Document:

Exhibit 10.3

		

			Exhibit 10.3

		

		

			 

		

		
			SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
		

		
			THIS SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of September 28, 2015 (the “Effective Date”) is entered into by and between Robert S. Fishman, Chief Medical Officer (“CMO”) and Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). 
		

		
			WITNESSETH: 
		

		
			WHEREAS, CMO is a senior executive of the Company and is expected to continue to make major contributions to the short and long term profitability, growth and financial strength of the Company; 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that, as is the case for most publicly held companies, the possibility of a Change in Control (as defined below) exists; 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Company desires to assure itself of both present and future continuity of management; 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Company wishes to ensure that CMO is not practically disabled from discharging his duties in respect of a proposed or actual transaction involving a Change in Control; and 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide additional inducement for CMO to continue to remain in the employ of the Company. 
		

		
			NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and CMO agree as follows: 
		

		
			1. Certain Defined Terms. In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agreement with initial capital letters: 
		

		
			(a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 
		

		
			(b) “Cause” shall mean (i) CMO’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties to the Company where such gross negligence or willful misconduct has resulted or is likely to result in material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) CMO’s willful and habitual neglect of his or her duties of consulting or employment; (iii) CMO’s commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company; (iv) CMO’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to felony criminal conduct or any crime involving moral turpitude; or (v) CMO’s violation of any noncompetition or confidentiality agreement that CMO has entered into with the Company. 
		

		
			(c) The term “Change in Control” shall mean: (i) the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization in which the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to such transaction do not hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent) immediately following such transaction (taking into account only voting power resulting from stock held by such stockholders prior to such transaction); (iii) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party in which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power outstanding before such transaction is transferred or (iv) a sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including without limitation a license of all or substantially all of the Company’s intellectual property that is either exclusive or otherwise structured in a manner that constitutes a license of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company); provided that a Change in Control shall not include (A) a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, (B) a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company or (C) any transaction or series of related transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes. 
		

		
			(d) “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following events which CMO provides written notice to the Company of within 90 days of such event having occurred and which is not cured by the Company within 30 days after such written notice thereof is provided to the Company by CMO: (i) any reduction of CMO’s base salary or target annual bonus; (ii) any involuntary relocation of CMO’s principal workplace to a location more than 35 miles in any direction from CMO’s current principal workplace, (iii) a substantial and material adverse change, without CMO’s written consent, in CMO’s title, authority, responsibility or duties; or (iv) any material breach by the 
		

		 

 

		

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		Company of any provision of this Agreement or any other employment agreement, after written notice delivered to the Company of such breach and the Company’s failure to cure such breach; provided, however, in the context of a Change in Control, CMO shall not have Good Reason to resign in connection with a reorganization of the Company in which the executive would retain substantially similar title, authority, duties, base pay and bonus but might have greater or lesser reporting responsibilities. In order to constitute a termination of employment for Good Reason, CMO’s employment must be terminated no later than 180 days following the initial occurrence of any events set forth above. 
		

		
			2. Terminations Without Cause or for Good Reason. If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, the Company shall provide CMO with severance payments and benefits pursuant to this Section 2. 
		

		
			(a) Terminations Not in Connection with a Change In Control. If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, prior to a Change in Control or more than eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Company shall provide CMO with the following severance payments and benefits in lieu of any severance benefits to which the CMO may otherwise be entitled to under any severance plan or program maintained by the Company: 
		

		
			(i) Severance Payments: Pay to CMO an amount equal to twelve (12) months then current base salary, payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices and procedures. The continuation of your base salary shall be paid beginning on the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of termination, all payments deferred pursuant to this sentence shall be paid in a lump sum to CMO and any remaining payments due under this paragraph shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. 
		

		
			(ii) Continued Benefits. If CMO elects to continue his health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”) following such termination, then the Company shall pay CMO’s monthly COBRA premium for continued health insurance coverage for CMO and CMO’s eligible dependents until the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months following the termination date, or (ii) the date upon which CMO and his eligible dependents become eligible for comparable coverage under a group health insurance plan maintained by subsequent employer. 
		

		
			(b) Terminations in Connection with a Change In Control. If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Company shall provide CMO with the following severance payments and benefits in lieu of any severance benefits to which the CMO may otherwise be entitled to under any severance plan or program maintained by the Company: 
		

		
			(i) Severance Payments: Pay to CMO an amount equal to twelve (12) months then current base salary, payable in a lump sum on the sixtieth (60th) day following the termination of employment. 
		

		
			(ii) Continued Benefits. If CMO elects to continue his health insurance coverage under COBRA following such termination, then the Company shall pay CMO’s monthly COBRA premium for continued health insurance coverage for CMO and CMO’s eligible dependents until the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months following the termination date, or (ii) the date upon which CMO and his eligible dependents become eligible for comparable coverage under a group health insurance plan maintained by subsequent employer. 
		

		
			(iii) Equity Awards. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any equity award agreement or equity compensation plan, the Company shall cause all outstanding equity awards then held by CMO (including, without limitation, stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom shares, restricted stock or similar awards) to become fully vested and, if applicable, exercisable with respect to all the shares subject thereto effective immediately prior to the date of termination. In all other respects, such awards will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the plans, if any, under which they were granted and any applicable agreements between the Company and CMO.  
		

		
			(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2, in the event that the Company, or its successor, requests CMO to continue to serve in the same position following a Change in Control for a six (6)-month (or shorter) transition period (“Transition Period”), CMO shall not have Good Reason to resign pursuant to Section 1(d)(iii) during such Transition Period regardless if CMO’s title, authority, responsibility or duties have been materially reduced; provided that during such Transition Period CMO continues to be paid the same salary and be provided with the same bonus opportunity, if any, as in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control and 
		

		 

 

		

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		CMO’s principal workplace is not relocated more than 35 miles from its location immediately prior to such Change in Control. Following the Transition Period, CMO may resign for Good Reason pursuant to Section 1(d)(iii) and be entitled to the benefits set forth in Section 2(b). 
		

		
			3. Conditions to Receipt of Severance.  
		

		
			(a) Separation Agreement and Release of Claims. The receipt of any severance pursuant to Section 2 will be subject to CMO signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company within sixty (60) days following CMO’s termination of employment. No severance pursuant to Section 2 will be paid or provided until the separation agreement and release of claims becomes effective. 
		

		
			(b) Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, amounts payable to CMO pursuant to Section 2 shall be made in reliance upon Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (Separation Pay Plans) or Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (Short-Term Deferrals). For this purpose each installment or monthly payment to which CMO is entitled under Section 2 shall be considered a separate and distinct payment. In addition, (i) no amount deemed deferred compensation subject to Section 409A shall be payable pursuant to Section 2 unless the CMO’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) and (ii) if the CMO is deemed at the time of his separation from service to be a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the termination benefits to which CMO is entitled under this Agreement is required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of CMO’s termination benefits shall not be provided to CMO prior to the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the CMO’s “separation from service” with the Company (as such term is defined in the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code) or (B) the date of CMO’s death. Upon the earlier of such dates, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be paid in a lump sum to CMO, and any remaining payments due under the Agreement shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. The determination of whether CMO is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code as of the time of his separation from service shall be made by the Company in accordance with the terms of Section 409A of the Code and applicable guidance thereunder (including without limitation Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i) and any successor provision thereto). The reimbursement of any expense under this Agreement shall be made no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses reimbursed in one year shall not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent year. 
		

		
			4. Successors and Binding Agreement.  
		

		
			(a) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise, including, without limitation, any successor due to a Change in Control) to the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to CMO, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including, without limitation, any persons directly or indirectly acquiring the business or assets of the Company in a transaction constituting a Change in Control (and such successor shall thereafter be deemed the “Company” for the purpose of this Agreement), but will not otherwise be assignable, transferable or delegable by the Company. 
		

		
			(b) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by CMO’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees and legatees. 
		

		
			(c) This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign, transfer or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in Sections 4(a) and 4(b). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, CMO’s right to receive payments hereunder will not be assignable, transferable or delegable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest, or otherwise, other than by a transfer by CMO’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 4(c), the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned, transferred or delegated. 
		

		

		

		 

 

		

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		5. Amendment or Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be changed or terminated only upon the mutual written consent of the Company and CMO. The written consent of the Company to a change or termination of this Agreement must be signed by an executive officer of the Company after such change or termination has been approved by the Board. 
		

		
			6. Notices. For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications, including without limitation notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be given hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof orally confirmed), or five business days after having been mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or three business days after having been sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service such as FedEx, UPS, or DHL, addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) at its principal executive office and to CMO at his principal residence, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 
		

		
			7. Validity. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstances will not be affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal will be reformed to the extent (and only to the extent) necessary to make it enforceable, valid or legal. 
		

		
			8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The laws of the state of California shall govern the interpretation, validity and performance of the terms of this Agreement, regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of law. Any suit, action or proceeding against CMO, with respect to this Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court in respect of any of such, may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of California, and CMO hereby submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment. 
		

		
			 
		

		
			9. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by CMO and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party will be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements of the parties with respect to such subject matter. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. References to Sections are to references to Sections of this Agreement. 
		

		
			10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement. 
		

		
			11. Interpretation. The parties acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with, and the parties agree to use their best efforts to achieve timely compliance with, Section 409A of the Code, and the Department of Treasury Regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that any amounts payable hereunder would otherwise be taxable to CMO under Section 409A, the Company may adopt such limited amendments to this Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Company reasonably determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and thereby avoid the application of taxes under such Section. 
		

		
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		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. 
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

				
	
					
						CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						/s/ G. Charles Robb

				
	
					
						G. Charles Robb, Chief Financial Officer

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						/s/ Robert S. Fishman

				
	
					
						Robert S. Fishman, Chief Medical OfficerExhibit 4.1

 

 

  

DATED 20 OCTOBER 2015

  

Up to USD 50,000,000

TERM LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT

for

DHT Leopard Limited

as Borrower

 

with

DHT Holdings, Inc.

as Guarantor

  

arranged by

  

Nordea Bank Norge ASA

and

DNB Bank ASA

acting as Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers

with

Nordea Bank Norge ASA

acting as Agent and Security Agent

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Clause

 

	
Page

 

	
1.

	
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	
8

	 	 	 
	
1.1

	
Definitions

	
8

	
1.2

	
Construction

	
21

	 	 	 
	
2.

	
THE FACILITY

	
23

	 	 	 
	
2.1

	
The Facility

	
23

	
2.2

	
Finance Parties’ rights and obligations

	
23

	 	 	 
	
3.

	
PURPOSE

	
23

	 	 	 
	
3.1

	
Purpose

	
23

	
3.2

	
Monitoring

	
23

	 	 	 
	
4.

	
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

	
23

	 	 	 
	
4.1

	
Initial conditions precedent

	
23

	
4.2

	
Further conditions precedent

	
24

	
4.3

	
Maximum number of drawings

	
24

	
4.4

	
Form and content

	
24

	
4.5

	
Waiver of conditions precedent

	
24

	 	 	 
	
5.

	
UTILISATION

	
25

	 	 	 
	
5.1

	
Delivery of the Utilisation Request

	
25

	
5.2

	
Completion of the Utilisation Request

	
25

	
5.3

	
Currency and amount

	
25

	
5.4

	
Lenders’ participation

	
25

	
5.5

	
Cancellation of Commitment

	
25

	 	 	 
	
6.

	
REPAYMENT

	
26

	 	 	 
	
6.1

	
Repayment of Loans

	
26

	
6.2

	
Re-borrowing

	
26

	 	 	 
	
7.

	
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

	
26

	 	 	 
	
7.1

	
Voluntary cancellation

	
26

	
7.2

	
Voluntary prepayment of Loans

	
26

	
7.3

	
Illegality

	
26

	
7.4

	
Total Loss or sale of the Vessel

	
27

	
7.5

	
Market Value

	
27

	
7.6

	
Change of Control

	
27

	
7.7

	
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

	
27

	
7.8

	
Restrictions

	
28

	 	 	 
	
8.

	
INTEREST

	
29

	 	 	 
	
8.1

	
Calculation of interest

	
29

	
8.2

	
Payment of interest

	
29

	
8.3

	
Default interest

	
29

	
8.4

	
Notification of rates of interest

	
29

	 	 	 
	
9.

	
INTEREST PERIODS

	
30

	 	 	 
	
9.1

	
Selection of Interest Periods

	
30

	
9.2

	
Non-Business Days

	
30

	 	 	 
	
10.

	
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

	
30

	 	 	 
	
10.1

	
Unavailability of Screen Rate

	
30

	
10.2

	
Calculation of Reference Bank Rate

	
31

	
10.3

	
Market disruption

	
31

	
10.4

	
Cost of funds

	
31

	
10.5

	
Break Costs

	
32

	 	 	 
	
11.

	
FEES

	
32

	 	 	 
	
11.1

	
Commitment fee

	
32

	 	 	 

 

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12.

	
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

	
33

	 	 	 
	
12.1

	
Definitions

	
33

	
12.2

	
Tax gross-up

	
33

	
12.3

	
Tax indemnity

	
33

	
12.4

	
Tax Credit

	
34

	
12.5

	
Stamp taxes

	
34

	
12.6

	
VAT

	
34

	
12.7

	
FATCA Information

	
35

	
12.8

	
FATCA Deduction

	
36

	 	 	 
	
13.

	
INCREASED COSTS

	
36

	 	 	 
	
13.1

	
Increased costs

	
36

	
13.2

	
Increased cost claims

	
36

	
13.3

	
Exceptions

	
36

	 	 	 
	
14.

	
OTHER INDEMNITIES

	
37

	 	 	 
	
14.1

	
Currency indemnity

	
37

	
14.2

	
Other indemnities

	
38

	
14.3

	
Indemnity to the Agent

	
38

	 	 	 
	
15.

	
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS

	
38

	 	 	 
	
15.1

	
Mitigation

	
38

	
15.2

	
Limitation of liability

	
39

	 	 	 
	
16.

	
COSTS AND EXPENSES

	
39

	 	 	 
	
16.1

	
Transaction expenses

	
39

	
16.2

	
Amendment and enforcement costs

	
39

	 	 	 
	
17.

	
SECURITY

	
40

	 	 	 
	
17.1

	
Security

	
40

	
17.2

	
Perfection etc.

	
40

	
17.3

	
Further assignment of Earnings and Charterparty and Shareholders Loans

	
40

	
17.4

	
Security - Hedging Agreement

	
41

	 	 	 
	
18.

	
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

	
41

	 	 	 
	
18.1

	
Guarantee and indemnity

	
41

	
18.2

	
Continuing guarantee

	
42

	
18.3

	
Reinstatement

	
42

	
18.4

	
Waiver of defences

	
42

	
18.5

	
Immediate recourse

	
42

	
18.6

	
Appropriations

	
43

	
18.7

	
Deferral of the Guarantor’s rights

	
43

	
18.8

	
Additional security

	
44

	
18.9

	
Norwegian Financial Agreements Act

	
44

	
18.10

	
Guarantee Limitations

	
45

	 	 	 
	
19.

