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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT

US$250,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

For

QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED

with

THE COMPANIES LISTED HEREIN as Guarantors

with

CITIBANK, N.A. and THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND as Original Lenders

Arranged by

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED and THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND

with

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC

as Facility Agent

and

CITICORP TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

as Security Trustee

and

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND

as Issuing Bank

4 October 2005

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	 	 	Page
	1.

	 	Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	2.

	 	Facility
	 	 	21	 
	3.

	 	Conditions Precedent
	 	 	22	 
	4.

	 	Utilisation — Loans
	 	 	23	 
	5.

	 	Utilisation — Letters of Credit
	 	 	24	 
	6.

	 	Letters of Credit
	 	 	26	 
	7.

	 	Repayment and Reutilisation
	 	 	29	 
	8.

	 	Reduction, Prepayment, Cancellation and Increase
	 	 	30	 
	9.

	 	Interest
	 	 	34	 
	10.

	 	Terms
	 	 	35	 
	11.

	 	Market Disruption
	 	 	36	 
	12.

	 	Taxes
	 	 	36	 
	13.

	 	Increased Costs
	 	 	39	 
	14.

	 	Reserve, Charter and Operating Accounts
	 	 	40	 
	15.

	 	Payments
	 	 	42	 
	16.

	 	Guarantee and Indemnity
	 	 	45	 
	17.

	 	Representations
	 	 	47	 
	18.

	 	Information Covenants
	 	 	52	 
	19.

	 	Financial Covenants
	 	 	54	 
	20.

	 	General Covenants
	 	 	58	 
	21.

	 	Substitution
	 	 	72	 
	22.

	 	Valuation
	 	 	73	 
	23.

	 	Default
	 	 	74	 
	24.

	 	Security
	 	 	79	 
	25.

	 	The Administrative Parties
	 	 	82	 
	26.

	 	Evidence and Calculations
	 	 	88	 
	27.

	 	Fees
	 	 	88	 
	28.

	 	Indemnities and Break Costs
	 	 	89	 
	29.

	 	Expenses
	 	 	91	 
	30.

	 	Waiver of Consequential Damages
	 	 	92	 
	31.

	 	Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	92	 
	32.

	 	Changes to the Parties
	 	 	94	 
	33.

	 	Disclosure of Information
	 	 	98	 
	34.

	 	Set-Off
	 	 	98	 
	35.

	 	Pro Rata Sharing
	 	 	98	 
	36.

	 	Severability
	 	 	99	 
	37.

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	100	 
	38.

	 	Notices
	 	 	100	 
	39.

	 	Language
	 	 	102	 
	40.

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	102	 
	41.

	 	Enforcement
	 	 	102	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	 	 	Page
	Schedule

	 	 	 	Page

	1.

	 	Original Parties
	 	 	104	 
	 

	 	Part 1 The Owners and the Original Vessels
	 	 	104	 
	 

	 	Part 2 The Original Lenders
	 	 	106	 
	2.

	 	Conditions Precedent
	 	 	107	 
	 

	 	Part 1 Initial Conditions Precedent
	 	 	107	 
	 

	 	Part 2 Additional Guarantor Documents
	 	 	110	 
	3.

	 	Form of Request
	 	 	114	 
	4.

	 	Calculation of the Mandatory Cost
	 	 	115	 
	5.

	 	Form of Transfer Certificate
	 	 	117	 
	6.

	 	Compliance Certificate
	 	 	119	 
	7.

	 	Standing Payment Instructions
	 	 	121	 
	8.

	 	Form of Accession Agreement
	 	 	122	 
	9.

	 	Form of Reconciliation Certificate
	 	 	123	 
	Signatories	 	 	124	 

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 4 October 2005

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, a corporation incorporated according to the laws of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands with its registered office at Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro,
Republic of the Marshall Islands, MH 96960 (the Borrower);
	 
	(2)	 	THE COMPANIES listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, each of which is a limited liability company
formed according to the law of the country indicated against its name in Part 1 of Schedule 1,
with its registered office at Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall
Islands, MH 96960 (each an Owner and together the Owners);
	 
	(3)	 	QUINTANA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a limited liability company formed according to the laws of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands with its registered office at Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road,
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, MH 96960 (Quintana Management);
	 
	(4)	 	CITIBANK, N.A. and THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND as original lenders (the
Original Lenders);
	 
	(5)	 	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED and THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND as
mandated lead arrangers (the Arrangers);
	 
	(6)	 	CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC as administrative agent (the Facility Agent);
	 
	(7)	 	CITICORP TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED as security trustee for the Lenders and the Issuing Bank
(each as defined herein) in relation to the Credits (as defined herein) (the Security
Trustee); and
	 
	(8)	 	THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND as issuing bank (the Issuing Bank).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1. INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

In this Agreement:

Accounts means together the Reserve Account, the Operating Account and each of the
Charter Accounts.

Account Bank means, in respect of the Reserve Account, Citibank N.A., London branch and
in respect of the Operating Account and each of the Charter Accounts, Citibank International
plc, Greece.

Accession Agreement means a letter, substantially in the form of Schedule 8 (Form of
Accession Agreement), with such amendments as the Facility Agent and the Borrower may agree.

Additional Guarantor means a member of the Group which becomes a Guarantor after the
date of this Agreement.

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Additional Vessel means (i) MV “Iron Beauty” to be acquired by Iron Beauty Shipco LLC,
(ii) MV “Kirmar” to be acquired by Kirmar Shipco LLC, or (iii) a vessel acquired by an
Additional Guarantor after the date of this Agreement.

Administrative Party means any of the Arrangers, the Facility Agent, the Issuing Bank
or the Security Trustee.

Affiliate means a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of a person or any other Subsidiary
of that Holding Company.

Agreement means this credit agreement, including any Schedules or appendices hereto, as
amended from time to time.

Applicable Law means any or all applicable law (whether civil, criminal or
administrative), common law, statute, statutory instrument, treaty, convention, regulation,
directive, by-law, demand, decree, ordinance, injunction, resolution, order, judgment, rule,
permit, licence or restriction (in each case having the force of law) and codes of practice
or conduct, circulars and guidance notes generally accepted and applied by the global
shipping industry, in each case of any government, quasi-government, supranational, federal,
state or local government, statutory or regulatory body, court, agency or association
relating to all laws, rules, directives and regulations, national or international, public
or private in any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.

Approved Classification Society means any of Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of
Shipping, Lloyds Register of Shipping or equivalent member of the International Association
of Classification Societies or its successor or any other classification society approved in
writing by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Lenders).

Approved Flag States means any of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Panama and
Cyprus or such other flag of equivalent or better reputation as is acceptable to the
Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) in its sole discretion.

Approved Valuer means any of H. Clarksons & Company Limited, Fearnleys Ltd., R.S.
Platou Shipbrokers a.s., Simpson Spence & Young or such other independent reputable
shipbroker nominated by the Borrower and approved by the Facility Agent (acting on the
instructions of the Majority Lenders) from time to time.

Arrangers shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.

Availability Period means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to
and including the Final Maturity Date.

Borrower shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.

Borrower’s Account means such account as the Borrower may designate from time to time.

Break Costs means the amount (if any) which a Lender is entitled to receive under this
Agreement as compensation if any part of a Loan or overdue amount is prepaid other than on
the last day of a Term for such Loan or overdue amount, or, as the case may be, the amount
(if any) which any Swap Bank is entitled to receive under this Agreement as compensation if
any Swap Agreement is terminated early, each as determined pursuant to Clause 28.3 hereof.

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Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open
for general business in London, England and New York, United States of America.

Change of Control means the acquisition, directly or indirectly, and whether on one
occasion through one transaction or a series of occasions or transactions, by any person or
group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Ultimate
Shareholders and their Affiliates of beneficial ownership of more than fifty (50) per cent.
of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the equity interests of the Borrower.

Charter Accounts means each of the ten (10) bank accounts opened by each of the Owners
with the relevant Account Bank and designated (1) “King Coal Shipco LLC”, account number
0/444064/005 IBAN GR62 0840 0020 0000 0044 4064 005 , (2) “Fearless Shipco LLC”, account
number 0/444065/001 IBAN GR39 0840 0020 0000 0044 4065 001, (3) “Coal Age Shipco LLC”,
account number Account No.0/444066/008 IBAN GR10 0840 0020 0000 0044 4066 008, (4) “Iron Man
Shipco LLC”, 0/444063/009 IBAN GR85 0840 0020 0000 0044 4063 009, (5) “Linda Leah Shipco
LLC”, account number 0/444068/019 IBAN GR33 0840 0020 0000 0044 4068 019, (6) “Barbara
Shipco LLC”, account number 0/444069/007 IBAN GR32 0840 0020 0000 0044 4069 007, (7) “Coal
Glory Shipco LLC”, account number 0/444067/004 IBAN GR84 0840 0020 0000 0044 4067004, (8)
“Coal Pride Shipco LLC”, account number 0/444070/005 IBAN GR52 0840 0020 0000 0044 4070 005,
(9) “Iron Beauty Shipco LLC” account number 0/444101/008 IBAN GR81 0840 0020 0000 0044 4101
008 and (10) “Kirmar Shipco LLC” account number 0/444102/004 IBAN GR58 0840 0020 0000 0044
4102 004 and any additional accounts which may be opened by Additional Guarantors with the
relevant Account Bank.

Charter Account Charges means the charges to be granted by each of the Guarantors
(other than Quintana Management) in favour of the Security Trustee (and to be held by the
Security Trustee on behalf of itself and the Lenders) in the form
attached at Appendix 9, in respect of all monies standing to the credit from time to
time of each of the Charter Accounts, together with any and all notices and acknowledgements
entered into in connection therewith.

Charterer means any company to which any of the Guarantors (other than Quintana
Management) charter any of the Vessels from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of Clause 20.22.

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States of America, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

Commitment means:

(a) for an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name in Part 2 of Schedule
1 (Original Parties) under the heading Commitments and the amount of any other
commitment to advance funds under this Agreement, it acquires; and

(b) for any other Lender, the amount of any commitment to advance funds under this
Agreement, it acquires,

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

Compliance Certificate means the form of certificate attached at Schedule 6.

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Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents shall have the meaning given to it in Clause
19.1 (Financial Covenants).

Consolidated EBITDA shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1 (Financial
Covenants).

Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1
(Financial Covenants).

Consolidated Net Worth shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1 (Financial
Covenants).

Consolidated Total Capitalisation shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1
(Financial Covenants).

Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1
(Financial Covenants).

Credit means a Loan or a Letter of Credit.

Default means:

	(a)	 	an Event of Default; or

	(b)	 	an event or circumstance which would be (with the expiry of a grace period, the
giving of notice or the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any
combination of them) an Event of Default.

Delivery Date means, in respect of an Additional Vessel, the Business Day upon which
the delivery of that Additional Vessel to the relevant Additional Guarantor under the terms
of the relevant Memorandum of Agreement takes place.

Deposit Costs means in connection with the acquisition of an Additional Vessel to be
acquired by an Additional Guarantor, the deposit payable in respect of such Additional
Vessel pursuant to the relevant Memorandum of Agreement

Dollars or US$ means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of
America.

Drawing means, in respect of a Loan under the Facility, the amount of the advance made
by the Lenders.

Earnings means, in respect of a Vessel, all present and future moneys and claims which
are earned by or become payable to or for the account of the relevant Guarantor (other than
Quintana Management) in connection with the operation or ownership of that Vessel and
including but not limited to:

	(a)	 	freights, passage and hire moneys (howsoever earned);

	(b)	 	remuneration for salvage and towage services;

	(c)	 	demurrage and detention moneys; or

	(d)	 	all moneys and claims in respect of the requisition for hire of that Vessel.

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Earnings Transfer Date shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 14.3 (Transfers to
Reserve Account).

Environment means:

	(a)	 	any land including, without limitation, surface land and sub-surface strata,
sea bed or river bed under any water (as referred to below) and any natural or man-made
structures;

	(b)	 	water including, without limitation, coastal and inland waters, surface waters,
ground waters and water in drains and sewers; and

	(c)	 	air including, without limitation, air within buildings and other natural or
man-made structures above or below ground.

Environmental Affiliate means the Borrower, any Guarantor or the Manager together with
their respective employees and subcontractors.

Environmental Approvals means any permit, licence, approval, ruling, variance,
exemption or other authorisation required under applicable Environmental Laws.

Environmental Claim means any claim by any person or persons or any governmental,
judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of any breach, contravention or violation
of Environmental Law or of the existence of any liability or potential liability arising
from such breach, contravention or violation or the presence of Hazardous Material in
contravention of Environmental Laws. In this context, claim means a claim for damages,
compensation, fines, penalties or any other payment of any kind whether or not similar to
the foregoing; an order or direction to take, or not to take, certain action or to desist
from or suspend certain action by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority, and
any form of enforcement or regulatory action.

Environmental Laws means any or all Applicable Law relating to or concerning:

	(a)	 	pollution or contamination of the Environment, any ecological system or any
living organisms which inhabit the Environment or any ecological system;

	(b)	 	the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use (including abuse),
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials; and

	(c)	 	the emission, leak, release, spill or discharge into the Environment of noise,
vibration, dust, fumes, gas, odours, smoke, steam effluvia, heat, light, radiation (of
any kind), infection, electricity or any Hazardous Material and any matter or thing
capable of constituting a nuisance or an actionable tort or breach of statutory duty of
any kind in respect of such matters,

including, without limitation, the following laws of the United States of America: the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as
amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, and the Toxic Substances
Control Act, as amended, together, in each case, with the regulations promulgated and the
guidance issued pursuant thereto.

ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States of
America, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.

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ERISA Affiliate means each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) which, together
with the Obligors, would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

Event of Default means an event specified as such in Clause 23.

Event of Illegality shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 8.2(a) (Mandatory
Prepayment — illegality).

Excess Risks means, in respect of a Vessel:

	(a)	 	the proportion of claims for general average, salvage and salvage charges which
are not recoverable as a result of the value at which that Vessel is assessed for the
purpose of such claims exceeding her hull and machinery insured value; and

	(b)	 	collision liabilities not recoverable in full under the hull and machinery
insurance by reason of those liabilities exceeding such proportion of the insured value
of that Vessel as is covered by the hull and machinery insurance.

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States of America, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

Existing Lender shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 32.2.

Existing Credit Facility means the US$262,456,000 loan facility made available to the
Borrower pursuant to a credit agreement dated 29th April, 2005, as the same may have been
amended or supplemented from time to time.

Facility means the credit facility made available under this Agreement.

Facility Agent shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.

Facility Office means the office(s) notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent:

	(a)	 	on or before the date it becomes a Lender; or

	(b)	 	by not less than five (5) Business Days’ notice,

as the office(s) through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

Fee Letters means any letters entered into by reference to this Agreement between one
or more Administrative Parties and the Borrower setting out the amount of certain fees
payable in connection with this Agreement.

Final Maturity Date means the date falling eight (8) years from the date of this
Agreement.

Finance Document means:

	(a)	 	this Agreement;

	(b)	 	a Security Agreement;

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	(c)	 	the Fee Letters;

	(d)	 	on or after the date of its execution and delivery, any Swap Agreement;

	(e)	 	on or after the date of its execution and delivery, any Accession Agreement;

	(f)	 	on or after the date of its execution and delivery, the Subordination Deed;

	(g)	 	a Transfer Certificate; and

	(h)	 	any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Borrower.

Finance Party means a Lender, an Administrative Party or any Swap Bank.

Financial Indebtedness means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

	(a)	 	moneys borrowed;

	(b)	 	any acceptance credit;

	(c)	 	any bond, note, debenture, loan stock or other similar instrument;

	(d)	 	any redeemable preference share;

	(e)	 	any agreement treated as a finance or capital lease in accordance with GAAP;

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

	(g)	 	the acquisition cost of any asset to the extent payable after its acquisition
or possession by the party liable where the deferred payment is arranged primarily as a
method of raising finance or financing the acquisition of that asset;

	(h)	 	any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) which
has the commercial effect of a borrowing;

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

	(j)	 	any guarantee and indemnity or similar assurance against financial loss of any
indebtedness of any other person which falls within any of paragraphs (a) to (i) above.

Foreign Pension Plan means any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any
superannuation fund) or similar program established or maintained outside the United States
of America by any Obligor primarily for the benefit of its employees resident outside the
United States of America, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

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

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General Assignment means, in respect of a Vessel, the assignment of the Earnings, any
Time Charter and the Obligatory Insurances to be granted in favour of the Security Trustee
by the relevant Guarantor (other than Quintana Management) (and held by the Security Trustee
on behalf of itself and the Lenders) in the form attached at Appendix 1, together with any and all notices and acknowledgements entered into in connection
therewith.

Group means the Borrower, the Guarantors and any Subsidiaries of any of them.

Guarantors means each of the Original Guarantors and the Additional Guarantors.

Hazardous Material means any element or substance, whether natural or artificial, and
whether consisting of gas, liquid, solid or vapour, whether on its own or in any combination
with any other element or substance, which is listed, identified, defined or determined by
any Environmental Law or other Applicable Law to be, to have been, or to be capable of being
or becoming harmful to mankind or any living organism or damaging to the Environment,
including, without limitation, oil (as defined in the United States Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended).

Holding Company:

	(a)	 	in relation to a company incorporated in England and Wales, has the meaning
given in Section 736 Companies Act 1985; and

	(b)	 	in relation to a company or other person incorporated or formed outside England
and Wales, means a company or other person of which such company is the Subsidiary.

Increased Cost means:

	(a)	 	an additional or increased cost;

	(b)	 	a reduction in the rate of return under a Finance Document (other than a Swap
Agreement) or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital; or

	(c)	 	a reduction of an amount due and payable under any Finance Document (other than
a Swap Agreement),

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates but only to
the extent attributable to that Finance Party having entered into any Finance Document
(other than a Swap Agreement) or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance
Document (other than a Swap Agreement).

Indemnified Parties shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 28.2(c) (Other
indemnities).

Insurers means the underwriters or insurance companies with whom any Obligatory
Insurances are effected and the managers of any protection and indemnity or war risks
association in which any of the Vessels may at any time be entered.

Interest Rate shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 9.1 (Calculation of
Interest).

ISM Code means the International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on
its implementation), adopted by the International Maritime Organization Assembly as
Resolutions A.741(18) and A.788(19), as the same may have been or may be amended or
supplemented from time to

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 time. The terms safety management system, Safety Management Certificate, Document of
Compliance and major non-conformity shall have the same meanings as are given to them in the
ISM Code.

ISPS Code means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code adopted by the
International Maritime Organization Assembly as the same may have been or may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.

Incremental Facilities shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 8.8 (Incremental
Facilities).

Issuing Bank shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.

Junior Charter Accounts Charge means the charge to be granted by each of the Guarantors
(other than Quintana Management) in favour of the Junior Security Trustee (and to be held by
the Junior Security Trustee on behalf of itself and any Swap Bank) in the form attached at
Appendix 10, in respect of all monies standing to the credit from
time to time of each of the Charter Accounts, such charge to be fully subordinated to the
Charter Accounts Charge, together with any and all notices and acknowledgments entered into
in connection therewith.

Junior General Assignment means, in respect of a Vessel, the assignment of the
Earnings, any Time Charter and the Obligatory Insurances to be granted in favour of the
Junior Security Trustee by the relevant Guarantor (other than Quintana Management) (and held
by the Junior Security Trustee on behalf of itself and any Swap Bank) in the form attached
at Appendix 2, such assignment to be fully subordinated to the
General Assignment in respect of the relevant Vessel, together with any and all notices and
acknowledgements entered into in connection therewith.

Junior Mortgage means, in respect of a Vessel, a second preferred ship mortgage to be
given by the relevant Guarantor in favour of the Junior Security Trustee (and to be held by
the Junior Security Trustee on behalf of itself and any Swap Bank):

	(a)	 	in respect of the Original Vessels, on the date referred to in Clause 20.31;
and

(b) in respect of any Additional Vessels, on the relevant Delivery Date,

to be, in each case, where the Vessel is registered or to be registered in the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, in the form attached at Appendix 6 and where the Vessel is
registered or to be registered in any other Approved Flag State, in such form as the Agent
(acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), the Borrowers and the relevant
Guarantor may agree, such mortgage in any event to be fully subordinated to the Mortgage in
respect of the relevant Vessel.

Junior Operating Account Charge means the charge to be granted by Quintana Management
in favour of the Security Trustee (and to be held by the Junior Security Trustee on behalf
of itself and any Swap Bank) in the form attached at Appendix 8, in
respect of all monies standing to the credit from time to time of the Operating Account,
such charge to be fully subordinated to the Operating Account Charge, together with any and
all notices and acknowledgments entered into in connection therewith.

Junior Pledges of Shares means (i) in relation to the Original Guarantors, the pledge
of the issued share capital of the Original Guarantors to be granted by the Borrower in
favour of the Junior Security Trustee (and held by the Junior Security Trustee on behalf of
itself and any Swap Bank), such charge to be fully

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 subordinated to the Pledges of Shares, together with any and all notices and acknowledgments
entered into in connection therewith and (ii) in relation to an Additional Guarantor, the
pledge of the issued share capital of that Additional Guarantor to be granted by the
Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee (and held by the Security Trustee on behalf of
itself and any Swap Bank), such charge to be fully subordinated to the Pledges of Shares,
together with any and all notices and acknowledgments entered into in connection therewith.

Junior Reserve Account Charge means the charge to be granted by the Borrower in favour
of the Security Trustee (and held by the Junior Security Trustee on behalf of itself and any
Swap Bank) in the form attached at Appendix 4, in respect of all
monies standing to the credit from time to time of the Reserve Account, together with any
and all notices and acknowledgments entered into in connection therewith.

Junior Security Documents means, on or after the date any such document is executed and
delivered, the Junior Mortgages, the Junior Pledges of Shares, the Junior General
Assignments, the Junior Operating Account Charge, the Junior Charter Accounts Charge, the
Junior Reserve Account Charge and any other security granted by the Obligors to secure the
Swap Agreements.

Junior Security Trustee means Citicorp Trustee Company Limited or such other person as
is appointed under the Subordination Deed in the capacity of junior security trustee.

Lender means:

	(a)	 	an Original Lender; or

	(b)	 	any New Lender;

and Lenders means all of them.

Letter of Credit means an irrevocable, unconditional, on demand letter of credit in an
amount of not less than five hundred thousand Dollars (US$500,000) in a form agreed by the
Issuing Bank, the Facility Agent and the Borrower.

Leverage Ratio shall have the meaning given to in Clause 19.1 (Financial Covenants).

LC Illegality shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 6.2(a) (Illegality).

LIBID means for a Term of any Loan or overdue amount the arithmetic mean (rounded
upward to four decimal places) of the rates, as supplied to the Facility Agent at its
request, quoted to the Reference Banks by leading banks in the London interbank market as of
11.00 a.m. on the Rate Fixing Day for the taking of deposits in the currency of that Loan or
overdue amount for a period comparable to that Term.

LIBOR means for a Term of any Loan or overdue amount:

	(a)	 	the applicable Screen Rate; or
	 
	 	 	(b)if no Screen Rate is available for the relevant currency or Term
of that Loan or overdue amount, the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to four
decimal places) of the rates, as supplied to the Facility Agent at its request,
quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,

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	 	 	as of 11.00 a.m. on the second London Business Day before the start of the Term for the
offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan or overdue amount for a period comparable
to that Term.
	 
	 	 	Loans means together each amount which is advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower in
accordance with this Agreement (each a Loan).
	 
	 	 	London Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are
open for business in London.
	 
	 	 	Losses means each and every liability, loss, charge, claim, demand, action, proceeding,
damage, judgment, order or other sanction, enforcement, penalty, fine, fee, commission,
interest, lien, salvage, general average, cost and expense of whatsoever nature suffered or
incurred by or imposed on the Finance Parties.
	 
	 	 	Majority Lenders means, at any time, Lenders:

	 	(a)	 	whose share in the outstanding Credits and whose undrawn Commitments then
aggregate more than fifty per cent. (50%) of the aggregate of all the outstanding
Credits and the undrawn Commitments of all the Lenders;
	 
	 	(b)	 	if there is no Credit then outstanding, whose undrawn Commitments then
aggregate more than fifty per cent. (50%) of the Total Commitments; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	if there is no Credit then outstanding and the Total Commitments have been
reduced to zero, whose Commitments aggregated more than fifty per cent. (50%) of the
Total Commitments immediately before the reduction.

	 	 	Manager means (i) in respect of MV “Fearless” and MV “Iron Man” only, Blossom Maritime
Corporation of 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia or (ii) Quintana Management or such other
entity within the Group as the Borrower shall advise to the Facility Agent from time to time
(and as shall be acceptable to the Majority Lenders).
	 
	 	 	Mandatory Cost means the properly evidenced cost of complying with certain regulatory
requirements, expressed as a percentage rate per annum and calculated by the Facility Agent
in accordance with Schedule 4 (Calculation of the Mandatory Cost).
	 
	 	 	Margin means zero point nine seven five per cent. (0.975%) per annum.
	 
	 	 	Market Value means, in respect of a Vessel, the market value of that Vessel calculated
in accordance with Clause 22 (Valuation).
	 
	 	 	Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on:

	 	(a)	 	the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Group,
taken as a whole;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the ability of the Group, taken as a whole, to perform the obligations of the
Obligors under any Finance Document; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document.

	 	 	Maturity Date means the last day of the Term of a Loan.

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	 	 	Maximum Facility Amount means the lesser of (a) sixty-five (65) per cent. of the
aggregate Market Value of the Vessels and (b) two hundred and fifty million Dollars (US$
250,000,000).
	 
	 	 	Maximum Letter of Credit Amount means twenty five million Dollars (US$25,000,000).
	 
	 	 	Measurement Period means, at any time, the last four (4) fiscal quarters for the
Borrower provided always that until four (4) fiscal quarters have elapsed from the date of
this Agreement, the period beginning with the commencement of the first quarter beginning on
or after the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of determination.
	 
	 	 	Memorandum of Agreement means, in relation to any Additional Vessel, the memorandum of
agreement entered into or to be entered into by an Additional Guarantor pursuant to which
the Additional Guarantor will acquire an Additional Vessel.
	 
	 	 	Mortgage means, in respect of a Vessel, a first preferred ship mortgage to be given by
the relevant Guarantor in favour of the Security Trustee (and to be held by the Security
Trustee on behalf of itself and the Lenders):

	 	(a)	 	in respect of the Original Vessels, on the date of this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	in respect of any Additional Vessels, on the relevant Delivery Date,

	 	 	to be, in each case, where the Vessel is registered or to be registered in the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, in the form attached at Appendix 5 and where the Vessel is
registered or to be registered in any other Approved Flag State, in such form as the Agent
(acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), the Borrower and the relevant
Guarantor may agree.
	 
	 	 	Net Worth shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 19.1 (Financial Covenants).
	 
	 	 	New Lender shall have the meaning to it in Clause 32.2 (Assignments and transfers by
Lenders).
	 
	 	 	Obligatory Insurances means in respect of each Vessel:

	 	(a)	 	all contracts and policies of insurance and reinsurance and all entries in
clubs and/or associations which are from time to time required to be effected and
maintained in accordance with this Agreement in respect of each of the Vessels; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	all benefits under the contracts, policies and entries under paragraph (a)
above and all claims in respect of them and the return of premiums.

	 	 	Obligor means the Borrower or a Guarantor.
	 
	 	 	Operating Account means the bank account to be opened by Quintana Management with the
Account Bank with account number 0/444072/008 USD, IBAN GR 97 0840 0020 0000 0044 4072 008
and designated “Quintana Management LLC – Operating Account”.
	 
	 	 	Operating Account Charge means the charge to be granted by Quintana Management in
favour of the Security Trustee (and held by the Security Trustee on behalf of itself and the
Lenders) in the form attached at Appendix 7, in respect of all
monies standing to the credit from time to time of the Operating Account, together with any
and all notices and acknowledgements entered into in connection therewith.

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	 	 	Operating Expenses means all costs, expenses and expenditures reasonably incurred by
each Obligor in the ordinary course of the operation of its business including (i) all
costs, expenses and expenditures incurred by each Guarantor (other than Quintana Management)
in connection with the operation, employment, maintenance, drydocking, repair and insurance
of the Vessel owned by it (including any capital expenditure in respect of that Vessel
permitted under the terms of this Agreement), (ii) all costs, expenses and expenditures
incurred by Quintana Management in connection with the operation of its business and its
role as Manager, (iii) all costs, expenses and expenditures incurred by Quintana Management
in connection with the operation of the Vessels and its role as Manager of the Vessels and
(iv) all other costs, expenditures and expenses permitted to be made or incurred by an
Obligor under the terms of the Finance Documents.
	 
	 	 	Original Balance Sheet means the unaudited balance sheet of the Group prepared as at
30th June, 2005.
	 
	 	 	Original Guarantors means each of the Owners and Quintana Management.
	 
	 	 	Original Lender has the meaning given to it in the Preamble.
	 
	 	 	Original Vessels means the vessels detailed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and Original Vessel
means any of them.
	 
	 	 	Owners shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.
	 
	 	 	Participating Member State means a member state of the European Communities that adopts
or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency under the legislation of the European Union
for European Monetary Union.
	 
	 	 	PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of the United States of America
established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.
	 
	 	 	Party means a party to this Agreement or any Finance Document.
	 
	 	 	Permitted Dividends means any dividends or distributions which the Borrower is
permitted to pay pursuant to Clause 20.30 (Dividends).
	 
	 	 	Permitted Security Interests means:

	 	(a)	 	Security Interests created by the Security Agreements;
	 
	 	(b)	 	liens for unpaid crew’s wages including wages of the master and stevedores
employed by any Vessel, outstanding in the ordinary course of trading for not more than
one calendar month after the due date for payment;
	 
	 	(c)	 	liens for salvage;
	 
	 	(d)	 	liens for collision;
	 
	 	(e)	 	liens for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading;
	 
	 	(f)	 	liens arising by operation of law in respect of not more than two (2) months
prepaid hire under any Time Charter relating to a Vessel;

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	 	(g)	 	statutory and common law liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers,
materials men, repairers or other similar liens, including maritime liens, in each case
arising in the ordinary course of business, outstanding for not more than two (2)
months whose aggregate value does not exceed five hundred thousand Dollars (US$500,000)
in respect of any one Vessel,

	 	 	in the case of paragraphs (b) to (g) inclusive provided that the amounts which give
rise to such Security Interests are paid when due (unless expressly indicated above) or, if
not paid when due are being disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and for the
payment of which adequate reserves or security are at the relevant time maintained or
provided to the extent required by GAAP), and provided further that such proceedings,
whether by payment of adequate security into court or otherwise, do not give rise to a
material risk of the relevant Vessel or any interest therein being seized, sold, forfeited
or otherwise lost or of criminal liability on the Facility Agent or on any of the Lenders.
	 
	 	 	Plan means any pension plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is maintained or
contributed to by (or to which there is an obligation to contribute) any Obligor or any
ERISA Affiliate, and each such plan for the five (5) year period immediately following the
latest date on which the Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an
obligation to contribute to such plan.
	 
	 	 	Pledge of Shares means (i) in respect of the Original Guarantors, the pledge of the
issued share capital of the Original Guarantors to be granted by the Borrower in favour of
the Security Trustee (and held by the Security Trustee on behalf of itself and the Lenders),
together with any and all notices and acknowledgments entered into in connection therewith
and (ii) in respect of an Additional Guarantor, the pledge of the issued share capital of
that Additional Guarantor to be granted by the Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee
(and held by the Security Trustee on behalf of itself and the Lenders), together with any
and all notices and acknowledgments entered into in connection therewith.
	 
