Unassociated Document


EXHIBIT 4.15




 


Dated 20 December 2012


 


PALAU SHIPPING COMPANY INC. and


GUAM SHIPPING COMPANY INC.


as joint and several Borrowers


 


and


 


THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


listed in Schedule 1


as Lenders


 


and


 


NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC


London Branch


as Swap Bank


 


and


 


NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC


London Branch


as Agent and as Security Trustee


 


LOAN AGREEMENT


 


relating to a US$20,000,000 term loan facility to finance part


of the acquisition cost of two dry bulk carriers


"AMPHITRITE" and "POLYMNIA"






  





  











  








 








	
Clause

	
Index

	
Page


	
1

	
Interpretation

	
 1


	
2

	
Facility

	
 14


	
3

	
Position of the lenders, the Swap and the Majority Lenders

	
 15


	
4

	
Drawdown

	
16


	
5

	
Interest

	
17


	
6

	
Interest periods

	
19


	
7

	
Default Interest

	
20


	
8

	
Repayment and Prepayment

	
21


	
9

	
Conditions Predecent

	
23


	
10

	
Representations and Warranties

	
24


	
11

	
General Undertakings

	
26


	
12

	
Corporate Undertakings

	
30


	
13

	
Insurance

	
31


	
14

	
Ship Covenants

	
36


	
15

	
Security Cover

	
41


	
16

	
Payments and Calculations

	
42


	
17

	
Application of Receipts

	
44


	
18

	
Application of Earnings

	
45


	
19

	
Events of Default

	
46


	
20

	
Fees and Expenses

	
51


	
21

	
Indemnities

	
 52


	
22

	
No Set-off or Tax Deduction

	
54


	
23

	
Illegality, etc.

	
 55


	
24

	
Increased Costs

	
56


	
25

	
Set off

	
57


	
26

	
Transfers and changes in Lending Offices

	
 58


	
27

	
Variations and waivers

	
61


	
28

	
Notices

	
 62


	
29

	
Joint and several liability

	
 64


	
30

	
Supplemental

	
66


	
31

	
Law and Jurisdiction

	
66







 








	
Schedule 1 Lenders and Commitments

	
68


	
Schedule 2 Drawdown Notice

	
69


	
Schedule 3 Condition Precedent Documents

	
70


	
Schedule 4 Transfer Certificate

	
73


	
Schedule 5 Designation Notice

	
77


	
Schedule 6 Mandatory Cost formula

	
78


	
Execution pages

	
80











  





  











  








THIS AGREEMENT is made on 20 December 2012 PARTIES


 



	
(1)

	
PALAU SHIPPING COMPANY INC. and GUAM SHIPPING COMPANY INC., as joint and several borrowers (together, the "Borrowers");







 



	
(2)

	
THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1, as Lenders;







 



	
(3)

	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC, London Branch, as Swap Bank;







 



	
(4)

	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC, London Branch, as Agent; and


 








	
(5)

	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC, London Branch, as Security Trustee. 







 


BACKGROUND


 



	
(A)

	
The Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers a term loan facility of $20,000,000 for the purpose of financing part of the aggregate acquisition cost of two dry bulk carriers named "AMPHITRITE" and "POLYMNIA".







 



	
(B)

	
The Swap Bank has agreed to enter into interest rate swap transactions with the Borrowers from time to time to hedge the Borrowers' exposure under this Agreement to interest rate fluctuations.







 



	
(C)

	
The Lenders and the Swap Bank have agreed to share pari passu in the security to be granted to the Security Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.







 


IT IS AGREED as follows:


 


1             INTERPRETATION


 


1.1           Definitions


 


Subject to Clause 1.5, in this Agreement:


 


"Account Pledges" means, together, the Earnings Account Pledges in the Agreed Form and, in the singular, means any of them;


 


"Affected Lender" has the meaning given in Clause 5.7;


 


"Agency and Trust Deed" means the agency and trust deed dated the same date as this Agreement and made between the same parties;


 


"Agent" means Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch, acting in such capacity through its office at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5NB, England, or any successor of it appointed under clause 4.7 of the Agency and Trust Deed;


 


"Agreed Form" means in relation to any document, that document in the form approved in writing by the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) or as otherwise approved in accordance with any other approval procedure specified in any relevant provision of any Finance Document;


 


"Applicable Accounts" means, as at the date of calculation or, as the case may be, in respect of an accounting period, the annual audited consolidated accounts and financial statements of the Group or the quarterly unaudited accounts and financial statements of the Group, in each case, which the Guarantor is obliged to deliver to the Agent pursuant to Clause 11.6;






  





  











  








 


"Approved Broker" means Arrow Sale & Purchase (UK) Limited, Breamar Seascope Limited, H. Clarkson & Company Limited, Fearnleys AS, Maersk Brokers K.S., R.S. Platou Shipbrokers AS and Simpson Spence & Young (London) Ltd. or any other any reputable sale and purchase broker approved and appointed by the Agent subject to the prior written consent of the Borrowers;


 


"Approved Charter" means any time charterparty (in the case of Ship B, other than the Initial Charter) having a duration of at least 12 consecutive months or any bareboat charterparty in respect of the Ship (such charters to be entered into with the prior consent of the Agent pursuant to Clause 14.13);


 


"Approved Charterer" means a company approved by the Agent as the charterer of the Ship which is to be a party to the Approved Charter;


 


"Approved Charterparty Assignment" means, in relation to each Approved Charter, a specific deed of assignment of the rights of the Borrower who is a party to that Approved Charter executed or to be executed by that Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Approved Flag" means the Marshall Islands flag or any other flag that the Agent may, in its absolute discretion, approved that the Ship is registered;


 


"Approved Flag State" means the Republic of the Marshall Islands or any other state in which the Agent may, in its absolute discretion, at the request of the Borrowers, approve that a Ship is registered;


 


"Approved Manager" means, in relation to each Ship, Diana Shipping Services S.A., a company incorporated and existing under the laws of Panama having its registered office at Edificio Universal, Piso 12, Avenida Federico Boyd, Panama, Republic of Panama and maintaining an office at 16 Pendelis Street, 175 64, Palaio Faliro, Greece or any other company which the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, approve from time to time as the technical and/or commercial manager of each Ship;


 


"Availability Period" means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on:


 



	 	
(a)

	
31 December 2012 (or such later date as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, agree with the Borrowers); or







 



	 	
(b)

	
if earlier, the date on which the Total Commitments are fully borrowed, cancelled or terminated;







 


"Borrower" means each of Borrower A and Borrower 8, and in the plural means, both of them;


 


"Borrower A" means Palau Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake island, Majuro MH96960, The Marshall Islands;


 


"Borrower B" means Guam Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, The Marshall Islands;


 


"Business Day" means a day on which banks are open in London, Athens and, in respect of a day on which a payment is required to be made under a Finance Document, also in New York City;






  





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"CISADA" means the United States Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 as it applies to non-US persons;


 


"Commitment" means, in relation to a Lender, the amount set opposite its name in Schedule 1, or, as the case may require, the amount specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate, as that amount may be reduced, cancelled or terminated in accordance with this Agreement (and "Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Lenders);


 


"Confirmation" and "Early Termination Date", in relation to any continuing Designated Transaction, have the meanings given in the Master Agreement;


 


"Contractual Currency" has the meaning given in Clause 21.5;


 


"Contribution" means, in relation to a Lender, the part of the Loan which is owing to that Lender;


 


"Corporate Guarantee" means a corporate guarantee of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement, the Master Agreement and the other Finance Documents;


 


"Corporate Guarantor" mean Diana Shipping Inc., a corporation domesticated in the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, The Marshall Islands;


 


"Creditor Party" means the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Swap Bank or any Lender, whether as at the date of this Agreement or at any later time;


 


"Designated Transaction" means a Transaction which fulfils the following requirements:


 



	 	
(a)

	
it is entered into by each Borrower pursuant to the Master Agreement with the Swap Bank which, at the time the Transaction is entered into, is also a Lender;







 



	 	
(b)

	
its purpose is the hedging of all or part of each Borrower's exposure under this Agreement to fluctuations in LIBOR arising from the funding of the Loan (or any part thereof) for a period expiring no later than the final Repayment Date; and







 



	 	
(c)

	
it is designated by each Borrower, by delivery by that Borrower to the Agent of a notice of designation in the form set out in Schedule 5, as a Designated Transaction for the purposes of the Finance Documents;







 


"Dollars" and "$" means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America;


 


"Drawdown Date" means, in relation to the Loan, the date requested by the Borrowers for the Loan to be advanced, or (as the context requires) the date on which the Loan is actually advanced;


 


"Drawdown Notice" means a notice in the form set out in Schedule 2 (or in any other form which the Agent approves or reasonably requires);


 


"Earnings" means, in relation to a Ship, all moneys whatsoever which are now, or later become, payable (actually or contingently) to the relevant Borrower owning that Ship or the Security Trustee and which arise out of the use or operation of that Ship, including (but not limited to):



 



	 	
(a)

	
except to the extent that they fall within paragraph (b);







 





	 	
  

	
(i)

	
all freight, hire and passage moneys;







 




  





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(ii)

	
compensation payable to a Borrower or the Security Trustee in the event of requisition of a Ship for hire;







 



	 	
  

	
(iii)

	
remuneration for salvage and towage services;







 



	 	
  

	
(iv)

	
demurrage and detention moneys;







 



	 	
  

	
(v)

	
damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of a Ship; and







 



	 	
  

	
(vi)

	
all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in respect of loss of hire; and









 



	 	
(b)

	
if and whenever a Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a)(i) to (vi) are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to the Ship;







 


"Earnings Account" means an account in the name of each Borrower with the Agent in London designated "[name of the Borrowed- Earnings Account", or any other account which is designated by the Agent as an Earnings Account for the purposes of this Agreement;






 


"Earnings Account Pledge" means, respect of each Earnings Account, a deed creating security in the Agreed Form;


 


"Environmental Claim" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
any claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident or which relates to any Environmental Law; or







 



	 	
(b)

	
any claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to an alleged Environmental Incident,







 


and "claim" means a claim for damages, compensation, fines, penalties or any other payment of any kind whether or not similar to the foregoing; an order or direction to take, or not to take, certain action or to desist from or suspend certain action; and any form of enforcement or regulatory action, including the arrest or attachment of any asset;


 


"Environmental Incident" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from the Ship; or







 



	 	
(b)

	
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a vessel other than a Ship and which involves a collision between a Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or a Ship and/or the Borrower and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or







 



	 	
(c)

	
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released otherwise than from a Ship and in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where either Borrower and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action;











  





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"Environmental Law" means any law relating to pollution or protection of the environment, to the carriage of Environmentally Sensitive Material or to actual or threatened releases of Environmentally Sensitive Material;


 


"Environmentally Sensitive Material" means oil, oil products and any other substance (including any chemical, gas or other hazardous or noxious substance) which is (or is capable of being or becoming) polluting, toxic or hazardous;


 


"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances described in Clause 19.1; 


 


"Finance Documents" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
this Agreement;







 



	 	
(b)

	
the Agency and Trust Deed;







 



	 	
(c)

	
the Master Agreement;







 



	 	
(d)

	
the Master Agreement Assignment;







 



	 	
(e)

	
the Corporate Guarantee;








 



	 	
(f)

	
the General Assignments;







 





	 	
(g)

	
the Mortgages;







 



	 	
(h)

	
the Accounts Pledges;








 



	 	
(i)

	
the Shares Pledges;







 





	 	
(j)

	
the Initial Charter Assignment;







 



	 	
(k)

	
the Manager's Undertakings;








 



	 	
(l)

	
any Approved Charterparty Assignment; and








 



	 	
(m)

	
any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at any time by either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor, the Approved Manager or any other person as security for, or to establish any form of subordination or priorities arrangement in relation to, any amount payable to the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank under this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this definition;







 






"Financial Indebtedness" means, in relation to a person (the "debtor"), a liability of the debtor:


 



	 	
(a)

	
for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or raised by the debtor;







 



	 	
(b)

	
under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor;







 



	 	
(c)

	
under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility or dematerialised equivalent made available to the debtor;







 



	 	
(d)

	
under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement or any other agreement having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the debtor;











  





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(e)

	
under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the liability of the debtor for the net amount; or







 



	 	
(f)

	
under a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in respect of a liability of another person which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (e) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person;







 


"Financial Year" means, in relation to the Corporate Guarantor, each period of 1 year commencing on 1 January in respect of which its annual audited accounts are or ought to be prepared;


 


"Fleet Vessels" means all of the vessels (including, but not limited to, the Ships) from time to time wholly owned by members of the Group (each a "Fleet Vessel");


 


"GAAP" means, at any time, the most recent and updated generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America;


 


"General Assignment" means, in relation to each Ship, a first priority general assignment of the Earnings, the Insurances and any Requisition Compensation in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Group" means the Corporate Guarantor and all its subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, the Borrowers) from time to time during the Security Period and "member of the Group" shall be construed accordingly;


 


"IACS" means the International Association of Classification Societies;


 


"Initial Charter" means, in respect of Ship B, the time charterparty dated 6 August 2012 made between Borrower B as owner and the Initial Charterer for a period of at least 22 months at a minimum daily charter hire of $10,000;


 


"Initial Charter Assignment" means an assignment of the rights of Borrower B under the Initial Charter in favour of the Agent in the Agreed Form;


 


"Initial Charterer" means Bunge S.A., a company incorporated in Geneva whose registered address is 13 Route de Florissant, 12111 Geneva 12, Switzerland;


 


"Insurances" means, in relation to a Ship:


 



	 	
(a)

	
all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or otherwise in relation to the Ship whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and







 



	 	
(b)

	
all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the foregoing, including any rights to a return of a premium and any rights in respect of any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Agreement;







 


"Interest Period" means a period determined in accordance with Clause 6;


 


"ISM Code" means the International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on its implementation), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (and the terms "safety management system", "Safety Management Certificate" and "Document of Compliance" have the same meanings as are given to them in the ISM Code);


 




  





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"ISPS Code" means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code as adopted by the International Maritime Organisation, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time;


 


"ISSC" means a valid and current International Ship Security Certificate issued under the ISPS Code;


 


"Lender" means a bank or financial institution listed in Schedule 1 and acting through its branch indicated in Schedule 1 (or through another branch notified to the Agent under Clause 26.14) or its transferee, successor or assign and, in the plural, means all of them;


 


"LIBOR" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined under any provision of a Finance Document:


 



	 	
(a)

	
the applicable Screen Rate; or







 



	 	
(b)

	
if no Screen Rate is available for that period, the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the rates, as supplied to the Agent at its request, quoted by the Reference Bank to leading banks in the London Interbank Market,







 


as of 11 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for that period for the offering of deposits in the relevant currency and for a period comparable to that period;


 


"Loan" means the principal amount for the time being outstanding under this Agreement;


 


"Major Casualty" means, in relation to a Ship, any casualty to that Ship in respect of which the claim or the aggregate of the claims against all insurers, before adjustment for any relevant franchise or deductible, exceeds $1,000,000 or the equivalent in any other currency;


 


"Majority Lenders" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
before the Loan has been advanced, Lenders whose Commitments total 66.67 per cent. of the Total Commitments; and







 



	 	
(b)

	
after the Loan has been advanced, Lenders whose Contributions total 66.67 per cent. of the Loan;







 


"Management Agreement" means, in relation to each Ship, an agreement made or to be made between the Borrower who is the owner of such Ship and the Approved Manager in respect of the commercial and technical management of such Ship in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Manager's Undertaking" means, in relation to each Ship, a letter of undertaking executed or to be executed by the Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee in the Agreed Form agreeing certain matters in relation to the management of that Ship and subordinating the rights of the Approved Manager against that Ship and the Borrower which is the owner thereof to the rights of the Security Trustee under the Finance Documents and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Mandatory Cost" means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 6;


 


"Margin" means 2.90 per cent. per annum;


 



"Market Value" means, in relation to each Ship (and each other Fleet Vessel), the market value thereof determined in accordance with Clause 15.3;


 






  





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"Master Agreement" means the master agreement (on the 2002 ISDA (Multicurrency-Crossborder) form) in the Agreed Form made or to be made between (i) the Borrowers and (ii) the Swap Bank or (i) each Borrower and (ii) the Swap Bank and includes all Designated Transactions from time to time entered into and Confirmations from time to time exchanged under such master agreement;


 


"Master Agreement Assignment" means the assignment of the Master Agreement in the Agreed Form;


 


"Mortgage" means, in relation to a Ship, the first preferred Marshall Islands ship mortgage on that Ship in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Negotiation Period" has the meaning given in Clause 5.10;


 


"Notifying Lender" has the meaning given in Clause 23.1 or Clause 24.1 as the context requires;


 


"Payment Currency" has the meaning given in Clause 21.5; 


 


"Permitted Security Interests" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
Security Interests created by the Finance Documents;







 



	 	
(b)

	
liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice;







 



	 	
(c)

	
liens for salvage;







 



	 	
(d)

	
liens arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months' prepaid hire under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this Agreement;







 



	 	
(e)

	
liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading and any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of a Ship, provided such liens do not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue (unless the overdue amount is being contested by the relevant Borrower in good faith by appropriate steps) and subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 14.13(g);







 



	 	
(f)

	
any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any proceedings or arbitration as security for costs and expenses where the Borrower is actively prosecuting or defending such proceedings or arbitration in good faith; and







 



	 	
(g)

	
Security Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not overdue for payment or in respect of taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been made;]







 


"Pertinent Document" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
any Finance Document;







 



	 	
(b)

	
any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause 13 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;







 



	 	
(c)

	
any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document; and







 



