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Exhibit 4.1

TOP SHIPS INC.

 2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE I.

 General

	1.1.	Purpose

The Top Ships Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is designed to provide certain Key Persons (as defined below), whose initiative and efforts are deemed to be important to the successful conduct of the business of Top Ships Inc. (the "Company"), with incentives to (a) enter into and remain in the service of the Company or its Affiliates (as defined below), (b) acquire a proprietary interest in the success of the Company, (c) maximize their performance and (d) enhance the long-term performance of the Company.

	1.2.	Administration

(a)            Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") or such other committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan (the "Administrator"); provided that (i) in the event the Company is subject to Section 16 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Administrator shall be composed of two or more directors, each of whom is a "Non-Employee Director" (a "Non-Employee Director") under Rule 16b-3 (as promulgated and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the 1934 Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time ("Rule 16b-3")), and (ii) the Administrator shall be composed solely of two or more directors who are "independent directors" under the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company's Common Stock (as defined below) is traded; provided further, however, that, (A) the requirement in the preceding clause (i) shall apply only when required to exempt an Award (as defined below) intended to qualify for an exemption under the applicable provisions referenced therein, (B) the requirement in the preceding clause (ii) shall apply only when required pursuant to the applicable rules of the applicable stock exchange and (C) if at any time the Administrator is not so composed as required by the preceding provisions of this sentence, that fact will not invalidate any grant made, or action taken, by the Administrator hereunder that otherwise satisfies the terms of the Plan.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, applicable law and the applicable rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Administrator by the Plan, the Administrator shall have the full power and authority to: (1) designate the Key Persons to receive Awards under the Plan; (2) determine the types of Awards granted to a participant under the Plan; (3) determine the number of shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated with respect to, Awards; (4) determine the terms and conditions of any Awards; (5) determine whether, and to what extent, and under what circumstances, Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or cancelled, forfeited or suspended, and the methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, cancelled, forfeited or suspended; (6) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, shares, other securities, other Awards, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred, either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or the Administrator; (7) construe, interpret and implement the Plan and any Award Agreement (as defined below); (8) prescribe, amend, rescind or waive rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules governing its operation, and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (9)  correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement; and (10) make any other determination and take any other action that the Administrator deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Administrator, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons (as defined below).

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(b)            General Right of Delegation.  Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, the applicable rules of a stock exchange or any charter, by-laws or other agreement governing the Administrator, the Administrator may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities to any Person or Persons selected by it; provided, however, that in no event shall an officer of the Company be delegated the authority to grant Awards to, or amend Awards held by, the following individuals: (i) individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, to the extent applicable, or (ii) officers of the Company to whom authority to grant or amend Awards has been delegated hereunder or directors of the Company; provided, further, that any delegation of administrative authority shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, Rule 16b-3, to the extent applicable) and the rules of any applicable stock exchange.  Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Administrator specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Administrator may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegatee.  At all times, the delegatee appointed under this Section 1.2(b) shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Administrator.

(c)            Indemnification.  No member of the Board, the Administrator or any officer or employee of the Company or an Affiliate or any of their agents (each such Person, a "Covered Person") shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder.  Each Covered Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (i) any loss, cost, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement and (ii) any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with the Company's approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Covered Person; provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company's choice.  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered Person's bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company's articles of incorporation or by-laws (in each case, as amended and/or restated).  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be entitled under the Company's articles of incorporation or by-laws (in each case, as amended and/or restated), as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Persons or hold them harmless.

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(d)            Delegation of Authority to Senior Officers.  The Administrator may, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 1.2(b), delegate, on such terms and conditions as it determines, to one or more senior officers of the Company the authority to make grants of Awards to Key Persons who are employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below)(including any such prospective employee) or consultants or service providers to (including Persons who are employed by or provide services to any entity that is itself a consultant or service provider to) the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(e)            Awards to Non-Employee Directors.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards to Non-Employee Directors or administer the Plan with respect to such Awards.  In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority and responsibility granted to the Administrator herein with respect to such Awards.

	1.3.	Persons Eligible for Awards

The Persons eligible to receive Awards under the Plan are those directors, officers and employees (including any prospective officer or employee) of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and consultants and service providers to (including Persons who are employed by or provide services to any entity that is itself a consultant or service provider to) the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (collectively, "Key Persons") as the Administrator shall select.

	1.4.	Types of Awards

Awards may be made under the Plan in the form of (a)  non-qualified stock options (i.e., stock options that are not "incentive stock options" for purposes of Sections 421 and 422 of the Code (as defined below)), (b) stock appreciation rights, (c) restricted stock, (d) restricted stock units, (e) dividend equivalents, (f) unrestricted stock and (g) other equity-based or equity-related Awards, all as more fully set forth in the Plan.  The term "Award" means any of the foregoing that are granted under the Plan.

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	1.5.	Shares Available for Awards; Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization

(a)            Maximum Number.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 1.5(c), the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01("Common Stock"), with respect to which Awards may at any time be granted under the Plan shall be 1,900,000.  The following shares of Common Stock shall again become available for Awards under the Plan: (i) any shares that are subject to an Award under the Plan and that remain unissued upon the cancellation or termination of such Award for any reason whatsoever; (ii) any shares of restricted stock forfeited pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; provided that any dividend equivalent rights with respect to such shares that have not theretofore been directly remitted to the grantee are also forfeited; and (iii) any shares in respect of which an Award is settled for cash without the delivery of shares to the grantee.  Any shares tendered or withheld to satisfy the grant or exercise price or tax withholding obligation pursuant to any Award shall again become available to be delivered pursuant to Awards under the Plan.

(b)            Source of Shares.  Shares issued pursuant to the Plan may be authorized but unissued Common Stock or treasury shares.  The Administrator may direct that any stock certificate evidencing shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as may apply to such shares.

(c)            Adjustments.  (i)  In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Company shares, other securities or other property), stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination, repurchase or exchange of Company shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Company shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event, other than an Equity Restructuring (as defined below), affects the Company shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to an Award, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of the number of shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan.

(ii)            The Administrator is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including the events described in Section 1.5(c)(i) or the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below), other than an Equity Restructuring) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or of changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange, accounting principles or law, whenever the Administrator determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to an Award, including providing for (A) adjustment to (1) the number of shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate and (2) the Exercise Price (as defined below) with respect to any Award and (B) a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability or vesting of, or lapse of restrictions on, Awards, or accelerating the termination of Awards by providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event, or, if deemed appropriate or desirable, providing for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award in consideration for the cancellation of such Award (it being understood that, in such event, any option or stock appreciation right having a per share Exercise Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of a share subject to such option or stock appreciation right may be cancelled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); provided, however, that with respect to options and stock appreciation rights, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 424(h) of the Code.

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(iii)            In the event of (A) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (B) a sale of all or substantially all the Company's assets or (C) a merger, reorganization or consolidation involving the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, the Administrator shall have the power to:

(1)  provide that outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units (including any related dividend equivalent right) and/or other Awards granted under the Plan shall either continue in effect, be assumed or an equivalent award shall be substituted therefor by the successor entity or a parent entity or subsidiary entity;

(2)  cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units (including each dividend equivalent right related thereto) and/or other Awards granted under the Plan outstanding immediately prior to such event (whether or not then exercisable) and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the holder of such Award a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Administrator) of the shares subject to such Award (or the value of such Award, as determined by the Administrator, if not based on the Fair Market Value of shares) over the aggregate Exercise Price of such Award (or the grant price of such Award, if any, if applicable)(it being understood that, in such event, any option or stock appreciation right having a per share Exercise Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share subject to such option or stock appreciation right may be cancelled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); or

(3)  notify the holder of an option or stock appreciation right in writing or electronically that each option and stock appreciation right shall be fully vested and exercisable for a period of 30 days from the date of such notice, or such shorter period as the Administrator may determine to be reasonable, and the option or stock appreciation right shall terminate upon the expiration of such period (which period shall expire no later than immediately prior to the consummation of the corporate transaction).

(iv)            In connection with the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.5(c):

(A)            The number and type of securities or other property subject to each outstanding Award and the Exercise Price or grant price thereof, if applicable, shall be equitably adjusted; and

(B)            The Administrator shall make such equitable adjustments, if any, as the Administrator may deem appropriate to reflect such Equity Restructuring with respect to the aggregate number and kind of shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustment of the limitation set forth in Section 1.5(a)).  The adjustments provided under this Section 1.5(c)(iv) shall be nondiscretionary and shall be final and binding on the affected participant and the Company.

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	1.6.	Definitions of Certain Terms

(a)            "Affiliate" shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by, controls or is under common control with, the Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Administrator.

(b)            Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, in connection with a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship or a dismissal from Board membership, for purposes of the Plan, the term "for Cause" shall be defined as follows:

(i)            if there is an employment, severance, consulting, service, change in control or other agreement governing the relationship between the grantee, on the one hand, and the Company or an Affiliate, on the other hand, that contains a definition of "cause" (or similar phrase), for purposes of the Plan, the term "for Cause" shall mean those acts or omissions that would constitute "cause" under such agreement; or

(ii)            if the preceding clause (i) is not applicable to the grantee, for purposes of the Plan, the term "for Cause" shall mean any of the following:

(A)            any failure by the grantee substantially to perform the grantee's employment or consulting/service or Board membership duties;

(B)            any excessive unauthorized absenteeism by the grantee;

(C)            any refusal by the grantee to obey the lawful orders of the Board or any other Person to whom the grantee reports;

(D)            any act or omission by the grantee that is or may be injurious to the Company or any Affiliate, whether monetarily, reputationally or otherwise;

(E)            any act by the grantee that is inconsistent with the best interests of the Company or any Affiliate;

(F)            the grantee's gross negligence that is injurious to the Company or any Affiliate, whether monetarily, reputationally or otherwise;

(G)            the grantee's material violation of any of the policies of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable, including, without limitation, those policies relating to discrimination or sexual harassment;

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(H)            the grantee's material breach of his or her employment or service contract with the Company or any Affiliate;

(I)            the grantee's unauthorized (1) removal from the premises of the Company or any Affiliate of any document (in any medium or form) relating to the Company or any Affiliate or the customers or clients of the Company or any Affiliate or (2) disclosure to any Person of any of the Company's, or any Affiliate's, confidential or proprietary information;

(J)            the grantee's being convicted of, or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any crime that constitutes a felony or involves moral turpitude; and

(K)            the grantee's commission of any act involving dishonesty or fraud.

Any rights the Company or any Affiliate may have under the Plan in respect of the events giving rise to a termination or dismissal "for Cause" shall be in addition to any other rights the Company or any Affiliate may have under any other agreement with a grantee or at law or in equity.  Any determination of whether a grantee's employment or consultancy/service relationship is (or is deemed to have been) terminated "for Cause" shall be made by the Administrator.  If, subsequent to a grantee's voluntary termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship or involuntary termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship without Cause, it is discovered that the grantee's employment or consultancy/service relationship could have been terminated "for Cause", the Administrator may deem such grantee's employment or consultancy/service relationship to have been terminated "for Cause" upon such discovery and determination by the Administrator.

(c)            "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(d)            Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, "Disability" shall mean the grantee's being unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or the grantee's, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the grantee's employer.  The existence of a Disability shall be determined by the Administrator.

(e)            "Equity Restructuring" shall mean a non-reciprocal transaction between the Company and its stockholders, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering or recapitalization through a large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the shares of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) or the share price thereof and causes a change in the per share value of the shares underlying outstanding Awards.

(f)            "Exercise Price" shall mean (i) in the case of options, the price specified in the applicable Award Agreement as the price-per-share at which such share can be purchased pursuant to the option or (ii) in the case of stock appreciation rights, the price specified in the applicable Award Agreement as the reference price-per-share used to calculate the amount payable to the grantee.

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(g)            The "Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock on any day shall be the closing price on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, or such other primary stock exchange upon which such shares are then listed, as reported for such day in The Wall Street Journal (or, if not reported in The Wall Street Journal, such other reliable source as the Administrator may determine), or, if no such price is reported for such day, the average of the high bid and low asked price of Common Stock as reported for such day.  If no quotation is made for the applicable day, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on such day shall be determined in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence for the next preceding trading day.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is no reported closing price or high bid/low asked price that satisfies the preceding sentences, or if otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrator, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on any day shall be determined by such methods and procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Administrator.  The "Fair Market Value" of any property other than Common Stock shall be the fair market value of such property determined by such methods and procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Administrator.

(h)            "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental body or other entity of any kind.

(i)            "Repricing" shall mean (i) lowering the Exercise Price of an option or a stock appreciation right after it has been granted, (ii) the cancellation of an option or a stock appreciation right in exchange for cash or another Award when the Exercise Price exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying shares subject to the Award and (iii) any other action with respect to an option or a stock appreciation right that is treated as a repricing under (A) generally accepted accounting principles or (B) any applicable stock exchange rules.

(j)            "Retirement" shall mean a grantee's termination of employment, under circumstances other than a termination of employment as the result of a dismissal for Cause or resignation without the Company's prior consent, on or after: (i) his or her 65th birthday, (ii) the date on which he or she has attained age 60 and completed at least five years of service with the Company (using any method of calculation the Administrator deems appropriate) or (iii) if approved by the Administrator, on or after he or she has completed at least 20 years of service with the Company (using any method of calculation the Administrator deems appropriate).

(k)            "Subsidiary" shall mean any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has a 50% or more equity interest.

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ARTICLE II.