	 	 	Prime Rate means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
Citibank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City, United
States of America. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the
date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
	 
	 	 	Pro Rata Share means:

	 	(a)	 	for the purpose of determining a Lender’s share in a utilisation of the
Facility, the proportion which its Commitment in respect of the Credits bears to the
Total Commitments; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any other purpose on a particular date:

	 	(i)	 	the proportion which a Lender’s share of the Credits (if any)
bears to all the Credits;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if there is no Credit outstanding on that date, the proportion
which its Commitment bears to the Total Commitments on that date; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if the Total Commitments have been cancelled, the proportion
which its Commitment bore to the Total Commitments immediately before being
cancelled.

	 	 	Quintana Management shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.

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	 	 	Rate Fixing Day means two (2) Business Days before the first day of a Term, or unless
market practice differs in the London interbank market for a currency, in which case the
Rate Fixing Day for that currency will be determined by the Facility Agent in accordance
with market practice in the London interbank market (and if quotations would normally be
given by leading banks in the London interbank market on more than one day, the Rate Fixing
Day will be the last of those days).
	 
	 	 	Reconciliation Certificate means the form of certificate attached at Schedule 9.
	 
	 	 	Reduction Amount means the percentage by which the Total Commitments are required to be
reduced on a Reduction Date pursuant to Clause 8.1 (Automatic reduction and cancellation).
	 
	 	 	Reduction Date means each of the dates for reduction of the Total Commitments
determined in accordance with Clause 8.1 (Automatic reduction and cancellation).
	 
	 	 	Reference Banks means the Facility Agent and any other bank or financial institution
appointed as such by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders)
under this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Related Contracts means any or all of the Vessel Management Agreements (as the context
requires).
	 
	 	 	Release means an emission, spill, release or discharge into or upon the air, surface
water, groundwater, or soils of any Hazardous Materials for which any of the Guarantors has
any liability under Environmental Law, except in accordance with a valid Environmental
Approval.
	 
	 	 	Reportable Event means an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a
plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
	 
	 	 	Replacement Request shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Substitution).
	 
	 	 	Replacement Vessel shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Substitution).
	 
	 	 	Request means a request made by the Borrower for a Credit, substantially in the form of
Schedule 3 (Form of Request).
	 
	 	 	Required Amount means, in respect of the Vessels, that amount which at the relevant
time is no less than one hundred and thirty five (135) per cent. of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Credits including, without limitation, any contingent
liabilities under Letters of Credit.
	 
	 	 	Required Insurance Amount means, in respect of the Vessels, that amount which at the
relevant time is one hundred and twenty-five (125) per cent. of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Credits including, without limitation, any contingent liabilities
under Letters of Credit.
	 
	 	 	Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders:

	 	(a)	 	whose share in the outstanding Credits and whose undrawn Commitments then
aggregate more than eighty five (85) per cent. of the aggregate of all the outstanding
Credits and the undrawn Commitments of all the Lenders;
	 
	 	(b)	 	if there are no Credits then outstanding, whose undrawn Commitments then
aggregate more than eighty five (85) per cent. of the Total Commitments; or

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	 	(c)	 	if there are no Credits then outstanding and the Total Commitments have been
reduced to zero, whose Commitments aggregated more than eighty five (85) per cent. of
the Total Commitments immediately before the reduction.

	 	 	Requisition Compensation means, in respect of a Vessel, all moneys or other
compensation payable by reason of requisition for title to, or other compulsory acquisition
of, that Vessel including requisition for hire.
	 
	 	 	Reserve Account means the interest bearing bank account to be opened in the name of the
Borrower with the Account Bank with account number 10863688 and designated “Quintana
Maritime Limited– Reserve Account”.
	 
	 	 	Reserve Account Charge means the charge to be granted by the Borrower in favour of the
Security Trustee (and held by the Security Trustee on behalf of itself and the Lenders) in
the form attached at Appendix 3, in respect of all monies standing
to the credit from time to time of the Reserve Account, together with any and all notices
and acknowledgements entered into in connection therewith.
	 
	 	 	Revised Total Commitments shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 8.1 (Automatic
reduction and cancellation).
	 
	 	 	Rollover Loan means one or more Loans:

	 	(a)	 	to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Loan; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	to be made for the purpose of refinancing of maturing Loan.

	 	 	Screen Rate means, for LIBOR, and in respect of a Term, the percentage rate per annum
for a period substantially the same as the relevant Term displayed on page 3750 of the
Telerate screen. If the relevant page is replaced or the service ceases to be available,
the Facility Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.
	 
	 	 	Secured Liabilities means all present and future obligations and liabilities (actual or
contingent) of the Obligors to the Finance Parties or any of them under or in connection
with any Finance Document.
	 
	 	 	Security Agreements means the Junior Security Documents, the Senior Security Documents
and any other documents designated as such in writing by the Borrower and the Facility
Agent.
	 
	 	 	Security Assets means any asset which is the subject of a Security Interest created by
a Security Document.
	 
	 	 	Security Document means:

	 	(a)	 	each Security Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other document to which the Security Trustee (amongst others) is a party
evidencing or creating security over any asset of an Obligor to secure any obligation
of an Obligor to the Finance Parties or any of them under the Finance Documents.

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	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, assignment, hypothecation
or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Trustee shall have the meaning given to it in the Preamble.
	 
	 	 	Senior Security Documents means the Mortgages, the Pledges of Shares, the General
Assignments, the Operating Account Charge, the Charter Accounts Charges, the Reserve Account
Charge and any other security granted by the Obligors to secure the Credits.
	 
	 	 	Standing Payment has the meaning given to in Clause 15.3(c).
	 
	 	 	Subordination Deed means the deed of subordination to be entered into by, inter alios,
the Lenders, each Swap Bank and each of the Administrative Parties, pursuant to which each
Swap Bank confirms the subordination of the Junior Security Documents to the Senior Security
Documents in the form attached at Appendix 13.
	 
	 	 	Subsidiary means:

	 	(a)	 	in respect of a person incorporated or formed outside England and Wales, any
company or entity directly or indirectly controlled by such person, and for this
purpose control means either the ownership of more than fifty (50) per cent. of the
voting share capital (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such company or entity or
the power to direct its policies and management whether by contract or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	in respect of a person incorporated in England and Wales, a subsidiary within
the meaning of Section 736 Companies Act 1985.

	 	 	Substitution Date shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Substitution).
	 
	 	 	Swap Agreement means, if any, each of the ISDA Master Agreements (and the confirmations
thereunder) entered into or to be entered into in respect of interest rate swaps in respect
of the Loans (or any part of the Credits) by any Swap Bank and the Borrower.
	 
	 	 	Swap Bank means any Lender which has entered into, or which may from time to time enter
into, any ISDA Master Agreement with the Borrower in respect of the Loans or any part of the
Loans.
	 
	 	 	Tax means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar
nature imposed by a governmental revenue authority (including, without limitation, any
penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any
of the same).
	 
	 	 	Tax Credit means any credit, deduction or other Tax benefit that results in a net
reduction in liability for Tax.
	 
	 	 	Tax Deduction means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax made from a
payment under a Finance Document.
	 
	 	 	Tax Form means any such forms or documents required or reasonably requested in writing
in order to allow the Facility Agent or an Obligor to make a payment under this Agreement or
any Finance Document without any Tax Deduction (or without incurring any obligation to
indemnify in respect of Tax) or with such Tax Deduction (or indemnification) at a reduced
rate, so long as the completion,

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	 	 	execution or submission of such form or document would not materially prejudice the legal or
commercial position of the party in receipt of such demand.

	 	 	Tax Payment means a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party in any way relating
to a Tax Deduction or under any indemnity given by that Obligor in respect of Tax under any
Finance Document.
	 
	 	 	Term means each period determined under this Agreement by reference to which interest
payable on a Loan or an overdue amount is calculated.
	 
	 	 	Time Charter means, in relation to a Vessel, any fixed rate charter relating to such
Vessel.
	 
	 	 	Total Commitments means the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Lenders.
	 
	 	 	Total Loss means in relation to a Vessel:

	 	(a)	 	actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Vessel;
	 
	 	(b)	 	requisition for title or other compulsory acquisition of that Vessel otherwise
than by requisition for hire;
	 
	 	(c)	 	capture, seizure, arrest, detention, or confiscation of that Vessel by any
person or government or by persons acting or purporting to act on behalf of any
government or any other person which deprives the Owner of that Vessel, or as the case
may be the Charterer, of the use of that Vessel, for more than sixty (60) days after
that occurrence; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	requisition for hire of that Vessel by any government or by persons acting or
purporting to act on behalf of any government which deprives the Owner, or as the case
may be the Charterer, of the use of that Vessel.

	 	 	Transfer Certificate means a certificate, substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form
of Transfer Certificate), with such amendments as the Facility Agent and the Borrower may
approve or reasonably require or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the
Borrower.
	 
	 	 	Transfer Date shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 32.4(a) (Procedure for
transfer by way of novations).
	 
	 	 	Ultimate Shareholders means each of First Reserve Fund X, L.P., AMCI Acquisition II,
LLC, and Quintana Maritime Partners, L.P. (each an Ultimate Shareholder).
	 
	 	 	Unfunded Current Liability means, in respect of any Plan, the amount (if any) by which
the value of the accumulated plan benefits under the Plan determined on a plan termination
basis in accordance with actuarial assumptions at such time consistent with those prescribed
by PBGC for this purpose, exceeds the fair market value of all plan assets allocable to such
liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions).
	 
	 	 	Utilisation Date means each date on which the Facility or any part thereof is utilised,
whether by way of the drawdown of a Loan or the issue of a Letter of Credit.
	 
	 	 	Vessels means together the Original Vessels and the Additional Vessels.

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	 	 	Vessel Management Agreements means the management agreement(s) entered into or to be
entered into between the Manager and the Owners.
	 
	 	 	Year 5 Total Commitments means the Total Commitments determined as of the fifth (5th)
anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

	1.2	 	Construction

	 	(a)	 	In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:

	 	(i)	 	an amendment includes a supplement, novation, restatement or
re-enactment and amended will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	 	 	assets includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of
every description;
	 
	 	 	 	an authorisation includes an authorisation, consent, approval,
resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration or notarisation under
Applicable Law;
	 
	 	 	 	disposal means a sale, transfer, grant, lease or other disposal, whether
voluntary or involuntary, and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	 	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as
surety) for the payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	 	 	a person includes any individual, company, corporation, unincorporated
association or body (including a partnership, trust, joint venture or
consortium), government, state, agency, organisation or other entity whether
or not having separate legal personality and their successors in title,
permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
	 
	 	 	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request
or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the
force of law, being of a type with which any person to which it applies is
accustomed to comply) of any governmental, inter-governmental or supranational
body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation;

	 	(ii)	 	a currency is a reference to the lawful currency for the time
being of the relevant country;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a Default being outstanding means that it has not been cured,
remedied or waived;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a provision of law is a reference to that provision as extended,
applied, amended or re-enacted and includes any subordinate legislation;
	 
	 	(v)	 	a Clause, a Subclause or a Schedule is a reference to a clause or
subclause of, or a schedule to, this Agreement;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice
versa;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	a Finance Document or another document is a reference to that
Finance Document or other document as amended; and

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	 	(viii)	 	a time of day is a reference to London time.

	 	(b)	 	Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a month or months is a
reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month or the calendar month in which
it is to end, except that:

	 	(i)	 	if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, the
period will end on the next Business Day in that month (if there is one) or the
preceding Business Day (if there is not);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if there is no numerically corresponding day in that month, that
period will end on the last Business Day in that month; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	notwithstanding subparagraph (i) above, a period which commences
on the last Business Day of a month will end on the last Business Day in the
next month or the calendar month in which it is to end, as appropriate.

	 	(c)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who
is not a party to a Finance Document may not enforce any of its terms under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and notwithstanding any term of any
Finance Document, the consent of any third party is not required for any variation
(including any release or compromise of any liability) or termination of that Finance
Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Unless the contrary intention appears or unless the context otherwise permits:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to a Party will not include that Party if it has
ceased to be a Party under this Agreement or the relevant Finance Document;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a word or expression used in any other Finance Document or in any
notice given in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in
that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any obligation of an Obligor under the Finance Documents which
is not a payment obligation remains in force in accordance with its terms for so
long as any payment obligation of an Obligor is or may be outstanding under the
Finance Documents.

	 	(e)	 	Joint and several liability

	 	(i)	 	All obligations, covenants, representations, warranties and
undertakings in or pursuant to the Finance Documents assumed, given, made or
entered into by the Obligors shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be
assumed, given, made or entered into by the Obligors that are parties to such
Finance Document jointly and severally.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Each of the Obligors agrees that any rights which it may have at
any time during the term of the Facility by reason of the performance of its
obligations under the Finance Documents to be indemnified by any other Obligor
and/or to take the benefit of any security taken by the Facility Agent pursuant
to the Finance Documents shall be exercised in such manner and on such terms as
the Facility Agent may require or as provided in this Agreement. Each of the
Obligors agrees to hold any sums received by

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	 	 	 	it as a result of its having exercised any such right on trust for the
Facility Agent absolutely.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Each of the Obligors agrees that it will not at any time during
the term of the Facility claim any set-off or counterclaim against any other
Obligor in respect of any liability owed to it by that other Obligor under or in
connection with the Finance Documents, nor prove in competition with any of the
Finance Parties in any liquidation of (or analogous proceeding in respect of)
any other Obligor in respect of any payment made under the Finance Documents or
in respect of any sum which includes the proceeds of realisation of any security
held by the Facility Agent for the repayment of the Loans.

	 	(f)	 	The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation.

	2.	 	FACILITY
	 
	2.1	 	Facility

	 	 	Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a
revolving credit facility in a maximum aggregate amount equal to US$250,000,000. Subject to
the provisions of Clause 2.3 (Purpose), each Loan shall be capable of being drawn up to the
Maximum Facility Amount.

	2.2	 	Letters of Credit

	 	 	The Facility includes an option for the Borrower to request the Issuing Bank to issue
Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall be capable of being requested in a principal
amount of up to the lesser of:

	 	(a)	 	when aggregated with the Credits then outstanding or in respect of which a
Request has been issued, the Maximum Facility Amount; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	when aggregated with the Letters of Credit then outstanding or in respect of
which a Request has been issued, the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount.

	2.3	 	Purpose

	 	 	Each Loan may be used only in or towards:

	 	(a)	 	re-financing the Existing Credit Facility;
	 
	 	(b)	 	financing the Deposit Costs of the Additional Vessels;
	 
	 	(c)	 	financing the acquisition costs of the Additional Vessels;
	 
	 	(d)	 	funding working capital and the general corporate requirements of the Group,
provided that any amounts drawn down to fund the working capital and general corporate
requirements of the Group shall not exceed the sum of twenty million Dollars
(US$20,000,000) outstanding at any one time;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the payment of Permitted Dividends; and/or
	 
	 	(f)	 	satisfying the obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Bank under any
Letters of Credit in relation to which the Issuing Bank is called upon to make a
payment.

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	2.4	 	No obligation to monitor

	 	 	No Finance Party is obliged to monitor or verify the utilisation of any Loan or Letter
of Credit.

	2.5	 	Nature of a Finance Party’s rights and obligations

	 	 	Unless otherwise agreed by all the Finance Parties:

	 	(a)	 	the obligations of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several;
	 
	 	(b)	 	failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations does not affect the
obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party
under the Finance Documents;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the rights of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are separate and
independent rights;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce those rights; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	a debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party is a separate and
independent debt.

	3.	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 
	3.1	 	Conditions precedent documents

	 	(a)	 	In the case of a Request for a Loan (other than a Request for a Loan relating
to Deposit Costs for an Additional Vessel), such Loan will not become due and payable
by the Lenders or, in the case of a Request for a Letter of Credit, the Letter of
Credit will not be issued by the Issuing Bank, until the Facility Agent has notified
the Borrower and the Lenders that it has received:

	 	(i)	 	all of the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 2 Part 1
(Initial Conditions Precedent); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in the case of a Request relating to the borrowing of a Loan for
the acquisition of an Additional Vessel, all of the documents and evidence set
out in Schedule 2 Part 2 (Additional Guarantor Documents),

	 	 	 	in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent and
provided that, unless specifically provided to the contrary, a document delivered
need not be redelivered in connection with a second request. The Facility Agent must
give this notification to the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so
satisfied.

	 	(b)	 	In the case of a Request for a Loan relating to Deposit Costs for an Additional
Vessel (which Additional Vessel shall be a dry bulk carrier of less than 10 years of
age), such Loan will not become due and payable by the Lenders until the Facility Agent
has notified the Borrower and the Lenders that it has received:

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	 	(i)	 	all of the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 2 Part 1
(Initial Conditions Precedent) in each case in form and substance satisfactory
to the Facility Agent and provided that, unless specifically provided to the
contrary, a document delivered need not be redelivered in connection with the
second request;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a copy, certified by the Borrower as a true copy, of a duly
executed Memorandum of Agreement in relation to such Additional Vessel; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a representation from the Borrower that at the time of the
acquisition of such Additional Vessel (taking into account such acquisition and
the assumed market value of that Additional Vessel) the collateral maintenance
test as set out in Clause 19.6 will be met.

	 	 	 	The Facility Agent must give this notification to the Borrower and the Lenders
promptly upon being so satisfied.

	3.2	 	Further conditions precedent

	 	 	The obligations of each Lender to advance any Loan and the obligations of the Issuing
Bank to issue any Letter of Credit are subject to the further conditions precedent that on
both the date of the Request and the Utilisation Date for that Credit:

	 	(a)	 	the representations made under Clause 17 are correct in all material respects;
and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Default or, in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is
outstanding or would result from the Drawing or issuance of the Letter of Credit.

	4.	 	UTILISATION – LOANS
	 
	4.1	 	Giving of Requests

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower may borrow a Loan by giving to the Facility Agent a duly completed
Request.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the latest time for receipt by the
Facility Agent of a duly completed Request is 11.00 a.m., London time, three (3)
Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Notwithstanding paragraph (b) above, the latest time for receipt by the
Facility Agent of a duly completed Request for a Loan in relation to Deposit Costs for
the acquisition of an Additional Vessel is 11.00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business
Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Request is irrevocable.
	 
	 	(e)	 	On the Maturity Date of a Loan (other than the Final Maturity Date), provided
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Loan will be rolled over
for another Term and a Request for that Loan will not be required but, for the
avoidance of doubt, may be provided by the Borrower to change the Term of such Loan.

	4.2	 	Completion of Requests

	 	 	A Request for a Loan will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

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	 	(a)	 	the Utilisation Date occurs within the Availability Period.
	 
	 	(b)	 	the amount of the Loan requested is in an amount not exceeding the Maximum
Facility Amount;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the amount of the Loan requested does not exceed, when aggregated with the
amounts drawndown or to be drawndown under any other Requests issued for drawdown on
the proposed Utilisation Date, the undrawn amount of the Total Commitment on the
proposed Utilisation Date;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the amount of the Loan requested is a minimum amount of one million Dollars
(US$1,000,000) and integral multiples of one million Dollars (US$1,000,000) (or, if
less, the aggregate unutilised amount of the Facility);
	 
	 	(e)	 	the proposed Term complies with this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	if such Loan is to be used to finance the acquisition of an Additional Vessel,
such Additional Vessel is not more than ten (10) years old at the proposed Utilisation
Date and is a dry bulk carrier.

	 	 	Only one Loan may be requested in a Request.

	4.3	 	Advance of Loans

	 	(a)	 	The Facility Agent must promptly and in any event one (1) Business Day before
the Rate Fixing Day notify each Lender of the details of the requested Loan and the
amount of its share in that Loan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The amount of each Lender’s share of the Loan will be its Pro Rata Share on the
proposed Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No Lender is obliged to participate in a Loan if, as a result, its share in the
Loans then outstanding or in respect of which a Request has been issued would exceed
its Commitment.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender must
make its share in the Loan available to the Facility Agent by the Utilisation Date
through its Facility Office.

	5.	 	UTILISATION – LETTERS OF CREDIT
	 
	5.1	 	Giving of Requests

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower may request a Letter of Credit to be issued by giving to the
Facility Agent a duly completed Request.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the latest time for receipt by the
Facility Agent of a duly completed Request is 11.00 a.m., London time, three (3)
Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Each Request is irrevocable.

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	5.2	 	Completion of Requests

	 	 	A Request for a Letter of Credit will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

	 	(a)	 	it specifies that it is for a Letter of Credit;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Utilisation Date is specified and occurs within the Availability Period;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the amount of the Letter of Credit requested:

	 	(i)	 	is a minimum amount of five hundred thousand Dollars
(US$500,000);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	when aggregated with the Credits then outstanding or in respect
of which a Request has been issued, equal to or less than the Maximum Facility
Amount; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	when aggregated with the Letters of Credit then outstanding or
in respect of which a Request has been issued, equal to or less than the Maximum
Letter of Credit Amount.

	 	(d)	 	it confirms that the Letter of Credit is only to be used in the ordinary course
of business of the Borrower;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the form of the Letter of Credit is attached and is in a form acceptable to the
Issuing Bank and the Facility Agent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the Letter of Credit is for not more than twelve (12) months duration, provided
that the Letter of Credit may provide that it will be renewable on an annual basis;
	 
	 	(g)	 	the expiry date of the Letter of Credit falls on or before the earlier of (x)
the date falling twelve (12) months from the relevant Utilisation Date and (ii) the
date falling ten (10) Business Days prior to the Final Maturity Date; and
	 
	 	(h)	 	the delivery instructions for the Letter of Credit are specified.

	 	 	Only one Letter of Credit may be requested in a Request.

	5.3	 	Issue of Letter of Credit

	 	(a)	 	The Facility Agent must promptly notify the Issuing Bank and each Lender of the
details of the requested Letter of Credit and the amount of its share of that Letter of
Credit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The amount of each Lenders’ share in a Letter of Credit will be its Pro Rata
Share of the principal amount of the Letter of Credit on the proposed Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Issuing Bank
must issue the Letter of Credit on the Utilisation Date.

	5.4	 	Conditions precedent

	 	(a)	 	The Issuing Bank is not obliged to issue any Letter of Credit if as a result:

	 	(i)	 	a Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Credits would exceed its
Commitment; or

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	 	(ii)	 	the Credits would exceed the Total Commitments or the Maximum
Letter of Credit Amount.

	 	(b)	 	When issuing a Letter of Credit the Issuing Bank has no duty to enquire of any
person whether or not any of the conditions precedent set out in this Subclause have
been met. The Issuing Bank may assume that those conditions have been met unless it is
expressly notified to the contrary by the Facility Agent. The Issuing Bank will have no
liability to any person for issuing a Letter of Credit based on any such assumption.

	6.	 	LETTERS OF CREDIT
	 
	6.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid to the extent that:

	 	(i)	 	the Borrower provides cash cover for that Letter of Credit;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the maximum amount payable under the Letter of Credit is reduced
or cancelled in accordance with its terms; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Issuing Bank is satisfied that it has no further liability
under that Letter of Credit.

	 	 	The amount by which a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid under sub-paragraphs (i)
and (ii) above is the amount of the relevant cash cover, reduction or cancellation.

	 	(b)	 	If a Letter of Credit or any amount outstanding under a Letter of Credit
becomes immediately payable under this Agreement, the Borrower must repay or prepay to
the Facility Agent for the Issuing Bank that amount within one (1) Business Day.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Cash cover is provided for a Letter of Credit if the Borrower pays an amount in
the currency of the Letter of Credit to an interest-bearing account with a Finance
Party in London in the name of the Borrower and the following conditions are met:

	 	(i)	 	the account is with the Facility Agent, an Account Bank or the
Issuing Bank (if, subject as provided below, the cash cover is to be provided
for all the Lenders) or with a Lender (if the cash cover is to be provided for
that Lender);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	until no amount is or may be outstanding under that Letter of
Credit, withdrawals from the account may only be made to pay the Finance Party
for which the cash cover is provided under this Clause; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Borrower has executed and delivered a security document over
that account, in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent or the
Finance Party for which the cash cover is provided, creating a first ranking
security interest over that account.

	 	 	Where cash cover is to be provided to all the Lenders, a Lender may require its portion
of the cash cover to be paid into its account instead of an account with the Facility Agent
or the Issuing Bank. References to cash cover exclude any interest accrued on that cash
cover.

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	 	(d)	 	The outstanding or principal amount of a Letter of Credit at any time is the
maximum amount (actual or contingent) that is or may be payable by the Issuing Bank in
respect of that Letter of Credit at that time.

	 	 	The amount of cash cover will be ignored in calculating the undrawn Commitment of each
Lender.

	 	(e)	 	Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under this
Clause 6 may be re-utilised.

	6.2	 	Illegality

	 	(a)	 	The Issuing Bank must notify the Facility Agent and the Borrower promptly if it
becomes aware that it is unlawful in any jurisdiction for the Issuing Bank to perform
any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or a Finance Document or to
have outstanding any Letter of Credit (the LC Illegality).
	 
	 	(b)	 	After notification under paragraph (a) above the Borrower, the Facility Agent
and the Issuing Bank shall thereafter consult with each other in good faith for a
period of thirty (30) days or in the event that the LC Illegality takes effect before
the expiration of thirty (30) days, for the maximum number of days available before the
LC Illegality take effect, with a view to restructuring or amending the Letters of
Credit in such a way as to avoid the effect of the LC Illegality.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If agreement cannot be reached by the parties within the period specified in
paragraph (b) above:

	 	(i)	 	the Borrower must use its best endeavours to ensure the release
of the liability of the Issuing Bank under each outstanding Letter of Credit;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	failing this, the Borrower must repay or prepay the share of each
Lender in each Letter of Credit requested by it on the date specified in
paragraph (d) below; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	no further Letters of Credit will be issued.

	 	(d)	 	The date for repayment or prepayment of a Lender’s share in a Letter of Credit
will be the date specified by the Issuing Bank in the notification under paragraph (a)
above and which must not be earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period
allowed by law.

	6.3	 	Fees in respect of Letters of Credit

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must pay to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee in respect of each
Letter of Credit requested by it in the manner agreed in the Fee Letter between the
Issuing Bank and the Borrower.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower must pay to the Facility Agent for each Lender a letter of credit
fee computed at the same rate as the Margin on the outstanding amount of each Letter of
Credit for the period from the issue of that Letter of Credit until its expiry date.
This fee will be distributed according to each Lender’s Pro Rata Share, adjusted to
reflect any assignment or transfer to or by that Lender.

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	 	(c)	 	Accrued letter of credit fee is payable quarterly in arrear (or any shorter
period that ends on the expiry date for that Letter of Credit). Accrued letter of
credit fee is also payable to the Facility Agent on the cancelled amount of any
Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective if that Commitment is
cancelled in full and its participation in the Letters of Credit is prepaid or repaid
in full.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If the Borrower provides cash cover for any part of a Letter of Credit, then:

	 	(i)	 	the fronting fee payable to the Issuing Bank and the letter of
credit fee payable for the account of each Lender in respect of any part of a
Letter of Credit which is the subject of cash cover will continue to be payable
until the expiry of that Letter of Credit; but
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Borrower will be entitled to withdraw the interest accrued on
the amount of the cash cover to the extent necessary to pay those fees.

	6.4	 	Claims under a Letter of Credit

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally authorises the Issuing Bank to pay
any claim made or purported to be made under a Letter of Credit and which appears on
its face to be in order (a claim).
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower must pay to the Facility Agent for the Issuing Bank an amount
equal to the amount of any claim within one (1) Business Day of such Claim.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Borrower acknowledges that the Issuing Bank:

	 	(i)	 	is not obliged to carry out any investigation or seek any
confirmation from any other person before paying a claim; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	deals in documents only and will not be concerned with the
legality of a claim or any underlying transaction or any available set-off,
counterclaim or other defence of any person.

	 	(d)	 	The obligations of the Borrower under this Clause will not be affected by:

	 	(i)	 	the sufficiency, accuracy or genuineness of any claim or any
other document; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any incapacity of, or limitation on the powers of, any person
signing a claim or other document.

	6.5	 	Indemnities

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must within one (1) Business Day of a demand indemnify the Issuing
Bank against any loss or liability which the Issuing Bank incurs under or in connection
with any Letter of Credit requested by it, except to the extent that the loss or
liability is directly caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the
Issuing Bank.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Lender must within one (1) Business Day of a demand indemnify the Issuing
Bank against its share of any loss or liability which the Issuing Bank incurs under or
in connection with any Letter of Credit and which has not been paid for by an Obligor
including, without limitation,

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	 	 	 	payment of a claim, except to the extent that the loss or liability is caused by the
gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Issuing Bank.

	 	(c)	 	A Lender’s share of the liability or loss referred to in paragraph (b) above
will be its Pro Rata Share on the Utilisation Date of the relevant Letter of Credit,
adjusted to reflect any subsequent assignment or transfer under this Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Borrower must immediately on demand reimburse any Lender for any payment it
makes to the Issuing Bank under this Subclause.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The obligations of the Borrower and each Lender under this Clause are
continuing obligations and will extend to the ultimate balance of all sums payable by
the Borrower or that Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit,
regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The obligations of any Lender under this Clause will not be affected by any
act, omission or thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or
prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause (whether or not known to it or any
other person). This includes:

	 	(i)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or
arrangement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release
of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or
security over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other
requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full
value of any security;
	 
	 	(v)	 	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality
of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Finance Document, any
Letter of Credit or any other document or security; or
	 
	 	(vii)	 	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation
of any person under any Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other
document or security.

	6.6	 	Rights of contribution

	 	 	The Borrower will not be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity from any
Finance Party in respect of any payment it may make under this Clause.

	7.	 	REPAYMENT AND REUTILISATION
	 
	7.1	 	Repayment of Loans

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must repay each Loan in full on its Maturity Date provided that to
the extent a Rollover Loan is made with respect to such Loan on its Maturity Date, such
Loan shall be deemed to be repaid.

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	 	(b)	 	Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under this
Clause 7 may be re-utilised.
	 
	 	(c)	 	In any event, each Loan shall be repaid in full on the Final Maturity Date.

	7.2	 	Reutilisation of Letters of Credit

	 	 	In the event that:

	 	(a)	 	the amount payable under a Letter of Credit is reduced or cancelled in
accordance with its terms, whether due to the expiry of that Letter of Credit or
otherwise; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	there has been no claim in respect of that Letter of Credit or there has been a
claim and the Issuing Bank has been indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 6.5
(Indemnities),

	 	 	then the amount by which that Letter of Credit has been reduced or cancelled may,
subject to the other terms of this Agreement, be re-utilised by the Borrower.

	8.	 	REDUCTION, PREPAYMENT, CANCELLATION AND INCREASE
	 
	8.1	 	Automatic reduction and cancellation

	 	(a)	 	At close of business in London on each date specified in Column 1 of the Table
below, the Total Commitments shall be automatically reduced by the percentage of the
Year 5 Total Commitments as is set out opposite that date in Column 2 of that Table
(the Reduction Amount) so as to reduce the Total Commitments (the Revised Total
Commitments):

	 	 	 
	Column 1	 	Column 2
	4 October 2010

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 April 2011

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 October 2011

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 April 2012

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 October 2012

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 April 2013

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments
	4 October 2013

	 	10.83% of the Year 5 Total Commitments

	 	(b)	 	If any date specified in the Table above is not a Business Day, the relevant
Reduction Date shall instead be the immediately preceding Business Day.
	 
	 	(c)	 	On each such Reduction Date following the reduction of the Total Commitments in
accordance with this Clause 8.1, the Borrower shall be required to prepay such amounts
so as to ensure that

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	 	 	 	the Credits outstanding following such Reduction Date do not exceed the Revised Total
Commitments as of such Reduction Date.

	 	(d)	 	Each prepayment under this Clause 8.1 shall be applied against the Loans of
each Lender on a pro rata basis.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Commitment of each of the Lenders will be automatically cancelled at the
end of the Availability Period.

	8.2	 	Mandatory prepayment — illegality

	 	(a)	 	If it becomes, or to the knowledge of any Lender is to become, unlawful in any
relevant jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by
this Agreement or a Finance Document or to fund or maintain its share in one or more of
the Loans (the Event of Illegality), that Lender shall notify the Facility Agent and
the Borrower.
	 