	 	
(d)

	
any document which has been or is at any time sent by or to a Servicing Bank in contemplation of or in connection with any Finance Document or any policy, contract or document falling within paragraphs (b) or (c);











  





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"Pertinent Jurisdiction", in relation to a company, means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
England and Wales;







 



	 	
(b)

	
the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed;







 



	 	
(c)

	
a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or in which the company's central management and control is or has recently been exercised;







 



	 	
(d)

	
a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax;







 



	 	
(e)

	
a country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by, or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated, in which the company maintains a branch or permanent place of business, or in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be registered in order to ensure its validity or priority; and







 



	 	
(f)

	
a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as main or territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c);







 


"Pertinent Matter" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection with a Pertinent Document; or







 



	 	
(b)

	
any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling within paragraph (a),







 


and covers any such transaction, matter or statement, whether entered into, arising or made at any time before the signing of this Agreement or on or at any time after that signing;


 


"Potential Event of Default" means an event or circumstance which, with the giving of any notice, the lapse of time, a determination of the Lenders and/or the satisfaction of any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default;


 


"Prohibited Person" means any person (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of persons) against whom Sanctions are directed;


 


"Quotation Date" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined under any provision of a Finance Document, the day which is 2 Business Days before the first day of that period, unless market practice differs in the London Interbank Market for a currency, in which case the Quotation Date will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the London Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the London Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Date will be the last of those days);


 


"Reference Bank" means, subject to Clause 26.16, the London branch of Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch and any of its successors;


 


"Relevant Person" has the meaning given in Clause 19.9;


 


"Repayment Date" means a date on which a repayment is required to be made under Clause 8;






  





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"Requisition Compensation" includes all compensation or other moneys payable by reason of any act or event such as is referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Total Loss";


 


"Sanctions" means any sanctions, embargoes, freezing provisions, prohibitions or other restrictions relating to trading, doing business, investment, exporting, financing or making assets available (or other activities similar to or connected with any of the foregoing):


 



	 	
(a)

	
imposed by law or regulation of the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council;







 



	 	
(b)

	
imposed by CISADA; or







 



	 	
(c)

	
otherwise imposed by any law or regulation by which the Borrower is bound or, as regards a regulation, compliance with which is reasonable in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and for which a waiver or suspension has not been obtained;







 


"Screen Rate" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined under any provision of a Finance Document, the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period displayed on Reuters page LIBOR 01 or on any other appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders;


 


"Secured Liabilities" means all liabilities which the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor, the Security Parties or any of them have, at the date of this Agreement or at any later time or times, under or in connection with any Finance Document or any judgment relating to any Finance Document; and for this purpose, there shall be disregarded any total or partial discharge of these liabilities, or variation of their terms, which is effected by, or in connection with, any bankruptcy, liquidation, arrangement or other procedure under the insolvency laws of any country;


 


"Security Interest" means:


 



	 	
(a)

	
a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien or any other security interest of any kind;







 



	 	
(b)

	
the security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem; and







 



	 	
(c)

	
any arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to the position in which B would have been had he held a security interest over an asset of A; but this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution;







 


"Security Party" means the Corporate Guarantor, the Approved Manager and any other person (except a Creditor Party) who, as a surety or mortgagor, as a party to any subordination or priorities arrangement, or in any similar capacity, executes a document falling within the last paragraph of the definition of "Finance Documents";


 


"Security Period" means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date on which the Agent notifies the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties that:



 



	 	
(a)

	
all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrowers or any Security Party under the Finance Documents have been paid;







 






  





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(b)

	
no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any Finance Document;







 





	 	
(c)

	
neither a Borrower nor any Security Party has any future or contingent liability under Clause 20, 21 or 22 below or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and







 



	 	
(d)

	
the Agent, the Security Trustee and the Majority Lenders do not consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future bankruptcy of the Borrowers or a Security Party or in any present or possible future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document;







 


"Security Trustee" means Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch, acting in such capacity through its office at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5NB, England, or any successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust Deed;


 


"Servicing Bank" means the Agent or the Security Trustee;


 


"Shares Pledge" means, in relation to each Borrower, a deed creating security over the share capital of that Borrower in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;


 


"Ship A" means the 2012-built bulk carrier vessel of 98,704 deadweight currently registered in the ownership of Borrower A under the Marshall Islands flag under IMO No. 9598660 with the name of "POLYMNIA";


 


"Ship B" means the 2012-built bulk carrier vessel of 98,697 deadweight currently registered in the ownership of Borrower B under the Marshall Islands flag under IMO No. 9599157 with the name of "AMPHITRITE";


 


"Ships" means, together, Ship A and Ship B and, in the singular, means either of them;


 


"SMC" means a safety management certificate issued in respect of each Ship in accordance with Rule 13 of the ISM Code;


 


"Swap Bank" means Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch, acting in such capacity through its office at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5NB, England;


 


"Swap Exposure" means, as at any relevant date, the amount certified by the Swap Bank to the Agent to be the aggregate net amount in Dollars which would be payable by each Borrower to the Swap Bank under (and calculated in accordance with) section 6(e) (Payments on Early Termination) of the Master Agreement if an Early Termination Date had occurred on the relevant date in relation to all continuing Designated Transactions;


 


"Total Loss" means, in relation to a Ship:


 



	 	
(a)

	
actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship;







 



	 	
(b)

	
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding 1 year without any right to an extension) unless it is within 1 month redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning that Ship;











  





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(c)

	
any condemnation of the Ship by any tribunal or by any person or person claiming to be a tribunal; and







 



	 	
(d)

	
any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 1 month redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning the Ship;







 


"Total Loss Date" means, in relation to a Ship:


 



	 	
(a)

	
in the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard of;







 



	 	
(b)

	
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship, the earliest of:








 



	
 

	 	
(i)

	
the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and








 



	
 

	 	
(ii)

	
the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower owning the Ship with the Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total loss; and







  







	 	
(c)

	
in the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Agent that the event constituting the total loss occurred;







 


"Transaction" has the meaning given in the Master Agreement;


 


"Transfer Certificate" has the meaning given in Clause 26.2; and


 


"Trust Property" has the meaning given in clause 3.1 of the Agency and Trust Deed.


 



	
1.2

	
Construction of certain terms







 



	
  

	
In this Agreement:







 


"administration notice" means a notice appointing an administrator, a notice of intended appointment and any other notice which is required by law (generally or in the case concerned) to be filed with the court or given to a person prior to, or in connection with, the appointment of an administrator;


 


"approved" means, for the purposes of Clause 13, approved in writing by the Agent;


 


"asset" includes every kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future or contingent right to any revenues or other payment;


 


"company" includes any partnership, joint venture and unincorporated association;


 


"consent" includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration, notarisation and legalisation;


 


"contingent liability" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained;


 


"document" includes a deed; also a letter or fax;


 


"excess risks" means, in relation to a Ship, the proportion of claims for general average, salvage and salvage charges not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies in respect of the Ship in consequence of its insured value being less than the value at which the Ship is assessed for the purpose of such claims;






  





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"expense" means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable value added or other tax;


 


"law" includes any order or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international convention and any regulation or resolution of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security Council;


 


"legal or administrative action" means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any administrative or regulatory action or investigation;


 


"liability" includes every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or contingent), whether incurred as principal or surety or otherwise;


 


"months" shall be construed in accordance with Clause 1.3;


 


"obligatory insurances" means, in relation to a Ship, all insurances effected, or which the Borrower owning the Ship is obliged to effect, under Clause 13 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;


 


"parent company" has the meaning given in Clause 1.4;


 


"person" includes any company; any state, political sub-division of a state and local or municipal authority; and any international organisation;


 


"policy", in relation to any insurance, includes a slip, cover note, certificate of entry or other document evidencing the contract of insurance or its terms;


 


"protection and indemnity risks" means the usual risks covered by a protection and indemnity association managed in London, including pollution risks and the proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies by reason of the incorporation in them of clause 6 of the International Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/11/95) or clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/10/83) or the Institute Amended Running Down Clause (1/10/71) or any equivalent provision;


 


"regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (either having the force of law or compliance with which is reasonable in the ordinary course of business of the party concerned) whether or not having the force of law of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;


 


"subsidiary" has the meaning given in Clause 1.4;


 


"successor" includes any person who is entitled (by assignment, novation, merger or otherwise) to any person's rights under this Agreement or any other Finance Document (or any interest in those rights) or who, as administrator, liquidator or otherwise, is entitled to exercise those rights; and in particular references to a successor include a person to whom those rights (or any interest in those rights) are transferred or pass as a result of a merger, division, reconstruction or other reorganisation of it or any other person;


 


"tax" includes any present or future tax, duty, impost, levy or charge of any kind which is imposed by any state, any political sub-division of a state or any local or municipal authority (including any such imposed in connection with exchange controls), and any connected penalty, interest or fine; and


 


"war risks" includes the risk of mines and all risks excluded by clause 29 of the international Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 24 of the institute Time Clauses (Hulls)(1/11/95) or clause 23 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/10/83).






  





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1.3           Meaning of "month"


 


A period of one or more "months" ends on the day in the relevant calendar month numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which the period started ("the numerically corresponding day"), but:


 



	
(a)

	
on the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no later Business Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding day; or







 



	
(b)

	
on the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding day,







 


and "month" and "monthly" shall be construed accordingly.


 


1.4           Meaning of "subsidiary"


 


A company (S) is a subsidiary of another company (P) if:


 



	
(a)

	
a majority of the issued shares in S (or a majority of the issued shares in S which carry unlimited rights to capital and income distributions) are directly owned by P or are indirectly attributable to P; or







 



	
(b)

	
P has direct or indirect control over a majority of the voting rights attaching to the issued shares of S; or







 



	
(c)

	
P has the direct or indirect power to appoint or remove a majority of the directors of S; or







 



	
(d)

	
P otherwise has the direct or indirect power to ensure that the affairs of S are conducted in accordance with the wishes of P,







 


and any company of which S is a subsidiary is a parent company of S.


 



	
1.5

	
General Interpretation


 








	
  

	
In this Agreement:







 



	
(a)

	
references to, or to a provision of, a Finance Document or any other document are references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of this Agreement or otherwise;







 



	
(b)

	
references to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Agreement or otherwise;







 



	
(c)

	
words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and







 



	
(d)

	
Clauses 1.1 to 1.5 apply unless the contrary intention appears.







 


1.6           Headings


 


In interpreting a Finance Document or any provision of a Finance Document, all clause, sub-clause and other headings in that and any other Finance Document shall be entirely disregarded.


 


2              FACILITY


 


2.1           Amount of facility






  





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Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Lenders shall make available to the Borrowers, in one advance, a term loan facility of $20,000,000 for the purpose of financing part of the aggregate acquisition cost of the Ships.


 


2.2           Lenders' participations in the Loan


 


Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, each Lender shall participate in the Loan in the proportion which, as at the Drawdown Date, its Commitment bears to the Total Commitments.


 


2.3           Purpose of the Loan


 


The Borrowers undertake with each Creditor Party to use the Loan only for the purpose stated in the preamble to this Agreement.


 


3              POSITION OF THE LENDERS, THE SWAP AND THE MAJORITY LENDERS


 


3.1           Interests of Lenders and Swap Bank several


 


The rights of the Lenders and the Swap Bank under this Agreement and the Master Agreement are several; accordingly:


 



	
(a)

	
each Lender shall be entitled to sue for any amount which has become due and payable by the Borrowers to it under this Agreement; and







 



	
(b)

	
the Swap Bank shall be entitled to sue for any amount which has become due and payable by the Borrowers to it under the Master Agreement,







 


without joining the Agent, the Security Trustee, any other Lender and the Swap Bank as additional parties in the proceedings.


 


3.2           Proceedings by individual Lender or Swap Bank


 


However, without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders, no Lender nor the Swap Bank may bring proceedings in respect of:


 



	
(a)

	
any other liability or obligation of either Borrower or a Security Party under or connected with a Finance Document; or







 



	
(b)

	
any misrepresentation or breach of warranty by either Borrower or a Security Party in or connected with a Finance Document.







 


3.3           Obligations several


 


The obligations of the Lenders and the Swap Bank under this Agreement and of the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement are several; and a failure of a Lender or the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or of the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under the Master Agreement shall not result in:


 



	
(a)

	
the obligations of the other Lenders or (as the case may be) the Swap Bank being increased; nor







 



	
(b)

	
either Borrower, any Security Party or any other Creditor Party being discharged (in whole or in part) from its obligations under any Finance Document,







 


and in no circumstances shall a Lender or the Swap Bank have any responsibility for a failure of another Lender or the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Master Agreement.






  





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3.4           Parties bound by certain actions of Majority Lenders


 


Every Lender, the Swap Bank, each Borrower and each Security Party shall be bound by:


 



	
(a)

	
any determination made, or action taken, by the Majority Lenders under any provision of a Finance Document;







 



	
(b)

	
any instruction or authorisation given by the Majority Lenders to the Agent or the Security Trustee under or in connection with any Finance Document (subject always to Clause 27.2);







 



	
(c)

	
any action taken (or in good faith purportedly taken) by the Agent or the Security Trustee in accordance with such an instruction or authorisation.







 


3.5           Reliance on action of Agent


 


However, each Borrower and each Security Party:


 



	
(a)

	
shall be entitled to assume that the Majority Lenders have duly given any instruction or authorisation which, under any provision of a Finance Document, is required in relation to any action which the Agent has taken or is about to take; and







 



	
(b)

	
shall not be entitled to require any evidence that such an instruction or authorisation has been given.







 


3.6           Construction


 


In Clauses 3.4 and 3.5 references to action taken include (without limitation) the granting of


 


any waiver or consent, an approval of any document and an agreement to any matter.


 


4              DRAWDOWN


 


4.1           Request for the Loan


 


Subject to the following conditions, the Borrowers may request the Loan to be made by ensuring that the Agent receives a completed Drawdown Notice not later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) 3 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Agent may, in its absolute discretion, agree) prior to the intended Drawdown Date.


 


4.2           Availability


 


The conditions referred to in Clause 4.1 are that:


 



	
(a)

	
the Drawdown Date has to be a Business Day during the Availability Period;







 



	
(b)

	
the amount of the Loan shall not exceed $20,000,000;







 



	
(c)

	
the Loan shall be applied in financing part of the acquisition cost of each Ship; and







 



	
(d)

	
the amount of the Loan shall not exceed the Total Commitments.







 


4.3           Notification to Lenders of receipt of a Drawdown Notice


 


The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders that it has received a Drawdown Notice and shall inform each Lender of:


 



	
(a)

	
the amount of the Loan and the Drawdown Date;







 



	
(b)

	
the amount of that Lender's participation in the Loan; and











  





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(c)           the duration of the first Interest Period.


 


4.4           Drawdown Notice irrevocable


 


A Drawdown Notice must be signed by a director or an authorised representative of each Borrower; and once served, a Drawdown Notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Agent, acting on the authority of the Majority Lenders.


 


4.5           Lenders to make available Contributions


 


Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each Lender shall, on and with value on the Drawdown Date, make available to the Agent for the account of the Borrowers the amount due from that Lender on the Drawdown Date under Clause 2.2.


 


4.6           Disbursement of the Loan


 


Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Agent shall on the Drawdown Date pay to the Borrowers the amounts which the Agent receives from the Lenders under Clause 4.5; and that payment to the Borrowers shall be made:


 


(a)           to the account which the Borrowers specify in the Drawdown Notice; and


 


(b)           in the like funds as the Agent received the payments from the Lenders.


 


4.7           Disbursement of the Loan to third party


 


The payment by the Agent under Clause 4.6 shall constitute the making of the Loan and the Borrowers shall at that time become indebted, as principal and direct obligors, to each Lender in an amount equal to that Lender's Contribution.


 


5              INTEREST


 


5.1           Payment of normal interest


 


Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, interest on the Loan in respect of each Interest Period applicable thereto shall be paid by the Borrowers on the last day of that Interest Period.


 


5.2           Normal rate of interest


 


Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the rate of interest on the Loan in respect of an Interest Period shall be the aggregate of (i) the Margin, (ii) the Mandatory Cost (if any) and (iii) LIBOR for that Interest Period.


 


5.3           Payment of accrued interest


 


In the case of an Interest Period longer than 3 months, accrued interest shall be paid every 3 months during that Interest Period and on the last day of that Interest Period.


 


5.4           Notification of Interest Periods and rates of normal interest


 


The Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Lender of:


 


(a)           each rate of interest; and


 


(b)           the duration of each Interest Period as soon as reasonably practicable after each is determined.











  





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5.5           Obligation of Reference Bank to quote


 


The Reference Bank shall use all reasonable efforts to supply the quotation required of it for the purposes of fixing a rate of interest under this Agreement unless the Reference Bank ceases to be a Lender pursuant to Clause 26.16.


 


5.6           Absence of quotations by Reference Bank


 


If the Reference Bank fails to supply a quotation, the relevant rate of interest shall be set in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 5.


 


5.7           Market disruption


 


The following provisions of this Clause 5 apply if:


 



	
(a)

	
no Screen Rate is available for an Interest Period and the Reference Bank does not, before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date, provide quotations to the Agent in order to fix LIBOR; or







 



	
(b)

	
at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, a Lender with Contribution amounting to more than 33.3 per cent. of the Loan, may notify the Agent that LIBOR fixed by the Agent would not accurately reflect the cost to those Lenders of funding its respective Contribution (or any part of it) during the Interest Period in the London Interbank Market at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for the Interest Period; or







 



	
(c)

	
at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, the Agent is notified by a Lender (the "Affected Lender") that for any reason it is unable to obtain Dollars in the London Interbank Market in order to fund its Contribution (or any part of it) during the Interest Period.