	
REPRESENTATIONS

	
46

	 	 	 
	
19.1

	
Status

	
46

	
19.2

	
Binding obligations

	
46

	
19.3

	
Non-conflict with other obligations

	
46

	
19.4

	
Power and authority

	
46

	
19.5

	
Validity and admissibility in evidence

	
47

	
19.6

	
Governing law and enforcement

	
47

	
19.7

	
Insolvency

	
47

	
19.8

	
Deduction of Tax

	
47

	
19.9

	
No filing or stamp taxes

	
47

	
19.10

	
No default

	
48

	
19.11

	
No misleading information

	
48

	
19.12

	
Financial statements

	
48

	
19.13

	
Pari passu ranking

	
48

	
19.14

	
No proceedings pending or threatened

	
48

	
19.15

	
Title

	
48

	
19.16

	
No security

	
48

	
19.17

	
No immunity

	
49

	
19.18

	
Ranking of Security Documents

	
49

	
19.19

	
Taxation

	
49

  

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19.20

	
Environmental compliance

	
49

	
19.21

	
Environmental Claims

	
49

	
19.22

	
ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance

	
49

	
19.23

	
The Vessel

	
50

	
19.24

	
Financial Indebtedness

	
50

	
19.25

	
Sanctions

	
50

	
19.26

	
Repetition

	
50

	 	 	 
	
20.

	
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

	
50

	 	 	 
	
20.1

	
Financial statements

	
51

	
20.2

	
Compliance Certificate

	
51

	
20.3

	
Requirements as to financial statements

	
51

	
20.4

	
Information: miscellaneous

	
52

	
20.5

	
Notification of default

	
52

	
20.6

	
Notification of Environmental Claims

	
52

	
20.7

	
Market Value

	
53

	
20.8

	
“Know your customer” checks

	
53

	
20.9

	
Disclosure of information

	
54

	 	 	 
	
21.

	
FINANCIAL COVENANTS

	
54

	 	 	 
	
21.1

	
Financial covenants - the Guarantor

	
54

	
21.2

	
Financial covenants - the Borrower

	
54

	 	 	 
	
22.

	
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

	
54

	 	 	 
	
22.1

	
Authorisations

	
54

	
22.2

	
Compliance with laws

	
55

	
22.3

	
Negative pledge

	
55

	
22.4

	
Disposals and acquisitions

	
56

	
22.5

	
Merger

	
56

	
22.6

	
Shareholding

	
56

	
22.7

	
Change of business

	
56

	
22.8

	
Title

	
57

	
22.9

	
Insurances – general

	
57

	
22.10

	
Earnings Accounts

	
57

	
22.11

	
Derivative transactions

	
57

	
22.12

	
Distribution restrictions and subordination of inter-company debt

	
57

	
22.13

	
Transaction Documents

	
57

	
22.14

	
Taxation

	
57

	
22.15

	
No change of name etc.

	
57

	
22.16

	
Sanctions

	
58

	
22.17

	
US Tax Obligor

	
58

	
22.18

	
Use of Proceeds

	
58

	 	 	 
	
23.

	
VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS

	
58

	 	 	 
	
23.1

	
General

	
58

	
23.2

	
Insurance – Vessel

	
58

	
23.3

	
Flag, name and registry

	
60

	
23.4

	
Classification and repairs

	
60

	
23.5

	
Inspections and class records

	
60

	
23.6

	
Surveys

	
60

	
23.7

	
Notification of certain events

	
61

	
23.8

	
Operation of the Vessel

	
61

	
23.9

	
ISM Code compliance

	
62

	
23.10

	
Environmental compliance

	
62

	
23.11

	
Arrest

	
62

	
23.12

	
Chartering

	
63

	 	 	 
	
24.

	
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

	
63

	 	 	 
	
24.1

	
Non-payment

	
63

	
24.2

	
Financial covenants

	
63

	
24.3

	
Other obligations

	
63

	
24.4

	
Misrepresentation

	
63

	
24.5

	
Cross default

	
63

	
24.6

	
Insolvency

	
64

	
24.7

	
Insolvency proceedings

	
64

	
24.8

	
Creditors’ process

	
64

	
24.9

	
Unlawfulness

	
65

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24.10

	
Repudiation

	
65

	
24.11

	
Material adverse change

	
65

	
24.12

	
Cessation of business

	
65

	
24.13

	
Insurances

	
65

	
24.14

	
Failure of security

	
65

	
24.15

	
Litigation

	
65

	
24.16

	
Breach of the terms of a Hedging Agreement

	
65

	
24.17

	
Acceleration

	
65

	 	 	 
	
25.

	
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS

	
67

	 	 	 
	
25.1

	
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders

	
67

	
25.2

	
Conditions of assignment or transfer

	
67

	
25.3

	
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

	
68

	
25.4

	
Procedure for transfer

	
69

	
25.5

	
Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrower

	
69

	
25.6

	
Pro rata interest settlement

	
69

	
25.7

	
Securitisation

	
70

	
25.8

	
Security over Lenders’ rights

	
70

	 	 	 
	
26.

	
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS

	
71

	 	 	 
	
26.1

	
Assignments and transfer by Obligors

	
71

	 	 	 
	
27.

	
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS

	
72

	 	 	 
	
27.1

	
Appointment of the Agent

	
72

	
27.2

	
Duties of the Agent

	
72

	
27.3

	
Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers

	
72

	
27.4

	
No fiduciary duties

	
73

	
27.5

	
Business with any Obligor

	
73

	
27.6

	
Rights and discretions of the Agent

	
73

	
27.7

	
Majority Lenders’ instructions

	
73

	
27.8

	
Responsibility for documentation

	
74

	
27.9

	
Exclusion of liability

	
74

	
27.10

	
Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent

	
75

	
27.11

	
Resignation of the Agent

	
75

	
27.12

	
Confidentiality

	
76

	
27.13

	
Relationship with the Lenders

	
76

	
27.14

	
Credit appraisal by the Lenders and the Hedging Banks

	
77

	
27.15

	
Reference Banks

	
77

	
27.16

	
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent

	
77

	 	 	 
	
28.

	
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES OR THE HEDGING BANKS

	
77

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
29.

	
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES

	
78

	 	 	 
	
29.1

	
Payments to Finance Parties

	
78

	
29.2

	
Redistribution of payments

	
78

	
29.3

	
Recovering Finance Party’s rights

	
78

	
29.4

	
Reversal of redistribution

	
78

	
29.5

	
Exceptions

	
79

	 	 	 
	
30.

	
PAYMENT MECHANICS

	
80

	 	 	 
	
30.1

	
Payments to the Agent

	
80

	
30.2

	
Distributions by the Agent

	
80

	
30.3

	
Distributions to an Obligor

	
80

	
30.4

	
Clawback

	
80

	
30.5

	
Partial payments

	
80

	
30.6

	
No set-off by Borrower and Guarantor

	
81

	
30.7

	
Business Days

	
81

	
30.8

	
Currency of account

	
81

	
30.9

	
Change of currency

	
81

	 	 	 
	
31.

	
SET-OFF

	
82

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
32.

	
NOTICES

	
82

	 	 	 
	
32.1

	
Communications in writing

	
82

	
32.2

	
Addresses

	
82

	
32.3

	
Delivery

	
83

  

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32.4

	
Notification of address, e-mail and fax number

	
83

	
32.5

	
Electronic communication

	
83

	
32.6

	
English language

	
83

	 	 	 
	
33.

	
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES

	
84

	 	 	 
	
33.1

	
Accounts

	
84

	
33.2

	
Certificates and Determinations

	
84

	
33.3

	
Day count convention

	
84

	 	 	 
	
34.

	
PARTIAL INVALIDITY

	
84

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
35.

	
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

	
84

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
36.

	
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

	
84

	 	 	 
	
36.1

	
Required consents

	
84

	
36.2

	
Exceptions

	
85

	 	 	 
	
37.

	
CONFIDENTIALITY

	
85

	 	 	 
	
37.1

	
Confidential information

	
85

	
37.2

	
Disclosure of Confidential Information

	
85

	
37.3

	
Disclosure to numbering service providers

	
87

	
37.4

	
Entire agreement

	
88

	
37.5

	
Inside information

	
88

	
37.6

	
Notification of disclosure

	
88

	
37.7

	
Continuing obligations

	
89

	 	 	 
	
38.

	
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS

	
89

	 	 	 
	
38.1

	
Confidentiality and disclosure

	
89

	
38.2

	
Related obligations

	
90

	
38.3

	
No Event of Default

	
90

	 	 	 
	
39.

	
COUNTERPARTS

	
90

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
40.

	
CONFLICT

	
90

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
41.

	
GOVERNING LAW

	
91

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
42.

	
ENFORCEMENT

	
91

	 	 	 
	
42.1

	
Jurisdiction

	
91

	
42.2

	
Service of process

	
91

	 	 	 

Schedule 1: The Original lenders

Schedule 2: Conditions Precedent

Schedule 3: requests

Schedule 4: Form of transfer certificate

Schedule 5: Form of Compliance Certificate

Schedule 6: Form of Interest Notification

Schedule 7: Form of Valuation Certificate

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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 20 October 2015 and made between:

	(1)	DHT LEOPARD LIMITED., The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands as borrower (the “Borrower”);

	(2)	DHT HOLDINGS, INC., The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands as guarantor (the “Guarantor”);

	(3)	NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, acting through its offices at Middelthuns gate 17, 0368 Oslo, Norway; and

DNB BANK ASA, acting through its offices at Dronning Eufemias gate 30, 0191 Oslo, Norway as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers (the “Mandated Lead Arrangers”);

	(4)	THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as lenders (the “Original Lenders”);

	(5)	NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC acting through its offices at Aleksanterinkatu 36, Helsinki, Finland; and

DNB BANK ASA, acting through its offices at Dronning Eufemias gate 30, 0191 Oslo, Norway (the “Hedging Banks”);

	(6)	NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, acting through its offices at Middelthuns gate 17, 0368 Oslo, Norway as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”); and

	(7)	NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA, acting through its offices at Middelthuns gate 17, 0368 Oslo, Norway as security agent of the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks (the “Security Agent”).

 

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

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 SECTION 1

INTERPRETATION

 

	1.	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	1.1	Definitions

In this Agreement:

“Account Bank” means Nordea Bank Norge ASA.

“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.

“Agreement” means this facility agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented and varied in writing from time to time, including its schedules.

“Approved Brokers” means Nordic Shipping, Clarksons Platou Limited, SSY, Poten & Partners, Arrow and Fearnleys.

“Approved Ship Registry” means the Marshall Islands Ship Registry, the Hong Kong Ship Registry and any ship registry as approved in writing by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Assignment Agreement” means a general assignment agreement for an assignment on first priority of the Earnings, the insurance proceeds in respect of all Insurances, the Earnings Accounts, any claims of Borrower in respect of any Intra Group Loans and any rights under any Hedging Agreement to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) in form and substance acceptable to the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the earlier of (i) the scheduled delivery date of the Vessel taking into account the maximum permissible delays under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract before the Borrower is entitled to cancel such Shipbuilding Contract, or (ii) 31 April 2016, or such later date as the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) may agree.

“Available Facility” means the aggregate of each Lender’s Commitment.

“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

		(a)	the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in the Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of the Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

exceeds:

		(b)	the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the London interbank market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

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“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in Oslo, London and New York City. For the purpose of Utilisation, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore (or any other relevant place of payment of the proceeds) shall be included.

“Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash, bank deposits and fully marketable securities (issued by an A rated or better financial institution), excluding restricted cash which is not at the disposal of the relevant company.

“Change of Control” means if any person or a group of persons acting in concert gain ownership or control of 33 1/3 % or more of the voting rights of the Guarantor. For the purposes of this definition, “control” of the Guarantor means (i) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to cast, or control the casting of, more than 33 1/3 % of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Guarantor, and/or (ii) the holding beneficially of more than 33 1/3 % of the issued share capital of the Guarantor (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital), and “acting in concert” means, a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly or indirectly of shares in the Guarantor by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of 33 1/3 % of the Guarantor.

“Charterer” means any charterer approved by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) under a Charterparty.

“Charterparty” means any time or bareboat charter or any pool agreement or any other agreements of employment entered or to be entered into between the Borrower and the relevant Charterer for the chartering of the Vessel for a period exceeding 24 Months, in form and substance acceptable to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

“Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.

“Commercial Management Agreement” means any agreement made or to be made between the Borrower and the Commercial Manager for the commercial management of the Vessel.

“Commercial Manager” means any commercial manager acceptable to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

“Commitment” means:

		(a)	in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and

		(b)	in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Compliance Certificate).

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“Confidential Information” means all information relating to any Obligor, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either:

		(a)	any Obligor or any of its advisers; or

		(b)	another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any Obligor or any of its advisers,

in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:

		(i)	is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 37 (Confidentiality); or

		(ii)	is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Obligor or any of its advisers; or

		(iii)	is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with (a) or (b) or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with any Obligor and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

“Current Assets” means the aggregate of the current assets of a company as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Current Liabilities” means the aggregate of the current liabilities of a company, however excluding the current portion of long term debt maturing six (6) Months or more after the date of computation as well as excluding any balloon instalments under any financing arrangement.

“Deed of Assignment” means one or more general deed of assignment in respect of any Charterparty (including any guarantees or other security for the Charterer’s obligations thereunder), to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks), in form and substance acceptable to the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 24 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.

“Delivery Date” means in respect of the Vessel, the date of actual delivery of the Vessel to the Borrower.

“DOC” means in relation to the Technical Manager a valid document of compliance relevant to the Vessel issued to such company pursuant to paragraph 13.2 of the ISM Code.

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“Earnings” means all moneys whatsoever which are now or later become, payable (actually or contingently) to the Borrower in respect of and/or arising out of the use of or operation of the Vessel, including (but not limited to):

		(a)	all freight, hire and passage moneys payable to the Borrower, including (without limitation) payments of any nature under any contract or any other agreement for the employment, use, possession, management and/or operation of the Vessel;

		(b)	any claim under any guarantees related to hire payable to the Vessel as a consequence of the operation of the Vessel;

		(c)	any compensation payable to the Borrower in the event of any requisition of the Vessel or for the use of the Vessel by any government authority or other competent authority;

		(d)	remuneration for salvage, towage and other services performed by the Vessel payable to the Borrower;

		(e)	demurrage and retention money receivable by the Borrower in relation to the Vessel;

		(f)	all moneys which are at any time payable under the Insurances in respect of loss of earnings from the Vessel;

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

		(h)	any other money which arise out of the use of or operation of the Vessel and moneys whatsoever due or to become due to the Borrower from third parties in relation to the Vessel.

“Earnings Accounts” means any account to be nominated and designated as Earnings Accounts for this purpose by the Borrower or the Guarantor in cooperation with the Agent, with the Account Bank, or such other accounts as designated by the Agent.

“Environmental Claim” means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation by any person or company in respect of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permits.

“Environmental Law” means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:

		(a)	the pollution or protection of the environment or to the carriage of material which is capable of polluting the environment;

		(b)	harm to or the protection of human health;

		(c)	the conditions of the workplace; or

		(d)	any emission or substance capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment.

“Environmental Permits” means any permit, licence, consent, approval and other authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law for the operation of business conducted on or from the properties owned or used by the relevant company.

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“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 24 (Events of Default).

“Excess Values” means the positive or negative (as the case may be) difference between (i) the Market Value (in respect of the Vessel) or the market value as established in accordance with the procedure described in the definition of “Market Value” (in respect of other vessels), and (ii) the book value of the Vessel.

“FA Act” means the Norwegian Financial Agreements Act of 25 June 1999 No. 46 (in No. finansavtaleloven).

“Facility” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility).

“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

“Fallback Interest Period” means three (3) months.

