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Exhibit 4.11

LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated 2 October 2010

for a US$82,600,000 facility

Provided by

THE EXPORT - IMPORT BANK OF CHINA

and

DNB NOR BANK ASA

Guaranteed by

DIANA SHIPPING INC.

 

  

  

  

	
Private & Confidential

	  	  	  
	
LOAN AGREEMENT

for a Loan of up to US$82,600,000

to

LAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

and

NAMU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

 

provided by

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SET OUT IN SCHEDULE 1

 

Mandated Co-Lead Arrangers

THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF CHINA

and

DNB NOR BANK ASA

 

Agent, Security Agent

and Account Bank

DNB NOR BANK ASA

 

Swap Provider

DNB NOR BANK ASA

 

	
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

Contents

 

	Clause	 	Page
	 	 	 
	
1

	
Purpose and definitions

	
1

	
2

	
The Total Commitment and the Advances

	
14

	
3

	
Interest and Interest Periods

	
15

	
4

	
Repayment and prepayment

	
17

	
5

	
Fees, commitment commission and expenses

	
20

	
6

	
Payments and taxes; accounts and calculations

	
21

	
7

	
Representations and warranties

	
23

	
8

	
Undertakings

	
28

	
9

	
Conditions

	
34

	
10

	
Events of Default

	
35

	
11

	
Indemnities

	
39

	
12

	
Unlawfulness and increased costs

	
40

	
13

	
Security, set-off and pro-rata payments

	
42

	
14

	
Operating Accounts

	
44

	
15

	
Assignment, transfer and lending office

	
45

	
16

	
Arrangers, Agent and Security Agent

	
47

	
17

	
Notices and other matters

	
56

	
18

	
Governing law and jurisdiction

	
59

	
Schedule 1 The Banks and their Commitments

	
60

	
Schedule 2 Form of Drawdown Notice

	
61

	
Schedule 3 Documents and evidence required as conditions precedent to the Loan being made

	
62

	
Schedule 4 Form of Transfer Certificate

	
68

	
Schedule 5 Form of Trust Deed

	
72

	
Schedule 6 Mandatory Cost formula

	
73

	
Schedule 7 Form of Mortgage

	
75

	
Schedule 8 Form of General Assignment

	
76

	
Schedule 9 Form of Corporate Guarantee

	
77

	
Schedule 10 Form of Manager's Undertaking

	
78

	
Schedule 11 Form of Master Swap Agreement

	
79

	
Schedule 12 Form of Swap Assignment

	
80

	
Schedule 13 Form of Operating Account Assignment

	
81

	
Schedule 14 Form of Charter Assignment

	
82

 

  

  

  

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 2 October 2010 and made BETWEEN:

 

	
(1)  

	
LAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC. and NAMU SHIPPING COMPANY INC. as joint and several Borrowers;

 

	
(2)  

	
DNB NOR BANK ASA as Agent, Security Agent and Account Bank;

 

	
(3)  

	
DNB NOR BANK ASA as Swap Provider;

 

	
(4)  

	
DNB NOR BANK ASA and THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF CHINA as Arrangers; and

 

	
(5)  

	
THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS whose names are set out in schedule 1 as Banks.

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

	
1  

	
Purpose and definitions

 

	
1.1  

	
Purpose

 

This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions upon and subject to which the Banks agree, according to their several obligations, to make available to the Borrowers, jointly and severally, in two (2) Advances, a loan of up to Eighty two million six hundred thousand Dollars ($82,600,000) for the purpose of assisting the Borrowers to finance part of the acquisition cost of the Ships.

 

	
1.2  

	
Definitions

 

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

"Account Bank" means DnB NOR Bank ASA, a company incorporated in Norway with its registered office at Stranden 21, P.O. Box 1171 Sentrum N-0107 Oslo, Norway, acting for the purposes of this Agreement through its branch at 20 St. Dunstan's Hill, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.1.3) or such other person as may be appointed as Account Bank by the Agent for the purposes of this Agreement and includes its successors in title;

 

"Advance" means each borrowing of a proportion of the Total Commitment by the Borrowers or (as the context may require) the principal amount of such borrowing outstanding from time to time, being the Lae Advance and the Namu Advance and:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, it means the Lae Advance; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, it means the Namu Advance,

 

and "Advances" means either or both of them;

 

"Agent" means DnB NOR Bank ASA, a company incorporated in Norway with its registered office at Stranden 21, P.O. Box 1171 Sentrum N-0107 Oslo, Norway, acting for the purposes of this Agreement through its branch at 20 St. Dunstan's Hill, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.1.3) or such other person as may be appointed as agent by the Banks and the Swap Provider pursuant to clause 16.13 and includes its successors in title;

 

"Applicable Accounting Principles" means the most recent and up-to-date US GAAP at any relevant time;

 

"Approved Shipbrokers" means, together, H. Clarkson and Company Ltd of London, England, Arrow Research Ltd. of London, England, Astrup Fearnley A/S of Oslo, Norway, R.S. Platou Shipbrokers of Oslo, Norway, Braemar Seascope of London, England, Galbraiths Limited of London, England, Simpson Spence & Young of London, England and any other independent firm of shipbrokers nominated by the Borrowers and approved by the Agent in its absolute discretion and "Approved Shipbroker" means any of them;

 

  

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"Arrangers" means, together, (a) The Export-Import Bank of China with its registered office at No. 30, Fuxingmen Nei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100031, the People's Republic of China and (b) DnB NOR Bank ASA, a company incorporated in Norway with its registered office at Stranden 21, P.O. Box 1171 Sentrum, N-0107 Oslo, Norway acting for the purposes of this Agreement through its branch at 20 St. Dunstan's Hill, London EC3R 8HY, England (or, in each case, of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.1.3), in their capacity as Mandated Co-Lead Arrangers and includes their respective successors in title, and "Arranger" means either of them;

 

"Available Commitment" means, in relation to a Bank, the amount of its Commitment less the amount of its Contribution;

 

"Balloon Instalment" shall have, in relation to each Advance, the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 4.1.1;

 

"Banking Day" means a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are carried on in the London Interbank Eurocurrency Market and (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in London, Athens, Beijing and New York City (or any other relevant place of payment under clause 6);

 

"Banks" means the banks and financial institutions listed in schedule 1 and includes their respective successors in title and Transferee Banks and "Bank" means any of them;

 

"Basel 2 Accord" means 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 2 Approach" means, in relation to each Bank, either the Standardised Approach or the relevant Internal Ratings Based Approach (each as defined in the Basel 2 Accord) adopted by such Bank (or its holding company) for the purposes of implementing or complying with the Basel 2 Accord;

 

"Basel 2 Regulation" means, in relation to each Bank, (a) any law or regulation implementing the Basel 2 Accord or (b) any Basel 2 Approach adopted by such Bank;

 

"Borrowed Money" means Indebtedness in respect of (i) money borrowed or raised and debit balances at banks, (ii) any bond, note, loan stock, debenture or similar debt instrument, (iii) acceptance or documentary credit facilities, (iv) receivables sold or discounted (otherwise than on a non-recourse basis), (v) deferred payments for assets or services acquired, (vi) finance leases and hire purchase contracts, (vii) swaps, forward exchange contracts, futures and other derivatives, (viii) any other transaction (including without limitation forward sale or purchase agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money or of any of (ii) to (vii) above and (ix) guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of any person falling within any of (i) to (viii) above;

 

"Borrower":

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship and/or the Lae Advance, means the Lae Borrower; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship and/or the Namu Advance, means the Namu Borrower,

 

and "Borrowers" means either or both of them;

 

"Borrowers' Security Documents" means, at any relevant time, such of the Security Documents as shall have been executed by either of the Borrowers at such time;

 

  

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"Builder" means Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., of the People's Republic of China and includes its successors in title;

 

"Capital Adequacy Law" means any law or any regulation (whether or not having the force of law, but, if not having the force of law, with which a Bank or, as the case may be, its holding company habitually complies), including (without limitation) those relating to Taxation, capital adequacy, liquidity, reserve assets, cash ratio deposits and special deposits or other banking or monetary controls or requirements which affect the manner in which a Bank allocates capital resources to its obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, those resulting from the implementation or application of or compliance with the Basel 2 Accord or any Basel 2 Regulation);

 

"Charter" means, in respect of a Ship, any charter or other contract of employment which is entered into between the relevant Borrower as owner and another person (other than a Related Company of the Borrowers) as charterer or counterparty in relation to such Ship during the Security Period, with a tenor in excess of 12 months (including any options to extend or renew contained therein);

 

"Charter Assignment" means, in relation to each Ship and any Charter relevant to such Ship, the specific assignment executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the relevant Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in respect of such Charter, whether pursuant to clause 8.1.14 or otherwise, in the form set out in schedule 14;

 

"Charterer" means, in relation to a Ship, any such person which shall enter into a Charter with the relevant Borrower in respect of the relevant Ship during the Security Period;

 

"Classification" means, in relation to each Ship, the highest class available to a vessel of such Ship's type with the relevant Classification Society or such other classification as the Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower owning such Ship, have agreed in writing shall be treated as the Classification in relation to such Borrower's Ship for the purposes of the relevant Ship Security Documents;

 

"Classification Society" means such classification society (being a member of the International Association of Classification Societies ("IACS")) which the Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower owning such Ship, have agreed in writing shall be treated as the Classification Society in relation to such Ship for the purposes of the relevant Ship Security Documents;

 

"Code" means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention constituted pursuant to Resolution A. 741 (18) of the International Maritime Organisation and incorporated into the Safety of Life at Sea Convention and includes any amendments or extensions thereto and any regulation issued pursuant thereto;

 

"Commitment" means, in relation to each Bank, the amount set out opposite its name in the column headed "Commitment" in schedule 1, and/or, in the case of a Transferee Bank, the amount transferred as specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate, as reduced in each case by any relevant term of this Agreement;

 

"Compliance Certificate" means each certificate received or (as the context may require) to be received by the Agent pursuant to clause 5.1 of the Corporate Guarantee in the form set out in the schedule to the Corporate Guarantee;

 

"Compulsory Acquisition" means requisition for title or other compulsory acquisition, requisition, appropriation, expropriation, deprivation, forfeiture or confiscation for any reason of a Ship by any Government Entity or other competent authority, whether de jure or de facto, but shall exclude requisition for use or hire not involving requisition of title;

 

"Confirmation" shall have, in relation to any continuing Designated Transaction, the meaning ascribed to it in the Master Swap Agreement;

 

  

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"Contract" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Contract; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Contract,

 

and "Contracts" means both of them;

 

"Contribution" means, in relation to each Bank, the principal amount of the Loan owing to such Bank at any relevant time;

 

"Corporate Guarantee" means the corporate guarantee issued or (as the context may require) to be issued by the Corporate Guarantor in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 9;

 

"Corporate Guarantor" means Diana Shipping Inc. of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960, and includes its successors in title;

 

"Creditors" means, together, the Arrangers, the Agent, the Security Agent, the Swap Provider, the Account Bank and the Banks and "Creditor" means any of them;

 

"CSTC" means China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited of 56 (Yi) Zhongguancum Nan Da Jie, Beijing 10044, the People's Republic of China and includes its successors in title;

 

"Default" means any Event of Default or any event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other condition (or any combination thereof) would constitute an Event of Default;

 

"Delivery Date" means, in relation to each Ship, the date on which such Ship is delivered to, and accepted by, the relevant Borrower in accordance with the relevant Contract;

 

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

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

it is entered into by the Borrowers pursuant to the Master Swap Agreement with the Swap Provider as contemplated by clause 2.9; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

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

 

"DOC" means a document of compliance issued to an Operator in accordance with rule 13 of the Code;

 

"Dollars" and "$" mean the lawful currency of the United States of America and, in respect of all payments to be made under any of the Security Documents, mean funds which are for same day settlement in the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or such other U.S. dollar funds as may at the relevant time be customary for the settlement of international banking transactions denominated in U.S. dollars);

 

"Drawdown Date" means any date, being a Banking Day falling during the Drawdown Period, on which an Advance is, or is to be, made available;

 

"Drawdown Notice" means, in relation to each Advance, a notice substantially in the form of schedule 2 in respect of such Advance;

 

"Drawdown Period" means, in relation to each Advance, the period from the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of (a) the Termination Date, (b) the date on which the aggregate amount of the Advances is equal to the Total Commitment and (c) the date on which the Total Commitment is reduced to zero pursuant to clauses 4.3, 10.2 or 12;

 

  

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"Early Termination Date" shall have, in relation to any continuing Designated Transaction, the meaning ascribed to it in the Master Swap Agreement;

 

"Encumbrance" means any mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating), pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, trust arrangement or security interest or other encumbrance of any kind securing any obligation of any person or any type of preferential arrangement (including without limitation title transfer and/or retention arrangements) having a similar effect;

 

"Environmental Affiliate" means any agent or employee of either Borrower or any other Relevant Party or any person having a contractual relationship with either Borrower or any other Relevant Party in connection with any Relevant Ship or its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on or from such Relevant Ship;

 

"Environmental Approval" means any consent, authorisation, licence or approval of any governmental or public body or authorities or courts applicable to any Relevant Ship or its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on or from such Relevant Ship required under any Environmental Law;

 

"Environmental Claim" means any and all enforcement, clean-up, removal or other governmental or regulatory actions or orders instituted or completed pursuant to any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval together with claims made by any third party relating to damage, contribution, loss or injury, resulting from any actual or threatened emission, spill, release or discharge of a Pollutant from any Relevant Ship;

 

"Environmental Laws" means all national, international and state laws, rules, regulations, treaties and conventions applicable to any Relevant Ship pertaining to the pollution or protection of human health or the environment including, without limitation, the carriage of Pollutants and actual or threatened emissions, spills, releases or discharges of Pollutants;

 

"euro" or "€" mean the lawful currency of the European Union from time to time;

 

"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances described in clause 10.1;

 

"Fee Letter" means each letter of even date herewith made between the Arrangers, the Agent, the Borrowers and the Corporate Guarantor in respect of certain of the fees payable under clause 5.1 and "Fee Letters" means all of them;

 

"Flag State" means, in relation to a Ship, the Republic of the Marshall Islands or such other state or territory designated in writing by the Agent, at the request of the Borrower owning such Ship, as being the "Flag State" of such Ship for the purposes of the relevant Ship Security Documents;

 

"General Assignment" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae General Assignment; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu General Assignment,

 

and "General Assignments" means either or both of them;

 

"Government Entity" means and includes (whether having a distinct legal personality or not) any national or local government authority, board, commission, department, division, organ, instrumentality, court or agency and any association, organisation or institution of which any of the foregoing is a member or to whose jurisdiction any of the foregoing is subject or in whose activities any of the foregoing is a participant;

 

  

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"Group" means, together, the Corporate Guarantor and its Subsidiaries from time to time (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrowers) but always excluding Diana Containerships Inc. of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its own Subsidiaries from time to time, and "member of Group" shall be constructed accordingly;

 

"Indebtedness" means any obligation for the payment or repayment of money, whether as principal or as surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent;

 

"Interest Payment Date" means the last day of an Interest Period;

 

"Interest Period" means, in relation to an Advance, each period for the calculation of interest in respect of such Advance, ascertained in accordance with clauses 3.2 and 3.3;

 

"ISPS Code" means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code constituted pursuant to resolution A.924(22) of the International Maritime Organization now set out in Chapter XI-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (as amended) as adopted by a Diplomatic conference of the International Maritime Organisation on Maritime Security in December 2002 and includes any amendments or extensions thereto and any regulation issued pursuant thereto;

 

"ISSC" means, in relation to each Ship, an International Ship Security Certificate issued in respect of such Ship pursuant to the ISPS Code;

 

"Lae Advance" means an Advance of up to Forty one million three hundred thousand Dollars ($41,300,000) made or (as the context may require) to be made available to the Borrowers for the purpose of financing part of the acquisition cost of the Lae Ship by the Lae Borrower pursuant to the Lae Contract;

 

"Lae Borrower" means Lae Shipping Company Inc. of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960 and includes its successors in title;

 

"Lae Contract" means the shipbuilding contract as amended by the addendum no. 1 thereto each dated 13 April 2010 and each made between the Seller and the Lae Borrower as may be further amended and supplemented from time to time, relating to the construction and sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Lae Borrower, of the Lae Ship;

 

"Lae Contract Price" means the purchase price payable by the Lae Borrower to the Seller for the Lae Ship under the Lae Contract, being Fifty nine million Dollars ($59,000,000) or such other sum as is determined under the terms of the Lae Contract to be the purchase price of the Lae Ship thereunder;

 

"Lae General Assignment" means the general assignment collateral to the Lae Mortgage executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Lae Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 8;

 

"Lae Management Agreement" means the agreement made or (as the context may require) to be made between the Lae Borrower and the Manager approved in writing by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks), providing (inter alia) for the Manager to manage the Lae Ship;

 

"Lae Manager's Undertaking" means the undertaking and assignment in respect of the Lae Ship executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Manager in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 10;

 

"Lae Mortgage" means the first preferred Marshall Islands mortgage of the Lae Ship executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Lae Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 7;

 

"Lae Operating Account" means an interest bearing Dollar account of the Lae Borrower opened or (as the context may require) to be opened with the Account Bank and includes any sub-accounts thereof and any other account designated in writing by the Agent to be a Lae Operating Account for the purposes of this Agreement;

 

  

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"Lae Operating Account Assignment" means a first priority assignment executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Lae Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in respect of the Lae Operating Account in the form set out in schedule 13;

 

"Lae Ship" means the 206,000 dwt bulk carrier known on the date of this Agreement as Hull No. 1234 under construction by the Builder under the Lae Contract, and to be registered on its Delivery Date in the ownership of the Lae Borrower through the relevant Registry and under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;

 

"LIBOR" means in relation to a particular period:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

the rate for deposits of the relevant currency for a period equivalent to such period at or about 11:00 a.m. on the Quotation Date for such period as displayed on Reuters page LIBOR 01 (British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rates) (or such other page as may replace such page LIBOR 01 on such system or on any other system of the information vendor for the time being designated by the British Bankers' Association to calculate the BBA Interest Settlement Rate (as defined in the British Bankers' Association's Recommended Terms and Conditions ("BBAIRS" terms) applicable at the relevant time)); or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

provided that if on such date no such rate is so displayed, LIBOR for such period shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted to the Agent by the Reference Banks at the request of the Agent as the Reference Banks' offered rate for deposits of the relevant currency in an amount approximately equal to the amount in relation to which LIBOR is to be determined for a period equivalent to such period to prime banks in the London Interbank Market at or about 11:00 a.m. on the Quotation Date for such period;

 

"Loan" means the aggregate principal amount owing to the Banks under this Agreement at any relevant time;

 

"Majority Banks" means, at any relevant time, Banks (a) the aggregate of whose Contributions exceeds Eighty per cent (80%) of the Loan or (b) (if no principal amounts are outstanding under this Agreement) the aggregate of whose Commitments exceeds Eighty per cent (80%) of the Total Commitment;

 

"Management Agreement" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Management Agreement; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Management Agreement,

 

and "Management Agreements" means either or both of them;

 

"Manager" means, in relation to each Ship, Diana Shipping Services S.A. of Edificio Universal, Piso 12, Avenida Federico Boyd, Panama or any other person appointed by a Borrower, with the prior written consent of the Majority Banks as the technical and commercial manager of such Borrower's Ship and includes its successors in title;

 

"Manager's Undertaking" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Manager's Undertaking; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Manager's Undertaking,

 

and "Manager's Undertakings" means either or both of them;

 

  

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"Mandatory Cost" means, in relation to any period, a percentage calculated by the Agent for such period at an annual rate determined by the application of the formula set out in schedule 6;

 

"Margin" means two point five zero per cent (2.50%) per annum;

 

"Master Swap Agreement" means the agreement made or (as the context may require) to be made between the Swap Provider and the Borrowers comprising an ISDA Master Agreement (including its schedule) in the form set out in schedule 11 and includes any Designated Transactions from time to time entered into and any Confirmations (as defined therein) from time to time exchanged thereunder and governed thereby;

 

"month" means a period beginning in one calendar month and ending in the next calendar month on the day numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which it started, provided that (a) if the period started on the last Banking Day in a calendar month or if there is no such numerically corresponding day, it shall end on the last Banking Day in such next calendar month and (b) if such numerically corresponding day is not a Banking Day, the period shall end on the next following Banking Day in the same calendar month but if there is no such Banking Day it shall end on the preceding Banking Day and "months" and "monthly" shall be construed accordingly;

 

"Mortgage" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Mortgage; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Mortgage,

 

and "Mortgages" means either or both of them;

 

"Mortgaged Ship" means, at any relevant time, any Ship which is at such time subject to a Mortgage and/or the Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation (as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) of which are subject to an Encumbrance pursuant to the relevant Ship Security Documents and a Ship shall for the purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be a Mortgaged Ship as from whichever shall be the earlier of (a) the drawdown of the Advance relating to that Ship and (b) the date that the Mortgage of that Ship shall have been executed and registered in accordance with this Agreement until whichever shall be the earlier of (i) the payment in full of the amount required by the Agent to be paid pursuant to clause 4.3 following the sale or Total Loss of such Ship and (ii) the date on which all moneys owing under the Security Documents have been repaid in full;

 

"Namu Advance" means an Advance of up to Forty one million three hundred thousand Dollars ($41,300,000) made or (as the context may require) to be made available to the Borrowers for the purpose of financing part of the acquisition cost of the Namu Ship by the Namu Borrower pursuant to the Namu Contract;

 

"Namu Borrower" means Namu Shipping Company Inc. of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960 and includes its successors in title;

 

"Namu Contract" means the shipbuilding contract as amended by the addendum no. 1 thereto, each dated 13 April 2010 and each made between the Seller and the Namu Borrower as may be further amended and supplemented from time to time, relating to the construction and sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Namu Borrower, of the Namu Ship;

 

"Namu Contract Price" means the purchase price payable by the Namu Borrower to the Seller for the Namu Ship under the Namu Contract, being Fifty nine million Dollars ($59,000,000) or such other sum as is determined under the terms of the Namu Contract to be the purchase price of the Namu Ship thereunder;

 

"Namu General Assignment" means the general assignment collateral to the Namu Mortgage executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Namu Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 8;

 

  