 


5.8           Notification of market disruption


 


The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and each of the Lenders stating the circumstances falling within Clause 5.7 which have caused its notice to be given.


 


5.9           Suspension of drawdown


 


If the Agent's notice under Clause 5.8 is served before the Loan is made:


 



	
(a)

	
in a case falling within Clauses 5.7(a) or 5.7(b), the Lenders' obligations to make the Loan; and







 



	
(b)

	
in a case falling within Clause 5.7, the Affected Lender's obligation to participate in the Loan, shall be suspended while the circumstances referred to in the Agent's notice continue.







 


5.10        Negotiation of alternative rate of interest


 


If the Agent's notice under Clause 5.5 is served after the Loan is made, the Borrowers, the Agent, the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to agree, within 30 days after the date on which the Agent serves its notice under Clause 5.5 (the "Negotiation Period"), an alternative interest rate or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender to fund or continue to fund their or its Contribution during the Interest Period concerned.


 


5.11        Application of agreed alternative rate of interest






  





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Any alternative interest rate or an alternative basis which is agreed during the Negotiation Period shall take effect in accordance with the terms agreed.


 


5.12        Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement


 


If an alternative interest rate or alternative basis is not agreed within the Negotiation Period, and the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the Negotiation Period, then the Agent shall, with the agreement of each Lender or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender, set an interest period and interest rate representing the cost of funding of the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender in Dollars or in any available currency of their or its Contribution plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any); and the procedure provided for by this Clause 5.12 shall be repeated if the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the interest period so set by the Agent.


 


5.13        Notice of prepayment


 


If the Borrowers do not agree with an interest rate set by the Agent under Clause 5.12, the Borrowers may give the Agent not less than 15 Business Days' notice of their intention to prepay the Loan at the end of the interest period set by the Agent.


 


5.14        Prepayment; termination of Commitments


 


A notice under Clause 5.13 shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders or (as the case may require) the Affected Lender of the Borrowers' notice of intended prepayment; and:


 



	
(a)

	
on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Total Commitments or (as the case may require) the Commitment of the Affected Lender shall be cancelled; and







 



	
(b)

	
on the last Business Day of the interest period set by the Agent, the Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan or, as the case may be, the Affected Lender's Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any).







 


5.15        Application of prepayment


 


The provisions of Clause 8 shall apply in relation to the prepayment.


 


6              INTEREST PERIODS


 


6.1          Commencement of Interest Periods


 


The first Interest Period applicable to the Loan shall commence on the Drawdown Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall commence on the expiry of the preceding Interest Period.


 


6.2          Duration of normal Interest Periods


 


Subject to Clauses 6.3 and 6.4, each Interest Period shall be:


 



	
(a)

	
1 or 3 months as notified by the Borrowers to the Agent not later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) 5 Business Days (or such longer period as the Agent and the Borrowers may agree) before the commencement of the Interest Period; or







 



	
(b)

	
3 months, if the Borrowers fail to notify the Agent by the time specified in paragraph (a); or







 



	
(c)

	
such other period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, agree with the Borrowers.











  





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6.3          Duration of Interest Periods for repayment instalments


 


In respect of an amount due to be repaid under Clause 8 on a particular Repayment Date, an Interest Period shall end on that Repayment Date.


 


6.4          Non-availability of matching deposits for Interest Period selected


 


If, after the Borrowers have selected and the Lenders have agreed an Interest Period longer than 3 months, any Lender notifies the Agent by 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the third Business Day before the commencement of the Interest Period that it is not satisfied that deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the Interest Period will be available to it in the London Interbank Market when the Interest Period commences, the Interest Period shall be of 3 months.


 


7              DEFAULT INTEREST


 


7.1           Payment of default interest on overdue amounts


 


The Borrowers shall pay interest in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 7 on any amount payable by the Borrowers under any Finance Document which the Agent, the Security Trustee or the other designated payee does not receive on or before the relevant date, that is:


 



	
(a)

	
the date on which the Finance Documents provide that such amount is due for payment; or







 



	
(b)

	
if a Finance Document provides that such amount is payable on demand, the date on which the demand is served; or







 



	
(c)

	
if such amount has become immediately due and payable under Clause 19.4, the date on which it became immediately due and payable.







 


7.2           Default rate of interest


 


Interest shall accrue on an overdue amount from (and including) the relevant date until the date of actual payment (as well after as before judgment) at the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be 2 per cent. above:


 



	
(a)

	
in the case of an overdue amount of principal, the higher of the rates set out at Clauses 7.3(a) and (b); or







 



	
(b)

	
in the case of any other overdue amount, the rate set out at Clause 7.3(b).


 








	
7.3

	
Calculation of default rate of interest


 








	
  

	
The rates referred to in Clause 7.2 are:







 



	
(a)

	
the rate applicable to the overdue principal amount immediately prior to the relevant date (but only for any unexpired part of any then current Interest Period applicable to it); and







 



	
(b)

	
the aggregate of the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any) plus, in respect of successive periods of any duration (including at call) up to 3 months which the Agent may select from time to time:







 



	
  

	
(i)

	
LIBOR; or







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
if the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Bank) determines that Dollar deposits for any such period are not being made available to the Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business, a











  





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rate from time to time determined by the Agent by reference to the cost of funds to the Reference Bank from such other sources as the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Bank) may from time to time determine.









7.4           Notification of interest periods and default rates


 


The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrowers of each interest rate determined by the Agent under Clause 7.3 and of each period selected by the Agent for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that Clause; but this shall not be taken to imply that the Borrowers are liable to pay such interest only with effect from the date of the Agent's notification.


 


7.5           Payment of accrued default interest


 


Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, any interest due under this Clause shall be paid on the last day of the period by reference to which it was determined; and the payment shall be made to the Agent for the account of the Creditor Party to which the overdue amount is due.


 


7.6           Compounding of default interest


 


Any such interest which is not paid at the end of the period by reference to which it was determined shall thereupon be compounded.


 


7.7           Application to Master Agreement


 


For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 7 does not apply to any amount payable under the Master Agreement in respect of any continuing Designated Transaction as to which section 2(e) (Default Interest; Other Amounts) of the Master Agreement shall apply.


 


8              REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT


 


8.1           Amount of repayment instalments


 


The Borrowers shall repay the Loan by:


 



	
(a)

	
20 consecutive three-monthly instalments (the "Repayment Instalments" and each a "Repayment Instalment") of $312,500 each; and







 



	
(b)

	
a balloon instalment in the amount of $13,750,000 (the "Balloon Instalment").







 


8.2           Repayment Dates


 


The first Repayment Instalment for the Loan shall be repaid three months after the Drawdown Date (the "First Repayment Date"), each subsequent Repayment Instalment shall be repaid at three-monthly intervals thereafter and the last Repayment Instalment together with the Balloon Instalment shall be repaid on the fifth anniversary of the Drawdown Date.


 


8.3           Final Repayment Date


 


On the final Repayment Date, the Borrowers shall additionally pay to the Agent for the account of the Creditor Parties all other sums then accrued or owing under any Finance Document.


 


8.4           Voluntary prepayment







Subject to the following conditions, the Borrowers may prepay the whole or any part of the Loan on the last day of an Interest Period.
















  





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8.5           Conditions for voluntary prepayment


 


The conditions referred to in Clause 8.4 are that:


 



	
(a)

	
a partial prepayment shall be $250,000 or a higher integral multiple of $250,000;







 



	
(b)

	
the Agent has received from the Borrowers at least 7 days' prior written notice specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date on which the prepayment is to be made;







 



	
(c)

	
the Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory to the Agent that any consent required by either Borrower or any Security Party in connection with the prepayment has been obtained and remains in force, and that any regulation relevant to this Agreement which affects either Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with; and







 



	
(d)

	
the Borrowers have complied with Clause 8.12 on or prior to the date of prepayment.







 


8.6           Effect of notice of prepayment


 


A prepayment notice may not be withdrawn or amended without the consent of the Agent, given with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, and the amount specified in the prepayment notice shall become due and payable by the Borrowers on the date for prepayment specified in the prepayment notice.


 


8.7           Notification of notice of prepayment


 


The Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receiving a prepayment notice, and shall provide any Lender which so requests with a copy of any document delivered by the Borrowers under Clause 8.5(c).


 


8.8           Mandatory prepayment


 


The Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay the whole of the Relevant Amount if a Ship is sold or becomes a Total Loss:


 



	
(a)

	
in the case of a sale, on or before the date on which the Mortgage on that Ship is released; or







 



	
(b)

	
in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 180 days after the Total Loss Date and the date of receipt by the Security Trustee of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss.







 


In this Clause 8.8:


 


"Relevant Amount" means an amount equal to 50 per cent. of the Loan.


 


8.9           Amounts payable on prepayment


 


A prepayment shall be made together with accrued interest (and any other amount payable under Clause 21 or otherwise) in respect of the amount prepaid and, if the prepayment is not made on the last day of an Interest Period together with any sums payable under Clause 21.1(b) but without premium or penalty.


 


8.10        Application of partial prepayment


 


Each partial prepayment made pursuant to Clause 8.4 and 8.8 shall be applied pro rata against the then outstanding Repayment Instalments and the Balloon Instalment or in such other order as the Agent may, in its absolute discretion, determine.






  





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8.11        No reborrowing


 


No amount prepaid may be reborrowed.


 


8.12        Unwinding of Designated Transactions


 


On or prior to any repayment or prepayment of the Loan under this Clause 8 or any other provision of this Agreement, each Borrower shall wholly or partially reverse, offset, unwind or otherwise terminate one or more of the continuing Designated Transactions so that the notional principal amount of the continuing Designated Transactions thereafter remaining does not and will not in the future (taking into account the scheduled amortisation) exceed the amount of the Loan as reducing from time to time thereafter pursuant to Clause 8.1.


 


9              CONDITIONS PREDECENT


 


9.1           Documents, fees and no default


 


Each Lender's obligation to contribute to the Loan is subject to the following conditions precedent:


 


(a)           that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice, the Agent receives:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
the documents described in Part A of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
the arrangement fee referred to in Clause 20.1;







 



	
(b)

	
that, on the Drawdown Date but prior to the making of the Loan, the Agent receives or is satisfied that it will receive on the making of the Loan the documents described in Part B of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;







 



	
(c)

	
that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Date, the Agent receives payment of any expenses payable pursuant to Clause 20.2 which is due and payable on the Drawdown Date;







 




	
(d)

	that both at the date of the Drawdown Notice and at the Drawdown Date:





     





	
(i)

	
no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or would result from the borrowing of the Loan;







 



	
(ii)

	
the representations and warranties in Clause 10.1 and those of either Borrower or any Security Party which are set out in the other Finance Documents would be true and not misleading if repeated on each of those dates with reference to the circumstances then existing;







 



	
(iii)

	
none of the circumstances contemplated by Clause 5.7 has occurred and is continuing; and







 



	
(iv)

	
there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, state of affairs or prospects of any of the Borrowers (or either of them), the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party in the light of which the Agent considers that there is a significant risk that the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities under the Finance Documents to which it is a party as they fall due;







 



	
(e)

	
that, if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 were applied immediately following the making of the Loan, the Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause; and





















  





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(f)

	
that the Agent has received, and found to be acceptable to it, any further opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with the Finance Documents which the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, request by notice to the Borrowers prior to the Drawdown Date.












9.2          Waiver of conditions precedent


 


If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion, permit the Loan to be borrowed before certain of the conditions referred to in Clause 9.1 are satisfied, the Borrowers shall ensure that those conditions are satisfied within 5 Business Days after the Drawdown Date (or such longer period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, specify).


 


10           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


10.1        General


 


Each Borrower represents and warrants to each Creditor Party as follows.


 


10.2        Status


 


Each Borrower is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands.


 


10.3        Share capital and ownership


 


Each Borrower has an authorised share capital of Five hundred (500) registered shares with par value of $0,01 each and the legal title and beneficial ownership of all those shares is held, free of any Security Interest or other claim, by the Corporate Guarantor.


 


10.4        Corporate power


 


Each Borrower has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents necessary for it:


 



	
(a)

	
to register permanently the Ship owned by it in its name under the Approved Flag;







 



	
(b)

	
to execute the Finance Documents to which that Borrower is a party; and







 



	
(c)

	
to borrow under this Agreement, to enter into Designated Transactions under the Master Agreement and to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, those Finance Documents to which it is a party.







 


10.5        Consents in force


 


All the consents referred to in Clause 10.4 remain in force and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation.


 


10.6        Legal validity; effective Security Interests


 


The Finance Documents to which each Borrower is a party, do now or, as the case may be, will, upon execution and delivery (and, where applicable, registration as provided for in the Finance Documents):


 



	
(a)

	
constitute that Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against that Borrower in accordance with their respective terms; and







 



	
(b)

	
create legal, valid and binding Security Interests enforceable in accordance with their respective terms over all the assets to which they, by their terms, relate;
















  





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subject to any relevant insolvency laws affecting creditors' rights generally.


 


10.7        No third party Security Interests


 


Without limiting the generality of Clause 10.6, at the time of the execution and delivery of each Finance Document to which a Borrower is a party:


 



	
(a)

	
each Borrower which is a party to that Finance Document will have the right to create all the Security Interests which that Finance Document purports to create; and







 



	
(b)

	
no third party will have any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation to any asset to which any such Security Interest, by its terms, relates.







 


10.8        No conflicts


 


The execution by each Borrower of each Finance Document to which it is a party, and the borrowing by that Borrower of the Loan, and its compliance with each Finance Document to which it is a party will not involve or lead to a contravention of:


 



	
(a)

	
any law or regulation; or







 



	
(b)

	
the constitutional documents of that Borrower; or







 



	
(c)

	
any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on that Borrower or any of its assets.







 


10.9        No withholding taxes


 


All payments which each Borrower is liable to make under the Finance Documents to which it is a party may be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under any law of any Pertinent Jurisdiction.


 


10.10      No default


 


No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred.


 


10.11      Information


 


All information which has been provided in writing by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any Security Party to any Creditor Party in connection with any Finance Document satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.5; all audited and unaudited accounts which have been so provided satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.7; and there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or state of affairs of either Borrower from that disclosed in the latest of those accounts.


 


10.12      No litigation


 


No legal or administrative action involving any Borrower (including action relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code) has been commenced or taken or, to either Borrower's knowledge, is likely to be commenced or taken.


 


10.13      Validity and completeness of the Initial Charter


 



The Initial Charter constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Initial Charterer and Borrower B in accordance with its terms; and:









  





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(a)

	
the copy of the Initial Charter delivered to the Agent before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy; and







 



	
(b)

	
other than those amendments and additions to the initial Charter disclosed to the Agent before the date of this Agreement, no amendments or additions to the Initial Charter have been agreed nor has Borrower B or the Initial Charterer waived any of their respective rights under the Initial Charter.







 


10.14      Compliance with certain undertakings


 


At the date of this Agreement, the Borrowers are in compliance with Clauses 11.2, 11.4, 11.9 and 11.13.


 


10.15      Taxes paid


 


Each Borrower has paid all taxes applicable to, or imposed on or in relation to that Borrower, its business or the Ship owned by it.


 


10.16      ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance


 


All requirements of the ISM Code and the ISPS Code as they relate to the Borrowers, the Approved Manager and the Ships have been complied with.


 


10.17      No money laundering


 


Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 2.3, in relation to the borrowing by the Borrowers of the Loan, the performance and discharge of their obligations and liabilities under the Finance Documents, and the transactions and other arrangements affected or contemplated by the Finance Documents to which a Borrower is a party, the Borrowers confirm (1) that they are acting for their own account; (ii) that they will use the proceeds of the Loan for their own benefit, under their full responsibility and exclusively for the purposes specified in this Agreement; and (iii) that the foregoing will not involve or lead to a contravention of any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat "money laundering" (as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council).


 


10.18      No immunity


 


Neither Borrower, nor any of their assets are entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action or proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit attachment prior to judgement, execution or other enforcement).


 


10.19      Sanctions


 


As regards Sanctions:


 



	
(a)

	
neither Borrower is a Prohibited Person or is owned or controlled by, or acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Person and neither Borrower owns or controls a Prohibited Person; and







 



	
(b)

	
no proceeds of the Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person or otherwise shall be, directly or indirectly, applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanction.







 


11           GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS


 


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Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 11 at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.


 


11.2        Title; negative pledge


 


Each Borrower will:


 



	
(a)

	
hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in the Ship owned by it, the Insurances and Earnings, free from all Security Interests and other interests and rights of every kind, except for those created by the Finance Documents and the effect of assignments contained in the Finance Documents and except for Permitted Security Interests; and







 



	
(b)

	
not create or permit to arise any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) over any other asset, present or future (including, but not limited to, that Borrower's rights against the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement or all or any part of that Borrower's interest in any amount payable to that Borrower by the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement).







 


11.3        No disposal of assets


 


Neither Borrower will transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of:


 



	
(a)

	
all or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions, whether related or not; or







 



	
(b)

	
any debt payable to it or any other right (present, future or contingent right) to receive a payment, including any right to damages or compensation,







 


but paragraph (a) does not apply to any charter of a Ship as to which Clause 14.13 applies.


 


11.4        No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred


 


Neither Borrower will incur any liability or obligation except:


 



	
(a)

	
under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;







 



	
(b)

	
liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the ordinary course of owning, operating and chartering the Ship; and







 



	
(c)

	
in respect of the Designated Transactions.