 Awards Under The Plan

	2.1.	Agreements Evidencing Awards

Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written certificate ("Award Agreement"), which shall contain such provisions as the Administrator may deem necessary or desirable and which may, but need not, require execution or acknowledgment by a grantee.  The Award shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

	2.2.	Grant of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

(a)            Stock Option Grants.  The Administrator may grant non-qualified stock options ("options") to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company to such Key Persons, and in such amounts and subject to such vesting and forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions, as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  No option will be treated as an "incentive stock option" for purposes of the Code.  It shall be the intent of the Administrator to not grant an Award in the form of stock options to any Key Person who is then subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to such Award if the Common Stock underlying such Award does not then qualify as "service recipient stock" for purposes of Section 409A.  Furthermore, it shall be the intent of the Administrator, in granting options to Key Persons who are subject to Section 409A and/or Section 457 of the Code, to structure such options so as to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and/or Section 457 of the Code, as applicable.

(b)            Stock Appreciation Right Grants; Types of Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Administrator may grant stock appreciation rights to such Key Persons, and in such amounts and subject to such vesting and forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions, as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  The terms of a stock appreciation right may provide that it shall be automatically exercised for a payment upon the happening of a specified event that is outside the control of the grantee and that it shall not be otherwise exercisable.  Stock appreciation rights may be granted in connection with all or any part of, or independently of, any option granted under the Plan.  It shall be the intent of the Administrator to not grant an Award in the form of stock appreciation rights to any Key Person (i) who is then subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to such Award if the Common Stock underlying such Award does not then qualify as "service recipient stock" for purposes of Section 409A or (ii) if such Award would create adverse tax consequences for such Key Person under Section 457A of the Code.  Furthermore, it shall be the intent of the Administrator, in granting stock appreciation rights to Key Persons who are subject to Section 409A and/or Section 457A of the Code, to structure such stock appreciation rights so as to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and/or Section 457A of the Code, to the extent applicable.

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(c)            Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights.  The grantee of a stock appreciation right shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, to receive from the Company an amount equal to (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the stock appreciation right over the Exercise Price of the stock appreciation right, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares with respect to which the stock appreciation right is exercised.  Each Award Agreement with respect to a stock appreciation right shall set forth the Exercise Price of such Award and, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Award Agreement, the Exercise Price of a stock appreciation right shall equal the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant; provided that in no event may such Exercise Price be less than the greater of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant and (B) the par value of a share of Common Stock.  Payment upon exercise of a stock appreciation right shall be in cash or in shares of Common Stock (valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the stock appreciation right) or any combination of both, all as the Administrator shall determine.  Repricing of stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan shall not be permitted (1) to the extent such action could cause adverse tax consequences to the grantee under Section 409A or Section 457A of the Code or (2) without prior shareholder approval, to the extent such approval would be required to be obtained by the Company pursuant to the applicable rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and any action that would be deemed to result in a Repricing of a stock appreciation right shall be deemed null and void if it would cause such adverse tax consequences or if any requisite shareholder approval related thereto is not obtained prior to the effective time of such action.  Upon the exercise of a stock appreciation right granted in connection with an option, the number of shares subject to the option shall be reduced by the number of shares with respect to which the stock appreciation right is exercised.  Upon the exercise of an option in connection with which a stock appreciation right has been granted, the number of shares subject to the stock appreciation right shall be reduced by the number of shares with respect to which the option is exercised.

(d)            Option Exercise Price.  Each Award Agreement with respect to an option shall set forth the Exercise Price of such Award and, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Award Agreement, the Exercise Price of an option shall equal the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant; provided that in no event may such Exercise Price be less than the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant and (ii) the par value of a share of Common Stock.  Repricing of options granted under the Plan shall not be permitted (1) to the extent such action could cause adverse tax consequences to the grantee under Section 409A or Section 457A of the Code or (2) without prior shareholder approval, to the extent such approval would be required to be obtained by the Company pursuant to the applicable rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and any action that would be deemed to result in a Repricing of an option shall be deemed null and void if it would cause such adverse tax consequences or if any requisite shareholder approval related thereto is not obtained prior to the effective time of such action.

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	2.3.	Exercise of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

Subject to the other provisions of this Article II and the Plan, each option and stock appreciation right granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as follows:

(a)            Timing and Extent of Exercise.  Options and stock appreciation rights shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the corresponding Award Agreement, but in no event shall any portion of such Award be exercisable subsequent to the tenth anniversary of the date on which such Award was granted.  Unless the applicable Award Agreement otherwise provides, an option or stock appreciation right may be exercised from time to time as to all or part of the shares as to which such Award is then exercisable.

(b)            Notice of Exercise.  An option or stock appreciation right shall be exercised by the filing of a written notice with the Company or the Company's designated exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"), on such form and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe.

(c)            Payment of Exercise Price.  Any written notice of exercise of an option shall be accompanied by payment for the shares being purchased.  Such payment shall be made: (i) by certified or official bank check (or the equivalent thereof acceptable to the Company or its Exchange Agent) for the full option Exercise Price; (ii) with the consent of the Administrator, which consent shall be given or withheld in the sole discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value (determined as of the exercise date) equal to all or part of the option Exercise Price and a certified or official bank check (or the equivalent thereof acceptable to the Company or its Exchange Agent) for any remaining portion of the full option Exercise Price; or (iii) at the sole discretion of the Administrator and to the extent permitted by law, by such other provision, consistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator may from time to time prescribe (whether directly or indirectly through the Exchange Agent), or by any combination of the foregoing payment methods.

(d)            Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise.  Subject to Sections 3.2, 3.4 and 3.13, promptly after receiving payment of the full option Exercise Price, or after receiving notice of the exercise of a stock appreciation right for which the Administrator determines payment will be made partly or entirely in shares, the Company or its Exchange Agent shall (i) deliver to the grantee, or to such other Person as may then have the right to exercise the Award, a certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock for which the Award has been exercised or, in the case of stock appreciation rights, for which the Administrator determines will be made in shares or (ii) establish an account evidencing ownership of the stock in uncertificated form.  If the method of payment employed upon an option exercise so requires, and if applicable law permits, an optionee may direct the Company or its Exchange Agent, as the case may be, to deliver the stock certificate(s) to the optionee's stockbroker.

(e)            No Stockholder Rights.  No grantee of an option or stock appreciation right (or other Person having the right to exercise such Award) shall have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares subject to such Award until the issuance of a stock certificate to such Person for such shares or an account in the name of the grantee evidences ownership of stock in uncertificated form.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.5(c), no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, securities or other property) for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued or the date an account evidencing ownership of the stock in uncertificated form notes receipt of such stock.

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	2.4.	Termination of Employment/Service; Death Subsequent to a Termination of Employment/Service

(a)            General Rule.  Except to the extent otherwise provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this Section 2.4 or Section 3.5(b)(iii), a grantee who incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates may exercise any outstanding option or stock appreciation right on the following terms and conditions: (i) exercise may be made only to the extent that the grantee was entitled to exercise the Award on the date of termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship, as applicable; and (ii) exercise must occur within three months after termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship but in no event after the original expiration date of the Award; it being understood that then outstanding options and stock appreciation rights shall not be affected by a change of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates so long as the grantee continues to be a director, officer or employee of, or a consultant or service provider to (or a Person employed by or providing services to any entity that that is itself a consultant or service provider to), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

(b)            Dismissal "for Cause".  If a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates "for Cause", all options and stock appreciation rights not theretofore exercised shall immediately terminate upon such termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship.

(c)            Retirement.  If a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as the result of his or her retirement (as defined below), then any outstanding option or stock appreciation right shall, to the extent exercisable at the time of such retirement, remain exercisable for a period of three years after such retirement; provided that in no event may such option or stock appreciation right be exercised following the original expiration date of the Award.  For this purpose, unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, "retirement" shall mean a grantee's resignation of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, with the Company's or its applicable Affiliate's prior consent, on or after (i) his or her 65th birthday, (ii) the date on which he or she has attained age 60 and completed at least five years of service with the Company or one or more of its Affiliates (using any method of calculation the Administrator deems appropriate) or (iii) if approved by the Administrator, on or after his or her having completed at least 20 years of service with the Company or one or more of its Affiliates (using any method of calculation the Administrator deems appropriate).

(d)            Disability.  If a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates by reason of a Disability, then any outstanding option or stock appreciation right shall, to the extent exercisable at the time of such termination, remain exercisable for a period of one year after such termination; provided that in no event may such option or stock appreciation right be exercised following the original expiration date of the Award.

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(e)            Death.

(i)            Termination of Employment/Service as a Result of Grantee's Death.  If a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as the result of his or her death, then any outstanding option or stock appreciation right shall, to the extent exercisable at the time of such death, remain exercisable for a period of one year after such death; provided that in no event may such option or stock appreciation right be exercised following the original expiration date of the Award.

(ii)            Restrictions on Exercise Following Death.  Any such exercise of an Award following a grantee's death shall be made only by the grantee's executor or administrator or other duly appointed representative reasonably acceptable to the Administrator, unless the grantee's will specifically disposes of such Award, in which case such exercise shall be made only by the recipient of such specific disposition.  If a grantee's personal representative or the recipient of a specific disposition under the grantee's will shall be entitled to exercise any Award pursuant to the preceding sentence, such representative or recipient shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement which would have applied to the grantee.

(f)            Administrator Discretion.  The Administrator may, in writing, waive or modify the application of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4.

	2.5.	Transferability of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing an option or stock appreciation right, during the lifetime of a grantee, each such Award granted to a grantee shall be exercisable only by the grantee, and no such Award may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  The Administrator may, in any applicable Award Agreement evidencing an option or stock appreciation right, permit a grantee to transfer all or some of the options or stock appreciation rights to (a) the grantee's spouse, children or grandchildren ("Immediate Family Members"), (b) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such Immediate Family Members or (c) other parties approved by the Administrator.  Following any such transfer, any transferred options and stock appreciation rights shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the transfer.

	2.6.	Grant of Restricted Stock

(a)            Restricted Stock Grants.  The Administrator may grant restricted shares of Common Stock to such Key Persons, in such amounts and subject to such vesting and forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  A grantee of a restricted stock Award shall have no rights with respect to such Award unless such grantee accepts the Award within such period as the Administrator shall specify by accepting delivery of a restricted stock Award Agreement in such form as the Administrator shall determine.

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(b)            Issuance of Stock Certificate.  Promptly after a grantee accepts a restricted stock Award in accordance with Section 2.6(a), subject to Sections 3.2, 3.4 and 3.13, the Company or its Exchange Agent shall issue to the grantee a stock certificate or stock certificates for the shares of Common Stock covered by the Award or shall establish an account evidencing ownership of the stock in uncertificated form.  Upon the issuance of such stock certificates, or establishment of such account, the grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the restricted stock, subject to: (i) the nontransferability restrictions and forfeiture provisions described in the Plan (including paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 2.6); (ii) in the Administrator's sole discretion, a requirement, as set forth in the Award Agreement, that any dividends paid on such shares shall be held in escrow and, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, shall remain forfeitable until all restrictions on such shares have lapsed; and (iii) any other restrictions and conditions contained in the applicable Award Agreement.

(c)            Custody of Stock Certificate.  Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, any stock certificates issued evidencing shares of restricted stock shall remain in the possession of the Company (or such other custodian as may be designated by the Administrator) until such shares are free of any restrictions specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Administrator may direct that such stock certificates bear a legend setting forth the applicable restrictions on transferability.

(d)            Nontransferability.  Shares of restricted stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of prior to the lapsing of all restrictions thereon, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.  The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates (which may depend upon or be related to the attainment of performance goals and other conditions) on which the nontransferability of the restricted stock shall lapse.

(e)            Consequence of Termination of Employment/Service.  Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) a grantee's termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement, or involuntary termination by the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates without Cause shall cause the immediate forfeiture of all shares of restricted stock that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship and (ii) if a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as the result of his or her death, Disability, Retirement, or involuntary termination by the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates without Cause, all shares of restricted stock that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination shall immediately vest as of such date; it being understood that then outstanding restricted stock Awards shall not be affected by a change of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates so long as the grantee continues to be a director, officer or employee of, or a consultant or service provider to (or a Person employed by or providing services to any entity that that is itself a consultant or service provider to), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.  Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, all dividends paid on shares forfeited under this Section 2.6(e) that have not theretofore been directly remitted to the grantee shall also be forfeited, whether by termination of any escrow arrangement under which such dividends are held or otherwise.  The Administrator may, in writing, waive or modify the application of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(e).

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	2.7.	Grant of Restricted Stock Units

(a)            Restricted Stock Unit Grants.  The Administrator may grant restricted stock units to such Key Persons, and in such amounts and subject to such vesting and forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions, as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  A restricted stock unit granted under the Plan shall confer upon the grantee a right to receive from the Company, conditioned upon the occurrence of such vesting event as shall be determined by the Administrator and specified in the Award Agreement, the number of such grantee's restricted stock units that vest upon the occurrence of such vesting event multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of vesting.  Payment upon vesting of a restricted stock unit shall be in cash or in shares of Common Stock (valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of vesting) or both, all as the Administrator shall determine, and such payments shall be made to the grantee at such time as provided in the Award Agreement, which the Administrator shall intend to be (i) if Section 409A of the Code is applicable to the grantee, within the period required by Section 409A such that it qualifies as a "short-term deferral" pursuant to Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, unless the Administrator shall provide for deferral of the Award intended to comply with Section 409A, (ii) if Section 457A of the Code is applicable to the grantee, within the period required by Section 457A(d)(3)(B) such that it qualifies for the exemption thereunder, or (iii) if Sections 409A and 457A of the Code are not applicable to the grantee, at such time as determined by the Administrator.

