Document:

SECOND
      AMENDED AND RESTATED

     

    SHARE
      PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    dated
      as
      of July 3, 2008

     

    by
      and
      among

     

    VANSHIP
      HOLDINGS LIMITED, 

    a
      Liberian corporation,

     

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE MERGER CORPORATION 

    a
      Marshall Islands corporation

     

    and

     

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORP., 

    a
      Delaware corporation

     

    relating
      to the purchase of shares of companies owning

    9
      ocean-going vessels

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    Table
      of
      Contents

    
      	 	 	
              Page

            
	 	 	 
	
              SECTION
                1.

            	
              DEFINITIONS.

            	
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              SECTION
                2.

            	
              SETTLEMENT
                OF CASH CONSIDERATION.

            	
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              SECTION
                3.

            	
              SALE
                AND PURCHASE.

            	
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              SECTION
                4.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE SELLER.

            	
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              SECTION
                5.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF EIAC AND THE BUYER.

            	
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              SECTION
                6.

            	
              REGISTRATION
                RIGHTS; LOCK UP.

            	
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              SECTION
                7.

            	
              DIVIDENDS.

            	
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              SECTION
                8.

            	
              NO
                SOLICITATION OF OTHER ACQUISITIONS.

            	
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              SECTION
                9.

            	
              DIRECTOR
                NOMINEES AND OFFICERS; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE.

            	
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              SECTION
                10.

            	
              BINDING
                AGREEMENTS; NON-COMPETITION.

            	
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              SECTION
                11.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.

            	
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              SECTION
                12.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER.

            	
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              SECTION
                13.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF EIAC.

            	
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              SECTION
                14.

            	
              CONDITIONS
                PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER.

            	
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              SECTION
                15.

            	
              CONDITIONS
                PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER AND EIAC.

            	
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              SECTION
                16.

            	
              FURTHER
                ASSURANCES AND OTHER MATTERS.

            	
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              SECTION
                17.

            	
              INDEMNITIES.

            	
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              SECTION
                18.

            	
              TAX
                RETURNS AND PRE-CLOSING TAXES AND STRADDLE PERIOD TAXES

            	
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              SECTION
                19.

            	
              CONFIDENTIALITY
                AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

            	
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              SECTION
                20.

            	
              TERM
                AND TERMINATION.

            	
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              SECTION
                21.

            	
              MISCELLANEOUS.

            	
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    Schedules

     

    Appendix
      A - Form of Option Agreement

     

    Schedule
      1 - Carry-Over Financing

     

    Schedule
      2 - Legal Proceedings

     

    Schedule
      11(c) - Required Consents

     

    Schedule
      11(d) - Ownership of SPV Shares

     

    Schedule
      11(f) - Vessels

     

    Schedule
      11(g) - Governmental Actions

     

    Schedule
      11(j) - Tax sharing or allocation agreements

     

    Schedule
      11(p) - Material Contracts

     

    Schedule
      11(q) - Defaults; Breaches of Material Contracts

     

    Schedule
      11(r) - Business Conduct

     

    Schedule
      11(z) - Bank Accounts

     

    Schedule
      12(g) - Buyer’s Corporate Documents

     

    Schedule
      12(h) - Buyer’s outstanding shares of common stock, rights and
      warrants

     

    Schedule
      12(j) - Buyer’s Contractual Liabilities

     

    Schedule
      13(g) - EIAC’s Contractual Liabilities

     

    Schedule
      13(h) - EIAC’s insider loans

     

    Schedule
      13(i) - EIAC’s outstanding shares of common stock, rights and warrants and
      shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    SECOND
      AMENDED AND
      RESTATED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      SECOND
      AMENDED AND
      RESTATED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 3, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
      is
      made by and among VANSHIP HOLDINGS LIMITED, a Liberian corporation (the
“Seller”),
      ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MERGER CORPORATION, a Marshall Islands corporation (the
      “Buyer”),
      and
      ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (“EIAC”).

     

    WITNESSETH:

     

    WHEREAS,
      to effect the Sale and Purchase the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC entered into
      that
      certain Share Purchase Agreement dated December 3, 2007 (the “Original
      Agreement”).

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC entered into that certain Amended and Restated
      Share Purchase Agreement dated February 6, 2008, which was subsequently amended
      by an amendment thereto dated March 31, 2008 (as amended, the “First
      Amended and Restated Agreement”).

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC desire to amend and restate the First Amended
      and
      Restated Agreement as set forth below.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the mutual covenants
      and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,
      the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
      agree as follows:

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                1.

            	
              DEFINITIONS.

            

    

     

    (a) Definitions.
      For
      purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
      meanings:

     

    “Accounts”
      means
      together the Audited Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements
      and any other financial statements as may be provided by Seller with respect
      to
      each of the SPVs.

     

    “Acknowledgment
      and Agreement”
means
      the acknowledgment and agreement in respect of Section 6(h)(ii) of this
      Agreement, and also as provided by (i) Robert Ventures Limited pursuant to
      which
      it agrees not to transfer any shares of EIAC common stock issuable to it upon
      conversion of the convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount
      of $2,685,000 until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
      to
      Section 20 hereof or the consummation of the business combination and (ii)
      the
      holders of the units purchased in the Initial Private Placement pursuant to
      which they agree not to transfer any of the common stock contained therein
      until
      the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 20 hereof
      or the consummation of the business combination, as required to be executed
      pursuant to the terms of Section 14(p) hereof, such acknowledgment and agreement
      to be in form and substance satisfactory to the parties hereto and
      thereto.

     

    “Acquisition
      Proposal”
means
      any proposal of EIAC, the Buyer or an Affiliate of either to effect a business
      combination with a target business (other than with the Seller).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Acquisition
      Registration Statement”
means
      the Registration Statement on Form F-4 or S-4 to be filed by the Buyer with
      the
      SEC in connection with the Sale and Purchase.

     

    “Action”
means
      any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation
      by or
      before any Governmental Authority.

     

    “Affiliate” means a
      Person
      who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or
      is
      controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of
      this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any Person, means the
      possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
      direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
      ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings.

     

    “Ancillary
      Agreements” means,
      collectively, the Acknowledgment and Agreements, the Dividend Waiver Agreements,
      the Management Agreement, the Dividend Escrow Agreement, SOC Escrow Agreement,
      the Option Agreement and all other agreements identified herein and required
      to
      be delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

     

    “Aggregate
      Purchase Price”
means,
      collectively, the Cash Consideration, the Stock Consideration and the Warrant
      Consideration.

     

    “Arab
      Boycott Clause”
means
      any clause in a Charter or other contract of employment for a Vessel that
      warrants, confirms or implies that the Vessel (or the SPV owning such Vessel)
      performing thereunder complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel or
      indicates that such Vessel is not blacklisted by the Arab League.

     

    “Audited
      Financial Statements” means,
      collectively, the audited individual balance sheet of each SPV for each of
      the
      three fiscal years ended as of December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006 or from the
      date of their incorporation, if later, and the related audited individual
      statements of income, retained earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
      such SPV, together with all related or required notes and schedules thereto,
      accompanied by the reports thereon of the Seller’s Accountants, all prepared in
      accordance with GAAP.

     

    “Business”
      means
      the principal business of each SPV, which is ownership and chartering of
      VLCCs.

     

    “Business
      Combination”
shall
      have the meaning assigned such term in the prospectus summary of the
      Prospectus.

     

    “Business
      Day”
      means a
      day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in Hong Kong
      and New York are open for business.

     

    “Buyer
      Common Stock”
means
      the common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the Buyer.

     

    “Buyer
      Indemnitees” means,
      collectively, the Buyer, EIAC and their respective officers, directors,
      successors and permitted assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls
      the Buyer Indemnitees.

     

    “Buyer’s
      Portion”
      shall
      have the meaning set forth in Section 18(f).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Buyer’s
      Shareholder Loans”
means
      loans to be made by the Buyer to the respective SPVs at Closing in each case
      in
      an amount equal to the aggregate of (and to be applied in repayment of (a)
      all
      sums due by such SPVs at the Closing Date to the lenders under the loan
      agreements described in Schedule 1 and (b) the total amount of shareholder
      loans
      made by the Seller or JVCo (as the case may be) to the respective SPVs and
      outstanding at the Closing Date.

     

    “Carry-Over
      Financing”
      means
      those financing arrangements described on Schedule
      1
      existing
      as of the Original Agreement Date in respect of the Vessels;
      provided
      that (a) the parties hereto shall amend and restate Schedule
      1
      on the
      Closing Date so that the financing arrangements described therein are those
      which the parties hereto mutually agree in
      writing will
      exist on and after the Closing Date (such mutual agreement not to be
      unreasonably withheld by any party; and (b) notwithstanding anything herein
      to
      the contrary, the Seller and/or the SPVs may amend, restate, pay or prepay
      any
      of the financing arrangements listed on Schedule
      1
      between
      the date hereof and the Closing Date with the consent of EIAC and the Buyer,
      such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     

    “Cash
      Consideration”
means
      $643,000,000 minus the principal amount of any Carry-Over Financing (including
      the Buyer’s Shareholder Loans) as of the Closing Date plus the sum of the
      Closing Date Net Current Assets of each SPV.

     

    “Charter”
means
      the time charter of each Vessel by the relevant SPV to the Charterer named
      therein, as set forth in Schedule
      11(q).

     

    “Charterer”
      means
      the time charterer of any Vessel pursuant to a Charter.

     

    “Claims”
      means
      any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands,
      demand letters, claims, liens, notices of non-compliance or violation,
      investigations, audits, proceedings, consent orders or consent
      agreements.

     

    “Closing”
      means
      completion of the Merger and the Sale and Purchase in accordance with Section
      3(c).

     

    “Closing
      Date”
      has the
      meaning set forth in Section 3(c).

     

    “Closing
      Date Final Balance Sheet”
      for an
      SPV shall mean a balance sheet of the SPV prepared by Seller in accordance
      with
      GAAP reflecting the assets and liabilities of the SPV on the Closing Date on
      the
      Closing Date in accordance with Section 2(b).

     

    “Closing
      Date Net Current Assets”
      of an
      SPV shall mean the excess of the assets of such SPV shown on the Closing Date
      Final Balance Sheet of such SPV, other than such SPV’s Vessel, over the
      liabilities of such SPV shown on the Closing Date Final Balance Sheet, other
      than any liability for any Carry-Over Financing.

     

    “Closing
      Date Pro Forma Balance Sheet”
      for an
      SPV shall mean a balance sheet of the SPV prepared by Seller in accordance
      with
      GAAP reflecting the anticipated assets and liabilities of the SPV on the Closing
      Date in accordance with Section 2(a).

     

    “Code”
means,
      except as the context may otherwise state expressly, the U.S. Internal Revenue
      Code of 1986, as amended.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Competitive
      Business”
means
      a
      business which can reasonably be regarded as being in direct competition with
      the Business during the Non-Compete Period.

     

    “Disclosed
      Legal Proceedings”
      shall
      mean those litigations, arbitrations and other legal proceedings identified
      in
Schedule
      2.

     

    “Disclosure
      Letter”
      means
      the disclosure letter dated as of the Closing Date from the Seller to the Buyer
      and EIAC, and any other disclosure letter dated and delivered from the Seller
      to
      the Buyer and EIAC prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4(b)(x), in
      each case, in connection with the Seller’s representations and warranties under
      Section 11 hereof.

     

    “Dividend
      Escrow Agreement”
      means
      the escrow agreement among the Buyer, the Escrow Agent and the parties named
      in
      Section 7(b) and (c) upon the terms and conditions of which the Dividend Waiver
      Securities held by the parties identified in Section 7(b) and (c) shall be
      held
      in escrow, such escrow agreement to be in form and substance reasonably
      acceptable to the Buyer, the Escrow Agent and the parties identified in Section
      7(b) and (c).

     

    “Dividend
      Waiver Agreement” means
      an
      agreement between the Buyer and the parties named in Section 7(b) and (c)
      pursuant to which the parties named in Section 7(b) and (c) agree to waive
      all
      rights to receive the First Year Dividend (whenever paid) in respect of the
      Dividend Waiver Securities, such Dividend Waiver Agreement to be in form and
      substance reasonably acceptable to the parties hereto and thereto.

     

    “Dividend
      Waiver Securities” means
      all
      shares of Buyer Common Stock and any warrant, right, option or other form of
      security exercisable or convertible for Buyer Common Stock, except for an
      aggregate of 5,268,849 shares of EIAC common stock held by the Initial
      Stockholders, which are already held in escrow pursuant to the Stock Escrow
      Agreement (and the corresponding Shares of Buyer Common Stock to be issued
      upon
      the Merger).

     

    “EBITDA”
      means,
      for any period, the sum of: revenue less operating expenses excluding gains
      or
      losses on disposal of property and equipment. For the avoidance of doubt, (i)
      depreciation and amortization, impairment of assets, non-recurring costs or
      expenses, extraordinary items, unusual items, and any other non operating income
      or expenses shall not be included in the calculation of EBITDA and (ii) all
      items referred to in this definition of EBITDA shall be determined in accordance
      with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date
      of
      this Agreement.

     

    “Effective
      Time”
has
      the
      meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(i).

     

    “Employee”
means
      any person employed by any SPV under a contract of employment but does not
      include any crew member manning any Vessel under the applicable technical
      management contract.

     

    “Employment
      Legislation”
      means
      legislation applying in Hong Kong affecting contractual or other relations
      between employers and their employees or workers, including but not limited
      to
      any legislation and any amendment, extension or re-enactment of such
      legislation.

     

    “Environmental
      Claims”
means
      Claims relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit,
      including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by Governmental
      Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other
      actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (b) any
      and
      all Claims by any person seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost
      recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials
      or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the
      environment.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Environmental
      Laws”
      means
      any federal, state, regional or foreign law, statute, treaty, regulation,
      policy, guidance, order, injunction, judgment or decision of any Governmental
      Authority relating to the protection of natural resources, the environment
      and
      public and employee health and safety and shall include, without limitation,
      the
      International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, and, in
      each case, the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any applicable
      analogous state statutes, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,
      as
      such laws have been amended or supplemented.

     

    “Environmental
      Permits”
means
      all permits, approvals, identification numbers, licenses and other
      authorizations required under any applicable Environmental Law.

     

    “Escrow
      Agent”
      means
      Fortis Capital Corp. acting through its office located at 520 Madison Avenue,
      New York, New York 10022.

     

    “Escrow
      Shares”
      shall
      have the meaning assigned such term in the Stock Escrow Agreement.

     

    “Estimated
      Tax Returns”
      means
      any Tax Returns filed or to be filed in connection with estimated Tax payments
      which estimated Tax payments are to be made on or before the Closing
      Date.

     

    “Exchange
      Act”
means
      the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
      regulations of the SEC thereunder, as the same shall be in effect from time
      to
      time.

     

    “Financing”
shall
      mean a written commitment from a lending institution to make available to the
      Buyer a credit facility in such amount and on such terms as shall be agreed
      to
      by and among Buyer, Seller and EIAC (and without requiring any continuing
      guarantees or security from Seller or any Seller’s Affiliates).

     

    “Financing
      Private Placement” means
      the
      private placement of up to 5 million Financing Private Placement Units at a
      purchase price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of up to
      $50
      million.

     

    “Financing
      Private Placement Unit”
      means a
      unit consisting of one share of Buyer Common Stock and one warrant to purchase
      one share of Buyer Common Stock, exercisable at $8.00 per warrant, substantially
      in the form of the IPO Warrants.

     

    “First
      Anniversary”
      means
      the date corresponding to the first anniversary of the Closing
      Date.

     

    “First
      Fiscal Year”
      means a
      fiscal year of the Buyer commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the First
      Anniversary.

     

    “First
      Year Dividend”
      means a
      cash dividend in the amount of $1.54 per share of Buyer Common Stock to be
      paid
      for the First Fiscal Year.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “GAAP”
      means
      generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in
      effect from time to time.

     

    “Governmental
      Approvals” means all
      governmental filings, authorizations and approvals that are required (if any)
      for the Merger and the Sale and Purchase.

     

    “Governmental
      Authority”
      means
      any federal, national, supranational, international, state, regional, local
      or
      provincial government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority,
      agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or
      arbitral body.

     

    “Hazardous
      Materials”
      means
      (a) any compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise classified
      as
      a toxic pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, extremely hazardous substance
      or chemical or hazardous waste, medical waste, bio-hazardous or infectious
      waste
      under or regulated by Environmental Laws; (b) petroleum, petroleum-based or
      petroleum-derived products; and (c) polychlorinated biphenyls.

     

    “IACS”
      means
      the
      International Association of Classification Societies.

     

    “Indebtedness” means
      with respect to any Person to the extent required to be reflected as a liability
      on a balance sheet for such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, (a) any
      indebtedness for borrowed money or issued in substitution for or exchange of
      indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) any indebtedness evidenced by any note,
      bond, debenture or other debt security, (c) any indebtedness for the deferred
      purchase price of property or services with respect to which a Person is liable,
      contingently or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise (other than trade payables
      and other current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business),
      (d)
      any obligations under capitalized leases with respect to which a Person is
      liable as obligor, (e) any indebtedness secured by a Lien on a Person’s assets,
      (f) any distributions payable or loans/advances payable to any Affiliates,
      shareholders or partners as of the Closing, which are not paid at Closing,
      (g)
      any other liabilities recorded in accordance with GAAP on the balance sheet
      of
      such Person which are not due within one year of the Closing, and (h) any
      accrued interest, prepayment penalties and premiums on any of the
      foregoing.

     

    “Initial
      Private Placement” means
      the
      private placement of EIAC units made in accordance with Regulation S under
      the
      Securities Act as described in the Prospectus.

     

    “Initial
      Stockholders”
      shall
      have the meaning assigned such term in the Stock Escrow Agreement.

     

    “Initial
      Stockholders’ Undertaking”
      shall
      have the meaning assigned such term in Section 5(a)(vi).

     

    “Interim
      Financial Statements” means
      the
      unaudited balance sheets of the SPVs as of September 30, 2006 and September
      30,
      2007 and the related statements of income, retained earnings, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of such SPVs, together with all related or required notes
      and schedules thereto applicable for financial statements of such nature, all
      prepared in accordance with GAAP.

     

    “IPO”
      means
      EIAC’s initial public offering made pursuant to the Prospectus.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “IPO
      Warrants” means
      the
      warrants contained in the units sold to the public in connection with the
      IPO.

     

    “JVCo”
      means
      the
      Bahamas corporation in which Seller is a shareholder.

     

    “Key
      Person”
      means
      each of Captain Charles Arthur Joseph Vanderperre (“Captain
      Vanderperre”)
      and
      Mr. Fred Cheng.

     

    “Knowledge
      of the Seller”
or
      any
      similar phrase means the actual knowledge of each of Captain Vanderperre and
      Mr.
      Fred Cheng.

     

    “Laws”
      in
      respect of any Person means any applicable national, international, federal,
      state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code,
      executive order, injunction, judgment, decree or other order of any Governmental
      Authority to which that Person is subject.

     

    “Liabilities”
means
      any and all debts, liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or fixed,
      absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable,
      arising under any Law or Action and those arising under any contract, agreement,
      arrangement, commitment or undertaking.

     

    “Lien”
means
      any lien, mortgage, security interest, tax lien, pledge, encumbrance,
      conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or any other interest or equity
      of any Person (including any right to acquire, option or right of pre-emption)
      in property designated to secure the repayment of indebtedness, or other adverse
      claim or restriction whether arising by agreement or under any statute or law,
      or otherwise.

     

    “Losses”
      means
      all direct losses, damages, judgments, awards, orders, settlements, costs and
      expenses (including, without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and
      reasonable legal fees and expenses, but excluding any incidental damages,
      consequential damages, special damages, damages arising out of business
      interruption or lost profits, damages arising through the application of any
      statutory multiplier to any Losses, punitive damages or loss of
      reputation).

     

    “Management
      Agreement” means
      the
      agreement to be executed between the Buyer and the Management Company for the
      provision of the Management Services, such agreement to be in form and substance
      acceptable in the sole discretion of each of the Buyer and Seller.

     

    “Management
      Company”
      means
Vanship
      Group Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (to be renamed
      prior to Closing as “Van Asia Capital Management Limited”).

     

    “Management
      Services”
means
      the commercial and technical management of the Vessels and related crewing
      services, and the provision of appropriate premises and equipment, staffing
      and
      administrative and accounting services and related activities in connection
      with
      the operation of the business of EIMC following Closing, including the provision
      of the services of the Key Persons.

     

    “Maritime
      Guideline” means any
      rule,
      code of practice, convention, protocol, guideline or similar requirement or
      restriction to which a Vessel is subject that is imposed or published by any
      Governmental Authority, the International Maritime Organization, such Vessel’s
      classification society or the insurer(s) of such Vessel.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Material
      Adverse Effect”
means
      any circumstance, change in, or effect on the Vessels or the SPVs that,
      individually or in the aggregate with any other circumstances, changes in,
      or
      effects on, the SPVs or the Vessels is, or might reasonably be expected to
      be,
      materially adverse to the business, operations, assets or liabilities, employee
      relationships, customer or supplier relationships, prospects, results of
      operations or the condition (financial or otherwise) of the SPVs or the Vessels
      on an individual or aggregate basis; provided,
      however,
      that
“Material Adverse Effect” shall not include the impact on such business,
      operations, assets or liabilities, employee relationships, customer or supplier
      relationships, prospects, results of operations or the condition (financial
      or
      otherwise) of the SPVs or the Vessels solely arising out of or solely
      attributable to: (i) conditions or effects that generally affect the industries
      in which the SPVs or the Vessels operate (including legal and regulatory
      changes), (ii) effects resulting from changes in general economic or political
      conditions, (iii) effects resulting from changes affecting capital market
      conditions (including in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, any
      effects or conditions resulting from an outbreak or escalation of hostilities,
      war, acts of terrorism, political instability or other national or international
      calamity, crisis, emergency, epidemic or natural disaster, or any governmental
      or other response to any of the foregoing, in each case whether or not involving
      the United States), (iii) effects resulting from changes in laws or GAAP, (iv)
      effects relating to the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or
      the
      transactions contemplated hereby, assuming compliance with Section 19 hereof,
      (v) effects resulting from compliance with the terms and conditions of this
      Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby by the Seller or any SPV
      or
      consented to in writing by the Buyer or (vi) effects resulting from any action
      or omission of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates other than as permitted or
      contemplated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of
      doubt, a Material Adverse Effect shall be measured only against past performance
      of the SPVs and the Vessels, and not against any forward-looking statements,
      financial projections or forecasts of the Seller or any SPV.

     

    “Material
      Contract”
has
      the
      meaning set forth in Section 11(p).

     

    “Merger”
means
      the business combination of EIAC with the Buyer to be effected by way of a
      merger in which the Buyer is the surviving corporation.

     

    “Merger
      Proxy”
      means
      the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC by EIAC pursuant to Section 14(a)
      of the Exchange Act in connection with the Merger.

     

    “NASD”
shall
      mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any successor
      self
      regulatory organization.

     

    “Non-Compete
      Period” means
      the
      period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the third anniversary
      thereof.

     

    “Option
      Vessels”
means
      each of the 298,000 dwt newbuilding vessels to be constructed by Dalian
      Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd., hull numbers T3000-35 and T3000-36, for delivery
      on or before June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011 respectively.

     

    “Option
      Agreement”
means
      the agreement to be executed between the Buyer and the Option Vessel Seller(s)
      in the form attached hereto as Appendix A pursuant to which the Buyer shall
      have
      the option to acquire the ownership interest in the Option Vessels held by
      such
      Option Vessel Seller(s) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
      therein.

     

    “Option
      Vessel Seller(s)”
      means,
      in respect of the Option Vessels, the Seller and/or one or more subsidiaries
      of
      the Seller that in each case has an ownership interest in one or more of such
      vessels.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Order” means
      any
      judgment, order, decree, writ, ruling, charge or injunction issued by any court
      or Governmental Authority or administrative body or agency or arbitral
      authority.

     

    “Original
      Agreement Date” means
      the
      date of the Original Agreement.

     

    “Out-of-Pocket
      Expenses”
shall
      include, but not be limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees, accountant fees and
      other related professional fees and disbursements.

     

    “Permits”
means
      all the health and safety and other permits (including, without limitation,
      Environmental Permits) licenses, authorizations, certificates, exemptions and
      approvals of Governmental Authorities necessary for the current use and
      operation of the relevant Vessel and the conduct of the Business.

     

    “Permitted
      Liens”
means
      (a) Liens disclosed in the Accounts or any Schedules to this Agreement, (b)
      Liens created or permitted by the Carry-Over Financing, (c) Liens for Taxes
      not
      yet due and payable or which are being contested diligently and in good faith
      by
      appropriate proceedings, as set forth in Schedule
      2,
      (d)
      mechanics’, workmens’, repairmens’, warehousemens’, carriers’ or other like
      Liens arising in the ordinary course of business of the SPVs, any of which
      do
      not exceed $500,000 on an individual basis or $1,000,000 in the aggregate,
      (e)
      Liens securing rental payments under capitalized leases, (f) Liens that do
      not
      otherwise materially detract from the value or current use of the applicable
      asset, (g) Liens to be removed, and which are actually removed, prior to or
      at
      Closing, (h) Liens for which title insurance coverage, bonding or an
      indemnification has been obtained, (i) Liens for current crew wages not
      exceeding three (3) months, (j) Liens for salvage or general average, (k) Liens
      arising from the supply of goods and/or services to any Vessel in the ordinary
      course of business, (l) Liens arising under charters (including the Charters)
      entered into in the ordinary course of business and (m) Liens securing claims
      which are completely covered by insurance.

     

    “Person” means
      any
      individual, partnership, firm, corporation, joint venture, association, trust,
      unincorporated organization, limited liability company, limited liability
      partnership or other legal entity.

     

    “Pre-Closing
      Taxes”
      means
      all Taxes (other than those arising as a result of a Section 338 Election)
      incurred by, imposed on or asserted against any SPV for a Pre-Closing Tax
      Period.

     

    “Pre-Closing
      Tax Period”
      means
      any tax period of an SPV ended or ending on or before the Closing
      Date.

     

    “Pre-Closing
      Tax Returns” means
      any
      and all Tax Returns of an SPV for each Pre-Closing Tax Period.

     

    “Prepaid
      Taxes”
      means
      all payments of Taxes made in respect of the Tax liability of any SPV (whether
      by reason of an estimated Tax payment or otherwise) on or prior to the Closing
      Date, including any refunds or credits attributable to a Pre-Closing Tax Period,
      applied to a Straddle Period.

     

    “Prospectus”
      means
      the Final Prospectus dated July 18, 2006 with respect to the IPO.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Registrable
      Securities”
shall
      mean (a) the Buyer Common Stock issued to and owned by the Seller or any
      Seller’s Affiliates as the Stock Consideration, (b) the shares of Buyer Common
      Stock underlying the warrants transferred to the Seller as Warrant Consideration
      and owned by the Seller or any Seller’s Affiliates, (c) the Buyer Common Stock
      issued to and owned by the Seller or any Seller’s Affiliates pursuant to the
      terms of Section 3(d) of this Agreement and (d) the Buyer Common Stock contained
      in the Financing Private Placement Units and the Buyer Common Stock issuable
      upon exercise of the warrants contained therein issued to and owned by the
      Seller or any Seller’s Affiliates.

     

    “Registrable
      Securities Holder”
shall
      mean any of the Seller or a Seller’s Affiliate holding the Registrable
      Securities.

     

    “Registration
      Buyer Indemnitees”
      means,
      collectively, the Buyer, the Buyer Indemnitees and any other person (including
      each underwriter) who participated in the offering of such Registrable
      Securities.

     

    “Requested
      Stock”
shall
      have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).

     

    “Resale
      Registration Statement”
      means a
      registration statement filed by the Buyer with the SEC on Form F-1 or S-1 (or
      Form F-3 or S-3 (or other comparable short form) if eligible) under the
      Securities Act for the purpose of registering the resale of Registrable
      Securities.

     

    “Reserved
      Tax Liability”
      means
      that part of Seller’s Portion of any Straddle Period Taxes of an SPV which is
      shown as a current liability on the Closing Date Balance Sheet of such
      SPV.

     

    “$”
means
      an amount expressed in United States dollars, the currency of the United States
      of America.

     

    “Sale
      and Purchase”
means
      the sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Buyer of the SPV Shares in
      accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     

    “SEC”
means
      the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

    “Section
      338 Election”
means
      an election that may be made by the Buyer or any of its nominated subsidiaries
      under Section 338(g) of the Code in respect to the acquisition of the SPV Shares
      hereunder.

     

    “Securities
      Act”
shall
      mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
      of the SEC thereunder, as the same shall be in effect from time to
      time.

     

    “Seller’s
      Affiliates”
mean
      any entity which is an Affiliate of the Seller.

     

    “Seller’s
      Indemnitees”
means,
      collectively, the Registrable Securities Holders, their respective directors
      and
      officers and each other person, if any, who controls the Registrable Securities
      Holders.

     

    “Seller’s
      Portion” shall
      have the meaning set forth in Section 18(f).

     

    “SK
      Shipping”
      means SK
      Shipping Co. Limited, a Korean corporation.

     

    “SK
      Shipping Venture”
      means
      the agreement between JVCo and SK Shipping in respect of a profit and loss
      share
      for a VLCC that is chartered to SK Shipping.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “SOC
      Escrow Agreement”
      means
      the escrow agreement among the Buyer, the Seller and the Escrow Agent upon
      the
      terms and conditions of which the SOC Escrow Amount shall be held in escrow,
      in
      form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, the Seller and the Escrow
      Agent.

     

    “SOC
      Escrow Amount”
      means
      $17,250,000.

     

    “SPV”
      means
      each corporation indicated on Schedule
      11(f),
      which
      wholly owns a Vessel.

     

    “SPV
      Shares”
      means
      all the outstanding ordinary shares of an SPV on the Closing Date.

     

    “Stock
      Consideration”
means
      13,500,000 shares of the Buyer Common Stock.

     

    “Stock
      Escrow Agreement”
      means
      that certain Stock Escrow Agreement dated as of July 21, 2006 among EIAC, the
      Initial Stockholders and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
      Company.

     

    “Straddle
      Period”
means
      any tax period of an SPV that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends
      after the Closing Date.

     

    “Straddle
      Period Tax Return”
means
      any Tax Return of an SPV that relates to a Straddle Period.

     

    “Straddle
      Period Taxes”
means
      all Taxes (other than those arising as a result of a Section 338 Election)
      incurred by, imposed on, or asserted against any SPV for a Straddle
      Period.

     

    “Surviving
      Corporation”
has
      the
      meaning set forth in Section 14(f).

     

    “target
      business”
shall
      have the meaning assigned such term in the prospectus summary of the
      Prospectus.

     

    “Tax”
or
      “Taxes”
means
      (i) any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts, and other charges
      of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax
      and
      additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental
      Authority, including any income, franchise, windfall or other profits, gross
      receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social
      security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, net worth, excise,
      withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value added, gains, license,
      registration, documentation, recording, occupancy, occupation, estimated,
      minimum, customs, duties, tariffs or other similar taxes and charges, whether
      disputed or not, (ii) any liability for or in respect of the payment of any
      amount of a type described in clause (i) of this definition as a result of
      being
      a member of an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary or other group for
      Tax purposes, and (iii) any liability for or in respect of the payment of any
      amount described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition of another Person
      as
      a transferee or successor, as a responsible person, as a result of a tax sharing
      or allocation agreements, or otherwise.

     

    “Tax
      Matter”
      means
      any inquiry, claim, assessment, audit, proceeding or similar event with respect
      to Taxes.

     

    “Tax
      Returns”
      means
      any and all returns, reports, forms, claims for refund or credit, and
      information returns filed or required to be filed with any Governmental
      Authority (including any Schedule or attachment thereto) in connection with
      the
      reporting, determination, assessment, collection or payment of any
      Tax.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Third
      Parties”
      means
      all Persons and Governmental Authorities other than parties to this Agreement
      or
      their Affiliates.

     

    “Third
      Party Approvals” means all
      approvals, consents, licenses and waivers from Third Parties that are required
      to effect the Merger and the Sale and Purchase.

     

    “Third
      Party Claim”
means
      a
      claim for money damages brought by a Third Party.

     

    “Trust
      Fund”
has
      the
      meaning set forth in Section 16(d).

     

    “Trust
      Fund Claim”
has
      the
      meaning set forth in Section 16(d).

     

    “Univan”
means
      Univan Ship Management Limited.

     

    “Vessel”
or
      “Vessels”
means
      each of the vessels listed on Schedule
      11(f).

     

    “VLCC”
      means a
      crude oil carrier vessel with a deadweight tonnage between 200,000 and 320,000
      deadweight tons.

     

    “Warrant
      Consideration”
      means an
      aggregate of 425,000 warrants to purchase Buyer Common Stock.

     

    “Worker”
      means
      any person who personally performs services for any SPV but who is not in
      business on their own account or in a client/customer relationship, but does
      not
      include any crew member manning any Vessel under the applicable technical
      management contract.

     

    (b) Section
      and appendix or schedule or exhibit headings do not affect the interpretation
      of
      this Agreement.

     

    (c) Words
      in
      the singular include the plural and in the plural include the
      singular.

