exv4w33






Exhibit 4.33




Private and Confidential




DATED 1st March 2011




STEALTHGAS INC.

as Borrower




and



NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK

GIROZENTRALE

as Lender



 





FACILITY AGREEMENT FOR A

TERM LOAN of up to

USD45,000,000



in up to two tranches




 










PIRAEUS






 









 








Index




	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1 PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, CONSTRUCTION
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2 THE LENDER’S COMMITMENT, LOAN AND USE OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3 INTEREST AND INTEREST PERIODS
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4 REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5 FEES AND EXPENSES
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6 PAYMENTS AND TAXES; ACCOUNTS AND CALCULATIONS
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8 UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9 CONDITIONS
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11 INDEMNITIES
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12 UNLAWFULNESS AND INCREASED COSTS
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13 APPLICATION OF MONEYS, SET OFF, AND MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14 ACCOUNTS AND RETENTIONS
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15 ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND LENDING OFFICE
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16 NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17 GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	18 JURISDICTION
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF DRAWDOWN NOTICE
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT PART 1
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT PART 2
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 3 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXECUTION PAGES
	 	 	56	 






 









 





THIS AGREEMENT dated 1st March 2011 is made BY and BETWEEN:





	(1)	 	STEALTHGAS INC. as Borrower; and
	 
	(2)	 	NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE as Lender.




NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:





	1	 	PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, CONSTRUCTION
	 
	1.1	 	Purpose
	 
	 	 	This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the Lender agrees to make
available to the Borrower a term loan of up to forty five million Dollars (USD 45,000,000)
in up to two advances of up to twenty two million five hundred thousand Dollars
(USD22,500,000) each, each for the purpose of enabling the Borrower to on-lend the same to
its subsidiaries Tatoosh Beauty Inc. and Octopus Gas Inc. to finance the delivery
instalments of two 7,500 cbm LPG carriers under construction by Kanrei Shipbuilding Co.,
Ltd of Japan with, respectively, hull nos K424 and K425.
	 
	1.2	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
	 
	 	 	“Advance” means each of Advance A and Advance B, and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“Advance A” means the amount of up to twenty two million five hundred thousand
Dollars (USD22,500,000) as determined in accordance with Clause 2.3 on the relevant
Drawdown Date for the purposes of financing the delivery of “GAS HUSKY” and, as the
context may require, means the principal amount thereof owing to the Lender under this
Agreement at any relevant time;
	 
	 	 	“Advance B” means the amount of up to twenty two million five hundred thousand Dollars
(USD22,500,000) as determined in accordance with Clause 2.3 on the relevant Drawdown
Date for the purposes of financing the delivery of “GAS ESCO” and, as the context may
require, means the principal amount thereof owing to the Lender under this Agreement
at any relevant time;
	 
	 	 	“Approved Broker A” means each of (i) H Clarkson & Co. Ltd. of St Magnus House, 3 Lower
Thames Street, London EC3R 6HE, England, (ii) Ingeniebüro Weselmann of Steinhoft 11,
20459, Hamburg, Germany, (iii) Barry Rogliano Salles of 11 Boulevard Jean Mermoz,
92200 Neuilly sur Seine, France, (iv) Fearnleys of Grev Wedels Plass 9, P.O.Box 1158,
Sentrum 0107 Oslo, Norway or such other reputable, independent and first class firm
of shipbrokers specialising in the valuation of vessels of the relevant type
appointed by the Lender and agreed with the Borrower;
	 
	 	 	“Approved Broker B” means each of (i) Cass Marine Ltd. of 48 Pimlico Road, London SW1W
8LP, England and ICAP Shipping International Ltd of 2 Broadgate, London EC2M 7UR,
England or such other reputable, independent and first class firm of shipbrokers
specialising in the valuation of vessels of the relevant type appointed by the Lender
and agreed with the Borrower;




 









 






	 	 	“Approved Manager” means, in respect of a Vessel while it is subject to an Extended
Employment Contract, such person as is notified to and accepted by the Lender prior to the
commencement thereof as technical manager, and at all other times, and at all times as
commercial manager, Stealth Maritime Corporation S.A. acting through its office at 331
Kifissias Avenue, 145 61, Athens, Greece, or any other person appointed by the Borrower,
with the prior written consent of the Lender, as the manager of a Vessel;
	 
	 	 	“Banking Day” means a day on which dealings in deposits in USD are carried on in the
London Interbank Eurocurrency Market and (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
are open for business in London, Athens, Hannover and New York City (or any other relevant
place of payment under clause 6);
	 
	 	 	“Borrowed Money” means Indebtedness in respect of (i) money borrowed or raised and debit
balances at banks, (ii) any bond, note, loan stock, debenture or similar debt instrument,
(iii) acceptance or documentary credit facilities, (iv) receivables sold or discounted
(otherwise than on a non-recourse basis), (v) deferred payments for assets or services
acquired, (vi) finance leases and hire purchase contracts, (vii) swaps, forward exchange
contracts, futures and other derivatives, (viii) any other transaction (including without
limitation forward sale or purchase agreements) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing or raising of money or of any of (ii) to (vii) above and (ix) guarantees in
respect of Indebtedness of any person falling within any of (i) to (viii) above;
	 
	 	 	“Borrower” means StealthGas Inc., a company listed in NASDAQ and incorporated in the
Marshall Islands and having its registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960;
	 
	 	 	“Break Costs” means the aggregate amount of all losses, premiums, penalties, costs and
expenses whatsoever certified by the Lender at any time and from time to time as having
been incurred by the Lender in maintaining or funding the Loan or any part thereof or in
liquidating or re-employing fixed deposits acquired to maintain the same as a result of
either:






	 	(a)	 	any repayment or prepayment of the Loan or an Advance or any part thereof
otherwise than (i) in accordance with clause 4.1 or (ii) on an Interest Payment Date
whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis or otherwise howsoever; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	as a result of the Borrower failing or being incapable of drawing the Loan
or an Advance after the relevant Drawdown Notice has been given;






	 	 	“Builder” means Kanrei Shipbuilding Co., Ltd of Japan;
	 
	 	 	“Certified Copy” means in relation to any document delivered or issued by or on behalf of
any company, a copy of such document certified as a true, complete and up to date copy of
the original by any of the directors or officers for the time being of such company or by
such company’s attorneys or solicitors;
	 
	 	 	“Charter Assignment” means a specific assignment of any Extended Employment Contract
required to be executed hereunder by the Guarantor which is a party thereto in favour of
the Lender (including any notices and/or acknowledgements and/or undertakings associated
therewith) in such form as the Lender may require;
	 
	 	 	“Classification” means, in relation to each Vessel, the highest class available for a
vessel of her type with the Classification Society;




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	 	 	“Classification Society” means any classification society which is a member of the
International Association of Classification Societies and which the Lender has agreed
shall be treated as the classification society in relation to a Vessel for the purposes of
the relevant Vessel Security Documents;
	 
	 	 	“Commitment” means the maximum amount which the Lender has agreed to lend to the Borrower
under clause 2.1, as reduced by any relevant term of this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in schedule
3 signed by the chief financial officers of the Borrower and the Guarantors;
	 
	 	 	“Compulsory Acquisition” means, in respect of a Vessel, requisition for title or other
compulsory acquisition including, if that Vessel is not released therefrom within the
Relevant Period, capture, appropriation, forfeiture, seizure, detention, deprivation or
confiscation howsoever for any reason (but excluding requisition for use or hire) by or on
behalf of any Government Entity or other competent authority or by pirates, hijackers,
terrorists or similar persons; “Relevant Period” means for the purposes of this definition
of Compulsory Acquisition either (i) sixty (60) days or, (ii) if relevant underwriters
confirm in writing (in terms satisfactory to the Lender) prior to the end of such sixty
(60) day period that such capture, seizure, detention or confiscation will be fully
covered by the Owner’s war risks insurance for a further period exceeding ten (10)
calendar months, the shorter of twelve (12) months and such period at the end of which
cover is confirmed to attach;
	 
	 	 	“Credit Support Document” has in relation to the Master Agreement, the meaning given to
that expression therein;
	 
	 	 	“Credit Support Provider” means any person defined as such in the Master Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Default” means any Event of Default or any event or circumstance which with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other condition (or any combination
thereof) would constitute an Event of Default;
	 
	 	 	“Dollars” and “USD” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America and in
respect of all payments to be made under any of the Security Documents means funds which
are for same day settlement in the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or
such other US dollar funds as may at the relevant time be customary for the settlement of
international banking transactions denominated in US dollars);
	 
	 	 	“Drawdown Date” means, in respect of each Advance, any date being a Banking Day falling
during the Drawdown Period, on which the Loan is, or is to be, made available;
	 
	 	 	“Drawdown Notice” means, in respect of each Advance, a notice substantially in the form of
schedule 1;
	 
	 	 	“Drawdown Period” means the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the
earlier of (i) 31 August 2012 and (ii) any date on which the Loan is finally cancelled or
drawn in full under the terms of this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Earnings Account” means, in relation to each Owner, an interest bearing USD current
account of that Owner opened with the Lender and includes any sub-accounts thereof and any
other account designated in writing by the Lender to be an Earnings Account for the
purposes of this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Earnings Account Pledge” means, in respect of each Earnings Account, a first priority
pledge required to be executed hereunder between the Owner which is the owner of such




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	 	 	account and the Lender in respect of that Earnings Account in such form as the Lender may
require, and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“EBITDA” means, at any time, in respect of the preceding four financial quarters, the
aggregate amount of consolidated pre-tax profits of the Group before extraordinary or
exceptional items, interest, depreciation and amortisation;
	 
	 	 	“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, title
retention, preferential right, option, trust arrangement or security interest or other
encumbrance, security or arrangement conferring howsoever a priority of payment in respect
of any obligation of any person;
	 
	 	 	“Environmental Affiliate” means any agent or employee of the Borrower, the Approved
Manager (but only in its capacity as technical manager of a Relevant Ship), a Guarantor or
any other Group Member;
	 
	 	 	“Environmental Approval” means any consent, authorisation, licence or approval of any
governmental or public body or authorities or courts applicable to any Relevant Ship or
its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of
goods and/or services on or from any Relevant Ship required under any Environmental Law;
	 
	 	 	“Environmental Claim” means (i) any claim by, or directive from, any applicable Government
Entity alleging breach of, or non-compliance with, any Environmental Laws or Environmental
Approvals or otherwise howsoever relating to or arising out of an Environmental Incident
or (ii) any claim by any other third party howsoever relating to or arising out of an
Environmental Incident (and, in each such case, “claim” shall include a claim for damages
and/or direction for and/or enforcement relating to clean-up costs, removal, compliance,
remedial action or otherwise) or (iii) any Proceedings arising from any of the foregoing;
	 
	 	 	“Environmental Incident” means, regardless of cause, (i) any actual or threatened
discharge or release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from any Relevant Ship; (ii)
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is discharged or released from a
vessel other than a Relevant Ship which involves collision between a Relevant Ship and
such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, where
the Relevant Ship, the Approved Manager and/or a Guarantor and/or the relevant Group
Member and/or the relevant Operator are actually, contingently or allegedly at fault or
otherwise howsoever liable (in whole or in part) or (iii) any incident in which
Environmentally Sensitive Material is discharged or released from a vessel other than a
Relevant Ship and where such Relevant Ship is actually or potentially liable to be
arrested as a result and/or the Approved Manager and/or a Guarantor and/or other Group
Member and/or the relevant Operator are actually, contingently or allegedly at fault or
otherwise howsoever liable;
	 
	 	 	“Environmental Laws” means all laws, regulations, conventions and agreements whatsoever
relating to pollution, human or wildlife well-being or protection of the environment
(including, without limitation, the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and any
comparable laws of the individual States of the USA);
	 
	 	 	“Environmentally Sensitive Material” means oil, oil products or any other products or
substance which are polluting, toxic or hazardous or any substance the release of which
into the environment is howsoever regulated, prohibited or penalised by or pursuant to any
Environmental Law;
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” means any of the events or circumstances listed in clause 10.1;




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	 	 	“Execution Date” means the date on which this Agreement has been executed by all the
parties hereto;
	 
	 	 	“Extended Employment Contract” means any time charterparty, contract of affreightment or
other contract of employment of a Vessel (including the entry of a Vessel in any pool)
which has a tenor of not less than six (6) months (including any options to renew or
extend such tenor);
	 
	 	 	“Facility Period” means the period starting on the date of this Agreement and ending on
such date as all obligations whatsoever of all of the Security Parties under or pursuant
to the Security Documents whensoever arising, actual or contingent, have been irrevocably
paid, performed and/or complied with;
	 
	 	 	“GAS ESCO” means the LPG carrier of approximately 7,500 cbm under construction by the
Builder with Builder’s Hull No. K424 and to be purchased by Tatoosh pursuant to the Gas
Esco Shipbuilding Contract and registered on the Liberian flag with the name “GAS ESCO”,
such purchase anticipated for May 2012;
	 
	 	 	“Gas Esco Shipbuilding Contract” means the contract dated 25 February 2008 made between
the Seller and Tatoosh as buyer for the construction by the Builder and the purchase by
Tatoosh of “GAS ESCO”;
	 
	 	 	“GAS HUSKY” means the LPG carrier of approximately 7,500 cbm under construction by
the Builder with Builder’s Hull No. K425 and to be purchased by Octopus pursuant to the
Gas Husky Shipbuilding Contract and registered on the Liberian flag with the name “GAS
HUSKY”;
	 
	 	 	“Gas Husky Shipbuilding Contract” means the contract dated 25 February 2008 made between
the Seller as seller and Octopus as buyer for the construction by the Builder and the
purchase by Octopus of “GAS HUSKY” such purchase anticipated for November 2011;
	 
	 	 	“General Assignment” means, in respect of each Vessel, the first priority deed of
assignment of the Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation (each as defined
therein) thereof executed or to be executed by the relevant Owner thereof in favour of the
Lender in such form as the Lender may require, and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“Government Entity” means any national or local government body, tribunal, court or
regulatory or other agency and any organisation of which such body, tribunal, court or
agency is a part or to which it is subject;
	 
	 	 	“Group” means the Borrower and its subsidiaries;
	 
	 	 	“Group Member” means any member of the Group;
	 