 


11.5        Information provided to be accurate


 


All financial and other information which is provided in writing by or on behalf of a Borrower under or in connection with any Finance Document will be true and not misleading and will not omit any material fact or consideration.


 


11.6        Provision of financial statements


 


Each Borrower will send or procure that are to be sent to the Agent:


 


(a)           as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of each Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor the audited annual consolidated accounts for that Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor (commencing with the accounts for the year ending 31 December 2012);






  





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(b)

	
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December in each Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor the unaudited quarterly accounts (including, without limitation, updated details regarding balance sheets and cash flow statements) for that Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor (commencing with the accounts for the 3-month period ending 31 December 2012) certified as to their correctness by the chief financial officer of the Corporate Guarantor; and







 



	
(c)

	
promptly after a request by the Agent, such further financial or other information in respect of the Borrowers, the Ships, the Corporate Guarantor, the other Security Parties and the Group (including, but not limited to, charter arrangements, Financial Indebtedness, operating expenses) as the Agent may require.







 


11.7        Form of financial statements


 


All accounts delivered under Clause 11.6 will:


 



	
(a)

	
be prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and GAAP consistently applied;







 



	
(b)

	
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group at the date of those accounts and of its profit for the period to which those accounts relate; and







 



	
(c)

	
fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the Group.







 


11.8        Shareholder and creditor notices


 


Each Borrower will send the Agent, at the same time as they are despatched, copies of all communications which are despatched to that Borrower's shareholders or creditors or any class of them.


 


11.9        Consents


 


Each Borrower will maintain in force and promptly obtain or renew, and will promptly send certified copies to the Agent of, all consents required:


 



	
(a)

	
for that Borrower to perform its obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a party;







 



	
(b)

	
for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document to which it is a party; and


 








	
(c)

	
for that Borrower to continue to own and operate the Ship owned by it, and that Borrower will comply with the terms of all such consents. 







 


11.10      Maintenance of Security Interests


 


Each Borrower will:


 



	
(a)

	
at its own cost, do all that is necessary to ensure that any Finance Document to which it is a party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to create; and







 



	
(b)

	
without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), at its own cost, promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or authority in all Pertinent Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance Document, give any notice or take any other step which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is or has become necessary or desirable for any Finance Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which it creates.











  





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11.11     Notification of litigation


 


Each Borrower will provide the Agent with details of any legal or administrative action involving that Borrower, any Security Party, the Approved Manager or the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances as soon as such action is instituted or it becomes apparent to that Borrower that it is likely to be instituted, unless it is clear that the legal or administrative action cannot be considered material in the context of any Finance Document.


 


11.12     No amendment to Master Agreement


 


Neither Borrower will agree to any amendment or supplement to, or waive or fail to enforce, the Master Agreement or any of its provisions.


 


11.13     Principal place of business


 


Neither Borrower will establish, or do anything as a result of which it would be deemed to


 


have, a place of business in any country other than the Marshall Islands and Greece.


 


11.14     Confirmation of no default


 


Each Borrower will, within 2 Business Days after service by the Agent of a written request,


 


serve on the Agent a notice which is signed by 2 directors of that Borrower and which:


 



	
(a)

	
states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; or







 



	
(b)

	
states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, except for a specified event or matter, of which all material details are given.







 


The Agent may serve requests under this Clause 11.14 from time to time but only if asked to do so by a Lender or Lenders having Contributions exceeding 10 per cent. of the Loan or (if the Loan hasn't been drawn) Commitments exceeding 10 per cent of the Total Commitments; and this Clause 11.14 does not affect the Borrowers' obligations under Clause 11.15.


 


11.15     Notification of default


 


Each Borrower will notify the Agent as soon as that Borrower becomes aware of:


 



	
(a)

	
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or







 



	
(b)

	
any matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default may have occurred, and will keep the Agent fully up to date with all developments







 


11.16     Provision of further information


 


Each Borrower will, as soon as practicable after receiving the request, provide the Agent with any additional financial or other information relating:


 



	
(a)

	
to the Borrowers, the Group, the Corporate Guarantor, the Ships, the other Fleet Vessels, their Insurances or their Earnings (including, but not limited to, any sales or purchases of any Fleet Vessels, the incurrence of Financial Indebtedness by members of the Group, details of the employment of the Fleet Vessels) as the Agent may require; or







 



	
(b)

	
to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance Document,











  





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which may be requested by the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Swap Bank or any Lender at any time.


 


11.17     Provision of copies and translation of documents


 


Each Borrower will supply the Agent with a sufficient number of copies of the documents referred to above to provide 1 copy for each Creditor Party; and if the Agent so requires in respect of any of those documents, the Borrowers will provide a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent.


 



11.18     "Know your customer" checks 


 


If:




 



	
(a)

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







 



	
(b)

	
any change in the status of either Borrower or any Security Party after the date of this Agreement; or







 



	
(c)

	
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,







 


obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (c), any prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrowers shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or the Lender concerned supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or the Lender concerned (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c), on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, the Lender concerned or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c), any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.


 


11.19      No amendment to the Initial Charter


 


Each Borrower will ensure that the parties to the Initial Charter will not agree to any amendment or supplement to, or waive or fault to enforce, the Initial Charter or any of its provisions.


 


12           CORPORATE UNDERTAKINGS


 


12.1        General


 


Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 12 at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.


 


12.2        Maintenance of status


 


Each Borrower will maintain its separate corporate existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands.


 


12.3        Negative undertakings


 


Neither Borrower will:






  





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(a)

	
carry on any business other than the ownership, chartering and operation of the Ship owned by that Borrower; or







 



	
(b)

	
pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital if an Event of Default has occurred at the relevant time or an Event of Default will result from the payment of a dividend or the making of any other form of distribution; or







 



	
(c)

	
provide any form of credit or financial assistance to:








 



	
  

	
(i)

	
a person who is directly or indirectly interested in that Borrower's share or loan capital; or








 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
any company in or with which such a person is directly or indirectly interested or connected;











 


or enter into any transaction with or involving such a person or company on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to that Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms' length; or


 



	
(d)

	
save for the account opened by Borrower B with Duetsche Bank AG Finale Deutschlandgeschgt in Hamburg, open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Agent and the Security Trustee for the purposes of the Finance Documents; or







 



	
(e)

	
issue, allot or grant any person a right to any shares in its capital or repurchase or reduce its issued share capital; or







 


acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks, or enter into any transaction in a derivative other than the Designated Transactions; or


 


(g)           enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger or any form of reconstruction or reorganisation.


 


13           INSURANCE


 


13.1        General


 


Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 13 at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.


 


13.2        Maintenance of obligatory insurances


 


Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it insured at the expense of that Borrower against:


 



	
(a)

	
fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks);







 



	
(b)

	
war risks (including terrorism, piracy and confiscation);







 



	
(c)

	
protection and indemnity risks (other than loss of hire or political risks); and







 



	
(d)

	
any other risks against which the Security Trustee considers, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it would in the opinion of the Security Trustee be reasonable for that Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Security Trustee by notice to that Borrower.











  





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13.3        Terms of obligatory insurances


 


Each Borrower shall effect such insurances:


 



	
(a)

	
in Dollars;







 



	
(b)

	
in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, (including hull interest and freight interest) in such amount as shall from time to time be approved by the Security Trustee but in any event in an amount not less than the greater of (i) an amount which when aggregated with the insured value of the other Ship then subject to a Mortgage, 120 per cent of the aggregate of the Loan and (ii) the Market Value of the Ship owned by it;







 



	
(c)

	
in the case of hull and machinery policy at an agreed insured value (excluding hull interest and freight interest) in an amount of not less than the greater of (i) 80 per cent. of the Market Value of the Ship owned by it or (ii) an amount which when aggregated with the agreed insured values under all the other hull and machinery policies for the other Ship then subject to a Mortgage is not less than the principal amount of the Loan, Provided that the Borrowers are in compliance with their obligations under paragraph (b) above at all times;







 



	
(d)

	
in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity club entry and in the international marine insurance market;







 



	
(e)

	
in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full tonnage of the Ship;







 



	
(f)

	
on approved terms; and







 



	
(g)

	
through approved brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations.







 


13.4        Further protections for the Creditor Parties


 


In addition to the terms set out in Clause 13.3, each Borrower shall procure that the obligatory insurances effected by it shall:


 


(a)           subject always to paragraph (b), name that Borrower as the sole named assured unless the interest of every other named assured is limited:



 



	
  

	
(i)

	
in respect of any obligatory insuances for hull and machinery and war risks;









 



	
  

	 	
(A)

	
to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and









 



	
  

	 	
(B)

	
to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against it); and







 














	
  

	
(ii)

	
in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against it








 






and every other named assured has undertaken in writing to the Security Trustee (in such form as it requires) that any deductible shall be apportioned between that Borrower and every other named assured in proportion to the gross claims made or paid by each of them and that it shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances;






  





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(b)

	
whenever the Security Trustee requires, name (or be amended to name) the Security Trustee as additional named assured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Security Trustee, but without the Security Trustee thereby being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;







 



	
(c)

	
name the Security Trustee as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Security Trustee may specify;







 



	
(d)

	
provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Security Trustee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever;







 



	
(e)

	
provide that such obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party; and







 



	
(f)

	
provide that the Security Trustee may make proof of loss if that Borrower fails to do so.


 








	
13.5

	
Renewal of obligatory insurances


 








	
  

	
Each Borrower shall:







 



	
(a)

	
at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it:







         



	
  

	
(i)

	
notify the Security Trustee of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom that Borrower proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
obtain the Security Trustee's approval to the matters referred to in paragraph (i);







 



	
(b)

	
at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatoryinsurance in accordance with the Security Trustee's approval pursuant to paragraph (a); and







 



	
(c)   

	
 procure that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Security Trustee in writing of the terms each conditions of the renewal.







        


13.6        Copies of policies; letters of undertaking


 


Each Borrower shall ensure that all approved brokers provide the Security Trustee with pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew and of a letter or letters of undertaking in a form required by the Security Trustee and including undertakings by the approved brokers that:


 



	
(a)

	
they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 13.4;







 



	
(b)

	
they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Security Trustee in accordance with the said loss payable clause;







 



	
(c)

	
they will advise the Security Trustee immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances;







 



	
(d)

	
they will notify the Security Trustee, not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from that Borrower or its agents and, in the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Security Trustee of the terms of the instructions; and











  





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(e)           they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship owned by that Borrower under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of that Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts, and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts, and will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of that Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Security Trustee.


 


13.7        Copies of certificates of entry


 


Each Borrower shall ensure that any protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which the Ship owned by it is entered provides the Security Trustee with:


 



	
(a)

	
a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship owned by it;







 



	
(b)

	
a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Security Trustee; and







 



	
(c)

	
a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority in relation to that Ship.







 


13.8        Deposit of original policies


 


Each Borrower shall ensure that all policies relating to obligatory insurances effected by it are deposited with the approved brokers through which the insurances are effected or renewed.


 


13.9       Payment of premiums


 


Each Borrower shall punctually pay all premiums or other sums payable in respect of the obligatory insurances effected by it and produce all relevant receipts when so required by the Security Trustee.


 


13.10      Guarantees


 


Each Borrower shall ensure that any guarantees required by a protection and indemnity or war risks association are promptly issued and remain in full force and effect.


 


13.11      Restrictions on employment


 


Neither Borrower shall employ its Ship, nor shall permit it to be employed, outside the cover provided by any obligatory insurances.


 


13.12     Compliance with terms of insurances


 


Neither Borrower shall do nor omit to do (nor permit to be done or not to be done) any act or thing which would or might render any obligatory insurance invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable or render any sum payable under an obligatory insurance repayable in whole or in part; and, in particular:


 


(a)           each Borrower shall take ail necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in Clause 13.6(c)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Security Trustee has not given its prior approval;






  





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(b)

	
neither Borrower shall make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship owned by it approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances;







 



	
(c)

	
each Borrower shall make (and promptly supply copies to the Agent of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Ship owned by it is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation); and







 



	
(d)

	
neither Borrower shall employ the Ship owned by it, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory insurances, without first obtaining the consent of the insurers and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise) which the insurers specify.







 


13.13     Alteration to terms of insurances


 


Neither Borrower shall make nor agree to any alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance.


 


13.14     Settlement of claims


 


Neither Borrower shall settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty, and shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances.


 


13.15     Provision of copies of communications


 


Each Borrower shall provide the Security Trustee, at the time of each such communication, copies of all written communications between a Borrower and:


 



	
(a)

	
the approved brokers;







 



	
(b)

	
the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and







 



	
(c)

	
the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:








 



	
  

	
(i)

	
that Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and








 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
any credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances.







 






13.16      Provision of information


 


In addition, each Borrower shall promptly provide the Security Trustee (or any persons which it may designate) with any information which the Security Trustee (or any such designated person) requests for the purpose of:


 



	
(a)

	
obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or







 



	
(b)

	
effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 13.17 below or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances,











  





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and the Borrowers shall, forthwith upon demand, indemnify the Security Trustee in respect of all fees and other expenses incurred by or for the account of the Security Trustee in connection with any such report as is referred to in paragraph (a).


 


13.17     Mortgagee's interest insurances


 


The Security Trustee shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's interest marine insurance policy in such amounts, on such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Security Trustee may from time to time consider appropriate and each Borrower shall upon demand fully indemnify the Creditor Parties in respect of all premiums and other expenses which are incurred in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurance or dealing with, or considering, any matter arising out of any such insurance.


 


13.18     Review of insurance requirements


 


The Agent shall be entitled to review the requirements of this Clause 13 from time to time in order to take account of any changes in circumstances after the date of this Agreement which the Agent reasonably considers significant and capable of affecting the Borrowers, the Ships and their Insurances (including, without limitation, changes in the availability or the cost of insurance coverage or the risks to which each Borrower may be subject), and may appoint insurance consultants in relation to this review at the cost of that Borrower.


 


13.19     Modification of insurance requirements


 


The Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any proposed modification under Clause 13.18 to the requirements of this Clause 13 which the Agent reasonably considers appropriate in the circumstances, and such modification shall take effect on and from the date it is notified in writing to the relevant Borrower as an amendment to this Clause 13 and shall bind that Borrower accordingly.


 


13.20      Compliance with mortgagee's instructions


 


The Agent shall be entitled (without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights which it may have or acquire under any Finance Document) to require a Ship to remain at any safe port or to proceed to and remain at any safe port designated by the Agent until the Borrower owning that Ship implements any amendments to the terms of the obligatory insurances and any operational changes required as a result of a notice served under Clause 13.19.


 


14           SHIP COVENANTS


 


14.1        General


 


Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 14 at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, may otherwise permit.


 


14.2        Ship's name and registration


 


Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it registered in its name under an Approved Flag; shall not do, omit to do or allow to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be cancelled or imperilled; and shall not change the name or port of registry of the Ship owned by it.







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Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it in a good and safe condition and state of repair:


 



	
(a)

	
consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice;







 



	
(b)

	
so as to maintain the highest class free of overdue recommendations and conditions with a classification society which is a member of [ACS acceptable to the Agent; and







 



	
(c)

	
so as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels registered at ports in the applicable Approved Flag State or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to which that Ship may trade from time to time, including but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code.







 


14.4        Classification society undertaking


 


Each Borrower shall instruct the classification society referred to in Clause 14.3 (and procure that the classification society undertakes with the Security Trustee):


 


(a)           to send to the Security Trustee, following receipt of a written request from the Security


Trustee, certified true copies of all original class records held by the classification society in relation to its Ship;


 


(b)           to allow the Security Trustee (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect


 


the original class and related records of its Ship at the offices of the classification society and to take copies of them;


 


(c)           to notify the Security Trustee immediately in writing if the classification society:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
receives notification from that Borrower or any other person that its Ship's classification society is to be changed; or







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of that Ship's class under the rules or terms and conditions of that Borrower's or its Ship's membership of the classification society; and







 


(d)           following receipt of a written request from the Security Trustee:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
to confirm that a Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society and, without limiting the foregoing, that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the classification society; or







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
if a Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society, to specify to the Security Trustee in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the classification society.







 


14.5        Modification


 


Neither Borrower shall make any modification or repairs to, or replacement of, any Ship or equipment installed on it which would or might materially alter the structure, type or performance characteristics of that Ship or materially reduce its value.


 


14.6        Removal of parts


 


Neither Borrower shall remove any material part of any Ship, or any item of equipment installed on, any Ship unless the part or item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item removed, is free from any Security Interest or any right in favour of any person other than






  





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the Security Trustee and becomes on installation on the relevant Ship the property of the relevant Borrower and subject to the security constituted by the relevant Mortgage Provided that a Borrower may install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of damage to the Ship owned by it.


 


14.7        Surveys


 


Each Borrower shall submit the Ship owned by it regularly to all periodical or other surveys which may be required for classification purposes and, if so required by the Security Trustee provide the Security Trustee, with copies of all survey reports.


 


14.8        Inspection


 


Each Borrower shall permit the Security Trustee (by surveyors or other persons appointed by it for that purpose) to board the Ship owned by it at all reasonable times to inspect its condition or to satisfy themselves about proposed or executed repairs and shall afford all proper facilities for such inspections.


 


14.9        Prevention of and release from arrest


 


Each Borrower shall promptly discharge:


 



	
(a)

	
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances;







 



	
(b)

	
all taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances; and







 



	
(c)

	
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances,







 


and, forthwith upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship owned by it, or of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, that Borrower shall procure its release by providing bail or otherwise as the circumstances may require.