	 	(b)	 	After notification under paragraph (a) above, the Borrower and that Lender
shall thereafter consult with each other in good faith for a period of thirty (30) days
or in the event that the Event of Illegality takes effect before the expiration of
thirty (30) days, for the maximum number of days available before the Event of
Illegality takes effect with a view to restructuring the Facility in such a way as to
avoid the effect of the Event of Illegality.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If agreement cannot be reached between the parties within the period specified
in paragraph (b) above, the Borrower shall repay the share of that Lender in the
relevant Loan or Loans on the date specified in paragraph (d) below and the Commitment
of that Lender will be immediately cancelled.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The date for repayment of a Lender’s share in a Loan or Loans will be the
earlier of:

	 	(i)	 	the last day of the current Term of that Loan; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the date specified by that Lender in the notice delivered to the
Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period
permitted by Applicable Law).

	8.3	 	Mandatory prepayment – Sale or Total Loss of a Vessel

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower shall be obliged to apply against the Loans outstanding, the
entire sale or total loss proceeds (as the case may be) for a Vessel (net of any
commissions payable in connection therewith) in the following circumstances and at the
following times, to be applied by the Facility Agent:

	 	(i)	 	if that Vessel is sold, on or before the date on which the sale
is completed by delivery of that Vessel to a buyer; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if there is a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the occurrence of the relevant event of
Total Loss and the date of receipt by the Facility Agent of the proceeds of
insurance relating to such Total Loss.

	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent shall apply the prepayment referred to in Clause 8.3(a) in
accordance with Clause 15.7.

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	 	(c)	 	Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, all amounts
prepaid pursuant to this Clause 8.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Sale or Total Loss of a
Vessel) may be re-borrowed.

	8.4	 	Mandatory prepayment – Termination of Memorandum of Agreement

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower shall be obliged to prepay a Loan in relation to Deposit Costs for
an Additional Vessel if that Additional Vessel is not delivered to the relevant
Additional Guarantor under the relevant Memorandum of Agreement for any reason
whatsoever prior to the expiry or termination of that Memorandum of Agreement, such
prepayment to be made at the time of the expiry or termination of the Memorandum of
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent shall apply the prepayment referred to in Clause 8.4(a) in
accordance with Clause 15.7.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, all amounts
prepaid pursuant to this Clause 8.4 (Mandatory prepayment – Termination of Memorandum
of Agreement) may be re-borrowed.

	8.5	 	Voluntary prepayment

	 	 	The Borrower shall be entitled at any time to make a voluntary prepayment of the Loans
in whole or in part provided that:

	 	(a)	 	a prepayment must be in a minimum amount of two million Dollars (US$2,000,000)
and in multiples of one million Dollars (US$1,000,000) in excess thereof; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Borrower gives not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice to the
Facility Agent; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	where such prepayment occurs on a day other than the last Business Day of the
Term, the Borrower pays any Break Costs arising from the prepayment.

	 	 	Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Clause 8.7 (Partial prepayment of
Loans). Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, all amounts prepaid pursuant
to this Clause 8.5 (Voluntary prepayment) may be re-borrowed.

	8.6	 	Voluntary prepayment and cancellation

	 	(a)	 	If the Borrower is, or will be, required to pay to a Lender a Tax Payment or an
Increased Cost, the Borrower may, while the requirement continues, give notice to the
Facility Agent requesting prepayment and cancellation in respect of that Lender.
	 
	 	(b)	 	After notification under paragraph (a) above:

	 	(i)	 	the Borrower must repay or prepay that Lender’s share in each
Loan made to it on the date specified in paragraph (c) below; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled.

	 	(c)	 	The date for repayment or prepayment of a Lender’s share in a Loan will be the
last Business Day of the current Term for the relevant Loan (or, if earlier, the date
specified by the Borrower in the notice delivered to the Facility Agent).

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	 	(d)	 	The Borrower may, by giving not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Facility Agent, cancel the unutilised amount of the Total Commitments in
whole or in part, provided that partial cancellation of the Total Commitments must be
in a minimum amount or multiple of one million Dollars (US$1,000,000). Any cancellation
in part will be applied against the Commitment of each Lender pro rata.

	8.7	 	Partial prepayment of Loans
	 
	 	 	Except where this Clause 8 expressly provides otherwise, any partial prepayment of the
Loans will be applied to the outstanding Loans of each Lender, on a pro rata basis.
	 
	8.8	 	Incremental Facilities
	 
	 	 	On or before the Final Maturity Date, the Borrower may by written notice to the
Facility Agent elect to increase the Facility by up to fifty million Dollars (US$50,000,000)
(the Incremental Facilities). Such notice shall specify (A) the date upon which the
Borrower proposes that the additional Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date
not less than 20 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the
Facility Agent and (B) the identity of each Lender or, to the extent that any Lender does
not wish to provide additional Commitments, any person satisfying the criteria set out in
Clause 32.2(a) to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such additional Commitments (and
who will become a Lender), as applicable, be allocated and the amounts of such allocations;
provided always that:

	 	(a)	 	no such notice may be submitted by the Borrower unless:

	 	(i)	 	the Group is in compliance with Clause 19 (Financial Covenants);
and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	at the time of such notice no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing;

	 	(b)	 	no Lender shall be under an obligation to participate in the Incremental
Facility and nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as imposing an obligation
on a Lender to make funds available to the Borrower in respect of its pro rata share in
any such Incremental Facility;
	 
	 	(c)	 	nothing in this Clause shall be interpreted as imposing an obligation on the
Borrower to request the Incremental Facilities;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the terms and provisions of the additional Commitments shall be, except as
otherwise set forth in the ancillary agreement applicable to such additional
Commitments and specifying the interest rate and fees thereof, identical to the
existing Commitments and Loans; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Facility Agent may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such
amendments to this Agreement and the other Finance Documents as may be necessary or
appropriate to effect the provision of this Clause 8.8.

	8.9	 	Miscellaneous provisions

	 	(a)	 	Any notice of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement is
irrevocable and must specify the relevant date(s).

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	 	(b)	 	All prepayments under this Agreement must be made with accrued interest on the
amount prepaid. All prepayments shall also be subject to Break Costs in respect of any
amounts prepaid to the Lenders.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No prepayment or cancellation is allowed except in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement.

	9.	 	INTEREST
	 
	9.1	 	Calculation of interest

	 	(a)	 	The rate of interest on each Loan for each Term shall be the percentage rate
per annum equal to the aggregate of:

	 	(i)	 	LIBOR; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Margin; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Mandatory Cost (together, the Interest Rate).

	 	(b)	 	Interest shall be calculated by reference to the actual number of days elapsed
and on the basis of a year of 360 days. Interest shall accrue from and including the
first day of each Term to but excluding the last day of such Term.

	9.2	 	Payment of interest

	 	(a)	 	Except where it is provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Borrower
must pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last Business Day of each Term.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding Clause 9.2(a) above, where a Term is of more than three (3)
months duration, the Borrower must pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last
Business Day of each three (3) month period during that Term.

	9.3	 	Interest on overdue amounts

	 	(a)	 	If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under the Finance
Documents, it must immediately on demand by the Facility Agent pay interest on the
overdue amount from its due date up to the date of actual payment, both before, on and
after judgment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the overdue amount is a principal amount of a Loan or is an amount accruing
in respect of interest on a Loan and becomes due and payable prior to the last day of
its current Term, then:

	 	(i)	 	the first Term for that overdue amount will be the unexpired
portion of that Term and the rate of interest on the overdue amount for that
first Term will be two (2) per cent. per annum above the Interest Rate; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	thereafter, any subsequent Terms for that overdue amount shall be
selected by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Lenders,
acting reasonably) who may select successive Terms of any duration of up to six
(6) months, and the rate of interest on the overdue amount for those Terms will
be two (2) per cent. per annum above the Interest Rate.

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	 	(c)	 	In respect of any amounts outstanding other than in accordance with paragraph
(b) above, interest on such overdue amount is payable at a rate determined by the
Facility Agent to be two and a half (2.5) per cent. per annum above the Facility
Agent’s Prime Rate and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to compound any accrued but
unpaid interest on a quarterly basis.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Interest (if unpaid) on an overdue amount will be compounded with that overdue
amount at the end of each of its Terms but will remain immediately due and payable.

	9.4	 	Notification of rates of interest
	 
	 	 	The Facility Agent must promptly notify each relevant Party of the determination of a
rate of interest under this Agreement.
	 
	10.	 	TERMS
	 
	10.1	 	Selection

	 	(a)	 	Each Loan shall have one Term only.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower must select the Term for a Loan in the relevant Request. Each
Term for a Loan will start on its Utilisation Date.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the following provisions of this Clause, each Term shall be of a
period of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months or, to the extent available and
agreed by all Lenders, nine (9) or twelve (12) months subject always to the provisions
of Clauses 10.2 (No overrunning Reduction Dates), 10.3 (No overrunning the Final
Maturity Date) and 10.4 (Other adjustments).

	10.2	 	No overrunning Reduction Dates
	 
	 	 	If a Term for a Loan (the New Loan) would otherwise overrun a Reduction Date, and the
amount of the New Loan, when aggregated with all Credits then outstanding or requested and
whose Maturity Date falls after the relevant Reduction Date, would exceed the anticipated
amount of the Total Commitments immediately after that Reduction Date, the Term of the New
Loan will be shortened so as to end on that Reduction Date.
	 
	10.3	 	No overrunning the Final Maturity Date
	 
	 	 	If a Term would otherwise overrun the Final Maturity Date, it will be shortened so that
it ends on the Final Maturity Date.
	 
	10.4	 	Other adjustments
	 
	 	 	The Facility Agent and the Borrower may enter into such other arrangements as they may
agree for the adjustment of Terms and the consolidation and/or splitting of Loans.

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	11.	 	MARKET DISRUPTION
	 
	11.1	 	Failure of the Reference Bank to supply a rate
	 
	 	 	If LIBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference Banks but if the Reference
Banks are unable to supply a rate by 12.00 p.m. on the Rate Fixing Day, the applicable LIBOR
will be calculated in accordance with Clause 11.2.
	 
	11.2	 	Market disruption

	 	(a)	 	A market disruption event shall arise where,

	 	(i)	 	no, or, following the end of the primary syndication, only one,
Reference Bank supplies a rate by 12.00 p.m. on the Rate Fixing Day; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Facility Agent receives by close of business on the Rate
Fixing Day notification from any Lender or Lenders whose aggregate shares in the
relevant Loan exceed forty (40) per cent. of that Loan that the cost to them of
obtaining matching deposits in the relevant interbank market is in excess of
LIBOR for the relevant Term.

	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent must promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of a
market disruption event.
	 
	 	(c)	 	After notification under paragraph (b) above, the rate of interest on each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share in the affected Loan for the relevant Term will be the
aggregate of the applicable:

	 	(i)	 	Margin; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	rate notified to the Facility Agent by those Lenders as soon as
practicable, and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of
that Term, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to
those Lenders of funding that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably
select; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Mandatory Cost.

	11.3	 	Alternative basis of interest or funding

	 	(a)	 	If a market disruption event occurs and the Facility Agent or the Borrower so
require, the Borrower and the Facility Agent must enter into negotiations for a period
of not more than thirty (30) days with a view to agreeing an alternative basis for
determining the rate of interest and/or funding for the affected Loan and any future
Loan.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any alternative basis agreed will be, with the prior written consent of all the
Lenders, binding on all the Parties hereto.

	12.	 	TAXES
	 
	12.1	 	Tax gross-up

	 	(a)	 	Each Obligor must make all payments to be made by it under the Finance
Documents without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by an
Applicable Law.

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	 	(b)	 	If a Tax Deduction is required by an Applicable Law to be made by an Obligor
or, as the case may be the Facility Agent, then, except as otherwise provided in a
Finance Document, the amount of the payment due from the Obligor under the Finance
Documents will be increased, or as the case may be the Obligor shall make an additional
payment, so that the amount (after making the Tax Deduction) received by the recipient
is equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been
required.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor must make the
minimum Tax Deduction and must make any payment required in connection with that Tax
Deduction within the time allowed by the Applicable Law.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or a payment required
in connection with a Tax Deduction the Obligor making that Tax Deduction or payment
must deliver to the Facility Agent for the relevant Finance Party, an original receipt
(or other evidence thereof) reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax
Deduction has been made or (as applicable) the appropriate payment has been paid to the
relevant taxing authority.

	12.2	 	Tax Indemnity
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 12.1 (Tax gross-up), and except as
otherwise provided in a Finance Document if any Lender or the Facility Agent or the Security
Trustee is required to make any payment on account of Tax solely as a result of its entry
into any Finance Document (not being a Tax imposed on the net income of any of the foregoing
or its Facility Office by the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or managed and
controlled or was formerly incorporated or managed and controlled (save where such
incorporation, or, as the case may be, management or control would not have arisen but for
the entry by any Lender, the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee into the Finance
Documents and/or the location of any Vessel in that jurisdiction), the jurisdiction or in
which its Facility Office is presently or was formerly located or on the capital of that
Lender employed in such jurisdiction or jurisdictions) on any sum received or receivable
under the Finance Documents (including, without limitation, any sum received or receivable
under this Clause 12.2) or any liability in respect of any such payment is asserted,
imposed, levied or assessed against a Lender or the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee,
the relevant Obligor shall, upon demand of the Facility Agent promptly indemnify that Lender
or the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee against such payment or liability, together
with any expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith.
	 
	12.3	 	Tax Credit
	 
	 	 	If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines in its
absolute discretion that:

	 	(a)	 	a Tax Credit is attributable to that Tax Payment (or is attributable to the Tax
Deduction or payment that gave rise to such Tax Payment); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	that Finance Party or an Affiliate has obtained, utilised and fully retained
that Tax Credit on an affiliated group basis,

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

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	12.4	 	Confidentiality of Tax Affairs
	 
	 	 	If a Lender intends to make a claim pursuant to Clause 12.2 (Tax Indemnity) it shall,
as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware that it may be entitled to make a
claim under Clause 12.2, notify the Facility Agent of the event by reason of which it is
entitled to do so, provided that nothing herein shall require that Lender to disclose any
confidential information relating to the organisation of its affairs.
	 
	12.5	 	Stamp taxes
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay and indemnify each Finance Party against any stamp duty,
registration or other similar Tax payable by a Finance Party in connection with the entry
into, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document, except for any such Tax payable in
connection with entering into a Transfer Certificate.
	 
	12.6	 	Value added taxes
	 
	 	 	Any amount (including costs and expenses) payable under a Finance Document by an
Obligor is exclusive of any value added tax or any other Tax of a similar nature which might
be chargeable in connection with that amount. If any such Tax is chargeable and required to
be collected by a Finance Party, the Obligor must pay to the relevant Finance Party (in
addition to and at the same time as paying that amount) an amount equal to the amount of
that Tax.
	 
	12.7	 	Tax Forms

	 	(a)	 	On or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the
case of the Original Lenders and on or prior to the Transfer Date pursuant to which it
becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time thereafter as
reasonably requested in writing by an Obligor or the Facility Agent (but only so long
as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), each Lender and each other Finance
Party shall provide each of the Obligor and the Facility Agent with any Tax Forms
reasonably demanded by such Obligor or Facility Agent, with any such Tax Form to be
accurate and completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party and
to be executed and to be delivered with any reasonably required certification.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding Clauses 12.1 and 12.2, to the extent a Tax Deduction or payment
in respect of Tax would not have been due as a result of a payment hereunder or
pursuant to any Finance Document but for the failure of any Lender or other Finance
Party to provide a complete and accurate Tax Form required to be provided pursuant to
this Clause 12.7, then to such extent no Obligor shall be required to make a Tax
Payment otherwise required under Clauses 12.1 or 12.2; provided, however, that should a
Lender or other Finance Party become subject to a Tax Deduction or payment in respect
of Tax because of its failure to deliver a Tax Form required hereunder, the Obligor
shall take such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to
recover such Tax Deduction or payment in respect of Tax.

	12.8	 	Swap Agreements
	 
	 	 	The provisions of this Clause 12 shall not apply to any Swap Agreements and all
references to Finance Documents in this Clause 12 shall exclude any Swap Agreements.

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	13.	 	INCREASED COSTS
	 
	13.1	 	Increased Costs
	 
	 	 	Except as provided below in this Clause 13, the Borrower must pay to a Finance Party
the amount of any Increased Cost incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as
a result of:

	 	(a)	 	the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the interpretation or
application of, any law or regulation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	compliance with any law or regulation,
	 
	 	made after the date of this Agreement.

	13.2	 	Exceptions
	 
	 	 	The Borrower need not make any payment for an Increased Cost to the extent that the
Increased Cost is:

	 	(a)	 	compensated for under another Clause or would have been but for an exception to
that Clause;
	 
	 	(b)	 	a Tax on the overall net income of the relevant Finance Party or its Facility
Office or any of its Subsidiaries, or Affiliates; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	attributable to the relevant Finance Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
of its Affiliates, wilfully failing to comply with any law or regulation.

	13.3	 	Claims
	 
	 	 	If a Finance Party intends to make a claim for an Increased Cost it must notify the
Facility Agent promptly of the circumstances giving rise to, and the amount of, the claim,
following which the Facility Agent will notify the Borrower. Each Finance Party must, as
soon as practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming
the amount of its Increased Cost.
	 
	13.4	 	Mitigation

	 	(a)	 	Each Finance Party must, in consultation with the Borrower, use its reasonable
endeavours to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which result or would result
in any Increased Cost being payable to that Finance Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower must indemnify that Finance Party for all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of any step taken by it under
Clause 13.4(a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A Finance Party is not obliged to take any step under this subclause if, in the
opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.

	13.5	 	Conduct of business by a Finance Party
	 
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	 	(a)	 	interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (Tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
	 
	 	(b)	 	oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission
or repayment available to it in respect of Tax or the extent, order and manner of any
claim; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs
(Tax or otherwise) or any computation in respect of Tax.

	14.	 	RESERVE, CHARTER AND OPERATING ACCOUNTS
	 
	14.1	 	Maintenance of accounts
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall maintain the Reserve Account and shall procure that Quintana Management
shall maintain the Operating Account and each of the Guarantors (other than Quintana
Management) shall maintain their respective Charter Accounts with the relevant Account Bank
until the Final Maturity Date, free of Security Interests (other than Permitted Security
Interests) and rights of set-off other than as created by or pursuant to the Security
Documents.
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor (other than Quintana Management) procure
that all Earnings and any Requisition Compensation for the relevant Vessel are paid by the
relevant Charterer or other third party payer directly into the relevant Charter Account.
	 
	14.2	 	Transfers to Operating Account
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall procure that, upon receipt into the respective Charter Accounts of any
amounts representing Earnings or Requisition Compensation for any Vessel, the relevant
Guarantor transfers from the relevant Charter Account to the Operating Account, and
irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to instruct the relevant Account Bank to transfer
from the relevant Charter Account to the Operating Account, all sums then standing to the
credit of the Charter Accounts, such transfer to take place in any event not less than twice
every calendar month.
	 
	14.3	 	Transfers to Reserve Account
	 
	 	 	The Borrower shall procure that there is transferred from the Operating Account on the last
Business Day of each month (an Earnings Transfer Date), and irrevocably authorises the
Facility Agent to instruct the Account Bank to transfer from the Operating Account to the
Reserve Account, after deduction of (i) Operating Expenses due and payable during the next
thirty (30) days and (ii) any Permitted Dividends, all sums then standing to the credit of
the Operating Account.
	 
	14.4	 	Application of Reserve Account

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower shall procure that a transfer is made from the Reserve Account to
the Facility Agent on the last day of each Term of that Loan, of an aggregate amount
equal to the amount of interest calculated in accordance with Clause 9.1 (Calculation
of Interest) then due on that Loan;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower may at any time provide the Facility Agent with a notice of
request (in accordance with the provisions of Clause 4.1 as if such notice was a
Request for a Loan (provided that no notice must be provided for application of the
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	 	 	 	paragraphs (iii) and (iv) below)) to withdraw and apply all or any portion of the
monies standing to the credit of the Reserve Account in or towards:

	 	(i)	 	financing the Deposit Costs for an Additional Vessel; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	financing the acquisition costs of an Additional Vessel; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	funding working capital and general corporate requirements of the Group; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the payment of Permitted Dividends,

and the Facility Agent shall consent (or, in the case of an application pursuant to
paragraphs (iii) and (iv), shall be deemed to have consented) to such application of
monies and such application of monies shall be permitted provided that, (x) in
relation to a notice for application of monies as set out in sub-paragraph (i), the
Facility Agent receives all of the conditions precedent documents set out in Clause
3.1(b) (Conditions precedent documents), (y) in relation to a notice for application
of the monies as set out in sub-paragraph (ii) the Facility Agent receives all of the
conditions precedent documents set out in Clause 3.1(a)(ii) and (z) in relation to
any application under any of paragraphs (i) to (iv) inclusive, no Event of Default is
outstanding or would result from such withdrawal;

	 	(c)	 	The Borrower shall procure that an amount equal to the amount withdrawn for the
financing of the Deposit Cost for an Additional Vessel is credited to the Reserve
Account if such Additional Vessel is not delivered to the relevant Additional Guarantor
under the relevant Memorandum of Agreement for any reason whatsoever prior to the
expiry or termination of that Memorandum of Agreement, such payment to be made at the
time of the expiry or termination of the Memorandum of Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	At any time that amounts due and payable to the Lenders under this Agreement
have not been paid, the Facility Agent shall be entitled to apply amounts standing to
the credit of the Reserve Account against such amounts that are then due and payable to
be applied pro rata against the Commitments of the Lenders.
	 
	 	(e)	 	During the first twelve months after the date of this Agreement and thereafter
upon the request of the Facility Agent (acting upon the instructions of the Majority
Lenders) (such request not be made more than twice in any twelve month period), the
Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent a Reconciliation Certificate in the form
attached at Schedule 9 (signed by either the Borrower’s chief financial officer or
chief executive officer) at the same time that the Borrower provides a Compliance
Certificate.

	14.5	 	Borrower’s obligations not affected
	 
	 	 	If for any reason the amount standing to the credit of the Reserve Account shall be
insufficient to make any payment of interest when due, the Borrower’s obligation to pay
those amounts or to make that payment of interest shall not be affected.
	 
	14.6	 	Restriction on withdrawal

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During the term of the Facility, each of the Obligors shall only be permitted to withdraw
sums from the Operating Account, the Charter Accounts and the Reserve Account in accordance
with the provisions of this Clause 14.

	14.7	 	Release of monies from the Operating Account
	 
	 	 	At any time during the term of the Facility, Quintana Management shall be entitled to
transfer amounts standing to the credit of the Operating Account in order to pay:

	 	(a)	 	Operating Expenses incurred; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	Permitted Dividends.

	15.	 	PAYMENTS
	 
	15.1	 	Place

	 	(a)	 	Unless a Finance Document specifies that payments under it are to be made in
another manner, all payments by a Party (other than the Facility Agent) under the
Finance Documents must be made to the Facility Agent to its account no. 10963054 with
Citibank, N.A., New York or such other account in the United States of America as it
may notify to that Party for this purpose by not less than five (5) Business Days’
prior notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, any payment to be made under the Finance
Documents by the Facility Agent to a Lender shall be made in accordance with that
Lender’s Standing Payment Instruction.

	15.2	 	Funds
	 
	 	 	Payments under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent must be made for value on
the due date at such times and in such funds as the Facility Agent may specify to the Party
concerned as being customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in the relevant
currency in the place for payment.
	 
	15.3	 	Distribution

	 	(a)	 	The Facility Agent or the Security Trustee may apply any amount received by it
from any of the Obligors in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and
funds of receipt) of any amount due from the Obligors under the Finance Documents or in
or towards the purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Where a sum is paid to the Facility Agent under this Agreement for another
Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that Party until it has
established that it has actually received it. However, the Facility Agent may assume
that the sum has been paid to it, and, in reliance on that assumption, make available
to that Party a corresponding amount. If it transpires that the sum has not been
received by the Facility Agent, that Party must immediately on demand by the Facility
Agent refund any corresponding amount made available to it together with interest on
that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent at a
rate calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

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	 	(c)	 	For the purposes of this Clause 15 Standing Payment Instruction means:

	 	(i)	 	in relation to a Lender which is a Lender on the date of this
Agreement, payment instructions set below the name of that Lender in Schedule 7;
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in relation to a Lender which becomes a Lender after the date of
this Agreement, payment instructions set out in the Transfer Certificate to
which that Lender is a party,

or such other payment instructions the Lender may notify to the Facility Agent by not
less than five (5) Business Days’ notice.

	 	(d)	 	If, upon receipt by the Facility Agent of any amount due from any of the
Obligors in or towards payment of any amount due to the Finance Parties under the
Finance Documents, the Facility Agent fails to make such payment on the date of receipt
for value on that date (or, if due to technical reasons it is impossible for the
Facility Agent to make such payment on and for value on the date of receipt, on and for
value on the next Business Day) then it shall pay to such Finance Party or Finance
Parties that overdue amount with interest from the due date up to the date of actual
payment and value, both before, on and after judgment. The rate to be applied in
respect of such overdue amount shall be calculated at the Facility Agent’s internally
derived overnight LIBID rate.

	15.4	 	Currency
	 
	 	 	All amounts payable under the Finance Documents are payable in Dollars provided always
that amounts payable in respect of costs and expenses are payable in the currency in which
those costs and expenses are incurred.
	 
	15.5	 	No set-off or counterclaim
	 
	 	 	All payments made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents must be calculated and made
without set-off or counterclaim.
	 
	15.6	 	Business Days

	 	(a)	 	If a payment under the Finance Documents is due on a day which is not a
Business Day, the due date for that payment will instead be the next Business Day in
the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is
not).
	 
	 	(b)	 	During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal under this
Agreement interest is payable on that principal at the rate payable on the original due
date.

	15.7	 	Partial Payments

	 	(a)	 	If any Administrative Party receives a payment insufficient to discharge all
the amounts then due and payable by the Obligors under the Finance Documents, then,
except to the extent otherwise provided in any Finance Document all the proceeds of the
enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Agreements, shall be applied by
the Administrative Party towards the obligations of the Obligors under the Finance
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	 	(i)	 	first, in or towards payment or satisfaction pro rata of all
costs, charges, sales taxes, expenses and liabilities incurred and payments made
by the Finance Parties (other than any Swap Bank and the Junior Security
Trustee) or any receiver and all remuneration payable to the Finance Parties
(other than any Swap Bank and the Junior Security Trustee) or any receiver under
or pursuant to the Senior Security Documents or which are incurred in relation
to a Total Loss or sale of the affected Vessel, including, without limitation,
legal expenses, re-instatement costs and any costs incurred in recovering
possession of the Security Assets;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	second, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs
and expenses of the Finance Parties (other than any Swap Bank and the Junior
Security Trustee) to the extent not recovered under paragraph (i) above under
the this Agreement and the Senior Security Documents;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	third, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued due but
unpaid interest payable to the Lenders under the this Agreement and the Senior
Security Documents;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	fourth, in or towards payment pro rata of any Break Costs payable
to the Lenders due but unpaid under the this Agreement and the Senior Security
Documents;
	 
	 	(v)	 	fifth, in or towards payment pro rata of principal in respect of
the Credits and the Senior Security Documents due but unpaid;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	sixth, in or towards payment pro rata to the Finance Parties
(other than any Swap Bank and the Junior Security Trustee) of any other amounts
which are due but unpaid by any of the Obligors to any of the Finance Parties
(other than any Swap Bank and the Junior Security Trustee) under the Finance
Documents in such order as the Facility Agent shall in its absolute discretion
determine;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	seventh, in or towards payment or satisfaction of all costs,
charges, expenses and liabilities incurred and payments made by the Junior
Security Trustee and any Swap Bank or any receiver and all remuneration payable
to the Junior Security Trustee and any Swap Bank or any receiver under or
pursuant to the Junior Security Documents including, without limitation, legal
expenses, re-instatement costs and any costs incurred in recovering possession
of the property the subject of the Junior Security Documents;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	eighth, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses
of the Junior Security Trustee and any Swap Bank under the this Agreement, the
Junior Security Documents and/or any Swap Agreement;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	nineth, in or towards payment pro rata of any Break Costs and/or
Swap Debt payable to any Swap Bank due but unpaid under any Swap Agreements or
any of them;
	 
	 	(x)	 	tenth, in or towards payment pro rata of other sums due to any
Swap Bank under any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents in such
order as the Junior Security Trustee shall in its absolute discretion determine;
and
	 
	 	(xi)	 	lastly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or
other relevant Obligor or to any other person entitled to it.

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	 	(b)	 	This Subclause will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.

	15.8	 	Timing of payments
	 
	 	 	If a Finance Document does not provide for when a particular payment is due, that
payment will be due within three (3) Business Days of demand by the relevant Finance Party.
	 
	16.	 	GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
	 
	16.1	 	Guarantee and indemnity
	 
	 	 	Each of the Guarantors irrevocably, unconditionally and jointly and severally:

	 	(a)	 	as principal obligor guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by
the Borrower of all its obligations under the Finance Documents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	undertakes with each Finance Party that, whenever the Borrower does not pay any
amount when due under any Finance Document, such Guarantor must immediately on demand
by the Facility Agent pay that amount as if they were the principal obligor; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	indemnifies each Finance Party immediately on demand against any loss or
liability suffered by that Finance Party (i) if any obligation guaranteed by it is or
becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal or (ii) by operation of law. The amount of
the loss or liability under this indemnity will be equal to the amount that Finance
Party would otherwise have been entitled to recover.

	16.2	 	Continuing guarantee
	 
	 	 	This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of all
sums payable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate
payment or discharge in whole or in part.
	 
	16.3	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of an Obligor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in part
on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be
restored on insolvency, liquidation or otherwise without limitation, the liability of
the Guarantors under this Clause 16 will continue as if the discharge or arrangement
had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Finance Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	16.4	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of the Guarantors under this Clause will not be affected by any act,
omission or thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of
its obligations under this Clause 16 (whether or not known to it or any Finance Party).
This includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;

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	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets
of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Finance Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security.

	16.5	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	Each of the Guarantors waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance
Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right
or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from the Guarantors under this
Clause. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document
to the contrary.
	 
	16.6	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under the Finance
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on
its behalf) may:

	 	(a)	 	without affecting the liability of the Guarantors under this Clause:

	 	(i)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or
rights held or received by that Finance Party in respect of those amounts; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit
(whether against those amounts or otherwise); and

	 	(b)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Guarantors or on account of each of the Guarantors’ liability under this Clause.

	16.7	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under the Finance
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Facility Agent otherwise directs,

the Guarantors shall not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Clause:

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	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received or
receivable by any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in respect
of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Guarantors’ liability
under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any of the Obligors
or its estate in competition with the Lender; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution
or security from or on account of any of the Obligors, or exercise any right of
set-off as against any of the Obligors.

The Guarantors must hold in trust for and immediately pay or transfer to the Facility
Agent for the Finance Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by
either of them contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the
Facility Agent under this Clause.

	16.8	 	Additional security
	 
	 	 	This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other security
now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.
	 
	17.	 	REPRESENTATIONS
	 
	17.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	The representations set out in this Clause are made, unless otherwise stated, by each
of the Obligors or (if it so states) any one of them to the Finance Parties.
	 
	17.2	 	Status

	 	(a)	 	With respect to the Borrower it is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and with respect to each
of the Guarantors it is a limited liability company, duly formed and validly existing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.
	 
	 	(b)	 	It and each of its Subsidiaries, if any, has the power to own its assets and
carry on its business as it is being conducted.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Each of the Guarantors is directly wholly owned by the Borrower.

	17.3	 	Powers and authority
	 
	 	 	It has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary action to
authorise the entry into and performance of, the Finance Documents to which it is or will be
a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.
	 
	17.4	 	Legal validity
	 
	 	 	Subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations and referred to in
any legal opinion required under this Agreement, each Finance Document to which it is a
party is its legally binding, valid

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and enforceable obligation and is in the proper form for its enforcement in the jurisdiction
of its incorporation.

