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Exhibit 4.50

  

  

  

  
    

    

    SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

    This Share Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into as of December 18, 2019, by and between Hollywood Hills Inc., a
      Marshall Islands corporation (the "Seller"), and Top Ships Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation (the "Buyer"). The Seller and the Buyer are sometimes
      referred to in this Agreement as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties."

    RECITALS

    WHEREAS, the Seller owns five hundred (500) shares, no par value, of capital stock (the "Shares"),
      representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Santa Monica Marine Inc. (the “Company”);

    WHEREAS, the Seller has entered into a shipbuilding contract, dated December 3, 2018, as the same has been amended or supplemented from
      time to time, with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd., having its principal place of business at 100 Bangeojinsunhwan-Doro, Dong-Gu, Ulsan, Korea, for the construction and purchase of one 50,000 DWT Class Product / Chemical Tanker, identified by Hull No.
      2750 (the "Shipbuilding Contract"); and

    WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to purchase from the Seller, all of the issued and outstanding
      capital stock of the Company (the “Investment Shares”), on the terms and conditions herein contained.

    WHEREAS, the disinterested directors of the board of directors of the Buyer (the “Board”)
      has unanimously determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are fair to and in the best interests of the Buyer and the shareholders of the Buyer (other than the Seller and its affiliates).

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective representations, warranties and agreements contained herein and for other good and
      valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

    ARTICLE I

      PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE INVESTMENT SHARES; CLOSING

    Section 1.1          Purchase and Sale of the Investment Shares. At the Closing (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, the Seller shall
      sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall purchase and acquire from the Seller, the Investment Shares, together with all rights and interests associated therewith.

    Section 1.2          Purchase Price. In consideration of the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment and delivery of the Investment Shares at Closing, the Buyer shall
      deliver to the Seller the purchase price of 7.175 Million U.S. Dollars (US$7,175,000) (the "Purchase Price"), by wire transfer or by delivery of other immediately available funds to the below account:

    CREDIT SUISSE AG

      ZURICH, 8070, CH

    ACCOUNT HOLDER: CENTRAL MARE INC.

      ACCOUNT NUMBER:2193917-9

      IBAN (USD):CH37 0483 5219 3917 9200 0

      SWIFT CODE:CRESCHZZ80A

    

    

    Such Purchase Price shall be payable in two installments, 3.758 Million U.S. Dollars (US$3,757,500) shall be payable upon Closing (“First Installment”) and 3.417 Million U.S. Dollars (US$3,417,500)
      shall be payable upon delivery of tanker with Hull No. 2750 (“Second Installment”). All accrued and unpaid expenses relating to the construction and financing of said tanker will be borne by the Buyer. In case the tanker is not delivered within ten
      days of its contractual delivery date, or the tanker’s condition doesn’t exactly reflect the intended condition described in Article I, sections 1, 2 and 3 of the shipbuilding contract, or DNV GL Classification Society doesn’t classify the tanker or
      validate that its design is in accordance with DNV GL standards, then the Buyer won’t be obligated to pay the Second Installment and the Seller will be obligated to return the funds of the First Installment to the Buyer.

    

    

    Section 1.3          Closing. The consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place at
      the Representative Office of Top Ships Inc, 1 Vas. Sofias and Meg. Alexandrou Str 15124 Maroussi, Greece, on the date hereof or on such later date as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties, but in no event later than December 18, 2019 (the “Closing Date”).

    
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    Section 1.4          Deliverables. On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, (i) the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the Investment
      Shares free and clear of any and all charges, claims, conditions, encumbrances, equitable interests, liens, mortgages, options, pledges, rights of refusal, security interests or restrictions of any kind, including any restrictions on use, voting,
      transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any other attribute of ownership, in each case of any nature whatsoever (not including any restrictions on the resale of the Investment Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or under applicable state securities laws) (collectively, "Liens"), in certificated form, registered in the name of the Buyer or its designated
      nominee (or, if applicable, stock powers duly executed in blank, proper form for transfer), together with any necessary assignment documents in form and substance as reasonably requested by the Buyer; and (ii) the Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price
      to the Seller.

    ARTICLE II

      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER

    The Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that the statements in the following sections of this Article II are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of
      the Closing Date:

    Section 2.1          Organization and Good Standing. Each of the Seller and the Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
      Republic of the Marshall Islands and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease, operate and hold its respective properties and assets and to conduct its respective business as is now conducted and as currently contemplated to be
      conducted, and is authorized to do business in all jurisdictions material to the conduct of its respective business. The Seller has heretofore delivered to the Buyer complete and correct copies of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other
      charter documents ("Constitutional Documents") of the Company, in each case, as currently in effect, together with copies of all minutes of meetings and resolutions of shareholders and directors of the
      Company (the "Company Corporate Records"). The Company Corporate Records are accurate in all material respects and all corporate proceedings and actions reflected therein have been conducted or taken in
      compliance with all applicable laws and in compliance with the Company's Constitutional Documents. The Company is not in default under or in violation of its Constitutional Documents.

    Section 2.2          Authority and Enforceability. The Seller has the full legal right and requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all action
      necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform fully its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and
      constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
      affecting the rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles, including those limiting the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing for equitable defense.

    Section 2.3          Consents and Approvals; No Violation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller nor the consummation of the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement will (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the Constitutional Documents of the Seller or the Company; (ii) require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any national, federal, regional, state, multi-state, municipal or other governmental authority of any nature, including any court, subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any
        quasi-governmental body exercising any regulatory or taxing authority (any such governmental authority or body, a "Governmental Body"), other than
        those that have been made or obtained; (iii) cause the Seller or the Company to violate or contravene any provision of law, any rule or regulation of any Governmental Body, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award,
        binding upon or applicable to the Seller or the Company or their respective assets; (iv) result in a default (or give rise to any right of amendment, termination, cancellation, consent, acceleration or loss of a material benefit) under the terms,
        conditions or provisions of any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, sublease, license, obligation, commitment, purchase order or other agreement, commitment, instrument, permit, concession, or obligation, written or
        oral (each, a "Contract") to which the Seller or the Company or any of their respective assets may be bound, except in such cases where the
        requisite waivers or consents have been obtained; or (v) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Seller or the Company under the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract, instrument or other obligation
        to which the Seller or the Company or any of their respective assets may be bound or affected.

    Section 2.4          Capitalization. The Company is authorized to issue five hundred (500) shares, without par value, of capital stock. The Shares represent all of the
      issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. All of the Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are owned legally by the Seller. Other than this Agreement, there is no subscription, option,
      warrant, preemptive right, call right or other right, agreement or commitment of any nature relating to the voting, issuance, sale, delivery or transfer (including any right of conversion or exchange or right of first refusal under any outstanding
      security or other instruments) by the Seller of the Investment Shares, and there is no obligation on the part of the Seller to grant, extend or enter into any of the foregoing. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock,
      profit participation or similar rights with respect to the Investment Shares or any other equity or voting interests in the Company. No claim has been made or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller or the Company asserting
      that any person other than the Seller or its sole shareholder is the holder or beneficial owner of the Investment Shares or any other equity or voting interests in the Company.

    
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    Section 2.5          Ownership of the Investment Shares. The Seller is the sole legal owner and holder of, and has good, valid and marketable title to, the Investment
      Shares to be sold pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of any Liens. At the Closing, the Seller will transfer, assign and deliver good and marketable title to the Investment Shares to the Buyer, free and clear of all Liens.

    Section 2.6          No Other Business. Since its formation, the Company has not incurred any liabilities or obligations or conducted any business other than the items
      listed on Schedule 2.6 hereto.

    Section 2.7          Contracts. The Company is not a party to any Contract other than the Shipbuilding Contract and the Time Charter (both as defined in Schedule 2.6). The
      Company has good and valid title to the Shipbuilding Contract, free and clear of any Liens. The Company has advanced two contract price installments amounting to $3,757,500 under the Shipbuilding Contract (true and complete evidence of which has been
      provided by the Seller to the Buyer). The Company is not in default under the Shipbuilding Contract, nor does an event exist which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default. To the Seller's knowledge, all
      other parties to the Shipbuilding Contract are in compliance with the terms thereof. The Shipbuilding Contract is in full force and effect and is enforceable against the Company and the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms except as
      enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles, including those limiting the availability of
      specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing for equitable defense. No consent (including the consent of any Governmental Body) or other action is required in order for the Shipbuilding Contract to remain
      in full force and effect, and for the Company to fully exercise its rights thereunder, following the Closing. The Seller has delivered or made available to the Buyer true and complete copies, including all amendments and supplements thereof, of the
      Shipbuilding Contract.

    Section 2.8          No Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, litigation, legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceeding pending against the
      Seller or the Company, or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller or the Company, nor is the Seller or the Company subject to or bound by any outstanding order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any Governmental Body,
      relating to the Seller or the Company or any of their respective properties or assets or which questions the validity of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or which seeks
      to prohibit, enjoin or otherwise challenge any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

    Section 2.9          No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Seller nor the Company, nor any director, shareholder, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or
      acting on behalf of the Seller or the Company, as applicable, has: (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
      payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; or (iii) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any supplier, customer, licensor, contractor,
      politician, government employee or other person.

    Section 2.10          Bank Accounts. Set forth on Schedule A is a complete and accurate list of all bank accounts, savings deposits, money-market accounts,
      certificates of deposit, safety deposit boxes, and similar investment accounts with banks or other financial institutions maintained by or on behalf of the Company showing the depository bank or institution address, appropriate bank contact
      personnel, account number and names of signatories.

    Section 2.11          Full Disclosure. No representation or warranty by the Seller in this Agreement and no statement contained in any document or other other writing
      furnished or to be furnished to the Buyer pursuant to the provisions hereof, when considered with all other such documents or writings, contain or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact
      necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein not misleading.

    Section 2.12          Adequate Information. The Seller (i) has sufficient knowledge and experience in business, financial and investment matters so as to be able to
      evaluate the risks and merits of the sale of the Investment Shares and of protecting its own interests in connection with the sale of the Investment Shares; (ii) is a sophisticated person with respect to the sale of the Investment Shares; (iii) has
      adequate information concerning the business and financial condition, prospects and plans of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the sale of the Investment Shares; and (iv) has independently and without reliance upon the Buyer, and
      based on such information as the Seller has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Seller acknowledges that the Buyer has not given the Seller any investment advice or opinion on whether the sale of the Investment Shares is prudent or suitable and the Seller is not relying on any representation or warranty by the Buyer except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

    
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    Section 2.13          No General Solicitation. Neither the Seller nor any nominee thereof has offered any Investment Shares by any means of general solicitation or
      advertising (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media or broadcast over television or radio; or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general
      solicitation or advertising.

    Section 2.14          No Brokers or Finders. No broker or finder has been engaged by the Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and no
      commission, finder's fees or other similar compensation or remuneration is payable to any person as a result of the Seller's actions in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
      herein.

    Section 2.15          Exemption from Registration. The Investment Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
      Securities Act.

    ARTICLE III

      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER

    The Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller that the statements in the following sections of this Article III are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
      Closing Date:

    

    

    Section 3.1          Organization, Good Standing. The Buyer is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall
      Islands, and has all corporate power and authority to own, lease, operate and hold its properties and assets and to conduct its business as is now conducted and as currently contemplated to be conducted, and is authorized to do business in all
      jurisdictions material to the conduct of its business.

    Section 3.2          Authority and Enforceability. The Buyer has the full legal right and requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all action necessary in
      order to execute, deliver and perform fully its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Buyer and constitutes the
      valid and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
      rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles, including those limiting the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing for equitable defense.

    Section 3.3          Consents and Approvals; No Violation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer nor the
      consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the Buyer's Constitutional Documents; (ii) require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
      notification to, any Governmental Body, other than those that have been made or obtained; (iii) cause the Buyer to violate or contravene any provision of law, any rule or regulation of any Governmental Body, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
      decree, determination or award, binding upon or applicable to the Buyer or its assets; (iv) result in a default (or give rise to any right of amendment, termination, cancellation, consent, acceleration or loss of a material benefit) under the terms,
      conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Buyer or any of its assets may be bound, except in such cases where the requisite waivers or consents have been obtained; or (v) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Buyer under the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract, instrument or other obligation to which the Buyer or any of its assets may be bound or affected.

    Section 3.4          No Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, litigation, legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceeding pending against the
      Buyer other than publicly disclosed or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, threatened against the Buyer, nor is the Buyer subject to or bound by any outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any Governmental Body, other than
      publicly disclosed, which questions the validity of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or which seeks to prohibit, enjoin or otherwise challenge any of the transactions
      contemplated hereby.

    Section 3.5          No Registration. The Investment Shares purchased by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement are being acquired for investment purposes only and not with
      a view to any public distribution thereof in violation of any securities laws, and the Buyer shall not offer to sell or otherwise dispose of the Investment Shares so acquired by it in violation of any of the registration requirements of the
      Securities Act. The Buyer acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of its investment in the Investment Shares, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating
      the merits and risks of an investment in all of the Investment Shares. The Buyer understands that, when issued to the Buyer at the Closing, none of the Investment Shares will be registered pursuant to the Securities Act and that all of the Investment
      Shares will constitute "restricted securities" under the federal securities laws of the United States. Each certificate for Investment Shares shall bear the following legend:

    
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    "THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
      ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH STATE LAWS OR (II) AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
      SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."

    Section 3.6          Independent Investigation. The Buyer has had the opportunity to conduct to its own satisfaction independent investigation, review and analysis of the
      business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and, in making the determination to proceed with the transactions contemplated hereby, has relied solely on the results of its own
      independent investigation and the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Article II hereof and the other information provided by the Seller.

    Section 3.7          No Brokers or Finders. No broker or finder has been engaged by the Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and no
      commission, finder's fees or other similar compensation or remuneration is payable to any person as a result of the Buyer's actions in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
      herein.

    ARTICLE IV

      COVENANTS

    Section 4.1          Conduct of Business Pending Closing. The Buyer and the Seller agree that between the date of the execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date, (i)
      the Seller shall, or shall cause the Company to, conduct the business and maintain and preserve the assets of the Company in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Buyer and the Seller shall use their reasonable efforts to cause all of the
      representations and warranties in Article II and Article III hereof, as applicable to such Party, to continue to be true and correct; and (iii) the Company shall not incur any debt, or enter into any other Contract, without the Buyer's prior written
      approval.

    Section 4.2          Further Assurances. The Seller shall execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered to the Buyer such
      certificates, assignments or other instruments of ownership, transfer, assignment and conveyance, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as shall be necessary to vest in the Buyer all of the right, title and interest in and to the
      Investment Shares undertaken to be sold to the Buyer by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all Liens, debts, dues and duties of whatsoever nature, and any other document reasonably requested by the Buyer in connection with this
      Agreement.

    Section 4.3          Governmental Filings. As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, each Party shall, in cooperation with the other, file any
      reports or notifications that may be required to be filed by it under applicable law, if any.

    Section 4.4          Further Consents. After the Closing Date, the Seller shall obtain any consents or approvals or assist in any filings reasonably required in connection
      with the transactions contemplated hereby that are requested by Buyer and that have not been previously obtained or made.

    Section 4.5          Public Announcements. Neither Party shall, without the prior approval of the other Party, issue, or permit any of its partners, stockholders,
      directors, officers, employees, members, managers, agents to issue, any press release or other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, except as may be required by law or any Governmental Body to
      which the relevant Party is accountable.

    Section 4.6          Share Certificates of the Seller. The Seller covenants and agrees that, for so long as the Seller holds any shares of capital stock of the Company in
      bearer form, the Seller shall retain the share certificate evidencing such ownership in its sole possession.

    ARTICLE V

      CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

    Section 5.1          Conditions to Obligations of Seller. At the Closing, the obligation of the Seller to sell the Investment Shares to the Buyer is subject to the
      fulfillment at the Closing of the following conditions:

    
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    (a)          Accuracy of Buyer Representations and Warranties; Compliance. The representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in Article III of this Agreement shall
      be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though then made, and Buyer shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all conditions and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and
      complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

    (b)          Legal Investment. On the Closing Date, the purchase and sale of the Investment Shares shall be permitted by the laws and regulations of each relevant
      jurisdiction.

    (c)          No Actions Pending. There shall be no suit, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Governmental Body or other person or entity pending or
      threatened in writing that challenges, or has the effect of interfering with, the validity or legality of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

    Section 5.2          Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. The obligation of the Buyer to purchase the Investment Shares from the Seller is subject to the fulfillment at the
      Closing of the following conditions:

    (a)          Accuracy of Seller Representations and Warranties; Compliance. The representations and warranties of the Seller contained in Article II of this Agreement
      shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though then made, and the Seller shall have performed and complied in all material respects, with all conditions and agreements required by this Agreement to be
      performed and complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

    (b)          Legal Investment. On the Closing Date, the purchase and sale of the Investment Shares shall be permitted by the laws and regulations of each relevant
      jurisdiction.

    (c)          No Actions Pending. There shall be no suit, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Gove mental Body or other person or entity pending or
      threatened in writing, other than publicly disclosed, that challenges, or has the effect of interfering with, the validity or legality of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

    (d)          No Material Adverse Change. Between the date of the execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material adverse change in
      the condition, financial or otherwise, or the business affairs or assets, of the Company.

    ARTICLE VI

      MISCELLANEOUS

    Section 6.1          Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:

    (a)          by the mutual written agreement of the Seller and the Buyer;

    (b)          by the Buyer if any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 hereof shall have become incapable of fulfillment, by reason other than the Buyer's negligent or
      willful failure to perform or observe in any material respect any of the covenants or agreements set forth herein to be performed or observed by the Buyer, and such conditions shall not have been waived by the Buyer;

    (c)          by the Seller if any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 hereof shall have become incapable of fulfillment, by reason other than the Seller's negligent or
      willful failure to perform or observe in any material respect any of the covenants or agreements set forth herein to be performed or observed by the Seller, and such conditions shall not have been waived by the Seller; or

    (d)          by either Party by written notice thereof to the other Party, if the Closing contemplated hereby shall not have been consummated on or before January 31, 2020.

    Section 6.2          No further Liability. Subject to Section 6.4, if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6.1
      hereof, (i) neither Party shall have any further obligation or liability under this Agreement, other than by reason of a breach or default by a Party hereunder; and (ii) any monies, instruments or documents of any Party
        held in escrow or transferred to the other Party in connection with the transactions contemplated herein with respect to which the Closing shall not have occurred shall be immediately returned to such Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any such
        termination shall not have any effect whatsoever on any transactions contemplated herein with respect to which the Closing has occurred.

    
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    Section 6.3          Indemnification. Each Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party, its managers, directors, officers, members, partners,
      shareholders, employees, attorneys, accountants, agents and representatives and their successors and assigns from and against all liabilities, losses, damages or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements)
      based upon or arising out of (i) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of such indemnifying Party herein, and (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement of such indemnifying Party herein.

    Section 6.4          Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of each of the Parties under this Agreement shall survive the Closing.
      Furthermore, Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

    Section 6.5          Expenses. Each of the Parties agrees to pay its own expenses incident to this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder, except as
      provided in Section 6.3.

    Section 6.6          Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided, however, that a party may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.

    Section 6.7          Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any Party to the other shall be in writing and delivered by hand
      or by an courier service or shall be sent by facsimile or electronic mail to the address for such Party set forth below:

    	
            If to the Seller:

          	
            Hollywood Hills Inc.

              1 Vas. Sofias and Meg. Alexandrou St

              15124 Maroussi, Greece

              Facsimile: +302108128320

              Email: louka@loukapartners.com

          
	 	 
	
            If to the Buyer:

          	
            Top Ships Inc.

              c/o Top Ships Inc.

              1 Vas. Sofias-and Meg Alexandrou Str

              15124 Maroussi, Greece

              Attention: Alexandros Tsirikos

              Facsimile: +30210 8056441

              Email: atsirikos@topships.org

          
	 	 
	
            With a copy (which shall not

              constitute notice) to:

          	
            Seward & Kissel LLP

              One Battery Park Plaza

              New York, New York 10004

              Attention: Gary J. Wolfe, Esq.

              Facsimile: (212) 901-2110

              Email: wolfe@sewkis.com

          

    

    

    or to such other place and with such other copies as either Party may designate as to itself by written notice to the other. All such notices, requests, instructions or other documents shall be
      deemed to have been delivered (i) in the case of personal delivery or delivery by courier, on the date of such delivery, (ii) in the case of delivery by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, when receipt is acknowledged and (iii) in the case of
      mailing, on the third business day after the posting thereof. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law or this Agreement, a written waiver thereof signed by the Party entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated at which
      such notice is required to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

    Section 6.8          Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof
      and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties. No supplement, modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each Party
      to the Agreement. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly
      provided.

    Section 6.9          Headings. Headings contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or extend the scope or intent
      of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

    
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    Section 6.10          Further Assurances. From and after the Closing, upon the request of a Party, the other Party will execute and deliver such instruments, documents or
      other writings as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

    Section 6.11          Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted, and the rights of the Parties determined, in accordance with the laws of the State
      of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

    Section 6.12          Jurisdiction. Each of the Seller and the Buyer (i) irrevocably submits to the co-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting
      in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York located in New York County for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) waives, and agrees not to assert in any
      such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceedings in improper. 
      Each of the Seller and the Buyer consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such Party at the address set forth in Section 6.7 and agrees that such service shall
        constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 6.12 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

    Section 6.13          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL
      BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.

    Section 6.14          Remedies. In addition to any remedies either Party may have in law, each Party shall be entitled to apply to any
      court of competent jurisdiction (without posting bond or other security) to enjoin any actual or threatened breach or default under this Agreement and shall also be entitled to seek specific performance of this
        Agreement. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to any Party at law or in equity or otherwise.

    Section 6.15          Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
      be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

    Section 6.16          No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. No provisions of this Agreement are intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third party
      beneficiary rights or other rights of any kind in any client, customer, affiliate, stockholder, member, or partner of any Party hereto or any other person or entity unless specifically provided otherwise herein, and, except as so provided, all
      provisions hereof will be personal solely between the Parties hereto.

    Section 6.17          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and all such counterparts shall be deemed an original, shall be construed
      together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile or portable document format (PDF) signatures shall be treated as original signatures for all purposes hereunder.

    (Signature Page Follows)

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

    	 	
            BUYER:

          
	 	 
	 	
            TOP SHIPS INC

          
	 	 
	 	
            By:

          	 
	 	
            Name:

          	
            Alexander Tsirikos

          
	 	
            Title:

          	
            Director

          
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
            SELLER

          
	 	 
	 	
            HOLLYWOOD HILLS INC.