     

    (d) A
      reference to one gender includes a reference to the other gender, and a
      reference to “including” means “including without limitation.”

     

    (e) A
      reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is
      in
      force taking account of any amendment, extension or re-enactment and includes
      any subordinate legislation in force made under it.

     

    (f) Writing
      or
written
      includes
      faxes but not e-mail.

     

    (g) Documents
      in agreed
      form
      are
      documents in the form agreed by the parties or on their behalf and initialed
      by
      them or on their behalf for identification.

     

    (h) References
      to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits are to the Sections and Schedules of this
      Agreement; references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of the relevant Section
      or
      Schedule or Exhibit.

     

    (i) Reference
      to this Agreement include this Agreement, the Schedules and the Exhibits (which
      are an integral part of this Agreement) as each may be amended or varied in
      accordance with the terms hereof.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              SECTION
                2.

            	
              SETTLEMENT
                OF CASH CONSIDERATION.

            

    

    

    (a) No
      later
      than two Business Days before the Closing Date, Seller shall supply to Buyer
      provisional balance sheets of each of the SPVs prepared by Seller in accordance
      with GAAP reflecting Seller’s best reasonable estimate of the projected assets
      and liabilities of the SPV on the Closing Date.

    

    (b) As
      soon
      as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than six months after
      Closing Date, Seller shall supply to Buyer final balance sheets of each of
      the
      SPVs prepared by Seller in accordance with GAAP reflecting the actual assets
      and
      liabilities of the SPV on the Closing Date.

    

    (c) Settlement
      of the Cash Consideration at Closing shall be calculated on the basis of the
      Closing Date Pro Forma Balance Sheets, but in the event that the Closing Date
      Final Balance Sheets, in aggregate, show a difference between the amounts paid
      and the aggregate net amount due to the Seller, then Buyer shall pay to Seller
      any additional amount received by it for the SPVs or Seller shall pay to Buyer
      any overpayment (as the case may require) in cash within 30 days.

    

    (d) Settlement
      shall be without prejudice to the right of the Seller to receive any dividends
      or distributions declared but remaining outstanding at the Closing Date or
      other
      sums receivable in respect of profit share or demurrage or otherwise
      attributable to the period up to and including the Closing Date as and when
      the
      same are received by Buyer or the respective SPVs, all of which sums shall
      be
      paid by Buyer or the relevant SPV as soon as practicable after Closing
      Date.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                3.

            	
              SALE
                AND PURCHASE.

            

    

     

    (a) On
      the
      terms of this Agreement, and immediately after the Merger, the Seller shall
      sell
      and transfer or cause to be sold and transferred to the Buyer or its nominated
      subsidiaries all of the SPV Shares and the Buyer shall buy and pay for all
      of
      the SPV Shares for the Aggregate Purchase Price. Such SPV Shares shall be free
      of all Liens (other than such Liens imposed by the Carry-Over Financing) and
      with all rights that attach (or may in the future attach) to such SPV Shares
      including, in particular, the right to receive all dividends and distributions
      declared in respect of any period commencing on or after the Closing Date and
      for the avoidance of doubt the Seller shall retain and be entitled to receive
      and retain for its own benefit all dividends and distributions declared in
      respect of any period up to the Closing Date.

     

    (b) The
      Seller on behalf of itself, JVCo and Golden Asia Limited waives any right of
      pre-emption or other restriction on transfer in respect of the SPV Shares or
      any
      of them conferred on the Seller or JVCo under the organizational documents
      of
      any SPV, any shareholders’ agreement or otherwise.

     

    (c) Subject
      to Section 20, the Closing shall take place as soon as practicable after the
      satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Sections 14 and
      15
      hereof or at such other time as the parties hereto agree (the “Closing
      Date”)
      as
      soon as practicable following the receipt of the shareholder approval required
      under Section 14(g). The Closing shall take place at the offices of Loeb &
Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, or at such other location
      as the parties hereto agree.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    In
      connection with the Closing:

     

    (i) the
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall cause the Merger to be consummated immediately prior to the
      Closing (the time of such consummation of the Merger being the “Effective
      Time”).
      Upon
      the consummation of the Merger, Buyer’s name shall be changed to Van
      Asia
      Tankers Corporation
      (or such
      other name which is acceptable to and as may be directed by
      Seller).

     

    (ii) the
      Ancillary Agreements shall be executed by each party thereto (provided
      that
      in the
      event that the Seller obtains deletion of the “mutual sales option” clause from
      the Charter of the SHINYO OCEAN, then notwithstanding the foregoing, execution
      of the SOC Escrow Agreement shall not be required).

     

    (iii) from
      the
      Cash Consideration otherwise due pursuant to Section 3(a) above the Buyer
      shall:

     

    (A) deposit
      the SOC Escrow Amount into the account designated in the SOC Escrow Agreement
      (provided
      that
      in the
      event that the Seller obtains deletion of the “mutual sales option” clause from
      the Charter of the SHINYO OCEAN, then notwithstanding the foregoing, the SOC
      Escrow Amount shall not be payable to the account designated in the SOC Escrow
      Agreement but shall instead be payable under the immediately following clause
      (B) of this clause (iii)); and

     

    (B) pay
      the
      balance of the Cash Consideration to the Seller to such account(s) as the Seller
      shall direct, in each case, in immediately available funds (provided
      that
      the
      Buyer shall deduct from such Cash Consideration and retain an amount equal
      to
      the consideration payable by the Seller for the Financing Private Placement
      Units purchased by the Seller).

     

    (C) make
      in
      full the Buyer’s Shareholder Loans to the respective SPVs, and procure that the
      same are applied by such SPVs in repayment of the outstanding indebtedness
      of
      the respective SPVs detailed in Schedule 1 outstanding at the Closing
      Date.

     

    (iv) the
      Buyer
      shall deliver (or shall arrange to be delivered) to the Seller one or more
      share
      certificates representing the Stock Consideration and effect the transfer from
      one or more of the Initial Stockholders (free of cost to the Seller) of one
      or
      more warrants representing the Warrant Consideration, in each case registered
      in
      the name of the Seller or such Seller’s Affiliates as the Seller may designate
      in writing.

     

    (v) the
      Seller shall deliver to the Buyer (or its nominated subsidiaries) appropriate
      stock transfer documents in respect of all of the SPV Shares duly executed
      by
      the registered owner thereof together with share certificates representing
      such
      SPV Shares, as required in order to fully effect the transfer thereof to Buyer
      (or its nominated subsidiaries) subject only to execution of appropriate stock
      transfer documents by the Buyer or its nominated subsidiaries and payment of
      applicable stamp duty, except for such share certificates as may be retained
      by
      the financing institutions in connection with the Carry-Over
      Financing.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (vi) the
      Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the written resignation of the directors
      and
      officers of each SPV if required to do so by the Buyer.

     

    (vii) each
      SPV
      will assign to Seller all of its rights to any litigation (including arbitration
      or mediation proceedings) commenced in any part of the world prior to the
      Closing Date (“Assignment
      of Rights”)
      and
      Seller will assume and agree to indemnify each SPV in connection with all costs,
      expenses and other liabilities in connection with such assigned rights
      (“Assumption
      of Liabilities”),
      provided
      that
      where it
      is or may be contrary to the applicable law to assign such rights or to maintain
      or participate in such an action, the relevant SPV shall permit Seller at
      Seller’s sole cost and expense to undertake such proceedings in its name and on
      its behalf and shall hold all proceeds of such proceedings which it may actually
      receive in trust for Seller absolutely, and
      the
      Buyer shall not permit any liquidation or dissolution of the relevant SPV to
      take place until such proceedings have been finally resolved and such SPV has
      duly accounted to Seller for the proceeds.

     

    (viii) Mr.
      George Sagredos shall receive an aggregate of 1 million units of the Buyer,
      each
      unit consisting of one share of Buyer Common Stock and a warrant to purchase
      one
      share of Buyer Common Stock at an exercise price of $8.00 per share
      substantially in the form of the IPO Warrants. Mr. Sagredos shall in his sole
      discretion have the right to direct the issuance of 500,000 of such units to
      Mr.
      Marios Pantazopoulos. The shares of Buyer Common Stock, warrants and the shares
      of Buyer Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof shall have
      the
same
      registration
      and
other
      rights
      contained in Section 6 of this Agreement
      and,
      solely for the purposes of such Section 6 rights, shall be deemed to be
      Registrable Securities, and Mr. Sagredos and Mr. Pantazopoulos (or any
      transferees of such securities) shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable
      Securities. 

     

    (ix) all
      Dividend Waiver
      Securities
      shall be deposited with (in the case of certificated shares), or registered
      in
      the name of (in the case of uncertificated shares), the Escrow Agent pursuant
      to
      the terms of the Dividend Escrow Agreement.

     

    (x) the
      Buyer
      shall cause to be delivered into the control of the directors nominated by
      Seller or as they may direct all of the corporate records, books of account,
      agreements, invoices, receipts and all other information data and assets of
      the
      Buyer and EIAC, and shall procure that Mr. Sagredos and Mr. Pantazopoulos shall
      be available at all reasonable times for a period of one year following the
      Closing Date to give such explanations of the accounting and other records
      of
      the Buyer and EIAC up to the Closing Date as the continuing directors may
      reasonably request.

     

    (d) In
      addition to the Aggregate Purchase Price, the following shall constitute
      additional consideration to be paid by the Buyer to the Seller for the
      acquisition by the Buyer of the SPV Shares:

     

    (i) With
      respect to the first full twelve month period following the Closing Date, in
      the
      event that the Vessels achieve EBITDA for such period equal to or in excess
      of
      $75,000,000, then the Seller shall be entitled to receive, within 30 days
      following the end of such period, an additional 3,000,000 shares of Buyer Common
      Stock at no cost. Any expense or other charge to earnings incurred in
      conjunction with the award of these additional shares or other shares awarded
      to
      EIAC or management will be added back to EBITDA for purposes of calculating
      the
      share award. In the event that the Buyer sells any of the Vessels during the
      first full twelve month period after the Merger, the consolidated EBITDA hurdle
      for the first twelve month period will be reduced by an amount calculated as
      follows:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    First
      Twelve Month Reduction =A * (365/C - 1)
      -
      (D*E*(1-y%)).

     

    where

     

    A
      =
      actual EBITDA contribution for the first twelve month period from the Vessel
      in
      question up to and including the closing of the sale of such
      Vessel,

     

    C
      = the
      number of days during the first twelve month period up to and including the
      closing date of the sale of such Vessel,

     

    D
      = the
      number of days of the scheduled offhire after the sale of such Vessel (i.e.,
      drydock or special survey) during the first twelve-month period,

     

    E
      = the
      gross time charter rate of such Vessel for the first twelve-month period, as
      presented in Schedule 11(p)(vi), and

     

    y%
      = the
      brokerage commission on the gross time charter rate of such Vessel, as presented
      in Schedule 11(p)(vi).

     

    The
      consolidated EBITDA hurdle for the second twelve month period shall be reduced
      by an amount calculated as follows:

     

    Second
      Twelve Month Reduction = A *(365/C)
      - (D*E *
      (1-y%)).

     

    where

     

    D
      = the
      number of days of the scheduled offhire after the sale of such Vessel (i.e.,
      drydock or special survey) during the first twelve-month period,

     

    E
      = the
      gross time charter rate of such Vessel for the second twelve-month period,
      as
      presented in Schedule 11(p)(vi), and

     

    y%
      = the
      brokerage commission on the gross time charter rate of such Vessel, as presented
      in Schedule 11(p)(vi).

     

    To
      illustrate, assume Buyer sells Vessel X on the 90th day of the first twelve
      month period after the Closing Date, and that during the period from the Closing
      Date up to and including the close of the 90th day Vessel X has earned EBITDA
      of
      US$2,000,000. Assume also that Vessel X is due for drydock during the first
      twelve month period with projected 20 offhire days and Vessel X is earning
      a
      gross charter rate of $28,000 per day less 1.25% brokerage commission. Then
      the
      EBITDA hurdle rate for purposes of calculating the earnout consideration for
      the
      first twelve months would be reduced by US$5,558,111, calculated as
      follows:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    US$2,000,000
      * (365/90 - 1) - (US$28,000 * (1-1.25%) * 20) = US$5,558,111

     

    and
      the
      EBITDA hurdle for the second twelve month period would be reduced
      by

     

    US$2,000,000
      * (365/90) - (US$28,000 * (1-1.25%) * 0) = US$8,111,111

     

    plus

     

    (ii) With
      respect to the second twelve month period following the Closing Date, in the
      event that the Vessels achieve EBITDA for such period equal to or in excess
      of
      $75,000,000, then the Seller shall be entitled to receive within 30 days
      following the end of such period, an additional 3,000,000 shares of Buyer Common
      Stock at no cost. Any expense or
      other charge to earnings incurred
      in conjunction with the award of these additional shares or other shares awarded
      to EIAC or management will be added back to EBITDA for purposes of calculating
      the share award. In the event that the Buyer sells any of the Vessels during
      the
      second twelve month period after the Merger, the consolidated EBITDA hurdle
      for
      the second twelve month period will be reduced by an amount calculated as
      follows:

     

    Second
      Twelve Month Reduction =A * (365/C - 1)
      -
      (D*E*(1-y%)).

     

    where

     

    A
      =
      actual EBITDA contribution for the Vessel for the second twelve month period
      up
      to and including the closing of the sale of such Vessel,

     

    C
      = the
      number of days during the second twelve month period up to and including the
      closing date of the sale of such Vessel,

     

    D
      = the
      number of days of the scheduled offhire after the sale of such Vessel (i.e.,
      drydock or special survey) during the second twelve-month period,

     

    E
      = the
      gross time charter rate of such Vessel for the second twelve-month period,
      as
      presented in Schedule 11(p)(vi), and

     

    y%
      = the
      brokerage commission on the gross time charter rate of such Vessel, as presented
      in Schedule 11(p)(vi).

     

    For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, the additional 6,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock,
      if
      issued in accordance with subclauses (i) and (ii) above, shall not be subject
      to
      any lock-up from the date of any such issuance.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                4.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE SELLER.

            

    

     

    (a) The
      Seller will use its best efforts to deliver to EIAC no later than December
      14,
      2007 (or such later date as shall be agreed to in writing between EIAC and
      Seller) true and complete copies of the Audited Financial Statements and the
      Interim Financial Statements, accompanied by a related Management’s Discussion
      and Analysis of Financial Condition in form and substance in accordance with
      the
      requirements of the Securities Act for purposes of the Merger Proxy and the
      Acquisition Registration Statement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (b) From
      the
      Original Agreement Date, through and including the Closing Date, the Seller
      shall:

     

    (i) use
      its
      best efforts to prevent the SPVs from becoming insolvent (within the meaning
      of
      the U.S. Bankruptcy Code);

     

    (ii) use
      its
      best efforts to ensure that each SPV shall continue to operate its respective
      Business as it is currently conducted;

     

    (iii) use
      its
      best efforts to ensure that each SPV shall retain ownership of the Vessel owned
      by such SPV, provided that an SPV may sell its Vessel if EIAC and the Buyer
      have
      consented in advance to such sale;

     

    (iv) use
      reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that each SPV shall perform its
      respective obligations under each Charter;

     

    (v) use
      its
      best efforts to continue to keep each SPV, each Vessel and the SPV Shares free
      and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and use its best efforts
      to
      ensure that each SPV shall forbear from creating any Liens, claims or
      encumbrances of any kind upon the Vessels, the SPV Shares or any other material
      assets of the SPVs, in each case other than in the ordinary course of
      business;

     

    (vi) [intentionally
      omitted];

     

    (vii) [intentionally
      omitted];

     

    (viii) use
      its
      best efforts to ensure that the Closing Date Net Current Assets of each SPV
      shall be not less than zero;

     

    (ix) use
      reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the consent or waiver of any party
      to a
      Carry-Over Financing, to the extent such consent or waiver is necessary to
      continue such financing arrangements upon the consummation of the Sale and
      Purchase; and

     

    (x) to
      the
      extent that the terms of any representation and warranty contained in Section
      11
      are no longer accurate and complete, Seller shall promptly provide EIAC and
      Buyer with a Disclosure Letter with the corrected complete and accurate
      information.

     

    (c) Subsequent
      to the Closing Date, to the extent not waived or paid pursuant to the SOC Escrow
      Agreement, promptly pay any obligation due pursuant to the “mutual sales option”
clause in the relevant Charter.

     

    (d) Seller
      shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause the Financing to be committed
      on
      or before December
      17, 2007.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                5.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF EIAC AND THE BUYER.

            

    

     

    (a) Each
      of
      EIAC and the Buyer covenants with the Seller that it shall:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (i) use
      its
      best efforts to assist the Seller in procuring the Financing;

     

    (ii) as
      soon
      as is reasonably practicable following the date hereof, and after receipt of
      the
      required financial statements of the SPVs, file the Merger Proxy and Acquisition
      Registration Statement with the SEC;

     

    (iii) use
      its
      best efforts to materially comply with all applicable rules and regulations
      of
      the SEC in connection with the Merger and the Sale and Purchase;

     

    (iv) obtain
      all Governmental Approvals and take all other actions, as may be necessary
      or
      reasonably appropriate in order to effect the Merger and the Sale and
      Purchase;

     

    (v) have
      received prior to the Closing Date a market stand-off agreement signed by each
      of the Initial Stockholders, such market stand-off agreement to be in form
      and
      substance satisfactory to the Seller;

     

    (vi) have
      received prior to the Closing Date an undertaking (“Initial
      Stockholders’ Undertaking”)
      executed by each of the Initial Stockholders that they shall not without the
      prior written consent of the Seller exercise any rights they may have under
      the
      Stock Escrow Agreement to cause the release of any of the Escrow Shares prior
      to
      the First Anniversary, other than as permitted pursuant to Sections 3.2 and
      4.3
      of the Stock Escrow Agreement, such undertaking to be in form and substance
      reasonably satisfactory to the Seller and provided that in the case of any
      transfer of the Escrow Shares pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Stock Escrow
      Agreement the transferee of such shares shall first enter into an undertaking
      with the Seller in terms equivalent to the Initial Stockholders’ Undertaking and
      acceptable to the Seller; and

     

    (vii) from
      the
      date hereof until the Closing Date (unless this Agreement is otherwise
      terminated earlier), not enter into any obligations, commitments or liabilities
      except as (1) necessary to effect the Merger and the Sale and Purchase or (2)
      subject to the terms of Section 8 hereof, in connection with the business of
      either of Buyer or EIAC as currently conducted or as disclosed in the
      Prospectus.

     

    (b) Each
      of
      EIAC and the Buyer shall not without the prior written consent of the Seller
      permit any change to be made in its Certificate or Articles of Incorporation
      (as
      the case may be) or Bylaws or issue any shares or rights to acquire shares
      until
      Closing except
      as
      mutually agreed in writing between Buyer and Seller to effect the Merger and
      the
      Sale and Purchase.

     

    (c) At
      least
      ten (10) days
      prior to
      the
      initial
      filing
      of the Merger Proxy or Acquisition Registration Statement or Resale Registration
      Statement, and
      at least
      five (5) days prior to the filing
      of any
      amendment of or supplements to the Merger Proxy or Acquisition Registration
      Statement or Resale Registration Statement, or of any document that is to be
      incorporated by reference therein after initial filing thereof with the SEC,
      and
      of any responses to the comments of the SEC, Buyer and EIAC shall in each case
      provide copies of such documents (including revised drafts) to the Seller,
      its
      counsel and auditors and other advisors as specifically advised by Seller and
      make such of the representatives of EIAC and the Buyer as shall be reasonably
      requested by the Seller, and their respective counsel, auditors and advisors,
      available for discussion of such document, including comments of and responses
      to the SEC; EIAC and Buyer shall consult and cooperate with and take account
      of
      the comments and suggestions of Seller and its counsel, auditors and advisors
      with regard to the foregoing; and neither EIAC nor the Buyer shall file with
      the
      SEC or distribute to shareholders or otherwise make publicly available any
      Merger Proxy, the Acquisition Registration Statement, the Resale Registration
      Statement, any amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing, or any
      document that is to be incorporated by reference therein after initial filing
      thereof with the SEC, nor any SEC response letter or related correspondence,
      except (i) if pursuant to this paragraph the Seller and its counsel shall have
      previously been furnished with a copy thereof, and (ii) if the Seller
(or
      any
      representative of Seller) shall
      have provided its written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
      or delayed) to such filing, distribution or other public release. In addition,
      EIAC and Buyer shall not request acceleration of the effectiveness of the
      Acquisition Registration Statement or Resale Registration Statement without
      the
      written consent of Seller
      or its
      representative
      (such
      consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              SECTION
                6.

            	
              REGISTRATION
                RIGHTS; LOCK UP.

            

    

     

    (a) Registration
      on Form F-4 / S-4.
      Buyer
      shall include the Registrable Securities in the Acquisition Registration
      Statement to the extent that such inclusion would not, in Buyer’s reasonable
      judgment, after receiving written comments from the SEC that address the
      registration of the Registrable Securities, materially hinder or delay the
      SEC’s
      declaration of effectiveness thereof or approval of the Merger
      Proxy.

     

    (b) Registration
      of Registrable Securities.

     

    (i) “Demand
      Registration.” Upon
      request by the Seller or any other holder of Registrable Securities, from time
      to time the Buyer shall prepare and file and use its best efforts to have
      declared effective as soon as is reasonably practical but in any event within
      120 days from the date of such request the Resale Registration Statement with
      the SEC and shall include all of the Registrable Securities in such Resale
      Registration Statement (or such lesser number of shares of Registrable
      Securities as is permitted under SEC rules, regulations and interpretations)
      and
      shall keep such Resale Registration Statement effective until all Registrable
      Securities are sold thereunder.

     

    (ii) “Piggyback
      Registration Rights.” If
      the
      Buyer shall determine to proceed with the preparation and filing of a new
      registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with the proposed
      offer and sale of any of its securities (other than a registration statement
      on
      Form F-4 / S-4, S-8 or other limited purpose form), the Buyer will give written
      notice of its determination to any holder of Registrable Securities. Upon the
      written request from any such holder of Registrable Securities, within 15 days
      after receipt of any such notice from the Buyer, the Buyer will cause all of
      the
      Registrable Securities covered by such request (the “Requested Stock”) held by
      any such holder of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration
      statement, all to the extent requisite to permit the sale or other disposition
      by the prospective seller or sellers of the Requested Stock; provided that
      nothing herein shall prevent the Buyer from, at any time, abandoning or delaying
      any such registration.

     

    (c) Registration
      Procedures.
      Pursuant
      to the Buyer’s obligations as set forth in Section 6(a) and 6(b), the Buyer
      will:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (i) prepare
      and file with the SEC the Acquisition Registration Statement and, if requested
      in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (b) above, the Resale
      Registration Statement, and use its best efforts to cause each such registration
      statement to become and remain effective for such period of time as may be
      required for the disposition of such securities covered by such registration
      statement by the holders thereof (which period of time shall not expire earlier
      than the first date on which the Registrable Securities Holders could sell
      or
      dispose the Registrable Securities without restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k)
      promulgated under the Securities Act);

     

    (ii) prepare
      and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration
      statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary
      to
      keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions
      of
      the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of all
      securities covered by such registration statement until such time as all of
      such
      securities have been fully disposed of;

     

    (iii) furnish
      to all selling security holders (including the Registrable Securities Holders)
      such number of copies of the relevant prospectus, including the relevant
      preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
      Act, and such other documents, as such selling security holders may reasonably
      request;

     

    (iv) use
      its
      best efforts to register or qualify the securities covered by such registration
      statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
      within the United States and Puerto Rico as each holder of such securities
      shall
      request (provided,
      however, that
      the
      Buyer shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business
      under the laws of any jurisdiction in which it is not then qualified or to
      file
      any general consent to service or process), and do such other reasonable acts
      and things as may be required of it to enable such holder to consummate the
      disposition in such jurisdiction of the securities covered by such registration
      statement;

     

    (v) furnish,
      at the request of the selling Registrable Securities Holder(s), on the date
      that
      such shares of Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for
      sale
      pursuant to a registration that is underwritten or, if such Registrable
      Securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the
      registration statement with respect to such shares of Registrable Securities
      becomes effective, (A) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing
      the Buyer for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the underwriters,
      if any, and if such Registrable Securities are not being sold through
      underwriters, then to the selling Registrable Securities Holder(s), in customary
      form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in such legal
      opinions; and (B) a comfort letter dated such date, from the independent
      certified public accountants of the Buyer, addressed to the underwriters, if
      any, and the selling Registrable Securities Holder(s), in a customary form
      and
      covering matters of the type customarily covered by such comfort letters and
      as
      they shall reasonably request;

     

    (vi) enter
      into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary
      form, it being understood that any underwriting agreement entered into by the
      selling Registrable Securities Holder(s) with respect to an underwritten
      offering of Registrable Securities will impose customary indemnification
      obligations on the underwriter(s)) and take such other actions as are reasonably
      required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
      Securities;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (vii) cooperate
      reasonably with any managing underwriter to effect the sale of Registrable
      Securities, including but not limited to attendance of the Buyer’s executive
      officers at any planned “road show” presentations to the extent that such
      attendance does not unduly or unreasonably impact the performance of such
      officer’s duties;

     

    (viii) notify
      the selling Registrable Securities Holder(s) and the underwriter(s), if any,
      in
      writing at any time when the Buyer is aware that offering documents include
      an
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
      to
      be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
      in
      light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any selling
      Registrable Securities Holder or underwriter, prepare and furnish to such
      person(s) such reasonable number of copies of any amendment or supplement to
      the
      offering documents as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to
      the
      purchasers of such shares, such offering documents would not include any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
      stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
      light of the circumstances then existing, and to deliver to purchasers of any
      other securities of the Buyer included in the offering copies of such offering
      documents as so amended or supplemented;

     

    (ix) promptly
      notify the selling Registrable Securities Holder(s) of (A) the effectiveness
      of
      such offering documents, (B) the issuance by the SEC of an order suspending
      the
      effectiveness of the offering documents, or of the threat of any proceeding
      for
      that purpose, and (C) the suspension of the qualification of any securities
      to
      be included in the offering documents for sale in any jurisdiction or the
      initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose; and

     

    (x) cause
      all
      Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar
      securities issued by the Buyer are then listed.

     

    It
      shall
      be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Buyer to take any action
      pursuant to this Section 6 in respect of the securities which are to be
      registered that the Registrable Securities Holder(s) shall furnish to the Buyer
      such information regarding the securities held by the Registrable Securities
      Holder(s) and the intended method of disposition thereof as the Buyer shall
      reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with the action taken
      by the Buyer.

     

    (d) Expenses.
      All
      expenses incurred in complying with this Section 6 shall be paid by the Buyer,
      including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including
      all expenses incident to filing with the NASD), (ii) all “road show” expenses
      incurred by the Buyer or the Registrable Securities Holder(s) and all applicable
      selling security holders, (iii) printing expenses, (iv) fees and expenses of
      counsel for the Buyer, (v) the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel
      for
      the Registrable Securities Holders, (vi) expenses of any special audits incident
      to or required by any such registration, (vii) expenses of complying with the
      securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction pursuant to Section 6(c)(iv)
      and
      (viii) any fees or disbursements of counsel for any underwriter in respect
      of
      the securities sold by any applicable selling security holders, including the
      Registrable Securities Holders, if applicable, except that the Buyer shall
      not
      be liable for any fees, discounts or commissions to any
      underwriter.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (e) Indemnification
      and Contribution.

     

    (i) In
      the
      event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities
      Act
      pursuant to this Agreement, the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the
      Seller’s Indemnitees from and against any losses, claims, damages or
      liabilities, joint or several, to which a Seller’s Indemnitee may become subject
      under the Securities Act or any other statute or at common law, insofar as
      such
      losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
      out
      of or are based upon: (A) any untrue statement or any alleged untrue statement
      of any material fact contained or incorporated by reference, on the effective
      date thereof, in any registration statement under which such securities were
      registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus or final
      prospectus contained therein, any free writing prospectus or any amendment
      or
      supplement thereto, (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
      material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
      therein not misleading, or (C) any other violation of any applicable securities
      laws, and in each of the foregoing circumstances shall pay for or reimburse
      the
      Seller’s Indemnitees for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by
      all or any one of the Seller’s Indemnitees in connection with investigating or
      defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,
      however,
      that,
      with respect to any Seller’s Indemnitee, the Buyer shall not be liable in any
      such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability has
      been
      found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been based upon any actual
      untrue statement or actual omission made or incorporated by reference in such
      registration statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus, free writing
      prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto solely in reliance upon and
      in
      conformity with written information furnished to the Buyer by such Seller’s
      Indemnitee specifically for use therein. Such indemnity shall remain in full
      force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of a
      Seller’s Indemnitee, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by a
      Seller’s Indemnitee.

     

    (ii) In
      the
      event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities
      Act
      pursuant to this Agreement, the Registrable Securities Holders, by acceptance
      hereof, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Registration Buyer Indemnitees
      against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
      the Registration Buyer Indemnitees may become subject under the Securities
      Act
      or any other statute or at common law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
      or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
      (A) any untrue statement or any alleged untrue statement of any material fact
      contained or incorporated by reference, effective date thereof, in any
      registration statement under which such securities were registered under the
      Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
      therein, any free writing prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
      or
      (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
      to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
      but in either case only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission
      is
      (1) made in reliance on and in conformity with any information furnished in
      writing by the Seller to the Buyer concerning the Seller specifically for
      inclusion in the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus,
      free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to
      such
      offering, and (2) is not corrected by the Seller and distributed to the
      purchasers of shares within a reasonable period of time.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iii) If
      the
      indemnification provided for in this Section 6 from an indemnifying party is
      unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims,
      damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then the indemnifying
      party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to
      the
      amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
      claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate
      to
      reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified parties
      in
      connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
      liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
      The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall
      be
      determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question,
      including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
      or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates
      to
      information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnifying parties, and
      the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
      to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as
      a
      result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to
      above shall include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred
      by
      such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.

     

    (iv) The
      parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
      pursuant to Section 6(e)(iii) were determined by pro rata allocation or by
      any
      other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
      considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No person
      guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 (f)
      of
      the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was
      not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

     

    (f) “Market
      Stand-Off” Agreement.
      The
      Seller (on behalf of itself and each Registrable Securities Holder) hereby
      agrees, in connection with any firm commitment, underwritten primary public
      offering by the Buyer of its securities, that it shall not, to the extent
      requested by the Buyer or a managing underwriter of such securities, sell or
      otherwise transfer or dispose of or engage in any other transaction regarding
      any Registrable Securities or other shares of the Buyer then owned by the Seller
      or any Registrable Securities Holder for a period not to exceed one hundred
      and
      eighty (180) days following the effective date of a registration statement
      of
      the Buyer filed under the Securities Act in connection with such firm
      commitment, underwritten public offering by the Buyer.

     

    (g) Resale
      Exemptions; Reports Under Exchange Act. In
      order
      to permit a Registrable Securities Holder to sell Registrable Securities, if
      it
      so desires, pursuant to any applicable resale exemption under applicable
      securities laws and regulations, the Buyer shall:

     

    (i) comply
      with all requirements under the Securities Act and all rules and regulations
      of
      the SEC thereunder in connection with use of any such resale
      exemption;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) make
      and
      keep available adequate and current public information regarding the
      Buyer;

     

    (iii) file
      with
      the SEC in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required to be
      filed
      under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other applicable securities
      laws
      and regulations;

     

    (iv) furnish
      to the Registrable Securities Holders, upon written request, copies of annual
      reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act and other applicable
      securities laws and regulations; and

     

    (v) furnish
      to the Registrable Securities Holders, upon written request (A) a copy of the
      most recent quarterly report of the Buyer and such other reports and documents
      filed by the Buyer with the SEC and (B) such other information as may be
      reasonably required to permit the Registrable Securities Holders to sell
      pursuant to any applicable resale exemption under the Securities Act or other
      applicable securities law and regulations, if any.

     

    (h) Lock-up.