“FATCA” means:

		(a)	sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;

		(b)	any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or

		(c)	any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

“FATCA Application Date” means:

		(a)	in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2015;

		(b)	in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2017; or

		(c)	in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2017, or

 in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

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 “FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters between the Agent and the Borrower setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).

“Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Security Document, any Fee Letter and any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower.

“Finance Party” means the Agent, the Security Agent, a Mandated Lead Arranger or a Lender.

“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

		(a)	moneys borrowed;

		(b)	any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;

		(c)	any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

		(d)	the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

		(e)	receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

		(f)	any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing;

		(g)	any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);

		(h)	any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and

		(i)	the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.

“Funding Rate” means any individual rate notified by a Lender to the Agent pursuant to Clause 10.4 (Cost of Funds).

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles such as IFRS.

“Guarantee” means the irrevocable, unconditional and on-first-demand guarantee given by the Guarantor under Clause 18 (Guarantee and Indemnity) of this Agreement.

“Hedging Agreement” means any master agreement (as amended at any time) and/or any swap transaction, confirmation, schedule or hedging agreement pursuant to such master agreement for the purpose of hedging the interest rate risk entered or to be entered into between the Borrower and the Hedging Banks.

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“Historic Screen Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable Screen Rate for USD and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan and which is as of a day which is no more than one (1) day before the Quotation Day.

“Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

“IAPPC” means the International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate required under Regulation 6 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships 1973/1978 (MARPOL).

“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.

“Insurances” means, in relation to the Vessel, all policies and contracts of insurance (which expression includes all entries of the Vessel in a protection and indemnity or war risk association) which are from time to time during the Security Period in place or taken out or entered into by or for the benefit of the Borrower (whether in the sole name of the Borrower or in the joint names of the Borrower and any other person) in respect of the Vessel or otherwise in connection with the Vessel and all benefits thereunder (including claims of whatsoever nature and return of premiums).

“Interest Payment Date” means the last day of each Interest Period, and in respect of Interest Periods exceeding three (3) months, also the date falling three (3) months after the commencement thereof, and each date falling at quarterly intervals thereafter.

“Interest Period” means, in relation to the Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).

“Intra Group Loans” means any loans granted by (i) the Borrower to any of their Affiliates or (ii) the Guarantor to the Borrower.

“Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement” means one or more general assignment agreements on first priority of any claims any Obligor may have in respect of any Intra Group Loans, to be executed by any Obligor in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Interpolated Historic Screen Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Screen Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

		(a)	the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

		(b)	the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

each for USD and each of which is as of a day which is no more than one (1) day before the Quotation Day.

“Interpolated Screen Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Screen Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

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		(a)	the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

		(b)	the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

each for the relevant period of time for USD.

“ISM Code” means the International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevent.

“ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code as adopted by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Diplomatic Conference of December 2002.

“ISSC” means an International Ship Security Certificate issued by the Classification Society confirming that the Vessel is in compliance with the ISPS Code.

 “Lender” means:

		(a)	any Original Lender; and

		(b)	any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders),

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“LIBOR” (London Interbank Offered Rate) means, in relation to the Loan:

		(a)	the applicable Screen Rate at 11:00 GMT hours on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in USD and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or

		(b)	as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate),

and, if such rate is below zero, LIBOR will be deemed to be zero.

“Loan” means the total principal amount outstanding for the time being under the Facility.

“Majority Lenders” means:

		(a)	if there are no amounts then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3 % of the Total Commitments; or

		(b)	at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loan aggregate more than 662/3 % of the Loan.

“Margin” means two point twenty five per cent (2.25 %) per annum.

“Market Value” means the fair market value of the Vessel as (i) determined by one (1) independent Approved Broker appointed by the Borrower, or (ii) at the request of the Agent (on behalf of any Lender), calculated as the average of valuations of the Vessel obtained from two (2) Approved Brokers (of which one is appointed by the Borrower and one is appointed by the Agent), in each case, with or without physical inspection of the Vessel (as the Agent may require) 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, on an “as is, where is” basis, free of any existing charter or other contract of employment and/or pool arrangement, provided however that if the higher of the two valuations is more than one hundred and ten per cent (110%) of the lower, a third valuation shall be obtained from another Approved Broker and the fair market value shall be the arithmetic average of the three (3) valuations.

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“Material Adverse Effect” means any event or occurrence that in the reasonable opinion of the Lenders has or would have materially adversely affected or could materially adversely affect:

		(a)	the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, assets or prospects of an Obligor since the date at which its latest audited financial statements were prepared; or

		(b)	the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents; or

		(c)	the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to, any Finance Document; or

		(d)	the right or remedy of a Finance Party in respect of a Finance Document.

“Maturity Date” means five (5) years from the Utilisation Date, but in any event no later than 31 March 2021.

“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

		(a)	if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;

		(b)	if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month.

The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.

“Mortgage” means the first priority mortgage (and deed of covenants collateral thereto (if applicable)), to be executed and recorded by the Borrower against the Vessel in favour of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks in the relevant Approved Ship Registry, in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Mortgaged Assets” means:

		(a)	the Vessel;

		(b)	the Earnings;

		(c)	any Charterparty;

		(d)	the Shares;

		(e)	any Hedging Agreement;

		(f)	any Intra Group Loans;

		(g)	the Insurances; and

		(h)	the Earnings Accounts.

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“Obligor” means the Borrower or the Guarantor.

“Original Financial Statements” means the audited financial statements of the Guarantor for the financial year ended 31 December 2014.

“Outstanding Indebtedness” means the aggregate of all sums of money at any time and from time to time owing to the Finance Parties under or pursuant to the Finance Documents.

“Party” means a party to this Agreement.

“Pledge of Earnings Accounts” means a pledge of the Earnings Accounts to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Pledge of Shares” means a pledge of the Shares to be executed by the Guarantor in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined, two (2) Business Days before the first day of that period.

“Reference Bank Quotation” means any quotation supplied to the Agent by a Reference Bank.

“Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request by the Reference Banks:

		(a)	(other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in USD for the relevant period were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or

		(b)	if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator,

and, if such rate is below zero, Reference Bank Rate will be deemed to be zero.

“Reference Banks” means the Mandated Lead Arrangers and such other banks or financial institutions as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Repayment Date” means a date on which a repayment instalment is required to be made pursuant to Clause 6 (Repayment).

“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clause 19 (Representations).

“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.

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“Restricted Party” means a person:

		(a)	that is listed on any Sanctions List (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of person);

		(b)	that is domiciled, registered as located or having its main place of business in, or is incorporated under the laws of, a country which is subject to Sanctions Laws which attach legal effect to being domiciled, registered as located in, having its main place of business in and/or being incorporated under the laws of such country;

		(c)	that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled (by 50% or more) by a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and/or (b) above; or

		(d)	with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in a transaction with by any Sanctions Laws.

“Sanctions Authority” means the Norwegian State, the United Nations, the European Union, the member states of the European Union (including without limitation the United Kingdom), the United States of America, any country to which any Obligor or any Affiliate of any of them is bound, and any authority acting on behalf of any of them in connection with Sanctions Laws including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury, the United States Department of State, and Her Majesty’s Treasury.

“Sanctions Laws” means any economic or financial sanctions laws and/or regulations, trade embargoes, prohibitions, restrictive measures, decisions, executive orders or notices from regulators implemented, adapted, imposed, administered, enacted and/or enforced by any Sanctions Authority.

“Sanctions List” means any list of persons or entities published in connection with Sanctions Laws by or on behalf of any Sanctions Authority.

“Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for USD for the relevant period, displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate), or such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Borrower.

“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, assignment, subordination or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

“Security Document” means each document listed in Clause 17 (Security) and any other document agreement agreed between the Parties to be a Security Document.

“Security Period” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending the date on which the Agent notifies the Borrower and the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks that:

		(a)	all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrower under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement have been paid;

		(b)	no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any of the Finance Documents or any Hedging Agreement;

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		(c)	none of the Obligors have any future or contingent liability under any provision of this Agreement, the other Finance Documents or any Hedging Agreement; and

		(d)	the Agent, the other Finance Parties or any Hedging Bank do not consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document or any Hedging Agreement would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any Hedging Agreement or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security created by a Finance Document.

“Selection Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 3 (Requests) given in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

“Shares” means all current and future shares in the Borrower.

“Shipbuilding Contract” means the Shipbuilding Contract entered into between the Guarantor as buyer and the Yard as builder for the construction of the Vessel.

“SMC” means a valid safety management certificate issued for the Vessel issued by the Classification Society pursuant to paragraph 13.7 of the ISM Code.

“SMS” means a safety management system for the Vessel developed and implemented in accordance with the ISM Code and including the functional requirements duties and obligations that follow from the ISM Code.

“Subsidiary” means an entity of which a person has direct or indirect control (whether through the ownership of voting capital, by contract or otherwise) or owns directly or indirectly more than 50 % of the shares and for this purpose an entity shall be treated as controlled by another if that entity is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of the board of directors or equivalent body.

“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

“Technical Management Agreement” means any technical management agreement made between the Technical Manager and the Borrower for the technical management of the Vessel.

“Technical Manager” means any technical manager acceptable to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments being USD 50,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.

“Total Interest Bearing Debt” means all debt and financial instruments (including financial leases) which bear interests.

“Total Loss” means, in relation to the Vessel:

		(a)	the actual, constructive, compromised, agreed, arranged or other total loss of the Vessel; and

		(b)	any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the Vessel, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a governmental or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding one (1) year without any right to extension) unless it is within one (1) month from the Total Loss Date redelivered to the full control of the Borrower.

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“Total Loss Date” means:

		(a)	in the case of an actual total loss of the Vessel, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Vessel was last heard of;

		(b)	in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Vessel, the earlier of: (i) the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers (provided a claim for total loss is admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not forthwith admit such a claim, at the date at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by the insurers or a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration panel to have occurred or, if earlier, the date falling three (3) months after notice of abandonment of the Vessel was given to the insurers; and (ii) the date of compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower with the Vessel’s insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Vessel as a total loss; or

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

“Transaction Documents” means the Finance Documents, the Shipbuilding Contract, any Hedging Agreement, any Technical Management Agreement, any Commercial Management Agreement and any Charterparty, together with the other documents contemplated herein or therein.

“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.

“Transfer Date” means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:

		(a)	the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and

		(b)	the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.

“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor under the Finance Documents.

“US Tax Obligor” means:

		(a)	a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or

		(b)	an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.

“USD” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Utilisation” means the utilisation of the Facility.

“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the Loan is to be made.

“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Requests).

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“Valuation Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Valuation Certificate).

“Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” means Value Adjusted Total Assets, less the value of all liabilities and intangible assets, as determined by GAAP.

“Value Adjusted Total Assets” means on consolidated basis, the book value of all assets (both tangible and intangible) at the relevant time, as determined by GAAP, adjusted with Excess Values.

“VAT” means value added tax and any other tax of a similar nature in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Vessel” means one (1) 300,000 dead weight ton new building VLCC Vessel to be built at the Yard with Hull Number 2783 for USD 98,800,000 and to be registered in an Approved Ship Registry in the name of the Borrower on the Delivery Date. Delivery of the Vessel is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2016.

“Working Capital” means Current Assets less Current Liabilities.

“Yard” means Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, Korea.

	1.2	Construction

		(a)	Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

		(i)	the “Agent”, the “Security Agent”, any “Mandated Lead Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”, the Hedging Banks, or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

		(ii)	“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

		(iii)	a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;

		(iv)	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;

		(v)	a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);

		(vi)	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

		(vii)	a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;

		(viii)	words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and

		(ix)	a time of day is a reference to Oslo time unless specified otherwise.

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		(b)	Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.

		(c)	Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.

		(d)	A Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been waived.

		(e)	In case of conflict between this Agreement and any of the Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

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SECTION 2

 THE FACILITY

 

 

	2.	THE FACILITY

	2.1	The Facility

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a USD secured term loan facility in the amount being the lower of (i) USD 50,000,000, and (ii) 50 % of the Market Value of the Vessel at the Delivery Date.

	2.2	Finance Parties’ rights and obligations

		(a)	The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

		(b)	The rights of each Finance Party or the Hedging Banks under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Borrower and/or the Guarantor shall be a separate and independent debt.

		(c)	A Finance Party or the Hedging Banks may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement. The rights of the Hedging Banks shall be subordinated to the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.

	3.	PURPOSE

	3.1	Purpose

The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards the part financing of the Vessel and for general corporate purposes.

	3.2	Monitoring

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.

	4.	CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

	4.1	Initial conditions precedent

		(a)	The Finance Parties’ obligations hereunder are subject to the Agent’s receipt of all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) Part I no later than 30 October 2015. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

		(b)	The Borrower may not deliver the Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) Part II, except those documents which specifically will only be available on the Utilisation Date or within another specified date. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

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	4.2	Further conditions precedent

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

		(a)	no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and

		(b)	the Repeating Representations to be made by the Borrower and the Guarantor are true in all material respects.

	4.3	Maximum number of drawings

The Facility may be drawn in one (1) drawing.

	4.4	Form and content

All documents and evidence delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) shall:

		(a)	be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;

		(b)	if required by the Agent, be in original; and

		(c)	if required by the Agent, be certified, notarized, legalized or attested in a manner acceptable to the Agent.

	4.5	Waiver of conditions precedent

The conditions specified in this Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) are solely for the benefit of the Lenders and may be waived on their behalf in whole or in part and with or without conditions by the Agent (acting on the instructions of all of the Lenders).

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SECTION 3

 UTILISATION

 

 

	5.	UTILISATION

	5.1	Delivery of the Utilisation Request

The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than 12:00 noon Oslo time on the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to the Utilisation Date.

	5.2	Completion of the Utilisation Request

The Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

		(a)	the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

		(b)	the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and

		(c)	the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

	5.3	Currency and amount

		(a)	The currency specified in the Utilisation Request must be USD.

		(b)	The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more than the Available Facility.

	5.4	Lenders’ participation

		(a)	If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in the Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.

		(b)	The amount of each Lender’s participation in the Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.

		(c)	The Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of the Loan and the amount of its participation in the Loan upon receipt of the Utilisation Notice from the Borrower.

	5.5	Cancellation of Commitment

The Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period. Also, any part of the Commitments outstanding after the Utilisation shall be immediately cancelled.

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SECTION 4

 REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

 

 

	6.	REPAYMENT

	6.1	Repayment of Loans

		(a)	The Borrower shall repay the Loan by 20 (twenty) consecutive quarterly repayment instalments commencing three (3) months after the Utilisation Date, each instalment in the amount of USD 625,000.00, in total USD 12,500,000.00, plus a balloon payment of USD 37,500,000.00 payable concurrently with the last instalment. Should the Utilisation of the Loan be lower than USD 50,000,000, each instalment and the balloon shall be reduced accordingly on a pro-rata basis. Should the instalments and balloon be reduced as aforesaid, the Agent shall deliver a statement to the Lenders and the Borrower with details of the new repayment schedule.

		(b)	Any Outstanding Indebtedness is due and payable on the Maturity Date.

	6.2	Re-borrowing

The Borrower may not re-borrow any part of the Facility which is repaid.

	7.	PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

	7.1	Voluntary cancellation

The Borrower may, if they give the Agent not less than five (5) days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of USD 500,000 or multiples thereof) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.1 (Voluntary cancellation) shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders proportionately.

	7.2	Voluntary prepayment of Loans

		(a)	The Borrower may, if they give the Agent not less than three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of USD 500,000 or multiples thereof).