	17.5	 	Non-conflict
	 
	 	 	The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the
Finance Documents to which it is a party do not conflict with:

	 	(a)	 	any law or regulation applicable to it;
	 
	 	(b)	 	its or any of its Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any document which is binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
or its Subsidiaries’ assets.

	17.6	 	No default

	 	(a)	 	No Default is outstanding or will result from the execution of, or the
performance by it of any transaction contemplated by, any Finance Document; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no other event is outstanding which constitutes a default under any document
which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or its Subsidiaries’
assets to an extent or in a manner which is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

	17.7	 	Authorisations
	 
	 	 	Except for the registration of:

	 	(a)	 	the Mortgages, the Junior Mortgages and the relevant Additional Vessel at the
registry of the Approved Flag State;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any relevant Security Agreement under the Companies Act 1985,

all authorisations required by it in connection with the entry into, performance,
validity and enforceability of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
have been obtained or effected (as appropriate) and are in full force and effect.

	17.8	 	Financial statements
	 
	 	 	In respect of the Borrower, its audited consolidated financial statements most recently
delivered to the Facility Agent (or, until the delivery of the first audited financial
statements, the Original Balance Sheet) together with any other financial information
supplied to the Facility Agent by the Obligors:

	 	(a)	 	have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and practices
generally accepted in its jurisdiction of incorporation, consistently applied; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	fairly represent its financial condition (consolidated, if applicable) as at
the date to which they were drawn up,

except, in each case, as disclosed to the contrary in those financial statements or
other information.

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	17.9	 	No material adverse change
	 
	 	 	There has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or operations of the Group, taken as a whole, since the date of this
Agreement.
	 
	17.10	 	Litigation
	 
	 	 	No litigation, investigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before
any court, arbitral body or agency (including, but not limited to, investigative
proceedings) which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to
the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against the Obligors or any
of them.
	 
	17.11	 	Provision of Information
	 
	 	 	All information (as supplemented from time to time), other than financial projections
which are addressed in the next sentence, that has been or will hereafter be made available
to the Finance Parties by the Obligors or any of their representatives in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby, is and will at the time it is provided be complete and
correct in all material respects and does not and will 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 in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were or are made. All financial projections (if any) that have been prepared by the
Obligors and made available to the Facility Agent in connection with this Agreement have
been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions (it being understood that such
projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are
beyond the Borrower’s control, and that no assurance can be given that the projections will
be realised).
	 
	17.12	 	Pari passu ranking
	 
	 	 	Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all
its other present and future unsecured payment obligations, except for obligations
mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
	 
	17.13	 	Taxes on payments
	 
	 	 	All amounts payable by it under the Finance Documents may be made without any Tax
Deduction.
	 
	17.14	 	Stamp duties
	 
	 	 	Except as notified in writing to and accepted by the Facility Agent no stamp or
registration duty or similar Tax or charge is payable in its jurisdiction of formation in
respect of any Finance Document.
	 
	17.15	 	Environment
	 
	 	 	Except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to the Facility Agent:

	 	(a)	 	each Guarantor and its Environmental Affiliates have without limitation in all
material respects (such determination to be made by the Facility Agent acting in its
sole discretion) complied with the provisions of all applicable Environmental Laws in
relation to each Vessel;

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	 	(b)	 	each Guarantor and its Environmental Affiliates have obtained all requisite
material Environmental Approvals in relation to each Vessel and are in compliance in
all material respects with such Environmental Approvals;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no Guarantor nor any of its Environmental Affiliates has received notice of any
Environmental Claim in relation to the relevant Vessel which alleges that such
Guarantor is not in compliance in all material respects with applicable Environmental
Laws in relation to such Vessel or Environmental Approvals in relation to such Vessel;
	 
	 	(d)	 	there is no Environmental Claim of the nature referred to in Clause 17.15(c)
above in relation to any Vessel pending or threatened; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials by or in respect of any Vessel
of such nature as could lead to the Guarantor or any of its Environmental Affiliates
receiving notice of an Environmental Claim pursuant to Clause 17.15(c) above.

	17.16	 	Security Interests

	 	(a)	 	No Security Interest exists over its or any of its Subsidiary’s assets which
would cause a breach of Clause 20.5 (Security Interests).
	 
	 	(b)	 	No steps have been taken to enforce a Security Interest over its or any of its
Subsidiary’s assets.

	17.17	 	Security Assets
	 
	 	 	Each Owner is solely and absolutely entitled to the Security Assets over which it has
or will create any Security Interest pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is, or
will be, a party and there is no agreement or arrangement under which it is obliged to share
any proceeds of or derived from such Security Assets with any third party.
	 
	17.18	 	ISM Code compliance
	 
	 	 	Each Owner is in compliance in all material respects with the ISM Code in respect of
its Vessel and the Safety Management Certificate relating to such Vessel remains in full
force and effect and, as of the relevant Delivery Date, each Additional Guarantor shall be
in compliance with the ISM Code in respect of its Additional Vessel.
	 
	17.19	 	ISPS Code Compliance
	 
	 	 	Each Owner is in compliance in all material respects with the ISPS Code in respect of
its Vessel and the International Ship Security Certificate relating to such Vessel remains
in full force and effect and, as of the relevant Delivery Date, each Additional Guarantor
shall be in compliance with the ISPS Code in respect of its Additional Vessel.
	 
	17.20	 	No amendments to Related Contracts
	 
	 	 	Other than as notified to and agreed by the Facility Agent in writing, there have been
no material amendments to any of the Related Contracts.

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	17.21	 	Money Laundering
	 
	 	 	Any borrowing by the Borrower and the performance of its obligations hereunder and
under the other Finance Documents to which it is a party will be for its own account and
will not involve any breach by it of any law or regulatory measure relating to money
laundering as defined in Article 1 of the Directive (91/308/EEC) of the Council of the
European Communities or any equivalent law or regulatory measure in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	17.22	 	Insolvency

	 	(a)	 	No Obligor is unable, or admits or has admitted its inability, to pay its debts
or has suspended making payments on any of its debts.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Obligor is able to satisfy its financial obligations at such time as they
fall due.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No Obligor, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties has
commenced, or intends to commence, negotiations with one or more of its creditors with
a view to rescheduling any of its Financial Indebtedness.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fair value of the assets of each Obligor is not less than its liabilities
(taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
	 
	 	(e)	 	Each Obligor has sufficient capital to carry on its business.
	 
	 	(f)	 	No moratorium has been, or may, in the reasonably foreseeable future be,
declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Obligor.

	17.23	 	Immunity

	 	(a)	 	The execution by it of each Finance Document to which it is a party
constitutes, and the exercise by it of its rights and performance of its obligations
under each such Finance Document will constitute, private and commercial acts performed
for private and commercial purposes.
	 
	 	(b)	 	It will not be entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or
other legal process in any proceedings taken in its jurisdiction of incorporation in
relation to any Finance Document.

	17.24	 	No adverse consequences

	 	(a)	 	It is not necessary under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation:

	 	(i)	 	in order to enable the Facility Agent to enforce its rights under
any Finance Document; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	by reason of the execution of any Finance Document or the
performance by it of its obligations under any Finance Document,

	 	 	that the Facility Agent should be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on
business in its jurisdiction of formation.

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	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent will not be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on
business in its jurisdiction of formation by reason only of the execution, performance
and/or enforcement of any Finance Document.

	17.25	 	Jurisdiction/governing law

	 	(a)	 	Its:

	 	(i)	 	irrevocable submission under this Agreement to the jurisdiction
of the courts of England;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	agreement that this Agreement is governed by English law; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	agreement not to claim any immunity to which it or its assets may be entitled,
are legal, valid and binding under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.

	 	(b)	 	Any judgment obtained in England will be recognised and be enforceable by the
courts of its jurisdiction of formation, subject to any statutory or other conditions
of such jurisdiction.

	17.26	 	Ownership
	 
	 	 	Legal and beneficial ownership of the entire issued share capital of each of the
Guarantors is held by the Borrower and each of the Guarantors has no Subsidiaries.
	 
	17.27	 	Times for making representations

	 	(a)	 	The representations set out in this Clause are made by each Obligor on the date
of this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless a representation is expressed to be given at a specific date, each
representation is deemed to be repeated by each Obligor on each Utilisation Date with
reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	18.	 	INFORMATION COVENANTS
	 
	18.1	 	Financial statements

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent:

	 	(i)	 	its audited, consolidated, financial statements of the Group for
each of its financial years ending after the date hereof; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	its interim unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements
for each quarter-year of each of its financial years.

	 	(b)	 	All financial statements must be in the English language, be supplied as soon
as they are available and:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of audited financial statements, within one hundred
and twenty (120) days of the end of the relevant financial period; and

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	 	(ii)	 	in the case of quarterly financial statements, within forty-five
(45) days of the end of the relevant financial period.

	 	(c)	 	The Facility Agent shall send to each Lender all of the financial statements
received by it under this Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) within fifteen (15) days
of receipt of such financial statements.

	18.2	 	Form of financial statements

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must ensure that each set of its financial statements supplied
under this Agreement fairly represents, the financial condition (consolidated or
otherwise) of the relevant person as at the date to which those financial statements
were drawn up and in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of the quarterly
financial statements, to normal year end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes).
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower must notify the Facility Agent of any change to the basis on which
its audited financial statements are prepared.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If requested by the Facility Agent, the Borrower must supply or procure that
the following are supplied to the Facility Agent:

	 	(i)	 	a full description of any change notified under paragraph (b)
above; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	sufficient information to enable the Finance Parties other than
the Security Trustee to make a proper comparison between the financial position
shown by the set of financial statements prepared on the changed basis and its
most recent audited consolidated financial statements delivered to the Facility
Agent under this Agreement.

	 	(d)	 	If requested by the Facility Agent or any Obligor, each Obligor or the Facility
Agent must enter into discussions for a period of not more than thirty (30) days with a
view to agreeing any amendments required to be made to this Agreement to place the
Finance Parties and the Obligors in the same position as they would have been in if the
change had not happened.
	 
	 	(e)	 	If no agreement is reached under paragraph (d) above on the required amendments
to this Agreement, each Obligor must ensure that its auditors certify the changes to
the basis on which the financial statements are prepared; the certificate of the
auditors will be, in the absence of manifest error, binding on all the Parties.

	18.3	 	Compliance Certificate

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent a Compliance Certificate in the
form attached at Schedule 6 with each set of its financial statements sent to the
Facility Agent under this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Compliance Certificate supplied by the Borrower with its audited
consolidated financial statements must be signed by either its chief financial officer
or chief executive officer.

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	18.4	 	Access to Books and Records
	 
	 	 	Upon the request of the Facility Agent, each Obligor shall provide the Facility Agent
and any of its representatives, professional advisors and contractors with access to and
permit inspection of its books and records, in each case at reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice.
	 
	18.5	 	Information — miscellaneous
	 
	 	 	Each Obligor must supply to the Facility Agent:

	 	(a)	 	copies of all documents despatched by it to its creditors or shareholders
generally or any class of them at the same time as they are despatched;
	 
	 	(b)	 	promptly upon becoming aware of them, details of any litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against it and
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	promptly on request, such further information regarding the financial condition
and operations of a Guarantor as the Facility Agent may reasonably request.

	18.6	 	Notification of Default

	 	(a)	 	Unless the Facility Agent has already been so notified, the Borrower must
notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy
it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
	 
	 	(b)	 	On a quarterly basis the Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent a
certificate, signed by an authorised signatory on its behalf, certifying that no
Default is outstanding or, if a Default is outstanding, specifying the Default and the
steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.

	18.7	 	Year end
	 
	 	 	None of the Obligors may change their financial year end.
	 
	19.	 	FINANCIAL COVENANTS
	 
	19.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Clause:
	 
	 	 	Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents means, as at any date of determination:

	 	(a)	 	cash in hand or on deposit in the Operating Account, Reserve Account and
Charter Accounts;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any investment in marketable obligations issued or guaranteed by the government
of the United States of America or the United Kingdom or by an instrumentality or
agency of the government of the United States of America or the United Kingdom,
maturing within one (1) year after the relevant date of calculation;
	 
	 	(c)	 	time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank having, or
which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company having capital,
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	 	 	 	profits aggregating in excess of two hundred million Dollars (US$200,000,000) which
time deposits and certificates of deposit mature within one (1) year after the
relevant date of calculation;
	 
	 	(d)	 	repurchase obligations with a term of not more than ninety (90) days for
underlying securities of the type referred to in subclause (b) above entered into with
any bank meeting the qualifications specified in subclause (c) above;
	 
	 	(e)	 	open market commercial paper:

	 	(i)	 	for which a recognised trading market exists;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	issued in the United States of America or the United Kingdom;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	which matures within one (1) year after the relevant date of
calculation; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	which has a credit rating of either A-1 by S&P or Fitch or P-1 by
Moody’s, or, if no rating is available in respect of the commercial paper, the
issuer of which has, in respect of its long-term debt obligations, an equivalent
rating;

	 	(f)	 	any other instrument, security or investment approved by the Majority Lenders,

	 	 	in each case, to which any member of the Group is beneficially entitled at that time
and which is capable of being applied against Consolidated Total Indebtedness.
	 
	 	 	Consolidated EBITDA means the consolidated net income of the Group for a Measurement
Period:

	 	(a)	 	including the net income of a member of the Group or business or assets
acquired during that Measurement Period for the part of that Measurement Period when it
was not a member of the Group and/or the business or assets were not owned by a member
of the Group; but
	 
	 	(b)	 	excluding the net income attributable to any member of the Group or to any
business or assets sold during that Measurement Period,

	 	 	and all as adjusted by:

	 	(i)	 	adding back taxation;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	adding back Consolidated Interest Expenses;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	taking no account of any extraordinary item;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	excluding any amount attributable to minority interests;
	 
	 	(v)	 	adding back depreciation and amortisation; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	taking no account of any revaluation of an asset or any loss or gain over book
value arising on the disposal of an asset (otherwise than in the ordinary course of
trading) by a member of the Group during that Measurement Period.

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	 	 	Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio means, as at any date of determination and with
respect to any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for such period to Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period.
	 
	 	 	Consolidated Interest Expense means all cash interest and cash commitment fees incurred
by the Group during a Measurement Period.
	 
	 	 	Consolidated Net Worth means, as at any date of determination and with respect to any
entity, the Net Worth of the Group determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP with appropriate deductions for any minority interests in Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	 	Consolidated Total Capitalisation means, as at any date of determination, the sum of
Consolidated Total Indebtedness at such time and Consolidated Net Worth at such time.
	 
	 	 	Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
stated balance sheet amount of all Financial Indebtedness (including but not limited to all
amounts then outstanding under the Loans and all Letters of Credit (whether or not drawn
upon)) of the Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, provided
that Financial Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to trade payables and Operating Expenses or
pursuant to any instrument referred to in paragraph (f) of the definition of Financial
Indebtedness shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Total Indebtedness.
	 
	 	 	Leverage Ratio means, at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Total
Indebtedness on such date less Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Group in
excess of the minimum liquidity received pursuant to Clause 19.4 (Minimum Liquidity) to
Consolidated Total Capitalisation.
	 
	 	 	Net Worth means, at any date of determination and with respect to any entity, the sum
of its capital stock, capital in excess of par or stated value of shares of its capital
stock, retained earnings and any other account which, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes
stockholder’s equity, but excluding any treasury stock.
	 
	19.2	 	Definitions

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided to the contrary in this Agreement, an accounting term used
in this Clause is to be construed in accordance with GAAP.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount in a currency other than Dollars is to be taken into account at its
Dollar equivalent calculated on the basis of:

	 	(i)	 	the Facility Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of
the relevant currency in the London foreign exchange market with Dollars at or
about 11.00 a.m. on the day the relevant amount falls to be calculated; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the amount is to be calculated on the last day of a financial
period of the Borrower, the relevant rates of exchange used by the Borrower in,
or in connection with, its financial statements for that period.

	 	(c)	 	No item must be credited or deducted more than once in any calculation under
this Clause.

	19.3	 	Maximum Leverage Ratio

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	 	 	The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter
of the Group to be greater than 0.65:1.00.
	 
	19.4	 	Minimum Liquidity
	 
	 	 	The Borrower will not permit the aggregate of:

	 	(a)	 	Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Group on the last day of any
fiscal quarter of the Group; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	available undrawn credit facilities (including amounts available to be drawn
under this Facility) as of the last day of such fiscal quarter,

	 	 	to be less than the aggregate of five hundred and twenty five thousand Dollars (US$525,000)
multiplied by the number of Vessels as of the last day of such fiscal quarter.
	 
	19.5	 	Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
	 
	 	 	For any fiscal quarter of the Group commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on 31st
December, 2005, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio on the
last day of such fiscal quarter (calculated on a trailing four quarter basis) to be less
than 2.0 to 1.00.
	 
	 	 	Until such time as four quarters of fiscal history for the Group are available to
effect the above calculations, the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
on a year-to-date basis on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Group.
	 
	19.6	 	Collateral Maintenance

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower will not permit the aggregate Market Value of the Vessels to be
less than the Required Amount, such test to be determined no more than semi annually as
provided in Clause 19.6(c) below, provided that in the event the Facility Agent, acting
in accordance with Clause 20.30 (Dividends), requests additional valuations, such test
shall be determined no more than quarterly.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In the event that the Borrower fails to meet the ratio set out in this Clause
19.6, the Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days of notice being given by the Facility
Agent so to do, either (i) prepay such amount of the Credits as will ensure that the
aggregate of the Market Value of the Vessels is not less than the Required Amount in
respect of the Vessels; or (ii) provide or cause to be provided to the Security Trustee
additional collateral, such collateral to be in all respects satisfactory to the
Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all Lenders), such that the Required
Amount is again met provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such additional security
will be required to have such value (as the Facility Agent then determines to be
appropriate) such that the Required Amount is again met.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided in the proviso to Clause 19.6(a) when the collateral
maintenance test may be effected on no more than a quarterly basis, the Facility Agent
shall be entitled to effect such collateral maintenance test on a semi-annual basis and
shall base its calculations on the average of the then most recent Valuations provided
by two (2) of the Approved Valuers in accordance with Clause 22 (Valuations).

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	 	(d)	 	If any Vessel becomes a Total Loss, it shall, as of the earlier of (i) the date
of receipt by the Facility Agent of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total
Loss and (ii) the date falling one hundred and twenty (120) days after the occurrence
of the relevant event of Total Loss, cease to be a Vessel for the purposes of this
Clause 19.6 unless the underwriters agree to settle any insurance claim in respect or
such Vessel for an amount not less than the Market Value of such Vessel within one
hundred and twenty (120) days from the occurrence of the event giving rise to such
Total Loss, PROVIDED that, if any insurance proceeds or Requisition Compensation are
received by either the Security Trustee or the Facility Agent in respect of a Total
Loss of such Vessel they shall be applied in accordance with Clause 6.2(b).
	 
	 	(e)	 	If at any time any Vessel is not insured in accordance with the terms of the
Security Documents and this Agreement then, for so long as such Vessel is not insured
in accordance with such requirements, such Vessel shall, if the Facility Agent so
determines, cease to be deemed a Vessel for the purposes of this Clause 19.6.

	 	 	Clauses 8.7 and 8.9 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any prepayment made pursuant to
this Clause 19.6(b). Any prepayment made in accordance with this Clause shall be applied
pro rata across all of the Loans.
	 
	19.7	 	Consolidated Net Worth
	 
	 	 	The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Net Worth of the Group as of the last day
of any fiscal quarter of the Group to be less than 80% of two hundred and forty eight
million Dollars (US$248,000,000).
	 
	20.	 	GENERAL COVENANTS
	 
	20.1	 	General
	 
	 	 	Each of the Obligors agrees to be bound by the covenants set out in this Clause
relating to it, and, in the case of the Borrower, agrees to procure the performance by the
Guarantors of the covenants applicable to them.
	 
	20.2	 	Authorisations
	 
	 	 	Each Obligor must promptly obtain, maintain and comply, in all material respects, with
the terms of any authorisation required under any Applicable Law to enable it to perform its
obligations under, or for the validity or enforceability of, any Finance Document.
	 
	20.3	 	Compliance with laws
	 
	 	 	Each Obligor must comply and must procure that the Managers (with respect to their
management agreement) comply in all respects with all Applicable Laws to which it is subject
where failure to do so is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
	 
	20.4	 	Pari passu ranking
	 
	 	 	Each Obligor must ensure that its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank
at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured payment obligations,
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	20.5	 	Security Interests
	 
	 	 	Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantors shall, and the Guarantors shall procure that
the Managers do not, create or permit to subsist any Security Interest over the Obligatory
Insurances or any other Security Assets or any Related Contract other than:
	 
	(a)	 	Permitted Security Interests; or
	 
	(b)	 	with the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the
instructions of the Majority Lenders).
	 
	20.6	 	Issuance of Shares
	 
	 	 	The Guarantors shall not issue or cause to be issued any new shares other than those
shares which are, as at the date of this Agreement, owned by the Borrower, other than those
issued to the Borrower and which are secured in favour of the Security Trustee by the
Pledges of Shares and the Junior Pledges of Shares.
	 
	20.7	 	Disposals

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, no Obligor may, either in a single transaction or in
a series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all or any part of its
assets.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Paragraph (a) does not apply to any disposal:

	 	(i)	 	made in the ordinary course of trading of the disposing entity;
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as
to type, value and quality; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	of a Vessel provided that the proceeds of such disposal (net of
any commissions payable in connection with such disposal) are applied in
accordance with Clause 8.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Sale or Total Loss of a
Vessel),

	 	 	PROVIDED ALWAYS that such disposal shall be on an arm’s length basis and shall not have
a Material Adverse Effect in respect of the Obligors.
	 
	20.8	 	No other business, assets or Financial Indebtedness

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the ownership of the
Guarantors and activities incidental thereto. Subject to the Pledges of Shares and the
Junior Pledges of Shares, the Borrower shall at all times remain the legal and
beneficial owner of all of the issued shares in each of the Guarantors.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Guarantor (other than Quintana Management) shall engage in any business
other than the direct or indirect ownership, operation or chartering of the relevant
Vessel and any business incidental thereto nor shall any Guarantor own any asset other
than the relevant Vessel and any asset incidental to the ownership, operation and
chartering of that Vessel.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Quintana Management shall not engage in any other business other than the
management of the Vessels or any business incidental thereto.

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	 	(d)	 	The Borrower shall be permitted to incur Financial Indebtedness provided that:

	 	(i)	 	no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	incurring such Financial Indebtedness would not cause the Group
to be in breach of any of the covenants set out in Clause 19 (Financial
Covenants).

	 	(e)	 	The Guarantors shall not be permitted to incur Financial Indebtedness other
than (i) the Financial Indebtedness contemplated by the Finance Documents and the
Memoranda of Agreement, (ii) any trade debt, and (iii) any unsecured indebtedness
incurred by the Guarantors to the Borrower in connection with the on-lending of the
Loans by the Borrower to the Guarantors, and any unsecured indebtedness incurred by
Quintana Management to the other Guarantors in connection with the routine operation
and management of the Vessels.

	20.9	 	Change of business
	 
	 	 	Each Obligor must maintain its jurisdiction and place of formation, and keep its
constitutional documents, at the address stated opposite its name in Part 1 of Schedule 1,
and the Obligors will not establish, or do anything as a result of which it would be deemed
to have, a place of formation in any country other than the Republic of the Marshall
Islands.
	 
	20.10	 	Mergers
	 
	 	 	None of the Obligors shall enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or
reconstruction otherwise than under an intra-Group re-organisation on a solvent basis or
other transaction agreed by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority
Lenders).
	 
	20.11	 	Security
	 
	 	 	Each of the Obligors:

	 	(a)	 	will procure that the relevant Mortgage is (and with respect to each Additional
Vessel, from the relevant Delivery Date will) and continues to be, registered as a
first priority mortgage with the registry of the Approved Flag State;
	 
	 	(b)	 	will procure that the relevant Junior Mortgage is (and with respect to each
Additional Vessel, from the relevant Delivery Date will) and continues to be,
registered as a second priority mortgage with the registry of the Approved Flag State;
	 
	 	(c)	 	without prejudice to paragraphs (a) and (b) will procure that the Mortgage and
any other security conferred by it under any Senior Security Document is registered as
a first priority interest with the relevant authorities and will procure that the
Junior Mortgage and any other security conferred by it under any Junior Security
Document is registered as a second priority interest with the relevant authorities, in
each case within the period prescribed by the Applicable Laws and is maintained and
perfected with the relevant authorities;
	 
	 	(d)	 	will at its own cost, do all that it can to ensure that any Finance Document
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	 	(e)	 	without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) above, will at its own cost,
promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or
authority, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax payable in respect of any Finance
Document, give any notice or take any other step which, in the reasonable opinion of
the Facility Agent, is or has become necessary or desirable for any Finance Document to
be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of
any Security Interest which it creates.

	20.12	 	Transactions with affiliated companies

	 	(a)	 	No Obligor may enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of it unless it is
either (i) to comply with any obligations such Obligor may have under the Finance
Documents or (ii) on an arm’s length basis and that Affiliate has previously agreed in
writing (in a form satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of
the Majority Lenders)) to subordinate to any and all obligations of the Obligors and
the rights of the Administrative Parties and the Lenders under the Finance Documents
any rights that it may have under such transaction to receive payment in cash or in
kind from the relevant Obligor following the occurrence of a Default which is
continuing under the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Obligor shall grant any credit to, or give any guarantees in respect of the
obligations of, any Affiliate unless such transaction has been approved in writing by
the Facility Agent (acting on behalf of the Lenders) or has been entered into in order
for the relevant Obligor to comply with any obligations such Obligor may have under the
Finance Documents.

	20.13	 	Registration of the Vessels

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower and each Obligor shall:

	 	(i)	 	procure and maintain the valid and effective permanent
registration of the Vessel under the flag of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands or another Approved Flag State or, in the case of each Additional
Vessel, procure and maintain the valid and effective provisional registration of
such Vessel under the flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or another
Approved Flag State and shall effect permanent registration of such Vessel
within two (2) months of the relevant Delivery Date, and shall ensure nothing is
done or omitted by which the registration of the Vessels would or might be
defeated or imperilled; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	subject to (b) and (c) below, not change the name or port of
registration of the Vessels without the prior written consent of the Facility
Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

	 	(b)	 	As at the date of this Agreement, each of the Approved Flag States is regarded
by the Lenders as an acceptable state of registration, subject to the right of the
Lenders to treat such state as not being acceptable in the future by reason of change
of legal or political circumstances in such jurisdictions that could reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the Finance Parties rights under the Finance
Documents or by reason of such jurisdictions ceasing to be acceptable to the relevant
classification society of any of the Vessels.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Borrower and each Obligor shall provide the Facility Agent with 21 days’
notice of an intention to change the port of registration of any Vessel to another
Approved Flag State during which time the Borrower and the relevant Obligor shall
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	 	 	 	information as the Facility Agent requires to agree the form of mortgages and the
registration steps required in such Approved Flag State and the consent of the
Facility Agent pursuant to Clause 20.13(a)(ii) is subject to satisfaction of the
conditions precedent that the relevant Guarantor shall sign an agreed form mortgage,
such mortgage shall be registered in the Approved Flag State and receipt by the
Facility Agent of a legal opinion from counsel in the Approved Flag State in form and
substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

	20.14	 	Classification and repair
	 
	 	 	The Borrower and each Guarantor shall:

	 	(a)	 	ensure that the Vessels are surveyed from time to time as required by the
classification society in which the Vessel is for the time being entered and maintain
and preserve the Vessel in good working order and repair, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and in any event in such condition as will entitle each to the highest
applicable class for vessels of her type and age with an Approved Classification
Society, free of all overdue requirements and overdue recommendations of that
classification society;
	 
	 	(b)	 	procure that all repairs to or replacement of any damaged, worn or lost parts
or equipment shall be effected in accordance with Class Rules and requirements in such
manner (both as regards workmanship and quality of materials) as not to diminish the
value of the Vessels;
	 
	 	(c)	 	not remove any material part of any of the Vessels, or any item of equipment
installed on any of the Vessels unless the part or item so removed is forthwith
replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better
condition than the part or item removed, is free from any Security Interest (other than
a Permitted Security Interest) or any right in favour of any person other than the
Security Trustee and becomes on installation on that Vessel the property of the Owner
and subject to the security constituted by the relevant Security Document(s) provided
that the Owner may install and remove equipment owned by a third party if the equipment
can be removed without any risk of damage to a Vessel;
	 
	 	(d)	 	ensure that each Vessel complies in all material respects with all Applicable
Laws from time to time applicable to vessels registered under the laws and flag of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands or such other Approved Flag State, under which the
Vessels may be registered from time to time in accordance with this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	except as required by law or by the relevant Vessel’s classification society,
not without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions
of the Majority Lenders), (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) cause or
permit to be made any substantial change in the structure, type or performance
characteristics of any of the Vessels and provide notification of such substantial
changes in structure, type or performance characteristics of any of the Vessels to the
Facility Agent and furthermore provide confirmation to the Facility Agent that such
substantial change in structure, type or performance characteristics of any of the
Vessels shall not result in a breach of any covenant under this Agreement.

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20.15 Lawful and Safe Operation

The Borrower and each Guarantor shall at all times:

	 	(a)	 	operate each Vessel and cause each of the Vessels to be operated in a manner
consistent in all material respects with any and all laws, regulations, treaties and
conventions (and all rules and regulations issued thereunder) from time to time
applicable to that Vessel;
	 
	 	(b)	 	(unless the relevant Owner (i) is obliged under the terms of any Time Charter
to so trade and (ii) has carried out and is complying with the results of its proper
due diligence in respect of the safety of the Vessel and crew that would reasonably be
expected of a prudent operator of like vessels) not cause or permit any of the Vessels
to trade with, or within the territorial waters of any country in which her safety
could reasonably be expected to be imperilled by exposure to piracy, terrorism, arrest,
requisition, confiscation, forfeiture, seizure, destruction or condemnation as prize;
	 
	 	(c)	 	not cause or permit any of the Vessels to be employed in any manner which will
or may give rise to any reasonable degree of likelihood that such Vessel would be
liable to requisition, confiscation, forfeiture, seizure, destruction or condemnation
as prize;
	 
	 	(d)	 	not cause or permit any of the Vessels to be employed in any trade or business
which is forbidden by international law or is illicit or in carrying illicit or
prohibited goods;
	 
	 	(e)	 	in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war be declared
or not) not cause or permit any of the Vessels to be employed in carrying any
contraband goods or trade in any zone after it has been declared a war zone by any
authority or by any of that Vessel’s war risks Insurers unless that Vessel’s Insurers
shall have confirmed to the relevant Owner that such Vessel is held covered under the
Obligatory Insurances for the voyage(s) in question; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	not charter any of the Vessels or permit any of the Vessels to serve under any
contract of affreightment with any foreign country or national of any foreign country
which would be contrary to Applicable Law or would render any Finance Document or the
security conferred by the Security Documents unlawful.

20.16 Arrests and Liabilities

The Borrower and each Owner shall at all times:

	 	(a)	 	pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities whatsoever which have given
or may give rise to liens (other than liens arising in the ordinary course of operation
of any Vessel in each case for amounts the payment of which is not yet due or, if due
and payable, is being disputed in good faith by appropriate proceeding (and for the
payment of which adequate reserves have been provided or are and continue to be
available)) on or claims enforceable against any Vessel and take all reasonable steps
to prevent a threatened arrest of the Vessel;
	 
	 	(b)	 	notify the Facility Agent promptly in writing of the levy of either distress on
any Vessel or her arrest, detention, seizure, condemnation as prize, compulsory
acquisition or requisition for title or use and (save in the case of compulsory
acquisition or requisition for title or use) obtain her release within thirty (30)
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	 	(c)	 	pay and discharge when due all dues, taxes, assessments, governmental charges,
fines and penalties lawfully imposed on or in respect of any Vessel or the relevant
Owner except any which are being disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and
for the payment of which adequate reserves or security are at the relevant time
maintained or provided to the extent required by GAAP); and
	 
	 	(d)	 	pay and discharge all other obligations and liabilities whatsoever in respect
of any Vessel and the Obligatory Insurances.

