Document:

Waiver Letter, dated September 6, 2011, to a loan agreement dated May 13, 2008

 Exhibit 4.66 

 
 

 
 Norwalk Star Owners Inc. 
 & Ionian Traders Inc. 
 c/o Dryships Inc. 

80 Kifissias Avenue 
 Marousi 

Athens – 15125 
 Greece 

USD 125 million Secured Loan Facility Agreement dated 13 May 2008 as amended from time to time (the “Loan Agreement”) – MVs
Capri & Positano (the “Vessels”) – Security Value Clause 
 6 September 2011

 Dear Sirs 
 We refer to clause 10.4
of the Loan Agreement and the related recent correspondence between your goodselves and us as Agent of the Facility. 
 With the market value of
the Vessels being USD 67 million and an outstanding loan amount of USD 57.75 million on the covenant testing day as per schedule attached the lending banks have agreed on your payment of the shortfall amounting to USD 5,187,500 to be
applied to the next instalments for avoidance of a covenant breach. 
 As one repayment instalment of USD 2,250,000 has meanwhile been due and
made, kindly remit the remaining amount of USD 2,937,500. These funds will be applied to the next scheduled instalments, fully on 26 September 2011 (USD 2,250,000) and the remainder of USD 687,500 on 23 December 2011. 

 If you are agreeable to the terms above would you please countersign this letter and send it back.

 Kind regards 

	
	Deutsche Schiffsbank AG
	
	 /s/ Illegible

	
	Acknowledged and agreed
	
	 /s/ EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU

	EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU
	Attorney in fact
	(Norwalk Star Owners, Inc.)
	
	Acknowledged and agreed
	
	 /s/ EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU

	EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU
	Attorney in fact
	(Ionian Traders Inc.)
	
	Acknowledged and agreed
	
	 /s/ EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU

	EUGENIA PAPAPONTIKOU
	Attorney in fact
	(Dryships Inc. as Guarantor)Second Supplemental Agreement, dated November 10, 2011

 Exhibit 4.67 
 F09.249 
 DATED 10 November 2011 

IONIAN TRADERS INC. 
 NORWALK STAR OWNERS INC. 
 (as Borrowers) 

-and- 

DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 
 UNICREDIT BANK AG 
 (as Lenders) 

-and- 

DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 
 (as agent) 
 -and- 

DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 
 UNICREDIT BANK AG 
 (as Swap Providers) 

-and- 

DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 
 (as Security Agent) 
 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO A SECURED LOAN
FACILITY 
 AGREEMENT DATED 13 MAY 2008 AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY 

A FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT DATED 25 FEBRUARY 2010 

 
  

 
 

 

 CONTENTS 

 

							
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	 1
	  	 Interpretation
	  	 	2	  
			
	 2
	  	 Conditions
	  	 	3	  
			
	 3
	  	 Representations and Warranties
	  	 	5	  
			
	 4
	  	 Amendments to Loan Agreement
	  	 	6	  
			
	 5
	  	 Confirmation and Undertaking
	  	 	6	  
			
	 6
	  	 Communications, Law and Jurisdiction
	  	 	7	  
		
	 Schedule 1
	  	 	8	  
		  	 Effective Date Confirmation
	  	 	8	  

 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT 
 Dated: 10 November 2011 
 BETWEEN: 

 

	(1)	NORWALK STAR OWNERS INC. (“Norwalk”), and IONIAN TRADERS INC. (“Ionian”), both companies incorporated under the laws of
the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960, (together the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”) jointly
and severally; and 

  

	(2)	DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, acting as lender through its office at 17, Domshof, 28195, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany and UNICREDIT BANK
AG (formerly known as Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG), a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany with its registered office at Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse 1, 8033 Munich, acting as lender through its office at
Neuer Wall 64, D-20354 Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany (together the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”); and 

  

	(3)	DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, acting as agent through its office at 17, Domshof, 28195, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany (in that capacity the
“Agent”); and 

  

	(4)	DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, acting as swap provider through its office at 17, Domshof, 28195, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany and UNICREDIT
BANK AG (formerly known as Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG), a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany with its registered office at Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse 1, 8033 Munich, acting as swap provider through
its office at Neuer Wall 64, D-20354 Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany (together, the “Swap Provider” and each a “Swap Provider”); and 

 

	(5)	DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, acting as security agent through its office at 17, Domshof, 28195, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany (in that capacity
the “Security Agent”). 