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"Namu Management Agreement" means the agreement made or (as the context may require) to be made between the Namu Borrower and the Manager approved in writing by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks), providing (inter alia) for the Manager to manage the Namu Ship;

 

"Namu Manager's Undertaking" means the undertaking and assignment in respect of the Namu Ship executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Manager in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 10;

 

"Namu Mortgage" means the first preferred Marshall Islands mortgage of the Namu Ship executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Namu Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in the form set out in schedule 7;

 

"Namu Operating Account" means an interest bearing Dollar account of the Namu Borrower opened or (as the context may require) to be opened with the Account Bank and includes any sub-accounts thereof and any other account designated in writing by the Agent to be a Namu Operating Account for the purposes of this Agreement;

 

"Namu Operating Account Assignment" means a first priority assignment executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Namu Borrower in favour of the Security Agent in respect of the Namu Operating Account in the form set out in schedule 13;

 

"Namu Ship" means the 206,000 dwt bulk carrier known on the date of this Agreement as Hull No. 1235 under construction by the Builder under the Namu Contract, and to be registered on its Delivery Date in the ownership of the Namu Borrower through the relevant Registry and under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;

 

"Operating Account" means:

 

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Operating Account; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Operating Account,

 

and "Operating Accounts" means either or both of them;

 

"Operating Account Assignment" means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Ship, the Lae Operating Account Assignment; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Ship, the Namu Operating Account Assignment,

 

and "Operating Account Assignments" means either or both of them;

 

"Operator" means any person who is from time to time during the Security Period concerned in the operation of a Ship and falls within the definition of "Company" set out in rule 1.1.2 of the Code;

 

"Permitted Encumbrance" means any Encumbrance in favour of the Security Agent or any other Creditor created pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Liens;

 

"Permitted Liens" means, in respect of each Ship:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

any lien on such Ship for master's, officer's or crew's wages outstanding in the ordinary course of trading;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

any lien for salvage; and

 

  

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(c)

	

any ship repairer's or outfitter's possessory lien for a sum not (except with the prior written consent of the Agent) exceeding the Casualty Amount (as defined in the relevant General Assignment) for such Ship;

 

"Pollutant" means and includes pollutants, contaminants, toxic substances, oil as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and all hazardous substances as defined in the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980;

 

"Quotation Date" means, in respect of any period for which LIBOR falls to be determined under this Agreement, the second Banking Day before the first day of such period;

 

"Reference Banks" means the Agent and any other prime bank or financial institution in the London Interbank Market appointed as a Reference Bank by the Agent from time to time;

 

"Registry" means, in respect of a Ship, such registrar, commissioner or representative of the relevant Flag State who is duly authorised and empowered to register such Ship, the relevant Borrower's title to such Ship and the relevant Mortgage under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;

 

"Related Company" of a person means any Subsidiary of such person, any company or other entity of which such person is a Subsidiary and any Subsidiary of any such company or entity;

 

"Relevant Jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction in which or where any Security Party is incorporated, resident, domiciled, has a permanent establishment, carries on, or has a place of business or is otherwise effectively connected;

 

"Relevant Party" means each of the Borrowers, any other Security Party and any other member of the Group but excluding Diana Containerships Inc. of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its own Subsidiaries from time to time;

 

"Relevant Ship" means the Ships and any other vessel from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) owned by any Relevant Party;

 

"Repayment Dates" means, in relation to each Advance and subject to clause 6.3, each of the dates falling at three (3) monthly intervals after the Drawdown Date for such Advance, up to and including the date falling one hundred and twenty (120) months after the Drawdown Date for such Advance;

 

"Security Agent" means DnB NOR Bank ASA, a company incorporated in Norway with its registered office at Stranden 21, P.O. Box 1171 Sentrum N-0107 Oslo, Norway, acting for the purposes of this Agreement through its branch at 20 St. Dunstan's Hill, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.1.3) or such other person as may be appointed as security agent and trustee by the Banks, the Agent and the Swap Provider pursuant to clause 16 and includes its successors in title;

 

"Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Master Swap Agreement, the Mortgages, the General Assignments, any Charter Assignments, the Operating Account Assignments, the Corporate Guarantee, the Manager's Undertakings and the Swap Assignment and any other documents as may have been or shall from time to time after the date of this Agreement be executed to guarantee and/or secure all or any part of the Loan, interest thereon and other moneys from time to time owing by the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party pursuant to this Agreement and/or any other Security Document (whether or not any such document also secures moneys from time to time owing pursuant to any other document or agreement);

 

"Security Party" means the Borrowers, the Manager, the Corporate Guarantor or any other person who may at any time be a party to any of the Security Documents (other than the Creditors);

 

  

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"Security Period" means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement until the date when all moneys owing to the Creditors or any of them under this Agreement and the other Security Documents have been repaid in full and all Encumbrances constituted by the Security Documents have been discharged;

 

"Security Requirement" means the amount in Dollars (as certified by the Agent whose certificate shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the other Creditors) which is, at any relevant time, one hundred and twenty five per cent (125%) of the aggregate of (a) the Loan and (b) the Swap Exposure, as at the relevant time;

 

"Security Value" means the amount in Dollars (as certified by the Agent whose certificate shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the other Creditors) which is, at any relevant time, the aggregate of (a) the market value of the Mortgaged Ships as most recently determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2 and (b) the market value of any additional security for the time being actually provided to the Creditors pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b);

 

"Seller" means, together, the Builder and CSTC;

 

"Ship":

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in relation to the Lae Borrower and/or the Lae Advance, means the Lae Ship; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in relation to the Namu Borrower and/or the Namu Advance, means the Namu Ship,

 

and "Ships" means either or both of them;

 

"Ship Security Documents":

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in respect of the Lae Ship, means the Lae Mortgage, the Lae General Assignment, the Lae Manager's Undertaking and any relevant Charter Assignment; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in respect of the Namu Ship, means the Namu Mortgage, the Namu General Assignment, the Namu Manager's Undertaking and any relevant Charter Assignment;

 

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

 

"Subsidiary" of a person means any company or entity directly or indirectly controlled by such person, and for this purpose "control" means either the ownership of more than fifty per cent (50%) of the voting share capital (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such company or entity or the power to direct its policies and management, whether by contract or otherwise;

 

"Swap Assignment" means the assignment executed or (as the context may require) to be executed by the Borrowers in favour of the Security Agent in relation to certain of the rights of the Borrowers under the Master Swap Agreement in the form set out in schedule 12;

 

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

 

"Swap Provider" means DnB NOR Bank ASA, a company incorporated in Norway with its registered office at Stranden 21, P.O. Box 1171 Sentrum, N-0107 Oslo, Norway acting for the purposes of this Agreement through its branch at 20 St. Dunstan's Hill, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.1.3) and includes its successors in title;

 

  

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"Taxes" includes all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees or charges of whatever nature together with interest thereon and penalties in respect thereof and "Taxation" shall be construed accordingly;

 

"Termination Date" means 30 November 2012 or such later date as the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Banks) may in its absolute discretion agree in writing;

 

"Total Commitment" means, at any relevant time, the total of the Commitments of all the Banks at such time as reduced by any relevant term of this Agreement;

 

"Total Loss" in relation to a Ship means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

actual, constructive, compromised or arranged total loss of such Ship; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

the Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship; or

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

the hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of such Ship (other than where the same amounts to the  Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship) by any Government Entity, or by persons acting or purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, unless such Ship be released and restored to the relevant Borrower from such hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation within thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof;

 

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

 

"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate in substantially the form set out in schedule 4;

 

"Transferee Bank" has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 15.3;

 

"Transferor Bank" has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 15.3;

 

"Trust Deed" means a trust deed in the form, or substantially in the form, set out in schedule 5;

 

"Trust Property" means (i) the security, powers, rights, titles, benefits and interests (both present and future) constituted by and conferred on the Security Agent under or pursuant to the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the benefit of all covenants, undertakings, representations, warranties and obligations given, made or undertaken to the Security Agent in the Security Documents), (ii) all moneys, property and other assets paid or transferred to or vested in the Security Agent or any agent of the Security Agent or any receiver or received or recovered by the Security Agent or any agent of the Security Agent or any receiver pursuant to, or in connection with, any of the Security Documents whether from any Security Party or any other person and (iii) all money, investments, property and other assets at any time representing or deriving from any of the foregoing, including all interest, income and other sums at any time received or receivable by the Security Agent or any agent of the Security Agent in respect of the same (or any part thereof); and

 

"Underlying Documents" means, together, the Management Agreements, the Contracts and any Charters and "Underlying Document" means any of them.

 

	
1.3  

	
Headings

 

	

 

	

Clause headings and the table of contents are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Agreement.

  

  

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1.4  

	
Construction of certain terms

 

	
 

	
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

	

1.4.1  

	

references to clauses and schedules are to be construed as references to clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement and references to this Agreement include its schedules;

	
1.4.2 

	

references to (or to any specified provision of) this Agreement or any other document shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that provision or that document as in force for the time being and as amended in accordance with terms thereof, or, as the case may be, with the agreement of the relevant parties;

 

	
1.4.3

	
references to a "regulation" include any present or future regulation, rule, directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any agency, authority, central bank or government department or any self-regulatory or other national or supra-national authority and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any Basel 2 Regulation;

 

	

1.4.4  

	

words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa;

	

1.4.5  

	

references to a time of day are to London time;

	

1.4.6  

	

references to a person shall be construed as references to an individual, firm, company, corporation, unincorporated body of persons or any Government Entity;

	
1.4.7 

	

two or more persons are "acting in concert" if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), they actively co-operate, through the acquisition (directly or indirectly) of shares in the Corporate Guarantor by any of them, either directly or indirectly to obtain or consolidate control of the Corporate Guarantor;

	

1.4.8  

	

references to a "guarantee" include references to an indemnity or other assurance against financial loss including, without limitation, an obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default by any other person to pay any Indebtedness and "guaranteed" shall be construed accordingly; and

	

1.4.9  

	

references to any enactment shall be deemed to include references to such enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended.

 

	

1.5  

	

Majority Banks

 

	
 

	

Where this Agreement or any other Security Document provides for any matter to be determined by reference to the opinion of the Majority Banks or to be subject to the consent or request of the Majority Banks or for any action to be taken on the instructions in writing of the Majority Banks, such opinion, consent, request or instructions shall (as between the Banks) only be regarded as having been validly given or issued by the Majority Banks if all the Banks shall have received prior notice of the matter on which such opinion, consent, request or instructions are required to be obtained and the relevant majority of Banks shall have given or issued such opinion, consent, request or instructions but so that (as between the Borrowers and the Creditors) the Borrowers shall be entitled (and bound) to assume that such notice shall have been duly received by each Bank and that the relevant majority shall have been obtained to constitute Majority Banks whether or not this is in fact the case.

 

	
1.6  

	
Banks' Commitment

 

	
 

	
For the purposes of the definition of "Majority Banks" in clause 1.2 and the relevant provisions of the Security Documents, references to the Commitment of a Bank shall, if the Total Commitment has, at any relevant time, been reduced to zero, be deemed to be a reference to the Commitment of that Bank immediately prior to such reduction to zero.

 

  

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2  

	

The Total Commitment and the Advances

 

	

2.1 

	

Agreement to lend

 

	

 

	
The Banks, relying upon each of the representations and warranties in clause 7, agree to lend to the Borrowers, jointly and severally, in two (2) Advances and upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the aggregate principal sum of up to Eighty two million six hundred thousand Dollars ($82,600,000). The obligation of each Bank under this Agreement shall be to contribute that proportion of each Advance which, as at the Drawdown Date of such Advance, such Bank's Commitment bears to the Total Commitment.

 

	
2.2  

	
Obligations several

 

	

 

	
The obligations of the Banks under this Agreement are several according to their respective Commitments and/or Contributions; the failure of any Bank to perform such obligations or the failure of the Swap Provider to perform its obligations under the Master Swap Agreement shall not relieve any other Creditor or the Borrowers or either of them of any of their respective obligations or liabilities under this Agreement or, as the case may be, the Master Swap Agreement nor shall any Creditor be responsible for the obligations of any Creditors (except for its own obligations, if any, as a Bank or Swap Provider) under this Agreement or the Master Swap Agreement.

 

	
2.3  

	
Interests several

 

	

 

	
Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement (but without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement relating to or requiring action by the Majority Banks) the interests of the Creditors are several and the amount due to any Creditor is a separate and independent debt.  Each Creditor shall have the right to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Creditor to be joined as an additional party in any proceedings for this purpose.

 

	
2.4  

	
Drawdown

 

	

 

	
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Advance shall be made to the Borrowers following receipt by the Agent from the Borrowers of a Drawdown Notice not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Banking Day before the proposed Drawdown Date which shall be a Banking Day falling within the Drawdown Period.  A Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Agent and, once given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.6.1, be irrevocable.

 

	
2.5  

	
Timing and limitation of Advances

 

	

2.5.1

	

The aggregate amount of both Advances shall not exceed the Total Commitment.

 

	

2.5.2

	

Each Advance shall not exceed the lower of (a) Forty one million three hundred thousand Dollars ($41,300,000) and (b) seventy per cent (70%) of the market value of the Ship relevant to such Advance determined in accordance with the valuation(s) obtained for that Ship pursuant to schedule 3, Part 2.

 

	
2.5.3  

	
Each Advance:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

shall be applied in or towards payment to the Seller of such part of the Contract Price for the Ship relevant to such Advance, which is payable on the Delivery Date for that Ship;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

shall be drawn down only once the part of the Contract Price referred to in paragraph 2.5.3(a) above has become due and payable; and

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

shall be paid by the Banks to the Seller directly, unless (i) the relevant Borrower has already paid such part of the Contract Price to the Seller when it was due, in which case the relevant Advance (or part thereof) shall be advanced to the Borrowers, or (ii) the Advance exceeds the portion of the Contract Price payable to the Seller on the delivery of the relevant Ship under the relevant Contract, in which case a part of the Advance equal to such portion shall be paid to the Seller and the balance of the Advance shall be advanced to the Borrowers.

 

  

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2.6  

	
Availability

 

	

 

	
Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice complying with the terms of this Agreement the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank (and, in the case of The Export-Import Bank of China only, such notification shall be sent by the Agent via swift message) and, subject to the provisions of clause 9, on the Drawdown Date for the relevant Advance, each Bank shall make available to the Agent its portion of such Advance for payment by the Agent in accordance with clause 6.2.  The Borrowers acknowledge that payment of any Advance or part thereof to the Seller, in accordance with clause 6.2, shall satisfy the obligations of the Banks to lend such Advance or part thereof to the Borrowers.

 

	
2.7  

	
Termination of Total Commitment

 

	

 

	
Any part of the Total Commitment which remains undrawn and uncancelled by the end of the Termination Date shall thereupon be automatically cancelled.

 

	
2.8  

	
Application of proceeds

 

	

 

	
Without prejudice to the Borrowers' obligations under clause 8.1.3, none of the Creditors shall have any responsibility for the application of the proceeds of the Loan or part thereof by the Borrowers.

 

	
2.9  

	
Derivative transactions

 

 

	

2.9.1 

	

If, at any time during the Security Period, the Borrowers wish to enter into interest rate swap or other derivative transactions so as to hedge all or any part of their exposure under this Agreement to interest rate fluctuations, they shall advise the Swap Provider in writing.

 

	

2.9.2

	

Any such swap or other derivative transaction shall be concluded with the Swap Provider under the Master Swap Agreement provided however that no such swap or other derivative transaction shall be concluded unless the Swap Provider first agrees to it in writing.  For the avoidance of doubt, other than the Swap Provider's agreement in writing referred to in the preceding sentence no prior approval is required by the Borrowers from any other Creditor before concluding any such transaction.  If and when any such swap or other derivative transaction has been concluded, it shall constitute a Designated Transaction, and the Borrowers shall sign a Confirmation with the Swap Provider and advise the Banks through the Agent promptly after concluding any Designated Transaction.

 

	
3  

	
Interest and Interest Periods

 

	
3.1  

	
Normal interest rate

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall pay interest on each Advance in respect of each Interest Period relating thereto on each Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of Interest Periods of more than three (3) months, by instalments, the first instalment three (3) months from the commencement of the Interest Period and the subsequent instalments at intervals of three (3) months or, if shorter, the period from the date of the preceding instalment until the Interest Payment Date relative to such Interest Period) at the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the aggregate of (a) the Margin, (b) LIBOR for such Interest Period and (c) Mandatory Cost (if any).

 

	
3.2  

	
Selection of Interest Periods

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers may by notice received by the Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Banking Day before the beginning of each Interest Period specify whether such Interest Period shall have a duration of three (3), six (6), nine (9) or twelve (12) months or such other period (shorter than twelve (12) months) as the Borrowers may select and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) may agree.

 

 

  

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3.3  

	
Determination of Interest Periods

 

	

 

	
Every Interest Period shall be of the duration specified by the Borrowers pursuant to clause 3.2 but so that:

 

	

3.3.1

	

the initial Interest Period in respect of each Advance shall commence on the Drawdown Date for such Advance and each subsequent Interest Period for such Advance shall commence on the last day of the previous Interest Period for such Advance;

 

	

3.3.2

	

if any Interest Period for an Advance would otherwise overrun a Repayment Date for such Advance, then, in the case of the last Repayment Date for such Advance, such Interest Period shall end on such Repayment Date, and in the case of any other Repayment Date or Repayment Dates for such Advance, the relevant Advance shall be divided into parts so that there is one part in the amount of the repayment instalment due on each Repayment Date for such Advance falling during that Interest Period and having an Interest Period ending on the relevant Repayment Date and another part in the amount of the balance of the relevant Advance having an Interest Period ascertained in accordance with clause 3.2 and the other provisions of this clause 3.3; and

 

	

3.3.3.

	

if the Borrowers fail to specify the duration of an Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of clause 3.2 and this clause 3.3 such Interest Period shall have a duration of three (3) months or such other period as shall comply with this clause 3.3.

 

	
3.4  

	
Default interest

 

	

 

	
If the Borrowers or either of them fail to pay any sum (including, without limitation, any sum payable pursuant to this clause 3.4) on its due date for payment under any of the Security Documents (except the Master Swap Agreement), the Borrowers shall pay interest on such sum on demand from the due date up to the date of actual payment (as well after as before judgment) at a rate determined by the Agent pursuant to this clause 3.4.  The period beginning on such due date and ending on such date of payment shall be divided into successive periods of not more than six (6) months as selected by the Agent each of which (other than the first, which shall commence on such due date) shall commence on the last day of the preceding such period. The rate of interest applicable to each such period shall be the aggregate (as determined by the Agent) of (a) two per cent (2%) per annum, (b) the Margin, (c) LIBOR for such period and (d) the Mandatory Cost (if any).  Such interest shall be due and payable on the last day of each such period as determined by the Agent and each such day shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be treated as an Interest Payment Date, provided that if such unpaid sum is an amount of principal which became due and payable by reason of a declaration by the Agent under clause 10.2.2 or a prepayment pursuant to clauses 4.3, 8.2.1 or 12.1, on a date other than an Interest Payment Date relating thereto, the first such period selected by the Agent shall be of a duration equal to the period between the due date of such principal sum and such Interest Payment Date and interest shall be payable on such principal sum during such period at a rate of two per cent (2%) above the rate applicable thereto immediately before it shall have become so due and payable.  If, for the reasons specified in clause 3.6.1, the Agent is unable to determine a rate in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause 3.4, each Bank shall promptly notify the Agent of the cost of funds to such Bank, and interest on any sum not paid on its due date for payment shall be calculated for each Bank at a rate determined by the Agent to be two per cent (2%) per annum above the aggregate of the Margin and the cost of funds to such Bank (including Mandatory Cost, if any).

 

	
3.5  

	
Notification of Interest Periods and interest rate

 

	

 

	
The Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Banks promptly of the duration of each Interest Period and of each rate of interest (or, as the case may be default interest) determined by it under this clause 3.

 

 

  

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3.6  

	
Market disruption; non-availability

 

	

3.6.1

	

If and whenever, at any time prior to the commencement of any Interest Period:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

the Agent shall have determined (which determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive) that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR during such Interest Period; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

where applicable, none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies the Agent with a quotation for the purpose of calculating LIBOR; or

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

the Agent shall have received notification from Banks whose aggregate Contributions are not less than twenty per cent (20%) of the Loan (or, prior to the first Drawdown Date, whose aggregate Commitments are not less than twenty per cent (20%) of the Total Commitment), that deposits in Dollars are not available to such Banks in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to fund their Commitments or their Contributions for such Interest Period, or that LIBOR does not accurately reflect the cost to such Banks of obtaining such deposits,

 

	

 

	

the Agent shall forthwith give notice (a "Determination Notice") thereof to the Borrowers and to each of the Banks and the Swap Provider.  A Determination Notice shall contain particulars of the relevant circumstances giving rise to its issue.  After the giving of any Determination Notice the undrawn amount of the Total Commitment shall not be borrowed until notice to the contrary is given to the Borrowers by the Agent.

 

	

3.6.2  

	

During the period of ten (10) days after any Determination Notice has been given by the Agent under clause 3.6.1, each Bank shall certify an alternative basis (the "Alternative Basis") for funding its Commitment or for maintaining its Contribution.  The Alternative Basis may at the relevant Bank's sole and unfettered discretion (without limitation) include alternative interest periods, alternative currencies or alternative rates of interest but shall include a margin above the cost of funds (including Mandatory Cost, if any) to such Bank equivalent to the Margin.  The Agent shall calculate the arithmetic mean of the Alternative Basis provided by the relevant Banks (the "Substitute Basis") and certify the same to the Borrowers, the Banks and the Swap Provider.  The Substitute Basis so certified shall be binding upon the Borrowers and shall take effect in accordance with its terms from the date specified in the Determination Notice until such time as the Agent notifies the Borrowers that none of the circumstances specified in clause 3.6.1 continues to exist whereupon the normal interest rate fixing provisions of this Agreement shall apply.

 

	
3.7  

	
Reference Bank quotations

 

	

 

	
If any Reference Bank is unable or otherwise fails to furnish a quotation for the purposes of calculating LIBOR, the interest rate shall be determined, subject to clause 3.6, on the basis of quotations furnished by the other Reference Banks (if any).