          
	 	 	 
	 	
            By:

          	 
	 	
            Name:

          	
            Dimosthenis Eleftheriadis

          
	 	
            Title:

          	
            Director

          
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

    

    

    

    

    
      (Signature Page to Share Purchase Agreement)

    

    
      
        

    

    

    

    Schedule A

    

    

    [Bank Accounts of the Company]

    

    

    
      
        

    

    

    

    SCHEDULE 2.6

    

    

    1.          Shipbuilding Contract with Hyundai Mipo dated December 3, 2018 by and among the Company and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd., for the construction of the vessel (the “Shipbuilding Contract”);
      and

    

    

    2.          Shell Time 4 time charter party, dated January 14, 2019, with contract with Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd. 4 of Singapore (the “Time Charter”).Exhibit 4.51

    

    

      
        

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      
        
          

        
          

          

        

      

      

      

    

    

    

    

    
      
        

    

    Additional Clauses to

    Bareboat Charter Party dated                                              2019

    between

    ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12 LIMITED

    (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司)

    as owners

    and

    MONTE CARLO 71 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

      as charterers

    in respect of

    one (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker

    named "STENAWECO ENERGY"

    with IMO No. 9683984

    

    

      

    H O N G K O N G

    

    

    

    

    
      
        

    

    
    

    

    Contents

    

    

    	
            32.

          	
            Definitions

          	
            1

          
	
            33.

          	
            Charter Period

          	
            21

          
	
            34.

          	
            Cancellation

          	
            21

          
	
            35.

          	
            Conditions Precedent and Conditions Subsequent

          	
            22

          
	
            36.

          	
            Delivery

          	
            23

          
	
            37.

          	
            Charterhire

          	
            24

          
	
            38.

          	
            Possession of Vessel

          	
            29

          
	
            39.

          	
            Insurance

          	
            29

          
	
            40.

          	
            Termination and Redelivery; War; Total Loss

          	
            36

          
	
            41.

          	
            Fees and Expenses; Indemnities;

          	
            42

          
	
            42.

          	
            No Waiver of Rights

          	
            44

          
	
            43.

          	
            Mortgage and assignment

          	
            44

          
	
            44.

          	
            Notices

          	
            45

          
	
            45.

          	
            Termination Events

          	
            46

          
	
            46.

          	
            Representations and Warranties

          	
            50

          
	
            47.

          	
            Charterers' undertakings

          	
            53

          
	
            48.

          	
            Purchase Option

          	
            59

          
	
            49.

          	
            Purchase Obligation

          	
            61

          
	
            50.

          	
            Sale of the Vessel by Purchase Option and Purchase Obligation

          	
            61

          
	
            51.

          	
            No Set-off or Tax deduction; FATCA Provisions

          	
            63

          
	
            52.

          	
            Increased Costs

          	
            65

          
	
            53.

          	
            Governing Law and Jurisdiction

          	
            66

          
	
            54.

          	
            Miscellaneous

          	
            67

          
	
            Execution page

          	
            68

          
	
            Schedule 1 : Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance

          	
            70

          
	
            Schedule 2 : Charterhire Schedule

          	
            71

          
	
            Schedule 3 : Collateral Owners, Collateral Charterers and Collateral Vessels

          	
            92

          

    

    

    

    

    
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        	32.	
                DEFINITIONS

              

      

    

    
      
        	32.1	
                In this Charter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

              

      

    

    Account Bank means Alpha Bank AE or any other bank or financial institution reasonably acceptable
      to the Security Trustee with which the Earnings Account is at any time held.

    Account Pledge means the pledge over Earnings Account
      (ΕΝΕΧΥΡΟ ΕΠΙΛΟΓΑΡΙΑΣΜΟΥ ΕΣΟΔΩΝ (ENEXYRO EPI LOGARIASMOU ESODON)) executed or to be executed by the Charterers and the Owners and the Collateral Owners in the agreed form.

    Addendum No.1 means an addendum no.1 to the MOA dated on or about the date thereof between the
      Charterers as sellers and the Owners as buyers.

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

    Approved Commercial Managers means Central Shipping and/or any other first class reputable ship
      management company acceptable to the Security Trustee who may be appointed as commercial manager of the Vessel.

    Approved Managers means together, the Approved Commercial Managers and the Approved Technical
      Managers.

    Approved Technical Managers means Central Shipping, Central Mare and/or any other first class
      reputable ship management company acceptable to the Security Trustee who may be appointed as technical manager of the Vessel.

    Approved Valuer means Clarksons Platou, Braemar, Arrow, Howe Robinson, Maersk or any other firm or
      firms of independent sale and purchase shipbroker proposed by the Charterers and agreed by the Owners.

    Assigned Property has the meaning given to that term in the Charterer's Assignment.

    Authorisation means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation, lodgement or registration; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in relation to anything which will be fully or partly prohibited or restricted by law if a Governmental Agency intervenes or acts in any way within a specified period after lodgement,
                  filing, registration or notification, the expiry of that period without intervention or action.

              

      

    

    Balloon Payment means the balloon payment in the amount of which is 20% of the MOA Purchase Price,
      being the amount payable by the Charterers to the Owners on the last Payment Date.

    Banking Day has the meaning given to that term in the MOA.

    
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    Breakfunding Costs means all breakfunding costs and expenses incurred or payable by the Owners
      when a repayment or prepayment under the relevant funding arrangement entered into by the Owners for the purpose of financing and/or refinancing the Financing Principal do not fall on a Payment Date (excluding any costs incurred in unwinding any
      associated interest rate or currency swaps or currency futures transactions entered into by the Owners).

    Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday):

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in relation to the definition of Quotation Day and to any day on which LIBOR is to be determined, on which banks and the relevant financial markets are open for general business in London;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in relation to any date for payment of amounts under the Transaction Documents, on which banks and the relevant financial markets are open for general business in Hong Kong, London,
                  Shanghai, Piraeus and the principal financial centre of the country of the currency of payment; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in relation to any other matter, on which banks are open for general business in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Piraeus.

              

      

    

    Business Ethics Law means any laws, regulations and/or other legally binding requirements or
      determinations in relation to bribery, corruption, fraud, money-laundering, terrorism, collusion bid-rigging or anti-trust, human rights violations) (including forced labour and human trafficking) which are applicable to either Party or any other
      Security Party or to any jurisdiction where activities are performed and which shall include: (a) the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010; and (b) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977.

    Call Option Agreement means the call option agreement dated 30 December 2014 made between the
      Original Sellers (as owners) and the Charterers (as option holder) pursuant to the Existing Charter, as may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time (including all side letters and other agreements relating thereto).

    Cancelling Date means 15 December 2019 (or such later date as may be agreed by the Charterers and
      the Owners).

    Central Mare means Central Mare Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall
      Islands with limited liability and registration no. 32656.

    Central Shipping means Central Shipping Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the
      Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 98339.

    Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance means a certificate substantially in the form set out in
      Schedule 1 to be signed by the Owners and the Charterers upon Delivery.

    Change of Control occurs when, at any time, without the prior written consent of the Owners:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Guarantor ceases to control the Charterers; or

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                the Substantial Shareholder ceases to control the Guarantor or the Charterers,

              

      

    

    and for the purpose of this Charter and the other Transaction Documents, control of one person
      (the first person) by another person (the second person) or the first person being controlled by the second person means that
      the second person (whether directly or indirectly and whether by the ownership of share capital, the possession of voting power, contract or otherwise) has the power to appoint and/or remove all or a majority of the members of the board of directors
      or other governing body of the first person or otherwise controls or has the power of control over the affairs and policies of the first person.

    Charterer's Assignment means the charterer's assignment executed or to be executed by the
      Charterers and the Security Trustee in respect of the Vessel, pursuant to which the Charterers shall, inter alia, assign their rights under the Assigned Property in favour of the Security Trustee in the
      agreed form.

    Charterhire means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in respect of the Commencement Date, the Upfront Charterhire;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in respect of a Payment Date, the aggregate of the amount of (i) the Fixed Charterhire and (ii) the Variable Charterhire, payable under this Charter on that Payment Date; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in respect of the last Payment Date, the aggregate of the amount of (i) the Balloon Payment, (ii) the Fixed Charterhire and (iii) the Variable Charterhire, payable under this Charter on
                  that Payment Date.

              

      

    

    Charterhire Principal means the amount, at any point in time, calculated as the aggregate
      outstanding amount of the Fixed Charterhire and the Balloon Payment, less any payment of the Fixed Charterhire and the Balloon Payment received by the Owners under this Charter, as more particularly set out in the column entitled "Charterhire
      Principal" in the Charterhire Schedule, as the same may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with this Charter.

    Charterhire Schedule means the charterhire schedule set out in Schedule 2 (as the same may from
      time to time be amended or replaced including without limitation by each Revised Charterhire Schedule).

    Charter Period means the period commencing on the Commencement Date and described in Clause 33.3
      unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.

    Classification Society means DNV-GL or such other first class international classification society
      being a member of International Association of Classification Society approved in writing by the Owners and their financiers (if any).

    Code means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

    Collateral Charter means, in relation to each Collateral Vessel, the bareboat charterparty in
      respect of that Collateral Vessel entered or to be entered into between the relevant Collateral Owner (as owners) and the Collateral Charterer (as charterers),

    
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    as may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time (including all side letters and other agreements relating thereto),
      and Collateral Charters means both of them.

    Collateral Charterers means together, the collateral charterers described in Schedule 3, and Collateral Charterer means either of them.

    Collateral Owners means together, the collateral owners described in Schedule 3, and Collateral Owner means either of them.

    Collateral Security Parties means together, in relation to each Collateral Vessel, the parties
      defined as Collateral Security Parties under the relevant Collateral Charter, and Collateral Security Party means any of them.

    Collateral Security Documents means together, in relation to each Collateral Vessel, the documents
      defined as Security Documents under the relevant Collateral Charter, and Collateral Security Document means any of them.

    Collateral Transaction Documents means together, in relation to each Collateral Vessel, the
      relevant Collateral Charter, the relevant Collateral Security Documents and any other documents defined as a Transaction Document under that Collateral Charter, and Collateral

        Transaction Document means any of them.

    Collateral Vessels means together, the vessels described in Schedule 3, and Collateral Vessel means either of them.

    Commencement Date means the date on which Delivery takes place.

    Creditor Parties means together, the Owners, the Collateral Owners and the Security Trustee, and Creditor Party means any of them.

    Deed of Charge means the deed of charge over the shares in the Charterers granted by the Guarantor
      in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as may be acceptable to the Security Trustee.

    Default Rate means the percentage sum of the Interest Rate plus two per cent. (2%) per annum.

    Delivery means the delivery of the Vessel from the Owners to the Charterers pursuant to this
      Charter on the Commencement Date.

    Dollars, $ and US$ mean

      the lawful currency for the time being of the US.

    Earnings means all moneys whatsoever which are now, or later become, due or payable to the
      Charterers and which arise out of the use or operation of the Vessel, including:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                all freight, hire and passage moneys, compensation payable in the event of requisition of the Vessel for hire, remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage and detention moneys
                  and damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Vessel;

              

      

    

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                all other payments or proceeds of any kind whatsoever relating to the Vessel as would be deemed "earnings" under GAAP or other applicable
                  accounting principles.

              

      

    

    Earnings Account means an account in the name of the Charterers with the Account Bank as follows:
      

      

      	
              Beneficiary Bank:

            	
              Alpha Bank AE

            
	 	
              Shipping Finance Division

            
	 	
              93, Akti Miaouli

            
	 	
              185-38 Piraeus Greece

            
	
              Swift Code:

            	
              CRBAGRAAXXX

            
	
              Beneficiary Name:

            	
              Monte Carlo 71 Shipping Company Limited

            
	
              Account Number:

            	
              960 01 5006 026516

            
	
              IBAN:

            	
              GR21 0140 9600 9600 1500 6026 516

            

    

    

    or such other account (with the Account Bank or another office of the Account Bank) as the Security Trustee may from time to time designate
      and into which all Earnings shall be paid for the purpose of this Charter and the Charterer's Assignment.

    Environmental Claim means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any claim which relates to the Vessel or its passengers or cargo from time to time by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of an Environmental Incident or
                  which relates to any Environmental Law; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any claim by any other person in relation to the Vessel or its passengers or cargo from time to time which relates to an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident,

              

      

    

    and claim means a claim for damages, compensation, fines, penalties or any other payment; an
      order or direction to take, or not to take, certain action or to desist from or suspend certain action; and any form of enforcement or regulatory action, including the arrest or attachment of any asset.

    Environmental Incident means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a vessel other than the Vessel and which involves a collision between the Vessel and such other vessel or some
                  other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Vessel is actually liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Vessel and/or the Owners and/or the Charterers and/or any other
                  operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or

              

      

    

    
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              	(c)	
                any other incident involving the Vessel in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released otherwise than from the Vessel and in connection with which the Vessel is actually arrested
                  and/or where the Owners and/or the Charterers and/or any other operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action.

              

      

    

    Environmental Law means any law relating to pollution or protection of the environment, to the
      carriage or actual or threatened releases of Environmentally Sensitive Material.

    Environmentally Sensitive Material means oil, oil products and any other substance (including any
      chemical, gas or other hazardous or noxious substance) which is (or is capable of being or becoming) polluting, toxic or hazardous.

    Existing Charter means a bareboat charter dated 30 December 2014 made between the Original Sellers
      (as owners) and the Charterers (as charterers), together with all supplements and amendments to it.

    Existing Mortgage means the first preferred Marshall Islands ship mortgage dated 29 January 2015
      and executed by the Original Sellers (as owner) in favour of the Existing Mortgagee, together with all supplements and amendments to it.

    Existing Mortgagee means CIT Finance LLC.

    Existing Security Documents means collectively:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in relation to the Existing Mortgagee:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Existing Mortgage;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and made between Central Shipping Monaco SAM in favour of the Existing Mortgagee;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and made between Central Mare in favour of the Existing Mortgagee; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and made between Epsilon Hellas (Overseas) Ltd. in favour of the Existing Mortgagee; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in relation to the Original Sellers:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Existing Charter;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the general assignment dated 29 January 2015 and made between the Charterers (as assignor) and the Original Sellers (as assignee);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the pledge of share certificate dated 29 January 2015 and made between the Guarantor (as pledgor) and the Original Sellers (as pledgee);

              

      

    

    
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              	(iv)	
                the charterparty assignment dated 29 January 2015 and made between the Charterers (as charterer) and the Original Sellers (as owner);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and executed by Central Shipping Monaco SAM in favour of the Original Sellers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and executed by Central Mare in favour of the Original Sellers; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                the manager's undertaking dated 29 January 2015 and made between Epsilon Hellas (Overseas) Ltd. in favour of the Original Sellers,

              

      

    

    and in each case, together with all supplements and amendments to it. 

    FATCA means:

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    FATCA Deduction means a deduction or withholding from a payment under this Charter or the
      Transaction Documents required by or under FATCA.

    FATCA Exempt Party means a Relevant Party that it is entitled under FATCA to receive payments free
      from any FATCA Deduction.

    FATCA FFI means a foreign financial institution as defined in section 1471(d)(4) of the Code
      which, if a Relevant Party is not a FATCA Exempt Party, could be required to make a FATCA Deduction.

    FATCA Non-Exempt Party means any Relevant Party who is not a FATCA Exempt Party.

    FATCA Payment means the increase in a payment made by a Security Party to the Owners under Clause
      51.2.2.

    Fee Letter means the fee letter dated on or about the date hereof setting out the Handling Fee
      payable by the Charterers to the Owners.

    Finance Party Quiet Enjoyment Letter means, if requested by the Sub-Charterer, a quiet enjoyment
      letter in relation to the Vessel issued or to be issued the Mortgagee in favour of the Sub-Charterer and acknowledged by the Owners, the Charterers and the Sub-Charterer in form and substance acceptable to the Mortgagee, the Owners, the Charterers
      and the Sub-Charterer.

    
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    Financial Indebtedness means, in relation to a person (the debtor),

      a liability of the debtor (whether present or future, actual or contingent):

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                moneys borrowed;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP as at the date of this Agreement, be treated as a balance sheet liability
                  (other than any liability in respect of a lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP in force prior to 1 January 2019, have been treated as an operating lease);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial
                  effect of a borrowing;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative
                  transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    Financial Instruments means any mortgage, deed of covenants, the general assignment or such other
      financial security instruments granted to the Owners' financiers as security for the obligations of the Owners in relation to financing and/or refinancing the acquisition of the Vessel.

    Financing Principal means the amount which is the lower of US$21,375,000 and 75% of the MOA
      Purchase Price, as the same may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with this Charter.

    First MOA means the memorandum of agreement for sale and purchase of the Vessel made or to be made
      between the Original Sellers (as sellers) and the Charterers (as buyers) pursuant to the Call Option Agreement, as may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time (including all side letters and other agreements relating
      thereto).

    
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    Fixed Charterhire means, on each Payment Date, the corresponding monthly instalment as set out in
      the column entitled "Fixed Charterhire" in Schedule 2, as the same may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with this Charter.

    GAAP means, in relation to each of the Charterers and the Guarantor, generally accepted accounting
      principles, standards and practices in the US.

    Governmental Agency means any government or any governmental agency, semi-governmental or judicial
      entity or authority (including any stock exchange or any self-regulatory organisation established under statute).

    Group means the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries.

    Guarantee means the guarantee executed by the Guarantor in favour of the Owners on or about the
      date hereof guaranteeing inter alia the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter.

    Guarantor means Top Ships Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
      with registration no. 3571.

    Handling Fee means an irrevocable and non-refundable handling fee in the amount set out in the Fee
      Letter payable by the Charterers to the Owners in accordance with the Fee Letter.

    Hire Calculation Period means the period of time commencing from the Commencement Date until the
      date that is the second (2nd) Payment Date and each period of one (1) month thereafter from the last day of the preceding Hire Calculation Period; provided that if a Hire Calculation Period would otherwise expire on a day which is beyond the
      last day of the Charter Period, that Hire Calculation Period shall be shortened to expire on the last day of the Charter Period.

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

    Hong Kong means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

    Insurances means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Vessel in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, which are effected in respect of the Vessel or otherwise
                  in relation to it whether before, on or after the date of this Charter; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                all rights, proceeds and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the foregoing, including any rights to a return of a premium and any rights in respect of any claim whether or
                  not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Charter.

              

      

    

    Interest Rate means the sum of LIBOR plus the Margin.

    
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    ISM Code means the International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on its
      implementation), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation Assembly as Resolutions A.741 (18) and A.788 (19), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (and the terms safety management
        system, Safety Management Certificate and Document of Compliance have the same meanings as are given to them in the ISM Code).

    ISPS Code means the International Ship and Port Security Code as adopted by the Conference of
      Contracting Governments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 on 13 December 2002 and incorporated as Chapter XI-2 of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time.

    Legal Opinion means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 5 of Part B and Clause 2 of Part D of Addendum No.1; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any legal opinion which the Creditor Parties may obtain or arrange with respect to the Charterers or any other Security Parties.

              

      

    

    Legal Reservations means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws
                  generally affecting the rights of creditors;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the time barring of claims under the Limitation Act (1980) and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for, or indemnify a person
                  against, non-payment of any stamp duty may be void or the defences of set-off or counter-claim;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and

              

      

    

    any reservations or qualifications as to matters of law (but excluding at all times any reservations or qualifications as to matters of
      fact) referred to in any Legal Opinion.

    LIBOR means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the applicable Screen Rate as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for Dollars and for a period of three (3) months; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 37.8.

              

      

    

    Major Casualty means any casualty to the Vessel in respect of which the claim or the aggregate of
      the claims against all insurers, before adjustment for any relevant franchise or deductible, exceeds US$1,000,000 or the equivalent in any other currency.

    Management Agreements means together:

    
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              	(a)	
                in relation to commercial, technical and crew management of the Vessel, the ship management agreement dated 1 January 2019 and made between the Charterers and Central Shipping; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in relation to the technical management of the Vessel, the sub-management agreement dated 1 January 2019 and made between Central Shipping and Central Mare,

              

      

    

    together with all supplements and amendments to them.

    Manager's Undertakings means the letters of undertaking executed by the Approved Managers and any
      other named assured or co-assured of the Vessel in favour of the Security Trustee subordinating their respective rights against the Vessel and the Charterers to the rights of the Creditor Parties and their financiers (if any) in an agreed form.

    Margin means 3.9% per annum.

    Market Disruption Event means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                at or about noon (London time) on the Quotation Day for the relevant Hire Calculation Period the relevant Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of leading banks in the London
                  interbank market supplies a rate to the Owners to determine LIBOR for dollars for the relevant Hire Calculation Period; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                before close of business in Hong Kong on the Quotation Day for the relevant Hire Calculation Period, the cost to the Owners of funding the Charterhire Principal from whatever source it may
                  select would be in excess of LIBOR.

              

      

    

    Market Value means, in relation to the Vessel, at a relevant date, one (1) valuation obtained by
      the Charterers (or failing which obtained by the Owners) and prepared:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                on a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the relevant date;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                by one (1) Approved Valuer;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                with or without physical inspection of the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract
                  of employment; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                if a range of valuation is given by the Approved Valuer, the lower end of the range shall apply,

              

      

    

    with the expenses of all such valuations being borne by the Charterers.

    Market Value at Closing means, in relation to the Vessel, on the MOA Delivery Date, the arithmetic
      average of two (2) valuations obtained by the Owners and prepared:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                on a date no earlier than fifteen (15) days prior to the MOA Delivery Date;

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                by two (2) Approved Valuers respectively, one (1) appointed by the Owners and one (1) appointed by the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                with or without physical inspection of the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract
                  of employment; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                if a range of valuation is given by an Approved Valuer, the lower end of the range shall apply for that Approved Valuer,

              

      

    

    with the expenses of all such valuations being borne by the Charterers.

    MARPOL Protocol means Annex VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) to the
      International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (as amended in 1978 and 1997).

    Material Adverse Effect means, in the reasonable opinion of the Owners, a material adverse effect
      on:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Charterers or any other Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the ability of the Charterers or any other Security Party to perform its material obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the validity, legality or enforceability of any Transaction Document or the rights or remedies of the Owners or any other Creditor Party under any of the Transaction Documents; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the validity, legality or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or priority and ranking of any Security Interests granted pursuant to any of the Security Documents.

              

      

    

    MOA means the memorandum of agreement dated on or about the date hereof as supplemented by
      Addendum No.1 between the Charterers as sellers and the Owners as buyers in relation to the sale and purchase of the Vessel, as may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time (including all side letters and other agreements
      relating thereto).

    MOA Delivery means the actual delivery of the Vessel by the Charterers as sellers to and the
      actual acceptance of the Vessel by the Owners as buyers under and in accordance with the provisions of the MOA.

    MOA Delivery Date means the date of MOA Delivery.

    MOA PDA means the protocol of delivery and acceptance to be executed and delivered by the
      Charterers as sellers and the Owners as buyers pursuant to the MOA.

    
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    MOA Purchase Price means the amount which is the lower of US$28,500,000 and the Market Value at
      Closing of the Vessel, being the purchase price of the Vessel paid by the Owners (as buyers) to the Charterers (as sellers) under the MOA.

    Mortgagee has the meaning given to that term in Clause 43.1.

    Net Average Market Value has the meaning given to that term in Clause 40.6(a).

    Net Sale Proceeds has the meaning given to that term in Clause 40.6(b)(i).

    Original Financial Statements means, in relation to the Guarantor, the audited consolidated
      financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.

    Original Sellers means ECO Energy LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic of
      the Marshall Islands.

    Owners Account means an account of the Owners with Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited or such other
      account as the Owners may from time to time designate and notified to the Charterer and into which all Charterhire and all other sums payable under this Charter by the Charterers to the Owners shall be paid in accordance with this Charter.