(b)            Dividend Equivalents.  The Administrator may include in any Award Agreement with respect to a restricted stock unit a dividend equivalent right entitling the grantee to receive amounts equal to the ordinary dividends that would be paid, during the time such Award is outstanding and unvested, and/or, if payment of the vested Award is deferred, during the period of such deferral following such vesting event, on the shares of Common Stock underlying such Award if such shares were then outstanding.  In the event such a provision is included in a Award Agreement, the Administrator shall determine whether such payments shall be (i) paid to the holder of the Award, as specified in the Award Agreement, either (A) at the same time as the underlying dividends are paid, regardless of the fact that the restricted stock unit has not theretofore vested, (B) at the time at which the Award's vesting event occurs, conditioned upon the occurrence of the vesting event, (C) once the Award has vested, at the same time as the underlying dividends are paid, regardless of the fact that payment of the vested restricted stock unit has been deferred, and/or (D) at the time at which the corresponding vested restricted stock units are paid, (ii) made in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property and (iii) subject to such other vesting and forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate and as shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.

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(c)            No Stockholder Rights.  No grantee of a restricted stock unit shall have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such Award unless and until a stock certificate is issued with respect to such Award upon the vesting of such Award or an account in the name of the grantee evidences ownership of stock in uncertificated form (it being understood that the Administrator shall determine whether to pay any vested restricted stock unit in the form of cash or Company shares or both), which issuance shall be subject to Sections 3.2, 3.4 and 3.13.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.5(c), no adjustment to any restricted stock unit shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, securities or other property) for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate, if any, is issued or the date an account evidencing ownership of the stock in uncertificated form notes receipt of such stock.

(d)            Nontransferability.  No restricted stock unit granted under the Plan may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.

(e)            Consequence of Termination of Employment/Service.  Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) a grantee's termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates for any reason other than death or Disability shall cause the immediate forfeiture of all restricted stock units that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship and (ii) if a grantee incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as the result of his or her death or Disability, all restricted stock units that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination shall immediately vest as of such date; it being understood that then outstanding restricted stock units shall not be affected by a change of employment or consultancy/service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates so long as the grantee continues to be a director, officer or employee of, or a consultant or service provider to (or a Person employed by or providing services to any entity that that is itself a consultant or service provider to), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.  Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any dividend equivalent rights on any restricted stock units forfeited under this Section 2.7(e) that have not theretofore been directly remitted to the grantee shall also be forfeited, whether by termination of any escrow arrangement under which such dividends are held or otherwise.  The Administrator may, in writing, waive or modify the application of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7(e).

	2.8.	Grant of Unrestricted Stock

The Administrator may grant (or sell at a purchase price at least equal to par value) shares of Common Stock free of restrictions under the Plan to such Key Persons and in such amounts and subject to such forfeiture provisions as the Administrator shall determine.  Shares may be thus granted or sold in respect of past services or other valid consideration.

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	2.9.	Other Stock-Based Awards

Subject to the provisions of the Plan (including, without limitation, Section 3.16), the Administrator shall have the sole and complete authority to grant to Key Persons other equity-based or equity-related Awards in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine; provided that any such Awards must comply with applicable law and, to the extent deemed desirable by the Administrator, Rule 16b-3.

	2.10.	Dividend Equivalents

Subject to the provisions of the Plan (including, without limitation, Section 3.16), in the discretion of the Administrator, an Award, other than an option or stock appreciation right, may provide the Award recipient with dividends or dividend equivalents, payable in cash, shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Administrator, including, without limitation, payment directly to the Award recipient, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award, or reinvestment in additional shares, restricted shares or other Awards.

ARTICLE III.

 Miscellaneous

	3.1.	Amendment of the Plan; Modification of Awards

(a)            Amendment of the Plan.  The Board may from time to time suspend, discontinue, revise or amend the Plan in any respect whatsoever, except that no such amendment shall materially impair any rights or materially increase any obligations under any Award theretofore made under the Plan without the consent of the grantee (or, upon the grantee's death, the Person having the rights to the Award).  For purposes of this Section 3.1, any action of the Board or the Administrator that in any way alters or affects the tax treatment of any Award shall not be considered to materially impair any rights of any grantee.

(b)            Stockholder Approval Requirement.  If required by applicable rules or regulations of a national securities exchange or the SEC, the Company shall obtain stockholder approval with respect to any amendment to the Plan that (i) expands the types of Awards available under the Plan, (ii) materially increases the aggregate number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, except as permitted pursuant to Section 1.5(c), (iii) materially increases the benefits to participants under the Plan, including any material change to (A) permit, or that has the effect of, a Repricing of any outstanding Award, (B) reduce the price at which shares or options to purchase shares may be offered or (C) extend the duration of the Plan, or (iv) materially expands the class of Persons eligible to receive Awards under the Plan.

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(c)            Modification of Awards.  The Administrator may cancel any Award under the Plan.  The Administrator also may amend any outstanding Award Agreement, including, without limitation, by amendment which would: (i) accelerate the time or times at which the Award becomes unrestricted, vested or may be exercised; (ii) waive or amend any goals, restrictions or conditions set forth in the Award Agreement; or (iii) waive or amend the operation of Section 2.4, Section 2.6(e) or Section 2.7(c) with respect to the termination of the Award upon termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship or dismissal from the Board; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Award.  However, any such cancellation or amendment (other than an amendment pursuant to Section 1.5, Section 3.5 or Section 3.16) that materially impairs the rights or materially increases the obligations of a grantee under an outstanding Award shall be made only with the consent of the grantee (or, upon the grantee's death, the Person having the rights to the Award).  In making any modification to an Award (e.g., an amendment resulting in a direct or indirect reduction in the Exercise Price or a waiver or modification under Section 2.4(f), Section 2.6(e) or Section 2.7(c)), the Administrator may consider the implications, if any, of such modification under the Code with respect to Sections 409A and 457A of the Code in respect of Awards granted under the Plan to individuals subject to such provisions of the Code.

	3.2.	Consent Requirement

(a)            No Plan Action Without Required Consent.  If the Administrator shall at any time determine that any Consent (as defined below) is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any Award under the Plan, the issuance or purchase of shares or other rights thereunder, or the taking of any other action thereunder (each such action being hereinafter referred to as a "Plan Action"), then such Plan Action shall not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such Consent shall have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the Administrator.

(b)            Consent Defined.  The term "Consent" as used herein with respect to any Plan Action means (i) any and all listings, registrations or qualifications in respect thereof upon any securities exchange or under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation, (ii) any and all written agreements and representations by the grantee with respect to the disposition of shares, or with respect to any other matter, which the Administrator shall deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such listing, registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement that any such listing, qualification or registration be made and (iii) any and all consents, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by any governmental or other regulatory bodies or any other Person.

	3.3.	Nonassignability

Except as provided in Section 2.4(e), Section 2.5, Section 2.6(d) or Section 2.7(e), (a) no Award or right granted to any Person under the Plan or under any Award Agreement shall be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and (b) all rights granted under the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be exercisable during the life of the grantee only by the grantee or the grantee's legal representative or the grantee's permissible successors or assigns (as authorized and determined by the Administrator).  All terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements will be binding upon any permitted successors or assigns.

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	3.4.	Taxes

(a)            Withholding.  A grantee or other Award holder under the Plan shall be required to pay, in cash, to the Company, and the Company and its Affiliates shall have the right and are hereby authorized to withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to such grantee or other Award holder, the amount of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its grant, its exercise, its vesting, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan, and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for payment of such taxes.  Whenever shares of Common Stock are to be delivered pursuant to an Award under the Plan, with the approval of the Administrator, which the Administrator shall have sole discretion whether or not to give, the grantee may satisfy the foregoing condition by electing to have the Company withhold from delivery shares having a value equal to the amount of minimum tax required to be withheld.  Such shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value as of the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined.  Fractional share amounts shall be settled in cash.  Such a withholding election may be made with respect to all or any portion of the shares to be delivered pursuant to an Award as may be approved by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

(b)            Liability for Taxes.  Grantees and holders of Awards are solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may arise in connection with Awards (including, without limitation, any taxes arising under Sections 409A and 457A of the Code) and the Company shall not have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold any such Person harmless from any or all of such taxes.  The Administrator shall have the discretion to organize any deferral program, to require deferral election forms, and to grant or, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Award Agreement, to unilaterally modify any Award in a manner that (i) conforms with the requirements of Sections 409A and 457A of the Code (to the extent applicable), (ii) voids any participant election to the extent it would violate Section 409A or Section 457A of the Code (to the extent applicable) and (iii) for any distribution event or election that could be expected to violate Section 409A of the Code, make the distribution only upon the earliest of the first to occur of a "permissible distribution event" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or a distribution event that the participant elects in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.  The Administrator shall have the sole discretion to interpret the requirements of the Code, including, without limitation, Sections 409A and 457A, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards.

	3.5.	Change in Control

(a)            Change in Control Defined.  Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, for purposes of the Plan, "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(i)            any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), company or other entity acquires "beneficial ownership" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 30% of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall have occurred in the event of such an acquisition by (A) the Company, (B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or an Affiliate, (C) any company or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the holders of the voting stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or (D) Mr. Evangelos Pistiolis or any entity which Mr. Evangelos Pistiolis directly or indirectly "controls" (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the 1934 Act);

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(ii)            the sale of all or substantially all the Company's assets and/or subsidiaries in one or more related transactions to any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), company or other entity; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall have occurred in the event of such a sale (A) to a Subsidiary which does not involve a material change in the equity holdings of the Company, (B) to an entity (the "Acquiring Entity") which has acquired all or substantially all the Company's assets if, immediately following such sale, 50% or more of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Acquiring Entity (or, if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Acquiring Entity) is beneficially owned by the holders of the voting stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale in substantially the same proportions as the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (C) to Mr. Evangelos Pistiolis or any entity which Mr. Evangelos Pistiolis directly or indirectly "controls" (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the 1934 Act);

(iii)            any merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar event of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall have occurred in the event 50% or more of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the surviving entity (or, if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the surviving entity) is beneficially owned by the holders of the voting stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company immediately prior to such event in substantially the same proportions as the aggregate voting power of the capital stock ordinarily entitled to elect directors of the Company immediately prior to such event;

(iv)            the approval by the Company's stockholders of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(v)            during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, individuals:

(A)            who were directors of the Company on the first day of such period, or

(B)            whose election or nomination for election to the Board was recommended or approved by at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors of the Company on the first day of such period, or whose election or nomination for election were so approved, shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, for each Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred under this Plan with respect to such Award only if a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company shall also be deemed to have occurred under Section 409A of the Code, provided that such limitation shall apply to such Award only to the extent necessary to avoid adverse tax effects under Section 409A of the Code.

(b)            Effect of a Change in Control.  Unless the Administrator provides otherwise in an Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control:

(i)            notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, any Award then outstanding shall become fully vested and any forfeiture provisions thereon imposed pursuant to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall lapse and any Award in the form of an option or stock appreciation right shall be immediately exercisable;

(ii)            to the extent permitted by law and not otherwise limited by the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may amend any Award Agreement in such manner as it deems appropriate;

(iii)            a grantee who incurs a termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship for any reason, other than a termination or dismissal "for Cause", concurrent with or within one year following the Change in Control may exercise any outstanding option or stock appreciation right, but only to the extent that the grantee was entitled to exercise the Award on the date of his or her termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship, until the earlier of (A) the original expiration date of the Award and (B) the later of (x) the date provided for under the terms of Section 2.4 without reference to this Section 3.5(b)(iii) and (y) the first anniversary of the grantee's termination of employment or consultancy/service relationship.

(c)            Miscellaneous.  Whenever deemed appropriate by the Administrator, any action referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section 3.5 may be made conditional upon the consummation of the applicable Change in Control transaction.

	3.6.	Operation and Conduct of Business

Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be construed as limiting or preventing the Company or any Affiliate from taking any action with respect to the operation and conduct of its business that it deems appropriate or in its best interests, including any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, exchanges or other changes in the capital structure of the Company or any Affiliate, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, any issuance of Company shares or other securities or subscription rights, any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common Stock or other securities or rights thereof, any dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, any sale or transfer of all or any part of the assets or business of the Company or any Affiliate, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

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	3.7.	No Rights to Awards

No Key Person or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan.

	3.8.	Right of Discharge Reserved

Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any grantee the right to continue his or her employment with the Company or any Affiliate, his or her consultancy/service relationship with the Company or any Affiliate, or his or her position as a director of the Company or any Affiliate, or affect any right that the Company or any Affiliate may have to terminate such employment or consultancy/service relationship or service as a director.

	3.9.	Non-Uniform Determinations

The Administrator's determinations and the treatment of Key Persons and grantees and their beneficiaries under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made and determined by the Administrator selectively among Persons who receive, or who are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such Persons are similarly situated).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to (a) the Persons to receive Awards under the Plan, (b) the types of Awards granted under the Plan, (c) the number of shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated with respect to, Awards and (d) the terms and conditions of Awards.

	3.10.	Other Payments or Awards

Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Company from making any award or payment to any Person under any other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect.

	3.11.	Headings

Any section, subsection, paragraph or other subdivision headings contained herein are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to expand, limit or otherwise define the contents of such section, subsection, paragraph or subdivision.

	3.12.	Effective Date and Term of Plan

(a)            Adoption; Stockholder Approval.  The Plan was adopted by the Board on April 15, 2015.  The Board may, but need not, make the granting of any Awards under the Plan subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders.

(b)            Termination of Plan.  The Board may terminate the Plan at any time.  All Awards made under the Plan prior to its termination shall remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements.  No Awards may be granted under the Plan following the tenth anniversary of the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board.