 



  14.10    Compliance with laws etc. 


 


Each Borrower shall:




 



	
(a)

	
comply, or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship owned by it, its ownership, operation and management or to the business of that Borrower;







 



	
(b)

	
not employ the Ship owned by it nor allow its employment in any manner contrary to any law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code; and







 



	
(c)

	
in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), not cause or permit the Ship owned by it to enter or trade to any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the Ship's war risks insurers unless the prior written consent of the Security Trustee has been given and that Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Security Trustee may require.







 


14.11      Provision of information


 


Each Borrower shall promptly provide the Security Trustee with any information which it requests regarding:


 
















  





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(a)

	
the Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements;







 



	
(b)

	
the Earnings and payments and amounts due to the master and crew of the Ship owned by it;







 



	
(c)

	
any expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship owned by it and any payments made in respect of that Ship;







 



	
(d)

	
any towages and salvages; and







 



	
(e)

	
its compliance, the Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of the Ship owned by it with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,







 


and, upon the Security Trustee's request, provide copies of any current charter relating to the Ship owned by it , of any current charter guarantee and copies of the Borrower's or the Approved Manager's Document of Compliance.


 


14.12      Notification of certain events


 


Each Borrower shall immediately notify the Security Trustee by fax, confirmed forthwith, by letter of:


 



	
(a)

	
any casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;







 



	
(b)

	
any occurrence as a result of which the Ship owned by it has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;







 



	
(c)

	
any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not immediately complied with;







 



	
(d)

	
any arrest or detention of the Ship owned by it, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on that Ship or its Earnings or any requisition of that Ship for hire;







 



	
(e)

	
any intended dry docking of the Ship owned by it;







 



	
(f)

	
any Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with the Ship owned by it, or any Environmental Incident;







 



	
(g)

	
any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower, the Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship owned by it; or







 



	
(h)

	
any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with,







 


and that Borrower shall keep the Security Trustee advised in writing on a regular basis and in such detail as the Security Trustee shall require of that Borrower's, the Approved Manager's or any other person's response to any of those events or matters.


 



14.13     Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. 


 


Neither Borrower shall, in relation to the Ship owned by it:




 



	
(a)

	
let that Ship on demise charter for any period;







 



	
(b)

	
other than the Initial Charter in the case of Borrower B, enter into any time or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship for a term which exceeds, or which by virtue of any optional extensions may exceed, 12 months;











  





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(c)

	
enter into any charter in relation to that Ship under which more than 2 months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance;







 



	
(d)

	
charter that Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm's length terms at the time when that Ship is fixed;







 



	
(e)

	
appoint a manager of that Ship other than the Approved Manager or agree to any alteration to the terms of the Approved Manager's appointment;







 



	
(f)

	
de activate or lay up that Ship; or







 



	
(g)

	
put that Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed 1,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Security Trustee and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on that Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason.







 


14.14     Notice of Mortgage


 


Each Borrower shall keep the relevant Mortgage registered against the Ship owned by it as a valid first priority or preferred mortgage, carry on board that Ship a certified copy of the relevant Mortgage and place and maintain in a conspicuous place in the navigation room and the Master's cabin of that Ship a framed printed notice stating that that Ship is mortgaged by that Borrower to the Security Trustee.


 



14.15     Sharing of Earnings 


 


Neither Borrower shall:




 



	
(a)

	
enter into any agreement or arrangement for the sharing of any Earnings;







 



	
(b)

	
enter into any agreement or arrangement for the postponement of any date on which any Earnings are due; and







 



	
(c)

	
the reduction of the amount of any Earnings or otherwise for the release or adverse alteration of any right of a Borrower to any Earnings.







 


14.16      ISPS Code


 


Each Borrower shall comply with the ISPS Code and in particular, without limitation, shall:


 



	
(a)

	
procure that the Ship owned by that Borrower and the company responsible for that Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code;







 



	
(b)

	
maintain for that Ship an ISSC; and







 



	
(c)

	
notify the Agent immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC.







 


14.17      Charterparty Assignment


 


if a Borrower enters into any Approved Charter (subject to obtaining the consent of the Agent in accordance with Clause 14.13(b)), that Borrower shall at the request of the Agent execute in favour of the Security Trustee (and register, if applicable) an Approved Charterparty Assignment and shall:






  





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(a)

	
serve notices of the Approved Charterparty Assignment on the Approved Charterer and procure that the Approved Charterer acknowledges such notice in such form as the Agent may approve or require; and







 



	
(b)

	
deliver to the Agent such other documents equivalent to those referred to at paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 3, Part A as the Agent may require.







 


15           SECURITY COVER


 


15.1        Minimum required security cover


 


Clause 15.2 applies if, at any relevant time during the Security Period, the Agent notifies the Borrowers that:


 



	
(a)

	
The aggregate of the Market Values of the Ships; plus


 








	
(b)

	
the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under this Clause 15, is below 125 per cent of the Loan.







 


15.2        Provision of additional security; prepayment


 


If the Agent serves a notice on the Borrowers under Clause 15.1, the Borrowers shall prepay such part at least of the Loan as will eliminate the shortfall on or before the date falling 1 month after the date on which the Agent's notice is served under Clause 15.1 (the "Prepayment Date") unless at least 1 Business Day before the Prepayment Date the Borrowers have provided additional security which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall and is documented in such terms as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, approve or require.


 


15.3        Valuation of Ships


 


The Market Value of a Ship (or any other Fleet Vessel) at any date during the Security Period is that shown by taking the arithmetic means of two valuations, each valuation to be prepared:


 


(a)           as at a date not more than 14 days previously;


 


(b)           an Approved Broker;


 



	
(c)

	
with or without physical inspection of the Ship (as the Agent may require);







 



	
(d)

	
on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract of employment; and







 



	
(e)

	
after deducting the estimated amount of the usual and reasonable expenses which would be incurred in connection with the sale







 


15.4        Value of additional vessel security


 


The net realisable value of any additional security which is provided under Clause 15.2 and which consists of a Security Interest over a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation complying with the requirements of Clause 15.3.


 


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Any valuation under Clause 15.2, 15.3 or 15.4 shall be binding and conclusive as regards the Borrowers, as shall be any valuation which the Majority Lenders make of any additional security which does not consist of or include a Security Interest.


 


15.6        Provision of information


 


The Borrowers shall promptly provide the Agent and the Approved Broker acting under Clause 15.3 or 15.4 with any information which the Agent or the Approved Broker may request for the purposes of the valuation; and, if the Borrowers fail to provide the information by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be made on any basis and assumptions which the Approved Broker or the Majority Lenders (or the expert appointed by them) consider prudent.


 


15.7        Payment of valuation expenses


 


Without prejudice to the generality of the Borrowers' obligations under Clauses 20.2, 20.3 and 21.3, the Borrowers shall, on demand, pay the Agent the amount of the fees and expenses of the Approved Broker instructed by the Agent under this Clause and all legal and other expenses incurred by any Creditor Party in connection with any matter arising out of this Clause.


 


15.8        Application of prepayment


 


Clause 8.10 shall apply in relation to any prepayment pursuant to Clause 15.1.


 


16           PAYMENTS AND CALCULATIONS


 


16.1        Currency and method of payments


 


All payments to be made by the Lenders or by either Borrower under a Finance Document shall be made to the Agent or to the Security Trustee, in the case of an amount payable to it:


 



	
(a)

	
by not later than 11.00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date;







 



	
(b)

	
in same day Dollar funds settled through the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or in such other Dollar funds and/or settled in such other manner as the Agent shall specify as being customary at the time for the settlement of international transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement);







 



	
(c)

	
in the case of an amount payable by a Lender to the Agent or by either Borrower to the Agent or any Lender, to the account of the Agent at JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, New York (SWIFT CODE: CHASUS33 (Account Nordea Bank Finland plc, London Branch Account No. 400807041, Swift Code: NDEAGB2L)), or to such other account with such other bank as the Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor Parties; and







 



	
(d)

	
in the case of an amount payable to the Security Trustee, to such account as it may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor Parties.







 


16.2        Payment on non-Business Day


 


If any payment by either Borrower under a Finance Document would otherwise fall due on a day which is not a Business Day:


 



	
(a)

	
the due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; or







 



	
(b)

	
if the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the due date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day,











  





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and interest shall be payable during any extension under paragraph (a) at the rate payable on the original due date.


 


16.3        Basis for calculation of periodic payments


 


All interest and commitment fee and any other payments under any Finance Document which are of an annual or periodic nature shall accrue from day to day and shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360 day year.


 


16.4        Distribution of payments to Creditor Parties


 


Subject to Clauses 16.5, 16.6 and 16.7:


 



	
(a)

	
any amount received by the Agent under a Finance Document for distribution or remittance to a Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee shall be made available by the Agent to that Lender, the Swap Bank or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee by payment, with funds having the same value as the funds received, to such account as the Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee may have notified to the Agent not less than 5 Business Days previously; and







 



	
(b)

	
amounts to be applied in satisfying amounts of a particular category which are due to the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank generally shall be distributed by the Agent to each Lender and the Swap Bank pro rata to the amount in that category which is due to it.







 


16.5        Permitted deductions by Agent


 


Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, the Agent may, before making an amount available to a Lender or the Swap Bank, deduct and withhold from that amount any sum which is then due and payable to the Agent from that Lender or the Swap Bank under any Finance Document or any sum which the Agent is then entitled under any Finance Document to require that Lender or the Swap Bank to pay on demand.


 


16.6        Agent only obliged to pay when monies received


 


Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, the Agent shall not be obliged to make available to either Borrower or any Lender or the Swap Bank any sum which the Agent is expecting to receive for remittance or distribution to that Borrower or that Lender or the Swap Bank until the Agent has satisfied itself that it has received that sum.


 


16.7        Refund to Agent of monies not received


 


If and to the extent that the Agent makes available a sum to a Borrower or a Lender or the Swap Bank, without first having received that sum, that Borrower or (as the case may be) the Lender or the Swap Bank concerned shall, on demand:


 



	
(a)

	
refund the sum in full to the Agent; and







 



	
(b)

	
pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify the Agent against any funding or other loss, liability or expense incurred by the Agent as a result of making the sum available before receiving it.







 


16.8        Agent may assume receipt


 


Clause 16.7 shall not affect any claim which the Agent has under the law of restitution, and applies irrespective of whether the Agent had any form of notice that it had not received the sum which it made available.






  





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16.9        Creditor Party accounts


 


Each Creditor Party shall maintain accounts showing the amounts owing to it by the Borrowers and each Security Party under the Finance Documents and all payments in respect of those amounts made by the Borrowers and any Security Party.


 


16.10     Agent's memorandum account


 


The Agent shall maintain a memorandum account showing the amounts advanced by the Lenders and all other sums owing to the Agent, the Security Trustee and each Lender from the Borrowers and each Security Party under the Finance Documents and all payments in respect of those amounts made by the Borrowers and any Security Party.


 


16.11      Accounts prima facie evidence


 


If any accounts maintained under Clauses 16.9 and 16.10 show an amount to be owing by a Borrower or a Security Party to a Creditor Party, those accounts shall be prima facie evidence that that amount is owing to that Creditor Party.


 


17           APPLICATION OF RECEIPTS


 


17.1        Normal order of application


 


Except as any Finance Document may otherwise provide, any sums which are received or recovered by any Creditor Party under or by virtue of any Finance Document shall be applied:


 


(a)           FIRST: in or towards satisfaction of any amounts then due and payable under the Finance Documents in the following order and proportions:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
first, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of all amounts then due and payable to the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents other than those amounts referred to at paragraphs (ii) and (iii) (including, but without limitation, all amounts payable by either Borrower under Clauses 20, 21 and 22 of this Agreement or by either Borrower or any Security Party under any corresponding or similar provision in any other Finance Document);







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
secondly, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of any and all amounts of interest or default interest payable to the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents (and, for this purpose, the expression "interest" shall include any net amount which either Borrower shall have become liable to pay or deliver under section 2(e) (Obligations) of the Master Agreement but shall have failed to pay or deliver to the Swap Bank at the time of application or distribution under this Clause 17); and







 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
thirdly, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of the Loan and the Swap Exposure (in the case of the latter, calculated as at the actual Early Termination Date applying to each particular Designated Transaction, or if no such Early Termination Date shall have occurred, calculated as if an Early Termination Date occurred on the date of application or distribution hereunder);







 


(b)           SECONDLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable under any Finance Document but which the Agent, by notice to either Borrower, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties, states in its opinion will either or may become due and payable in the future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards satisfaction of them in accordance with the provisions of Clause 17.1(a); and


 


(c)           THIRDLY: any surplus shall be paid to the Borrowers or to any other person appearing to be entitled to it.






  





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17.2        Variation of order of application


 


The Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders and the Swap Bank, by notice to the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties provide for a different manner of application from that set out in Clause 17.1 either as regards a specified sum or sums or as regards sums in a specified category or categories.


 


17.3        Notice of variation of order of application


 


The Agent may give notices under Clause 17.2 from time to time; and such a notice may be stated to apply not only to sums which may be received or recovered in the future, but also to any sum which has been received or recovered on or after the third Business Day before the date on which the notice is served.


 


17.4        Appropriation rights overridden


 


This Clause 17 and any notice which the Agent gives under Clause 17.2 shall override any right of appropriation possessed, and any appropriation made, by either Borrower or any Security Party.


 


18           APPLICATION OF EARNINGS


 


18.1        Payment of Earnings


 


Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to ensure that, throughout the Security Period (and subject only to the provisions of the General Assignments) all Earnings of the Ship owned by it are paid to the Earnings Account for that Ship.


 


18.2        Location of accounts


 


Each Borrower shall promptly:


 



	
(a)

	
comply with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re location of its Earnings Account; and







 



	
(b)

	
execute any documents which the Agent specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Security Trustee a Security Interest over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other rights in relation to) its Earnings Account.







 


18.3        Debits for expenses etc.


 


The Agent shall be entitled (but not obliged) from time to time to debit any Earnings Account without prior notice in order to discharge any amount due and payable under Clause 20 or 21 to a Creditor Party or payment of which any Creditor Party has become entitled to demand under Clause 20 or 21.


 


18.4        Borrowers' obligations unaffected


 


The provisions of this Clause 18 do not affect:


 



	
(a)

	
the liability of the Borrowers to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or







 



	
(b)

	
any other liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any Security Party under any Finance Document.












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Subject to the other terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the terms of this Clause 18), the monies on the Earnings Account shall be freely available to the Borrowers to be used in accordance with and in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement subject to no Event of Default having occurred.


 


19           EVENTS OF DEFAULT


 


19.1        Events of Default


 


An Event of Default occurs if:


 


(a)           either Borrower or any Security Party fails to pay when due or (if so payable) on demand any sum payable under a Finance Document or under any document relating to a Finance Document; or


 


(b)           any breach occurs of Clause 9.2, 10.18, 10.19, 11.2, 11.3, 11.9, 11.18, 11.19, 12.2, 12.3, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1, 15.2 and [12.4] of the Corporate Guarantee; or


 


(c)           any breach by either Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach covered by paragraphs (a) or (b)) which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is capable of remedy, and such default continues unremedied 10 days after written notice from the Agent requesting action to remedy the same; or


 


(d)           (subject to any applicable grace period specified in the Finance Document) any breach by either Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach falling within paragraphs (a), (b) or (c)); or


 


(e)           any representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by, or by an officer of, the Borrower or a Security Party in a Finance Document or in a Drawdown Notice or any other notice or document relating to a Finance Document is untrue or misleading when it is made or repeated; or


 


(f)            any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person (exceeding in aggregate, in the case of the Corporate Guarantor, $10,000,000 and, in the case of any other Relevant Person, $500,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency)):


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is not paid when due; or







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity date as a consequence of any event of default; or







 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
a lease, hire purchase agreement or charter creating any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is terminated by the lessor or owner or becomes capable of being terminated as a consequence of any termination event; or







 



	
  

	
(iv)

	
any overdraft, loan, note issuance, acceptance credit, letter of credit, guarantee, foreign exchange or other facility, or any swap or other derivative contract or transaction, relating to any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person ceases to be available or becomes capable of being terminated as a result of any event of default, or cash cover is required, or becomes capable of being required, in respect of such a facility as a result of any event of default; or







 



	
  

	
(v)

	
any Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes enforceable; or







 


(g)           any of the following occurs in relation to a Relevant Person:






  





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(i)

	
a Relevant Person becomes, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or








 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
any assets of a Relevant Person are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress in respect of a sum of, or sums aggregating, in the case of







 







	 	
  

	
(A)

	
the Corporate Guarantor, $10,000,000 or more or the equivalent in another currency; and







 



	 	
  

	
(B)

	
any other Relevant Person, $500,000 or more or the equivalent in another currency; or








 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
any administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Relevant Person; or









 



	
  

	
(iv)

	
an administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect of a Relevant Person; or









 



	
  

	
(v)

	
any formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect that a Relevant Person is insolvent or likely to become insolvent is made by a Relevant Person or by the directors of a Relevant Person or, in any proceedings, by a lawyer acting for a Relevant Person; or









 



	
  

	
(vi)

	
a provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of a Relevant Person, a winding up order is made in relation to a Relevant Person or a winding up resolution is passed by a Relevant Person; or









 



	
  

	
(vii)

	
a resolution is passed, an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by (aa) a Relevant Person, (bb) the members or directors of a Relevant Person, (cc) a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person, or (dd) a government minister or public or regulatory authority of a Pertinent Jurisdiction for or with a view to the winding up of that or another Relevant Person or the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of that or another Relevant Person, or that or another Relevant Person ceasing or suspending business operations or payments to creditors, save that this paragraph does not apply to a fully solvent winding up of a Relevant Person other than a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor which is, or is to be, effected for the purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction previously approved by the Majority Lenders and effected not later than 3 months after the commencement of the winding up; or









