Vessel which shall be
                  with the Vessel’s Classification Society, in each case, free from any material overdue recommendations and adverse notations affecting that the Vessel’s class.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.23	
                Certificate of financial responsibility The Charterers shall, if required, obtain and maintain a certificate of financial responsibility in relation to the Vessel which is to
                  call at the United States of America.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.24	
                Registration The Charterers shall not change or permit a change to the flag of the Vessel during the duration of this Charter other than to a Pre-Approved Flag, such approval
                  not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any change to the flag of the Vessel shall be at the cost of the Charterers (which shall include any costs of the Finance Parties (if applicable).

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.25	
                ISM, ISPS and Maritime Labour Convention Compliance The Charterers shall ensure that each ISM Company and ISPS Company complies in all material respects with the ISM Code and
                  the ISPS Code, respectively, or any replacements thereof and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) shall ensure that such company holds (i) a valid and current Document of Compliance issued pursuant to the
                  ISM Code, (ii) a valid and current SMC issued in respect of the Vessel pursuant to the ISM Code, and (iii) an ISSC in respect of the Vessel, and the Charterers shall promptly, upon request, supply the Owners with copies of the same. The
                  Charterers shall at all time comply with the Maritime Labour Convention.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.26	
                Chartering-in The Charterers shall not, during the duration of this Charter, without the prior written consent of the Owners, take any vessel on charter or other contract of
                  employment (or agree to do so) except for vessels chartered in by the Charterers on a temporary basis to be provided to any Sub-charterer in order to fulfil its obligations under the relevant Sub-charter (in circumstances where the Vessel
                  is not available for whatever reason).

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.27	
                Change of control The Charterers shall ensure that during the duration of the Charter Period, no Change of Control shall occur without the prior written consent of the Owners
                  (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.28	
                Inspection of Vessel and inspection reports In the absence of a Termination Event, subject to there being no undue interference with the operation of the Vessel:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Owners may at the Charterers’ cost arrange for persons appointed by the Owners to board the Vessel once in each calendar year during the Charter Period to inspect the Vessel’s state and condition, and the Charterers will provide
                  commercially reasonable assistance to facilitate such inspection; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterers shall, within five (5) Business Days’ of the Owners’ written demand, reimburse the Owners for all costs, fees and expenses reasonably incurred by the Owners in connection with the Owners’ procuring or arranging the
                  procurement of the relevant inspection report as to the condition of the Vessel,

              


      

    

    provided always however that if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Owners may at any time and at the Charterers’ cost conduct such inspection and the
      Charterers shall be deemed to have granted such permission and shall provide such necessary assistance to the Owners in respect of such inspection.

    
      
        	52.29	
                Sub-charterers The Charterers will, where applicable, use best endeavours and forthwith execute and deliver any and all such other agreements, instruments and documents
                  (including any novation agreement) as may be required by law or deemed necessary or desirable by the Owners to ensure that any Sub-Charter which is in effect on the Actual Delivery Date remains

              


      

    

    
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    in effect, so that all obligations previously owed by the relevant Sub-charterers to the Charterers under such Sub-Charter shall continue to be owed to the Charterers throughout
      the term of the Sub-charter.

    
      
        	52.30	
                Valuation of Market Value

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Charterers shall procure valuation of the Market Value of the Vessel to be made (and procure the delivery to the Owners of the Valuation Reports issued by the Approved Brokers): (i) within thirty (30) days prior to the Actual
                  Delivery Date, (ii) once every twelve (12) months during the Charter Period (each such Valuation Report to be at the Charterers’ cost); and (ii) at such other times as the Owners may require in their absolute discretion (each such
                  additional Valuation Reports to be at Owners’ cost unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing following which such additional Valuation Reports shall be at the cost of the Charterers).

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                The Market Value of the Vessel shall be the arithmetic average of desk-top valuations obtained from two (2) Approved Brokers with one selected by the Charterers and the other selected by the Owners prior to the Actual Delivery Date and
                  from one Approved Broker acceptable to the Owners during the Agreement Term (in each such case the Approved Brokers shall be acceptable to the Owners and the expenses of both appointments shall be borne by the Charterers). Each such
                  valuation shall take into account the benefit of this Charter and any Sub-charter (dated no earlier than 30 days from the relevant date) on the basis of a willing buyer and a willing seller at arm’s length.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                If valuation is obtained in accordance with this Clause and the Market Value of the Vessel is less than (i) the Cost Balance for the first 2 years and (ii) 120% of the Purchase Option Price pro rata adjusted for the period after 2
                  years, of (x) the Cost Balance for the first 2 years after the Actual Delivery Date or (y) the Purchase Option Price for the remainder of the Agreement Term (the “Required LTV Ratio”), the
                  Charterers shall, within 5 days of the issuance of the Valuation Reports (or, if the two Valuation Reports are not issued on the same day, the date of the later Valuation Report), prepay to the Owners in an amount equal to the shortfall
                  as may be necessary to ensure that the Ratio does not exceed the Required LTV Ratio.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                After the prepayment referred to above is completed, the following Fixed Hire, Purchase Option Prices, Cost Balance and Balloon Amount shall be adjusted downwards in the same proportion as the above proportion of the prepayment.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.31	
                Sub-Charter Apart from the Initial Sub-Charter, the Charterers shall procure that there shall be no Sub-charter (including but not limited to on a bareboat basis) of the
                  Vessel without the consent of the Owners, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld save that (and subject to the foregoing) any sub-chartering contract of less than twenty four (24) months (including optional extension periods) not
                  made on a bareboat charter basis shall not require the consent of the Owners and further provided that, (i) the Charterers shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure (if required) the consent of the Sub-Charterer to the assignment of
                  any Sub-Charter to the Owners, upon obtaining which (if the same is required) the Charterers shall so assign that contract to the Owners by way of security for the Charterers’ obligations under this Charter; and (ii) all sub-chartering
                  documentation is promptly provided to the Owners, for its information.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.32	
                Transactions with Affiliates The Charterers shall procure that all transactions conducted or to be conducted between them and any of the Obligors or any of that Obligor’s
                  Affiliates will be on an arm’s length commercial basis.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.33	
                Notification The Charterers shall notify the Owners promptly after they become aware of the expiry or early termination of the Sub-Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	52.34	
                Project Documents

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Charterers shall:

              


      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                without affecting its obligations under the applicable provisions of the Transaction Documents, perform and observe its obligations under the Project Documents and use its best endeavours to procure that each of the other parties to
                  the Project Documents performs and observes its obligations under them; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                obtain and maintain in force, and promptly furnish certified copies to the Owners of, all licences, authorisations, approvals and consents, and do all other acts and things, which may from time to time be necessary or desirable for the
                  continued due performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Project Documents or which may be required for the validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Transaction Documents and the Project
                  Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                The Charterers shall not, without the prior consent of the Owners:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                except as contemplated by this Charter, sell or agree to sell the Vessel (including a sale of the Vessel during her construction by way of an assignment, novation or other transfer of the Building Contract) or convey, assign, transfer,
                  sell or otherwise dispose of or deal with any of its other real or personal property, assets or rights, whether present or future, in connection with the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                waive or fail to enforce any provision of, or agree to any amendment or supplement to, the Building Contract, save to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of any Transaction Document.

              


      

    

    
      
        	53.	
                EARNINGS ACCOUNT

              


      

    

    In addition to Clause 52 (Charterers’ undertakings), the Charterers hereby undertake to the Owners that, throughout the Agreement Term,
      they will deposit all of the Earnings received by the Charterers into the Earnings Account, free and clear of any costs, fees, expenses, disbursements, withholdings or deductions.

    
      
        	54.	
                TERMINATION EVENTS

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.1	
                Each of the following events shall constitute a Termination Event:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Failure to pay any Obligor fails to pay any amount due from it under any Transaction Document to which they are parties at the time, in the currency and otherwise in the
                  manner specified therein provided that, if an Obligor can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Owners that all necessary instructions were given to effect such payment and the non-receipt thereof is attributable solely to an
                  administrative or technical error or an error in the banking system or a Disruption Event, then such payment shall instead be deemed to be due, solely for the purposes of this paragraph, within five (5) Business Days of the date on which
                  it actually fell due under this Charter (if a payment of Hire) and seven (7) Business Days (if a sum payable on demand) ; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Misrepresentation any representation or statement made by any Obligor in any Transaction Document to which it is a party or in any notice or other document, certificate or
                  statement delivered by it pursuant thereto or in connection therewith is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect, where the circumstances causing the same give rise to a Material Adverse Effect; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Specific covenants any Obligor fails duly to perform or comply with any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by or procured by them under paragraphs 52.27, 52.30 and
                  52.32) of Clause 52 (Charterers’ undertakings) ; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                Other obligations any of the Obligors fails duly to perform or comply with any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by them in any Transaction Document (other

              


      

    

    
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    than those referred to in paragraph (c)) and such failure is not remedied within 60 days after the earlier of (A) the Owners having given notice thereof to the relevant Obligor
      and (B) the Obligor becoming aware of such failure to perform or comply; or

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                Cross Default any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due (or within any applicable grace period) and payable prior to its specified maturity where the
                  aggregate of all such unpaid or accelerated indebtedness of such Obligor is equal to or greater than US Dollars Ten Million (US$10,000,000) or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies and such default is not remedied within 45
                  days after such default; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                Insolvency and rescheduling any of the Obligors is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, commences negotiations with any one or more of their creditors with a view to
                  the general readjustment or rescheduling of their indebtedness or makes a general assignment for the benefit of their creditors or a composition with their creditors; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                Winding-up any of the Obligors files for initiation of formal restructuring proceedings, is wound up or declared bankrupt or take any corporate action or other steps are
                  taken or legal proceedings are started for their winding-up, dissolution, administration or re-organisation or for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, conservator, custodian, trustee or
                  similar officer of them or of any or all of their revenues or assets or any moratorium is declared or sought in respect of any of their indebtedness; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                Execution or distress

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any Obligor fails to comply with or pays any sum due from them (within 30 days of such amount falling due) under any final judgment or any final order made or given by any court or other official body of a competent jurisdiction in an
                  aggregate in respect of the Obligor equal to or greater than US Dollars Ten Million (US$10,000,000) or its equivalent in any other currency, being a judgment or order against which there is no right of appeal or if a right of appeal
                  exists, where the time limit for making such appeal has expired; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any execution or distress is levied against, or an encumbrancer takes possession of, the whole or any part of, the property, undertaking or assets of any Obligor in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than US Dollars Five Million
                  (US$5,000,000) or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies, other than any execution or distress which is being contested in good faith and which is either discharged within 30 days or in respect of which adequate security has
                  been provided within 30 days to the relevant court or other authority to enable the relevant execution or distress to be lifted or released; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Similar event any event occurs which, under the laws of any jurisdiction, has a similar or analogous effect to any of those events mentioned in paragraphs (f), (g) or (h)
                  above; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                Repudiation any of the Obligors repudiates any Transaction Document to which it is a party or do or cause to be done any act or thing evidencing an intention to repudiate any
                  such Transaction Document; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                Validity and admissibility at any time any act, condition or thing required to be done, fulfilled or performed in order:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                to enable any of the Obligors lawfully to enter into, exercise their rights under and perform the material obligations expressed to be assumed by them in the Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                to ensure that the material obligations expressed to be assumed by any of the Obligors in the Transaction Documents are legal, valid and binding;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                to make the Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in any applicable jurisdiction,

              


      

    

    is not done, fulfilled or performed within thirty (30) days after notification from the Owners to the relevant Obligor requiring the same to be done, fulfilled or performed; or

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                Illegality at any time:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                it is or becomes unlawful for any of the Obligors to perform or comply with any or all of their obligations under the Transaction Documents to which they are parties;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any of the obligations of any of the Obligors under the Transaction Documents to which they are parties are not or cease to be legal, valid and binding; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                any Security Interest created or purported to be created by the Security Documents ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective or is alleged by a party to such Security Document (other than the Owners) to be
                  ineffective,

              


      

    

    and, in each case, such illegality is not remedied or mitigated to the satisfaction of the Owners within sixty (60) days after it has given notice thereof to the Charterers; or