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	3.13.	Restriction on Issuance of Stock Pursuant to Awards

The Company shall not permit any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan unless such shares of Common Stock are fully paid and non-assessable under applicable law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Award Agreement, at the time of the exercise of any Award, at the time of vesting of any Award, at the time of payment of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or in cancellation of, any Award, or at the time of grant of any unrestricted shares under the Plan, the Company and the Administrator may, if either shall deem it necessary or advisable for any reason, require the holder of an Award (a) to represent in writing to the Company that it is the Award holder's then-intention to acquire the shares with respect to which the Award is granted for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof or (b) to postpone the date of exercise until such time as the Company has available for delivery to the Award holder a prospectus meeting the requirements of all applicable securities laws; and no shares shall be issued or transferred in connection with any Award unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance or transfer of such shares have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and the Administrator.  The Company and the Administrator shall have the right to condition any issuance of shares to any Award holder hereunder on such Person's undertaking in writing to comply with such restrictions on the subsequent transfer of such shares as the Company or the Administrator shall deem necessary or advisable as a result of any applicable law, regulation or official interpretation thereof, and all share certificates delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Company or the Administrator may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such shares are listed, and any applicable securities or other laws, and certificates representing such shares may contain a legend to reflect any such restrictions.  The Administrator may refuse to issue or transfer any shares or other consideration under an Award if it determines that the issuance or transfer of such shares or other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation or entitle the Company to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, and any payment tendered to the Company by a grantee or other Award holder in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant grantee or other Award holder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Award granted under the Plan shall be construed as an offer to sell securities of the Company, and no such offer shall be outstanding, unless and until the Administrator has determined that any such offer, if made, would be in compliance with all applicable requirements of any applicable securities laws.

	3.14.	Requirement of Notification of Election Under Section 83(b) of the Code

If an Award recipient, in connection with the acquisition of Company shares under the Plan, makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code (to include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Section 83(b) of the Code), the grantee shall notify the Administrator of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Section 83(b) of the Code.

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	3.15.	Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Administrator, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

	3.16.	Sections 409A and 457A

To the extent applicable, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Sections 409A and 457A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any applicable Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Administrator determines that any Award may be subject to Section 409A or Section 457A of the Code, the Administrator may adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Plan and Award from Sections 409A and 457A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Award, or (ii) comply with the requirements of Sections 409A and 457A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance and thereby avoid the application of penalty taxes under Sections 409A and 457A of the Code.

	3.17.	Forfeiture; Clawback

The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, specify in the applicable Award Agreement that any realized gain with respect to options or stock appreciation rights and any realized value with respect to other Awards shall be subject to forfeiture or clawback, in the event of (a) a grantee's breach of any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants with respect to the Company or any Affiliate, (b) a grantee's breach of any employment or consulting agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, (c) a grantee's termination for Cause or (d) a financial restatement that reduces the amount of compensation under the Plan previously awarded to a grantee that would have been earned had results been properly reported.

	3.18.	No Trust or Fund Created

Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and an Award recipient or any other Person.  To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or its Affiliate.

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	3.19.	No Fractional Shares

No fractional shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Administrator shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

	3.20.	Governing Law

The Plan will be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.

25Exhibit 4.37

 

Dated 9 July 2015

MONTE CARLO 37 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED and

MONTE CARLO 39 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

as joint and several Borrowers

and

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

listed in Schedule 1

as Lenders

and

ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

as Agent, Arranger, Underwriter, Swap Bank

and Security Trustee

LOAN AGREEMENT

relating to a secured term loan facility of up to US$42,000,000

to finance part of the construction cost of two

Medium Range product tankers of approximately 39,000 metric tons

deadweight currently under construction by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd

Index

 

	
Clause

	 	
Page

 

	
1

	
Interpretation

	
1

	
2

	
Facility

	
17

	
3

	
Position of the Lenders, the Swap Bank and the Majority Lenders

	
17

	
4

	
Drawdown

	
19

	
5

	
Interest

	
20

	
6

	
Interest Periods

	
23

	
7

	
Default Interest

	
23

	
8

	
Repayment and Prepayment

	
24

	
9

	
Conditions Precedent

	
27

	
10

	
Representations and Warranties

	
28

	
11

	
General Undertakings

	
32

	
12

	
Corporate Undertakings

	
37

	
13

	
Insurance

	
38

	
14

	
Ship Covenants

	
43

	
15

	
Security Cover

	
47

	
16

	
Payments and Calculations

	
49

	
17

	
Application of Receipts

	
51

	
18

	
Application of Earnings; Swap Payments

	
52

	
19

	
Events of Default

	
54

	
20

	
Fees and Expenses

	
59

	
21

	
Indemnities

	
60

	
22

	
No Set-Off or Tax Deduction

	
62

	
23

	
Illegality, etc.

	
64

	
24

	
Increased Costs

	
65

	
25

	
Set-Off

	
67

	
26

	
Transfers and Changes in Lending Offices

	
68

	
27

	
Variations and Waivers

	
72

	
28

	
Notices

	
73

	
29

	
Joint and Several Liability

	
75

	
30

	
Supplemental

	
76

	
31

	
Law and Jurisdiction

	
76

	
Schedule 1 Lenders and Commitments

	
78

	
Schedule 2 Drawdown Notice

	
79

	
Schedule 3 Condition Precedent Documents

	
80

	
Schedule 4 Designation Notice

	
83

	
Schedule 5 Transfer Certificate

	
84

	
Execution Pages

	
88

  

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 9 July 2015

BETWEEN

	(1)	MONTE CARLO 37 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED and MONTE CARLO 39 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, as joint and several Borrowers;

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

	(3)	ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Agent;

	(4)	ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Arranger;

	(5)	ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Underwriter;

	(6)	ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Security Trustee; and

	(7)	ABN AMRO BANK N.V, as Swap Bank.

BACKGROUND

	(A)	The Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers, in two tranches, a post-delivery secured term loan facility of up to the lesser of (a) $42,000,000 and (b) 65 per cent. of the aggregate Initial Market Values of the Ships.

	(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 Clauses 1.2 through 1.4, in this Agreement:

"Account Pledges"  means, together, the Earnings Account Pledges and the Retention Accounts Pledge and, in the singular, means any of them;

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

"Affiliate" means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company;

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

"Agent" means ABN Amro Bank N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at 93 Coolsingel, 3012 AE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, or any successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust Agreement;

"Agreed Form"  means in relation to any document, that document in the form approved in writing by the Agent or as otherwise approved in accordance with any other approval procedure specified in any relevant provisions of any Finance Document;

 

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"Annex VI"  means Annex VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (as modified in 1978 and 1997);

"Applicable Accounts"  means, as at the date of calculation or, as the case may be, in respect of an accounting period, the annual audited accounts and the 6-monthly management accounts, which the Borrowers and the Corporate Guarantor are obliged to deliver to the Agent pursuant to Clause 11.6;

"Approved Broker"  means any independent sale and purchase shipbroker approved by the Agent including, without limitation, Arrow Valuations Ltd, H Clarkson & Co Ltd, Fearnleys A/S, Simpson Spence & Young Limited, SSY Valuation Services Limited, Maersk Brokers K/S, RS Platou Shipbrokers A/S, EA Gibson Shipbrokers Limited and Braemaer Shipbrokers Limited, Galbraith's Limited or any other reputable sale and purchase broker, approved and appointed by the Agent and, in the plural, means all of them;

"Approved Charter"  means, in relation to:

		(a)	Ship A, a time charterparty dated 21 January 2014 (as may be amended, novated and supplemented from time to time) and made between Monte Carlo 37 and the Approved Charterer for a firm period ending not earlier than three years after the Delivery Date of Ship A at a gross daily charter hire rate of at least $15,200 and on such other terms approved by the Agent prior to the date of this Agreement; and

		(b)	Ship B, a time charterparty dated 21 January 2014 (as may be amended, novated and supplemented from time to time) and made between Monte Carlo 39 and the Approved Charterer for a firm period ending not earlier than three years after the Delivery Date of Ship B at a gross daily charter hire rate of at least $15,200 and on such other terms approved by the Agent prior to the date of this Agreement;

"Approved Charterer"  means BP Shipping Limited, a corporation incorporated in the United Kingdom with registered office at BP Shipping Limited, 20 Canada Square, London E14 5NJ, United Kingdom;

"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 which the Agent (with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders) may approve as the flag on which a Ship may be registered;

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

"Approved Manager"  means, in relation to each Ship, Central Mare Inc. as technical manager (the "Technical Manager"), a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 and Central Shipping Monaco SAM as commercial manager (the "Commercial Manager"), a company organised in Monaco having its registered office at Palaias de la Scala, 1 Avenue Henry Dunant, Monaco MC 98000 or any other company which the Agent may, at the request of the Borrower owning that Ship, approve from time to time as the technical and/or commercial manager of that Ship and, in the plural, means both of them;

"Approved Manager's Undertaking"  means, in relation to each Ship, a letter of undertaking executed or to be executed by each Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee,

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agreeing certain matters in relation to the management of the relevant Ship and subordinating its rights against that Ship and the Borrower owning that Ship to the rights of the Lenders under the Finance Documents, in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;

"Arranger" means ABN Amro Bank N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at 93 Coolsingel, 3012 AE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, or any successor;

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

		(a)	the earlier of:

		(i)	the Delivery Date in respect of the last Ship to occur; and

		(ii)	28 February 2016,

(or such later date as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, approve); or

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

"Balloon Instalment"  has the meaning given in Clause 8.1(b);

"Basel III" means:

		(a)	the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; and

		(b)	any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III";

"Borrower"  means each of Monte Carlo 37 and Monte Carlo 39, and in the plural, means both of them;

"Builder" means Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd whose principal office is at 100, Bangeojinsunhwan-Doro, Dong-Gu, Ulsan 682-712, Korea;

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

"Charter"  means, in relation to a Ship, any charter or other contract of employment or any consecutive voyage charter or contract of affreightment in respect of that Ship having a duration (or capable of exceeding a duration) of at least 12 months;

"Charterparty Assignment"  means, in relation to a Ship, a specific assignment of the rights of the Borrower who is the owner of that Ship under the Charter relative thereto 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;

"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

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"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;

"Contract Price"  means the purchase price payable by each Borrower for the Ship to be acquired by it pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract relative thereto, in relation to each Ship;

"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 executed or, as the context may require, to be executed by the Corporate Guarantor of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to which each Borrower is a party in the Agreed Form;

"Corporate Guarantor"  means Top Ships Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960;

"Corresponding Debt" means any amount which a Borrower owes to a Creditor Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents;

"CRD IV" means Directive 2013/36/EU of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directive 2006/48/EC and 2006/29/EC.

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

"CRR" means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012.

"Delivery Date"  means, in relation to a Ship, the date on which title and possession of that Ship is actually delivered to the Borrower which will be the owner thereof pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract relative to that Ship;

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

		(a)	it is entered into by the Borrowers pursuant to the Master Agreement with the Swap Bank;

		(b)	its purpose is the hedging all of or part of the Borrowers' 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 Maturity Date; and

		(c)	it is designated by the Borrowers, by delivery by the Borrowers to the Agent of a notice of designation in the form set out in Schedule 4, 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;

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

"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)	all freight, hire and passage moneys, compensation payable to that Borrower or the Security Trustee in the event of requisition of that Ship for hire, remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage and detention moneys and damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of that Ship;

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

		(c)	if and whenever that Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) 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, in relation to a Ship, an account in the name of the Borrower owning that Ship with the Agent in Rotterdam designated "[name of relevant Borrower] ‐ Earnings Account", or any other account (with that or another office of the Agent) which is designated by the Agent as the Earnings Account in relation to the Ship for the purposes of this Agreement and, in the plural, means both of them;

"Earnings Account Pledge" means, in relation to each Earnings Account, a deed creating security in respect of that Earnings Account in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;

"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 a Ship; or

		(b)	any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a vessel other than a Ship as a result of 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

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injuncted and/or a Ship and/or 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; 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;

"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;

"FATCA" means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any US Treasury regulations thereunder;

"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under any Finance Document required by or under FATCA;

"FATCA Exempt Party" means a party to a Finance Document that is entitled under FATCA to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction;

"Final Maturity Date" means the date falling on the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the second Drawdown Date to occur under this Agreement and (ii) 28 February 2022;

"Finance Documents"  means:

		(a)	this Agreement;

		(b)	the Master Agreement;

		(c)	the Corporate Guarantee;

		(d)	the Agency and Trust Agreement;

		(e)	the General Assignments;

		(f)	the Mortgages;

		(g)	the Account Pledges;

		(h)	the Shares Pledges;

		(i)	the Master Agreement Assignment;

		(j)	the Approved Charterparty Assignments;

		(k)	any Charterparty Assignments;

		(l)	each Approved Manager's Undertakings; and

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		(m)	any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at any time by either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor, either 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;

		(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 the each Borrower and 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 generally accepted accounting principles as from time to time in effect in the United States of America;

"General Assignment"  means, in relation to a 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;

"Green Award" means The Green Award Foundation, an independent foundation, established 1994 on the initiative of the Rotterdam Municipal Port Management and the Dutch Ministry of Transport;

"Green Award Incentive Provider" means the name of any entity that has been appointed as such by the Green Award Foundation;

"Group"  means the Corporate Guarantor and 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;

"Holding Company" means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary;

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"IACS"  means the International Association of Classification Societies;

"IAPPC" means a valid international air pollution prevention certificate issued under Annex VI;

"IFRS"  means International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time, together with its pronouncements thereon from time to time;

"Initial Market Value"  means, in relation to each Ship, the Market Value thereof calculated in accordance with the valuations relative thereto referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, Part B;

"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, the Earnings or otherwise in relation to a 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);

"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, for an Interest Period:

		(a)	the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, the relevant Interest Period which appears on the Screen Rate; or

		(b)	if no rate is quoted on the Screen Rate, the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the rate per annum notified to the Agent by the Reference Bank as the rate at which deposits in Dollars are offered to the Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market at the Reference Bank's request at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for that Interest Period for a period equal to that Interest Period and for delivery on the first Business Day of it;

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

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"Major Casualty"  means, in relation to a Ship, any casualty to the 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 $500,000 or the equivalent in any other currency;

"Majority Lenders"  means:

		(a)	before a Tranche has been made, Lenders whose Commitments total 66.66 per cent. of the Total Commitments; and

		(b)	after a Tranche has been made, Lenders whose Contributions total 66.66 per cent. of the Loan;

"Mandatory Cost"  means any cost calculated by the Agent pursuant to Clause 21.9;

"Margin"  means 3.75 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;

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

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

"Minimum Liquidity Amount"  has the meaning given in Clause 11.19;

"Monte Carlo 37"  means Monte Carlo 37 Shipping Company Limited, a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands,  whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Islands, MH96960, Majuro, Marshall Islands;

"Monte Carlo 39"  means Monte Carlo 39 Shipping Company Limited, a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands,  whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Islands, MH96960, Majuro, Marshall Islands;

"Mortgage"  means, in relation to a Ship, the first priority or, as the case may be, preferred 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;

"Parallel Debt" means any amount which a Borrower owes to the Security Trustee under Clause 3.7;

"Payment Currency"  has the meaning given in Clause 21.4;

"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;

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		(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 trading, chartering, 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 action of the court or tribunal before whom such action is brought as security for costs and expenses while a Borrower is prosecuting or defending such action in good faith by appropriate steps; 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);

"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 a 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:

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		(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;

"Pistiolis Family"  means, together, each of the following:

		(a)	Mr. Evangelos John Pistiolis;

		(b)	all the lineal descendants in direct line of Mr. Evangelos John Pistiolis;

		(c)	a husband or wife, or former husband or wife, or widower or widow of any of the above persons;

		(d)	the estates, trusts or legal representatives of which any of the above persons are the beneficiaries; and

		(e)	each company (other than a member of the Group) legally or beneficially owned or (as the case may be) controlled by one or more of the persons or entities which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (d) of this definition,

and each one of the above shall be referred to as "a member of the Pistiolis Family".

