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EX-10.28

 

Exhibit 10.28

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES AGREEMENT

     This Right of First Refusal and Corporate Opportunities Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made
as of August 31, 2007 by and between Seanergy Maritime Corp., a Marshall Islands corporation (the
“Company”) and Equity Shipping Ltd. (“Equity”) in connection with the Company’s proposed initial
public offering (the “IPO”) of units of the Company in the United States pursuant to a registration
statement on Form F-1 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

     WHEREAS, the Company and Equity share certain officers and directors; and

     WHEREAS, each of the Company and Equity may be seeking business opportunities in the shipping
industry, and the parties desire to enter into this Agreement to clarify the business opportunities
for which each party shall have the right of first refusal.

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

     1. Right of First Refusal.

          a. Grant of Right. For the term specified in Section 2 hereof, Equity agrees to grant
to the Company (i) in its certificate of incorporation or equivalent document or (ii) by action of
its board of directors and/or shareholders, as applicable, a right of first refusal to any
corporate opportunities belonging to it that concern a Business Combination (as defined herein).
Decisions by the Company to release Equity to pursue any corporate opportunity concerning a
Business Combination will be made by a majority of the Company’s disinterested directors.

          b. Scope of Right. As used herein, the term “Business Combination” shall mean any
acquisition, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase or other
similar business combination, vessels or one or more operating businesses (each a “Target”) in the
shipping or any other industry.

          c. General. Any directors, officers or employees that shall become aware of a
corporate opportunity subject to this Agreement shall provide written notice of the business
opportunity to the Company within five (5) business days of its identification of the corporate
opportunity. Equity further agrees that it will not enter into any agreement to purchase or invest
in a Target until the Company has had a reasonable period of time to determine whether or not to
pursue the opportunity.

     2. Term. This Agreement shall become effective upon execution and shall remain in
effect for a period expiring upon the earlier of: (i) the consummation by the Company of a business
combination or (ii) the Company’s dissolution and liquidation pursuant to its second amended and
restated articles of incorporation, each in the circumstances and in the manner described in the
Registration Statement (the “Term”).

     3. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder shall be in writing, addressed as
follows:

 

 

To the Company:

Seanergy Maritime Corp.

10, Amfitheas Avenue

17564 P. Faliro

Athens, Greece

Attention: Board of Directors

with a copy to:

Mitchell Nussbaum

Loeb & Loeb LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10154

If to Equity Shipping Ltd.

Equity Shipping Ltd.

c/o Seanergy Maritime Corp.

10, Amfitheas Avenue

17564 P. Faliro

Athens, Greece

Attention: Board of Directors

     4. Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of
reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement.

     5. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the
remaining provisions hereof, which shall remain in full force and effect.

     6. Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by
each of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Agreement may not be waived or amended to
provide for its termination prior to the expiration of the Term without the approval of a majority of the holders of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock.

     7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitute the entire agreement
of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.

     8. Specific
Performance. Equity acknowledges that damages at law will be an
insufficient remedy for the Company and that irreparable injury will result to
the Company, its business, and its property in the event of a breach by Equity
of this Agreement. Therefore, it is agreed that in this event of any such
breach or threatened breach, the Company and its affiliates shall be entitled,
in addition to any other remedies and damages available at law or in equity, to
specific performance of this Agreement by Equity and/or other appropriate
preliminary, permanent, and final injunctive relief to enjoin and restrain such
breach or threatened breach by Equity, its agents, officers, directors,
employees, partners and/or any other persons acting with Equity. Equity
agrees to pay any and all attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the Company
(and/or its affiliates) in enforcing this Agreement. Such remedies shall be in
addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity, including the
Company’s right to recover any and all damages that may be sustained as a
result of Equity’s breach of this Agreement.

     9. Governing Law, Venue, etc.

a. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof. The
parties: (i) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York
Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York, (ii) waive any objection which such party may have now or hereafter to the venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding and (iii) irrevocably and
exclusively consent and submit to the
jurisdiction of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and/or the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding arising out of
this Agreement.

b. The parties further agree to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which
may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court,

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County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York and agrees service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s
address above shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such
suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon Equity
mailed by certified mail to the addresses above shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon the parties, in any such
suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement.

          c. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT.

     10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the
parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart
of this Agreement by fax or email/.pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery
thereof.