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                Material adverse change at any time there shall occur any event or change which has a Material Adverse Effect in respect of any of the Obligors and such event or change, if
                  capable of remedy, is not so remedied within thirty (30) days of the delivery of a notice confirming such event or change by the Owners to the Charterers; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                Conditions precedent if any of the conditions set out in Clause 40 (Conditions precedent) is not satisfied by the relevant time or
                  such other time period specified by the Owners in their discretion; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                Revocation or modification of consents etc. if any Necessary Authorisation which is now or which at any time during the Agreement Term becomes necessary to enable an Obligor
                  to comply with any of its obligations in or pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents or the Project Documents is revoked, withdrawn or withheld, or modified in a manner which the Owners reasonably consider is, or may be, prejudicial
                  to the interests of Owners in a material manner, or if such Necessary Authorisation ceases to remain in full force and effect and not remedied with 20 days; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p)	
                Cessation of business any of the Obligors ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its business; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                Curtailment of business if the business of any of the Obligors is wholly or materially curtailed by any intervention by or under authority of any government, or if all or a
                  substantial part of the undertaking, property or assets of the Obligor is seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired by or under authority of any government or any of the Obligors disposes or threatens to dispose of a
                  substantial part of their business or assets; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(r)	
                Reduction of capital if any of the Obligors reduces their committed or subscribed capital other than in the course of regular finance or business activity; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(s)	
                Environmental matters

              


      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                any Environmental Claim is pending or made against any Obligors or in connection with the Vessel, where such Environmental Claim has a Material Adverse Effect;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any actual Environmental Incident occurs in connection with the Vessel, where such Environmental Incident has a Material Adverse Effect; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(t)	
                Loss of property all or a substantial part of the business or assets of any of the Obligors is destroyed, abandoned, seized, appropriated or forfeited for any reason, and
                  such occurrence in the reasonable opinion of the Owners has a Material Adverse Effect; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(u)	
                Sanctions any Obligor or any of their directors, officers or employees becomes a Restricted Party and no remedy is available within 60 days or any Sanctions are enacted
                  against the Vessel; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                Arrest the Vessel is arrested or seized for any reason whatsoever (other than caused solely and directly by any action or omission from the Owners) unless the Vessel is
                  released and returned to the possession of the Charterers within forty five (45) days of such arrest or seizure; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(w)	
                Delivery the Vessel has not for any reason been delivered to, and accepted by, the Owners under the Novated Building Contract on or before the Cancellation Date;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                Collateral Charter a “Termination Event” (or any other similar event or circumstance and each as however described) occurs under the Collateral Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.2	
                The Owners and the Charterers agree that it is a fundamental term and condition of this Charter that no Termination Event shall occur during the Agreement Term. Without prejudice to the forgoing, a Termination Event which is continuing
                  shall constitute an agreed terminating event, the occurrence of which will entitle the Owners to exercise all or any of the remedies set out below in this Clause 54.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.3	
                At any time after occurrence of a Termination Event, the Owners shall be entitled to terminate the Charter forthwith by giving a written notice to the Charterers demanding the Charterers (a) to redeliver the Vessel to Owners and (b)
                  pay the Termination Sum to the Owners in accordance with Clause 54(f) below, within sixty (60) days following the date of the notice (“Termination Notice”). Once the Termination Notice is sent to
                  the Charterers, the Owners shall be entitled to (but not bound and without prejudice to the Charterers’ obligations hereunder) retake possession of the Vessel immediately on the date of the Termination Notice or any other date as
                  specified by the Owners and the Charterers shall, within sixty (60) days following the date of Termination Notice, pay the Termination Sum to the Owners in accordance with Clause 54(f) below. If the Termination Date is not a Payment Date,
                  the Fixed Hire payable, calculated on a pro rata basis between the immediately previous Payment Date and on the immediately following Payment Date shall become immediately due and payable on the Termination Date. In case the Charterers
                  fail to pay the Termination Sum in full within sixty (60) following the date of the Termination Notice the Owners shall be entitled to exercise the remedies as provided in Clause 54(i).

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.4	
                The Owners may demand that the Charterers pay to the Owners on the Termination Payment Date or such later date as the Owners shall specify (and without prejudice to any other rights, claims or remedies which the Owners may have under
                  this Charter and applicable laws) the Termination Sum. If the Termination Sum paid by the Charterers under this Charter does not cover the Owners’ loss, the Owners shall be entitled to claim further compensation for their losses and for
                  all reasonable expenses incurred together with any interest accrued thereon. The Owners shall not be under any liability whatsoever to the Charterers for loss or damage if any occasioned by the Charterers for the termination of this
                  Charter unless such termination is wrongful.

              


      

    

    
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        	54.5	
                The Charterers shall pay or reimburse to the Owners on demand all losses suffered by the Owners in connection with such Termination Event and/or termination including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, all
                  liabilities, reasonable costs and expenses so incurred in recovering possession of, and in moving, storing, insuring and maintaining, the Vessel and in carrying out any works or modifications required to cause the Vessel to conform with
                  the provisions of Clause 47 in respect of redelivery under this Charter together with interest thereon from the date on which the relevant loss was suffered by the Owners until the date of payment or reimbursement thereof (both before and
                  after any relevant judgment or winding up of the Charterers) pursuant to this Clause 51.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.6	
                Upon receipt of the Termination Notice from the Owners, the Charterers have the obligation to pay the Termination Sum (together with interest at the default rate in accordance with Clause 44.3(j)) for purchasing the Vessel from the
                  Owners within 60 days. Upon receipt of full amount of the Termination Sum, by the Charterers, the Owners will transfer to the Charterers or its nominee all of the Owners’ rights, title and interests in the Vessel on “as is-where is” basis
                  and shall discharge the mortgage as may be created over the Vessel. The Charterers shall not be entitled for any reason whatsoever to claim against the Owners for any losses, or any loss of profit resulting directly or indirectly from any
                  defect or alleged defect in the Vessel. All registration, legal or other expenses whatsoever incurred in respect of the transfer of the title in the Vessel from the Owners to the Charterers or its nominee shall be for the account of the
                  Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.7	
                Any amount due to the Owners under this Clause shall bear interest (before and after any relevant judgment or any winding-up of the Charterers) from the Termination Date to the date of the Owners’ actual receipt thereof.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.8	
                Notwithstanding the termination of this Charter pursuant to this Clause, the Charterers shall irrevocably and unconditionally continue to comply with its obligations under this Charter until the Owners have received the Termination Sum
                  and other sum payable by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.9	
                If the Charterers fail to pay in full the Termination Sum and other sums payable under this Charter upon the Owners’ demand for payment pursuant to this Clause 54 within sixty (60) days following the date of the Termination Notice, the
                  Parties shall first obtain three valuation reports from three independent Approved Valuers (each party appoint one Approved Valuers and the third one to be appointed by the parties jointly)

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if the average of the three assessment of the Fair Market Value of the Vessel at that time is no less than the Termination Sum, Owners shall then proceed to sell the Vessel without delay in the open market appointing as sales brokers,
                  among other parties, at least one of the 3 independent Approved Valuers, free of any charter, lease or other engagement concerning the Vessel for such price and on such terms and conditions as it may, in its absolute discretion, think
                  fit, but in any event within the price ranges provided by the Approved Valuers; or Charterers shall have the right to bring forward a buyer during the time that Owners are circulating the Vessel for sale and in case terms are better,
                  including without limitation, than the sale price, Owner’s shall sell to the party brought forward by Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if the average of the three assessments of the Fair Market Value of the Vessel at that time is less than the Termination Sum, then the Owners may, at any time they think fit in its absolute discretion, sell the Vessel in the open
                  market . In any event, the Owners shall, as soon as practicable following the Termination Payment Date, obtain three valuation reports from three independent Approved Valuers of the Fair Market Value of the Vessel and the average of the
                  three report values shall be deducted from the Termination Sum.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                where the Owners elect to sell the Vessel in accordance with Clause 54(i) above, an amount equal to the aggregate of the expenses, disbursements, taxes, costs and losses whatsoever as may have been incurred by the Owners in respect of
                  the sale of

              


      

    

    
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    the Vessel shall be deducted from the gross proceeds of the sale of the Vessel; the balance of the sale proceeds is referred to hereinafter as the “Net Sale Proceeds”;

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                an amount equal to the Termination Sum plus all other amounts due and payable from the Charterers to the Owners hereunder, shall be deducted from the Net Sale Proceeds or the Fair Market Value, as the case maybe. If the Net Sale
                  Proceeds or the Fair Market Value, as the case maybe, are insufficient to satisfy all amounts due and payable from the Charterers to the Owners hereunder, the Charterers shall pay the outstanding balance to the Owners. If there is any
                  amount remaining from the Net Sale Proceeds or the Fair Market Value after the deduction of all the amounts due and payable by the Charterers to the Owners hereunder, the Owners shall pay the difference to the Charterers provided that if
                  the Fair Market Value of the Vessel has been deducted from the Termination Sum in accordance with Clause 54(i)(d) the Owners shall be entitled to any surplus following a subsequent sale of the Vessel.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.10	
                Where the Owners intends to sell the Vessel in accordance with Clause 54.9 above, Owners shall notify the Charterers in writing of the potential sale and the potential sale price of the Vessel (the “Proposed


                    Owners’ Sale Price”) whereupon the Charterers (or their nominee) may, within 15 days of such notification, purchase the Vessel and pay an amount which is higher than the Proposed Owners’ Sale Price where the Owners intend to sell
                  the Collateral Vessel at the same time as the Vessel, the Owners shall notifying the Charterers thereof in writing of the potential sale whereupon the Charterers (or their nominee) may, within 15 days of such notification, purchase both
                  the Vessel and the Collateral Vessel and pay an amount which is at least equal to the aggregate of the Termination Sum and the Termination Sum (as defined in the Collateral Charter). If the Charterers notify the Owners that they do not
                  intend to purchase the Vessel or the Charterers do not respond to the Owners within 5 days’ period or the MOA has not been agreed by the Owners and the Charterers’ or their nominee or the deposit has not been remitted the nominated
                  account under the MOA within such 10 days’ period (or such longer period as the Owners may agree), the Owners may sell the Vessel on such terms as the Owners may deem fit.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.11	
                Liquidated damages received under the Building Contract

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any liquidated damages received by the Charterers or the Owners for:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any delays in delivery of the Vessel under the Building Contract shall be for Charterers account; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any physical defects or deficiencies of the Vessel under the Building Contract shall accrue to the account of the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	54.12	
                Where the Owners decide to terminate this Charter and retake possession of the Vessel pursuant to this Clause 54, the Owners agree to appoint a reputable ship manager to oversee the operation of the Vessel while it is in the Owners’
                  possession in accordance with prudent and sound commercial ship practices.

              


      

    

    
      
        	55.	
                [NOT USED]

              


      

    

    
      
        	56.	
                NAME OF VESSEL

              


      

    

    Provided that the prior written consent has been given by the Owners:

    
      
        	56.1	
                the name of the Vessel may be chosen by the Charterers; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	56.2	
                the Vessel may be painted in the colours, display the funnel insignia and fly the house flag as required by the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
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        	57.	
                CHARTER PERIOD

              


      

    

    The Charter period under this Charter shall be one hundred and twenty (120) months commencing from the Actual Delivery Date, unless otherwise extended or terminated pursuant to
      Clauses 44.3(l) (Hire), 54 (Termination Events), 60 (Sale of the Vessel by the Owners) and 61 (Total Loss).

    
      
        	58.	
                TRANSACTION FEES

              


      

    

    
      
        	58.1	
                Commitment fee

              


      

    

    The Charterers shall pay to the Owners a commitment fee computed and accruing on a daily basis at the rate of 1.00 per cent per annum on amounts owed but not yet due by the
      Owners in respect of the Cost Balance and any other amounts payable by the Owners under the Novation AGreement.