 

	
4  

	
Repayment and prepayment

 

	
4.1  

	
Repayment

 

	

4.1.1 

	

Subject to clause 4.1.3 below, the Borrowers shall repay each Advance by forty (40) instalments, one such instalment to be repaid on each of the Repayment Dates for such Advance. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the amount of each of the first to thirty ninth instalments (inclusive) for such Advance shall be Six hundred and ninety two thousand five hundred Dollars ($692,500) and the amount of the fortieth and final instalment for such Advance shall be Fourteen million two hundred and ninety two thousand five hundred Dollars ($14,292,500) (comprising an instalment of Six hundred and ninety two thousand five hundred Dollars ($692,500) and a balloon payment of Thirteen million six hundred thousand Dollars ($13,600,000) (each such balloon payment in relation to an Advance, the "Balloon Instalment" for such Advance)).

 

  

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4.1.2  

	

If the Total Commitment in respect of any Advance or part thereof is not drawn down in full, the amount of each instalment in respect of such Advance (including the relevant Balloon Instalment) referred to in clause 4.1.1 shall be reduced proportionately.

 

	

4.1.3 

	

Notwithstanding clause 4.1.1 above, any individual Bank in its absolute and unfettered discretion (but acting through the Agent) shall be entitled to demand repayment in full of each Advance on the twenty fourth Repayment Date in respect of that Advance (namely, the Repayment Date for that Advance falling seventy two (72) months after the Drawdown Date for such Advance). If one or more Banks (acting through the Agent) exercise such right in respect of an Advance,  the Borrowers shall be obliged to repay the entire balance of that Advance in full on such Repayment Date. In that case, the Borrowers shall continue to repay the repayment instalments in respect of that Advance on the same Repayment Dates as scheduled and specified in clause 4.1.1 for that Advance but up to the twenty fourth Repayment Date for that Advance and, on the said twenty fourth Repayment Date, in addition to the relevant instalment for that Advance falling due on such date under clause 4.1.1, the Borrowers shall also repay the remaining balance of that Advance in full.

 

	

4.1.4  

	

The Banks shall be entitled to exericse their right under  clause 4.1.3, whether in respect of one Advance only, or in respect of both Advances,  and they can exercise it at separate times in respect of each Advance.

 

	

4.1.5 

	

If one or more Banks wish to exercise their right under clause 4.1.3 in respect of an Advance, the Agent shall send to the Borrowers a written demand to this effect in respect of that Advance by not earlier than the date falling fifty four (54) months after the Drawdown Date for such Advance and by not later than the date falling sixty (60) months after the Drawdown Date for such Advance. Neither the Agent nor any Bank shall be obliged to assign any reason to any decision to demand such repayment of an Advance under clause 4.1.3 above.

 

	
4.2  

	
Voluntary prepayment

 

	

 

	

The Borrowers may prepay any Advance in whole or part (being Five hundred thousand Dollars ($500,000) or any larger sum which is an integral multiple of Five hundred thousand Dollars ($500,000)), on any Interest Payment Date relating to the Advance to be prepaid without premium or penalty.

 

	
4.3  

	
Cancellation of Commitments and prepayment on Total Loss or sale

 

	

4.3.1

	

Before drawdown

 

	

 

	

On a Ship becoming a Total Loss (or suffering damage or being involved in an incident which in the opinion of the Agent may result in such Ship being subsequently determined to be a Total Loss) before the Advance in respect of such Ship is drawn down, the obligations of the Banks to make the Advance for such Ship available shall immediately cease and the Total Commitment shall be immediately reduced by the amount of the Advance for such Ship.

 

	

4.3.2  

	

Thereafter

 

	

 

	

On the date falling one hundred and twenty (120) days after that on which a Mortgaged Ship became a Total Loss or, if earlier, on the date upon which the insurance proceeds in respect of such Total Loss are, or Requisition Compensation (as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) is, received by the relevant Borrower (or the Security Agent pursuant to the relevant Ship Security Documents), or on the date falling immediately prior to the completion of the sale of a Mortgaged Ship, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding Advance relevant to that Ship in full.

 

	

4.3.3  

	

Interpretation

 

	

 

	

For the purpose of this Agreement and the other Security Documents, a Total Loss in respect of a Ship shall be deemed to have occurred:

 

  

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(a)

	

in the case of an actual total loss of a Ship, on the actual date and at the time such Ship was lost or, if such date is not known, on the date on which such Ship was last reported;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

in the case of a constructive total loss of a Ship, upon the date and at the time notice of abandonment of such Ship is given to the insurers of such Ship for the time being;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss of a Ship, on the date upon which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss has been entered into by the insurers of such Ship;

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

in the case of Compulsory Acquisition of a Ship, on the date upon which the relevant requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition of such Ship occurs; and

 

	
  

	
(e)

	

in the case of hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of a Ship (other than where the same amounts to Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship) by any Government Entity, or by persons purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, which deprives the relevant Borrower of the use of such Ship for more than thirty (30) days, upon the expiry of the period of thirty (30) days after the date upon which the relevant hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation occurred.

 

	
4.4  

	
Amounts payable on prepayment

 

	

 

	
Any prepayment of all or part of the Loan under this Agreement and any repayment of an Advance made under clause 4.1.3, shall be made together with:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the date of such prepayment;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

any additional amount payable under clauses 6.6 or 12.2; and

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

all other sums payable by the Borrowers to the Creditors under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents including, without limitation, any commitment commission and any amounts payable under clause 11.1.

 

	
4.5  

	
Notice of prepayment; reduction of repayment instalments

 

	

4.5.1

	

No prepayment may be effected under clause 4.2 unless the Borrowers shall have given the Agent at least ten (10) Banking Days' prior written notice of their intention to make such prepayment.  Every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on actual receipt by the Agent, shall be irrevocable, shall specify the Advance and the amount thereof to be prepaid and shall oblige the Borrowers to make such prepayment on the date specified.

 

	

4.5.2

	

Any amount prepaid pursuant to clause 4.2 in respect of an Advance shall be applied in reducing the repayment instalments of the relevant Advance (including, where applicable, the relevant Balloon Instalment) under clause 4.1 proportionately.

 

	

4.5.3

	

Any amount prepaid pursuant to clause 8.2.1(a) shall be applied in prepayment of both Advances proportionately as between them and in reduction of the repayment instalments of each Advance proportionately.

 

	

4.5.4

	

The Borrowers may not prepay the Loan or any part thereof save as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

	

4.5.5

	

No amount prepaid under this Agreement may be re-borrowed.

 

	
4.6  

	
Unwinding of Designated Transactions

 

	

 

	
On or prior to any repayment or prepayment of all or part of the Loan or any cancellation or reduction of all or part of the Commitments (including, without limitation, pursuant to clauses 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.2.1(a), 10.2 or 12), the Borrowers shall upon the request of the Swap Provider wholly or partially reverse, offset, unwind, cancel, close out, net out 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 4.1 or the amount of the Total Commitment as cancelled or reduced to that date.

 

 

 

  

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5  

	
Fees, commitment commission and expenses

 

	
5.1  

	
Fees

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent:

 

	

5.1.1

	

for the account of the Arrangers, on or prior to the date of this Agreement, such fees and in such amounts as are specified in the relevant Fee Letters;

 

	

5.1.2 

	

for the account of the Agent, on or prior to the date of this Agreement and at twelve (12) monthly intervals thereafter until all moneys owing under the Security Documents have been repaid in full, an annual agency fee of such amount as is specified in the relevant Fee Letter; and

 

	

5.1.3 

	

for the account of each Bank pro rata in accordance with its Commitment, on each of the dates falling at three (3) monthly intervals after the date of this Agreement until the last day of the Drawdown Period and on such day, commitment commission computed from the date of this Agreement (in the case of the first payment of commission) and from the due date of the preceding payment of commission (in the case of each subsequent payment), at the rate of zero point five zero per cent (0.50%) per annum on the daily undrawn amount of the Total Commitment.

 

	

 

	

The fees referred to in clauses 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 and the commitment commission referred to in clause 5.1.3 shall be non-refundable and shall be payable by the Borrowers, whether or not any part of the Total Commitment is ever advanced.

 

	
5.2  

	
Expenses

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on a full indemnity basis on demand all expenses (including legal, printing and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred by the Creditors or any of them:

 

	

5.2.1 

	

in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and, where relevant, registration of the Security Documents and of any amendment or extension of or the granting of any waiver or consent under, any of the Security Documents, the syndication of the Loan and/or the securitisation of the Loan and any or all of the Security Documents; and

 

	

5.2.2 

	

in contemplation of, or otherwise in connection with, the enforcement of, or preservation of any rights under, any of the Security Documents, or otherwise in respect of the moneys owing under any of the Security Documents,

 

	

 

	

together with interest at the rate referred to in clause 3.4 from the date on which such expenses were incurred to the date of payment (as well after as before judgment).

 

	
5.3  

	
Value added tax

 

	

 

	
All fees and expenses payable pursuant to this clause 5 and/or pursuant to the Security Documents shall be paid together with value added tax or any similar tax (if any) properly chargeable thereon.  Any value added tax chargeable in respect of any services supplied by the Creditors or any of them under this Agreement shall, on delivery of the value added tax invoice, be paid in addition to any sum agreed to be paid hereunder.

 

 

 

  

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5.4  

	
Stamp and other duties

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall pay all stamp, documentary, registration or other like duties or taxes (including any duties or taxes payable by, or assessed on, the Creditors or any of them) imposed on or in connection with any of the Underlying Documents, the Security Documents or the Loan and shall indemnify the Creditors or any of them against any liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the Borrowers to pay such duties or taxes.

 

	
6  

	

Payments and taxes; accounts and calculations

 

	
6.1  

	
No set-off or counterclaim

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers acknowledge that in performing their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Banks will be incurring liabilities to third parties in relation to the funding of amounts to the Borrowers, such liabilities matching the liabilities of the Borrowers to the Banks and that it is reasonable for the Banks to be entitled to receive payments from the Borrowers gross on the due date in order that each of the Banks is put in a position to perform its matching obligations to the relevant third parties.  All payments to be made by the Borrowers under any of the Security Documents shall be made in full, without any set-off or counterclaim whatsoever and, subject as provided in clause 6.6, free and clear of any deductions or withholdings, in Dollars on the due date to such account at such bank and in such place as the Agent may from time to time specify for this purpose.  Save for payments which are for the account of the Swap Provider and save as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any relevant Security Documents, such payments shall be for the account of all Banks and the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent shall distribute such payments in like funds as are received by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent to the Banks rateably in accordance with their respective Commitment or (if after the first drawdown) Contribution, as the case may be.

 

	
6.2  

	
Payment by the Banks

 

	

 

	
All sums to be advanced by the Banks to the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be remitted in Dollars on the Drawdown Date for the relevant Advance to the account of the Agent at such bank as the Agent may have notified to the Banks and shall be paid by the Agent to such account as is specified in the Drawdown Notice for such Advance.

 

	
6.3  

	
Non-Banking Days

 

	

 

	
When any payment under any of the Security Documents would otherwise be due on a day which is not a Banking Day, the due date for payment shall be extended to the next following Banking Day unless such Banking Day falls in the next calendar month in which case payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Banking Day.

 

	
6.4  

	
Calculations

 

	

 

	
All interest and other payments of an annual nature under any of the Security Documents shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a three hundred and sixty (360) day year.

 

	
6.5  

	
Certificates conclusive

 

	

 

	
Any certificate or determination of the Agent or the Security Agent or any Bank or the Swap Provider as to any rate of interest or any other amount pursuant to and for the purposes of any of the Security Documents shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and (in the case of a certificate or determination by the Agent or the Security Agent) on the other Creditors.

 

	
6.6  

	
Grossing-up for Taxes

 

	

6.6.1

	

If at any time the Borrowers are required to make any deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under any of the Security Documents for the account of any Creditor (or if the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent is required to make any such deduction or withholding from a payment to a Bank), the sum due from the Borrowers in respect of such payment shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the relevant Creditor receives on the due date for such payment (and retains, free from any liability in respect of such deduction or withholding), a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made and the Borrowers shall indemnify each Creditor against any losses or costs incurred by it by reason of any failure of the Borrowers to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment.  The Borrowers shall promptly deliver to the Agent any receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.

  

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6.6.2

	

For the avoidance of doubt, clause 6.6.1 does not apply in respect of sums due from the Borrowers to the Swap Provider under or in connection with the Master Swap Agreement as to which sums the provisions of section 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax) of the Master Swap Agreement shall apply.

 

	
6.7  

	
Loan account

 

	

 

	
Each Bank shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, an account evidencing the amounts from time to time lent by, owing to and paid to it under the Security Documents. The Agent shall maintain a control account showing the Loan, interest and other sums owing and/or payable by the Borrowers under the Security Documents.  The control account shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to the amount from time to time owing by the Borrowers under the Security Documents.

 

	
6.8  

	
Agent may assume receipt

 

	

 

	
Where any sum is to be paid under this Agreement to the Agent for the account of another person, the Agent may assume that the payment will be made when due and may (but shall not be obliged to) make such sum available to the person so entitled.  If it proves to be the case that such payment was not made to the Agent, then the person to whom such sum was so made available shall on request refund such sum to the Agent together with interest thereon sufficient to compensate the Agent for the cost of making available such sum up to the date of such repayment and the person by whom such sum was payable shall indemnify the Agent for any and all loss or expense which the Agent may sustain or incur as a consequence of such sum not having been paid on its due date.

 

	
6.9  

	
Partial payments

 

	

 

	
If, on any date on which a payment is due to be made by the Borrowers under any of the Security Documents, the amount received by the Agent from the Borrowers falls short of the total amount of the payment due to be made by the Borrowers on such date then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies available to the Creditors or any of them under the Security Documents, the Agent shall apply the amount actually received from the Borrowers in or towards discharge of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Security Documents in the following order, notwithstanding any appropriation made, or purported to be made, by the Borrowers:

 

	

6.9.1 

	

firstly, in or towards payment, on a pro rata basis, of any unpaid costs and expenses of any Arranger, the Agent, the Security Agent or any other Creditor under, or in relation to, the Security Documents;

 

	

6.9.2

	

secondly, in or towards payment of any fees or commitment commission payable to any Arranger, the Agent or any other Creditor under, or in relation to, the Security Documents which remain unpaid;

 

	

6.9.3 

	

thirdly, in or towards payment to the Banks, on a pro rata basis, of any accrued interest which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid;

 

  

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6.9.4 

	

fourthly, in or towards payment to the Banks, on a pro rata basis, of any principal in respect of the Loan which shall have become due but remains unpaid;

 

	

6.9.5

	

fifthly, in or towards payment to any Bank for any loss suffered by reason of any payment in respect of principal not being effected on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid and which amounts are so payable under this Agreement;

 

	

6.9.6

	

sixthly, in or towards payment to the Swap Provider of any amounts owing to it under the Master Swap Agreement; and

 

	

6.9.7

	

seventhly, in or towards payment to the relevant person of any other sum which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid (and, if more than one such sum so remains unpaid, on a pro rata basis).

 

	

 

	
The order of application set out in clauses 6.9.3 to 6.9.7 may be varied by the Agent if the Majority Banks so direct, without any reference to, or consent or approval from, the Borrowers.

 

	
7  

	
Representations and warranties

 

	
7.1  

	
Continuing representations and warranties

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Creditor that:

 

	
7.1.1  

	
Due incorporation

 

	

 

	
the Borrowers and each of the other Security Parties are duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the laws of their respective countries of incorporation as limited liabilities companies or (as the case may be) corporations, and have power to carry on their respective businesses as they are now being conducted and to own their respective property and other assets;

 

	

7.1.2

	

Corporate power

 

	

 

	
each of the Borrowers has power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Underlying Documents and the Borrowers' Security Documents to which it is or is to be a party and to borrow the Total Commitment and each of the other Security Parties has power to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents to which it is or is to be a party; all necessary corporate, shareholder and other action has been taken to authorise the execution, delivery and performance of the same and no limitation on the powers of either Borrower to borrow will be exceeded as a result of borrowing the Loan;

 

	
7.1.3  

	
Binding obligations

 

	

 

	

the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents constitute or will, when executed, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the relevant Security Parties enforceable in accordance with their respective terms;

 

	
7.1.4  

	
No conflict with other obligations

 

	

 

	

the execution and delivery of, the performance of their obligations under, and compliance with the provisions of, the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents by the relevant Security Parties will not (i) contravene any existing applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or permit to which either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party is subject, (ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party is a party or is subject or by which it or any of its property is bound, (iii) contravene or conflict with any provision of the constitutional documents of either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of or oblige either of the Borrowers or any other member of the Group or any other Security Party to create any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of either of the Borrowers or any other member of the Group or any other Security Party;

 

  

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7.1.5  

	
No litigation

 

	

 

	

no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is taking place, pending or, to the knowledge of the officers of either of the Borrowers, threatened against either of the Borrowers or any other member of the Group or any other Security Party which could have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, management prospects, performance, operations, results of operations, properties or the condition (financial or otherwise) of either of the Borrowers or any other member of the Group or any other Security Party or the Group as a whole;

 

	
7.1.6  

	
No filings required

 

	

 

	

save for the registration of the Mortgages under the laws of the Flag State through the Registry, it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents that they or any other instrument be notarised, filed, recorded, registered or enrolled in any court, public office or elsewhere in any Relevant Jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax or charge be paid in any Relevant Jurisdiction on or in relation to any of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents and each of the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents is in proper form for its enforcement in the courts of each Relevant Jurisdiction;

 

	
7.1.7  

	
Choice of law

 

	

 

	

the choice of English law to govern the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents (other than the Mortgages) and the choice of Marshall Islands law to govern the Mortgages, and the submissions by the Security Parties therein to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts are valid and binding;

 

	
7.1.8  

	
No immunity

 

	

 

	

neither of the Borrowers nor any other Security Party nor any of their respective assets is 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);

 

	
7.1.9  

	
Consents obtained

 

	

 

	

every consent, authorisation, licence or approval of, or registration with or declaration to, governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts required by any Security Party to authorise, or required by any Security Party in connection with, the execution, delivery, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the Underlying Documents and each of the Security Documents to which it is a party or the performance by each Security Party of its obligations under the Security Documents to which it is a party, respectively, has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect and there has been no default in the observance of any of the conditions or restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, any of the same;

 

	
7.1.10  

	
Financial statements correct and complete

 

	

 

	

the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group in respect of the financial half-year ended on 30 June 2010 as delivered to the Agent, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles which have been consistently applied and present fairly and accurately the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date they were prepared and the consolidated results of the operations of the Group for the financial period ended on such date and, as at such date no member of the Group had any significant liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or any unrealised or anticipated losses which are not disclosed by, or reserved against or provided for in, such financial statements;

  

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7.1.11  

	
Compliance with laws and regulations

 

	

 

	

each of the Borrowers is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all laws, regulations, agreements, licences and concessions material to the carrying on of its business (including in relation to Taxation);

 

	
7.1.12  

	
No material adverse change

 

	

 

	

there has been no material adverse change in the business, management, assets, operations, results of operations, properties, performance, prospects or the condition (financial or otherwise) of any of the Borrowers or the Manager or the Corporate Guarantor or the Group as a whole from that existing on the date of this Agreement as described by or on behalf of the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party to the Agent and/or the Arrangers in the negotiation of this Agreement; and

 

	
7.1.13  

	
Solvency

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

none of the Borrowers nor any other Relevant Party is unable, or admits or has admitted its inability, to pay its debts or has suspended making payments on any of its debts;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

none of the Borrowers nor any other Relevant Party by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties has commenced, or intends to commence, negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its Indebtedness;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

the value of the assets of the Borrowers and the other Relevant Parties is not less than their respective liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); and

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

no moratorium has been, or may, in the reasonably foreseeable future be, declared in respect of any Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any other Relevant Party.