		(b)	Any prepayment under this Clause 7.2 (Voluntary prepayment of Loans) shall be applied against the remaining instalments excluding the balloon payment on a pro-rata basis.

	7.3	Illegality

If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in the Loan:

		(a)	that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

		(b)	upon the Agent notifying the Borrower, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

		(c)	the Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the relevant Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).

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	7.4	Total Loss or sale of the Vessel

If the Vessel is sold or suffers a Total Loss, the Agent shall cancel the Total Commitments and declare the Outstanding Indebtedness immediately due and payable, whereupon the Total Commitments will be cancelled and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately due and payable.

Any prepayment under this Clause 7.4 (Total Loss or sale of the Vessel) shall (i) in case of a sale be made on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Vessel to the buyer, or (ii) in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling ninety (90) days after the Total Loss Date and the receipt by the Agent of the proceeds of Insurance relating to such Total Loss (or in the event of a requisition for title of the Vessel, immediately after the occurrence of such requisition of title), and be applied as full repayment of the Outstanding Indebtedness.

	7.5	Market Value

		(a)	If the Market Value of the Vessel is less than 135 % of the Loan the Borrower shall, unless otherwise agreed with the Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) within fifteen (15) Business Days, either

		(i)	prepay the Loan or a part of the Loan (as the case may be) required to restore the aforesaid ratio; or

		(ii)	provide the Lenders with such additional security, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders (it being understood that cash collateral in USD shall be deemed acceptable and be valued at par).

		(b)	Any prepayment under this Clause 7.5 (Market Value) shall be applied first against the balloon payment and then against the instalments in inverse order of maturity.

	7.6	Change of Control

If a Change of Control occurs,

		(a)	the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

		(b)	a Lender shall not be obliged to fund the Utilisation;

		(c)	the Agent shall cancel the Total Commitments; and

		(d)	the Borrower shall within thirty (30) Business Days prepay the Outstanding Indebtedness in full.

	7.7	Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

		(a)	If:

		(i)	any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or

		(ii)	any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs),

the Borrower may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s participation in the Loan or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.

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		(b)	On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

		(c)	On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower have given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loan.

		(d)	The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be subject to the following conditions:

		(i)	the Borrower shall have no right to replace the Agent;

		(ii)	neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender; and

		(iii)	in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (a) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.

	7.8	Restrictions

		(a)	Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.

		(b)	Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

		(c)	The Borrower may not re-borrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid.

		(d)	The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.

		(e)	No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.

		(f)	If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation) it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lender, as appropriate.

		(g)	If all or part of the Loan is repaid or prepaid and is not available for redrawing, an amount of the Commitments (equal to the amount of the Loan which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment. Any cancellation under this paragraph (g) shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders proportionately.

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SECTION 5

 COSTS OF UTILISATION

 

 

	8.	INTEREST

	8.1	Calculation of interest

		(a)	The rate of interest on the Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:

		(i)	Margin; and

		(ii)	LIBOR.

		(b)	For the purpose of the Norwegian Financial Contracts Act of 1999 the Borrower has been informed of the nominal and effective interest rate by a letter from the Agent substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Interest Notification).

		(c)	Interest shall be calculated on the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year.

	8.2	Payment of interest

The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan on each Interest Payment Date.

	8.3	Default interest

		(a)	If the Borrower or Guarantor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two (2) per cent higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted the Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably) above the Margin. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.

		(b)	If any overdue amount consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan:

		(i)	the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan; and

		(ii)	the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be two (2) per cent higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.

		(c)	Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

	8.4	Notification of rates of interest

The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of (i) the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement and (ii) the Funding Rate relating to the Loan.

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	9.	INTEREST PERIODS

	9.1	Selection of Interest Periods

		(a)	The Borrower may select an Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request or (if the Loan has already been borrowed) in a Selection Notice.

		(b)	Each Selection Notice for the Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrower not later than 12:00 noon Oslo time on the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of the current Interest Period.

		(c)	If the Borrower fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be three (3) Months.

		(d)	The Borrower may select an Interest Period of three (3) or six (6) Months or any such longer periods as the Agent may agree.

		(e)	An Interest Period for the Loan shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date.

		(f)	The first Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.

	9.2	Non-Business Days

If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

	10.	CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

	10.1	Unavailability of Screen Rate

		(a)	Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for the Interest Period of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

		(b)	Shortened Interest Period: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for:

		(i)	USD; or

		(ii)	the Interest Period of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,

the Interest Period of the Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable LIBOR for that shortened Interest Period shall be determined pursuant to the definition of “LIBOR”.

		(c)	Shortened Interest Period and Historic Screen Rate: If the Interest Period of the Loan is, after giving effect to paragraph (b) above, either the applicable Fallback Interest Period or shorter than the applicable Fallback Interest Period and, in either case, no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for:

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		(i)	USD; or

		(ii)	the Interest Period of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,

the applicable LIBOR shall be the Historic Screen Rate for that Loan.

		(d)	Shortened Interest Period and Interpolated Historic Screen Rate: If paragraph (c) above applies but no Historic Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Historic Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

		(e)	Reference Bank Rate: If paragraph (d) above applies but it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Historic Screen Rate, the Interest Period of that Loan shall, if it has been shortened pursuant to paragraph (b) above, revert to its previous length and the applicable LIBOR shall be the Reference Bank Rate as of the relevant time for USD and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

		(f)	Cost of funds: If paragraph (e) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for USD or the relevant Interest Period there shall be no LIBOR for that Loan and Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for that Interest Period.

	10.2	Calculation of Reference Bank Rate

		(a)	Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by noon on the Quotation Day, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.

		(b)	If at or about noon on the Quotation Day, none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest Period

	10.3	Market disruption

If before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders that the cost to it of funding its participation in the Loan from the wholesale market for USD would be in excess of LIBOR then Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for the relevant Interest Period.

	10.4	Cost of funds

		(a)	If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies, the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of the relevant Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

		(i)	the Margin; and

		(ii)	the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event within five (5) Business Days of the first day of that Interest Period (or, if earlier, on the date falling five (5) Business Days before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period), to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the relevant Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select.

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		(b)	If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies and the Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty (30) days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.

		(c)	Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties.

		(d)	If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies but any Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) above the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Lenders.

	10.5	Break Costs

		(a)	The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan or Unpaid Sum.

		(b)	Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

	11.	FEES

	11.1	Commitment fee

		(a)	The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee computed at the rate of forty per cent (40 %) of the Margin per annum and calculated on the undrawn portion of the Facility from 18 June 2015.

		(b)	The accrued commitment fee is payable on the date of this Agreement and thereafter on the last day of each fiscal quarter after the date of this Agreement and, if cancelled in full, on the time the cancellation is effective.

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SECTION 6

 ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

 

	12.	TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

	12.1	Definitions

In this Agreement:

“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.

“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity).

	12.2	Tax gross-up

		(a)	All payments under the Facility shall be made free and clear of all present and future taxes, levies or duties of any nature whatsoever, levied either now or at any future time.

		(b)	Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction whatsoever, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

		(c)	The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrower and the Guarantor.

		(d)	If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

		(e)	If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

		(f)	Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

	12.3	Tax indemnity

		(a)	The Obligors shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.

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		(b)	Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:

		(i)	with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:

		(A)	under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

		(B)	under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or

		(ii)	to the extent a loss, liability or cost:

		(A)	is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or;

		(B)	relates to a FATCA Deduction to be made by a Party.

		(c)	A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Borrower.

		(d)	A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity), notify the Agent.

		12.4	Tax Credit

If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:

		(a)	a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and

		(b)	that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to that Obligor which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by that Obligor.

	12.5	Stamp taxes

The Borrower shall pay and, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.

	12.6	VAT

		(a)	All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party).

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		(b)	Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

	12.7	FATCA Information

		(a)	Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:

		(i)	confirm to that other Party whether it is:

		(A)	a FATCA Exempt Party; or

		(B)	not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

		(ii)	supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “passthru payment percentage” or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA.

		(iii)	supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime

		(b)	If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) (i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.

		(c)	Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything , and paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

		(i)	any law or regulation;

		(ii)	any fiduciary duty; or

		(iii)	any duty of confidentiality.

		(d)	If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

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	12.8	FATCA Deduction

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

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

	13.	INCREASED COSTS

	13.1	Increased costs

		(a)	Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement.

		(b)	In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:

		(i)	a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;

		(ii)	an additional or increased cost; or

		(iii)	a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.

	13.2	Increased cost claims

		(a)	A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower.

		(b)	Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

	13.3	Exceptions

		(a)	Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

		(i)	attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor;

		(ii)	attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;

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		(iii)	compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);

		(iv)	attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or

		(v)	attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (but excluding any amendment arising out of Basel III) (“Basel II”) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Lender or any of its Affiliates)

		(b)	In this Clause 13.3 (Exceptions),

		(i)	a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions); and

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

	14.	OTHER INDEMNITIES

	14.1	Currency indemnity

		(a)	If any sum due from the Obligors under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

		(i)	making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;

		(ii)	obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

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		(b)	Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

	14.2	Other indemnities

The Obligors shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party in any jurisdiction (including but not limited to any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of the Finance Parties arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions Laws) as a result of:

		(a)	the occurrence of any Event of Default;

		(b)	a failure by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 29 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);

		(c)	funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in the Loan requested by the Borrower in the Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement;

		(d)	a third party claim related to the Finance Documents, the Obligors or the Vessel, hereunder any Environmental Claims or any non-compliance by any Obligor, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and/or any Charterer with applicable laws including Sanctions Laws;

		(e)	any claim, action, civil penalty or fine against, any settlement, and any other kind of loss or liability, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) incurred by the Agent or any other Finance Party as a result of conduct of any Obligor or any of their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors, in relation to any Sanctions Laws; or

		(f)	the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower,

in each case other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone.

	14.3	Indemnity to the Agent

The Obligors shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:

		(a)	investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or

		(b)	acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

	15.	MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS

	15.1	Mitigation

		(a)	Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.3 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

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		(b)	Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.

	15.2	Limitation of liability

		(a)	The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).

		(b)	A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.

	16.	COSTS AND EXPENSES

	16.1	Transaction expenses

The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks the amount of all costs and third party expenses (including legal fees, travel expenses and out of pocket expenses) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and syndication of:

		(a)	this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and

		(b)	any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

	16.2	Amendment and enforcement costs

The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent and any Finance Party or Hedging Bank for the amount of all duly documented costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees and other professional fees) incurred by the Agent and any such Finance Party or Hedging Bank in connection with:

		(a)	responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with a request or requirement for any amendment, waiver or consent;

		(b)	the granting of any release, waiver or consent under the Finance Documents;

		(c)	any amendment or variation of a Finance Document; and

		(d)	the enforcement of, or the preservation, protection or maintenance of, or attempt to preserve or enforce, any of the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.

For the avoidance of doubt, costs payable by the Borrower under Clause 16.1 (Transaction expenses) and this Clause 16.2 (Amendment and enforcement costs) remain payable whether or not any Utilisation is ever made.

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SECTION 7

 SECURITY

 

 

	17.	SECURITY

	17.1	Security

The obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and the Guarantor under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement, whether present and future, actual or contingent, whether as primary obligor or as guarantor, including (without limitation) the Borrower’s obligation to repay the Loan together with all unpaid interest, default interest, commissions, charges, expenses and any other derived liability whatsoever of the Borrower towards the Finance Parties or the Hedging Banks in connection with this Agreement or any Hedging Agreement, shall at any time until all amounts due to the Finance Parties or the Hedging Banks under any Finance Document and any Hedging Agreement have been paid and/or repaid in full, be secured on a cross-collateralized basis by the following security:

		(a)	the Mortgage;

		(b)	the Guarantee;

		(c)	the Assignment Agreement;

		(d)	any Pledge of Earnings Accounts;

		(e)	any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement;

		(f)	any Deed of Assignment; and

		(g)	the Pledge of Shares, including customary power of attorney for sale of the Shares and signed but undated letters of resignation from each director.

and any other document that may have been or shall from time to time hereafter be executed as Security for the Borrower’s obligations under or pursuant to the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement.

The Security Documents shall rank with first priority and shall include any obligations under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement, always subject to the provision of Clause 30.5 (Partial Payments).

	17.2	Perfection etc.

The Borrower undertakes to ensure that the Security Documents are duly executed by the parties thereto in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) and/or the Lenders (as the case may be) in accordance with Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation), legally valid and in full force and effect, and to execute or procure the execution of such further documentation as the Security Agent may reasonable require in order for the relevant Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks, to maintain the security position envisaged hereunder.

	17.3	Further assignment of Earnings and Charterparty and Shareholders Loans

In the event that the Borrower enters into a Charterparty, the Borrower shall prior to the relevant commencement date use commercially reasonable efforts to assign by way of a Deed of Assignment such Charterparty and any Earnings accruing thereunder in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

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In the event that any of the Obligors enter into any Intra Group Loans, the relevant Obligor shall prior to the relevant commencement date assign by way of an Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement such claims the relevant Obligor may have thereunder in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

	17.4	Security - Hedging Agreement

The Borrower’s obligations and liabilities under any Hedging Agreement, whether present and future, actual or contingent, whether as primary obligor or as guarantor, together with all unpaid interest, default interest, commissions, charges, expenses and any other derived liability whatsoever of the Borrower towards a Hedging Bank in connection with any Hedging Agreement, shall at any time until all amounts due to a Hedging Bank under any Hedging Agreement have been paid and/or repaid in full, be secured by the Security Documents and the guarantee liabilities of the Guarantor pursuant to Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity), however on subordinated basis to the rights of the other Finance Parties.

	18.	GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

	18.1	Guarantee and indemnity

The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally:

		(a)	guarantees to each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks punctual performance by the Borrower of all the Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement.

		(b)	undertakes with each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks that whenever the Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document and any Hedging Agreement, it shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and

		(c)	agrees with each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party or Hedging Banks immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document and any Hedging Agreement on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by the relevant Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee;

provided, however, that the maximum guarantee liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall always be limited to USD 60,000,000 plus (i) any interest, default interest, Break Cost or other costs, fees and expenses related to the Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement and (ii) any default interest or other costs, fees and expenses related to the liability of the relevant Guarantor hereunder.

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	18.2	Continuing guarantee

This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.

	18.3	Reinstatement

If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by a Finance Party or the Hedging Banks in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of the Guarantor under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.

	18.4	Waiver of defences

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks) including:

		(a)	any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, the Borrower or other person;

		(b)	the release of the Borrower or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrower;

		(c)	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, the Borrower or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

		(d)	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of the Borrower or any other person;

		(e)	any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any Hedging Agreement or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document, any Hedging Agreement or other document or security;

		(f)	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document, any Hedging Agreement or any other document or security; or

		(g)	any insolvency or similar proceedings.

	18.5	Immediate recourse

The Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from the Guarantor under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity). This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document and any Hedging Agreement to the contrary.

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	18.6	Appropriations

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:

		(a)	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party or Hedging Banks (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and

		(b)	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity).

	18.7	Deferral of the Guarantor’s rights

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, the Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by them of their obligations under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity):

		(a)	to be indemnified by the Borrower;

		(b)	to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents or any Hedging Agreement;

		(c)	to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties or the Hedging Banks under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement by any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks;

		(d)	to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring the Borrower to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 18.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);

		(e)	to exercise any right of set-off against the Borrower; and/or

		(f)	to claim or prove as a creditor of the Borrower in competition with any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks.

If the Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 30 (Payment mechanics).