    Owners Quiet Enjoyment Letter means, if requested by the Sub-Charterer, a quiet enjoyment letter
      in relation to the Vessel issued or to be issued by the Owners in favour of the Sub-Charterer and acknowledged by the Charterers and the Sub-Charterer in form and substance acceptable to the Owners, the Charterers and the Sub-Charterer.

    Parties means together, the Owners and the Charterers.

    Payment Date means each of the Commencement Date, the date falling on the 10th day of the month
      falling immediately after the Commencement Date and the dates falling on the 10th day of each month commencing thereafter and (in the case of the last Payment Date) the date on which (i) the Balloon Payment, the last instalment of the Fixed
      Charterhire and the last instalment of the Variable Charterhire are to be paid by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to Clause 37.2(b) and (ii) the Purchase Obligation Price is to be paid by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to Clause 49.

    Permitted Security Interests means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Security Interests created by a Transaction Document or a Financial Instrument;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                prior to Delivery, Security Interests created by the Existing Security Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with the ordinary course of operation of the Vessel or in accordance with usual reputable maritime practice;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                liens for salvage;

              

      

    

    
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              	(e)	
                liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any other liens arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Vessel where the Charterers are contesting the claim giving
                  rise to such lien in good faith by appropriate steps and for the payment of which adequate reserves have been made in case the Charterers finally have to pay such claim so long as any such proceedings shall not, and may reasonably be
                  considered unlikely to, lead to the arrest, sale, forfeiture or loss of the Vessel or any interest in the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any action of the court or tribunal before whom such action is brought as security for costs and expenses where the
                  Charterers are prosecuting or defending such action in good faith by appropriate steps;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                Security Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not overdue or for payment of taxes which are overdue for payment but which are being contested by the
                  Charterers in good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which adequate reserves have been made; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                such other Security Interests as permitted in writing by the Owners and/or the Security Trustee.

              

      

    

    Purchase Obligation means the purchase obligation imposed on the Charterers by the Owners pursuant
      to Clause 49.

    Purchase Obligation Date means the date on which the Owners shall transfer the legal and
      beneficial interest in the Vessel to the Charterers, and the Charterers shall purchase the Vessel, being the last day of the Charter Period which is also the last Payment Date.

    Purchase Obligation Price means the relevant price payable under this Charter in the amount of
      US$1 and payable under Clause 49.

    Purchase Option means the purchase option granted by the Owners to the Charterers pursuant to
      Clause 48.1.

    Purchase Option Date means the date specified in the Purchase Option Notice as being the date on
      which the Owners shall sell and transfer the legal and beneficial interest in the Vessel to the Charterers, and the Charterers shall purchase and accept the same.

    Purchase Option Notice means the notice given pursuant to Clause 48.3 and containing the details
      specified in Clause 48.5.

    Purchase Option Price means the relevant price payable under this Charter in US$ in the amount set
      out in Clause 48.4, as the same may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with this Charter.

    Quotation Day means:

    
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              	(a)	
                in relation to the first Hire Calculation Period for which the Interest Rate for that Hire Calculation Period is to be determined, five (5) Business Days before the first day of that
                  period; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in relation to any other period for which an Interest Rate is to be determined, fourteen (14) Business Days before the first day of that period (or such later date as the Owners may
                  agree),

              

      

    

    and in each case, unless market practice differs in the London interbank market for that currency, in which case the Quotation Day for that
      currency will be determined by the Owners in accordance with market practice in the London interbank market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).

    Relevant Jurisdictions means together, in relation to a Security Party:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                its jurisdiction of incorporation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any jurisdiction where any property owned by it and charged under a Transaction Document is situated;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Transaction Documents entered into by it creating a Security Interest,

              

      

    

    and Relevant Jurisdiction means any of them.

    Relevant Party means any of the parties to this Charter and the Transaction Documents.

    Requisition Compensation includes all compensation or other moneys payable by reason of any act or
      event such as is referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of Total Loss.

    Restricted Countries means those countries subject to country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions
      and/or trade embargoes, in particular but not limited to pursuant to the US's Office of Foreign Asset Control of the US Department of Treasury (OFAC).

    Restricted Person means a person, entity or any other parties (i) located, domiciled, resident or
      incorporated in Restricted Countries, and/or (ii) subject to any sanction administrated by the United Nations, the European Union, the US and the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),

      the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China and/or (iii) owned or controlled by or affiliated with persons,
      entities or any other parties as referred to in (i) and (ii).

    Sanctions means any sanctions, embargoes, freezing provisions, prohibitions or other restrictions
      relating to trading, doing business, investment, exporting, financing or making assets available (or other activities similar to or connected with any of the foregoing) imposed by law or regulation of the United Nations, the United Kingdom,

    
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    the US (including, without limitation, OFAC), the People's Republic of China or the Council of the European Union.

    Screen Rate means the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration
      Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for Dollars for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page LIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen
      (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available,
      the Owners may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Charterers.

    Security Documents means the Guarantee, the Charterer's Assignment, the Account Pledge, the Deed
      of Charge, the Manager's Undertakings, the Trust Deed, the Collateral Security Documents of both Collateral Vessels and any other security documents granted as security for the obligations of the Charterers under or in connection with this Charter.

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

    Security Parties means together:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers, the Guarantor, the Approved Managers and any party providing security to the Owners and/or the Security Trustee for the Charterers' obligations under this Charter pursuant
                  to a Security Document; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Collateral Security Parties of both Collateral Vessels,

              

      

    

    and Security Party means any of them.

    Security Perfection Requirements means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                delivery of the original share certificates for the shares held by the Guarantor in the Company and the ancillary documents to be delivered under the Deed of Charge;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                service by the Greek court bailiff of an original signed Account Pledge on the Account Bank and the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                execution of all notices, acknowledgments and consents as required under the Transaction Documents; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any other Authorisations of the Transaction Documents as may be required or recommended in any Legal Opinion.

              

      

    

    
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    Security Trustee means ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 11 LIMITED (东
        方富利 TANKER11 有限公司), a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with registration no. 101325.

    Sub-Charter means the time charterparty dated 17 July 2014 as supplemented by an addendum no.2
      dated 3 March 2015, an addendum no.3 dated 25 November 2016 and an addendum no.4 dated 28 December 2017 made between the Charterers and Stena Bulk A/S (CVR no. 33396953) (previously Stena Weco A/S) or any contract of affreightment, or any demise
      charterparty, or any other time or voyage charterparty exceeding eighteen (18) months' duration (whether by virtue of any optional extensions or otherwise) entered into between the Charterers and a Sub-Charterer for the chartering of the Vessel by
      the Charterers to such Sub-Charterer during the Charter Period, as the same may at any time be supplemented, amended or extended.

    Sub-Charterer means Stena Bulk A/S (CVR no. 33396953) (previously Stena Weco A/S) or any other
      person entering into a contract of affreightment, or any demise charterparty, or any time or voyage charterparty exceeding eighteen (18) months' duration (whether by virtue of any optional extensions or otherwise) with the Charterers for the
      chartering of the Vessel by the Charterers to such person.

    Subsidiary means in relation to any company or corporation, a company or corporation:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                more than half the issued equity share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company or corporation,

              

      

    

    and for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able
      to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

    Substantial Shareholder means The Lax Trust of Level 3, 18 Stanley Street, Auckland 1010, New
      Zealand.

    Surplus Retention Proceeds has the meaning given to that term in Clause 40.6(c)(i).

    Surplus Sale Proceeds has the meaning given to that term in Clause 40.6(b)(iv).

    Termination Event means any event described in Clause 45.

    Termination Sum means, in respect of any date, the aggregate of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Purchase Option Price applicable on the relevant date as if that relevant date is a Purchase Option Date; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                (i) the Breakfunding Costs and (ii) any costs incurred and expenses incurred by the Owners and any other Creditor Parties (and their financiers (if any)) in

              

      

    

    
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    locating, repossessing or recovering the Vessel or collecting any payments due under this Charter or in obtaining the due performance of
      the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter or the other Transaction Documents and any default interest in relation thereto.

    Total Loss means:

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any expropriation, requisition or acquisition of the Vessel, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any
                  consideration (excluding a requisition for hire); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any arrest, capture, seizure, confiscation or detention of the Vessel (including any hijacking or theft but excluding any event specified in paragraph (b) of this definition), which is
                  effected by any Governmental Agency or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a Governmental Agency or other persons unless it is redelivered within three (3) months to the full control of the Owners or the Charterers.

              

      

    

    Transaction Documents means together, the Existing Charter, the Call Option Agreement, the First
      MOA, this Charter, the MOA, the Fee Letter, the Security Documents and the Collateral Transaction Documents, and Transaction Document means any of them.

    Trust Deed means a trust deed executed by the Owners, the Collateral Owners, the Charterers, the
      Collateral Charterers, the Guarantor, Central Shipping, Central Mare and the Security Trustee on or about the date hereof pursuant to which the Security Trustee has agreed to declare that it holds the Trust Property (as defined therein) on trust for
      the benefit of the Creditor Parties.

    Upfront Charterhire means the non-refundable upfront charterhire in the amount of which is the
      lower of US$7,125,000 and 25% of the MOA Purchase Price, being the excess amount of the MOA Purchase Price over the Financing Principal payable by the Charterers on the Commencement Date, which shall be deducted by the Owners from the MOA Purchase
      Price paid by the Owners (as buyers) to the Charterers (as sellers) under the MOA, as more particularly set out in the column entitled "Upfront Charterhire" in the Charterhire Schedule, as the same may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with
      this Charter.

    US means the United States of America. US Tax Obligor means:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers, if they are resident for tax purposes in the US; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any other Security Parties some or all of whose payments under the Transaction Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.

              

      

    

    
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    Variable Charterhire means, on each Payment Date, an amount equal to interest accrued on such
      amount of Charterhire Principal at the Interest Rate during the relevant Hire Calculation Period, which in each case shall accrue and be calculated on the actual number of days such Charterhire Principal was outstanding during such period and on the
      basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days.

    
      
        	32.2	
                In this Charter:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                agreed form means, in relation to a document, such document in a form agreed in writing between (i) the Owners or the Security Trustee and (ii) the
                  Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                asset includes every kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future or contingent right to any revenues or other
                  payment;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                company includes any partnership, joint venture and unincorporated association;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                consent includes an Authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration, notarisation and legalisation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                contingent liability means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                continuing means, in relation to any Termination Event, a Termination Event which has not been waived by the Owners or remedied to the satisfaction
                  of the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                document includes a deed; also a letter, fax or telex;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                expense means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable value added or other tax;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                including shall be construed as including without limitation (and cognate expressions shall be construed
                  similarly);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                law includes any order or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international convention and any regulation or resolution of the
                  Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security Council;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                legal or administrative action means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any administrative or regulatory action or investigation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                liability includes every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or contingent), whether incurred as principal or surety or
                  otherwise;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                months shall be construed in accordance with Clause 32.3;

              

      

    

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p)	
                policy, in relation to any insurance, includes a slip, cover note, certificate of entry or other document evidencing the contract of insurance or
                  its terms;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                protection and indemnity risks means the usual risks covered by the UK P&I Club or any other protection and indemnity association which is a
                  member of the International Group of P&I Clubs acceptable to the Owners and the Security Trustee including pollution risks, extended passenger cover and the proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in
                  case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies by reason of the incorporation in them of Clause 6 of the International Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), Clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses
                  (Hulls)(1/10/83) or Clause 8 of the Institute Time clauses (Hulls) (1/11/1995) or the Institute Amended Running Down clause (1/10/71) or any equivalent provision;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(s)	
                tax includes any present or future tax, duty, impost, levy or charge of any kind which is imposed by any state, any political sub-division of a
                  state or any local or municipal authority (including any such imposed in connection with exchange controls), and any connected penalty, interest or fine;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(u)	
                a time of day is a reference to Hong Kong time.

              

      

    

    
      
        	32.3	
                Meaning of month

              

      

    

    A period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if a Hire Calculation Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Hire
                  Calculation Period is to end.

              

      

    

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

    
      
        	32.4	
                In this Charter:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                references to a Transaction Document or any other document being in the form of a particular appendix or to any document referred to in the recitals include references to that form with
                  any modifications to that form which the Owners and/or the Security Trustee approve;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                references to, or to a provision of, a Transaction Document or any other document are references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of this Charter or otherwise;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                references to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Charter or otherwise;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                references to Clauses, Sub-Clauses and Schedules are to be construed as references to clauses and sub-clauses of, and schedules to, this Charter; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing a gender include every gender.

              

      

    

    
      
        	32.5	
                Headings

              

      

    

    In interpreting a Transaction Document or any provision of a Transaction Document, all clauses, sub-clauses and other headings in that and
      any other Transaction Document shall be entirely disregarded.

    
      
        	33.	
                CHARTER PERIOD

              

      

    

    
      
        	33.1	
                The Charter Period shall commence on the Commencement Date.

              

      

    

    
      
        	33.2	
                Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the terms herein, this Charter shall be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable against the Parties with effect from the
                  date hereof.

              

      

    

    
      
        	33.3	
                The Charter Period shall, subject to the terms of this Charter, continue for a period from the Commencement Date to and including the date falling one hundred and nineteen (119) months
                  after the second (2nd) Payment Date.

              

      

    

    
      
        	34.	
                CANCELLATION

              

      

    

    If, prior to any payment (i) being due or payable or (ii) having been made by the Owners under the MOA, a Termination Event occurs and is
      continuing, then this Charter shall immediately terminate and be cancelled without the need for either of the Owners or the Charterers to take any action whatsoever, provided that the Owners shall be entitled to retain all fees paid by the Charterers
      pursuant to Clause 41.1 (and without prejudice to Clause 41.1 but if such fees have not been paid but are due and payable, the Charterers shall forthwith pay such fees to the Owners in accordance with Clause 41.1). Such payment shall not be construed
      as a penalty but shall

    
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    represent an agreed estimate of the losses and damage incurred by the Owners in entering into this Charter and shall therefore be paid as
      compensation to the Owners.

    
      
        	35.	
                CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT

              

      

    

    
      
        	35.1	
                The obligation of the Owners to charter the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder is subject to and conditional upon:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                no Termination Event having occurred which is continuing;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                no other event has occurred which with the giving of notice or lapse of time would, if not remedied, constitute a Termination Event;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the representations and warranties contained in Clause 46 being true and correct in all aspects on the date hereof by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers (as sellers) and the Owners having duly executed and entered into the MOA;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                the MOA Delivery occurring on or before the Cancelling Date;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                the Owners having received from the Charterers:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                on the date of this Charter, the documents or evidence set out in Part AI of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                no less than fourteen (14) days prior to Delivery, the documents or evidence set out in Part AII of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                no less than seven (7) Banking Days prior to Delivery, the documents or evidence set out in Part AIII of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                no less than three (3) Banking Days prior to Delivery (or such later date as the Owners may agree), the documents or evidence set out in Part AIV of Addendum No.1 in form and substance
                  satisfactory to them;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                no less than one (1) Banking Day prior to Delivery, the documents or evidence set out in Part BI of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                on or before Delivery, the documents or evidence set out in Part BII of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them.

              

      

    

    
      
        	35.2	
                The obligation of the Owners to continue chartering the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder is subject to and conditional upon the Owners having received from the Charterers on or before
                  such dates as specified in Parts C and D of Addendum No.1 the documents or evidence set out in Parts C and D of Addendum No.1 in form and substance satisfactory to them.

              

      

    

    
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        	35.3	
                Upon the requirements of Clause 35.1 and Clause 35.2 being fulfilled or waived to the satisfaction of the Owners, the Owners shall give notice thereof to the Charterers.

              

      

    

    
      
        	35.4	
                The conditions precedent set out in Clause 35.1 and the conditions subsequent set out in Clause 35.2 are for the sole benefit of the Owners and may be waived in whole or in part, with or
                  without conditions without prejudicing the right of the Owners to require fulfilment of such conditions in whole or in part at any time thereafter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.	
                DELIVERY

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.1	
                Subject to the requirements of Clause 35.1 being fulfilled or waived to the satisfaction of the Owners, on delivery to and acceptance by the Charterers of the Vessel from the Original
                  Sellers under the First MOA, on delivery to and acceptance by the Owners of the Vessel from the Charterers as sellers under the MOA and subject to the provisions of this Clause 36.1, the Vessel shall be deemed to have been delivered to,
                  and accepted (without reservation) by, the Charterers under this Charter (irrespective of whether the Charterers shall become and be entitled to the possession and use of the Vessel).

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.2	
                On Delivery, as evidence of the commencement of the Charter Period, the Charterers and the Owners shall sign the Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance. Without prejudice to this Clause,
                  the Charterers shall be deemed to have accepted the Vessel under this Charter, and the commencement of the Charter Period having started, on Delivery even if, for whatever reason, the Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance is not signed
                  but Delivery has occurred.

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.3	
                Without prejudice and notwithstanding the provisions of this Clause, the Charterers shall not be entitled for any reason whatsoever to refuse to accept delivery of the Vessel under this
                  Charter once the Vessel has been delivered to and accepted by (a) the Charterers from the Original Sellers under the First MOA and (b) the Owners from the Charterer as sellers under the MOA, and the Owners shall not be liable for any
                  losses, cost or expenses whatsoever or howsoever arising including without limitation, any loss of profit or any loss or otherwise and whether before or after Delivery:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                resulting directly or indirectly from any defect or alleged defect in the Vessel or any failure of the Vessel; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                arising from any delay in the commencement of the Charter Period or any failure of the Charter Period to commence unless such delay or failure results solely from a failure by the Owners
                  to pay the MOA Purchase Price pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the MOA.

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.4	
                The Owners will not and shall not be obliged to deliver the Vessel to the Charterers with any bunkers and unused lubricating oils and greases in storage tanks and unopened drums of the
                  Vessel, but the Vessel shall be delivered with whatever is onboard when delivered by the Original Sellers (as sellers) to the Charterers (as buyers) under the First MOA and the Charterers (as sellers) to the Owners (as buyers) under the
                  MOA.

              

      

    

    
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        	36.5	
                The Charterers hereby acknowledge and agree that the Owners are not the manufacturer or original supplier of the Vessel and that the Owners make no condition, term, representation or
                  warranty, express or implied (and whether statutory or otherwise) as to the Owners' title to the Vessel or as to the seaworthiness, merchantability, condition, design, operation, performance, quality, capacity or fitness for use or as to
                  the eligibility of the Vessel for any particular trade or operation or any other condition, term, representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to the Vessel. Acceptance of delivery by the Charterers or (as the
                  case may be) deemed delivery of the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter shall be conclusive proof evidencing that, for the purposes of the obligations and liabilities of the Owners hereunder or in connection herewith, the Vessel
                  is at that time seaworthy, in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, in good working order and repair and without defect or inherent vice whether or not discoverable by the Charterers and free and clear of all liens, Security
                  Interests and debts of whatsoever nature save for the Security Interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.6	
                Notwithstanding and without prejudice to the foregoing Clause 36.5, the Charterers hereby waive all of their rights in respect of any condition, term, representation or warranty express or
                  implied (and whether statutory or otherwise) on the part of the Owners and all of their claims against the Owners howsoever and whatsoever that may arise in respect of the Vessel or the Owners' title thereto, or all of their rights
                  therein or arising out of the operation of the Vessel or the chartering thereof under this Charter (including in respect of the seaworthiness or otherwise of the Vessel).

              

      

    

    
      
        	36.7	
                The Charterers agree that the Owners shall be under no liability to supply any replacement Vessel or any piece or part thereof during any period when the Vessel is unusable and shall not
                  be liable to the Charterers or any other person as a result of the Vessel being unusable.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.	
                CHARTERHIRE

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.1	
                 In consideration of the Owners agreeing to charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter at the request of the Charterers, the Charterers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
                  agree to pay to the Owners the Charterhire in respect of the chartering of the Vessel during the Charter Period. An indicative Charterhire Schedule setting out the amount of the Upfront Charterhire, the Balloon Payment and the Fixed
                  Charterhire is set out in Schedule 2. The Charterers hereby agree with the Owners and acknowledge that the Charterhire as set out in Schedule 2 shall be calculated on the basis that the Financing Principal is in the amount of
                  US$21,375,000.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.2	
                Subject to the terms of this Clause, each instalment of the Fixed Charterhire and the Variable Charterhire shall be paid on each Payment Date on the following basis:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the first instalment of the Charterhire shall be paid on the Commencement Date and shall comprise the Charterhire payable in advance in respect of the period from the Commencement Date up
                  to and including the date falling on the 10th day of the month falling immediately after the Commencement Date; and

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                thereafter each instalment of Charterhire shall be paid on the date falling one (1) month thereafter and shall comprise the Charterhire payable in advance in mrespect of each such one (1)
                  month's period, PROVIDED THAT:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers shall pay Variable Charterhire on the second (2nd) Payment Date which has accrued on the Charterhire Principal in respect of the shortened Hire Calculation Period commencing
                  from the Commencement Date and up to the second (2nd) Payment Date on a pro-rata basis; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                on the last Payment Date the Charterers shall pay to the Owners the Balloon Payment together with the last instalment of Fixed Charterhire and the last instalment of Variable Charterhire
                  which together shall comprise the Charterhire payable in arrears in respect of the one (1) month's period from the second (2nd) last Payment Date to the last Payment Date,

              

      

    

    and in each case Charterhire shall be paid in same day available funds by no later than 4:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) and the Charterers shall
      provide evidence of payment for the Owners' tracking of the relevant remittance. Payment of Charterhire shall be deemed earned when paid and shall not be refundable.

    
      
        	37.3	
                The Vessel shall not at any time be deemed off-hire and the Charterers' obligation to pay all Charterhire and other amounts payable in this Charter shall be paid in Dollars and shall be
                  absolutely and unconditionally payable under any and all circumstances and shall not be affected by any circumstances of any nature whatsoever including but not limited to:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any set off, counterclaim, recoupment, defence, claim or other right which the Charterers may at any time have against the Owners or any other person for any reason whatsoever including,
                  without limitation, any act, omission or breach on the part of the Owners under this Charter or any other agreement at any time existing between the Owners and the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any change, extension, indulgence or other act or omission in respect of any indebtedness or obligation of the Charterers, or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or other dealing
                  in, any security for any such indebtedness or obligation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any title defect or Security Interest or any dispossession of the Vessel by title paramount or otherwise, unless caused by the fault or gross negligence of the Owners and/or the Security
                  Trustee;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any defect in the seaworthiness, condition, value, design, merchantability, operation or fitness for use of the Vessel or the ineligibility of the Vessel for any particular trade;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any damage (including damage resulting in a Total Loss) to or forfeiture or court marshall's or other sale of the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
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              	(f)	
                any libel, attachment, levy, detention, sequestration or taking into custody of the Vessel or any restriction or prevention of or interference with or interruption or cessation in, the use
                  or possession thereof by the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceedings by or against the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                any invalidity, unenforceability, lack of due authorization or other defect, or any failure or delay in performing or employing with any of the terms and provisions of this Charter or any
                  of the Transaction Documents by any party to this Charter or any other person;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any enforcement or attempted enforcement by any of the Owners or the other Creditor Parties of their rights under this Charter or any of the Transaction Documents executed or to be
                  executed pursuant to this Charter; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                any loss of use of the Vessel due to deficiency or default or strike of officers or crew, fire, breakdown, damage, accident, defective cargo or any other cause which would or might but for
                  this provision have the effect of terminating or in any way affecting any obligation of the Charterers under this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.4	
                Time of payment of Charterhire and other payments by the Charterers shall be of the essence of this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.5	
                All payments of Charterhire and any moneys payable hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.6	
                All Charterhire and any other moneys payable hereunder shall be payable by the Charterers to the Owners Account.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.7	
                Payment of Charterhire shall be at the Charterers' risk until receipt by the Owners of the payment into the Owners Account.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.8 	(a) 	If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to any Charterhire for any HireCalculation Period, then the Interest Rate for the
                relevant period shall be the rate per annum which is the sum of:

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Margin; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the rate notified to the Charterers by the Owners in writing as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Hire Calculation Period, to be
                  that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Owners of funding the Charterhire for such period from whatever comparable source it may select, provided that the Owners shall use their reasonable endeavours to provide
                  or procure the provision of the evidence of such rate.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Owners or the Charterers so require, the Owners and the Charterers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty (30)
                  days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.