    
      
        	58.2	
                Handling fee

              


      

    

    A non-refundable handling fee (the “Handling fee”) in the amount of US$602,000 shall be paid by the Charterers to the Owners as follows:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                US$100,000, receipt of which the Owners hereby acknowledge;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                US$201,000 to be paid within five (5) Business Days of the date of this Charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                US$301,000 to be paid on the earlier of the date of Early Termination due to the enactment of the Pre-delivery Sales Clause and the Actual Delivery Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.	
                EARLY TERMINATION, PURCHASE OPTION, PURCHASE OBLIGATION AND TRANSFER OF TITLE, PARTIAL PREPAYMENT

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.1	
                Subject to no Termination Events or Total Loss under Clause 61 (Total loss), the Charterers may, at any time from the Actual Delivery Date, by at least 90 days prior written notice to the
                  Owners, declare to the Owners their exercise of the option to purchase the Vessel or to cause their nominee to purchase the Vessel by payment of (i) at any time prior to the second anniversary of the Actual Delivery Date, an amount equal
                  to the Termination Sum as at that date together with a pre-payment fee equal to five (5) per cent of the Assumed Owners’ Cost plus the Sales Clause Termination Sum or (ii) at any time after the second anniversary of the Actual Delivery
                  Date, the corresponding amount equal to the Purchase Option Price as set out under Schedule 4 or if the purchase option is exercised on a date which is not an anniversary date of the Actual Delivery Date, then the Purchase Option Price
                  shall be the sum of the applicable Purchase Option Price from the last occurring anniversary date added to the product of n/365 (where n is the number of days elapsed since the last anniversary date to the proposed Purchase Option Date)
                  and the positive difference between the Purchase Option Price on the next occurring anniversary date after the Purchase Option Date and the Purchase Option Price on the last anniversary date.. To avoid any confusion, the Charter Period
                  will end immediately upon the Purchase Option Price having been paid.

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.2	
                If the Charterers have not exercised their rights under paragraph 59.1, the Charterers shall be obliged to purchase the Vessel or to cause their nominee to purchase the Vessel at the end of the Charter Period by payment of the Purchase
                  Obligation Price and the Charterers shall pay the Purchase Obligation Price on the Purchase Obligation Date unless this Charter is terminated before the natural expiration of this Charter or the Owners and the Charterers agree otherwise.

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.3	
                In exchange for the full payment of the Purchase Option Price (in the case of a purchase under paragraph 59.1 above) or the sum stated in paragraph 59.2 above (in the case of a purchase under paragraph 59.2 above) and all sums due and
                  payable to the Owners under the Transaction Documents and subject to compliance with the other conditions set out in this Clause, the Owners shall:

              


      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                transfer title to and ownership of the Vessel to the Charterers (or their nominee) by delivering to the Charterers (in each case at the Charterers’ costs):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                a duly executed and notarised, legalised and/or apostilled (as applicable) bill of sale; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Title Transfer PDA; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                (subject to the prior written consent of any Finance Party or its agent or permitted assigns and transferees (in each case as applicable)) use all reasonable endeavours to procure the deletion of any mortgage or prior Security Interest
                  in relation to the Vessel at the Charterers’ cost,

              


      

    

    provided always that prior to such transfer or deletion (as the case may be), the Owners shall have received the letter of indemnity as referred to in paragraph 59.6 below from
      the Charterers, and the Charterers shall have performed all their obligations in connection herewith and with the Vessel, including without limitation the full payment of all Unpaid Sums, taxes, charges, duties, costs and disbursements (including
      legal fees) in relation to the Vessel.

    
      
        	59.4	
                The transfer in accordance with paragraph 59.3 above shall be made in all respects at the Charterers’ expense on an “as is, where is” basis and the Owners shall give the Charterers (or their nominee) no representations, warranties,
                  agreements or guarantees whatsoever concerning or in connection with the Vessel, the Insurances, the Vessel’s condition, state or class or anything related to the Vessel, expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise.

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.5	
                The Owners shall have no responsibility for the registrability of a bill of sale referred to in paragraph 59.3 above executed by the Owners, as far as such bill of sale is prescribed in a generally acceptable form.

              


      

    

    
      
        	59.6	
                The Charterers shall, immediately prior to the receipt of the bill of sale, furnish the Owners with a letter of indemnity (in a form satisfactory to the Owners) whereby the Charterers and the Charter Guarantor shall state that, among
                  other things, the Owners has and will have no interest, concern or connection with the Vessel after the date of such letter and that the Charterers and/or the Charter Guarantor shall indemnify the Owners and keep the Owners indemnified
                  forever against any claims made by any person arising in connection with the Vessel.

              


      

    

    59.7

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                upon at least ninety (90) days’ written notice, the Charterers should have the option for one time only to make a one-off prepayment of up to $3m (in multiples of $1m); and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any partial prepayment should follow the following mechanism.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                If the partial prepayment is to be exercised on a date falling before the 2nd anniversary of the Delivery Date, then the proportion of the partial prepayment is equal to the amount of the prepayment divided by USD29,000,000.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                If the partial prepayment is to be exercised on a date falling after the 2nd anniversary of the Delivery Date, then the proportion of the partial prepayment is equal to the amount of the prepayment divided by the Purchase Option Price
                  on that date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                After the partial prepayment is completed, the following Fixed Hire, Cost Balance, Purchase Option Prices and Balloon Amount should be adjusted downwards in the same proportion as the above proportion of the partial prepayment.

              


      

    

    
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        	60.	
                PRE-DELIVERY SALES CLAUSE

              


      

    

    During the Charter Period, the Owners shall not sell the Vessel unless (i) the Vessel is sold to an Affiliate of the Owners subject to Charterers consent not to be unreasonably
      withheld, or (ii) such sale is permitted by and made in accordance with Clause 54 (Termination Events) or (iii) with the Charterers’ prior written consent, provided that, in respect of a sale effected under
      (i) and (iii), such sale shall not increase the obligations of the Obligors under the Transaction Documents and any documentation required in connection with such sale shall be effected at the cost of the Owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing of this
      clause (except for the sale permitted by and made in accordance with Clause 54 (Termination Events)), this Charter will continue to exist, valid and effective on the same and identical terms (save for logical
      and consequential amendments).

    
      
        	60.1	
                For the period starting from the signing of this charter and ending on the actual Delivery Date, the Charterers have the right to sell the Vessel and terminate the Charter provided that a written notice is provided by the Charterers to
                  the Owners at least 90 days prior to the Delivery Date and an amount equal to the Termination Sum as at that date together with a pre-payment fee equal to three (3) percent of the Assumed Owners’ Cost plus the Sales Clause Termination
                  Sum.

              


      

    

    
      
        	60.2	
                At any time, throughout the period of this charter, the Corporate Guarantor may acquire the beneficial ownership the Charterer.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.	
                TOTAL LOSS

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.1	
                If circumstances exist giving rise to a Total Loss, the Charterers shall promptly notify the Owners of the facts of such Total Loss. If the Charterers wish to proceed on the basis of a Total Loss and advise the Owners thereof, the
                  Owners shall agree to the Vessel being treated as a Total Loss for all purposes of this Charter. The Owners shall thereupon abandon the Vessel to the Charterers and/or execute such documents as may be required to enable the Charterers to
                  abandon the Vessel to insurers and claim a Total Loss. Without prejudice to the obligations of the Charterers to pay to the Owners all monies then due or thereafter to become due under this Charter, if the Vessel shall become a Total Loss
                  during the Charter Period, the Charter Period shall end on the Settlement Date.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.2	
                If the Vessel becomes a Total Loss during the Charter Period, the Charterers shall, on the Settlement Date, pay to the Owners the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 61.3 below.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.3	
                On the Settlement Date, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners an amount equal to the Pre-delivery Termination Sum or the Termination Sum as at the Termination Payment Date (provided that such amount payable shall be set off against
                  the Total Loss Proceeds if they are already received by the Owners as referred to under paragraph 61.4 below). The foregoing obligations of the Charterers under this paragraph 61.3 shall apply regardless of whether or not any moneys are
                  payable under any Insurances in respect of the Vessel, regardless of the amount payable thereunder, regardless of the cause of the Total Loss and regardless of whether or not any of the said compensation shall become payable.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.4	
                All Total Loss Proceeds shall be paid to such account or accounts as the Owners may direct and shall be applied towards satisfaction of the Termination Sum and any other sums due and payable under the Transaction Documents. To the
                  extent that there is any surplus after such application, such surplus shall be promptly returned to the Charterers.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.5	
                The Charterers shall, at the Owners’ request, provide satisfactory evidence, in the reasonable opinion of the Owners, as to the date on which the constructive total loss of the Vessel occurred pursuant to the definition of Total Loss.

              


      

    

    
      
        	61.6	
                The Charterers shall continue to pay the Advance Hire and the Hire on the days and in the amounts required under this Charter notwithstanding that the Vessel shall become a Total Loss provided always
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    become due and payable after the Charterers have made the payment required by paragraph 61.3 above.

    
      
        	62.	
                ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS

              


      

    

    
      
        	62.1	
                Subject always to paragraph 62.2, the Charterers shall bear all costs, fees (including legal fees) and disbursements reasonably incurred by the Owners and the Charterers in connection with:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Charter and the other Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the delivery of the Vessel under the Novation Agreement and this Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                preparation or procurement of any survey, inspections, tax or insurance advice;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                all legal fees and other expenses reasonably arising out of or in connection with the exercising of the purchase option by the Charterers pursuant to Clause 59 (Purchase Option and Title Transfer)
                  of this Charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                such other activities relevant to the transaction contemplated herein.

              


      

    

    
      
        	62.2	
                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Charterers shall not bear any costs, fees (including legal fees) and disbursements incurred by the Owners in connection with:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any financing activities undertaken by the Owners, whether or not such financing activities are undertaken for the purposes of entering into this Charter, the Novation Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the incorporation, setting-up or continued operation of any special purpose vehicles or legal entities for the purposes of or in relation to this Charter, the Novation Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	63.	
                STAMP DUTIES AND TAXES

              


      

    

    The Charterers shall pay promptly all documented stamp, documentary or other like duties and taxes to which the Charter, the Novation Agreement and the other Transaction
      Documents may be subject or give rise and shall indemnify the Owners on demand against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay on the part of the Charterers to pay such duties or taxes, provided that Owners will procure
      that their tax residence is at all times in the most tax efficient jurisdiction for this transaction. If the parties determine that there is a more tax efficient jurisdiction, the Owners agree to reasonably consider to move the Owners tax residency
      to such jurisdiction at Charterers’ cost.

    
      
        	64.	
                OPERATIONAL NOTIFIABLE EVENTS

              


      

    

    The Owners are to be advised as soon the Charterers are aware of the occurrence of any of the following events:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                when a material condition of class is applied by the Classification Society;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                whenever the Vessel is arrested, confiscated, seized, requisitioned, impounded, forfeited or detained by any government or other competent authorities or any other persons;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                whenever a class or flag authority refuses to issue or withdraw trading certification;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                in the event of a fire requiring the use of fixed fire systems or collision / grounding;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                whenever the Vessel is planned for dry-docking in accordance with Clause 10(g) (Part II) and whether routine or emergency;

              


      

    

    
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              	(f)	
                the Vessel is taken under tow unless in the normal course of shipping operations;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any death or serious injury on board; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                any damage to the Vessel the repair costs of which (whether before or after adjudication) are likely to exceed US Dollars Three Million (US$3,000,000).