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	18.8	Additional security

The guarantee given by the Guarantor herein is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks.

	18.9	Norwegian Financial Agreements Act

The Guarantor specifically waives all rights under the provisions of the FA Act not being mandatory provisions, including (but not limited to) the following provisions (the main contents of the relevant provisions being as indicated in the brackets):

		(a)	§ 29 (as the Agent and/or any Finance Party and/or the Hedging Banks shall be entitled to exercise all its rights under this Agreement and applicable law in order to secure payment. Such rights shall include the right to set-off any credit balance in any currency, on any bank account the Guarantor might have with each of the Finance Parties or the Hedging Banks individually against the amount due);

		(b)	§ 63 (1) – (2) (to be notified of an Event of Default hereunder and to be kept informed thereof);

		(c)	§ 63 (3) (to be notified of any extension granted to the Borrower in payment of principal and/or interest);

		(d)	§ 63 (4) (to be notified of the Borrower’s bankruptcy proceedings or debt reorganisation proceedings and/or any application for the latter);

		(e)	§ 65 (3) (that its consent is required for it to be bound by amendments to the Finance Documents or any Hedging Agreement that may be detrimental to its interest);

		(f)	§ 67 (2) (about any reduction of its liabilities hereunder, since no such reduction shall apply as long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement);

		(g)	§ 67 (4) (that its liabilities hereunder shall lapse after ten (10) years, as it shall remain liable hereunder as long as any amount is outstanding under any of the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement);

		(h)	§ 70 (as it shall not have any right of subrogation into the rights of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement);

		(i)	§ 71 (as the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have no liability first to make demand upon or seek to enforce remedies against the Borrower or any other Security Interest provided in respect of the Borrower’s liabilities under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement before demanding payment under or seeking to enforce its guarantee obligations hereunder);

		(j)	§ 72 (as all interest and default interest due under any of the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement shall be secured by its obligations hereunder);

		(k)	§ 73 (1) – (2) (as all costs and expenses related to a termination event or an Event of Default under this Agreement shall be secured by its guarantee obligations hereunder); and

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		(l)	§ 74 (1) – (2) (as it shall not make any claim against the Borrower for payment by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks first shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement).

	18.10	Guarantee Limitations

The guarantee and liability set out in this Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity ) does not apply to any liability if and to the extent that it would result in this guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of applicable provisions under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction of the Guarantor.

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SECTION 8

 REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

	19.	REPRESENTATIONS

Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 (Representations) to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.

	19.1	Status

		(a)	Each Obligor is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

		(b)	Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries have the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

		(c)	No Obligor is a US Tax Obligor.

	19.2	Binding obligations

		(a)	The obligations expressed to be assumed by the relevant Obligor in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations which are specifically referred to in any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation), legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

		(b)	Save as provided herein or therein and/or as have been or shall be completed prior to the Utilisation Date, no registration, filing, payment of tax or fees or other formalities are necessary or desired to render the Finance Documents enforceable against the Obligors, and in respect of the Vessel, for the Mortgage to constitute valid and enforceable first priority mortgage over the Vessel.

	19.3	Non-conflict with other obligations

The entry into and performance by any of the Obligors of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with:

		(a)	any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it, or any order, judgment, decree or permit to which it is subject, including any law, statute, rule or regulation implemented to combat money laundering and bribery;

		(b)	its or any of its Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or

		(c)	any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets.

	19.4	Power and authority

		(a)	Each Obligor has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents and Transaction Documents.

		(b)	All necessary corporate, shareholder and other action have been taken by each Obligor to approve and authorize the execution of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents, the compliance with the provisions thereof and the performance of its obligations thereunder.

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		(c)	The Borrower acts for its own account by entering into the Finance Documents and obtaining the Facility.

	19.5	Validity and admissibility in evidence

All Authorisations required or desirable:

		(a)	to enable each Obligor lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

		(b)	to make the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and

		(c)	in connection with each Obligor’s business and ownership of assets,

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, and there are no circumstances which indicate that any of the same are likely to be revoked in whole or in part.

	19.6	Governing law and enforcement

		(a)	The choice of Norwegian law and any other applicable law respectively as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

		(b)	Any judgment obtained in Norway and/or any other applicable jurisdiction in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the relevant Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation.

	19.7	Insolvency

No corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in Clause 24.6 (Insolvency), Clause 24.7 (Insolvency proceedings) or Clause 24.8 (Creditors’ process) is currently pending or, to its knowledge, threatened in relation to any Obligor, and none of the circumstances described in Clause 24.6 (Insolvency), Clause 24.7 (Insolvency proceedings) or Clause 24.8 (Creditors’ process) applies to any of the Obligors.

	19.8	Deduction of Tax

No Obligor is required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under any Finance Document.

	19.9	No filing or stamp taxes

Under the law of the relevant Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents (other than the Mortgage and as otherwise stated in any legal opinion obtained by the Agent in connection with this Agreement).

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	19.10	No default

		(a)	No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of the Utilisation.

		(b)	No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.

	19.11	No misleading information

		(a)	Any factual information provided by any Obligor was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated.

		(b)	The financial information provided by any Obligor has been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.

		(c)	Nothing has occurred or been omitted and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information provided by any Obligor being untrue or misleading in any material respect.

	19.12	Financial statements

		(a)	Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

		(b)	Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition and operations (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor) during the relevant financial year.

		(c)	There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of any Obligor) since the date of delivery of its latest financial statements.

	19.13	Pari passu ranking

The relevant Obligor’s payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

	19.14	No proceedings pending or threatened

No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.

	19.15	Title

The relevant Obligor will hold the legal title and/or will be the beneficial party, as the case may be, to the Mortgaged Assets.

	19.16	No security

None of the Mortgaged Assets will from the Utilisation Date be affected by any Security, and no Obligor will be a party to, nor is it or any of the Mortgaged Assets bound by any order, agreement or instrument under which it is, or in certain events may be, required to create, assume or permit to arise any Security over any of the Mortgaged Assets, save for (i) the Security created under the Security Documents, (ii) for liens (including but not limited to maritime liens defined as such pursuant to applicable law) arising solely by operation of law and/or in the ordinary course of business or (iii) otherwise as agreed with the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks).

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	19.17	No immunity

No Obligor, nor any of their assets, are entitled to immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process, and the relevant Obligor’s entry into of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents constitutes, and the exercise of its rights and performance of and compliance with its obligations under Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents will constitute, private and commercial acts done and performed for private and commercial purposes.

	19.18	Ranking of Security Documents

The Security created by the Security Documents has or will have the ranking in priority which it is expressed to have in the Security Documents and the Security is not subject to any prior ranking.

	19.19	Taxation

		(a)	No Obligor is overdue in the filing of any Tax returns.

		(b)	To the best of its knowledge and belief, no claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against any Obligor with respect to Taxes which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.

		(c)	The relevant Obligor is resident for Tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, unless the Agent shall have been otherwise informed in writing.

	19.20	Environmental compliance

Each of the Borrower (and any of its Affiliates), the Technical Manager and any Charterers (if applicable) have performed and observed all Environmental Laws, Environmental Approvals and all other covenants, conditions, restrictions or agreements directly or indirectly concerned with any contamination, pollution or waste or the release or discharge of any toxic or hazardous substance in connection with the Vessel.

	19.21	Environmental Claims

No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief, having made due and careful enquiry) is threatened against it where that claim has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents.

	19.22	ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance

All requirements of the ISM Code and the ISPS Code as they relate to the Borrower (or any of their Affiliates), the Technical Manager, any Charterers and the Vessel have been complied with.

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	19.23	The Vessel

The Vessel will on the Utilisation Date be:

		(a)	in the absolute ownership of the Borrower free and clear of all encumbrances (other than current crew wages and the Mortgage) and the Borrower will be the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Vessel;

		(b)	registered in the name of the Borrower with the relevant Approved Ship Registry under the laws and flag applicable for the relevant Approved Ship Registry;

		(c)	operationally seaworthy in every way and fit for service; and

		(d)	classed with ABS or such other classification society as approved by the Agent, free of all overdue requirements and other recommendations.

	19.24	Financial Indebtedness

No Obligor is in breach of or in default under any agreement or other instrument relating to Financial Indebtedness to which it is a party or by which it is bound (nor would it be with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both).

	19.25	Sanctions

		(a)	Each Obligor, each of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives has been and is in compliance with Sanctions Laws;

		(b)	No Obligor, nor any of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives:

		(i)	is a Restricted Party, or is involved in any transaction through which it is likely to become a Restricted Party; or

		(ii)	is subject to or involved in any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority.

	19.26	Repetition

The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each of the Borrower and the Guarantor by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of the Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period and on the date of delivery of each Compliance Certificate (or, if no such Compliance Certificate is forwarded, on each day such certificate should have been forwarded to the Agent at the latest).

	20.	INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

The undertakings in this Clause 20 (Information undertakings) remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

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	20.1	Financial statements

The Borrower shall supply or procure to supply to the Agent copies for all the Lenders of:

		(a)	as soon as they are available and public, but in any event with 120 days after the end of its financial year;

		(i)	the audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial year;

		(ii)	the unaudited management accounts (profit and loss statement and balance sheet) of the Borrower for that financial year;

		(b)	as soon as they are available and public, but in any event within 90 days after the last day of each quarter the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial quarter;

		(c)	as soon as they are available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of its financial year, the financial projections of the Guarantor on an annual basis; and

		(d)	such other financial and other information of any Obligor as the Lenders shall reasonably require from time to time.

	20.2	Compliance Certificate

The Borrower shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Guarantor setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21 (Financial covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

	20.3	Requirements as to financial statements

		(a)	The Guarantor shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Agent that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the relevant Obligor) deliver to the Agent:

		(i)	a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements were prepared; and

		(ii)	sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 21 (Financial covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements.

Any reference in this Agreement to those financial statements shall be construed as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared.

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	20.4	Information: miscellaneous

The Borrower shall supply to the Agent (with copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent so requests):

		(a)	all documents dispatched by the Borrower and the Guarantor to their shareholders generally (or any class of them) or their creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;

		(b)	promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;

		(c)	promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any Obligor as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request, promptly, such information about the Vessel’s classification records and status as the Agent may reasonably request;

		(d)	promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority against it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates, any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives, as well as information on what steps are being taken with regards to answer or oppose such; and

		(e)	promptly upon becoming aware that it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates, any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives has become or is likely to become a Restricted Party.

	20.5	Notification of default

		(a)	Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

		(b)	Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrower shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).

	20.6	Notification of Environmental Claims

The Borrower shall inform the Agent in writing as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware of the same:

		(a)	if any Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) is threatened against the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or the Vessel; and

		(b)	of any fact and circumstances which will or are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against the Borrower (or any of their Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or the Vessel,

where the claim would be reasonably likely, if determined against the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) or the Vessel, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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	20.7	Market Value

		(a)	The Borrower shall arrange for, at its own expense, the Market Value of the Vessel to be determined on a quarterly basis.

		(b)	The Borrower shall forward the market valuations to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) together with the Valuation Certificate within ten (10) days after the end of each financial quarter and such valuations shall be issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date forwarded.

		(c)	Should the Agent reasonably assume that a Default has occurred or may occur, or should the Vessel be sold or suffer a Total Loss, the Agent may arrange, or require the Borrower to arrange, additional determinations of the Market Value of the Vessel at such frequency as the Agent (on behalf of Finance Parties) may request and at the Borrower’s expense.

	20.8	“Know your customer” checks

		(a)	If:

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

		(ii)	any change in the status of the Borrower or the Guarantor after the date of this Agreement; or

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

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

		(b)	Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

		(c)	The Lenders to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable know your customer requirements.

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	20.9	Disclosure of information

The Borrower and the Guarantor irrevocably authorise the Finance Parties to give, divulge and reveal from time to time information and details relating to its account, the Vessel, the Finance Documents, and the Loan and any other agreement entered into by the Obligors or information provided by the Obligors in connection with the Loan to (i) any private, public or internationally recognised authorities, (ii) the Finance Parties’ respective head office, branches and affiliates, and professional advisers, (iii) any other parties to the Finance Documents, (iv) a rating agency or their professional advisers, (v) any person with whom they propose to enter (or contemplate entering) into contractual relations in relation to the Loans, (vi) any insurance company relevant to the Finance Parties, the Obligors, the Vessel and/or the Loan, and (vii) any other person(s) regarding the funding, refinancing, transfer, assignment, sale, sub-participation or operational arrangement or other transaction in relation thereto, including without limitation, for purposes in connection with a securitization or any enforcement, preservation, assignment, transfer, sale or sub-participation of any of the Finance Parties’ rights and obligations. The Finance Parties agree not to disclose information to any third party outside of the scope of the disclosure described above and further agree not to disclose any more information for such purposes than is reasonably necessary.

	21.	FINANCIAL COVENANTS

	21.1	Financial covenants - the Guarantor

The Guarantor shall on a consolidated basis, measured and documented quarterly, at all times maintain:

 

		(a)	unencumbered consolidated Cash of minimum the higher of (i) USD 20,000,000 and (ii) six per cent (6 %) of the Total Interest Bearing Debt;

		(b)	a Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 200,000,000, but in any event the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall at all times be no less than twenty five per cent (25 %) of the Value Adjusted Total Assets; and

		(c)	a positive Working Capital.

	21.2	Financial covenants - the Borrower

The Borrower shall at all times, measured and documented quarterly, maintain a positive Working Capital.

	22.	GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

The undertakings in this Clause 22 (General undertakings) remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

	22.1	Authorisations

Each Obligor shall promptly obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect, any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document.

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	22.2	Compliance with laws

		(a)	Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that their Affiliates, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer, shall comply in all respects with all laws, directives, regulations, decrees, rulings and such analogous rules to which it or its business may be subject.

		(b)	Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that any Affiliate, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer comply in all respect with all Sanctions Laws and the laws of the Approved Ship Registry.

		(c)	Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that none of them, nor any officer, employee or director will, take any action or make any omission that results, or is reasonably likely to result, in it or any Finance Party becoming a Restricted Party.

		(d)	Each Obligor and parties acting on its behalf shall observe and abide with any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat (i) money laundering (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive (2005/60/EC) of the council of the European Communities (as amended, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time)) and (ii) bribery and corrupt practices.

	22.3	Negative pledge

		(a)	The Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Vessel or any of its assets.

		(b)	The Guarantor shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Shares.

		(c)	The Borrower shall not:

		(i)	sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by any Obligor;

		(ii)	sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;

		(iii)	enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or

		(iv)	enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,

in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.

		(d)	Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security listed below:

		(i)	any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances, hereunder any rights of pledge and set-off in relation to a cash pool arrangement approved by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks);

		(ii)	any lien (including but not limited to maritime liens defined as such pursuant to applicable law) arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and securing obligations not more than thirty (30) days overdue;

		(iii)	any Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;

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		(iv)	any cash collateral from an Obligor to any Hedging Bank as security (for its own account) for any swap transaction to be entered into between that Hedging Bank and an Obligor, and any cash collateral so placed by an Obligor with a Hedging Bank shall be released, discharged and (if required) deregistered immediately after evidence of registration of the Mortgage on all of the Vessel;

		(v)	arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to the Borrower in the ordinary course of trading on arm’s length terms and on the supplier’s standard and usual terms; or

		(vi)	Security consented to in writing by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

	22.4	Disposals and acquisitions

The Borrower shall not:

		(a)	Whether by a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions and whether at the same time or over a period of time, sell, transfer, lease out, grant options, grant rights of first refusal or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its undertakings, assets, including but not limited to the Vessel, or revenues (present or future) or agree to do so; or

		(b)	acquire or replace an asset or acquire any shares; or

		(c)	charter in any vessel or make any investment other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessel or incur any Financial Indebtedness other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessel, provided, however, that the Borrower shall be entitled to obtain non-amortizing, Intra Group Loans from the Guarantor as long as such loans are fully subordinated to the Borrower’ obligations under the Finance Documents with any interest thereunder to be accumulated and added to the outstanding loan amount and shall not be repaid as long as any amounts are outstanding under the Finance Documents and/or any Hedging Agreements, and pledged/assigned to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) under an Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement.