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

"Prepayment Fee"  has the meaning given in Clause 8.13;

"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 Interest Period (or any other 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 Interest Period or any other 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 Banks"  means, subject to Clause 26.16, the branch of ABN Amro Bank N.V. at 93 Coolsingel, 3012 AE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the London branch or any other bank or financial institution selected by the Agent;

"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;

"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";

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"Restricted Person" means a person that is (i) listed on, or owned or controlled by a person listed on any Sanctions List; (ii) located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organised under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide Sanctions (including, without limitation, at the date of this Agreement Cuba, Iran, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Syria and Sudan); or (iii) otherwise a target of Sanctions;

"Retention Account"  means, in respect of each Borrower, an account with the Agent in Rotterdam designated "[Monte Carlo 37][Monte Carlo 39] – Retention Account", or any other account (with that or another office of the Agent or with a bank or financial institution other than the Agent) which is designated by the Agent as the Retention Account for the purposes of this Agreement and, in the plural, means both of them;

"Retention Account Pledge" means a deed creating security in respect of that Retention Accounts in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means both of them;

"Sanctions" means any economic sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by: (i) the United States of America government; (ii) the United Nations; (iii) the European Union or its Member States, including without limitation, the United Kingdom; (iv) any country to which the Borrower or any Security Party, or any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them is bound; or (v) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury (OFAC), the United States Department of State, and Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) (together "Sanctions Authorities");

"Sanctions List" means the "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" list issued by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and Investment Ban List issued by HMT, or any similar list issued or maintained or made public by any of the Sanctions Authorities;

"Screen Rate" means the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for Dollars for the relevant period displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant 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 rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem in which the vessel concerned has been arrested or a writ has been issued or similar step taken; 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;

 

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"Security Party"  means the Corporate Guarantor,  either 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 final 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 either Borrower or any Security Party under the Finance Documents have been paid;

		(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 Clauses 20, 21 or 22 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and

		(d)	the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter, 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 a Borrower 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 ABN Amro Bank N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at 93 Coolsingel, 3012 AE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, or any successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust Agreement;

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

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

"Ship A"  means a 39,000 metric tons deadweight Medium Range product tanker which is currently under construction by the Builder for Monte Carlo 37 pursuant to Shipbuilding Contract A currently having Builder's Hull No. 5418 and which is to be purchased by Monte Carlo 37 and upon delivery to be registered in its ownership under an Approved Flag with the name "ECO FLEET";

"Ship B"  means a 39,000 metric tons deadweight Medium Range product tanker which is currently under construction by the Builder for Monte Carlo 39 pursuant to Shipbuilding Contract B currently having Builder's Hull No. 5419 and which is to be purchased by Monte Carlo 39 and upon delivery to be registered in its ownership under an Approved Flag with the name "ECO REVOLUTION";

"Shipbuilding Contract"  means in relation to:

		(a)	Ship A, the shipbuilding contract dated 11 October 2013 (as amended and supplemented from time to time) and entered into between Monte Carlo 37 as buyer and the Builder; and

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		(b)	Ship B, the shipbuilding contract dated 9 December 2013 (as amended and supplemented from time to time) and entered into between Monte Carlo 39 as buyer and the Builder,

and, in the plural, means all of them;

"Subsidiary"  means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;

"Swap Bank"  means ABN Amro Bank N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at Gustav Mahrerlaan 10, NL-1082 PP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

"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 a Borrower to the Swap Bank under (and calculated in accordance with) section 6(e)(i) (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 30 days redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning the Ship;

		(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 30 days 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;

"Tranche"  means in relation to:

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		(a)	"Ship A", an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 65 per cent. of its Initial Market Value and (ii) $21,000,000 which shall be made available to the Borrowers for the purpose of financing part of the construction cost of Ship A; and

		(b)	"Ship B", an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 65 per cent. of its Initial Market Value and (ii) $21,000,000 which shall be made available to the Borrowers for the purpose of financing part of the construction cost of Ship B;

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

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

"Trust Property"  has the meaning given in clause 3.1 of the Agency and Trust Agreement;

"Underlying Documents"  means, together, the Shipbuilding Contracts and the Approved Charters and, in the singular, means any of them; and

"Underwriter"  means ABN Amro Bank N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at 93 Coolsingel, 3012 AE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, or any successor.

	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;

"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;

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"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;

"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) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self‐regulatory or other authority or organisation;

"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, blocking and trapping 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).

	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.

 

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	1.4	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 1.4 apply unless the contrary intention appears.

	1.5	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

Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Lenders shall make available to the Borrowers a loan facility, in two Tranches, not exceeding in aggregate the lesser of (a) $42,000,000 and (b) 65 per cent. of the aggregate of the Initial Market Value of the Ships, one Tranche to be made available in respect of each Ship.

	2.2	Lenders' participations in Tranches

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

	2.3	Purpose of Tranches

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

	3	POSITION OF THE LENDERS, THE SWAP BANK 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

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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.

	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); and

	(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.

	3.7	Parallel debt

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	(a)	Each Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Security Trustee amounts equal to, and in the currency or currencies of, its Corresponding Debt.

	(b)	The Parallel Debt of a Borrower:

		(i)	shall become due and payable at the same time as its Corresponding Debt;

		(ii)	is independent and separate from, and without prejudice to, its Corresponding Debt.

	(c)	For the purposes of this Clause, the Security Trustee:

		(i)	is the independent and separate creditor of each Parallel Debt;

		(ii)	acts in its own name and not as agent, representative or trustee of the Creditor Parties and its claims in respect each Parallel Debt and the security to grant such Parallel Debt shall not be held on trust; and

		(iii)	shall have the independent and separate right to demand payment of each Parallel Debt in its own name (including, without limitation, through any suit, execution, enforcement of security, recovery of guarantees and applications for and voting in any kind of insolvency proceeding).

	(d)	The Parallel Debt of a Borrower shall be:

		(i)	decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally paid or discharged; and

		(ii)	increased to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has increased.

	(e)	The Corresponding Debt of a Borrower shall be:

		(i)	decreased to the extent that its Parallel Debt has been irrevocable and unconditionally paid or discharged; and

		(ii)	increased to the extent that its Parallel Debt has increased,

in each case provided that the Parallel Debt of a Borrower shall never exceed its Corresponding Debt.

	(f)	All amounts received or recovered by the Security Trustee in connection with this Clause, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall be applied in accordance with Clause 17 (Application of receipts).

	4	DRAWDOWN

	4.1	Request for Tranche

Subject to the following conditions, the Borrowers may request a Tranche to be made by ensuring that the Agent receives a completed Drawdown Notice not later than 11.00 a.m. (Rotterdam time) 3 Business Days prior to the intended Drawdown Date or within such shorter period as the Agent may approve.

	4.2	Availability

The conditions referred to in Clause 4.1 are that:

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

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	(b)	the amount of each Tranche shall not exceed the lesser of (i) $21,000,000 and (ii) 65 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of the Ship being financed by that Tranche;

	(c)	each such Tranche shall be applied in financing part of the Contract Price for the relevant Ship payable pursuant to the Shipbuilding Contract relative to that Ship; and

	(d)	the aggregate amount of the Tranches 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 Tranche and the Drawdown Date;

	(b)	the amount of that Lender's participation in the Tranche; and

	(c)	the duration of the first Interest Period.

	4.4	Drawdown Notice irrevocable

A Drawdown Notice must be signed by a duly authorised representative of a 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 each Drawdown Date, make available to the Agent for the account of the Borrowers the amount due from that Lender on that Drawdown Date under Clause 2.2.

	4.6	Disbursement of Tranche

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Agent shall on each 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 Tranche to third party

The payment by the Agent under Clause 4.6 shall constitute the making of the Tranche 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 other provisions of this Agreement, interest on each Tranche or 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

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Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the rate of interest on each Tranche or 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.

	5.5	Obligation of Reference Banks to quote

A Reference Bank which is a Lender shall use all reasonable efforts to supply the quotation required of it for the purposes of fixing a rate of interest under this Agreement.

	5.6	Absence of quotations by Reference Banks

If any Reference Bank fails to supply a quotation, the Agent shall determine the relevant rate of interest 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 quoted in the Screen Rate and the Reference Banks (or, if there is only one Reference Bank at the relevant time, that Reference Bank) do not or, as the case may be, does not, before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for an Interest Period, 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 may notify the Agent that LIBOR fixed by the Agent would not accurately reflect the cost to that Lender 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 and the Swap Bank 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 a Tranche is made:

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

	(b)	in a case falling within Clause 5.7(c), the Affected Lender's obligation to participate in the Tranche,

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 5.8 is served after a Tranche is made, the Borrowers, the Agent, the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender and the Swap Bank shall use reasonable endeavours to agree, within 30 days after the date on which the Agent serves its notice under Clause 5.8 (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

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, not exceeding 3 months, 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) applicable to each Lender's or (as the case may be) to the Affected Lender's Contribution in that Tranche; 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 30 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.

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	6	INTEREST PERIODS

	6.1	Commencement of Interest Periods

The first Interest Period applicable to a Tranche shall commence on the Drawdown Date in respect of such Tranche 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)	3, 6 or 9 months as notified by the Borrowers to the Agent not later than 11.00 a.m. (Rotterdam time) 2 Business Days before the commencement of the Interest Period; or

	(b)	in the case of the first Interest Period applicable to the second Tranche, a period ending on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the first Tranche, whereupon both Tranches shall be consolidated and treated as a single Tranche;

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

	(d)	such other period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of all the Lenders, agree with the Borrowers.

	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 6 months, any Lender notifies the Agent by 11.00 a.m. (Rotterdam 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 6 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

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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 7.3(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 Banks) determines that Dollar deposits for any such period are not being made available to any Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business, a rate from time to time determined by the Agent by reference to the cost of funds to the Reference Banks from such other sources as the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Banks) 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 7.3(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 Transaction as to which section 2(e) (Default Interest and Compensation) of the Master Agreement shall apply.

	8	REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT

	8.1	Amount of repayment instalments

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The Borrowers shall repay each Tranche by 24 consecutive quarterly instalments as follows:

	(a)	the first repayment instalment (inclusive) to the twelfth repayment instalment (inclusive), $412,500 each;

	(b)	the thirteenth repayment instalment (inclusive) to the twenty-fourth repayment instalment (inclusive), $387,500 (inclusive); and

	(c)	a balloon instalment in the amount of $11,400,000 (the "Balloon Instalment")

Provided that if the amount drawn down in respect of a Tranche is less than $21,000,000, the repayment instalments and the Balloon Instalment in respect of that Tranche will be reduced pro rata by an amount in aggregate equal to such shortfall.

	8.2	Repayment Dates

The first instalment for each Tranche shall be repaid on the date falling 3 months after the Drawdown Date relating to that Tranche, each subsequent instalment shall be repaid at three-monthly intervals thereafter and the last instalment for each Tranche together with the Balloon Instalment in respect thereof shall be repaid not later than the Final Maturity Date.

	8.3	Final Repayment Date

On the Final Maturity 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.

	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 15 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 requirement relevant to this Agreement which affects either Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with; and

	(d)	the Borrowers have complied with Clause 8.13 and 8.14 (if applicable) on or prior to the date of prepayment.

	8.6	Optional facility cancellation

The Borrowers shall be entitled, upon giving to the Agent not less than 5 Business Days' prior written cancellation notice  which shall be irrevocable and shall, at the option of the Borrowers, specify whether such cancellation will be applied against a specific Tranche, in which case the Borrowers will specify the Tranche against which that cancellation should be applied. A failure by the Borrowers to make such a designation shall result in the cancellation being applied equally between the two Tranches to cancel, in whole or in part, and, if in part, by an amount not less than $250,000 or a higher multiple thereof (or such

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other amount acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion), the undrawn balance of the Total Commitments. Upon such cancellation taking effect on expiry of a cancellation notice the several obligations of the Lenders to make their respective Commitments available in relation to the portion of the Total Commitments to which such cancellation notice relates shall terminate.