              


      

    

    
      
        	65.	
                FURTHER INDEMNITIES

              


      

    

    
      
        	65.1	
                Whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Charterers shall, in addition to the provisions under Clause 17 (Indemnity) (Part II) of this Charter, indemnify,
                  protect, defend and hold harmless the Owners and their respective officers, directors and employees (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) throughout the Agreement Term from, against and in respect of,
                  any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, fines, fees, claims, actions, proceedings, judgement, order or other sanction, lien, salvage, general average, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements, including
                  reasonable legal fees and expenses, of whatsoever kind and nature (collectively, the “Expenses”), imposed on, suffered or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee, in any way relating to,
                  resulting from or arising out of or in connection with, in each case, directly or indirectly, any one or more of the following:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                this Charter, any of the other Transaction Documents and the Project Documents, and any amendment, supplement or modification thereof or thereto requested by the Charterers;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Vessel or any part thereof, including with respect to:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the ownership of, manufacture, design, possession, use or non-use, operation, maintenance, testing, repair, overhaul, condition, alteration, modification, addition, improvement, storage, seaworthiness, replacement, repair of the Vessel
                  or any part (including, in each case, latent or other defects, whether or not discoverable and any claim for patent, trademark, or copyright infringement and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages and claims in any way relating to
                  or arising out of spillage of cargo or fuel, out of injury to persons, properties or the environment or strict liability in tort);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any claim or penalty arising out of violations of applicable law by the Charterers or any other Sub-charterers;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                death or property damage of shippers or others;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                any liens in respect of the Vessel or any part thereof; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                any registration and/or tonnage fees (whether periodic or not) in respect of the Vessel payable to any registry of ships;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any breach of or failure to perform or observe, or any other non-compliance with, any covenant or agreement or other obligation to be performed by the Charterers under any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the falsity of
                  any representation or warranty of the Charterers in any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the occurrence of any Termination Event;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                in preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking and execution, requisition, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Vessel, or in securing or attempting to secure the release of the Vessel in
                  connection with the exercise of the rights of a holder of a lien created by the Charterers;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                incurred or suffered by the Owners in:

              


      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                procuring the delivery of the Vessel to the Charterers under Clause 35 (Delivery);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                registering the Vessel at the registry of the Pre-Approved Flag;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                recovering possession of the Vessel following termination of this Charter under Clause 54 (Termination Events);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                arranging for a sale of the Vessel in accordance with Clause 60 (Sale of Vessel by the Owners); or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                arranging for a transfer of the title of the Vessel in accordance with paragraph 59.3 of Clause 59 (Purchase Option and transfer of title)

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                arising from the Master or officers of the Vessel or the Charterers’ agents signing bills of lading or other documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                in connection with:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the arrest, seizure, taking into custody or other detention by any court or other tribunal or by any governmental entity; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                subjection to distress by reason of any process, claim, exercise of any rights conferred by a lien or by any other action whatsoever, of the Vessel which are expended, suffered or incurred as a result of or in connection with any claim
                  or against, or liability of, the Charterers or any other member of the Charterers’ group, together with any costs and expenses or other outgoings which may be paid or incurred by the Owners in releasing the Vessel from any such arrest,
                  seizure, custody, detention or distress.

              


      

    

    Provided however that the Owners shall not be entitled to any indemnification or recompense pursuant to this Clause 65 for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
      penalties, claims, actions, suits, fees, costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by the Owners as a consequence of any (A) wilful breach of this Charter by the Owners, or (B) arrest of the Vessel arising due to any action or omission on the part
      of the Owners.

    
      
        	65.2	
                The Charterers shall pay to the Owners promptly on the Owners’ written demand the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Owners in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights
                  under, any Transaction Document including (without limitation) (i) any losses, costs and expenses which the Owners may from time to time sustain, incur or become liable for by reason of the Owners being deemed by any court or authority to
                  be an operator, or in any way concerned in the operation, of the Vessel and (ii) collecting and recovering the proceeds of any claim under any of the Insurances.

              


      

    

    
      
        	65.3	
                Without prejudice to any right to damages or other claim which either party may, at any time, have against the other hereunder, it is hereby agreed and declared that the indemnities of the Owners by the Charterers contained in this
                  Charter shall continue in full force and effect for a period of twenty four (24) months after the Agreement Term.

              


      

    

    
      
        	66.	
                SET-OFF

              


      

    

    
      
        	66.1	
                The Owners may set off any matured and/or contingent obligation due from the Charterers under the Transaction Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Owners) against any obligation (whether matured or not) owed by the Owners
                  to the Charterers, regardless of the place of payment or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Owners may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business
                  for the purpose of the set-off.

              


      

    

    
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        	66.2	
                The Charterers may not set off any matured and/or contingent obligation due from the Owners under the Transaction Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Charterers) against any obligation (whether matured or not) owed by
                  the Charterers to the Owners, regardless of the place of payment or currency of either obligation.

              


      

    

    
      
        	67.	
                FURTHER ASSURANCES AND UNDERTAKINGS

              


      

    

    
      
        	67.1	
                Each party shall make all applications and execute all other documents and do all other acts and things as may be necessary to implement and to carry out their obligations under, and the intent of, this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	67.2	
                The parties shall act in good faith to each other in respect of any dealings or matters under, or in connection with, this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	68.	
                CUMULATIVE RIGHTS

              


      

    

    The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Charter are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies at law or in equity unless specifically otherwise
      stated.

    
      
        	69.	
                DAY COUNT CONVENTION

              


      

    

    Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Transaction Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year
      of 360 days.

    
      
        	70.	
                NO WAIVER

              


      

    

    No delay, failure or forbearance by a party to exercise (in whole or in part) any right, power or remedy under, or in connection with, this Charter will operate as a waiver. No
      waiver of any breach of any provision of this Charter will be effective unless that waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom that waiver is claimed. No waiver of any breach will be, or be deemed to be, a waiver of any other or
      subsequent breach.

    
      
        	71.	
                ENTIRE AGREEMENT

              


      

    

    
      
        	71.1	
                This Charter contains all the understandings and agreements of whatsoever kind and nature existing between the parties in respect of this Charter, the rights, interests, undertakings agreements and obligations of the parties to this
                  Charter and shall supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations and agreements.

              


      

    

    
      
        	71.2	
                This Charter may not be amended, altered or modified except by a written instrument executed by each of the parties to this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	72.	
                INVALIDITY

              


      

    

    If any term or provision of this Charter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable the remainder of this Charter
      or application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances (other than those as to which it is already invalid or unenforceable) shall (to the extent that such invalidity or unenforceability does not materially affect the operation of this
      Charter) not be affected thereby and each term and provision of this Charter shall be valid and be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

    
      
        	73.	
                ENGLISH LANGUAGE

              


      

    

    All notices, communications and financial statements and reports under or in connection with this Charter and the other Transaction Documents shall be in English language or, if
      in any other language, shall be accompanied by a translation into English. In the event of any conflict between the English text and the text in any other language, the English text shall prevail.

    
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        	74.	
                NO PARTNERSHIP

              


      

    

    Nothing in this Charter creates, constitutes or evidences any partnership, joint venture, agency, trust or employer/employee relationship between the parties, and neither party
      may make, or allow to be made any representation that any such relationship exists between the parties. Neither party shall have the authority to act for, or incur any obligation on behalf of, the other party, except as expressly provided in this
      Charter.

    
      
        	75.	
                NOTICES

              


      

    

    
      
        	75.1	
                Any notices to be given to the Owners under this Charter shall be sent in writing by registered letter, facsimile or email and addressed to:

              


      

    

    c/o AVIC INTERNATIONAL LEASING CO., LTD.

    
      
        
          	

                	Address:	
                  18/F, CATIC Tower,

                    

                    212 Jiang Ning Road,

                    Shanghai 200041, China

                    The People’s Republic of China

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Fax No.:	
                  +86 21 5289 5389

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Email:	
                  chenzhengrong@chinaleasing.net

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Attention:	
                  Ms. Emily Chen

                


        

      

    

    or to such other address, facsimile number or email address as the Owners may notify to the Charterers in accordance with this Clause 75.

    
      
        	75.2	
                Any notices to be given to the Charterers under this Charter shall be sent in writing by registered letter, facsimile or email and addressed to the Charterers:

              


      

    

    c/o TOP SHIPS INC.

    
      
        
          	

                	Address:	
                  1 Vas. Sofias & Meg. Alexandrou, Athens 15124 Greece

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Telephone No.:	
                  +30 21 081 28 180

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Email:	
                  atsirikos@topships.org

                


        

      

      
        
          	

                	Attention:	
                  Alexandros Tsirikos

                


        

      

    

    or to such other address, facsimile number or email address as the Charterers may notify to the Owners in accordance with this Clause 75.

    
      
        	75.3	
                Any such notice shall be deemed to have reached the party to whom it was addressed, when dispatched and acknowledged received (in case of a facsimile or an email) or when delivered (in case of a registered letter). A notice or other
                  such communication received on a non-working day or after business hours in the place of receipt shall be deemed to be served on the next following working day in such place

              


      

    

    

      
        
          	76.	
                  CONFLICTS

                


        

      

    

    Unless stated otherwise, in the event of there being any conflict between the provisions of Clauses 32 (Definitions) (Part II) to 75 (Notices) (Part II) and the provisions of Clauses 32 (Definitions) to 82 (Conditions subsequent), the provisions of Clauses 32 (Definitions) to 82 (Conditions subsequent) shall prevail.

    
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        	77.	
                SURVIVAL OF CHARTERERS’ OBLIGATIONS

              


      

    

    The termination of this Charter for any cause whatsoever shall not affect the right of the Owners to recover from the Charterers any money due to the Owners on or before the
      termination in consequence thereof and all other rights of the Owners (including but not limited to any rights, benefits or indemnities which are expressly provided to continue after the termination of this Charter) are reserved hereunder.

    
      
        	78.	
                COUNTERPARTS

              


      

    

    This Charter may be executed in any number of counterparts and any single counterpart or set of counterparts signed, in either case, by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to
      constitute a full and original agreement for all purposes.

    
      
        	79.	
                CONFIDENTIALITY

              


      

    

    
      
        	79.1	
                The Parties shall maintain the information provided in connection with the Transaction Documents strictly confidential and agree to disclose to no person other than:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                its board of directors, employees (only on a need to know basis), and shareholders, professional advisors and rating agencies;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                as may be required to be disclosed under applicable law or stock market or other regulations or for the purpose of legal proceedings;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in the case of the Owners, to any Finance Party or other actual or potential financier providing funding for the acquisition or refinancing of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                in the case of the Charterers, to any Sub-charterer in respect of obtaining any consent required under the terms of any Sub-charter; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                the managers, the classification society and flag authorities as may be necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

              


      

    

    
      
        	79.2	
                Any other disclosure by each Party shall be subject to the prior written consent of the other Party.

              


      

    

    
      
        	80.	
                THIRD PARTIES ACT

              


      

    

    
      
        	80.1	
                Any person which is an Indemnitee or a Finance Party from time to time and is not a party to this Charter shall be entitled to enforce such terms of this Charter as provided for in this Charter in relation to the obligations of the
                  Charterers to such Indemnitee or (as the case may be) Finance Party, subject to the provisions of Clause 81 (Law and jurisdiction) and the Third Parties Act. The Third Parties Act applies to this
                  Charter as set out in this Clause 80.

              


      

    

    
      
        	80.2	
                Save as provided above, a person who is not a party to this Charter has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Charter.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.	
                LAW AND JURISDICTION

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.1	
                This Charter and any non-contractual obligations arising from or in connection with it shall in all respects be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.2	
                Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Charter, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising
                  out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by London arbitration.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.3	
                The law of this Clause 81 shall be English law.

              


      

    

    
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        	81.4	
                Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Charter shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof save to the extent necessary to
                  give effect to the provisions of this Clause.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.5	
                The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime Arbitrations Association (LMAA). Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.6	
                The reference shall be to three arbitrators. A party wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other party requiring the other party to appoint its own
                  arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of that notice and stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator unless the other party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the fourteen
                  (14) days specified.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.7	
                If one party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified, the party referring a dispute to arbitration may, without the requirement of any further prior notice to the
                  other party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other party accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both Parties as if the sole arbitrator had been appointed by agreement.

              


      

    

    
      
        	81.8	
                In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of US$50,000 (or such other sum as the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims Procedures current at the time
                  when the arbitration proceedings are commenced and the number of arbitrators shall be one.

              


      

    

    
      
        	82.	
                CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT

              


      

    

    
      
        	82.1	
                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Charter, the obligations of the Owners to charter, or continue to charter, the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter shall be subject to the condition that the Owners shall have
                  received the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners no later than three (3) Business Days after the Actual Delivery Date:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                a copy of the endorsed policy issued by the insurer in respect of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                a copy of the duly signed letter of undertaking issued by all the relevant underwriters or insurance brokers in respect of the Vessel;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the Owners shall have received, no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the Actual Delivery Date, an original of the duly executed acknowledgement by the Sub-charterers in accordance with the Charterers Assignment;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Vessel’s transcript of register evidencing that the Vessel is free from any registered Security Interest;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                the Vessel’s current Safety Management Certificate (as such term is defined pursuant to the ISM Code);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                the Approved Manager’s current Document of Compliance (as such term is defined pursuant to the ISM Code);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                the Vessel’s current ISSC;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                the Vessel’s current IAPPC; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Vessel’s classification certificate evidencing that it is free of all recommendations and requirements from the Classification Society.

              


      

    

    
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        	83.	
                FATCA

              


      

    

    
      
        	83.1	
                Defined terms

              


      

    

    For the purposes of this Clause 83 (FATCA), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

    “FATCA” means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any Treasury regulations thereunder.

    “FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under the Transaction Documents or the Project Documents required by or
      under FATCA.