 

	
7.2  

	
Initial representations and warranties

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally further represent and warrant to each Creditor that:

 

	
7.2.1  

	
Pari passu and subordinated indebtedness

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

the obligations of each Borrower under this Agreement are direct, general and unconditional obligations of such Borrower and rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Borrower with the exception of any obligations which are mandatorily preferred by law and not by contract;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

any Indebtedness of the Borrowers or the Corporate Guarantor owing to any of its respective shareholders or other members of the Group is subordinated in all respects to the Borrowers' obligations under this Agreement and the Master Swap Agreement (in the case of the Borrowers) and to the Corporate Guarantor's obligations under the Corporate Guarantee (in the case of the Corporate Guarantor);

 

	
7.2.2  

	
No default under other Indebtedness

 

	

 

	

neither of the Borrowers nor any other member of the Group nor any other Security Party is (nor would with the giving of notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other condition or combination thereof be) in breach of or in default under any agreement relating to Indebtedness to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

  

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7.2.3  

	
Information

 

	

 

	

the information, exhibits and reports furnished by or on behalf of any Security Party to the Agent and/or the Arrangers in connection with the negotiation and preparation of the Security Documents are true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading, do not omit material facts and all reasonable enquiries have been made to verify the facts and statements contained therein; there are no other facts the omission of which would make any fact or statement therein misleading;

 

	
7.2.4  

	
No withholding Taxes

 

	

 

	
no Taxes are imposed by withholding or otherwise on any payment to be made by any Security Party under the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents or are imposed on or by virtue of the execution or delivery by the Security Parties of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents or any other document or instrument to be executed or delivered under any of the Security Documents;

 

	
7.2.5  

	
No Default

 

	

 

	
no Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

	
7.2.6  

	
The Ships

 

	

 

	
each Ship will, on the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to such Ship, be:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

in the absolute ownership of the relevant Borrower who will, on and after such Drawdown Date, be the sole, legal and beneficial owner of such Ship;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

permanently registered through the Registry as a ship under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

operationally seaworthy and in every way fit for service; and

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

classed with the relevant Classification free of all requirements and recommendations of the relevant Classification Society;

 

	
7.2.7  

	
Ships' employment

 

	

 

	
save for any relevant Charter delivered to the Agent prior to the date of this Agreement, neither Ship is nor will, on or before the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to such Ship, be subject to any charter or contract or to any agreement to enter into any charter or contract which, if entered into after the date of the relevant Ship Security Documents, would have required the consent of the Agent or, as the context may require, the Security Agent and on or before the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to such Ship, there will not be any agreement or arrangement whereby the Earnings (as defined in the General Assignment for such Ship) of such Ship may be shared with any other person;

 

	
7.2.8  

	
Freedom from Encumbrances

 

	

 

	
neither of the Ships, nor its Earnings, Insurances or Requisition Compensation (each as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) nor the Operating Account for such Ship nor any other properties or rights which are, or are to be, the subject of any of the Security Documents nor any part thereof will be, on the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to such Ship, subject to any Encumbrance;

 

	
7.2.9  

	
Compliance with Environmental Laws and Approvals

 

	

 

	
except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to, and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent:

 

 

 

  

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(a)

	

the Borrowers and the other Relevant Parties and, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates have complied with the provisions of all Environmental Laws;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

the Borrowers and the other Relevant Parties and, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates have obtained all Environmental Approvals and are in compliance with all such Environmental Approvals; and

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

neither the Borrowers nor any other Relevant Party nor, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), any of their respective Environmental Affiliates have received notice of any Environmental Claim that the Borrowers or any other Relevant Party or any such Environmental Affiliate is not in compliance with any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval;

 

	
7.2.10  

	
No Environmental Claims

 

	

 

	
except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to, and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent, there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief, threatened against the Borrowers or either of the Ships or any other Relevant Party or any other Relevant Ship or, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), any of their respective Environmental Affiliates;

 

	
7.2.11  

	
No potential Environmental Claims

 

	

 

	
except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to, and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent, there has been no emission, spill, release or discharge of a Pollutant from either of the Ships or any other Relevant Ship owned by, managed or crewed by or chartered to the Borrowers nor, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), from any Relevant Ship owned by, managed or crewed by or chartered to any other Relevant Party which could give rise to an Environmental Claim;

 

	
7.2.12  

	
Copies true and complete

 

	

 

	
the copies of the Underlying Documents delivered or to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to clause 9.1 are or will, when delivered, be true and complete copies of such documents; such documents constitute valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their terms and there have been no amendments or variations thereof or defaults thereunder;

 

	
7.2.13  

	
Shareholdings and management

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

each of the Borrowers is a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of the Corporate Guarantor;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

all of the issued shares in the Manager are legally and beneficially owned by the Corporate Guarantor;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

to the best of their knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry), no person, or persons acting in concert (other than any financial institution acting as a passive investor), are the legal or ultimate beneficial owners of a higher percentage of the total issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor, than the percentage of the total issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor, beneficially owned by Mr Simeon Palios; and

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

Mr. Simeon Palios is the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman and a member of the board of directors of the Corporate Guarantor;

 

  

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7.2.14  

	
DOC and SMC

 

	

 

	
on the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to a Ship, the Operator will have a DOC for itself and an SMC in respect of such Ship; and

 

	
7.2.15  

	
ISPS Code

 

	

 

	
on the Drawdown Date of the Advance relevant to a Ship, the Borrower owning such Ship shall have a valid and current ISSC in respect of such Ship and such Ship shall be in compliance with the ISPS Code.

 

	
7.3  

	
Repetition of representations and warranties

 

	

 

	
On and as of each Drawdown Date and (except in relation to the representations and warranties in clause 7.2) on each Interest Payment Date, the Borrowers shall (a) be deemed to repeat the representations and warranties in clauses 7.1 and 7.2 (other than clauses 7.2.13(c) and (d)) as if made with reference to the facts and circumstances existing on such day and (b) be deemed to further represent and warrant to each of the Creditors that the then latest financial statements delivered to the Agent by the Borrowers (if any) under clause 8.1.5 have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles which have been consistently applied and present fairly and accurately the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the end of the financial period to which the same relate and the consolidated results of the operations of the Group, respectively, for the financial period to which the same relate and, as at the end of such financial period, neither the Corporate Guarantor nor any other member of the Group had any significant liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or any unrealised or anticipated losses which are not disclosed by, or reserved against or provided for in, such financial statements.

 

	
8  

	
Undertakings

 

	
8.1  

	
General

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, they will:

 

	
8.1.1  

	
Notice of Default

 

	
 

	
promptly inform the Agent of any occurrence of which either of them becomes aware which might adversely affect the ability of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents and, without prejudice to clause 8.1.9 and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will inform the Agent of any Default forthwith upon becoming aware thereof and will from time to time, if so requested by the Agent, confirm to the Agent in writing that, save as otherwise stated in such confirmation, no Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

	
8.1.2  

	
Consents and licences

 

	

 

	
without prejudice to clauses 7.1 and 9, obtain or cause to be obtained, maintain in full force and effect and comply in all material respects with the conditions and restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, every consent, authorisation, licence or approval of governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts and do, or cause to be done, all other acts and things which may from time to time be necessary or desirable under applicable law for the continued due performance of all the obligations of the Security Parties under each of the Security Documents;

 

	
8.1.3  

	
Use of proceeds

 

	

 

	
use the Loan or, as the case may be, the Advances for their benefit and under their full responsibility and exclusively for the purposes specified in clauses 1.1 and 2.5;

 

  

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8.1.4  

	
Pari passu and subordination

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

ensure that their obligations under this Agreement and the Master Swap Agreement shall, without prejudice to the provisions of clause 8.3 and the security intended to be created by the Security Documents, at all times rank at least pari passu with all their other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness with the exception of any obligations which are mandatorily preferred by law and not by contract; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

ensure that the obligations (if any) of the Borrowers to repay any loan advanced to them by their shareholders or any other member of the Group are at all times fully subordinated towards their obligations to the Creditors under this Agreement and the other Security Documents and that any such loans or advances are and remain at all times on terms and conditions acceptable to the Banks in all respects;

 

	
8.1.5  

	
Financial statements and Compliance Certificate

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

prepare or cause to be prepared consolidated financial statements of the Group in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles consistently applied in respect of each financial year (but commencing with the financial year ending on 31 December 2010) and cause the same to be reported on by their auditors and prepare unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group on the same basis as the annual statements in respect of each financial quarter, including on a year to date basis (but commencing with the financial quarter ending on 31 December 2010) and deliver as many copies of the same as the Agent may reasonably require as soon as practicable but not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days (in the case of audited financial statements) or ninety (90) days (in the case of unaudited financial statements) after the end of the financial period to which they relate; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

deliver to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Banks, a Compliance Certificate for the relevant period executed by the Corporate Guarantor and counter-signed by the Chief Financial Officer or two authorised Directors of the Corporate Guarantor at the time when any unaudited or audited consolidated financial statements of the Group are delivered to the Agent in accordance with clause 8.1.5(a) and clause 5.1.4 of the Corporate Guarantee;

 

	
8.1.6  

	
Delivery of reports

 

	

 

	
deliver to the Agent sufficient copies for all the Banks of every report, circular, notice or like document issued by the Borrowers or any member of the Group to their shareholders or creditors generally, at the same time when it is issued or given;

 

	
8.1.7  

	
Provision of further information

 

	

 

	
provide the Agent with such financial and other information concerning the Borrowers, the other Security Parties, any other member of the Group, the Group as a whole and their respective affairs as the Agent may from time to time reasonably require, including, without limitation, regarding their financial standing, commitments, operations, vessel sales or purchases, any new borrowings, any material litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings and all major financial developments in relation to each Security Party, any other member of the Group and the Group as a whole;

 

	
8.1.8  

	
Know your customer information

 

	

 

	
deliver to the Agent such documents and evidence as the Agent shall from time to time require relating to the verification of identity and knowledge of the Agent's or any Bank's or the  Swap Provider's customers and the compliance by the Agent or any Bank or the Swap Provider with all necessary "know your customer" or similar checks, always on the basis of applicable laws and regulations or the Agent's or any Bank's or any Swap Provider's own internal guidelines, in each case as such laws, regulations or internal guidelines apply from time to time;

 

  

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8.1.9  

	
Obligations under Security Documents

 

	

 

	
and will procure that each of the other Security Parties will, duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be assumed by them under the Security Documents;

 

	
8.1.10  

	
Compliance with Code

 

	

 

	
and will procure that the Manager or any Operator will, comply with and ensure that each Ship and the Manager or any Operator at all times complies with the requirements of the Code, including (but not limited to) the maintenance and renewal of valid certificates pursuant thereto throughout the Security Period and will procure that each member of the Group and each vessel thereof complies with the requirements of the Code;

 

	
8.1.11  

	
Withdrawal of DOC and SMC

 

	

 

	

and will procure that the Manager or any Operator will, immediately inform the Agent if there is any threatened or actual withdrawal of its Operator's DOC or the SMC in respect of any Ship;

 

	
8.1.12  

	
Issuance of DOC and SMC

 

	

 

	
and will procure that the Manager or any Operator will, promptly inform the Agent upon the issue to either of the Borrowers, the Manager or any Operator of a DOC and to each Ship of an SMC or the receipt by either of the Borrowers, the Manager or any Operator of notification that its application for the same has been refused;

 

	
8.1.13  

	
ISPS Code Compliance

 

	

 

	
and will procure that the Manager or any Operator will:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

maintain at all times a valid and current ISSC respect of each Ship;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

immediately notify the Agent in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC in respect of each Ship; and

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

procure that each Ship and any other vessel of the Group will comply at all times with the ISPS Code;

 

	
8.1.14  

	
Charters

 

	

 

	
advise the Agent promptly of any Charter of either Ship and (i) forthwith after its execution deliver a certified copy of each such Charter to the Agent, (ii) forthwith following demand by the Agent execute a Charter Assignment of any such Charter in favour of the Security Agent and any notice of assignment required in connection therewith and promptly procure the service of any such notice of assignment on the relevant Charterer and the acknowledgement of such notice by the relevant Charterer and (iii) pay all legal and other costs incurred by the Agent or any other Creditor in connection with any such Charter Assignments;

 

	
8.1.15  

	
Intra-Group transactions

 

	

 

	
ensure that any transactions, agreements or other arrangements (if any) entered into by it with any members of the Group, are entered into on an arm's length basis and for full value and consideration;

 

 

  

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8.1.16  

	
Minimum liquidity

 

	

 

	
maintain at all times a credit balance of no less than Four hundred thousand Dollars ($400,000) in each Operating Account; and

 

	
8.1.17  

	
Acknowledgement

 

	

 

	
if a Charter exists on the Drawdown Date for an Advance relevant to a Ship, procure that there are delivered to the Agent, no later than fourteen (14) days after the Drawdown Date of that Advance, a duly executed acknowledgment of the notice of assignment of that Charter by the relevant Charterer in the form set out in schedule 1 of the relevant Charter Assignment, together with evidence of the authority of the relevant Charterer to execute the same.

 

	
8.2  

	
Security value maintenance

 

	
8.2.1  

	
Security shortfall

 

	

 

	
If at any time the Security Value shall be less than the Security Requirement, the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) shall give notice to the Borrowers requiring that such deficiency be remedied and then the Borrowers shall either:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

prepay within a period of ten (10) days of the date of receipt by the Borrowers of the Agent's said notice, such sum in Dollars as will result in the Security Requirement after such prepayment (taking into account any other repayment made between the date of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being equal to the Security Value; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

within ten (10) days of the date of receipt by the Borrowers of the Agent's said notice constitute to the satisfaction of the Agent such further security for the Loan and amounts owing under the Master Swap Agreement, as shall be acceptable to the Banks, having a value for security purposes (as determined by the Agent in its absolute discretion) at the date upon which such further security shall be constituted which, when added to the Security Value, shall not be less than the Security Requirement as at such date.

 

	

 

	
The provisions of clause 4.4 and any relevant provisions of clause 4.5 shall apply to prepayments made under clause 8.2.1(a).

 

	
8.2.2  

	
Valuation of Mortgaged Ships

 

	

 

	
Each of the Mortgaged Ships shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be valued in Dollars as and when the Agent (acting on instructions of the Majority Banks) shall require by two (2) of the Approved Shipbrokers nominated by the Borrowers (or, failing this, by the Agent) and appointed by the Agent. Each such valuation shall be addressed to the Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) and made without, unless required by the Agent, physical inspection and on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash at arm's length on normal commercial terms as between a willing buyer and a willing seller without taking into account the benefit of any charterparty or other engagement concerning such Mortgaged Ship. In the event that the said two (2) valuations differ between them by more than fifteen per cent (15%), then the Agent may, in its sole discretion, obtain a third valuation of a Mortgaged Ship from another Approved Broker and made on the same basis as the other two valuations for such Mortgaged Ship. The arithmetic mean of the valuations for a Mortgaged Ship eventually obtained in accordance with this clause shall constitute the value of such Mortgaged Ship for the purposes of this clause 8.2.

 

	

 

	
The value of each Mortgaged Ship determined in accordance with the provisions of this clause 8.2 shall be binding upon the parties hereto until such time as any such further valuation shall be obtained.

 

  

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8.2.3  

	
Information

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor to supply to the Agent and to any such Approved Shipbrokers such information concerning each Mortgaged Ship and its condition as such Approved Shipbroker may require for the purpose of making any such valuation.

 

	
8.2.4  

	
Costs

 

	

 

	
All costs in connection with the Agent obtaining any valuation of the Mortgaged Ships referred to in clause 8.2.2 up to once per calendar year (without taking into account any valuation of the Mortgaged Ships included in the valuations obtained under clause 5.4 of the Corporate Guarantee), any valuation of the Fleet Vessels referred to in clause 5.4 of the Corporate Guarantee, the valuations of the Ships referred to in schedule 3, and any valuation either of any additional security for the purposes of ascertaining the Security Value at any time or necessitated by the Borrowers electing to constitute additional security pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b), shall be borne by the Borrowers Provided however that, if a Default shall have occurred, the cost of any and all such valuation or valuations of the Mortgaged Ships and the Fleet Vessels shall be borne by the Borrowers.

 

	
8.2.5  

	
Valuation of additional security

 

	

 

	
For the purpose of this clause 8.2, the market value of any additional security provided or to be provided to the Security Agent shall be determined by the Agent in its absolute discretion without any necessity for the Agent assigning any reason thereto.

 

	
8.2.6  

	
Documents and evidence

 

	

 

	
In connection with any additional security provided in accordance with this clause 8.2, the Agent shall be entitled to receive such evidence and documents of the kind referred to in schedule 3 as may in the Agent's opinion be appropriate and such favourable legal opinions as the Agent shall in its absolute discretion require.

 

	
8.3  

	
Negative undertakings

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, the Borrowers will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent:

 

	
8.3.1  

	
Negative pledge

 

	

 

	
permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist, arise or be created or extended over all or any part of their present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues to secure or prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or obligation of any Security Party (other than the Corporate Guarantor) or any other person;

 

	
8.3.2  

	
No merger

 

	

 

	
merge or consolidate with any other person or enter into any demerger, amalgamation or corporate reconstruction or redomiciliation of any type;

 

	
8.3.3  

	
Disposals

 

	

 

	
sell, transfer, abandon, lend or otherwise dispose of or cease to exercise direct control over any part (being, either alone or when aggregated with all other disposals falling to be taken into account pursuant to this clause 8.3.3, material in the opinion of the Agent in relation to their respective undertakings, assets, rights and revenues taken as a whole) of their respective present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues (otherwise than by transfers, sales or disposals for full consideration in the ordinary course of trading but in any event excluding the Ships) whether by one or a series of transactions related or not;

 

  

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8.3.4  

	
Other business

 

	

 

	
undertake any business other than the ownership, chartering and operation of the Ships and the chartering of the Ships to third parties;

 

	
8.3.5  

	
Acquisitions

 

	

 

	
acquire any further assets other than the Ships and rights arising under contracts entered into by or on behalf of the Borrowers in the ordinary course of their businesses of owning, operating and chartering the Ships;

 

	
8.3.6  

	
Other obligations

 

	

 

	
incur any obligations except for obligations arising under the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents or contracts entered into in the ordinary course of their business of owning, operating and chartering the Ships;

 

	
8.3.7  

	
No borrowing

 

	

 

	
incur any Borrowed Money except for Borrowed Money pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

	
8.3.8  

	
Repayment of borrowings

 

	

 

	
repay or prepay the principal of, or pay interest on or any other sum in connection with, any of their Borrowed Money except for Borrowed Money pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

	
8.3.9  

	
Guarantees

 

	

 

	
issue any guarantees or indemnities or otherwise become directly or contingently liable for the obligations of any person, firm, or corporation except pursuant to the Security Documents and except for guarantees or indemnities from time to time required in the ordinary course by any protection and indemnity or war risks association with which a Ship is entered, guarantees required to procure the release of a Ship from any arrest, detention, attachment or levy or guarantees or undertakings required for the salvage of a Ship;

 

	
8.3.10  

	
Loans

 

	

 

	
make any loans or grant any credit (save for normal trade credit in the ordinary course of business) to any person or agree to do so;

 

	
8.3.11  

	
Sureties

 

	

 

	
permit any Indebtedness of either Borrower to any person (other than the Creditors) to be guaranteed by any person (save for guarantees or indemnities from time to time required in the ordinary course by any protection and indemnity or war risks association with which a Ship is entered, guarantees required to procure the release of a Ship from any arrest, detention, attachment or levy or guarantees or undertakings required for the salvage of a Ship);

 

	
8.3.12  

	
Share capital and distribution

 

	

 

	
purchase or otherwise acquire for value any shares of their capital or declare or pay any dividends or distribute any of their present or future assets, undertakings, rights or revenues to any of their shareholders Provided however that each Borrower may declare or pay dividends to the Corporate Guarantor, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of declaration or payment of such dividends or would occur as a result thereof;

 

 

  

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8.3.13  

	
Change of management of a Ship

 

	

 

	
appoint any person to carry out the commercial and technical management of any Ship other than the Manager or terminate a Management Agreement or vary or amend the terms thereof;

 

	
8.3.14  

	
Designated Transactions

 

	

 

	
enter into any derivative transactions other than Designated Transactions; or

 

	
8.3.15  

	
Subsidiaries

 

	

 

	
form or acquire any Subsidiaries; or

 

	
8.3.16  

	
Financial year, auditors and constitutional documents

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

change, cause, permit or agree to any change in, the way of computation of their financial year;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

change, permit or agree to any change of, their auditors from those existing on the date of this Agreement; or

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

change, amend or vary, or agree to or permit any change, amendment or variation of or to, their constitutional documents.

 

	
9  

	
Conditions

 

	
9.1  

	
Documents and evidence

 

	

 

	
The obligation of each Bank to make its Commitment available shall be subject to the condition that:

 

	
9.1.1  

	
the Agent, or its duly authorised representative, shall have received, not later than the day on which the Drawdown Notice for the first Advance is given, the documents and evidence specified in Part 1 of schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and

 

	
9.1.2  

	
the Agent, or its duly authorised representative, shall have received, on or prior to the drawdown of an Advance for a Ship, the documents and evidence specified in Part 2 of schedule 3 in respect of such Advance and the Ship relevant to it, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

	
9.2  

	
General conditions precedent

 

	

 

	
The obligation of each Bank to contribute to any Advance shall be subject to the further conditions that, at the time of the giving of the Drawdown Notice for such Advance, and at the time of the making of such Advance:

 

 

	
9.2.1  

	
the representations and warranties contained in (a) clauses 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3(b) and (b) clause 4 of the Corporate Guarantee, are true and correct on and as of each such time as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time; and

 

	
9.2.2  

	
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of such Advance.

 

	
9.3  

	
Waiver of conditions precedent

 

	

 

	
The conditions specified in this clause 9 are inserted solely for the benefit of the Banks and may be waived by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) in whole or in part and with or without conditions.

 

 

  

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9.4  

	
Further conditions precedent

 

	

 

	
Not later than five (5) Banking Days prior to each Drawdown Date and not later than five (5) Banking Days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) may request and the Borrowers shall, not later than two (2) Banking Days prior to such date, deliver to the Agent on such request further favourable certificates and/or favourable opinions as to any or all of the matters which are the subject of clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10.

 

	
10  

	
Events of Default

 

	
10.1  

	
Events

 

	

 

	
There shall be an Event of Default if:

 

	
10.1.1  

	
Non-payment: any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of the Security Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the Security Documents (and so that, for this purpose, sums payable on demand shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if paid within three (3) Banking Days of demand); or

 

	
10.1.2  

	
Master Swap Agreement: (a) an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (in each case as defined in the Master Swap Agreement) has occurred and is continuing with the Borrowers or either of them as the Defaulting Party (as defined in the Master Swap Agreement) under the Master Swap Agreement or (b) an Early Termination Date has occurred or been or become capable of being effectively designated under the Master Swap Agreement by the Swap Provider or (c) the Master Swap Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason; or

 

	
10.1.3  

	
Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: either of the Borrowers or, as the context may require, the Manager fails to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances (as defined in, and in accordance with the requirements of, the Ship Security Documents) for either of the Mortgaged Ships or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels such Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis-statement in any proposal for such Insurances or for any other failure or default on the part of either of the Borrowers or any other person or either of the Borrowers commits any breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by them under clauses 8.1.5, 8.2 or 8.3 or the Corporate Guarantor commits any breach or fails to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under clauses 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4 of the Corporate Guarantee; or

 

	
10.1.4  

	
Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or omits to observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under any of the Security Documents (other than those referred to in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.3 above) and, in respect of any such breach or omission which in the opinion of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) is capable of remedy, such action as the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) may require shall not have been taken within fourteen (14) days of the Agent notifying the relevant Security Party of such default and of such required action; or

 

	
10.1.5  

	
Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made or repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant to any of the Security Documents or in any notice, certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under any of the Security Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect; or

 

	
10.1.6  

	
Cross-default: any Indebtedness of any Security Party or any other member of the Group is not paid when due or any Indebtedness of any Security Party or any other member of the Group becomes (whether by declaration or automatically in accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument constituting the same) due and payable prior to the date when it would otherwise have become due (unless as a result of the exercise by the relevant Security Party or any other member of the Group of a voluntary right of prepayment), or any creditor of any Security Party or any other member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any such Indebtedness due and payable or any facility or commitment available to any Security Party or other member of the Group relating to Indebtedness is withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned unless the relevant Security Party or any other member of the Group shall have satisfied the Agent that such withdrawal, suspension or cancellation will not affect or prejudice in any way the ability of the relevant Security Party or of the relevant member of the Group to pay its debts as they fall due and fund its commitments, or any guarantee given by any Security Party or any other member of the Group in respect of Indebtedness is not honoured when due and called upon Provided that the amount or aggregate amount at any one time, of all Indebtedness of any Security Party or any other member of the Group in relation to which any of the foregoing events shall have occurred and be continuing, is equal to or greater than Five million Dollars ($5,000,000) or its equivalent in the currency which the same is denominated or payable.