	 	 	“Guarantee” means each unconditional, irrevocable and on first demand guarantee of the
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Master Agreement required to be
executed by the Guarantors in favour of the Lender in such form as the Lender may require,
and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“Guarantor” means each of Tatoosh and Octopus:
	 
	 	 	“Indebtedness” means any obligation howsoever arising (whether present or future, actual
or contingent, secured or unsecured as principal, surety or otherwise) for the payment or
repayment of money;




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	 	 	“Interest Expense” means, at any time, for the preceding four financial quarters, the
aggregate interest which was payable by the Group Members on any Borrowed Moneys during
such period;
	 
	 	 	“Interest Payment Date” means, in respect of each Advance, the last day of an Interest
Period and, if an Interest Period is longer than three (3) months, the date falling at the
end of each successive period of three (3) months from the start of such Interest Period;
	 
	 	 	“Interest Period” means each period for the calculation of interest in respect of each
Advance, being three months or such other period as the Borrower may request and the
Lender may in its discretion, agree in writing;
	 
	 	 	“ISM Code Documentation” means, in relation to each Vessel, the document of compliance
(DOC) and safety management certificate (SMC) issued by a Classification Society pursuant
to the ISM Code in relation to that Vessel within the periods specified by the ISM Code;
	 
	 	 	“ISM SMS” means the safety management system which is required to be developed,
implemented and maintained under the ISM Code;
	 
	 	 	“ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Security Code of the International
Maritime Organisation and includes any amendments or extensions thereto and any
regulations issued pursuant thereto;
	 
	 	 	“ISSC” means an International Ship Security Certificate issued in respect of a Vessel
pursuant to the ISPS Code;
	 
	 	 	“Latest Accounts” means (i) in respect of any financial year of the Borrower and/or each
Guarantor and/or the Group, the latest audited financial statements required to be
prepared pursuant to clause 8.1.6 or (ii) in relation to any other 2 consecutive financial
half-years of the Borrower and/or the Group, the latest unaudited financial statements
required to be prepared pursuant to clause 8.1.6 in relation to the relevant semi-annual
periods;
	 
	 	 	“Lender” means Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting through its office
at Friedrichswall 10, 30159 Hannover, Germany;
	 
	 	 	“LIBOR” means, for a particular period, the rate equal to the offered quotation for
deposits in USD in an amount comparable with the amount in relation to which LIBOR is to
be determined for a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, the relevant period
which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 at or about 11 a.m. on the second Banking Day
before the first day of such period (and, for the purposes of this Agreement, “Reuters
Screen LIBOR01” means the display designated as “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Service or such
other page as may replace LIBOR01 on that service for the purpose of displaying rates
comparable to that rate or on such other service as may be nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying the British
Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for USD);
	 
	 	 	“Loan” means the aggregate principal amount of up to USD45,000,000 or, as the context may
require, the amount owing to the Lender under this Agreement at any relevant time;
	 
	 	 	“Management Agreement” means, in respect of a Vessel, the agreement between the relevant
Owner and the Approved Manager, in a form previously approved by the Lender and in the
plural means both of them;




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	 	 	“Manager’s Undertaking” means, in respect of each Vessel, the undertaking and assignment
required to be executed hereunder by the Approved Manager in favour of the Lender, in such
form as the Lender may require and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“Margin” means, in relation to each Interest Period, 2.8% per annum;
	 
	 	 	“Market Value” means, in relation to each Mortgaged Ship at any relevant time, the value
thereof most recently determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2(b);
	 
	 	 	“Master Agreement” means a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (with Schedule thereto) made or to
be made between the Lender and the Borrower;
	 
	 	 	“Master Agreement Assignment” means the security deed in respect of the Master Agreement
executed or to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Lender in such form as the
Lender may require;
	 
	 	 	“Material Adverse Change” means any event or occurrence which the Lender reasonably
determines has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
(i) the Lender’s rights under, or the security provided by, any Security Document, (ii)
the ability of any Security Party to perform or comply with any of its obligations under
any Security Document or (iii) the value or nature of the property, assets, operations,
liabilities, financial condition or prospects of any member of the Group;
	 
	 	 	“Maturity Date” means in respect of each Advance, the earlier of (i) 31 August 2020 and
(ii) the date falling 8 years after the Drawdown Date in respect thereof;
	 
	 	 	“MII & MAP Policy” means a mortgagee’s interest insurance and a mortgagee’s interest
insurance additional perils (pollution) in respect of each Mortgaged Vessel to be effected
by the Lender on or before the Drawdown Date in respect of the Advance financing that
Vessel to cover that Vessel as the same may be renewed or replaced annually thereafter and
maintained throughout the Facility Period through such brokers, with such underwriters and
containing such coverage as may be acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion,
insuring with respect to mortgagee’s interest insurance a sum of at least one hundred and
ten per cent (110%) of the Loan;
	 
	 	 	“month” means a period beginning in one calendar month and ending in the next calendar
month on the day numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which it
started, provided that (a) if the period started on the last Banking Day in a calendar
month or if there is no such numerically corresponding day, it shall end on the last
Banking Day in such next calendar month and (b) if such numerically corresponding day is
not a Banking Day, the period shall end on the next following Banking Day in the same
calendar month but if there is no such Banking Day it shall end on the preceding Banking
Day and “months” and “monthly” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	 	“Mortgage” means, in respect of each Vessel, the first preferred Liberian Ship mortgage
over that Vessel required to be executed by the relevant Owner thereof in favour of the
Lender in such form as the Lender may require, and in the plural means both of them;
	 
	 	 	“Mortgaged Vessel” means, at any relevant time, a Vessel which is at such time subject to
a Mortgage and/or the Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation (each such term as
defined in the relevant Vessel Security Documents) of which are subject to an Encumbrance
pursuant to the relevant Vessel Security Documents and a Vessel shall, for the purposes of
this Agreement, be regarded as a Mortgaged Vessel as from the date that the Mortgage over
that Vessel shall have been executed and registered in accordance with this Agreement
until whichever shall be the earlier of (i) the payment in full of the amount required to
be paid to




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	 	 	the Agent pursuant to clause 4.3 following the sale or Total Loss of such Vessel and (ii)
the end of the Facility Period;
	 
	 	 	“Octopus” means Octopus Gas Inc., a company incorporated in Liberia and has its
registered office at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia;
	 
	 	 	“Operator” means any person who is from time to time during the Facility Period concerned
in the operation of a Relevant Ship and falls within the definition of “Company” set out
in rule 1.1.2 of the ISM Code;
	 
	 	 	“Owner” means, in respect of ‘GAS ESCO”, Tatoosh and, in respect of “GAS HUSKY”, Octopus;
	 
	 	 	“Permitted Encumbrance” means any Encumbrance in favour of the Lender created pursuant to
the Security Documents and Permitted Liens;
	 
	 	 	“Permitted Liens” means any lien on a Vessel for master’s, officer’s or crew’s wages
outstanding in the ordinary course of trading, any lien for salvage and any ship
repairer’s or outfitter’s possessory lien for a sum not (except with the prior written
consent of the Lender) exceeding the Casualty Amount (as defined in the Vessel Security
Documents);
	 
	 	 	“Pertinent Jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction in which or where any Security Party is
incorporated, resident, domiciled, has a permanent establishment or assets, carries on, or
has a place of business or is otherwise howsoever effectively connected;
	 
	 	 	“Proceedings” means any litigation, arbitration, legal action or complaint or judicial,
quasi-judicial or administrative proceedings whatsoever arising or instigated by anyone
(private or governmental) in any court, tribunal, public office or other forum whatsoever
and wheresoever (including, without limitation, any action for provisional or permanent
attachment of any thing or for injunctive remedies or interim relief and any action
instigated on an ex parte basis);
	 
	 	 	“Prohibited Person” means any person with whom transaction are currently prohibited or
restricted under the Untied States of America sanctions administered by the United States
of America Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), any other
United States of American government sanction, export or procurement laws or any other
sanctions or other such restrictions on business dealings imposed by a member state of the
European Union, including a person on any list of restricted entities, persons or
organisations published by the United States of America government, the United Nations or
the European Union or any member state of the European Union, including without
limitation:






	 	(a)	 	the United States of America Government’s List of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons, Denied Persons list, Entitled List, Debarred Parties
List, Excluded Parties List and Terrorism Exclusion List;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Her Majesty’s Treasury’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the European Union Restricted Person Lists issued pursuant to Council
Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002, Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 OF
27 December 2001 and Council Common Position 2005/725/CFCP of 17 October 2005; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	the United Nations Consolidated List established and maintained by the 1267
Committee;




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	 	 	“Registry” means, in relation to each Vessel, the office of the registrar, commissioner
or representative of Liberia, who is duly empowered to register such Vessel, the relevant
Owner’s title thereto and the relevant Mortgage under the laws and flag of Liberia;
	 
	 	 	“Relevant Ship” means each Vessel and any other ship from time to time (whether before or
after the date of this Agreement) owned, managed or crewed by, or chartered to, any Group
Member;
	 
	 	 	“Repayment Date” means the date on which any instalment of an Advance is repayable under
the provisions of clause 4.1.1;
	 
	 	 	“Required Authorisation” means any authorisation, consent, declaration, licence, permit,
exemption, approval or other document, whether imposed by or arising in connection with
any law, regulation, custom, contract, security or otherwise howsoever which must be
obtained at any time from any person, Government Entity, central bank or other
self-regulating or supra-national authority in order to enable the Borrower lawfully to
borrow the Loan and/or to enable any Security Party lawfully and continuously to continue
its corporate existence and/or perform all its obligations whatsoever whensoever arising
and/or grant security under the relevant Security Documents and/or to ensure the
continuous validity and enforceability thereof;
	 
	 	 	“Required Security Amount” means the amount in USD (as certified by the Lender) which is
at any time when only one Advance has been drawn and is outstanding one hundred and twenty
five per cent. (125%) of the Loan and at any time when both Advances have been drawn and
are outstanding, (i) up to the date falling 3 years after the first Drawdown Date, one
hundred and twenty per cent. (120%) of the Loan and (ii) thereafter, one hundred and
twenty five per cent (125%) of the Loan;
	 
	 	 	“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Master Agreement, the Master Agreement
Assignment, the Mortgages, the Guarantees, the General Assignments, any Charter
Assignment, the Shares Pledges, the Earnings Account Pledges, the Manager’s Undertakings,
any Tripartite Deed and any other documents as may have been or shall from time to time
after the date of this Agreement be executed to guarantee and/or to govern and/or secure
all or any part of the Loan, interest thereon and other moneys from time to time owing by
the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and/or the Master Agreement (whether or not any
such document also secures moneys from time to time owing pursuant to any other document
or agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Security Party” means the Borrower, the Approved Manager (but not including any arm’s
length technical manager of either Vessel appointed by a charterer pursuant to an Extended
Employment Contract), the Guarantors or any other person who may at any time be a party to
any of the Security Documents (other than the Lender);
	 
	 	 	“Security Value” means the amount in USD (as certified by the Lender) which is, at
any time, the aggregate of (a) the Valuation Amount of the Mortgaged VesselS as most
recently determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2 and (b) the net realizable market
value of any additional security for the time being actually provided to the Lender
pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b) or otherwise;
	 
	 	 	“Seller” means Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan;
	 
	 	 	“Shares Pledge” means the first priority pledge of the shares of and in each Guarantor to
be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Lender in such form as the Lender may require
in its sole discretion and in the plural means both of them;




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	 	 	“Shipbuilding Contracts” means, together, the Gas Esco Shipbuilding Contract and the
Gas Husky Shipbuilding Contract;
	 
	 	 	“subsidiary” of a person means any company or entity directly or indirectly controlled by
such person, and for this purpose “control” means either the ownership of more than fifty
per cent (50%) of the voting share capital (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such
company or entity or the power to direct its policies and management, whether by contract
or otherwise;
	 
	 	 	“Tatoosh” means Tatoosh Beauty Inc., a company incorporated in Liberia and has its
registered office at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia;
	 
	 	 	“Taxes” includes all present and future income, corporation, capital or value-added taxes
and all stamp and other taxes and levies, imposts, deductions, duties, charges and
withholdings whatsoever together with interest thereon and penalties in respect thereto,
if any, and charges, fees or other amounts made on or in respect thereof (and “Taxation”
shall be construed accordingly);
	 
	 	 	“Total Assets” and “Total Debt” shall have the meanings assigned to them in accordance
with US GAAP;
	 
	 	 	“Total Loss” means:






	 	(a)	 	actual, constructive, compromised or arranged total loss of a Vessel; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	Compulsory Acquisition; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or
confiscation of a Vessel not falling within the definition of Compulsory Acquisition
by any Government Entity, or by persons allegedly acting or purporting to act on
behalf of any Government Entity, unless such Vessel be released and restored to the
relevant Owner within thirty (30) days after such incident;






	 	 	“Transaction” means a Transaction as defined in the Master Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Tripartite Deed” means, if either Vessel is subject to a bareboat charter, a deed
containing (inter alia) an assignment of the relevant charterer’s interest in the
insurances of that Vessel, required to be executed by the Owner of that Vessel and the
relevant charterer in favour of the Lender in such form as the Lender may require in its
sole discretion;
	 
	 	 	“Underlying Documents” means, together, any Extended Employment Contracts, the
Shipbuilding Contracts and the Management Agreements;
	 
	 	 	“Unlawfulness” means any event or circumstance which either is or, as the case may
be, might in the opinion of the Lender become the subject of a notification by the Lender
to the Borrower under clause 12.1;
	 
	 	 	“Valuation Amount” means, in relation to each Vessel, the value thereof as most recently
determined under clause 8.2.2; and
	 
	 	 	“Vessel” means each of “GAS ESCO” and “GAS HUSKY” and in the plural means both of them;
and
	 
	 	 	“Vessel Security Documents” means, in respect of each Vessel, the Mortgage, the
General Assignment, the Charter Assignment (if any), the Tripartite Deed (if any) and the
Manager’s Undertaking executed or to be executed in respect thereof.