    “FATCA Exempt Party” means a Relevant Party that is entitled under FATCA to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

    “FATCA FFI” means a foreign financial institution as defined in section 1471(d)(4) of the Code which, if a Relevant Party is not a FATCA
      Exempt Party, could be required to make a FATCA Deduction.

    “FATCA Non-Exempt Party” means any Relevant Party who is not a FATCA Exempt Party. “Relevant Party”
      means any of the parties to the Transaction Documents.

    “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor taxing authority or agency of the United States government.

    
      
        	83.2	
                FATCA Information

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Subject to paragraph (iii) below, each Relevant Party shall, on the date of this Charter, and thereafter within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Relevant Party:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                confirm to that other party whether it is a FATCA Exempt Party or is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                supply to the requesting party (with a copy to all other Relevant Parties) such other form or forms (including IRS Form W-8 or Form W-9 or any successor or substitute form, as applicable) and any other documentation and other
                  information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “pass thru percentage” or other information required under FATCA or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as the requesting party
                  reasonably requests for the purpose of the requesting party’s compliance with FATCA.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If a Relevant Party confirms to any other Relevant Party that it is a FATCA Exempt Party or provides an IRS Form W-8 or W-9 showing that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a
                  FATCA Exempt Party, that party shall so notify all other Relevant Parties reasonably promptly.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Nothing in this Clause 74 (FATCA) shall oblige any Relevant Party to do anything which would or, in its reasonable opinion, might constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any policy of that party, any fiduciary duty or any duty of
                  confidentiality, or to disclose any confidential information (including, without limitation, its tax returns and calculations); provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall excuse any Relevant Party from providing a true,
                  complete and correct IRS Form W-8 or W-9 (or any successor or substitute form where applicable). Any information provided on such

              


      

    

    
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    IRS Form W-8 or W-9 (or any successor or substitute forms) shall not be treated as confidential information of such party for purposes of this paragraph.

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                If a Relevant Party fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with the provisions of this Charter or the provided information is insufficient under FATCA, then:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                if that party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Transaction Documents as if it is a FATCA Non-Exempt Party; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                if that party failed to confirm its applicable passthru percentage then such party shall be treated for the purposes of this Charter and the Transaction Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable passthru percentage
                  is 100%, until (in each case) such time as the party in question provides sufficient confirmation, forms, documentation or other information to establish the relevant facts.

              


      

    

    
      
        	83.3	
                FATCA Deduction and gross-up by Relevant Party

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                If the representation made by the Charterers under Clause 48 (Charterers’ representations and warranties) proves to be untrue or misleading such that the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall make the
                  FATCA Deduction and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by FATCA.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction then the Charterers shall increase the payment due from them to the Owners to an amount which (after making any FATCA Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would
                  have been due if no FATCA Deduction had been required.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                The Charterers shall promptly upon becoming aware that they must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or basis of a FATCA Deduction) notify the Owners accordingly. Within thirty (30) days of the Charterers
                  making either a FATCA Deduction or any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall deliver to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that the FATCA Deduction has been made or (as
                  applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant governmental or taxation authority.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                If the Owners are required to make a deduction or withholding from a payment under the Finance Documents in respect of FATCA, which deduction or withholding would not have been required if a Relevant Person were not a US Tax Obligor or
                  FATCA FFI, and are required under the Finance Documents (if any) to pay additional amounts in respect of such deduction or withholding, the amount of the payment due from the Charterers shall be increased to an amount which, after any
                  such deduction or withholding and payment of additional amounts, leaves the Owners with an amount equal to the amount which it would have had remaining if it had not been required to pay additional amounts under such Finance Documents.

              


      

    

    
      
        	83.4	
                FATCA Deduction by Owners

              


      

    

    The Owners may make any FATCA Deduction they are required by FATCA to make, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and the Owners shall not be required
      to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient for that FATCA Deduction.

    
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    SCHEDULE 1

      FORM OF PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

    PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

    It is hereby certified that pursuant to a bareboat charter dated                             and made between [ ] of [ ] (the “Owners”) as owner and [ ] of [
      ] (the “Bareboat Charterers”) as bareboat charterer (as maybe amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Bareboat Charter”) in respect of one (1) vessel named [ ]
      and registered under the laws and flag of the Marshall Islands with IMO number [ ] (the “Vessel”), the Vessel is delivered for charter by the Owner to the Bareboat Charterer, and accepted by the Bareboat
      Charterer from the Owner at                        hours (Beijing time) on the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bareboat Charter.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owners and the Bareboat Charterers have caused this PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE to be executed by their duly authorised representative on this       day of         
                      20[●] in [●].

    

    

    	
            THE OWNERS

          	 	
            THE BAREBOAT CHARTERERS

          
	 	 	 
	
            By:

          	 	
            By:

          
	 	 	 
	
            Name:

          	 	
            Name:

          
	
            Title:

          	 	
            Title:

          
	
            Date:

          	 	
            Date:

          


    
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    SCHEDULE 2

      FORM OF TITLE TRANSFER PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

    PROTOCOL OF DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

    Vessel [ ]

    [ ] of [ ] (the “Owners”) deliver to [ ] of [ ] (the “Bareboat Charterers”) the Vessel described below and the
      Bareboat Charterers accept delivery of, title and risk to the Vessel pursuant to the terms and conditions of the bareboat charterer dated                           2019 (as may be amended and supplemented from time to time) and made between
      (1) the Owners and (2) the Bareboat Charterers.

    	
            Name of Vessel:

          	 	
            [ ]

          
	
            Flag:

          	 	
            Marshall Islands

          
	
            Place of Registration:

          	 	
            Marshall Islands

          
	
            IMO Number:

          	 	
            [ ]

          
	
            Gross Registered Tonnage:

          	 	
            [..]

          
	
            Net Registered Tonnage:

          	 	
            [..]

          
	
            Dated:

          	 	
                     20[●]

          
	
            At:

          	 	
            hours (Hong Kong time)

          
	 	 	 
	
            Place of delivery:

          	 	 
	
            THE OWNER

          	 	
            THE BAREBOAT CHARTERER

          
	
            [ ]

          	 	
            [ ]

          
	
            by:

          	 	
            by:

          
	 	 	 
	
            Name:

          	 	
            Name:

          
	
            Title:

          	 	
            Title:

          
	
            Date:

          	 	
            Date:

          


    
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    SCHEDULE 3

      HIRE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

    FIXED HIRE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

    	
            Builders Hull number 2749

          
	
            payment dates

          	
            Cost

              Balance at beginning of applicable term

          	
            Fixed Hire

          	
            Balloon Amount

          
	
            10/01/2020

          	
            US$ 30,100,000.00

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2020

          	
            US$ 29,984,434.99

          	
            US$ 273,615.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2020

          	
            US$ 29,875,690.36

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2020

          	
            US$ 29,758,806.92

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2020

          	
            US$ 29,645,029.06

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2020

          	
            US$ 29,526,789.85

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2020

          	
            US$ 29,411,692.25

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2020

          	
            US$ 29,292,081.55

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2020

          	
            US$ 29,171,767.81

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2020

          	
            US$ 29,054,650.80

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2020

          	
            US$ 28,932,941.50

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2020

          	
            US$ 28,814,466.01

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2021

          	
            US$ 28,691,344.97

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2021

          	
            US$ 28,567,500.25

          	
            US$ 264,180.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2021

          	
            US$ 28,454,983.03

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2021

          	
            US$ 28,329,749.04

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2021

          	
            US$ 28,207,842.51

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2021

          	
            US$ 28,081,155.89

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2021

          	
            US$ 27,957,835.33

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2021

          	
            US$ 27,829,679.24

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 


    

    

    
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            10/09/2021

          	
            US$ 27,700,769.87

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2021

          	
            US$ 27,575,285.62

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2021

          	
            US$ 27,444,881.00

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2021

          	
            US$ 27,317,941.22

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2022

          	
            US$ 27,186,023.99

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2022

          	
            US$ 27,053,331.39

          	
            US$ 264,180.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2022

          	
            US$ 26,932,775.55

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2022

          	
            US$ 26,798,594.42

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2022

          	
            US$ 26,667,978.48

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2022

          	
            US$ 26,532,240.94

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2022

          	
            US$ 26,400,109.94

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2022

          	
            US$ 26,262,797.94

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2022

          	
            US$ 26,124,678.85

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2022

          	
            US$ 25,990,229.58

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2022

          	
            US$ 25,850,508.41

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2022

          	
            US$ 25,714,499.62

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2023

          	
            US$ 25,573,157.78

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2023

          	
            US$ 25,430,985.17

          	
            US$ 264,180.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2023

          	
            US$ 25,301,816.42

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2023

          	
            US$ 25,158,048.93

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2023

          	
            US$ 25,018,101.34

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2023

          	
            US$ 24,872,666.25

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2023

          	
            US$ 24,731,095.36

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2023

          	
            US$ 24,583,973.33

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2023

          	
            US$ 24,435,986.55

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2023

          	
            US$ 24,291,931.76

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2023

          	
            US$ 24,142,228.44

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 


    

    

    
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            10/12/2023

          	
            US$ 23,996,502.72

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2024

          	
            US$ 23,845,062.94

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2024

          	
            US$ 23,692,733.04

          	
            US$ 273,615.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2024

          	
            US$ 23,549,393.28

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2024

          	
            US$ 23,395,325.50

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2024

          	
            US$ 23,245,351.30

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2024

          	
            US$ 23,089,496.45

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2024

          	
            US$ 22,937,782.64

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2024

          	
            US$ 22,780,119.98

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2024

          	
            US$ 22,621,530.62

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2024

          	
            US$ 22,467,154.97

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2024

          	
            US$ 22,306,726.08

          	
            US$ 283,050.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2024

          	
            US$ 22,150,559.77

          	
            US$ 292,485.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2025

          	
            US$ 21,988,270.02

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2025

          	
            US$ 21,835,721.37

          	
            US$ 254,520.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2025

          	
            US$ 21,697,125.62

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2025

          	
            US$ 21,542,865.69

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2025

          	
            US$ 21,392,704.45

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2025

          	
            US$ 21,236,655.22

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2025

          	
            US$ 21,084,752.20

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2025

          	
            US$ 20,926,892.91

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2025

          	
            US$ 20,768,105.76

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2025

          	
            US$ 20,613,537.57

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2025

          	
            US$ 20,452,908.60

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2025

          	
            US$ 20,296,547.53

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2026

          	
            US$ 20,134,055.37

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2026

          	
            US$ 19,970,608.12

          	
            US$ 254,520.00

          	 


    

    

    
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            10/03/2026

          	
            US$ 19,822,110.63

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2026

          	
            US$ 19,656,829.85

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2026

          	
            US$ 19,495,940.58

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2026

          	
            US$ 19,328,742.66

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2026

          	
            US$ 19,165,987.18

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2026

          	
            US$ 18,996,849.88

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2026

          	
            US$ 18,826,718.44

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2026

          	
            US$ 18,661,107.37

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2026

          	
            US$ 18,489,002.52

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2026

          	
            US$ 18,321,470.49

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2027

          	
            US$ 18,147,369.34

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2027

          	
            US$ 17,972,244.87

          	
            US$ 254,520.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2027

          	
            US$ 17,813,138.21

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2027

          	
            US$ 17,636,049.21

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2027

          	
            US$ 17,463,665.46

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2027

          	
            US$ 17,284,522.36

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2027

          	
            US$ 17,110,139.07

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2027

          	
            US$ 16,928,918.03

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2027

          	
            US$ 16,746,631.82

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2027

          	
            US$ 16,569,188.95

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2027

          	
            US$ 16,384,788.34

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2027

          	
            US$ 16,205,287.25

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2028

          	
            US$ 16,018,747.72

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2028

          	
            US$ 15,831,111.77

          	
            US$ 263,610.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2028

          	
            US$ 15,654,549.64

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2028

          	
            US$ 15,464,773.02

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2028

          	
            US$ 15,280,038.75

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 


    

    

    
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            10/06/2028

          	
            US$ 15,088,060.86

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2028

          	
            US$ 14,901,183.80

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2028

          	
            US$ 14,706,979.10

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2028

          	
            US$ 14,511,632.91

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2028

          	
            US$ 14,321,477.05

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2028

          	
            US$ 14,123,864.98

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2028

          	
            US$ 13,931,503.44

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2029

          	
            US$ 13,731,599.21

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/02/2029

          	
            US$ 13,530,519.99

          	
            US$ 254,520.00

          	 
	
            10/03/2029

          	
            US$ 13,347,832.53

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/04/2029

          	
            US$ 13,144,497.63

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/05/2029

          	
            US$ 12,946,565.32

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/06/2029

          	
            US$ 12,740,871.87

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/07/2029

          	
            US$ 12,540,643.69

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/08/2029

          	
            US$ 12,332,564.34

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/09/2029

          	
            US$ 12,123,261.95

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/10/2029

          	
            US$ 11,919,520.72

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/11/2029

          	
            US$ 11,707,790.57

          	
            US$ 272,700.00

          	 
	
            10/12/2029

          	
            US$ 11,501,686.08

          	
            US$ 281,790.00

          	 
	
            10/01/2030

          	
            ‐

          	 	
            US$ 11,287,500

          


    

    

    In this Schedule 3, the “Balloon Amount” means an amount which does not exceed the lower of (i) US$11,287,500 and (ii) thirty (30) per cent of the Cost
      Price, and shall be payable in a lump sum on the final Hire Payment Date.