	22.5	Merger

No Obligor shall enter into any form of amalgamation, merger, demerger or corporate reconstruction, or any acquisition of any other company or corporate entity.

	22.6	Shareholding

The Guarantor shall always remain the 100 % owner of the Shares.

	22.7	Change of business

No substantial change shall be made to the general nature of the business of Obligors from that carried on at the date of this Agreement, and the Borrower shall not engage in any other business other than ownership and operation of the Vessel. The Guarantor shall always remain listed at the New York Stock Exchange.

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	22.8	Title

The Borrower and/or the Guarantor (as the case may be) shall hold legal title to and own the entire beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Assets, free of all Security and other interests and rights of every kind, except for those created by the Financial Documents and as permitted in paragraph (c) of Clause 22.3 (Negative pledge).

	22.9	Insurances – general

Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall maintain appropriate insurance cover with respect to its properties, assets and operations of such types, in such amounts and against such risks as are maintained by prudent companies carrying on the same or substantially similar business. All insurances must be with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, funds or underwriters.

	22.10	Earnings Accounts

The Borrower shall maintain the Earnings Accounts with the Account Bank and ensure that all Earnings are paid to the Earnings Accounts.

	22.11	Derivative transactions

The Borrower shall not enter into any derivative transactions with other parties than the Hedging Banks unless the Hedging Banks have received a reasonable opportunity, in writing, to provide competitive rates to the Borrower.

	22.12	Distribution restrictions and subordination of inter-company debt

		(a)	No Obligor shall distribute any dividends if a Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur, or after giving effect to such distribution, the Borrower or the Guarantor is not in compliance with the Financial Covenants.

		(b)	All (i) Intra Group Loans to the Borrower, (ii) claims of the Guarantor against the Borrower and (iii) amounts owed to the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers (provided the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers are Affiliates of the Borrower or the Guarantor) shall always be fully subordinated to the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents.

	22.13	Transaction Documents

The Borrower shall procure that no material terms of any of the Transaction Documents are amended or terminated, or any waivers of any material terms thereof are agreed, without the prior written consent of the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

	22.14	Taxation

Each Obligor shall pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that such payment is being contested in good faith or can be lawfully withheld.

	22.15	No change of name etc.

No Obligor shall change:

 

		(a)	the end of its fiscal year;

		(b)	its nature of business;

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		(c)	(applicable for the Borrower only) its constitutional documents;

		(d)	its legal name;

		(e)	its type of organization; or

		(f)	its jurisdiction;

without the prior written consent of the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).

	22.16	Sanctions

Each Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each of their Subsidiaries, and to the best of each Obligor’s knowledge its respective officers, directors, employees, managers and charterers is, and shall remain:

		(a)	in compliance with all laws or regulations:

		(i)	applicable to its business; and

		(ii)	applicable to the Ship, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration,

including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, all Sanctions Laws and the laws of the Approved Ship Registry;

		(b)	in compliance with any Environment Approvals; and

without limiting paragraph (a) above, not employ the Vessel nor allow its employment, operation or management in any manner contrary to any law or regulation including but not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and all Sanctions Laws.

	22.17	US Tax Obligor

No Obligor shall become a US Tax Obligor.

	22.18	Use of Proceeds

No proceeds of any advance of the Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Restricted Party nor shall they otherwise be applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions Laws.

	23.	VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS

	23.1	General

The undertakings in this Clause 23 (Vessel undertakings) remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

	23.2	Insurance – Vessel

		(a)	The Borrower shall maintain or ensure that the Vessel is insured against such risks, including but not limited to, hull and machinery, protection & indemnity (including cover for pollution liability as normally adopted by the industry for similar units for an amount not less than USD 1,000,000,000, and freight, demurrage and defence cover), hull interest, freight interest and war risk insurances, including blocking and trapping, confiscation, terrorism and piracy, in such amounts, on such terms and placed through first class insurance brokers with such first class insurers as the Agent shall approve, and always subject to the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan of 2013 latest version.

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		(b)	The aggregate insurance value, except for protection & indemnity and Loss of Hire, shall be at least equal to the higher of (i) the aggregate Market Value of the Vessel and (ii) hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loan, whereof the hull and machinery insurance shall at all times cover at least eighty per cent (80%) of the insurable value (Hull and Machinery and Hull Interest). The deductible of the Hull and Machinery insurance shall never be higher than such amount as the Agent may from time to time approve.

		(c)	The Borrower shall procure that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) is noted as first priority mortgagee in the insurance contracts, together with the confirmation from the underwriters, or confirmations from insurance brokers confirming this on behalf of underwriters, to the Security Agent thereof that the notice of assignment with regards to the Insurances and the loss payable clauses are noted in the insurance contracts and that standard letters of undertaking/cover notes/policies/certificates of entry are executed by the insurers and/or the insurance broker(s). The loss payable clause shall be in excess of USD 1,000,000.

		(d)	Within 15 days prior to the Utilisation Date inform the Agent of with whom the Insurances will be placed and on what main terms they will be effected, and within reasonable time prior to the expiry date of the relevant Insurances, the Borrower shall procure the delivery to the Agent of a certificate from the insurance broker(s) through whom the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above have been renewed and taken out in respect of the Vessel with insurance values as required by paragraph (b) above, that such Insurances are in full force and effect and that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) have been noted as first priority mortgagee by the relevant insurers.

		(e)	The Borrower shall allow for the Agent and/or any other Finance Party and/or any Hedging Bank to take out for the Borrower’s accounts a Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance and a Mortgagee’s Interest - Additional Perils Pollution Insurance (covering one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loan).

		(f)	The Agent may also for the account of the Borrower take out such other Insurances as the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks may reasonably require considering the trading and flag of the Vessel.

		(g)	If any of the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above form part of a fleet cover, the Borrower shall procure, except for protection & indemnity (where the Borrower shall procure to obtain standard market undertakings in favour of the Security Agent with respect to protection & indemnity from the insurers or the insurance broker), that the insurers or the insurer broker shall undertake to the Security Agent that they shall neither set-off against any claims in respect of the Vessel any premiums due in respect of other units under such fleet cover or any premiums due for other insurances, nor cancel this Insurance for reason of non-payment of premiums for other units under such fleet cover or of premiums for such other insurances, and shall undertake to issue a separate policy in respect of the Vessel if and when so requested by the Security Agent.

		(h)	The Borrower shall procure that the Vessel always is employed in conformity with the terms of the instruments of Insurances (including any warranties expressed or implied therein) and comply with such requirements as to extra premium or otherwise as the insurers may prescribe.

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		(i)	The Borrower will not make any material change to the insurances described under paragraph (a) above without the prior written consent of the Agent.

		(j)	The Borrower shall pay for an insurance opinion commissioned by the Agent to be prepared by an independent insurance consultant, in form and contents acceptable to the Agent.

	23.3	Flag, name and registry

The Vessel shall be registered in an Approved Ship Registry. The Borrower may move the Vessel to any other Approved Ship Registry by notifying the Agent in writing ten (10) Business Days in advance of such move of the Vessel.

	23.4	Classification and repairs

The Borrower shall, and shall procure that any Charterer shall, keep or shall procure that the Vessel is kept in a good, safe and efficient condition consistent with first class ownership and management practice and in particular:

		(a)	so as to maintain its class at the highest level with ABS or another IACS classification society approved by the Agent, free of overdue recommendations and qualifications; and

		(b)	so as to comply with the laws and regulations (statutory or otherwise) applicable to units registered under the flag state of the Vessel or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to which the Vessel may trade from time to time;

		(c)	not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change the classification society of the Vessel; and

		(d)	not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, conduct modifications, repairs or remove parts which may reduce the value of the Vessel.

Within 15 days prior to the Utilisation Date the Borrower shall inform the Agent of the classification society the Vessel will be classed.

	23.5	Inspections and class records

		(a)	The Borrower shall procure that the Agent’s surveyor at the Borrower’s cost, is permitted to inspect the condition of the Vessel once a year, if so requested by the Agent, provided always that such arrangement shall not interfere with the operation of the Vessel and subject to satisfactory indemnities approved by the P&I insurers.

		(b)	The Borrower shall instruct the classification society to give the Agent access to class records and other information from the classification society in respect of the Vessel, by sending a written instruction in such form and substance as the Agent may require. The Agent shall also be granted electronic access to class records.

	23.6	Surveys

The Borrower shall submit to or cause the Vessel to be submitted to such periodic or other surveys as may be required for classification purposes and to ensure full compliance with regulations of the flag state of the Vessel and to supply or to cause to be supplied to the Agent copies of all survey reports and confirmations of class issued in respect thereof whenever such is required by the Agent, however such requests are limited to once a year.

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	23.7	Notification of certain events

The Borrower shall immediately notify the Agent of:

		(a)	any accident to the Vessel involving repairs where the costs will or is likely to exceed five per cent (5 %) of the insurance value of the Vessel;

		(b)	any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not, or cannot be, complied with immediately;

		(c)	any exercise or purported exercise of any arrest or lien on the Vessel, their Earnings or the Insurances;

		(d)	any occurrence as a result of which the Vessel has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;

		(e)	the details of any claim, inquiry, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws against it, or any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, and any of its respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives, as well as information on what steps are being taken to answer or oppose such;

		(f)	any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives becoming a Restricted Party; and

		(g)	any claim for a material breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower or the Technical Manager or otherwise in connection with the Vessel.

	23.8	Operation of the Vessel

		(a)	The Borrower shall procure that the Vessel is managed by the Technical Manager pursuant to the Technical Management Agreement and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change or allow the change of the technical management of the Vessel.

		(b)	The Borrower shall procure that each of the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager signs, executes and deliver a manager’s undertaking in such form as the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) reasonably may require.

		(c)	The Borrower shall, and shall procure that the Technical Manager shall, comply, or procure the compliance in all material respects with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, all Sanction Laws, the laws of the Approved Ship Registry, the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and all other laws or regulations relating to the Vessel, their ownership, operation and management or to the business of the Borrower and the Technical Manager and shall not employ the Vessel nor allow their employment:

		(i)	in any manner contrary to law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to the ISM Code; and

		(ii)	in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), in any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the war risk insurers of the Vessel unless the Borrower have (at their own expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which shall be necessary or customary for first class unit owners within the territorial waters of such country at such time and has provided evidence of such cover to the Agent.

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Without limitation to the generality of this Clause 23.8 (Operation of the Vessel), the Borrower and the Technical Manager shall comply or procure compliance, with, as applicable, all requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) of 1974 as adopted, amended or replaced from time to time including, but not limited to, the ISM Code or the ISPS Code. The Vessel shall not under any circumstances carry any nuclear waste/material.

	23.9	ISM Code compliance

The Borrower shall, and shall procure that the Technical Manager:

		(a)	procure that the Vessel remains subject to a SMS;

		(b)	procure that a valid and current SMC is maintained for the Vessel;

		(c)	procure that the Technical Manager maintains a valid and current DOC;

		(d)	immediately notify the Agent in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the SMC of the Vessel or of the DOC of the Technical Manager; and

		(e)	immediately notify the Agent in writing of any “accident” or “major nonconformity”, each as those terms is defined in the Guidelines in the application of the IMO International Safety Management Code issued by the International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation.

	23.10	Environmental compliance

The Borrower shall, and shall to the extent reasonably possible procure that the Technical Manager and any Charterers shall, comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to any of them or the Vessel, including without limitation, requirements relating to manning and establishment of financial responsibility and to obtain and comply with all Environmental Approvals applicable to any of them and/or the Vessel.

	23.11	Arrest

The Borrower shall pay and discharge when due:

		(a)	all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Vessel, the Earnings or the Insurances;

		(b)	all tolls, taxes, dues, fines, penalties and other amounts charged in respect of the Vessel, the Earnings or the Insurances; and

		(c)	all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Vessel, the Earnings and the Insurances,

and forthwith (however not later than after twenty (20) Business Days) upon receiving a notice of arrest of the Vessel, or its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, the Borrower shall procure its release by providing bail or providing the provision of security or otherwise as the circumstances may require.

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	23.12	Chartering

The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of all Lenders):

		(a)	let the Vessel on bareboat charter for any period;

		(b)	enter into any other agreement related to the chartering and operation of the Vessel exceeding twenty four (24) months; or

		(c)	terminate, cancel, amend or supplement any Charterparty with a duration exceeding twenty four (24) months, nor assign such Charterparty or other contract of employment to any other person.

	24.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 24 (Events of Default) is an Event of Default (save for Clause 24.17 (Acceleration)).

	24.1	Non-payment

An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:

		(a)	its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error in the banking system; and

		(b)	payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.

	24.2	Financial covenants

Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied.

	24.3	Other obligations

An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 24.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 24.2 (Financial covenants), and Clauses 24.4 – 24.16), provided that if such non-compliance is, in the opinion of the Agent, capable of remedy:

		(a)	the Agent notifies the Borrower of such non-compliance; and

		(b)	such non-compliance remains unremedied for a period of 30 calendar days.

For the avoidance of doubt, a breach of Clause 22.16 (Sanctions), Clause 23.2 (Insurance - Vessel), Clause 23.3 (Flag, name and registry) and Clause 23.4 (Classification and repairs) are not capable of remedy

	24.4	Misrepresentation

Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made.

	24.5	Cross default

		(a)	Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.

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		(b)	Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

		(c)	Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described).

		(d)	Any creditor of any Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

		(e)	No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 24.5 (Cross default) if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than USD 100,000 in respect of the Borrower and USD 5,000,000 of the Guarantor.

	24.6	Insolvency

		(a)	Any Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.

		(b)	The value of the assets of any Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).

		(c)	A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Obligor.

	24.7	Insolvency proceedings

Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

		(a)	the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Obligor;

		(b)	a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any Obligor;

		(c)	the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Obligor or any of their assets; or

		(d)	enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Obligor,

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.

This Clause 24.7 (Insolvency proceedings) shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within thirty (30) days of commencement.

	24.8	Creditors’ process

Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of any Obligor having an aggregate value of USD 1,000,000 and is not discharged within thirty (30) days.

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	24.9	Unlawfulness

It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

	24.10	Repudiation

		(a)	An Obligor repudiates a Transaction Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Transaction Document.

		(b)	Any Transaction Document ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective.

	24.11	Material adverse change

Any event or series of events occur which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, including but not limited to (i) instability affecting the country where the Vessel are flagged, (ii) changes in global economic and/or political developments and (iii) changes in the international money and/or capital markets.

	24.12	Cessation of business

An Obligor suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a part of its business.

	24.13	Insurances

Any insurance policy taken out in respect of the Vessel is cancelled, revoked or lapses, or any insurance claim(s) by the Borrower is repudiated following a Total Loss.

