Document:

Exhibit 10.10

 

December 23, 2010

 

Rushmore Shipping LLC

 

RE:                            Bareboat Charter Party dated as of January 24, 2007 (as amended and supplemented, the “Charter”) among Rushmore Shipping LLC as Owner (the “Owner”), Beekman Shipping Corp. as Charterer (the “Charterer”), and the Guarantors named therein in respect of the Panamanian registered and Philippines bareboat registered LAGUNA BELLE

 

Reference is hereby made to (i) the Charter,  (ii) the Letter Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010 (the “Forbearance Letter”) whereby the Owner agreed subject to the conditions therein to forbear from exercising any of the rights or remedies arising from the Specified Events of Default as provided therein, and (iii) the Letter Agreement dated as of November 12, 2010 (the “First Forbearance Extension Letter”) whereby you agreed subject to the conditions therein to a Forbearance Extension Period ending as of January 13, 2011. Capitalized terms defined in the Charter, the Forbearance Letter or the First Forbearance Extension Letter and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined, as applicable.

 

In order to allow time for TBS International, plc and its affiliates to work with their various lenders and creditors (including the Owner) towards a mutually agreeable solution on their outstanding indebtedness, we hereby request that you extend the Forbearance Extension Period set forth in the First Forbearance Extension Letter until the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a Forbearance Termination Event and (ii) February 1, 2011 (the “Amended Forbearance Extension Period”).

 

Such agreement to extend the Forbearance Extension Period is conditioned upon and subject to (i) the payment by the Charterer of the amounts set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, on the dates listed therein, and (ii) TBS International plc and/or their applicable subsidiaries and affiliates having entered into amendments, waivers, forbearances or other modifications on or before December 29, 2010 in respect of each of the other loan facilities listed on Schedule 1 hereto, and in respect of each of the Bank of America Credit Facility, the RBS Credit Facility, the AIG Credit Facility, the Berenberg Credit Facility, the Commerzbank Credit Facility, the Credit Suisse Credit Facility, and the RBS Guarantee Facility, deferring and/or forbearing until no earlier than February 1, 2011 any rights of the respective creditor parties under such loan facilities arising as a result of the Payment Suspension.

 

Subject to the conditions precedent stated in the preceding paragraph and subject to the other terms and conditions set forth above, by counter-signing this letter the Owner agrees to forbear

 

 

from exercising any of the rights or remedies arising solely from the Specified Events of Default (which shall include (in addition those identified in the Forbearance Letter and the First Forbearance Extension Letter) defaults arising from the suspension of payments by TBS International, public limited company and its affiliates of certain scheduled principal installments owing in respect of Indebtedness of such persons during the Amended Forbearance Extension Period, as more particularly described on Schedule 1 hereto) on the terms set forth in the Forbearance Letter and the First Forbearance Extension Letter, as modified by the terms above.

 

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Very truly yours,
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
TBS INTERNATIONAL, PLC
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
By:
  	
/s/ Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
Name: Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
Title: Senior Executive Vice President
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
Acknowledged and Agreed,
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
RUSHMORE SHIPPING LLC
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
By:
  	
/s/ Asandro Van Verde
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
Name: Asandro Van Verde
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
Title: Director
  	
 
  	
 
  	
 
  

 

 

Schedule 1

 

	
Facility
  	
 
  	
Principal Amount
  	
 
  	
Date
  	
 
  
	
Bank of America Facility, as amended and restated on March 26, 2008
  	
 
  	
$
  	
9,500,000
  	
 
  	
December 31, 2010
  	
 
  
	
AIG Facility dated as of December 7, 2007
  	
 
  	
$
  	
1,750,000
  	
 
  	
January 1, 2011
  	
 
  
	
DVB Facility dated as of January 16, 2008
  	
 
  	
$
  	
2,608,000
  	
 
  	
January 25, 2011
  	
 
  

 

 

Schedule 2

 

	
Payment Date
  	
 
  	
Amount
  	
 
  	
To be applied to
  	
 
  
	
Jan. 3, 2011
  	
 
  	
$
  	
104,656.72
  	
 
  	
Payment originally due under Charter on Jan. 3, 2011
  	
 
  
	
February 1, 2011
  	
 
  	