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	1.3	 	Construction
	 
	 	 	In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
	 
	1.3.1	 	clause headings and the index are inserted for convenience of reference only and
shall be ignored in the construction of this Agreement;
	 
	1.3.2	 	references to clauses and schedules are to be construed as references to clauses
of, and schedules to, this Agreement and references to this Agreement include its schedules
and any supplemental agreements executed pursuant hereto;
	 
	1.3.3	 	references to (or to any specified provision of) this Agreement or any other
document shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that provision or that document
as in force for the time being and as duly amended and/or supplemented and/or novated;
	 
	1.3.4	 	references to a “regulation” include any present or future regulation, rule,
directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Government Entity, central bank or any self-regulatory or other supra-national authority;
	 
	1.3.5	 	references to any person in or party to this Agreement shall include reference to
such person’s lawful successors and assigns;
	 
	1.3.6	 	words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa;
	 
	1.3.7	 	references to a time of day are, unless otherwise stated, to Frankfurt am Main
time;
	 
	1.3.8	 	references to a person shall be construed as references to an individual, firm,
company, corporation or unincorporated body of persons or any Government Entity;
	 
	1.3.9	 	references to a “guarantee” include references to an indemnity or any other kind of
assurance whatsoever (including, without limitation, any kind of negotiable instrument, bill
or note) against financial loss or other liability including, without limitation, an
obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default by any other person to
pay any Indebtedness and “guaranteed” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	1.3.10	 	references to any statute or other legislative provision are to be construed as
references to any such statute or other legislative provision as the same may be re enacted or
modified or substituted by any subsequent statute or legislative provision (whether before or
after the date hereof) and shall include any regulations, orders, instruments or other
subordinate legislation issued or made under such statute or legislative provision;
	 
	1.3.11	 	a certificate by the Lender as to any amount due or calculation made or any matter
whatsoever determined in connection with this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower except for manifest error;
	 
	1.3.12	 	time shall be of the essence in respect of all obligations whatsoever of the
Borrower under this Agreement, howsoever and whensoever arising;
	 
	1.3.13	 	and the words “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed eiusdem generis with
any foregoing words where a wider construction is possible.
	 
	1.4	 	Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999
	 
	 	 	Except for clause 18, no part of this Agreement shall be enforceable under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement.




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	2	 	THE LENDER’S COMMITMENT, LOAN AND USE OF PROCEEDS
	 
	2.1	 	The Commitment
	 
	 	 	In reliance upon each of the representations and warranties in clause 7, the Lender agrees
to lend to the Borrower on the terms of this Agreement the principal sum of up to
USD45,000,000 in up to two Advances.
	 
	2.2	 	Advance
	 
	 	 	On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Advance shall be made
available on a Drawdown Date following receipt by the Lender from the Borrower of a
Drawdown Notice not later than 11.00 a.m. on the fifth Banking Day before the proposed
Drawdown Date. The Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Lender
and, once given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.6.1, be irrevocable.
	 
	2.3	 	Amount
	 
	 	 	The principal amount of each Advance shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, not
exceed the Relevant Percentage lesser of (i) Market Value on that Drawdown Date (to be
evidenced by a valuation not older than 6 weeks as at such Drawdown Date) of the Vessel to
be financed by that Advance and (ii) USD30,000,000
	 
	 	 	Where:
	 
	 	 	“Relevant Percentage” means (i) if there is, as at the relevant Drawdown Date, Acceptable
Employment for both Vessels or Acceptable Employment for the Vessel being financed by that
Advance, 75% and (ii) otherwise, 70%; and
	 
	 	 	“Acceptable Employment” means either (a) the Vessel being financed by the relevant
Advance is subject to a charter or other contract of employment acceptable to the Lender
of no less than 2 years or (b) that both Vessels are subject to a charter or other
contract of employment acceptable to the Lender of either (i) no less than 2 years for
each Vessel or (ii) no less than one year for one Vessel and no less than 3 years for the
other Vessel.
	 
	2.4	 	Availability
	 
	 	 	Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice complying with the terms of this Agreement the Lender
shall, subject to the provisions of Clause 9, make the Advance requested therein available
to the Borrower on the relevant Drawdown Date. The Borrower acknowledges that payment of
that Advance to the Seller or to a suspense account in readiness for release to the Seller
shall satisfy the obligation of the Lender to lend that Advance to the Borrower under this
Agreement.
	 
	2.5	 	Cancellation
	 
	 	 	If the Loan or any part thereof is not drawn down by the end of the Drawdown Period, the
Commitment in respect of such unknown part shall thereupon be automatically cancelled and
the Lender shall have no further obligation in respect thereof under this Agreement.
	 
	2.6	 	Use of Proceeds
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to the Borrower’s obligations under clause 8.1.4, the Lender shall have
no responsibility for the Borrower’s use of the proceeds of the Loan.




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	3	 	INTEREST AND INTEREST PERIODS
	 
	3.1	 	Normal interest rate
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay interest on the Loan and each Advance in respect of each Interest
Period relating thereto on each Interest Payment Date at the rate per annum determined by
the Lender to be the aggregate of (a) the Margin and (b) LIBOR.
	 
	3.2	 	Duration of Interest Periods
	 
	 	 	Each Interest Period shall have a duration of three (3) months or such other period as the
Borrower may select and the Lender may agree in writing.
	 
	3.3	 	Determination of Interest Periods
	 
	 	 	Subject to Clause 3.3.1 every Interest Period shall be of the duration specified in
Clause 3.2 but so that:
	 
	3.3.1	 	the first Interest Period for each Advance shall start on the date each Advance is drawn and
that subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of the previous Interest Period;
and
	 
	3.3.2	 	if any Interest Period would otherwise overrun a relevant Repayment Date, then the
relevant Advance shall be divided into parts so that there is one part in the amount of the
repayment instalment due on such Repayment Date and having an Interest Period ending on the
relevant Repayment Date and another part in the amount of the balance of that Advance having
an Interest Period ascertained in accordance with clause 3.2 and the other provisions of this
clause 3.3.
	 
	3.4	 	Default interest
	 
	 	 	If the Borrower fails to pay any sum (including, without limitation, any sum payable
pursuant to this clause 3.4) on its due date for payment under any of the Security
Documents (other than the Master Agreement), the Borrower must pay interest on such sum on
demand from the due date up to the date of actual payment (as well after as before
judgment) at a rate determined by the Lender pursuant to this clause 3.4. The period
starting on such due date and ending on such date of payment shall be divided into
successive periods of not more than three (3) months as selected by the Lender each of
which (other than the first, which shall start on such due date) shall start on the last
day of the preceding such period. The rate of interest applicable to each such period
shall be the aggregate (as determined by the Lender) of (a) two per cent (2%) per annum,
(b) the Margin and (c) LIBOR for such periods. Such interest shall be due and payable on
demand, or, if no demand is made, then on the last day of each such period as determined
by the Lender and on the day on which all amounts in respect of which interest is being
paid under this clause 3.4 are paid, and each such day shall, for the purposes of this
Agreement, be treated as an Interest Payment Date, provided that if such unpaid sum is an
amount of principal which became due and payable by reason of a declaration by the Lender
under clause 10.2.2 or a prepayment pursuant to clauses 4.3, 4.4, 8.2.1(a) or 12.1, on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date relating thereto, the first such period selected
by the Lender shall be of a duration equal to the period between the due date of such
principal sum and such Interest Payment Date and interest shall be payable on such
principal sum during such period at a rate of two per cent (2%) above the rate applicable
thereto immediately before it shall have become so due and payable. If, for the reasons
specified in clause 3.6.1, the Lender is unable to determine a rate in accordance with the
provisions of this clause 3.4, interest on any sum not paid on its due date for payment
shall be calculated at a rate determined by the Lender to be two per cent (2%) per annum
above the




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	 	 	aggregate of the Margin and the cost of funds to the Lender compounded at such
intervals as the Lender selects.
	 
	3.5	 	Calculation of Margin and Notification of Interest Periods and interest rate
	 
	 	 	The Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly of each rate of interest determined by it
under this clause 3.
	 
	3.6	 	Market disruption; non-availability
	 
	3.6.1	 	Whenever, at any time prior to the start of any Interest Period, the Lender
determines:






	 	(a)	 	that adequate and fair means do not exist for determining LIBOR during such
Interest Period; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	that deposits in USD are not available to the Lender in the London
Interbank Market in its ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to fund the
Loan for such Interest Period;






	 	 	the Lender shall promptly give notice (a “Determination Notice”) thereof to the Borrower.
A Determination Notice shall give brief details of the circumstances giving rise to its
issue.
	 
	3.6.2	 	within ten (10) days of any Determination Notice being given by the Lender under
clause 3.6.1, the Lender must certify an alternative basis (the “Substitute Basis”) for
maintaining the Loan. The Substitute Basis may include alternative interest periods,
alternative currencies or alternative rates of interest but must include a margin above the
cost of funds take effect in accordance with its terms from the date specified in the
Determination Notice until such time as the Lender notifies the Borrower that none of the
circumstances specified in clause 3.6.1 continues to exist whereupon the normal interest rate
fixing provisions of this Agreement shall again apply.
	 
	4	 	REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT
	 
	4.1	 	Repayment
	 
	4.1.1	 	Subject to any obligation to pay earlier under this Agreement, the Borrower must
repay each Advance by 32 equal quarterly instalments of







	 	(i)	 	if the amount of the Advance drawn down is USD22,500,000, USD375,000 each or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the amount of the Advance drawdown is USD21,000,000, USD350,000 each
	 
	 	 	 	and by a final balloon instalment in the amount of:
	 
	 	(i)	 	if the amount of the Advance drawn down is USD22,500,000, USD10,500,000 or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the amount of the Advance drawn down is USD21,000,000, USD9,800,000 (the “Balloon
Instalment”),
	 
	 	 	 	the first such instalment falling due 3 months after the Drawdown Date in respect of that
Advance and subsequent instalments falling due at three-monthly intervals thereafter, with
the final instalment falling due on the Maturity Date for that Advance and the Balloon
Instalment being repayable together with the final such instalment for that Advance,




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	 	 	provided that if less than the full amount of an Advance is drawn down, then each such
repayment instalment shall be reduced pro rata by the amount of, in aggregate, such
undrawn amount.
	 
	4.1.2	 	The Borrower shall on the Maturity Date also pay to the Lender all other amounts in
respect of interest or otherwise then due and payable under this Agreement and the Security
Documents.
	 
	4.2	 	Voluntary prepayment
	 
	 	 	Subject to clauses 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 the Borrower may, subject to having given 5 Banking
Days’ prior notice thereof to the Lender, prepay the Loan or any Advance in whole or part
(such part being in an amount of one million Dollars (USD1,000,000) or any larger sum
which is an integral multiple thereof) on any Interest Payment Date relating to the Loan
or the relevant Advance to be repaid.
	 
	4.3	 	Mandatory Prepayment on Total Loss
	 
	 	 	On the date falling one hundred and fifty (150) days after that on which a Vessel became a
Total Loss or, if earlier, on the date upon which the insurance proceeds are, or
Requisition Compensation (as defined in the Mortgage) is, received by the Owner thereof
(or the Lender pursuant to the Security Documents) the Borrower must prepay the Advance
relating to that Vessel.
	 
	4.3.1	 	Interpretation
	 
	 	 	For the purpose of this Agreement, a Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred:






	 	(a)	 	in the case of an actual total loss of a Vessel, on the actual date and at
the time that Vessel was lost or, if such date is not known, on the date on which
that Vessel was last reported;
	 
	 	(b)	 	in the case of a constructive total loss of that Vessel, upon the date and
at the time notice of abandonment of the ship is given to the then insurers of that
Vessel or, if such insurers do not immediately admit such a claim, at the earliest of
(i) the date and at the time at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by
such insurers or (ii) a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a competent court of
law or arbitration tribunal to have occurred or (iii) the date on which the relevant
notice of abandonment has been given;
	 
	 	(c)	 	in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss of that Vessel, on the
date upon which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss has
been entered into by the then insurers of that Vessel;
	 
	 	(d)	 	in the case of Compulsory Acquisition, on the date upon which the relevant
requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition occurs; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	in the case of hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest,
detention or confiscation of that Vessel (other than within the definition of
Compulsory Acquisition) by any Government Entity, or by persons allegedly acting or
purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, which deprives the Owner of
that Vessel of the use of that Vessel for more than thirty (30) days, upon the expiry
of the period of thirty (30) days after the date upon which the relevant incident
occurred.






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	4.4	 	Mandatory prepayment on sale of a Vessel




	 	 	On the date of completion of the sale of a Vessel the Borrower must prepay the Advance
relating to that Vessel.
	 
	4.5	 	Amounts payable on prepayment
	 
	 	 	Any prepayment of all or part of the Loan under this Agreement shall be made together
with:






	 	(a)	 	accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the date of such
prepayment;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any additional amount payable under clauses 3.6, 6.6 or 12.2;
	 
	 	(c)	 	all other sums payable by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement
or any of the other Security Documents including, without limitation any Break Costs;
and
	 
	 	(d)	 	if the Loan or any part thereof is prepaid under clause 4.2:






	 	(i)	 	on or prior to the first anniversary of the Execution Date, a
prepayment free of 3% of the amount so prepaid; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on or prior to the second anniversary of the Execution Date, a
prepayment fee of 2% of the amount so prepaid; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	after the second anniversary of the Execution Date, a prepayment fee
of 1% of the amount so prepaid.






	4.6	 	Notice of prepayment; reduction of repayment instalments
	 
	4.6.1	 	Every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on actual receipt by the Lender,
shall be irrevocable, shall specify the amount to be prepaid and the Advance against which it
is to be applied and shall oblige the Borrower to make such prepayment on the date specified.
	 
	4.6.2	 	Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, no amount prepaid under this
Clause 4 in respect of the Loan may be reborrowed.
	 
	4.6.3	 	Any amount prepaid pursuant to clause 4.2 shall be applied against the relevant
Advance (or if no Advance has been nominated, equally against each Advance) first against the
Balloon Instalment and thereafter against the remaining repayment instalments specified in
clause 4.1.1 in inverse order of their maturity.
	 
	4.6.4	 	The Borrower may not prepay the Loan except as expressly provided in this
Agreement.
	 
	4.7	 	Master Swap Agreement, Repayments and Prepayments
	 
	4.7.1	 	Notwithstanding any provision of the Master Agreement to the contrary, in the case
of a prepayment of all or part of the Loan, the Lender shall be entitled but not obliged to
take any action it deems appropriate in relation to all or any part of the rights, benefits
and obligations created by any Transaction and/or the Master Agreement and/or to obtain or
re-establish any hedge or related trading position in any manner it may reasonably determine
in order to match such Transaction to the amended repayment schedule for the Loan or an
Advance.
	 