 SUPPLEMENTAL TO a secured loan agreement dated 13 May 2008 made between the
Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent, the Swap Providers and the Security Agent as amended and 

 
supplemented by a first supplemental agreement dated 25 February 2010 made between the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Lenders, the Agent, the Swap Providers and the Security Agent (together,
the “Loan Agreement”) on the terms and subject to the conditions of which each of the Lenders has agreed to advance to the Borrowers on a joint and several basis its Commitment (aggregating, with all the other Commitments, an amount
not exceeding the lesser of (i) $125,000,000 and (ii) sixty per cent (60%) of the Fair Market Value on the Drawdown Date) to assist the Borrowers to finance part of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Vessels (the
“Loan”). 
 WHEREAS: 
 The Borrowers have requested and the Finance Parties have agreed that the Managers are released from the managers’ confirmation specified in Part I of Schedule 2 of the Loan Agreement and that the
Finance Parties agree to accept the New Managers in its stead as a replacement manager but only subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Supplemental Agreement. 
 IT IS AGREED THAT: 
  

	1	Interpretation 

  

	 	1.1	In this Supplemental Agreement:- 

“Additional Security Documents” means this Supplemental Agreement and the Deed of Confirmation. 

“Deed of Confirmation” means the deed of confirmation of the Guarantor in favour of the Security Agent, in such form and
containing such terms and conditions as the Agent shall require. 
 “Effective Date” means the date on which the
Agent confirms to the Borrowers in writing substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 that all of the conditions referred to in Clause 2.1 have been satisfied, which confirmation the Agent shall be under no obligation to give if a Default shall
have occurred. 
 “Finance Parties” means the Agent, the Security Agent, the Swap Providers and the Lenders.

 “New Management Agreement” means the agreement for the commercial and/or technical management of the Vessels
made or to be made between each Borrower, in respect of its Vessel, and the New Managers and “New Management Agreement” means each one of them. 

  
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 “New Managers” means TMS Bulkers Ltd. of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands having its registered address at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960, or such other commercial and/or technical managers of the Vessels nominated by the Borrowers as the Agent may approve.

 “New Managers’ Confirmations” means the written confirmation of the New Managers that, throughout
the Facility Period unless otherwise agreed by the Agent, they will remain the commercial and technical managers of the Vessels and that they will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, sub-contract or delegate the commercial or
technical management of either of the Vessels to any third party and confirming in terms acceptable to the Agent that, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, all claims of the New Managers against either of the Borrowers shall be
subordinated to the claims of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents, in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Agent shall require. 
  

	 	1.2	All words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Supplemental Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, and
clause 1.2 of the Loan Agreement shall apply to the interpretation of this Supplemental Agreement as if it were set out in full. 

  

	 	1.3	All obligations, representations, warranties, covenants and undertakings of the Borrowers under or pursuant to this Supplemental Agreement shall, unless otherwise
expressly provided, be entered into, made or given by them jointly and severally. 

  

	2	Conditions 

  

	 	2.1	As conditions for the agreement of the Finance Parties to the requests specified in the Recital above and for the effectiveness of Clause 4, the Borrower shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to or to the order of the Agent the following documents and evidence: 

  

	 	2.1.1	a certificate from a duly authorised officer or the legal advisor of each Security Party confirming that none of the documents delivered to the Agent pursuant to
Schedule 2, Part I, 1 (a), (c), (d) and (g) of the Loan Agreement have been amended or modified in any way since the date of their delivery to the Agent, or copies, certified by a duly authorised officer of the Security Party in question
as true, complete, accurate and neither amended nor revoked, of any which have been amended or modified; 