    
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    SCHEDULE 4

      SCHEDULE OF PURCHASE OPTION PRICE (EXCLUDING HIRE DUE)

    	
            Purchase Option Date

          	
            Purchase Option Price

          
	
            2nd anniversary

          	
            USD27,274,800

          
	
            3rd anniversary

          	
            USD25,704,000

          
	
            4th anniversary

          	
            USD24,021,000

          
	
            5th anniversary

          	
            USD22,185,000

          
	
            6th anniversary

          	
            USD20,360,000

          
	
            7th anniversary

          	
            USD18,380,400

          
	
            8th anniversary

          	
            USD16,116,900

          
	
            9th anniversary

          	
            USD13,974,000

          


    

    

    *Subject to the Owners’ confirmation by reference to the figure to be provided by the Owners upon the fixing of the delivery or closing date in accordance with such early purchase of the Vessel.

    
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    SIGNATURE PAGE

      

      

      ADDITIONAL CLAUSES

      TO BAREBOAT CHARTER FOR

    HULL NO. 2749

    

    

    	
            THE OWNERS

          	 	
            THE CHARTERERS

          
	 	 	 
	
            GREAT CATALINA LIMITED

          	 	
            SANTA CATALINA INC.

          
	 	 	 
	
            By:

          	 	
            By:

          
	 	 	 
	
            Name:

          	 	
            Name:

          
	
            Title:

          	 	
            Title:

          
	
            Date:

          	 	
            Date:

          


    
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    Dated          2019

    

    

    

    

    

    

    TOP SHIPS INC.

      as Guarantor

      

      

      

      

      and

      

      

      

      

      GREAT CATALINA LIMITED

      as Owner

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      


    GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

      relating to the obligations of

      SANTA CATALINA INC.

    
      


    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    HFW

      www.hfw.com

    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    	
            Clause

          	 	
            Page

          
	
            1.

          	
            DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

          	
            1

          
	
            2.

          	
            GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

          	
            2

          
	
            3.

          	
            CONTINUING SECURITY

          	
            3

          
	
            4.

          	
            RESTRICTIONS ON GUARANTOR

          	
            4

          
	
            5.

          	
            PAYMENTS

          	
            5

          
	
            6.

          	
            NO SET-OFF, COUNTERCLAIM OR TAX DEDUCTION

          	
            5

          
	
            7.

          	
            DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL

          	
            5

          
	
            8.

          	
            REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          	
            5

          
	
            9.

          	
            INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

          	
            8

          
	
            10.

          	
            FINANCIAL COVENANTS

          	
            9

          
	
            11.

          	
            INDEMNITIES AND EXPENSES

          	
            10

          
	
            12.

          	
            CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

          	
            11

          
	
            13.

          	
            SET-OFF

          	
            11

          
	
            14.

          	
            MISCELLANEOUS

          	
            12

          
	
            15.

          	
            NOTICES

          	
            13

          
	
            16.

          	
            GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

          	
            14

          
	
            17.

          	
            CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAIL-IN

          	
            15

          
	
            SCHEDULE 1 [FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE]

          	
            16

          
	
            EXECUTION PAGES

          	
            18

          


    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    THIS DEED OF GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY is made on                            2019

    BETWEEN

    
      
        	(1)	
                TOP SHIPS INC., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at 1 Vas. Sofias & Meg. Alexandrou, Athens 15124 Greece (the Guarantor); and

              


      

    

    
      
        	(2)	
                GREAT CATALINA LIMITED, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
                  Majuro MH96960, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the Owner which expression includes its successors and assigns).

              


      

    

    BACKGROUND

    
      
        	(A)	
                By a bareboat charter dated 30 September 2019 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the Charter) and entered into between (i) the Owner as owners and (ii) the Santa Catalina Inc. as
                  charterer(the Charterer), the Owner agreed to bareboat charter the Vessel to the Charterer pursuant to the terms and conditions contained therein.

              


      

    

    
      
        	(B)	
                It is one of the conditions precedent to the chartering of the Vessel by the Owner to the Charterer under the Charter that the Assignor enters into this Deed.

              


      

    

    
      
        	(C)	
                This is the Charter Guarantee relating to the Vessel

              


      

    

    IT IS AGREED as follows:

    
      
        	1.	
                DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

              


      

    

    
      
        	1.1	
                Definitions

              


      

    

    Words and expressions defined in the Charter shall, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Guarantee or the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings when used in
      this Guarantee, including the recitals.

    
      
        	1.2	
                General interpretation

              


      

    

    In this Guarantee:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                references to any document include that document as varied, novated, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                references to any enactment include re-enactments, amendments and extensions of that enactment;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                references to any person include that person’s successors and permitted assigns and references to a Party mean a party to this Guarantee;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                clause headings are for convenience of reference only and are not to be taken into account in construction;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                unless otherwise specified, references to Clauses and the recitals are respectively to Clauses of and the recitals to this Guarantee;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any rights in respect of an asset includes:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                all amounts and proceeds paid or payable;

              


      

    

    
      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    
    

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                all rights to make any demand or claim; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                all powers, remedies, causes of action, security, guarantees and indemnities,

              


      

    

    in each case in respect of or derived from that asset;

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                the term the Security means the Security Interests created by the Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is at any time a party;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any words following the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression shall be construed as
                  illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                a Potential Termination Event is continuing if it has not been remedied or waived and a Termination Event is continuing it has not been waived.

              


      

    

    
      
        	1.3	
                Agreement to prevail

              


      

    

    This Guarantee shall be read together with the Charter and, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Guarantee and the provisions of the Charter, the
      provisions of the Charter shall prevail.

    
      
        	1.4	
                Third party rights

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the Third Parties Act) to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Guarantee.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Notwithstanding Clause 1.4(a) but subject always to Clause 1.4(c) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act, a person who is not a Party may rely on any clause under this Guarantee which expressly confers rights on them.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Notwithstanding any term of this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Guarantee at any time.

              


      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

              


      

    

    
      
        	2.1	
                Guarantee and indemnity

              


      

    

    The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                guarantees the due and punctual performance by the Charterer of all its obligations under or pursuant to the Charter and the other Transaction Documents to which the Charterer is a party and the due and punctual payment by the
                  Charterer to the Owner of each and every part of the Outstanding Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                undertakes that, if and whenever the Charterer fails to pay on the due date any sum whatsoever due and payable under or pursuant to any Transaction Document, the Guarantor shall pay such sum on demand by the Owner; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                agrees, as a separate and independent stipulation, that if any amounts intended to be guaranteed by Clause 2.1(a) are not recoverable on the footing of a guarantee, whether by reason of illegality, incapacity, lack or exceeding of
                  powers, ineffectiveness of execution or any other fact or circumstance, whether or not known to the Owner or the Guarantor, then such amounts shall nevertheless be recoverable from the Guarantor as sole or principal debtor by way of
                  indemnity and shall be payable by the Guarantor to the Owner on demand.

              


      

    

    
      2

      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      
        	2.2	
                Default interest

              


      

    

    If the Guarantor fails to pay any amount payable by it under this Guarantee on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of
      actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate of 8% if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted part of the Fixed Hire, each of a duration selected by the Owner (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under
      this Clause 2.3 shall be immediately payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Owner. If unpaid, any such interest will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due
      and payable.

    
      
        	2.3	
                Nature of guarantee

              


      

    

    The guarantee contained in this Clause 2 is a guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection.

    
      
        	2.4	
                Guarantor as principal debtor

              


      

    

    The Guarantor agrees that it is, and will throughout the Agreement Term remain, liable under this Guarantee as a principal debtor and not as a surety only.

    
      
        	2.5	
                Immediate recourse

              


      

    

    The Guarantor waives any rights which it may have to require the Owner first to enforce any of the other Transaction Documents or claim payment from the Charterer or any other
      person before enforcing any rights of the Owner against the Guarantor under this Guarantee.

    
      
        	3.	
                CONTINUING SECURITY

              


      

    

    
      
        	3.1	
                Continuing security; guarantee not affected by other security

              


      

    

    This Guarantee and the Security Interest:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                is and shall at all times throughout the Agreement Term remain a continuing security for the payment of the full amount of the Outstanding Indebtedness from time to time;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                shall not be satisfied by any intermediate payment or satisfaction of any part of the Outstanding Indebtedness; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                shall be in addition to and shall not merge with or be prejudiced or affected by any other security for the Outstanding Indebtedness which has been, or may at any time be, given to the Owner by the Charterer or any other person.

              


      

    

    
      
        	3.2	
                Waiver of defences

              


      

    

    Neither the rights of the Owner nor the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document to which it is at any time a party shall be
      discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by reason of any of the following, whether or not known to the Guarantor, the Owner or any other person:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any time or indulgence granted to, or composition with, the Charterer or any other person; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any termination, renewal, extension or variation of any credit, accommodation or facility granted by the Owner to the Charterer or any other person or any amendment of, or the making of any supplement to, any Transaction Document or
                  any other document or security; or

              


      

    

    
      3

      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the taking, variation, compromise, renewal, enforcement, realisation or release of, or refusal or neglect to take, perfect, release or enforce, any rights, remedies or securities against, or granted by, any Obligor or other person; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any incapacity, disability, or defect in powers of any Obligor or other person, or any irregular exercise of it by, or lack of authority of, any person purporting to act on behalf of any Obligor or other person; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any illegality, invalidity, avoidance or unenforceability on any grounds whatsoever of, or of any obligations of any Obligor or other person under, any Transaction Document or any other document or security; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                the death, liquidation, administration, insolvency, amalgamation, reorganisation or dissolution, or any change in the constitution, name or style, of any Obligor, the Owner or any other person; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any other act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this provision, might operate to exonerate the Guarantor from liability, whether in whole or in part, under this Guarantee.

              


      

    

    
      
        	4.	
                RESTRICTIONS ON GUARANTOR

              


      

    

    
      
        	4.1	
                Deferral of Guarantor’s rights

              


      

    

    Until the expiry of the Agreement Term, the Guarantor shall not be entitled, nor shall the Guarantor claim, by virtue of any payment made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                to exercise any right of subrogation or indemnity or any other right or remedy in relation to any rights, security or moneys held by or recovered or receivable by the Owner under the Transaction Documents; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim against the Charterer or any other Obligor; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                to exercise any right of contribution from the Charterer or any other Obligor in respect of the Outstanding Indebtedness; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                to receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from the Charterer or any other Obligor; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                unless so directed by the Owner (in which case the Guarantor shall prove in accordance with the Owner’s directions), to rank as a creditor or have any right of proof in the bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency of the Charterer or any
                  other Obligor in competition with the Owner.

              


      

    

    
      
        	4.2	
                No security to be taken by the Guarantor

              


      

    

    The Guarantor represents and warrants that it has not taken, and undertakes that it will not take, without the prior written consent of the Owner, any security from the Charterer
      or any other Obligor in respect of the Guarantor’s liability under this Guarantee.

    
      
        	4.3	
                Application of payments or benefits received by the Guarantor

              


      

    

    If the Guarantor is required by the Owner to prove in the bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency of the Charterer or any other Obligor, or receives any payment, distribution or
      security from the Charterer or any other Obligor, or exercises any right of set off or counterclaim in respect of any payment made by it under this Guarantee, or otherwise acts in breach of any provision of this Clause 4 (Restrictions On Guarantor), then in each such case the Guarantor shall hold on trust for the Owner and immediately pay or transfer (as may be appropriate) to the Owner any such payment, amount set off, distribution or benefit of
      such security received by it.