	4.7.2	 	If less than the full amount of the Loan remains outstanding following a prepayment
and the Lender agrees, following a written request of the Borrower, that the Borrower may
maintain all or part of a Transaction in an amount not wholly matched with or linked to all or
part of the Loan, the Borrower shall within fifteen (15) days of being notified by the Lender
of such requirement, provide the Lender with such additional security as shall be adequate to
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	 	 	the performance of such Transaction, which additional security shall take such form, be
constituted by such documentation and be entered into between such parties, as the Lender
may approve or require, and each document comprising such additional security shall
constitute a Credit Support Document.
	 
	4.7.3	 	The Borrower shall on the first written demand of the Lender indemnify the Lender
in respect of all losses, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal costs and
expenses) incurred or sustained by the Lender as a consequence of or in relation to the
effecting of any matter or transactions referred to in this clause 4.7.
	 
	5	 	FEES AND EXPENSES
	 
	5.1	 	Fees
	 
	 	 	The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender:
	 
	5.1.1	 	a non-refundable upfront fee of USD360,000 on the earlier of (the “Fee Commencement
Date”) (i) 1 May 2011 and (ii) the date falling 90 days after the Execution Date; and
	 
	5.1.2	 	on each of the dates falling at three (3) monthly intervals after the Fee Commencement
Date until the last day of the Drawdown Period, on each Drawdown Date and on the last day of
the Drawdown Period, commitment commission computed from the Fee Commencement Date (in the
case of the first payment of commission) and from the date of the preceding payment of
commission (in the case of each subsequent payment) at the rate of one per cent. (1.00%) per
annum on the daily undrawn amount of the Commitment.
	 
	5.2	 	Expenses
	 
	 	 	The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Lender on a full indemnity basis within ten (10) days
of demand all expenses and/or disbursements whatsoever (including without limitation
legal, printing, travel and out of pocket expenses and expenses related to the provision
of legal and insurance opinions referred to in schedule 2) certified by the Lender as
having been incurred by it from time to time:
	 
	5.2.1	 	in connection howsoever with the negotiation, preparation, execution and, where
relevant, registration of the Security Documents and of any contemplated or actual amendment,
or indulgence or the granting of any waiver or consent howsoever in connection with, any of
the Security Documents and the syndication of the Loan; and
	 
	5.2.2	 	in contemplation or furtherance of, or otherwise howsoever in connection with, the
exercise or enforcement of, or preservation of any rights, powers, remedies or discretions
under any of the Security Documents, or in consideration of the Lender’s rights thereunder or
any action proposed or taken following the occurrence of a Default or otherwise in respect of
the moneys owing under any of the Security Documents,
	 
	 	 	together with interest at the rate referred to in clause 3.4 from the date on which
reimbursement of such expenses and/or disbursements were due following demand to the date
of payment (as well after as before judgment).
	 
	5.3	 	Value added tax
	 
	 	 	All fees and expenses payable pursuant to this Agreement must be paid together with value
added tax or any similar tax (if any) properly chargeable thereon in any jurisdiction.
Any value added tax chargeable in respect of any services supplied by the Lender under
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	 	 	Agreement shall, on delivery of the value added tax invoice, be paid in addition to any
sum agreed to be paid hereunder.
	 
	5.4	 	Stamp and other duties
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay all stamp, documentary, registration or other like duties or taxes
(including any duties or taxes payable by the Lender) imposed on or in connection with any
of the Underlying Documents, the Security Documents or the Loan and agrees to indemnify
the Lender against any liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the
Borrower to pay such duties or taxes.
	 
	6	 	PAYMENTS AND TAXES; ACCOUNTS AND CALCULATIONS
	 
	6.1	 	No set-off or counterclaim
	 
	 	 	All payments to be made by the Borrower under any of the Security Documents must be made
in full, without any set off or counterclaim whatsoever and, subject as provided in clause
6.6, free and clear of any deductions or withholdings, in USD on or before 11:00 am on the
due date in freely available funds to such account at such bank and in such place as the
Lender may from time to time specify for this purpose. Save as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or any other relevant Security Documents, such payments shall be for the account
of the Lender.
	 
	6.2	 	Payment by the Lender
	 
	 	 	All sums to be advanced by the Lender to the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
remitted in USD on each Drawdown Date to the account specified in the Drawdown Notice.
	 
	6.3	 	Non-Banking Days
	 
	 	 	When any payment under any of the Security Documents would otherwise be due on a day which
is not a Banking Day, the due date for payment shall be extended to the next following
Banking Day unless such Banking Day falls in the next calendar month in which case payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Banking Day.
	 
	6.4	 	Calculations
	 
	 	 	All interest and other payments of an annual nature under any of the Security Documents
shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a
three hundred and sixty (360) day year.
	 
	6.5	 	Currency of account
	 
	 	 	If any sum due from the Borrower under any of the Security Documents, or under any order
or judgment given or made in relation thereto, must be converted from the currency (“the
first currency”) in which the same is payable thereunder into another currency (“the
second currency”) for the purpose of (i) making or filing a claim or proof against the
Borrower, (ii) obtaining an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal or (iii)
enforcing any order or judgment given or made in relation thereto, the Borrower undertakes
to indemnify and hold harmless the Lender from and against any loss suffered as a result
of any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the
sum in question from the first currency into the second currency and (b) the rate or rates
of exchange at which the Lender may in the ordinary course of business purchase the first
currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in
whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof. Any amount due from the
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	 	 	due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other
sums due under or in respect of any of the Security Documents and the term “rate of
exchange” includes any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the
purchase of the first currency with the second currency.
	 
	6.6	 	Grossing-up for Taxes — by the Borrower
	 
	 	 	If at any time the Borrower must make any deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes or
otherwise from any payment due under any of the Security Documents for the account of the
Lender or withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under any of the Security
Documents, the sum due from the Borrower in respect of such payment must be increased to
the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding,
the Lender receives on the due date for such payment (and retains, free from any liability
in respect of such deduction or withholding), a net sum equal to the sum which it would
have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made and the
Borrower must indemnify the Lender against any losses or costs incurred by it by reason of
any failure of the Borrower to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any
increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment. The Borrower must
promptly deliver to the Lender any receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the
amounts (if any) paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.
	 
	 	 	This clause 6.6 does not apply to any sums due from the Borrower to the Lender under or in
connection with the Master Agreement in respect of which sums the provisions of the Master
Agreement shall apply.
	 
	6.7	 	Loan account
	 
	 	 	The Lender shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, an account evidencing
the amounts from time to time lent by, owing to and paid to it under the Security
Documents. Such account shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence
of the amount from time to time owing by the Borrower under the Security Documents.
	 
	7	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	7.1	 	Continuing representations and warranties
	 
	 	 	The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender that:
	 
	7.1.1	 	Due incorporation
	 
	 	 	each of the Security Parties is duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing,
under the laws of its respective country of incorporation, in each case, as a corporation
and has power to carry on its respective businesses as it is now being conducted and to
own their respective property and other assets to which it has unencumbered legal and
beneficial title except as disclosed to the Lender in writing;
	 
	7.1.2	 	Corporate power
	 
	 	 	each of the Security Parties has power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
and, as the case may be, to exercise its rights under the Underlying Documents and the
Security Documents to which it is a party; all necessary corporate, shareholder and other
action has been taken to authorise the execution, delivery and on the execution of the
Security Documents performance of the same and no limitation on the powers of the Borrower
to borrow or any other Security Party to howsoever incur liability and/or to provide or
grant security will be exceeded as a result of borrowing any part of the Loan;




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	7.1.3	 	Binding obligations
	 
	 	 	the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents, when executed, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the relevant Security Parties enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms;
	 
	7.1.4	 	No conflict with other obligations
	 
	 	 	the execution and delivery of, the performance of their obligations under, and compliance
with the provisions of, the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents by the
relevant Security Parties will not (i) contravene any existing applicable law, statute,
rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or permit to which any Security Party or other
member of the Group is subject, (ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of any of the
terms of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which any
Security Party or any other member of the Group is a party or is subject or by which it or
any of its property is bound, (iii) contravene or conflict with any provision of the
constitutional documents of any Security Party or (iv) result in the creation or
imposition of, or oblige any of the Security Parties to create, any Encumbrance (other
than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of
any of the Security Parties;
	 
	7.1.5	 	No default
	 
	 	 	no Default has occurred;
	 
	7.1.6	 	No litigation or judgments
	 
	 	 	no Proceedings are current, pending or, to the knowledge of the officers of the Borrower,
threatened against any of the Security Parties or their assets which could lead to a
Material Adverse Change and there exist no judgments, orders, injunctions which would
materially affect the obligations of the Security Parties under the Security Documents;
	 
	7.1.7	 	No filings required
	 
	 	 	except for the registration of the Mortgages under the laws of Liberia through the
Registry, it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence of any of the Underlying Documents or any of the Security
Documents that they or any other instrument be notarised, filed, recorded, registered or
enrolled in any court, public office or elsewhere in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or that
any stamp, registration or similar tax or charge be paid in any Pertinent Jurisdiction on
or in relation to any of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents and each of
the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents is in proper form for its enforcement
in the courts of each Pertinent Jurisdiction;
	 
	7.1.8	 	Required Authorisations and legal compliance
	 
	 	 	all Required Authorisations have been obtained or effected and are in full force and
effect and no Security Party has in any way contravened any applicable law, statute, rule
or regulation;
	 
	7.1.9	 	Choice of law
	 
	 	 	the choice of English law to govern any Underlying Documents and the Security Documents
(other than the Mortgages and the Earnings Account Pledges), the choice of the law of the
Liberia to govern the Mortgages and the choice of German law to govern the Earnings
Account Pledges, and the submissions by the Security Parties to the jurisdiction of the
English courts and the obligations of such Security Parties associated therewith, are
valid and binding;




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	7.1.10	 	No immunity
	 
	 	 	no Security Party nor any of their assets is entitled to immunity on the grounds of
sovereignty or otherwise from any Proceedings whatsoever;
	 
	7.1.11	 	Financial statements correct and complete
	 
	 	 	the latest audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower in
respect of the relevant financial year as delivered to the Lender and present or will
present fairly and accurately the financial position of the Borrower and the consolidated
financial position of the Group as at the date thereof and the results of the operations
of the Borrower and the consolidated results of the operations of the Group for the
financial year ended on such date and, as at such date, neither the Borrower nor any of
its subsidiaries had any significant liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or any
unrealised or anticipated losses which are not disclosed by, or reserved against or
provided for in, such financial statements;
	 
	7.1.12	 	Pari passu
	 
	 	 	the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Master Agreement are direct,
general and unconditional obligations of the Borrower and rank at least pari passu with
all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower
except for obligations which are mandatorily preferred by operation of law and not by
contract;
	 
	7.1.13	 	Information
	 
	 	 	all information, whatsoever provided by any Security Party to the Lender in connection
with the negotiation and preparation of the Security Documents or otherwise provided
hereafter in relation to, or pursuant to this Agreement is, or will be, true and accurate
in all material respects and not misleading, does or will not omit material facts and all
reasonable enquiries have been, or shall have been, made to verify the facts and
statements contained therein; there are, or will be, no other facts the omission of which
would make any fact or statement therein misleading;
	 
	7.1.14	 	No withholding Taxes
	 
	 	 	no Taxes anywhere are imposed whatsoever by withholding or otherwise on any payment to be
made by any Security Party under the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents to
which such Security Party is or is to be a party or are imposed on or by virtue of the
execution or delivery by the Security Parties of the Underlying Documents or the Security
Documents or any other document or instrument to be executed or delivered under any of the
Security Documents;
	 
	7.1.15	 	Use of proceeds
	 
	 	 	the Borrower shall apply the Loan only for the purposes specified in clause 1.1;
	 
	7.1.16	 	The Vessels
	 
	 	 	Following the Drawdown Date in respect of the Advance relating thereto, each Vessel will
be throughout the Facility Period:






	 	(a)	 	in the absolute sole, legal and beneficial ownership of its Owner;
	 
	 	(b)	 	registered through the offices of the Registry as a ship under the laws and
flag of Liberia;




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	 	(c)	 	in compliance with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code and operationally
seaworthy and in every way fit for service;
	 
	 	(d)	 	in good and sea-worthy and cargo-worthy condition; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	classed with the Classification free of all requirements and
recommendations of the Classification Society.






	7.1.17	 	Vessels’ employment
	 
	 	 	except with the prior written consent of the Lender, there will not be any agreement or
arrangement whereby the Earnings (as defined in the Vessel Security Documents) of a Vessel
may be shared or pooled howsoever with any other person;
	 
	7.1.18	 	Freedom from Encumbrances
	 
	 	 	Neither a Vessel nor its Earnings, Insurances or Requisition Compensation (each as defined
in the Vessel Security Documents) nor either Earnings Account or any Extended Employment
Contract nor any other properties or rights which are, or are to be, the subject of any of
the Security Documents nor any part thereof will be subject to any Encumbrance except
Permitted Encumbrances;
	 
	7.1.19	 	Environmental Matters






	 	(a)	 	except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to,
and acknowledged and accepted in writing by, the Lender:
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Guarantors and, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge and belief
(having made due enquiry), their Environmental Affiliates have complied with the
provisions of all Environmental Laws;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Guarantors and, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge and belief
(having made due enquiry), their Environmental Affiliates have obtained all
Environmental Approvals and are in compliance with all such Environmental Approvals;
	 
	 	(d)	 	no Environmental Claim has been made or threatened or pending against the
Guarantors, or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge and belief (having made due
enquiry), any of their Environmental Affiliates; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	there has been no Environmental Incident;






	7.1.20	 	ISM and ISPS Code
	 
	 	 	Each Guarantor has complied with and continues to comply with and has procured that the
Approved Manager has complied with and continues to comply with the ISM Code, the ISPS
Code and all other statutory and other requirements relative to its business and in
particular the Guarantors or the Approved Manager have obtained and maintain a valid DOC
and SMC for the Vessels and that each Guarantor and the Approved Manager has implemented
and continues to implement an ISM SMS;
	 
	7.1.21	 	Copies true and complete
	 
	 	 	the Certified Copies or originals of the Underlying Documents delivered or to be delivered
to the Lender pursuant to clause 9.1 are, or will when delivered be, true and complete
copies or, as the case may be, originals of such documents; and such documents constitute
valid and




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	 	 	binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms and there have been no amendments or variations thereof or defaults thereunder;
	 
	7.1.22	 	Ownership of Guarantors
	 
	 	 	all the shares in each Guarantor are legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the
Borrower; and
	 
	7.1.23	 	Prohibited Persons, unlawful activity






	 	(a)	 	none of the shares in either Guarantor nor in either Vessel is or will be
at any time during the Facility Period legally or beneficially owned and controlled
by a Prohibited Person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Prohibited Person has or will have at any time during the Facility
Period any legal or beneficial interest of any nature whatsoever in any of the shares
of any of the Guarantors, the Approved Manager or, to the best of its knowledge, the
Borrower;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no title in any property or other assets subject to an Encumbrance created
by a Security Document has been obtained in breach of any existing applicable law,
statute, rule or regulation.