20.17 Related Contracts

	 	(a)	 	The Obligors shall not, take any action, enter into any document or agreement
or omit to take any action or to enter into any document or agreement which would, or
could reasonably be expected to, cause any Related Contract to cease to remain in full
force and effect and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each other
party to any Related Contract does not take any action, enter into any document or
agreement or omit to take any action or to enter into any document or agreement which
would, or could reasonably be expected to, cause any Related Contract to cease to
remain in full force and effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Borrower shall not, and shall procure that the Guarantors shall not, amend
or agree to any material amendment to the Related Contracts without the prior written
consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders).

20.18 Environment

The Borrower and each Guarantor shall at all times:

	 	(a)	 	comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws
including, without limitation, requirements relating to the establishment of financial
responsibility (and shall require that all Environmental Affiliates of each Guarantor
comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and
comply in all material respects with all required Environmental Approvals, which
Environmental Laws and Environmental Approvals relate to any of the Vessels or her
operation or her carriage of cargo); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events,
provide to the Facility Agent a certificate of an officer of the relevant Guarantor or
of the relevant Guarantor’s agents specifying in detail the nature of the event
concerned:

	 	(i)	 	the receipt by the Guarantor or any Environmental Affiliate
(where the Guarantor has knowledge of the receipt) of any Environmental Claim;
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any Release of Hazardous Materials.

20.19 Information regarding the Vessels

The Borrower and each Guarantor shall at all times:

	 	(a)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of the occurrence of any accident, casualty
or other event which has caused or resulted in or may cause or result in a Vessel being
or becoming a Total Loss;

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	 	(b)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any requirement or recommendation made by
any Insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not
complied with in a timely manner;
	 
	 	(c)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any Environmental Claim being made in
connection with any of the Vessels or its operation;
	 
	 	(d)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any claim for breach of the ISM Code
being made in connection with any of the Vessels or its operation;
	 
	 	(e)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any claim for breach of the ISPS Code
being made in connection with any of the Vessels or its operation;
	 
	 	(f)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any intended dry docking of over thirty
(30) days of any of the Vessels;
	 
	 	(g)	 	give to the Facility Agent from time to time on request such information as the
Facility Agent may reasonably require regarding any of the Vessels, her employment,
position and engagements;
	 
	 	(h)	 	provide the Facility Agent with copies of the classification certificate of the
Vessels and of all periodic damage or survey reports on any of the Vessels which the
Facility Agent may reasonably request;
	 
	 	(i)	 	promptly furnish the Facility Agent with full information of any casualty or
other accident or damage to any of the Vessels involving an amount in excess of one
million Dollars (US$1,000,000) (or equivalent):
	 
	 	(j)	 	give to the Facility Agent and its duly authorised representatives reasonable
access to any of the Vessels for the purpose of conducting on board inspections and/or
surveys of the Vessel and pay the reasonable expenses incurred by the Facility Agent in
connection with the inspections and/or surveys provided that, unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (in which case all such inspections and/or
surveys shall be for the cost of the Borrower), only one (1) such inspection and/or
survey in respect of each Vessel per year shall take place at the expense of the
Borrower, and the Facility Agent shall co-operate with the Borrower and the Owners in
respect of the timing for and the place where such surveys take place in order to
minimise disruption to the activities of any of the Vessels; and
	 
	 	(k)	 	if the Facility Agent reasonably believes an Event of Default may have
occurred, furnish to the Facility Agent from time to time upon reasonable request
certified copies of the ship’s log in respect of any of the Vessels.

20.20 Provision of further information

Each Obligor shall, as soon as practicable following receipt of a request by the Facility
Agent, provide the Facility Agent with any additional or further financial or other
information relating to any of the Vessels, the Obligatory Insurances or to any other matter
relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance Document which the Facility Agent may
reasonably request.

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20.21 Management

Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times:

	 	(a)	 	technical management of the relevant Vessel is performed by a Manager;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Manager shall not terminate or materially vary the terms of the Management
Agreement or appoint an alternative manager, provided that the relevant Guarantor (as
owner of that Vessel) shall be entitled so to do with the prior written consent of the
Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders); and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Manager shall not subcontract its responsibilities for the maintenance
and/or operation of any of the Vessels without the prior written consent of the
Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders).

20.22 Demise Charters

No Obligor shall be permitted to let any of the Vessels on demise charter.

20.23 Scope of Obligatory Insurances

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower will, and shall procure that each Guarantor shall, in respect of
each Vessel:

	 	(i)	 	keep that Vessel insured in the Required Insurance Amount, in
Dollars in the name of the relevant Guarantor or (if the Facility Agent so
requires) in the joint names of the relevant Guarantor and the Facility Agent
and the Security Trustee without the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee
being liable but having the right to pay premiums, through brokers approved by
the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) against
fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and Excess Risks) with
approved underwriters or insurance companies approved by the Facility Agent
(acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and by policies in form and
content reasonably acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions
of the Majority Lenders)
	 
	 	(ii)	 	at all times after the relevant Delivery Date keep that Vessel
insured in the Required Insurance Amount in the same manner as above against war
risks (including risks of mines and all risks, whether or not regarded as war
risks, London Blocking and Trapping Addendum and Lost Vessel Clause, excepted by
the free of capture and seizure Clauses in the standard form of Lloyds marine
policy) either:
	 
	 	(A)	 	with underwriters or insurance companies reasonably acceptable to
the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and by
policies in form and content reasonably acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting
on the instructions of the Majority Lenders); or
	 
	 	(B)	 	by entering the relevant Vessel in an approved war risks
association,

	 	 	 	and for the avoidance of doubt, such war risks insurance will include protection and
indemnity liability up to at least the Required Insurance Amount, excluding any
liability in respect of death, injury or damage to crew;

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	 	(iii)	 	keep that Vessel entered in respect of her full value and
tonnage in an approved protection and indemnity association against all risks as
are normally covered by such protection and indemnity association (including
pollution risks and the proportion not recoverable in case of collision under
the running down Clause inserted in the ordinary Lloyds policies), such cover
for pollution risks to be for:
	 
	 	(A)	 	a minimum amount of one million Dollars (US$1,000,000,000) or
such other amount of cover against pollution risks as shall at any time be
comprised in the basic entry of each Vessel with either a protection and
indemnity association which is an acceptable member of either the International
Group of protection and indemnity associations (or any successor organisation
designated by the Facility Agent for this purpose) or the International Group
(or such successor organisation) itself; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	if the International Group or any such successor ceases to exist
or ceases to provide or arrange any cover for pollution risks (or any
supplemental cover for pollution risks over and above that afforded by the basic
entry of each Vessel with its protection and indemnity association), such
aggregate amount of cover against pollution risks as shall be available on the
open market and by basic entry with a protection and indemnity association for
ships of the same type, size, age and flag as each respective Vessel; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	provided that, if any Vessel has ceased trading or is in lay up
and in either case has unloaded all cargo, the level of pollution risks cover
afforded by ordinary protection and indemnity cover available through a member
of the International Group or such successor organisation or, as the case may
be, on the open market in such circumstances shall be sufficient for such
purposes.

20.24 Mortgagee’s interest insurances

The Facility Agent shall, in respect of each Vessel, be entitled from time to time to
effect, maintain and renew, in the relevant Required Insurance Amount, and on standard
London market terms, through such insurers and in such manner as the Facility Agent (acting
on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) may from time to time consider appropriate, a
mortgagee’s interest marine insurance providing for the indemnification of the Finance
Parties for any Losses under or in connection with any Finance Document which directly or
indirectly result from loss of or damage to a Vessel or a liability of a Vessel or a
Guarantor, being a loss or damage which is prima facie covered by an Obligatory Insurance
but in respect of which there is a non-payment (or reduced payment) by the underwriters by
reason of, or on the basis of any allegation concerning:

	 	(a)	 	any act or omission on the part of the Borrower or a Guarantor, of any operator
or manager of any Vessel or of any officer, employee or agent of the Borrower or a
Guarantor or of any such person, including any breach of warranty or condition or any
non-disclosure relating to such Obligatory Insurance;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any act or omission, whether deliberate, negligent or accidental, or any
knowledge or privity of a Guarantor or any other person referred to in paragraph (a)
above, or of any officer, employee or agent of the Borrower or a Guarantor or of such a
person, including the casting away or damaging of any Vessel and/or any Vessel being
unseaworthy; and/or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any other matter capable of being insured against under a mortgagee’s interest
marine insurance policy whether or not similar to the foregoing,

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	 	 	 	and the Borrower shall upon demand fully indemnify the Facility Agent in respect of all
premiums which are incurred in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or
renewing any such insurance or dealing with, or considering, any matter arising out of any
such insurance.

20.25 Obligatory Insurances

Without prejudice to its obligations under Clause 20.23 (Scope of Obligatory Insurances),
the Borrower shall not and shall procure that each Guarantor will:

	 	(a)	 	not without the prior consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions
of the Majority Lenders) alter any Obligatory Insurance nor make, do, consent or agree
to any act or omission which would or might render any Obligatory Insurance invalid,
void, voidable or unenforceable or render any sum paid out under any Obligatory
Insurance repayable in whole or in part;
	 
	 	(b)	 	not cause or permit any Vessel to be operated in any way inconsistent with the
provisions or warranties of, or implied in, or outside the cover provided by, any
Obligatory Insurance or to be engaged in any voyage or to carry any cargo not permitted
by any Obligatory Insurances without first covering the relevant Vessel in the Required
Insurance Amount and her freights for an amount approved by the Facility Agent (acting
on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) in Dollars or another approved currency
with the Insurers;
	 
	 	(c)	 	duly and punctually pay when due all premiums, calls, contributions or other
sums of money from time to time payable in respect of any Obligatory Insurance;
	 
	 	(d)	 	renew all Obligatory Insurances at least fourteen (14) days before the relevant
policies or contracts expire and procure that the approved brokers and/or war risks and
protection and indemnity clubs and associations shall promptly confirm in writing to
the Facility Agent as and when each renewal is effected;
	 
	 	(e)	 	forthwith upon the effecting of any Obligatory Insurance, give written notice
of the insurance to the Facility Agent stating the full particulars (including the
dates and amounts) of the insurance, and on request produce the receipts for each sum
paid by it pursuant to paragraph (c) above;
	 
	 	(f)	 	not settle, release, compromise or abandon any claim in respect of any Total
Loss unless the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) is
satisfied that such release, settlement compromise or abandonment will not prejudice
the interests of the Finance Parties under or in relation to any Finance Document;
	 
	 	(g)	 	arrange for the execution and delivery of such guarantees as may from time to
time be required by any protection and indemnity or war risks club or association;
	 
	 	(h)	 	procure that the interest of the Facility Agent and/or the Security Trustee is
noted on all policies of insurance and, as the case may be, all policies of
reinsurance;
	 
	 	(i)	 	procure that a loss payee provision in the form scheduled to the General
Assignment, and reflecting the provisions of Clause 20.26 (Application of Insurance
Proceeds) is endorsed on all policies of insurance and reinsurance, as the case may be;
	 
	 	(j)	 	obtain from the relevant insurance brokers, reinsurance brokers and P&I Club
letters and undertakings in the forms scheduled to the General Assignment; and

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	 	(k)	 	in the event that a Guarantor receives payment of any moneys under the General
Assignment, save as provided in the loss payable clause scheduled to the General
Assignment, forthwith pay over the same to the Facility Agent and until paid over such
moneys shall be held in trust for the Facility Agent by the Borrower, or as the case
may be, the relevant Guarantor.

20.26 Application of Insurance Proceeds

	 	(a)	 	All sums receivable in respect of the Obligatory Insurances after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be paid to the
Facility Agent and the Facility Agent shall apply them in accordance with Clause 15.7.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Subject to paragraph (a) above:

	 	(i)	 	each sum receivable in respect of a major casualty (being any
casualty in respect of which the claim or the aggregate of the claims exceeds
one million Dollars (US$1,000,000) (or its equivalent)), other than in respect
of protection and indemnity risk insurances, shall be paid to the Facility
Agent; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the insurance moneys received by the Facility Agent in respect of
any such major casualty shall be paid:
	 
	 	(A)	 	to the person to whom the relevant liability shall have been
incurred; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	upon a Guarantor furnishing evidence satisfactory to the Facility
Agent that all loss and damage resulting from the casualty has been properly
made good and repaired or, as the case may be, that a contract has been entered
into for the repair or reinstatement of the loss or damage, to the relevant
Guarantor or, at the option of the Facility Agent, to the person by whom any
repairs have been or (upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Facility
Agent that the relevant repairs are being performed under the relevant contract
with such person) are being or to be effected.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The receipt by any such person referred to in paragraph (A) and
(B) of paragraph (ii) above shall be a full and sufficient discharge of the same
to the Facility Agent.

	 	(c)	 	Subject to paragraph (a) above, each sum receivable in respect of the
Obligatory Insurances (insofar as the same are hull and machinery or war risks
insurances) which does not exceed one million Dollars (US$1,000,000) or its equivalent
shall be paid in full to the relevant Guarantor or to its order and shall be applied by
it for the purpose of making good the loss and fully repairing all damage in respect of
which the receivable shall have been collected.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Subject to paragraph (a) above, each sum receivable in respect of protection
and indemnity risk Obligatory Insurances shall be paid direct to the person to whom the
liability, to which that sum relates, was incurred, or to the relevant Guarantor in
reimbursement to it of moneys expended in satisfaction of such liability.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision in this Clause 20.26, all sums receivable
in respect of Obligatory Insurances relating to a Total Loss shall be applied in
accordance with Clause 6.2(b)).

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20.27 Power of Facility Agent to Insure

If the Borrower or a Guarantor fails to effect and keep in force Obligatory Insurances in
accordance with this Agreement, it shall be permissible, but not obligatory, for the
Facility Agent to effect and keep in force insurance or insurances in the amounts required
under this Agreement and entries in a protection and indemnity association or club and, if
it deems necessary or expedient, to insure the war risks upon any Vessel, and the Borrower
will reimburse the Facility Agent for the costs of so doing.

20.28 ISM Code

     The Borrower will, and shall procure that the relevant Guarantor and the Manager shall:

	 	(a)	 	comply, and be responsible for compliance by itself and by such Guarantor’s
Vessel, with the ISM Code;
	 
	 	(b)	 	ensure that:

	 	(i)	 	such Vessel has a valid Safety Management Certificate (as defined
in the ISM Code);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	such Vessel is subject to a safety management system (as defined
in the ISM Code) which complies with the ISM Code; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	there is a valid Document of Compliance (as defined in the ISM
Code) for such Vessel, which is held on board the Vessel,

	 	 	 	and shall deliver to the Facility Agent a copy of a valid Safety Management
Certificate and a valid Document of Compliance in respect of the relevant Vessel, in
each case duly certified by an officer of the Guarantor of such Vessel;
	 
	 	(c)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of any actual or, upon becoming aware of the
same, threatened withdrawal of an applicable Safety Management Certificate or Document
of Compliance;
	 
	 	(d)	 	promptly notify the Facility Agent of the identity of the person ashore
designated for the purposes of paragraph 4 of the ISM Code and of any change in the
identity of that person; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	promptly upon becoming aware of the same notify the Facility Agent of the
occurrence of any accident or major non-conformity (as defined in the ISM Code)
requiring action under the ISM Code.

20.29 ISPS Code

     The Borrower will, and shall procure that the relevant Guarantor and the Manager shall:

	 	(a)	 	comply and be responsible for compliance by itself and by such Guarantor’s
Vessel with the ISPS Code;
	 
	 	(b)	 	ensure that:

	 	(i)	 	such Vessel has a valid International Ship Security Certificate;

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	 	(ii)	 	such Vessel’s security system and its associated security
equipment comply with section 19.1 of Part A of the ISPS Code;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	such Vessel’s security system and its associated security
equipment comply in all respects with the applicable requirements of Chapter
XI-2 of SOLAS and Part A of the ISPS Code; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	an approved ship security plan is in place.

20.30 Dividends

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower shall not be permitted to pay dividends or make any other
distribution (whether by loan or otherwise) to its shareholders, unless

	 	(i)	 	at the time such dividend is declared or paid it has available
surplus funds which, under Applicable Law and accounting principles in its
jurisdiction of formation it is entitled to distribute as dividends;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	at the time such dividend is declared or paid no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of the payment of such
dividends or other distributions;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	at the time such dividends or distributions are declared, the
aggregate Market Value of the Vessels is not less than the Required Amount; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	such dividends or distributions together with the aggregate
amount of all other dividends and distributions made by the Borrower since the
date of this Agreement do not exceed sixty five per cent. (65%) of the
Borrower’s Free Cash Flow for the period (taken as one accounting period) from
July 1, 2005 to the end of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently
ended prior to the date of such dividend or distribution,

	 	 	 	and Borrower’s Free Cash Flow means with respect to any period, the Borrower’s
Consolidated EBITDA for such period less the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period, (ii) principal payments on any Financial Indebtedness during such
period (provided that, in the case of any principal repayment of a revolving credit
facility, only principal payments resulting in a permanent reduction of such facility
shall be included for this purpose), (iii) cash taxes paid during such period, and
(iv) capital expenditures made during such period including, for the avoidance of
doubt, expenditure on dry-docking.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of determining compliance with Clause 20.30(a) above, the
Facility Agent may, in its sole discretion:

	 	(i)	 	utilise the most recent semi-annual valuations delivered to the
Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 22 (Valuation); or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	request the delivery of new valuations, such valuations to be
procured in accordance with Clause 22 (Valuation) and to be at the expense of
the Borrower,

PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT, for the avoidance of doubt, a request by the Facility Agent for new
valuations for the purposes of this Clause 20.30(b) shall not prohibit the Facility Agent
from requesting

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further semi-annual valuations in accordance with Clause 22 (Valuation) as long as the most
recently performed valuation pursuant to this Clause 20.30 was performed more than one month
prior to such request and so long as the Facility Agent has not received more than four (4)
valuations in respect of each Vessel in any calendar year.

20.31 Hedging strategy

The Borrower will enter into hedging arrangements from time to time as it deems appropriate.
If the Borrower enters into any Swap Agreement with a Swap Bank it shall at the same time
enter into the Subordination Deed and the Junior Security Documents in the form appended to
this Agreement.

21. SUBSTITUTION

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower may, at any time following a sale or Total Loss of a Vessel,
request the substitution of that Vessel by a replacement vessel. The replacement vessel
shall be required to be:

	 	(i)	 	as at the time of substitution, of at least equal value to the
Vessel which is being replaced, such valuation to be conducted in accordance
with Clause 22 (Valuations) and have been conducted no more than forty five (45)
days prior to the Substitution Date (as defined below);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a dry bulk carrier which is less than ten (10) years of age as at
the Substitution Date (as defined below); and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	with the same or a similar remaining useful life as the Vessel,

	 	 	 	such determinations to be made in the sole discretion of the Facility Agent acting on
behalf of the Lenders (the Replacement Vessel).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such request by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 21(a) above (the
Replacement Request) shall be made to the Facility Agent in writing at least thirty
(30) Business Days prior to the proposed date of substitution (the Substitution Date)
and shall be accompanied by evidence of compliance by the Borrower of the conditions
specified in Clause 21(a).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to satisfaction of the above conditions in full, the Facility Agent
shall be required to agree to a Replacement Request provided that:

	 	(i)	 	the Facility Agent has received in writing confirmation from the
Majority Lenders consenting to the Replacement Request (and the Lenders agree
that such confirmation shall be provided as long as the conditions specified in
Clause 21(a) have been satisfied); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	as at the date of either the Replacement Request or the
Substitution Date, no Default or Event of Default is outstanding; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	there are no adverse tax, credit or other relevant implications
which, in the opinion of the Facility Agent, may arise as a result of the
substitution;

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	 	(iv)	 	the Facility Agent has received a survey in respect of the
Replacement Vessel, conducted in accordance with the Facility Agent’s
instructions;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Facility Agent has received evidence in form and substance
satisfactory to it that the Replacement Vessel is registered with an Approved
Flag State in the name of a Guarantor; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	on or prior to the Substitution Date, the Obligors will have
executed (and where, relevant, registered) equivalent Security Documents in
relation to the Replacement Vessel, including but not limited to a Mortgage and
a Junior Mortgage, a General Assignment, a Junior General Assignment, and such
other security documents as the Facility Agent may in its sole discretion
determine appropriate in order to place the Finance Parties in substantially the
same position in all respects (mutatis mutandis) as they would have been in
prior to the Substitution Date.

	 	(d)	 	Each of the Obligors agrees that following a Replacement Request it will duly
execute and deliver such further documents and instruments and take such further action
as the Facility Agent requests in order to effect the Replacement Request.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Each of the Facility Agent and the Borrower agree and confirm that the costs in
connection with the Replacement Request (including but not limited to the costs of any
legal advisers and any costs incurred in valuing and surveying the Replacement Vessel)
shall be for the account of the Borrower.

22. VALUATION

22.1 Valuation

     For the purposes of this Clause 22:

	 	(a)	 	the market value of any Vessel shall be the average of two (2) valuations
certified in Dollars and carried out by two (2) Approved Valuers, reporting to the
Facility Agent on the basis of sale for prompt delivery of the Vessel for cash (free of
Security Interests), on a without charter basis and at arm’s-length on normal
commercial terms as between willing seller and buyer;
	 
	 	(b)	 	in the case of (a) above, there shall be deducted from any value or valuation
an amount equal to the amount which is owing or might become owing and which is secured
on such Vessel by any prior or equal ranking Security Interest (other than in favour of
the Facility Agent to secure the Secured Liabilities).

22.2 Delivery of Valuations

	 	(a)	 	The Borrower will procure one (1) valuation relating to each of the Vessels
within each consecutive six (6) month period (the first such period commencing on the
date of this Agreement) and provide such valuation to the Facility Agent on a date on
which the Facility Agent is required to be provided with a quarterly Compliance
Certificate, such valuation to be prepared in accordance with Clause 22.1 (Valuation).

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	 	(b)	 	The Borrower will procure in favour of the Facility Agent and the Approved
Valuer, as applicable, all such information, facilities and rights of inspection as
they may reasonably (having regard to the use and operation of the Vessel) require in
order to effect such valuations.
	 
	 	(c)	 	All valuations shall be at the expense of the relevant Owner.
	 
	 	(d)	 	In the event that such valuation shows that the relevant Required Amount is not
satisfied as required under Clause 19.6, then the provisions of that Clause shall
apply.
	 
	 	(e)	 	If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall be
liable to pay for any and all appraisals by Approved Valuers prepared in accordance
with Clause 22.1(a) at the time or times required by the Facility Agent.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Any valuation under this Clause 22 shall be binding and conclusive (save for
manifest error).
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Facility Agent shall not be entitled to receive more than four (4)
valuations in accordance with this Agreement in respect of each Vessel per calendar
year.

23. DEFAULT

23.1 Events of Default

Each of the events set out in this Clause is an Event of Default.

23.2 Non-payment

An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable by it under the Finance Documents
in the manner required under the Finance Documents, unless the non-payment:

	 	(a)	 	is caused by technical or administrative error; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	is remedied within three (3) Business Days of the due date.

23.3 Breach of other obligations

	 	(a)	 	An Obligor does not comply with any term of Clause 19 (Financial Covenants) or
Clause 20 (General Covenants), unless the non-compliance:

	 	(i)	 	is capable of remedy and provided such non-compliance does not
have a Material Adverse Effect; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is remedied within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the
non-compliance.

The Obligors acknowledge that for the purposes of paragraph (i) above, non-compliance with
the following provisions of this Agreement shall not be capable of remedy:

	 	(A)	 	Clause 20.11(a) and 20.11(b) (Security);
	 
	 	(B)	 	Clause 20.13(a)(i) (Registration of Vessels);
	 
	 	(C)	 	Clause 20.23(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) (Scope of Obligatory Insurances); and

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	 	(D)	 	Clause 19 (Financial Covenants).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any Obligor does not comply with any other term of the Finance Documents not
already referred to in this Clause which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions
of the Majority Lenders) considers to be material, unless the non-compliance:

	 	(i)	 	is capable of remedy; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is remedied within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the
non-compliance.

23.4 Misrepresentation

A representation made or repeated by an Obligor in any Finance Document or in any document
delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under any Finance Document is incorrect in any
respect which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders)
considers to be material when made or deemed to be repeated, unless the circumstances giving
rise to the misrepresentation:

	 	(a)	 	are capable of remedy; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	are remedied within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the
misrepresentation.

23.5 Cross-default

Any of the following occurs in respect of any Obligor:

	 	(a)	 	any of its Financial Indebtedness is not paid when due (after the expiry of any
originally applicable grace period);
	 
	 	(b)	 	any of its Financial Indebtedness:

	 	(i)	 	becomes prematurely due and payable;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is placed on demand; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is then capable (as the result of a then existing default) of
being declared by a creditor to be prematurely due and payable or being placed
on demand,

	 	 	 	in each case, as a result of an event of default (howsoever described) and after the
expiry of any applicable grace period; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any commitment for its Financial Indebtedness is cancelled or suspended as a
result of an event of default (howsoever described),

unless the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (c)
above is less than two million five hundred thousand Dollars (US$2,500,000) or its
equivalent.

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23.6 Insolvency

Any of the following occurs in respect of an Obligor:

	 	(a)	 	it is, or is deemed for the purposes of any Applicable Law to be, unable to pay
its debts as they fall due or insolvent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	it admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
	 
	 	(c)	 	it suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do
so other than where such debts are being disputed in good faith by appropriate
proceedings (and for the payment of which adequate reserves or security are at the
relevant time maintained or provided to the extent required by GAAP);
	 
	 	(d)	 	by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, it begins
negotiations with any creditor for the rescheduling or adjustment of any of its
indebtedness;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a moratorium is declared in respect of any of its indebtedness; or
	 
	 	(f)	 	any steps are taken to enforce a Security Interest other than a Permitted
Security Interest.

If a moratorium occurs in respect of any Obligor, the ending of the moratorium will not
remedy any Event of Default caused by the moratorium.

23.7 Insolvency proceedings

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided in paragraph (b) below, any of the following occurs in
respect of an Obligor:

	 	(i)	 	any step is taken with a view to a moratorium, a composition,
assignment or similar arrangement with any of its creditors;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a meeting of its shareholders, directors or other officers is
convened for the purpose of considering any resolution to petition for or to
file documents with a court for its winding-up, administration or dissolution or
any such resolution is passed;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any person presents a petition, or files documents with a court
for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	an order for its winding-up, administration or dissolution is
made;
	 
	 	(v)	 	any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian,
compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar
officer is appointed in respect of it or any of its assets;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	its directors, shareholders or other officers request the
appointment of, or give notice of their intention to appoint a liquidator,
trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver,
administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer; or
	 
	 	(vii)	 	any other analogous step or procedure is taken in any
jurisdiction.

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	 	(b)	 	Paragraph (a) above does not apply to a frivolous or vexatious petition for
winding-up presented by a creditor which is being contested in good faith and with due
diligence and is discharged or struck out within twenty-one (21) days.

23.8 Creditors’ process

Any attachment, sequestration, distress, execution or analogous event affects any asset(s)
of an Obligor having an aggregate value of two million five hundred thousand Dollars
(US$2,500,000) or its equivalent, and is not discharged within twenty-one (21) days.

23.9 Cessation of business

An Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business except as a result of any
disposal not prohibited under this Agreement.

23.10 Failure to pay final judgment

An Obligor fails to comply with or pay any sum due from it under any final judgment or any
final order (which, if capable of being appealed, is not appealed within the time limit
allowed by law) made or given by any court of competent jurisdiction, which is in excess of
two million five hundred thousand Dollars (US$2,500,000).

23.11 Effectiveness of Finance Documents

	 	(a)	 	It is or becomes unlawful for any Obligor to perform any of its obligations
under the Finance Documents which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the
Majority Lenders) considers material.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any Finance Document is not effective or is alleged by any Party (other than a
Finance Party, an Obligor or the Account Bank) to be ineffective for any reason and in
any respect which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority
Lenders) considers to be material.
	 
	 	(c)	 	An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate
a Finance Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any Party (other than a Finance Party or the Account Bank) repudiates any
material provision of a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate any
material provision of a Finance Document.

23.12 Invalidity of Security Documents

Any of the Security Documents ceases to be valid or any of those Security Documents creating
a Security Interest in favour of the Security Trustee ceases to provide a perfected first
priority security interest or, as the context may require, a perfected second priority
security interest, in each case in favour of the Security Trustee.

23.13 ERISA

	 	(a)	 	Any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any
plan year or part thereof under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or a
waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted
under Section 412 of the Code or

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	 	 	 	Section 303 or 304 of ERISA, a Reportable Event shall have occurred, a contributing
sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Plan subject to Title IV of
ERISA shall be subject to the advance reporting requirement of PBGC Regulation
Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph (b)(l) thereof) and an event
described in sub-section .62, .63, .64, .65, .66, .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation
Section 4043 shall be reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within
the following thirty (30) days, any Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA shall
have had or is reasonably likely to have a trustee appointed to administer such Plan,
any Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA is, shall have been or is reasonably
likely to be terminated or to be the subject of termination proceedings under ERISA;
any Plan shall have an Unfunded Current Liability; a contribution required to be made
with respect to a Plan or a Foreign Pension Plan is not timely made; the Borrower,
the Obligors or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or events have happened, or
reasonably expected to happen, that will cause it to incur any liability to or on
account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(1), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069,
4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29), 4971 or 4975 of the Code or on
account of a group health plan (as defined in Section 607(1) of ERISA or Section
4980B(g)(2) of the Code) under Section 4980B of the Code; or the Borrower, or any of
the Obligors, has incurred or is reasonably likely to incur retiree medical
liabilities pursuant to one or more employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provide benefits to retired employees or other former
employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA or 4980B of the Code);
	 
	 	(b)	 	there shall result from any such event or events the imposition of a lien, the
granting of a security interest, or a liability or a material risk of incurring a
liability; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	such lien, security interest or liability, individually, and/or in the
aggregate, in the reasonable opinion of the Lenders, has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

23.14 Acceleration

	 	(a)	 	If an Event of Default is outstanding, the Facility Agent may (and if the
Majority Lenders so instruct it, shall), by notice to the Borrower:

	 	(i)	 	cancel the undrawn, uncancelled amount of the Maximum Facility
Amount; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	declare that all or part of any amounts outstanding under the
Finance Documents (other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security
Documents) are:
	 
	 	(A)	 	immediately due and payable; and/or
	 
	 	(B)	 	payable on demand by the Facility Agent.

	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is outstanding in accordance with the provisions of
Clause 23.2, 23.7, 23.9 or 23.10 but upon which the Majority Lenders do not instruct
the Facility Agent to act in the manner detailed in either paragraph (i) or (ii) above,
after a period of fourteen (14) days plus the expiry of the relevant grace period, the
Facility Agent shall thereafter be entitled to act in accordance with paragraphs (i)
and (ii) above unless otherwise instructed by the Majority Lenders.

Any notice given under this Subclause will take effect in accordance with its terms.

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24. SECURITY

24.1 Security Trustee as trustee

Unless expressly provided to the contrary herein or in any Finance Document and except as
otherwise required by Applicable Law, the Security Trustee holds any security created by a
Senior Security Document on trust for the Finance Parties (other than any Swap Bank), or, as
the case may be, the relevant Finance Parties specified in the relevant Senior Security
Document.

24.2 Responsibility

The Security Trustee is not liable or responsible to any other Finance Party for:

	 	(a)	 	any failure in perfecting or protecting the security created by any Senior
Security Document;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other action taken or not taken by it in connection with any Senior
Security Document,

unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

24.3 Title

The Security Trustee may accept, without enquiry, the title (if any) an Obligor may have to
any asset over which security is intended to be created by any Senior Security Document.