              

      

    

    
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              	(c)	
                Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph 37.8(b) above shall, with the prior consent of the Owners and the Charterers, be binding on both the Owners and the Charterers.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.9	
                All stamp duty, value added tax, withholding or other taxes and import and export duties and all other similar types of charges which may be levied or assessed on or in connection with:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the operation of this Charter in respect of the hire and all other payments to be made pursuant to this Charter and the remittance thereof to the Owners; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the import, export, purchase, delivery and re-delivery of the Vessel,

              

      

    

    shall be borne by the Charterers. The Charterers shall pay, if applicable, value added tax and other similar tax levied on any Charterhire
      and other payments payable under this Charter by addition to, and at the time of payment of, such amounts.

    
      
        	37.10	
                If requested by the Charterers, the Owners will use their reasonable endeavours to change their jurisdiction of incorporation to another jurisdiction reasonable designated by the
                  Charterers, provided that:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the new jurisdiction of incorporation of the Owners are acceptable to their financiers (if any);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterers shall be responsible for preparing all application, registration and other documents required for the change of jurisdiction of incorporation in form and substance
                  acceptable to the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the new jurisdiction of incorporation of the Owners is acceptable to the then current flag state of the Vessel for the purpose of maintaining the registration of the Vessel under that flag
                  state in form and substance acceptable to the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers shall be responsible for preparing all application, registration and other documents required for registration of the Owners as foreign maritime entity in other relevant
                  jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining the registration of the Vessel under the then current flag state in form and substance acceptable to the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                if a change of flag state is required as a result of the change of jurisdiction of incorporation of the Owners, such change of jurisdiction of incorporation of the Owners shall be subject
                  to the prior written consent of the Owners and the Owners' financiers (if any), and the Charterers shall be responsible for registration of the Vessel in such new flag state and pay to the Owners or their financier (if any) upon demand
                  the legal fees, registration fees and other duties (including any duties payable by the Owners and the Owners' financiers (if any)) imposed by the new registry or any taxing authority therein in connection with the preparation,
                  negotiation and registration of such new mortgage, other Financial Instruments (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and satisfactory legal opinions in favour of the Owners and/or their financier (if any); and

              

      

    

    
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              	(f)	
                all other fees, costs, expenses, payments, taxes, charges and liabilities whatsoever incurred by the Owners and/or their financiers (if any) relating to, arising out of or in connection
                  with such change shall be borne by the Charterers.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.11	
                Any payment of the Termination Sum shall be made together with any other amount payable under this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.12	
                If the Charterers fail to make any payment due under this Charter on the due date, they shall pay interest on such late payment at the Default Rate from the date on which such payment
                  became due until the date one (1) day prior to the date of payment thereof.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.13	
                All default interest and any other payments under this Charter or any other Transaction Documents which are of an annual or periodic nature shall accrue from day to day and shall be
                  calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360 day year.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.14	
                Any payment, which is due to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day
                  (if there is not). If the last Payment Date is not a Business Day, any payment under the Transaction Documents which is due to be made on that day shall be made on the preceding Business Day.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.15 	(a) 	Without prejudice to Clause 37.2, the Charterers may prepay the Charterhire Principal at any time during the Charter Period (being at
                least $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof) together with any Breakfunding Cost and expenses reasonably incurred by the Owners and the other Creditor Parties under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents in connection with or
                as a result of such prepayment, PROVIDED THAT (i) the Charterers shall only be entitled to prepay the Charterhire Principal once a year and the aggregate amount of all prepayments during the Charter Period shall not exceed $5,000,000 under
                this Clause 37.15 and (ii) the Owners shall have received from the Charterers not less than sixty (60) days' notice of their intention to make such prepayment, specifying the amount to be prepaid and the proposed date of such prepayment.
                Any amount prepaid pursuant to this Clause 37.15(a) shall be applied towards reducing the instalments of Fixed Charterhire (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Balloon Payment) falling on or after the date of such prepayment by the
                amount of such prepayment on a pro-rata basis.

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                The Charterers shall not prepay all or any part of the Charterhire except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	37.16	
                If the Financing Principal is less than US$21,375,000 or upon any prepayment made by the Charterers under Clause 37.15, the Owners shall provide the Charterers with a revised Schedule 2.
                  The revised Schedule 2 shall be based on the actual amount of the Financing Principal and determination of the corresponding Upfront Charterhire with reference to the Market Value at Closing of the Vessel and taking account any prepayment
                  under Clause 37.15 (each revised Schedule 2 referred to in this Clause 37.16 and throughout this Charter is a Revised Charterhire Schedule).

              

      

    

    
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        	37.17	
                Each Revised Charterhire Schedule issued pursuant to Clause 37.16 shall (i) be deemed incorporated into this Charter in substitution for the then current Schedule 2, (ii) save for manifest
                  error, be conclusive and binding on the Owners and the Charterers and at any time, the latest Revised Charterhire Schedule incorporated pursuant hereto and (iii) for the purposes of this Charter, be conclusive evidence of the rate of
                  Charterhire, Charterhire Principal and the Purchase Option Price payable under this Charter and shall for all purposes be treated as if it had been attached as the Charterhire Schedule ab initio.

              

      

    

    
      
        	38.	
                POSSESSION OF VESSEL

              

      

    

    
      
        	38.1	
                The Charterers shall not, without the prior written consent of the Owners and the Security Trustee, assign, mortgage or pledge the Vessel or any interest therein and shall not permit the
                  creation of any Security Interest thereon other than Permitted Security Interests.

              

      

    

    
      
        	38.2	
                The Charterers shall promptly notify any party (as the Owners may request) in writing that the Vessel is the property of the Owners and the Charterers shall provide the Owners with a copy
                  of such written notification and satisfactory evidence of that such party has received such written notification.

              

      

    

    
      
        	38.3	
                If the Vessel is arrested, seized, impounded, forfeited, detained or taken out of their possession or control (whether or not pursuant to any distress, execution or other legal process),
                  the Charterers shall procure the immediate release of the Vessel (whether by providing bail or procuring the provision of security or otherwise do such lawful things as the circumstances may require) and shall immediately notify the
                  Owners of such event and shall indemnify the Owners against all losses, costs or charges incurred by the Owners by reason thereof in re-taking possession or otherwise in re-acquiring the Vessel.

              

      

    

    
      
        	38.4	
                The Charterers shall pay and discharge or cause any Sub-Charterers of the Vessel to pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities whatsoever which have given or may give rise to liens
                  on or claims enforceable against the Vessel and take all reasonable steps to prevent a threatened arrest of the Vessel.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.	
                INSURANCE

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.1	
                The Charterers shall procure that such insurances are effected in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners, the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any):

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                in Dollars;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                in the case of hull and machinery (and increased value insurance), fire and usual marine risks and war risks to cover an amount not less than the greater of (i) the Market Value of the
                  Vessel for the time being and (ii) one hundred and twenty per cent. (120%) of the Charterhire Principal then outstanding;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                in the case of oil pollution liability risks for the Vessel, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under protection and indemnity club
                  entry and in the international marine insurance market and for an amount of not less than US$1,000,000,000;

              

      

    

    
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              	(d)	
                in relation to protection and indemnity risks (including freight, demurrage and defence cover) in respect of the full tonnage of the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                in relation to such other insurances reasonably required by the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (if any) but excluding loss of hire and contingent liability insurance;
                  and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                through approved brokers or with first class international insurers and/or underwriters acceptable to the Owners and the Security Trustee or, in the case of war risks and protection and
                  indemnity risks, UK P& I Club or any other approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks association which is a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs acceptable to the Owners and the Security Trustee,

              

      

    

    and shall pay the Owners, the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any) the cost (as conclusively certified by the Owners, the
      Security Trustee and such financiers) of (i) an innocent owner's interest insurance, (ii) an innocent owner's interest insurance - additional perils (pollution), (iii) a mortgagee's interest insurance and (iv) a mortgagee's interest insurance -
      additional perils (pollution), in each case in an amount not less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the Charterhire Principal then outstanding.

    
      
        	39.2	
                In addition to the terms set out in Clause 13(a), to the extent required and acceptable to the relevant insurers and protection and indemnity club, the Charterers shall procure that the
                  obligatory insurances shall:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                subject always to paragraph (ii), name the Security Trustee, the Charterers and, subject to execution of the Manager's Undertakings, the Approved Managers as the only named assureds unless
                  the interest of every other named assured or co-assured is limited:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that they have incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against them); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries they are entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party
                  liability claims made specifically against them;

              

      

    

    and every other named assured or co-assured has undertaken in writing to the Security Trustee and their financiers (in such form as they
      reasonably require) that any deductible shall be apportioned between the Charterers and every other named assured or co-assured in proportion to the gross claims made or

    
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    paid by each of them and that they shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Security
      Trustee and their financiers (if any) in accordance with the terms of the loss payable clause, to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances;

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                subject to Clause 43, whenever a financier (if any) of the Owners requires:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                in respect of fire and other usual marine risks and war risks name (or be amended to name) such financier as additional named assured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational
                  interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against such financier, but without such financier thereby being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                in relation to protection and indemnity risks, name (or be amended to name) such financier as additional insured or co-assured for its rights and interests to the extent permissible under
                  the relevant protection and indemnity club rules; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                name such financier (as applicable) and the Security Trustee (as applicable) as respectively the first ranking loss payee and the second ranking loss payee (and in the absence of such
                  financier, as first ranking loss payee) in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clauses approved by such financier and the Security Trustee with such directions for payment in accordance with the terms of such relevant
                  loss payable clause, as the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any) may specify;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (as applicable) shall be made without
                  set-off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                provide that such obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Owners, the Security Trustee or their financiers
                  (if any);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                provide that the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (if any) may make proof of loss if the Charterers fail to do so; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                provide that if any obligatory insurance is cancelled, or if any substantial change is made in the coverage which adversely affects the interest of the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or
                  their financiers (if any), or if any obligatory insurance is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium, such cancellation, change or lapse shall not be effective with respect to the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers
                  (if any) for fourteen (14) days) after receipt by the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (if any) of prior written notice from the insurers of such cancellation, change or lapse.

              

      

    

    
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        	39.3	
                The Charterers shall:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                at least fourteen (14) days prior to Delivery, notify in writing the Owners and the Security Trustee of the terms and conditions of all Insurances and the brokers (or other insurers) and
                  any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom the Charterers have arranged all Insurances;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                at least fourteen (14) days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance notify the Owners and the Security Trustee (copied to their financiers (if any)) of the brokers (or other
                  insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom the Charterers propose to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal and obtain the Owners' and the Security Trustee's
                  approval to such matters;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                at least seven (7) days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, procure that such obligatory insurance is renewed or to be renewed on its expiry date in accordance with the
                  provisions of this Charter;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                procure that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal or the effective
                  date of the new insurance and protection and indemnity cover notify the Owners and the Security Trustee (copied to their financiers (if any)) in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                as soon as practicable after the expiry of any obligatory insurance, deliver to the Owners and the Security Trustee a letter of undertaking as required by this Charter in respect of such
                  Insurances for the Vessel as renewed pursuant to Clause 39.3(c) together with copies of the relevant policies or cover notes or entry certificates duly endorsed with the interest of the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (if any).

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.4	
                The Charterers shall ensure that all insurance companies, underwriters, and (if any) insurance brokers provide the Owners and the Security Trustee with all policies, cover notes and
                  certificates of entry relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew and of a letter or letters or undertaking in such form as may be required by the Owners, the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any) and
                  including undertakings by the insurance companies and/or underwriters that:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of this Charter, the other Transaction
                  Documents and the Financial Instruments;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                they will hold the benefit of such policies and such insurances, to the order of the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers and/or such other party in accordance with the said
                  loss payable clause;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                they will advise the Owners, the Security Trustee and such financiers promptly of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances of which they are aware;

              

      

    

    
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              	(d)	
                following a written application from the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers not later than one (1) month before the expiry of the obligatory insurances they will notify
                  the Owners, the Security Trustee and such financiers not less than fourteen (14) days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from the Charterers and, in the
                  event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Owners, the Security Trustee and such financiers of the terms of the instructions; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                if any of the obligatory insurances form part of any fleet cover, the Charterers shall procure that the insurance broker(s), or leading insurer, as the case may be, undertake to the
                  Owners, the Security Trustee and such financiers that such insurance broker or insurer(s) will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Vessel under such obligatory insurances any premiums due in
                  respect of any other vessel under any fleet cover of which the Vessel forms a part or any premium due for other insurances, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such
                  premiums, and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts, and will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Vessel forthwith upon being so requested by
                  the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers and where practicable.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.5	
                The Charterers shall ensure that any protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which the Vessel is entered provides the Owners, the Security Trustee and such financiers
                  with:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                a copy of the certificate of entry for the Vessel as soon as such certificate of entry is issued;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Owners the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any) or in such association's standard form; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                a copy of each of (i) a certificate of insurance or other financial security in respect of civil liability for oil pollution damage, (ii) a certificate of insurance or other financial
                  security in respect of civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage, (iii) (if the Vessel trades or enters into US waters) a certificate issued pursuant to s1016(a) Oil Pollution Act 1990 and s108(a) Comprehensive Environmental
                  Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980, as amended, in accordance with US Coast Guard Regulations, 33 CFR Part 138 and (iv) a certificate of insurance or other financial security in respect of shipowners' liability as required
                  under the Maritime Labour Convention.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.6	
                 The Charterers shall ensure that all policies relating to obligatory insurances are deposited with the approved brokers through which the insurances are effected or renewed.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.7	
                The Charterers shall procure that all premiums or other sums payable in respect of the obligatory insurances are punctually paid and produce all relevant receipts when so required by the
                  Owners and the Security Trustee.

              

      

    

    
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        	39.8	
                The Charterers shall ensure that any guarantees required by a protection and indemnity or war risks association are promptly issued and remain in full force and effect.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.9	
                The Charterers shall neither do nor omit to do (nor permit to be done or not to be done) any act or thing which would or might render any obligatory insurance invalid, void, voidable or
                  unenforceable or render any sum payable under an obligatory insurance repayable in whole or in part; and, in particular:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers shall procure that all necessary action is taken and all requirements are complied with which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without
                  limiting the obligations contained in this Clause) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Owners and the Security Trustee have not given their prior approval (unless
                  such exclusions or qualifications are made in accordance with the rules of UK P&I Club or any other protection and indemnity association which is a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs acceptable to the Owners and the
                  Security Trustee);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterers shall not make or permit any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Vessel unless such changes have first been
                  approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances and the Owners and the Security Trustee;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                prior to permitting the Vessel to enter the US Exclusive Economic Zone, the Charterers shall comply with all regulations in force of the US Oil Pollution Act 1990 which apply to the Vessel
                  including, if necessary, obtaining within the time limits set by the US Coast Guard, a Certificate of Financial Responsibility, a copy of which shall be lodged with the Owners and the Security Trustee prior to engaging in any such voyage;
                  and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers shall not employ the Vessel, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory insurances, without first obtaining
                  the consent of the insurers and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise) which the insurers specify.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.10	
                The Charterers shall not make or agree to any material alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance without the prior
                  written consent of the Owners, the Security Trustee and their financiers (if any).

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.11	
                The Charterers shall not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty without the Owners' and the Security Trustee's
                  approval, and shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.12	
                The Charterers shall provide the Owners and the Security Trustee upon written request, copies of:

              

      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                all communications between the Charterers and:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the approved brokers (if applicable); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the first class international insurers and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                the Charterers' obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                any credit arrangements made between the Charterers and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (i) or (ii) relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory
                  insurances;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any material communication with all parties involved in case of a claim under any of the Vessel's insurances.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.13	
                The Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (or any persons which they may designate) with:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any information which the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers (or such designated persons) request for the purpose of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurance effected or proposed to be effected; and/or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clauses 13(a) and 39.1 or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any information and documents reasonably requested by the Owners, the Security Trustee in connection with a claim under any of the Vessel's insurances exceeding the Major Casualty amount;
                  and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if the Owners, the Security Trustee consider it necessary to obtain information in connection with a claim under any of the Vessel's insurances which does not exceed the Major Casualty
                  amount, such information and documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.14	
                If one or more of the obligatory insurances are not effected and maintained with first class international insurers or are effected with an insurance or captive Subsidiary of the Owners,
                  the Security Trustee or the Charterers, then the Charterers shall procure, at their own expense, that the relevant insurers maintain in full force and effect facultative reinsurances with reinsurers and through brokers, in each case, of
                  recognised standing and acceptable in all respects to the Owners and the Security Trustee. Any reinsurance policy shall include, if and when permitted by law, a cut-through clause in a form acceptable to the Owners and the Security
                  Trustee. The

              

      

    

    
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    Charterers shall procure that underwriters of the primary insurances assign each reinsurance to the relevant financiers in full, if
      required.

    
      
        	39.15	
                The Charterers shall be solely responsible for and indemnify the Owners in respect of all loss or damage to the Vessel (insofar as the Owners shall not be reimbursed by the proceeds of any
                  insurance in respect thereof) however caused occurring at any time or times before physical possession thereof is retaken by the Owners, reasonable wear and tear to the Vessel only excepted.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.16	
                The Charterers shall:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if so requested by the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or their financiers, reimburse the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers the costs for obtaining a detailed report
                  signed by an independent firm of marine insurance brokers appointed by the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers dealing with the Insurances and stating the opinion of such firm as to the adequacy of the Insurances; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                procure that there is delivered to the insurance brokers described in Clause 39.16(a) such information in relation to the Insurances as such brokers may require.

              

      

    

    
      
        	39.17	
                If the Charterers fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Clause 39, the Owners and the Security Trustee shall be entitled (but not bound) to effect and subsequently to maintain
                  all such Insurances upon the Vessel as they may think fit in order to procure the compliance with such provisions or alternatively, to require the Vessel (at the Charterers' risk) to remain in, or to proceed to and remain in a port
                  designated by the Owners, the Security Trustee and/or such financiers until such provisions are fully complied with.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.	
                TERMINATION AND REDELIVERY; WAR; TOTAL LOSS

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.1	
                Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Owners shall notify the Charterers of occurrence of the same (the Termination Event Notice) whereupon the Charterers may:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                in relation to a Termination Event under Clause 45(a), (c) or (g), within three (3) Business Days of the date of the Termination Event Notice, provide to the Owners a written notice
                  advising the Owners of their intention to terminate this Charter and shall promptly pay the Termination Sum to the Owners by no later than the end of such three (3) Business Days period; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                in relation to any other Termination Event, within thirty (30) days of the date of the Termination Event Notice, provide to the Owners a written notice advising the Owners of their
                  intention to terminate this Charter and shall promptly pay the Termination Sum to the Owners by no later than the end of such thirty (30) days period; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if the Charterers do not notify the Owners of their intention to terminate this Charter pursuant to Clause 40.1(a) within three (3) Business Days or thirty

              

      

    

    
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    (30) days (as the case may be) of the date of the Termination Event Notice then the Owners may be entitled, provided the Termination Event
      is continuing, by notice to the Charterers to terminate this Charter at any time thereafter, and the Charterers shall immediately pay to the Owners the Termination Sum, whereupon the Owners shall sell, transfer and redeliver, at the cost and expense
      of the Charterers, the Vessel to the Charterers.

    
      
        	40.2	
                The Owners shall notify the Charterers in writing if they intend to terminate this Charter in accordance with paragraph (f) of Clause 26 (War) and
                  the Charterers shall pay the Termination Sum to the Owners within ten (10) Business Days upon receipt of such written notification from the Owners whereupon the Owners shall, at the cost and expense of the Charterers, sell the Vessel to
                  the Charterers in accordance with Clause 40.4.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.3	
                It is hereby agreed by the Parties that payment of the Termination Sum pursuant to Clause 40.1 or 40.2 (as the case may be) shall not be construed as a penalty but shall represent an
                  agreed estimate of the loss and damage suffered by the Owners in purchasing the Vessel and entering into this Charter upon the terms and conditions contained herein, in each case, at the request of the Charterers and shall therefore be
                  paid as compensation to the Owners for early termination and acquisition of the Vessel by the Charterers.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.4	
                Concurrently with the irrevocable payment of the Termination Sum in full pursuant to the terms of this Charter, this Charter shall terminate and the Owners shall (save in the event of
                  Total Loss) transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of the Vessel to the Charterers or their nominees free from any registered mortgages incurred or permitted by the Owners (save for those liens, Security Interests and debts incurred
                  by the Charterers or arising out of or in connection with this Charter and any other Permitted Security Interests) and shall execute (i) a bill of sale, (ii) a commercial invoice, (iii) a protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing
                  such transfer and (iv) such other additional documents as may be necessary for the purpose of registering the Vessel at its intended flag state upon such transfer, provided that the Charterers shall notify the Owners of any such
                  additional documents no later than five (5) Business Days (or such other mutually agreed date) prior to such transfer, each in such form as may be required by the Charterers' intended flag state.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.5	
                If the Charterers fail to make any payment or make only a partial payment of the Termination Sum on the due date in accordance with Clause 40.1 or 40.2 (as the case may be), Clauses 37.12
                  and 37.13 shall apply. In addition, the Charterers agree that should the Termination Sum not be paid in full on the due date for payment under the terms of this Charter:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers' right to possess and operate the Vessel shall immediately cease and the Charterers shall, upon the Owners' request, be obliged to immediately (and at the Charterers' own
                  cost) redeliver the Vessel to the Owners at such ready and nearest safe port as the Owners may require; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other rights of the Owners, the Owners may, at their own option subject to Clause 40.6, sell the Vessel free of any charter, lease
                  or other engagement concerning the Vessel

              

      

    

    
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    for such price and on such terms and conditions as it may, in its absolute discretion, think fit.