	24.14	Failure of security

Any Security Document or security arrangements created or intended to be created in favour of the Finance Parties and/or a Hedging Bank at any time becomes wholly or partially invalid, ineffective, imperfect or nonexistent or unenforceable.

	24.15	Litigation

Any of the Obligors is subject to an unsatisfied, uninsured judgment in its disfavour following final appeal and this is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

	24.16	Breach of the terms of a Hedging Agreement

Any occurrence with respect to the Borrower and/or its Credit Support Provider(s) (as defined in the Hedging Agreement) as, if applicable, set out in any Hedging Agreement Section 5(a) (Events of Default) or Section 5(b) (Termination Events) except for any Additional Termination Event due to any ordinary, voluntary or mandatory prepayment in accordance with the Loan Agreement Clauses 6 (Repayment) and 7 (Prepayment and cancellation).

	24.17	Acceleration

On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:

		(a)	cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;

		(b)	declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;

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		(c)	declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or

		(d)	exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.

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SECTION 9

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	25.	CHANGES TO THE LENDERS

	25.1	Assignments and transfers by the Lenders

Subject to this Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders), a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may assign and transfer any of its rights and/or obligations hereunder to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”), provided that no assignment or transfer can be made to an Obligor or any of their Affiliates.

The Lenders shall notify the Borrower of any proposed assignment or transfer, unless an Event of Default has occurred.

The consent of the Obligors is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is:

		(a)	to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;

		(b)	to a reputable shipping bank which has a minimum rating of “BBB” at S&P or “Baa” at Moody’s; or

		(c)	made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.

The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or a transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent ten (10) Business Days after that Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrower within that time.

	25.2	Conditions of assignment or transfer

		(a)	An assignment or a transfer shall only be effective (i) on receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender shall assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Existing Lender and (ii) on the New Lender’s payment of a transfer fee of USD 5,000 to the Agent.

		(b)	The part of Commitment that is to be transferred to a New Lender must be in the minimum amount of USD 10,000,000.

		(c)	A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.

		(d)	If:

		(i)	a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

		(ii)	as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrower or the Guarantor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs),

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then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred. This paragraph (d) shall not apply in respect of an assignment or transfer made in the ordinary course of the primary syndication of the Facility.

		(e)	Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.

	25.3	Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

		(a)	Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

		(i)	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;

		(ii)	the financial condition of any Obligor;

		(iii)	the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

		(iv)	the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

		(b)	Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

		(i)	has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and

		(ii)	will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

		(c)	Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

		(i)	accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders); or

		(ii)	support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

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	25.4	Procedure for transfer

		(a)	Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.

		(b)	The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.

		(c)	Subject to Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:

		(i)	to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);

		(ii)	each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;

		(iii)	the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and

		(iv)	the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.

	25.5	Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrower

The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, send to the Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate.

	25.6	Pro rata interest settlement

If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a “pro rata basis” to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer) the Transfer Date of which, in each case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):

		(a)	any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date (“Accrued Amounts”) and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, on the next of the dates which falls at three (3) Monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and

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		(b)	the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:

		(i)	when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and

		(ii)	the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.

	25.7	Securitisation

The Agent or the Lenders may include the Loan in a securitisation or similar transaction without the consent of, or any consultation with the Borrower and/or the Guarantor. The Agent and/or the Lenders (as the case may be) shall have full right of disclosure of information in connection with or in contemplation of such securitisation (or similar transaction). The Borrower and the Guarantor shall assist the Agent as necessary to achieve a successful securitisation (or similar transaction), hereunder inter alia the following:

		(a)	Keep bank accounts where requested by the Agent and procure that the Earnings are paid to any such account; and

		(b)	Procure that the Insurances according to Clause 23.2 (Insurance – Vessel) are placed with insurers of the requisite rating;

provided however that the Borrower and/or the Guarantor shall not be required to bear any costs related to any such securitisation.

	25.8	Security over Lenders’ rights

In addition to the other rights provided in this Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders), each Lender may, without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure the obligations of that Lender, including, without limitation:

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

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

except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:

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

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		(d)	require any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

	26.	CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS

	26.1	Assignments and transfer by Obligors

No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

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SECTION 10

 THE FINANCE PARTIES

 

 

	27.	ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS

	27.1	Appointment of the Agent

		(a)	Each other Finance Party and the Hedging Banks appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents and each Lender, the Hedging Banks and the Agent appoints the Security Agent to act as its security agent for the purpose of the Security Documents.

		(b)	Each other Finance Party and the Hedging Banks authorises the Agent, and each Lender, the Hedging Banks and the Agent authorises the Security Agent, to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent or the Security Agent (as the case may be) under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions

		(c)	Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Clause 27 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers) to the “Agent” shall mean the Agent and the Security Agent individually and collectively.

	27.2	Duties of the Agent

		(a)	Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.

		(b)	Without prejudice to Clause 25.5 (Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrower), paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate.

		(c)	Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.

		(d)	If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks.

		(e)	If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party and the Hedging Banks (other than the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks.

		(f)	The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.

	27.3	Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Mandated Lead Arrangers have no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.

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	27.4	No fiduciary duties

		(a)	Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.

		(b)	Neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

	27.5	Business with any Obligor

The Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Obligor.

	27.6	Rights and discretions of the Agent

		(a)	The Agent may rely on:

		(i)	any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and

		(ii)	any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

		(b)	The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

		(i)	no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 24.1 (Non-payment));

		(ii)	any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and

		(iii)	any notice or request made by the Borrower (other than the Utilisation Request or Selection Notice) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of both the Borrower and the Guarantor.

		(c)	The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.

		(d)	The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

		(e)	The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.

		(f)	Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

	27.7	Majority Lenders’ instructions

		(a)	Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority Lenders.

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		(b)	Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties.

		(c)	The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

		(d)	In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.

		(e)	The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender or the Hedging Banks (without first obtaining that Party’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.

	27.8	Responsibility for documentation

Neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger:

		(a)	is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, any Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document; or

		(b)	is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document.

	27.9	Exclusion of liability

		(a)	Without limiting paragraph (b) below, the Agent will not be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

		(b)	No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause.

		(c)	The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose.

		(d)	Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger.

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	27.10	Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent

Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three (3) Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).

	27.11	Resignation of the Agent

		(a)	The Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties, the Hedging Banks and the Borrower.

		(b)	Alternatively the Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent by giving thirty (30) days’ notice to the other Finance Parties, the Hedging Banks and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.

		(c)	If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.

		(d)	The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.

		(e)	The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.

		(f)	Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation as Agent and/or Security Agent (as the case may be) in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 27 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers). Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

		(g)	After consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign as Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign as Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above.

		(h)	The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three (3) months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:

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		(i)	the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.7 (FATCA Information) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

		(ii)	the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 12.7 (FATCA Information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or

		(iii)	the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

and (in each case) a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and that Lender, by notice to the Agent, requires it to resign.

	27.12	Confidentiality

		(a)	In acting as agent for the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.

		(b)	If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

	27.13	Relationship with the Lenders

		(a)	Subject to Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent’s principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office:

		(i)	entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and

		(ii)	entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day,

unless it has received not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

		(b)	Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 32.5 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address, department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 32.2 (Addresses) and sub-paragraph (a)(iii) of Clause 32.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender.

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	27.14	Credit appraisal by the Lenders and the Hedging Banks

Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender and the Hedging Banks confirms to the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

		(a)	the financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor;

		(b)	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

		(c)	whether that Lender or Hedging Banks have recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

		(d)	the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

	27.15	Reference Banks

If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in consultation with the Borrower) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.

	27.16	Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent

If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.

	28.	CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES OR THE HEDGING BANKS

No provision of this Agreement will:

		(a)	interfere with the right of any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;

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		(b)	oblige any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or

		(c)	oblige any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.

	29.	SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES

	29.1	Payments to Finance Parties

If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 30 (Payment mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:

		(a)	the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent;

		(b)	the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 30 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and

		(c)	the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 30.5 (Partial payments).

	29.2	Redistribution of payments

The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the “Sharing Finance Parties”) in accordance with Clause 30.5 (Partial payments) towards the obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.

	29.3	Recovering Finance Party’s rights

On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 29.2 (Redistribution of payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor, as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.

	29.4	Reversal of redistribution

If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:

		(a)	each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”); and

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		(b)	as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.

	29.5	Exceptions

		(a)	This Clause 29 (Sharing among the Finance Parties) shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.

		(b)	A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:

		(i)	it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and

		(ii)	that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings.

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SECTION 11

 ADMINISTRATION

 

 

	30.	PAYMENT MECHANICS

	30.1	Payments to the Agent

		(a)	On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

		(b)	Payment shall be made to such account with such bank as the Agent specifies.

	30.2	Distributions by the Agent

Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 30.3 (Distributions to an Obligor) and Clause 30.4 (Clawback) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account with such bank as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five (5) Business Days’ notice.

	30.3	Distributions to an Obligor

The Agent may (with the consent of the relevant Obligor or in accordance with Clause 31 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it from that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.

	30.4	Clawback

		(a)	Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.

		(b)	If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

	30.5	Partial payments

		(a)	If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order:

		(i)	first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent under the Finance Documents;

		(ii)	secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;

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		(iii)	thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;

		(iv)	fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents; and

		(v)	fifthly, in or towards any periodic payments and any other amounts due but unpaid under any Hedging Agreement.

		(b)	The Agent shall, if so directed by the all Lenders, vary the order set out in sub-paragraphs (a) (i) to (iv) above.

		(c)	Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.

	30.6	No set-off by Borrower and Guarantor

All payments to be made by the Borrower or the Guarantor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.

	30.7	Business Days

		(a)	Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

		(b)	During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

	30.8	Currency of account

		(a)	Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, USD is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.

		(b)	Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

		(c)	Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than USD shall be paid in that other currency.

	30.9	Change of currency

		(a)	Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

		(i)	any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower); and

		(ii)	any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably).

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		(b)	If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the London interbank market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

	31.	SET-OFF

		(a)	A Finance Party may set off any matured or un-matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured or un-matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

		(b)	The Borrower and Guarantor hereby agrees and accepts that this Clause 31 (Set-off) shall constitute a waiver of the provisions of Section 29 of the FA Act and further agrees and accepts, to the extent permitted by law that Section 29 of the FA Act shall not apply to this Agreement.

	32.	NOTICES

	32.1	Communications in writing

Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by e-mail, fax or letter.

	32.2	Addresses

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

		(a)	in the case of the Borrower and the Guarantor;

c/o DHT Management AS

Haakon VII’s gate 1

P.O. Box 2039 Vika

0125 Oslo

Norway

		(b)	in the case of the Security Agent and Agent, that identified with its name below,

Nordea Bank Norge ASA

Middelthuns gate 17

0368 Oslo

Norway

Att: Structured Loan Operations

Email: slo.shipping.norway@nordea.com

Telefax: +47 22 48 42 78

or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five (5) Business Days’ notice.

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	32.3	Delivery

		(a)	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

		(i)	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

		(ii)	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 32.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

		(b)	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).

		(c)	All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent.

		(d)	Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.

	32.4	Notification of address, e-mail and fax number

Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address, e-mail or fax number or change of address, e-mail or fax number pursuant to Clause 32.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address, e-mail or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other Parties.

	32.5	Electronic communication

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

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

		(ii)	notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

		(iii)	notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.

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

	32.6	English language

		(a)	Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.

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		(b)	All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

		(i)	in English; or

		(ii)	if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

	33.	CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES

	33.1	Accounts

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

	33.2	Certificates and Determinations

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

	33.3	Day count convention

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the London interbank market differs, in accordance with that market practice.

	34.	PARTIAL INVALIDITY

If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

	35.	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

	36.	AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

	36.1	Required consents

		(a)	Subject to Clause 36.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the relevant Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

		(b)	The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause.

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	36.2	Exceptions

		(a)	An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:

		(i)	the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);

		(ii)	an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;

		(iii)	a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;

		(iv)	an increase in or an extension of any Commitment;

		(v)	any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;

		(vi)	Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 36 (Amendments and waivers);

		(vii)	the nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity);

		(viii)	release of any Security created by the Security Documents unless permitted under the Finance Documents or undertaken by the Agent acting on instruction of the Majority Lenders following an Event of Default which is continuing;

		(ix)	change to any Obligor;

		(x)	governing law and jurisdiction;

		(xi)	the manner in which the proceeds after enforcement are being applied; or

		(xii)	any change to the Security Documents

shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.

		(b)	An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or, as the case may be, the relevant Mandated Lead Arranger.

		(c)	An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of a Hedging Bank (each in its capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the relevant Hedging Bank.

	37.	CONFIDENTIALITY

	37.1	Confidential information

Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 37.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.

	37.2	Disclosure of Confidential Information

Any Finance Party may disclose:

		(a)	to any of its Affiliates and related funds any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

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		(b)	to any person:

		(i)	to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, related funds, representatives and professional advisers;

		(ii)	with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or the Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, related funds, representatives and professional advisers;

		(iii)	appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 27.13 (Relationship with the Lenders));

		(iv)	who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above;

		(v)	to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

		(vi)	to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;

		(vii)	to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security Interest (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 25.8 (Security over Lenders’ rights);

		(viii)	who is a Party; or

		(ix)	with the consent of the Obligors;

in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:

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		(A)	in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a confidentiality undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;

		(B)	in relation to sub-paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; and

		(C)	in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;

		(c)	to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master confidentiality undertaking for Use With Administration/ Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Obligors and the relevant Finance Party;

		(d)	to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;

		(e)	as set out in Clause 25.7 (Securitisation) of this Agreement.

	37.3	Disclosure to numbering service providers

		(a)	Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Obligors the following information:

		(i)	name of the Obligors;

		(ii)	country of domicile of the Obligors;

		(iii)	place of incorporation of the Obligors;

		(iv)	date of this Agreement;

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		(v)	the names of the Agent and the Arranger;

		(vi)	date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;

		(vii)	amount of Total Commitments;

		(viii)	currencies of the Facility;

		(ix)	type of Facility;

		(x)	ranking of Facility;

		(xi)	the Final Maturity Date;

		(xii)	changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to sub-paragraphs (i) to (xi) above; and

		(xiii)	such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrower,

to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.

		(b)	The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.

		(c)	The Obligors represent that none of the information set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xiii) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.

	37.4	Entire agreement

This Clause 37 (Confidentiality) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.

	37.5	Inside information

Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.

	37.6	Notification of disclosure

Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Borrower:

		(a)	of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 37.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information), except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and

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		(b)	upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 37 (Confidentiality).

	37.7	Continuing obligations

The obligations in this Clause 37 (Confidentiality) are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance Party for a period of twelve (12) months from the earlier of:

		(a)	the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and

		(b)	the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.

	38.	CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS

	38.1	Confidentiality and disclosure

		(a)	The Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below.

		(b)	The Agent may disclose:

		(i)	any Funding Rate (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Reference Bank Quotation) to the relevant Borrower pursuant to Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest); and

		(ii)	any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.

		(c)	The Agent may disclose any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation, and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate, to:

		(i)	any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to this sub-paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;

		(ii)	any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;

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		(iii)	any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor , as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and

		(iv)	any person with the consent of the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.

		(d)	The Agent’s obligations in this Clause 38 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations) relating to Reference Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to make notifications under Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest) provided that (other than pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(i) above) the Agent shall not include the details of any individual Reference Bank Quotation as part of any such notification.