$
  	
150,783.28
  	
 
  	
Payment originally due under Charter on Jan. 3, 2011
  	
 
  
	
February 1, 2011
  	
 
  	
$
  	
156,907.45
  	
 
  	
Payment originally due under Charter on Oct. 1, 2010, extended by the Forbearance Letter to Nov. 15, 2010 and extended by the First Forbearance Extension Letter to January 13, 2011
  	
 
  
	
February 1, 2011
  	
 
  	
$
  	
146,571.20
  	
 
  	
Payment originally due under Charter on Nov. 1, 2010, extended by the Forbearance Letter to Nov. 15, 2010 and extended by the First Forbearance Extension Letter to January 13, 2011
  	
 
  
	
February 1, 2011
  	
 
  	
$
  	
159,131.39
  	
 
  	
Payment originally due under Charter on Dec. 1, 2010 and extended by the First Forbearance Extension Letter to January 13, 2011Exhibit 10.11

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT

 

dated as of December 23, 2010

 

TBS International Limited

Commerce Building, One Chancery Lane

Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda

 

Re:          Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement (this “Amendment”)

 

Ladies and Gentleman:

 

Reference is hereby made to: (a) those certain extensions of credit made pursuant to and as evidenced by, inter  alia, that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Albemarle Maritime Corp. and each of the other entities identified on the signature pages thereof as Borrowers, TBS International plc and TBS International Limited, as guarantors (collectively, “Holdings”), TBS Shipping Services Inc., as Administrative Borrower, each of the financial institutions party thereto as lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Citibank, N.A. and DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd., as co-Syndication Agents, TD Banknorth, N.A., as Documentation Agent and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager; (b) those certain interest rate swap transactions (collectively, the “Transactions”) entered into in connection with and pursuant to that certain Master Agreement (on the 2002 ISDA form as amended) dated as of June 28, 2005 (together with the Schedules thereto and the Confirmations thereunder, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Master Agreement”) among the Borrowers and TBS International Limited (collectively, the “Swap Parties” and each a “Swap Party”) and Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”); and (c) that  certain Forbearance Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Forbearance Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2010 (the “First Amendment”), by and among the Swap Parties and Bank of America, the “Forbearance Agreement”) by and among the Swap Parties and Bank of America.  All capitalized terms used herein without definition that are defined in the Master Agreement or the Forbearance Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as therein, as applicable.

 

Each Swap Party acknowledges that the Specified Defaults have occurred and are continuing.  The Swap Parties agree that, but for the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, Bank of America may proceed to enforce its rights and remedies under the Master Agreement.  Each Swap Party acknowledges that the Forbearance pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement will expire on December 29, 2010 (unless the Forbearance Termination Date occurs prior to such date).  Bank of America and the Swap Parties hereby

 

 

agree to amend certain provisions of and extend the period of Forbearance under the Forbearance Agreement upon the following terms and conditions:

 

§1.  Amendment to Forbearance Agreement.   Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 5 of this Amendment, the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)           Forbearance Termination Date.  Section 4 of the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date “December 29, 2010” in clause (i) of the first sentence thereof and substituting the date “12:01 a.m. on February 1, 2011” in lieu thereof.

 

(b)           Specified Defaults.  The definition of “Specified Defaults” contained in the recitals to the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended to include any Default or Event of Default which occurs under Section 5(a)(ii)(1), 5(a)(iii)(1) or 5(a)(vi) of the Master Agreement due to the failure of the Loan Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to pay the installment of principal due under the Credit Agreement on December 31, 2010.

 

§2.  Ratification of Existing Agreements.   The Swap Parties confirm and agree that the obligations, as evidenced by or otherwise arising under the Master Agreement and the Credit Agreement  are, by the Swap Parties’ execution of this Amendment, ratified and confirmed in all respects.  In addition, by the execution of this Amendment, each of the Swap Parties represents and warrants that no counterclaim, right of set-off (other than those arising under the Master Agreement) or defense of any kind exists or is outstanding as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) with respect to such obligations.

 

§3.  Representations and Warranties.  All of the representations and warranties made by each of the Swap Parties in the Master Agreement and the Credit Support Documents are true and correct on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof, except with respect to the occurrence of the Specified Defaults and to the extent that any of such representations and warranties relate by their terms to a prior date they shall be true and correct as of such prior date.