    
      
        	40.6	
                If the Termination Sum has not been paid in full on the due date for payment under the terms of this Charter, the Owners shall have the Vessel valued in Dollars by three (3) Approved
                  Valuers appointed by the Owners and:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if the average value of the three (3) valuations quoted by such three Approved Valuers (after offsetting all costs and expenses incidental to such valuations of the Vessel) (the Net Average Market Value) is higher than the Termination Sum, the Owners may, at their sole discretion:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                appoint one or more of such Approved Valuers to sell the Vessel at the highest price that they could obtain. The Charterers shall also have the right to recommend a buyer for the Vessel
                  and, if the Owners determine to sell the Vessel, they shall sell the Vessel to the buyer recommended by the Charterers if that buyer offers the same or higher price for the Vessel upon not less favourable terms than the other buyers
                  recommended by such Approved Valuers; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                retain the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if the Owners sell the Vessel in accordance with Clause 40.5(b) and paragraph (a)(i) above:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Owners shall have the right to deduct an amount equal to the aggregate of the expenses, disbursements, taxes, costs and losses whatsoever as may have been incurred by the Owners in
                  respect of the sale of the Vessel (the Net Sale Proceeds) from the gross proceeds of the sale of the Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                an amount equal to the Termination Sum shall be deducted from the Net Sale Proceeds;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                if the Net Sale Proceeds are insufficient to satisfy all amounts due and payable from the Charterers to the Owners hereunder, the Charterers shall immediately pay the shortfall to the
                  Owners upon demand by the Owners; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                any surplus (the Surplus Sale Proceeds) in the Net Sale Proceeds after deducting the Termination Sum pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) above shall be
                  distributed by the Owners in accordance with Clause 40.7;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if the Owners elect to retain the Vessel in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) above:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                in the case of the Net Average Market Value of the Vessel is higher than the Termination Sum, the Owners shall offset the Termination Sum against the Net Average Market Value of the Vessel
                  and distribute the difference between the Net Average Market Value of the Vessel and the Termination Sum (the Surplus Retention Proceeds) in accordance with Clause 40.7; and

              

      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                in the case of the Net Average Market Value is less than the Termination Sum, the Charterers shall immediately pay the shortfall to the Owners upon demand by the Owners; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers shall have the right to pay the Termination Sum and purchase the Vessel pursuant to Clause 40.1 or 40.2 (as the case may be) prior to any agreement has been entered into by
                  the Owners for a sale of the Vessel under Clause 40.5(b) and paragraph (a)(i) above, upon which, Clause 40.4 shall apply.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.7	
                The Surplus Retention Proceeds or the Surplus Sale Proceeds (as the case may be) shall be applied by the Owners (and the Charterers hereby authorise and instruct the Owners to so apply
                  such amounts) as follows:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                (in the case of a Termination Event (as defined in the relevant Collateral Charter) has occurred under either Collateral Charter) in or towards payment of the Termination Sum (as defined
                  in that Collateral Charter) to which that Collateral Vessel relates, together with any fees or charges incurred under that Collateral Charter. If a Termination Event (as defined in each Collateral Charter) has occurred under both
                  Collateral Charters and the Surplus Retention Proceeds or the Surplus Sale Proceeds (as the case may be) are insufficient to discharge the Termination Sum (as defined in each Collateral Charter) under both Collateral Charters, the Owners
                  shall apply the Surplus Retention Proceeds or the Surplus Sale Proceeds (as the case may be) in or towards payment pro rata of any Termination Sum (as defined in each Collateral Charter) under the Collateral Charters;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                (where such conditions are satisfied save for the charter free market value of either Collateral Vessel being below the asset coverage ratio stated in clause 47.1(n) of the relevant
                  Collateral Charter) in or towards payment of an additional cash deposit in an amount required to maintain the asset coverage ratio stated in clause 47.1(n) of that Collateral Charter, and if the remaining Surplus Retention Proceeds or
                  remaining Surplus Sale Proceeds (as the case may be) are insufficient to maintain the asset coverage ratio stated in clause 47.1(n) of both Collateral Charters, the Owners shall apply the remaining Surplus Retention Proceeds or remaining
                  Surplus Sale Proceeds (as the case may be) in or towards payment pro rata of the additional cash deposit required to maintain the asset coverage ratio stated in clause 47.1(n) of the Collateral Charters; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                (in the case of there being a surplus remaining after the application of the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) above) direct to or to the order of the Charterers, provided that no
                  Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.8	
                Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other rights of the Creditor Parties, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, the Owners shall have the sole
                  and exclusive right and power to do any of the following:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to or pertaining to the Vessel and this Charter;

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                make proof of loss, appear in and prosecute any action arising from any policy or policies of insurance maintained pursuant to this Charter, and settle, adjust or compromise any claims for
                  loss, damage or destruction under, or take any other action in respect of, any such policy or policies; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                terminate any management agreement with any manager (including any Approved Manager) of the Vessel and appoint a substitute manager in its sole discretion.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.9	
                The Charterers hereby undertake to indemnify the Owners against any claims incurred in relation to the Vessel as a result of the Charterers' action or performance prior to such transfer of
                  ownership. Any taxes, notarial, consular and other costs, charges and expenses connected with closing of the Owners' register shall be for the Charterers' account.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.10	
                Without prejudice to Clause 15, if the Charterers are required to redeliver the Vessel to the Owners pursuant to the terms of this Charter, the Charterers shall ensure that the Vessel
                  shall, at the time of redelivery to the Owners:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                be in an equivalent class as she was as at the Commencement Date without any recommendation or condition, and with valid, unextended certificates for not less than six (6) months;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                have passed her 5-year and if applicable, 10-year special surveys, and subsequent second intermediate survey and drydock at the Charterers' time and expense without any condition or
                  outstanding issue and to the satisfaction of the Classification Society;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                have her survey cycles up to date and trading and class certificate valid for at least six (6) months;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                be redelivered to the Owners together with all spare parts and spare equipment as were on board at the time of Delivery, and any such spare parts and spare equipment on board at the time
                  of re-delivery shall be taken over by the Owners free of charge;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                be free of any cargo and Security Interest (save for the Security Interests granted pursuant to the Financial Instruments and the Security Documents); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                be free of any charter (unless the Owners wish to retain the continuance of any then existing charter).

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.11	
                The Owners shall, at the time of the redelivery of the Vessel, take over all bunkers, unused lubricating oil, unbroached provisions, paints, ropes and other consumable stores (excluding
                  spare parts) in the Vessel at the Owners' cost at the original purchase price as evidenced by copies of invoices certified by a director of the Charterers and on a "first in, first out" basis.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.12	
                If the Vessel, for any reason, becomes a Total Loss, in consideration of (i) the Owners agreeing to enter into this Charter at the request of the Charterers and purchasing the Vessel from
                  the Charterers as sellers under the MOA, and (ii) without prejudice to the

              

      

    

    
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    rest of this Clause, the Owners agreeing to assign their interest in the Insurances to the Charterers upon receiving full payment of the
      Termination Sum (in any circumstance where the Owners have not yet received any insurance proceeds of the Vessel at such time), the Charterers shall pay the Termination Sum to the Owners on the earlier of:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the date falling (in the case of paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Total Loss) one hundred and twenty (120) days or (in the case of paragraph (c) of the definition of Total Loss)
                  thirty (30) days after such Total Loss has occurred; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the date of receipt by the Security Trustee and/or their financiers (if any), in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clause) of the proceeds of insurance relating to
                  such Total Loss,

              

      

    

    provided that it is hereby agreed that any insurance proceeds in respect of the Vessel received by the Security Trustee shall be applied in
      or towards discharging the Charterers' obligation to pay the Termination Sum to the Owners and any interest accrued thereon (and such application shall be deemed satisfaction of the Charterers' obligation to pay the Termination Sum to the extent
      satisfied) and in the event that the insurance proceeds received from the insurers exceed the Termination Sum due (and any interest accrued thereon), the excess shall be firstly paid towards satisfying any amounts outstanding and owing by the
      Charterers or the other Security Parties to the other Creditor Parties and thereafter paid to the Charterers.

    For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Vessel becomes a Total Loss:

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                payment of Charterhire, and all other sums payable hereunder during such period shall continue to be made by the Charterers in accordance with the terms of this Charter unless and until
                  the Owners receive the Termination Sum;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                should insurance proceeds be received by the Security Trustee from the insurers, the Charterers' obligations to pay the Termination Sum shall be accordingly reduced by such insurance
                  proceeds but in the event that such insurance proceeds be less than the amount of the Termination Sum together with any interest accrued thereon, the Charterers remain obliged to pay to the Owners the balance so that the full amount of
                  the Termination Sum together with any interest accrued thereon due are received by the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the Vessel continues to be insured in accordance with the terms of this Charter and as may be required by any other agreements relating to the ownership, operation, management, chartering
                  or financing of the Vessel; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                the obligation of the Charterers to pay the Termination Sum shall remain unaffected and exist regardless of whether any of the insurers have agreed or refused to meet or have disputed in
                  good faith, the claim for Total Loss.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.13	
                For the purpose of this Charter, a Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Vessel, on the earlier of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Owners with the insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Vessel as a total loss.

              

      

    

    
      
        	40.14	
                The Owners shall have no obligation to supply to the Charterers with a replacement vessel following the occurrence of a Total Loss.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.	
                FEES AND EXPENSES; INDEMNITIES;

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.1	
                Fees

              

      

    

    In consideration of the Owners entering into this Charter, the Charterers shall pay the Owners or their nominee the Handling Fee as set out
      in the Fee Letter. The Charterers shall pay and hereby irrevocably agree to pay to the Owners any and all fees payable under this Clause 41.1 or under the Fee Letter, regardless of whether the MOA, this Charter or any other Transaction Document is
      cancelled or terminated for any reason whatsoever.

    
      
        	41.2	
                Without prejudice to any other rights of the Owners hereunder, the Charterers shall promptly pay to the Owners within ten (10) Business Days of demand on a full indemnity basis all costs,
                  charges and expenses incurred by the Creditor Parties in collecting any Charterhire or other payments not paid on the due date under this Charter and in remedying any other failure of the Charterers to observe the terms and conditions of
                  this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.3	
                All costs (including, but not limited to, legal costs, fees for insurance opinions, valuation and inspection) and expenses reasonably incurred by the Creditor Parties in the preparation,
                  negotiation, documentation, printing and execution of all documentation in relation to this Charter and the Transaction Documents and all legal costs, expenses and other disbursements reasonably incurred by the Creditor Parties' legal
                  counsels in connection with the same, shall be for the account of the Charterers and the Charterers shall pay such costs and expenses promptly within ten (10) Business Days of demand.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.4	
                All costs and expenses incurred by the Owners in relation to the acquisition and registration of the Vessel by the Owners in the Owners' name in the flag state stated in Box 5 together
                  with any and all fees (including but not limited to any vessel registration and tonnage fees) payable by the Owners to such flag state to maintain and/or renew such registration shall be for the account of the Charterers and the
                  Charterers shall pay such costs and expenses promptly within ten (10) Business Days of demand.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.5	
                In addition to the foregoing and to the extent not already addressed by the foregoing, the Charterers agree at all times during this Charter to indemnify and keep indemnified the Creditor
                  Parties against:

              

      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                all costs and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in connection with this Charter and any other Transaction Document or the Vessel, and any costs, charges, or expenses reasonably
                  incurred which the Charterers have agreed to pay under this Charter and any other Transaction Document and shall be claimed or assessed against or paid by the Creditor Parties save for (in each case) resulting from the wilful misconduct
                  of the Creditor Parties;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any tax (except income tax) imposed on, or suffered by, any Creditor Party, excluding:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income actually received or receivable by such Creditor Party (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any sum deemed for
                  the purposes of tax to be received or receivable by such Creditor Party but not actually receivable) by the jurisdiction in which such Creditor Party is incorporated; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any loss or liability that is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 51.2.2;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                all losses, costs, charges, expenses, fees, payments, liabilities, penalties, fines, damages or other sanctions of a monetary nature (collectively, for the purposes of this Clause 41.5, Losses) suffered or incurred by the Creditor Parties and arising directly or indirectly in any manner out of the design, manufacture, delivery, non-delivery, purchase, importation, registration,
                  ownership, chartering, sub-chartering, possession, control, use, operation, condition, maintenance, repair, replacement, refurbishment, modification, overhaul, insurance, sale or other disposal, return or storage of or loss of or damage
                  to the Vessel or otherwise in connection with the Vessel (whether or not in the control or possession of the Charterers), any and all claims in tort or in contract by any Sub-Charterer from the Charterers nor any Sub-Charterer or any
                  other party contracting with the Charterers or any Sub-Charterer save for (in each case) resulting from the wilful misconduct of the Creditor Parties;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                all Losses suffered or incurred by the Creditor Parties which result directly or indirectly from claims which may at any time be made on the ground that any design, article or material of
                  or in the Vessel or the operation or use thereof constitutes or is alleged to constitute an infringement of patent or copyright or registered design or other intellectual property right or any other right whatsoever save for (in each
                  case) resulting from the wilful misconduct of the Creditor Parties;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                all Losses suffered or incurred by the Owners in preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the
                  Vessel, or in securing the release of the Vessel therefrom save for (in each case) resulting from the wilful misconduct of the Creditor Parties;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                all Losses suffered or incurred by the Owners with respect to or as a direct result of the presence, escape, seepage, spillage, leaking, discharge or migration from the Vessel of oil or
                  any other hazardous substance, including

              

      

    

    
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    without limitation, any claims asserted or arising under the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (as same may be amended and/or re-enacted from
      time to time hereafter) or similar legislation, regardless of whether or not caused by or within the control of the Charterers save for (in each case) resulting from the wilful misconduct of the Creditor Parties; and

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any Losses incurred or suffered by the Owners in liquidating, employing or prepaying funds acquired or borrowed to purchase or finance or refinance the Vessel (excluding any costs incurred
                  in unwinding any associated interest rate or currency swaps or currency futures transactions entered into by the Owners) following any default in payment hereunder or the occurrence of any Termination Event.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.6	
                If, under any applicable law, whether as a result of judgment against the Charterers or the liquidation of the Charterers or for any other reason, any payment to be made by the Charterers
                  under or in connection with this Charter is made or is recovered in a currency other than the currency (the currency of obligation) in which it is payable pursuant to this Charter then, to the
                  extent that the payment (when converted into the currency of obligation at the rate of exchange on the date for the determination of liabilities permitted by the applicable law) falls short of the amount unpaid under this Charter, the
                  Charterers shall as a separate and independent obligation, fully indemnify the Creditor Parties against the amount of the shortfall; and for the purposes of this sub-clause rate of exchange means
                  the best rate at which the Creditor Parties are able on the relevant date to purchase the currency of obligation with the other currency.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.7	
                The Charterers hereby irrevocably agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Owners against any claim, expense, liability or loss to fund the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA.

              

      

    

    
      
        	41.8	
                The indemnities contained in this Clause 41, and each other indemnity contained in this Charter, shall survive any termination or other ending of this Charter and any breach by, or
                  repudiation by, the Charterers of this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	42.	
                NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS

              

      

    

    
      
        	42.1	
                No neglect, delay or indulgence on the part of either Party in enforcing the terms and conditions of this Charter shall prejudice the strict rights of that party or be construed as a
                  waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right of either Party preclude any other or further exercise thereof.

              

      

    

    
      
        	42.2	
                No right or remedy conferred upon either Party by this Charter shall be exclusive of any other right or remedy provided for herein or by law and all such rights and remedies shall be
                  cumulative.

              

      

    

    
      
        	43.	
                MORTGAGE AND ASSIGNMENT

              

      

    

    
      
        	43.1	
                At all times during the term of this Charter, the Owners and the other Creditor Parties shall have the right to create a mortgage or as the case may be, mortgages, over the Vessel in
                  favour of any lender, bank or financial institution, or agent or trustee or an Affiliate of the Owners (the Mortgagee) and to assign all the rights, title, interests and benefit in and to this
                  Charter, the other Transaction Documents, the Insurances, the

              

      

    

    
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    Requisition Compensation and/or all or any Security Interest under the Security Documents to the Mortgagee as security for any loan or
      other facilities for the purpose of financing and/or refinancing the acquisition of the Vessel. In the event that the Vessel is transferred by the Owners to the Charterers or their nominee in accordance with this Charter, the Owners shall ensure that
      the mortgage(s) and assignment created pursuant to this Clause 43 be fully discharged prior to such transfer, provided that the Owners shall, upon written request of the Sub-Charterer:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                issue the Owners' Quiet Enjoyment Letter upon the request of the Sub-Charterer; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                use their best endeavours to procure the issuance of the Finance Party Quiet Enjoyment Letter simultaneous with the Owners' execution of any such ship mortgage.

              

      

    

    All fees and expenses incurred by the Owners and their financiers in connection with the financing and/or refinancing referred to above
      shall be borne by the Owners. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owners shall not be responsible for any fees and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Charterers, the Sub-Charterer or any other party in connection with the financing and/or
      refinancing referred to above.

    
      
        	43.2	
                The Charterers agree with the Owners to:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                cooperate with the Owners to execute or enter into any such documents as the Owners' financiers may reasonably require under and in connection with the financing and/or refinancing of the
                  Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                acknowledge and agree to be bound by and if required, to ensure that any other applicable charterers consent and agree to be bound by, the notice of any assignment of this Charter, the
                  other Transaction Documents and/or all or any Security Interest under the Security Documents executed in favour of the Mortgagee in the manner as required by the Mortgagee; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                comply, and provide such information and documents to enable the Owners to comply, with all such instructions or directions in regard to the employment, insurances, operation, repairs and
                  maintenance of the Vessel as reasonably laid down in the Financial Instruments or as may be reasonably directed from time to time during the currency of this Charter by the mortgage(s) in conformity with the Financial Instruments.

              

      

    

    
      
        	44.	
                NOTICES

              

      

    

    
      
        	44.1	
                Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Transaction Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be given in person, by post, fax or email.

              

      

    

    
      
        	44.2	
                Except as otherwise provided for in this Charter, all notices or other communications under or in respect of the Transaction Documents shall be in writing and shall be made or given to
                  such party at the address, facsimile number or email address appearing below (or at such other address, facsimile number or email address as such party may hereafter specify for such purposes to the other by notice in writing):

              

      

    

    
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              	(a)	
                in the case of the Owners:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Address:	
                c/o Oriental Fleet International Company Limited

                 50/F, COSCO Tower

                 183 Queen's Road Central

                 Hong Kong

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attention:	
                Belinda Lou / Thomas Xing / Xu Ying

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                lou.can@coscoshipping.com /

                  thomas.xing@ofi.com.hk /

                  asset@coscoshipping.com

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Fax:	
                +852 2339 1881

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                to the Charterers:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Address: c/o	
                1, Vas. Sofias & Meg.

                 Alexandrou Str.

                 15124, Maroussi

                 Athens, Greece

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attention:	
                Andreas Louka

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                louka@loukapartners.com

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Fax:	
                +30 2108128320

              

      

    

    
      
        	44.3	
                Any communication or document made or delivered by each Party to the other Party under or in connection with the Transaction Documents will only be effective:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if by way of fax, when received in legible form;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address to which it has been posted with postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to the relevant party at that address, and, if
                  a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 44.2, if addressed to that department or officer; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if by way of email, only when received in a legible form by the email address of the person to whom the communication is made.

              

      

    

    
      
        	44.4	
                All communications and documents delivered pursuant to or otherwise relating to this Charter shall be in English.

              

      

    

    
      
        	45.	
                TERMINATION EVENTS

              

      

    

    Each of the following shall constitute a Termination Event for purposes of this Charter:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterers or any other Security Party fails to make any payment on its due date under a Transaction Document to which it is a party unless such failure to pay is remedied within a
                  period of three (3) Business Days of such payment becoming due and payable; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterers fail to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances required under Clause 39 in accordance with the provisions thereof or any insurer in respect

              

      

    

    
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    of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability with respect thereto; or

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the Guarantor fails to comply with the financial covenants under clause 14 of schedule 2 to the Guarantee unless such financial covenants are complied with within thirty (30) days of such
                  failure to comply (as evidenced by the financial statements of the Guarantor as of the date of such remedy and a Compliance Certificate delivered by the Guarantor setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with
                  clause 14 of schedule 2 to the Guarantee as at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                the Charterers or any other Security Party commits any other breach of, or omits to observe or perform, any of their other obligations or undertakings in this Charter or any other
                  Transaction Document (other than a breach referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above or paragraph (q) below) unless such breach or omission is, in the opinion of the Owners, remediable and the Charterers and/or the relevant Security
                  Party shall remedy such breach or omission within ten (10) Business Days of notice thereof from the Owners; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any representation or warranty or statement made or deemed to be made by the Charterers or any Security Party in or pursuant to any Transaction Document to which it is a party or in any
                  document or certificate furnished to the Owners and the Security Trustee in connection herewith or if applicable, in the case of the Charterers only, the Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance, proves to be incorrect or misleading in any
                  material respect when it is made or deemed made; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any Financial Indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any Financial Indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable, prior to its specified maturity date as a result of any
                  event of default (howsoever described); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of the Charterers or any other Security Party (as the
                  case may be) as a result of an event of default (however described); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                any creditor of the Charterers or any other Security Party becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party (as the case may be) due and
                  payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (howsoever defined),

              

      

    

    
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    provided that no Termination Event will occur under this paragraph (f) if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for
      Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (i) to (iv) above is less than $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) in relation to the Guarantor; or

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any of the following events (or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction) occurs in relation to the Charterers or any other Security Party:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers or any other Security Party are or are reasonably presumed or deemed to be unable or admits inability to pay their debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of
                  their debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of their creditors with a view to rescheduling any of their indebtedness; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the value of their assets is less than their liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                a moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of the Charterers or any other Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration, provisional supervision or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of
                  arrangement or otherwise) of the Charterers or any other Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                a composition or arrangement with any creditor of the Charterers or any other Security Party, or any assignment for the benefit of creditors generally of the Charterers or any other
                  Security Party or a class of such creditors;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, provisional supervisor or other similar officer in respect of the Charterers or any
                  other Security Party or any of its assets; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                enforcement of any Security over any assets of the Charterers or any other Security Party; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(viii)	
                any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution (or any analogous process in any jurisdiction) affects any asset or assets of the Charterers or any other Security Party
                  which has or, in the opinion of the Owners, is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                the Charterers or any other Security Party suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease carrying on all or a material part of their business; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any consent, approval, Authorisation, license or permit necessary to enable the Charterers to operate or charter the Vessel or the Charterers to sell the Vessel or to enable them to comply
                  with any provision of this Charter or the MOA, as

              

      

    

    
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    the case may be, to ensure that the obligations of the Charterers are legal, valid, binding or enforceable is not granted, expires without
      being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation or any condition of such a consent, approval, Authorisation, license or permit is not fulfilled unless such event is, in the opinion of the Owners, remediable and the Charterers shall remedy
      such event within ten (10) Business Days of the occurrence of such event; or

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                any event or circumstance occurs which has or, in the reasonable opinion of the Owners, is likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                this Charter or any other Transaction Document or any Security Interest created by a Transaction Document:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                is cancelled, terminated, rescinded or suspended or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason or no longer constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable
                  obligations of any party to that document for any reason whatsoever; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                is amended or varied without the prior written consent of the Owners and the Security Trustee, except for any amendment or variation which is expressly permitted by this Charter or any
                  other relevant Transaction Document; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                a Security Party rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Transaction Document to which it is a party or any other party of any of those Transaction
                  Documents evidences an intention to repudiate or rescind any of those Transaction Documents; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                it is or has become unlawful for the Charterers or any other Security Party to perform any of their obligations under the Transaction Documents to which they are a party or any Security
                  Interest created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents to which they are a party ceases to be effective with the ranking and priority it is expressed to have; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                the Vessel is not delivered latest by the Cancelling Date; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                the occurrence of a Change of Control; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p)	
                the occurrence of any of the following events:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                a default under the MOA which is not waived by the Owners; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                a default or termination event or the equivalent under any Collateral Transaction Documents which is not waived by the relevant Collateral Owner; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                in the event that a shortfall occurs in the Market Value of the Vessel together with the security value of any additional cash deposit or other security provided as required under Clause
                  47.1(n), the Charterers have not:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                provided or procured the provision of additional cash deposit or other security in a form and in an amount acceptable to the Owners; or

              

      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                prepaid so much of the Charterhire Principal to cover such shortfall, 

                

              

         

        

        within thirty (30) days in accordance with Clause 47.1(n). 