     

    (i) The
      Seller hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Buyer,
      it
      (A) will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, agree to offer or sell,
      solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option or purchase any put option
      with respect to, or pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of, any of the
      Registrable Securities, and (B) will not establish or increase any “put
      equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease any “call equivalent position”
with respect to such Registrable Securities (in each case within the meaning
      of
      Section 16 of the Exchange Act), or otherwise enter into any swap, derivative
      or
      other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in
      part,
      any economic consequence of ownership of such Registrable Securities, whether
      or
      not such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Registrable Securities,
      other securities, cash or other consideration, in either case for a period
      of
      (x) one hundred and eighty (180) days with respect to one-half of such
      Registrable Securities, and (y) three hundred and sixty five (365) days with
      respect to the remaining Registrable Securities, in each case commencing on
      the
      Closing Date; provided
      that,
      notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller shall be permitted to transfer all
      or
      any portion of the Registrable Securities to any Seller’s Affiliate;
provided,
      further, that prior
      to
      any such transfer the transferor at its expense shall provide to the Buyer
      an
      opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Buyer to the effect that such
      transfer would not require registration under the Securities Act. The Seller
      hereby further agrees to cause each Registrable Securities Holder to enter
      into
      a lock-up agreement giving effect to the provisions of this Section 6(h)
      immediately upon such Registrable Securities Holder’s acquisition of an
      aggregate of any
      Registrable Securities. The registration of the Registrable Securities as
      contemplated by Sections 6(a) and (b) shall not be prohibited by this Section
      6(h).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) The
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall cause each of George Sagredos
      and
      Marios
      Pantazopoulos to enter into an acknowledgment and agreement (as required by
      Section 14(p)) providing
      that,
      without the prior written consent of the Buyer, he
      (A) will
      not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, agree to offer or sell, solicit offers
      to purchase, grant any call option or purchase any put option with respect
      to,
      or pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of the
      1
      million units of Buyer to be issued pursuant to Section 3(c)(viii) of this
      Agreement, or any of the Buyer
      Common Stock or warrants included therein, and (B) will not establish or
      increase any “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease any “call
      equivalent position” with respect to 1 million units of Buyer to be issued
      pursuant to Section 3(c)(viii) of this Agreement, or any of the Buyer Common
      Stock or warrants included therein (in each case within the meaning of Section
      16 of the Exchange Act), or otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other
      transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
      any
      economic consequence of ownership of the 1 million units of Buyer to be issued
      pursuant to Section 3(c)(viii) of this Agreement, or any of the Buyer Common
      Stock or warrants included therein, whether or not such transaction is to be
      settled by delivery of shares of Buyer Common Stock or warrants, other
      securities, cash or other consideration, in either case for a period of one
      hundred and eighty (180) days commencing on the Closing Date. The registration
      rights contemplated by Sections 6(a) and (b) shall not be prohibited by this
      Section 6(h)(ii).

     

    (i) Termination.
      The
      rights granted under this Section 6 shall expire at the earlier of such time
      as
      the Registrable Securities Holders collectively (i) hold less than five (5%)
      percent of the outstanding Buyer Common Stock, or (ii) are eligible to sell
      their Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144(k) promulgated
      under the Securities Act (it being agreed, for purposes of this Section 6(i),
      that the Buyer, upon the request of a Registrable Securities Holder and at
      Buyer’s expense, shall provide to Buyer’s transfer agent a legal opinion of its
      counsel regarding the ability of such holder to sell its Registrable Securities
      under Rule 144(k) and any appropriate legend removal instructions).

     

    (j) Legends.
      The
      Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer shall legend the share
      certificates representing the Registrable Securities to reflect the restrictions
      on transfer contained in this Agreement and may issue to its transfer agent
      a
      stop transfer instruction in relation thereto. Such legend shall
      state:

     

    THE
      SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT
      BE
      SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN
      THE
      ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION
      OF
      COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS
      EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS
      CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER WITH THE
      COMPANY NOT TO SELL SUCH SHARES FOR A PERIOD OF 180 (OR 365 DAYS, AS THE CASE
      MAY BE) DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                7.

            	
              DIVIDENDS.

            

    

     

    (a) Subject
      to its ability to do so under applicable law, the Buyer agrees to pay the First
      Year Dividend to its shareholders on the First Anniversary.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (b) The
      Seller shall, and shall cause each other Registrable Securities Holder holding
      Dividend Waiver Securities to, enter into a Dividend Waiver Agreement as
      required under Section 3(c)(ii) hereof.

     

    (c) EIAC
      and
      the Buyer shall cause the Initial Stockholders, the directors and officers
      of
      EIAC and their respective Affiliates holding Dividend Waiver Securities to
      enter
      into a Dividend Waiver Agreement as required under Section 3(c)(ii)
      hereof.

     

    (d) Subject
      to the restrictions contained in Section 6(h), a Person described in Section
      7(b) or (c) may:

     

    (i) sell
      any
      Dividend Waiver Securities to an unrelated third party free of any restrictions
      imposed by a Dividend Waiver Agreement, and upon such sale, and pursuant to
      the
      terms of the Dividend Escrow Agreement, if
      applicable, the
      Escrow Agent shall release such Dividend Waiver Securities from escrow upon
      receipt by it of the agreed consideration therefor and shall pay to the seller
      the amount of the consideration received less such amount as would be necessary
      to pay the First Year Dividend on such Dividend Waiver Securities, which amount
      shall be retained by the Escrow Agent and held in escrow pursuant to the terms
      of the Dividend Escrow Agreement. Any amounts deposited in escrow pursuant
      to this paragraph and
      not
      used to pay the First Year Dividend shall be refunded, together with any
      interest accrued thereon, to such seller upon the payment of the First Year
      Dividend; and

     

    (ii) exercise
      any warrants, rights or other options in respect of any Dividend Waiver
      Securities, and upon notifying the Escrow Agent of such exercise the Escrow
      Agent shall promptly take all such steps as are necessary to exercise such
      warrants, rights or other options in respect of any Dividend Waiver
      Securities,
      provided
      that
      any
      shares of Buyer Common Stock issuable upon any such exercise shall remain
      subject to the applicable Dividend Waiver Agreement and shall be held in escrow
      by the Escrow Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Dividend Escrow
      Agreement.

     

    (e) The
      Buyer
      shall be obligated and agrees to pay any and all expenses of the Escrow Agent
      in
      connection with the Dividend Escrow Agreement. 

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                8.

            	
              NO
                SOLICITATION OF OTHER
                ACQUISITIONS.

            

    

     

    (a) Only
      in
      the event that the Seller obtains the Financing, and commencing on such date,
      until the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 20 hereof,
EIAC,
      the
      Buyer, their Affiliates and their respective representatives, agents and
      officers will
      cease
      all
      activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person or Persons other than
      the Seller with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and in particular, EIAC
      and
      the Buyer and their respective representatives, agents and officers shall not
      take, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their respective
      Affiliates and their respective representatives, agents and officers not to
      take, any action to:

     

    (i) knowingly
      solicit the making or submission of any Acquisition Proposal; or

     

    (ii) knowingly
      initiate or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person
      (other than the Seller) in furtherance of any proposal that constitutes or
      could
      reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (b) Only
      in
      the event that the Seller obtains the Financing, and commencing on such date,
      until the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 20 hereof,
      the
      Board of
      Directors of each of EIAC and the Buyer (or any committee thereof) shall not
      (i)
      approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition
      Proposal (other than with the Seller) nor (ii) cause EIAC, the Buyer or any
      of
      their respective Affiliates to enter into and approve any letter of intent,
      agreement in principle or similar agreement relating to any Acquisition
      Proposal.

     

    (c) Only
      in
      the event that the Seller obtains the Financing, and commencing on such date,
      until the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 20 hereof,
      in
      addition
      to the obligations set forth the preceding clauses of this Section 8, EIAC
      and
      the Buyer shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2)
      Business Days) advise the Seller of any request for information with respect
      to
      any Acquisition Proposal or of any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry with
      respect to any Acquisition Proposal, including the terms and conditions of
      such
      Acquisition Proposal.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                9.

            	
              DIRECTOR
                NOMINEES AND OFFICERS; MANAGEMENT
                STRUCTURE.

            

    

     

    (a) The
      Merger Proxy will provide that following the Merger and the Sale and Purchase
      the Buyer’s board of directors shall consist of nine (9) persons, eight (8) of
      whom (consisting of two (2) Class A directors, three (3) Class B directors
      and
      three (3) Class C directors) shall be nominated by the Seller and one (1) of
      whom (consisting of one (1) Class A director) shall be nominated by the holders
      of Buyer
      Common Stock
      immediately prior to the Effective Time. Five (5) of the directors so nominated
      by Seller shall qualify as independent directors under the Securities Act and
      the rules of any applicable securities exchange. In accordance with Article
      Sixth of the Buyer’s Articles of Incorporation, following the consummation of
      the Merger and the Sale and Purchase, subject to subparagraph (i) below, Captain
      Vanderperre and Mr. Fred Cheng shall be appointed as Class C directors and
      Mr.
      Marios Pantazopoulos shall be appointed as a Class A director. Subject to the
      placement of director and officer liability insurance in form and substance
      satisfactory to each of the following individuals in his sole discretion,
      following the Effective Time the following individuals shall be appointed to
      the
      offices of Buyer indicated:

     

    (i) Captain
      Vanderperre shall serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
      or
      if he is unable or unwilling to accept such appointment, the Seller may nominate
      another individual to serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors;
      and

     

    (ii) Mr.
      Fred
      Cheng shall serve as Chief Executive Officer.

     

    (b) After
      the
      Effective Time, Buyer shall have its principal office located in Hong Kong
      subject to confirmation by the Closing Date that the location of such office
      will not result in any adverse tax consequences.

     

    (c) Upon
      the
      consummation of the Closing the Buyer shall procure that under the Management
      Agreement the management of the Vessels is contracted for a period of three
      (3)
      years to the Management Company or such other entity as may be nominated by
      Seller, which shall in turn subcontract the technical management and crewing
      services activities to Univan.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (d) After
      the
      initial appointments referred to in sub-clause (a) above and in consideration
      of
      Closing, the Buyer hereby irrevocably grants to the Seller, for so long as
      the
      Seller shall hold not less than 25% of the outstanding Buyer Common Stock for
      the time being (calculated assuming conversion of any outstanding shares of
      convertible preferred stock of the Buyer held by the Seller at such time),
      the
      continuing right to appoint by written notice to the Buyer one (1) Class A
      director, one (1) Class B director and one (1) Class C director at any time
      in
      place of any of the Class A, Class B or Class C directors nominated by the
      Seller under sub-clause (a) above, or their successors, whether upon the
      retirement, removal, incapacity or death of any such Class A, Class B or Class
      C
      directors (as the case may be). None of such appointed directors shall be
      required to be independent directors, provided that following any such
      appointment the board of the directors of the Buyer shall include such number
      of
      independent directors as are then required under applicable U.S. securities
      laws
      and the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange. The parties hereto
      agree that, at or prior to the Closing, the Buyer shall effect such amendments
      to its Articles of Incorporation, issue to the Seller such shares of convertible
      preferred stock or other convertible voting securities (in each case for no
      consideration) in lieu of shares of Buyer Common Stock that would otherwise
      be
      issued to the Seller as Stock Consideration or in the Financing Private
      Placement, and enter into such agreements with the Seller, in each case as
      are
      in the reasonable opinion of the Seller necessary to give effect to the
      provisions of this Section 9(d).

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                10.

            	
              BINDING
                AGREEMENTS;
                NON-COMPETITION.

            

    

     

    (a) Subject
      to Section 20 hereof, the Buyer, EIAC and Seller agree to be bound by the terms
      of this Agreement and shall not enter into any agreements, negotiations or
      transactions that would adversely affect their respective obligations
      hereunder.

     

    (b) During
      the Non-Compete Period, the Seller hereby agrees and undertakes not to do any
      of
      the things set out in Section 10(c) below, except with the Buyer’s prior written
      consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
      regardless of whether the Seller is acting:

     

    (i) for
      itself or on behalf of any Person (including as director, manager, partner,
      shareholder, employee, consultant or agent of such Person);

     

    (ii) alone
      or
      in conjunction with any other Person;

     

    (iii) directly
      or indirectly through agents, intermediaries, Affiliates or any other Person;
      or

     

    (iv) in
      any
      other capacity and in any other manner whatsoever.

     

    (c) Pursuant
      to Section 10(b) above, the Seller shall refrain from:

     

    (i) participating
      in any capacity (other than as a customer) in any Competitive Business,
provided
      that:

     

    (A) the
      Seller shall be permitted to participate as a minority shareholder in any
      Competitive Business; and

     

    (B) the
      Seller shall not be prevented or restrained in any way from acquiring or
      participating in any Competitive Business in any manner the Seller deems fit
      in
      its sole discretion if Seller shall have offered to the Buyer the first
      opportunity to acquire or participate in such Competitive Business on the terms
      available to the Seller and, within not more than three (3) business days of
      the
      date the Seller offered such opportunity to the Buyer, the Buyer has either
      declined to proceed with such opportunity or failed to respond to such
      offer;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) inducing
      or attempting to induce any person who is or was within one year prior to the
      Closing Date a customer, supplier or other business relation of any SPV to
      cease
      doing business with or materially reduce its business with such SPV or to do
      business with such SPV on less favorable terms than such business had previously
      been conducted or in any way interfering in a materially detrimental manner
      with
      the relationship between any SPV or the Buyer and any of its customers,
      suppliers or other business relations;

     

    (iii) inducing
      or attempting to induce any prospective customer of any SPV not to do business
      with such SPV;

     

    (iv) inducing
      or attempting to induce any employee of the Buyer to leave such employment
      or in
      any way interfering with the relationship between any SPV or the Buyer and
      any
      of its employees, provided
      that
      nothing
      herein shall extend to the crew for the respective Vessels provided by Univan
      under the management agreements or to any employee who responds to a general
      employment advertisement;

     

    (v) employing
      (or otherwise engaging as an independent contractor or in any other capacity)
      any employee of the Buyer or any person who was an employee of the Buyer at
      any
      time during the Non-Compete Period except (A) after such person has left his
      employment with the Buyer, but then only if the circumstances set out in
      paragraph (iv) above do not apply or (B) any employee who responds to a general
      employment advertisement; and 

     

    (vi) inducing
      or attempting to induce any director of any SPV or the Buyer or any person
      having a consultancy or similar agreement with any SPV or the Buyer to leave
      his
      position with any SPV or the Buyer or to terminate his agreement with any SPV
      or
      the Buyer or in any way interfering in a materially detrimental manner with
      the
      relationship between any SPV or the Buyer and any of its directors or any of
      the
      persons referred to in this paragraph, provided
      that
      nothing
      herein shall extend to any director or consultant who responds to a general
      advertisement.

     

    (d) If
      the
      Buyer becomes aware of any infringement of the provisions set out in Section
      10(c) by the Seller, the Buyer shall give a notice to the Seller requesting
      them
      to cease any such infringement within fifteen days. In case of failure by the
      Seller to comply with this notice, the Seller shall compensate the Buyer for
      all
      Losses (as defined herein) caused by such infringement.

     

    (e) The
      Seller acknowledges that the provisions of Section 10(c) above are reasonable
      and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Buyer. However, if
      any
      of such provisions shall ever be held to exceed the limitations imposed by
      applicable law, they shall not be nullified but the parties hereto shall be
      deemed to have agreed to such provisions that conform with the maximum permitted
      by applicable law, and any such provision exceeding such limitations shall
      be
      automatically reformed accordingly.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (f) The
      Buyer
      and EIAC acknowledge that the Seller (either directly or through subsidiaries
      other than the SPVs), Captain Vanderperre, Mr. Fred Cheng and/or JVCo are now
      engaged in (i) the SK Shipping Venture, and (ii) activities or lines of business
      that are similar to the Business but which are not Competitive Businesses,
      and
      that in the event that the option available pursuant to the Option Agreement
      has
      not been exercised by the Buyer in respect of any or all of the respective
      Option Vessels, such Option Vessels may carry on Competitive Business.
      Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10 to the contrary, the Buyer and
      EIAC
      acknowledge that the Seller (either directly or through subsidiaries other
      than
      the SPVs), Captain Vanderperre, Mr. Fred Cheng and/or JVCo shall have the right
      to continue to engage in (x) the SK Shipping Venture, (y) such activities or
      lines of business that are similar to the Business in which they are now engaged
      or may in the future elect to engage in so long as such activities or lines
      of
      business are not Competitive Businesses, and (z) any Business in respect of
      any
      Option Vessels in respect of which the option available pursuant to the Option
      Agreement has not been exercised by the Buyer, whether or not it is Competitive
      Business.

     

    (g) For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Management Company
      intends to carry on an independent business managing other ships, shipping
      companies, shipping funds and other shipping related assets and nothing in
      this
      Agreement shall be construed as restricting the business of the Management
      Company, which, notwithstanding that it may be under common control with the
      Seller, shall be entitled to carry out such activities (including investment
      of
      funds provided directly or indirectly by Captain Vanderperre or Mr. Fred Cheng)
      in its absolute discretion whether or not any such such activities or lines
      of
      business are similar to the Business or if undertaken by the Seller may be
      Competitive Business.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                11.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF THE
                SELLER.

            

    

     

    The
      Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Buyer
      and EIAC as of the Original Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (unless
      otherwise indicated), provided
      that
      the
      Seller shall have no liability whatsoever in respect of any Claims or Losses
      if
      and to the extent that any fact, matter or circumstance which causes any of
      the
      following representations and warranties to be breached or which might result
      in
      any Claims or Losses has been disclosed in this Agreement or in the Disclosure
      Letter, assuming compliance with Section (4)(b)(x):

     

    (a) it
      is
      duly organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
      organization with full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
      and to perform all of the duties and obligations to be performed by it under
      this Agreement;

     

    (b) as
      of the
      date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, this Agreement has been
      duly
      authorized, executed and delivered by it, and constitutes its valid, legal
      and
      binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
      as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
      laws
      of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general or by general principles of equity whether considered in
      a
      proceeding at law or equity;

     

    (c) its
      execution and delivery of, the performance and incurrence by it of its
      obligations and liabilities under, and the consummation by it of the other
      transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do not and will not as of the
      date
      of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date:

     

    (i) violate
      any provision of its organizational documents;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) violate
      any applicable law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority having
      jurisdiction over the Seller, except as would not reasonably be expected, based
      on customary practice in the maritime shipping industry, individually or in
      the
      aggregate, to materially impair the Seller’s ability to consummate the
      transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise result in a Material Adverse
      Effect;

     

    (iii) violate
      any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority having
      jurisdiction over the Seller, except as would not reasonably be expected, based
      on customary practice in the maritime shipping industry, individually or in
      the
      aggregate, to materially impair the Seller’s ability to consummate the
      transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise result in a Material Adverse
      Effect; or

     

    (iv) other
      than as set forth in Schedule
      11(c)(iv)
      result
      in a breach of, constitute a default under, require any consent under, or result
      in the acceleration or required prepayment of any indebtedness pursuant to
      the
      terms of, any agreement or instrument to which it or any SPV is a party or
      by
      which it or any SPV is bound or to which it or any SPV is subject, or result
      in
      the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property of it or any SPV (other
      than the Financing or Carry-Over Financing) pursuant to the terms of any such
      agreement or instrument, except as would not reasonably be expected, based
      on
      customary practice in the maritime shipping industry, individually or in the
      aggregate, to materially impair the Seller’s ability to consummate the
      transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise result in a Material Adverse
      Effect;

     

    (d) Schedule
      11(d)
      sets
      forth the Seller’s and JVCo’s record and beneficial ownership of the SPV Shares.
      The Seller and JVCo have good and valid title to the SPV Shares and, upon the
      transfer of the SPV Shares in accordance with this Agreement, the Buyer will
      receive good and valid title to all of the issued and outstanding SPV Shares,
      free and clear of all Liens except for any Liens in respect of the Carry-Over
      Financing;

     

    (e) the
      SPV
      Shares constitute the whole of the authorized and issued share capital of each
      SPV, and as of the date hereof are, and as of the Closing Date will be, duly
      authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no options,
      warrants, rights, calls, commitments, conversion rights, rights of exchange
      or
      other agreements of any character, contingent or otherwise, providing for the
      purchase or sale of any of the SPV Shares by any person other than the Buyer
      pursuant hereto, nor any arrangements that require or permit the SPV Shares
      to
      be voted by or at the discretion of anyone other than the Seller except
      following an event of default in respect of the Carry-Over
      Financing;

     

    (f) each
      SPV
      wholly owns the Vessel indicated on Schedule
      11(f),
      free
      and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens;

     

    (g) except
      as
      set forth in Schedule
      11(g) (which,
      with respect to each Action disclosed therein, sets forth the parties, nature
      of
      the proceeding, date and method commenced, amount of damages or other relief
      sought and, if applicable, paid or granted), to the Knowledge of the Seller
      after due inquiry, there are no Actions as of the date hereof by or against
      any
      SPV (or by or against the Seller or any Affiliate thereof and relating to the
      Business, an SPV or any Vessel), pending before any Governmental Authority
      (or,
      to the Knowledge of the Seller after due inquiry, threatened to be brought
      by or
      before any Governmental Authority);

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (h) none
      of
      the SPVs are conducting their Business in violation of any Laws, except such
      violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
      expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     

    (i) in
      connection with Taxes of the SPVs:

     

    (i) all
      Tax
      Returns required to be filed with respect to each SPV have been duly and timely
      filed and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, are true, correct and complete in
      all
      material respects;

     

    (ii) all
      Taxes
      required to be shown on such Tax Returns or otherwise due and payable on or
      prior to the Closing Date have been duly and timely paid, and all Taxes required
      to be deducted and/or withheld by an SPV have been so deducted and/or withheld
      and timely paid and reported to the appropriate Governmental
      Authority;

     

    (iii) no
      adjustment relating to any such Tax Return has been proposed formally or
      informally by any Governmental Authority and, to the Knowledge of the Seller,
      no
      basis exists for any such adjustment;

     

    (iv) there
      are
      no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened Tax Matters for the
      assessment or collection of Taxes against any SPV or any company that was
      included in the filing of a return with an SPV on a consolidated, combined
      or
      unitary basis; and

     

    (v) neither
      the Seller nor any SPV has received any notice of the existence of any Tax
      liens
      other than Permitted Liens on any assets of any SPV;

     

    (j) the
      Seller has delivered to EIAC correct and complete copies of all Tax Returns
      filed with respect to each SPV for any taxable period ending after 2001, and
      copies of all correspondence to or from any Governmental Authority with respect
      thereto or any Tax Matter relating thereto, including any examination reports
      and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by any SPV. Any
      tax
      sharing or allocation agreement involving any SPV shall be terminated as of
      the
      Closing on terms that require no further payments by any party. Seller has
      delivered to EIAC a true and complete copy of each such agreement as listed
      on
Schedule
      11(j);

     

    (k) as
      of the
      Original Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date, each of the SPVs was and
      is
      currently duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
      of its jurisdiction of formation.

     

    (l) the
      Accounts:

     

    (i) have
      been
      prepared in accordance with the books of account and other financial records
      of
      the relevant SPV;

     

    (ii) present
      fairly the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the
      relevant SPV as of the dates thereof or for the periods covered
      thereby;

     

    (iii) were
      prepared on a basis consistent with past practices and have been (or will be
      as
      required by this Agreement) converted to GAAP; and

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iv) include
      all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) that are
      necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial condition of
      the
      relevant SPV and the results of the operations of the relevant SPV as of the
      dates thereof or for the periods covered thereby;

     

    (m) the
      books
      of account and other financial records of each SPV provided in accordance with
      the terms of this Agreement reflect all items of income and expense and all
      assets and liabilities required to be reflected therein in accordance with
      past
      practices, (ii) are in all material respects complete and correct, and do not
      contain or reflect any material inaccuracies or discrepancies and (iii) have
      been maintained in accordance with good business and accounting
      practices;

     

    (n) to
      the
      Knowledge of the Seller, there are no Liabilities of any SPV, other than
      Liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Accounts;

     

    (o) to
      the
      Knowledge of the Seller, there are no oral or informal arrangements or
      agreements that would be binding on any SPV or otherwise relate to any
      Vessel;

     

    (p) Schedule
      11(p)
      sets
      forth the following contracts and agreements of each SPV currently in effect
      (such contracts and agreements being “Material
      Contracts”):

     

    (i) each
      contract and agreement involving the purchase of spare parts, other materials,
      or for the furnishing of services to a SPV or a Vessel (including repair
      services) or otherwise related to the Business under the terms of which such
      SPV: (A) is likely to pay or otherwise give consideration of more than $500,000
      in the aggregate during the calendar year ended December 31, 2007, (B) is likely
      to pay or otherwise give consideration of more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate
      over the remaining term of such contract or (C) cannot be cancelled by such
      SPV
      without penalty or further payment and without more than 180 days’
notice;

     

    (ii) all
      ship
      broker, market research, marketing consulting and advertising contracts and
      agreements to which any SPV is a party under the terms of which such SPV: (A)
      is
      likely to pay or otherwise give consideration of more than $500,000 in the
      aggregate during the calendar year ended December 31, 2007 or (B) is likely
      to
      pay or otherwise give consideration of more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate
      over the remaining term of such contract;

     

    (iii) all
      technical and commercial management contracts (or other contracts with
      independent contractors or consultants), to which any SPV is a party and which
      are not cancelable without penalty or further payment and without more than
      180
      days’ notice;

     

    (iv) all
      contracts and agreements pursuant to which any SPV has incurred
      Indebtedness;

     

    (v) all
      contracts and agreements with any Governmental Authority to which any SPV is
      a
      party;

     

    (vi) all
      contracts and agreements for the employment of a Vessel with a duration in
      excess of 12 months;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (vii) all
      contracts and agreements, whether or not made in the ordinary course of
      business, which are material to the business as conducted prior to the Closing
      Date; and

     

    (viii) all
      contracts pertaining to insurance for the Vessels;

     

    (q) except
      as
      set forth on Schedule
      11(q),
      with
      respect to all Material Contracts:

     

    (i) none
      of
      the SPVs or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, any other party to any such
      Material Contract is in material breach thereof or default
      thereunder;

     

    (ii) to
      the
      Knowledge of the Seller, there does not exist under any Material Contract any
      event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute
      such a material breach or default by an SPV or, to the Knowledge of the Seller,
      any other party thereto;

     

    (iii) each
      Material Contract is a valid and enforceable obligation of the SPV party thereto
      and with respect to such SPV party is in full force and effect and to the
      Knowledge of the Seller, with respect to any other party thereto is in full
      force and effect (except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may
      be
      limited by (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
      reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting
      generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies, and (B) general
      principles of equity), in each case except for such breaches, defaults, events
      and other circumstances as to which requisite waivers or consents have been
      obtained, or which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material
      to
      the SPVs, individually, and taken as a whole; and

     

    (iv) no
      consent is required by any Person that is a party to a Material Contract to
      consummate the Sale and Purchase, except with respect to the Carry-Over
      Financing;

     

    (r) since
      the
      date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Audited Financial
      Statements, except as disclosed in Schedule
      11(r),
      the
      business of the SPVs has been conducted in the ordinary course and consistent
      with past practice. As amplification and not limitation of the foregoing, except
      as so disclosed, since such date, no SPV has:

     

    (i) permitted
      or allowed any of the assets or properties (whether tangible or intangible)
      of
      such SPV to be subjected to any Lien, other than Permitted Liens;

     

    (ii) except
      in
      the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, discharged or
      otherwise obtained the release of any Lien or paid or otherwise discharged
      any
      liability, other than current liabilities reflected in the Accounts and current
      liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
      practice;

     

    (iii) made
      any
      loan to, guaranteed any Indebtedness of or otherwise incurred any Indebtedness
      on behalf of any Person;

     

    (iv) failed
      to
      pay any creditor any amount owed to such creditor;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (v) except
      for the Charters and insurance policies relating to the Vessels, entered into
      any contract or agreement that limits or purports to limit the ability of any
      SPV to compete in any line of business or with any Person in any geographic
      area
      or during any period of time;

     

    (vi) made
      any
      material changes in the operating practices of such SPV that would be
      inconsistent with past practice, including, without limitation, practices and
      policies relating to marketing, selling and pricing;

     

    (vii) merged
      with, entered into a consolidation with or acquired an interest of 30% or more
      in any Person or acquired 50% or more of the assets or business of any Person
      or
      any division or line of business thereof, or otherwise acquired any material
      assets other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
      practice;

     

    (viii) made
      any
      capital expenditure or commitment for any capital expenditure in excess of
      $1,000,000 individually or $3,000,000 in the aggregate other than in the
      ordinary course of business;

     

    (ix) issued
      any sales orders or otherwise agreed to make any purchases involving exchanges
      in value in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $3,000,000 in the aggregate
      other than in the ordinary course of business;

     

    (x) sold,
      transferred, leased, subleased, licensed or otherwise disposed of any properties
      or assets, real, personal or mixed (including, without limitation, leasehold
      interests and intangible assets) in value in excess of $1,000,000 individually
      or $3,000,000 in the aggregate, other than in the ordinary course of business
      consistent with past practice;

     

    (xi) issued
      or
      sold any capital stock, notes, bonds or other securities, or any option, warrant
      or other right to acquire the same, of, or any other interest in, SPVs other
      than to the Seller;

     

    (xii) entered
      into any agreement, arrangement or transaction with any of its directors,
      officers, employees or shareholders (or with any relative, beneficiary, spouse
      or Affiliate of such person), other than shareholder loans reflected in (jj)
      below;

     

    (xiii) granted
      any increase, or announced any increase, in the wages, salaries, compensation,
      bonuses, incentives, pension or other benefits payable by such SPV to any of
      its
      Employees;

     

    (xiv) amended,
      terminated, cancelled, waived or compromised any material claims or rights
      of
      such SPV, except such claims or rights as would not, individually or in the
      aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     

    (xv) failed
      to
      maintain the Vessels in accordance with class requirements and past
      practices;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (xvi) allowed
      any Permit that was issued or relates to such SPV or its Vessel to lapse or
      terminate except such Permits as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
      be
      reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or failed to renew any
      such Permit or any insurance policy that is scheduled to terminate or expire
      within 45 calendar days prior to or after the Closing Date;

     

    (xvii) incurred
      any Indebtedness, in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $3,000,000 in the
      aggregate, other than in the ordinary course of business and except for
      shareholder loans reflected in (jj) below;

     

    (xviii) amended,
      modified or consented to the termination of any Material Contract or such SPV’s
      rights thereunder except (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent
      with
      past practice or (B) for such amendments and terminations as would not be
      expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     

    (xix) amended
      or restated the charter or the by-laws (or other organizational documents)
      of
      such SPV except for such amendments that would not be expected to have a
      Material Adverse Effect;

     

    (xx) suffered
      any Material Adverse Effect; or

     

    (xxi) agreed,
      whether in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions specified in this
      Section 11(r) or granted any options to purchase, rights of first refusal,
      rights of first offer or any other similar rights or commitments with respect
      to
      any of the actions specified in this Section 11(r), except as expressly
      contemplated by this Agreement;

     

    (s) on
      the
      date hereof, Captain Vanderperre and Mr. Fred Cheng are the sole directors
      of
      each SPV except Shinyo Jubilee Ltd., Shinyo Mariner Ltd., and Shinyo Sawako
      Ltd.
      in respect of which on the date hereof Captain Vanderperre and Mr. Fred Cheng
      are both directors, and provided it is within their ability on the Closing
      Date,
      Captain Vanderperre and Mr. Fred Cheng will be directors of each SPV. None
      of
      the SPVs have any officers, Employees or Workers. To the Knowledge of the
      Seller, no dispute in excess of $100,000 exists under any Employment Legislation
      or otherwise is outstanding between any SPV and any crew on such SPV’s Vessel.
      No SPV is a party to or bound by any redundancy payment scheme in addition
      to
      statutory redundancy pay requirements. No SPV is a party to or bound by any
      share option, profit sharing, bonus, commission or any other scheme relating
      to
      the profit or sales of the SPVs or the Vessel other than profit sharing
      arrangements under the respective Charters in respect of the Vessels SHINYO
      KANNIKA and SHINYO OCEAN which have been disclosed on Schedule
      11(p);

     

    (t) since
      the
      date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Audited Financial
      Statements, no SPV has incurred any actual, or to the Knowledge of Seller,
      contingent liability in connection with any termination of employment of its
      Employees (including redundancy payments) or Workers or to the Knowledge of
      Seller for failure to comply with any order for the reinstatement or
      re-engagement of any Employees or Workers;

     

    (u) [intentionally
      omitted];

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (v) true
      and
      correct copies of the insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of each
      SPV
      as listed in Schedule
      11(p)
      have
      been provided to the Buyer. Other than as set forth in Schedule
      2 of
      this
      Agreement, there are no material outstanding claims under, or in respect of
      the
      validity of, any of those insurance policies and, to the Knowledge of the
      Seller, there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any claim under any
      of
      those insurance policies, other than in the normal conduct of the Business
      by
      the SPVs. To the Knowledge of the Seller, (i) all the insurance policies are
      in
      full force and effect, (ii) are not void and (iii) nothing has been done or
      not
      done which could make any of them void or voidable;

     

    (w) each
      SPV
      currently holds all Permits (except where the failure to have such permits
      would
      not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect), and to the
      Knowledge of the Seller all such Permits are in full force and effect. To the
      Knowledge of the Seller, except for the Arab Boycott Clauses found in certain
      of
      the charters, there is no existing practice, action or activity of the Seller,
      any SPV or their businesses as presently conducted, and no existing condition
      of
      the Vessels, which will give rise to any civil or criminal liability under,
      or
      violate or prevent compliance with, any health or occupational safety or other
      applicable Law. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in
      the
      Audited Financial Statements, none of the Seller nor any SPV has received any
      notice in writing from any Governmental Authority revoking, canceling,
      rescinding, materially modifying or refusing to renew any Permit or providing
      written notice of violations under any Law. To the Knowledge of the Seller,
      each
      SPV is in all respects in compliance with the requirements of the Permits and
      no
      Permit will require the consent of any Governmental Authority upon the
      consummation of the Sale and Purchase;

     

    (x) there
      are
      no pending, and to the Knowledge of the Seller, during the one-year period
      prior
      to the Original Agreement Date, there have been no threatened, Environmental
      Claims against any SPV or any Vessel and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, there
      are no circumstances with respect to any Vessel or the operation of the Business
      which could reasonably be anticipated (i) to form the basis of an Environmental
      Claim against any SPV or any Vessel or (ii) to cause such Vessel to be subject
      to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any
      applicable Environmental Law;

     

    (y) the
      name,
      official number, registered owner, and jurisdiction of registration of each
      Vessel owned by any SPV is listed in Schedule
      11(f)
      hereto.
      To the Knowledge of the Seller, each Vessel is operated in material compliance
      with each Maritime Guideline and all Laws to which it is subject. Each SPV
      is
      qualified to own and operate the Vessel owned by it under all applicable Laws
      (including the Laws of each Vessel’s flag state). Each Vessel is classed by a
      classification society which is a member of the IACS and is in class and free
      of
      overdue recommendations affecting class with all class and trading certificates
      valid. The Vessels are insured in accordance with customary market practice
      for
      vessels of similar age and type and as required by the Carry-Over Financing.
      To
      the Knowledge of the Seller, since the date of the most recent balance sheet
      included in the Audited Financial Statements, the Vessels have not been employed
      in any trade or business which is unlawful under the laws of any jurisdiction
      in
      which such Vessel is registered or trades, or in any manner whatsoever which
      may
      render any such Vessel liable to condemnation in a prize court or to
      destruction, seizure or confiscation;

     

    (z) all
      of
      the bank accounts, safe deposit boxes and lock boxes used by each SPV
      (designating each authorized signatory) are listed in Schedule
      11(y).
      Excepting the authorized signatories, no SPV has granted a power of attorney
      with respect to such bank accounts to any Person which has not been
      terminated;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (aa) it
      is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the
      Securities Act;

     

    (bb) it
      has
      received or has had full access to all the information it considers necessary
      or
      appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to the acquisition of
      the
      Registrable Securities;

     

    (cc) the
      Registrable Securities being acquired by it are being acquired for its own
      account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for resale
      in
      connection with, any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities
      Act, and it has no current specific plan or intention to sell or otherwise
      dispose of such Registrable Securities;

     

    (dd) it
      understands that (i) the Registrable Securities have not been registered under
      the Securities Act by reason of their issuance in a transaction exempt from
      the
      registration requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) the Registrable Securities
      must be held indefinitely (subject, however, to the Buyer’s obligation to effect
      the registration of Registrable Securities in accordance with Section 6 hereof)
      unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities
      Act
      or is exempt from such registration, and (iii) shares of Buyer Common Stock
      will
      bear a legend to such effect set forth in Section 6(j) hereof;

     

    (ee) the
      representations and warranties made by the Seller in this Section 11 are the
      exclusive representations and warranties made by the Seller and the Seller
      hereby disclaims any other express or implied representations or
      warranties;

     

    (ff) the
      Seller is not aware of any existing facts pertaining to any SPV or the business
      which could have a Material Adverse Effect and which have not been disclosed
      to
      EIAC and the Buyer by the Seller other than normal business or market risks
      prevailing from time to time;

     

    (gg) no
      representation or warranty of the Seller in this Agreement, nor any statement
      or
      certificate furnished or to be furnished to EIAC or the Buyer pursuant to this
      Agreement, or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact,
      or
      omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
      contained herein or therein not misleading;

     

    (hh) during
      the period the Vessels have been owned by the SPVs, the Vessels have not
      violated any United Nations or United States of America sanctions applicable
      to
      the Vessels at any time;

     

    (ii) Seller
      has the full power and authority to waive any and all rights of preemption
      or
      other restrictions on transfer in respect of the SPV Shares, as provided in
      Section 3(b) of this Agreement; and

     

    (jj) The
      aggregate net amount of shareholder loans to the SPVs and inter-company
      indebtedness between the respective SPVs at the Original Agreement Date and
      the
      date of this Agreement is approximately $87,330,000, and
      the
      net amount of all shareholder loans outstanding at Closing shall be satisfied
      at
      Closing from the Buyer’s Shareholder Loans.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                12.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF THE
                BUYER.