  
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	 	2.1.2	a certificate of a duly authorised officer of the New Managers certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Clause 2 is correct, complete and in
full force and effect and setting out the names of the directors, officers and shareholders of that Security Party and the proportion of shares held by each shareholder; 

 

	 	2.1.3	copies of the constitutional documents of the New Managers together with such other evidence as the Agent may reasonably require that the New Managers is duly
incorporated in its country of incorporation and remains in existence with power to enter into, and perform its obligations under, the Relevant Documents to which it is or is to become a party; 

 

	 	2.1.4	a copy, certified by a director or the secretary of each Security Party and the New Managers as true, complete and accurate and neither amended nor revoked, of a
resolution of the directors and a resolution of the shareholders of that Security Party and the New Managers (together, where appropriate, with signed waivers of notice of any directors’ or shareholders’ meetings) approving, and
authorising or ratifying the execution of, this Supplemental Agreement and any document to be executed by that Security Party or the New Managers pursuant to this Supplemental Agreement; 

 

	 	2.1.5	a notarially attested and legalised power of attorney of each Security Party and the New Managers under which this Supplemental Agreement and any documents required
pursuant to it are to be executed by that Security Party and the New Managers; 

  
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	 	2.1.6	where such registration is required or permitted under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, evidence that the names of the directors, officers and shareholders of the
New Manager are duly registered in the companies registry or other registry in the country of incorporation of that New Managers; 

  

	 	2.1.7	the Additional Security Documents duly executed; 

  

	 	2.1.8	certificates of good standing in respect of the Security Parties and the New Managers; 

 

	 	2.1.9	evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 24.5 (Service of process) of the Loan Agreement and any process agent appointed under any other Finance
Document has accepted its appointment; 

  

	 	2.1.10	the New Management Agreements; 

  

	 	2.1.11	the New Manager’s Confirmation duly executed; 

  

	 	2.1.12	the ISM Company’s current DOC; and 

  

	 	2.1.13	confirmation satisfactory to the Agent that all legal opinions required by the Agent will be given substantially in the form required by the Agent.

  

	 	2.2	All documents and evidence delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Clause shall: 

 

	 	2.2.1	be in form and substance acceptable to the Agent; 

  

	 	2.2.2	be accompanied, if required by the Agent, by translations into the English language, certified in a manner acceptable to the Agent; and 

 

	 	2.2.3	if required by the Agent, be certified, notarised, legalised or attested in a manner acceptable to the Agent. 

 

	3	Representations and Warranties 

 Each of the representations and warranties contained in clause 11 of the Loan Agreement shall be deemed repeated by the Borrowers at the date of this Supplemental Agreement and at the Effective Date, by
reference to the facts and circumstances then pertaining, as if references to the Finance Documents included the Additional Security Documents. 

  
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	4	Amendments to Loan Agreement 

 With effect from the Effective Date: 
  

	 	4.1	the definitions set forth in Clause 1.1 (other than the definition of “Effective Date”) shall be included as definitions in clause 1.1 of the Loan Agreement;

  

	 	4.2	the definitions of “Managers”, “Management Agreements” shall be deleted and replaced by the definitions of “New
Managers” and “New Management Agreements” respectively and all references in the Loan Agreement and the Security Documents to Managers and Management Agreements shall be construed to mean the New Managers and the New
Management Agreements respectively; 

  

	 	4.3	the definition of “Relevant Documents” set out in clause 1.1 of the Loan Agreement shall be amended to include the New Manager’s confirmation;

  

	 	4.4	the definition of “Security Documents” set out in clause 1.1 of the Loan Agreement shall be amended to include the Additional Security Documents; and

  

	 	4.5	clause 19.2.1 of the Loan Agreement shall be deleted and replaced as follows:- 

 

	 	“19.2.1	in the case of the Borrowers, c/o Dryships Inc. of Omega Building, 80 Kifissias Avenue, 151 25 Maroussi, Athens, Greece (fax no: +30 210 8090575) marked for the
attention of Mr Ziad Nakhleh;” 

 All other terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement shall remain unaltered
and in full force and effect. 
  