 

  

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For the avoidance of doubt for the purpose of this clause 10.1.6 "Indebtedness" shall exclude Indebtedness owing under this Agreement and/or the other Security Documents; or

 

	
10.1.7  

	
Legal process: any judgment or order made against any Security Party or other member of the Group is not stayed or complied with within seven (7) days or a creditor attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other process is levied or enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any Security Party or other member of the Group and is not discharged within seven (7) days; or

 

	
10.1.8  

	
Insolvency: any Security Party or other member of the Group is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do so; becomes insolvent; has assets the value of which is less than the value of its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); or suffers the declaration of a moratorium in respect of any of its Indebtedness; or

 

	
10.1.9  

	
Reduction or loss of capital: a meeting is convened by any Security Party or other member of the Group for the purpose of passing any resolution to purchase, reduce or redeem any of its share capital; or

 

	
10.1.10  

	
Winding up: any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken for the purpose of winding-up any Security Party or other member of the Group or an order is made or resolution passed for the winding up of any Security Party or other member of the Group or a notice is issued convening a meeting for the purpose of passing any such resolution; or

 

	
10.1.11  

	
Administration: any petition is presented, notice given or other step is taken for the purpose of the appointment of an administrator of any Security Party or other member of the Group or the Agent believes that any such petition or other step is imminent or an administration order is made in relation to any Security Party or other member of the Group; or

 

	
10.1.12  

	
Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other receiver, liquidator, compulsory manager or other similar officer is appointed of any Security Party or other member of the Group or any part of its assets and/or undertaking or any other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over all or any part of the assets of any Security Party or other member of the Group; or

 

	
10.1.13  

	
Compositions: any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedures or steps are taken, or negotiations commenced, by any Security Party or other member of the Group or by any of its creditors with a view to the general readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its indebtedness or to proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving such person and any of its creditors; or

 

	
10.1.14  

	
Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party or other member of the Group, in any country or territory in which any of them carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of their assets is subject, any event which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, appears in that country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent or similar to, any of those mentioned in clauses 10.1.7 to 10.1.13 (inclusive) or any Security Party or other member of the Group otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or territory, to the operation of any law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation; or

 

  

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10.1.15  

	
Cessation of business: any Security Party or any other member of the Group suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on its business; or

 

	
10.1.16  

	
Seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or revenues of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security Party or any other member of the Group are seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired by or under the authority of any government; or

 

	
10.1.17  

	
Invalidity: any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to remain in full force and effect, or if the validity or enforceability of any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason be contested by any Security Party which is a party thereto, or if any such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or any further, liability thereunder; or

 

	
10.1.18  

	
Unlawfulness: it becomes impossible or unlawful at any time for any Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations expressed to be assumed by it in any of the Security Documents or for a Creditor to exercise the rights or any of them vested in it under any of the Security Documents or otherwise; or

 

	
10.1.19  

	
Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents or does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing evidencing an intention to repudiate any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
10.1.20  

	
Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) in respect of any of the property (or part thereof) which is the subject of any of the Security Documents becomes enforceable; or

 

	
10.1.21  

	
Material adverse change: there occurs, in the opinion of the Agent, a material adverse change in the business, management, assets, operations, results of operations, properties, performances, prospects or the condition (financial or otherwise) of either Borrower or any other Security Party or any other member of the Group from that existing on the date of this Agreement, as described by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any other Security Party to the Agent and/or the Arrangers in the negotiation of this Agreement which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent (following consultation with the Banks) is likely, materially and adversely, to affect the ability of any Security Party to perform all or any of its obligations under, or otherwise to comply with the terms of, any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
10.1.22  

	
Arrest: either Ship is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in execution, impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported exercise of any possessory lien or other claim or otherwise taken from the possession of the relevant Borrower and such Borrower shall fail to procure the release of such Ship within a period of seven (7) days thereafter; or

 

	
10.1.23  

	
Registration: the registration of either Ship under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State is cancelled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) or if such registration of such Ship is not renewed at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiry of such registration; or

 

	
10.1.24  

	
Unrest: the Flag State of either Ship becomes involved in hostilities or civil war or there is a seizure of power in the Flag State of either Ship by unconstitutional means if, in any such case such event could in the opinion of the Agent reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the security constituted by any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
10.1.25  

	
Environment: either Borrower and/or any other Relevant Party and/or any of their respective Environmental Affiliates fails to comply with any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval or either of the Ships or any other Relevant Ship is involved in any incident which gives rise or may give rise to an Environmental Claim if, in any such case, such non-compliance or incident or the consequences thereof could, in the opinion of the Majority Banks acting through the Agent, reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the business, assets, operations, property or financial condition of either Borrower or any other Security Party, or on the security constituted by any of the Security Documents or on the ability of any Security Party to perform all or any of its obligations under or otherwise to comply with the terms of any of the Security Documents; or

 

  

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10.1.26  

	
P&I: either Borrower or any other person fails or omits to comply with any requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which such Borrower's Ship is entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) to the effect that any cover (including, without limitation, any cover in respect of liability for Environmental Claims arising in jurisdictions where such Ship operates or trades) is or may be liable to cancellation, qualification or exclusion at any time; or

 

	
10.1.27  

	
Shareholdings:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

either of the Borrowers ceases at any time to be a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of the Corporate Guarantor; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

there is any change in the legal and/or beneficial ownership of any of the shares of the Manager, from that existing on the date of this Agreement, as set out in clause 7.2.13; or

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

any person, or persons acting in concert (other than any financial institution acting as a passive investor), become at any time the legal or ultimate beneficial owners of a higher percentage of the total issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor, than the percentage of the total issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor, beneficially owned by Mr Simeon Palios at that time; or

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

Mr. Simeon Palios ceases to hold an executive position in the Corporate Guarantor; or

 

	
10.1.28  

	
Listing: the shares of the Corporate Guarantor are de-listed or cease to trade permanently on, the New York Stock Exchange; or

 

	
10.1.29  

	
Accounts: moneys are withdrawn from either of the Operating Accounts other than in accordance with clause 14 or as otherwise provided in this Agreement; or

 

	
10.1.30  

	
Manager: either Ship ceases to be managed by the Manager; or

 

	
10.1.31  

	
Licenses, etc:  any license, authorisation, consent or approval at any time necessary to enable any Security Party to comply with its obligations under the Security Documents is revoked or withheld or modified or is otherwise not granted or fails to remain in full force and effect or if any exchange control or other law or regulation shall exist which would make any transaction under the Security Documents or the continuation thereof, unlawful or would prevent the performance by any Security Party of any term of any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
10.1.32  

	
Material events: any other event occurs or circumstance arises which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent (following consultation with the Banks), is likely materially and adversely to affect either (a) the ability of any Security Party to perform all or any of its obligations under or otherwise to comply with the terms of any of the Security Documents or (b) the security created by any of the Security Documents.

 

	
10.2  

	
Acceleration

 

	

 

	
The Agent may, and if so requested by the Majority Banks shall, without prejudice to any other rights of the Banks, at any time after the happening of an Event of Default by notice to the Borrowers declare that:

 

 

  

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10.2.1  

	
the obligation of each Bank to make its Commitment available shall be terminated, whereupon the Total Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith; and/or

 

	
10.2.2  

	
the Loan and all interest and commitment commission accrued and all other sums payable under the Security Documents have become due and payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in accordance with the terms of such notice, become due and payable.

 

	
10.3  

	
Demand basis

 

	

 

	
If, pursuant to clause 10.2.2, the Agent declares the Loan to be due and payable on demand, the Agent may (and if so instructed by the Majority Banks shall) by written notice to the Borrowers (a) call for repayment of the Loan on such date as may be specified whereupon the Loan shall become due and payable on the date so specified together with all interest and commitment commission accrued and all other sums payable under this Agreement or (b) withdraw such declaration with effect from the date specified in such notice.

 

 

	
10.4  

	
Position of Swap Provider

 

	

 

	
Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent shall be obliged, in connection with any action taken or proposed to be taken under or pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this clause 10, to have any regard to the requirements of the Swap Provider except to the extent that the Swap Provider is also a Bank.

 

 

	
11  

	
Indemnities

 

	
11.1  

	
Miscellaneous indemnities

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall on demand indemnify each Creditor, without prejudice to any of such Creditor's other rights under any of the Security Documents, against any loss (including loss of Margin) or expense which such Creditor shall certify as sustained or incurred by it as a consequence of:

 

 

	
11.1.1  

	
any default in payment by any Security Party of any sum under any of the Security Documents when due;

 

	
11.1.2  

	
the occurrence of any other Event of Default;

 

	
11.1.3  

	
any prepayment or repayment of the Loan or part thereof being made under clauses 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.2.1 or 12.1, or any other repayment or prepayment of the Loan or part thereof being made otherwise than on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan prepaid or repaid; or

 

	
11.1.4  

	
any Advance not being made for any reason (excluding any default by any Creditor) after the Drawdown Notice for such Advance has been given,

 

	

 

	
including, in any such case, but not limited to, any loss or expense sustained or incurred by the relevant Creditor in maintaining or funding its Contribution or, as the case may be, Commitment or any part thereof or in liquidating or re-employing deposits from third parties acquired to effect or maintain its Contribution or, as the case may be, Commitment or any part thereof or in terminating or reversing or otherwise in connection with, any interest rate and/or currency swap or other derivative transaction or other arrangement entered into by a Creditor (whether with another legal entity or with another office or department of such Creditor) to hedge any exposure arising under this Agreement or in terminating, reversing, or otherwise in connection with, any open position arising under this Agreement, or any other amount owing to such Creditor.

 

 

	
11.2  

	
Currency indemnity

 

	

 

	
If any sum due from the Borrowers or either of them under any of the Security Documents or any order or judgment given or made in relation thereto has to be converted from the currency (the "first currency") in which the same is payable under the relevant Security Document or under such order or judgment into another currency (the "second currency") for the purpose of (a) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrowers or either of them, (b) obtaining an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal or (c) enforcing any order or judgment given or made in relation to any of the Security Documents, the Borrowers shall indemnify and hold harmless each Creditor from and against any loss suffered as a result of any difference between (i) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first currency into the second currency and (ii) the rate or rates of exchange at which the relevant Creditor may in the ordinary course of business purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof.

 

 

  

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Any amount due from the Borrowers under this clause 11.2 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums due under or in respect of any of the Security Documents and the term "rate of exchange" includes any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of the first currency with the second currency.

 

	
11.3  

	
Environmental indemnity

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall indemnify each Creditor on demand and hold it harmless from and against all costs, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands, liabilities, actions, proceedings (whether civil or criminal), penalties, fines, damages, judgements, orders, sanctions or other outgoings of whatever nature which may be suffered, incurred or paid by, or made or asserted against such Creditor at any time, whether before or after the repayment in full of principal and interest under this Agreement, relating to, or arising directly or indirectly in any manner or for any cause or reason whatsoever out of an Environmental Claim made or asserted against such Creditor if such Environmental Claim would not have been, or been capable of being, made or asserted against such Creditor if it had not entered into any of the Security Documents and/or exercised any of its rights, powers and discretions thereby conferred and/or performed any of its obligations thereunder and/or been involved in any of the transactions contemplated by the Security Documents.

 

 

	
11.4  

	
Central Bank or European Central Bank reserve requirements indemnity

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers shall on demand promptly indemnify each Bank against any cost incurred or loss suffered by such Bank as a result of its complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank and/or any other National Central Bank with respect to maintaining required reserves with the relevant national Central Bank to the extent that such compliance relates to such Bank's Commitment and/or Contribution or deposits obtained by it to fund the whole or part of that Contribution and to the extent such cost or loss is not recoverable by such Bank under clause 12.2.

 

	
12  

	
Unlawfulness and increased costs

 

	
12.1  

	
Unlawfulness

 

	

 

	
If it is or becomes contrary to any law or regulation for any Bank to contribute to an Advance or to maintain its Commitment or fund its Contribution, such Bank shall promptly, through the Agent, give notice to the Borrowers whereupon (a) such Bank's Commitment shall be reduced to zero and (b) the Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay such Bank's Contribution either (i) forthwith or (ii) on a future specified date not being earlier than the latest date permitted by the relevant law or regulation together with interest accrued to the date of prepayment and all other sums payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement and/or the Master Swap Agreement.

 

	
12.2  

	
Increased costs

 

	

 

	
If the result of any change in, or in the interpretation or application of, or the introduction of, any Capital Adequacy Law or of compliance by a Bank with any Capital Adequacy Law, is to:

 

 

  

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12.2.1  

	
subject any Bank to Taxes or change the basis of Taxation of any Bank with respect to any payment under any of the Security Documents (other than Taxes or Taxation on the overall net income, profits or gains of such Bank imposed in the jurisdiction in which its principal or lending office under this Agreement is located); and/or

 

	
12.2.2  

	
increase the cost to, or impose an additional cost on, any Bank or its holding company in making or keeping such Bank's Commitment available or maintaining or funding all or part of such Bank's Contribution; and/or

 

	
12.2.3  

	
reduce the amount payable or the effective return to any Bank under any of the Security Documents; and/or

 

	
12.2.4  

	
reduce any Bank's or its holding company's rate of return on its overall capital by reason of a change in the manner in which it is required to allocate capital resources to such Bank's obligations under any of the Security Documents; and/or

 

	
12.2.5  

	
require any Bank or its holding company to make a payment or forego a return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by such Bank under any of the Security Documents; and/or

 

	
12.2.6  

	
require any Bank or its holding company to incur or sustain a loss (including a loss of future potential profits) by reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of its Commitment or the Loan from its capital for regulatory purposes,

 

	

 

	
then and in each such case (subject to clause 12.3):

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

such Bank shall (through the Agent) notify the Borrowers in writing of such event promptly upon its becoming aware of the same; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

the Borrowers shall on demand made at any time whether or not such Bank's Contribution has been repaid, pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank the amount which such Bank specifies (in a certificate setting forth the basis of the computation of such amount but not including any matters which such Bank or its holding company regards as confidential) is required to compensate such Bank and/or (as the case may be) its holding company for such liability to Taxes, cost, reduction, payment , forgone return or loss.

 

	

 

	
For the purposes of this clause 12.2 "holding company" means, in relation to a Bank, the company or entity (if any) within the consolidated supervision of which such Bank is included.

 

	
12.3  

	
Exception

 

	

 

	
Nothing in clause 12 shall entitle any Bank to receive any amount in respect of compensation for any such liability to Taxes, increased or additional cost, reduction, payment, foregone return or loss to the extent that the same is the subject of an additional payment under clause 6.6.

 

	
12.4  

	
Mitigation

 

	

 

	
If circumstances arise which would, or would upon the giving of notice, result in an increased payment required to be made by the Borrowers under clause 6.6 or clause 12.2 then, without in any way limiting the obligations of the Borrowers under either of these clauses, the relevant Bank shall use reasonable endeavours to transfer its obligations, liabilities and rights under this Agreement and the other Security Documents to another of its offices not affected by the circumstances which gave rise to such increased payment, but no Bank shall be under any obligation to take any such action if in its opinion, to do so would or might:

 

	
12.4.1  

	
be prejudicial to such Bank (or, as the case may be, its holding company); or

 

	
12.4.2  

	
have an adverse effect on such Bank's or its holding company's business, operations, administration or financial condition; or

 

  

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12.4.3  

	
involve such Bank or its holding company in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent, with any regulation or such Bank's general banking policies; or

 

	
12.4.4  

	
involve such Bank or its holding company in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.

 

	
13  

	
Security, set-off and pro-rata payments

 

	
13.1  

	
Application of moneys

 

	

 

	
All moneys received by the Agent and/or the Security Agent under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents and expressed to be applicable in accordance with the provisions of this clause 13.1 shall be applied in the following manner:

 

	
13.1.1  

	
first, in or towards payment of all unpaid costs and expenses which may be owing to the Creditors or any of them under any of the Security Documents;

 

	
13.1.2  

	
secondly, in or towards payment of any unpaid fees and commissions payable to the Creditors or any of them;

 

	
13.1.3  

	
thirdly, in or towards payment of any arrears of interest owing in respect of the Loan or any part thereof;

 

	
13.1.4  

	
fourthly, in or towards repayment of the Loan (whether the same is due and payable or not);

 

	
13.1.5  

	
fifthly, in or towards payment to any Bank for any loss suffered by reason of any such payment in respect of principal not being effected on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid or prepaid and which amounts are so payable under this Agreement;

 

	
13.1.6  

	
sixthly, in or towards payment to the Swap Provider of any amounts owing to it under the Master Swap Agreement;

 

	
13.1.7  

	
seventhly, in or towards payment to any Creditor of any other sums owing to it under any of the Security Documents (and if such sums are owing to more than one Creditor, as between such Creditors on a pro-rata basis); and

 

	
13.1.8  

	
eighthly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrowers or to whomsoever else may be entitled to receive such surplus.

 

	
13.2  

	
Pro rata payments

 

	
13.2.1  

	
If at any time any Bank (the "Recovering Bank") receives or recovers any amount owing to it by the Borrowers under this Agreement by direct payment, set-off or in any manner other than by payment through the Agent pursuant to clauses 6.1 or 6.9 (not being a payment received from a Transferee Bank or a sub-participant in such Bank's Contribution or any other payment of an amount due to the Recovering Bank for its sole account pursuant to clauses 3.6, 5, 6.6, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, or 12.2) the Recovering Bank shall, within two (2) Banking Days of such receipt or recovery (a "Relevant Receipt") notify the Agent of the amount of the Relevant Receipt. If the Relevant Receipt exceeds the amount which the Recovering Bank would have received if the Relevant Receipt had been received by the Agent and distributed pursuant to clauses 6.1 or 6.9 (as the case may be) then:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

within two (2) Banking Days of demand by the Agent, the Recovering Bank shall pay to the Agent an amount equal (or equivalent) to the excess;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

the Agent shall treat the excess amount so paid by the Recovering Bank as if it were a payment made by the Borrowers and shall distribute the same to the Banks (other than the Recovering Bank) in accordance with clause 6.9; and

 

  

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(c)

	

as between the Borrowers and the Recovering Bank the excess amount so re-distributed shall be treated as not having been paid but the obligations of the Borrowers to the other Banks shall, to the extent of the amount so re-distributed to them, be treated as discharged.

 

	
13.2.2  

	
If any part of the Relevant Receipt subsequently has to be wholly or partly refunded by the Recovering Bank (whether to a liquidator or otherwise) each Bank to which any part of such Relevant Receipt was so re-distributed shall on request from the Recovering Bank repay to the Recovering Bank such Bank's pro-rata share of the amount which has to be refunded by the Recovering Bank.

 

	
13.2.3  

	
Each Bank shall on request supply to the Agent such information as the Agent may from time to time request for the purpose of this clause 13.2.

 

	
13.2.4  

	
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause 13.2, no Recovering Bank shall be obliged to share any Relevant Receipt which it receives or recovers pursuant to legal proceedings taken by it to recover any sums owing to it under this Agreement with any other party which has a legal right to, but does not, either join in such proceedings or commence and diligently pursue separate proceedings to enforce its rights in the same or another court (unless the proceedings instituted by the Recovering Bank are instituted by it without prior notice having been given to such party through the Agent).

 

	
13.3  

	
Set-off

 

	
13.3.1  

	
Each Borrower authorises each Creditor (without prejudice to any of such Creditor's rights at law, in equity or otherwise), at any time and without notice to such Borrower, to apply any credit balance to which such Borrower is then entitled standing upon any account of such Borrower with any branch of such Creditor in or towards satisfaction of any sum due and payable from such Borrower to such Creditor under any of the Security Documents.  For this purpose, each Creditor is authorised to purchase with the moneys standing to the credit of such account such other currencies as may be necessary to effect such application.

 

	
13.3.2  

	
No Creditor shall be obliged to exercise any right given to it by this clause 13.2.  Each Creditor shall notify the Agent and the relevant Borrower forthwith upon the exercise or purported exercise of any right of set-off giving full details in relation thereto and the Agent shall inform the other Creditors.

 

	
13.4  

	
No release

 

	

 

	
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that failure by any Recovering Bank to comply with the provisions of clause 13.2 shall not release any other Recovering Bank from any of its obligations or liabilities under clause 13.2.

 

	
13.5  

	
No charge

 

	

 

	
The provisions of this clause 13 shall not, and shall not be construed so as to, constitute a charge or other security interest by a Creditor over all or any part of a sum received or recovered by it in the circumstances mentioned in clause 13.2.

 

	
13.6  

	
Further assurance

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake that the Security Documents shall both at the date of execution and delivery thereof and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Security Documents be valid and binding obligations of the respective parties thereto and rights of each Creditor enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that they will, at their expense, execute, sign, perfect and do, and will procure the execution, signing, perfecting and doing by each of the other Security Parties of, any and every such further assurance, document, act or thing as in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Banks may be necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or constituted by the Security Documents.

 

  

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13.7  

	
Conflicts

 

	

 

	
In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any of the other Borrowers' Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

	
14  

	
Operating Accounts

 

	
14.1  

	
General

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that they will:

 

	
14.1.1  

	
on or before the Drawdown Date of the first Advance to be drawn down, open each of the Operating Accounts; and

 

	
14.1.2  

	
procure that all moneys payable to a Borrower in respect of the Earnings (as defined in the relevant General Assignment) of such Borrower's Ship shall, unless and until the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) directs to the contrary pursuant to clause 2.1 of each of the General Assignment relevant to such Ship, be paid to such Borrower's Operating Account Provided however that if any of the moneys paid to either of the Operating Accounts are payable in a currency other than Dollars, the Account Bank shall (and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally instruct the Account Bank to) convert such moneys into Dollars at the Account Bank's spot rate of exchange at the relevant time for the purchase of Dollars with such currency and the term "spot rate of exchange" shall include any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of Dollars with such currency.