	7.2	 	Repetition of representations and warranties
	 
	 	 	On each day throughout the Facility Period, the Borrower shall be deemed to repeat the
representations and warranties in clause 7 updated mutatis mutandis as if made with
reference to the facts and circumstances existing on such day.
	 
	8	 	UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	8.1	 	General
	 
	 	 	The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that, from the Execution Date until the end of the
Facility Period, it will:
	 
	8.1.1	 	Notice of Default and Proceedings
	 
	 	 	promptly inform the Lender of (a) any Default and of any other circumstances or occurrence
which might adversely affect the ability of any Security Party to perform its obligations
under any of the Security Documents and (b) as soon as the same is instituted or
threatened, details of any Proceedings involving any Security Party which could give rise
to a Material Adverse Change on that Security Party and/or the operation of either Vessels
(including, but not limited to any Total Loss of the Vessel or the occurrence of any
Environmental Incident) and will from time to time, if so requested by the Lender, confirm
to the Lender in writing that, save as otherwise stated in such confirmation, no Default
has occurred and is continuing and no such Proceedings are on foot or threatened;
	 
	8.1.2	 	Authorisation
	 
	 	 	obtain or cause to be obtained, maintain in full force and effect and comply fully with
all Required Authorisations, provide the Lender with Certified Copies of the same and do,
or cause to be done, all other acts and things which may from time to time be necessary or
desirable under any applicable law (whether or not in the Pertinent Jurisdiction) for the




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	 	 	continued due performance of all the obligations of the Security Parties under each of the
Security Documents;
	 
	8.1.3	 	Corporate Existence
	 
	 	 	ensure that each Security Party maintains its corporate existence as a body corporate duly
organised and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Pertinent
Jurisdiction;
	 
	8.1.4	 	Use of proceeds
	 
	 	 	use the Loan exclusively for the purposes specified in clause 1.1;
	 
	8.1.5	 	Pari passu
	 
	 	 	ensure that its obligations under this Agreement and the Master Agreement shall at all
times rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured and
unsubordinated Indebtedness with the exception of any obligations which are mandatorily
preferred by law and not by contract;
	 
	8.1.6	 	Financial statements
	 
	 	 	Cause to be prepared audited (by accountants acceptable to the Lender) consolidated
accounts of the Group, prepared in accordance with US GAAP in respect of each financial
year and prepare or cause to be prepared unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Group in respect of each financial half-year on the same basis as the annual accounts
and duly certified by the chief financial officer of the Group as true and correct, and
deliver the same to the Lender as soon as practicable, but not later than one hundred and
eighty (180) days (in the case of audited accounts) or ninety (90) days (in the case of
unaudited financial statements) after the end of the financial period to which they
relate;
	 
	8.1.7	 	Financial covenants
	 
	 	 	procure that:






	 	(a)	 	the ratio of EBITDA to Interest Expense shall at all times be at least 2.5
to 1 in relation to the preceding 4 financial quarters; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	at all times the ratio of Total Debt of the Group to Total Assets of the
Group shall not be greater than 0.8 to 1; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Borrower and the Group comply with all financial covenants which they
have undertaken to any other lenders in respect of any Borrowed Moneys, as if the
same were set out in full in this Clause






	 	 	each in accordance with the Latest Accounts at any relevant time;
	 
	8.1.8	 	Reimbursement of MII & MAP Policy premiums
	 
	 	 	Whether or not any amount is borrowed under this Agreement, reimburse the Lender on the
Lender’s written demand the amount of the premium payable by the Lender for the inception
or, as the case may be, extension and/or continuance of the MII & MAP Policy (including
any insurance tax thereon);
	 
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	 	 	deliver to the Lender on the first Drawdown Date and on the date on which the accounts are
or are to be delivered under clause 8.1.6 a Compliance Certificate duly and correctly
completed and signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower confirming compliance
with the financial covenants as set out in clause 8.1.7 as at the end of the latest
financial year or half-year (as the case may be).
	 
	8.1.10	 	Provision of further information
	 
	 	 	provide the Lender, and procure that the Approved Manager shall provide the Lender, with
such financial or other information concerning the Borrower, the Guarantors and their
respective affairs, activities, financial standing, Indebtedness and operations and the
performance of the Vessels as the Lender may from time to time reasonably require;
	 
	8.1.11	 	Obligations under Security Documents
	 
	 	 	duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be imposed or assumed by
it under the Security Documents and Underlying Documents and will procure that each of the
other Security Parties will, duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed
to be assumed by it under the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents to which it
is a party;
	 
	8.1.12	 	Compliance with ISM Code
	 
	 	 	will procure that any Operator will, comply with and ensure that each Mortgaged Vessel and
any Operator complies with the requirements of the ISM Code, including (but not limited
to) the maintenance and renewal of valid certificates pursuant thereto throughout the
Facility Period;
	 
	8.1.13	 	Withdrawal of DOC and SMC
	 
	 	 	Immediately inform the Lender if there is any actual withdrawal of their or any Operator’s
DOC or the SMC of each Mortgaged Vessel;
	 
	8.1.14	 	Issuance of DOC and SMC
	 
	 	 	and will procure that any Operator will promptly inform the Lender of the receipt by
either Guarantor or any Operator of notification that its application for a DOC or any
application for an SMC for a Mortgaged Vessel has been refused;
	 
	8.1.15	 	ISPS Code Compliance
	 
	 	 	and will procure that the Approved Manager or any Operator will:






	 	(a)	 	maintain at all times a valid and current ISSC in respect of each
Mortgaged Vessel;
	 
	 	(b)	 	immediately notify the Lender in writing of any actual or threatened
withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC in respect of each
Mortgaged Vessel; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	procure that each Mortgaged Vessel will comply at all times with the ISPS
Code;






	8.1.16	 	Compliance with Laws and payment of taxes
	 
	 	 	and will comply with all relevant Environmental Laws, laws, statutes and regulations and
pay all taxes for which it is liable as they fall due;




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	8.1.17	 	The Vessels
	 
	 	 	procure that throughout the Facility Period each Mortgaged Vessel (and in relation to (a),
her Earnings and Insurances, as defined in, and in accordance with the requirements of,
the Vessel Security Documents) will, except as the Lender may otherwise permit (which
permission shall, in relation to Clauses 8.1.17 (b), (d) and (e) not be unreasonably
withheld), be:






	 	(a)	 	in the absolute sole, legal and beneficial ownership, free of Encumbrances,
of the relevant Owner;
	 
	 	(b)	 	registered through the offices of the relevant Registry as a ship under the
laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;
	 
	 	(c)	 	in compliance with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code and operationally
seaworthy and in every way fit for service;
	 
	 	(d)	 	classed with the relevant Classification free of all requirements and
recommendations of the relevant Classification Society;
	 
	 	(e)	 	managed by commercial and technical managers, and on terms, acceptable to
the Lender; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	insured in accordance with the Vessel Security Documents relating thereto;






	8.1.18	 	Subordination of claims by shareholders
	 
	 	 	procure that all claims made against the Borrower by a Security Party or by a direct or
indirect shareholder of the Borrower are fully subordinated by such Security Party or
shareholder to the rights of the Lender under the Security Documents;
	 
	8.1.19	 	Sanctions
	 
	 	 	ensure that neither Vessel will be employed, and will not suffer a Vessel to be employed,
and will not and will ensure that no Group Member does, conduct or undertake any business:






	 	(a)	 	in breach of any embargo or sanction or prohibited order (or any similar
order or directive) of:






	 	(i)	 	the United Nations Security Council;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the European Union;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the United Kingdom; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the United States of America,






	 	 	 	as they apply to their members or nationals; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	in any trade, carriage of goods or business which is forbidden by the laws
of the United Kingdom or the United States of America as they apply to their members
or nationals, or any law applicable to the Borrower, each Owner, any Operator of a
Vessel, any charterer of a Vessel or a Vessel, or any country which a Vessel may
visit; or
	 
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	 	(d)	 	in a way which may make it liable to be condemned by a prize court or
destroyed, seized or confiscated; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	by or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person;






	8.1.20	 	Prohibited Persons
	 
	 	 	have, and shall procure that no Group Member will have, any course of dealings, directly
or indirectly, with any Prohibited Person;
	 
	8.1.21	 	Charters etc.






	 	(i)	 	deliver to the Lender a Certified Copy of each Extended Employment Contract upon its
execution, (ii) forthwith on the Lender’s request (a) procure that the Owner which is
party thereto executes a Charter Assignment in respect thereof (b) deliver any notice of
assignment required in connection therewith and use reasonable efforts to procure the
acknowledgement of any such notice of assignment by the relevant charterer (provided that
any failure to procure the same shall not constitute an Event of Default) and (c) (if the
Extended Employment Contract is a bareboat charter) procure execution by the relevant
Owner and the charterer of a Tripartite Deed, together with all notices required to be
determined thereunder and (iii) pay all legal and other costs incurred by the Lender in
connection with any such Charter Assignment and Tripartite Deed, forthwith following the
Lender’s demand; and






	8.1.22	 	Derivatives
	 
	 	 	If at any time the Borrower wishes to enter into any derivative transaction of the type
envisaged by the Master Agreement in relation to the Loan, it shall not enter into any
such transaction with any person other than the Lender unless it has first requested the
Lender to quote for such business.
	 
	8.2	 	Security value maintenance
	 
	8.2.1	 	Security shortfall
	 
	 	 	If, at any time after the first Drawdown Date, the Security Value shall be less than the
Required Security Amount, the Lender shall give notice to the Borrower requiring that such
deficiency be remedied and then the Borrower must either:






	 	(a)	 	prepay within a period of thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the
Borrower of the Lender’s said notice such part of the Loan as will result in the
Security Value after such prepayment (taking into account any other repayment of the
Loan made between the date of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being equal
to or higher than the Required Security Amount; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the Borrower of the
Lender’s said notice constitute to the satisfaction of the Lender such further
security for the Loan as shall be acceptable to the Lender having a value for
security purposes (as determined by the Lender in its absolute discretion) at the
date upon which such further security shall be constituted which, when added to the
Security Value, shall not be less than the Required Security Amount as at such date.






	 	 	The provisions of clauses 4.6 and 4.7 shall apply to prepayments under clause
8.2.1(a) provided that the Lender shall apply such prepayments first to the Balloon
Instalment and thereafter against the outstanding of the repayment instalments under clause 4.1.1 pro
rata and the amounts of the Loan prepaid hereunder shall not be available to be
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	8.2.2	 	Valuation of a Vessel
	 
	 	 	Each Vessel shall, for the purposes of this Agreement (including, but not limited to
Clause 2.3), be valued in USD by taking the average of valuations by one Approved Broker A
and one Approved Broker B each selected by the Lender. If such valuation is not
satisfactory to the Borrower, the Borrower may obtain a further valuation from one other
Approved Broker A and one other Approved Broker B and the Valuation Amount of that Vessel
shall be the average of such four valuations, provided that if any one valuation differs
from the average of the other 3 valuations by more than 15%, it shall be ignored and the
Valuation Amount shall be the average of such remaining three valuations.
	 
	 	 	Such valuations to be made once in any calendar year at such time as the Lender may
require, without physical inspection, and on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for
cash at arms’ length, on normal commercial terms, as between a willing buyer and a willing
seller, without taking into account the benefit or burden of any charterparty or other
engagement concerning the Vessel and the average of such valuations for a Vessel on each
such occasion shall constitute the Valuation Amount of that Vessel for the purposes of
this Agreement until superseded by the next such valuation.
	 
	8.2.3	 	Information
	 
	 	 	The Borrower undertakes with the Lender to supply to the Lender and to the Approved Broker
such information concerning the Vessels and its condition as such shipbrokers may require
for the purpose of determining any Valuation Amount.
	 
	8.2.4	 	Costs
	 
	 	 	All costs in connection with the obtaining and any determining of any Valuation Amount
pursuant to Clause 8.2.2 shall, in respect of one such valuations in each calendar year,
and following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, any additional
valuation, be paid by the Borrower and any valuation either of any additional security for
the purposes of ascertaining the Security Value at any time or necessitated by the
Borrower electing to constitute additional security pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b), must be
paid by the Borrower.
	 
	8.2.5	 	Valuation of additional security
	 
	 	 	For the purposes of this clause 8.2, the market value (i) of any additional security over
a ship (other than the Vessels) shall be determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2 and
(ii) of any other additional security provided or to be provided to the Lender shall be
determined by the Lender in its absolute discretion.
	 
	8.2.6	 	Documents and evidence
	 
	 	 	In connection with any additional security provided in accordance with this clause 8.2,
the Lender shall be entitled to receive (at the Borrower’s expense) such evidence and
documents of the kind referred to in schedule 4 as may in the Lender’s opinion be
appropriate and such favourable legal opinions as the Lender shall in its absolute
discretion require.
	 
	8.3	 	Negative undertakings relating to the Guarantors
	 
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	8.3.1	 	except with the prior written consent of the Lender, it will retain, directly or
through wholly-owned subsidiaries, full ownership and control of each Guarantor and each
Vessel and will not permit any Encumbrance to exist on any shares of and in either Guarantor.
	 