      

    

    
      
        	46.	
                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

              

      

    

    The Charterers represent and warrant to the Owners as of the date hereof, and on each Payment Date henceforth until the last day of the
      Charter Period, as follows:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                each Security Party is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
                  organisation or formation (as the case may be) with power to own its assets, carry on its business as it is being conducted, enter into the Transaction Documents and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under the Transaction
                  Documents and all corporate and other action required to authorise its execution of the Transaction Documents and its performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly taken;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b) 	(i) 	the obligations expressed to be assumed by each Security Party in the Transaction Documents to it is a party constitute, subject to the
                Legal Reservations, its legal and valid obligations, binding on it in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and no limit on any of its powers will be exceeded as a result of the sale, leasing, borrowings, granting of
                security or giving of guarantees contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the performance by it of any of its obligations thereunder; and

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                without limiting the generality of paragraph (b)(i) above, subject to the Security Perfection Requirements, each Security Document to which each Security Party is a party creates the
                  Security Interests which it purports to create and such Security Interests are valid and effective;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                the execution of the Transaction Documents by each Security Party and its exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations under any of such Transaction Documents do not
                  constitute and will not result in any breach of or conflict with, any agreement or treaty to which it is a party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                all Authorisations, consents, approvals, resolutions, licences, exemptions, filings, notarisations or registrations required of each of the Charterers and the other Security Parties:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                to enable them lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                to make the Transaction Documents to which they are respectively a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                for them to carry on its business, and which are material; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                to enable them to create the Security Interest to be created by them under any Security Document to which they are respectively a party

              

      

    

    
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    and to ensure that such Security Interest has the priority and ranking it is expressed to have,

    have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, subject in the case of any Security Document to which it is a party to the
      Security Perfection Requirements;

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                the execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents to which each Security Party is or shall be a party will not, in each case: (i) violate any law, governmental rule,
                  regulation, order, judgment, award or decree which is binding upon it or any of its assets; (ii) contravene any provision of its constitutional documents; (iii) contravene or result in the breach of any agreement to which such Security
                  Party is a party or by which it or any of its assets or revenues is bound, and (iv) constitute a default under any agreement to which such Security Party is a party or by which it or any of its assets or revenues are bound;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                no third party has any Security Interest, other than the Permitted Security Interests, or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation to the Vessel, this Charter or any
                  moneys payable hereunder and/or any of the other Transaction Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                except as specifically referred to in any Legal Opinion, all payments which a Security Party is liable to make under any Transaction Document to which such Security Party is a party may be
                  made by such party without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under the laws of each Relevant Jurisdiction of such Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                no legal or administrative action of any kind whatsoever involving a Security Party which has or, in the opinion of the Owners, is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has been
                  commenced or taken;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                each Security Party has paid all taxes applicable to, or imposed on or in relation to it, its business or if applicable, the Vessel, except for those being contested in good faith with
                  adequate reserves;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                subject to the Legal Reservations:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the choice of governing law as stated in each Transaction Document to which a Security Party is party to and the agreement by such party to refer disputes to the relevant courts or
                  tribunal as stated in such Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in the Relevant Jurisdictions of such Security Party; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any arbitral award, ruling or judgment obtained in the Relevant Jurisdictions of such Security Party in relation to such Transaction Documents will be recognised and enforced in the
                  Relevant Jurisdictions of such Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                no Security Party nor any of their assets are entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action or proceeding

              

      

    

    
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    (which shall include, without limitation, suit, attachment prior to judgment, execution or other enforcement);

    
      
        	

              	(l)	
                the obligations of each Security Party under each Transaction Document to which it is a party, are the direct, general and unconditional obligations of such Security Party and rank at
                  least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated creditors of such Security Party save for any obligation which is mandatorily preferred by law and not by virtue of
                  any contract;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(m)	
                no Security Party (other than the Guarantor) is a US Tax Obligor or registered as a non-Hong Kong company under Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong), and none of them
                  have established a place of business in England or the US;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                no Security Party is a Restricted Person;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                each Security Party is in compliance with all Sanctions laws, and none of them have been or are currently being investigated on compliance with Sanctions, they have received notice or are
                  not aware of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against any of them with respect to Sanctions and they have not taken any action to evade the application of Sanctions;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p)	
                neither the Charterers nor any other Security Party is insolvent or in liquidation or administration or subject to any other formal or informal insolvency procedure, and no receiver,
                  administrative receiver, administrator, liquidator, trustee or analogous officer has been appointed in respect of the Charterers or any other Security Party or all or material part of their assets;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                no Termination Event is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the entry into and performance of this Charter or any other Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(r)	
                subject to any qualification (if applicable) set out in such information, any information provided by the Charterers (or on their behalf) to the Owners and the other Creditor Parties was
                  true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as the date at which such information was stated;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(s) 	(i) 	the financial statements of the Guarantor most recently supplied to the Owners (which, at the date of this Charter, are its Original
                Financial Statements) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements;

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the financial statements of the Guarantor most recently supplied to the Owners (which, at the date of this Charter, are its Original Financial Statements) give a true and fair view of (if
                  audited) or fairly and represent (if unaudited) their consolidated financial condition and operations for the period to which they relate, save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements; and

              

      

    

    
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              	(iii)	
                there has been no material adverse change in the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group since the date of the Guarantor's Original Financial Statements;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(t)	
                the Charterers are a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor, which is ultimately controlled by the Substantial Shareholder;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(u)	
                no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency (which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on any
                  Security Party) have been started or (to the best of the knowledge and belief of such Security Party) threatened against it;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                no judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been made against any Security Party; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(w)	
                each Security Party has complied with all anti-money laundering legislation (to the extent applicable to it) that is relevant in the context of the transactions contemplated by the
                  Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	47.	
                CHARTERERS' UNDERTAKINGS

              

      

    

    The Charterers undertake that they shall comply or procure compliance with the following undertakings commencing from the Commencement Date
      and up to the last day of the Charter Period:

    
      
        	47.1	
                General Covenants

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                they will keep the Vessel registered in the name of the Owners under the laws and flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and shall not do or permit to be done anything, or omit to
                  do anything which could or might result in:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                such registration being forfeited or imperilled; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Vessel being required to be registered under any other law or flag

              

      

    

    and save with the prior written consent of the Owners and/or their financiers (if any) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), the
      Charterers shall not register the Vessel or permit her registration under any other law or flag;

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                they will provide or will procure that each Security Party provides, the Owners with details of any legal or administrative action involving such Security Party or the Vessel or any
                  detention or arrest of the Vessel or any damage to or alteration of the Vessel in excess of the Major Casualty amount as soon as such action is instituted or it becomes apparent to such Security Party that it is likely to be instituted
                  and is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of a Security Party to perform their obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is a party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                they will, and will procure that each other Security Party will obtain and promptly renew or procure the obtainment or renewal of and provide copies of, from time to time, any necessary
                  consents, approvals, Authorisations,

              

      

    

    
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    licenses or permits of any regulatory body or authority required under any law or regulation of a Relevant Jurisdiction of such Security
      Party (i) to enable such Security Party to perform its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is a party (including without limitation to sell, charter and operate the Vessel) and (ii) to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability
      or admissibility in evidence of any Transaction Document to which such Security Party is subject;

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                they will not, and will procure that each other Security Party will not, create, assume or permit to exist any Security Interest of any kind upon any Transaction Document to which such
                  Security Party is a party, and if applicable, the Vessel, in each case other than Permitted Security Interests;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                they will at their own cost, and will procure that each other Security Party will:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                do all that such Security Party can to ensure that any Transaction Document to which such Security Party is a party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which
                  Security Party purports to create; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                without limiting the generality of paragraph (i) above, where necessary promptly register, file, record or enrol any Transaction Document to which such Security Party is a party with any
                  court or authority in all Relevant Jurisdictions of such Security Party, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Relevant Jurisdictions of such Security Party in respect of any Transaction Document to which such Security Party
                  is a party, give any notice or take any other step which, is or has become necessary or desirable for any such Transaction Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security
                  Interest which such Security Party creates;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                they will, and will procure that each other Security Party will:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                notify the Owners as soon as it becomes aware of the occurrence of (A) any Termination Event and (B) any other matters which might lead to an occurrence of any Termination Event; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                notify the Owners of any steps or action which they are, or such Security Party is, taking, or considering taking, to remedy or mitigate the effect of such occurrence,

              

      

    

    and the Charterers will, if so requested by the Owners, provide any such certificate signed by its director, confirming that there exists
      no Termination Event;

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                they will, and will procure that each other Security Party will, as soon as practicable after receiving the request, provide the Owners with any additional financial or other information
                  relating:

              

      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                to themselves and/or the Vessel (including, but not limited to the condition and location of the Vessel); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of any Transaction Document to which it is a party;

              

      

    

    which may be reasonably requested by the Owners (or their financiers (if any)) at any time;

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                they will provide the Owners with all such information as the Owners shall require regarding employment of the Vessel (including cargo, voyage details such as duration, loading port and
                  discharge port) every three (3) months throughout the Charter Period, and engagements, particulars of all towages and salvages of the Vessel, and copies of all charters and other contracts of her employment or otherwise howsoever
                  concerning her;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                without prejudice to Clause 47, comply, or procure compliance, and will procure that each other Security Party and any Approved Manager of the Vessel will comply or procure compliance,
                  with all laws or regulations relating to the Vessel and its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and the laws of the Vessel's registry;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                the Vessel shall be classed and maintained in the highest class with the Classification Society upon Delivery and shall be free of all overdue recommendations and requirements and they
                  shall promptly provide class records and inspection reports of the Vessel to the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(k)	
                neither the Charterers nor any other Security Party shall enter or be permitted to enter, into any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation or other reorganisation or change of
                  ownership;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(l) 	(i) 	they shall permit the Owners (at the expense of the Charterers) by surveyors or other persons appointed by them for such purpose to
                board the Vessel no more than once per calendar year during the Charter Period or, following the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting her, provided that, unless a
                Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, such inspection shall not unduly disrupt or interfere with the normal daily operations of the Vessel;

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                they shall provide all proper facilities for such inspections; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                they shall give the Owners reasonable advance notice of any intended drydocking of the Vessel (whether for the purpose of classification, survey or otherwise);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(m) 	(i) 	they will ensure that the Market Value of the Vessel shall be tested once every twelve (12) months commencing from the Commencement Date
                in the absence of a Termination Event, and upon the occurrence

      

    

    
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    of a Termination Event which is continuing, the Market Value of the Vessel shall be tested at any time at the request of the Owners;

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                in the event of the failure or delay of the Charterers to arrange such testing of the Market Value of the Vessel, the Owners shall have the liberty to arrange such testing at such time as
                  the Owners shall require; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                they shall pay the amount of the fees and expenses of an Approved Valuer incurred for all such valuations and all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by the Owners in connection
                  with any matter arising out of this Clause;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(n)	
                they will ensure that the Market Value of the Vessel shall at all times be equal to or greater than one hundred and twenty per cent. (120%) of the Charterhire Principal, however, if the
                  Owners notify the Charterers that the Market Value of the Vessel has fallen below one hundred and twenty per cent. (120%) of the Charterhire Principal, the Charterers shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Owners, within thirty (30) days
                  of the Owners' receipt of the relevant valuation of the Vessel, provide additional cash deposit or other security in a form and in an amount acceptable to the Owners or prepay the Charterhire Principal to cover the shortfall. Any amount
                  prepaid pursuant to this Clause 47.1(n) shall be applied towards reducing the instalments of Fixed Charterhire (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Balloon Payment) falling on or after the date of such prepayment by the amount of
                  such prepayment on a pro-rata basis;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(o)	
                they will notify the Owners promptly of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any Environmental Claim made against the Charterers in connection with the Vessel, or any Environmental Incident, arrest or detention of the Vessel, any exercise or purported exercise of
                  any lien on the Vessel or its Earnings or any requisition of the Vessel for hire; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any casualty or occurrence as a result of which the Vessel has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become, a Major Casualty;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(p) 	(i) 	they shall not permit any chartering of the Vessel on a time charter basis of one (1) calendar year or more unless the Charterers shall
                have provided the Owners with prior written notice of such chartering together with detailed information about the intended Sub-Charterer, the proposed terms of the intended Sub-Charter and such further information as the Owners may
                reasonably request; and

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                except with the prior written consent of the Owners (and then only subject to such terms as the Owners may impose), they shall not let the Vessel:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                on demise charter for any period;

              

      

    

    
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              	(B)	
                on terms whereby more than two (2) months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(C)	
                on any terms other than arms' length terms;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(q)	
                they shall comply, and shall procure that each other Security Party complies, with:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                all applicable laws to which it may be subject (including, but not limited to, Business Ethics Laws, anti-bribery and corruption laws and anti-money lending laws); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                all laws and regulations in respect of Sanctions, and in particular, they shall effect and maintain a sanctions compliance policy to ensure compliance with all such laws and regulations
                  implemented from time to time;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(r)	
                the Vessel shall not be employed, operated or managed in any manner which (i) is contrary to any Sanctions and in particular, the Vessel shall not be used by or for the benefit for any
                  party which is a target of Sanctions, or trade to any Restricted Country; or (ii) would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause in any insurance documentation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(s)	
                they will, and will procure that each other Security Party will, promptly notify the Owners and provide all information in relation to its business and operations which may be relevant for
                  the purposes of ascertaining whether they are in compliance with all laws and regulations relating to Sanctions, and in particular, they shall notify the Owners in writing immediately upon being aware that any of its shareholders or
                  directors, officers of employees is a Restricted Person or has otherwise become a target of Sanctions;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(t)	
                they shall not appoint or permit to be appointed any manager of the Vessel unless it is an Approved Manager appointed on terms acceptable to the Owners and their financiers (if any) and
                  such Approved Manager has (prior to accepting its appointment) entered into a Manager's Undertaking;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(u)	
                they shall notify the Owners in writing as soon as they become aware that the Charterers are likely to, or will receive, any tax credit in relation to any payments made by any
                  Sub-Charterer to it;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                save with the prior written consent of the Owners, they shall ensure that no Change of Control occurs;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(w)	
                they shall, at their own expense, replace, renew or substitute any equipment of the Vessel as shall be so damaged or worn as to be unfit for use. Title to any part replaced, renewed or
                  substituted shall remain with the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                save with the prior written consent of the Owners, there shall not be any transfer or disposal of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the legal or beneficial shareholding of the Charterers; or

              

      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                the legal or beneficial shareholding of the Guarantor,

              

      

    

    unless following such transfer or disposal, the Guarantor remains ultimately or indirectly controlled by the Substantial Shareholder;

    
      
        	

              	(y)	
                they shall not create, incur, assume, suffer to exist or in any manner become or remain liable for any Financial Indebtedness, other than:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Financial Indebtedness normally associated with the day to day operation of the Vessel, or otherwise in the normal course of business;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                Financial Indebtedness under the Transaction Documents; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                Financial Indebtedness, including:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                all shareholder's and intercompany loans, which by its terms is subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Financial Indebtedness under or pursuant to
                  the Transaction Documents, as provided in paragraph (z) below;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                all shareholder's and intercompany advances, which upon occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, shall be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
                  full of the Financial Indebtedness under or pursuant to the Transaction Documents, as provided in paragraph (aa) below,

              

      

    

    or in any case, as otherwise evidenced by a subordination deed in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners; and

    
      
        	

              	(z)	
                they acknowledge to and undertake with the Owners that all shareholder's and intercompany loans from time to time made by the Guarantor or any other member of the Group to the Charterers:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                are and shall be subordinated in all respects to all amounts owing and which may in future become owing by the Charterers under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                shall not be repaid or be subject to payment of interest (although interest may accrue);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                are and shall remain unsecured by any Security Interest over the whole or any part of the assets of the Charterers; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                are not and shall not be capable of becoming subject to any right of set-off or counterclaim;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(aa)	
                they acknowledge to and undertake with the Owners that all shareholder's and intercompany advances from time to time made by the Guarantor or any other member of the Group to the
                  Charterers:

              

      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                shall be non-interest bearing;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                are and shall remain unsecured by any Security Interest over the whole or any part of the assets of the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                are not and shall not be capable of becoming subject to any right of set-off or counterclaim; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                upon occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                shall not be repaid; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                shall be subordinated in all respects to all amounts owing and which may in future become owing by the Charterers under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(bb)	
                they shall not declare or pay any dividends unless no Termination Event has occurred or will occur as a result of such declaration or payment;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(cc)	
                they shall, and shall procure that each other Security Parties will, ensure that all the Security Perfection Requirements have been or will be done or obtained (as the case may be) no
                  later than the latest date permitted by applicable law and in any event by such date as the Owners and the Security Trustee may specify;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(dd)	
                they shall, and shall procure that each other Security Parties will, conduct their respective business in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ee)	
                they shall provide the documents and evidence specified in Clause 35.2 in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners as soon as the same become available, but in any event before the
                  relevant date as specified in Parts C and D of Addendum No.1.

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.	
                PURCHASE OPTION

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.1	
                Subject to Clause 48.2, the Owners hereby grant to the Charterers a purchase option to require the Owners to sell all of the Owners' beneficial and legal right, title and interest in the
                  Vessel and all belonging to her, to the Charterers at the Purchase Option Price upon the terms and conditions of this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.2	
                Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Charter, the Purchase Option shall only be exercisable by the Charterers on or after the third (3rd) anniversary date of the Commencement
                  Date provided that no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.3	
                The Purchase Option may be exercised by the Charterers by giving the Owners at least ninety (90) days' prior written notice of their intention to exercise the Purchase Option such that the
                  Purchase Option Notice shall accordingly be given to the Owners no later than the date falling ninety (90) days' prior to the intended Purchase Option Date (unless otherwise agreed by the Owners in their absolute discretion).

              

      

    

    
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        	48.4	
                The Purchase Option Price shall be the aggregate of (but in each case, not double-counting):

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any Charterhire due and payable on the Purchase Option Date and any default interest payable under Clause 37.12;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if the Purchase Option Date is a Payment Date, the Charterhire Principal corresponding to that Payment Date in Schedule 2, or if the Purchase Option Date is not a Payment Date, all
                  Charterhire Principal corresponding to the Payment Date in Schedule 2 immediately preceding the Purchase Option Date (in each case, the Relevant Charterhire Principal);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if the Purchase Option Date is not a Payment Date, any Breakfunding Costs;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                all costs (including, but not limited to, legal costs) and expenses reasonably incurred by the Owners under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents in connection with or as a
                  result of the exercise of the Purchase Option by the Charterers; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                an early termination fee calculated at the following percentage of the Relevant Charterhire Principal:

              

      

    

    	
            If the Purchase Option

          	
            Percentage of

          
	
            Date occurs after

          	
            Relevant Charterhire Principal

          
	
            the following anniversary of

          	 
	
            the Commencement Date

          	 
	 	 
	
            After 3rd anniversary

          	
            2%

          
	
            After 4th anniversary

          	
            1.5%

          
	
            After 5th anniversary

          	
            1%

          
	
            After 6th anniversary

          	
            0.5%

          
	
            After 7th anniversary

          	
            0%

          

    

    

    
      
        	48.5 	(a) 	The Purchase Option Notice shall be signed by a duly authorised officer or attorney of the Charterers and shall contain the following
                information:

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Purchase Option Date; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Relevant Charterhire Principal portion of the Purchase Option Price payable on the Purchase Option Date as determined in accordance with Clause 48.4(b).

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Upon receipt of a duly signed and completed Purchase Option Notice in accordance with Clause 48.5(a), the Owners shall notify the Charterers of the Purchase Option Price in writing as soon
                  as practicable.

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.6	
                The Charterers may serve a Purchase Option Notice throughout the duration of the Charter Period and is irrevocable once given.

              

      

    

    
      
        	48.7	
                Upon the exercise of the Purchase Option, the Owners and the Charterers shall thereupon perform their respective obligations referred to in Clause 50 and the

              

      

    

    
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    Purchase Option Price and other costs and expenses reasonably incurred for the sale of the Vessel shall be paid by the Charterers on the
      Purchase Option Date.

    
      
        	49.	
                PURCHASE OBLIGATION

              

      

    

    In consideration of the Owners granting the Charterers the Purchase Option, the Charterers hereby agree that they are obliged and required
      to purchase all of the Owners' beneficial and legal right, title and interest in the Vessel and all belonging to her on the last day of the Charter Period whereupon the Owners and the Charterers shall perform their obligations referred to in Clause
      50 and the Charterers shall be obliged to pay the Purchase Obligation Price on the Purchase Obligation Date unless the Charter is terminated before the natural expiration of this Charter or the Owners and the Charterers agree otherwise or the
      Purchase Option was exercised pursuant to Clause 48.