 

§4.  Covenants.  Each of Bank of America and the Swap Parties hereby covenant and agree with and for the benefit of Bank of America, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Master Agreement or the Credit Support Documents, as follows:

 

(c)           Compliance with Forbearance Agreement and Master Agreement. Each Swap Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply and continue to comply with all of the terms, covenants and provisions contained in the Master Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement and each Credit Support Document to which each is a party and any other instruments evidencing or creating any obligations pursuant to such documents except as such terms, covenants and provisions are expressly modified by the Forbearance Agreement.

 

(d)           Further Assurances. Each Swap Party will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, at any time or from time to time execute and deliver such further instruments, each in form and substance satisfactory to Bank of America, and take such further action as Bank of America may reasonably request, in each case further to effect the purposes of this Amendment, the Forbearance Agreement, the Master Agreement and the Credit Support Documents.

 

§5.  Conditions to Effectiveness.  Bank of America and the Swap Parties agree that the extension of the forbearance obligations of Bank of America under the Forbearance Agreement shall be effective upon

 

 

the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent, each in form and substance satisfactory to Bank of America, on December 29, 2010 (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a)           The Swap Parties and Bank of America shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

 

(b)           The applicable Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Loan Parties shall have entered into amendments, waivers, forbearances (or extensions thereof) or other modifications reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of each loan agreement evidencing the existing Indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of such Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties described on Schedule 7.02 of the Credit Agreement and any other material Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the various loan agreements among certain Subsidiaries of Holdings and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd., Credit Suisse, AIG Commercial Equipment Finance, Inc, Commerzbank AG and Berenberg Bank), deferring, forbearing or continuing to defer or forbear any rights with respect to the failure to make any payments of principal due under such loan agreements and any other applicable defaults (including cross-defaults and defaults under any minimum liquidity covenants contained therein) under such loan agreements to a date which is no earlier than the Forbearance Termination Date (as hereby amended), and the Administrative Agent shall have received a signed Officer’s Certificate, certified by a duly authorized officer of Holdings to be true and complete, attaching true, correct and complete fully executed copies of each such amendment, waiver, forbearance (or extension thereof) and modification to each such loan agreement.

 

(c)           The Loan Parties shall have delivered to Bank of America a schedule in form and substance satisfactory to Bank of America setting forth the milestones necessary to complete the restructuring no later than January 31, 2010.

 

(d)           Bank of America shall have received evidence that all corporate action necessary for the valid execution and delivery by the Swap Parties of this Amendment and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been taken.

 

(e)           Bank of America shall have received payment for the fees, and expenses including, without limitation, fees and expenses incurred by their counsel and their restructuring advisors and other consultants, for which invoices or estimates therefor have been provided to the Swap Parties on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date.

 

(f)            The representations and warranties of each of the Swap Parties in the Master Agreement and the Credit Support Documents shall be true and correct as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, except with respect to the occurrence of the Specified Defaults referred to herein and to the extent that any of such representations and warranties relate by their terms to a prior date they shall be true and correct as of such prior date.

 

(g)           There shall have occurred no Default or Event of Default under the Master Agreement other than the Specified Defaults.

 

§6.  No Present Claims; Release.  The Swap Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that, as of the date hereof: (a) none of the Swap Parties or any of their Affiliates has any claim or cause of action against Bank of America (or any of its directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents); (b) none of the Swap Parties or any of their Affiliates, has offset rights (other than those arising under the Master Agreement), counterclaims or defenses of any kind against any of their obligations, indebtedness or liabilities to Bank of America; and (c) Bank of America has heretofore properly performed and satisfied in a timely manner all of its obligations to the Swap Parties and each of their Affiliates.  Bank of America wishes (and the Swap Parties agree) to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts, omissions, events, circumstances or

 

 

matters would impair or otherwise adversely affect any of the rights, interests, contracts, collateral security or remedies of Bank of America.  Therefore, the Swap Parties, each on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its respective successors and assigns, hereby waives, releases and discharges Bank of America and all of its directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents, from any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action on or before the date hereof and arising out of or in any way relating to the Master Agreement and any other documents, instruments, agreements (including the Forbearance Agreement and this Amendment), dealings or other matters connected with the Master Agreement, including, without limitation, all known and unknown matters, claims, transactions or things occurring on or prior to the date of this Amendment related to the Master Agreement.  The waivers, releases, and discharges contained in this paragraph shall be effective regardless of any other event that may occur or not occur prior to, or on or after the date hereof.