	8.4	 	Negative undertakings relating to the Borrower
	 
	 	 	The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that, from the Execution Date until the end of the
Facility Period, it will procure that, except with the prior written consent of the
Lender, it will not:
	 
	8.4.1	 	Disposals
	 
	 	 	Permit either Guarantor to sell, transfer, assign, create security or option over, pledge,
pool, abandon, lend or otherwise dispose of or cease to exercise direct control over any
part of its present or future undertaking, assets, rights or revenues (otherwise than by
transfers, sales or disposals for full consideration in the ordinary course of trading)
whether by one or a series of transactions related or not;
	 
	8.4.2	 	No merger or consolidation
	 
	 	 	merge or consolidate with any other person;
	 
	8.4.3	 	Other business or manager
	 
	 	 	undertake any business other than the ownership and operation of vessels (or permit either
Guarantor to undertake any business, other than the ownership and operation of the Vessel
owned by it) or employ anyone other than the Approved Manager as commercial and technical
manager of either Vessel;
	 
	8.4.4	 	Acquisitions
	 
	 	 	acquire, or permit a Guarantor to acquire, any assets other than the Vessels and rights
arising under contracts entered into by or on behalf of a Guarantor in the ordinary course
of its business of owning, operating and chartering its Vessel;
	 
	8.4.5	 	Other obligations
	 
	 	 	permit either Guarantor to incur, any obligations except for obligations arising under the
Underlying Documents or the Security Documents or contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of its business of owning, operating and chartering the Vessel owned by it;
	 
	8.4.6	 	Guarantees
	 
	 	 	permit either Guarantor to issue any guarantees or otherwise become directly or
contingently liable for the obligations of any person, firm, or corporation except
pursuant to the Security Documents and except for guarantees from time to time required in
the ordinary course by any protection and indemnity or war risks association with which a
Vessel is entered, guarantees required to procure the release of its Vessel from any
arrest, detention, attachment or levy or guarantees required for the salvage of that
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		 	Other than by on-lending any Borrowed Money, make any loans or grant any credit (save for
normal trade credit in the ordinary course of business) to any person or agree to do so or
permit any Group Member to do so;
	 
	8.4.8	 	Indebtedness
	 
	 	 	incur, or permit either Guarantor to incur, any Borrowed Money owing to any other Group
Member other than if the same is incurred by that Guarantor acting reasonably in the
ordinary course of business or, unless the same is fully subordinated to the rights of the
Lender under this Agreement in terms acceptable to the Lender.
	 
	9	 	CONDITIONS
	 
	9.1	 	Drawdown Notice
	 
	 	 	The obligation of the Lender to make the Commitment available is conditional upon the
Lender, or its authorised representative, having received, not later than two (2) Banking
Days before the day on which the Drawdown Notice is given, the documents and evidence
specified in Part 1 of schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
	 
	9.2	 	Advances
	 
	 	 	The obligation of the Lender to make either Advance available is further conditional upon:
	 
	9.2.1	 	the Lender, or its authorised representative, having received, on or prior to the
Drawdown Date in respect of each Advance, the documents and evidence specified in Part 2 of
schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender;
	 
	9.2.2	 	the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 being then true and
correct as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time
and the same being unaffected by drawdown of the Loan;
	 
	9.2.3	 	no Default having occurred and being continuing and there being no Default which
would result from the lending of the Loan; and
	 
	9.2.4	 	the Lender being satisfied that no Material Adverse Change, no material adverse
global economic or political developments or material adverse developments in the
international money or capital markets has taken place since the Execution Date.
	 
	9.3	 	Waiver of conditions precedent
	 
	 	 	The conditions specified in this clause 9 are inserted solely for the benefit of the
Lender and may be waived by the Lender in whole or in part.
	 
	9.4	 	Further conditions precedent
	 
	 	 	Not later than five (5) Banking Days prior to either Drawdown Date and not later than five
(5) Banking Days prior to any Interest Payment Date, the Lender may request and the
Borrower must, not later than two (2) Banking Days prior to such date, deliver to the
Lender (at the Borrower’s expense) on such request further favourable certificates and/or
opinions as to any or all of the matters which are the subject of clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10.
	 
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	 	 	Each of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default (whether such event
shall occur voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or regulation or in
connection with any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority or
otherwise, howsoever):
	 
	10.1.1	 	Non-payment: any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of
the Security Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the
Security Documents or the Underlying Documents, except that, if any delay in making a payment
is caused by administrative or technical banking errors, there shall not occur an Event of
Default under this Clause unless such payment shall not have been made within 2 Banking Days
of the original failure to pay coming to the notice of the Borrower ; or
	 
	10.1.2	 	Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: a Guarantor or, as the context
may require, the Approved Manager or any other person fails to obtain and/or maintain the
Insurances (as defined in, and in accordance with the requirements of, the Vessel Security
Documents) for either Vessel or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the
Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis-statement in any proposal
for the Insurances or for any other failure or default on the part of the Borrower or any
other person or the Borrower commits any breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations
or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under clause 8 ) unless such breach or omission,
in the opinion of the Lender is capable of remedy, in which case the same shall constitute an
Event of Default if it has not been remedied within fourteen (14) days of the occurrence
thereof; or
	 
	10.1.3	 	Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or omits to
observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under any of the
Security Documents (other than those referred to in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 above) unless
such breach or omission, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender is capable of remedy, in
which case the same shall constitute an Event of Default if it has not been remedied within
fourteen (14) days of the occurrence thereof; or
	 
	10.1.4	 	Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made or
repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant to any of the Security
Documents or in any notice, certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under any of
the Security Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material
respect; or
	 
	10.1.5	 	Cross-default: There shall occur a default (howsoever described) under or in
respect of any Indebtedness of any Security Party (subject to applicable grace periods) or any
Indebtedness of any Security Party becomes (whether by declaration or automatically in
accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument constituting the same) due and payable
prior to the date when it would otherwise have become due (unless as a result of the exercise
by the relevant Security Party of a voluntary right of prepayment), or any creditor of any
Security Party becomes entitled to declare any such Indebtedness due and payable or any
facility or commitment available to any Security Party relating to Indebtedness is withdrawn,
suspended or cancelled by reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned;
or
	 
	10.1.6	 	Execution: any uninsured judgment or order made against any Security Party is not
stayed, appealed against or complied with within fifteen (15) days or a creditor attaches or
takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other process is levied or
enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any
Security Party and is not discharged within thirty (30) days; or
	 
	10.1.7	 	Insolvency: any Security Party is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as
they fall due; suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do
so; becomes insolvent; or has negative net worth (taking into account contingent liabilities);
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	10.1.8	 	Reduction or loss of capital: a meeting is convened by any Security Party (other
than the Borrower) without the Lender’s prior written consent, for the purpose of passing any
resolution to purchase, reduce or redeem any of its share capital without the Lender’s prior
written consent; or
	 
	10.1.9	 	Dissolution: any corporate action, Proceedings or other steps are taken to
dissolve or wind-up any Security Party or an order is made or resolution passed for the
dissolution or winding up of any Security Party or a notice is issued convening a meeting for
such purpose; or
	 
	10.1.10	 	Administration: any petition is presented, notice given or other steps are taken
anywhere to appoint an administrator of any Security Party or the Lender believes that any
such petition or other step is imminent or an administration order is made in relation to any
Security; or
	 
	10.1.11	 	Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other receiver is
appointed anywhere of any Security Party or any part of its assets and/or undertaking or any
other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over all or any part of the assets of any
Security Party; or
	 
	10.1.12	 	Compositions: any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedures or
steps are taken, or negotiations commenced, by any Security Party or by any of its creditors
with a view to the general readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its Indebtedness or
to proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving such company and any
of its creditors; or
	 
	10.1.13	 	Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party, in any
country or territory in which any of them carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose
courts any part of their assets is subject, any event which, in the reasonable opinion of the
Lender, appears in that country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent
or similar to, any of those mentioned in clauses 10.1.6 to 10.1.12 (inclusive) or any Security
Party otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or territory, to the operation of any law
relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation; or
	 
	10.1.14	 	Cessation of business: any Security Party suspends or ceases or threatens to
suspend or cease to carry on its business without the prior written consent of the Lender,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; or
	 
	10.1.15	 	Seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or revenues
of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security Party are seized, nationalised,
expropriated or compulsorily acquired by or under the authority of any Government Entity; or
	 
	10.1.16	 	Invalidity: any of the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents shall at
any time and for any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to remain in
full force and effect, or if the validity or enforceability of any of the Security Documents
and the Underlying Documents shall at any time and for any reason be contested by any Security
Party which is a party thereto, or if any such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or
any further, liability thereunder; or
	 
	10.1.17	 	Unlawfulness: any Unlawfulness occurs or it becomes impossible or unlawful at any
time for any Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations expressed to be
assumed by it in any of the Security Documents or for the Lender to exercise the rights or any
of them vested in it under any of the Security Documents or otherwise; or
	 
	10.1.18	 	Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents or does
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	10.1.19	 	Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance in respect of any of the property (or
part thereof) which is the subject of any of the Security Documents becomes enforceable; or
	 
	10.1.20	 	Arrest: either Vessel is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in execution,
impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported exercise of any possessory lien or
other claim or otherwise taken from the possession of its Owner and that Owner shall fail to
procure the release of that Vessel within a period of fourteen (14) days thereafter; or
	 
	10.1.21	 	Registration: the registration of either Vessel under the laws and flag of
Liberia is cancelled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Lender; or
	 
	10.1.22	 	Unrest: in Liberia or the country in which any Security Party is incorporated or
domiciled or in which either Vessel is registered, becomes involved in hostilities or civil
war or there is a seizure of power in Liberia by unconstitutional means unless the relevant
Guarantor shall have transferred its Vessel onto a new flag acceptable to the Lender within
thirty (30) days of the start of such hostilities or civil war or seizure of power; or
	 
	10.1.23	 	Environmental Incidents: an Environmental Incident occurs which gives rise, or
may give rise, to an Environmental Claim which could, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender
be expected to lead to a Material Adverse Change; or
	 
	10.1.24	 	P&I: either Guarantor or the Approved Manager or any other person fails or omits
to comply with any requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other insurer
with which either Vessel is entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity
risks (including oil pollution risks) to the effect that any cover (including, without
limitation, any cover in respect of liability for Environmental Claims arising in
jurisdictions where either Vessel operates or trades) is or may be liable to cancellation,
qualification or exclusion at any time; or
	 
	10.1.25	 	Material events: any other event occurs or circumstance arises which, in the
reasonable opinion of the Lender, is likely to give rise to a Material Adverse Change; or
	 
	10.1.26	 	Account: moneys are withdrawn from either Earnings Account other than in
accordance with clause 14; or
	 
	10.1.27	 	Required Authorisations: any Required Authorisation is revoked or withheld or
modified or is otherwise not granted or fails to remain in full force and effect or if any
exchange control or other law or regulation shall exist which would make any transaction under
the Security Documents or the continuation thereof, unlawful or would prevent the performance
by any Security Party of any term of any of the Security Documents;
	 
	10.1.28	 	Money Laundering: any Security Party is in breach of or fails to observe any law,
requirement, measure or procedure implemented to combat “money laundering” as defined in
Article 1 of the Directive (91/308 EEC) of the Council of the European Communities; or
	 
	10.1.29	 	Master Agreement: (i) an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (in each
case as defined in the Master Agreement) has occurred and is continuing under the Master
Agreement or (ii) an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Master Agreement) has occurred
or been effectively designated under the Master Agreement or (iii) a person entitled to do so
gives notice of an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Master Agreement) or (iv) the
Master
Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked or otherwise ceases to
remain in full force and effect for any reason; or
	 
	10.1.30	 	Change of Ownership: without the prior consent of the Lender, there shall occur
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	 	 	Date or the aggregate number of shares of and in the Borrower beneficially owned or
controlled by Mr Charalambos (“Harry”) Vafias and/or any of his parents, children, siblings
and his wife falls below 51% of the total issued shares of and in the Borrower.






	10.2	 	Acceleration
	 
	 	 	The Lender may without prejudice to any its other rights, at any time after the happening
of an Event of Default by notice to the Borrower declare that:
	 
	10.2.1	 	the obligation of the Lender to make the Commitment available shall be terminated,
whereupon the Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith; and/or
	 
	10.2.2	 	the Loan and all interest accrued and all other sums payable whatsoever under the
Security Documents have become due and payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in
accordance with the terms of such notice, become due and payable.
	 
	10.3	 	Demand Basis
	 
	 	 	If, under clause 10.2.2, the Lender has declared the Loan to be due and payable on demand,
at any time thereafter the Lender may by written notice to the Borrower (a) demand
repayment of the Loan on such date as may be specified whereupon, regardless of any other
provision of this Agreement, the Loan shall become due and payable on the date so
specified together with all interest accrued and all other sums payable under this
Agreement or (b) withdraw such declaration with effect from the date specified in such
notice.
	 
	11	 	INDEMNITIES
	 
	11.1	 	General indemnity
	 
	 	 	The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Lender on demand, without prejudice to any of the
Lender’s other rights under any of the Security Documents, against any loss (including
loss of Margin) or expense (including, without limitation, Break Costs) which the Lender
shall certify as sustained by it as a consequence of any Default, any prepayment of the
Loan or part thereof being made under clauses 4.3, 4.4, 8.2.1(a) or 12.1 or any other
repayment or prepayment of the Loan being made otherwise than on an Interest Payment Date
relating to the part of the Loan prepaid or repaid; and/or the Loan not being advanced for
any reason (excluding any default by the Lender) after the Drawdown Notice has been given.
	 
	11.2	 	Environmental indemnity
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender on demand and hold it harmless from and against
all costs, claims, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands, liabilities, actions,
Proceedings, penalties, fines, damages, judgements, orders, sanctions or other outgoings
of whatever nature which may be incurred or made or asserted whensoever against the Lender
at any time, whether before or after the repayment in full of principal and interest under
this Agreement, arising howsoever out of an Environmental Claim made or asserted against
the Lender which would not have been, or been capable of being, made or asserted against
the Lender had it not entered into any of the Security Documents or been involved in any
of the resulting or associated transactions.
	 
	11.3	 	Capital adequacy and reserve requirements indemnity
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Lender on demand against any reasonable cost
incurred or loss suffered by the Lender as a result of its complying with (i) the minimum
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	 	 	adequacy directive of the European Union and/or (iii) any revised framework for
international convergence of capital measurements and capital standards and/or any
regulation imposed by any Government Entity in connection therewith, and/or in connection
with maintaining required reserves with a relevant national central bank to the extent
that such compliance or maintenance relates to the Loan or deposits obtained by it to fund
the whole or part thereof and to the extent such cost or loss is not recoverable by the
Lender under clause 12.2.