24.4 Possession of documents

The Security Trustee is not obliged to hold in its own possession any Senior Security
Document, title deed or other document in connection with any asset over which security is
intended to be created by a Senior Security Document. Without prejudice to the above, the
Security Trustee may allow any bank providing safe custody services or any professional
adviser to the Administrative Parties to retain any of those documents in its possession.

24.5 Investments

All moneys received by the Security Trustee under a Senior Security Document shall be paid
to the Facility Agent who shall deal with the moneys in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Subordination Deed. Any such moneys will until utilised, be invested in
the name of, or under the control of, the Facility Agent in any investments selected by the
Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders). Additionally, those
moneys may be placed on deposit in the name of, or under the control of, the Facility Agent
at any bank or institution (including itself) and upon such terms as it may think fit.

24.6 Approval

Each Finance Party:

	 	(a)	 	confirms its approval of each Senior Security Document; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	authorises and directs the Security Trustee to execute and enforce the Senior
Security Documents as trustee (or agent) or as otherwise provided.

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24.7 Enforcement of Security

	 	(a)	 	All instructions to the Security Trustee to enforce any Senior Security
Document shall be given through (and only through) the Facility Agent in accordance
with this Clause 24.7 (Enforcement of Security). The Security Trustee may refrain from
acting, exercising any right, power or discretion under any Senior Security Document
unless and until instructed by the Facility Agent as to whether or not such right,
power or discretion is to be exercised, and if it is to be exercised, as to the manner
in which it should be exercised.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent shall instruct the Security Trustee to enforce any of the
Senior Security Documents if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Majority Lenders have voted in favour of such action,

but the Security Trustee shall not enquire as to whether such requirements have been
satisfied.

	 	(c)	 	Upon receipt of instructions in accordance with paragraph (b) above from the
Facility Agent but subject to Clause 25.11 (Indemnities), the Security Trustee shall
enforce any of the rights and powers that the Finance Parties may have under all or any
of the Senior Security Documents in accordance with this Agreement. If instructed by
the Facility Agent due to legal requirements, the Security Trustee shall instruct each
other Finance Party which is a party to a Senior Security Document to do likewise,
whereupon each such Finance Party will so enforce the Senior Security Documents to
which it is a party in accordance with the instructions of the Security Trustee.

24.8 Manner of enforcement

	 	(a)	 	If the Security Trustee is instructed to enforce any Senior Security Document
then, subject always to the provisions of the Subordination Deed, it may do so in such
manner as it, in its absolute discretion, sees fit and solely having regard to the
interests of the Finance Parties as a whole (or, as the case may be, those Finance
Parties on whose behalf it is holding that Senior Security Document) and without having
regard to the interests of any individual Finance Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 24.8(a), to the extent that the
Security Trustee is instructed to enforce any Senior Security Document, it may refrain
from doing in a jurisdiction, if in its opinion, based on legal advice obtained from
that jurisdiction, enforcement of the Senior Security Document;

	 	(i)	 	would be contrary to any law of that jurisdiction and to the
extent applicable, to the laws of England and Wales;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	would render it liable to any person in that jurisdiction or in
England and Wales;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	would not be available to the Security Trustee by virtue of any
applicable law in that jurisdiction or in England and Wales; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	was deemed or determined by any court or other competent
authority in that jurisdiction or in England and Wales to be ultra vires the
powers of the Security Trustee.

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	 	(c)	 	If any Finance Party is instructed by the Security Trustee due to legal
requirements to enforce the security conferred by the Senior Security Documents it will
do so in accordance with the instructions of the Security Trustee. In giving such
instructions the Security Trustee shall act in accordance with this Agreement and
having regard to the interests of the Finance Parties as a whole (or, as the case may
be, those Finance Parties on whose behalf it is holding that Senior Security Document)
and without having regard to the interests of any individual Finance Party.

24.9 Release of security

	 	(a)	 	If a disposal of any asset subject to security created by a Senior Security
Document is made to a person (which is and will remain) outside the Group in the
following circumstances:

	 	(i)	 	the Majority Lenders agree to the disposal;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the disposal is allowed by the terms of the Finance Documents and
will not result or could not reasonably be expected to result in any breach of
any term of any Finance Document;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the disposal is being made at the request of the Facility Agent
or the Security Trustee in circumstances where any security created by the
Senior Security Documents has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the disposal is being effected by enforcement of a Senior
Security Document,

and, in any such case the Facility Agent is satisfied that the Credits will be prepaid in
full in accordance with Clause 8.3(a)(i) at the time of the disposal or it is a disposal
within Clause 20.7(b), then the asset being disposed of will be released from any security
over it created by a Senior Security Document. However, the proceeds of any disposal (or an
amount corresponding to them) must be applied in accordance with the requirements of the
Finance Documents (if any).

	 	(b)	 	Following the Final Maturity Date, if the Credits have been irrevocably and
unconditionally repaid in full to the satisfaction of the Finance Parties then the
Mortgages over the Vessels and the Security Interests over any other Security Assets
shall be released, such release to be at the expense of the Borrower.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the Facility Agent is satisfied that a release is allowed under this
Subclause, the Security Trustee must execute (at the request and expense of the
relevant Obligor) any document which is reasonably required to achieve that release.
Each other Finance Party irrevocably authorises the Security Trustee to execute any
such document.

24.10 Co-security Agent

	 	(a)	 	The Security Trustee may appoint a separate security agent or a co-security
agent or co-security trustee in any jurisdiction outside the United States of America:

	 	(i)	 	if the Security Trustee considers that without the appointment
the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Documents might be materially and
adversely affected;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	for the purpose of complying with any law, regulation or other
condition in any jurisdiction; or

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	 	(iii)	 	for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing a judgment or
enforcing any Finance Document in any jurisdiction.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under this Subclause will only be effective if the security
agent or co-security agent or co-security trustee confirms to the Security Trustee and
the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Trustee that it is
bound by the terms of this Agreement as if it were the Security Trustee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Security Trustee may remove any security agent or co-security agent or
co-security trustee appointed by it and may appoint a new security agent or co-security
agent in its place.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Borrower must pay to the Security Trustee any reasonable remuneration paid
by the Security Trustee to any security agent or co-security agent or co-security
trustee appointed by it, together with any related costs and expenses properly incurred
by the security agent or co-security agent or co-security trustee.

25. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PARTIES

25.1 Appointment of the Facility Agent and duties of the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee

	 	(a)	 	Each Finance Party (other than the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee)
irrevocably appoints the Facility Agent to act as its agent under the Finance Documents
(other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Finance Party irrevocably authorises each of the Facility Agent and the
Security Trustee to:

	 	(i)	 	perform the duties and to exercise the rights, powers and
discretions that are specifically given to it under the Finance Documents (other
than any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents), together with any
other incidental rights, powers and discretions; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	execute each Finance Document (other than any Swap Agreement and
the Junior Security Documents) expressed to be executed by the Facility Agent or
as the case may be, the Security Trustee.

	 	(c)	 	Each of the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee has only those duties which
are expressly specified in the Finance Documents. Those duties are solely of a
mechanical and administrative nature.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Notwithstanding the terms of any Senior Security Document, the Security Trustee
will only exercise any of its powers, rights and discretions if so instructed by the
Facility Agent.

25.2 Role of the Arrangers

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arrangers in their capacity as
Arrangers have no obligations of any kind to any other Party in connection with any Finance
Document.

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	25.3	 	No fiduciary duties
	 
	 	 	Except as specifically provided in a Finance Document, nothing in the Finance Documents
makes an Administrative Party a trustee or fiduciary for any other Party or any other
person. No Administrative Party other than the Security Trustee need hold in trust any
moneys paid to it for a Party or be liable to account for interest on those moneys.
	 
	25.4	 	Individual position of an Administrative Party

	 	(a)	 	If it is also a Lender, each Administrative Party has the same rights and
powers under the Finance Documents as any other Lender and may exercise those rights
and powers as though it were not an Administrative Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Administrative Party and any Affiliate of each Administrative Party may:

	 	(i)	 	carry on any business with any Obligor or its related entities
(including acting as an agent or a trustee for any other financing); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	retain any profits or remuneration it receives under the Finance
Documents or in relation to any other business it carries on with any Obligor or
its related entities.

	25.5	 	Reliance
	 
	 	 	Each of Facility Agent and the Security Trustee may:

	 	(a)	 	rely on any notice or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed by, or with the authority of, the proper person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	rely on any statement made by any person regarding any matters which may
reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify;
	 
	 	(c)	 	engage, pay for and rely on professional advisers selected by it (including
those representing a Party other than the Facility Agent or, as the case may be, the
Security Trustee);
	 
	 	(d)	 	rely on any statement made by a director or employee of any person regarding
any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his
power to verify and shall be protected by the provisions of Clause 24.11 (Indemnities)
in such reliance; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Security Trustee may refrain from acting, exercising any right, power or
discretion under any Finance Document (other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior
Security Documents) unless and until instructed by the Facility Agent as to whether or
not such right, power or discretion is to be exercised and if it is to be exercised, as
to the manner in which it should be exercised;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the Security Trustee may refrain from acting in accordance with the
instructions of the Facility Agent or otherwise beginning any legal action or
proceedings arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document (other than any
Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents) until it shall have received such
security and/or indemnity as it may reasonably require (in advance or in payment) for
all costs, claims, losses, expenses (including legal fees) and liabilities and costs
which it will incur or may expend in complying with such instructions;

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	 	(g)	 	act under the Finance Documents (other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior
Security Documents) through its personnel and agents.

	25.6	 	Majority Lenders’ instructions

	 	(a)	 	Each of the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee is fully protected if it
acts on the instructions of the Majority Lenders or (in the case of the Security
Trustee) the Facility Agent in the exercise of any right, power or discretion or any
matter not otherwise expressly provided for in the Finance Documents (other than any
Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents). Any such instructions given by the
Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Lenders. In the absence of instructions,
then unless the Finance Documents (other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior
Security Documents) expressly provide that the Facility Agent or, as the case may be,
the Security Trustee acts on the instructions of the Majority Lenders in exercising the
relevant right, power or discretion, the Facility Agent or, as the case may be, the
Security Trustee may act as it considers to be in the best interests of all the
Lenders.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Lender acknowledges and confirms that, unless expressly provided for to
the contrary in the Finance Documents (other than any Swap Agreement and the Junior
Security Documents), it shall act in a reasonable manner when reaching any decision as
to the exercise or non-exercise of any right, power or discretion by the Facility
Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Facility Agent may assume that unless it has received notice to the
contrary, any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority
Lenders has not been exercised.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is authorised to act on
behalf of a Finance Party (without first obtaining that Finance Party’s consent) in any
legal or arbitration proceedings in connection with any Finance Document (other than
any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents).
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Facility Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee may require the
receipt of security satisfactory to it, whether by way of payment in advance or
otherwise, against any liability or loss which it may incur in complying with the
instructions of the Majority Lenders.

	25.7	 	Responsibility

	 	(a)	 	No Finance Party is responsible to any other Finance Party for the adequacy,
accuracy or completeness of:

	 	(i)	 	any Finance Document or any other document; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any statement or information (whether written or oral) made in or
supplied in connection with any Finance Document.

	 	(b)	 	Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by
it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms that
it:

	 	(i)	 	has made, and will continue to make, its own independent
appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents
(including the financial condition

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	 	 	 	and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities and the nature and extent
of any recourse against any Party or its assets); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by
any Administrative Party in connection with any Finance Document.

	25.8	 	Exclusion of liability

	 	(a)	 	Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is liable or responsible to
any other Finance Party for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with any
Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Party (other than the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee respectively)
may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent
(or the Security Trustee, as the case may be) in respect of any claim it might have
against the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee (as the case may be) or in respect
of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in connection
with any Finance Document. Any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent may
rely on this Subclause and enforce its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is liable for any delay (or
any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the
Finance Documents to be paid by the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee if the
Facility Agent, or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee has taken all necessary
steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Facility Agent
or the Security Trustee for that purpose.

	 
	 	(d)	 	(i)	 	Nothing in this Agreement will oblige any Administrative Party to satisfy any know your
customer requirement in relation to the identity of any person on behalf of any Finance Party.

	 	(ii)	 	Each Finance Party confirms to each Administrative Party that it
is solely responsible for any know your customer requirements it is required to
carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to those
requirements made by any other person.

	25.9	 	Default

	 	(a)	 	Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is obliged to monitor or
enquire whether a Default has occurred. Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security
Trustee is deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of a Default.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee:

	 	(i)	 	receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the event is a Default; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest or fee
payable to a Finance Party (other than the Facility Agent and/or the Security
Trustee and/or the Arranger) under this Agreement,

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	 	 	 	it must promptly notify the other Finance Parties.

	25.10	 	Information

	 	(a)	 	Both the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee must promptly forward to the
person concerned the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the
Facility Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee, by a Party for that
person.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, neither the
Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is obliged to review or check the adequacy,
accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided above, neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee
has any duty:

	 	(i)	 	either initially or on a continuing basis to provide any Lender
with any credit or other information concerning the risks arising under or in
connection with the Finance Documents (including any information relating to the
financial condition or affairs of any Obligor or its related entities or the
nature or extent of recourse against any Party or its assets) whether coming
into its possession before, on or after the date of this Agreement; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless specifically requested to do so by a Lender in accordance
with a Finance Document, to request any certificate or other document from any
Obligor.

	 	(d)	 	In acting as the Facility Agent, the agency division of the Facility Agent is
treated as a separate entity from its other divisions and departments. Any information
acquired by the Facility Agent which, in its opinion, is acquired by it otherwise than
in its capacity as the Facility Agent may be treated as confidential by the Facility
Agent and will not be treated as information possessed by the Facility Agent in its
capacity as such.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Neither the Facility Agent nor the Security Trustee is obliged to disclose to
any person any confidential information supplied to it by or on behalf of a member of
the Group solely for the purpose of evaluating whether any waiver or amendment is
required in respect of any term of the Finance Documents.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Each Obligor irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee
to disclose to the other Finance Parties any information which, in its opinion, is
received by it in its capacity as the Facility Agent or, as the case may be, the
Security Trustee.

	25.11	 	Indemnities

	 	(a)	 	Without limiting the liability of any Obligor under the Finance Documents, each
Lender must indemnify each of the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee for that
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent in
acting as the Facility Agent, or any loss or liability incurred by the Security Trustee
in acting as the Security Trustee or in respect of its role as Security Trustee, except
to the extent that the loss or liability is caused by the Facility Agent’s or the
Security Trustee’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent may deduct from any amount received by it for a Lender any
amount due to the Facility Agent from that Lender under a Finance Document but unpaid.

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	25.12	 	Compliance
	 
	 	 	Each Administrative Party may refrain from doing anything (including disclosing any
information) which might, in its opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or be
otherwise actionable at the suit of any person, and may do anything which, in its opinion,
is necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation.
	 
	25.13	 	Resignation of the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee

	 	(a)	 	Either of the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee may resign by giving
written notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders
shall appoint a successor facility agent or, as the case may be a successor security
trustee of which the Borrower approves, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If no successor facility agent or, as the case may be, successor security
trustee has been appointed under paragraph (a) above within thirty (30) days after
notice of resignation was given, the Facility Agent or, as the case may be Security
Trustee may appoint a successor facility agent or, as the case may be a successor
security trustee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The resignation of the Facility Agent or, as the case may be Security Trustee
and the appointment of any successor facility agent or, as the case may be the
successor security trustee will both become effective only when the successor facility
agent or, as the case may be the successor security trustee notifies all the Parties
that it accepts its appointment. On giving the notification, the successor facility
agent or, as the case may be the successor security trustee will succeed to the
position of the Facility Agent or, as the case may be the Security Trustee and the term
Facility Agent or, as the case may be, Security Trustee will mean the successor
facility agent or, as the case may be, successor security trustee.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The retiring Facility Agent or, as the case may be the Security Trustee must,
at its own cost, make available to the successor Facility Agent or, as the case may be
the successor Security Trustee such documents and records and provide such assistance
as the successor Facility Agent or, as the case may be the successor Security Trustee
may reasonably request for the purposes of transferring its functions as the Facility
Agent or, as the case may be the Security Trustee under the Finance Documents.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Upon its resignation becoming effective, this Clause will continue to benefit
the retiring Facility Agent or, as the case may be the retiring Security Trustee in
respect of any action taken or not taken by it in connection with the Finance Documents
while it was the Facility Agent or, as the case may be the Security Trustee, and,
subject to paragraph (d) above, it will have no further obligations under any Finance
Document.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Facility Agent or, as the case may
be the Security Trustee, require it to resign under paragraph (a) above.

	25.14	 	Relationship with Lenders

	 	(a)	 	Each of the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee may treat each Lender as a
Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and as acting through its Facility
Office(s) until it has received not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice from
that Lender to the contrary.

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	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent may at any time, and must if requested to do so by the
Majority Lenders, convene a meeting of the Lenders.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Facility Agent must keep a register of all the Parties and supply any other
Party with a copy of the register on request. The register will include each Lender’s
Facility Office(s) and contact details for the purposes of this Agreement.

	25.15	 	Notice period
	 
	 	 	Where this Agreement specifies a minimum period of notice to be given to the Facility
Agent or, as the case may be the Security Trustee, the Facility Agent or, as the case may be
the Security Trustee may, at its discretion, accept a shorter notice period.
	 
	25.16	 	Survival
	 
	 	 	The provisions of this Clause 25 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
shall remain for the benefit of the Security Trustee even after its resignation under the
terms of this Agreement.
	 
	26.	 	EVIDENCE AND CALCULATIONS
	 
	26.1	 	Accounts
	 
	 	 	Accounts maintained by a Finance Party in connection with this Agreement are conclusive
(save for manifest error) evidence of the matters to which they relate for the purpose of
any litigation or arbitration proceedings and the Facility Agent will maintain separate
accounts for each Loan.
	 
	26.2	 	Certificates and determinations
	 
	 	 	Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under the
Finance Documents will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the
matters to which it relates.
	 
	26.3	 	Calculations
	 
	 	 	Any interest or fee accruing under this Agreement accrues from day to day and is
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days.
	 
	27.	 	FEES
	 
	27.1	 	Commitment fee
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay a commitment fee calculated at the rate of zero point three seven
five per cent. (0.375%) per annum on the undrawn, uncancelled amount of the Total
Commitments to the Facility Agent for and on behalf of the Lenders. The commitment fee
shall accrue from the date of this Agreement and shall be payable quarterly in arrears.
Accrued commitment fee is also payable to the Facility Agent for a Lender on the date that
its Commitment is cancelled and its share in the Credits prepaid or repaid in full.
	 
	27.2	 	Underwriting and structuring fee
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay to the Arranger underwriting and structuring fees in the manner
agreed in a Fee Letter between the Arranger, the Facility Agent and the Borrower.

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	27.3	 	Agency and Security Trustee fee
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay to the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee an agency and
security trustee fee in the manner agreed in a Fee Letter between the Arranger, the Facility
Agent and the Borrower.
	 
	27.4	 	Refund of fees
	 
	 	 	The fees referred to in this Clause 27 and the Fee Letters (including but not limited
to any fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit) shall not be refunded under any
circumstances whatsoever once they have been paid.
	 
	28.	 	INDEMNITIES AND BREAK COSTS
	 
	28.1	 	Currency indemnity

	 	(a)	 	Each of the Obligors shall, as an independent obligation and within three (3)
Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or
liability which that Finance Party incurs as a consequence of:

	 	(i)	 	the Finance Party receiving an amount in respect of an Obligor’s
liability under the Finance Documents; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	that liability being converted into a claim, proof, judgment or
order,

	 	 	 	in a currency other than the currency in which the amount is expressed to be payable
under the relevant Finance Document.

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

	28.2	 	Other indemnities

	 	(a)	 	Each of the Obligors shall, as an independent obligation and within three (3)
Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or
liability which that Finance Party incurs as a consequence of:

	 	(i)	 	the occurrence of any Event of Default;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance
Document on its due date;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	(other than by reason of gross negligence or default by that
Finance Party) a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being made after a Request has
been delivered for that Loan; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid on the date and in
the amount specified under a notice of prepayment.

	 	 	The liability of the Obligors in each case includes any cost, loss or expense on
account of funds borrowed, contracted for or utilised to fund any amount payable under any
Finance Document, any amount repaid or prepaid or any Loan.

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	 	(b)	 	Each Obligor must indemnify against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any
Finance Party as a result of:

	 	(i)	 	investigating any event which that Finance Party reasonably
believes to be a Default; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	acting or relying on any notice of an Obligor which that Finance
Party reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

	 	(c)	 	Each Obligor must indemnify and agree to hold harmless the Finance Parties and
in each case, each of its and their Affiliates and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (each, an Indemnified Party)
from and against any Losses, joint or several, that may be incurred by or asserted or
awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection
with or relating to any claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding (or the
preparation of any defence with respect thereto) commenced or threatened in relation to
the Finance Documents or the Related Contracts (or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby) or any use made or proposed to be made with the proceeds of the Facility.
This indemnity shall apply whether or not such claims, investigation, litigation or
proceeding is brought by an Obligor, the shareholders of an Obligor or the creditors of
an Obligor, an Indemnified Party or any other person, or an Indemnified Party is
otherwise a party thereto, except to the extent such Losses are found in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such
Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Obligor must indemnify and hold each Finance Party harmless on a full
indemnity basis, from and against each and every Loss:

	 	(i)	 	arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected
with the ownership, possession, performance, transportation, management, sale,
import to or export from any jurisdiction, control, use or operation,
registration, navigation, certification, classification, management, manning,
provisioning, the provision of bunkers and lubricating oils, testing, design,
condition, delivery, acceptance, leasing, sub-leasing, chartering, insurance,
maintenance, repair, service, modification, refurbishment, drydocking, survey,
conversion, overhaul, replacement, removal, repossession, return, redelivery,
storage, sale, disposal, the complete or partial removal, decommissioning,
making safe, destruction, abandonment or loss by any of the Owners or any other
person of any of the Vessels or caused by any of the Vessels becoming a wreck or
an obstruction to navigation, whether or not such liability may be attributable
to any defect in any of the Vessels or to the design, construction or use
thereof or from any maintenance, service, repair, drydocking, overhaul,
inspection or for any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the
foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise and whether or
not any of the Vessels (or any part thereof) is in possession or control of the
relevant Owner or the Manager or any other person and whether or not the same is
in United Kingdom waters or abroad;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected
with any Release of Hazardous Material, any Environmental Claim, or any breach
of an Environmental Law or the terms and conditions of an Environmental
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	 	(iii)	 	as a consequence of any claim that any design, article or
material in any of the Vessels or any part thereof or relating thereto or the
operation or use thereof constitutes an infringement of patent, copyright,
design or other proprietary right; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	in preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, seizure,
taking in execution, requisition, impounding, forfeiture or detention of any of
the Vessels or in securing or attempting to secure the release of any of the
Vessels.

	 	(e)	 	Each Obligor shall indemnify and keep the Security Trustee (and, without
limitation, its directors, officers, agents and employees) indemnified and hold each of
them harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, actions,
damages, fees and expenses, (including lawyers’ fees and disbursements), arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement, save as are caused by their own gross negligence
or wilful default.

	28.3	 	Break Costs

	 	(a)	 	Each Obligor must pay to each Lender, or, as the case may be, each Swap Bank,
its Break Costs in accordance with this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In respect of a Lender, Break Costs are the amount (if any) determined by the
relevant Lender by which:

	 	(i)	 	the interest which that Lender would have received for the period
from the date of receipt of payment of a Loan or an overdue amount to the last
day of the current Term for that Loan or overdue amount if the principal or
overdue amount received had been paid on the last day of that Term;
	 
	               exceeds	 	 	 
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing
an amount equal to the amount received by it on deposit with a leading bank in
the appropriate interbank market for a period starting on the Business Day
following receipt and ending on the last day of the applicable Term.

	 	(c)	 	In respect of each Swap Bank, Break Costs are the amount (if any) determined by
such Swap Bank in accordance with the terms of the relevant Swap Agreement which would
indemnify that Swap Bank against any loss or liability that it incurs as a consequence
of terminating all or any part of the swap or other hedging arrangements under any Swap
Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Lender, or as the case may be, each Swap Bank must supply to the Obligors
details of the amount of any Break Costs claimed by it under this Clause.

	29.	 	EXPENSES
	 
	29.1	 	Initial costs
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay to each of the Arranger, the Security Trustee and the Facility
Agent the amount of all reasonable or otherwise fixed or capped costs and expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with (but not limited to) the
negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of the Finance Documents.

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	29.2	 	Subsequent costs
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay to each of the Security Trustee and the Facility Agent the amount
of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with:

	 	(a)	 	the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of any Finance Document
(other than a Transfer Certificate or any other document effecting syndication to a New
Lender) executed after the date of this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any amendment, waiver or consent requested by or on behalf of an Obligor or
specifically allowed by this Agreement.

	29.3	 	Enforcement costs
	 
	 	 	The Borrower must pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the enforcement or attempted
enforcement of, or the preservation or attempted preservation of any rights under, any
Finance Document.
	 
	30.	 	WAIVER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
	 
	 	 	In no event shall any Finance Party be liable on any theory of liability for any
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages and each Obligor hereby waives,
releases and agrees (for itself and on behalf of its Subsidiaries) not to sue upon any such
claim for any such damages whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to
exist in its favour, unless caused by the fraud, wilful default or recklessness of the
relevant Finance Party in performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any
of the Finance Documents.
	 
	31.	 	AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	 
	31.1	 	Procedure

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided in this Clause, no term of the Finance Documents (other than
any Swap Agreement and the Junior Security Documents) may be amended or waived without
the agreement of the Borrower and the Majority Lenders. The Facility Agent may effect,
on behalf of any Finance Party, an amendment or waiver allowed under this Clause.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent must promptly notify the other Parties of any amendment or
waiver effected by it under paragraph (a) above. Any such amendment or waiver is
binding on all the Parties.

	31.2	 	Exceptions

	 	(a)	 	An amendment or waiver which relates to:

	 	(i)	 	the definition of Majority Lenders in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	an extension of the date of payment of any amount to a Lender
under the Finance Documents;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest,
fee or other amount payable to a Lender under the Finance Documents;

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	 	(iv)	 	an increase in, or an extension of, a Commitment or the Total
Commitments;
	 
	 	(v)	 	a release of an Obligor;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	a term of a Finance Document which expressly requires the consent
of each Lender;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the right of a Lender to assign or transfer its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	a reduction in the Margin;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	Clause 21 (Substitution);
	 
	 	(x)	 	Clause 19.6 (Collateral Maintenance);
	 
	 	(xi)	 	the definition of Required Amount in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); or
	 
	 	(xii)	 	this Clause,

	 	 	 	may only be made with the consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of an
Administrative Party may only be made with the consent of that Administrative Party and
the Borrower.
	 
	 	(c)	 	An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the
Issuing Bank (in its capacity as such) may only be made with the consent of the Issuing
Bank and the Borrower.

	31.3	 	Required Lenders
	 
	 	 	If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination to any of
the provisions contemplated by clauses (i) through (ix), inclusive of Clause 31.2(a), the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other
Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right,
so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual consent is required are treated as
described in either clauses (A) or (B) below, to either (A) replace each such non-consenting
Lender or Lenders (or, at the option of the Borrower if the respective Lender’s consent is
required with respect to less than all Loans (or related Commitments), to replace only the
respective Commitments and/or Loans of the respective non-consenting Lender which gave rise
to the need to obtain such Lender’s individual consent) with one or more Replacement Lenders
so long as at the time of such replacement, each such Replacement Lender consents to the
proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (B) terminate such non-consenting
Lender’s Commitment (if such Lender’s consent is required as a result of its Commitment),
and/or repay outstanding Loans and terminate any outstanding Commitments of such Lender
which gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender’s consent, in accordance with Clause 31.2,
provided that, unless the Commitments that are terminated, and Loans that are repaid,
pursuant to preceding clause (B) are immediately replaced in full at such time through the
addition of new Lenders or the increase of the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of
existing Lenders (who in each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of
any action pursuant to preceding clause (B) the Required Lenders (determined before giving
effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent thereto, provided, further, that
in any event the Borrower shall not have the right to replace a Lender, terminate its
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	 	 	result of the exercise of such Lender’s rights (and the withholding of any required consent
by such Lender) pursuant to this Agreement.
	31.4	 	Change of currency
	 
	 	 	If a change in any currency of a country occurs (including where there is more than one
currency or currency unit recognised at the same time as the lawful currency of a country),
the Finance Documents will be amended to the extent the Facility Agent (acting reasonably
and on the instructions of the Majority Lenders and after consultation with the Borrower)
determines is necessary to reflect the change.
	 
	31.5	 	Waivers and remedies cumulative
	 
	 	 	The rights of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents:

	 	(a)	 	may be exercised as often as necessary;
	 
	 	(b)	 	are cumulative and not exclusive of its rights under the general law; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	may be waived only in writing and specifically.

	 	 	Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right is not a waiver of that right.
	 
	32.	 	CHANGES TO THE PARTIES
	 
	32.1	 	Assignments and transfers by Obligors
	 
	 	 	The Obligors may not assign or transfer any of their respective rights and obligations
under the Finance Documents without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
	 
	32.2	 	Assignments and transfers by Lenders

	 	(a)	 	A Lender (the Existing Lender) may, subject to the following provisions of this
Subclause, at any time assign or transfer (including by way of novation) any of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement to another bank, financial institution or
to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged or established for the
purpose of making, purchasing or otherwise investing in loans, securities or other
financial assets (the New Lender).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless the Borrower and the Facility Agent otherwise agree, a transfer of part
of a Commitment or the rights and obligations under this Agreement by the Existing
Lender must be in a minimum amount of five million Dollars (US$5,000,000).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The consent of the Borrower and the Issuing Bank is required for any assignment
or transfer unless the New Lender is another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The consent of the Borrower must not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	A transfer of obligations will be effective only if:

	 	(i)	 	the obligations are novated in accordance with the following
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	 	(ii)	 	the New Lender confirms to the Facility Agent and the Borrower in
form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent that it is bound by the
terms of this Agreement as a Lender. On the transfer becoming effective in this
manner the Existing Lender will be released from its obligations under this
Agreement to the extent that they are transferred to the New Lender; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	in the event that the Subordination Deed is in full force and
effect, the New Lender enters into the Subordination Deed by a Deed of Accession
(as defined in the Subordination Deed).

	 	(e)	 	Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the New Lender must pay to the
Facility Agent for its own account, on or before the date any assignment or transfer
occurs, a fee of three thousand five hundred Dollars (US$3,500).
	 
	 	(f)	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a Lender includes a New Lender but excludes
a Lender if no amount is or may be owed to or by it under this Agreement.

	32.3	 	Assignments and transfers — Issuing Bank
	 
	 	 	The consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower is required for any assignment or
transfer by the Issuing Bank of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
	 
	32.4	 	Procedure for transfer by way of novations

	 	(a)	 	In this Subclause:

	 	 	Transfer Date means, for a Transfer Certificate, the later of:

	 	(i)	 	the proposed Transfer Date specified in that Transfer Certificate; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the date on which the Facility Agent executes that Transfer Certificate.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A novation is effected if:

	 	(i)	 	the Existing Lender and the New Lender deliver to the Facility
Agent a duly completed Transfer Certificate; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Facility Agent executes it.

	 	(c)	 	On the Transfer Date:

	 	(i)	 	the New Lender will assume the rights and obligations of the
Existing Lender expressed to be the subject of the novation in the Transfer
Certificate in substitution for the Lender; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Existing Lender will be released from those obligations and
cease to have those rights.

	 	(d)	 	Each Party (other than the Existing Lender and the New Lender) irrevocably
authorises the Facility Agent to execute any duly completed Transfer Certificate on its
behalf.