            

    

     

    The
      Buyer
      hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Seller and
      EIAC
      as of the Original Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise
      indicated):

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (a) it
      is
      duly organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
      organization with full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
      and to perform all of the duties and obligations to be performed by it under
      this Agreement;

     

    (b) as
      of the
      date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, this Agreement has been
      duly
      authorized, executed and delivered by it, and constitutes its valid, legal
      and
      binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
      as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
      laws
      of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general or by general principles of equity whether considered in
      a
      proceeding at law or equity;

     

    (c) its
      execution and delivery of, the performance and incurrence by it of its
      obligations and liabilities under, and the consummation by it of the other
      transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not as of the date
      of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (i) violate any provision of its
      organizational documents, (ii) violate any applicable law, rule or regulation,
      (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
      or regulatory authority or agency or any arbitral award applicable to it or
      its
      affiliates or (iv) result in a breach of, constitute a default under, require
      any consent under, or result in the acceleration or required prepayment of
      any
      indebtedness pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or instrument of which
      it
      is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in
      the
      creation or imposition of any lien upon any property of it pursuant to the
      terms
      of any such agreement or instrument, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)
      which could have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated
      hereby;

     

    (d) there
      are
      no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to its actual
      knowledge, threatened against it before any court, administrative agency or
      tribunal which, if determined adversely to it, could reasonably be expected
      to
      adversely affect the ability of it to perform its obligations under this
      Agreement;

     

    (e) as
      of the
      Closing Date, the Buyer will (i) have sufficient cash in immediately available
      funds to pay the Cash Consideration required to be paid by the Buyer, the
      Buyer’s Shareholder Loans and all of its fees and expenses in order to
      consummate the Sale and Purchase and (ii) be duly authorized without the consent
      of any other Person to issue the Stock
      Consideration,
      such
      that upon issuance, such Stock
      Consideration
      will be
      duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;

     

    (f) the
      affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
      Buyer
      Common Stock is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of equity
      securities of the Buyer necessary to approve the Merger and the Sale and
      Purchase;

     

    (g) attached
      as Schedule
      12(g)
      are a
      true, correct and complete copy of the Buyer’s Articles of Incorporation and
      Bylaws;

     

    (h) as
      of the
      date hereof and as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Merger, the
      Buyer has no shares of common stock or rights or warrants or any other
      instrument to acquire shares of common stock currently outstanding except as
      disclosed in Schedule
      12(h),
      which
      shares of common stock, rights, warrants and instruments are necessary to
      fulfill its obligations in connection with Merger and the Sale and
      Purchase;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (i) the
      Buyer
      acknowledges that it and its representatives have been permitted full and
      complete access to the books and records, facilities, equipment, Tax Returns,
      contracts, insurance policies (or summaries thereof) and other properties and
      assets of the SPVs that it and its representatives have desired or requested
      to
      see or review, and that it and its representatives have had a full opportunity
      to meet with such Employees and other representatives of the SPVs to discuss
      the
      business of the SPVs; the Buyer acknowledges that none of the SPVs, the Seller
      or any other Person has made any representation or warranty, expressed or
      implied, as to the SPV Shares, the Vessels or the SPVs furnished or made
      available to the Buyer and its representatives, except as expressly set forth
      in
      Section 11, and neither the Seller nor any other Person (including any officer,
      director, member or partner of the Seller) shall have or be subject to any
      liability to the Buyer, or any other Person, resulting from the Buyer’s use of
      any information, documents or material made available to the Buyer in any
      confidential information memoranda, “data rooms” (whether electronic or
      otherwise), management presentations, due diligence or in any other form in
      expectation of the transactions contemplated hereby; the Buyer acknowledges
      that, should the Closing occur, the Buyer shall acquire the SPVs and their
      respective Vessels in class pursuant to the rules of the applicable
      classification society with no overdue recommendations affecting class, except
      as otherwise expressly represented or warranted in Section 11 or in the
      Disclosure Letter; provided,
      however,
      that
      nothing in this Section 12(i) is intended to limit or modify the representations
      and warranties contained in Section 11 or in the Disclosure Letter; and the
      Buyer acknowledges that, except for the representations and warranties contained
      in Section 11 or in the Disclosure Letter, none of the SPVs, the Seller or
      any
      other Person has made, and the Buyer has not relied on any other express or
      implied representation or warranty by or on behalf of the SPVs or the
      Seller;

     

    (j) save
      as
      set out in Schedule
      12(j)
      there
      are not now in existence any contracts, agreements, or understandings of any
      nature to which the Buyer is a party or by which it is or may become bound
      which
      give rise to any Liabilities which will survive the Merger (except
      as mutually agreed in writing between Buyer and Seller to effect the Merger
      and
      the Sale and Purchase)
      and
      become the Liabilities of the Buyer, in whole or in part; Buyer agrees that
      its
      Liabilities with respect to the contractual obligations set forth in
Schedule
      12(j)
      (other
      than legal, accounting and auditing fees and expenses) will not exceed $7.15
      million in the aggregate and expects legal, accounting and auditing fees and
      expenses not to exceed $1.25 million in the aggregate; but in the event that
      Buyer has reason to believe that legal, accounting and auditing fees and
      expenses will exceed $1.25 million, then Buyer shall notify Seller promptly
      of
      the amount by which it expects such Liabilities to exceed $1.25 million;
      and

     

    (k) no
      representation or warranty of the Buyer in this Agreement, nor any statement
      or
      certificate furnished or to be furnished to Seller pursuant to this Agreement
      or
      in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or in
      respect of any filings made or to be made by the Buyer or EIAC with the
      SEC
      prior to
      the Closing,
      contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits
      or
      will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
      herein or therein not misleading; provided
      that
      nothing
      in the foregoing representation shall be construed to include any actual untrue
      statement or actual omission made or incorporated by reference in any filings
      made or to be made by the Buyer or EIAC with the SEC (i) solely in reliance
      upon
      and in conformity with written information furnished to the Buyer or EIAC by
      the
      Seller (or
      any
      of its representatives) specifically
      for use therein
      or (ii)
      which otherwise relates to Seller, the SPVs, or their businesses (individually
      and combined), that the Seller has had the opportunity to review and has
      provided its written consent thereto as provided in Section 5(c) of this
      Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              SECTION
                13.

            	
              REPRESENTATIONS
                AND WARRANTIES OF EIAC.

            

    

     

    EIAC
      hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Seller and
      the
      Buyer as of the Original Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (unless
      otherwise indicated):

     

    (a) it
      is
      duly organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
      organization with full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
      and to perform all of the duties and obligations to be performed by it under
      this Agreement;

     

    (b) as
      of the
      date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, this Agreement has been
      duly
      authorized, executed and delivered by it, and constitutes its valid, legal
      and
      binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
      as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
      laws
      of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general or by general principles of equity whether considered in
      a
      proceeding at law or equity;

     

    (c) its
      execution and delivery of, the performance and incurrence by it of its
      obligations and liabilities under, and the consummation by it of the other
      transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do not and will not as of the
      date
      of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (i) violate any provision of its
      organizational documents, (ii) violate any applicable law, rule or regulation,
      (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
      or regulatory authority or agency or any arbitral award applicable to it or
      its
      affiliates or (iv) result in a breach of, constitute a default under, require
      any consent under, or result in the acceleration or required prepayment of
      any
      indebtedness pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or instrument of which
      it
      is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in
      the
      creation or imposition of any lien upon any property of it pursuant to the
      terms
      of any such agreement or instrument, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)
      which could have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated
      hereby;

     

    (d) there
      are
      no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to its actual
      knowledge, threatened against it before any court, administrative agency or
      tribunal which, if determined adversely to it, could reasonably be expected
      to
      adversely affect the ability of it to perform its obligations under this
      Agreement;

     

    (e) other
      than the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of common
      stock voted by the holders of shares issued in the IPO and Initial Private
      Placement, subject to public stockholders owning less than 30.0% of the total
      number of shares sold in the IPO and Initial Private Placement exercising their
      redemption rights (as described in the Prospectus), there is no other
      shareholder vote of the holders of any class or series of equity securities
      of
      EIAC necessary to approve the transactions contemplated hereby to be undertaken
      by EIAC hereunder;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (f) EIAC
      acknowledges that it and its representatives have been permitted full and
      complete access to the books and records, facilities, equipment, Tax Returns,
      contracts, insurance policies (or summaries thereof) and other properties and
      assets of the SPVs that it and its representatives have desired or requested
      to
      see or review, and that it and its representatives have had a full opportunity
      to meet with such Employees and other representatives of the SPVs to discuss
      the
      business of the SPVs; EIAC acknowledges that none of the SPVs, the Seller or
      any
      other Person has made any representation or warranty, expressed or implied,
      as
      to the SPV Shares, the Vessels or the SPVs furnished or made available to EIAC
      and its representatives, except as expressly set forth in Section 11, and
      neither the Seller nor any other Person (including any officer, director, member
      or partner of the Seller) shall have or be subject to any liability to EIAC,
      or
      any other Person, resulting from EIAC’s use of any information, documents or
      material made available to EIAC in any confidential information memoranda,
“data
      rooms” (whether electronic or otherwise), management presentations, due
      diligence or in any other form in expectation of the transactions contemplated
      hereby; EIAC acknowledges that, should the Closing occur, the Buyer shall
      acquire the SPVs and their respective Vessels in class pursuant to the rules
      of
      the applicable classification society with no overdue recommendations affecting
      class, except as otherwise expressly represented or warranted in Section 11
      or
      in the Disclosure Letter; provided,
      however,
      that
      nothing in this Section 13(f) is intended to limit or modify the representations
      and warranties contained in Section 11 or in the Disclosure Letter; and EIAC
      acknowledges that, except for the representations and warranties contained
      in
      Section 11 or in the Disclosure Letter, none of the SPVs, the Seller or any
      other Person has made, and EIAC has not relied on any other express or implied
      representation or warranty by or on behalf of the SPVs or the
      Seller;

     

    (g) save
      as
      set out in Schedule
      13(g)
      there
      are no contracts, agreements, or understandings of any nature to which EIAC
      is a
      party or by which it is or may become bound which give rise to any Liabilities
      which will survive the Merger (except
      as mutually agreed in writing between Buyer and Seller to effect the Merger
      and
      the Sale and Purchase)
      and
      become the Liabilities of the Buyer, in whole or in part; Buyer agrees that
      its
      Liabilities with respect to the contractual obligations set forth in
Schedule
      13(g)
      (other
      than legal, accounting and auditing fees and expenses) will not exceed $7.15
      million in the aggregate and expects legal, accounting and auditing fees and
      expenses not to exceed $1.25 million in the aggregate; but in the event that
      Buyer has reason to believe that legal, accounting and auditing fees and
      expenses will exceed $1.25 million, then Buyer shall notify Seller promptly
      of
      the amount by which it expects such Liabilities to exceed $1.25
      million;

     

    (h) set
      out
      in Schedule
      13(h)
      are all
      currently outstanding loans made by officers, directors or principal
      stockholders to EIAC.

     

    (i) as
      of the
      date hereof and as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Merger, EIAC
      has
      no shares of common stock or rights or warrants or any other instrument to
      acquire shares of common stock currently outstanding except as disclosed in
      Schedule
      13(i),
      which
      shares of common stock, rights, warrants and instruments represent the fully
      diluted capitalization of EIAC as of such dates and are necessary to fulfill
      its
      obligations in connection with Merger and the Sale and Purchase;
      and

     

    (j) no
      representation or warranty of EIAC in this Agreement, nor any statement or
      certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Seller pursuant to this
      Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
      or in respect of any filings made or to be made by EIAC or the Buyer with the
      SEC
      prior to
      the Closing,
      contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits
      or
      will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
      herein or therein not misleading; provided
      that
      nothing
      in the foregoing representation shall be construed to include any actual untrue
      statement or actual omission made or incorporated by reference in any filings
      made or to be made by the Buyer or EIAC with the SEC (i) solely in reliance
      upon
      and in conformity with written information furnished to the Buyer or EIAC by
      the
      Seller (or
      any
      of its representatives) specifically
      for use therein
      or (ii)
      which otherwise relates to Seller, the SPVs, or their businesses (individually
      and combined), that the Seller has had the opportunity to review and has
      provided its written consent thereto as provided in Section 5(c) of this
      Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              SECTION
                14.

            	
              CONDITIONS
                PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
                SELLER.

            

    

     

    The
      obligation of the Seller to sell and deliver the SPV Shares to the Buyer is
      subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions, which
      conditions are intended wholly for the benefit of the Seller:

     

    (a) Due
      Authorization, Execution and Delivery.
      This
      Agreement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Buyer
      and EIAC, shall be in full force and effect and executed counterparts thereof
      shall have been delivered to the Seller.

     

    (b) Representations
      and Warranties.
      The
      representations and warranties of the Buyer and EIAC contained in this Agreement
      shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and the Closing
      Date.

     

    (c) Illegality.
      The
      performance of the transactions contemplated hereby upon the terms and subject
      to the conditions set forth in this Agreement shall not, in the reasonable
      judgment of the Seller, violate, and shall not subject the Seller or any
      Seller’s Affiliate or any SPV or Vessel to any material penalty or liability
      under, any law, rule or regulation binding upon any of them.

     

    (d) No
      Proceedings.
      No legal
      or governmental action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or
      threatened before any court, administrative agency or tribunal, nor shall any
      order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any
      court, administrative agency or tribunal, to set aside, restrain, enjoin or
      prevent the consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
      hereby.

     

    (e) Performance
      of Obligations.
      EIAC and
      the Buyer shall have performed all obligations required of them under this
      Agreement in all material respects.

     

    (f) Merger.

     

    (i) EIAC
      shall have been merged with and into the Buyer on the terms disclosed in the
      Merger Proxy, the separate corporate existence of EIAC shall have ceased and
      the
      Buyer shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
      Corporation”);

     

    (ii) the
      Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of EIAC, as in effect immediately
      prior
      to the Effective Time, shall cease and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
      of the Buyer shall be the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
      Corporation; and

     

    (iii) the
      board
      of directors of the Surviving Corporation shall consist of those persons elected
      to serve as directors in accordance with Section 9.

     

    (g) Shareholder
      Approval.
      Each of
      EIAC and the Buyer shall have received the required affirmative votes from
      its
      stockholders in favor of the Merger and the purchase of the SPV Shares as
      contemplated hereby.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (h) Admission
      to Listing. The
      consent to the listing of the securities of the Buyer on the American Stock
      Exchange at and from the Effective Time shall have been obtained and a copy
      supplied to Seller.

     

    (i) Opinions
      of Counsel to Buyer.
      The
      Seller shall have received from counsel to Buyer opinions, customary for
      transactions of the type contemplated by the Merger and the Sale and Purchase,
      which opinions shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
      Seller.

     

    (j) Financing.
      The
      Financing shall have been made available to Buyer on the Closing
      Date.

     

    (k) Market
      Stand-off Agreement.
      Prior
      to the Closing Date, each of the Initial Stockholders, each of the executive
      officers and directors of the Buyer shall have executed and delivered to the
      Seller and the Buyer a market stand-off agreement in form and substance
      reasonably satisfactory to the Seller.

     

    (l) Initial
      Stockholders.
      The
      Seller shall have received the Initial Stockholders’ Undertaking duly executed
      by the Initial Stockholders, and the Seller and the Initial Stockholders shall
      have entered into an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
      to
      the Seller, providing the Seller with a right of first refusal to purchase
      the
      Escrow Shares.

     

    (m) Management
      Agreement.
      (i) The
      terms of the Management Agreement shall have been mutually agreed in writing
      by
      the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC on or before the date of the filing of the final
      Merger Proxy with the SEC, (ii) each of Buyer and the Management Company shall
      have executed the Management Agreement, and the Management Agreement shall
      be in
      full force and effect and all conditions to its performance shall have been
      satisfied on or before the Closing Date, and (iii) any pre-existing contracts
      of
      employment between EIAC and any officer, director, or other employee of EIAC
      and
      any pre-existing consulting agreement with any consultant to EIAC shall have
      been terminated without any liability thereunder being transferred to the Buyer
      in consequence of the Merger, the Sale and Purchase or otherwise.

     

    (n) Assigned
      Rights.
      The
      Seller shall have received documentation evidencing each SPVs assignment of
      the
      Assigned Rights.

     

    (o) Termination
      of Options.
      Outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 2,688,750 shares of EIAC common
      stock granted to Mr. George Sagredos, and outstanding options to purchase an
      aggregate of 896,250 shares of EIAC common stock granted to Mr. Andreas
      Theotokis, shall be terminated and cancelled, and upon such termination and
      cancellation, neither EIAC nor the Buyer will have any further obligation under
      the corresponding option agreements covering the grants of such
      options.

     

    (p) Acknowledgment
      and Agreement.
      Each of
      George Sagredos, Marios Pantazopoulos, each holder of EIAC units received in
      the
      Initial Private Placement and Robert Ventures Limited shall have executed an
      Acknowledgment and Agreement.

     

    (q) Officer’s
      Certificates.
      Each of
      the Buyer and EIAC had have delivered to the Seller a certificate, signed by
      its
      President, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the matters set forth in
      Sections 14(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (m)(iii), (o)
      and
      (s).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (r) Minute
      Books.
      The
      Seller shall have received (i)
      a
      copy of
      the minute books of
      EIAC
      and Buyer and
      stock
      register of the Buyer, certified by their respective Secretaries or Assistant
      Secretaries
      as of
      the Closing Date and (ii) a copy of the stock register of EIAC, certified by
      its
      stock transfer agent
      as of
      the Closing Date.

     

    (s) Third
      Party Approvals.
      Each
      of
      EIAC and Buyer shall have obtained all Third Party Approvals, other than those
      Third Party Approvals that Seller is obligated to obtain pursuant to Section
      15(s) of this Agreement.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                15.

            	
              CONDITIONS
                PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER AND
                EIAC.

            

    

     

    The
      obligation of each of the Buyer and EIAC to effectuate the Merger and to
      purchase the SPV Shares from the Seller is subject to the satisfaction or waiver
      of the following conditions, which conditions are intended wholly for the
      benefit of the Buyer and EIAC:

     

    (a) Due
      Authorization. Execution and Delivery.
      This
      Agreement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller,
      shall be in full force and effect and executed counterparts thereof shall have
      been delivered to the Buyer.

     

    (b) Representations
      and Warranties.
      The
      representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement, as
      supplemented by the Disclosure Letter(s), shall be true and correct on and
      as of
      the date hereof and the Closing Date.

     

    (c) Illegality.
      The
      performance of the transactions contemplated hereby upon the terms and subject
      to the conditions set forth in this Agreement shall not, in the reasonable
      judgment of the Buyer and EIAC, violate, and shall not subject the Buyer or
      EIAC
      to any material penalty or liability under, any law, rule or regulation binding
      upon the Buyer or EIAC.

     

    (d) No
      Proceedings.
      No legal
      or governmental action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or
      threatened before any court, administrative agency or tribunal, nor shall any
      order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any
      court, administrative agency or tribunal, to set aside, restrain, enjoin or
      prevent the consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
      hereby.

     

    (e) Performance
      of Obligations.
      The
      Seller shall have performed all obligations required of it under this Agreement
      in all material respects.

     

    (f) Shareholder
      Approval.
      Each of
      the Buyer and EIAC shall have received the required affirmative votes from
      its
      stockholders in favor of the Merger and the Sale and Purchase and the SEC shall
      have declared the Acquisition Registration Statement effective.

     

    (g) Opinion
      of Counsel to Seller.
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall have received from counsel to Seller an opinion, customary for
      transactions of the type contemplated by the Merger and the Sale and Purchase,
      which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer
      and EIAC.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (h) Resignations
      of Directors.
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall have received the resignations, effective as of the Closing,
      of
      all the directors and officers of each SPV, except for such persons as shall
      have been designated in writing prior to the Closing by the Buyer to the
      Seller.

     

    (i) Organizational
      Documents.
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall have received a copy of (i) the Certificates of Incorporation,
      as
      amended (or similar organizational documents), of each SPV, certified by the
      appropriate government official in the jurisdiction in which each such entity
      is
      incorporated or organized, as of a date not earlier than five days prior to
      the
      Closing Date accompanied, if available, by a certification by the appropriate
      government official that each such entity is validly existing and in good
      standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and accompanied
      by a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such entity,
      dated as of the Closing Date, stating that no amendments have been made to
      such
      Certificate of Incorporation (or similar organizational documents) since such
      date, and (ii) the By-laws (or similar organizational documents) of each SPV,
      certified by a Director of each such entity.

     

    (j) Minute
      Books.
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall have received a copy of the minute books and stock register
      of
      each SPV, certified by their respective Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries
      as
      of the Closing Date.

     

    (k) Vessel
      Management Agreements.
      All
      management agreements and submanagement agreements that any SPV is party to
      or
      relating to any Vessel will be terminated on or prior to the Closing Date and
      new management agreements will be entered into as required by Section 9(c)
      of
      this Agreement.

     

    (l) No
      Material Adverse Effect.
      No
      event or events shall have occurred, or be reasonably likely to occur, which
      individually or in the aggregate have, or might reasonably be expected to have,
      a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    (m) SOC
      Escrow Agreement.
      The
      Seller, the Buyer and the Escrow Agent shall have executed the SOC Escrow
      Agreement (unless such execution is not required pursuant to Section
      3(c)(ii)).

     

    (n) Management
      Agreement.
      The
      terms of the Management Agreement shall have been mutually agreed in writing
      by
      the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC and on or before the date of the filing of the
      final Merger Proxy with the SEC and each of Buyer and the Management Company
      shall have executed the Management Agreement on or before the Closing
      Date.

     

    (o) Transcripts
      of Register.
      The
      Buyer and EIAC shall have received a Transcript of Register dated as of the
      Closing Date issued by the Hong Kong Shipping Registry evidencing each Vessel
      duly registered in the ownership of the relevant SPV free from any and all
      registered Liens except Permitted Liens;

     

    (p) Classification
      Status. The
      Buyer
      and EIAC shall have received a certificate issued by the Classification Society
      of each Vessel dated as of the Closing Date stating that such Vessel maintains
      its class free of overdue recommendations affecting class.

     

    (q) Insurances.
      The
      Buyer and EIAC shall have received evidence that each Vessel is properly insured
      in accordance with customary market practice for vessels of similar age and
      type
      and as required by the Carry-Over Financing.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (r) SPV
      Share Ownership.
      The
      Seller and/or JVCo shall own all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares
      of each SPV, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created by the
      Carry-Over Financing.

     

    (s) Third
      Party Approvals.
      The
      Seller shall have obtained all Third Party Approvals and the consent or waiver
      of any party to a Carry-Over Financing, to the extent such consent or waiver
      is
      necessary to continue the financing arrangements thereby upon the consummation
      of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     

    (t) Officer’s
      Certificates.
      Seller
      shall have delivered to each of EIAC and Buyer a certificate, signed by a
      Director, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the matters set forth in
      Sections 15(a), (b), (d), (e), (k), (l) (to the Knowledge of Seller), (s) and
      (u).

     

    (u) Seller
      Closing Conditions.
      All of
      the conditions set forth in Section 14 (other than Section 14(f)(ii)) shall
      have
      been met.

     

    (v) Assumption
      of Liabilities.
      The
      Buyer shall have received documentation evidencing the Seller’s Assumption of
      Liabilities.

     

    (w) Financing.
      The
      Financing shall have been made available to Buyer on the Closing
      Date.

     

    (x) Financing
      Private Placement.
      Seller
      shall have purchased or agreed to purchase at and subject to Closing the
      Financing Private Placement Units issued in the Financing Private Placement.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of Financing Private Placement Units
      actually purchased shall not exceed $50 million, and shall be the actual amount
      as is necessary to meet any capital threshold requirements of the Financing
      referred to in (x) immediately above.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                16.

            	
              FURTHER
                ASSURANCES AND OTHER
                MATTERS.

            

    

     

    (a) Each
      of
      the Seller, the Buyer and EIAC agrees, upon the request of the other party,
      at
      any time and from time to time, promptly to execute and deliver all such further
      documents, promptly to take and forbear from all such action, and to obtain
      all
      approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such governmental
      agencies or authorities as may be necessary or reasonably appropriate in order
      to effect the Merger and the Sale and Purchase and to more effectively confirm
      or carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the other documents entered
      into in connection herewith.

     

    (b) Seller
      shall cooperate with and assist EIAC and Buyer in the preparation of the Merger
      Proxy and other documents required in connection therewith, which cooperation
      and assistance shall include, but not be limited to, providing appropriate
      representation letters, preparing and reviewing explanations and descriptions
      of
      Seller’s business and making available Seller’s financial and business
      information required to be included in the Merger Proxy pursuant to the rules
      and regulations under the Securities Act (including such additional audited
      and
      unaudited financial statements for each SPV and other related information with
      respect to any required periods (including the related Management’s Discussion
      and Analysis of Financial Conditions), provided that any financial statements
      and other related information shall be prepared at the sole cost of EIAC and
      the
      Buyer).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c) Seller
      will review the Merger Proxy and other documents required in connection
      therewith to assist EIAC and Buyer in their confirmation processes with respect
      to information that Seller has provided, and will further permit EIAC and Buyer
      to have access to such information as, in Buyer’s discretion, Buyer deems
      necessary to ensure that the Merger Proxy, Acquisition Registration Statement
      and Resale Registration Statement, as the case may be, do not contain any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
      order
      to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

     

    (d) Seller
      on
      behalf of itself and the SPVs hereby agrees that, except for any expenses which
      EIAC and/or the Buyer has agreed to pay under the terms of this
      Agreement
      on the
      earlier of the termination of this Agreement under Section 20 and the Closing
      Date,
      neither
      it nor any of the SPVs shall have any right, title, interest or claim of any
      kind (each, a “Trust
      Fund Claim”)
      in or
      to any monies that were at any time retained in the trust fund (the
“Trust
      Fund”)
      established by EIAC for the benefit of the public stockholders and the
      underwriters of the IPO and hereby waive any Trust Fund Claim against any such
      monies which it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any
      negotiations, contracts or agreements with EIAC and will not for any reason
      whatsoever seek recourse against the monies that are retained in the Trust
      Fund
      for such purposes. The obligations arising under this Section 16(d) shall
      survive the termination of this Agreement.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                17.

            	
              INDEMNITIES.

            

    

     

    (a) Subject
      to the terms and conditions of this Section 17 and the Closing having occurred,
      and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
      Seller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer
      Indemnitees from and against all Losses asserted against, resulting to, imposed
      upon, or incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee by reason of, arising out of or
      resulting from:

     

    (i) the
      inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of the Seller contained
      in or made pursuant to this Agreement, any Exhibits, Schedules or any
      certificate delivered by the Seller to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement
      with
      respect hereto or thereto in connection with the Closing;

     

    (ii) the
      non-fulfillment or breach of any agreement, covenant or undertaking of the
      Seller or any SPV contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary
      Agreement;

     

    (iii) any
      Liability (other than the Carry-Over Financing) of an SPV attributable to the
      operations or actions of any SPV or the Seller occurring on or prior to the
      Closing Date; or

     

    (iv) Disclosed
      Legal Proceedings.

     

    (b) The
      Buyer
      shall notify the Seller of any Claim for which the Seller may have an
      indemnification liability under this Agreement as soon as reasonably possible,
      giving reasonable details, provided, however, that the failure to give such
      timely notice shall not affect the Buyer’s rights to indemnification hereunder,
      except to the extent the Seller is actually prejudiced by such failure. In
      the
      event of a Third Party Claim, the Seller shall have 30 days after the receipt
      of
      such notice to elect to undertake, conduct and control, through counsel of
      its
      own choosing and at its expense, the settlement or defense thereof, and the
      Buyer shall cooperate with the Seller in connection therewith; provided
      that:

     

    (i) the
      Seller acknowledges and agrees in writing that the indemnification provisions
      of
      this Section 17 apply to such Third Party Claim;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ii) the
      Seller shall permit the Buyer to participate in such settlement or defense
      through counsel chosen by the Buyer, provided that the fees and expenses of
      such
      counsel shall be borne by the Buyer;

     

    (iii) the
      Seller shall keep the Buyer advised as to the current status and progress of
      such settlement or defense;

     

    (iv) the
      Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of the Buyer (which consent
      shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), settle or compromise any such
      Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any order, judgment, injunction,
      or
      consent decree in respect to such Third Party Claim; and

     

    (v) nothing
      herein shall require the Buyer to consent to any such settlement or compromise
      or to the entry of any order, judgment, injunction or consent decree which
      does
      not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
      plaintiff to the Buyer a release from all liability in respect to such Third
      Party Claim or which affects the ability of the Buyer or any SPV to conduct
      its
      business operations after the date thereof.

     

    So
      long
      as the Seller is diligently contesting any such Third Party Claim in good faith
      (and is otherwise complying with the conditions in the preceding sentence),
      the
      Buyer shall not pay or settle any such Third Party Claim. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, the Buyer shall have the right to pay or settle any Third Party
      Claim, provided that in such event it shall waive any right to indemnity
      therefor by the Seller. If the Seller does not notify the Buyer within 30 days
      after the receipt of the Buyer’s written notice of a Third Party Claim that it
      elects to undertake the defense thereof (or does not otherwise comply with
      the
      conditions set forth in this Section 17(b)), the Buyer shall have the right
      to
      contest, settle or compromise the Third Party Claim in the exercise of its
      reasonable judgment at the expense of the Seller.