	12	 	UNLAWFULNESS AND INCREASED COSTS
	 
	12.1	 	Unlawfulness
	 
	 	 	Regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that the Lender notifies
the Borrower that by reason of:
	 
	12.1.1	 	the introduction of or any change in any applicable law or regulation or any
change in the interpretation or application thereof; or
	 
	12.1.2	 	compliance by the Lender with any directive, request or requirement (whether or
not having the force of law) of any central bank or Government Entity
	 
	 	 	it becomes unlawful or it is prohibited by or contrary to such directive request or
requirement for the Lender to maintain or give effect to any of its obligations in
connection howsoever with this Agreement then (i) the Commitment shall be reduced to zero
and (ii) the Borrower shall be obliged to prepay the Loan either immediately or on a
future specified date not being earlier than the latest date permitted by the relevant
law, regulation, directive, request or requirement with interest and commitment commission
accrued to the date of prepayment and all other sums payable whensoever by the Borrower
under this Agreement.
	 
	12.2	 	Increased costs
	 
	 	 	If the Lender certifies to the Borrower that at any time the effect of any applicable law,
regulation or regulatory requirements or the interpretation or application thereof or any
change therein (including the imposition upon whomsoever of Taxes on payments hereunder or
otherwise howsoever in connection with this Agreement other than taxes on the overall net
income of the Lender) or the effect of complying with any applicable directive, request or
requirement (whether or not having the force of law) of any central bank or Government
Entity (including any kind of liquidity, stock or capital adequacy controls or other
banking or monetary controls or requirements which affect the manner in which the Lender
or its holding company allocates capital resources to the Lender’s obligations hereunder)
is to:
	 
	12.2.1	 	subject the Lender to Taxes or change the basis of Taxation of the Lender relating
to any payment under any of the Security Documents (other than Taxes or Taxation on the
overall net income of the Lender imposed in the jurisdiction in which its principal or lending
office under this Agreement is located); and/or
	 
	12.2.2	 	increase the cost to, or impose an additional cost on, the Lender or its holding
company in making or keeping the Commitment available or maintaining or funding all or part of
the Loan; and/or
	 
	12.2.3	 	reduce the amount payable or the effective return to the Lender under any of the
Security Documents; and/or
	 
	12.2.4	 	reduce the Lender’s or its holding company’s rate of return on its overall capital
by reason of a change in the manner in which it is required to allocate capital resources to
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	12.2.5	 	require the Lender or its holding company to make a payment or forgo a return on
or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by the Lender under any of the
Security Documents; and/or
	 
	12.2.6	 	require the Lender or its holding company to incur or sustain a loss (including a
loss of future potential profits) by reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of the
Commitment or the Loan from its capital for regulatory purposes,
	 
	 	 	then and in each such case (subject to clause 12.3) the Borrower must on demand pay to the
Lender the amount which the Lender certifies (in a certificate setting forth the basis of
the computation of such amount but not including any matters which the Lender or its
holding company regards as confidential) is required to compensate the Lender and/or (as
the case may be) its holding company for such liability to Taxes, cost, reduction,
payment, forgone return or loss.
	 
	 	 	For the purposes of this clause 12.2 “holding company” means the company or entity (if
any) within the consolidated supervision of which the Lender is included.
	 
	12.3	 	Exception
	 
	 	 	Nothing in clause 12.2 shall entitle the Lender to receive any amount relating to
compensation for any such liability to Taxes, increased or additional cost, reduction,
payment, foregone return or loss to the extent that the same is the subject of an
additional payment under clause 6.6.
	 
	13	 	APPLICATION OF MONEYS, SET OFF AND MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	13.1	 	Application of moneys
	 
	 	 	All moneys received by the Lender under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents and
expressed to be applicable in accordance with the provisions of this clause 13.1 or in a
manner determined in the Lender’s discretion, shall be applied in the following manner:
	 
	13.1.1	 	first, in or towards payment of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Lender under
any of the Security Documents;
	 
	13.1.2	 	secondly in or towards payment to the Lender, pari passu, of any accrued interest
owing in respect of the Loan which shall have become due and any sums due under the Master
Agreement in respect of any interest rate swap;
	 
	13.1.3	 	thirdly, pari passu in or towards repayment of the Loan (whether the same is due
and payable or not) and shall be applied, in respect of the Loan, pro rata against the
outstanding repayment instalments and any other sums payable in the nature of Break Costs
under the Master Agreement;
	 
	13.1.4	 	fourthly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or to whomsoever else
may then be entitled to receive such surplus.
	 
	13.2	 	Set-off
	 
	13.2.1	 	The Borrower irrevocably authorises the Lender (without prejudice to any of the
Lender’s rights at law, in equity or otherwise), at any time and without notice to the
Borrower, to apply any credit balance to which the Borrower is then entitled standing upon any
account of the Borrower with any branch of the Lender in or towards satisfaction of any sum
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	 	 	purpose, the Lender is authorised to purchase with the moneys standing to the credit of such
account such other currencies as may be necessary to effect such application.






	13.2.2	 	The Lender shall not be obliged to exercise any right given to it by this clause
13.2. The Lender shall notify the Borrower forthwith upon the exercise or purported exercise
of any right of set off giving full details in relation thereto.
	 
	13.2.3	 	Nothing in this clause 13.2 shall be effective to create a charge or other
security interest.
	 
	13.3	 	No charge
	 
	 	 	The provisions of this clause 13 shall not, and shall not be construed so as to,
constitute a charge or create or declare a trust by the Lender over all or any part of a
sum received or recovered by it in the circumstances mentioned in clause 13.3.
	 
	13.4	 	Further assurance
	 
	 	 	The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that the Security Documents shall both at the date
of execution and delivery thereof and throughout the Facility Period be valid and binding
obligations of the respective parties thereto which, with the rights of the Lender
thereunder, are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that it will, at
its expense, execute, sign, perfect and do, and will procure the execution, signing,
perfecting and doing by each of the other Security Parties of, any and every such further
assurance, document, act or thing as in the reasonable opinion of the Lender may be
necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or constituted by the
Security Documents.
	 
	13.5	 	Conflicts
	 
	 	 	In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any of the other Security
Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
	 
	13.6	 	No implied waivers, remedies cumulative
	 
	 	 	No failure or delay on the part of the Lender to exercise any power, right or remedy under
any of the Security Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise by the Lender of any power, right or remedy preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The remedies
provided in the Security Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law. No waiver by the Lender shall be effective unless it is in writing.
	 
	13.7	 	Severability
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect or impair howsoever the remaining provisions thereof or affect the validity,
legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	13.8	 	Force Majeure
	 
	 	 	Regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, the Lender shall not be liable for
any failure to perform the whole or any part of this Agreement resulting directly or
indirectly from (i) the action or inaction or purported action of any governmental or
local authority (ii) any strike, lockout, boycott or blockade (including any strike,
lockout, boycott or blockade effected by or upon the Lender or any of its representatives
or employees) (iii) any act of God (iv) any act of war (whether declared or not) or
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	 	 	technology or other operational systems or
equipment affecting the Lender or (vi) any other circumstances whatsoever outside the
Lender’s control.






	13.9	 	Amendments
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be amended or varied only by an instrument in writing executed by all
parties hereto who irrevocably agree that the provisions of this clause 13.11 may not be
waived or modified except by an instrument in writing to that effect signed by both of
them.
	 
	13.10	 	Counterparts
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all such counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement which may be
sufficiently evidenced by one counterpart.
	 
	13.11	 	English language
	 
	 	 	All documents required to be delivered under and/or supplied whensoever in connection
howsoever with any of the Security Documents and all notices, communications, information
and other written material whatsoever given or provided in connection howsoever therewith
must either be in the English language or accompanied by an English translation certified
by a notary, lawyer or consulate acceptable to the Lender.
	 
	14	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	14.1	 	General
	 
	 	 	The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that it will ensure that:
	 
	14.1.1	 	each Guarantor will on or before the Drawdown Date in respect of the Advance which
will finance its Vessel, open its Earnings Account; and
	 
	14.1.2	 	all moneys payable to each Guarantor in respect of the Earnings (as defined in the
Mortgage over its Vessel) shall, unless and until the Lender directs to the contrary pursuant
to the provisions of the Mortgages, be paid to the Earnings Accounts, provided however that if
any of the moneys paid to the Earnings Accounts are payable in a currency other than USD, they
shall be paid to a sub-account of the relevant Earnings Account denominated in such currency
(except that if the relevant Guarantor fails to open such a sub-account, the Lender shall then
convert such moneys into USD at the Lender’s spot rate of exchange at the relevant time for
the purchase of USD with such currency and the term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any
premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of USD with such
currency).
	 
	14.2	 	Earnings Account: withdrawals
	 
	 	 	Any sums standing to the credit of an Earnings Account may be applied from time to time
(i) Firstly and to make the payments required under this Agreement, (ii) secondly, subject
to there being no breach of Clause 14.3 and to no Event of Default having occurred, in
payment for the operation of the Vessels and (iii) subject to there being at any time
sufficient funds to
pay amounts due under (i) and (ii) above as they fall due, thirdly for the general
corporate purposes of the Borrower.
	 
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	 	 	At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender may, without notice to
the Borrower, apply all moneys then standing to the credit of the Earnings Accounts
(together with interest from time to time accruing or accrued thereon) in or towards
satisfaction of any sums due to the Lender under the Security Documents in the manner
specified in clause 13.1.






	14.4	 	Pledge of accounts
	 
	 	 	The Earnings Accounts and all amounts from time to time respectively standing to the
credit thereof shall be subject to the security constituted and the rights conferred by
the Earnings Account Pledges.
	 
	15	 	ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND LENDING OFFICE
	 
	15.1	 	Benefit and burden
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon, and enure for the benefit of, the Lender and the
Borrower and their respective successors.
	 
	15.2	 	No assignment by Borrower
	 
	 	 	The Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement.
	 
	15.3	 	Transfer by Lender
	 
	 	 	The Lender may assign or transfer (through the disposal of the Loan (including any
collateral that may be associated with them), through credit derivatives or through the
subparticipation of third parties in the loan)all or any part of its rights, benefits
and/or obligations under this Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents
(including, but not limited to, the Loan and/or any commercial risk in granting the Loan)
to any one or more banks or other financial institutions (which may be any company
affiliated to the Lender, a member of the European System of Central Banks, a banking or
financial services institution, a financing company, an insurer, a social security or
pension fund, a capital investment company, a financial intermediary or a special purpose
vehicle with or without own legal status (a “Transferee”) for the purposes of funding,
reducing its requirement for equity cover or of diversifying risk (i) if the Transferee is
a company affiliated to, or in the same group or ownership or control as the Lender, or an
Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, without the consent of the Borrower and
(ii) otherwise, with the prior written consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) provided always that any such Transferee, by delivery of such
undertaking as the Lender may approve, becomes bound by the terms of this Agreement and
agrees to perform all or, as the case may be, the relevant part of the Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement. In case of a transfer to a Transferee which is a
member of the European System of Central Banks, such Transferee shall not be bound by
the limitations in the preceding terms of this Clause 15 in the event of the liquidation
of a claim.
	 
	15.4	 	Documentation
	 
	 	 	If the Lender assigns all or any part of its rights or transfers all or any part of its
rights, benefits and/or obligations as provided in clause 15.3 the Borrower undertakes,
immediately on being requested to do so by the Lender, to enter into, and procure that the
other Security
Parties shall enter into, such documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to
the Transferee all or the relevant part of the Lender’s interest in the Security
Documents. Thereafter, all relevant references in this Agreement to the Lender shall be
construed as a reference to the Lender and/or its Transferee to the extent of their
respective interests.





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	15.5	 	Lending office
	 
	 	 	The Lender shall lend through its office at the address specified above or through any
other office of the Lender selected from time to time by it through which the Lender
wishes to lend for the purposes of this Agreement.
	 
	15.6	 	Disclosure of information
	 
	 	 	The Lender may disclose to a prospective assignee, transferee or to any other person who
may propose entering into contractual relations with the Lender (or to such other persons
as for technical, organisational or legal reasons need to be involved in verifying the
valuation or effecting the transfer (such as rating agencies, auditors, tax consultants,
solicitors or notaries public) in relation to this Agreement such information (about, for
example, the Loan amount, due date, interest rate, name and address as well as data
about the economic situation and data regarding creditworthiness)about or in connection
with any of the security parties and the security documents as the Lender considers
appropriate (and the Borrower hereby releases the Lender from its banking secrecy
obligations in accordance with this Clause).
	 
	 	 	Before disclosing information to any prospective assignee or transferee, the Lender shall
place such parties under an obligation of confidentiality, insofar as such an obligation
does not already exist on the basis of statutory provisions or professional rules or
generally accepted practice and such obligation to maintain confidentiality shall include
(i) non-disclosure of any customer-related data and (ii) assessments and the utilisation
of the information only to the extent required in order to implement the transfers,
referred to in Clause 15.1 above set out above. The Lender shall require any prospective
assignee or transferee to enter into a confidentiality agreement before transferring
rights under this Agreement or disclosing information to further recipients
	 
	16	 	NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS
	 
	16.1	 	Notices
	 
	16.1.1	 	unless otherwise specifically provided herein, every notice under or in connection
with this Agreement shall be given in English by letter delivered personally and/or sent by
post and/or transmitted by fax and/or electronically;
	 
	16.1.2	 	in this clause “notice” includes any demand, consent, authorisation, approval,
instruction, certificate, request, waiver or other communication.
	 