 



	
  

	
(viii)

	
an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by a creditor of a Relevant Person (other than a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person) for the winding up of a Relevant Person or the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of a Relevant Person in any Pertinent Jurisdiction, unless the proposed winding up, appointment of a provisional liquidator or administration is being contested in good faith, on substantial grounds and not with a view to some other insolvency law procedure being implemented instead and either (aa) the application or petition is dismissed or withdrawn within 30 days of being made or presented, or (bb) within 30 days of the administration notice being given or filed, or the other relevant steps being taken, other action is taken which will ensure that there will be no administration and (in both cases (aa) or (bb)) the Relevant Person will continue to carry on business in the ordinary way and without being the subject of any actual, interim or pending insolvency law procedure; or








 




























  





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(ix)

	
a Relevant Person or its directors take any steps (whether by making or presenting an application or petition to a court, or submitting or presenting a document setting out a proposal or proposed terms, or otherwise) with a view to obtaining, in relation to that or another Relevant Person, any form of moratorium, suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation of debt (or certain debt) or arrangement with all or a substantial proportion (by number or value) of creditors or of any class of them or any such moratorium, suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation or arrangement is effected by court order, by the filing of documents with a court, by means of a contract or in any other way at all; or







 



	
  

	
(x)

	
any meeting of the members or directors, or of any committee of the board or senior management, of a Relevant Person is held or summoned for the purpose of considering a resolution or proposal to authorise or take any action of a type described in paragraphs (iv) to (ix) or a step preparatory to such action, or (with or without such a meeting) the members, directors or such a committee resolve or agree that such an action or step should be taken or should be taken if certain conditions materialise or fail to materialise; or







 



	
  

	
(xi)

	
in a country other than England, any event occurs, any proceedings are opened or commenced or any step is taken which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders is similar to any of the foregoing; or







 


(h)           either Borrower ceases or suspends carrying on its business or a part of its business which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is material in the context of this Agreement; or


 


(i)            it becomes unlawful in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or impossible:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
for either Borrower, either corporate Guarantor or any Security Party to discharge any liability under a Finance Document or to comply with any other obligation which the Majority Lenders consider material under a Finance Document;







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
for the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Lenders or the Swap Bank to exercise or enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created by, a Finance Document; or







 


(j)            any official consent necessary to enable either Borrower to own, operate or charter the Ship owned by it or to enable either Borrower or any Security Party to comply with any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document is not granted, expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation or any condition of such a consent is not fulfilled; or


 


(k)           it appears to the Majority Lenders that, without their prior consent, a change has occurred or probably has occurred after the date of this Agreement in the ownership of any of the shares in a Borrower or the Approved Manager; or


 


(I)            any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable, or a Security Interest created by a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable or such a Security Interest proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, another Security Interest or any other third party claim or interest; or


 



	
(m)

	
the security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy; or







 



	
(n)

	
without the prior consent of the Lenders, the shares of the Corporate Guarantor cease to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange; or







 



	
(o)

	
an Event of Default (as defined in section 14 of the Master Agreement) occurs; or











  





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(p)

	
the Master Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason except with the consent of the Swap Bank; or







 



	
(q)

	
any other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including, without limitation:








 



	
  

	
(i)

	
a change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of any Relevant Person; or







 






	
  

	
(ii)

	
any accident or other event involving any Ship or another vessel owned, chartered or operated by a Relevant Person









 


in the light of which the Majority Lenders consider that there is a significant risk that either Borrower or Corporate Guarantor is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities under the Finance Documents as they fall due.


 


19.2        Actions following an Event of Default


 


On, or at any time after, the occurrence of an Event of Default:


 


(a)           the Agent may, and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent shall:




 



	
  

	
(i)

	
serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that all or part of the Commitments and of the other obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement are cancelled; and/or









 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that all or part of the Loan together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or owing under this Agreement are immediately due and payable or are due and payable on demand; and/or









 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
take any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (i) or (ii), the Agent and/or the Lenders are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law; and/or







    














(b)           the Security Trustee may, and if so instructed by the Agent, acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, the Security Trustee shall take any action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (a) (i) or (ii), the Security Trustee, the Agent and/or the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law.


 


19.3        Termination of Commitments


 


On the service of a notice under Clause 19.2(a)(i), the Commitments and all other obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be cancelled.


 


19.4        Acceleration of Loan


 


On the service of a notice under Clause 19.2(a)(ii), all or, as the case may be, the part of the Loan specified in the notice together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or owing from the Borrowers or any Security Party under this Agreement and every other Finance Document shall become immediately due and payable or, as the case may be, payable on demand.


 


19.5        Multiple notices; action without notice







The Agent may serve notices under Clauses 19.2(a)(i) and (ii) simultaneously or on different dates and it and/or the Security Trustee may take any action referred to in Clause 19.2 if no











  





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such notice is served or simultaneously with or at any time after the service of both or either of such notices.


 


19.6        Notification of Creditor Parties and Security Parties


 


The Agent shall send to each Lender, the Swap Bank, the Security Trustee and each Security Party a copy or the text of any notice which the Agent serves on the Borrowers under Clause 19.2; but the notice shall become effective when it is served on the Borrowers, and no failure or delay by the Agent to send a copy or the text of the notice to any other person shall invalidate the notice or provide either Borrower or any Security Party with any form of claim or defence.


 


19.7        Creditor Party's rights unimpaired


 


Nothing in this Clause shall be taken to impair or restrict the exercise of any right given to individual Lenders or the Swap Bank under a Finance Document or the general law; and, in particular, this Clause is without prejudice to Clause 3.1.


 


19.8        Exclusion of Creditor Party liability


 


No Creditor Party, and no receiver or manager appointed by the Security Trustee, shall have any liability to a Borrower or a Security Party:


 



	
(a)

	
for any loss caused by an exercise of rights under, or enforcement of a Security Interest created by, a Finance Document or by any failure or delay to exercise such a right or to enforce such a Security Interest; or







 



	
(b)

	
as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any income or principal amount which might have been produced by or realised from any asset comprised in such a Security Interest or for any reduction (however caused) in the value of such an asset,







 


except that this does not exempt a Creditor Party or a receiver or manager from liability for losses shown to have been directly and mainly caused by the dishonesty or the wilful misconduct of such Creditor Party's own officers and employees or (as the case may be) such receiver's or manager's own partners or employees and any other member of the Group.


 


19.9        Relevant Persons


 


In this Clause 19, a "Relevant Person" means a Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or a Security Party, and any company which is a subsidiary of the Corporate Guarantor or a Security Party and any other member of the Group but excluding any company which is dormant and the value of whose gross assets is $50,000 or less.


 


19.10      Interpretation


 


In Clause 19.1(f), references to an event of default or a termination event include any event, howsoever described, which is similar to an event of default in a facility agreement or a termination event in a finance lease; and in Clause 19.1(g), "petition" includes an application.


 


19.11      Position of Swap Bank


 


Neither the Agent nor the Security Trustee shall be obliged, in connection with any action taken or proposed to be taken under or pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Clause 19, to have any regard to the requirements of the Swap Bank except to the extent that the Swap Bank is also a Lender.






  





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20           FEES AND EXPENSES


 


20.1        Front-end fee


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the date of this Agreement, a non-refundable arrangement fee at the rate of one point twenty per cent. (1.20%) of the Total Commitments for distribution among the Lenders pro rata to their Commitments.


 


20.2        Costs of negotiation, preparation etc.


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on its demand the amount of all expenses incurred by the Agent or the Security Trustee in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution or registration of any Finance Document or any related document or with any transaction contemplated by a Finance Document or a related document.


 


20.3        Costs of variations, amendments, enforcement etc.


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the Agent's demand, for the account of the Creditor Party concerned, the amount of all expenses incurred by a Creditor Party in connection with:


 



	
(a)

	
any amendment or supplement to a Finance Document (required for the continuation of the availability of the Loan), or any proposal for such an amendment to be made;







 



	
(b)

	
any consent or waiver by the Lenders, the Swap Bank, the Majority Lenders or the Creditor Party concerned under or in connection with a Finance Document, or any request for such a consent or waiver;







 



	
(c)

	
the valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause 15 or any other matter relating to such security; or







 



	
(d)

	
where the Security Trustee, in its absolute opinion, considers that there has been a material change to the insurances in respect of a Ship, the review of the insurances of that Ship pursuant to Clause 13.18; and







 



	
(e)

	
any step taken by the Creditor party concerned or the Swap Bank with a view to the protection, exercise or enforcement of any right or Security Interest created by a Finance Document or for any similar purpose.







 


There shall be recoverable under paragraph (d) the full amount of all legal expenses, whether or not such as would be allowed under rules of court or any taxation or other procedure carried out under such rules.


 


20.4        Extraordinary management time


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on its demand compensation in respect of the reasonable and documented amount of time which the management of either Servicing Bank has spent in connection with a matter covered by Clause 20.3 and which exceeds the amount of time which would ordinarily be spent in the performance of the relevant Servicing Bank's routine functions. Any such compensation shall be based on such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Borrowers and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the relevant Servicing Bank.


 


20.5        Documentary taxes


 


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claims, expenses, liabilities and losses resulting from any failure or delay by the Borrowers to pay such a tax.


 


20.6        Financial Services Authority fees


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the Agent's demand, for the account of the Lender concerned the amounts which the Agent from time to time notifies the Borrowers that a Lender has notified the Agent to be necessary to compensate it for the cost attributable to its Contribution resulting from the imposition from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 and/or by the Bank of England and/or by the Financial Services Authority (or other United Kingdom governmental authorities or agencies) of a requirement to pay fees to the Financial Services Authority calculated by reference to liabilities used to fund its Contribution.


 


20.7        Certification of amounts


 


A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 20 and which indicates (without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is due.


 


21           INDEMNITIES


 


21.1        Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan


 


The Borrowers shall fully indemnify the Agent and each Lender on the Agent's demand and the Security Trustee on its demand in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are made or brought against or incurred by that Creditor Party, or which that Creditor Party reasonably and with due diligence estimates that it will incur, as a result of or in connection with:


 



	
(a)

	
the Loan not being borrowed on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice for any reason other than a default by the Lender claiming the indemnity;







 



	
(b)

	
the receipt or recovery of all or any part of the Loan or an overdue sum otherwise than on the last day of an Interest Period or other relevant period;







 



	
(c)

	
any failure (for whatever reason) by the Borrowers to make payment of any amount due under a Finance Document on the due date or, if so payable, on demand (after giving credit for any default interest paid by the Borrowers on the amount concerned under Clause 7); and







 



	
(d)

	
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and/or the acceleration of repayment of the Loan under Clause 19,







 


and in respect of any tax (other than tax on its overall net income) for which a Creditor Party is liable in connection with any amount paid or payable to that Creditor Party (whether for its own account or otherwise) under any Finance Document.


 


21.2        Breakage costs


 


Without limiting its generality, Clause 21.1 covers any claim, expense, liability or loss, including a loss of a prospective profit, incurred by a Lender:



 



	
(a)

	
in liquidating or employing deposits from third parties acquired or arranged to fund or maintain all or any part of its Contribution and/or any overdue amount (or an aggregate amount which includes its Contribution or any overdue amount); and


















  





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(b)

	
in terminating, or otherwise in connection with, any interest and/or currency swap or any other transaction entered into (whether with another legal entity or with another office or department of the Lender concerned) to hedge any exposure arising under this Agreement or that part which the Lender concerned determines is fairly attributable to this Agreement of the amount of the liabilities, expenses or losses (including losses of prospective profits) incurred by it in terminating, or otherwise in connection with, a number of transactions of which this Agreement is one.














21.3        Miscellaneous indemnities


 


The Borrowers shall fully indemnify each Creditor Party severally on their respective demands in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which may be made or brought against or incurred by a Creditor Party, in any country, as a result of or in connection with:


 



	
(a)

	
any action taken, or omitted or neglected to be taken, under or in connection with any Finance Document by the Agent, the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party or by any receiver appointed under a Finance Document; and







 



	
(b)

	
any other Pertinent Matter,







 


other than claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are shown to have been directly and mainly caused by the dishonesty or wilful misconduct of the officers or employees of the Creditor Party concerned.


 


Without prejudice to its generality, this Clause 21.3 covers any claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which arise, or are asserted, under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, the ISPS Code or any Environmental Law.


 


21.4        Environmental indemnity


 


Without prejudice to its generality, Clause 21.3 covers any claims, demands, proceedings, liabilities, taxes, losses or expenses of every kind which arise, or are asserted, under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, pollution or the protection of the environment, the ISM Code or the ISPS Code.


 


21.5        Currency indemnity


 


If any sum due from either Borrower or any Security Party to a Creditor Party under a Finance Document or under any order or judgment relating to a Finance Document has to be converted from the currency in which the Finance Document provided for the sum to be paid (the "Contractual Currency") into another currency (the "Payment Currency") for the purpose of:


 



	
(a)

	
making or lodging any claim or proof against either Borrower or any Security Party, whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise; or







 



	
(b)

	
obtaining an order or judgment from any court or other tribunal; or







 



	
(c)

	
enforcing any such order or judgment,







 


the Borrowers shall indemnify the Creditor Party concerned against the loss arising when the amount of the payment actually received by that Creditor Party is converted at the available rate of exchange into the Contractual Currency.


 


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receives the sum concerned to purchase the Contractual Currency with the Payment Currency.


 


This Clause 21.5 creates a separate liability of the Borrowers which is distinct from their other liabilities under the Finance Documents and which shall not be merged in any judgment or order relating to those other liabilities.


 


21.6        Application to Master Agreement


 


For the avoidance of doubt, Clause 21.4 does not apply in respect of sums due from a Borrower to the Swap Bank under or in connection with the Master Agreement as to which sums the provisions of section 8 (Contractual Currency) of the Master Agreement shall apply.


 


21.7        Certification of amounts


 


A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 21 and which indicates (without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is due.


 


21.8        Sums deemed due to a Lender


 


For the purposes of this Clause 21, a sum payable by the Borrowers to the Agent or the Security Trustee for distribution to a Lender shall be treated as a sum due to that Lender.


 


22           NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION


 


22.1        No deductions


 


All amounts due from the Borrowers under a Finance Document shall be paid:


 



	
(a)

	
without any form of set off, cross-claim or condition; and







 



	
(b)

	
free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which a Borrower is required by law to make.







 


22.2        Grossing-up for taxes


 


If a Borrower is required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:


 



	
(a)

	
that Borrower shall notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement;







 



	
(b)

	
that Borrower shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly, and in any event before any fine or penalty arises; and







 



	
(c)

	
the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that each Creditor Party receives and retains (free from any liability relating to the tax deduction) a net amount which, after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which it would otherwise have received.







 


22.3        Evidence of payment of taxes


 


Within 1 month after making any tax deduction, the Borrower concerned shall deliver to the Agent documentary evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the tax had been paid to the appropriate taxation authority.






  





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22.4        Exclusion of tax on overall net income


 


In this Clause 22 "tax deduction" means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax except tax on a Creditor Party's overall net income.


 


22.5        Application to Master Agreement


 


For the avoidance of doubt, Clause 22 does not apply in respect of sums due from a Borrower to the Swap Bank under or in connection with the Master Agreement as to which sums the provisions of section 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax) of the Master Agreement shall apply.


 


23           ILLEGALITY, ETC.


 


23.1        Illegality


 


This Clause 23 applies if a Lender (the "Notifying Lender") notifies the Agent that it has become, or will with effect from a specified date, become:


 



	
(a)

	
unlawful or prohibited as a result of the introduction of a new law, an amendment to an existing law or a change in the manner in which an existing law is or will be interpreted or applied; or







 



	
(b)

	
contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation,







 


for the Notifying Lender to maintain or give effect to any of its obligations under this Agreement in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.


 


23.2        Notification of illegality


 


The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security Trustee and the other Lenders of the notice under Clause 23.1 which the Agent receives from the Notifying Lender.


 


23.3        Prepayment; termination of Commitment


 


On the Agent notifying the Borrowers under Clause 23.2, the Notifying Lender's Commitment shall terminate; and thereupon or, if later, on the date specified in the Notifying Lender's notice under Clause 23.1 as the date on which the notified event would become effective the Borrowers shall prepay the Notifying Lender's Contribution in accordance with Clause 8.


 


23.4        Mitigation


 


If circumstances arise which would result in a notification under Clause 23.1 then, without in any way limiting the rights of the Notifying Lender under Clause 23.3, the Notifying Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to transfer its obligations, liabilities and rights under this Agreement and the Finance Documents to another office or financial institution not affected by the circumstances but the Notifying Lender shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in its opinion, to do would or might:


 



	
(a)

	
have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or







 



	
(b)

	
involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or







 



	
(c)

	
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24           INCREASED COSTS


 


24.1        Increased costs


 


This Clause 24 applies if a Lender (the "Notifying Lender") notifies the Agent that the Notifying Lender considers that as a result of:


 



	
(a)

	
the introduction or alteration after the date of this Agreement of a law or an alteration after the date of this Agreement in the manner in which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Agreement of a tax on the Lender's overall net income); or







 



	
(b)

	
complying with any regulation (including any which relates to capital adequacy or liquidity controls or which affects the manner in which the Notifying Lender allocates capital resources to its obligations under this Agreement) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or application of which is altered, after the date of this Agreement,







 


the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) has incurred or will incur an "increased cost".