    
      
        	50.	
                SALE OF THE VESSEL BY PURCHASE OPTION AND PURCHASE OBLIGATION

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Completion of the exercise of the Purchase Option or the performance of the Purchase Obligation (as the case may be) shall take place on the Relevant Date whereupon the Owners will sell to
                  the Charterers (or their nominee), and the Charterers (or their nominee) will purchase from the Owners, all the legal and beneficial interest and title in the Vessel, for the Relevant Price on an "as is where is" basis and on the
                  following terms and conditions:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Charterers expressly agree and acknowledge that, no condition, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given by or on behalf of the Owners in respect of the Vessel or any
                  part thereof, and accordingly the Charterers confirm that that they have not, in entering into this Charter, relied on any condition, warranty or representation by the Owners or any person on the Owners' behalf, express or implied,
                  whether arising by law or otherwise in relation to the Vessel or any part thereof, including, without limitation, warranties or representations as to the description, suitability, quality, merchantability, fitness for any purpose, value,
                  state, condition, appearance, safety, durability, design or operation of any kind or nature of the Vessel or any part thereof, and the benefit of any such condition, warranty or representation by the Owners is hereby irrevocably and
                  unconditionally waived by the Charterers to the extend permissible under applicable law, the Charterers hereby also waives any rights which they may have in tort in respect of any the matters referred to above and irrevocably agree that
                  the Owners shall have no greater liability in tort in respect of any such matter than they would have in contract after taking account of all of the foregoing exclusions. No third parties making any representation or warranty relating to
                  the Vessel or any part thereof are the agents of the Owners nor has any such third party authority to bind the Owners thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained above, nothing contained herein is intended to obviate, remove or waive any
                  rights or warranty or other claims relating thereto which the Charterers (or their nominee) or the Owners

              

      

    

    
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    may have against the manufacturer or supplier of the Vessel or any third party;

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the Vessel shall, on completion of sale, be free from any registered mortgages incurred by the Owners (where any mortgages, liens, Security Interests and debts arising out of or in
                  connection with this Charter or the other Transaction Documents shall be released prior to (or simultaneously with) the transfer and/or release of the Relevant Price by the Charterers (as buyers) to the Owners (as sellers));

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                the Relevant Price shall be paid by (or on behalf of) the Charterers to the Owners on the Relevant Date together with unpaid amounts of Charterhire but only up to and including the
                  Relevant Date, and other moneys owing by or accrued or due from the Charterers under this Charter on or prior to such Relevant Date which remain unpaid; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                upon the Relevant Price together with the other moneys described under paragraph (iii) above being fully and irrevocably paid to the Owners on, and in accordance with, the terms set forth
                  in this Charter, the Owners agree (at the cost of the Charterers) to enter into (A) a bill of sale, (B) a commercial invoice, (C) a protocol of delivery and acceptance and (D) such other additional documents as may be necessary for the
                  purpose of registering the Vessel at its intended flag state upon such transfer, provided that the Charterers shall notify the Owners of any such additional documents no later than five (5) Business Days (or such other mutually agreed
                  date) prior to such transfer, each in such form as may be required by the Charterers' intended flag state.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                For the purposes of this Clause 50:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Relevant Date means:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                in relation to the exercise of the Purchase Option, the Purchase Option Date; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                in relation to the performance of the Purchase Obligation, the Purchase Obligation Date.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                Relevant Price means:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                in relation to the exercise of the Purchase Option, the Purchase Option Price; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                in relation to the performance of the Purchase Obligation, the Purchase Obligation Price.

              

      

    

    
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        	51.	
                NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION; FATCA PROVISIONS

              

      

    

    
      
        	51.1	
                General

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                All Charterhire and any payment made from the Charterers to enable the Owners to pay all amounts under a Transaction Document shall be paid punctually:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition and in the case of Charterhire, without previous demand; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                free and clear of any tax deduction or withholding unless required by law.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Without prejudice to Clause 51.1(a), if the Owners are required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                the Owners shall notify the Charterers as soon as they become aware of the requirement; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that the Owners receive and retain (free from any liability relating to the tax deduction) a
                  net amount which, after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which they would otherwise have received.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                In this Charter, tax deduction means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, other than a FATCA Deduction.

              

      

    

    
      
        	51.2	
                FATCA provisions

              

      

    

    
      
        	51.2.1	
                FATCA Information

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                a FATCA Exempt Party; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                not a FATCA Exempt Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                supply to that other Relevant Party (with a copy to all other Relevant Parties) such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Relevant
                  Party reasonably requests for the purpose of that other Relevant Party's compliance with FATCA; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any law or regulation;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any fiduciary duty; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                any duty of confidentiality.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	51.2.2	
                FATCA Deduction and gross up by Security Parties

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                If a Security Party is required to make a FATCA Deduction, that Security Party shall make that FATCA Deduction and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction within the
                  time allowed and in the minimum amount required by FATCA.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If a FATCA Deduction is required to be made by a Security Party, the amount of the payment due from that Security Party shall be increased to an amount which (after making any FATCA
                  Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no FATCA Deduction had been required.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                The Charterers shall promptly upon becoming aware that a Security Party must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a FATCA Deduction) notify the
                  Owners accordingly.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                Within thirty (30) days of making either a FATCA Deduction or any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, the Security Party making that FATCA Deduction or payment shall
                  deliver to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that the FATCA Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant governmental or taxation authority.

              

      

    

    
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        	51.2.3	
                FATCA Deduction by the Owners

              

      

    

    The Owners may make any FATCA Deduction it is required by FATCA to make, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction,
      and the Owners shall not be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. If the Owners become aware that they must make a FATCA
      Deduction in respect of a payment to another Relevant Party (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) it shall notify that Relevant Party.

    
      
        	51.2.4	
                FATCA Mitigation

              

      

    

    Notwithstanding any other provision to this Charter, if a FATCA Deduction is or will be required to be made by any party under Clause 51.2
      in respect of a payment to the Owners as a result of the Owners not being a FATCA Exempt Party, the Owners shall have the right to transfer their interest in the Vessel (and this Charter) to any person nominated by the Owners and all costs in
      relation to such transfer shall be for the account of the Owners.

    
      	52.	
              INCREASED COSTS

            

    

     

      

    
      
        	52.1	
                This Clause 52.1 applies if the Owners notify the Charterers that they consider that as a result of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the introduction or alteration after the date of this Charter of a law or an alteration after the date of this Charter in the manner in which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding
                  any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Charter of a tax on the Owners' overall net income); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                complying with any regulation (including any which relates to capital adequacy or liquidity controls or which affects the manner in which the Owners allocates capital resources to their
                  obligations under this Charter) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or application of which is altered, after the date of this Charter,

              

      

    

    the Owners has incurred or will incur an increased cost.

    
      
        	52.2	
                In this Clause 52.1, increased cost means, in relation to the Owners (without any double counting):

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the Owners having entered into, or being a party to, this Charter, of funding the acquisition of the Vessel
                  pursuant to the MOA or performing their obligations under this Charter;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                an additional or increased cost incurred by the financiers of the Owners (if any) as a result of, or in connection with, the financiers of the Owners (if any) having entered into, or being
                  a party to, the financing arrangements with the Owners and the relevant Financial Instruments in each case relating to the funding of the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA;

              

      

    

    
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              	(c)	
                a reduction in the amount of any payment to the Owners under this Charter or in the effective return which such a payment represents to the Owners or their financiers (if any) on their
                  capital;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                a reduction in the amount of any payment to the financiers of the Owners (if any) under their financing arrangements and relevant Financial Instruments or in the effective return which
                  such a payment represents to the financiers of the Owners (if any) or on their capital in each case relating to the funding of the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any other additional or increased cost of funding or financing the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                a liability to make a payment, or a return foregone, which is calculated by reference to any amounts received or receivable by the Owners under this Charter,

              

      

    

    and for the purposes of this Clause 52.2 the Owners may in good faith allocate or spread costs and/or losses among their assets and
      liabilities (or any class of their assets and liabilities) on such basis as they consider appropriate.

    
      
        	52.3	
                Subject to the terms of Clause 52.1, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners, within three (3) Business Days of the Owners' demand, the amounts which the Owners from time to time notify the
                  Charterers to be necessary to compensate the Owners for the increased cost.

              

      

    

    
      
        	52.4	
                Clause 53.3 above does not apply to the extent any increased cost is:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                attributable to a tax deduction required by law to be made by a Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Relevant Party or the Owners;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                compensated for by Clause 41.5(b) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 41.5(b) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in Clause 41.5(b) applied); or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                attributable to the wilful breach by the Owners of any law or regulation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	53.	
                GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

              

      

    

    
      
        	53.1	
                This Charter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law and any Dispute arising out
                  of or in connection with this Charter shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the
                  provisions of this Clause.

              

      

    

    
      
        	53.2	
                The arbitration reference shall be to three (3) arbitrators:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                A Party wishing to refer a Dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other Party requiring the

              

      

    

    
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    other Party to appoint its own arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of that notice, and stating it will appoint its arbitrator as
      sole arbitrator unless the other Party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified.

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If the other Party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified, the Party referring a Dispute to arbitration may,
                  without the requirement of any further prior notice to the other Party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other Party accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both Parties as if he/she
                  had been appointed by agreement.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Where each Party appoints its own arbitrator, then the two (2) arbitrators so appointed may proceed with the arbitration and at any time thereafter appoint a third arbitrator so long as
                  they do so before any substantive hearing or forthwith in the event that they cannot agree on any matter relating to the arbitration. If the said two arbitrators do not appoint a third within fourteen (14) days of one calling upon the
                  other to do so, or if they are in disagreement as to the third arbitrator, either arbitrator or a Party shall apply to the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) for the appointment of the third arbitrator.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                The language used in the arbitration shall be English. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are
                  commenced.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                Nothing herein shall prevent the Parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator and, if necessary, for the LMAA to exercise its
                  statutory power to appoint the sole arbitrator if the Parties cannot agree on the appointment.

              

      

    

    
      
        	53.3	
                In this Clause 53, proceedings means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure and a Dispute means any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Charter (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Charter) or any non-contractual obligation
                  arising out of or in connection with this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	54.	
                MISCELLANEOUS

              

      

    

    
      
        	54.1	
                The Charterers waive any rights of sovereign immunity which they or any of their properties may enjoy in any jurisdiction and subjects itself to civil and commercial law with respect to
                  their obligations under this Charter.

              

      

    

    
      
        	54.2	
                No term of this Charter is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not Party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	54.3	
                This Charter and each Transaction Document may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different Parties or thereto on separate counterparts, and this has the same effect as
                  if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Charter or that Transaction Document, as the case may be.

              

      

    

    
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    Execution page

    This Charter has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Charter.

    	
            THE OWNERS

          	 	 
	 	 	 
	
            SIGNED for and on behalf of

          	
            )

          	 
	
            ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12

          	
            )

          	 
	
            LIMITED

          	
            )

          	 
	
            (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司)

          	
            )

          	 
	
            by                       , Director

          	
            )

          	 
	
            in the presence of:

          	
            )

          	 

    

    

    
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            THE CHARTERERS

          	 	 
	 	 	 
	
            SIGNED for and on behalf of

          	
            )

          	 
	
            MONTE CARLO 71 SHIPPING

          	
            )

          	 
	
            COMPANY LIMITED

          	
            )

          	 
	
            by

          	
            )

          	 
	
            Attorney-in-Fact

          	
            )

          	 
	
            in the presence of:

          	
            )

          	 

    

    

    

    

    
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    Schedule 1: Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance

    Each of ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12 LIMITED (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司 ), a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited
      liability and registration no. 101326 (the Owners) and MONTE CARLO 71 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with
      limited liability and registration no. 69834 (the Charterers) hereby acknowledge that at _________________ hours on _____________________________  , there was delivered to, and accepted by, the Charterers the
      Vessel known as STENAWECO ENERGY, registered in the name of the Owners under the laws and flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands with Official Number 5270 and IMO number 9683984 under a bareboat charter
      dated _________________  (together with all supplements and amendments to it, the Charter) and made between the Owners and the Charterers and that Delivery (as defined in the Charter) thereupon took place and
      that, accordingly, the Vessel is and will be subject to all the terms and conditions contained in the Charter.

    The Charterers warrant that the representations and warranties made by them in Clause 46 of the Charter remain correct and that no Termination Event (as
      defined in the Charter) has occurred and is continuing at the date of this Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance.

    	
            Signed by

          	
            )

          	 
	
            [name of authorised signatory],

          	
            )

          	 
	
            [title of authorised signatory]

          	
            )

          	 
	
            duly authorised for and on behalf of

          	
            )

          	 
	
            ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12

          	
            )

          	 
	
            LIMITED (东方富利 TANKER12 有

          	
            )

          	 
	
            限公司) as Owners

          	
            )

          	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
            Signed by

          	
            )

          	 
	
            [name of authorised signatory],

          	
            )

          	 
	
            [title of authorised signatory]

          	
            )

          	 
	
            duly authorised for and on behalf of

          	
            )

          	 
	
            MONTE CARLO 71 SHIPPING

          	
            )

          	 
	
            COMPANY LIMITED

          	
            )

          	 
	
            as Charterers

          	
            )

          	 

    

    

    
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    Schedule 2: Charterhire Schedule

    Estimated Financing Principal: US$21,375,000

    	
            Monthly 

            Period

          	
            Commencement

              Date /

            Payment Date)

          	
            Charterhire

              (US$)

          	
            Charterhire Principal

              (US$)

          
	 	 	
            Upfront

              Charterhire /

              Balloon

              Payment

          	
            Fixed

              Charterhire

              (being 1/120 of

              Financing

              Principal less

              Balloon

              Payment)

          	
            Aggregate Outstanding

              Fixed Charterhire and

              Balloon Payment

          
	 	
            1st Payment Date

              (Commencement

              Date)

          	
            Upfront

              Charterhire:

            7,125,000

          	
            130,625

          	
            21,244,375

          
	
            1

          	
            2nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            21,113,750

          
	
            2

          	
            3rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              second (2nd) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,983,125

          
	
            3

          	
            4th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              third (3rd) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,852,500

          
	
            4

          	
            5th Payment Date 

            (the date falling on 

            the 10th day of the 

            fourth (4th) month 

            falling immediately 

            after 

            Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,721,875

          

    
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            5

          	
            6th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifth (5th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,591,250

          
	
            6

          	
            7th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixth (6th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,460,625

          
	
            7

          	
            8th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventh (7th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,330,000

          
	
            8

          	
            9th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighth (8th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,199,375

          
	
            9

          	
            10th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninth (9th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            20,068,750

          
	
            10

          	
            11th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              tenth (10th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,938,125

          

    
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            11

          	
            12th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

               eleventh (11th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,807,500

          
	
            12

          	
            13th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twelve (12th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,676,875

          
	
            13

          	
            14th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirteenth (13th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,546,250

          
	
            14

          	
            15th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fourteenth (14th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,415,625

          
	
            15

          	
            16th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifteenth (15th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,285,000

          
	
            16

          	
            17th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixteenth (16th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,154,375

          

    
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            17

          	
            18th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventeenth (17th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            19,023,750

          
	
            18

          	
            19th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighteenth (18th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,893,125

          
	
            19

          	
            20th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              nineteenth (19th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,762,500

          
	
            20

          	
            21st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twentieth (20th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,631,875

          
	
            21

          	
            22nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-first (21st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,501,250

          
	
            22

          	
            23rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-second (22nd)

             month falling 

            immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,370,625

          

    
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            23

          	
            24th Payment Date

             

            (the date falling on 

            the 10th day of the 

            twenty-third (23rd)

                month falling

                immediately after

                Commencement

                Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,240,000

          
	
            24

          	
            25th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-fourth (24th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            18,109,375

          
	
            25

          	
            26th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-fifth (25th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,978,750

          
	
            26

          	
            27th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-sixth (26th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,848,125

          
	
            27

          	
            28th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-seventh

              (27th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,717,500

          
	
            28

          	
            29th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              twenty-eighth (28th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,586,875

          

    
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            29

          	
            30th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

               twenty-ninth (29th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,456,250

          
	
            30

          	
            31st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirtieth (30th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,325,625

          
	
            31

          	
            32nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-first (31st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,195,000

          
	
            32

          	
            33rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-second (32nd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            17,064,375

          
	
            33

          	
            34th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-third (33rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,933,750

          
	
            34

          	
            35th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-fourth (34th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,803,125

          

    
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            35

          	
            36th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-fifth (35th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,672,500

          
	
            36

          	
            37th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-sixth (36th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,541,875

          
	
            37

          	
            38th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-seventh (37th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,411,250

          
	
            38

          	
            39th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-eighth (38th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,280,625

          
	
            39

          	
            40th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              thirty-ninth (39th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,150,000

          
	
            40

          	
            41st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fortieth (40th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            16,019,375

          

    
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            41

          	
            42nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

               forty-first (41st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,888,750

          
	
            42

          	
            43rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-second (42nd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,758,125

          
	
            43

          	
            44th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-third (43rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,627,500

          
	
            44

          	
            45th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-fourth (44th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,496,875

          
	
            45

          	
            46th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-fifth (45th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,366,250

          
	
            46

          	
            47th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-sixth (46th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,235,625

          

    
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            47

          	
            48th Payment Date 

            (the date falling on 

            the 10th day of the 

            forty-seventh (47th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            15,105,000

          
	
            48

          	
            49th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-eighth (48th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,974,375

          
	
            49

          	
            50th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              forty-ninth (49th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,843,750

          
	
            50

          	
            51st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fiftieth (50th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,713,125

          
	
            51

          	
            52nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-first (51st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,582,500

          
	
            52

          	
            53rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-second (52nd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,451,875

          

    
      79

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            53

          	
            54th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-third (53rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,321,250

          
	
            54

          	
            55th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-fourth (54th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,190,625

          
	
            55

          	
            56th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-fifth (55th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            14,060,000

          
	
            56

          	
            57th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-sixth (56th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,929,375

          
	
            57

          	
            58th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-seventh (57th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,798,750

          
	
            58

          	
            59th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-eighth (58th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,668,125

          

    
      80

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            59

          	
            60th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              fifty-ninth (59th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,537,500

          
	
            60

          	
            61st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixtieth (60th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,406,875

          
	
            61

          	
            62nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-first (61st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,276,250

          
	
            62

          	
            63rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-second (62nd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,145,625

          
	
            63

          	
            64th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-third (63rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            13,015,000

          
	
            64

          	
            65th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-fourth (64th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,884,375

          

    
      81

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            65

          	
            66th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-fifth (65th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,753,750

          
	
            66

          	
            67th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-sixth (66th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,623,125

          
	
            67

          	
            68th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-seventh (67th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,492,500

          
	
            68

          	
            69th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-eighth (68th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,361,875

          
	
            69

          	
            70th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              sixty-ninth (69th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,231,250

          
	
            70

          	
            71st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventieth (70th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            12,100,625

          

    
      82

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            71

          	
            72nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-first (71st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,970,000

          
	
            72

          	
            73rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-second

              (72nd) month falling immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,839,375

          
	
            73

          	
            74th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-third (73rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,708,750

          
	
            74

          	
            75th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-fourth

              (74th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,578,125

          
	
            75

          	
            76th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-fifth (75th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,447,500

          
	
            76

          	
            77th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-sixth (76th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,316,875

          

    
      83

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            77

          	
            78th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-seventh

              (77th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,186,250

          
	
            78

          	
            79th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-eighth

              (78th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            11,055,625

          
	
            79

          	
            80th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              seventy-ninth (79th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,925,000

          
	
            80

          	
            81st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eightieth (80th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,794,375

          
	
            81

          	
            82nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-first (81st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,663,750

          
	
            82

          	
            83rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

            

             eighty-second (82nd) 

            month falling 

            immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,533,125

          

    
      84

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            83

          	
            84th Payment Date

               (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-third (83rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,402,500

          
	
            84

          	
            85th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-fourth (84th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,271,875

          
	
            85

          	
            86th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-fifth (85th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,141,250

          
	
            86

          	
            87th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-sixth (86th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            10,010,625

          
	
            87

          	
            88th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-seventh

              (87th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,880,000

          
	
            88

          	
            89th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-eighth (88th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,749,375

          

    
      85

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            89

          	
            90th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              eighty-ninth (89th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,618,750

          
	
            90

          	
            91st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninetieth (90th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,488,125

          
	
            91

          	
            92nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-first (91st)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,357,500

          
	
            92

          	
            93rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-second

              (92nd) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,226,875

          
	
            93

          	
            94th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-third (93rd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            9,096,250

          
	
            94

          	
            95th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-fourth (94th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,965,625

          

    
      86

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            95

          	
            96th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-fifth (95th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,835,000

          
	
            96

          	
            97th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-sixth (96th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,704,375

          
	
            97

          	
            98th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-seventh

              (97th) month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,573,750

          
	
            98

          	
            99th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-eighth (98th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,443,125

          
	
            99

          	
            100th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              ninety-ninth (99th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,312,500

          
	
            100

          	
            101st Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundredth

            (100th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,181,875

          

    
      87

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            101

          	
            102nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              first (101st) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            8,051,250

          
	
            102

          	
            103rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              second (102nd)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,920,625

          
	
            103

          	
            104th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              third (103rd) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,790,000

          
	
            104

          	
            105th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              fourth (104th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,659,375

          
	
            105

          	
            106th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              fifth (105th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,528,750

          
	
            106

          	
            107th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              sixth (106th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,398,125

          

    
      88

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            107

          	
            108th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              seventh (107th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,267,500

          
	
            108

          	
            109th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              eighth (108th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,136,875

          
	
            109

          	
            110th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              ninth (109th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            7,006,250

          
	
            110

          	
            111th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              tenth (110th) month

              falling immediately

              after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,875,625

          
	
            111

          	
            112nd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              eleventh (110th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,745,000

          

    
      89

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            112

          	
            113rd Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              twelve (112th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,614,375

          
	
            113

          	
            114th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              thirteenth (113th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,483,750

          
	
            114

          	
            115th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              fourteenth (114th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,353,125

          
	
            115

          	
            116th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              fifteenth (115th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,222,500

          
	
            116

          	
            117th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              sixteenth (116th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            6,091,875

          
	
            117

          	
            118th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              seventeenth (117th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            5,961,250

          

    
      90

      
        

    

    

    

    	
            118

          	
            119th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred and

              eighteenth (118th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	 	
            130,625

          	
            5,830,625

          
	
            119

          	
            120th Payment Date

              (the date falling on

              the 10th day of the

              one hundred

              nineteenth (119th)

              month falling

              immediately after

              Commencement

              Date)

          	
            Balloon

            Payment:

            5,700,000

          	
            130,625

          	
            0

          

    
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    Schedule 3: Collateral Owners, Collateral Charterers and Collateral Vessels

    	
            Collateral Owners

          	
            Collateral Charterers

          	
            Collateral Vessels

          
	 	 	 
	
            Name: Oriental Fleet TANKER 11 Limited (东方富利 TANKER11 有限公司)

            Place of Incorporation:

            Republic of the Marshall Islands

            Registration No.: 101325 ("Collateral Owner A")

          	
            Name: Monte Carlo Seven Shipping Company Limited

            Place of Incorporation:

            Republic of the Marshall Islands

            Registration No.: 60933 ("Collateral Charterer A")

          	
            One (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker named "Stenaweco Excellence" registered in the name of Collateral Owner A under the laws and flag of
              the Republic of Liberia with Official Number 16739

            ("Collateral Vessel A")

          
	
            Name: Oriental Fleet TANKER 13 Limited (东方富利 TANKER13 有限公司)

            Place of Incorporation:

            Republic of the Marshall Islands

            Registration No.: 101327 ("Collateral Owner B")

          	
            Name: Monte Carlo One Shipping Company Limited

            Place of Incorporation:

            Republic of the Marshall Islands

            Registration No.: 55324 ("Collateral Charterer B")

          	
            One (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker named "Stenaweco Evolution" presently registered in the name of Eco Evolution LLC under the laws and
              flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands with Official Number 5271, which on delivery to Collateral Owner B will be registered under the laws and flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands with Official Number 5271

            ("Collateral Vessel B")

          

    
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    Dated 2019

    

    

    TOP SHIPS INC.

      as Guarantor

    and

    ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12 LIMITED

    (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司)

    as Owner

    Guarantee

    in respect of one (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker

      named "STENAWECO ENERGY" with IMO No. 9683984

    

    

    

    

    

    

     

    H O N G K O N G

    

    

    

    

    
      
        

    

    
    

    

    Table of Content

    	
            Clause

          	
            Page No.