	8.7	Effect of notice of prepayment or cancellation

Neither a prepayment notice nor a cancellation notice may be withdrawn or amended without the consent of the Agent, given with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, and:

	(a)	in the case of the prepayment notice the amount specified in that prepayment  notice shall become due and payable by the Borrowers on the date for prepayment specified in the prepayment notice; and

	(b)	in the case of a cancellation notice, the amount cancelled shall be permanently cancelled and may not be borrowed.

	8.8	Notification of notice of prepayment

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

	8.9	Mandatory prepayment

The Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay the Relevant Amount if a Ship is sold (including, without limitation, if it is sold for scrap) or refinanced by another bank or financial institution or becomes a Total Loss:

	(a)	in the case of a sale, on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Ship to the buyer; or

	(b)	in the case of a refinancing, on or before the date on which the refinancing is completed; or

	(c)	in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 90 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 8.9 "Relevant Amount" means the greater of (i) the amount of the Tranche relative to the Ship which is to be sold and/or refinanced and/or has become Total Loss and (ii) an amount which after the application of the prepayment to be made pursuant to this Clause 8.8, results in the security cover ratio under Clause 15.1 being at least equal to the greater of (i) 130 per cent and (ii) the percentage which applied immediately prior to the sale of and/or Total Loss and/or the refinancing.

	8.10	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 other than, if applicable, the Prepayment Fee pursuant to Clause 8.14

	8.11	Application of partial prepayment

Each partial prepayment made pursuant to:

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	(a)	Clause 8.4 shall be applied pro rata against the then outstanding repayment instalments and the Balloon Instalment of the Tranche being prepaid as specified in Clause 8.1; and

	(b)	Clause 8.9 shall be applied in full repayment of the Tranche used to finance the Ship which has been sold, become a Total Loss or has been refinanced and any balance shall be applied against the remaining Tranche on a pro rata basis (in the manner described in paragraph (a) of this Clause 8.11).

	8.12	No reborrowing

No amount prepaid or repaid may be re-borrowed.

	8.13	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.

	8.14	Prepayment Fee

If the Loan is prepaid in full through a refinancing by any bank or financial institution other than ABN AMRO Bank N.V. at any time during the period commencing from the Drawdown Date of the first Tranche to be drawn under this Agreement and ending on the second anniversary thereof the Borrowers shall pay to the Lenders on the date on which such prepayment is effected pursuant to Clause 8 a prepayment fee (the "Prepayment Fee") of 2 per cent of the Loan outstanding at any relevant time.

	9	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

	9.1	Documents, fees and no default

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

	(a)	that, on or before the service of the first 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; and

		(ii)	the arrangement fee payable pursuant to Clause 20.1 and payment of any other fees and expenses payable pursuant to Clause 20.2;

	(b)	that, on each Drawdown Date but prior to the making of the Tranche to be advanced on that Drawdown Date, the Agent receives or is satisfied that it will receive on the making of such Tranche or the Delivery Date of the Ship financed by that Tranche the documents described in Part B of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;

	(c)	that, on or before each Drawdown Date, the Agent receives all accrued commitment fee payable and, if applicable, the agency fee, pursuant to Clause 20.1 and payment of any expenses payable pursuant to Clause 20.2 which is due and payable on the Drawdown Date to which that Drawdown Notice relates;

	(d)	that both at the date of each Drawdown Notice and at each Drawdown Date:

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		(i)	no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or would result from the borrowing of the relevant Tranche;

		(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; and

		(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 position, state of affairs or prospects of any of the Borrowers or the Corporate Guarantor in the light of which the Agent considers that there is a significant risk that the Borrowers (or either of them), 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; and

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

	(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 relevant Drawdown Date.

	9.2	Waiver of conditions precedent

If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion, permit a Tranche 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 relevant 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 a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

	10.3	Share capital and ownership

As of the date of this Agreement, each Borrower is authorized to issue 500 registered and/or bearer shares without par value owned free of any Security Interest or other claim except the Security Interests created in favour of the Security Trustee.

	10.4	Corporate power

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

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	(a)	to carry out its business carried on or to be carried out by it and own its assets owned or to be owned by it;

	(b)	to execute the Shipbuilding Contract, to purchase and pay for the relevant Ship under the Shipbuilding Contract in relation to that Ship and register the relevant Ship in its name under the applicable Approved Flag;

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

	(d)	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)	are in full force and effect;

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

	(c)	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,

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 Master Agreement, 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 applicable law or regulation; or

	(b)	the constitutional documents of that Borrower; or

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	(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. No Finance Document is subject to any filing or stamp duty in 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 against either 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 Underlying Documents

	(a)	the copies of the Underlying Documents delivered to the Agent before the date of this Agreement are true and complete copies;

	(b)	each Underlying Document constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms; and

	(c)	other than those amendments, additions and waivers to the Underlying Documents disclosed to the Agent before the date of this Agreement or otherwise entered into in accordance with this Agreement, no amendments or additions to any Underlying Document have been agreed nor has a Borrower or the Builder, or as the case may be, the Approved Manager relative to that Underlying Document waived any of their respective rights under the Underlying Documents to which it is a party.

	10.14	No rebates etc.

There is no agreement or understanding to allow or pay any rebate, premium, commission, discount or other benefit or payment (howsoever described) to either Borrower, the Builder or a third party in connection with the purchase by either Borrower of the relevant Ship, other than as disclosed to the Lenders in writing on or prior to the date of this Agreement.

	10.15	Compliance with certain undertakings

At the date of this Agreement, the Borrowers are in compliance with Clauses 11.2, 11.4, 11.9, 11.13 and 13.

	10.16	Taxes paid

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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.

	10.17	ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance

All requirements of the ISM Code and the ISPS Code as they relate to the Borrowers, the Approved Managers and the Ships have been or, will be, on or before the Delivery Date of the relevant Ship, complied with.

	10.18	No money laundering

Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 2.3, in relation to the borrowing by each Borrower, the performance and discharge of its obligations and liabilities under the Finance Documents, and the transactions and other arrangements affected or contemplated by the Finance Documents to which each Borrower is a party, each Borrower confirms (i) it is acting for its own account; (ii) it will use the proceeds of the Loan for its own benefit, under its 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).

	10.19	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).

	10.20	Pari passu ranking

The obligations of each Security Party under the Finance Documents to which it is a party rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

	10.21	Title and ownership

The Borrower has good title to each of the assets owned or purported to be owned by it.

	10.22	No prior business

The Borrower has not traded or carried on business prior to the date of this Agreement other than the entering into the Underlying Documents.

	10.23	Employees and pension scheme obligations

The Borrower has no employees nor obligations in respect of any pensions scheme save for, and in relation to, the master, officers and crew of the Ship.

	10.24	Patriot Act

To the extent applicable each Borrower is in compliance with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the PATRIOT Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any government official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

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	10.24	Repetition

The representations and warranties in this Clause 10 shall be deemed to be repeated by the Borrowers by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of each Drawdown Notice and the first day of each Interest Period.

	11	GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

	11.1	General

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 in writing.

	11.2	Title; negative pledge

Each Borrower will:

	(a)	as from the relevant Delivery Date, hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in the Ship owned by it, her 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;

	(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); and

	(c)	procure that its liabilities under the Finance Documents to which it is a party do and will rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated liabilities, except for liabilities which are mandatorily preferred by law.

	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)	liabilities and obligations under the Underlying Documents and the Finance Documents to which it is a party;

	(b)	liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the normal course of its business of trading, operating and chartering the Ship owned by it; and

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	(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 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 Borrowers, the annual audited accounts of each Borrower for that Financial Year (commencing with accounts for the year ending 31 December 2015);

	(b)	as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of the Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor, the annual audited (consolidated) accounts of the Group for that Financial Year (commencing with accounts for the year ending 31 December 2015); and

	(c)	as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of the 6-month period ending on 30 June in each Financial Year of the Borrowers, the management accounts of each Borrower which show the operation of its Ship for the preceding 6-month period (commencing with the 6-month period ending 30 June 2015) and in a format approved by the Agent which are certified as to their correctness by an authorised officer of the Corporate Guarantor to which the accounts relate; and

	(d)	promptly after each request by the Agent, such further financial information about the Borrowers, the Ships and the Corporate Guarantor (including, but not limited to, Charter arrangements, Financial Indebtedness and 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;

	(b)	give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the relevant Borrower and 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 relevant Borrower and the Group.

	11.8	Shareholder and creditor notices

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default each Borrower will send to 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 the Underlying Documents and any Finance Document to which it is a party;

	(b)	for the validity or enforceability under the Underlying Documents and any Finance Document to which it is a party; and

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	(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 it is necessary to ensure that any Finance Document 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.

	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, an 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 and the Borrower shall procure that reasonable measures are taken to defend any such legal or administrative action.

	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	No amendment to an Underlying Document

Neither Borrower will agree to any amendment or supplement to, or waive or fail to enforce, the Underlying Document to which it is a party or any of its provisions.

	11.14	Principal place of business

Each Borrower will maintain its place of business, and keep its corporate documents and records, at the address stated in Clause 28.2(a); and 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 Greece and Monaco.

	11.15	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 the authorised representative or a director 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.

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The Agent may serve requests under this Clause 11.15 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 no Tranches have been made) Commitments exceeding 10 per cent. of the Total Commitments; and this Clause 11.15 does not affect the Borrowers' obligations under Clause 11.16.

	11.16	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.

	11.17	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 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, the refinancing or restructuring of any loan or credit facilities to which any members of the Group are a party and details of the employment of the Fleet Vessels) as the Agent may reasonably require; or

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

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

	11.18	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.

	11.19	Minimum Liquidity

Each Borrower undertakes to maintain in its Retention Account from the Drawdown Date of the Tranche financing the Ship owed or to be owed by it and at all times thereafter, a credit balance of not less than $500,000 (the "Minimum Liquidity Amount").

	11.20	"Know your customer" checks

If:

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

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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 ©, 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.

	11.21	Sanctions and compliance with laws

	(a)	Compliance with laws

Each Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other member of the Group and each Affiliate or of any of them shall, comply in all respect with all Sanctions.

	(b)	Sanctions

		(i)	Each Borrower undertakes that it, and shall procure that each Security Party and any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them, or any director, officer, agent, employee or person acting on behalf of the foregoing, is not a Restricted Person and does not act directly or indirectly on behalf of a Restricted Person.

		(ii)	Each Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party and any other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall, not use any revenue or benefit derived from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person in discharging any obligation due or owing to the Creditor Parties.

		(iii)	Each Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party shall, procure that no proceeds from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person are credited to any bank account held with any Creditor Party in its name or in the name of any Security Party or any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them.

		(iv)	Each Borrower undertakes that it, and shall procure that each Security Party and other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them, has taken reasonable measures to ensure compliance with Sanctions.

		(v)	Each Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other member of the Group shall, to the extent permitted by law promptly upon becoming aware of them supply to the Agent details of any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority.

		(vi)	Each Borrower shall not accept, and shall procure that no Security Party shall, obtain or receive any goods or services from any Restricted Person, except (without limiting paragraph (i) of Clause 11.19)), to the extent relating to any warranties and/or guarantees given and/or liabilities incurred in respect of an activity or dealing with a Restricted Person by any Security Party in accordance with this Agreement.

	(c)	Use of proceeds

		(i)	The Borrower shall not, and shall procure that no Security Party or member of the Group and any Affiliate of them shall not, permit or authorise any other person to, directly or indirectly, use, lend, make payments of, contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of the Loan or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to fund or facilitate trade, business or other

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activities: (a) involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Person; or (b) in any other manner that could result in any Security Party or a Creditor Party being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Person.

		(ii)	Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower does not undertake under paragraphs (a) to (c) (inclusive) above in favour of any Lender incorporated or having its registered office in the Federal Republic of Germany and no such Lender shall have any right thereunder and shall be deemed not to be a party to the provisions of this Clause Error! Reference source not found.

	11.22	Ownership

Each Borrower shall procure that there is no change in the legal ownership of its shares throughout the Security Period.

	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 in writing.

	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:

	(a)	change the nature of its business; or

	(b)	pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital (the "Distribution") if there is an Event of Default or would result from the Distribution;

	(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;

	(d)	open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Agent for the purposes of the Finance Documents;

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

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	(f)	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;

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

	(h)	change its constitutional documents.

	13	INSURANCE

	13.1	General

Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply (following the Delivery Date applicable to its Ship and while  that Ship is subject to a Mortgage) 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 increased value, hull and machinery and excess risks);

	(b)	war risks;

	(c)	protection and indemnity 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.

	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, 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 Ships then subject to a Mortgage, 120 per cent. of the Loan and (ii) the Market Value of the Ship owned by it;

	(c)	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;

	(d)	in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full value and tonnage of the Ship owned by it;

	(e)	on such terms as shall from time to time be approved in writing by the Security Trustee (including, without limitation, a blocking and trapping clause);

	(f)	on approved terms; and

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	(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 and the Technical Manager as co-assured unless the interest of every other named assured is limited:

		(i)	in respect of any obligatory insurances 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;

	(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 the 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:

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		(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 obligatory insurance 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 and 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

	(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;

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

	(c)	where required to be issued under the terms of insurance/indemnity provided by a Borrower's protection and indemnity association, a certified copy of each United Sates of America voyage quarterly declaration (or other similar document or documents) made by that Borrower in accordance with the requirements of such protections and indemnity association; and

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	(d)	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	Restructuring 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 all 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;

	(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 either make or agree to any alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance.

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	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 that 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;

		(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; and

		(iii)	a claim under any obligatory insurances of the Ship.

	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 13.18 or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances,

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 marine insurance and additional perils insurance

The Security Trustee shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's interest marine insurance and mortgagee's interest additional perils insurance in an amount not less than 120 per cent. of the Loan 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

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The Security Trustee 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 are, in the opinion of the Security Trustee, 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 the relevant Borrower.