     11. Waiver,
etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto, at any time, to enforce any
of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such
provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the
right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this
Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or
parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such
breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other
or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
specified above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SEANERGY MARITIME CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Panagiotis
Zafet	 
	 	 	Name: Panagiotis
Zafet	 	 
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors	 	 
	 
	 	EQUITY SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Elias
M. Culucundis	 
	 	 	Name: Elias M. Culucundis	 	 
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 

3Exhibit 10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Employment Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of the 1st day of September, 2007 by and between Teledyne Technologies
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation with its executive offices at 1049 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand
Oaks, California 91360 (the “Company”), and Dr. Robert Mehrabian, an individual residing at 5388
Baseline Avenue, Santa Ynez, California 93460 (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, this Third Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is an amendment and
restatement of the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement entered into as of January 24,
2006;

     WHEREAS, the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement was entered into primarily to
cause the arrangements to comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

     WHEREAS, this Third Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is entered into primarily to
reflect actions of the Personnel and Compensation Committee taken on July 24, 2007, including to
reflect an increase in the Executive’s annual base salary as of September 1, 2007 and to confirm
that the Executive would receive supplemental non-qualified pension payments for a period of 10
years following his Retirement as provided in Section 6 below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective covenants and agreements hereinafter set
forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Term of Agreement. This Employment Agreement, as amended and restated, shall be
effective as of the date first above written and shall continue in effect until December 31, 2007,
unless extended as described in the next sentence. Effective as of November 1, 2007 and, if
previously extended, each November 1st thereafter, the term of this Employment Agreement shall be
extended for one additional year unless one party shall give written notice to the other on or
before October 31, 2007 or, if previously extended, the then next October 31st that the term will
not be thereafter extended. If such notice is given by either party, the Executive may retire on
the first December 31st following receipt of such notice.

     2. Employment Agreement to Supplement the CIC Agreement. This Employment Agreement,
as amended and restated, shall supplement the CIC Agreement and the terms and conditions of this
Employment Agreement are not intended to alter or vary the terms and conditions of the Change in
Control Severance Agreement dated as of December 21, 1999 (the “CIC Agreement”). The intention of
this Employment Agreement is to memorialize certain terms and conditions of the employment of the
Executive which are particular to him and not specified in the CIC Agreement. Except as
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terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto under the CIC Agreement which is incorporated
herein and made a part hereof as if set forth at length.

     3. Position and Duties. The Company shall employ Executive and the Executive shall
serve as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall have primary
responsibility to manage and direct the day-to-day business of the Company including the generation
of income and control of expenses. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Executive may serve as a director of charitable organizations and/or for profit
corporations which do not compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates. The
Company acknowledges that Executive serves as a director of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
and PPG Industries, Inc. as of the date hereof and agrees that the Executive may continue to serve
as a director of those corporations.

     4. Compensation. The Executive shall receive the following items of compensation at
the rates thereof set forth below.

a. Base Salary. Effective September 1, 2007 and for the remainder of the Term, as
it may be extended from time to time, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary at the
annualized rate of Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000) Dollars (“Base Salary”). Base Salary
shall be paid periodically in accordance with normal Company payroll practices applicable to
executive employees.

b. Participation in Compensation Plans and Programs. In accordance with the
respective terms and conditions of the respective plans and programs, the Executive shall
be entitled to participate in the following compensation plans and programs:

	 	1.	 	AIP. In the AIP at an annual opportunity at 80% of
Base Salary if targets are reached at 100%, or such greater percentage if
provided in the AIP for any year.
	 
	 	2.	 	PSP. In the PSP at an opportunity equal to 150% of
Base Salary if targets are reached at 100%, or such greater percentage if
provided in the PSP for any measurement period.
	 
	 	3.	 	Restricted Stock Award Program (“RSAP”). In the RSAP
with annual grants of restricted stock equal to at least 30% of Base Salary as
of the date of this grant subject to meeting targets set forth in the RSAP.
	 
	 	4.	 	Stock Options. Eligibility to receive future grants of
options in a number determined by the Committee, each subject to the terms and
conditions of the Stock Option Incentive Plan.