    
      4

      
        


      
        

        

      

    

    

    

    
      
        	5.	
                PAYMENTS

              


      

    

    
      
        	5.1	
                Place, time and manner of payment

              


      

    

    Unless otherwise specified by the Owner, all moneys to be paid by the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be paid to the Owner in Dollars on the due date and in same day funds
      to such account as the Owner may from time to time notify the Guarantor.

    
      
        	5.2	
                Non-Business Days

              


      

    

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

    
      
        	5.3	
                Accrual of interest and periodic payments

              


      

    

    All payments of interest and other payments of an annual or periodic nature to be made by the Guarantor shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the basis of the actual
      number of days elapsed and a 360 day year.

    
      
        	5.4	
                Application of receipts

              


      

    

    Without prejudice to Clause 5.5 (Suspense account), all moneys received or recovered by the Owner pursuant to this Guarantee shall be
      applied, in the first place, to pay or make good all costs, expenses and liabilities whatsoever incurred by the Owner in or about or incidental to the recovery of such moneys, and the balance shall be applied in accordance with the terms of the
      Charter.

    
      
        	5.5	
                Waiver of rights of appropriation

              


      

    

    The Guarantor irrevocably waives any rights of appropriation to which it may be entitled in respect of any payment made under this Guarantee.

    
      
        	6.	
                NO SET-OFF, COUNTERCLAIM OR TAX DEDUCTION

              


      

    

    The provisions of Clause 66 (Set-Off) of the Charter shall extend and apply to this Guarantee as if the same were expressly set out in
      this Guarantee but as if all references in the Charter to a Party included the Guarantor.

    
      
        	7.	
                DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL

              


      

    

    Any release, discharge or settlement between the Guarantor and the Owner in relation to this Guarantee shall be conditional on no right, security, disposition or payment to the
      Owner by the Guarantor, the Charterer or any other person in respect of the Outstanding Indebtedness being avoided, set aside or ordered to be refunded pursuant to any enactment or law relating to breach of duty by any person, bankruptcy,
      liquidation, administration, protection from creditors generally or insolvency or for any other reason. If any such right, security, disposition or payment is avoided, set aside or ordered to be refunded, the Owner shall be entitled subsequently to
      enforce this Guarantee against the Guarantor as if such release, discharge or settlement had not occurred and any such security, disposition or payment had not been made.

    
      
        	8.	
                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

              


      

    

    
      
        	8.1	
                Date of representations and warranties

              


      

    

    The Guarantor represents and warrants that the following matters are true at the date of this Guarantee.

    
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        	8.2	
                Existence, powers and compliance

              


      

    

    The Guarantor:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                is a corporation duly incorporated with limited liability, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (its jurisdiction of incorporation);

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                has full power to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                has complied with all statutory and other requirements relative to its business.

              


      

    

    
      
        	8.3	
                Capacity and authorisation

              


      

    

    The entry into and performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is (or is to become) a party are within the corporate powers of
      the Guarantor and have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate actions and approvals and no limitation on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the liabilities incurred under this Guarantee. In entering into this Guarantee and the other
      relevant Transaction Documents the Guarantor is acting on its own account and not as agent or nominee of any person.

    
      
        	8.4	
                No contravention of laws or contractual restrictions

              


      

    

    The entry into and performance by the Guarantor of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is (or is to become) a
      party and the granting of Security Interest by the Guarantor do not and will not:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                contravene in any respect the constitutional documents of the Guarantor or any law, regulation or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or any of its assets; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                result in the creation or imposition of any Security Interest (other than a Permitted Security Interest) on any of its assets in favour of any party.

              


      

    

    
      
        	8.5	
                Licences and approvals in force

              


      

    

    All licences, authorisations, approvals and consents necessary for the entry into, performance, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Guarantee and the
      other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect and there has been no breach of any condition or restriction imposed in this respect.

    
      
        	8.6	
                Validity and enforceability

              


      

    

    When duly executed and delivered, and where applicable registered, this Guarantee and each other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party will:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                (to the extent that by its terms it purports to do so) create a legal, valid and binding first priority Security Interest in accordance with its terms over all the assets to which by its terms it relates,

              


      

    

    except insofar as enforcement may be limited by any applicable laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, administration and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
      by principles of equity.

    
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        	8.7	
                No third party Security Interests; title

              


      

    

    At the time of execution of each Security Document to which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party, no third party will have any Security Interest (other than a Permitted
      Security Interest) in any asset over which a Security Interest is to be created pursuant to that Security Document and the Guarantor will be the sole and absolute legal and beneficial owner of that asset.

    
      
        	8.8	
                Insolvency

              


      

    

    No corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in Clause 54(a)(vi) (Insolvency and rescheduling) of the
      Charter or creditors’ process described in Clause 54(a)(vii) (Winding-up) of the Charter has been taken or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened in relation to any Obligor.

    
      
        	8.9	
                No litigation current or pending

              


      

    

    No litigation, arbitration, tax claim or administrative proceeding is current or pending or (to the knowledge of the Guarantor) threatened, which, if adversely determined, might
      reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

    
      
        	8.10	
                Governing law and enforcement

              


      

    

    Subject to the Legal Reservations, the choice of English law as the governing law of this Guarantee and each other Transaction Document expressed to be governed by English law to
      which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party will be recognised and enforced in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Guarantor, and any judgment obtained in England in relation to this Guarantee or any such other Transaction Document will be
      recognised and enforced in that jurisdiction.

    
      
        	8.11	
                Truth of financial and other information

              


      

    

    All factual information furnished in writing to the Owner by or on behalf of the Guarantor in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Guarantee and the other
      Transaction Documents was (when given) true and correct in all material respects and there are no other facts or considerations the omission of which would render any such information materially misleading.

    
      
        	8.12	
                No liability to deduction or withholding

              


      

    

    Except in respect of any FATCA Deduction which may be required by Clause 6 (No Set-Off, Counterclaim Or Tax Deduction), all payments to
      be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document may be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any taxes.

    
      
        	8.13	
                No filing or stamp taxes

              


      

    

    Under the law of the Guarantor’s jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Guarantee
      or any other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party that this Guarantee or such other Transaction Document (or particulars of it) be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction
      or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to it executed by the Guarantor at the company’s registration office in its jurisdiction of incorporation (and payment of associated fees), which registration will be made (and
      such fees paid) promptly after the date of each relevant Security Document.

    
      
        	8.14	
                Tax compliance

              


      

    

    The Guarantor has complied in all material respects with all relevant tax laws and regulations applicable to it and its business and no claims or investigations are being made or
      conducted against it with respect to taxes.

    
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        	8.15	
                Pari passu obligations

              


      

    

    The payment obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is (or is to become) a party rank at least pari passu with the
      claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

    
      
        	8.16	
                Familiarity with the terms of the Agreement

              


      

    

    The Guarantor has received a copy of the Charter and is familiar with and has approved its terms and conditions.

    
      
        	8.17	
                Anti-Corruption Laws

              


      

    

    The Guarantor has conducted its business in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws applicable to it and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to prevent
      violation of such Anti-Corruption Laws.

    
      
        	8.18	
                Sanctions

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Guarantor is not a Restricted Party nor is it owned and/or controlled (directly or indirectly) by a Restricted Party.

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                No proceeds provided to the Charterer shall be made available to or for the benefit of a Restricted Party nor shall they otherwise be applied (directly or indirectly) in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions.

              


      

    

    
      
        	9.	
                INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

              


      

    

    
      
        	9.1	
                Duration of undertakings

              


      

    

    The undertakings in this Clause 9 (Information Undertakings) shall remain in force from the date of this Guarantee to the end of the
      Agreement Term.

    
      
        	9.2	
                Provision of financial information

              


      

    

    The Guarantor will provide to the Owner:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                within 180 days of the end of each financial year, certified copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group and the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets of the Guarantor for that financial year, prepared in
                  accordance with GAAP;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                together with the audited consolidated financial statements referred to in Clause 9.2(a) above, a Compliance Certificate addressed to the Owner substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 ([Form Of
                    Compliance Certificate]) evidencing the compliance (or otherwise) of the Guarantor with the financial covenants in respect of the Group as set out in Clause 10 (Financial Covenants); and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                promptly, such further information in the possession or control of the Guarantor regarding the financial condition and operations of the Group as the Owner may reasonably request.

              


      

    

    
      
        	9.3	
                Notification of default

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                notify the Owner of any Termination Event (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of it, stating whether in its opinion such default is a Termination Event or a Potential
                  Termination Event; and

              


      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                promptly upon a request by the Owner, supply to the Owner a certificate signed on behalf of the Guarantor by two of its directors or senior officers certifying that no Termination Event is continuing (or if a Termination Event is
                  continuing, specifying the Termination Event and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).

              


      

    

    
      
        	9.4	
                Notification of claims, material litigation and other proceedings

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Owner in writing of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation against any Obligor in connection with Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any Environmental Claim against any Obligor which is current, pending or threatened and of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any Obligor;
                  and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any litigation, arbitration, tax claim or administrative proceeding instituted or (to its knowledge) threatened and of any other occurrence of which it becomes aware which might have a Material Adverse Effect.

              


      

    

    
      
        	9.5	
                Provision of other information

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall promptly provide the Owner with such other information concerning itself and its affairs as the Owner may from time to time require.

    
      
        	9.6	
                Know your customer checks

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall promptly provide the Owner with such other information concerning itself and its affairs as the Owner may requested by the Owner in order for it to comply
      with any anti-money laundering or know your customer legislation, regulation or procedures applicable to it from time to time.

    
      
        	10.	
                FINANCIAL COVENANTS

              


      

    

    
      
        	10.1	
                Duration

              


      

    

    The undertakings contained in this Clause 10 (Financial Covenants) shall remain in force from date of this Guarantee until the end of the
      Agreement Term.

    
      
        	10.2	
                Financial covenants

              


      

    

    The Guarantor will procure that:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Guarantor shall always maintain a minimum free cash or cash equivalent US$500,000.00 per vessel at consolidated level. For clarification purposes, any cash held under any minimum liquidity requirements and Debt Service Reserve
                  Accounts with other financiers shall be taken into account for the testing of this covenant; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Leverage Ratio of the Guarantor (on a consolidated basis) shall not at any time exceed 75%.

              


      

    

    “Leverage Ratio” means, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of:

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Total Net Debt (i.e. the aggregate senior secured Financial Indebtedness of the Group, including 50% of Joint Venture vessels’ debt, as at such date minus the aggregate amount of all cash balances standing on such date to the
                  credit of a bank account of a member of the Group); and

              


      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                the aggregate Fair Market Value of all Fleet Vessels including 50% of Joint Venture vessels.

              


      

    

    
      
        	10.3	
                Testing of financial condition

              


      

    

    The requirements contained in Clause 10.2 (Financial covenants) as to the financial condition of the Group shall be tested on the
      Delivery Date by reference to the most recent unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group and thereafter quarterly as at 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December in each year in each case by reference to the unaudited consolidated
      financial statements or (as the case may be) the Compliance Certificate delivered to the Owner pursuant to Clause 9.2 (Provision of financial information).

    
      
        	11.	
                INDEMNITIES AND EXPENSES

              


      

    

    
      
        	11.1	
                Indemnity against costs

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall pay to the Owner on demand, and the Guarantor shall indemnify and keep the Owner indemnified against, all costs, charges, expenses, claims, liabilities,
      losses, duties and fees (including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis) and taxes thereon suffered or incurred by the Owner:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and registration of this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in collating, monitoring and otherwise attending to the relevant conditions precedent in the Charter;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in the enforcement or preservation or the attempted enforcement or preservation of any of the rights and powers of the Owner under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                in connection with any actual or proposed amendment of or supplement to this Guarantee or any other of the Transaction Documents, or with any request to the Owner to grant any consent or waiver in respect of any provision of this
                  Guarantee or any other Transaction Document, whether or not it is given; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                arising out of any act or omission made by the Owner in good faith in connection with any of the matters dealt with in this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document.