     

    (c) Seller’s
      indemnity shall include all Losses arising from any demands, claims, suits,
      actions, costs of investigation, notices of violation or noncompliance, causes
      of action, proceedings and assessments made by Third Parties whether or not
      ultimately determined to be valid. Solely for the purpose of determining the
      amount of any Losses (and not for determining any breach) for which any Buyer
      Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 17,
      any
      Losses recoverable in respect of a breach of representation or warranty
      contained in this Agreement that is qualified by a term or terms such as
“material” or “materially,” or any equivalent qualification shall include all
      Losses that are recoverable in respect of such breach, and not only the
“material” Losses or the Losses that relate to the part which is “material.” Any
      Buyer Indemnitee seeking indemnification under this Agreement shall take and
      shall cause its Affiliates and their respective directors and officers to take
      all commercially reasonable steps to mitigate the amount of any Losses upon
      becoming aware of any event which would reasonably be expected to, or does,
      give
      rise thereto, including incurring costs only to the minimum extent necessary
      to
      remedy the breach or inaccuracy which gives rise to such Losses.

     

    (d) The
      parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the remedies provided for in this
      Section 17 shall be their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any Claims
      under this Agreement, except in respect of Taxes. The Buyer’s rights and
      remedies under this Section 17 or any other provision of this Agreement shall
      not exclude or limit any other remedies that may be available to it under any
      applicable law, such as (without limitation) the right to apply to a court
      of
      competent authority in any jurisdiction for relief by way of injunction or
      restraining order or the right to seek specific performance of this
      Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (e) To
      the
      extent that a Claim indemnified by Seller under this Agreement is in effect
      paid
      in full (or if payment of such Claim is otherwise provided for to the reasonable
      satisfaction of the Buyer Indemnitee) by the Seller, the Seller (as the case
      may
      be) shall, to the extent permitted by law, be subrogated to the rights and
      remedies of the Buyer Indemnitee on whose behalf such Claim was paid or provided
      for (including the rights of such Buyer Indemnitee under its insurance) with
      respect to the transaction or event giving rise to such Claim. Should the Buyer
      Indemnitee receive any refund, reimbursement or other payment, in whole or
      in
      part, with respect to any Claim paid by or on behalf of Seller, such Buyer
      Indemnitee shall promptly pay the amount so received (but not an amount in
      excess of the amount Seller has paid or caused to be paid in respect of such
      Claim) plus interest thereon to the extent that such amount reimbursed included
      such interest less any Taxes (net after adjustment) as may be required to be
      paid with respect to such reimbursed amount.

     

    (f) [Intentionally
      omitted].

     

    (g) Seller
      shall have no liability (for indemnification or otherwise) with respect to
      any
      Claim under this Agreement (except in respect to Taxes):

     

    (i) until
      the
      total of all Losses with respect to such matters exceeds $5,000,000, after
      which
      Seller must indemnify the Buyer Indemnitees for the full amount of such Losses
      from the first dollar of such Losses; or

     

    (ii) made
      after the First Anniversary.

     

    (h) Seller’s
      aggregate liability (for indemnification or otherwise, except in respect of
      Taxes) with respect to Claims under this Agreement shall not exceed $25,000,000;
      provided
      that
      the
      limitation provided under this subclause (h) shall not apply to Claims made
      after the Closing arising under Section 11(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (i) of
      this Agreement or related thereto or Claims resulting from or due to
      fraud.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                18.

            	
              TAX
                RETURNS AND PRE-CLOSING TAXES AND STRADDLE PERIOD
                TAXES

            

    

     

    (a) Notwithstanding
      any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights and remedies of
      the
      parties relating to Pre-Closing Taxes and Straddle Period Taxes, Losses arising
      from such Taxes and any other matter relating to such Taxes are set forth
      exclusively in this Section 18. The sole remedies, rights of payments and
      damages available with respect to such Taxes, Losses arising from such Taxes
      and
      any other matter relating to such Taxes are those set forth in this Section
      18.

     

    (b) The
      Seller shall be liable for, and, subject to the provisions of this Section
      18,
      shall pay, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnitees, on an after-tax
      basis, against any and all Pre-Closing Taxes and any Losses arising from
      Pre-Closing Taxes. Seller shall be liable for, and subject to the provisions
      of
      this Section 18, shall pay, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnitees,
      on an after-tax basis, against Seller’s Portion of any Straddle Period Taxes
      (including any amounts paid to Seller under Section 18(j)) in excess of the
      Reserved Tax Liability and any Losses arising therefrom.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c) The
      Seller shall have exclusive authority subject to the provisions of this Section
      18 to prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed all Pre-Closing Tax
      Returns for each SPV, including any Estimated Tax Returns due on or prior to
      the
      Closing Date.

     

    (d) The
      Seller shall prepare and duly and timely file or cause to be prepared and duly
      and timely filed all Pre-Closing Tax Returns for all SPVs. Each such Tax Return
      shall be true, correct and complete, shall be prepared in the same manner as
      the
      Tax Returns of the SPVs for the immediately preceding taxable year or period,
      and shall not make, amend or terminate any election without the prior written
      consent of the Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
      delayed). The Seller shall duly and timely pay the Tax shown to be due on each
      such Tax Return. Promptly after the filing of each such Tax Return, Seller
      shall
      provide Buyer with a copy of the Tax Return, together with proof of the payment
      of the Tax shown thereon to be due.

     

    (e) The
      Buyer
      shall prepare (in accordance with the past practices of the relevant SPV, except
      to the extent required by law) the initial draft of all Straddle Period Tax
      Returns (other than Estimated Tax Returns due on or prior to the Closing Date)
      of each of the SPVs and shall submit such Tax Returns, along with a calculation
      of the Seller’s Portion of any Straddle Period Taxes relating to such Tax
      Returns (net of the Reserved Tax Liability for the relevant SPV and net of
      any
      Prepaid Taxes related to such Straddle Period Taxes), to the Seller for its
      approval no later than thirty (30) days prior to the due date thereof. No later
      than ten (10) days after the receipt of such Tax Return from the Buyer, the
      Seller shall notify the Buyer of any reasonable objections the Seller may have
      to items set forth in such draft Tax Returns and/or the calculation of the
      Sellers Portion of Straddle Period Taxes for which the Seller is responsible.
      The Buyer and Seller agree to consult and resolve in good faith any such
      objections, it being understood and agreed that in the absence of any such
      resolution, any and all such objections shall be in a manner consistent with
      the
      past practices with respect to such items unless otherwise required by
      law.

     

    If
      the
      Seller and the Buyer cannot resolve any and all objections by the fifteenth
      (15th)
      day
      prior to the due date of the Straddle Period Tax Returns that are the subject
      of
      the dispute, the issue involved shall be submitted to an independent public
      accounting firm acceptable to both the Seller and the Buyer; provided, however,
      that if the dispute or disagreement involves a matter of legal interpretation,
      then upon the written consent of both parties (which shall not be unreasonably
      withheld or delayed by either of them), such dispute shall be resolved by such
      independent public accounting firm, provided that in the absence of such written
      consent, such independent accounting firm shall select an outside attorney
      (1)
      experienced in the relevant tax law and (2) mutually acceptable to the Seller
      and the Buyer (which acceptance shall be in writing and shall not be
      unreasonably withheld or delayed by either of them) to resolve such dispute
      or
      disagreement. If the Seller and the Buyer cannot agree on an independent public
      accounting firm, the first Big Four Public Accounting Firm (on an alphabetical
      basis) that is not currently serving as the auditor of the Seller or the Buyer
      shall be selected to resolve the dispute. The Seller and the Buyer shall provide
      all necessary information to the independent accounting firm (or any outside
      attorney selected by such accounting firm), and shall instruct the independent
      accounting firm (or outside attorney selected by such accounting firm) to
      resolve the dispute, to the extent reasonably possible, no later than five
      5
      days prior to the due date of such Tax Returns. The decision of the independent
      public accounting firm (and any outside attorney selected by such accounting
      firm) in resolving the dispute shall be final and binding. The fees and expenses
      incurred with respect to the independent public accounting firm resolving the
      dispute shall be allocated fifty percent (50%) to the Seller and fifty percent
      (50%) to the Buyer. All other fees and expenses incurred in resolving the
      dispute shall be borne by the party hereto that incurs such fees and
      expenses.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Not
      later
      than three (3) days prior to the due date of the Straddle Period Tax Returns,
      the Seller shall pay to the Buyer the Seller’s Portion of Straddle Period Taxes
      in respect to such Tax Returns if such calculation shall not then be in dispute,
      provided that if any amount involved in such calculation shall then be in
      dispute under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, Seller shall pay to
      Buyer the amount in dispute, upon receipt of a written acknowledgement by the
      Buyer that it will repay to Seller any such amount promptly after a
      determination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph that Seller
      does not owe such amount.

     

    (f) For
      purposes of this Agreement, Taxes related to a Straddle Period shall be
      apportioned to the Seller (“Seller’s
      Portion”)
      for
      the period up to and including the close of the Closing Date and to the Buyer
      (“Buyer’s
      Portion”)
      for
      the period subsequent to the Closing Date, determined as follows:

     

    (i) in
      the
      case of real property and personal property Taxes on a per-diem basis;
      and

     

    (ii) otherwise,
      as determined from the books and records of the relevant SPV as though the
      taxable year of the SPV had terminated as of the close on the Closing Date
      but
      apportioning any annual exemption amount based on the relative number of days
      in
      the portion of the Straddle Period through and including the Closing Date and
      in
      the balance of the Straddle Period.

     

    For
      avoidance of doubt, Seller’s Portion of any Straddle Period Taxes shall be
      determined without regard to any Prepaid Taxes or Reserved Tax
      Liability.

     

    (g) The
      Buyer
      shall have exclusive authority to prepare and file or cause to be prepared
      and
      filed all Tax Returns for all SPVs for all tax reporting periods that begin
      on
      or after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
      to
      the contrary, Buyer or any of its nominated subsidiaries also shall have
      exclusive authority to make a Section 338 Election in respect to the acquisition
      of the SPV Shares hereunder and to prepare and file or cause to be prepared
      and
      filed all Tax Returns in connection therewith.

     

    (h) The
      Seller and the Buyer agree that Tax Returns that would otherwise be filed for
      tax periods that begin on or prior to the Closing Date and which would otherwise
      end after the Closing Date will reflect a short taxable year for any SPV ending
      on the Closing Date in any federal, state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction
      in which such tax year is allowed by administrative practice, whether or not
      required by law.

     

    (i) Each
      of
      the Buyer and Seller shall bear all costs incurred in preparing and filing
      the
      Tax Returns that such party is responsible to prepare and file under this
      Agreement.

     

    (j) To
      the
      extent that the Reserved Tax Liability shall exceed the Seller’s Portion of the
      Straddle Period Taxes (as determined under this Section 18), the Buyer shall
      pay
      the Seller such excess at the same time as the related Straddle Period Tax
      Return is filed.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (k) The
      Buyer
      shall promptly notify the Seller in writing upon receipt by the Buyer or any
      Affiliate of the Buyer (including any SPV) of any communication with respect
      to
      any Tax Matter (or pending or threatened Tax Matter) relating to any Tax period
      beginning before the Closing Date. The Buyer shall include with such
      notification a complete copy of any written communication received by the Buyer
      or any affiliate of the Buyer in respect of such Tax Matter.

     

    (l) The
      Seller shall have the sole right to represent the interests of the any SPA,
      and
      the right to employ counsel of its choice at its expense and to make decisions
      with respect to negotiation, contest or settlements in any Tax Matter relating
      to any Pre-Closing Tax Returns for any SPV, provided that (i) the Seller
      acknowledges and agrees in writing that the indemnification provisions of this
      Section 18 apply to the Pre-Closing Taxes in dispute, (ii) the Seller shall
      permit the Buyer to participate in such settlement or defense through counsel
      chosen by the Buyer and at the Buyer’s expense, (iii) Seller shall keep the
      Buyer advised as to the current status and progress of such settlement or
      defense, and (iv) the Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of
      the
      Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) settle or compromise
      any such Tax Matter if any such settlement or compromise could affect any tax
      period other than a Pre-Closing Tax Period.

     

    (m) The
      Buyer
      and Seller shall jointly represent the interests of any SPV, and shall jointly
      employ counsel mutually agreed in
      writing (with
      expenses divided in the proportions that the Seller’s Portion and the Buyer’s
      Portion are of the relevant Straddle Period Tax) and shall jointly make
      decisions with respect to negotiation, contest or settlements in any Tax Matter
      related to any Straddle Period Tax Return.

     

    (n) Beginning
      on the Closing Date, each of the Seller and the Buyer, on behalf of itself
      and
      each Affiliate, respectively, agrees to use good faith efforts to provide the
      other party hereto with such cooperation or information as such other party
      hereto reasonably shall request in connection with the determination of any
      payment or any calculations described in this Agreement and the preparation
      or
      filing of any Pre-Closing Tax Return or Straddle Period Tax Return. Such
      cooperation and information shall include preparing and submitting to the Seller
      (in a time frame consistent with past practice), at Buyer’s expense (other than
      Out-of-Pocket Expenses, which shall be paid by the Seller) all information
      within the control or possession of Buyer, any SPV or any Affiliate of any
      of
      them that the Seller shall reasonably request, in such form as the Seller shall
      reasonably request, to enable the Seller to prepare any Tax Returns required
      to
      be filed by the Seller pursuant to this Section 18.

     

    (o) Any
      request for information or documents pursuant to this Section 18 shall be made
      by the requesting party in writing. The other party hereto shall use reasonable
      efforts to promptly provide the requested information. Except as otherwise
      provided in this Agreement, the requesting party shall reimburse the other
      party
      for any Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred by such party in connection with
      providing any information or documentation pursuant to this clause (o). Upon
      reasonable notice, each of the Seller and the Buyer (at its own expense other
      than Out-of-Pocket Expenses, which will be paid by the Seller) shall make its,
      or shall cause its Affiliates, as applicable, to make their, employees and
      facilities available on a mutually convenient basis to provide explanation
      of
      any documents or information provided hereunder. Any information obtained under
      this provision shall be kept confidential, except as otherwise reasonably may
      be
      necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in conducting any
      Tax
      Matter.

     

    (p) For
      at
      least three (3) years following the Closing Date, each party hereto will retain
      such records, documents, accounting data and other information (including
      computer data) in its possession in the ordinary course of business reasonably
      necessary for (i) the preparation and filing of all Pre-Closing Tax Returns
      and
      Straddle Period Tax Returns required to be filed by, on behalf of, or with
      respect to another party hereto, and (ii) any Tax Matters relating to such
      Pre-Closing Tax Returns, Straddle Period Tax Returns, or to any Pre-Closing
      Taxes payable by, on behalf of, or with respect to, another party
      hereto.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              SECTION
                19.

            	
              CONFIDENTIALITY
                AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

            

    

     

    (a) The
      parties to this Agreement agree that the existence and terms of this Agreement
      are strictly confidential and further agree that they and their respective
      representatives shall not disclose to the public or to any third party the
      existence or terms of this Agreement or any other Confidential Information
      (as
      defined below) other than with the express prior written consent of the other
      party, except as may be required by applicable law, rule or regulation, or
      at
      the request of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such party
      or
      any of its representatives, control persons or affiliates, including, without
      limitation, the rules and regulations of the SEC, the American Stock Exchange,
      or the NASD, or as may be required to defend any action brought against such
      person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement.

     

    (b) Notwithstanding
      the above, the Seller hereby consents to the filing by EIAC of a current report
      on Form 8-K with the SEC announcing the transaction contemplated by this
      Agreement upon the execution of this Agreement in such form as shall be agreed
      between EIAC and the Seller before the execution of this Agreement.

     

    (c) Any
      other
      press release or other public announcement by the Seller or EIAC or their
      respective representatives relating to the transactions contemplated by the
      Agreement shall be agreed between EIAC and the Seller prior to the public
      release or dissemination of same (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld
      or delayed).

     

    (d) For
      the
      purposes of this Section 19, “Confidential Information” means any information
      relating to EIAC, the Buyer, the Seller, the SPVs, their directors, officers,
      representatives, employees, agents or advisers obtained whether before or after
      the date of this Agreement in any form from or pursuant to discussions with
      EIAC, the Buyer, the Seller, the SPVs, or any of their directors, officers,
      representatives, employees, agents or advisers unless it is publicly known
      either at the date of the disclosure or at any time thereafter (other than
      by
      breach of this Agreement).

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                20.

            	
              TERM
                AND TERMINATION.

            

    

     

    (a) This
      Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the earlier
      to occur of:

     

    (i) satisfaction
      of all obligations of all parties to this Agreement;

     

    (ii) from
      and
      after May 14, 2008 (or such later date as determined by clause (b) below),
      mutual agreement in writing of the Seller and EIAC acting in good faith that
      the
      market has not reacted favorably to the transactions contemplated hereby (which
      may be determined by, among other things, average stock and warrant prices
      of
      EIAC over a 20 day period), such mutual agreement not be unreasonably
      withheld;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iii) in
      the
      event that the SEC has not cleared the Merger Proxy by July 21, 2008, notice
      by
      Seller to EIAC and Buyer that it has elected unilaterally to terminate this
      Agreement;

     

    (iv) in
      the
      event Captain Vanderperre and Mr. Fred Cheng are not appointed to the respective
      offices of Buyer set forth in Section 9(a) hereof, notice by Seller to EIAC
      and
      Buyer that it has elected unilaterally to terminate this Agreement;
      and

     

    (v) in
      the
      event that the Seller fails to obtain the Financing on or before December
      17, 2007,
      by
      notice of Seller to EIAC and Buyer, or notice of Buyer and EIAC to
      Seller.

     

    (b) In
      the
      event the Audited Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements
      have
      not been prepared and delivered to EIAC by December 14, 2007, then the May
      14,
      2008 date referred to in Section 20(a) above shall be extended for the greater
      of (i) such period of time as shall equal the difference between December 14,
      2007 and the date on which such financial statements (or the financial
      statements for a subsequent reporting period, in the event that the Interim
      Financial Statements are stale and cannot be used in the Merger Proxy) have
      been
      delivered to EIAC for inclusion in the Merger Proxy, and (ii) 15 calendar
      days.

     

    (c) Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, Sections 17 and 19 hereof
      shall survive the termination of this Agreement and remain in full force and
      effect.

     

    
      	
              SECTION
                21.

            	
              MISCELLANEOUS.

            

    

     

    (a) Notices.
      All
      notices provided hereunder shall be given in writing and either delivered
      personally or by courier service or by facsimile transmission,

     

    if
      to the
      Buyer, to:

     

    

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE MERGER CORPORATION

    c/o
      V&P Law Firm

    15,
      Filikis Eterias Sq., 

    106
      73
      Athens, 

    Greece

    Attention:
      John Papapetros, Esq.

    Fax
      No:
      30 210 723 1462

     

    if
      to
      EIAC, to:

     

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORP.

    1105
      North Main Street

    Suite
      1300,

    Wilmington,
      Delaware 19081

    Attention:
      Ms. Susan Dub

    Fax
      No:
      (302) 651-8423

    or

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORP.

    Athens
      Office

    1
      Zissimopoulou + Poseidonos Ave.

    GR-16674
      Glyfada

    Athens

    Attention:
      Mr. Marios Pantazopoulos

    Fax
      No:
      +30 210 89 83 929

     

    with
      a
      copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

     

    Loeb
      & Loeb LLP

    345
      Park
      Avenue

    New
      York,
      NY 10021

    Attention:
      Mitchell Nussbaum, Esq.

    Fax
      No:
      (212) 407-4990

     

    if
      to the
      Seller to:

     

    VANSHIP
      HOLDINGS LIMITED

    C/o
      Univan Ship Management Limited

    Suite
      801
      Asian House

    1
      Hennessy Road, Wanchai

    Hong
      Kong

    Attention:
      Captain C.A.J. Vanderperre

    Fax
      No:
      (+852) 2861 0742

     

    with
      a
      copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

     

    Watson,
      Farley & Williams (New York) LLP

    100
      Park
      Avenue, 31st
      Floor

    New
      York,
      NY 10017

    Attention:
      Daniel C. Rodgers, Esq.

    Fax
      No:
      (212) 922-1512

     

    or
      to
      such other address as the parties shall from time to time designate in writing.
      Any notice delivered personally or by fax shall be deemed given upon receipt
      (with confirmation of receipt required in the case of fax transmissions); any
      notice given by overnight courier shall be deemed given on the third Business
      Day after delivery to the overnight courier.

     

    (b) Governing
      Law.
      This
      Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of
      New
      York without
      regard to conflicts of laws principles.

     

    (c) Arbitration.
      Any
      controversy or claim arising out of or in conjunction with this Agreement shall
      be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the
      American Arbitration Association then in effect in the State of New York and
      judgment upon such award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding
      upon the parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having
      jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held in the State of New York,
      New York County or such other location as is mutually agreed in
      writing before
      a
      panel of three (3) arbitrators, one selected by Seller, one selected jointly
      by
      Buyer and EIAC, and the third by the two (2) so chosen. The arbitration award
      shall include attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (d) Survival.
      (i) All
      representations and warranties contained herein, as made, when made, shall
      survive the Closing (unless the damaged party knew of any misrepresentation
      or
      breach of warranty at the time of Closing, other than in the case of fraud);
      and
      (ii) Sections 6 and 9(d) hereof shall survive the Closing.

     

    (e) Headings.
      Headings
      used herein are for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the
      construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
      Agreement.

     

    (f) Severability.
      Any
      provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
      jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
      such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
      provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
      in any other jurisdiction.

     

    (g) No
      Trading.
      From
      the date of this Agreement, neither the Seller nor any Seller’s Affiliate, their
      respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall
      use
      any material non-public information of EIAC (including the existence and terms
      of this Agreement) to purchase, sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any
      option for the purchase of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any securities
      of EIAC.

     

    (h) Amendments
      in Writing.
      No
      amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge of any provision
      of
      this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by any of the Seller, the Buyer
      or EIAC from any provision hereof, shall in any event be effective unless the
      same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto, and each such
      amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge shall be effective
      only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
      No
      provision of this Agreement shall be varied, contradicted or explained by any
      oral agreement, course of dealing or performance or any other matter not set
      forth in an agreement in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

     

    (i) Expenses. Each
      party shall be responsible for its own expenses in connection with the
      preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
      provided that the costs of preparing the Audited Financial Statements and the
      Interim Financial Statements and the costs of Seller's counsel (including
      securities and general counsel) and reasonable and documented “road show”
expenses of the Seller’s representatives incurred up to and including the
      Closing Date or earlier termination shall be borne initially by Seller and,
      together with any costs of counsel to EIAC, Buyer or the lending parties, and commitment fees and
      other expenses arising in connection with the Financing
and paid (after consultation with EIAC) by the Seller on behalf of EIAC, the
      Buyer or any of the SPVs, shall be reimbursed by Buyer and/or EIAC to Seller
      upon (as the case may require) the earlier of termination of this Agreement
      pursuant to Section 20 and the Closing, and the cost of any other audited or
      interim financial statements requested by SEC shall be borne by EIAC. Any stamp
      duties or other transfer or similar Taxes payable to any Governmental Authority
      in relation to the transfer of the SPV Shares to the Buyer shall be borne by
      the
      Buyer.  No broker, agent, finder, consultant or other person or entity is
      entitled to be paid based upon any agreement made by any party in connection
      with any transaction contemplated hereby other than (i) Fortis Securities LLC,
      which Seller shall have the obligation to compensate, and (ii) Maxim Group
      LLC
      and Investment Bank of Greece, which EIAC shall have the sole obligation to
      compensate.  Each party shall indemnify the other for any claim by any
      third party to such payment.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (j) Execution
      in Counterparts.
      This
      Agreement and any amendment, waiver or consent hereto may be executed by the
      parties hereto in separate counterparts (or upon separate signature pages bound
      together into one or more counterparts), each of which, when so executed and
      delivered, shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
      constitute one and the same instrument. All such counterparts may be delivered
      among the parties hereto by facsimile or other electronic transmission, which
      shall not affect the validity thereof.

     

    (k) Entire
      Agreement.
      This
      Agreement and the other documents referred to herein or therein, on and as
      of
      the date hereof, constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with
      respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof, and all prior understandings
      or
      agreements, whether written or oral between the parties hereto with respect
      to
      such subject matter (including, without limitation, the Memorandum of
      Understanding) are hereby superseded in their entirety.

     

    (l) Exhibits
      and Schedules.
      The
      exhibits attached hereto or any schedules referenced in this Agreement are
      incorporated by reference herein and shall have the same force and effect with
      respect to the provisions set forth therein as though fully set forth in this
      Agreement.

     

    (m) Successors
      and Assigns.
      This
      Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be
      enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns;
      provided, that, except for permitted transferees of Registrable Securities,
      who
      shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 6 hereof, none of the Buyer, the
      Seller or EIAC may assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior
      written consent of the other party or parties (as the case may be).

     

    (n) Non
      Waiver.
      Any
      failure at any time of either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement
      shall neither constitute a waiver of such provision nor prejudice the right
      of
      any party hereto to enforce such provision at any subsequent time.

     

    (o) Rights
      Against JVCo Shareholders.
      Each of
      EIAC and the Buyer hereby waive any right or cause of action it may have against
      any shareholder in JVCo other than Seller in respect of or arising from the
      Merger, the Sale and Purchase and/or any other transaction contemplated in
      connection therewith by this Agreement.

     

    (p) Acknowledgement
      of Prior Agreements. Buyer
      hereby acknowledges (i) that certain Registration Rights Agreement between
      EIAC
      and the Initial Stockholders dated as of July 17, 2006 ("Registration
      Rights Agreement")
      and
      (ii) that certain Subscription Agreement dated as of January 2, 2006, by and
      between the Company and George Sagredos, as amended, as subsequently assigned
      to
      Energy Corp. ("Initial
      Private Placement Subscription Agreement"),
      and
      hereby confirms such agreements and that upon the Merger agrees to honor and
      be
      bound by the obligations of EIAC under each such agreement, in accordance with
      the terms thereof, as if it were originally a party thereto.

     

    (q) Filing
      of Merger Proxy.
      Each of
      Seller, EIAC and Buyer agree to perform their respective best reasonable efforts
      in order that the preliminary filing of the Merger Proxy is made with the SEC
      no
      later than December 21, 2007.

     

    [Signature
      Page Follows]

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
      by
      their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and date
      first
      above written.

     

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORP.

     

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                George P. Sagredos

            	 
	 	
              Name:
                George P. Sagredos

            	 
	 	
              Title:
                President & Chief Operating
                Officer

            

    

     

    ENERGY
      INFRASTRUCTURE MERGER CORPORATION

     

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                George P. Sagredos

            	 
	 	
              Name:
                George P. Sagredos

            	 
	 	
              Title:
                President

            

    

     

    VANSHIP
      HOLDINGS LIMITED

     

    

    
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Captain C.A.J. Vanderperre

            	 
	 	
              Name:
                Captain C.A.J. Vanderperre

            	 
	 	
              Title:
                Director

            	 

    

     

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    The
      following schedules to The Second Amended and Restated Share Purchase Agreement
      have been omitted in accordance with the Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
      The
      Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to
      the
      Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                1 -

            	
              Carry-Over
                Financing

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                2 -

            	
              Legal
                Proceedings

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(c) -

            	
              Required
                Consents

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(d) -

            	
              Ownership
                of SPV Shares

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(f) -

            	
              Vessels

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(g) -

            	
              Governmental
                Actions

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(j) -

            	
              Tax
                sharing or allocation agreements

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(p) -

            	
              Material
                Contracts

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(q) -

            	
              Defaults;
                Breaches of Material Contracts

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(r) -

            	
              Business
                Conduct

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                11(z) -

            	
              Bank
                Accounts

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                12(g) -

            	
              Buyer’s
                Corporate Documents

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                12(h) -

            	
              Buyer’s
                outstanding shares of common stock, rights and
                warrants

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                12(j) -

            	
              Buyer’s
                Contractual Liabilities

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                13(g) -

            	
              EIAC’s
                Contractual Liabilities

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                13(h) -

            	
              EIAC’s
                insider loans

            

    

     

    
      	
              Schedule
                13(i) -

            	
              EIAC’s
                outstanding shares of common stock, rights and warrants and shares
                outstanding on a fully diluted
                basis

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        61VAN
      ASIA
      TANKERS CORPORATION

    

    

    

    -
      and
      -

    

    

    

    [VAN
      ASIA
      CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED]

    

    

    

    

    
 

    ________________________________

    

    MANAGEMENT
      AGREEMENT

    ________________________________

    

    

    

    

    
 

    

    

    Dated
      as
      of [●], 2008

    

    

    

    

    
      

    

    
      

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    TABLE
      OF
      CONTENTS

    

    
      	
              1.

            	
              DEFINITIONS
                AND INTERPRETATION

            	
              1

            
	 	
              1.1     
                Certain Definitions

            	
              1

            
	 	
              1.2     
                Construction

            	
              7

            
	 	
              1.3     
                Headings

            	
              8

            
	
              2.

            	
              ENGAGEMENT
                OF MANAGER

            	
              8

            
	 	
              2.1    
                 Engagement

            	
              8

            
	 	
              2.2     
                Powers and Duties of the Manager

            	
              8

            
	 	
              2.3     
                Ability to Subcontract

            	
              9

            
	 	
              2.4     
                Technical Services Agreements

            	
              9

            
	 	
              2.5     
                Outside Activities

            	
              9

            
	 	
              2.6     
                Exclusive Appointment

            	
              9

            
	 	
              2.7     
                Authority of the Parties; Enforceability

            	
              9

            
	 	
              2.8    
                 Inspection of Books and Records

            	
              10

            
	
              3.

            	
              MANAGEMENT
                SERVICES

            	
              10

            
	 	
              3.1     
                Strategic Services

            	
              10

            
	 	
              3.2     
                Commercial Management Services

            	
              11

            
	 	
              3.3    
                 Administrative Services

            	
              12

            
	
              4.

            	
              SUPERVISORY
                SERVICES

            	
              17

            
	
              5.

            	
              EMPLOYEES
                AND MANAGER’S PERSONNEL

            	
              18

            
	 	
              5.1     
                Manager’s Personnel

            	
              18

            
	 	
              5.2     
                Officers

            	
              18

            
	 	
              5.3     
                Termination and Replacement of Executive Officers

            	
              19

            
	 	
              5.4     
                Other Duties of Manager’s Personnel

            	
              19

            
	 	
              5.5     
                Reporting Structure

            	
              19

            
	
              6.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE MANAGER

            	
              19

            
	
              7.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE COMPANY

            	
              20

            
	
              8.

            	
              MANAGER’S
                COMPENSATION

            	
              20

            
	 	
              8.1     
                Management Services Fees

            	
              20

            
	 	
              8.2     
                Expenses

            	
              21

            
	 	
              8.3     
                Adjustment to Fees

            	
              22

            
	 	
              8.4     
                Dispute Resolution of Fees

            	
              22

            
	 	
              8.5     
                Technical Services Fees

            	
              22

            
	 	
              8.6    
                 Pre-delivery Services Fees

            	
              22

            
	 	
              8.7     
                Incentivisation of the Manager

            	
              23

            
	 	
              8.8     
                Direction to Pay

            	
              23

            
	
              9.

            	
              LIABILITY
                OF THE MANAGER; INDEMNIFICATION

            	
              23

            
	 	
              9.1     
                Liability of the Manager

            	
              23

            
	 	
              9.2    
                 Extraordinary Costs and Capital Expenditures

            	
              23

            
	 	
              9.3     
                Manager Indemnification

            	
              24

            
	 	
              9.4     
                Company Indemnification

            	
              24

            
	 	
              9.5     
                Limitation Regarding the Technical Services

            	
              24

            
	
              10.

            	
              TERM
                AND TERMINATION

            	
              24

            
	 	
              10.1  
                 Initial Term

            	
              24

            
	 	
              10.2   
                Renewal Term

            	
              24

            
	 	
              10.3   
                Termination by the Company

            	
              25

            
	 	
              10.4   
                Termination by the Manager

            	
              25

            
	 	
              10.5   
                Effects of Termination or Expiry

            	
              25

            
	
              11.

            	
              DISPUTE
                RESOLUTION

            	
              26

            
	
              12.

            	
              GENERAL

            	
              26

            
	 	
              12.1   
                Assignment

            	
              26

            
	 	
              12.2   
                Force Majeure

            	
              26

            
	 	
              12.3   
                Confidentiality

            	
              27

            
	 	
              12.4   
                Change of Control

            	
              27

            
	 	
              12.5   
                Notices

            	
              27

            
	 	
              12.6   
                Third Party Rights

            	
              28

            
	 	
              12.7   
                Severability

            	
              28

            
	 	
              12.8   
                Governing Law

            	
              29

            
	 	
              12.9   
                Binding Effect

            	
              29

            
	 	
              12.10 
                Amendment and Waivers

            	
              29

            
	 	
              12.11 
                Entire Agreement

            	
              29

            
	 	
              12.12
                 Waiver

            	
              29

            
	 	
              12.13
                 Counterparts

            	
              29

            

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    THIS
      MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
      is made
      on the [●] day of [●] 2008,

     

    BY
      AND BETWEEN:

     

    (1)          
      VAN
      ASIA TANKERS CORPORATION,
      a
      company organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall
      Islands, having its registered office at [●] (the “Company”);
      and

     

    (2)          
      [VAN
      ASIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED],
      a
      company organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda, having its registered
      office at Cannon Court, 22 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda (the
“Manager”).