     5. Employee Benefits. The Executive shall participate in each qualified,
non-qualified and supplemental employee benefit, executive benefit, fringe benefit and perquisite
plan, policy or arrangement of the Company applicable to executive level employees, including, but
not limited to, expense reimbursement policies and use of an automobile, in each case, in
accordance with the terms and conditions thereof (including tax equalization payments to the extent
provided with respect to such plans by Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated on or prior to
November 29, 1999) as in effect from time to time. It is understood and agreed that effective

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June 1, 2007, the Company shall no longer be required to provide a country club and a city club
membership and related applicable tax gross-ups to the Executive. Nothing in this Employment
Agreement shall be construed as preventing the amendment or termination of any such plan, policy or
arrangement by the Company so long as such amendment or termination affects all executive employees
of the Company then participating.

     6. Non-Qualified Pension Arrangement. In addition to the employee benefits described
in Section 5, the Company will pay to the Executive (or his designee if amounts are payable after
the death of the Executive) following his Retirement (as defined below), as payments supplemental
to any accrued pension under the Company’s qualified pension plan, an annual amount, paid in equal
monthly installments, equal to 50% of his Base Compensation at the rate in effect on the date of
his Retirement. Such annual amount shall be paid each year for ten (10) years following his
Retirement; it being recognized that, as per Executive’s original employment agreement, the
Executive as of August 1, 2007, has rendered to the Company ten years of service (including the
period from August, 1997 through and including November, 1999 rendered as service to the Company’s
predecessor, Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated).

     For purposes of Section 6 of this Employment Agreement and without effect upon whether the
Executive is deemed to be retired under the CIC Agreement, the Executive will be deemed to have a
Retirement upon his Separation From Service with the Company for any reason other than for Cause.
For purposes of Section 6 of this Employment Agreement, the Executive shall be deemed to have
experienced a Separation From Service upon the Executive’s death, Disability, or upon the complete
cessation of the Executive’s service to the Company as an employee or as an independent contractor
as determined in the sole discretion of the Company; provided, however, that the Executive’s
cessation of services shall not constitute a Separation From Service if the Company anticipates a
renewal of the Executive’s services as an employee, independent contractor or in any other
capacity. For purposes of this Section 6 of the Employment Agreement, the Executive shall be
deemed to have experienced a Separation From Service due to Disability where, in the sole
discretion of the Company:

	 	(a)	 	The Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months; or

	 	(b)	 	The Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for
a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees
of the Company.

     Additionally, and notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Separation From Service for
any reason other than Disability, payment shall be made six months after the date of Separation
From Service, but in no event shall payment be made, or commence to be made, after the later of (i)
the last day of the calendar year in which such six-month date occurs or (ii) 2 1/2 months after the
occurrence of the six-month date and the initial payment shall be equal to six
times the monthly amount otherwise due and the next and each subsequent monthly payment shall be
equal to one times the monthly amount otherwise due. Payments made pursuant to this

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Section 6 resulting from Separation From Service due to Disability shall commence as soon as administratively
feasible following such Separation From Service, but in no event shall distribution be made, or
commence to be made, after the later of (i) the next following December 31 or (ii) 2 1/2 months after
the date of such Separation From Service due to Disability.

     The provisions of this Section 6 are intended to comply with the requirements applicable to
nonqualified deferred compensation plans under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Employment Agreement, this Section 6 shall be interpreted and administered in
accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

     7. Binding Agreement. The Company will use its best efforts to require any successor
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company) to expressly assume and agree to
perform this Employment Agreement and the CIC Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
that the Company would be required to perform them if no such succession had taken place. Failure
of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession shall be deemed to be a termination without Cause for purposes of this Employment
Agreement and the CIC Agreement. For purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any
such succession becomes effective shall be the Date of Termination.

     8. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in
writing and shall be deemed to have been effectively made or given if personally delivered at the
address first above written or such other address as may be given by one party to the other.

     9. Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold, or cause to be withheld,
from payment any amount payable under this Employment Agreement of any payroll and withholding
taxes required by law, as determined by the Company in good faith.

     10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted, and governed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California without reference to rules relating to conflict
of law.

     11. Headings. The headings of sections are included solely for convenience of
reference and shall not control the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.

     12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by either of the parties hereto in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Third Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert Mehrabian
 	 
	 	 	Robert Mehrabian 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John T. Kuelbs
 	 
	 	 	John T. Kuelbs 	 
	 	 	Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary 	 
	 

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