	38.2	Related obligations

		(a)	The Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price-sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate or, in the case of the Agent, any Reference Bank Quotation for any unlawful purpose.

		(b)	The Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be:

		(i)	of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 38.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and

		(ii)	upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 38 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations)

	38.3	No Event of Default

No Event of Default will occur under Clause 24 (Event of Default) by reason only of an Obligor’s failure to comply with this Clause 38 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations).

	39.	COUNTERPARTS

Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.

	40.	CONFLICT

In case of conflict between the Security Documents and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail, provided however that this will not in any way be interpreted or applied to prejudice the legality, validity or enforceability of any Security Document.

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SECTION 12

 GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

 

 

	41.	GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement is governed by Norwegian law.

	42.	ENFORCEMENT

	42.1	Jurisdiction

		(a)	The courts of Norway, the venue to be Oslo District Court (in Norwegian: Oslo tingrett) have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement (a “Dispute”).

		(b)	The Parties agree that the courts of Norway are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.

		(c)	This Clause 42.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	42.2	Service of process

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower and Guarantor:

		(a)	irrevocably appoints DHT Management AS, Haakon VII’s gate 1, P.O. Box 2039 Vika, 0125 Oslo, Norway as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Norwegian courts in connection with any Finance Document; and

		(b)	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower and/or Guarantor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

If any process agent appointed shall cease to exist for any reason where process may be served, The Borrower or Guarantor will forthwith appoint another process agent with an office in Norway where process may be served and will forthwith notify the Agent thereof.

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

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SCHEDULE 1

The Original Lenders

	
Name of Original Lender:

 

	
Commitment:

	
DNB Bank ASA

Dronning Eufemias gate 30

0191 Oslo

Norway

	
Up to USD 25,000,000

	 	 
	
Nordea Bank Norge ASA

Middelthunsgate 17

0368 Oslo

Norway

	Up to USD 25,000,000
	 	 
	 	
Total up to USD 50,000,000

 

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SCHEDULE 2

Conditions Precedent

Part I

Conditions Precedent to signing of the Agreement

	1.	Relating to each of the Borrower and the Guarantor

		(a)	Certified copies of the constitutional documents of the relevant company.

		(b)	Certificate of Incorporation, extract from the relevant Company Registry and/or updated Certificate of Good Standing;

		(c)	A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the relevant company:

		(i)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party;

		(ii)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party on its behalf; and

		(iii)	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party.

		(d)	A copy of the passports of any Director of the relevant company and of each other person signing any Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement, and specimen of the signature of such persons if not evidenced by the passport copy;

		(e)	An original Power of Attorney (notarised and legalised if requested by the Agent);

		(f)	Evidence of any shareholders owning more than 25% of the Guarantor based on latest publicly available filings; and

		(g)	A certificate of an authorised signatory (including any authorised director, secretary, treasurer or chief financial officer) of the relevant company setting out the name of the Directors of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

	2.	Authorisations

All approvals, authorisations and consents required by any government or other authorities for the Obligors to enter into and perform their obligations under this Agreement and/or any of the other Transaction Documents to which they are respective parties.

	3.	Finance Documents

		(a)	The Agreement.

(All Finance Documents to be delivered in original).

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	4.	Vessel Documents

		(a)	Copy of the Shipbuilding Contract.

	5.	Legal opinions

		(a)	If an Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than Norway, a legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement; and

		(b)	Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.

	6.	Other documents and evidence

		(a)	Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 41.2 (Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment;

		(b)	A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower and/or the Guarantor accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;

		(c)	Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee Letters have been paid or will be paid by the date hereof; and

		(d)	Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their Know Your Customer requirements.

Part II

Conditions Precedent to Utilisation

	1.	Relating to each of the Borrower and the Guarantor

		(a)	Certified copies of the constitutional documents of the relevant company (unless already provided under Part I);

		(b)	Certificate of Incorporation, extract from the relevant Company Registry and/or updated Certificate of Good Standing (unless already provided under Part I);

		(c)	A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the relevant company:

		(i)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreement to which it is a party;

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		(ii)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and

		(iii)	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

		(d)	A copy of the passports of any Director of the relevant company and of each other person signing any Finance Documents, and specimen of the signature of such persons if not evidenced by the passport copy;

		(e)	An original Power of Attorney (notarised and legalised if requested by the Agent);

		(f)	Evidence of any shareholder owning more than 25% of the Guarantor; and

		(g)	A certificate of an authorised signatory (including any authorised director, secretary, treasurer or chief financial officer) of the relevant company setting out the name of the Directors of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

	2.	Authorisations

All approvals, authorisations and consents required by any government or other authorities for the Obligors to enter into and perform their obligations under this Agreement and/or any of the other Transaction Documents to which they are respective parties.

	3.	Finance Documents

		(a)	The Mortgage;

		(b)	The Assignment Agreement;

		(c)	A Notice of Assignment of Insurances and acknowledgement thereof or standard letters of undertaking;

		(d)	A Notice of Assignment of Earnings and acknowledgement thereof;

		(e)	A Notice of Assignment of claims under any Intra Group Loan (if applicable) and/or Hedging Agreements and acknowledgments thereof;

		(f)	The Pledge of Shares with the notices, transcripts and evidence required thereunder;.

		(g)	Any Deed of Assignment and the notices and acknowledgements required thereunder; and

		(h)	Any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement the notices, transcripts and evidence required thereunder.

(All Finance Documents to be delivered in original).

	4.	Documents relating to the Vessel

		(a)	A certified copy of the Builder Certificate;

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		(b)	Copies of insurance policies/cover notes documenting that insurance cover has been taken out in respect of the Vessel in accordance with Clause 23.2 (Insurance - Vessel), and evidencing that the Agent’s Security in the insurance policies have been noted in accordance with the relevant notices as required under the Assignment Agreement;

		(c)	A certified copy of the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract;

		(d)	A certified copy of any Charterparty;

		(e)	A copy of the current DOC;

		(f)	A copy of any Technical Management Agreement;

		(g)	A copy of any Commercial Management Agreement;

		(h)	A certified copy of updated confirmations of class (or equivalent) in respect of the Vessel from the relevant classification society, confirming that the Vessel are classed in accordance with Clause 23.4 (Classification and repairs), free of extensions and overdue recommendations;

		(i)	A copy of the Vessel’s current SMC;

		(j)	A copy of the Vessel’s ISSC; and

		(k)	Updated valuation certificates from two Approved Brokers in respect of the Vessel issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Utilisation Date.

The following documents to be received by the Agent latest on the Utilisation Date:

		(l)	Evidence (by way of transcript of registry) that the Vessel is registered in the name of the Borrower in an Approved Ship Registry acceptable to the Agent, that the Mortgage have been, or will in connection with Utilisation of the Facility be, executed and recorded with their intended first priority against the Vessel and that no other encumbrances, maritime liens, mortgages or debts whatsoever are registered against the Vessel.

	5.	Legal opinions

The following documents to be received by the Agent latest on the Utilisation Date:

		(a)	If an Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than Norway, a legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement;

		(b)	If any Mortgaged Asset is situated in a jurisdiction other than Norway, or any Finance Document is subject to any other choice of law than Norwegian law, a legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement; and

		(c)	Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.

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	6.	Other documents and evidence

		(a)	Evidence that any process agent referred to in the Security Documents, if not a Party to this Agreement, has accepted its appointment;

		(b)	A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;

		(c)	The Utilisation Request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Utilisation Date;

		(d)	Evidence that all instalments due under the Shipbuilding Contract prior to the Utilisation Date have been paid;

		(e)	A favourable opinion from the Agent’s insurance consultants at the expense of the Borrower confirming that the required insurances have been placed and are acceptable to the Agent and that the underwriters are acceptable to the Agent;

		(f)	An original Compliance Certificate confirming that the Borrower and the Guarantor are in compliance with the financial covenants as set out in Clause 21 (Financial covenants);

		(g)	Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee Letters have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date;

		(h)	Any agreements in respect of Intra Group Loans and evidence that they are subordinated to the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents and any Hedging Agreements;

		(i)	Manager’s undertakings from the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager in such form as the Agent may reasonably require; and

		(j)	Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their Know Your Customer requirements.

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SCHEDULE 3

Requests

Part I

Form of Utilisation Request

From:      [                                        ]

To:            Nordea Bank Norge ASA

Dated:

Dear Sirs

 [                                    ]– USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [   ] (the “Agreement”)

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

	2.	We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms:

	
Proposed Utilisation Date:

	
[ ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)

	
Amount:

	
[ ] or, if less, the Available Facility

	 	 

	3.	We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.

	4.	The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].

	5.	This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

 

.......................................

authorised signatory for

[                                      ]

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Part II

Form of Selection Notice

From:     [                                        ]

To:           Nordea Bank Norge ASA as Agent

Dated:

Dear Sirs

[                                    ]– USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement dated [   ] (the “Agreement”)

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice.

	2.	We refer to the Loan in respect of the Vessel [      ] with an Interest Period ending on [                                    ].

	3.	We request that the next Interest Period for the Loan is [      ].

	4.	This Selection Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

 

.....................................

authorised signatory for

[name of Borrower]

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SCHEDULE 4

Form of Transfer Certificate

To:            Nordea Bank Norge ASA as Agent

	From:	 [The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)

Dated:

[                   ]– USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [   ] (the “Agreement”)

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

	2.	We refer to Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer):

		(a)	The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer).

		(b)	The proposed Transfer Date is [ ].

		(c)	The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 32.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

	3.	The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 25.3 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).

	4.	This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.

	5.	This Transfer Certificate is governed by Norwegian law.

	6.	This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.

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THE SCHEDULE

Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred

[insert relevant details]

[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for payments,]

	
[Existing Lender]

	
[New Lender]

 

	
By:

 

	
By:

 

This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [           ].

[Agent]

By:

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SCHEDULE 5

Form of Compliance Certificate

To:            Nordea Bank Norge ASA as Agent

From:    [                                    ]

Dated:

Dear Sirs

[                                    ] – USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [   ] (the “Agreement”)

	
1.

	
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.

	 	 	 
	
2.

	
We confirm that as of [insert date] the Guarantor has on a consolidated basis:

	 	 	 
	 	
The Guarantor has on a consolidated basis (Clause 21.1 (Financial covenants – the Guarantor)):

	 	 	 	 
	 	a)	
Minimum Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
Requirement:

	
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 200,000,000, but the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall in any event minimum 25 % of the Value Adjusted Total Assets

	
 

	
 

	 	 	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	 	
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth*

	USD................	
     

	 	 	
Value Adjusted Total Assets*

	USD................	
 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
In Compliance

	
Yes/No

	
 

	 	 	 	 
	 	
*) as per enclosed calculations

	 
	 	 	 

 

	 	
b)

	
Minimum Cash

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	
Requirement:

	
The higher of USD 20,000,000 and 6 % of the Total Interest Bearing Debt

	 	 	 
	 	 	
Minimum Cash*

	
USD ................/........%

	 	 	
Total Interest Bearing Debt*

	
USD................./........%

	 	 	 	 
	 	
*) as per enclosed calculations

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	
In Compliance

	
Yes/No

	 	 	 
	 	
c)

	
Working Capital

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
Requirement:

	
Positive

	 	 	 
	 	 	
Current Assets

	
USD................, less

	 	 	
Current Debt

	
USD................

	 	 	 
	 	 	
In Compliance

	
Yes/No

	 	 	 

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3.

	
We confirm that as of [insert date] the Borrower have (Clause 21.2 (Financial covenants – the Borrower)): 

	 	 	 
	 	
 

	
Working Capital

	 
	 	 	 
	 	
 

	
Requirement:

	
Positive

	 	 	 
	 	
 

	Current Assets	
USD................, less

	 	
 

	
Current Debt

	
USD................

	 	 	 
	 	
 

	
In Compliance

	
Yes/No

	 	 	 
	
4.

	
We confirm that no Default is continuing.

	 

Please find enclosed a copy of our financial statements, together with updated valuation certificates in respect of the Vessel.

Yours faithfully

.....................................

DHT Holdings, Inc.

CFO

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SCHEDULE 6

Form of Interest Notification

To:                [BORROWER]

Date:           [●]

USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement dated [●] 2015 (the “Agreement”)

For the purpose of the Norwegian Financial Contracts Act, we inform you that the nominal interest rate for the Loan stated below is based upon the aggregate of the current LIBOR and the Margin for a [three (3)] months Interest Period. The calculation of the effective interest rate for the Loan is based upon the aggregate of the nominal interest rate, fees, costs and expenses (to be accrued) for three (3) months Interest Periods. Furthermore, the calculation is based upon a linear repayment in accordance with the Agreement.

As per [●] these interest rates were:

Nominal interest rate: [●] p.a.

Effective interest rate: [●] p.a.

We emphasise that these interest rates are to be regarded as examples due to the variation of interest rates of USD in the Eurocurrency market from time to time, variations of interest rates between optional Interest Periods, and furthermore, in respect of effective interest rates, variations as a result of the accrued fees, costs and expenses from time to time and variations in case of non-linear repayment or prepayment.

This letter is supplemental to the Agreement and terms used herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the Agreement.

 

 

	
Yours faithfully,

NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA

	 
	 	 	 
		 	 
	By: 	  	 
	 	 	 

 

 

We hereby acknowledge receipt of this letter.

 

	
DHT LEOPARD LIMITED

	 
	 	 	 
		 	 
	By: 	  	 
	 	 	 

 

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SCHEDULE 7

Form of Valuation Certificate

To:            Nordea Bank Norge ASA as Agent

From:    [                                      ]

Dated:

Dear Sirs,

[                                    ] – USD 50,000,000 Facility Agreement

dated [   ] (the “Agreement”)

	1.	We refer to the Agreement. This is a Valuation Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Valuation Certificate.

	2.	We confirm that the Market Value of the Vessel is [    ]% and is thereby in compliance with Clause 7.5 (Market Value) (setting out that the Market Value shall not fall below 135%). The Market Value for the Vessel is as follows:

	
Name of Vessel:

	
Valuation from [Approved Broker]

 

	
Valuation from [Approved Broker]

	
Average Market Value:

	 	 	 	 

	3.	Please see attached hereto relevant supporting documentation and calculations to ensure compliance with Clauses 20.7 (Market Value) and Clause 7.5 (Market Value):

Yours sincerely,

For and on behalf of the Obligors:

 

	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	  	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title: [authorised signatory]	 
	 	 	Company: DHT Holdings, Inc.	 

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EXECUTION PAGE

	
Borrower:

	 	
Guarantor:

	
DHT LEOPARD LIMITED

	 	
DHT HOLDINGS, INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	
By:

	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Name:

	 	
Title:

	 	 	
Title:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
Original Lender:

	 	
Original Lender:

	
DNB BANK ASA

	 	
NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	
By:

	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Name:

	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
Mandated Lead Arranger:

	 	
Mandated Lead Arranger:

	
DNB BANK ASA

	 	
NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	
By:

	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Name:

	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
Hedging Bank:

	 	
Hedging Bank:

	
DNB BANK ASA

	 	
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	
By:

	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Name:

	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
Agent:

	 	
Security Agent:

	
NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA

	 	
NORDEA BANK NORGE ASA

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	
By:

	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Name:

	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 	 	
Title: Attorney-in-Fact

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***

We hereby accept appointment as process agent for each of the Obligors pursuant to the Agreement Clause 42.2 (Service of process).

 

	DHT MANAGEMENT AS	 
	 	 	 
	
By: 

	    	 
	 	Name	 
	 	Title

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