     

    RECITALS

     

    WHEREAS:
      

     

    (A)
       Vanship
      Holdings Limited (“Vanship”)
      has
      entered into an Amended and Restated Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share
      Purchase Agreement”),
      dated
      December 3, 2007 (as amended), with the Company (then named Energy
      Infrastructure Merger Corporation) and its holding company Energy Infrastructure
      Acquisition Corp., pursuant to which Energy Infrastructure Acquisition Corp.
      will merge into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity, and
      Vanship will sell to the Company all of the outstanding ordinary shares of
      certain companies owning nine VLCCs (as defined below) (the “Merger
      and Sale and Purchase”).
      

     

    (B) Pursuant
      to the Share Purchase Agreement, it is a condition of the Merger and Sale and
      Purchase that the Company enter into a management agreement with the Manager
      pursuant to which the Manager will receive fees and other consideration with
      respect to the on-going strategic, commercial and administrative management
      of
      the Group (as defined below) and management of the Vessels (as defined
      below).

     

    (C) The
      Manager is a professional manager of shipping companies and has the requisite
      expertise to carry out the obligations set forth in this Agreement.

     

    (D)
       The
      Company desires to retain the Manager, and the Manager desires to be retained,
      to manage the Group and the Group’s business and to provide certain services to
      the Group on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
      herein.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE,
      in
      consideration of the mutual covenants and premises of the Parties (as defined
      below) herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration (the
      receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each Party), the
      Parties agree as follows: 

     

    
      	
              1.

            	
              DEFINITIONS
                AND INTERPRETATION 

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.1

            	
              Certain
                Definitions 

            

    

     

    In
      this
      Agreement, including the Recitals hereto, unless the context requires otherwise,
      the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

     

    “Adjusted
      Management Services Fee” has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.3.

     

    “Administrative
      Services”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3. 

     

    “Affiliates”
means,
      with respect to any Person as at any particular date, any other Person that
      directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is
      Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the Person in question, and
      “Affiliate”
means
      any one of them. 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Agreement”
means
      this management agreement as the same may be amended from time to time.

     

    “Applicable
      Laws”
means,
      in respect of any Person, property, transaction or event, all laws, including,
      without limitation, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC,
      all statutes, ordinances, regulations, municipal by-laws, treaties, judgments
      and decrees applicable to that Person, property, transaction or event and all
      applicable official directives, rules, consents, approvals, authorizations,
      guidelines, orders, codes of practice and policies of any Governmental Authority
      having authority over that Person, property, transaction or event and having
      the
      force of law, and all general principles of common law and equity. 

     

    “Approved
      Budget”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3.4(c). 

     

    “Board
      of Directors”
means
      the board of directors of the Company as the same may be constituted from time
      to time. 

     

    “Books
      and Records”
means
      all books of account and records, including tax records, sales and purchase
      records, vessel records, computer software, formulae, business reports, plans
      and projections and all other documents, files, correspondence and other
      information of the Group with respect to the Vessels or the Crude Carrier
      Business (whether or not in written, printed, electronic or computer printout
      form). 

     

    “Business
      Day”
means
      a
      day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday on which the banks in
      Hong Kong and New York are required to close. 

     

    “Chairman”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.1.

     

    “Charter”
means
      a
      charter party agreement between the Company and any Person that relates to
      any
      of the Vessels. 

     

    “Charterer”
means
      any Person that has entered into, or assumed the obligations by novation or
      otherwise under, a Charter with a Group Company. 

     

    “Chief
      Executive Officer”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.2.

     

    “Chief
      Financial Officer”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.4.

     

    “Closing”
means
      the closing of the Merger and Sale and Purchase.

     

    “Commercial
      Management Services”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2. 

     

    “Common
      Shares”
means
      the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

     

    “Company
      Breach”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.4(b). 

     

    “Company
      Change of Control”
means
      the occurrence of any of the following:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
                by way
                of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,
                of all or substantially all of the Group’s assets without the prior
                written consent of the Manager
                (which consent may be arbitrarily
                withheld);

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              an
                order made for or the adoption by the Board of Directors of a plan
                of
                liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (c)

            	
              the
                consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
                merger
                or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as such term
                is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial
                owner, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the Company’s Voting
                Securities (unless such person is the Manager or an Affiliate of
                the
                Manager), measured by voting power rather than number of shares without
                the prior written consent of the Manager (which consent may be arbitrarily
                withheld); 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              if,
                at any time, the Company becomes insolvent, admits in writing its
                inability to pay its debts as they become due, commits an act of
                bankruptcy, is adjudged bankrupt or declares bankruptcy or makes
                an
                assignment for the benefit of creditors, a proposal or similar action
                under the bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of the Marshall
                Islands or any applicable jurisdiction or commences or consents to
                proceedings relating to it under any reorganization, arrangement,
                readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of
                any
                jurisdiction; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              a
                change in directors after which a majority of the members of the
                Board of
                Directors are not Continuing Directors, unless such change in directors
                occurs solely as a result of the nomination of new directors by Vanship;
                or 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              the
                consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company with
                or
                into, any “person”, or the consolidation of any “person” with, or the
                merger of any “person” with or into, the Company, in any such event
                pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Common
                Shares
                are converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property
                or
                receive a payment of cash, securities or other property, other than
                any
                such transaction where the Company’s voting stock outstanding immediately
                prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for voting
                stock
                of the surviving or transferee “person” constituting a majority of the
                outstanding shares of such voting stock of such surviving or transferee
                “person” immediately after giving effect to such issuance and without the
                prior written consent of the Manager (which consent may be arbitrarily
                withheld);

            

    

     

    provided,
      however, that the Merger and Sale and Purchase shall not be deemed a Company
      Change of Control.

     

    “Company
      Indemnified Persons”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.4.

     

    “Continuing
      Directors”
means,
      as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who (i)
      was a member of the Board of Directors as of the date of the Closing, or (ii)
      was nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors with the
      approval of 67% of the directors then still in office who were either directors
      as of the date hereof or whose nomination or election was previously so
      approved. 

     

    “Control”
or
      “Controlled”
means,
      with respect to any Person, the right to elect or appoint, directly or
      indirectly, a majority of the directors of such Person or a majority of the
      Persons who have the right, including any contractual right or ability to manage
      and direct the business, affairs and operations of such Person, or the
      possession of the power or ability to direct or cause the direction of the
      management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of Voting
      Securities, by contract, or otherwise. 

     

    “Credit
      Facility Agreements”
means
      the loan agreements entered into by a Vessel Owner or another Group Company,
      on
      the one hand, and the banks and financial institutions named therein, on the
      other hand, in respect of financing provided, directly or indirectly, to such
      Vessel Owner where such financing is secured by, among other items, a mortgage
      on the Vessel owned by such Vessel Owner.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Crew”
means
      the master, officers, employees, ratings and other crew members of a Vessel.
      

    
       

      “Crew
        Employment and Support Expenses”
means
        all Employment Expenses of the Crew and all expenses of a general nature
        which
        are not particularly referable to any individual member of the Crew or
        individual Vessel which are incurred for the purpose of providing Technical
        Services and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall
        include the cost of Crew standby pay, training schemes for officers and ratings,
        cadet training schemes, study pay, recruitment and interviews. 

       

      “Crude
        Carrier”
means
        any ocean-going vessel that is intended to be used primarily to transport
        crude
        oil, including VLCCs.

    

     

    “Crude
      Carrier Assets”
means
      Crude Carriers and any assets that are customarily owned or operated in
      conjunction with Crude Carriers, in each case, that are used or intended to
      be
      used in the course of carrying on a Crude Carrier Business.

     

    “Crude
      Carrier Business”
means
      the business of trading or selling or purchasing Crude Carriers, or of
      chartering or re-chartering Crude Carriers to others, and any lawful act or
      activity customarily conducted in connection therewith.

     

    “Draft
      Budget”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3.4(a). 

     

    “Employment
      Expenses”
means
      all costs, expenses, debts, liabilities and obligations related to or incurred
      in respect of employment, including salaries, fees, wages, incentive pay,
      gratuities, bonuses, vacation pay, holiday pay, other paid leave, overtime,
      standby pay, sick pay, workers’ compensation legislation contributions or costs,
      benefits and related costs, statutory contributions and remittances, pension
      plan contributions and costs, recruitment costs, Severance Costs, payroll and
      accounting costs, training and education costs, discounts, meals, accommodation,
      legal costs associated arising from disputes, administrative costs, travel
      costs, perquisites, relocation expenses and uniform expenses. 

     

    “Exchange
      Act”
means
      the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     

    “Existing
      Management Group”
means:
      

     

    
      	
                

            	 	
              (a)

            	
              any
                of Captain Charles Arthur Joseph Vanderperre, Mr. Fred Cheng, or
                Mr.
                Christoph Widmer or their respective estates, spouses or partners,
                descendants or members of their household;

            

    

     

    
      	
            	(b)	
              any
                trust in whole or in part for the benefit of the persons listed in
                (a)
                above;
                or 

            

    

     

    
      	
            	(c)	
              any
                Affiliate of any of the persons listed in (a) or (b) above.
                

            

    

     

    “Fair
      Market Fee”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.4.

     

    “Fiscal
      Quarter”
means
      a
      fiscal quarter of the Company or, in the case of the first fiscal quarter of
      the
      Company, the portion of such fiscal quarter from the date of this Agreement
      through the day prior to the commencement of the next fiscal quarter.

     

    “Fiscal
      Year”
means
      the fiscal year of the Company, being the twelve month period ended December
      31,
      or, in the case of the first fiscal year of the Company, the portion of such
      fiscal year from the date of this Agreement through the day prior to the
      commencement of the next fiscal year.

     

    “Force
      Majeure Event”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12.2.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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     “GAAP”
means
      (i) generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in the United
      States or (ii) if the Company determines to report under IFRS, IFRS.

     

    “Governmental
      Authority”
means
      any domestic or foreign government, including any federal, provincial, state,
      territorial or municipal government, and any multinational or supranational
      organization, government agency, including, without limitation, the SEC,
      tribunal, labour relations board, commission, stock exchange, including, without
      limitation, the American Stock Exchange, or other authority or organization
      exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
      functions of, or pertaining to, government. 

     

    “Group”
means
      the Company and its Subsidiaries. 

     

    “Group
      Company”
means
      any member of the Group.

     

    “IFRS”
means
      the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the International
      Accounting Standards Board.

     

    “Initial
      Term”
means
      the initial term of this Agreement as set out in Section 10.1. 

     

    “ISM
      Code”
means
      the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for
      Pollution Prevention as adopted by the International Maritime Organization
      (IMO)
      by resolution A.741(18) or any subsequent amendment thereto. 

     

    “Legal
      Action”
means
      any action, claim, complaint, demand, suit, judgment, investigation or
      proceedings, pending or threatened, by any Person or before any Governmental
      Authority or any court, arbitral body or tribunal. 

     

    “Losses”
means
      losses, expenses, costs, liabilities and damages, excluding lost profits and
      consequential damages, but including interest charges, penalties, fines,
      monetary sanctions and reasonable costs of investigation and fees and
      disbursements of counsel.

     

    “Manager
      Breach”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.3(a). 

     

    “Manager
      Cause”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.3(b). 

     

    “Manager
      Change of Control”
means
      the occurrence of any of the following:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
                by way
                of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,
                of all or substantially all of the Manager’s assets, except such a
                disposition to one or more members of the Existing Management
                Group; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)
                

            	
              an
                order made for, or the adoption by its board of directors of a plan
                of,
                liquidation or dissolution of the
                Manager;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)
                

            	
              the
                consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
                merger
                or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or group
                of
                Persons becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
                a
                majority of the Manager’s Voting Securities (unless such Person or group
                of Persons is a member or are members of the Existing Management
                Group),
                measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
                or

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)
                

            	
              if,
                at any time, the Manager becomes insolvent, admits in writing its
                inability to pay its debts as they become due, commits an act of
                bankruptcy, is adjudged bankrupt or declares bankruptcy or makes
                an
                assignment for the benefit of creditors, or makes a proposal or similar
                action under the bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of
                Bermuda
                or any applicable jurisdiction or commences or consents to proceedings
                relating to it under any reorganization, arrangement, readjustment
                of
                debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any
                jurisdiction.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Manager
      Indemnified Persons”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.3. 

     

    “Manager
      Misconduct”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.1(a).

     

    “Manager’s
      Personnel”
means
      all individuals that are employed by or have entered into consulting
      arrangements with the Manager, including the Chief Executive Officer, the
      President and Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer.

     

    “Management
      Services”
means
      the services to be provided by the Manager to the Company under Section 3,
      comprising the Strategic Services, the Commercial Management Services and the
      Administrative Services.

     

    “Management
      Services Fee”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.1(b).

     

    “New
      Build”
means
      a
      vessel under construction pursuant to a ship building contract between a Group
      Company and a ship builder (whether by direct contract or as a result of
      novation).

     

    “New
      Vessel”
means
      each Vessel which is not owned by a Group Company as of the date
      hereof.

     

    “Option
      Vessels”
means
      each of the 298,000 deadweight tonnage newbuilding vessels to be constructed
      by
      Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. with hull numbers T3000-35 and
      T3000-36.

     

    “Parties”
means
      the Company and the Manager. 

     

    “Person”
means
      an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
      venture, trust or trustee, unincorporated organization, association, government,
      government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

     

    “Pre-delivery
      Services”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.2.

     

    “President
      and Chief Operating Officer”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.3.

     

    “Questioned
      Items”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3.4(b). 

     

    “Renewal
      Term”
means
      any renewal term of this Agreement referred to in Section 10.2. 

     

    “SEC”
means
      the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

     

    “Severance
      Costs”
means
      the termination or severance liabilities, costs and expenses which employers
      are
      legally obliged, whether by Applicable Law, contract or otherwise, to provide
      or
      pay to or in respect of their employees, or the compensation or damages owed
      in
      lieu of such liabilities, costs and expenses, as a result of the termination
      of
      any employment. 

     

    “STCW
      95”
means
      the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and
      Watchkeeping to Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995 or any subsequent amendment
      thereto. 

     

    “Strategic
      Services”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    “Subsidiary”
means,
      with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of the
      voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
      contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of
      such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination,
      by such Person, by one or more corporations Controlled by such Person or a
      combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which
      such Person or a corporation Controlled by such Person is, at the date of
      determination, a general or limited partner of such partnership, but only if
      more than 50% of the partnership interests of such partnership (considering
      all
      of the partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is owned,
      directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, one or
      more corporations Controlled by such Person, or a combination thereof, or (c)
      any other Person (other than a corporation or a partnership) in which such
      Person, one or more corporations Controlled by such Person, or a combination
      thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least
      a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election
      of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person.

     

    “Supervisory
      Services”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in the Section 4.2.

     

    “Technical
      Manager”
means
      a
      shipping management company nominated by the Manager pursuant to Section 4
      to
      provide Technical Services to a Group Company in respect of a Vessel, or such
      other services as may be agreed between the Manager and the Technical Manager
      from time to time.

     

    “Technical
      Services”
means
      the services to be provided by the Technical Manager, or the Technical
      Sub-Manager or any subcontractor, as applicable, to the Vessel Owner pursuant
      to
      the Technical Services Agreement.

     

    “Technical
      Services Agreement”
means
      an agreement in form and substance substantially the same as the form agreement
      attached as Exhibit A hereto, pursuant to which the Technical Manager is
      appointed to provide Technical Services to a Group Company in respect of a
      Vessel.

     

    “Technical
      Services Fee”
has
      the
      meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.5.

     

    “Technical
      Sub-Manager”
means
      a
      shipping management company to which the Technical Manager subcontracts and
      delegates its obligations under the Technical Services Agreement to provide
      Technical Services to a Group Company.

     

    “Term”
means
      the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, in each case subject to any early
      termination of this Agreement as permitted herein. 

     

    “Vessel”
means
      each vessel owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time,
      including New Builds and the vessels listed in Schedule A, as such schedule
      may
      be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 7.1. 

     

    “Vessel
      Owner”
means
      any Group Company that owns a Vessel.

     

    “VLCC”
means
      very large crude carrier.

     

    “Voting
      Securities”
means
      securities of all classes of a Person entitling the holders thereof to vote
      on a
      regular basis in the election of members of the board of directors or other
      governing body of such Person. 

    
      
        
          
          

        

        
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              1.2

            	
              Construction 

            

    

     

    In
      this
      Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise: 

     

    
      	
            	(a)	
              references
                to laws and regulations refer to such laws and regulations as they
                may be
                amended from time to time, and references to particular provisions
                of a
                law or regulation include any corresponding provisions of any succeeding
                law or regulation; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              references
                to money refer to legal currency of the United States of America;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              the
                word “include”, “includes” or “including” when following any general term
                or statement will not be construed as limiting the general term or
                statement to the specific matter immediately following such word
                or to
                similar matters, and the general term or statement will be construed
                as
                referring to all matters that reasonably could fall within the broadest
                possible scope of the general term or statement;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              words
                importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words
                importing gender, include all genders;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              a
                reference to an “approval”, “authorization”, “consent”, “notice” or
                “agreement” means an approval, authorization, consent, notice of
                agreement, as the case may be, in writing;
                and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              the
                words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when
                used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
                not to
                any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references
                are to
                this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.

            

    

     

    
      	
              1.3

            	
              Headings 

            

    

     

     All
      article or section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and
      shall
      not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the
      provisions hereof. 

     

    
      	
              2.

            	
              ENGAGEMENT
                OF MANAGER 

            

    

     

    
      	
              2.1

            	
              Engagement 

            

    

     

    The
      Company hereby engages the Manager to provide the Management Services and
      Supervisory Services specified herein to the Group, and the Manager hereby
      accepts such engagement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
      in
      this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Manager acknowledges that the
      Manager is acting solely as a third party contractor, and not as agent, partner
      or fiduciary for the account of the Company or any Group Company. The Manager
      shall have no duties to the Company or any Group Company except to the extent
      set forth herein. The Manager may advise Persons with whom it deals on behalf
      of
      the Company that it has authority to conduct such business for and on behalf
      of
      the Company. 

     

    
      	
              2.2

            	
              Powers
                and Duties of the Manager 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager has the power and authority to take such actions on its own behalf
      or on
      behalf of the Group as it from time to time considers, subject to the customary
      oversight and supervision of the Company and the Board of Directors, necessary
      or appropriate to enable it to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
      The
      Manager shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide the Management Services
      and Supervisory Services to be provided hereunder in accordance with customary
      ship management practice and with the care, diligence and skill that a prudent
      manager of vessels would possess and exercise, except that the Manager in the
      performance of its management responsibilities under this Agreement may have
      regard to its overall responsibility in relation to all vessels as may from
      time
      to time be entrusted to its management and in particular, but without prejudice
      to the generality of the foregoing, the Manager may allocate available supplies,
      manpower and services in such
      manner as in the prevailing circumstances the Manager, acting reasonably,
      considers in its business judgment to be fair and reasonable. 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              2.3

            	
              Ability
                to Subcontract 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager may subcontract and/or delegate any of its duties and obligations
      hereunder to any of its Affiliates without the consent of the Company and may
      subcontract and/or delegate any of its duties and obligations to Persons that
      are not Affiliates with the prior written consent of the Company, which consent
      shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In the event of such a
      subcontract and/or delegation, the Manager shall promptly notify the Company
      thereof and, solely to the extent set forth in Section 9.5, shall remain liable
      for the due performance of its obligations under this Agreement. 

     

    
      	
              2.4

            	
              Technical
                Services Agreements

            

    

     

    It
      is the
      intention of the Parties that any Technical Services Agreements entered into
      between the Technical Sub-Manager and a Group Company be in form and substance
      substantially the same as the form agreement attached as Exhibit A
      hereto.

     

    
      	
              2.5

            	
              Outside
                Activities 

            

    

     

    The
      Company acknowledges that the Manager will have business interests and engage
      in
      business activities in addition to those relating to the Company and the other
      Group Companies, for its own account and for the accounts of other Persons
      (including Persons which own, charter, manage or otherwise are involved in
      the
      Crude Carrier Business or with Crude Carrier Assets), including: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                trading, buying or selling of vessels, whether Crude Carriers, drybulk
                vessels, containerships or other
                vessels;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              investing
                or co-investing in, or in Persons involved in or with, Crude Carrier
                Assets or Crude Carrier Businesses or drybulk vessels, containerships
                or
                other vessels or businesses relating to drybulk vessels, containerships
                or
                other vessels; and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              the
                provision of strategic, technical, commercial, administrative and
                investment management services relating to Crude Carrier Assets or
                drybulk
                vessels, containerships or other vessels or Crude Carrier
                Businesses.

            

    

     

    Except
      to
      the extent prohibited by Applicable Laws, the Manager may, in its sole, absolute
      and unfettered discretion, undertake activities that compete or may compete
      with
      the Company or any Group Company and allocate corporate or strategic
      opportunities relating to the Crude Carrier Business or Crude Carrier Assets
      to
      other Persons (including Persons which own, charter, manage or otherwise are
      involved in the Crude Carrier Business or with Crude Carrier Assets).

     

    
      	
              2.6

            	
              Exclusive
                Appointment 

            

    

     

    The
      Company acknowledges that the appointment of the Manager hereunder is an
      exclusive appointment for the Term. The Company may not appoint other managers
      with respect to the Group or the Vessels during the Term, except as otherwise
      agreed by the Manager in writing or as contemplated by this Agreement. For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.6 does not prohibit the engagement of
      Technical Managers by the Vessel Owners as contemplated by this Agreement.
      

     

    
      	
              2.7

            	
              Authority
                of the Parties;
                Enforceability 

            

    

     

    Each
      Party represents to the others that it is duly authorized with full power and
      authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, that it has duly
      executed and delivered this Agreement and that (assuming due authorization,
      execution and delivery by the other Party thereto and the validity and binding
      effect on such other Party of this Agreement) this Agreement constitutes a
      legal, valid and binding
      obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
      as
      may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
      and other similar laws of general application which may affect the enforcement
      of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. Without
      limiting the foregoing, the Company represents that the engagement of the
      Manager has been duly authorized by the Company and is in accordance with all
      governing documents of the Company. 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              2.8

            	
              Inspection
                of Books and Records 

            

    

     

    At
      all
      reasonable times and on reasonable notice, any person authorized by the Company
      may inspect, examine, copy and audit the Books and Records of the Company kept
      by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement at such times as may be mutually
      agreed. 

     

    
      	
              3.

            	
              MANAGEMENT
                SERVICES 

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.1

            	
              Strategic
                Services 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall provide the following strategic services (collectively referred
      to
      herein as “Strategic
      Services”)
      to the
      Company:

     

    
      	
              3.1.1

            	
              Acquisitions,
                Charter Parties and
                Finance

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will provide strategic, corporate planning, business development and
      advisory services to the Company as follows:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              identifying,
                negotiating and securing opportunities for the Company to acquire
                or to
                construct Crude Carriers, and negotiating and carrying out the purchase
                of
                both new and existing Crude
                Carriers;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              identifying,
                negotiating and securing opportunities for the Company to acquire
                or merge
                with companies, partnerships or other entities that own or operate
                Crude
                Carriers or are otherwise involved in the crude oil shipping industry
                and
                working to integrate such acquired
                businesses;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              performing,
                or engaging third parties to perform, class records reviews and physical
                inspections and, at the request of the Company, making recommendations
                to
                the Company with respect to any additional Crude Carrier being considered
                for purchase by the Company;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              at
                the request and under the direction of the Company, certain administrative
                services in connection with the purchase or sale or taking physical
                delivery of a Vessel by the Company or any Group
                Company;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              identifying,
                negotiating and securing charterers and charter parties and other
                employment for the Vessels and the conclusion (including the execution)
                of
                charter parties or other contracts relating to the employment of
                the
                Vessels, for and on behalf of the Company or the Vessel
                Owners;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              maintaining
                and managing relationships between the Company and the Charterers
                and
                potential charterers, shipbuilders, insurers, lenders and potential
                financiers of the Company and other shipping industry
                participants;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (g)

            	
              arranging,
                negotiating and procuring pre-delivery and post-delivery financing
                or
                refinancing for the construction of Crude Carriers and financing
                or
                refinancing for the acquisition of used Crude
                Carriers;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (h)

            	
              identifying,
                negotiating and securing potential divestitures or dispositions of
                the
                Vessels and any of the Company’s other Crude Carrier Assets, and
                evaluating and recommending the sale of all or any part of the Crude
                Carrier Business carried on by the
                Group;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (i)

            	
              identifying,
                investigating and implementing tax planning, leasing or other tax
                savings
                initiatives;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (j)

            	
              providing
                general strategic planning services and implementing corporate strategy,
                including, but not limited to, developing acquisition and divestiture
                strategies; and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (k)

            	
              such
                other strategic, corporate planning, business development and advisory
                services as the Company may reasonably identify from time to
                time.

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.1.2

            	
              Pre-delivery
                Services

            

    

     

    For
      any
      New Build, the Manager will oversee and supervise, in all material respects,
      or
      procure a third party to oversee and supervise, the design and construction
      of
      such New Build prior to its delivery and liaise, or procure a third party to
      liaise, with the shipbuilder, classifications societies, suppliers and other
      service providers to ensure that the New Build is being constructed in
      accordance with the relevant shipbuilding contract and classification society
      requirements (the “Pre-delivery
      Services”).
      For
      the avoidance of doubt, none of the Administrative Services Fee, Management
      Services Fees, the commissions set forth in Sections 8.1(c) or 8.1(d) or the
      Technical Services Fees are inclusive of compensation or fees for the provision
      of Pre-delivery Services by the Manager or any third party procured by the
      Manager. Compensation, fees and other amounts payable with respect to the
      provision of Pre-delivery Services by the Manager or any third party shall
      be
      separately negotiated and agreed between the Company and the Manager and any
      third party procured to provide such services, as applicable.

     

    
      	
              3.2

            	
              Commercial
                Management Services 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall provide certain chartering services to the Group for each of
      the
      Vessels (collectively referred to herein as the “Commercial
      Management Services”),
      including, but not limited to: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              administering
                the Charters; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              providing
                voyage estimates and accounts and calculating of hire, profit
                share, freights, demurrage and/or dispatch moneys due from or due
                to the
                Charterers; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              monitoring
                the payment to the Company or the Vessel Owners or their nominees
                of all
                hire, profit share, freight revenues or other moneys to which the
                Company
                or the Vessel Owners may be entitled arising out of the Charter or
                other
                employment of the Vessel;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              furnishing
                the Crew of each Vessel with appropriate voyage instructions and
                monitoring voyage performance while using commercially reasonable
                efforts
                to achieve the most economical, efficient and quick dispatch of each
                Vessel between ports and at ports and terminals, if required;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              using
                due diligence, to ensure that each Vessel will be employed between
                safe
                ports, safe anchorages and safe berths, so far as this can be established
                by exercising due diligence, provided that the Manager shall only
                be
                required to exercise commercially reasonable efforts for such purpose;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              arranging
                the scheduling of each Vessel according to the terms of the Vessel’s
                employment; 

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (g)

            	
              carrying
                out all necessary communications with shippers, Charterers and others
                involved with the receiving and handling of each Vessel at the loading
                and
                discharging ports, including sending any notices required under the
                terms
                of each Vessel’s employment; and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (h)

            	
              preparing
                off-hire statements and/or hire statements including obtaining port
                documents and expense supports necessary for such calculation.
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.3

            	
              Administrative
                Services 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall provide the following administrative services (collectively
      referred to herein as the “Administrative
      Services”)
      to the
      Company:

     

    
      	
              3.3.1

            	
              Accounting
                and Records

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will, on behalf of the Company, establish an accounting system,
      including the development, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of
      internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and
      procedures, and maintain Books and Records, with such adoptions or modifications
      as may be necessary to comply with Applicable Laws. The Books and Records will
      be the property of the Company but will be kept at the Manager’s primary office
      or such other place as the Company and the Manager may mutually determine.
      Upon
      expiry or termination of this Agreement, all of the Books and Records will
      be
      provided to the Company or a new manager, reasonably promptly, pursuant to
      Section 10.5.

     

    
      	
              3.3.2

            	
              Reporting
                Requirements

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will prepare and deliver to the Chief Executive Officer, the President
      and Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer the following
      reports:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              a
                monthly report to be delivered within forty-five (45) Business Days
                of the
                end of the month setting out the interim financial results of the
                Company
                for such month, including the comparison between the actual results
                and
                the budget, with an explanation for any major
                variances;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              a
                quarterly report to be delivered within seventy-five (75) Business
                Days of
                the end of each Fiscal Quarter setting out the interim financial
                results
                of the Company for such quarter, including the comparison between
                the
                actual results and the budget, with an explanation for any major
                variances;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              a
                draft of the reports, certificates, documents and other information
                required under the Credit Facility Agreements to be delivered five
                (5)
                Business Days prior to their required delivery to the lenders
                thereunder;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              as
                and when requested by the Board of Directors, the
                Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer
                or the
                Chief Financial Officer, draft reports regarding financial and other
                information required in connection with the relevant Applicable Laws
                (including annual, quarterly, current and other reports that may
                be
                required to be filed under the Exchange Act and all other Applicable
                Laws); and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              other
                reports with respect to financial and other information of the Company
                that may be, from time to time, reasonably requested by the Company
                and
                consistent with the Manager’s obligations
                hereunder.

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.3.3

            	
              Financial
                Statements and Tax Returns

            

    

     

    At
      the
      instruction of the Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating
      Officer or the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager shall prepare for review
      by
      the Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer and
      the
      Chief Financial Officer and audit committee of the Board of Directors the
      following:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (a)

            	
              within
                seventy-five (75) Business Days of end of each six (6)-month period
                ended
                June 30, unaudited financial statements of the Company, to be reviewed
                by
                the external auditors of the Company, prepared in accordance with
                GAAP and
                the rules and regulations of the SEC, on a consolidated basis, for
                the six
                (6)-month period
                ended June 30 of such Fiscal Year; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              as
                required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, Fiscal Year financial
                statements of the Company, to be audited by the external auditors
                of the
                Company, prepared in accordance with GAAP and the rules and regulations
                of
                the SEC, on a consolidated basis, for the relevant Fiscal Year;
                and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              tax
                returns for the Company and any other Group Company required by Applicable
                Laws to be filed in the manner prescribed by Applicable Laws, including
                attending to the time calculation and payment of all taxes payable
                by the
                Company.

            

    

    

    At
      the
      instruction of the Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating
      Officer or the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager will cause the Company’s
      external auditors to review unaudited six (6) month financial statements, audit
      Fiscal Year financial statements and cause the Company’s external tax advisors
      to finalize tax returns. The Manager will make available to the Company’s
      accountants the relevant Books and Records of the Company and will assist the
      accountants in otherwise preparing the relevant financial statements and tax
      returns.

     

    
      	
              3.3.4

            	
              Budget
                and Corporate Planning

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              Draft
                Budgets

            

    

     

    On
      or
      before October 31 or
      thereabouts of each year, the Manager, in consultation with the Chief Executive
      Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial
      Officer, will prepare and submit to the Board of Directors a detailed draft
      budget for the next Fiscal Year in a format acceptable to the Board of
      Directors, which will include: (1) a statement of estimated revenue and
      expenses; and (2) a proposed budget for capital expenditures, repairs or
      alterations, including proposed expenditures in respect of dry-docking, together
      with an analysis as to when and why such replacements, improvements, renovations
      or expenditures may be required (the “Draft
      Budget”).

     

    
      	
            	(b)	
              Process
                for Finalizing the Draft Budget

            

    

     

    For
      a
      period of thirty (30) days after receipt of the Draft Budget, the Board of
      Directors, from time to time, may request further details and submit written
      comments on the Draft Budget. The Company will give good faith consideration
      to
      the Draft Budget. If, after giving good faith consideration to the Draft Budget,
      the Company does not agree with any term thereof, the Company will, within
      the
      same thirty (30)-day period, give the Manager notice of the Company’s enquiry to
      the Draft Budget, which notice will include the list of the items under
      consideration (the “Questioned
      Items”)
      and a
      proposal for resolution of each such Questioned Item. The Company and the
      Manager will endeavour, both acting reasonably, to resolve any such differences
      between them with respect to the Questioned Items. In resolving any Questioned
      Item, the Company and the Manager will have regard to the Company’s obligations
      under the relevant Charters, any credit facilities or other financing documents,
      the amount of the Administrative Services Fee, Management Services Fee and
      commissions to be paid
      to
      the Manager and the amount of the Technical Services Fees to be paid to the
      Technical Manager.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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            	(c)	
              Approved
                Budget

            

    

     

    By
      December 31 of the relevant year, the Manager will prepare and deliver to the
      Company a revised budget that has been approved by the Board of Directors (the
      “Approved
      Budget”).
      However, the Company acknowledges that the Approved Budget is only an estimate
      of the performance of the Vessels and the Manager makes no assurance,
      representation or warranty that the actual performance of the Vessels in the
      applicable Fiscal Year will correspond to the estimates contained in the
      Approved Budget for that Fiscal Year. The Parties acknowledge that the
      projections contained in the Approved Budget are subject to, and may be affected
      by, changes in financial, economic, regulatory and other conditions and
      circumstances beyond the control of the Parties.