	5	Confirmation and Undertaking 

  

	 	5.1	Each of the Security Parties confirms that all of its respective obligations under or pursuant to each of the Security Documents to which it is a party remain in full
force and effect, despite the amendments to the Loan Agreement made in this Supplemental Agreement, as if all references in any of the Security Documents to the Loan Agreement were references to the Loan Agreement as amended and supplemented by this
Supplemental Agreement. 

  
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	 	5.2	The definition of any term defined in any of the Security Documents shall, to the extent necessary, be modified to reflect the amendments to the Loan Agreement made in
or pursuant to this Supplemental Agreement. 

  

	6	Communications, Law and Jurisdiction 

 The provisions of clauses 19 and 24 of the Loan Agreement shall apply to this Supplemental Agreement as if they were set out in full and as if references to the Loan Agreement were references to this
Supplemental Agreement. 

  
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 Schedule 1 
 Effective Date Confirmation 
 To: NORWALK STAR OWNERS INC. 

IONIAN TRADERS INC. 
 Trust Company Complex 
 Ajeltake Road 

Ajeltake Island 

Majuro 
 Marshall
Islands MH 96960 
 We, DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, refer to the supplemental agreement dated
                 2011 (the “Supplemental Agreement”) relating to a secured loan agreement dated 13 May 2008 as amended and supplemented by a first
supplemental agreement dated 25 February 2010 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between you as the Borrowers, the banks listed in it as the Lenders, ourselves as the Agent, the Swap Providers and ourselves as the Security Agent in
respect of a loan to you from the Lenders of up to $125,000,000. 
 We hereby confirm that all conditions precedent referred to in Clause 2.1 of
the Supplemental Agreement have been satisfied. In accordance with Clauses 1.1 and 4 of the Supplemental Agreement the Effective Date is the date of this confirmation and the amendments to the Loan Agreement are now effective. 

Dated:                  2011 

 

			
	Signed:	 	  

		 	For and on behalf of

 DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 

  
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 IN WITNESS of which the parties to this Supplemental Agreement have executed this Supplemental
Agreement as a deed the day and year first before written. 
  

									
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as

a DEED by
 IONIAN TRADERS
INC.
 acting by
 Dimitrios
Glynos
 its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS
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 /s/ Dimitrios
Glynos
	 	
	

	 		 		 		 	
					
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as

a DEED by
 NORWALK STAR OWNERS
INC.
 acting by
 Dimitrios
Glynos
 its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS

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 /s/ Dimitrios
Glynos
	 	
					
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as

a DEED by
 DEUTSCHE
SCHIFFSBANK
 AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (as a Lender)
 acting by
 Christodoulos Vartzis
 its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the presence of:

KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS
 

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/s/ Christodoulos Vartzis
	 	
					
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as
 a DEED by
 UNICREDIT BANK AG

(formerly known as BAYERISCHE
 HYPO-
UND VEREINSBANK AG)
 (as a Lender)

acting by
 Christodoulos Vartzis

its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the
presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS
 

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	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as
 a DEED by
 DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK

AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (as Agent)

acting by
 Christodoulos Vartzis

its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the
presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS
 

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/s/ Christodoulos Vartzis
	 	
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
					
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as
 a DEED by
 DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK

AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
 (as a Swap
Provider)
 acting by
 Christodoulos
Vartzis
 its duly authorised attomey-in-fact
 in the presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS

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 /s/ Christodoulos Vartzis
	 	
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
					
	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as
 a DEED by
 UNICREDIT BANK AG

(formerly known as BAYERISCHE
 HYPO-
UND VEREINSBANK AG)
 (as a Swap Provider)
 acting by
 Christodoulos Vartzis
 its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the presence of:

KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS
 

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 /s/
Christodoulos Vartzis
	 	
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 

  
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	 SIGNED and DELIVERED as
 a DEED by
 DEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBANK

AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
 (as Security
Agent)
 acting by
 Christodoulos
Vartzis
 its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
 in the presence of:
 KONSTANTINOS KARACHALIOS

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