 


24.2        Meaning of "increased costs"


 


In this Clause 24, "increased costs" means, in relation to a Notifying Lender:


 



	
(a)

	
an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the Notifying Lender having entered into, or being a party to, this Agreement or a Transfer Certificate, of funding or maintaining its Commitment or Contribution or performing its obligations under this Agreement, or of having outstanding all or any part of its Contribution or other unpaid sums;







 



	
(b)

	
a reduction in the amount of any payment to the Notifying Lender under this Agreement or in the effective return which such a payment represents to the Notifying Lender or on its capital;







 



	
(c)

	
an additional or increased cost of funding all or maintaining all or any of the advances comprised in a class of advances formed by or including the Notifying Lender's Contribution or (as the case may require) the proportion of that cost attributable to the Contribution; or







 



	
(d)

	
a liability to make a payment, or a return foregone, which is calculated by reference to any amounts received or receivable by the Notifying Lender under this Agreement,







 


but not an item attributable to a change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) or an item covered by the indemnity for tax in Clause 21.1 or by Clause 22 or an item arising directly out of the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004, in the form existing on the date of this Agreement ("Basel II") or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Creditor Party or any of its affiliates).


 


For the purposes of this Clause 24.2 the Notifying Lender may in good faith allocate or spread costs and/or losses among its assets and liabilities (or any class of its assets and liabilities) on such basis as it considers appropriate.


 


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The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Security Parties of the notice which the Agent received from the Notifying Lender under Clause 24.1.


 


24.4        Payment of increased costs


 


The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the Agent's demand, for the account of the Notifying Lender the amounts which the Agent from time to time notifies the Borrowers that the Notifying Lender has specified to be necessary to compensate the Notifying Lender for the increased cost.


 


24.5        Notice of prepayment


 


If the Borrowers are not willing to continue to compensate the Notifying Lender for the increased cost under Clause 24.4, the Borrowers may give the Agent not less than 14 days' notice of its intention to prepay the Notifying Lender's Contribution at the end of an Interest Period.


 


24.6        Prepayment; termination of Commitment


 


A notice under Clause 24.5 shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Notifying Lender of the Borrowers' notice of intended prepayment; and:


 



	
(a)

	
on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Commitment of the Notifying Lender shall be cancelled; and







 



	
(b)

	
on the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Notifying Lender's Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any).







 


24.7        Application of prepayment


 


Clause 8 shall apply in relation to the prepayment.


 


25           SET OFF


 


25.1        Application of credit balances


 


Each Creditor Party may without prior notice:


 



	
(a)

	
apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of a Borrower at any office in any country of that Creditor Party in or towards satisfaction of any sum then due from that Borrower to that Creditor Party under any of the Finance Documents; and







 



	
(b)

	
for that purpose:







 



	
  

	
(i)

	
break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of that Borrower;







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and







 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Creditor Party concerned considers appropriate.







 


25.2        Existing rights unaffected


 


No Creditor Party shall be obliged to exercise any of its rights under Clause 25.1; and those rights shall be without prejudice and in addition to any right of set off, combination of






  





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accounts, charge, lien or other right or remedy to which a Creditor Party is entitled (whether under the general law or any document).


 


25.3        Sums deemed due to a Lender


 


For the purposes of this Clause 25, a sum payable by the Borrowers to the Agent or the Security Trustee for distribution to, or for the account of, a Lender shall be treated as a sum due to that Lender; and each Lender's proportion of a sum so payable for distribution to, or for the account of, the Lenders shall be treated as a sum due to such Lender.


 


25.4        No Security Interest


 


This Clause 25 gives the Creditor Parties a contractual right of set-off only, and does not create any equitable charge or other Security Interest over any credit balance of either Borrower.


 


26           TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN LENDING OFFICES


 


26.1        Transfer by Borrowers


 


Neither Borrower may, without the consent of the Agent, given on the instructions of all the Lenders transfer any of its rights, liabilities or obligations under any Finance Document.


 


26.2        Transfer by a Lender


 


Subject to Clause 26.4, a Lender (the "Transferor Lender") may at any time, without needing the consent of the Borrowers or any Security Party, cause:


 



	
(a)

	
its rights in respect of all or part of its Contribution; or







 



	
(b)

	
its obligations in respect of all or part of its Commitment; or







 



	
(c)

	
a combination of (a) and (b),







 


to be (in the case of its rights) transferred to, or (in the case of its obligations) assumed by, another bank or financial institution or a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (a "Transferee Lender") by delivering to the Agent a completed certificate in the form set out in Schedule 4 with any modifications approved or required by the Agent (a "Transfer Certificate") executed by the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender.


 


However any rights and obligations of the Transferor Lender in its capacity as Agent or Security Trustee will have to be dealt with separately in accordance with the Agency and Trust Deed.


 


26.3        Transfer Certificate, delivery and notification


 


As soon as reasonably practicable after a Transfer Certificate is delivered to the Agent, it shall (unless it has reason to believe that the Transfer Certificate may be defective):


 



	
(a)

	
sign the Transfer Certificate on behalf of itself, the Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security Trustee, each of the other Lenders and the Swap Bank;







 



	
(b)

	
on behalf of the Transferee Lender, send to each Borrower and each Security Party letters or faxes notifying them of the Transfer Certificate and attaching a copy of it; and







 



	
(c)

	
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but the Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to that Transferee Lender.


 


26.4        Effective Date of Transfer Certificate


 


A Transfer Certificate becomes effective on the date, if any, specified in the Transfer Certificate as its effective date, Provided that it is signed by the Agent under Clause 26.3 on or before that date.


 


26.5        No transfer without Transfer Certificate


 


Except as provided in Clause 26.17, no assignment or transfer of any right or obligation of a Lender under any Finance Document is binding on, or effective in relation to, either Borrower, any Security Party, the Agent or the Security Trustee unless it is effected, evidenced or perfected by a Transfer Certificate.


 


26.6        Lender re-organisation; waiver of Transfer Certificate


 


However, if a Lender enters into any merger, de-merger or other reorganisation as a result of which all its rights or obligations vest in another person (the "successor"), the Agent may, if it sees fit, by notice to the successor and the Borrowers and the Security Trustee waive the need for the execution and delivery of a Transfer Certificate; and, upon service of the Agent's notice, the successor shall become a Lender with the same Commitment and Contribution as were held by the predecessor Lender.


 


26.7        Effect of Transfer Certificate


 


A Transfer Certificate takes effect in accordance with English law as follows:


 



	
(a)

	
to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate, all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Transferor Lender has under or by virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the Transferee Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Transferor Lender's title and of any rights or equities which either Borrower or any Security Party had against the Transferor Lender;







 



	
(b)

	
the Transferor Lender's Commitment is discharged to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate;







 



	
(c)

	
the Transferee Lender becomes a Lender with the Contribution previously held by the Transferor Lender and a Commitment of an amount specified in the Transfer Certificate;







 



	
(d)

	
the Transferee Lender becomes bound by all the provisions of the Finance Documents which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including those about pro rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and the indemnification of, the Agent and the Security Trustee and, to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes bound by those provisions (other than those relating to exclusion of liability), the Transferor Lender ceases to be bound by them;







 



	
(e)

	
any part of the Loan which the Transferee Lender advances after the Transfer Certificate's effective date ranks in point of priority and security in the same way as it would have ranked had it been advanced by the transferor, assuming that any defects in the transferor's title and any rights or equities of either Borrower or any Security Party against the Transferor Lender had not existed;







 



	
(f)

	
the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to all the rights under the Finance Documents which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including but not limited to those relating to the







 











  





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Majority Lenders and those under Clause 5.7 and Clause 20, and to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to such rights, the Transferor Lender ceases to be entitled to them; and











 






	
(g)

	
in respect of any breach of a warranty, undertaking, condition or other provision of a Finance Document or any misrepresentation made in or in connection with a Finance Document, the Transferee Lender shall be entitled to recover damages by reference to the loss incurred by it as a result of the breach or misrepresentation, irrespective of whether the original Lender would have incurred a loss of that kind or amount.







 




The rights and equities of either Borrower or any Security Party referred to above include, but are not limited to, any right of set off and any other kind of cross claim.


 


26.8        Maintenance of register of Lenders


 


During the Security Period the Agent shall maintain a register in which it shall record the name, Commitment, Contribution and administrative details (including the lending office) from time to time of each Lender holding a Transfer Certificate and the effective date (in accordance with Clause 26.4) of the Transfer Certificate; and the Agent shall make the register available for inspection by any Lender, the Security Trustee and the Borrowers during normal banking hours, subject to receiving at least 3 Business Days' prior notice.


 


26.9        Reliance on register of Lenders


 


The entries on that register shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive in determining the identities of the Lenders and the amounts of their Commitments and Contributions and the effective dates of Transfer Certificates and may be relied upon by the Agent and the other parties to the Finance Documents for all purposes relating to the Finance Documents.


 


26.10      Authorisation of Agent to sign Transfer Certificates


 


Each Borrower, the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank irrevocably authorise the Agent to sign Transfer Certificates on its behalf.


 


26.11      Registration fee


 


In respect of any Transfer Certificate, the Agent shall be entitled to recover a registration fee of $3,000 from the Transferor Lender or (at the Agent's option) the Transferee Lender.


 


26.12      Sub-participation; subrogation assignment


 


A Lender may sub participate all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under or in connection with the Finance Documents without the consent of, or any notice to, either Borrower, any Security Party, the Agent or the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party; and the Lenders may assign, in any manner and terms agreed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent and the Security Trustee, all or any part of those rights to an insurer or surety who has become subrogated to them.


 


26.13      Disclosure of information


 


A Lender may disclose to a potential Transferee Lender or sub participant any information which the Lender has received in relation to either Borrower, any Security Party or their affairs under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless the information is clearly of a confidential nature.


 


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A Lender may change its lending office by giving notice to the Agent and the change shall become effective on the later of:


 



	
(a)

	
the date on which the Agent receives the notice; and







 



	
(b)

	
the date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will come into effect. 







 


26.15 Notification


 


On receiving such a notice, the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Security Trustee; and, until the Agent receives such a notice, it shall be entitled to assume that a Lender is acting through the lending office of which the Agent last had notice.


 


26.16      Replacement of the Reference Bank


 


If the Reference Bank ceases to be a Lender or is unable on a continuing basis to supply quotations for the purposes of Clause 5 then, unless the Borrowers, the Agent and the Majority Lenders otherwise agree, the Agent, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, and after consulting the Borrowers, shall appoint another bank (whether or not a Lender) to be a replacement Reference Bank; and, when that appointment comes into effect, the first mentioned Reference Bank's appointment shall cease to be effective.


 


26.17      Security over Lenders' rights


 


In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 26, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from either Borrower or any Security Party, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create a Security Interest in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:


 



	
(a)

	
any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and







 



	
(b)

	
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,







 


except that no such charge, assignment or Security Interest shall:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
require any payments to be made by either Borrower or any Security Party or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.







 


27           VARIATIONS AND WAIVERS


 


27.1        Variations, waivers etc. by Majority Lenders


 


Subject to Clause 27.2, a document shall be effective to vary, waive, suspend or limit any provision of a Finance Document, or any Creditor Party's rights or remedies under such a provision or the general law, only if the document is signed, or specifically agreed to by fax, by the Borrowers, by the Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders, by the Agent and the Security Trustee in their own rights, and, if the document relates to a Finance Document to which a Security Party is party, by that Security Party.






  





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27.2        Variations, waivers etc. requiring agreement of all Lenders.


 


However, as regards the following, Clause 27.1 applies as if the words "by the Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders" were replaced by the words "by or on behalf of every Lender and the Swap Bank":


 



	
(a)

	
a reduction in the Margin;







 



	
(b)

	
a postponement to the date for, or a reduction in the amount of, any payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under this Agreement;







 



	
(c)

	
an increase in any Lender's Commitment;







 



	
(d)

	
a change to the definition of "Majority Lenders";







 



	
(e)

	
a change to Clause 3 or this Clause 27;







 



	
(f)

	
any release of, or material variation to, a Security Interest, guarantee, indemnity or subordination arrangement set out in a Finance Document; and







 



	
(g)

	
any other change or matter as regards which this Agreement or another Finance Document expressly provides that each Lender's consent is required.







 


27.3        Exclusion of other or implied variations


 


Except for a document which satisfies the requirements of Clauses 27.1 and 27.2 no document, and no act, course of conduct, failure or neglect to act, delay or acquiescence on the part of the Creditor Parties or any of them (or any person acting on behalf of any of them) shall result in the Creditor Parties or any of them (or any person acting on behalf of any of them) being taken to have varied, waived, suspended or limited, or being precluded (permanently or temporarily) from enforcing, relying on or exercising:


 



	
(a)

	
a provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; or







 



	
(b)

	
an Event of Default; or







 



	
(c)

	
a breach by a Borrower or a Security Party of an obligation under a Finance Document or the general law; or







 



	
(d)

	
any right or remedy conferred by any Finance Document or by the general law,







 


and there shall not be implied into any Finance Document any term or condition requiring any such provision to be enforced, or such right or remedy to be exercised, within a certain or reasonable time.


 


28           NOTICES


 


28.1        General


 


Unless otherwise specifically provided, any notice under or in connection with any Finance Document shall be given by letter or fax and references in the Finance Documents to written notices, notices in writing and notices signed by particular persons shall be construed accordingly.


 


28.2        Addresses for communications


 


A notice by letter or fax shall be sent:






  





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(a)  to the Borrowers:

	
c/o Approved Manager


16 Pendelis Street


175 64 Paleo Fa liro


Athens


Greece


Fax No: +30 210 9470101


 


	
(b)  to the Lender:

	
At the address below its name in Schedule 1 or (as the case may 


require) in the relevant Transfer Certificate.


 


	
(c)  to the Agent:

	
Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch


City Place House


55 Basinghall Street


London EC2V 5NB


England


 


Fax No: + 44 (0) 20 7726 9188


 


	
(d)  to the Security Trustee:

	
Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch


City Place House 


55 Basinghall Street 


London EC2V 5NB 


England


 


Fax No: + 44 (0) 20 7726 9188


 


	
(e)  to the Swap Bank:

	
Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch


City Place House 


55 Basinghall Street 


London EC2V 5NB 


England


 


Fax No: + 44 (0) 20 7726 9188


 







or to such other address as the relevant party may notify the Agent or, if the relevant party is the Agent or the Security Trustee, the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Swap Bank and the Security Parties.


 


28.3        Effective date of notices


 


Subject to Clauses 28.4 and 28.5:


 



	
(a)

	
a notice which is delivered personally or posted shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, at the time when it is delivered; and







 



	
(b)

	
a notice which is sent by fax shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, 2 hours after its transmission is completed.







 


28.4        Service outside business hours


 


However, if under Clause 28.3 a notice would be deemed to be served:


 



	
(a)

	
on a day which is not a business day in the place of receipt; or







 



	
(b)

	
on such a business day, but after 5 p.m. local time,







 


the notice shall (subject to Clause 28.5) be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, at 9 a.m. on the next day which is such a business day.






  





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28.5        Illegible notices


 


Clauses 28.3 and 28.4 do not apply if the recipient of a notice notifies the sender within 1. hour after the time at which the notice would otherwise be deemed to be served that the notice has been received in a form which is illegible in a material respect.


 


28.6        Valid notices


 


A notice under or in connection with a Finance Document shall not be invalid by reason that its contents or the manner of serving it do not comply with the requirements of this Agreement or, where appropriate, any other Finance Document under which it is served if:


 



	
(a)

	
the failure to serve it in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement or other Finance Document, as the case may be, has not caused any party to suffer any significant loss or prejudice; or







 



	
(b)

	
in the case of incorrect and/or incomplete contents, it should have been reasonably clear to the party on which the notice was served what the correct or missing particulars should have been.







 


28.7        Electronic communication


 


Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender or Swap Bank under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent and the relevant Creditor Party:


 



	
(a)

	
agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;







 



	
(b)

	
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







 



	
(c)

	
notify each other of any change to their respective addresses or any other such information supplied to them.







 


Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender or the Swap Bank will be effective only when actually received in readable form and, in the case of any electronic communication made by a Creditor Party to the Agent, only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.


 


28.8        English language


 


Any notice under or in connection with a Finance Document shall be in English.


 


28.9        Meaning of "notice"


 


In this Clause 28, "notice" includes any demand, consent, authorisation, approval, instruction, waiver or other communication.


 


29           JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY


 


29.1        General


 


All liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement shall, whether expressed to be so or not, be several and, if and to the extent consistent with Clause 29.2, joint.







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The liabilities and obligations of a Borrower shall not be impaired by:


 



	
(a)

	
this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower;







 



	
(b)

	
any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower;







 



	
(c)

	
any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee releasing any other Borrower or any Security Interest created by a Finance Document; or







 



	
(d)

	
any combination of the foregoing.







 


29.3        Principal debtors


 


Each Borrower declares that it is and will, throughout the Security Period, remain a principal debtor for all amounts owing under this Agreement and the Finance Documents and neither Borrower shall in any circumstances be construed to be a surety for the obligations of any other Borrower under this Agreement.


 



29.4        Borrowers' guarantee under the Master Agreement 


 


Each Borrower, unconditionally and irrevocably:




 



	
(a)

	
guarantees as primary obligor and independent and without, in respect of its obligations under this Clause 29.4, any of the rights or defences of a surety, the due payment of all amounts payable by the other Borrower under or in connection with the Master Agreement;







 



	
(b)

	
undertakes to pay to the Agent, on the Agent's demand, any such amount which is not paid by that Borrower when payable; and







 



	
(c)

	
fully indemnifies each Creditor Party, on the Agent's or, as the case may be, that Creditor Party's demand, in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are made or brought against or incurred by that Creditor Party as a result of or in connection with any obligation or liability guaranteed by that Borrower being or becoming unenforceable, invalid, void or illegal; and the amount recoverable under this indemnity shall be equal to the amount which that Creditor Party would otherwise have been entitled to recover.