 

§7.  Expenses.  The Swap Parties jointly and severally agree to pay on demand all expenses incurred by Bank of America in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement and in connection with any amendments or waivers (whether or not the same become effective) thereof and all expenses incurred by Bank of America in connection with the enforcement of any rights hereunder or thereunder, including, without limitation, (i) the cost and expenses of preparing and duplicating this Amendment, (ii) the reasonable legal fees and all charges for costs, expenses and disbursements of Bingham McCutchen LLP, special counsel to Bank of America, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement and any further amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereunder,  and (iii) all expenses, costs and liabilities, incurred by Bank of America in connection with (A) the interpretation and administration of and exercise, enforcement or preservation of rights under this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement against any of the Swap Parties or any of their officers or employees party thereto or the administration thereof whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default and (B) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise, in any way related to the relationship of Bank of America with the Swap Parties.

 

§8.  No Waiver.  Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement, nothing in this Amendment or the Forbearance Agreement shall extend to or affect in any way any of the rights or obligations of the Swap Parties or any of Bank of America’s obligations, rights and remedies arising under the Master Agreement.  Bank of America shall not be deemed to have waived any or all of its rights or remedies with respect to any Default or Event of Default under the Master Agreement existing on the date hereof or arising hereafter.

 

§9.  Marshalling.  Bank of America shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for the Swap Parties’ obligations to Bank of America under the Master Agreement or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights in respect of such collateral security shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.  To the extent that they lawfully may, the Swap Parties hereby agree that they will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede Bank of America’s rights under any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or securing the Swap Parties’ obligations to Bank of America under the Master Agreement and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each of the Swap Parties hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

§10.  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,  (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS, EXCEPT FOR SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

 

(b)           This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

(c)           The failure to comply with the covenants contained herein shall constitute an Event of Default under the Master Agreement; and all obligations included in this Amendment (including, without limitation, all obligations for the payment of principal, interest, fees, and other amounts and expenses) shall constitute obligations under the Master Agreement.

 

(d)           Wherever possible, each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or rendered invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

 

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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign and return the enclosed copy of this Amendment to Bank of America.

 

	
 
  	
The Swap Parties:
  
	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
TBS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  
	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
By: 
  	
/s/ Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
Name: 
  	
Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
Title: 
  	
Attorney-in-Fact
  
	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
ALBEMARLE MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
ARDEN MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
AVON MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
BIRNAM MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
BRISTOL MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
CHESTER SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
CUMBERLAND NAVIGATION CORP.
  
	
 
  	
DARBY NAVIGATION CORP.
  
	
 
  	
DOVER MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
ELROD SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
EXETER SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
FRANKFORT MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
GLENWOOD MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
HANSEN SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
HARTLEY NAVIGATION CORP.
  
	
 
  	
HENLEY MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
HUDSON MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
JESSUP MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
MONTROSE MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
OLDCASTLE SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
QUENTIN NAVIGATION CORP.
  
	
 
  	
RECTOR SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
REMSEN NAVIGATION CORP.
  
	
 
  	
SHEFFIELD MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
SHERMAN MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
STERLING SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
STRATFORD SHIPPING CORP.
  
	
 
  	
VEDADO MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
VERNON MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
WINDSOR MARITIME CORP.
  
	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
By: 
  	
/s/ Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
Name: 
  	
Ferdinand V. Lepere
  
	
 
  	
Title: 
  	
Attorney-in-Fact
  
				

 

Signature Page to Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement (ISDA)

 

 

	
 
  	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
  
	
 
  	
 
  
	
 
  	
By:
  	
/s/ Judith A. Huckins
  
	
 
  	
Name:
  	
Judith A. Huckins
  
	
 
  	
Title:
  	
Vice President
  

 

Signature Page to Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement (ISDA)

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