	13.19	Modification of insurance requirements

The Security Trustee shall notify the Borrowers of any proposed modification under Clause 13.18 to the requirements of this Clause 13 which the Security Trustee reasonably consider 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 Security Trustee 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 Security Trustee 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 (following the Delivery Date applicable to its Ship except as the Agent, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, may otherwise permit in writing.

	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.

	14.3	Repair and classification

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 IACS and 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

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Each Borrower shall instruct the classification society referred to in Clause 14.3 (and procure that the classification society undertakes with the Agent) in relation to its Ship:

	(a)	to send to the Agent, following receipt of a written request from the Agent, certified true copies of all original class records and any other related records held by the classification society in relation to its Ship;

	(b)	to allow the Agent (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 Agent immediately in writing if the classification society:

		(i)	receives notification from a Borrower or any 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 a Borrower's or its Ship's membership of the classification society;

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

		(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 Agent in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences thereof, 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 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 prepared by surveyors appointed by the Borrower and, if required by the Security Trustee, by a surveyor appointed by the Security Trustee at the Borrower's cost.

	14.8	Inspection

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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 at the cost of the Borrower 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 such 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 applicable 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:

	(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 Managers' compliance and the compliance of the Ship owned by it with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,

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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 Managers' Document of Compliance.

	14.12	Notification of certain events

Each Borrower shall immediately notify the Security Trustee by fax, 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 that Borrower, an 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 Managers 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 that the Approved Charter, 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;

	(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 Managers or agree to any alteration to the terms of the Approved Managers' 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 $500,000 (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.

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	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; 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; and

	(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 Charter (subject to obtaining the consent of the Agent in accordance with Clause 14.13(b)), the Borrower shall at the request of the Agent, execute in favour of the Security Trustee a Charterparty Assignment and shall:

	(a)	serve notice of the Charterparty Assignment on the charterer and procure that the 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.

	14.18	Responsible Ship Recycling

If a Ship is sold for scrapping, the Borrower owning that Ship shall ensure that that Ship shall be dismantled in a safe, sustainable and socially and environmentally responsible way.

	15	SECURITY COVER

	15.1	Minimum required security cover

Clause 15.2 applies if the Agent notifies the Borrowers that:

	(a)	the aggregate of the Market Value of the Ships subject to a Mortgage; plus

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	(b)	the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under this Clause 15,

is below 130 per cent. of the aggregate of the Loan and any negative sums arising under any Transactions entered into pursuant to the Master Agreement.

	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 30 days 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, or ensured that a third party has 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 is that shown by taking the arithmetic means of two valuations addressed to the Agent, each valuation to be prepared:

		(a)	as at a date not more than 30 days previously;

		(b)	by an Approved Broker selected and appointed by the Agent;

		(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 estimate amount of the usual and reasonable expenses which would be incurred in connection with the sale.

Provided that if the valuations obtained at any time pursuant to this Clause 15.3 differ by at least 10 per cent. the Agent may select a third Approved Broker to provide a valuation of that Ship in accordance with this Clause 15.3 and the Market Value of  that Ship shall be the arithmetic average of the three valuations.

	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.

	15.5	Valuations binding

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 any Approved Broker or expert acting under Clause 15.3 or 15.4 with any information which the Agent or the Approved Broker or expert 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

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basis and assumptions which the Approved Broker or the Majority Lenders (or the expert appointed by them) consider prudent.

	15.7	Frequency of valuations

Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Agent may commission valuation(s) of the Ship at such times as the Agent shall deem necessary.

	15.8	Payment of valuation expenses

Without prejudice to the generality of the Borrowers' obligations under Clauses 20.1, 20.3 and 21.3, the Borrowers shall, on demand, pay the Agent the amount of the fees and expenses of any Approved Broker or expert 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  Provided that unless an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, the Borrowers shall only be obliged to pay the fees and expenses for two sets of valuations for each Ship in each calendar year.

	15.9	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 with correspondent bank Deutsche Bank at Trust Company America, New York (SWIFT: ABNANL2A and account number: 04-013-685) with reference "Monte Carlo 37 and Monte Carlo 39 – US$42,000,000 facility", 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,

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

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	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.

	16.9	Creditor Party accounts

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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.

	17.2	Variation of order of application

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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; SWAP PAYMENTS

	18.1	Payment of Earnings and Swap Payments

Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to ensure that, throughout the Security Period (and subject only to the provisions of the General Assignments):

	(a)	all Earnings of the Ship owned by it are paid to the Earnings Account for that Ship; and

	(b)	all payments by the Swap Bank to either Borrower under each Designated Transaction are paid to the Earnings Account of that Borrower.

	18.2	Application of Earnings

Each Borrower undertakes with the Lenders that any funds from time to time credited to, or standing to the credit of, its Earnings Account shall, unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred (whereupon the provisions of Clause 17.1 shall apply), be available for application in the following manner:

	(a)	in or towards making payments of all amounts due and payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Master Agreement (other than payments of principal and interest pursuant to Clauses 5.1, 7.2 and/or 8.1);

	(b)	in or towards making the transfers to the Retention Account required pursuant to Clause 18.3(a); and

	(c)	any surplus shall be released to the Borrowers.

	18.3	Monthly retentions

Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to ensure that, in each calendar month of the Security Period after the Ship owned or to be owned by it has been delivered to it under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract, on such dates as the Agent may from time to time specify, there is transferred to the Retention Account out of the Earnings received in its Earnings Account during the preceding calendar month:

	(a)	one‐third of the amount of the repayment instalment in respect of the Tranche applicable to its Ship falling due under Clause 8.1 on the next Repayment Date in respect of that Tranche; and

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	(b)	the relevant fraction of the aggregate amount of interest on that Tranche which is payable on the next due date for payment of interest under this Agreement.

The "relevant fraction" is a fraction of which the numerator is 1 and the denominator the number of months comprised in the then current Interest Period applicable to the relevant Tranche (or, if the current Interest Period ends after the next due date for payment of interest under this Agreement for the relevant Tranche, the number of months from the later of the commencement of the current Interest Period for the relevant Tranche or the last due date for payment of interest for that Tranche to the next due date for payment of interest for that Tranche under this Agreement).

	18.4	Shortfall in Earnings

If the aggregate Earnings of a Ship received in the Earnings Account applicable to it are insufficient in any month for the required amount to be transferred to the Retention Account under Clause 18.3, the Borrower owning that Ship shall make up the amount of the insufficiency on demand from the Agent; but, without thereby prejudicing the Agent's right to make such demand at any time, the Agent may, if so authorised by the Majority Lenders, permit that Borrower to make up all or part of the insufficiency by increasing the amount of any transfer under Clause 18.3 from the Earnings received in the next or subsequent months.

	18.5	Application of retentions

Until an Event of Default occurs, the Agent shall on each Repayment Date and on each due date for the payment of interest under this Agreement distribute to the Lenders in accordance with Clause 16.4 so much of the then balance on the Retention Account as equals:

	(a)	the repayment instalment in respect of the relevant Tranche due on that Repayment Date; or

	(b)	the amount of interest in respect of the relevant Tranche payable on that interest payment date,

in discharge of the Borrowers' liability for that repayment instalment or that interest.

	18.6	Interest accrued on Accounts

Any credit balance on the Accounts shall bear interest at the rate from time to time offered by the Agent to its customers for Dollar deposits of similar amounts and for periods similar to those for which such balances appear to the Agent likely to remain on the Accounts.

	18.7	No release of accrued interest

Interest arising under Clause 18.6 shall be credited to the Retention Account, but shall not be released to the Borrowers until the end of the Security Period.

	18.8	Location of accounts

Each Borrower shall promptly:

	(a)	comply with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re-location of the Accounts (or any of them); 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) the Accounts.

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	18.9	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.

	18.10	Borrower's obligations unaffected

The provisions of this Clause 18 (as distinct from a distribution effected under Clause 18.5) do not affect:

	(a)	the liability of the Borrower to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or

	(b)	any other liability or obligation of the Borrower or any Security Party under any Finance Document.

	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, 10.19, 10.20, 11.2, 11.3, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21, 11.22, 12.2, 12.3, 13.2, 13.4, 14.2, 18.1, 18.3 or 11.19 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 15 days after written notice from the Agent requesting action to remedy the same; or

	(d)	(subject to any applicable grace period specified in any 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 by, or by an officer of, a 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:

		(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

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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:

		(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 or any form of freezing order; 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, the 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; or

		(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 (including, without limitation, consents required pursuant to the relevant entity's constitutional documents of those required by law) necessary to enable any 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 or a Shipbuilding Contract 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 direct or legal ownership of any of the shares in either Borrower or a change has occurred in the ultimate beneficial ownership of any of the shares in either Borrower or in the ultimate control of the voting rights attaching to any of those shares; or

	(l)	without the Agent's prior written consent any member of the Pistiolis Family (either directly and/or indirectly through companies beneficially owned by any member of the Pistiolis and/or trusts of foundations of which any member of the Pistiolis Family are beneficiaries) cease to own in aggregate at least 30 per cent. of the share capital of the Corporate Guarantor; or

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	(m)	Mr Evangelos John Pistiolis ceases to be the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate Guarantor; or

	(n)	without the prior written consent of the Agent, the shares of the Corporate Guarantor cease to be listed on the NASDAQ; or

	(o)	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

	(p)	an Approved Charter is terminated or rescinded or becomes invalid or unenforceable or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect prior to its expiration date for any reason except with the consent of the Agent (acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders); or

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

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

	(s)	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 Agent, acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders; or

	(t)	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 either Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor; or

		(ii)	any accident or any Environmental Incident 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 the Corporate Guarantor is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities under the Finance Documents to which each is a party 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 all 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 withl 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 (a)(ii), the Security Trustee, the Agent, the Underwriter and/or the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law.

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	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, 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) or 19.2(a)(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 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.

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In this Clause 19, a "Relevant Person" means the Corporate Guarantor, a Borrower, a Security Party and any other member of the Group.

	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.

	20	FEES AND EXPENSES

	20.1	Commitment and arrangement fees

The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent:

	(a)	a non-refundable arrangement fee equal to 1.25 per cent. of the Total Commitments (being an amount equal to $525,000) in two equal instalments, each payable on each Drawdown Date; and

	(b)	a non-refundable commitment fee, payable quarterly in arrears at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum on the undrawn or un-cancelled amount of the Loan for distribution among the Lenders pro rata to their Commitments during the period from (and including) [l] 2014 (being the date of the Borrowers' acceptance of the Agent's commitment letter) to the earlier of (i) the last day of the Availability Period and (ii) the Drawdown Date in respect of the Tranche to be drawn (and on the last day of such period).

	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 (including, but not limited to, any costs incurred by the Agent in connection with the insurance opinion to be provided to it in accordance with paragraph 7 of Part B, Schedule 3).

	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, 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

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	(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 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	Documentary taxes

The Borrowers shall promptly pay any tax payable on or by reference to any Finance Document, and shall, on the Agent's demand, fully indemnify each Creditor Party against any claims, expenses, liabilities and losses resulting from any failure or delay by the Borrowers to pay such a tax.

	20.5	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)	a Tranche 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 and/or continuance 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 or a FATCA Deduction) 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.

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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

	(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, the Underwriter or any other Creditor Party or by any receiver appointed under a Finance Document; or

	(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,

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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.

In this Clause 21.4 the "available rate of exchange" means the rate at which the Creditor Party concerned is able at the opening of business (Rotterdam time) on the Business Day after it receives the sum concerned to purchase the Contractual Currency with the Payment Currency.

This Clause 21.4 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.

	21.9	Mandatory cost

The Borrowers shall, on demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of the relevant Lender, such amount which any Lender certifies in a notice to the Agent to be its good faith determination of the amount necessary to compensate it for complying with:

	(a)	in the case of a Lender lending from a lending office in a Participating Member State, the minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the European Central Bank or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its functions) in respect of loans made from that facility office; and

	(b)	in the case of any Lender lending from a lending office in the United Kingdom, any reserve asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the Bank of England (or any other governmental authority or agency) and/or paying any fees to the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (or any other governmental authority or agency which replaces all or any of their functions), which, in each case, is referable to that Lender's participation in the Loan.

	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

 

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	(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;

	(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.

	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, excluding any FATCA Deduction, 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.

	22.6	FATCA

	(a)	FATCA Information

		(i)	Subject to paragraph (iii) below, each party to a Finance Document shall, within 10 Business Days of a reasonable request by another party to the Finance Documents:

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

		(B)	supply to the requesting party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable "passthru percentage" or other information required under the US Treasury regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as the requesting party reasonably requests for the purposes of such requesting party's compliance with FATCA.

		(ii)	If a party to any Finance Document confirms to another party pursuant to Clause 22.6(a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party or provides a United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9 and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party or that such form has ceased to be accurate, that party shall notify that other party reasonably promptly or provide a revised form;

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		(iii)	Sub-clause (i) above shall not oblige any Creditor Party to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any policy of that party, any fiduciary duty or any duty of confidentiality, or to disclose any confidential information (including, without limitation, its tax returns and calculations); provided, however, that information required (or equivalent to the information so required) by United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8 or W-9 (or any successor forms) shall not be treated as confidential information of such party for purposes of this sub-clause (iii);

		(iv)	If a party to any Finance Document fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with sub-clause (i) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where sub-clause (iii) above applies), then:

		(A)	if that party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

		(B)	if that party failed to confirm its applicable passthru percentage then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable passthru percentage is 100 per cent.,

until (in each case) such time as the party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

	(b)	FATCA Withholding

		(i)	Each party to any Finance Document may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.

		(ii)	Each party to any Finance Document shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Borrower, the Agent and the other Creditor Parties.

	23	ILLEGALITY, ETC.

	23.1	Illegality

This Clause 23 applies if a Lender (a "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.

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	23.2	Notification of illegality

The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security Trustee and the other Lenders of any 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 relevant 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 Lenders 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)	involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.