 

	
14.2  

	
Account terms

 

	

 

	
Amounts standing to the credit of the Operating Accounts shall (unless otherwise agreed between the Account Bank and the Borrowers) bear interest at the rates from time to time offered by the Account Bank to its customers for Dollar deposits in comparable amounts for comparable periods.  Interest shall accrue on the Operating Accounts from day to day and be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and shall be credited to the Operating Accounts at such times as the Account Bank and the Borrowers shall agree.

 

	
14.3  

	
Withdrawals

 

	

 

	
Unless and until a Default shall occur and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) shall direct to the contrary, each Borrower may withdraw moneys from its Operating Account for any purpose but subject always, to complying with clause 8.1.16 at all times.

 

	
14.4  

	
Application of accounts

 

	

 

	
At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent may (and on the instructions of the Majority Banks shall), without notice to the Borrowers, instruct the Account Bank to apply all moneys then standing to the credit of the Operating Accounts or either of them (together with interest from time to time accruing or accrued thereon) in or towards satisfaction of any sums due to the Creditors or any of them under the Security Documents in the manner specified in clause 13.1.

 

	
14.5  

	
Charging of Operating Accounts

 

	

 

	
The Operating Accounts and all amounts from time to time standing to the credit thereof shall be subject to the security constituted and the rights conferred by the Operating Account Assignments.

 

 

  

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15  

	
Assignment, transfer and lending office

 

	
15.1  

	
Benefit and burden

 

	

 

	
This Agreement shall be binding upon, and enure for the benefit of, the Creditors and the Borrowers and their respective successors in title.

 

	
15.2  

	
No assignment by Borrowers

 

	

 

	
Neither Borrower may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement.

 

	
15.3  

	
Transfers by Banks

 

	

 

	
Subject to the prior written consent of the Agent, any Bank (the "Transferor Bank") may at any time cause all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under this Agreement and the Security Documents to be transferred to any other bank, financial institution or other person whatsoever (a "Transferee Bank") by delivering to the Agent a Transfer Certificate duly completed and duly executed by the Transferor Bank and the Transferee Bank.  No such transfer is binding on, or effective in relation to, the Borrowers, the Agent or the other Creditors unless (i) it is effected or evidenced by a Transfer Certificate which complies with the provisions of this clause 15.3 and is signed by or on behalf of the Transferor Bank, the Transferee Bank and the Agent (on behalf of itself, the Borrowers and the other Creditors) and (ii) such transfer of rights under the other Security Documents has been effected and registered to the satisfaction of the Agent. Upon signature of any such Transfer Certificate by the Agent, which signature shall be effected as promptly as is practicable after such Transfer Certificate has been delivered to the Agent, and subject to the terms of such Transfer Certificate, such Transfer Certificate shall have effect as set out below.

 

	

 

	
The following further provisions shall have effect in relation to any Transfer Certificate:

 

	
15.3.1  

	
a Transfer Certificate may be in respect of a Bank's rights in respect of all, or part of, its Commitment and shall be in respect of the same proportion of its Contribution;

 

	
15.3.2  

	
a Transfer Certificate shall only be in respect of rights and obligations of the Transferor Bank in its capacity as a Bank and shall not transfer its rights and obligations as Agent, Security Agent or in any other capacity, as the case may be and such other rights and obligations may only be transferred in accordance with any applicable provisions of this Agreement;

 

	
15.3.3  

	
a Transfer Certificate shall take effect in accordance with English law as follows:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate, the Transferor Bank's payment rights and all its other rights (other than those referred to in sub-clause 15.3.2 above) under this Agreement are assigned to the Transferee Bank absolutely, free of any defects in the Transferor Bank's title and of any rights or equities which the Borrowers or either of them had against the Transferor Bank;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

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

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

the Transferee Bank becomes a Bank with a Contribution and a Commitment of the amounts specified in the Transfer Certificate;

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

the Transferee Bank becomes bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents which are applicable to the Banks generally, including those about pro-rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and the indemnification of, the Agent, the Security Agent, the Swap Provider and the Arrangers in accordance with the provisions of clause 16 and to the extent that the Transferee Bank becomes bound by those provisions, the Transferor Bank ceases to be bound by them;

 

	
  

	
(e)

	

an Advance or part of an Advance which the Transferee Bank makes after the Transfer Certificate comes into effect ranks in point of priority and security in the same way as it would have ranked had it been made by the Transferor Bank, assuming that any defects in the Transferor Bank's title and any rights or equities of any Security Party against the Transferor Bank had not existed; and

 

	
  

	
(f)

	

the Transferee Bank becomes entitled to all the rights under this Agreement which are applicable to the Banks generally, including but not limited to those relating to the Majority Banks and those under clauses 3.6, 5 and 12 and to the extent that the Transferee Bank becomes entitled to such rights, the Transferor Bank ceases to be entitled to them;

 

  

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15.3.4  

	
the rights and equities of the Borrowers or of any other Security Party referred to above include, but are not limited to, any right of set-off and any other kind of cross-claim; and

 

	
15.3.5  

	
the Borrowers, the Account Bank, the Security Agent, the Arrangers, the Swap Provider and the Banks hereby irrevocably authorise and instruct the Agent to sign any such Transfer Certificate on their behalf and undertake not to withdraw, revoke or qualify such authority or instruction at any time.  Promptly upon its signature of any Transfer Certificate, the Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Security Agent, the Swap Provider, the Account Bank, the Arrangers, the Transferor Bank, the Transferee Bank and the other Banks.

 

	
15.4  

	
Reliance on Transfer Certificate

 

	
15.4.1  

	
The Agent shall be entitled to rely on any Transfer Certificate believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been presented or signed by the persons by whom it purports to have been presented or signed, and shall not be liable to any of the parties to this Agreement and the Security Documents for the consequences of such reliance.

 

	
15.4.2  

	
The Agent shall at all times during the continuation of this Agreement maintain a register in which it shall record the name, Commitments, Contributions and administrative details (including the lending office) from time to time of the Banks holding a Transfer Certificate and the date at which the transfer referred to in such Transfer Certificate held by each Bank was transferred to such Bank, and the Agent shall make the said register available for inspection by any Bank, the Security Agent, the Swap Provider, the Account Bank or either Borrower during normal banking hours upon receipt by the Agent of reasonable prior notice requesting the Agent to do so.

 

	
15.4.3  

	
The entries on the said register shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive in determining the identities of the Commitments, the Contributions and the Transfer Certificates held by the Banks from time to time and the principal amounts of such Transfer Certificates and may be relied upon by the Agent, the other Creditors and the Security Parties for all purposes in connection with this Agreement and the Security Documents.

 

	
15.5  

	
Transfer fees and expenses

 

	

 

	
If any Bank causes the transfer of all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under the Security Documents, it shall pay to the Agent and/or the Security Agent on demand all costs, fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses), and all value added tax thereon, verified by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent as having been incurred by it in connection with such transfer.

 

	
15.6  

	
Documenting transfers

 

	

 

	
If any Bank transfers all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations as provided in clause 15.3, the Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor, immediately on being requested to do so by the Agent and at the cost of the Transferor Bank, to enter into, and procure that the other Security Parties shall (at the cost of the Transferor Bank) enter into, such documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to the Transferee Bank all or the relevant part of such Bank's interest in the Security Documents and all relevant references in this Agreement to such Bank shall thereafter be construed as a reference to the Transferor Bank and/or its Transferee Bank (as the case may be) to the extent of their respective interests.

 

  

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15.7  

	
Sub-participation

 

	

 

	
A Bank may sub-participate to any other bank or financial institution all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under the Security Documents without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers but with the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks).

 

	
15.8  

	
Lending offices

 

	

 

	
Each Bank shall lend through its office at the address specified in schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in any relevant Transfer Certificate or through any other office of such Bank selected from time to time by such Bank through which such Bank wishes to lend for the purposes of this Agreement.  If the office through which a Bank is lending is changed pursuant to this clause 15.8, such Bank shall notify the Agent promptly of such change and the Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Security Agent, the Swap Provider, the Account Bank and the other Banks.

 

	
15.9  

	
Disclosure of information

 

	

 

	
Any Bank may, with the prior written consent of the Agent, disclose to a prospective Transferee Bank or to any other person who may propose entering into contractual relations with such Bank in relation to this Agreement such information about the Borrowers, the other Security Parties or any of them as such Bank shall consider appropriate.

 

	
16  

	
Arrangers, Agent and Security Agent

 

	
16.1  

	
Appointment of the Agent

 

	

 

	
Each Bank and the Swap Provider irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent for the purposes of this Agreement and such of the Security Documents to which it may be appropriate for the Agent to be party. By virtue of such appointment, each of the Banks and the Swap Provider hereby authorises the Agent:

 

	
16.1.1  

	
to execute such documents as may be approved by the Majority Banks for execution by the Agent; and

 

	
16.1.2  

	
(whether or not by or through employees or agents) to take such action on such Bank's or, as the case may be, the Swap Provider's behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Agent by this Agreement and/or any other Security Document, together with such powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

	
16.2  

	
Agent's actions

 

	

 

	
Any action taken by the Agent under or in relation to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents whether with requisite authority, or on the basis of appropriate instructions, received from the Banks (or as otherwise duly authorised) shall be binding on all the Banks, the Swap Provider and the other Creditors.

 

	
16.3  

	
Agent's duties

 

	

 

	
The Agent shall:

 

	
16.3.1  

	
promptly notify each Bank and the Swap Provider of the contents of each notice, certificate or other document received by it from the Borrowers under or pursuant to clauses 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.1.6 and 8.1.7; and

 

  

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16.3.2  

	
(subject to the other provisions of this clause 16) take (or instruct the Security Agent to take) such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking (or authorise the Security Agent to refrain from taking) such action with respect to the exercise of any of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions as agent, as the Majority Banks may direct.

 

	
16.4  

	
Agent's rights

 

	

 

	
The Agent may:

 

	
16.4.1  

	
in the exercise of any right, remedy, power or discretion in relation to any matter, or in any context, not expressly provided for by this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents, act or, as the case may be, refrain from acting (or authorise the Security Agent to act or refrain from acting) in accordance with the instructions of the Banks, and shall be fully protected in so doing;

 

	
16.4.2  

	
unless and until it shall have received directions from the Majority Banks, take such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking such action (or authorise the Security Agent to take or refrain from taking such action) in respect of a Default of which the Agent has actual knowledge as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Banks and the Swap Provider (but shall not be obliged to do so);

 

	
16.4.3  

	
refrain from acting (or authorise the Security Agent to refrain from acting) in accordance with any instructions of the Banks to institute any legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents until it and/or the Security Agent has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction against any and all costs, expenses or liabilities (including legal fees) which it would or might incur as a result;

 

	
16.4.4  

	
deem and treat (i) each Bank as the person entitled to the benefit of the Contribution of such Bank for all purposes of this Agreement unless and until a Transfer Certificate shall have been filed with the Agent pursuant to clause 15.3 and shall have become effective, and (ii) the office set opposite the name of each of the Banks in schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in any relevant Transfer Certificate as such Bank's lending office unless and until a written notice of change of lending office shall have been received by the Agent and the Agent may act upon any such notice unless and until the same is superseded by a further such notice;

 

	
16.4.5  

	
rely as to matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of any Security Party upon a certificate signed by any director or officer of the relevant Security Party on behalf of the relevant Security Party; and

 

	
16.4.6  

	
do anything which is in its opinion necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation in any jurisdiction.

 

	
16.5  

	
No liability of Arrangers or Agent

 

	

 

	
None of the Arrangers nor the Agent nor any of their respective employees and agents shall:

 

	
16.5.1  

	
be obliged to make any enquiry as to the use of any of the proceeds of any Advance unless (in the case of the Agent) so required in writing by a Bank, in which case the Agent shall promptly make the appropriate request to the Borrowers; or

 

	
16.5.2  

	
be obliged to make any enquiry as to any breach or default by either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party in the performance or observance of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents or as to the existence of a Default unless the Agent has actual knowledge thereof or has been notified in writing thereof by a Bank or the Swap Provider, in which case the Agent shall promptly notify the Banks of the relevant event or circumstance; or

 

	
16.5.3  

	
be obliged to enquire whether or not any representation or warranty made by either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents is true; or

 

  

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16.5.4  

	
be obliged to do anything (including, without limitation, disclosing any document or information) which would, or might in its opinion, be contrary to any law or regulation or be a breach of any duty of confidentiality or otherwise be actionable or render it liable to any person; or

 

	
16.5.5  

	
be obliged to account to any Bank or the Swap Provider for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account; or

 

	
16.5.6  

	
be obliged to institute any legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents other than on the instructions of the Majority Banks; or

 

	
16.5.7  

	
be liable to any Bank or the Swap Provider for any action taken or omitted under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents unless caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

	

 

	
For the purposes of this clause 16, none of the Arrangers nor the Agent shall be treated as having actual knowledge of any matter of which the corporate finance or any other division outside the agency or loan administration department of any Arranger or the person for the time being acting as the Agent may become aware in the context of corporate finance, advisory or lending activities from time to time undertaken by any Arranger or, as the case may be, the Agent for any Security Party or any other person which may be a trade competitor of any Security Party or may otherwise have commercial interests similar to those of any Security Party.

 

	
16.6  

	
Non-reliance on Arrangers or Agent

 

	

 

	
Each Bank and the Swap Provider acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, opinion, forecast or other representation made by any Arranger or the Agent to induce it to enter into this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents and that it has made and will continue to make, without reliance on the Arrangers or the Agent and based on such documents as it considers appropriate, its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Security Parties and its own independent investigation of the financial condition, prospects and affairs of the Security Parties in connection with the making and continuation of such Bank's Commitment or Contribution under this Agreement. None of the Arrangers nor the Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any other Creditor with any credit or other information with respect to any Security Party whether coming into its possession before the making of any Advance or at any time or times thereafter other than as provided in clause 16.3.1.

 

	
16.7  

	
No responsibility on Arrangers or Agent for Borrowers' performance

 

	

 

	
None of the Arrangers nor the Agent shall have any responsibility or liability to any other Creditor:

 

	
16.7.1  

	
on account of the failure of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
16.7.2  

	
for the financial condition of any Security Party; or

 

	
16.7.3  

	
for the completeness or accuracy of any statements, representations or warranties in any of the Security Documents or any document delivered under any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
16.7.4  

	
for the execution, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Security Documents or of any certificate, report or other document executed or delivered under any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
16.7.5  

	
to investigate or make any enquiry into the title of either of the Borrowers or any other Security Party to the Ships or any other security or any part thereof; or

 

  

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16.7.6  

	
for the failure to register any of the Security Documents with any official or regulatory body or office or elsewhere; or

 

	
16.7.7  

	
for taking or omitting to take any other action under or in relation to any of the Security Documents or any aspect of any of the Security Documents; or

 

	
16.7.8  

	
on account of the failure of the Security Agent to perform or discharge any of its duties or obligations under the Security Documents; or

 

	
16.7.9  

	
otherwise in connection with this Agreement or its negotiation or for acting (or, as the case may be, refraining from acting) in accordance with the instructions of the Banks.

 

	
16.8  

	
Reliance on documents and professional advice

 

	

 

	
Each of the Arrangers and the Agent shall be entitled to rely on any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person and shall be entitled to rely as to legal or other professional matters on opinions and statements of any legal or other professional advisers selected or approved by it (including those in an Arranger's or, as the case may be, the Agent's employment).

 

	
16.9  

	
Other dealings

 

	

 

	
Each of the Arrangers and the Agent may, without any liability to account to any other Creditor, accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with, and provide advisory or other services to, any Security Party or any of its Related Companies or any of the other Creditors as if it was not an Arranger or, as the case may be, the Agent.

 

	
16.10  

	
Rights of Agent as Bank; no partnership

 

	

 

	
With respect to its own Commitment and Contribution (if any) the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the Security Documents as any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it under this Agreement and the term "Banks" shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity as a Bank. This Agreement shall not and shall not be construed so as to constitute a partnership between the parties or any of them.

 

	
16.11  

	
Amendments and waivers

 

	
16.11.1  

	
Subject to clause 16.11.2, the Agent may, with the written consent of the Majority Banks (or if and to the extent expressly authorised by the other provisions of any of the Security Documents) and, if so instructed by the Majority Banks, shall:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

agree (or authorise the Security Agent to agree) amendments or modifications to any of the Security Documents with any Security Party; and/or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

waive breaches of, or defaults under, or otherwise excuse performance of, any provision of any of the other Security Documents by any Security Party (or authorise the Security Agent to do so).

 

	

 

	
Any such action so authorised and effected by the Agent shall be documented in such manner as the Agent shall (with the approval of the Majority Banks) determine, shall be promptly notified to the Banks by the Agent and (without prejudice to the generality of clause 16.2) shall be binding on all the other Creditors.

 

	
16.11.2  

	
Except with the prior written consent of all the Banks, the Agent shall have no authority on behalf of the Banks to agree (or authorise the Security Agent to agree) with any Security Party any amendment or modification to any of the Security Documents or to grant (or authorise the Security Agent to grant) waivers in respect of breaches or defaults or to vary or excuse (or authorise the Security Agent to vary or excuse) performance of or under any of the Security Documents by any Security Party, if the effect of such amendment, modification, waiver or excuse would be to:

 

  

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(a)

	

reduce the Margin;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

vary or postpone the due date or reduce the amount of any payment of principal, interest or other amount payable by any Security Party under any of the Security Documents;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

change the currency in which any amount is payable by any Security Party under any of the Security Documents;

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

increase any Bank's Commitment;

 

	
  

	
(e)

	

extend the Termination Date;

 

	
  

	
(f)

	

change any provision of any of the Security Documents which expressly or implied requires the approval or consent of all the Banks such that the relevant approval or consent may be given otherwise than with the sanction of all the Banks;

 

	
  

	
(g)

	

change the order of distribution under clause 6.9 or clause 13.1;

 

	
  

	
(h)

	

change this clause 16.11;

 

	
  

	
(i)

	

change the definition of "Majority Banks" in clause 1.2; or

 

	
  

	
(j)

	

release any Security Party from the security constituted by any Security Document (except as required by the terms thereof or by law) or change the terms and conditions upon which such security or guarantee may be, or is required to be, released.

 

	
16.12  

	
Reimbursement and indemnity by Banks

 

	

 

	
Each Bank shall reimburse the Agent (rateably in accordance with such Bank's Commitment or, following the first drawdown, Contribution), to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed by the Borrowers, for the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Agent which are expressed to be payable by the Borrowers under clause 5.2 including (in each case) the fees and expenses of legal or other professional advisers. Each Bank shall on demand indemnify the Agent (rateably in accordance with such Bank's Commitment or, following the first drawdown, Contribution) against all liabilities, damages, costs and claims whatsoever incurred by the Agent in connection with any of the Security Documents or the performance of its duties under any of the Security Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under any of the Security Documents, unless such liabilities, damages, costs or claims arise from the Agent's own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

	
16.13  

	
Retirement of Agent

 

	
16.13.1  

	
The Agent may, (having given to the Borrowers, each of the Banks and the Swap Provider not less than fifteen (15) days' notice of its intention to do so), retire from its appointment as Agent under this Agreement, provided that no such retirement shall take effect unless there has been appointed by the Banks and the Swap Provider as a successor agent:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

a Related Company of the Agent nominated by the Agent which the Banks hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree to appoint or, failing such a nomination,

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

a Bank nominated within a period of twenty eight (28) days by the Majority Banks or, failing such a nomination,

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

any reputable bank or financial institution experienced in shipping finance nominated by the retiring Agent.

 

  

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Any corporation into which the retiring Agent may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Agent may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation to which the Agent shall be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Agent under this Agreement and the other Security Documents without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement and the other Security Documents save that notice of any such merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation shall forthwith be given to each Security Party, the Banks and the Swap Provider.  Prior to any such successor being appointed, the Agent agrees to consult with the Borrowers as to the identity of the proposed successor and to take account of any reasonable objections which the Borrowers may raise to such successor being appointed.

 

 

	
16.13.2  

	
Upon any such successor as aforesaid being appointed, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation under the Security Documents (but shall continue to have the benefit of this clause 16 in respect of any action it has taken or refrained from taking prior to such discharge) and its successor and each of the other parties to this Agreement shall have the same rights and obligations among themselves as they would have had if such successor had been a party to this Agreement in place of the retiring Agent. The retiring Agent shall (at the expense of the Borrowers) provide its successor with copies of such of its records as its successor reasonably requires to carry out its functions under the Security Documents.

 

	
16.14  

	
Appointment and retirement of Security Agent

 

	
16.14.1  

	
Appointment

 

	

 

	
Each of the Agent, the Swap Provider and the Banks irrevocably appoints the Security Agent as its security agent and trustee for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Security Documents on the terms set out in this Agreement. By virtue of such appointment, the Agent, the Swap Provider and each of the Banks hereby authorises the Security Agent (whether or not by or through employees or agents) to take such action on its behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Agent by this Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents together with such powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

	
16.14.2  

	
Retirement

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

Without prejudice to clause 16.13, the Security Agent may, having given to the Borrowers and each of the Banks and the Swap Provider not less than fifteen (15) days' notice of its intention to do so, retire from its appointment as Security Agent under this Agreement and any Trust Deed, provided that no such retirement shall take effect unless there has been appointed by the Banks, the Agent and the Swap Provider as a successor security agent and trustee:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	

a Related Company of the Security Agent nominated by the Security Agent which the Banks hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree to appoint or, failing such nomination,

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	

a bank or trust corporation nominated by the Majority Banks or, failing such a nomination,

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	

any bank or trust corporation nominated by the retiring Security Agent,

 

	

 

	
and, in any case (A) such successor security agent and trustee shall have duly accepted such appointment by delivering to the Agent (1) written confirmation (in a form acceptable to the Agent) of such acceptance agreeing to be bound by this Agreement in the capacity of Security Agent as if it had been an original party to this Agreement and (2) a duly executed Trust Deed and (B) such successor security agent and trustee shall have duly entered into, whether with the retiring Security Agent and/or with the Borrowers and/or with the Creditors or with any of them, such documents in connection with the Security Documents as the Agent shall require in its absolute discretion.