	16.2	 	Addresses for communications, effective date of notices
	 
	16.2.1	 	Subject to clause 16.2.2, clause 16.2.4 and 16.3 notices to the Borrower shall be
deemed to have been given and shall take effect when received in full legible form by the
Borrower at the address and/or the fax number appearing below (or at such other address or fax
number as the Borrower may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Lender by notice in
writing);





	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address
	 	331 Kifissias Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	Kifissia 145 61
	 

	 	 	 	Greece
	 

	 	Fax No:
	 	+ 30 210 625 2817







	16.2.2	 	notwithstanding the provisions of clause 16.2.1 or clause 16.2.4, a notice of
Default and/or a notice given pursuant to clause 10.2 or clause 10.3 to the Borrower shall be
deemed to have





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	 	 	been given and shall take effect when delivered, sent or transmitted by the
Lender to the Borrower to the address or fax number referred to in clause 16.2.1;
	 
	16.2.3	 	subject to clause 16.2.4, notices to the Lender shall be deemed to be given, and
shall take effect, when received in full legible form by the Lender at the address and/or the
fax number address appearing below (or at any such other address or fax number as the Lender
may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Borrower by notice in writing);





	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 Address
	 	Friedrichswall 10
	 

	 	 	 	Hannover 30159
	 

	 	 	 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 Fax no:
	 	+49 511 361 4785
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 Attn:
	 	Sebastian Schubert







	16.2.4	 	if under clause 16.2.1 or clause 16.2.3 a notice would be deemed to have been
given and effective on a day which is not a working day in the place of receipt or is outside
the normal business hours in the place of receipt, the notice shall be deemed to have been
given and to have taken effect at the opening of business on the next working day in such
place.
	 
	16.3	 	Electronic Communication
	 
	16.3.1	 	Any communication to be made by and/or between the Lender and the Security Parties
or any of them under or in connection with the Security Documents or any of them may be made
by electronic mail or other electronic means, if and provided that all such 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 electronic mail address or any
other such information supplied by them.






	16.3.2	 	Any electronic communication made by and/or between the Lender and the Security
Parties or any of them will be effective only when actually received in readable form and, in
the case of any electronic communication made by the Borrower to the Lender, only if it is
addressed in such manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose.
	 
	17	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law.
	 
	18	 	JURISDICTION
	 
	18.1	 	Exclusive Jurisdiction
	 
	 	 	For the benefit of the Lender, and subject to clause 18.4 below, the Borrower hereby
irrevocably agrees that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction:
	 
	18.1.1	 	to settle any disputes or other matters whatsoever arising under or in connection
with this Agreement and any disputes or other such matters arising in connection with the
negotiation, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any part thereof, whether the
alleged liability shall arise under the laws of England or under the laws of some other
country and regardless of whether a particular cause of action may successfully be brought in
the English courts; and




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	18.1.2	 	to grant interim remedies or other provisional or protective relief.
	 
	18.2	 	Submission and service of process
	 
	 	 	The Borrower accordingly irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of
the English courts. Without prejudice to any other mode of service the Borrower:
	 
	18.2.1	 	irrevocably empowers and appoints Saville & Co. of One Carey Lane, London EC2V
8AE, England as its agent to receive and accept on its behalf any process or other document
relating to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement;
	 
	18.2.2	 	agrees to maintain such an agent for service of process in England from the date
hereof until the end of the Facility Period;
	 
	18.2.3	 	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of service of
process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned;
	 
	18.2.4	 	without prejudice to the effectiveness of service of process on its agent under
clause 18.2.1 above but as an alternative method, consents to the service of process relating
to any such proceedings by mailing or delivering a copy of the process to its address for the
time being applying under clause 18.2;
	 
	18.2.5	 	agrees that if the appointment of any person mentioned in clause 18.2.1 ceases to
be effective, the Borrower shall immediately appoint a further person in England to accept
service of process on its behalf in England and, failing such appointment within seven (7)
days the Lender shall thereupon be entitled and is hereby irrevocably authorised by the
Borrower in those circumstances to appoint such person by notice to the Borrower.
	 
	18.3	 	Forum non conveniens and enforcement abroad
	 
	 	 	The Borrower:
	 
	18.3.1	 	waives any right and agrees not to apply to the English court or other court in
any jurisdiction whatsoever to stay or strike out any proceedings commenced in England on the
ground that England is an inappropriate forum and/or that Proceedings have been or will be
started in any other jurisdiction in connection with any dispute or related matter falling
within clause 18.1; and
	 
	18.3.2	 	agrees that a final unappealable judgment or order of an English court in a
dispute or other matter falling within clause 18.1 shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
	 
	18.4	 	Right of Lender, but not Borrower, to bring proceedings in any other jurisdiction
	 
	18.4.1	 	Nothing in this clause 18 limits the right of the Lender to bring Proceedings,
including third party proceedings, against the Borrower, or to apply for interim remedies, in
connection with this Agreement in any other court and/or concurrently in more than one
jurisdiction;
	 
	18.4.2	 	the obtaining by the Lender of judgment in one jurisdiction shall not prevent it
from bringing or continuing proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether or not these shall
be founded on the same cause of action.
	 
	18.5	 	Enforceability despite invalidity of Agreement




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	 	 	Without prejudice to the generality of clause 13.9, the jurisdiction agreement contained
in this clause 18 shall be severable from the rest of this Agreement and shall remain
valid, binding and in full force and shall continue to apply notwithstanding this
Agreement or any part thereof being held to be avoided, rescinded, terminated, discharged,
frustrated, invalid, unenforceable, illegal and/or otherwise of no effect for any reason.
	 
	18.6	 	Effect in relation to claims by and against non-parties
	 
	18.6.1	 	For the purpose of this clause “Foreign Proceedings” shall mean any Proceedings
except proceedings brought or pursued in England arising out of or in connection with (i) or
in any way related to any of the Security Documents or any assets subject thereto or (ii) any
action of any kind whatsoever taken by the Lender pursuant thereto or which would, if brought
by the Borrower against the Lender, have been required to be brought in the English courts;
	 
	18.6.2	 	the Borrower shall not bring or pursue any Foreign Proceedings against the Lender
and shall use its best endeavours to prevent persons not party to this Agreement from bringing
or pursuing any Foreign Proceedings against the Lender;
	 
	18.6.3	 	If, for any reason whatsoever, any Security Party and/or any person connected
howsoever with any Security Party (including but not limited to any shareholder of the
Borrower) brings or pursues against the Lender any Foreign Proceedings, the Borrower shall
indemnify the Lender on demand in respect of any and all claims, losses, damages, demands,
causes of action, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal costs)
of whatsoever nature howsoever arising from or in connection with such Foreign Proceedings
which the Lender certifies as having been incurred by it;




the Lender and the Borrower hereby agree and declare that the benefit of this clause 18 shall
extend to and may be enforced by any officer, employee, agent or business associate of the Lender
against whom the Borrower brings a claim in connection howsoever with any of the Security Documents
or any assets subject thereto or any action of any kind whatsoever taken by, or on behalf of or for
the purported benefit of the Lender pursuant thereto or which, if it were brought against the
Lender, would fall within the material scope of clause 18.1. In those circumstances this clause 18
shall be read and construed as if references to the Lender were references to such officer,
employee, agent or business associate, as the case may be.







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Schedule 1




Form of Drawdown Notice




	 	 	 

	To:

	 	Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
	 

	 	Friedrichswall 10
	 

	 	Hannover 30159
	 

	 	Germany






[•] 2011



Dear Sirs




Facility agreement dated 1st March 2011 in respect of a loan of up to USD45,000,000 (the “Loan
Agreement”) made between (1) Stealthgas Inc. as Borrower and (2) Norddeutsche Landesbank
Girozentrale as Lender.



We refer to the Loan Agreement. Words and expressions whose meanings are defined therein shall
have the same meanings when used herein.



We hereby give you notice that we wish to draw the sum of USD [        
        ] on [date] 2011 in respect of
Advance [A/B] for payment to the Seller and select a first Interest Period in respect of such
drawing of [•] months. The funds should be credited to [ ] with [ ] .



We confirm that:





	(a)	 	no Default has occurred;
	 
	(b)	 	the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are
true and correct at the date hereof as if made with respect to the facts and
circumstances existing at such date;
	 
	(c)	 	the borrowing to be effected by the drawdown of the Loan is within our corporate
powers, has been validly authorised by appropriate corporate action; and
	 
	(d)	 	there are no Required Authorisations.








	 	 	 	 

	By  

	 	 
	 

	Authorised Signatory	 
	 

	STEALTHGAS INC.	 





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Schedule 2

Conditions precedent

Part 1





	(a)	 	Corporate documents
	 
	 	 	Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of each
Security Party and its current corporate existence;
	 
	(b)	 	Corporate authorities






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






	(c)	 	Required Authorisations
	 
	 	 	a certificate (dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the relevant Drawdown Date)
that there are no Required Authorisations or that there are no Required Authorisations
except those described in such certificate and Certified Copies of which as duly executed
(including any conditions and/or documents ancillary thereto) are appended thereto.
	 
	(d)	 	Certificate of incumbency
	 
	 	 	a list of directors and officers of each Security Party specifying the names and positions
of such persons, certified by an officer of such Security Party to be true, complete and
up to date;
	 
	(e)	 	Master Agreement, etc
	 
	 	 	the Master Agreement and the Master Agreement Assignment duly executed and delivered;
	 
	(f)	 	Know-your-customer
	 
	 	 	all such documentation and information as the Lender may require from any Security Party
pursuant to the Lender’s “know-your-customer” requirements in respect of the Borrower and
the Guarantors;
	 
	(g)	 	Fees
	 
	 	 	evidence that such fees as are due and payable on the Execution Date will have been paid
in full; and
	 
	(h)	 	Borrower’s process agent
	 
	 	 	a letter from the agent for receipt of service of proceedings referred to in clause
18.2.1 accepting its appointment under each of the Security Documents in which it is or
is to be appointed as the agent for any Security Party.





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Part 2



In this Schedule 3 Part B “Relevant Advance” means the Advance which is being made available,
“Relevant Vessel” means the Vessel in respect of which that Advance is being made available and
“Relevant Owner” means the Owner which is the buyer of the Relevant Vessel.





	(a)	 	Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Relevant Vessel:






	 	(i)	 	Purchase
	 
	 	 	 	has been unconditionally delivered by the Builder to the Relevant Owner, and the
full purchase price payable under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract (in addition
to the part to be financed by the Relevant Advance) has been duly paid, together
with a copy of the bill of sale and protocol of delivery and acceptance relating
thereto;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Registration and Encumbrances
	 
	 	 	 	is registered in the name of the Relevant Owner through the Registry under the
laws and flag of Liberia and that she and her Earnings, Insurances and
Requisition Compensation (as defined in the Mortgage) are free of Encumbrances
except Permitted Encumbrances;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Classification
	 
	 	 	 	has received and maintains the Classification free of all requirements and
recommendations of the Classification Society; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Insurance
	 
	 	 	 	is insured in accordance with the provisions of the Vessel Security Documents
relative to the Relevant Vessel and all requirements of those Vessel Security
Documents in respect of such insurance have been complied with (including without
limitation, receipt by the Lender of customary brokers’ letters of undertaking
regarding the placing of hull and machinery and war risks cover and confirmation
from the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which the
Relevant Vessel is entered for insurance or insured against protection and
indemnity risks, that any necessary declarations required by the association or
insurer for the removal of any oil pollution exclusion have been made and that
any such exclusion does not apply to her);






	(b)	 	Security Documents
	 
	 	 	the Shares Pledge in respect of the Relevant Owner, the Guarantee from the Relevant Owner,
the Mortgage, the General Assignment, any Charter Assignment and (if the Approved
Employment Contract is a bareboat charter) the Tripartite Deed, the Manager’s Undertakings
and Earnings Account Pledge all in respect of the Relevant Vessel, each duly executed by
the parties thereto;
	 
	(c)	 	Notices of assignment and acknowledgements
	 
	 	 	counterpart originals of duly executed notices of assignment required by the terms of the
Security Documents referred to in (b) above and in the forms prescribed by these Security
Documents and any other documents required to be delivered pursuant thereto;





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	(d)	 	Mortgage registration
	 
	 	 	evidence that the Mortgage has been duly registered against the Relevant Vessel in
accordance with the laws of Liberia;
	 
	(e)	 	Underlying Documents
	 
	 	 	Certified Copies of all of the Underlying Documents in respect of the Relevant Vessel in
a form and substance acceptable to the Lender.
	 
	(f)	 	Laws of the Liberian opinion
	 
	 	 	an opinion of Messrs Reeder Simpson, special legal advisers in respect of Liberian law to
the Lender in terms satisfactory to the Lender;
	 
	(g)	 	Further opinions
	 
	 	 	any such further opinions as may be required by the Lender;
	 
	(h)	 	ISPS Code
	 
	 	 	evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Relevant Vessel is subject to a ship security
plan which complies with the ISPS Code and a copy of the ISSC for the Vessel; and
	 
	(i)	 	Valuations
	 
	 	 	up-to-date valuations of the Relevant Vessel prepared in accordance with Clause 8.2.2 at
the cost of the Borrower by an Approved Broker A and an Approved Broker B giving her
charter-fee value in scope, form and substance acceptable to the Lender.










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Schedule 3

Form of Compliance Certificate




To: Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (as Lender)

From:




Date [       
    ] 20[   ]




Facility agreement dated 1st March 2011 in respect of a loan of USD45,000,000 (the “Loan
Agreement”) made between (1) Stealthgas Inc. as Borrower and (2) Norddeutsche Landesbank
Girozentrale as Lender.



Dear Sirs



We refer to the Loan Agreement. Words and expressions whose meanings are defined in the Loan
Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein.



We hereby confirm that [except as stated below] as at the date hereof to the best of our knowledge
and belief after due inquiry:-





	1.	 	the ratio of EBITDA to Interest Expense for the 12 month period ending on [       
   ] is [       
    ]to 1;
	 
	2.	 	the ratio of Total Debt of the Group to Total Assets is [       
    ] to 1;
	 
	3.	 	no Default has occurred;
	 
	4.	 	the representations set out in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and accurate
with reference to all facts and circumstances now existing and all Required
Authorisations have been obtained and are in full force and effect.




[State any exceptions/qualifications to the above statements]



Yours faithfully



[       
    ]




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	[Chief Financial Officer : STEALTHGAS INC.] 	 
	 	 	 	 



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Execution Pages



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




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED as a deed by PANAGIOTIS VAFIAS

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	STEALTHGAS INC.

	 	 	)	 	/s/ Panagiotis Vafias	 
	(as Borrower under and pursuant to

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	a power of attorney dated

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	17 January 2011) in the presence of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by RONAN LE DU

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	GIROZENTRALE

	 	 	)	 	/s/ Ronan Le Du	 
	(as Lender under and pursuant to

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	a power of attorney dated

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	25 February 2011) in the presence of

	 	 	)	 	 	 







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