              


      

    

    
      
        	11.2	
                Documentary taxes

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall promptly pay all stamp duty, registration and other similar taxes payable on or by reference to this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which
      the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party and shall indemnify the Owner on the Owner’s written demand against any and all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses resulting from any failure or delay by the Guarantor to pay any such duty or tax.

    
      
        	11.3	
                Currency indemnity

              


      

    

    If any sum due from the Guarantor under the Transaction Documents (a Sum), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a
      Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the First Currency) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the Second Currency) for the purpose of making or
      filing a claim or proof against the Guarantor or obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, the Guarantor shall as an independent obligation, within 3 Business Days of demand,
      indemnify the Owner against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (b) the
      rate or rates of exchange available to the Owner at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

    
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        	11.4	
                Survival of indemnities

              


      

    

    The indemnities contained in this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is (or is to become) a party shall continue in full force and effect after
      the full and final discharge of the Outstanding Indebtedness with respect to matters arising prior to such discharge.

    
      
        	12.	
                CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

              


      

    

    
      
        	12.1	
                No assignment or transfer by the Guarantor

              


      

    

    The Guarantor may not assign or transfer all or any of its rights, benefits or obligations under this Guarantee.

    
      
        	12.2	
                Assignments and transfers by the Owner

              


      

    

    The Owner may assign or transfer all or any portion of its rights, benefits or obligations under this Guarantee to any person to whom it assigns or transfers a corresponding
      proportion of its rights, benefits or obligations under and in accordance with the Charter.

    
      
        	12.3	
                Change of office

              


      

    

    The Owner may at any time and from time to time change the office through which it performs its obligations under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents.

    
      
        	12.4	
                Delegation

              


      

    

    The Owner may at any time and from time to time delegate any one or more of its rights, powers and/or obligations under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to any
      person (provided that the Owner shall remain fully responsible for the exercise or performance of any rights, powers and/or obligations delegated by it).

    
      
        	12.5	
                Guarantor to assist

              


      

    

    The Guarantor undertakes to do or to procure all such acts and things and to sign, execute and deliver or procure the signing, execution and delivery of all such instruments and
      documents as the Owner may reasonably require for the purpose of perfecting any such assignment or transfer as mentioned in Clause 13.2 (Assignments and transfers by the Owner).

    
      
        	12.6	
                Disclosure of information

              


      

    

    The Owner may disclose to any potential assignee, transferee or sub-participant, or to any other party with whom it may propose to enter into contractual relations in connection
      with this Agreement or any other of the Transaction Documents, such information about the Guarantor and the other Obligors and their respective businesses, assets or financial condition as the Owner shall request from the Guarantor (Guarantors
      consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

    
      
        	13.	
                SET-OFF

              


      

    

    The Owner may set off any matured obligation due from the Guarantor under this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is at any time a party (to the
      extent beneficially owned by the Owner) against any matured obligation owed by the Owner to the Guarantor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Owner
      may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

    
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        	14.	
                MISCELLANEOUS

              


      

    

    
      
        	14.1	
                Time of essence

              


      

    

    Time is of the essence as regards every obligation of the Guarantor under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is (or is to become) a party.

    
      
        	14.2	
                Remedies and waivers

              


      

    

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

    
      
        	14.3	
                Waivers and amendments to be in writing

              


      

    

    Any waiver by the Owner of any provision of this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document, and any consent or approval given by the Owner under or in respect of this Guarantee
      or any other Transaction Document, shall only be effective if given in writing and then only strictly for the purpose and upon the terms for which it is given. This Guarantee may not be amended or varied orally but only by an instrument signed by the
      Parties.

    
      
        	14.4	
                Partial invalidity

              


      

    

    If at any time one or more of the provisions of this Guarantee or any other of the Transaction Documents is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any
      law by which it may be governed or affected, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be in any way affected or impaired as a result.

    
      
        	14.5	
                Counterparts

              


      

    

    This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

    
      
        	14.6	
                Conclusiveness of certificates

              


      

    

    The certificate or determination of the Owner of a rate or amount under this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence
      of the matters to which it relates and is binding on the Guarantor.

    
      
        	14.7	
                Further assurances

              


      

    

    The Guarantor shall, upon demand, and at its own expense, sign, perfect, do, execute and register all such further assurances, documents, acts and things as the Owner may require
      for:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                perfecting or protecting this Guarantee or the Security;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the exercise by the Owner of any right, power or remedy vested in it under this Guarantee or any other Security Document to which the Guarantor is at any time a party; or

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                enforcing this Guarantee or the Security after it has become enforceable (and the Guarantor undertakes to allow its name to be used as and when required by the Owner for this purpose).

              


      

    

    
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        	15.	
                NOTICES

              


      

    

    
      
        	15.1	
                Communications in writing; addresses

              


      

    

    All communications (which expression includes any notice, demand, request, consent or other communication) to be made under or in connection with this Guarantee shall be made in
      writing and unless otherwise stated may be made by fax or letter or, subject to Clause 16.3 (Electronic communication), electronic mail and be addressed:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in the case of the Owner, to it at:

              


      

    

    c/o AVIC INTERNATIONAL LEASING CO., LTD.

    
      
        	

              	Address:	
                18/F, CATIC Tower,

                  212 Jiang Ning Road,

                  Shanghai 200041, China

                  The People’s Republic of China

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Telefax No.:	
                +86 21 5289 5389

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attn:	
                Mr. Wang Xing

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                wangxing@chinaleasing.net

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in the case of the Guarantor, to it at:

              


      

    

    TOP SHIPS INC.

    
      
        	

              	Address:	
                1 Vas. Sofias & Meg. Alexandrou

                  Athens 15124 Greece

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Telefax No:	
                + 30 210 80 56 441

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Telephone No:	
                + 30 210 81 28 180

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attn:	
                Alexandros Tsirikos

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                atsirikos@topships.org

              


      

    

    or to such other address or fax number or department or officer as is notified by one Party to the other under this Guarantee by not less than 5 Business Days’ notice.

    
      
        	15.2	
                Delivery

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Subject to Clause 16.2(b) below, any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with this Guarantee will only be effective:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                if by way of fax, when received in legible form;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                if by way of electronic mail, then in accordance with Clause 16.3 (Electronic communication),

              


      

    

    and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 16.1 (Communications in writing;
        addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

    
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              	(b)	
                Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Owner will be effective only when actually received by the Owner and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer specified as part of
                  its address details provided under Clause 16.1 (Communications in writing; addresses).

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with Clause 16.2(a) or Clause 16.2(b) above, on a non-working day or after 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective at the opening
                  of business hours on the next working day in the place of receipt.

              


      

    

    
      
        	15.3	
                Electronic communication

              


      

    

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

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

    
      
        	

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

              


      

    

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

    
      
        	15.4	
                English language

              


      

    

    All communications and documents to be given or delivered pursuant to or otherwise in relation to this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is (or
      is to become) a party shall be in the English language or be accompanied by a certified English translation.

    
      
        	16.	
                GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

              


      

    

    
      
        	16.1	
                This Guarantee and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

              


      

    

    
      
        	16.2	
                Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Deed) (a
                  “Dispute”) shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions
                  of this Clause 16 (Law and Jurisdiction). The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.

              


      

    

    
      
        	16.3	
                The reference shall be to three arbitrators. A Party wishing to refer a Dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other Party requiring the other Party to appoint its own
                  arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of that notice and stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator unless the other Party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the fourteen
                  (14) days specified. If the other Party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified, the Party referring a Dispute to arbitration may, without the requirement of any
                  further prior notice to the other Party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other Party accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both Parties as

              


      

    

    
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    if he had been appointed by agreement. Nothing herein shall prevent the Parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator.

    
      
        	16.4	
                In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of US$50,000 (or such other sum as the Parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims Procedure current at the time
                  when the arbitration proceedings are commenced. Where the reference is to three arbitrators the procedure for making appointments shall be in accordance with the procedure for full arbitration stated above.

              


      

    

    
      
        
          	16.5	
                  The language of the arbitration shall be English.

                


        

      

    

    
      
        	17.	
                CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAIL-IN

              


      

    

    
      
        	17.1	
                Notwithstanding any other term of any Transaction Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the parties to a Transaction Document, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any party to a
                  Transaction Document under or in connection with the Transaction Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                a cancellation of any such liability; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                a variation of any term of any Transaction Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.

              


      

    

    This Guarantee has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this Guarantee.

    

    

    
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    SCHEDULE 1

      [FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE]

    
      
        	To:	
                GREAT CATALINA LIMITED

                  Trust Company Complex

                  Ajeltake Road

                  Ajeltake Island

                  Majuro MH96960

                  The Republic of the Marshall Islands

              


      

    

    Date: [●] 20[●]

    Dear Sirs

    Compliance Certificate – L$]L€]L●] Bareboat Charter dated 30 September 2019

    We refer to:

    
      
        	(a)	
                the bareboat charter dated 30 September 2019 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the Charter) made between (1) yourselves as Owner and (2) Santa Catalina Inc. as Charterer,
                  pursuant to which the Owner agreed to bareboat charter the Vessel to the Charterer; and

              


      

    

    
      
        	(b)	
                the deed of guarantee and indemnity dated [●] 2019 (the Guarantee) made between (1) ourselves as Guarantor and (2) yourselves as Owner under which we have guaranteed the performance by the
                  Charterer of its obligations under the Bareboat Charter.

              


      

    

    Expressions defined in the Bareboat Charter or the Guarantee shall have the same meanings when used in this certificate.

    This certificate is a Compliance Certificate which is rendered to you pursuant to Clause 9.2 (Provision of financial information) of the Guarantee.

    We hereby certify that:

    
      
        	1.	
                Attached to this certificate are the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group and the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets for the financial year ending on [●] 201[●], prepared in accordance with GAAP.

              


      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                Set out below are the respective amounts, in [Dollars][Euro], of [●], [●], [●], [●] and [●]of the Group as at [●] 201[●]:

              


      

    

    	 	
            [●]

          	
            [$][€][●]

          
	 	
            [●]

          	
            [$][€][●]

          
	 	
            [●]

          	
            [$][€][●]

          
	 	
            [●]

          	
            [$][€][●]

          
	 	
            [●]

          	
            [$][€][●]

          


    

    

    
      
        	3.	
                Accordingly, as at the date of this certificate, the financial covenants set out in Clause 10.2 (Financial covenants) of the Guarantee [are][are not] complied with, in that as at [●] 201[●]:

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the aggregate amount of cash is $[●] per vessel at consolidated level;

              


      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Leveraged Ratio (on a consolidated basis) does not exceed 75%.

              


      

    

    [or, as the case may be, specify in what respect any of the financial covenants are not complied with]

    
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        	4.	
                As at [●] 201[●] no [Termination Event][Default] has occurred and is continuing.

              


      

    

    [or, specify/identify any [Termination Event][Default]]

    Yours faithfully

    

    

    ...............................................

    For and on behalf of

      TOP SHIPS INC.

    
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    EXECUTION PAGES

    THE GUARANTOR

    	
            EXECUTED as a DEED

              by TOP SHIPS INC.

              a company incorporated in the Republic of

              the Marshall Islands

              acting by

              

              who, in accordance with the laws of the

              Republic of the Marshall Islands, is acting

              under the authority of

              the company as [authorised

              signatory][attorney-in-fact]

              in the presence of:

          	
            )

                )

                )

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            Signature in the name of the company

              TOP SHIPS INC.

              

              

              

              

              

              

              .....................................................

            [Authorised signatory][Attorney-in-fact]

          


    

    

    Signature of witness:

      

      

      Name of witness:

      

      

      Occupation of witness:

      

      

      Address of witness:

    THE OWNER

    	
            EXECUTED as a DEED

              by GREAT CATALINA LIMITED

              a company incorporated in the Republic of

              the Marshall Islands

              acting by

              

              who, in accordance with the laws of the

              Republic of the Marshall Islands, is acting

              under the authority of

              the company as [authorised

              signatory][attorney-in-fact]

              in the presence of:

          	
            )

                )

                )

                )

                )

                )

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                )

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            Signature in the name of the company

              GREAT CATALINA LIMITED

              

              

              

              

              

              

              .....................................................

            [Authorised signatory][Attorney-in-fact]

          


    

    

    Signature of witness:

      

      

      Name of witness:

      

      

      Occupation of witness:

      

      

      Address of witness:

    

    

  

  

  

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