	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; or

	(c)	the introduction, implementation, application, administration or compliance with:

		(i)	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, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates); or

		(ii)	Basel III, CRD IV or CRR or any law or regulation which implements or applies Basel III, CRD IV or CRR (regardless of the date on which it is enacted, adopted or issued

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and regardless of whether any such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, the Finance Party or any of its Affiliates) after the date of this Agreement,

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

	24.2	Meaning of "increased cost"

In this Clause 24, "increased cost" 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 (i) a change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of the Notifying Lender (or a Holding Company of it), (ii) a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a party to a Finance Document or (iii) an item covered by the indemnity for tax in Clause 21.1 or by Clause 22.

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.

	24.3	Notification to Borrowers of claim for increased costs

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 their intention to prepay the Notifying Lender's Contribution at the end of an Interest Period.

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	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 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.

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	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 and the Master Agreement.

	26.2	Transfer by a Lender

Subject to Clause 26.4, a Lender (the "Transferor Lender") may at any time, without the consent of the Borrowers or any Security Party but subject to prior consultation with the Borrowers, 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 5 with any modifications approved or required by the Agent (a "Transfer Certificate") executed by the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender. The Transferee Lender shall be selected by the Transferor Lender with prior consultation with the Borrowers.

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 Agreement

	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 and 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)	send to the Transferee Lender copies of the letters or faxes sent under paragraph (b) above,

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.

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	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 (other than the Master Agreement) 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 (other than the Master Agreement) 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 (other than the Master Agreement) which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including but not limited to those relating to the 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.

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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 and 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 $2,500 from the Transferor Lender or (at the Agent's option) the Transferee Lender.

	26.12	Sub-participation; securitisation; subrogation assignment

	(a)	A Lender may sub-participate or include in a securitisation or similar transaction 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.

	(b)	The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party shall, do everything desirable or necessary to assist a Lender to achieve a successful (in the opinion of that Lender) securitisation (or similar transaction).

	26.13	Disclosure of information

In relation to any information which a Lender has received in relation to either Borrower, any Security Party or their affairs under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Lender may disclose any such information without the prior irrevocable authorisation of or notice to that Borrower and the Corporate Guarantor to:

	(a)	a potential transferee lender, sub-participant, Affiliate, any other assignee or transferee or any other person who may propose entering into a contractual relation with that Lender in relation to this Agreement; and/or

	(b)	any direct or indirect Subsidiary, any direct or indirect Holding Company, any Affiliate or any other company in its group; and/or

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	(c)	any authorities (including, without limitation, any private, public or internationally recognised authorities) or any party to any Finance Document or any professional adviser to that Lender; and/or

	(d)	a rating agency or their professional advisors; and/or

	(e)	any other person regarding the funding, refinancing, transfer, assignment, sale, sub-participation, operational arrangement or other transaction in relation thereto including without limitation any enforcement, preservation, assignment, transfer, sale or sub-participation of that Lender's rights and obligations,

and including, without limitation, (x) for purposes in connection with (1) any enforcement or (2) assignment or transfer of that Lender's rights or obligations under any Finance Document or (y) to the extent desirable or necessary in connection with or in contemplation of a securitisation (or similar transaction).

	26.14	Change of lending office

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 Reference Bank

If any 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:

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		(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.

	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

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	(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:

	
(a)

	
to the Borrowers:

	
c/o the Corporate Guarantor

1 Vasilissis Sofias & Megalou Alexandrou Street

151 24 Maroussi

 Athens

Greece

 

Facsimile No: +30 210 61 41 272

legal@centralmare.com

 

	
(b)

	
to a 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, Arranger and 

Security Trustee:

	
ABN Amro Bank N.V.

93 Coolsingel

3012 AE Rotterdam

The Netherlands

 

Fax No: +31 10401 5323

	 	 	 
	
(d)

	
to the Swap Bank:

	
ABN Amro Bank N.V.

c/o Markets Documentation Unit

Gustav Mahlerlaan 10

NL-1082PP Amsterdam

The Netherlands

mdu@nl.abnamro.com

 

Fax No: +31 10 459 0538

 

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 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

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	(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.

	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 or the Agent and the Borrower 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 and the Borrower:

		(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 or the Borrower  will be effective only when actually received in readable form and, in the case of any electronic communication made by a Creditor Party or the Borrower 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.

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	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.

	29.2	No impairment of Borrower's obligations

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	Subordination

Subject to Clause 29.5, 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.

	29.5	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 29.4, in relation to any other Borrower, that Borrower shall take that action as soon as practicable after receiving the Agent's notice.

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	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

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 the Creditor Parties

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

	(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.

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	31.4	Process agent

Each Borrower irrevocably appoints Top Properties (London) Limited at its registered office for the time being presently at 247 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QZ, 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.

THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

 LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS

	
Lender

	
Lending Office

	
Commitment

 (US Dollars)

 

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
c/o Loan Administrator – Transportation Clients

93 Coolsingel

3012 AE Rotterdam

The Netherlands

 

	
42,000,000

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SCHEDULE 2

 DRAWDOWN NOTICE

 

	
To:

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

93 Coolsingel

3012 AE Rotterdam

The Netherlands

 

Attention: Loans Administration

 [l]

DRAWDOWN NOTICE

	1	We refer to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated [l] July 2015 and made between ourselves, as Borrowers, the Lenders referred to therein, and yourselves as Agent, Arranger, Underwriter, Security Trustee and Swap Bank in connection with a facility of up to US$42,000,000.  Terms defined in the Loan Agreement have their defined meanings when used in this Drawdown Notice.

	2	We request to borrow the Tranche financing [Ship A][Ship B] as follows:

	(a)	Amount of Tranche: US$[l];

	(b)	Drawdown Date: [l];

	(c)	Duration of the first Interest Period shall be [l] months; and

	(d)	Payment instructions: account in our name and numbered [l] with [l] of [l].

	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 Tranche.

	4	This notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.

	5	[We authorise you to deduct any [accrued commitment][arrangement] fee referred to in Clause 20 from the amount of the Tranche.]

[Name of Signatory]

for and on behalf of

MONTE CARLO 37 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED and

MONTE CARLO 39 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

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SCHEDULE 3

 CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS

PART A

The following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(a) required before service of the first Drawdown Notice.

	1	A duly executed original of:

	(a)	this Agreement;

	(b)	the Master Agreement;

	(c)	the Corporate Guarantee;

	(d)	the Agency and Trust Agreement;

	(e)	the Account Pledges;

	(f)	the Shares Pledges Deeds; and

	(g)	the Master Agreement Assignment.

	2	Copies of the articles of incorporation and constitutional documents of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party.

	3	Copies of appropriate evidence of authorisation by the shareholders (or, as the case may be, the directors) of each Borrower and each Security Party authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents and the Master Agreement 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 Notices and other notices under this Agreement.

	4	The original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document and the Master Agreement is executed on behalf of a Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party.

	5	Copies of all consents which either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any Security Party requires entering into, or making any payment under, any Finance Document and the Master Agreement.

	6	Copies of the Shipbuilding Contracts and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrowers, the Builder (or any of them) under or in connection with them.

	7	The originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Accounts.

	8	Such documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution by the Builder of the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is a party.

	9	Certified true copies of the Approved Charters duly executed by the parties thereto.

	10	Documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause 31 has accepted its appointment.

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	11	Such documents and other evidence in such form as is requested by the Agent in order for the Lenders to comply with all necessary "know your customer" or "client acceptance" or other similar identification procedures (including, but not limited to, specimen signatures of all the directors and other officers of the Borrowers and each Security Party) in relation to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

	12	Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the laws of the Marshall Islands and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require.

	13	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 each 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 buyer of the Relevant Ship; and

	(b)	"Relevant Ship"  means the Ship which is to be acquired by using the proceeds of the Tranche being advanced on the relevant Drawdown Date.

	1	A duly executed original of the Mortgage, the General Assignment and the Approved Charterparty Assignment or, as the case may be, the Charterparty Assignment (and of each document to be delivered by each of them).

	2	Documentary evidence that:

	(a)	the Relevant Ship has been unconditionally delivered by the relevant Seller to, and accepted by, the Relevant Borrower under the Shipbuilding Contract relative thereto, and the full Contract Price payable under that Shipbuilding Contract (in addition to the part to be financed by the relevant Tranche) has been duly paid (together with a copy of each of the documents delivered by the relevant Seller to the Relevant Borrower under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is a party, including, but not limited to the bill of sale, the commercial invoice and the protocol of delivery and acceptance) relating to the Relevant Ship;

	(b)	the Relevant Ship is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the Relevant Borrower under an Approved Flag;

	(c)	the Relevant Ship is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Relevant Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;

	(d)	the Relevant Ship maintains the class with a first class classification society which is a member of IACS as the Agent may approve free of all overdue recommendations and conditions of such classification society;

	(e)	the Mortgage relating to the Relevant Ship has been duly registered or recorded against the Relevant Ship as a valid first preferred or, as the case may be, priority ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of the applicable Approved Flag State; and

	(f)	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 relating thereto, be managed by the Approved Managers on terms acceptable to the Lenders, together with:

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	(a)	the Approved Managers' Undertakings relative thereto; and

	(b)	copies of the Technical 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), the ISSC and the IAPPC.

	4	Two valuations of the Relevant Ship, each prepared by an Approved Broker addressed to the Agent and otherwise prepared in accordance with Clause 15.3, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 15 days before the relevant Drawdown Date which shows a value for that Ship acceptable to the Agent.

	5	Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the law of Marshall Islands, the Approved Flag State on which the relevant Ship is registered and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require.

	6	A favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for the Relevant Ship as the Agent may require.

	7	Evidence that the fees payable to the Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of Clause 20.1 have been paid by the Borrowers.

	8	Documentary evidence that the Agent for service of process named in Clause 31 has accepted its appointment.

	9	Evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Minimum Liquidity Amount is standing to the credit of the relevant Retention Account pursuant to Clause 11.19.

	10	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.

Each of the documents specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 5 and 6 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 a Borrower.

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SCHEDULE 4

 DESIGNATION NOTICE

	
To:

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

93 Coolsingel

3012 AE Rotterdam

The Netherlands

 

Attn:  [Ship Finance Portfolio Management]

[date]

Dear Sirs

Loan Agreement dated [l] June 2012 (the "Loan Agreement") and made between (i) Monte Carlo 37 Shipping Company Limited And Monte Carlo 39 Shipping Company Limited as Borrowers, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Swap Bank, (iv) and yourselves as Agent, Underwriter, Arranger, Swap Bank and Security Trustee

We refer to:

	1	the Loan Agreement;

	2	the Master Agreement dated as of [l] made between ourselves and ABN Amro Bank N.V.; and

	3	a Confirmation delivered pursuant to the said Master Agreement dated [l] and addressed by ABN Amro Bank N.V. 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

MONTE CARLO 37 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED and

MONTE CARLO 39 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

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SCHEDULE 5

 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:            ABN Amro Bank N.V. for itself and for and on behalf of each Borrower, each Security Party, the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank, as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below.

[l]

	1	This Certificate relates to a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated [l] July 2015 and made between (1) Monte Carlo 37 Shipping Company Limited And Monte Carlo 39 Shipping Company Limited (the "Borrowers"), (2) the banks and financial institutions named therein as Lenders, (3) ABN Amro Bank N.V. as Swap Bank, (4) ABN Amro Bank N.V. as Agent (5) ABN Amro Bank N.V. as Underwriter (6) ABN Amro Bank N.V as Arranger and (7) ABN Amro Bank N.V. as Security Trustee for a loan facility of up to US$42,000,000.

	2	In this Certificate, terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meanings and:

"Relevant Parties"  means the Agent, each 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 [l]  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 Loan Agreement and every other Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement) in relation to [l] per cent. of its Contribution, which percentage represents $[l].

	5	By virtue of this Certificate and Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement, the Transferor is discharged [entirely from its Commitment which amounts to $[l]] [from [l] per cent. of its Commitment, which percentage represents $[l]] and the Transferee acquires a Commitment of $[l].]

	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 (other than the Master Agreement) 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 Loan Agreement.

	8	The Transferor:

	(a)	warrants to the Transferee and each Relevant Party that:

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		(i)	the Transferor has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents which are 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 above; 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 Loan 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 Underwriter, 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;

		(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 Security Party under the Finance Documents;

	(c)	agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against the Agent, the Underwriter, 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, the Underwriter and the Security Trustee severally, on demand, fully to indemnify the Agent and/or the Security Trustee and/or the Underwriter 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, the Underwriter'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 10 as exceeds one-half of the amount demanded by the Agent, the Underwriter 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 affect the liability of each of the Transferor and the Transferee to the Agent, the Underwriter or the Security Trustee for the full amount demanded by it.

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[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

ABN Amro Bank N.V.

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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EXECUTION PAGES

BORROWERS

	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Evangelos Ikonomou

	
)

	
Evangelos Ikonomou

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
MONTE CARLO 37 SHIPPING

	
)

	
COMPANY LIMITED

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

 

	 
	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Evangelos Ikonomou

	
)

	
Evangelos Ikonomou

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
MONTE CARLO 39 SHIPPING

	
)

	
COMPANY LIMITED

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

 

	 
	
LENDERS

 

	 
	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

	 

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SWAP BANK

	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

 

	 
	
AGENT

 

	 
	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

	 

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ARRANGER

	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

	 
	 	 
	
UNDERWRITER

 

	 
	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

	 
	 	 
	
SECURITY TRUSTEE

 

	 
	
SIGNED by

	
)

	
/s/ Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
Nadine Akleh

	
)

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

	
)

	
in the presence of:

	
)

	 	 
	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	 
	
Solicitor

	 
	
Watson Farley & Williams

	 
	
348 Syngrou Avenue

	 
	
176 74 Kallithea

	 
	
Athens – Greece

	 

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