 


29.5       Waiver of rights and defences


 


Without limiting the generality of Clause 29.4, neither Borrower shall be discharged by, or have any claim against any Creditor Party in respect of:


 



	
(a)

	
any amendment or supplement being made to the Master Agreement;







 



	
(b)

	
any arrangement or concession (including a rescheduling or acceptance of partial payments) relating to, or affecting, the Master Agreement;







 



	
(c)

	
any release or loss (even though negligent) of any right or Security Interest created by the Master Agreement;







 



	
(d)

	
any failure (even though negligent) promptly or properly to exercise or enforce any such right or Security Interest, including a failure to realise for its full market value an asset covered by such a Security Interest; or







 



	
(e)

	
any Security Interest now being or later becoming void, unenforceable, illegal or invalid or otherwise defective for any reason, including a neglect to register it











  





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29.6        Subordination


 


Subject to Clause 29.7, during the Security Period, neither Borrower shall:


 



	
(a)

	
claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any Finance Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any Finance Document; or







 



	
(b)

	
take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount, or in any other way seek to have recourse in respect of such an amount against any asset of any other Borrower; or







 



	
(c)

	
set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or







 



	
(d)

	
prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower or other Security Party; or







 



	
(e)

	
exercise or assert any combination of the foregoing.







 


29.7        Borrower's required action


 


If during the Security Period, the Agent, by notice to a Borrower, requires it to take any action referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of Clause 29.6, in relation to any other Borrower, that Borrower shall take that action as soon as practicable after receiving the Agent's notice.


 


30           SUPPLEMENTAL


 


30.1        Rights cumulative, non-exclusive


 


The rights and remedies which the Finance Documents give to each Creditor Party are:


 



	
(a)

	
cumulative;







 



	
(b)

	
may be exercised as often as appears expedient; and







 



	
(c)

	
shall not, unless a Finance Document explicitly and specifically states so, be taken to exclude or limit any right or remedy conferred by any law.







 


30.2        Severability of provisions


 


If any provision of a Finance Document is or subsequently becomes void, unenforceable or illegal, that shall not affect the validity, enforceability or legality of the other provisions of that Finance Document or of the provisions of any other Finance Document.


 


30.3        Counterparts


 


A Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts.


 


30.4        Third Party rights


 


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


 


31           LAW AND JURISDICTION


 


31.1        English law


 











  





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This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.


 


31.2        Exclusive English jurisdiction


 


Subject to Clause 31.3, the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute.


 


31.3        Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of Creditor Parties


 


Clause 31.2 is for the exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties, each of which reserves the rights:


 



	
(a)

	
to commence proceedings in relation to any Dispute in the courts of any country other than England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that Dispute; and







 



	
(b)

	
to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without commencing proceedings in England.







 


Neither Borrower shall commence any proceedings in any country other than England in relation to a Dispute.


 


31.4        Process agent


 


Each Borrower irrevocably appoints Nicolaou & Co (for the attention of Antonis Nicolaou) at its registered office for the time being, presently at 25 Heath Drive, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 lEN, England, to act as its agent to receive and accept on its behalf any process or other document relating to any proceedings in the English courts which are connected with a Dispute.


 


31.5        Creditor Party rights unaffected


 


Nothing in this Clause 31 shall exclude or limit any right which any Creditor Party may have (whether under the law of any country, an international convention or otherwise) with regard to the bringing of proceedings, the service of process, the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or any similar or related matter in any jurisdiction.


 


31.6        Meaning of "proceedings" and "Dispute"


 


In this Clause 31, "proceedings" means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure and a "Dispute" means any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.


 


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SCHEDULE 1


 


LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS


 








	
Lender

	
Lending Office

	
Commitment


(US Dollars)


 


	
Nordea Bank Finland plc, 


London Branch

	
City Place House


55 Basinghall Street


London EC2V 5NB 


England

	
20,000,000


	  	  	  














  





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SCHEDULE 2


 


DRAWDOWN NOTICE


 


To:           Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch


City Place House 


55 Basinghall Street 


London EC2V 5NB 


England


 


Attention: [Loans Administration]                                                               


                                                                  


December 2012


 


DRAWDOWN NOTICE


 


1              We refer to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated 20 December 2012 and made between ourselves, as joint and several Borrowers, the Lenders referred to therein, and yourselves as Agent, as Security Trustee and as Swap Bank in connection with a facility of US$20,000,000. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement have their defined meanings when used in this Drawdown Notice.


 


2              We request to borrow as follows:


 



	
(a)

	
Amount of Loan: US$20,000,000;







 



	
(b)

	
Drawdown Date: [•] December 2012;







 



	
(c)

	
[Duration of the first Interest Period shall be [1][3] months;] and







 



	
(d)

	
Payment instructions: account in our name and numbered [•] with [•] of [•].







 


3              We represent and warrant that:


 



	
(a)

	
the representations and warranties in Clause 10 of the Loan Agreement would remain true and not misleading if repeated on the date of this notice with reference to the circumstances now existing; and







 



	
(b)

	
no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or will result from the borrowing of the Loan.







 


4              This notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.


 


[Name of Signatory]


 


Director


for and on behalf of


PALAU SHPIPING COMPANY INC. and


GUAM SHIPPING COMPANY INC.






  





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SCHEDULE 3


 


CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS


 


PART A


 


The following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(a).


 


1              A duly executed original of:


 


(a)           this Agreement;


 


(b)           the Corporate Guarantee;


 


(c)           the Agency and Trust Deed;


 


(d)           the Master Agreement;


 


(e)           the Shares Pledges;


 


(f)   the Master Agreement Assignment; and


 


(g)           the Accounts Pledges.


 



	
2

	
Copies of the certificate of incorporation and constitutional documents of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party.







 



	
3

	
Copies of resolutions of the shareholders and directors of each Borrower and each Security Party (other than the Corporate Guarantor) authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents to which that Borrower or that Security Party is a party and, in the case of a Borrower, authorising named officers to give the Drawdown Notice.







 



	
4

	
Copies of resolutions of the executive committee of the Corporate Guarantor authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents to which it is a party.







 



	
5

	
The original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document is executed on behalf of a Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party.







 



	
6

	
Copies of all consents which either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any Security Party requires to enter into, or make any payment under, any Finance Document.







 



	
7

	
The originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Earnings Accounts.







 



	
8

	
Such documents as the Agent may require for its "Know your customer" and other customary money laundering and sanctions and counter-terrorist financing checks.







 



	
9

	
Copy of the Initial Charter and of all documents signed or issued by Borrower B or the Initial Charterer (or both of them) under or in connection with it.







 



	
10

	
Documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause 30 has acceptd its appointment.













 



	
11

	
Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the laws of Marshall Islands and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require.











  





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12            If the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent.


 


PART B


 


The following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(b) required before the Drawdown Date. In Part B of this Schedule 3, the following definitions have the following meanings:


 



	
(a)

	
"Relevant Borrower" means the Borrower which is the owner of the Relevant Ship; and







 



	
(b)

	
"Relevant Ship" means the Ship which is to be financed by using the proceeds of the Loan being drawn on the Drawdown Date.







 


1              A duly executed original of the Mortgage and the General Assignment relating to the Relevant Ship and, in the case of Ship B, the Initial Charter Assignment (and of each document to be delivered under each of them, including without limitation, an acknowledgement from the Initial Charterer).


 


2              Documentary evidence that:


 



	
(a)

	
the Relevant Ship is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the Relevant Borrower under an Approved Flag;







 



	
(b)

	
the Relevant Ship is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Relevant Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;







 



	
(c)

	
the Relevant Ship maintains the class specified in Clause 14.3(b);







 



	
(d)

	
the Mortgage relating to the Relevant Ship has been duly registered or recorded against the Relevant Ship as a valid first priority or, as the case may be, preferred statutory ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of the applicable Approved Flag State; and







 



	
(e)

	
the Relevant Ship is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied with.







 


3              Documents establishing that the Relevant Ship will, as from the Drawdown Date, be managed by the Approved Manager on terms acceptable to the Lenders, together with:


 



	
(a)

	
a copy of the Management Agreement and the Manager's Undertaking duly signed by the Approved Manager; and







 



	
(b)

	
copies of the Approved Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Relevant Ship's Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable safety management system which the Agent requires) and ISSC.







 


4              Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the laws of Marshall Islands, the Approved Flag State and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require.


 


5              At the cost of the Borrowers a favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for the Ship as the Agent may require.


 


6              If the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent.






  





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Each of the documents specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 5 and 9 of Part A and every other copy document delivered under this Schedule shall be certified as a true and up to date copy by a director or the secretary (or equivalent officer) of each Borrower or a qualified lawyer.






  





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SCHEDULE 4


 


TRANSFER CERTIFICATE


 


The Transferor and the Transferee accept exclusive responsibility for ensuring that this Certificate and the transaction to which it relates comply with all legal and regulatory requirements applicable to them respectively.


 


To:           Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch for itself and for and on behalf of the Borrower, [each Security Party], the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank, as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below.


 


[●]


 




	
1

	
This Certificate relates to a Loan Agreement (the "Agreement") dated [●] December 2012 and made between (1) Palau Shipping Company Inc. and Guam Shipping Company Inc. as joint and several borrowers (the "Borrowers"), (2) the banks and financial institutions named therein, (3) Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch as Agent, (4) Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch as Security Trustee and (5) Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch as Swap Bank for a loan facility of US$20,000,000.













	
2

	
In this Certificate, terms defined in the Agreement shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meanings when used in this Certificate and:












"Relevant Parties" means the Agent, the Borrower, [each Security Party], the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank;


 


"Transferor" means [full name] of [lending office]; and


 


"Transferee" means [full name] of [lending office].








	
3

	
The effective date of this Certificate is [•], Provided that this Certificate shall not come into effect unless it is signed by the Agent on or before that date.













	
4

	
[The Transferor assigns to the Transferee absolutely all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Transferor has as Lender under or by virtue of the Agreement and every other Finance Document in relation to [●] per cent. of its Contribution, which percentage represents $[●].]













	
5

	
[By virtue of this Transfer Certificate and Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement, the Transferor is discharged [entirely from its Commitment which amounts to $[●] [from [S] per cent. of its Commitment, which percentage represents $[●]] and the Transferee acquires a Commitment of $[●].]













	
6

	
The Transferee undertakes with the Transferor and each of the Relevant Parties that the Transferee will observe and perform all the obligations under the Finance Documents which Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement provides will become binding on it upon this Certificate taking effect.













	
7

	
The Agent, at the request of the Transferee (which request is hereby made) accepts, for the Agent itself and for and on behalf of every other Relevant Party, this Certificate as a Transfer Certificate taking effect in accordance with Clause 26 of the Agreement.













	
8

	
The Transferor:









 




 




  





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(a)           warrants to the Transferee and each Relevant Party that:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
the Transferor has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents which are required in connection with this transaction; and







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferor;







 


(b)           warrants to the Transferee that the Transferor is absolutely entitled, free of encumbrances, to all the rights and interests covered by the assignment in paragraph 4; and


 


(c)           undertakes with the Transferee that the Transferor will, at its own expense, execute any documents which the Transferee reasonably requests for perfecting in any relevant jurisdiction the Transferee's title under this Certificate or for a similar purpose.


 




	
9

	
The Transferee:









(a)           confirms that it has received a copy of the Agreement and each of the other Finance Documents;




 


(b)           agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against either the Transferor, the Agent, the Security Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
any of the Finance Documents prove to be invalid or ineffective;







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
either Borrower or any Security Party fails to observe or perform its obligations, or to discharge its liabilities, under any of the Finance Documents; and







 



	
  

	
(iii)

	
it proves impossible to realise any asset covered by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document, or the proceeds of such assets are insufficient to discharge the liabilities of the Borrowers or any Security Party under any of the Finance Documents;







 


(c)           agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against the Agent, the Security


Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that this Certificate proves to be invalid or ineffective;


 


(d)           warrants to the Transferor and each Relevant Party that:


 



	
  

	
(i)

	
it has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents which it needs to take or obtain in connection with this transaction; and







 



	
  

	
(ii)

	
this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferee; and







 


(e)           confirms the accuracy of the administrative details set out below regarding the Transferee.


 



	
10

	
The Transferor and the Transferee each undertake with the Agent and the Security Trustee severally, on demand, fully to indemnify the Agent and/or the Security Trustee in respect of any claim, proceeding, liability or expense (including all legal expenses) which they or either of them may incur in connection with this Certificate or any matter arising out of it, except such as are shown to have been mainly and directly caused by the gross and culpable negligence or dishonesty of the Agent's or the Security Trustee's own officers or employees.







 



	
11

	
The Transferee shall repay to the Transferor on demand so much of any sum paid by the Transferor under paragraph 9 as exceeds one-half of the amount demanded by the Agent or the Security Trustee in respect of a claim, proceeding, liability or expense which was not reasonably foreseeable at the date of this Certificate; but nothing in this paragraph shall







 












  





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affect the liability of each of the Transferor and the Transferee to the Agent or the Security Trustee for the full amount demanded by it.








	
[Name of Transferor]


 

	
[Name of Transferee]


	
By:


 

	
By:


	
Date:


 

	
Date:







 


Agent


 


Signed for itself and for and on behalf of itself as Agent and for every other Relevant Party


 


[Name of Agent] 


 


By:


 


Date:






  





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Administrative Details of Transferee


 


Name of Transferee:


 


Lending Office:


 


Contact Person:


 


(Loan Administration Department):


 


Telephone:


 


Fax:


 


Contact Person


 


(Credit Administration Department):


 


Telephone:


 


Fax:


 


Account for payments:


 



	
Note: 

	
This Transfer Certificate alone may not be sufficient to transfer a proportionate share of the Transferor's interest in the security constituted by the Finance Documents in the Transferor's or Transferee's jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each Lender to ascertain whether any other documents are required for this purpose.











  





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SCHEDULE 5


 


DESIGNATION NOTICE


 


Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch


City Place House


55 Basinghall Street


London EC2V 5NB


England


 


 


[●]


 


Dear Sirs


 


Loan Agreement dated 20 December 2012 made between (i) Palau Shipping Company Inc. and Guam Shipping Company Inc. as joint and several Borrowers, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) yourselves as Swap Bank, Agent and Security Trustee (the "Loan Agreement").


 


We refer to:


 


1       The Loan Agreement;


 


2       the Master Agreement dated [●] 2012 made between ourselves and the Swap Bank; and


 


3       a Confirmation delivered pursuant to the said Master Agreement dated [●] and addressed by [●] to us.


 


In accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, we hereby give you notice of the said Confirmation and hereby confirm that the Transaction evidenced by it will be designated as a "Designated Transaction" for the purposes of the Loan Agreement and the Finance Documents.


 


Yours faithfully,


 


 


  









for and on behalf of


 


[PALAU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.][GUAM SHIPPING COMPANY INC.]






  





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SCHEDULE 6


 


MANDATORY COST FORMULA




 




	
1

	
The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.








	
  

	
 








	
2

	
On the first day of each interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the "Additional Cost Rate") for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders' Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.








	
  

	
 








	
3

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender's participation in the Loan made from that lending office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that lending office.








	
  

	
 








	
4

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows:









 


E x 0.01


300      per cent. per annum


Where:



 



	
 

	E 	
is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Bank to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 6 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.







 



	
5

	For the purposes of this Schedule:



            







	
(a)

	
"Eligible Liabilities" and "Special Deposits" have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;







 



	
(b)

	
"Fees Rules" means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;







 



	
(c)

	
"Fee Tariffs" means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate);











  





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(d)

	
"Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to European Monetary Union; and







 



	
(e)

	
"Tariff Base" has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules.







 


6              If requested by the Agent, the Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Agent, the rate of charge payable by the Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by the Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to the Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of the Reference Bank.


 


7              Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:


 



	
(a)

	
the jurisdiction of its lending office; and







 



	
(b)

	
any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.







 


Each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.


 


8             The rates of charge of the Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraph 6 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender's obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a lending office in the same jurisdiction as its lending office.


 


9             The Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or the Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above is true and correct in all respects.


 


10           The Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and the Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above.


 


11           Any determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties.


 


12           The Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrowers and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties.






  





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EXECUTION PAGES


 


 




	
THE BORROWERS

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Andreas Michalopoulos

	
)

	
/s/ Andreas Michalopoulos


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
PALAU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Anastassis Margaronis

	
)

	
/s/ Anastassis Margaronis


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
GUAM SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
THE LENDERS

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Erica Lacombe

	
)

	
/s/ Erica Lacombe


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC,

	
)

	  
	
LONDON BRANCH

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
THE AGENT

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Erica Lacombe

	
)

	
/s/ Erica Lacombe


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC,

	
)

	  
	
LONDON BRANCH

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
THE SECURITY TRUSTEE

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Erica Lacombe

	
)

	
/s/ Erica Lacombe


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC,

	
)

	  
	
LONDON BRANCH

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  



 


 




  





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THE SWAP BANK

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED BY Erica Lacombe

	
)

	
/s/ Erica Lacombe


	  	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC,

	
)

	  
	
LONDON BRANCH

	
)

	  
	
in the presence of:

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos


	  	  	
Solicitor


	  	  	
Watson, Farley & Williams


	  	  	
89 Akti Miaouli


	  	  	
Piraeus 185 38 Greece


	  	  	  
	  	  	  
















  





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