     

    
      	
            	(d)	
              Amendments
                to Approved Budget

            

    

     

    The
      Manager may, from time to time, in any Fiscal Year amend the Approved Budget.
      Any amendment or increase to the Approved Budget in excess of 7.5% shall require
      fifteen (15) days’ prior notice to the Company, in which event the Company will
      have the right to approve the amendments in accordance with the process set
      out
      in Section 3.3.4(b) with the relevant time periods being amended accordingly
      and
      provided that any Questioned Items are resolved within forty-five (45) days
      of
      receipt of the notice by the Company. Whenever, due to circumstances beyond
      the
      reasonable control of the Manager, emergency expenditures are required to ensure
      that the Vessels are being operated and maintained as required under the
      Charters the Manager may make such emergency expenditures and reasonably request
      prompt reimbursement, thereof even if such expenditures are not included or
      reflected in the Approved Budget or subject to the amendment approval process
      set forth in this Section 3.3.4(d).

     

    
      	
            	(e)	
              Advancement
                of Budgeted Amount

            

    

     

    On
      or
      before the first day of each month during the Term of this Agreement, the
      Manager shall advance to the Technical Manager from the applicable Vessel
      Owner’s bank accounts all amounts budgeted for the operation of each of the
      Vessels for such month. At the end of each calendar month or quarter, at the
      election of the Manager, the Manager shall with the Technical Manager
      preliminarily reconcile the amounts advanced by it to the Technical Manager
      with
      the amounts actually expended by the Technical Manager for the operation of
      each
      of the Vessels, and the Technical Manager shall remit to the Manager for the
      applicable Vessel Owner’s account, or credit to the Vessel Owner amounts to be
      advanced to it hereunder for future months, any unused portion of the amounts
      previously advanced by the Manager, or the Manager shall pay to the Technical
      Manager from the applicable Vessel Owner’s bank accounts any amounts properly
      expended by the Technical Manager for the Vessels in excess of the amounts
      previously advanced by the Manager. The Manager and the Technical Manager will
      reconcile any amounts due to the Vessel Owner by the Technical Manager or
      amounts due to the Technical Manager by the Vessel Owner for each Fiscal Year
      of
      the Group as promptly as practicable following the close of each such Fiscal
      Year. 

     

    
      	
              3.3.5

            	
              Legal
                and Compliance Services

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              Responsibility
                of the Manager

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    The
      Manager shall assist the Company with the following whether or not related
      to
      the Vessels:

     

    
      	
            	(i)	
              ensuring
                that the Company is in compliance with all Applicable Laws, including
                without limitation, all relevant securities laws, and the rules and
                regulations of the SEC, the American Stock Exchange and any other
                securities exchange upon which the Company’s securities are
                listed;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (ii)

            	
              arranging
                for the provision of advisory services to the Company with respect
                to the
                Company’s obligations under applicable securities legislation in the
                United States and arranging for compliance with all disclosure and
                reporting obligations under applicable securities legislation including
                the preparation for review, approval and filing by the Company of
                reports
                and other documents with the SEC and all other applicable regulatory
                authorities;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (iii)

            	
              maintaining
                the Company’s corporate existence and good standing in all necessary
                jurisdictions and assisting in all other corporate and regulatory
                compliance matters;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (iv)

            	
              ensuring
                that the Group owns or possesses all licenses, patents, copyrights
                and
                trademarks which are necessary and used in the operation of its
                business;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (v)

            	
              investor
                relations matters on behalf of the
                Company;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (vi)

            	
              administering
                and supervising Legal Actions by, against or in respect of any Vessel
                or
                any Group Company;

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (vii)

            	
              adjusting
                and negotiating settlements, with or on behalf of claimants or
                underwriters, of any claim
                or
                damages which are recoverable under policies of insurance;
                and

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (viii)

            	
              obtaining
                from the Technical Manager, at the request of the Company, all
                documentation and records related to the Safety Management System
                (SMS)
                and/or the Crew, which the Company needs in order to demonstrate
                compliance with the ISM Code and STCW 95 or to defend against a third
                party.

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              Administration
                and Settlement of Legal Actions

            

    

     

     

    If
      any
      Legal Action is commenced against or is required to be commenced in favour
      of
      any Group Company or any Vessel, the Manager, with the approval of the President
      and Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, will arrange for
      the commencement or defence of such Legal Action, as the case may be, in the
      name of, on behalf of and at the expense of the Group Company, including
      retaining and instructing legal counsel, investigating the substance of the
      Legal Action and entering pleadings with respect to the Legal Action. The
      Manager may settle any Legal Action on behalf of the Group Company where the
      amount of settlement is less than $50,000 with the approval of the President
      and
      Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and, in excess of such
      amount, with the approval of the Board of Directors.

     

    
      	
            	(c)	
              Labour
                Relations Proceedings

            

    

     

    For
      Legal
      Actions in favour of or against any Group Company that relate to labour
      relations or employment proceedings, strikes and collective bargaining other
      than with respect to the Crew, the Manager will represent such Group Company
      in
      any such labour relations or employment proceedings and will undertake any
      labour relations or employment negotiations in respect of any Group Company
      on
      behalf of such Group Company, should such representation or negotiations be
      required, with such labour organization or other entity that becomes lawfully
      entitled to represent employees of the Group other than the Crew. The Manager
      will keep the Company and relevant Group Company advised of the progress of
      any
      such labour relations proceedings or negotiations. The Manager may enter into
      collective bargaining agreements and other labour or employment agreements
      with
      respect to employees other
      than the Crew and any material amendments thereto provided that such agreements
      and amendments must have been approved by the Board of Directors if the terms
      and conditions of such agreement or amendment are inconsistent, in a material
      and adverse way to the Group Company, with other collective bargaining
      agreements concerning or in respect of employees other than the
      Crew.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              3.3.6

            	
              Bank
                Accounts

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will oversee banking services for the Company and the other Group
      Companies and maintain the general ledgers of the Group and will establish
      in
      the name of the Company an operating account, a retention account and such
      other
      accounts and with such financial institutions as the Company may request. The
      Manager will administer and manage all of the Group Companies’ accounts,
      including making any deposits and withdrawals reasonably necessary for the
      management of its business and day-to-day operations. The Manager will promptly
      deposit all moneys payable to the Company or any Group Company and received
      by
      the Manager on behalf of the Company or such Group Company, as applicable,
      into
      a bank account held in the name of the Company or such Group Company, as
      applicable. The Company will, and will cause each of the other Group Companies
      to, name the Manager as its representative for its banking accounts and to
      take
      all other actions as may be required to enable the Manager to perform its
      obligations hereunder.

     

    
      	
              3.3.7

            	
              Other
                Administrative Services

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              develop,
                maintain and monitor internal audit controls, disclosure controls
                and
                information technology for the
                Company;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              assist
                with arranging meetings of the Board of Directors, director accommodation
                and travel for meetings of the Board of Directors, and preparing
                meeting
                materials for meetings of the Board of
                Directors;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              prepare
                detailed papers and agendas for scheduled meetings of the Board of
                Directors (and any and all committees thereof) that, where applicable,
                contain such information as is reasonably available to the Manager
                to
                enable the Board of Directors (and any such committees) to base their
                opinion;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              in
                conjunction with the papers and agendas referred to in paragraph
                (c)
                above, prepare or cause to be prepared reports to be considered by
                the
                Board of Directors (or any applicable committee thereof) in accordance
                with the Company’s internal policies and procedures on any acquisition,
                investment or sale of any Crude Carrier or Group Company or any part
                of
                the Crude Carrier Business proposed for consideration by such Board
                of
                Directors and otherwise in respect of the performance of the Manager’s
                obligations under this Agreement;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              obtain
                on behalf of the Company general insurance, director and officer
                liability
                insurance and other insurance of the Company not related to the Vessels
                or
                the Crews that would normally be obtained for a company in a similar
                business to the Company;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              administer
                payroll services, benefits, directors fees, as applicable, for any
                other
                employee, officer or director of the Company other
                than the Manager’s Personnel and the Crew; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (g)

            	
              provide
                office space and office equipment for personnel of the Company in
                Hong
                Kong, including suitable office space for any clerical, secretarial,
                accounting and administrative assistance as may be reasonably
                necessary;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (h)

            	
              provide
                assistance and advice to the Group with respect to any existing and
                future
                financings, including the monitoring and administration of the compliance
                with any applicable financing terms and conditions in effect with
                investors, banks or other financial
                institutions;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (i)

            	
              negotiate
                loan and credit terms with lenders in the ordinary course and monitor
                and
                maintain compliance therewith;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (j)

            	
              negotiate
                and arrange for interest rate swap agreements, foreign currency contracts
                and forward exchange contracts;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (k)

            	
              monitor
                the performance of investment
                managers;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (l)

            	
              at
                the request and under the direction of the Company, handle all
                administrative and clerical matters in respect of (i) the convening
                and
                arrangement of all annual and/or special meetings of shareholders,
                (ii)
                the preparation of all materials (including notices of meetings and
                information circulars) in respect thereof and (iii) the submission
                of all
                such materials to the Company in sufficient time prior to the dates
                upon
                which they must be mailed, filed or otherwise relied upon so that
                the
                Company has a full opportunity to review, approve, execute and return
                them
                to the Manager for filing or mailing or other disposition as the
                Company
                may require or direct;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (m)

            	
              provide,
                at the request and under the direction of the Company, such communications
                to the transfer agent for the Company as may be necessary or
                desirable;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (n)

            	
              make
                recommendations to the Group Companies for the appointment of auditors,
                accountants, legal counsel and other accounting, financial or legal
                advisers, and technical, commercial, marketing or other independent
                experts;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (o)

            	
              attend
                to all matters necessary for any reorganization, bankruptcy or insolvency
                petitions or proceedings, liquidation, dissolution or winding up
                of any
                Group Company;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (p)

            	
              except
                as otherwise contemplated herein, representing any Group Company
                generally
                in its dealings and relations with third
                parties;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (q)

            	
              providing
                assistance in the preparation of periodic and other reports, proxy
                statements, registration statements and other documents and reports
                required by Applicable Law or the rules of any securities exchange
                or
                inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company
                or
                any Group Company may be listed or
                quoted;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (r)

            	
              preparing
                reports concerning the performance of the services hereunder and
                the
                performance of third parties with whom any member of the Group has
                contractual relationships and furnishing advice and recommendations
                with
                respect to all aspects of the business affairs of such member of
                the
                Group; and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (s)

            	
              attend
                to all other administrative matters necessary to ensure the professional
                management of the Group’s business.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.

            	
              SUPERVISORY
                SERVICES

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.1

            	
              The
                Manager shall procure the provision of the Technical Services, as
                well as
                any other usual and customary services with respect to the operation
                of
                each of the Vessels and the Crew, by the Technical Manager nominated
                by
                the Manager.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.2

            	
              The
                Manager shall supervise the provision of such Technical Services
                by the
                Technical Manager (the procurement and supervision of the Technical
                Services, collectively referred to herein as the “Supervisory
                Services”). 

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.3

            	
              The
                Manager shall procure that the Technical Manager, and the Company
                shall
                cause each Vessel Owner to, enter into a Technical Services
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              4.4

            	
              The
                Company acknowledges that the Manager shall initially nominate Univan
                Ship
                Management International Limited as the Technical Manager. The Company
                acknowledges that Univan Ship Management International Limited intends
                to
                subcontract and delegate the performance of the Technical Services
                to
                Univan Ship Management Limited of Hong Kong and agrees, and will
                cause
                each Group Company to agree, to any such subcontract and delegation
                to
                Univan Ship Management Limited of Hong
                Kong.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.5

            	
              For
                the avoidance of doubt, the Manager may, in its sole discretion,
                nominate
                itself as the Technical Manager and enter into Technical Services
                Agreements with the Vessel Owners.

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.

            	
              EMPLOYEES
                AND MANAGER’S PERSONNEL 

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.1

            	
              Manager’s
                Personnel 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will provide the Management Services and the Supervisory Services
      hereunder through the Manager’s Personnel. The Manager will be responsible for
      all aspects of the employment or other relationship of such Manager’s Personnel,
      including recruitment, training, staffing levels, compensation and benefits,
      supervision, discipline and discharge, and other terms and conditions of
      employment or contract, as required in order for the Manager to perform its
      obligations hereunder. 

     

    
      	
              5.2

            	
              Officers 

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.2.1

            	
              Chairman
                of the Board of Directors

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall procure that its chairman, who shall initially be Captain
      Charles Arthur Joseph Vanderperre, shall be available to serve as chairman
      of the Company's Board of Directors (the “Chairman”).
      

     

    
      	
              5.2.2

            	
              Chief
                Executive Officer

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall make available to the Company Mr. Fred Cheng to serve as the
      chief
      executive officer of the Company, provided that if he is unwilling or incapable
      of so acting, the Manager shall appoint some other suitable person to serve
      in
      his place (Mr. Fred Cheng or such other person, the “Chief
      Executive Officer”).

     

    
      	
              5.2.3

            	
              President
                and Chief Operating
                Officer

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall make available to the Company Mr. Christoph Widmer to manage
      the
      Company’s day-to-day operations and affairs as the president and chief operating
      officer of the Company, provided that if he is unwilling or incapable of so
      acting, the Manager shall appoint some other suitable person to serve in his
      place (Mr. Christoph Widmer or such other person, the “President
      and Chief Operating Officer”).

     

    
      	
              5.2.4

            	
              Chief
                Financial Officer

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall make available to the Company Mr. Christoph Widmer to serve as
      the
      chief financial officer of the Company, provided that if he is unwilling or
      incapable of so acting, the Manager shall appoint some other suitable person
      to
      serve in his place (Mr. Christoph Widmer or such other person, the “Chief
      Financial Officer”).

     

    
      	
              5.2.5

            	
              Other
                Executives

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall make available to the Company such other executive officers to
      which the Company and the Manager agree, and may replace officers supplied
      from
      time to time. Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, the Company may employ directly any other officers or employees
      as it may deem necessary that will not be subject to this
      Agreement.

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              5.3

            	
              Termination
                and Replacement of Executive
                Officers

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.3.1

            	
              The
                Board of Directors may require any officer (other than the Chairman,
                the
                Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer
                and
                the Chief Financial Officer) that is provided by the Manager to be
                an
                executive officer (or otherwise perform the duties of an executive
                officer) of the Company be relieved of his duties with respect to,
                and no
                longer serve as management for, the Company for any reason not prohibited
                by Applicable Laws. Such officer may continue to be employed by the
                Manager but shall no longer serve as management of the
                Company.

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.3.2

            	
              The
                Board of Directors may require the Chief Executive Officer, the President
                and Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Financial Officer be relieved
                of
                his duties and no longer serve as chief executive officer, president
                and
                chief operating officer or chief financial officer, as the case may
                be,
                for the Company if the Board of Directors determines the Chief Executive
                Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial
                Officer,
                as the case may be, is not performing the tasks and duties associated
                with
                his office with the skill, diligence and care of a chief executive
                officer, president and chief operating officer, chief financial officer,
                as the case may be, of a similarly situated company. The Chief Executive
                Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial
                Officer,
                as the case may be, may continue to be employed by the Manager, but
                shall
                no longer serve as chief executive officer, president and chief operating
                officer or chief financial officer, as the case may be, of the
                Company.

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.3.3

            	
              If
                any officer that is made available to the Company by the Manager
                resigns,
                is terminated or otherwise vacates his office, the Manager shall,
                as soon
                as reasonably practicable after acceptance of any resignation or
                after
                termination, use commercially reasonable efforts to identify suitable
                candidates for replacement of such officer for the approval by the
                Board
                of Directors. The Manager and the Company shall use commercially
                reasonable efforts to minimize interruption in the performance of
                the
                duties of such officer.

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.4

            	
              Other
                Duties of Manager’s
                Personnel

            

    

     

    The
      Company acknowledges that the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President
      and Chief Operating Officer, Chief
      Financial Officer and other officers provided by the Manager and the other
      Manager’s Personnel that provide the Management Services or the Supervisory
      Services may engage in business activities of the Manager and its Subsidiaries
      and Affiliates that are unrelated to and may compete with the Company,
      including, but not limited to, the provision of technical, commercial,
      administrative and investment management services to others, and that conflicts
      of interest may exist. 

     

    
      	
              5.5

            	
              Reporting
                Structure 

            

    

     

    The
      Chief
      Executive Officer will report to and be under the direction of the Board of
      Directors. The Manager will report to the Company and the Board of Directors
      through the Chief Executive Officer. 

     

    
      	
              6.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE MANAGER 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager hereby agrees and covenants with the Company that, for so long as this
      Agreement is effective, the Manager shall: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              obtain
                professional indemnity insurance and other insurance and maintain
                such
                coverage as is reasonable having regard to the nature and extent
                of the
                Manager’s obligations under this Agreement and customary practice in the
                Manager’s industry in Asia; 

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (b)

            	
              exercise
                the same degree of due care, skill and diligence as is customary
                for
                managers of third party Crude Carrier Businesses in carrying out
                its
                duties under this Agreement as required by Applicable Laws;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              provide
                the Board of Directors with all information in relation to the performance
                of the Manager’s obligations under this Agreement as the Board of
                Directors may reasonably request; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              ensure
                that all material property of the Company is clearly identified as
                such,
                held separately from property of the Manager and, where applicable,
                in
                safe custody; and 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              ensure
                that all property of the Company (other than money to be deposited
                to any
                bank account of the Company) is transferred to or otherwise held
                in the
                name of the Company or any nominee or custodian appointed by the
                Company.
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              7.

            	
              COVENANTS
                OF THE COMPANY

            

    

     

    
      	
              7.1

            	
              The
                Company shall notify the Manager as soon as possible of any change
                in the
                Group as a result of the purchase of any Vessel or New Build, the
                sale of
                any Vessel, the purchase or sale of any direct or indirect subsidiary,
                the
                creation or divestiture of any subsidiary, or any other structural
                change
                and shall promptly amend Schedule A, as applicable, to be reflective
                of
                any such change.  Such amended Schedule A shall be effective on any
                such day as mutually agreed in writing by the Company and the Manager,
                which date shall be no later than five (5) calendar days after delivery
                of
                such amended Schedule A to the Manager by the
                Company.

            

    

    

    
      	
              7.2

            	
              For
                each Vessel now or hereinafter owned by any Group Company, the Company
                shall cause such Group Company to enter into a Technical Services
                Agreement with the Technical Manager in the form of the Technical
                Services
                Agreements then in place between the Technical Services Manager and
                the
                Group Companies, with such alterations and additions as are appropriate
                (provided, that any alterations or additions which materially vary
                from
                such form shall require the written approval of the Technical Manager
                and
                the Board of Directors).

            

    

    

    
      	
              7.3

            	
              The
                Company shall, at the Manager’s option, either (i) include the Manager as
                a co-insured party with respect to any general insurance, director
                and
                officer liability insurance and other insurance of the Company not
                related
                to the Vessels or the Crews that is obtained by the Manager on behalf
                of
                the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3.7(e)
                hereof
                or (ii) reimburse the Manager for any insurance premiums payable
                by the
                Manager for policies entered into by the Manager for the Manager’s benefit
                in respect of the services provided to the Company hereunder that
                are of a
                similar scope and level of benefits to those obtained by the Manager
                on
                behalf of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section
                3.3.7(e) hereof.

            

    

    

    
      	
              8.

            	
              MANAGER’S
                COMPENSATION 

            

    

     

    
      	
              8.1

            	
              Management
                Services Fees 

            

    

     

    In
      consideration of the Manager providing the Management Services and the
      Supervisory Services, the Company shall pay the Manager the following
      fees:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              a
                monthly administrative services fee, payable monthly in advance as
                per the
                following table:

            

    

     

    
      	
              For
                the period beginning the date of Closing and ending June 30,
                2009

            	
              $25,000
                per month

            
	
              For
                the twelve months ending June 30, 2010

            	
              $50,000
                per month

            
	
              For
                the twelve months ending June 30, 2011

            	
              $75,000
                per month

            

    

     

    (the
      “Administrative
      Services Fee”);

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (b)

            	
              a
                management fee of $3,500 per day per each New Vessel and for each
                Option
                Vessel for providing the commercial, chartering and administrative
                services, payable monthly in advance (the “Management
                Services Fee”);

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              a
                commission fee equal to 1.25% calculated on the gross freight, demurrage,
                charter hire, profit share and ballast bonus obtained for (i) the
                employment of each Vessel on contracts or charter parties entered
                into
                during the term of this Agreement or (ii) the employment of each
                New
                Vessel, including each Option Vessel, on contracts or charter parties
                entered into during, or entered into prior to and existing during,
                the
                term of this Agreement, in each case payable to the Manager within
                30 days
                of receipt of such freight, demurrage, charter hire, profit share
                and
                ballast bonus and only to the extent that such freight, demurrage,
                charter
                hire, profit share and ballast bonus, as the case may be, is paid
                or
                otherwise collected; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of
                doubt,
                no commission fee shall be payable on any contracts or charter parties
                entered into prior to the date of this Agreement for the employment
                of the
                nine VLCCs which are the subject of the Merger and Sale and Purchase;
                and

            

    

     

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              a
                commission equal to 1.00% calculated on the price set forth in the
                memorandum of agreement of any New Vessel bought or sold for or on
                behalf
                of any Group Company (including the Option Vessels), upon final delivery
                to such Group Company.

            

    

     

    The
      Company hereby expressly authorizes the Manager to pay the Administrative
      Services Fee, the Management Services Fee and the commissions set forth in
      Sections 8.1(c) and 8.1(d) from the Company’s bank accounts to the Manager’s
      bank account when such fees and commissions become due and payable.

     

    
      	
              8.2

            	
              Expenses

            

    

     

    
      	
              8.2.1

            	
              The
                Company acknowledges and agrees that, except as otherwise provided
                in
                Section 8.2.2, the Manager shall provide the Management Services
                and
                Supervisory Services to the Company at the Company’s own cost and be
                entitled to reimbursement by the Company for any and all costs and
                expenses, except for those costs and expenses set forth in Section
                8.2.2,
                incurred by the Manager in the provision of the Management Services
                and
                Supervisory Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the Manager shall
                have
                no obligation to advance moneys to cover any costs and expenses incurred
                in its provision of the Management Services and Supervisory Services,
                except for those costs and expenses set forth in Section 8.2.2, and,
                in
                the event of any such advance, shall be entitled to interest at a
                rate
                equivalent to the Manager’s cost of funds.

            

    

     

    
      	
              8.2.2

            	
              The
                Manager shall bear the usual costs and expenses of the Manager’s Personnel
                (including salaries, wages, payroll taxes and costs of employee benefit
                plans of such personnel other than the stock or incentive schemes
                referred
                to in Section 8.7; but not including any costs or expenses incurred
                in
                connection with travel of such personnel for the provision of the
                Management Services and Supervisory Services) and the costs and expenses
                relating to any office space maintained by the Manager and any related
                overhead (including rent, utilities, furniture and equipment and
                other
                usual office expenses) incurred by the Manager in providing the Management
                Services and Supervisory Services to the
                Company.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              8.3

            	
              Adjustment
                to Fees 

            

    

     

    The
      Administrative Services Fee and the Management Services Fee set forth in Section
      8.1(a) and 8.1(b) above, respectively, shall remain in effect until June 30,
      2011 and thereafter will be adjusted every year beginning July 1, 2011. Sixty
      (60) days prior to June 30, 2011 and the end of each successive one (1)-year
      period thereafter, the Manager and the Company will negotiate a new Management
      Services Fee for the successive one (1)-year period (the
      “Adjusted
      Administrative Services Fee”
or
      the
“Adjusted
      Management Services Fee”,
      as
      applicable), which will be set at mutually agreed upon rates between the Company
      and the Manager no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of
      the
      successive one (1)-year period. 

     

    
      	
              8.4

            	
              Dispute
                Resolution of Fees 

            

    

     

    If
      the
      Company and the Manager are unable to agree on the Adjusted Administrative
      Services Fee or the Adjusted Management Services Fee pursuant to Section 8.3
      within thirty (30) days prior to the end of each such successive one (1)-year
      period, or are unable to agree on a Technical Services Fee, the Company and
      the
      Manager will engage an independent arbitrator to determine the fair market
      value
      of the provision of the Management Services and the Supervisory Services to
      the
      Company, or the provision of the Technical Services by the Technical Manager,
      as
      the case may be, in accordance with this Agreement (the “Fair
      Market Fee”).
      In
      determining the Fair Market Fee, the arbitrator will be provided with the
      proposed terms of the Adjusted Administrative Services Fee and/or the Adjusted
      Management Services Fee, as the case may be, discussed between the Company
      and
      the Manager in the prior thirty (30)-day period, or the proposed Technical
      Services Fee, as the case may be, all the relevant historical information
      regarding the Group and the Vessels for the previous one (1)-year period, the
      anticipated costs in providing the Management Services and the Supervisory
      Services for the next one (1)-year period or
      in
      providing the Technical Services, as the case may be, and any other information
      that the Company or the Manager may deem relevant or that the arbitrator may
      reasonably request. The arbitrator will determine the Fair Market Fee within
      thirty (30) days of its engagement and furnish the Company and the Manager
      with
      its determination and the Adjusted Administrative Services Fee and/or the
      Adjusted Management Services Fee for the ensuing one (1)-year period or
      the
      Technical Services Fee, as the case may be. Such decision of the arbitrator
      shall be final and binding on the Parties absent manifest error. The Adjusted
      Administrative Services Fee or the Adjusted Management Services Fee for any
      one
      (1)-year period, the Adjusted Administrative Fee or the Adjusted Management
      Services Fee, as the case may be, will be the greater of (a) the Fair Market
      Fee
      determined by the arbitrator; and (b) the Adjusted Administrative Services
      Fee
      or the Management Services Fee, as the case may be, in effect for the preceding
      one (1)-year period. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator will by paid by
      the
      Company.

     

    
      	
              8.5

            	
              Technical
                Services Fees 

            

    

     

    For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, none of the Administrative Services Fee, the Management
      Services Fees or the commissions set forth in Sections 8.1(c) or 8.1(d) are
      inclusive of the fees and expenses to be paid to the Technical Manager in
      consideration of the Technical Manager’s provision of the Technical Services
      (the “Technical
      Services Fee”),
      which
      shall be separately negotiated and set forth in the Technical Services
      Agreement. 

     

    
      	
              8.6

            	
              Pre-delivery
                Services Fees

            

    

     

    For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, none of the Administrative Services Fee, the Management
      Services Fees, the commissions set forth in Sections 8.1(c) or 8.1(d) or the
      Technical Services Fees are inclusive of compensation or fees for the provision
      of Pre-delivery Services by the Manager or any third party procured by the
      Manager. Compensation, fees and other amounts payable with respect to the
      provision of Pre-delivery Services by the Manager or any third party shall
      be
      separately negotiated and agreed between the Company and the Manager and any
      third party procured to provide such services, as applicable.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              8.7

            	
              Incentivisation
                of the Manager 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager and the Company agree that the Manager and/or the Manager’s Personnel
      shall be eligible to participate in any stock or other incentive scheme
      established by the Company in such manner as the Board of Directors shall
      determine from time to time. The Company shall inform the Manager of any
      allocation of benefits under any such scheme to the Manager and/or the Manager’s
      Personnel from time to time.

     

    
      	
              8.8

            	
              Direction
                to Pay 

            

    

     

    By
      written notice to the Company, the Manager may direct the Company to pay any
      amounts owing under this Agreement to an Affiliate of the Manager, pursuant
      to a
      subcontract of any provisions of this Agreement, directly to such Affiliate.
      

     

    
      	
              9.

            	
              LIABILITY
                OF THE MANAGER; INDEMNIFICATION 

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.1

            	
              Liability
                of the Manager 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager shall not be liable whatsoever to the Company for any losses, expenses,
      claims, costs, liabilities or damages or delays of whatsoever nature, whether
      direct or indirect, (including, but not limited to, loss of profit or
      consequential, special or punitive damages) unless and to the extent that such
      loss, damage, delay or expense resulted from:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Manager or any
                of
                Manager’s Personnel (“Manager
                Misconduct”);
                or

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              a
                material and continuing breach of this Agreement by the
                Manager;

            

    

     

    in
      which
      case the Manager shall be liable only for direct, compensating losses, expenses,
      claims, costs, liabilities or damages or delays arising therefrom. Under no
      circumstances shall the Manager be liable for any indirect losses, expenses,
      claims, costs, liabilities or damages or delays or any special, consequential
      or
      punitive damages.

     

    
      	
              9.2

            	
              Extraordinary
                Costs and Capital
                Expenditures

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.2.1

            	
              Notwithstanding
                anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Manager shall not
                be
                responsible for paying any losses, expenses, claims, costs, liabilities
                or
                damages or delays in respect of any
                Vessel.

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.2.2

            	
              The
                Technical Manager will be responsible for paying the costs associated
                with
                the provision of Technical Services as set forth in the Technical
                Services
                Agreement, but in no event will be responsible for certain “extraordinary
                costs and expenses”, including:

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              repairs,
                refurbishment or modifications resulting from maritime accidents,
                collisions, other accidental damage or unforeseen events (except
                to the
                extent that such accidents, collisions, damage or events are due
                to gross
                negligence or wilful misconduct of the Technical Manager unless and
                to the
                extent otherwise covered by
                insurance);

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              unscheduled
                or non-routine dry-docking of a
                Vessel;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              any
                improvement, upgrade or modification to, structural changes with
                respect
                to or the installation of new equipment aboard any Vessel that results
                from a change in, an introduction of new, or a change in the
                interpretation of, Applicable Laws, whether at the recommendation
                of the
                classification society for that Vessel or otherwise;
                or

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              (d)

            	
              any
                increase in Crew Employment and Support Expenses resulting from an
                introduction of new, or a change in the interpretation of, Applicable
                Laws, market forces or otherwise.

            

    

     

    For
      the
      avoidance of doubt, if the Technical Manager should pay any extraordinary costs
      and expenses of the type set forth in this Section 9.2.2, then the Technical
      Manager shall be entitled to reimbursement from the relevant Vessel
      Owner.

     

    
      	
              9.3

            	
              Manager
                Indemnification 

            

    

     

    The
      Company will indemnify and save harmless the Manager, and its respective current
      and former directors, officers, employees, subcontractors and current and future
      Affiliates (the “Manager
      Indemnified Persons”)
      from
      and against any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the Manager Indemnified
      Persons by reason of, resulting from, in connection with, or arising in any
      manner whatsoever out of or in the course of their performance of this Agreement
      or a Legal Action brought or threatened against such Manager Indemnified Persons
      in connection with their performance of this Agreement, other than for any
      Losses related to:

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              Manager
                Misconduct; or 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              any
                material and continuing breach of this Agreement by the Manager.
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.4

            	
              Company
                Indemnification 

            

    

     

    The
      Manager will indemnify and save harmless each Group Company, and its respective
      current and former directors, officers, employees, subcontractors and current
      and future Affiliates (the “Company
      Indemnified Persons”)
      from
      and against any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the Company Indemnified
      Persons, related to: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              Manager
                Misconduct; or 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              any
                material and continuing breach of this Agreement by the Manager.
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.5

            	
              Limitation
                Regarding the Technical Services 

            

    

     

    Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Manager shall not be liable
      for
      any of the actions of the Technical Manager or any subcontractor engaged by
      the
      Technical Manager, even if such actions are negligent, grossly negligent or
      wilful, except and only to the extent that they are shown to have resulted
      from
      a failure by the Manager to properly supervise the provision of Technical
      Services by the Technical Manager pursuant to Section 4, in which case its
      liability shall be determined in accordance with the terms of this Section
      9.

     

    
      	
              10.

            	
              TERM
                AND TERMINATION 

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.1

            	
              Initial
                Term 

            

    

     

    The
      initial term of this Agreement shall be effective as of the Closing and end
      on
      December 31, 2028, unless terminated earlier pursuant to this Agreement (the
      “Initial
      Term”).
      

     

    
      	
              10.2

            	
              Renewal
                Term 

            

    

     

    This
      Agreement shall, without any further act or formality on the part of any
      Parties, on the expiration of the Initial Term, or any Renewal Term, be
      automatically renewed for a further term of five (5) years
      (each a “Renewal
      Term”)
      unless
      notice of termination is given by the Company to the Manager in accordance
      with
      Section 10.3(d) or by the Manager to the Company in accordance with Section
      10.4(a). 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              10.3

            	
              Termination
                by the Company 

            

    

     

     This
      Agreement may be terminated by the Company: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              if,
                at any time, there has been a material breach of this Agreement by
                the
                Manager and the matter is not remedied or is unresolved pursuant
                to the
                dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 11 after ninety
                (90)
                days (“Manager
                Breach”);
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              if,
                at any time, 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (i)

            	
              the
                Manager has been convicted of, has entered a plea of guilty with
                respect
                to, or has entered into a plea bargain or settlement admitting guilt
                for,
                a crime, which conviction, plea bargain or settlement is demonstrably
                and
                materially
                injurious to the Company; and 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (ii)

            	
              a
                majority of the holders of the outstanding Common Shares elect to
                terminate the Agreement; 

            

    

     

    (together,
      “Manager
      Cause”);
      

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              by
                notice in writing given to the Manager within thirty (30) days after
                the
                occurrence of a Manager Change of Control for which the Board of
                Directors
                has not given its consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
                or
                delayed); or

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              if
                two-thirds of the independent members of the Board elect to terminate
                this
                Agreement at the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term by notice
                in
                writing given to the Manager no later than six (6) months before
                the
                expiry of the Initial Term or the Renewal Term (as the case may be).
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.4

            	
              Termination
                by the Manager 

            

    

     

    This
      Agreement may be terminated by the Manager: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              at
                the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term by notice in writing
                given
                to the Company no later than six (6) months before the expiry of
                the
                Initial Term or the Renewal Term (as the case may be);
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              if,
                at any time, the Company materially breaches this Agreement and the
                matter
                is not remedied or is unresolved pursuant to the dispute resolution
                procedures set forth in Section 11 after ninety (90) days (“Company
                Breach”);
                or

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              if,
                at any time, the Manager becomes aware of the occurrence of a Company
                Change of Control. 