 

 

  

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(b)

	

Any corporation into which the retiring Security Agent may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Security Agent may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation to which the Security Agent shall be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Security Agent under this Agreement, any Trust Deed and the other Security Documents without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement, any Trust Deed and the other Security Documents save that notice of any such merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation shall forthwith be given to each Security Party, the Banks, the Agent and the Swap Provider.  Prior to any such successor being appointed, the Security Agent agrees to consult with the Borrowers as to the identity of the proposed successor and to take account of any reasonable objections which the Borrowers may raise to such successor being appointed.

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

Upon any such successor as aforesaid being appointed, the retiring Security Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation under the Security Documents (but shall continue to have the benefit of this clause 16 in respect of any action it has taken or refrained from taking prior to such discharge) and its successor and each of the other parties to this Agreement shall have the same rights and obligations among themselves as they would have had if such successor had been a party to this Agreement in place of the retiring Security Agent. The retiring Security Agent shall (at the expense of the Borrowers) provide its successor with copies of such of its records as its successor reasonably requires to carry out its functions under the Security Documents.

 

	
16.15  

	
Powers and duties of the Security Agent

 

	
16.15.1  

	
The Security Agent shall have no duties, obligations or liabilities to the Agent, the Swap Provider or any of the Banks beyond those expressly stated in any of the Security Documents. The Agent, the Swap Provider and each of the Banks hereby authorises the Security Agent to enter into and execute:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

each of the Security Documents to which the Security Agent is or is intended to be a party; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

any and all such other Security Documents as may be approved by the Agent in writing (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) for entry into by the Security Agent,

 

	

 

	
and, in each and every case, to hold any and all security thereby created upon trust for the Banks, the Agent and the Swap Provider in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

	
16.15.2  

	
Subject to clause 16.15.3 the Security Agent may, with the prior consent of the Majority Banks communicated in writing by the Agent, concur with any of the Security Parties to:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

amend, modify or otherwise vary any provision of the Security Documents to which the Security Agent is or is intended to be a party; or

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

waive breaches of, or defaults under, or otherwise excuse performance of, any provision of the Security Documents to which the Security Agent is or is intended to be a party.

 

	

 

	
Any such action so authorised and effected by the Security Agent shall be promptly notified to the Banks, the Agent and the Swap Provider by the Security Agent and shall be binding on all the Creditors.

 

  

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16.15.3  

	
The Security Agent shall not concur with any Security Party with respect to any of the matters described in clause 16.11.2 without the consent of all the Banks communicated in writing by the Agent.

 

	
16.15.4  

	
The Security Agent shall (subject to the other provisions of this clause 16) take such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking such action, with respect to any of its rights, powers and discretions as security agent and trustee, as the Agent may direct.  Subject as provided in the foregoing provisions of this clause, unless and until the Security Agent shall have received such instructions from the Agent, the Security Agent may, but shall not be obliged to, take (or refrain from taking) such action under or pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.15.1 as the Security Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Creditors provided that (for the avoidance of doubt), to the extent that this clause might otherwise be construed as authorising the Security Agent to take, or refrain from taking, any action of the nature referred to in clause 16.15.2 - and for which the prior consent of the Banks is expressly required under clause 16.15.3 - clauses 16.15.2 and 16.15.3 shall apply to the exclusion of this clause.

 

	
16.15.5  

	
None of the Banks nor the Swap Provider nor the Agent shall have any independent power to enforce any of the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.15.1 or to exercise any rights, discretions or powers or to grant any consents or releases under or pursuant to such Security Documents or otherwise have direct recourse to the security and/or guarantees constituted by such Security Documents except through the Security Agent.

 

	
16.15.6  

	
For the purpose of this clause 16, the Security Agent may, rely and act in reliance upon any information from time to time furnished to the Security Agent by the Agent (whether pursuant to clause 16.15.7 or otherwise) unless and until the same is superseded by further such information, so that the Security Agent shall have no liability or responsibility to any party as a consequence of placing reliance on and acting in reliance upon any such information unless the Security Agent has actual knowledge that such information is inaccurate or incorrect.

 

	
16.15.7  

	
Without prejudice to the foregoing, each of the Agent, the Swap Provider and the Banks (whether directly or through the Agent) shall provide the Security Agent with such written information as it may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out its duties and obligations under the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.15.1.

 

	
16.15.8  

	
Each Bank shall reimburse the Security Agent (rateably in accordance with such Bank's Commitment or, following the first drawdown, Contribution), to the extent that the Security Agent is not reimbursed by the Borrowers, for the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Agent which are expressed to be payable by the Borrowers under clause 5.2 including (in each case) the fees and expenses of legal or other professional advisers. Each Bank shall on demand indemnify the Security Agent (rateably in accordance with such Bank's Commitment or, following the first drawdown, Contribution) against all liabilities, damages, costs and claims whatsoever incurred by the Security Agent in connection with any of the Security Documents or the performance of its duties under any of the Security Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Security Agent under any of the Security Documents, unless such liabilities, damages, costs or claims arise from the Security Agent's own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

	
16.16  

	
Trust provisions

 

	
16.16.1  

	
The trusts constituted or evidenced in or by this Agreement and the Trust Deed shall remain in full force and effect until whichever is the earlier of:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

the expiration of a period of eighty (80) years from the date of this Agreement; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

receipt by the Security Agent of confirmation in writing by the Agent that there is no longer outstanding any Indebtedness (actual or contingent) which is secured or guaranteed or otherwise assured by or under any of the Security Documents, and the parties to this Agreement declare that the perpetuity period applicable to this Agreement and the trusts declared by the Trust Deed shall for the purposes of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 be the period of eighty (80) years from the date of this Agreement.

 

  

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16.16.2  

	
In its capacity as trustee in relation to the Security Documents specified in clause 16.15.1 the Security Agent shall, without prejudice to any of the powers, discretions and immunities conferred upon trustees by law (and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of any of those Security Documents), have all the same powers and discretions as a natural person acting as the beneficial owner of such property and/or as are conferred upon the Security Agent by any of those Security Documents.

 

	
16.16.3  

	
It is expressly declared that, in its capacity as trustee in relation to the Security Documents specified in clause 16.15.1, the Security Agent shall be entitled to invest moneys forming part of the security and which, in the opinion of the Security Agent, may not be paid out promptly following receipt in the name or under the control of the Security Agent in any of the investments for the time being authorised by law for the investment by trustees of trust moneys or in any other property or investments whether similar to the aforesaid or not or by placing the same on deposit in the name or under the control of the Security Agent as the Security Agent may think fit without being under any duty to diversify its investments and the Security Agent may at any time vary or transpose any such property or investments for or into any others of a like nature and shall not be responsible for any loss due to depreciation in value or otherwise of such property or investments. Any investment of any part of all of the security may, at the discretion of the Security Agent, be made or retained in the names of nominees.

 

	
16.17  

	
Independent action by Creditors

 

	

 

	
None of the Creditors shall enforce, exercise any rights, remedies or powers or grant any consents or releases under or pursuant to, or otherwise have a direct recourse to the security and/or guarantees constituted by any of the Security Documents without the prior written consent of the Majority Banks but, Provided such consent has been obtained, it shall not be necessary for any other Creditor to be joined as an additional party in any proceedings for this purpose.

 

	
16.18  

	
Common Agent and Security Agent

 

	

 

	
The Agent and the Security Agent have entered into the Security Documents in their separate capacities (a) as agent for the Banks and the Swap Provider under and pursuant to this Agreement (in the case of the Agent) and (b) as security agent and trustee for the Agent, the Banks and the Swap Provider, under and pursuant to this Agreement, to hold the guarantees and/or security created by the other Security Documents specified in clause 16.15.1 on the terms set out in such Security Documents (in the case of the Security Agent). However, from time to time the Agent and the Security Agent may be the same entity. When the Agent and the Security Agent are the same entity and any Security Document provides for the Agent to communicate with or provide instructions to the Security Agent (and vice versa), it will not be necessary for there to be any such formal communications or instructions on those occasions.

 

	
16.19  

	
Co-operation to achieve agreed priorities of application

 

	

 

	
The Banks, the Agent, the Swap Provider and the Account Bank shall co-operate with each other and with the Security Agent and any receiver under the Security Documents in realising the property and assets subject to the Security Documents and in ensuring that the net proceeds realised under the Security Documents after deduction of the expenses of realisation are applied in accordance with clause 13.1.

 

	
16.20  

	
Prompt distribution of proceeds

 

	

 

	
Moneys received by any of the Creditors (whether from a receiver or otherwise) pursuant to the exercise of (or otherwise by virtue of the existence of) any rights and powers under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents shall (after providing for all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities and other payments ranking in priority) be paid to the Agent for distribution (in the case of moneys so received by any of the Creditors other than the Agent or the Security Agent) and shall be distributed by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent (in the case of moneys so received by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent) in each case in accordance with clause 13.1.  The Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent shall make each such application and/or distribution as soon as is practicable after the relevant moneys are received by, or otherwise become available to, the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent save that (without prejudice to any other provision contained in any of the Security Documents) the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) or any receiver may credit any moneys received by it to a suspense account for so long and in such manner as the Agent or such receiver may from time to time determine with a view to preserving the rights of the Agent and/or the Security Agent and/or the Account Bank and/or the Swap Provider and/or the Arrangers and/or the Banks or any of them to provide for the whole of their respective claims against the Borrowers or any other person liable.

 

 

  

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Notices and other matters

 

	
17.1  

	
Notices

 

	

 

	
Every notice, request, demand or other communication under this Agreement or (unless otherwise provided therein) under any of the other Security Documents shall:

 

 

	
17.1.1  

	
be in writing delivered personally or by first-class prepaid letter (airmail if available) or facsimile transmission or other means of telecommunication in permanent written form;

 

	
17.1.2  

	
be deemed to have been received, subject as otherwise provided in the relevant Security Document, in the case of a letter, when delivered personally or three (3) days after it has been put in to the post and, in the case of a facsimile transmission or other means of telecommunication in permanent written form, at the time of despatch (provided that if the date of despatch is not a business day in the country of the addressee or if the time of despatch is after the close of business in the country of the addressee it shall be deemed to have been received at the opening of business on the next such business day); and

 

	
17.1.3  

	
be sent:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

if to the Borrowers or either of them at:

 

	
  

	
 

	

c/o Diana Shipping Services S.A. 

Pendelis 16

Palaio Faliro

175 64 Athens

Greece

 

Fax no:       +30 210 942 4975

Attention:  Mr Andreas Michalopoulos

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

if to the Agent, the Security Agent or the Account Bank at:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

DnB NOR Bank ASA

20 St. Dunstan's Hill

London EC3R 8HY

England

 

Fax No:      +44 207 626 5956

Attention:  Shipping Department

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

in the case of a Bank (or an Arranger who is also a Bank), to its address or facsimile number specified in schedule 1 or in any relevant Transfer Certificate; or

 

  

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(d)

	

in the case of the Swap Provider, to its address or fax number specified in paragraph (a) of Part 4 of the Schedule to the Master Swap Agreement,

 

	

 

	
or to such other address and/or numbers as is notified by one party to the other parties under this Agreement.

 

	
17.2  

	
Notices through the Agent

 

	

 

	
Every notice, request, demand or other communication under this Agreement to be given by the Borrowers to any other party (other than the Swap Provider) shall be given to the Agent for onward transmission as appropriate and if such notice, request, demand or other communication is to be given to the Borrowers it shall (except if otherwise provided in the Security Documents) be given through the Agent.

 

	
17.3  

	
No implied waivers, remedies cumulative

 

	

 

	
No.failure or delay on the part of any Creditor to exercise any power, right or remedy under any of the Security Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by any Creditor of any power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.  The remedies provided in the Security Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

	
17.4  

	
English language

 

	

 

	
All certificates, instruments and other documents to be delivered under or supplied in connection with any of the Security Documents shall be in the English language or shall be accompanied by a certified English translation upon which the Creditors or any of them shall be entitled to rely.

 

	
17.5  

	
Borrowers' obligations

 

	
17.5.1  

	
Joint and several

 

	

 

	
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any of the Security Documents, the agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers herein contained are joint and several and shall be construed accordingly.  Each of the Borrowers agrees and consents to be bound by the Security Documents to which it is, or is to be, a party notwithstanding that the other Borrower which is intended to sign or to be bound may not do so or be effectually bound and notwithstanding that any of the Security Documents may be invalid or unenforceable against the other Borrower, whether or not the deficiency is known to any of the Creditors.

 

	
17.5.2  

	
Borrowers as principal debtors

 

	

 

	
Each Borrower acknowledges and confirms that it is a principal and original debtor in respect of all amounts which may become payable by the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents and agrees that the Creditors may also continue to treat it as such, whether or not any Creditor is or becomes aware that such Borrower is or has become a surety for the other Borrower.

 

	
17.5.3  

	
Indemnity

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers hereby agree jointly and severally to keep the Creditors fully indemnified on demand against all damages, losses, costs and expenses arising from any failure of either Borrower to perform or discharge any purported obligation or liability of a Borrower which would have been the subject of this Agreement or any other Security Document had it been valid and enforceable and which is not or ceases to be valid and enforceable against a Borrower on any ground whatsoever, whether or not known to a Creditor (including, without limitation, any irregular exercise or absence of any corporate power or lack of authority of, or breach of duty by, any person purporting to act on behalf of a Borrower (or any legal or other limitation, whether under the Limitation Acts or otherwise or any disability or death, bankruptcy, unsoundness of mind, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, winding up, administration, receivership, amalgamation, reconstruction or any other incapacity of any person whatsoever (including, in the case of a partnership, a termination or change in the composition of the partnership) or any change of name or style or constitution of any Security Party)).

 

  

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17.5.4  

	
Liability unconditional

 

	

 

	
None of the obligations or liabilities of the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Security Document shall be discharged or reduced by reason of:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

the death, bankruptcy, unsoundness of mind, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, administration, receivership, amalgamation, reconstruction or other incapacity of any person whatsoever (including, in the case of a partnership, a termination or change in the composition of the partnership) or any change of name or style or constitution of a Borrower or any other person liable;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) or the Security Agent granting any time, indulgence or concession to, or compounding with, discharging, releasing or varying the liability of, a Borrower or any other person liable or renewing, determining, varying or increasing any accommodation, facility or transaction or otherwise dealing with the same in any manner whatsoever or concurring in, accepting, varying any compromise, arrangement or settlement or omitting to claim or enforce payment from a Borrower or any other person liable; or

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

anything done or omitted which but for this provision might operate to exonerate the Borrowers or either of them.

 

	
17.5.5  

	
Recourse to other security

 

	

 

	
The Creditors shall not be obliged to make any claim or demand or to resort to any Security Document or other means of payment now or hereafter held by or available to it for enforcing this Agreement or any of the Security Documents against a Borrower or any other person liable and no action taken or omitted by any Creditor in connection with any such Security Document or other means of payment will discharge, reduce, prejudice or affect the liability of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Security Documents to which either of them is, or is to be, a party.

 

	
17.5.6  

	
Waiver of Borrowers' rights

 

	

 

	
Each Borrower agrees with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, it will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks):

 

	
  

	
(a)

	

exercise any right of subrogation, reimbursement and indemnity against the other Borrower or any other person liable under the Security Documents;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	

demand or accept repayment in whole or in part of any Indebtedness now or hereafter due to such Borrower from the other Borrower or from any other person liable or demand or accept any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against financial loss or any document or instrument created or evidencing an Encumbrance in respect of the same or dispose of the same;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	

take any steps to enforce any right against any other Borrower or any other person liable in respect of any such moneys; or

 

	
  

	
(d)

	

claim any set-off or counterclaim against the other Borrower or any other person liable or claiming or proving in competition with any Creditor in the liquidation of any other Borrower or any other person liable or have the benefit of, or share in, any payment from or composition with, the other Borrower or any other person liable or any other Security Document now or hereafter held by any Creditor for any moneys owing under this Agreement or for the obligations or liabilities of any other person liable but so that, if so directed by the Agent, it will prove for the whole or any part of its claim in the liquidation of any other Borrower or other person liable on terms that the benefit of such proof and all money received by it in respect thereof shall be held on trust for the Banks and applied in or towards discharge of any moneys owing under this Agreement in such manner as the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) shall deem appropriate.

 

  

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18  

	
Governing law and jurisdiction

 

	
18.1  

	
Law

 

	

 

	
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations connected with it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.

 

	
18.2  

	
Submission to jurisdiction

 

	

 

	
The Borrowers jointly and severally agree, for the benefit of each Creditor, that any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) against the Borrowers or either of them or any of their assets may be brought in the English courts.  Each of the Borrowers irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers A. Nicolaou & Co at present of Heath Drive, Potters Road, Herts EN6 1EN, England to receive for it and on its behalf, service of process issued out of the English courts in any such legal action or proceedings.  The submission to such jurisdiction shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the right of any Creditor to take proceedings against either of the Borrowers in the courts of any other competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

 

	

 

	
The parties further agree that only the courts of England and not those of any other State shall have jurisdiction to determine any claim which either of the Borrowers may have against any Creditor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement).

 

	
18.3  

	
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

 

	

 

	
No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement.

 

 

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

 

  

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SIGNED by Andre-Nikolaos Michalopoulos

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
/s/ Andre-Nikolaos Michalopoulos

	
LAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

	
)

	
Attorney-in-fact

	
as Borrower

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Ioannis Zafirakis

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
/s/ Ioannis Zafirakis

	
NAMU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.

	
)

	
Attorney-in-fact

	
as Borrower

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Yianni Cheilas

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	/s/ Yianni Cheilas
	
DNB NOR BANK ASA

	
)

	
Attorney-in-fact

	
as Arranger, Agent, Security Agent,

	
)

	  
	
Swap Provider and Account Bank

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Yianni Cheilas

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
/s/ Yianni Cheilas

	
DNB NOR BANK ASA

	
)

	
Attorney-in-fact

	
as Bank

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Li Ruogu

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	
/s/ Li Ruogu

	
THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF CHINA

	
)

	

Chairman and President

	
as Arranger

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Li Ruogu

	
)

	  
	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	

/s/ Li Ruogu

	
THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF CHINA

	
)

	
Chairman and President

	
as Bank

	
)

	  

 

SK 23159 0002 1182837

  

60d1184527_ex4-5.htm

Exhibit 4.5

 

 

Dated 10 June 2009

STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.

as Borrower

STAR EPSILON LLC

STAR GAMMA LLC

STAR DELTA LLC

STAR THETA LLC and

STAR ZETA LLC

as Existing Owners

-and-

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

listed in Appendix 1

as Lenders

-and-

COMMERZBANK AG

as Agent and as Security Trustee

	  	
 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

 

	  

 

in relation to a Loan Agreement dated 27 December 2007

in respect of a loan facility of (originally) US$120,000,000

 

 

 

WATSON, FARLEY & WILLIAMS

Piraeus

  

  

  

INDEX

	
Clause

	  	
Page

	  	  	  
	
1

	
DEFINITIONS

	
1

	
2

	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	
3

	
3

	
AGREEMENT OF THE CREDITOR PARTIES

	
4

	
4

	
CONDITIONS

	
4

	
5

	
VARIATIONS TO LOAN AGREEMENT AND FINANCE DOCUMENTS

	
6

	
6

	
CONTINUANCE OF LOAN AGREEMENT AND FINANCE DOCUMENTS

	
10

	
7

	
EXPENSES

	
10

	
8

	
COMMUNICATIONS

	
11

	
9

	
SUPPLEMENTAL

	
11

	
10

	
LAW AND JURISDICTION

	
11

	
SCHEDULE 1 LENDERS

	
12

	
SCHEDULE 2 DETAILS OF INITIAL CHARTERPARTIES

	
13

  

  

  

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT is dated la June 2009 and made BETWEEN:

 

	
(1)

	
STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP., a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 (including its successors) as Borrower;

 

	
(2)

	
STAR EPSILON LLC, STAR GAMMA LLC, STAR DELTA LLC, STAR THETA LLC and STAR ZETA LLC, each a limited liability company formed in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands (each an “Existing Owner” and, together, the “Existing Owners”);

 

	
(3)

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

 

	
(4)

	
COMMERZBANK AG, acting through its office at Ness 7-9, D-20457, Hamburg, Germany, as Agent and Security Trustee.

 

BACKGROUND

 

 

	
(A)

	
By a loan agreement dated 27 December 2007 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between (i) the Borrower as borrower, (ii) the Lenders as lenders, (iii) the Agent and (iv) the Security Trustee, it was agreed that the Lenders would make available to the Borrower a loan facility of (originally) up to US$120,000,000 (the “Loan”).

 

	
(B)

	
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to (inter alia) reduce the security cover requirement to 111 per cent. for the period 31 December 2008 to 31 January 2010 (the “Waiver Period”).

 

	
(C)

	
This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the Lenders agree to:

 

(i)    reduce the security cover requirement during the Waiver Period subject to:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
increasing the Margin to 2 per cent. during the Waiver Period;

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
receiving certain additional security for the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents; and

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
the amendment and/or variation of certain other provisions of the Loan Agreement; and

 

(ii)    the consequential amendments to the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents in connection with those matters.

 

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY AGREED

 

1      DEFINITIONS

 

	
1.1

	
Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement (as hereby amended) and the recitals hereto and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings when used in this First Supplemental Agreement.