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	32.5	 	Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lender

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender is not responsible
to a New Lender for:

	 	(i)	 	the legality, validity, effectiveness, completeness, accuracy,
adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other document;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the financial condition of any Obligor;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations
under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the accuracy of any statement or information (whether written or
oral) made in or supplied in connection with any Finance Document,

	 	 	 	and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender that it:

	 	(i)	 	has made, and will continue to make, its own independent
appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents
(including the financial condition and affairs of the Obligors and its related
entities and the nature and extent of any recourse against any Party or its
assets) in connection with its participation in this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	has not relied exclusively on any information supplied to it by
the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document.

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

	 	(i)	 	accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and
obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	support any losses incurred by the New Lender by reason of the
non-performance by an Owner of its obligations under any Finance Document or
otherwise.

	32.6	 	Costs resulting from change of Lender or Facility Office

	 	(a)	 	If:

	 	(i)	 	a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights and obligations
under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	as a result of circumstances existing at the date of assignment,
transfer or change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to pay a Tax Payment or
an Increased Cost,

	 	 	then, unless the assignment, transfer or change is made by a Lender to mitigate any
circumstances giving rise to a Tax Payment, Increased Cost or a right to be prepaid and/or
cancelled by reason of illegality, the Borrower need only pay that Tax Payment or Increased
Cost to the same extent that it would have been obliged to if no assignment, transfer or
change had occurred.

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	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 32.6(a) above, if a Lender assigns or transfers any
of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents pursuant to the terms of
Clause 32.2 (Assignments and transfers by Lenders), then the transferring or assigning
Lender shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses directly incurred by the other
Parties to this Agreement as a result of such transfer or assignment.

	32.7	 	Additional Guarantors

	 	(a)	 	If the Borrower requests that:

	 	(i)	 	one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries becomes an Additional
Guarantor; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	it is required to make one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries an
Additional Guarantor,

	 	 	 	it must give not less than 10 Business Days’ prior notice to the Facility Agent (who
must promptly notify the Lenders).
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the accession of an Additional Guarantor requires any Finance Party to carry
out know your customer requirements in circumstances where the necessary information is
not already available to it, the Borrower must promptly on request by any Finance Party
supply to that Finance Party any documentation or other evidence which is reasonably
requested by that Finance Party (whether for itself, on behalf of any Finance Party or
any prospective new Lender) to enable a Finance Party or prospective new Lender to
carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable know your customer
requirements.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If one of the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower is to become an
Additional Guarantor, then the Borrower must (following consultation with the Facility
Agent) deliver to the Facility Agent the relevant documents and evidence listed in Part
2 of Schedule 2 (Additional Guarantor).
	 
	 	(d)	 	The relevant Subsidiary will become an Additional Guarantor when the Facility
Agent notifies the other Finance Parties and the Borrower that it has received all of
the documents and evidence referred to in paragraph (c) above in form and substance
satisfactory to it. The Facility Agent must give this notification as soon as
reasonably practicable.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Delivery of an Accession Agreement, executed by the relevant Subsidiary and the
Borrower, to the Facility Agent constitutes confirmation by that Subsidiary and the
Borrower that the representations contained in Clause 17 (Representations) of this
Agreement are then correct.

	32.8	 	Changes to the Reference Banks
	 
	 	 	If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is
an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Facility Agent must (in consultation with the
Borrower) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.
	 
	32.9	 	Appointment of additional Arrangers
	 
	 	 	The Arranger may agree that a New Lender be appointed as an additional mandated lead
arranger and the transfer certificate in respect of such New Lender shall include a
confirmation by such New Lender that they accede to this Agreement as an arranger, and
“Arranger” shall be construed accordingly.

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	33.	 	DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
	 
	 	 	Each Finance Party agrees to maintain as confidential all confidential information
provided to them by the Obligors and designated as confidential, provided that each Finance
Party may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other person such information as that
Finance Party shall consider appropriate in respect of information supplied to it, by or on
behalf of an Obligor, the Group, any Charterer, or the Finance Documents:

	 	(a)	 	to (or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially
assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	with (or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially enter into)
any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are
to be made by reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by any
Applicable Law,
	 
	 	(d)	 	to any other Finance Party; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	to its and any Obligors’ professional advisors,

	 	 	PROVIDED ALWAYS that, in relation to paragraph (b), the person to whom the information
is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking in form and substance
satisfactory to the Borrower.
	 
	34.	 	SET-OFF
	 
	 	 	A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation owed to it by an Obligor under the
Finance Documents against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by that Finance Party
to that Obligor regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either
obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, that Finance Party may convert
either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the
purpose of the set-off.
	 
	35.	 	PRO RATA SHARING
	 
	35.1	 	Redistribution
	 
	 	 	If any amount owing by an Obligor under this Agreement to a Lender (the recovering
Lender) is discharged by payment, set-off or any other manner other than through the
Facility Agent under this Agreement (a recovery), then:

	 	(a)	 	the recovering Lender must, within three (3) Business Days, supply details of
the recovery to the Facility Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Facility Agent must calculate whether the recovery is in excess of the
amount which the recovering Lender would have received if the recovery had been
received by the Facility Agent under this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the recovering Lender must pay to the Facility Agent an amount equal to the
excess (the redistribution).

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	35.2	 	Effect of redistribution

	 	(a)	 	The Facility Agent must treat a redistribution as if it were a payment by the
relevant Obligor under this Agreement and distribute it among the Lenders, other than
the recovering Lender, accordingly.
	 
	 	(b)	 	When the Facility Agent makes a distribution under paragraph (a) above, the
recovering Lender will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have
shared in that redistribution.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If and to the extent that the recovering Lender is not able to rely on any
rights of subrogation under paragraph (b) above, the relevant Obligor will owe the
recovering Lender a debt which is equal to the redistribution, immediately payable and
of the type originally discharged.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If:

	 	(i)	 	a recovering Lender must subsequently return a recovery, or an
amount measured by reference to a recovery, to an Obligor and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the recovering Lender has paid a redistribution in relation to
that recovery,

	 	 	each Finance Party must reimburse the recovering Lender all or the appropriate portion
of the redistribution paid to that Finance Party, together with interest for the period
while it held the re-distribution. In this event, the subrogation in paragraph (b) above
will operate in reverse to the extent of the reimbursement.
	 
	35.3	 	Exceptions
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding any other term of this Clause, a recovering Lender need not pay a
redistribution to the extent that:

	 	(a)	 	it would not, after the payment, have a valid claim against the relevant
Obligor in the amount of the redistribution; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	it would be sharing with another Finance Party any amount which the recovering
Lender has received or recovered as a result of legal or arbitration proceedings,
where:

	 	(i)	 	the recovering Lender notified the Facility Agent of those
proceedings; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in
those proceedings but did not do so or did not take separate legal or
arbitration proceedings as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice
of them.

	36.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If a term of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

	 	(a)	 	the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other term
of the Finance Documents; or

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	 	(b)	 	the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any
other term of the Finance Documents.

	37.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts and by facsimile
provided that original signed copies are provided within a reasonable period of time
thereafter. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a
single copy of the Finance Document.
	 
	38.	 	NOTICES
	 
	38.1	 	In writing

	 	(a)	 	Any communication in connection with a Finance Document must be in writing and,
unless otherwise stated, may be given in person, by post, fax, e-mail or by any other
electronic communication approved by the Facility Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of the Finance Documents, an electronic communication will be
treated as being in writing.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Unless it is agreed to the contrary, any consent or agreement required under a
Finance Document must be given in writing.

	38.2	 	Contact details

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the contact details of each Party for all
communications in connection with the Finance Documents are those notified by that
Party for this purpose to the Facility Agent on or before the date it becomes a Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The contact details of each of the Obligors for this purpose are:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Quintana Maritime Limited
	 

	 	 	 	Pandoras 13 & Kyprou Str.
	 

	 	 	 	166 74 Glyfada — Greece
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax number:
	 	+11 30 210 8986823
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Mr Stamatis Molaris
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with copies to:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Quintana Maritime Limited
	 

	 	 	 	601 Jefferson Street
	 

	 	 	 	Suite 3600
	 

	 	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax Number:
	 	713-751-7532
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Steven Putman, Esq.
	 

	 	 	 	Vice President and General Counsel.

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	 	(c)	 	The contact details of the Facility Agent for this purpose are:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Loans Agency Office
	 

	 	 	 	2nd Floor
	 

	 	 	 	4 Harbour Exchange Square
	 

	 	 	 	London, E14 9GE
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax number:
	 	+44 (0)208 636 3824
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Ian Hayton

	 	(d)	 	The contact details of the Security Trustee are:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Citigroup Centre
	 

	 	 	 	Canada Square
	 

	 	 	 	Canary Wharf
	 

	 	 	 	London E14 5LB
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax number:
	 	+44 (0) 20 7500 5877
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Agency and Trust

	 	(e)	 	A Party may change its contact details by giving five (5) Business Days’ notice
to the Facility Agent or (in the case of the Facility Agent) to the other Parties.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Where a Party nominates a particular department or officer to receive a
communication, a communication will not be effective if it fails to specify that
department or officer.

	38.3	 	Effectiveness

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, any communication in connection with a Finance
Document will be deemed to be given as follows:

	 	(i)	 	if delivered in person, at the time of delivery;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if posted, five (5) days after being deposited in the post,
postage prepaid, in a correctly addressed envelope;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if by fax, when received in legible form; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	if by e-mail or any other electronic communication, when received
in legible form.

	 	(b)	 	A communication given under paragraph (a) above but received on a non-working
day or after business hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on
the next working day in that place.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A communication to the Facility Agent will only be effective on actual receipt
by it.

	38.4	 	Obligors
	 
	 	 	All communications under the Finance Documents to or from an Obligor must be sent
through the Facility Agent.

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	38.5	 	Entire Agreement
	 
	 	 	This Agreement and the other Finance Documents entered into pursuant to this Agreement
contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and supersede all previous agreements between the parties relating to such
transactions.
	 
	39.	 	LANGUAGE

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given in connection with a Finance Document must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any other document provided in connection with a Finance Document must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	(unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees) accompanied by a
certified English translation. In this case, the English translation prevails
unless the document is a statutory or other official document.

	40.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Agreement is governed by English law.
	 
	41.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	41.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have jurisdiction to settle any dispute in connection with
any Finance Document.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any
such dispute.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, the Finance Parties (either directly or through an Administrative
Party) may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	41.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	Each of the Obligors irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporation of Fifth
Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX as its agent under the Finance Documents for
service of process in any proceedings before the English courts.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent is unable for any reason to act as
agent for service of process, the relevant Obligor or Obligors must immediately notify
the Facility Agent and appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Facility Agent.
Failing this, the Facility Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Each of the Obligors agree that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

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	 	(d)	 	This Clause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	41.3	 	Waiver of immunity
	 
	 	 	Each of the Obligors irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(a)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Finance Party
against it in relation to a Finance Document and to ensure that no such claim is made
on its behalf;
	 
	 	(b)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	 	 	THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

ORIGINAL PARTIES

PART 1

THE OWNERS AND THE ORIGINAL VESSELS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Owner	 	Country of	 	Flag of Vessel	 	Name of Original Vessel
	 	 	Formation	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fearless Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Fearless I”
(previously

“Fearless”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	King Coal Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“King Coal”
(previously “King

Arthur”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coal Glory Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Coal Glory”
(previously “Galene”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coal Age Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Coal Age” (previously

“Panoria”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Iron Man Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Iron Man” (previously

“Pandesia”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Linda Leah Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Linda Leah”
(previously “Denak — C”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Barbara Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Barbara” (previously

“Denak — B”)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coal Pride Shipco LLC
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	Republic of the

Marshall Islands
	 	“Coal Pride”
(previously “Ikan Beliak”)

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	Name of Owner	 	Country of	 	Flag of Vessel	 	Name of Original Vessel
	 	 	Formation	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Iron Beauty Shipco LLC*
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	TBC
	 	TBC
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Kirmar Shipco LLC*
	 	Republic of the Marshall Islands
	 	TBC
	 	TBC

 

			
	*	 	For the avoidance of doubt, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC and Kirmar Shipco LLC are not Original Owners
and the Vessels they are to acquire are not Original Vessels for the purpose of this
Agreement.

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PART 2

THE ORIGINAL LENDERS

	 	 	 
	Name of Original Lender	 	Commitments (US$)
	 	 	 
	Citibank, N.A.
	 	125,000,000
	 	 	 
	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
	 	125,000,000

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SCHEDULE 2

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

PART 1

INITIAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

	1.	 	Borrower
	 
	1.1	 	A certified copy* of the constitutional documents of the Borrower together with an
up to date Certificate of Goodstanding dated no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
drawdown date.
	 
	1.2	 	A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower:

	 	(a)	 	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, each Finance
Document to which the Borrower is a party and resolving that it executes each Finance
Document, then to be executed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	authorising a specified person or persons to execute each Finance Document on
its behalf to which it is a party, then to be executed; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or
despatch all other documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or
in connection with each Finance Document to which it is a party, then to be executed.

	1.3	 	A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in
paragraph 1.2 above.
	 
	1.4	 	A certified copy of all other resolutions, consents, licences, exemptions and filings,
corporate, official or otherwise which the Facility Agent may reasonably require in connection
with this Agreement or any other Finance Document.
	 
	*	 	Each certified copy must be certified by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney
of the Borrower as being true and complete no earlier than the date falling three Business
Days prior to the date of this Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	Guarantors
	 
	2.1	 	A certified copy* of the constitutional documents of each Guarantor.
	 
	2.2	 	A certified copy* of a resolution of the sole member of each Guarantor:

	 	(a)	 	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to
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	*	 	Each certified copy document must be certified
by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney of the relevant company as
being true and complete as at a date no earlier than the date of the Request
for a first Drawing.

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	 	(b)	 	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to
which it is a party on its behalf; and

	2.3	 	A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in
paragraph 2.2 above.
	 
	*	 	Each certified copy must be certified by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney of
the relevant Guarantor as being true and complete no earlier than the date falling three (3)
Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement.
	 
	3.	 	Related Contracts
	 
	3.1	 	A duly executed original of this Agreement.
	 
	3.2	 	A duly executed original of each Fee Letter.
	 
	3.3	 	A duly executed original of the Pledge of Shares, together with all certificates in respect
of the shares of the Guarantors.
	 
	3.4	 	A certified copy of each Vessel Management Agreement, duly executed.
	 
	3.5	 	A duly executed original of the Operating Account Charge.
	 
	3.6	 	A duly executed original of the Reserve Account Charge.
	 
	3.7	 	A duly executed original of each Charter Accounts Charge.
	 
	3.8	 	A duly executed original of the Mortgage in respect of each of the Original Vessels.
	 
	3.9	 	A duly executed original of the General Assignment in respect of each of the Original Vessels.
	 
	3.10	 	Duly executed originals of all notices of assignment required to be served under each
Security Document referred to above and faxed copies of the acknowledgements thereof (where it
is not possible to provide originals of the same, with such originals to follow as soon as
practicable after the Utilisation Date), duly executed by each relevant counterparty.
	 
	3.11	 	A duly executed original of the Account Bank Agreement.
	 
	4.	 	Insurance
	 
	4.1	 	A copy of each of the cover notes of all current insurance policies and reinsurance policies
(incorporating the relevant cut-through provisions) in respect of each of the Original
Vessels.
	 
	4.2	 	Duly executed and, where necessary, notarised notices of assignment (and acknowledgements of
the same) of the Obligatory Insurances in respect of the Original Vessels duly executed by the
relevant Guarantor substantially in the form provided for in the General Assignment.
	 
	4.3	 	A certificate of the Borrower certifying that the Obligatory Insurances are in full force and
effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Request for a first Drawing.

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	4.4	 	Evidence satisfactory to the Facility Agent that the Obligatory Insurances are in compliance
with the insurance and reinsurance covenants contained in the Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	Other documents
	 
	5.1	 	A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility
Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance
of, and the transactions contemplated by, any Finance Document or for the validity and
enforceability of any Finance Document.
	 
	5.2	 	A letter from Law Debenture Corporation agreeing to its appointment as process agent for the
Obligors under the Finance Documents.
	 
	6.	 	Legal opinions
	 
	6.1	 	A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, London office, English legal advisers to the Lenders,
addressed to the Facility Agent as agent for and on behalf of itself and the Finance Parties.
	 
	6.2	 	A legal opinion of Seward & Kissel, Marshall Islands legal advisors to the Lenders, in
respect of, amongst other things, each of the Obligors, the flag of the Vessels, the Mortgage
and the Pledge of Shares addressed to the Facility Agent as agent for and on behalf of itself
and the Finance Parties.
	 
	6.3	 	A legal opinion of Pologiorgis, Babalis & Mavrou Law Firm, Greek legal advisers to the
Lenders, in respect of, amongst other things, the Operating Account Charge and the Charter
Accounts Charge, addressed to the Facility Agent as agent for and on behalf of itself and the
Finance Parties.
	 
	7.	 	Other Requirements
	 
	7.1	 	Receipt by the Finance Parties of each of the fees outlined in the Fee Letters.

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PART 2

ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR DOCUMENTS

At the time of (i) in relation to an Additional Guarantor, the proposed accession of the Additional
Guarantor or (ii) in relation to Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC, the delivery date of
the Vessel to which they relate, the Facility Agent shall require the following documentation from
the Borrower and the relevant Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC:

	1.	 	Additional Guarantor
	 
	1.1	 	A certified copy* of the constitutional documents of the Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty
Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate).
	 
	1.2	 	A certified copy* of a resolution of the sole member (or other appropriate governing body) of
the Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate):

	 	(a)	 	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to
which it is a party;
	 
	 	(b)	 	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to
which it is a party on its behalf; and

	1.3	 	A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in
paragraph 1.2 above.
	 
	*	 	Each certified copy must be certified by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney
of the Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate) as
being true and complete no earlier than the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to
the date of this Agreement.

	2.	 	Additional Vessel
	 
	2.1	 	A certified true copy* of the Memorandum of Agreement relating to the relevant Additional
Vessel.
	 
	2.2	 	Evidence satisfactory to the Facility Agent that:

	 	(a)	 	the relevant Additional Vessel is provisionally or permanently registered in
the name of the Additional Guarantor, as a Republic of the Marshall Islands Vessel or
other Approved Flag State;
	 
	 	(b)	 	title to the relevant Additional Vessel is held by the Additional Guarantor,
Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate) free of all Security
Interests other than Permitted Liens; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Mortgage and if a Swap Agreement has been entered into, the Junior Mortgage
in respect of the relevant Additional Vessel have been duly recorded in the Republic of
the Marshall Islands

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	 	 	 	or other Approved Flag State and constitutes, in the case of the Mortgage, a first
priority security interest over the Additional Vessel and, in the case of any such
Junior Mortgage, a second priority security interest over the Additional Vessel and
that all taxes and fees payable to that Approved Flag State in respect of that
Additional Vessel have been paid in full.

	2.3	 	A duly executed original of the Vessel Management Agreement relating to the relevant
Additional Vessel.
	 
	2.4	 	A certified copy* of:

	 	(a)	 	an interim classification certificate (with an undertaking to provide to the
Facility Agent a full classification certificate within two (2) months of the relevant
Delivery Date) in respect of the Additional Vessel showing that Additional Vessel to be
in class without overdue recommendation, condition or qualification or, in the event
that this is not available, a faxed copy with a certified copy to follow as soon as
practicable after the relevant Delivery Date, in each case to be issued by an Approved
Classification Society;
	 
	 	(b)	 	a valid Interim Safety Management Certificate (with an undertaking to provide
to the Facility Agent a full Safety Management Certificate within two (2) months of the
relevant Delivery Date) for that Additional Vessel;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a valid interim Document of Compliance (with an undertaking to provide to the
Facility Agent a full Document of Compliance within two (2) months of the relevant
Delivery Date); and
	 
	 	(d)	 	a valid interim International Ship Security Certificate (with an undertaking to
provide to the Facility Agent a full International Ship Security Certificate within two
(2) months of the relevant Delivery Date) for that Additional Vessel.

	2.5	 	A certified copy* of any Time Charter.
	 
	2.6	 	A copy of the valuations provided by two Approved Valuers in respect of the relevant
Additional Vessel, in each case dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the accession of
the relevant Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as
appropriate).
	 
	3.	 	Documents
	 
	3.1	 	A duly executed original of the Accession Agreement relating to that Additional Guarantor,
Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate).
	 
	3.2	 	A duly executed original of the deed of accession to the Subordination Deed (if the
Subordination Deed has become effective).
	 
	3.3	 	A duly executed original of the deed of accession to the Account Bank Agreement relating to
that Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate).
	 
	3.4	 	A duly executed original of the Mortgage relating to the relevant Additional Vessel.

 

			
	*	 	Each certified copy document must be certified
by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney of the Owner as being true
and complete as at a date no earlier than the Delivery Date of a Vessel.

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	3.5	 	If a Swap Agreement has been entered into, a duly executed original of the Junior Mortgage
relating to the relevant Additional Vessel.
	 
	3.6	 	A duly executed original of the General Assignment relating to the relevant Additional
Vessel.
	 
	3.7	 	If a Swap Agreement has been entered into, a duly executed original of the Junior General
Assignment relating to the relevant Additional Vessel.
	 
	3.8	 	A duly executed original of the Charter Account Charge relating to the relevant Charter
Account for that Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as
appropriate).
	 
	3.9	 	If a Swap Agreement has been entered into, a duly executed original of the Junior Charter
Account Charge relating to the relevant Charter Account for that Additional Guarantor, Iron
Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate).
	 
	3.10	 	Evidence satisfactory to the Facility Agent that the Borrower has executed a Pledge of Shares
and, if a Swap Agreement has been entered into, a Junior Pledge of Shares in relation to the
relevant Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate),
together with all certificates in respect of the shares of that Additional Guarantor, Iron
Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate).
	 
	4.	 	Insurance
	 
	4.1	 	A certified copy of the cover notes of all current insurance policies and reinsurance
policies (incorporating the relevant cut-through provisions) in respect of the relevant
Additional Vessel.
	 
	4.2	 	Duly executed and, where necessary, notarised notices of assignment (and acknowledgements of
the same) of the Obligatory Insurances in respect of the Additional Vessel duly executed by
the relevant Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as
appropriate) substantially in the form provided for in the General Assignment and, if a Swap
Agreement has been entered into, the Junior General Assignment.
	 
	4.3	 	Fax confirmation from each broker, capital insurer and club concerned with the Obligatory
Insurances of the Vessel that:

	 	(a)	 	the relevant cover is in effect;
	 
	 	(b)	 	they will accept notice of assignment of the Obligatory Insurances in favour of
the Facility Agent and execute an acknowledgement of the notice in the form required by
the Facility Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	they will restrict their lien for unpaid premiums under any fleet policy to
unpaid premiums in respect of that Vessel only;
	 
	 	(d)	 	they will issue a letter of undertaking in the current LIBA form (in the case
of Lloyds brokers), in the form provided for in the General Assignment (in the case of
non-Lloyds brokers, insurers and reinsurers other than clubs) or in their current
standard form (in the case of clubs);
	 
	 	(e)	 	they will accept endorsement of a loss payable clause on the policies in the
form provided for in the General Assignment (in the case of brokers and insurers other
than clubs) and, if a Swap Agreement has been entered into, the Junior General
Assignment or will note the interest of the

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	 	 	 	Facility Agent in the entry for the Vessel by way of a loss payable clause in their
current standard form (in the case of clubs); and

	 	(f)	 	they are not aware of any mortgage, charge, assignment or other encumbrance
affecting the Obligatory Insurances with which they are concerned (other than any
previously disclosed by the Owner to the Facility Agent in writing).

	4.4	 	Confirmation from the Facility Agent of its satisfaction with a final insurance report in
respect of the insurance and reinsurance covenants and the Obligatory Insurances prepared by
Aon.
	 
	*	 	Each certified copy must be certified by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney
of the Owner as being true and complete no earlier than the date falling three Business Days
prior to the date of this Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	Miscellaneous
	 
	5.1	 	Evidence satisfactory to the Facility Agent that the Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco
LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate) has appointed a process agent for service of process
in England and Wales.
	 
	5.2	 	A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, London office, English legal advisers to the Lenders,
addressed to the Facility Agent as agent for and on behalf of itself and the Lenders.
	 
	5.3	 	A legal opinion of Seward & Kissel, Marshall Islands legal advisors to the Lenders, in
respect of, amongst other things, the due incorporation, capacity and authorisation of the
Additional Guarantor, Iron Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate) to enter
into and execute this Agreement and any Security Agreements, addressed to the Facility Agent
as agent for and on behalf of itself and the Lenders.
	 
	5.4	 	A legal opinion of Pologiorgis, Babalis & Mavrou Law Firm, Greek legal advisers to the
Lenders, in respect of the Charter Accounts Charge and if a Swap Agreement has been entered
into, the Junior Charter Accounts Charge executed by the relevant Additional Guarantor, Iron
Beauty Shipco LLC or Kirmar Shipco LLC (as appropriate), addressed to the Facility Agent as
agent for and on behalf of itself and the Lenders.
	 
	5.5	 	A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility
Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance
of, and the transactions contemplated by, any Finance Document or for the validity and
enforceability of any Finance Document.

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SCHEDULE 3

FORM OF REQUEST

	 	 	 
	To:

	 	Citibank International Plc as Facility Agent
	From:

	 	Quintana Maritime Limited
	Date:

	 	[     ]

US$250,000,000 Credit Agreement dated [     ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

	1.	 	We refer to the Credit Agreement. This is a Request.
	 
	2.	 	We wish to [borrow a Loan / arrange for a Letter of Credit]* to be issued on the following
terms:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(a)
	 	Utilisation Date:
	 	[     ]
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	Amount/currency:
	 	[     ]
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	Term:
	 	[     ]

	3.	 	Our [payment/delivery]* instructions are:
	 
	4.	 	We confirm that each condition specified of the Credit Agreement which must be satisfied on the
date of this Request is satisfied.
	 
	5.	 	This Request is irrevocable.
	 
	6.	 	[We attach a copy of the proposed Letter of Credit.]*

By:

QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED

Authorised Signatory

	*	 	Delete as applicable

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SCHEDULE 4

CALCULATION OF THE MANDATORY COST

	1.	 	General
	 
	 	 	The Mandatory Cost is the weighted average of the rates calculated below by the
Facility Agent on the first day of a Term. The Facility Agent must distribute each amount
of Mandatory Cost among the Lenders on the basis of the rate for each Lender.
	 
	2.	 	For a Lender lending from a Facility Office in the U.K.
	 
	(a)	 	The relevant rate for a Lender lending from a Facility Office in the U.K. is the arithmetic
mean of the rates notified by each of the Reference Banks to the Facility Agent and calculated
in accordance with the following formulae:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	E x 0.01

300
	 	per cent. per annum

	 	 	where on the day of application of the formula:

	 	E	 	is the charge payable by the Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority
under the fees rules (but, for this purpose, calculated by the Facility Agent on a
notional basis as being the average of the fee tariffs within fee-block Category A1
(Deposit acceptors) of the fees rules, applying any applicable discount and ignoring
any minimum fee required under the fees rules) and expressed in pounds per £1 million
of the tariff base of that Reference Bank.

	(b)	 	For the purposes of this paragraph 2:

	 	(i)	 	eligible liabilities and special deposit have the meanings given to them at the
time of application of the formula by the Bank of England;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	fees rules means the then current rules on periodic fees in the Supervision
Manual of the FSA Handbook; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	tariff base has the meaning given to it in the fees rules.

	(c)	 	Each rate calculated in accordance with a formula is, if necessary, rounded upward to four
decimal places.
	 
	(d)	 	(i)	 	Each Reference Bank must supply to the Facility Agent the information required by it to
make a calculation of the rate for that Reference Bank. The Facility Agent may assume that
this information is correct in all respects.

	 	(ii)	 	If a Reference Bank fails to do so, the Facility Agent may assume that the
Reference Bank’s obligations in respect of cash ratio deposits, special deposits and
the fees rules are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of
incorporation with a Facility Office in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office.

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	 	(b)	 	The Facility Agent has no liability to any Party if its calculation over or
under compensates any Lender.

	3.	 	For a Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State
	 
	(a)	 	The relevant rate for a Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State
is the percentage rate per annum notified by that Lender to the Facility Agent as its cost of
complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank.
	 
	(b)	 	If a Lender fails to specify a rate under paragraph (a) above, the Facility Agent will assume
that the Lender has not incurred any such cost.
	 
	4.	 	Changes
	 
	 	 	The Facility Agent may, after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders, notify
all the Parties of any amendment to this Schedule which is required to reflect:

	 	(a)	 	any change in law or regulation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	any requirement imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services
Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any successor authority).

	 	 	Any notification will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on
all the Parties.

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SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

	 	 	 
	To:

	 	The Borrower
	From:

	 	[THE EXISTING BANK] and [THE NEW BANK]
	Date:

	 	[     ]

US$250,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement dated [     ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

We refer to Clause 32.4 (Procedure for transfer by way of novations) of the Credit Agreement.

	1.	 	We [     ] (the Existing Bank) and [     ] (the New Bank) agree to the Existing
Bank and the New Bank novating all the Existing Bank’s rights and obligations referred to in
the Schedule in accordance with Clause 32.4. (Procedure for transfer by way of novations).
	 
	2.	 	The specified date for the purposes of Clause 32.4(a) is [date of novation].
	 
	3.	 	The Facility Office and address for notices of the New Bank for the purposes of Clause 38.2
(Contact details) are set out in the Schedule attached to this Certificate.
	 
	4.	 	This Novation Certificate is governed by English law.

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THE SCHEDULE

Rights and obligations to be novated

[Choose one of the following options (a) to (d):]

	(a)	 	all of the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender in
respect of the Facility —
principal amount US$[ ].

	(b)	 	all of the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender in respect of Vessel Loan [ ]
[and Vessel Loan [ ]] — principal amount US$[ ].

	(c)	 	the principal amount of US$[ ] in respect of each of the Loans and all the rights and
obligations attached to the same-total principal amount US$[ ].

	(d)	 	the principal amount of US$[ ] in respect of [each of] Vessel Loan [ ] [and Vessel
Loan [ ] and [ ]] and all the rights and obligations attached to the same.

[New Bank]

[Facility Office Address for notices]

	 	 	 
	[Existing Bank]

	 	[New Bank]
	By:

	 	By:
	 
	Date:

	 	Date:

The Transfer Date is confirmed by the Facility Agent as [ ].

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.

By:

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SCHEDULE 6

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

			
	To:	 	Citibank International plc as Facility Agent and Citicorp Trustee Company Limited as Security Trustee

			
	From:	 	Quintana Maritime Limited (the Borrower)

US$250,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement dated [ ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

	1.	 	Terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning in this Certificate.

	2.	 	I/We hereby certify that [no Default has occurred and is continuing or is outstanding] [a
Default under Clause [ ] of [specify document] is outstanding and the following steps are
being taken to remedy it [ ]].

	3.	 	[Except as set out below, the representations set out in Clause 17 (Representations) of the
Credit Agreement are deemed to be repeated as at the date hereof.]

	4.	 	I/We hereby certify that as of [ ] the status of the financial covenants as set out in
Clause 17 of the Credit Agreement is as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Maximum Leverage Ratio: the ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to
Consolidated Total Capitalisation is [ ]:1.00;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Minimum Liquidity: the Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Group
as of [ ] is [not less than] [ ] Dollars (US$[ ]);
	 
	 	(c)	 	Consolidated Interest Cover Ratio: the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to
Consolidated Interest Expense is [ ]: 1.00; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	Collateral Maintenance: the aggregate Market Value of the Vessels is [ ].
	 
	 	(e)	 	Consolidated Net Worth: the Consolidated Net Worth of the Group as of [
] is not less than one hundred and ninety eight million four hundred thousand Dollars
(US$198,400,000).

	 	 	 
	Yours faithfully,	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	President	 	 
	 	 	 
	[or]	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	[Senior Officer]	 	 
	 	 	 
	and	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	[Senior Officer]	 	 

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SCHEDULE 7

STANDING PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

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SCHEDULE 8

FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT

			
	To:	 	Citibank International plc as Facility Agent

			
	From:	 	Quintana Maritime Limited as borrower and [Proposed Guarantor] as Additional Guarantor

US$250,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement dated [ ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

We refer to the Credit Agreement. Terms not defined herein are as defined in the Credit
Agreement. This is an Accession Agreement.