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.5

            	
              Effects
                of Termination or Expiry 

            

    

     

    Upon
      lawful termination or expiry of this Agreement, this Agreement will be void
      and
      there shall be no liability on the part of any Party (or their respective
      officers, directors or employees) except that the obligation of the Company
      to
      pay to the Manager or its Affiliates the amounts accrued but outstanding under
      Section 8 and the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 9, 10.6 and 12
      shall survive such termination. Upon termination under this Section 10 or upon
      expiry, the Company may direct
      the Manager to undertake, at the cost of the Company, any actions reasonably
      necessary to transfer any aspect of the ownership or control of the assets
      of
      the Group Companies to the Group Companies or to any nominee of the Group
      Companies and to do all other things reasonably necessary to bring the
      appointment of the Manager to an end at the appropriate time, and the Manager
      shall comply with all such reasonable directions. Upon termination or expiry
      of
      this Agreement, the Manager shall deliver to any new manager or the Company
      any
      Books and Records held by the Manager under this Agreement and shall execute
      and
      deliver such instruments and do such things as may reasonably be required to
      permit the new manager of the Company or Group Companies to assume its
      responsibilities, in each case at the cost and expense of the
      Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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              11.

            	
              DISPUTE
                RESOLUTION 

            

    

     

    
      	
              11.1.1

            	
              Any
                dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall
                be
                referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration
                Act
                1996 or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof save to
                the
                extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this
                Section.

            

    

     

     

    
      	
              11.1.2

            	
              The
                arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime
                Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the
                arbitration proceedings are
                commenced.

            

    

     

     

    
      	
              11.1.3

            	
              All
                disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be arbitrated in London
                in
                the following manner.  One arbitrator is to be appointed by each of
                the Parties
                hereto and a third by the two so chosen.  Their decision or that of
                any two of them shall be final and, for the purpose of enforcing
                any
                award, this Agreement may be made a rule of the court.  The
                arbitrators shall be commercial persons, conversant with shipping
                matters.   Such arbitration is to be conducted in accordance
                with the rules of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association terms
                current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced
                and in
                accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification
                or
                re-enactment thereof.

            

    

     

     

    
      	
              11.1.4

            	
              In
                the event that the Owner or the Manager shall state a dispute and
                designate an arbitrator, in writing, the other Party shall have twenty
                (20) Business Days to designate its own arbitrator. Upon failure
                to do so,
                the arbitrator appointed by the other Party can render an award
                hereunder.

            

    

     

     

    
      	
              11.1.5

            	
              Until
                such time as the arbitrators finally close the hearings, either Party
                shall have the right by written notice served on the arbitrators
                and on
                the other Party to specify further disputes or differences under
                this
                Agreement for hearing and
                determination.

            

    

     

     

    
      	
              11.1.6

            	
              The
                arbitrators may grant any relief, and render an award, which they
                or a
                majority of them deem just and equitable and within the scope of
                the
                Agreement of the parties, including but not limited to the posting
                of
                security.   Awards pursuant to this Section 11 may include
                costs, including a reasonable allowance for attorneys’ fees, and judgments
                may be entered upon any award made herein in any court having
                jurisdiction.

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.

            	
              GENERAL 

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.1

            	
              Assignment 

            

    

     

    The
      Parties may not assign any of their rights under this Agreement in whole or
      in
      part without the prior written consent of the other Parties, which consent
      may
      be arbitrarily withheld. 

     

    
      	
              12.2

            	
              Force
                Majeure 

            

    

     

    Neither
      of the Parties shall be under any liability for any failure to perform any
      of
      their obligations hereunder if any of the following occurs (each a“Force
      Majeure Event”): 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              any
                event, cause or condition which is beyond the reasonable control
                of any or
                all of the Parties and which prevents any or all of the Parties from
                performing any of its obligations under this Agreement;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              acts
                of God, including fire, explosions, unusually or unforeseeably bad
                weather
                conditions, epidemic, lightening, earthquake, tsunami or washout;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              acts
                of public enemies, including war or civil disturbance, vandalism,
                sabotage, terrorism, blockade or insurrection;

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              acts
                of a Governmental
                Authority, including injunctions or restraining orders issued by
                any
                judicial, administrative or regulatory authority, expropriation or
                requisition; 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              government
                rule, regulation or legislation, embargo or national defence requirement;
                or 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              labour
                troubles or disputes, strikes or lockouts, including any failure
                to settle
                or prevent such event which is in the control of any Party.
                

            

    

     

    A
      Party
      will give written notice to the other Party promptly upon the occurrence of
      a
      Force Majeure Event. 

     

    
      	
              12.3

            	
              Confidentiality 

            

    

     

    Each
      Party agrees that, except with the prior written consent of the other Party,
      it
      shall at all times keep confidential and not disclose, furnish or make
      accessible to anyone (except to employees, agents, professional advisors or
      sub
      contractors in the ordinary course of business) any confidential or proprietary
      information, knowledge or data concerning or relating to the other Party and
      to
      the business or financial affairs of the other Party to which such Party has
      been or shall become privy by reason of this Agreement, except for any (a)
      disclosure required by judicial or administrative process (including discovery
      for litigation), (b) information that becomes publicly available through no
      fault of such Party or otherwise ceases to be confidential, (c) information
      required by law or applicable stock exchange rules, (d) disclosure made to
      a
      Person under a binding confidentiality agreement in favour of the Party whose
      confidential or proprietary information is being disclosed or (e) for purposes
      of enforcing this Agreement. 

     

    
      	
              12.4

            	
              Change
                of Control

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.4.1

            	
              The
                Company shall give the Manager at least thirty (30) Business Days’ prior
                written notice of a proposed Company Change of Control and shall
                give the
                Manager written confirmation of the occurrence thereof no later than
                two
                (2) Business Days after such
                occurrence.

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.4.2

            	
              The
                Manager shall give the Company written notice of a Manager Change
                of
                Control no later than ten (10) Business Days after the Manager becomes
                aware of the occurrence thereof. If the Manager requests the consent
                of
                the Board of Directors to a Manager Change of Control, such consent
                of the
                Board of Directors shall not be unreasonably withheld or
                delayed.

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.5

            	
              Notices 

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.5.1

            	
              Each
                notice, consent or request required to be given to a Party pursuant
                to
                this Agreement must be given in writing. A notice may be given by
                delivery
                to an individual or by fax, and will be validly given if delivered
                on a
                Business Day to an individual at the following address, or, if transmitted
                on a Business Day by fax addressed to the following Party:
                

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Van
      Asia
      Tankers Corporation

    [TO
      COME]

    Fax:
      [TO
      COME]

    Attention:
      [TO COME]

     

    [Van
      Asia
      Capital Management Limited]

    [TO
      COME]

    Fax:
      [TO
      COME]

    Attention:
      [TO COME]

     

    or
      to any
      other address, fax number or individual that the Party designates. 

     

    
      	
              12.5.2

            	
              Any
                notice 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              if
                validly delivered, will be deemed to have been given when delivered;
                

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              if
                validly transmitted by fax before 3:00 p.m. (local time at the place
                of
                receipt) on a Business Day, will be deemed to have been given on
                that
                Business Day; and 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              if
                validly transmitted by fax after 3:00 p.m. (local time at the place
                of
                receipt) on a Business Day, will be deemed to have been given on
                the
                Business Day after the date of the transmission.
                

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.6

            	
              Third
                Party Rights 

            

    

     

    The
      provisions of this Agreement are enforceable solely by the Parties to this
      Agreement, and no shareholder, employee, agent of any Party or any other Person
      shall have the right, separate and apart from the Parties hereto to enforce
      any
      provision of this Agreement or to compel any Party to this Agreement to comply
      with the terms of this Agreement. 

     

    
      	
              12.7

            	
              Severability 

            

    

     

    Each
      provision of this Agreement is several. If any provision of this Agreement
      is or
      becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the illegality,
      invalidity or unenforceability of that provision will not affect: 

     

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions
                of this
                Agreement; or 

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              the
                legality, validity or enforceability of that provision in any other
                jurisdiction; 

            

    

     

    except
      that if: 

     

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              on
                the reasonable construction of this Agreement as a whole, the
                applicability of the other provision presumes the validity and
                enforceability of the particular provision, the other provision will
                be
                deemed also to be invalid or unenforceable; and

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              as
                a result of the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
                that
                any part of this Agreement is unenforceable or invalid and, as a
                result of
                this Section 12.7, the basic intentions of the parties in this Agreement
                are entirely frustrated, the parties will use all reasonable efforts
                to
                amend, supplement or otherwise vary this Agreement to confirm their
                mutual
                intention in entering into this Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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            	12.8	
                    Governing
                      Law 

                  

          

        

      

    

     

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

    

    
      	
              12.9

            	
              Binding
                Effect 

            

    

     

    This
      Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
      and their successors, but shall not be assignable except as provided in Section
      12.1. 

     

    
      	
              12.10

            	
              Amendment
                and Waivers 

            

    

     

    No
      amendment, supplement, waiver, restatement or termination of any provision
      of
      this Agreement is binding unless it is in writing and signed by each Person
      that
      is a party to this Agreement at the time of the amendment, supplement,
      restatement or termination. 

     

    
      	
              12.11

            	
              Entire
                Agreement 

            

    

     

    This
      Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties pertaining to
      the
      subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
      pertaining thereto. 

     

    
      	
              12.12

            	
              Waiver 

            

    

     

    No
      failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant,
      duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or
      remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such
      breach or of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. 

     

    
      	
              12.13

            	
              Counterparts 

            

    

     

    This
      Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together
      shall constitute one agreement binding on the Parties hereto. 

     

    

     

    [Signature
      page follows.]

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the Parties hereto
      as
      of the date first above written. 

       

    
      	 	 	 
	 	VAN
              ASIA
              TANKERS CORPORATION
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	
            
	 	
              
Name:
	 	Title:

    

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	[VAN
              ASIA
              CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED]
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	/s/ 
	 	
              
Name:
	 	Title:

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    SCHEDULE
      A

    

    VESSELS
      AND INITIAL TECHNICAL SERVICES FEES

     

    The
      following table lists the Vessels that are presently owned or will be acquired
      by the Company on Closing. 

    

    
      	
              Vessel
                Name

            	
              Name
                of Owner

            	
              IMO
                No.

            	
              Official
                No.

            	
              Year
                Built and Date of Registry

            
	
              Shinyo
                Alliance

            	
              Shinyo
                Alliance Limited

            	
              8919130

            	
              HK-0848

            	
              1991

              17
                May 2002

            
	
              C.
                Dream

            	
              Shinyo
                Dream Limited

            	
              9182318

            	
              HK-0990

            	
              2000

              17
                February 2003

            
	
              Shinyo
                Kannika

            	
              Shinyo
                Kannika Limited

            	
              9197870

            	
              HK-1423

            	
              2001

              16
                November 2004

            
	
              Shinyo
                Ocean

            	
              Shinyo
                Ocean Limited

            	
              9197868

            	
              HK-1841

            	
              2001

              9
                January 2007

            
	
              Shinyo
                Jubilee

            	
              Shinyo
                Jubilee Limited

            	
              8705979

            	
              HK-1469

            	
              1988

              19
                February 2005

            
	
              Shinyo
                Splendor

            	
              Shinyo
                Loyalty Limited

            	
              9004530

            	
              HK-1236

            	
              1993

              17
                February 2004

            
	
              Shinyo
                Mariner

            	
              Shinyo
                Mariner Limited

            	
              8917481

            	
              HK-1493

            	
              1991

              19
                March 2005

            
	
              Shinyo
                Navigator

            	
              Shinyo
                Navigator Limited

            	
              9081186

            	
              HK-1804

            	
              1996

              14
                December 2006

            
	
              Shinyo
                Sawako

            	
              Shinyo
                Sawako Limited

            	
              9083964

            	
              HK-1681

            	
              1995

              9
                March 2006

            

    

     

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Sch.
          A - 1

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    EXHIBIT
      A

    

    FORM
      OF TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

    

    THIS
      MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
      dated
      _________ is made between

    

    
      	
              1.

            	
              [ 
                ] whose
                registered office is [  ] (the "Vessel Owner");
                and

            

    

     

    
      	
              2.

            	
              [ 
                ] whose
                registered office is [  ] (the "Technical Manager").
                

            

    

    

    Whereby
      it is agreed: -

    

    
      	A	
              Appointment

            

    

    

    
      	(1)	
              The
                Vessel Owner hereby appoints the Technical Manager, and the Technical
                Manager hereby accepts the appointment, as technical manager of the
                vessel
                (the "Vessel") described briefly
                as:

            

    

    
 

    Name
      of
      Vessel   :
      

    Flag
      & Port of Registry  :
      

    Registered
      Tonnage  :
      

    Classification   :
      

    Year
      Built   :
      

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager shall during the continuance of this Agreement
                have the
                sole and exclusive management of the Vessel and shall to the best
                of its
                ability and in accordance with sound ship management practice represent
                the Vessel Owner in connection with such management and the exercise
                of
                the powers hereby conferred upon
                it.

            

    

    

    
      	
              B

            	
              Period
                of Agreement

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager's appointment as manager of the Vessel shall be
                deemed
                to have commenced on the date hereof.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)
                

            	
              The
                said appointment shall continue indefinitely unless and until it
                is
                terminated as specified below.

            

    

     

    
      	
              (3)

            	
              The
                monthly management fee shall accrue from the earlier of (a) the date
                hereof and (b) the date of delivery of the Vessel to the Technical
                Manager
                up to and including the effective termination date, as set out under
                clauses B(4), B(5), B(6) and B(7)
                below.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (4)
                

            	
              The
                initial term of this Agreement shall be three (3) years from the
                date
                hereof. This Agreement shall, without any further act or formality
                on the
                part of the Vessel Owner or the Technical Manager, continue beyond
                such
                initial three (3) year term unless either the Vessel Owner or the
                Technical Manager terminates this Agreement by giving to the other
                at
                least twelve (12) months prior written notice of termination of this
                Agreement. The effective termination date will be the last day of
                the
                notice period except in the event that the actual physical delivery
                of the
                Vessel is not effected within the notice period, in which case this
                Agreement shall be deemed to continue in full force up to and including
                the day of actual physical delivery of the
                Vessel.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (5)
                

            	
              If
                (a) an order is made or (b) a resolution is passed for the winding
                up,
                dissolution, liquidation or bankruptcy of either the Vessel Owner
                or the
                Technical Manager (other than for the purpose of a reconstruction
                or
                amalgamation) or (c) a receiver is appointed of either party's business
                or
                property or (d) one of the parties suspends or ceases to carry on
                its
                business or makes any special arrangement or composition with its
                creditors, (each of (a), (b), (c) and (d), an "Early Termination
                Event")
                then either the Vessel Owner or the Technical Manager may terminate this
                Agreement at any time after such Early Termination Event has occurred
                by
                giving to the other party written notice of such Early Termination
                Event,.
                The effective termination date will be the day of actual physical
                delivery
                of the Vessel from the Technical Manager to the Vessel
                Owner.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 1

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    
      	
              (6)

            	
              If
                the Vessel is sold or disposed of, then this Agreement shall be deemed
                to
                be automatically terminated without notice. The effective termination
                date
                will be the date which falls three months after the day of actual
                physical
                delivery of the Vessel.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (7)

            	
              If
                the Vessel becomes a total loss or is declared as a constructive
                or
                compromised or arranged total loss or is requisitioned, then this
                Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically terminated without
                notice.
                The effective termination date will be the date which falls three
                months
                after the date as of which the Vessel is deemed to be lost or
                requisitioned. The Vessel shall not be deemed to be lost unless either
                (a)
                she has become an actual total loss or (b) agreement has been reached
                with
                her underwriters in respect of her constructive, compromised or arranged
                total loss, or if such agreement with her underwriters is not reached,
                it
                is adjudged by a competent tribunal that a constructive loss of the
                Vessel
                has occurred.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (8)
                

            	
              The
                termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to all rights
                accrued due between the parties up to and including the effective
                termination date. 

            

    

    

    
      	
              C

            	
              Technical
                Services

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager shall, without in any way detracting from the generality
                of any of its powers and obligations contained in this Agreement,
                have the
                right and power to act in its own or the Vessel Owner's name but
                for the
                account of the Vessel Owner to do or perform any or all of the following:
                

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              to
                attend to and deal with the maintenance, manning, equipment, furnishing,
                victualling, provision of marine and engineer superintendents and
                arranging and supervising surveys maintenance, repairs, alterations
                and
                renewals to hull, machinery, boilers, auxiliaries, accommodation
                and
                storage of Vessel;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              to
                provide all customary owner's duties in relation to manning and crew
                welfare and amenities for the crew of the
                Vessel;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              To
                represent the Vessel Owner and negotiate agreements with the International
                Transport Workers' Federation in respect of the Vessel's
                crew.

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (d)

            	
              to
                provide deck, cabin and engine stores and spare gear and lubricating
                oil
                and other necessary or usual service to the
                Vessel;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (e)

            	
              if
                required by the Vessel Owner, to arrange and maintain the usual insurances
                and P&I cover in respect of the Vessel (subject to the Vessel Owner's
                prior approval of the brokers or the insurers and the amount and
                scope of
                cover) and any other customary or special insurance (including crew
                personal accident insurance, defence cover and war
                risks);

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (f)

            	
              to
                handle and settle (with insurance intermediaries and loss adjusters)
                all
                claims, negotiations and correspondence connected with the Vessel's
                insurances (except cargo claims which will be handled by the Vessel
                Owner
                or their commercial managers) and any salvage, general and particular
                average and other claims in respect of the
                Vessel;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 2

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    
      	
            	(g)	
              to
                provide the Vessel Owner with copies of all cover notes, insurance
                policies and certificates of entries in P&I and insurers or brokers'
                undertakings in respect of the Vessel if these are arranged by or
                through
                the Technical Manager;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (h)

            	
              to
                attend to all matters relating to the operation and navigation of
                the
                Vessel (including compliance with STCW 95 requirements) and to make
                all
                disbursements in connection with the management or otherwise in relation
                to the Vessel and to contract and pay on behalf of the Vessel Owner
                such
                debts and liabilities as are reasonably required in managing the
                Vessel
                and to maintain detailed and analysed accounts relating to the Vessel
                and
                supplying copies or abstracts as required or as are otherwise herein
                provided for;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (i)

            	
              to
                arrange and contract for all repairs to the Vessel including hull,
                machinery, boilers, tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and spare
                parts
                and including maintenance and voyage repairs and replacements necessary
                to
                maintain the Vessel in class and in an efficient state of repair
                and
                condition; and 

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (j)

            	
              to
                report periodically to the Vessel Owner in respect of the Vessel's
                technical and operational performance,
                to control the budget and vessel’s
                condition.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager's powers shall exclude negotiating and/or concluding
                any
                charters or contracts of
                affreightment.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (3)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager shall be entitled to allocate its manpower; resources
                and services, as it thinks fit between all vessels under its management
                from time to time.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (4)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager shall be deemed to be the "Company" as defined
                in the
                ISM Code and shall assume responsibility for the operation of the
                Vessel
                and for the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM
                Code.

            

    

    

    
      	
              D

            	
              Expenses

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              Subject
                to the provisions hereof the Vessel Owner will pay to the Technical
                Manager all disbursements and expenses reasonably incurred by the
                Technical Manager in the performance of its obligations under this
                Agreement. The Technical Manager shall have no obligation to advance
                moneys to fund the Vessel's expenses but if it does advance any funds
                then
                the Technical Manager shall be entitled to charge interest on the
                sum
                advanced to the Vessel Owner at the prevailing prime rate for US
                dollars
                quoted by the Technical Manager’s bankers plus 3% p.a. The Vessel Owner
                shall also reimburse the Technical Manager for any exchange rate
                loss
                suffered or incurred by the Technical Manager in the course of carrying
                out its duties hereunder.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager will at the commencement of this Agreement and
                every
                October 31 or thereabouts provide the Vessel Owner with a budget
                which
                shall reflect estimated costs and expenses of running the Vessel
                during
                the calendar year following the said budget.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (3)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner shall pay to the Technical Manager in advance a sum
                equal to
                one-twelfth of the said annual budget by telegraphic remittance within
                the
                first week of each month unless the Vessel Owner notifies the Technical
                Manager it will fund the Technical Manager in accordance with clause
                D(7).

            

    

    

    
      	
              (4)

            	
              Not
                later than the eighth (8th)
                working day of each calendar month the Technical Manager shall send
                to the
                Vessel Owner by fax or a telex a summary of the actual operating
                costs of
                the Vessel during the preceding
                month.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (5)

            	
              Not
                later than the twentieth (20th)
                working day of each calendar month the Technical Manager shall send
                to the
                Vessel Owner a written statement supported by vouchers showing the
                actual
                operating costs of the Vessel during the preceding
                month.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 3

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    
      	
              (6)

            	
              Every
                three (3) months the Technical Manager shall send to the Vessel Owner
                a
                full statement showing the actual operating costs of the Vessel during
                the
                proceeding three months and
                including:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              trial
                balances prepared monthly during that three (3) months period following
                receipt of the Master's monthly portage bills and expenses
                report;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              comparison
                with the budget specified in clause D(2) hereof;
                and

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              a
                narrative report commenting on the operation of the Vessel and of
                the
                variances between the actual operating costs and the budgeted
                costs.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (7)

            	
              Subject
                to clause D(3), within three (3) days of receipt of the report referred
                to
                in clause D(4), the Vessel Owner shall remit each month an amount
                equal to
                the actual operating costs of the Vessel during the preceding month
                as
                specified in the said report.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (8)

            	
              After
                inspecting the Vessel and having agreed with the Vessel Owner any
                modifications and repairs necessary to put the Vessel in condition
                to
                satisfy the Technical Manager's minimum requirements for safe and
                efficient operation, the Technical Manager will submit to the Vessel
                Owner
                a separate budget for initial expenses for repairs, modifications,
                first
                fitting and storing. The Vessel Owner will remit forthwith to the
                Technical Manager such budgeted amount together with one-twelfth
                of the
                said annual budget to fund the expenses of the Vessel in the first
                month.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (9)

            	
              Out
                of the management fees specified in clause I(1) the Technical Manager
                shall, at its own expense, provide all shore-based officers and office
                staff necessary for the discharge of its duties hereunder and shall
                pay
                for all ordinary office stationery, postage, telephone and other
                office
                expenses incurred by it as the Technical Manager in the performance
                of its
                duties or the exercise of its powers pursuant to this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (10)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner shall reimburse the Technical Manager for all
                telecommunication and radio accounting charges, officers' and crew's
                wages, pensions and insurance contributions and all superintendent's
                travelling and incidental expenses and all other expenses properly
                and
                reasonably incurred by the Technical Manager in relation to the Vessel
                in
                order to perform its obligations or exercise its powers under this
                Agreement. In this regard, Superintendents visits for Vessel Inspection,
                dry-docking, Repairs and Vessel Owners visits in excess of thirty-six
                (36)
                days
                will be billed at a rate of US$500 per day or part thereof, such
                rate to
                be reviewed by the Vessel Owner and Technical Manager every two (2)
                years
                and revised as may be mutually agreed between them.
                

            

    

    

    
      	
              (11)

            	
              All
                remittances to the Technical Manager referred to in this clause D
                shall be
                remitted by telegraphic transfer or SWIFT (SWIFT address [ ] for
                credit to
                [ ] client account [ ], account # [ ].

            

    

    

    
      	
              (12)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner shall provide the Technical Manager with a bank guarantee
                from a first class European or American bank with an office in [Hong
                Kong], or remit a deposit to the Technical Manager, equivalent to
                one
                month's budgeted expenses of the Vessel. If the Technical Manager
                does not
                receive any funds due to the Technical Manager pursuant to clause
                D(3) or
                D(7) by the fifteenth (15th)
                working day of the then current month then the Technical Manager
                may draw
                upon the guarantee or the deposit. The Vessel Owner shall replace
                immediately any security drawn upon by the Technical
                Manager.

            

    

    

    
      	E	
              Records
                and Accounts

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              The
                Technical Manager undertakes to keep on behalf of the Vessel Owner
                proper
                books records and accounts (which shall include all vouchers and
                supporting documents) relating to the management, operations and
                maintenance of the Vessel in accordance with good shipping accounting
                practices. Such books, records and accounts will be available to
                the
                Vessel Owner or their representatives for inspection and audit at
                reasonable times.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 4

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    

    
      	F	
              Subcontracts

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager shall be entitled to subcontract and delegate to
                [ ],
                but not any other person or company without the prior written consent
                of
                the Vessel Owner (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld),
                any
                or all of its obligations and rights pursuant to this Agreement and
                ancillary to its appointment as the technical manager of the Vessel
                ([ ]
                or such other person or company, the "Technical Sub-Manager"). The
                Technical Manager shall procure that any such Technical Sub-Manager
                provides a direct undertaking to the relevant Vessel Owners to perform
                and
                act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such undertaking
                from
                the Technical Sub-Manager to be in form and substance reasonably
                satisfactory to the Technical
                Manager.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner hereby authorizes the Technical Manager to advance or
                remit
                funds to the Technical Sub-Manager from the bank account aforesaid
                for the
                purposes of paying (in advance or in arrears) fees or expenses properly
                incurred by the Technical Sub-Manager or by the Technical Manager
                on
                behalf of the Vessel Owner pursuant to the terms and authority of
                this
                Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Technical Sub-Manager
                and
                companies associated with the Technical Sub-Manager may be a payee,
                beneficiary or recipient of such advances or remittances.
                

            

    

    

    
      	G	
              Performance

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              The
                Technical Manager undertakes to provide the services specified in
                this
                Agreement and to exercise all or any of its powers and duties in
                accordance with the policies and instructions from time to time determined
                by the Vessel Owner and notified to the Technical Manager. The Technical
                Manager shall at all times use its best endeavours to promote and
                protect
                the interests of the Vessel Owner and shall procure that the Technical
                Sub-Manager, if any, does the same.

            

    

    

    
      	H	
              Other
                Business

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              The
                Technical Manager and/or the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, shall
                not be
                restricted from carrying on or being interested in any business in
                which
                they are engaged at the date hereof or may undertake hereafter which
                is or
                may be similar to or competitive with the business of the Vessel
                Owner.

            

    

    

    
      	I	
              Fees

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              Pre-Delivery
                Fee. The Vessel Owner will pay to the Technical Manager an initial
                pre-delivery fee of US$ prior to initial delivery of the Vessel.
                Such fee
                shall be paid simultaneously with the payment referred to in clause
                D(8)
                above, and in any event within three (3) business days of the date
                of
                actual physical delivery of the Vessel to the Technical Manager (or
                the
                Technical Sub-Manager, if any).

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              Management
                Fee. The Vessel Owner will pay to the Technical Manager a management
                fee
                of US$ per month from the earlier of (a) the date hereof and (b)
                the date
                of delivery of the Vessel to the Technical Manager, up to and including
                the effective termination date, as set out under clauses B(4), B(5),
                B(6)
                and B(7), respectively. Such management fee to be paid monthly in
                advance
                and pro rata for each partial month during this Agreement. Such management
                fee to be payable on a gross basis without deduction for commissions,
                brokerage fees, taxes or charges of any kind due or payable to third
                parties. Such management fee to be reviewed and agreed two (2) months
                before the beginning of each calendar
                year.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (3)

            	
              Re-Delivery
                Fee. The Vessel Owner will pay to the Technical Manager a re-delivery
                fee
                equal to one (1) month's management fee at the then prevailing rate
                of the
                Management Fee.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 5

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    Such
      re-delivery fee shall be paid at or before the day of actual physical delivery
      of the Vessel to the Vessel Owner or its nominees or a buyer, as the case may
      be. 

    

    
      	
              (4)

            	
              Commissions
                and Rebates. The Technical Manager shall be entitled to receive for
                its
                own account all normal or customary commissions, discounts and rebates
                arising in consequence or in respect of the performance of any services
                under this Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	J	
              Contracts
                and Indemnities

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner hereby ratifies, confirms and undertakes to ratify and
                confirm all and whatsoever acts the Technical Manager or the Technical
                Sub-Manager, if any, shall lawfully and reasonably do or permit or
                cause
                to be done in the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
                

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner undertakes to indemnify the Technical Manager and the
                Technical Sub-Manager, if any, at all times against (i) all actions,
                proceedings, claims, demands or liabilities whatsoever against or
                by the
                Technical Manager or the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, in respect
                of its
                acts and omissions in the performance of its obligations or the exercise
                of its powers (and/or the purported performance or exercise of powers)
                pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all costs, damages and expenses
                which
                the Technical Manager or the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, may incur
                or
                suffer in defending, settling or contesting the same or otherwise
                in
                consequence of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
                However: -

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (a)

            	
              the
                provisions of this Clause shall be without prejudice to any claim
                which
                the Vessel Owner may have against the Technical Manager or the Technical
                Sub-Manager, if any, for breach of duty; and

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              the
                Technical Manager or the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, shall not
                be
                liable for the negligence of any officer or crew of the
                Vessel.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (3)

            	
              The
                Vessel Owner hereby undertakes to procure that:

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (a)
                

            	
              the
                Vessel shall be insured at all times with first class insurers for
                its
                sound market value and entered for its full gross tonnage for all
                usual
                risks which a prudent owner would insure against including (i) hull
                and
                machinery risks (including crew negligence and excess liabilities)
                and
                (ii) protection and indemnity risks (including pollution) and (iii)
                war
                risks;

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (b)

            	
              the
                Technical Manager and the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, shall be
                named as
                full joint members/co-assured in their respective capacities in all
                insurance policies covering the Vessel; and

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              (c)

            	
              the
                Technical Manager and the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, shall not
                be
                liable for payment of any premium or P&I call arising from such
                policies and the Vessel Owner hereby indemnifies the Technical Manager
                and
                the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, against any such liability for
                future
                calls or premium.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (4)

            	
              The
                Technical Manager's maximum liability to the Vessel Owner pursuant
                to this
                Agreement shall not exceed an amount equal to ten (10) times the
                annual
                management fee specified in clause
                I(1).

            

    

    

    
      	K	
              Lien

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              The
                Technical Manager shall have a lien over the Vessel, its appurtenances
                and
                stores for the due performance by the Vessel Owner of its obligations
                hereunder.

            

    

    

    
      	L	
              Force
                Majeure

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 6

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    The
      Technical Manager and the Technical Sub-Manager, if any, shall have no
      responsibility or liability for failure to perform the management services
      by
      reason of force majeure. The term "force majeure" shall be interpreted according
      to English law from time to time but shall include all events or circumstances
      beyond the control of either or both parties and which by using proper and
      reasonable effort the parties are unable to prevent or overcome.

    

    
      	M	
              Notices

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              Any
                notices required to be served hereunder shall be in writing and may
                be
                served by sending the same by prepaid (airmail) letter post or telex
                or by
                delivering the same (against receipt) to the address or telex or
                fax
                number (as the case may be) of the party to be served as set out
                below or
                to such other address or telex or fax number as may from time to
                time be
                notified by that party for the
                purpose.

            

    

    

    
      	
            	(a)	
              To
                the Vessel Owner:  

            

    

     

    
      	
            	(b)	
              To
                the Technical Manager: 

            

    

    
 

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              Notices
                served by telex or fax as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been
                served on
                the business day following transmission provided the receiving party's
                telex "Answerback" appears on the notice served by telex or the relevant
                fax transmission report indicates "OK". Notices served by mail as
                aforesaid shall be deemed to have been served on the fifth (5th)
                business day following posting.

            

    

    

    
      	N	
              Law
                and Arbitration

            

    

    

    
      	
              (1)

            	
              This
                Agreement shall be governed by English
                law.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (2)

            	
              Any
                dispute or difference arising between the parties hereto concerning
                the
                construction, meaning, intention or performance of this Agreement
                shall be
                determined by referring the matter to arbitration by one (1) arbitrator
                jointly appointed in London subject to the Arbitration Act then
                applicable. If the parties can not agree on a single arbitrator then
                each
                party hereto shall appoint one (1) arbitrator and both arbitrators
                shall
                nominate the third (3rd)
                arbitrator or shall request the President for the time being of the
                Law
                Society of England and Wales to nominate the third
                arbitrator.

            

    

    

    
      	O	
              Confidentiality

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              The
                parties hereto shall keep this Agreement confidential and shall not
                disclose it to any third party unless compelled to do so by law or
                by
                Government decision.

            

    

    

    
      	
              P

            	
              Technical
                Manager’s Right of
                Assignment

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              The
                Technical Manager may, in its discretion, assign all of its obligations
                and rights pursuant to this Agreement and ancillary to this appointment
                to
                an affiliated company.

            

    

     

    In
      Witness whereof, this Agreement has been executed in duplicate by the parties
      on
      the date first above written.

    

    
      	For and on behalf of the Vessel
              Owner 	For and on behalf of the Technical
              Manager 

    

          

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        Ex.
          A - 7

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