	
1.2

	
In this First Supplemental Agreement the words and expressions specified below shall have the meanings attributed to them below:

  

  

  

 

“ALPHA” means the 1992-built Capesize bulk carrier of 175,075 deadweight tons registered in the ownership of Star A under the Marshall Islands flag with the name “STAR ALPHA”;

 

“Cash Collateral Account” means an account opened or to be opened in the name of the Borrower with the Agent designated “Star Bulk Carriers Corp. - Cash Collateral Account”, or any other account (with that or another office of the Agent) which is designated by the Agent as the Cash Collateral Account for the purposes of the Loan Agreement;

 

“Cash Collateral Account Pledge” means, in relation to the Cash Collateral Account, the first priority pledge over that account to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Lenders in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent in Clause 4 are satisfied;

 

“Existing Ships” means, together, “C DUCKLING”, “F DUCKLING”, “G DUCKLING”, “I DUCKLING” and “J DUCKLING” and, in the singular, means any of them;

 

“Intercreditor Deed” means the deed dated 0 June 2009 between (i) the Borrower, (ii) the New Owner, (iii) the Security Trustee as first mortgagee and (iv) Piraeus Bank A.E. as second mortgagee coordinating the rights of the Security Trustee and Piraeus Bank A.E in connection with the New Owner and “ALPHA” in such form as the Lender may approve or require;

 

“Mortgage Addendum” means, in relation to each Existing Ship, the first addendum to the Mortgage on that Existing Ship, executed or to be executed by the Existing Owner of that Ship in favour of the Lenders in such form as the Lenders may approve or require and, in the plural, means all of them;

 

“New Charterparty Assignment” means a first priority assignment of the relevant Initial Charterparty or, as the case may be, any Future Charterparty in respect of “ALPHA” executed or to be executed by the New Owner in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require and, in the plural, means both of them;

 

“New Earnings Account” means an account opened or to be opened in the name of the New Owner with the Agent designated “Star Alpha LLC - Earnings Account”, or any other account (with that or another office of the Agent) which is designated by the Agent as the Earnings Account for “ALPHA” for the purposes of the Loan Agreement;

 

“New Earnings Account Pledge” means the first priority pledge over the New Earnings Account to be executed by the New Owner in favour of the Lenders in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

“New Finance Documents” means, together, the Cash Collateral Account Pledge, the Intercreditor Deed, the New Guarantee, the New Mortgage, the New General Assignment, any New Charterparty Assignment, the New Earnings Account Pledge, the New Manager’s Undertaking and the New Shares Pledge and, in the singular, means any of them;

 

“New General Assignment” means a first priority general assignment of the Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation in respect of “ALPHA” executed or to be executed by the New Owner in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

  

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“New Guarantee” means the guarantee of the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents executed or to be executed by the New Owner in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

“New Manager’s Undertaking” means a first priority letter of undertaking including (inter alia) an assignment of each Approved Manager’s interests in the Insurances of “ALPHA” executed or to be executed by each Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require agreeing certain matters in relation to the management of “ALPHA” and subordinating the rights of that Approved Manager against “ALPHA” and the New Owner to the rights of the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents;

 

“New Mortgage” means the first preferred Marshall Islands mortgage over “ALPHA” executed or to be executed by the New Owner in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

“New Shares Pledge” means a pledge of the limited liability company interests in the New Owner to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Lenders may approve or require; and

 

“New Owner” means Star Alpha LLC, a limited liability company formed in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, The Marshall Islands.

 

	
1.3

	
Where the context so admits words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations. Clause headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in construing this First Supplemental Agreement. References to Clauses are to clauses of this First Supplemental Agreement save as may be otherwise expressly provided in this First Supplemental Agreement.

 

2      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

	
2.1

	
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, as at the date of this First Supplemental Agreement, that the representations and warranties set forth in Clause 10 of the Loan Agreement (updated mutatis mutandis to the date of this First Supplemental Agreement) are true and correct as if all references therein to “this Agreement” were references to the Loan Agreement as further amended by this First Supplemental Agreement.

 

	
2.2

	
The Borrower hereby further represents and warrants to the Agent that as at the date of

this First Supplemental Agreement:

 

	
(a)

	
it is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands and has full power to enter into and perform its obligations under this First Supplemental Agreement and has complied with all statutory and other requirements relative to its business, and does not have an established place of business in any part of the United Kingdom or the United States of America;

 

	
(b)

	
all necessary governmental or other official consents, authorisations, approvals, licences, consents or waivers for the execution, delivery, performance, validity and/or enforceability of this First Supplemental Agreement and all other documents to be executed in connection with the amendments to the Loan Agreement (including, but not limited to, the New Finance Documents and the Mortgage Addenda) and the other Finance Documents as contemplated hereby have been obtained and will be maintained in full force and effect, from the date of this First Supplemental Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Finance Documents and/or the New Finance Documents and while all or any part of the Commitment remains outstanding;

  

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(c)

	
it has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorise the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under this First Supplemental Agreement, the Cash Collateral Account Pledge and such other documents to which it is a party and such documents do or will upon execution thereof constitute its valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with their respective terms;

 

	
(d)

	
the execution, delivery and performance of this First Supplemental Agreement and all such other documents as contemplated hereby (including, but not limited to, the New Finance Documents and the Mortgage Addenda) does not and will not, from the date of this First Supplemental Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Finance Documents and/or the New Finance Documents and while all or any part of the Commitment remains outstanding, constitute a breach of any contractual restriction or any existing applicable law, regulation, consent or authorisation binding on the Borrower or on any of its property or assets and will not result in the creation or imposition of any security interest, lien, charge or encumbrance (other than under the Finance Documents and/or the New Finance Documents) on any of such property or assets; and

 

	
(e)

	
it has fully disclosed in writing to the Agent all facts which it knows or which it should reasonably know and which are material for disclosure to the Agent in the context of this First Supplemental Agreement and all information furnished by the Borrower or on its behalf relating to its business and affairs in connection with this First Supplemental Agreement was and remains true, correct and complete in all material respects and there are no other material facts or considerations the omission of which would render any such information misleading.

 

3     AGREEMENT OF THE CREDITOR PARTIES

 

	
3.1

	
The Lenders, relying upon each of the representations and warranties set out in Clauses 2.1 and 2.2 of this First Supplemental Agreement, hereby agrees with the Borrower, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this First Supplemental Agreement and in particular, but without limitation, subject to the fulfilment of the conditions precedent set out in Clause 4, to:

 

	
(a)

	
reduce the Relevant Percentage to 111 per cent. of the Loan during the Waiver Period; and

 

	
(b)

	
the amendments/variations of the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents referred to in Clause 5.

 

	
3.2

	
The Borrower and the Existing Owners agree and confirm that the Loan Agreement and the Finance Documents to which each is a party shall remain in full force and effect and each of the Borrower and each Existing Owner shall remain liable under the Loan Agreement and the Finance Documents to which each is a party for all obligations and liabilities assumed by it thereunder.

 

	
3.3

	
The agreement of the Creditor Parties contained in Clauses 3.1 and 3.2 shall have effect

on and from the Effective Date.

 

	
4

	
CONDITIONS

 

	
4.1

	
The agreements of the Lenders contained in Clause 3.1 of this First Supplemental Agreement shall all be expressly subject to the condition that the Agent shall have received in form and substance satisfactory to it and its legal advisers on or before on or before the Effective Date:

  

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(a)

	
evidence that the persons executing this First Supplemental Agreement on behalf of the Borrower and the Existing Owners are duly authorised to execute the same;

 

	
(b)

	
a certificate of an officer of the New Owner confirming the names of all its directors and shareholders and having attached thereto true and complete copies of its incorporation and constitutional documents;

 

	
(c)

	
true and complete copy of the resolution passed at a meeting of the directors of the Borrower authorising and approving the execution of this First Supplemental Agreement, each New Finance Document to which it is a party and any other document or action to which it is or is to be a party and authorising its directors or other representatives to execute the same on its behalf;

 

	
(d)

	
true and complete copies of the resolutions passed at separate meetings of the sole director and shareholders of the New Owner and each Existing Owner authorising and approving the execution of the New Finance Documents to which each is a party or, as the case may be, this First Supplemental Agreement and the relevant Mortgage Addendum and any other document or action to which each is or is to be a party and authorising its sole director or other representatives to execute the same on its behalf;

 

	
(e)

	
the original of any power of attorney issued by the Borrower, the New Owner and each Existing Owner pursuant to such resolutions aforesaid;

 

	
(f)

	
the fees referred to in Clause 7.2 of this First Supplemental Agreement have been received in full by the Agent;

 

	
(g)

	
evidence that “ALPHA” is:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
registered in the name of the New Owner under the laws and flag of the Marshall Islands; and

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
insured in accordance with the relevant provisions of the New Mortgage and all requirements thereof in respect of such insurances have been fulfilled;

 

	
(h)

	
each New Finance Document and each Mortgage Addendum has been duly executed (and of each document to be delivered under each of them) by the Borrower, the New Owner or, as the case may be, the relevant Existing Owner together with evidence that:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
the New Mortgage has been registered against “ALPHA” with first priority in accordance with the laws of the Marshall Islands;

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
each Mortgage Addendum has been duly registered as an addendum to the Mortgage to which it relates in accordance with the laws of the Marshall Islands;

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	
all notices required to be served under each New General Assignment and any New Charterparty Assignment have been served and acknowledged in the manner therein provided; and

 

	
  

	
(iv)

	
save for the Security Interests created by or pursuant to the New Mortgage, the New General Assignment and any Charterparty Assignment, there are no Security Interests of any kind whatsoever on “ALPHA” or her Earnings, Insurances or Requisition Compensation;

 

	
(i)

	
a certified true copy of the Initial Charterparty entered into in respect of “ALPHA” duly signed by the parties thereof;

  

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0)

	
evidence that the New Earnings Account and the Cash Collateral Account have been opened and all mandate forms, documentation required by each Creditor Party in relation to the Borrower and any Security Party pursuant to that Creditor Party’s “know your customer” requirements have been received;

 

	
(k)

	
copies of the Management Agreements in respect of “ALPHA”;

 

	
(I)

	
the New Manager’s Undertaking executed by each Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee;

 

	
(m)

	
evidence that the New Owner is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

	
(n)

	
copies of ISM DOC, SMC and the International Ship Security Certificate under the ISPS Code in respect of “ALPHA”;

 

	
(o)

	
a survey report in respect “ALPHA” addressed to the Agent, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and not earlier than 3 days from the date of this Agreement from an independent marine surveyor selected by the Agent in respect of the physical condition of the Ship;

 

	
(p)

	
certified copies of all documents (with a certified translation if an original is not in English) evidencing any other necessary action, approvals or consents with respect to this First Supplemental Agreement and the New Finance Documents (including without limitation) all necessary governmental and other official approvals and consents in such pertinent jurisdictions as the Agent deems appropriate;

 

	
(q)

	
such legal opinions as the Agent may require in respect of the matters contained in this First Supplemental Agreement, the New Finance Documents and each Mortgage Addendum; and

 

	
(r)

	
evidence that the agent referred to in clause 30.4 of the Loan Agreement has accepted its appointment as agent for service of process under this First Supplemental Agreement and the New Finance Documents.

 

5VARIATIONS TO LOAN AGREEMENT AND FINANCE DOCUMENTS

 

	
5.1

	
In consideration of the agreement of the Lenders contained in Clause 3.1 of this First Supplemental Agreement, the Borrower hereby agrees with the Lenders that upon satisfaction of the conditions referred to in Clause 4.1, the provisions of the Loan Agreement shall be varied and/or amended and/or supplemented with effect on and from the Effective Date as follows:

 

	
(a)

	
by inserting in clause 1.2 thereof the definitions of “Intercreditor Deed” and “Mortgage Addendum”, set out in Clause 1.2;

 

	
(b)

	
the definition of, and references throughout each of the Finance Documents to, a Mortgage relevant to an Existing Ship, shall be construed as if the same referred to that Mortgage as amended and supplemented by the relevant Mortgage Addendum;

 

	
(c)

	
by adding the following new definitions in clause 1.2 thereof:

 

““Account” means each of the Earnings Accounts and the Cash Collateral Account and, in the plural, means all of them;

 

“Account Pledge” means each of the Earnings Account Pledges and the Cash Collateral Account Pledge and, in the plural, means all of them;

 

  

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“ALPHA” means the 1992-built Capesize bulk carrier of 175,075 metric deadweight tons registered in the ownership of Star A under the Marshall Islands flag with the name of “STAR ALPHA”;

 

“Cash Collateral Account” means an account opened or to be opened in the name of the Borrower with the Agent designated “Star Bulk Carriers Corp. - Cash Collateral Account”, or any other account (with that or another office of the Agent) which is designated by the Agent as the Cash Collateral Account for the purposes of this Agreement;

 

“Cash Collateral Account Pledge” means, in relation to the Cash Collateral Account, the first priority pledge over that Account executed or to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Lenders in such form as the Lenders may approve or require;

 

“Intercreditor Deed” means the deed entered or to be entered between (i) the Borrower, (ii) Star A, (iii) the Security Trustee as first mortgagee and (iv) Piraeus Bank A.E. as second mortgagee coordinating the rights of the Security Trustee and Piraeus Bank A.E in connection with Star A and “ALPHA” in such form as the Lender may approve or require;

 

“Star A” means Star Alpha LLC, a limited liability company formed in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MI-196960, The Marshall Islands;

 

“Waiver Period” means the period commencing on 31 December 2008 and ending on 31 January 2010;”;

 

	
(d)

	
by adding to the definition of “Finance Documents” in clause 1.2 thereof a new sub-paragraph (j) as follows:

 

“(j) the Intercreditor Deed;”;

 

	
(e)

	
by redesignating the existing sub-paragraph (j) of the definition of “Finance Documents” in clause 1.2 thereof as a new sub-paragraph (k);

 

	
(f)

	
by adding a new paragraph (c) in the definition of “LIBOR” in clause 1.2 thereof as follows:

 

“(c) if during the Waiver Period the rate quoted on REUTERS BBA Page LIBOR 01 does not reflect the cost to a Lender of funding its Contribution (or a part of it) during the Interest Period;

 

	
(g)

	
by adding the words “or, during the Waiver Period, if the rate quoted on REUTERS BBA Page LIBOR 01 does not reflect a Lender’s cost of funding for that Interest Period” after the words “LIB OR 01” in the first line of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “LIBOR” in clause 1.2 thereof;

 

	
(h)

	
“by deleting the definition of “Margin” in clause 1.3 thereof and replacing it with the following new definition:

 

““Margin” means:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
during the Waiver Period, 2 per cent. per annum; and

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
at all other times, if the Asset Cover Percentage is:

  

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(i)

	
less than or equal to 60 per cent. 0.80 per cent. per annum;

	
  

	
(ii)

	
more than 60 per cent. but less than or equal to 70 per cent. 0.90

	
  

	
per cent. per annum;

	
  

	
(iii)

	
more than 70 per cent. but less than or equal to 75 per cent., 1.00 per cent. per annum; and

	
  

	
(iv)

	
more than 75 per cent., 1.25 per cent. per annum;”;

 

	
(i)

	
by deleting the word “Earnings” in:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
sub-paragraph (f) of the definition of “Finance Documents” in clause 1.2 thereof

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
in the second line of clause 18.2(a) thereof; and

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	
in the third line of clause 18.2(b) thereof;

 

	
(j)

	
by adding to the definition of “Owner” in clause 1.2 thereof a new sub-paragraph (a) as follows:

 

(i)            “(a)“ALPHA”, Star A;”;

 

	
(k)

	
by redesignating the existing sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the definition of

“Owner” in clause 1.2 thereof as a new sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) respectively;

 

	
(1)

	
by adding the words ““ALPHA”,” after the word “together,” in the definition of “Ships”

in clause 1.2 thereof;

 

	
(m)

	
by adding at the beginning of clause 5.5(a) thereof the words “(at any time other than during the Waiver Period)”;

 

	
(n)

	
by adding the following as a new clause 11.21 in the Loan Agreement:

 

	
  

	
“11.21   Pail passu treatment of Creditor Parties. The Borrower shall not restructure any other Financial Indebtedness incurred by it or any of its subsidiaries or agree with any bank or financial institution other than a Creditor Party any terms or conditions in connection with a waiver of any breach which are more favourable (in the Agent’s sole and absolute discretion) than those confirmed in the supplemental agreement dated June 2009 made between the parties hereto or which would disadvantage the Creditor Parties or prejudice the rights of the Creditor Parties under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents.”

 

	
(o)

	
by adding the words “(in the case of Clauses 12.3(d) and 12.7, such permission not to be unreasonably withheld and shall be either granted or withheld on a case-by-case basis taking into account (1) the market conditions prevailing at the relevant time and (ii) the most recent Borrower’s cash flow prognosis)” after the words “permit” in the third line of clause 12.1 thereof;

 

	
(p)

	
by adding the following as new clauses 12.7 and 12.8 in the Loan Agreement:

 

“12.7 Dividends and investments. During the Waiver Period the Borrower will not:

 

  (a)    declare or pay any dividend or effect any form of distribution to shareholders, or;

  

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(b)

	
make any kind of investment (other than in the ordinary course of its business), or”

 

	
  

	
12.8

	
Minimum Liquidity. The Borrowers shall maintain with the Agent in the Cash Collateral Account an amount of at least $6,000,000 (the “Minimum Amount”) in freely available cash deposits unless:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
the Relevant Percentage of the Loan is equal to or more than 125 per cent; or

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
the Borrower applies the Minimum Amount in prepayment of the Loan in accordance with the terms of Clause 8.”;

 

	
(q)

	
by deleting the words “the Earnings Account” in the second line of clause 18.3 thereof and replacing them with the words “any Earnings Account”;

 

	
(r)

	
by deleting clause 30 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“30 LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

	
  

	
30.1

	
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.

 

	
  

	
30.2

	
Exclusive English jurisdiction. Subject to Clause 30.3, the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute.

 

	
  

	
30.3

	
Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties. Clause 30.2 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.

 

The Borrower shall not commence any proceedings in any country other than England in relation to a Dispute.

 

	
  

	
30.4

	
Process agent. The Borrower irrevocably appoints Eurofin International Ltd, whose present address is Chelsea Harbour, London SW10 OXD, 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.

 

	
  

	
30.5

	
Creditor Party rights unaffected. Nothing in this Clause 30 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.

 

	
  

	
30.6

	
Meaning of “proceedings”.  In this Clause 30, “proceedings” means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure and a “Dispute” means any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.”;

  

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(q)

	
by deleting Schedule 2 thereof and replacing it with Schedule 2 hereto;

 

	
(r)

	
by construing all references therein to “this Agreement” where the context admits as being references to “this Agreement as the same is amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Agreement and as the same may from time to time be further supplemented and/or amended”; and

 

	
(s)

	
by construing references to each of the Finance Documents as being references to each such document as it is from time to time supplemented and/or amended.

 

	
5.2

	
Amendments to Finance Documents. With effect on and from the Effective Date each of the Finance Documents other than the Loan Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to have been, amended as follows:

 

	
(a)

	
the definition of, and references throughout each of the Finance Documents to, the Loan Agreement and any of the other Finance Documents shall be construed as if the same referred to the Loan Agreement and those Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Agreement; and

 

	
(b)

	
by construing references throughout each of the Finance Documents to “this Agreement”, “this Deed”, “hereunder and other like expressions as if the same referred to such Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Agreement.

 

	
5.3

	
Finance Documents to remain in full force and effect. The Finance Documents shall remain in full force and effect as amended and supplemented by:

 

	
(a)

	
the amendments to the Finance Documents contained or referred to in Clauses 5.1 and 5.2; and

 

	
(b)

	
such further or consequential modifications as may be necessary to make the same consistent with, and to give full effect to, the terms of this First Supplemental Agreement.

 

	
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CONTINUANCE OF LOAN AGREEMENT AND FINANCE DOCUMENTS

 

	
6.1

	
Save for the alterations to the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents made or to be made pursuant to this First Supplemental Agreement and such further modifications (if any) thereto as may be necessary to make the same consistent with the terms of this First Supplemental Agreement, the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the security constituted by the other Finance Documents shall continue and remain valid and enforceable.

 

	
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EXPENSES

 

	
7.1

	
Fees and expenses. The provisions of clause 20 (fees and expenses) of the Loan Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary amendments.

 

	
7.2

	
Facility fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent on the date of this Agreement a

restructuring fee of $180,000 to be distributed equally between the Lenders.

 

  

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8

	
COMMUNICATIONS

 

	
8.1

	
General. The provisions of clause 28 (notices) of the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.

 

	
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SUPPLEMENTAL

 

	
9.1

	
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.

 

	
9.2

	
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.

 

	
  

	
10 LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

	
10.1

	
Governing law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

 

	
10.2

	
Incorporation of the Loan Agreement provisions. The provisions of clause 30 (law and jurisdiction) of the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary medications.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Agreement to be duly executed the day and year first above written.

 

  

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SCHEDULE 1

 

LENDERS

 

 

 

	
 

Lender

	  	
 

Lending Office

 

	
 

Commerzbank AG

	  	
 

Ness 7-9

D-20457

Hamburg

Germany

 

 

  

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SCHEDULE 2

 

DETAILS OF INITIAL CHARTERPARTIES

 

	
Ship

 

	 	
Net Hire

Rate

($/day)

	 	
Estimated Delivery

Date

	
Charter Period

(months)

	
Charterer

	
“ALPHA”

	 	 	 	  	  	  
	
“STAR GAMMA”

	 	 	38,000	 	
Delivered on 27

January 2009

	
35 to 37 months

	
Korea Line Corp.

	  	 	 	 	 	  	  	  
	
“STAR DELTA”

	 	 	11,250	 	
Delivered on 7

February 2009

	
11 to 13 months

	
Global Maritime Investments Inc.

	  	 	 	 	 	  	  	  
	
“STAR EPSILON”

	 	 	25,500	 	
Delivered on 12 April2009

	
59 to 61 months

	
Ishhar Overseas FZE

	  	 	 	 	 	  	  	  
	
“STAR ZETA”

	 	 	42,500	 	
Delivered on 24 May 2008

	
35 to 37 months

	
Dampskibsselskabelt Norden S.A.

	  	 	 	 	 	  	  	  
	
“STAR THETA”

	 	 	11,300	 	
Delivered on 25 April 2009

	
11 to 13 months

	
Cargill International S.A

	  	 	 	 	 	  	  	
.

 

 

  

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EXECUTION PAGE

 

 

	
BORROWER

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
EXISTING OWNERS

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR EPILON LLC

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR GAMMA LLC

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR DELTA LLC

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR THETA LLC.

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Georgia Mastagaki

	
)

	
/s/ Georgia Mastagaki

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
STAR ZETA LLC

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
LENDER

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
)

	
/ s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
COMMERZBANK AG

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
AGENT

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
)

	
s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
COMMERZBANK AG

	
)

	  
	  	  	  

  

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SECURITY TRUSTEE

	  	  
	  	  	  
	
SIGNED by Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
)

	
/s/ Vassiliki Georgopoulos

	
for and on behalf of

	
)

	  
	
COMMERZBANK AG

	
)

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	
Witness to all the

Above signature

 

	
)

)

	  
	
Name:

	
Irene Graff

	  	
/s/ Irene Graff

	  	  	  	  
	
Address

	
Watson Farley & Williams

	  	  
	  	
2, Defteras Merarchias Str.

	  	  
	  	
Piraeus 185 36

	  	  
	  	
Greece

	  	  

SK 25767 0001 1184527

  

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