[Name of company] of [address/registered office] agrees to become an Additional Guarantor and
to be bound by the terms of the Credit Agreement as an Additional Guarantor.

This Accession Agreement is intended to take effect as a deed.

This Accession Agreement is governed by English law.

	 	 	 
	SIGNED
as a DEED
by	)	 
	[Proposed
Guarantor]	)	 
	by [
]	)	 
	in the presence
of:	)	 

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SCHEDULE 9

FORM OF RECONCILIATION CERTIFICATE

			
	To:	 	Citibank International plc as Facility Agent and Citicorp Trustee Company Limited as Security Trustee

			
	From:	 	Quintana Maritime Limited (the Borrower)

US$250,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement dated [ ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

	1.	 	Terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning in this Certificate.

	2.	 	I/We hereby certify that during the period between the date of the previous Reconciliation
Certificate and the date hereof the monies standing to the credit of the Operating Expenses
Account from time to time have been applied in and towards the following:

Operating Expenses: [ ] Dollars (US$[ ])

Permitted Dividends: [ ] Dollars (US$[ ])

Transfer to Reserve Account: [ ] Dollars (US$[ ]).

	3.	 	I/We hereby certify that as at the date hereof the balance standing to the credit of the
Reserve Account is [ ] Dollars (US$[ ]) and during the period between the date of
the previous Reconciliation Certificate and the date hereof the monies standing to the credit
of the Reserve Account from time to time have at the following times, been applied in and
towards the following:

	 	 	 	(a)[insert purpose and date]: [ ] Dollars (US$[ ])
	 
	 	 	 	(b)[insert purpose and date]: [ ] Dollars (US$[ ]).

	 	 	 
	Yours faithfully,	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	President	 	 
	 	 	 
	[or]	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	[Senior Officer]	 	 
	 	 	 
	and	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	[Senior Officer]	 	 

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SIGNATORIES

The Borrower

QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

The Guarantors

QUINTANA MANAGEMENT LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

KING COAL SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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FEARLESS SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

COAL AGE SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

IRON MAN SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

LINDA LEAH SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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BARBARA SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

COAL GLORY SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

COAL PRIDE SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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IRON BEAUTY SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

KIRMAR SHIPCO LLC

By: QUINTANA MARITIME LIMITED, its Sole Member

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Paul J. Cornell
    

 

Name: Paul J. Cornell

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

The Original Lenders

CITIBANK, N.A.

		
	By: 	/s/
Pareejat Singhal
     

 

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE

BANK OF SCOTLAND

		
	By: 	/s/
Russell Parker
     

 

		
	Russell Parker

The Arrangers

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED

		
	By: 	/s/
Pareejat Singhal
     

 

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THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE

BANK OF SCOTLAND

		
	By: 	/s/ Russell Parker
    

 

Russell Parker

The Facility Agent

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC

		
	By: 	/s/ Sonia Gosparini
    

 

Sonia Gosparini

The Security Trustee

CITICORP TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

		
	By: 	/s/
Pareejat Singhal
    

 

Pareejat Singhal

The Issuing Bank

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE

BANK OF SCOTLAND

		
	By: 	
    /s/ Russell Parker
    

 

Russell Parker

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Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

Bruce A. Teplitzky

AND

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

          THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the 30th day of
September, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc., a
Virginia corporation (“Employer”), having its principal office in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PRA International, a Delaware corporation (“PRA
International”), and Bruce A. Teplitzky (“Employee”).

          WHEREAS, Employer and Employee desire to enter into an agreement for the employment by
Employer of Employee commencing on the Effective Date.

          WHEREAS, by entering into this Agreement, the terms of the Employee’s employment with the
Employer will be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any other prior
agreement between the Employee and the Employer relating to the Employee’s employment with the
Employer or any of its affiliated entities is superseded by the terms of the Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions set forth
below, which consideration is acknowledged by both parties to be good and sufficient, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1. Position. Employer hereby agrees to employ Employee as of the Effective Date (as
defined herein) and Employee hereby accepts employment as of the Effective Date in the position of
Executive Vice President with appropriate title, rank, status and responsibilities as determined
from time to time by the President and CEO of Employer (“President and CEO”) upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

          2. Employment Period.

               (a) The period of employment under this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall
end on February 28, 2006, unless terminated sooner pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.

               (b) The period during which Employee is employed under the terms of this Agreement is the
“Employment Period.”

 

 

          3. Duties. The President and CEO shall have the power to determine the specific
duties that shall be performed by Employee and the means and manner by which those duties shall be
performed, but such duties shall be consistent with the executive position of Employee.

               (a) During the Employment Period, Employee agrees to use his best efforts in the business of
Employer and to devote his full time, skill, attention and energies to the business of Employer.
Employee shall not be engaged in any other business activity which shall be competitive with the
business of Employer or which may (i) interfere with Employee’s ability to discharge his
responsibilities to Employer; or (ii) detract from the business of Employer. Employee shall not:

          (i) work either on a part-time or independent contracting basis for any other
company, business or enterprise without the prior written consent of the President
and CEO; or

          (ii) serve on the board of directors or comparable governing body of any other
material business, civic or community corporation or similar entity without the
prior written consent of the President and CEO (excluding those positions Employee
holds and boards of directors on which Employee serves as of the date of this
Agreement, which positions and boards, if any, are listed on Exhibit A hereto),
such consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

               (b) Employee agrees to use his reasonable efforts to impart his skill and knowledge relating
to the business of Employer to such individuals as are designated by Employer, and to train such
individuals in the aspects of the business with which Employee is familiar. In addition, at the
request of Employer and without additional compensation, Employee shall use his best efforts to
record and document his knowledge relating to the business of Employer.

          4. Compensation. For all services rendered by Employee under this Agreement, for, and
in consideration of, Employee’s agreements and undertaking contained in this Agreement (including,
without limitation, those contained in Sections 9 and 10 below), and, subject to Sections 7 and 8
below, during the Employment Period, Employer shall provide Employee with the following:

               (a) Base Salary. Employer shall pay to Employee, in equal bi-monthly installments, a
base salary of USD$195,000 per year, less relevant deductions. Employee shall be eligible for
salary increases, which may be based on performance and/or competitive market factors, as
determined under the provisions of any salary policy of Employer that is generally applicable to
Employer’s employees, provided that any such increases shall be reviewed and approved in advance by
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Employer (the “Board”). Employee shall be

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eligible for such other increases in compensation as are otherwise imposed by the Board, in
its discretion, from time to time.

               (b) Bonus. Employee shall participate in an Executive Bonus Plan approved by the
Board with a minimum annual bonus target of USD$120,000 less relevant deductions. The performance
criteria will be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

               (c) Long Term Incentives. Employee shall participate under the terms of the PRA
International 2004 Incentive Award Plan (“Incentive Award Plan”), according to the terms set forth
in Exhibit B.

               (d) Review. It is understood and agreed that the Compensation Committee of the Board
will review compensation matters of Employer on a regular basis, and will (on at least an annual
basis) set all annual bonus targets, salaries and benefits in which Employee shall be eligible to
participate.

          5. Benefits. Employee shall be eligible to participate in Employer’s standard
benefits programs, which presently include health, life and disability insurance, and those
additional benefits (the “Additional Benefits”) currently offered to Employer’s executive staff,
including club membership and monthly car allowance, as described in Exhibit C. It is agreed that
the nature and amount of the Additional Benefits, if any, shall be determined from time to time by
the Compensation Committee of the Board, in its discretion, provided that no Additional Benefits
(as defined above) will be materially reduced. Employee shall be entitled to paid vacation in
accordance with the Employer’s vacation policies in effect for executive staff during the
Employment Period. Employee shall be covered by the holiday policy of the Employer and, by any
other pension or retirement plan, disability benefit plan or any other benefit plan or arrangement
of Employer determined by the Board to be applicable to Employee.

          6. Expense Reimbursement. Subject to such conditions as Employer may from time
to time determine and pursuant to Employer’s travel policy then in place for executives, Employer
shall reimburse Employee for reasonable expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the
business of Employer and the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder.

          7. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances,
having the consequences described in Sections 7 and 8:

               (a) Death of Employee. This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon the death of
Employee. Should this Agreement be terminated pursuant to this Section 7(a), Employee shall be
entitled to Termination Payments as provided for in Section 7(g).

               (b) Termination by Employer for Disability of Employee. If during the Employment
Period, Employee shall be prevented from performing his duties

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for a continuous period of one hundred and eighty (180) days by reason of disability that
renders Employee physically or mentally incapable of performing substantially all of his duties
under this Agreement (excluding infrequent and temporary absences due to illness), Employer may
terminate Employee’s employment hereunder. If after a period of disability commences (but prior to
termination of Employee’s employment), Employee returns to work for a period of at least twenty
(20) consecutive work days, the period of disability shall terminate and not be counted towards any
period of subsequent disability. For purposes of this Agreement, Employer, upon the advice of a
qualified and impartial physician, at Employer’s expense, shall determine whether Employee has
become physically or mentally incapable of performing substantially all of his duties under this
Agreement. Employer shall give Employee (or his guardian, as applicable) thirty (30) days’ written
notice of termination of the Employment Period under this Section 7(b). Should the Employee be
terminated pursuant to this Section 7(b), Employee shall be entitled to Termination Payments as
provided for in Section 7(g).

               (c) Termination by Employer for Cause. Employer may terminate Employee’s employment
at any time for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” includes, but is not limited to:
(i) a material breach of this Agreement by Employee (where Employee fails to cure such breach
within ten (10) business days after being notified in writing by Employer of such breach); (ii)
Employee’s willful failure to perform his material assigned duties without an excuse that is
reasonably acceptable to Employer; (iii) Employee engages in an act (or causes an act) that has a
material adverse impact on the reputation, business, business relationships or financial condition
of Employer; (iv) the conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendre by Employee to a felony or
any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation; (v) misappropriation or
embezzlement by Employee of funds or assets of Employer; or (vi) Employee’s willful refusal to
perform specific directives of the President and CEO which are consistent with the scope, ethics
and nature of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Cause” shall not include a situation whereby Employer asks Employee to be based at any office or
location or to relocate to any location other than within 20 miles of Employee’s then current
location and Employee declines to do so. Termination by Employer for Cause hereunder shall not
abrogate the rights and remedies of Employer in respect of the breach or wrongful act giving rise
to such termination. In the event of termination by Employer for Cause, Employee shall receive
any and all accrued but unpaid base salary compensation (including accrued paid time off, as
applicable) due to Employee as of the Termination Date.

               (d) Termination by Employer without Cause. This Agreement may be terminated by
Employer for reasons other than death, disability or Cause upon thirty (30) days’ written notice
given to Employee. Should the Employee be terminated pursuant to this Section 7(d), Employee shall
be entitled to Termination Payments as provided for in Section 7(g).

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               (e) Termination by the Employee without Good Reason. This Agreement may be terminated
by Employee upon sixty (60) days’ written notice given to Employer. The sixtieth (60th)
day after giving of such notice shall be the Employee’s Termination Date. In the event of
termination by Employee without Good Reason, Employee shall receive any and all accrued but unpaid
base salary compensation (including accrued paid time off, as applicable) due to Employee as of the
Termination Date.

               (f) Termination by Employee for Good Reason. This Agreement may be terminated by
Employee at any time for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason”
shall mean (i) any material breach of this Agreement by Employer (where Employer fails to cure such
breach within ten (10) business days after being notified in writing by Employee of such breach);
(ii) the diminution, without Employee’s written consent, of Employee’s position, title, authority,
duties or responsibilities as indicated in this Agreement; or (iii) the Company requiring the
Employee, without Employee’s written consent, to be based at any office or location or to relocate
to any location other than within 20 miles of Employee’s then current location. Termination by
Employee hereunder in this Section 7(f) shall not abrogate the rights and remedies of Employee in
respect of the breach giving rise to such termination.

               (g) Termination Payments.

                    A. If Employee’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 7(a) (Employee’s Death), 7(b)
(by Employer for Employee’s Disability), 7(d) (by Employer without Cause) or 7(f) (by Employee for
Good Reason) (each of the circumstances in this Section 7(g)(A) being known as a “Termination
Event”), Employer shall provide Employee (or, in the case of his death, his estate, heirs or legal
representatives) the following (collectively, the “Termination Payments”):

(i) any and all accrued but unpaid base salary compensation
(including accrued paid time off, as applicable) due to Employee
as of the date on which the Employment Period ends (the
“Termination Date”), which shall be paid on the Termination Date;
and

(ii) Employee’s full base salary (payable bi-monthly at the same
time Employee would otherwise receive such base salary if Employee
were still employed by Employer) for twelve (12) months after the
Termination Date; and

(iii) health benefits after the Termination Date pursuant to COBRA
coverage (reimbursed by Employer for the first twelve (12) months)
under Employer’s health benefit plan under which Employee was
receiving coverage during the Employment Period.

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                    B. If a Termination Event (other than the death of Employee as specified in Section 7(a))
occurs within twelve months after a Change in Control, then Employee is entitled to the Termination
Payments as stated in Section 7(g)(A)(i) (ii) and (iii) above, except that the period for which
salary and benefits are provided in Sections 7(g)(A)(ii) and (iii) shall be twenty-four (24)
months, and all payments to be made pursuant to those sections shall be paid to Employee in a lump
sum within fifteen (15) days after the Termination Event. For purposes of this Section and this
Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean: (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets
of PRA International; or (ii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of PRA International
with any other corporation other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the
voting securities of PRA International outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of
PRA International, or such surviving entity, outstanding immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of PRA
International (or similar transaction) in which no “person” (as defined below) acquires more than
thirty percent (30%) of the combined voting power of PRA International’s then-outstanding
securities; or (iii) any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than (1) PRA International
or (2) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by PRA International or the shareholders of
PRA International in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock in PRA
International), becomes after the Effective Date the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of PRA International representing
thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of PRA International’s then outstanding
securities.

                    C. Employer’s obligation to make any Termination Payments provided in Section 7(g)(A) and (B)
above is conditioned upon Employee’s execution and non-recision of a general release in the
reasonable form provided by Employer.

               (h) Tax Provisions. In the event that any payments under this Agreement or any other
compensation, benefit or other amount from Employer for the benefit of Employee are subject to the
tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
(including any applicable interest and penalties, the “Excise Tax”), no such payment (“Parachute
Payment”) shall be reduced (except for required tax withholdings) and Employer shall pay to
Employee by the earlier of the date such Excise Tax is withheld from payments made to Employee or
the date such Excise Tax becomes due and payable by Employee, an additional amount (the “Gross-Up
Payment”) such that the net amount retained by Employee (after deduction of any Excise Tax on the
Parachute Payments, taxes based upon the Tax Rate (as defined below) upon the payment provided for
by this Section 7(h) and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this Section 7(h)), shall be
equal to the amount Employee would have received if no Excise Tax had been imposed. A tax counsel
chosen by the Employer’s independent auditors, provided such person is reasonably acceptable to the

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Employee (“Tax Counsel”), shall determine in good faith whether any of the Parachute Payments
are subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of any Excise Tax, and Tax Counsel shall promptly
notify Employee of its determination. Employer and Employee shall file all tax returns and reports
regarding such Parachute Payments in a manner consistent with Employer’s reasonable good faith
determination. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, Employee shall be
deemed to pay taxes at the Tax Rate applicable at the time of the Gross-Up Payment. In the event
that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account
hereunder at the time a Parachute Payment is made, Employee shall repay to Employer promptly
following the date that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the
portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (without interest). In the event
that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time a
Parachute Payment is made (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which
cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), Employer shall pay the Employee an
additional amount with respect to the Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest
or penalties payable in respect of such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is
finally determined. Employer shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable fees, expenses, and costs
related to determining the reasonableness of Employer’s position in connection with this paragraph
and preparation of any tax return or other filing that is affected by any matter addressed in this
paragraph, and any audit, litigation or other proceeding that is affected by any matter addressed
in this Section 7(h) and an amount equal to the tax on such amounts at Employee’s Tax Rate. For
the purposes of the foregoing, “Tax Rate” means the Employee’s effective tax rate based upon the
combined federal and state and local income, earnings, Medicare and any other tax rates applicable
to Employee, all at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the country and state of Employee’s
residence on the date of determination, net of the reduction in federal income taxes which could be
obtained by deduction of such state and local taxes.

          8. Survival of Sections of this Agreement. Without regard to the reason for
termination of this Agreement or the employment of Employee, and notwithstanding anything contained
in this Agreement to the contrary, it is expressly understood and agreed that Employee’s
obligations under Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this
Agreement in any and all events.

          9. Confidential Information and Certain Property Matters.

               (a) Employee recognizes that information, knowledge, contacts and experience relating to the
businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities and financial condition of Employer and the
markets and industries in which it operates, including, without limitation, information relating to
business plans and ideas, trade secrets, intellectual property, know-how, formulas, processes,
research and development, methods, policies, materials, results of operations, financial and
statistical data, personnel data and customers in and related to the markets and industries in
which Employer operates (“Confidential Information”), is considered by Employer to be valuable,
secret, confidential and proprietary. Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the

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Confidential Information is valuable, secret, confidential and proprietary to Employer, and
further agrees that he shall not, at any time (whether during or after the Employment Period), make
public, disclose, divulge, furnish, release, transfer, sell or otherwise make available to any
person any of the Confidential Information, or otherwise use or disclose any of the same or allow
any of the same to be used or disclosed for any purpose, other than as may be permitted to Employee
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may, without violating this Section
9(a), disclose Confidential Information if (i) such disclosure is required to comply with a valid
court order or any administrative law order or decree; (ii) Employee gives Employer advance written
notice of the required disclosure so that Employer may, if it wishes, seek an appropriate
protective order; and (iii) Employee, in any event, requests that any disclosed information be
afforded confidential treatment, to the greatest extent possible.

               (b) Employee shall fully disclose to Employer all Inventions made or conceived by him during
the Employment Period that would be deemed applicable, useful or otherwise beneficial to or in
respect of the current business of Employer, in whole or in part. “Inventions” include, but are
not limited to, customer list compilations, machinery, apparatus, products, processes, results of
research and development (including without limitation results that constitute trade secrets, ideas
and writings), computer hardware, information systems, software (including without limitation
source code, object code, documentation, diagrams and flow charts) and any other discoveries,
concepts and ideas, whether patentable or not (including without limitation processes, methods,
formulas, and techniques, as well as improvements thereof or know-how related thereto, concerning
any present or prospective business activities of Employer). Any and all Inventions shall be the
absolute property of Employer or its designees, and Employee acknowledges that he shall have no
interest whatsoever in such Inventions. At the request of Employer and without additional
compensation, Employee (i) shall make application in due form for United States letters patent and
foreign letters patent on such Inventions, and shall assign to Employer all his right, title and
interest in such Inventions; (ii) shall execute any and all instruments and do any and all acts
necessary or desirable in connection with any such application for letters patent or in order to
establish and perfect in Employer the entire right, title and interest in such Inventions, patent
applications or patents; and (iii) shall execute any instruments necessary or desirable in
connection with any continuations, renewals or reissues thereof or in the conduct of any related
proceedings or litigation. Except as authorized by Employer in writing, Employee shall not
disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person other than Employer, any information relating to
any Invention or any patent application relating thereto.

               (c) Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the work performed by Employee pursuant to
his employment by Employer will be specifically ordered or commissioned by Employer, and that such
work shall be considered a “work for hire” as defined in the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (the
“Act”), granting Employer full ownership to the work and all rights comprised therein. In
addition, Employee hereby waives in favor of Employer any and all moral rights in the work

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contemplated by this Section 9(c) that Employer now has or in the future may have. Should any
work not fall within the definition of a “work for hire” as set forth in such Act, Employee hereby
transfers and assigns to Employer full ownership of the copyright to the work and all rights
comprised therein. Employee shall sign all applications for registration of such copyright as are
requested by Employer, and shall sign all other writings and instruments and perform all other acts
necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

          10. Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation 

               (a) Employee agrees that during the Employment Period and for a period of twelve (12) months
after Employee’s employment with Employer ceases, for whatever reason (the “Noncompetition
Period”), Employee will not, within the country where Employee’s office with Employer was located
at the Termination Date, whether as owner, manager, officer, director, employee, consultant or
otherwise, be engaged or employed by a Competing CRO to provide Customer Services that are the same
or substantially similar to the Customer Services that Employee performed for Employer at any time
during the twenty-four (24) months prior to the Termination Date.

Employer acknowledges and agrees that ownership by Employee of not more than one percent (1.0%) of
the shares of any corporation having a class of equity securities actively traded on a national
securities exchange or on the Nasdaq Stock Market shall not be deemed, in and of itself, to violate
the prohibitions set forth in this section.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Customer Services” means any product or service
provided by Employer to a third party for remuneration, including, but not limited to, on a
contract or outsourced basis, assisting pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies in developing and
taking drug compounds, biologics, and drug delivery devices through appropriate regulatory approval
processes, (i) during the Employment Period or (ii) about which Employee has material knowledge and
that Employee knows Employer will provide or has contracted to provide to third parties during the
twelve (12) months following the Employment Period. “Customer” means any person or legal entity
(and its subsidiaries, agents, employees and representatives) about whom Employee has acquired
material information based on employment with Employer and as to whom Employee has been informed
that Employer provides or will provide Customer Services. “Competing CRO” means any of the
following entities and their affiliates and successors to the extent that and for so long as those
said entities, affiliates, and successors directly compete with Employer in the provision of
Customer Services to Customers: Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., Covance Inc., ICON
plc, Kendle International Inc., MDS Pharma Services, PAREXEL International Corporation,
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., PharmaNet, Quintiles Transnational Corp., and United
HealthCare Corporation.

               (b) Employee agrees that he shall not, during the Noncompetition Period, directly or
indirectly, whether as owner, manager, officer, director, employee, consultant or otherwise,
solicit the business of, or accept business

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from any Customer of Employer at the Termination Date, unless the business being solicited or
accepted is not in competition with or substantially similar to Employer’s Customer Services.

               (c) Employee agrees that he shall not, during the Noncompetition Period, directly or
indirectly, solicit or induce (or attempt to solicit or induce) to leave the employ of Employer or
any of its affiliates for any reason whatsoever any person employed by Employer or any of its
affiliates at the time of the act of solicitation or inducement.

               (d) During and after the Employment Period, Employee agrees not to disparage Employer or any
of its affiliates. During and after the Employment Period, the officers with whom Employer worked
in any twenty four (24) months prior to the Termination Date agree not to disparage the character
of Employee.

               (e) Employee hereby specifically acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section
10 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of Employer, and that Employee
desires to agree to the provisions of this Section 10. In the event that any of the provisions of
this Section 10 should ever be held to exceed the time, scope or geographic limitations permitted
by applicable law, it is hereby declared to be the intention of the parties hereto that such
provision be reformed to reflect the maximum time, scope and geographic limitations that are
permitted by such law.

               (f) Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that, owing to the special, unique and
extraordinary nature of the matters covered by this Section 10, in the event of any breach or
threatened breach by Employee of any of the provisions hereof, Employer would suffer substantial
and irreparable injury, which could not be fully compensated by monetary award alone, and Employer
would not have adequate remedy at law. Therefore, Employee agrees that, in such event, Employer
shall be entitled to temporary and/or permanent injunctive relief against Employee, without the
necessity of proving actual damages or of posting bond to enforce any of the provisions of this
Section 10, and Employee hereby waives the defenses, claims, or arguments that the matters are not
special, unique, and extraordinary, that Employer must prove actual damages, and that Employer has
an adequate remedy at law.

               (g) Employee further agrees that the rights and remedies described in this Section 10 are
cumulative and shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other rights and remedies otherwise
available under this Agreement, or at law or in equity, including but not limited to monetary
damages.

               (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee further agrees that in the
event of any breach by Employee of any of the provisions of this Section 10, all obligations and
liabilities of Employer under this

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Agreement (including, but not limited to, Sections 6 and 7 hereof) shall immediately terminate and
be extinguished.

               (i) Employee agrees that Employer shall have the right to disclose this Agreement or its
contents to any future employer of Employee for the purpose of providing notice of the
post-employment restrictions contained herein. Employer shall provide Employee with written notice
if and when Employer discloses the existence of this Agreement to any future employer of Employee.

          11. Records. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Employee shall
promptly deliver to Employer all property of Employer then in Employee’s possession or under his
control, including but not limited to: (i) any and all correspondence, mailing lists, drawings,
blueprints, manuals, letters, records, notes, notebooks, reports, flow-charts, programs, proposals,
computer tapes, discs and diskettes; (ii) any and all documents concerning or relating to
Employer’s business, clients, customers, investors or lenders, or concerning products, processes or
technologies used by Employer; and (iii) any and all documents or materials containing or
constituting Confidential Information.

          12. Arbitration. Except with respect to any attempt to obtain preliminary injunctive
relief to enforce the post-employment restrictive provisions of this Agreement (in which case any
such matter may be brought initially in a court of competent jurisdiction for purposes of resolving
any request for preliminary injunctive relief), all disputes between Employer and Employee
hereunder, or otherwise arising out of the employment or termination of employment of Employee,
including but not limited to disputes arising under any state or federal employment discrimination
law, shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association,
in Washington, D.C. Arbitration hereunder shall be by a single arbitrator appointed by mutual
agreement of the parties. The single arbitrator shall have the authority to summarily dismiss any
claim or claims brought in arbitration prior to a hearing on the merits. The award rendered by the
arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto. Each party shall pay its own
expenses of arbitration and the expenses of the arbitrator shall be equally shared.

          13. Full Settlement; Mitigation, Costs after a Change in Control. In no event shall
Employee be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the
amounts (including amounts for damages for breach) payable to Employee under any of the provisions
of this Agreement, and such amounts shall not be reduced whether Employee obtains other employment.
In addition, following a Change in Control only, Employer’s obligation to make the payments
provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which
Employer may have against Employee or others. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event that, following a Change in Control, any successor in
interest to Employer unsuccessfully contests and/or challenges any of

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Employer’s rights under this Agreement, then the successor in interest to Employer shall pay
Employee’s reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in such contest or challenge.

          14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with Exhibits A, B, and C hereto)
supersedes and terminates any and all prior agreements or contracts, written or oral, entered into
between Employer and Employee with regard to the subject matter hereof. Employee acknowledges and
agrees that Employee is not entitled to any salary, bonus, benefits, severance, deferred
compensation or similar payments from Employer or any of its affiliates except as expressly set
forth herein. This instrument contains the entire agreement between Employer and Employee
regarding the employment of Employee by Employer, and any representation, promise or condition in
connection therewith not in writing shall not be binding upon either party. No amendment,
alteration or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless in each instance such amendment,
alteration or modification is expressed in a written instrument duly executed in the name of the
party or parties making such amendment, alteration or modification.

          15. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and if
any part of any provision is held to be illegal, void, voidable, invalid, nonbinding or
unenforceable in its entirety or partially or as to any party, for any reason, such provision may
be changed, consistent with the intent of the parties hereto, to the extent reasonably necessary to
make the provision, as so changed, legal, valid, binding and enforceable. If any provision of this
Agreement is held to be illegal, void, voidable, invalid, nonbinding or unenforceable in its
entirety or partially or as to any party, for any reason, and if such provision cannot be changed
consistent with the intent of the parties hereto to make it fully legal, valid, binding and
enforceable, then such provision shall be stricken from this Agreement, and the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired, but shall remain in full
force and effect.

          16. Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and interpreted under the laws
of the state of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions or rules of such
State’s law.

          17. Headings; Form of Words. The headings contained in this Agreement have been
inserted for the convenience of reference only, and neither such headings nor the placement of any
term hereof under any particular heading shall in any way restrict or modify any of the terms or
provisions hereof. Terms used in the singular shall be read in the plural, and vice versa, and
terms used in the masculine gender shall be read in the feminine or neuter gender when the context
so requires. The term “person” as used herein refers to a natural person, a corporation, a limited
liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, or other entity or association, as the context
requires.

          18. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, payments, demands and other
communications required or contemplated under this Agreement (“Notices”) shall

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be in writing and (a) personally delivered; (b) deposited in the United States mail,
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid; or (c) sent by
Federal Express or other internationally recognized overnight delivery service (for next business
day delivery), shipping prepaid, as follows:

If to Employer, to:

Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.

12120 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 600

Reston, VA 20190

Attn: President and Chief Executive Officer

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

The Chairman of the Board at the time notice is required at that person’s

then current business address

If to Employee, to:

Bruce A. Teplitzky

7175 Cabell Avenue

Howardsville, Virginia 24562

or such other persons or address as any party may request by notice given as aforesaid. Notices
shall be deemed given and received at the time of personal delivery or, if sent by U.S. mail, five
(5) business days after the date mailed in the manner set forth in this Section 18, or, if sent by
Federal Express or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, one business day after
such sending.

          19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

          20. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of Employee and Employee’s heirs and legal representatives and Employer and its successors
and assigns. Employee’s rights and obligations under this Agreement are personal to Employee and
shall not be assignable or transferable by Employee (except that Employee’s rights may be
transferred upon his death by will, trust, or the laws of intestacy). Employer shall require any
successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, share exchange or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of Employer to expressly
assume in writing and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
that Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place, except that no
such assumption and agreement will be required if the successor is bound by operation of law to
perform this Agreement. In this Agreement, the term “Employer”

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shall include any successor to Employer’s business and assets that assumes and agrees to
perform this Agreement (either by agreement or by operation of law).

          21. Cooperation. Each party to this Agreement agrees to cooperate with the other
party hereto to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement, including without limitation
the execution and delivery to the appropriate party of all such further documents as may reasonably
be required in order to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

          22. Waiver. Any waiver of any provision hereof (or in any related document or
instrument) shall not be effective unless made expressly and in a writing executed in the name of
the party sought to be charged. The failure of any party to insist, in any one or more instances,
on performance of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a
waiver or relinquishment of any rights granted hereunder or of the future performance of any such
term, covenant or condition, but the obligations of the parties with respect thereto shall continue
in full force and effect.

          23. Indemnification. Employee shall be entitled to be indemnified by Employer to the
fullest extent permitted by the applicable state law and consistent with Employer’s Articles of
Incorporation. Employer further agrees to indemnify Employee to the extent permitted under
applicable law for all actions taken in good faith within the scope, and in the course, of
Employee’s employment under this Agreement during the Employment Period for the life of any claim.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement the day and year first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Employer:	 	PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
	 	 	ASSOCIATES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick K. Donnelly
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Print Name: Patrick K. Donnelly
	 	 	Print Title: President and CEO
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Employee:
	 	/s/ Bruce A. Teplitzky
	 	 	 
	Print Name	 	Bruce A. Teplitzky

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EXHIBIT A

Positions and Boards of Directors on which Employee Serves as of the Date of this

Agreement

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EXHIBIT B

Incentive Award Plan

     Employee is eligible to participate, at Employee’s election, in the Incentive Award Plan as
follows:

     Employee will be granted 50,000 PRA International stock options at a strike price and a date
of grant to be determined by the Board. All matters involving the PRA International stock options,
including but not limited to their vesting, their exercise, and their termination will be governed
by the terms of the Incentive Award Plan and an option agreement to be entered into by Employee in
a form provided by PRA International.

     Under the PRA International Management Stock Purchase Plan (“MSPP”), Employee will be provided
the opportunity to purchase PRA International stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)
with Employer matching in additional stock 100% of the purchase amount. As part of the MSPP,
Employee has the opportunity to voluntarily purchase RSUs on a pre-tax basis by allocating and
deferring a portion of Employee’s annual final cash bonus into the plan in advance of the plan
year. The deferral amount would be capped at a maximum of 50%. All matters involving the MSPP
will be governed by the terms of the MSPP plan documents.

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EXHIBIT C

Additional Benefits

	 	 	 
	Annual Car Allowance:

Annual Club Membership:

	 	USD$10,800

USD$1,200

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