          
	
            1.

          	
            Definitions and interpretation

          	
            1

          
	
            2.

          	
            Guarantee and Indemnity

          	
            3

          
	
            3.

          	
            Preservation of Rights

          	
            3

          
	
            4.

          	
            Representations and Warranties

          	
            5

          
	
            5.

          	
            Covenants

          	
            6

          
	
            6.

          	
            Continuing Guarantee

          	
            6

          
	
            7.

          	
            Payments

          	
            6

          
	
            8.

          	
            Subordination

          	
            7

          
	
            9.

          	
            Currency Conversion and Currency Indemnity

          	
            7

          
	
            10.

          	
            Suspense Account

          	
            8

          
	
            11.

          	
            Set-off

          	
            8

          
	
            12.

          	
            Guarantor to comply with Charter

          	
            8

          
	
            13.

          	
            Miscellaneous

          	
            8

          
	
            14.

          	
            Assignments and Transfers

          	
            9

          
	
            15.

          	
            Notices

          	
            9

          
	
            16.

          	
            Governing Law and Jurisdiction

          	
            11

          
	
            Schedule 1 : Representations and Warranties

          	
            13

          
	
            Schedule 2 : Covenants

          	
            18

          
	
            Schedule 3 : Form of Compliance Certificate

          	
            26

          
	
            Guarantee – Execution Page (1/2)

          	
            28

          

    
      i

      
        

    

    
    This Guarantee is made by way of deed on 2019. Between:

    
      
        	(1)	
                TOP SHIPS INC., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 3571, as guarantor
                  (the Guarantor); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	(2)	
                ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12 LIMITED (东方富利 TANKER12
                  有限公 司), a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no.
                  101326, as owner (the Owner).

              

      

    

    Recitals:

    
      
        	(A)	
                The Owner and the Charterer (as defined below) are parties to a bareboat charter party dated on or about the date hereof (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the Charter), pursuant to which the Owner has agreed to charter the Vessel (as defined below) to the Charterer subject to the terms and conditions specified therein.

              

      

    

    
      
        	(B)	
                As a condition precedent to the obligations of the Owner under the Charter, the Guarantor is required to execute this Guarantee.

              

      

    

    It is agreed as follows:

    
      
        	1.	
                Definitions and interpretation

              

      

    

    
      
        	1.1	
                Unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions defined in the Charter (whether specifically or by reference) shall have the same meanings in this Guarantee and this
                  construction shall survive the termination of the Charter. Where a word or phrase is defined in the Charter and this Guarantee, the definition in this Guarantee shall prevail.

              

      

    

    
      
        	1.2	
                In this Guarantee, the following words and expressions shall, except where the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:

              

      

    

    Bankruptcy includes a liquidation, receivership or administration and any form of suspension of
      payments, arrangement with creditors or reorganisation under any corporate or insolvency law of any country.

    Charterer means MONTE CARLO 71 SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, a corporation incorporated in the
      Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 69834.

    Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Compliance Certificate) which is delivered from time to time to the Owner under Clause 12 (Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 2 (Covenants).

    Guarantee means this deed of guarantee and indemnity (including the Recitals).

    Guaranteed Obligations means all present and future payment and performance obligations of any of
      the Security Parties due, owing or incurred under any of the Transaction Documents to the Owner, in each case (i) which are (or which are expressed to be) now or at any time hereafter due to be performed and (ii) including as a consequence of any
      breach, non-performance, disclaimer or repudiation by any of the Security Parties (or by a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator

    
      1

      
        

    

    or any similar officer in respect of any of the Security Parties) of any of such obligations of any of the Security Parties, in each case
      together with:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Owner in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                all indebtedness, moneys, obligations and liabilities due, owing or incurred in respect of any variations of the Transaction Documents or the obligations and liabilities imposed under such
                  documents.

              

      

    

    Parties means together, the parties to this Guarantee (each, a Party).

    Security Perfection Requirements means, in respect of the Transaction Documents to which the
      Guarantor is a party:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                execution of all notices, acknowledgments and consents as required under those Transaction Documents; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any other Authorisations of those Transaction Documents as may be required or recommended in any Legal Opinion.

              

      

    

    Vessel means one (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker named "STENAWECO ENERGY" with IMO No.
      9683984.

    
      
        	1.3	
                Unless otherwise specified and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Guarantee to:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any person shall be construed so as to include its successors and permitted assigns and permitted transferees in accordance with their respective interests;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any document (including the Charter, this Guarantee, and each other Transaction Document) shall be construed as a reference to such document as amended, restated, supplemented, varied or
                  novated from time to time in accordance with its terms (to the extent that such document is at the relevant time in effect);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any provision of law shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, supplemented, varied, re-enacted, replaced or restated from time to time;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any applicable law includes, without limitation, (i) applicable laws, acts, codes, conventions, decrees, decree-laws, legislation, statutes,
                  treaties and similar instruments, (ii) applicable final judgments, orders, determinations or awards of any court from which there is no right of appeal (or, if there is a right of appeal, such appeal is not prosecuted within the allowable
                  time) and (iii) applicable directives, guidance, guidelines, notices, orders, regulations and rules of any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority (whether or not having the force of law but with which, if not having the force of
                  law, compliance is customary);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                a Clause shall be construed as a reference to a clause of this Guarantee;

              

      

    

    
      2

      
        

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                continuing shall, in relation to a Termination Event, be construed as a reference to a Termination Event which persists and has not been waived or
                  remedied in accordance with the terms of the Charter;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                a person shall be construed as a reference to any association, company, corporation, firm, governmental, judicial or regulatory authority,
                  individual, joint venture, partnership (including any limited partnership and any limited liability partnership) or trust (in each case whether or not having separate legal personality);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                a successor shall be construed so as to mean a successor in title of a person and any person who under the applicable laws of its jurisdiction of
                  incorporation or domicile has assumed the rights and obligations of such person or to which, under such laws or by agreement or otherwise, such rights and obligations have been transferred; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(j)	
                the winding-up, dissolution, administration or re-organisation of a person shall be construed so as to include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the applicable law of the jurisdiction in which such person is incorporated or formed or
                  any jurisdiction in which such person carries on business including the seeking of liquidation, winding-up, reorganisation, dissolution, administration, arrangement, adjustment, protection or relief of debtors.

              

      

    

    
      
        	1.4	
                Clause headings shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Guarantee.

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                Guarantee and Indemnity

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.1	
                In consideration of the Owner entering into the Charter, the Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Owner the due payment and prompt performance by the Charterer and
                  the other Security Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations when due in accordance with the Charter and the other Transaction Documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.2	
                The Guarantor further irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Owner, on the Owner's demand, any such amount which is not paid by the Charterer or the other Security
                  Parties when due and payable under the Charter, the Collateral Charters and the other Transaction Documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.3	
                The Guarantor as principal obligor and as a separate and independent obligation and liability from its obligations and liabilities under Clauses 2.1 and 2.2 agrees to indemnify and keep
                  indemnified the Owner, in full and on demand, from and against all and any losses, costs, claims, liabilities, damages, demands and expenses suffered or incurred by the Owner arising out of, or in connection with, any failure of the
                  Charterer or any other Security Party to perform or discharge any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.4	
                The Owner may serve more than one demand under this Clause 2.

              

      

    

    
      
        	3.	
                Preservation of Rights

              

      

    

    
      
        	3.1	
                The obligations of the Guarantor contained in this Guarantee shall be in addition to and independent of every other security which the Owner may at any time hold in

              

      

    

    
      3

      
        

    

    respect of the Charterer's or any other Security Party's obligations under any Transaction Document.

    
      
        	3.2	
                The Guarantor shall be liable under this Guarantee as a principal and independent debtor and accordingly it shall not have, as regards this Guarantee, any of the rights or defences of a
                  surety. Neither the obligations of the Guarantor contained in this Guarantee nor the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon the Owner by this Guarantee or by law shall be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation of the Charterer or any other Security Party or any other person or any change in its status, function, control or ownership;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any of the obligations of the Charterer or any other Security Party or any other person under any Transaction Document being or becoming illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable,
                  ineffective or of limited force and effect in any respect;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any time or other indulgence being granted or agreed to be granted to either the Charterer or any other Security Party or any other person in respect of any of its obligations under any
                  Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                any amendment to, or any variation, waiver or release of, the Charter or the other Transaction Documents or any obligation of either the Charterer or any other Security Party or any other
                  person under any Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                any failure to take, or fully to take, any security contemplated by any Transaction Document or otherwise agreed to be taken in respect of any Security Party's obligations under any
                  Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                any failure to realise or fully to realise the value of, or any release, discharge, exchange or substitution of, any security taken in respect of any of either the Charterer's or any other
                  Security Party's obligations under any Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                any purported obligation of either the Charterer or any other Security Party or any other person to the Owner (or any security for that obligation) becoming wholly or in part void,
                  invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, including negligence; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(h)	
                any other act, event or omission which, but for this Clause 3.2, might operate to discharge, impair or otherwise affect any of the obligations of the Guarantor contained in this Guarantee
                  or any of the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon the Owner by this Guarantee, the Charter or any other Transaction Document or by law.

              

      

    

    
      
        	3.3	
                Any settlement, discharge or release between the Guarantor and the Owner in relation to this Guarantee shall be conditional upon no right, security, disposition or payment to or in favour
                  of the Owner by any Security Party or any other person being avoided, set aside, reduced or ordered to be refunded as a result of the operation of any applicable law and if any such right, security, disposition or payment is so avoided,
                  set aside, reduced or ordered to be refunded, the liability of the Guarantor shall continue and the Owner shall be entitled to recover under this Guarantee the value or

              

      

    

    
      4

      
        

    

    amount of that right, security, disposition or payment, in each case as if any such settlement, discharge or release had not occurred.

    
      
        	3.4	
                The Owner shall not be obliged before exercising any of the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon it by this Guarantee or by law:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                to take any action or obtain judgment in any court against the Charterer or any other Security Party;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                to make or file any claim or proof in a winding-up or dissolution of either of the Charterer or any other Security Party; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                to enforce or seek to enforce any security taken in respect of the Charterer's or any other Security Party's obligations under the Charter or any other Transaction Document.

              

      

    

    
      
        	3.5	
                The Guarantor agrees that, for so long as the Charterer or any other Security Party is under any actual or contingent obligation under the Charter or any other Transaction Document, the
                  Guarantor shall not exercise any right which the Guarantor may at any time have by reason of this Guarantee or the performance by it of its obligations under this Guarantee:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                to be indemnified by the Charterer or any other Security Party or to receive any collateral from the Charterer or any other Security Party in respect of the Guarantor's obligations under
                  this Guarantee;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the Charterer's or any other Security Party's obligations under the Charter or any other Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any of the Owner's rights under the Charter or any Transaction Document or of any other
                  guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Charter or any other Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                to claim or prove in a liquidation or other insolvency proceeding of the Charterer or any other Security Party or any co-surety in competition with the Owner; and/or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from or on account of the Charterer or any other Security Party, or exercise any right of set-off against the
                  Charterer or any other Security Party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	4.	
                Representations and Warranties

              

      

    

    The Guarantor acknowledges that the Owner has entered into the Charter and the other Transaction Documents on the basis of, and in full
      reliance on the representations and warranties expressed to be made by it and set out in Schedule 1 (Representations and Warranties) to this Guarantee on the date hereof and on each Payment Date under the
      Charter. The Guarantor covenants that on each of such dates, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1 (Representations and Warranties) to this Guarantee is true and correct and not
      misleading in any material respects.

    
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        	5.	
                Covenants

              

      

    

    The Guarantor hereby covenants in favour of the Owner in the terms of the undertakings expressed to be made by it and set out in Schedule 2
      (Covenants) to this Guarantee.

    
      
        	6.	
                Continuing Guarantee

              

      

    

    The obligations of the Guarantor contained in this Guarantee shall constitute and be continuing obligations notwithstanding any settlement
      of account or other matter or thing whatsoever, and shall not be considered as satisfied or discharged by any intermediate payment, satisfaction or settlement of any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and shall continue in full force and effect until
      all of the Guaranteed Obligations (whether actual or contingent) have been irrevocably and unconditionally paid and discharged in full.

    
      
        	7.	
                Payments

              

      

    

    
      	7.1	All payments to be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be made in the currency in which the corresponding
                payment obligation of the Charterer is due and payable under the Charter or each other applicable Transaction Document (as the case may be) and in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds to such account of the Owner with
                such bank as the Owner shall from time to time have specified for this purpose.

      

    
      
        	7.2	
                All payments to be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and without any deduction or withholding whatsoever. If the Guarantor is obliged
                  by law to make any deduction or withholding from any such payment, the amount due from the Guarantor in respect of such payment shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding,
                  the Owner receives a net amount equal to the amount that the Owner would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made.

              

      

    

    
      
        	7.3	
                The Guarantor agrees that:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if any payment received by the Owner in respect of moneys owing or due and payable by the Guarantor is avoided on the subsequent insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor, under any laws
                  relating to insolvency or liquidation, that payment does not discharge or diminish the liability of the Guarantor under this Guarantee, which continues to apply as if that payment at all times remained owing; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if the Guarantor has not paid to the Owner the full amount of all sums due under this Guarantee, the Owner may (for the purpose of enabling the Owner to sue the Guarantor and/or any other
                  guarantor of the liabilities which are hereby guaranteed or to prove in its or their liquidation or in any similar proceedings for any moneys due and unpaid by the Guarantor to the Owner) at any time place and keep for such time as it may
                  think fit any moneys received under this Guarantee, or under such other guarantees or from any other person, to the credit of an account or accounts (bearing interest at a commercial rate) without any obligation on the part of the Owner
                  to apply the same or any part thereof in or towards the discharge of the indebtedness and liabilities of the Guarantor to the Owner.

              

      

    

    
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        	7.4	
                All moneys received by the Owner pursuant to this Guarantee after the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing shall be held by the Owner in trust and applied by the Owner in
                  the following order:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                firstly, to pay or retain all costs and expenses of whatever nature incurred by the Owner under the Transaction Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                secondly, to be applied in and towards payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (whether the same are due and payable or not); and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                fifthly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Guarantor or such other person as may for the time being be entitled thereto.

              

      

    

    
      	8.	
              Subordination

            

      

    All rights which the Guarantor at any time has (whether in respect of this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document) against the
      Charterer, any other Security Party or their respective assets shall be fully subordinated to the rights of the Owner under the Transaction Documents; and in particular after a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing under the Charter and
      the Owner has, by notice to the Guarantor, brought this Clause 8 into operation, which notice shall take effect immediately, the Guarantor shall not:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                claim, or in a Bankruptcy of the Charterer or any other Security Party prove for, any amount payable to the Guarantor by the Charterer or any other Security Party, whether in respect of
                  this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                take or enforce any Security Interest for any such amount;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                claim to set-off any such amount against any amount payable by the Guarantor to the Charterer or any other Security Party; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                claim any subrogation or other right in respect of any Transaction Document or any sum received or recovered by either the Charterer or any other Security Party under a Transaction
                  Document.

              

      

    

    
      
        	9.	
                Currency Conversion and Currency Indemnity

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Owner may convert any money received or realised by it under or pursuant to this Guarantee which is not in the currency in which the relevant sum is due and payable under each
                  applicable Transaction Document from that currency into the currency in which such sum is due at the rate of exchange on the relevant date of the conversion.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If, under any applicable law, whether as a result of judgment against the Guarantor or the liquidation of the Guarantor or for any other reason, any payment to be made by the Guarantor
                  under or in connection with this Guarantee is made or is recovered in a currency other than the currency (the currency of obligation) in which it is payable pursuant to this Guarantee then, to the
                  extent that the payment (when converted into the currency of obligation at the rate of exchange on the date for the determination of liabilities permitted by the applicable law) falls short of the amount unpaid under this Guarantee,

              

      

    

    
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    the Guarantor shall as a separate and independent obligation, fully indemnify the Owner against the amount of the shortfall.

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                For the purposes of this Clause 9, rate of exchange means the best rate at which the Owner is able on the relevant date to purchase the currency
                  of obligation with the other currency.

              

      

    

    
      
        	10.	
                Suspense Account

              

      

    

    If the Guarantor has not paid to the Owner the full amount of all sums due under this Guarantee, all moneys received, recovered or realised
      by the Owner under or pursuant to this Guarantee (including the proceeds of any conversion of currency) may in its discretion (for inter alia the purpose of claiming or proving in a Bankruptcy of the
      Charterer or any other Security Party) be credited to and held in any suspense or impersonal account pending their application from time to time in or towards the discharge of the Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee.

    
      
        	11.	
                Set-off

              

      

    

    If the Guarantor has not paid to the Owner the full amount of all sums due under this Guarantee, the Owner may (but shall not be obliged
      to) set-off any obligation in respect of Guaranteed Obligations which are due and payable by the Guarantor against any obligation (contingent or otherwise) owed by the Owner to the Guarantor (regardless of the place of payment, or currency of either
      obligation) and apply any credit balance to which the Guarantor is entitled on any account with the Owner in payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Owner may, at the cost of the Guarantor, effect such currency exchanges as it considers are
      appropriate to implement such set-off.

    
      
        	12.	
                Guarantor to comply with Charter

              

      

    

    The Guarantor agrees with the Owner to comply with all provisions of the Charter which are applicable to itself in the same way as if those
      provisions had been set out (with any necessary modifications) in this Guarantee.

    
      
        	13.	
                Miscellaneous

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.1	
                This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts and on separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall constitute an original, but all counterparts shall together
                  constitute one and the same instrument.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.2	
                Any amendment, supplement or variation to any Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party must be in writing and executed by each party thereto.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.3	
                The Guarantor may not terminate this Guarantee by notice to the Owner or otherwise until the Guaranteed Obligations are irrevocably paid to the Owner in full.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.4	
                Neither the failure to exercise, nor the delay in any exercise of, nor the single or partial exercise of, any right, power or remedy by the Owner under or in relation to any Transaction
                  Document to which the Guarantor is a party shall (a) operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy, (b) prevent any further or other exercise of such right, power or remedy or (c) prevent the exercise of any other right, power or
                  remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Owner provided in any Transaction

              

      

    

    
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    Document to which the Guarantor is a party are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies provided by law.

    
      
        	13.5	
                Any waiver or consent given by a party under or in relation to any Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party must, in order to be effective, be in writing and shall only be
                  effective in the specific circumstances in which it is given.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.6	
                If at any time any provision of any Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction,
                  neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of that Transaction Document nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected
                  or impaired.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.7	
                Any certificate or determination by the Owner as to any rate of interest or as to any other amount payable under and pursuant to any Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party
                  shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on Guarantor.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.8	
                A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Guarantee.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.9	
                The Guarantor shall pay to the Owner on demand all fees, costs and expenses (including legal, survey and other costs) payable or incurred by the Owner in connection with the enforcement of
                  or preservation of the Owner's rights under each Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party. All amounts payable pursuant to this Clause 13 shall be paid in the currency in which they are incurred to the Owner.

              

      

    

    
      
        	14.	
                Assignments and Transfers

              

      

    

    
      
        	14.1	
                This Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Party and its respective successors, permitted assigns and permitted transferees.

              

      

    

    
      
        	14.2	
                The Guarantor shall not assign, transfer (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise) or create or permit to exist any Security Interest over, any of its rights
                  or obligations under this Guarantee.

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.	
                Notices

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.1	
                Communications in writing

              

      

    

    Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party shall be made in
      writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be given in person, by post, fax or email.

    
      
        	15.2	
                Addresses

              

      

    

    Except as otherwise provided for in this Guarantee, all notices or other communications under or in respect of the Transaction Documents to
      which the Guarantor is a party to either party thereto shall be in writing and shall be made or given to such party at the address, facsimile number or email address appearing below

    
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    (or at such other address, facsimile number or email address as such party may hereafter specify for such purposes to the
      other by notice in writing):

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                In the case of the Guarantor:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Address:	
                1, Vas. Sofias & Meg.

                  Alexandrou Str.

                  15124, Maroussi, Athens, Greece

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attention:	
                Andreas Louka

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                louka@loukapartners.com

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Fax:	
                +30 2108128320

              

         

        

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                In the case of the Owner:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Address:	
                c/o Oriental Fleet International Company Limited

                  50/F, COSCO Tower

                  183 Queen's Road Central

                  Hong Kong

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Attention:	
                Belinda Hou / Thomas Xing / Xu Ying

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Email:	
                lou.can@coscoshipping.com / thomas.xing@ofi.com.hk / asset@coscoshipping.com

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	Fax:	
                +852 2339 1881

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.3	
                Delivery

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.3.1	
                Any communication or document made or delivered by a Party to the other Party under or in connection with the Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party will only be
                  effective:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                if by way of fax, when received in legible form;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address to which it has been posted with postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to the relevant party at that address, and, if
                  a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 15.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                if by way of email, only when received in a legible form by the email address of the person to whom the communication is made.

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.3.2	
                All communications and documents delivered pursuant to or otherwise relating to the Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party shall be either in English or Chinese or
                  accompanied by a certified English or Chinese translation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.4	
                Validity of demands

              

      

    

    A demand under this Guarantee shall be valid notwithstanding that it is served:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                on the date on which the amount to which it relates is due and payable by the Charterer or any other Security Party under an applicable Transaction Document (as the case may be); or

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                at the same time as the service of a notice under the applicable Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    and a demand under this Guarantee may refer to all amounts payable under or in connection with the Transaction Documents to which the
      Charterer or any other Security Party is a party without specifying a particular sum or aggregate sum.

    
      
        	16.	
                Governing Law and Jurisdiction

              

      

    

    
      
        	16.1	
                This Guarantee and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law and any Dispute arising out
                  of or in connection with this Guarantee shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the
                  provisions of this Clause.

              

      

    

    
      
        	16.2	
                The arbitration reference shall be to three arbitrators:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                A Party wishing to refer a Dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other Party requiring the other Party to appoint its
                  own arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of that notice, and stating it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator unless the other Party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the fourteen
                  (14) days specified.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                If the other Party does not appoint its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified, the Party referring a Dispute to arbitration may,
                  without the requirement of any further prior notice to the other Party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other Party accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both Parties as if he/she
                  had been appointed by agreement.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Where each Party appoints its own arbitrator, then the two (2) arbitrators so appointed may proceed with the arbitration and at any time thereafter appoint a third arbitrator so long as
                  they do so before any substantive hearing or forthwith in the event that they cannot agree on any matter relating to the arbitration. If the said two arbitrators do not appoint a third within fourteen (14) days of one calling upon the
                  other to do so, or if they are in disagreement as to the third arbitrator, either arbitrator or a Party shall apply to the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) for the appointment of the third arbitrator.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                The language used in the arbitration shall be English. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are
                  commenced.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                Nothing herein shall prevent the Parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator.

              

      

    

    
      
        	16.3	
                In this Clause 16, proceedings means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure and a Dispute means any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee (including a dispute relating to the

              

      

    

    
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    existence, validity or termination of this Guarantee) or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this
      Guarantee.

    
      
        	16.4	
                The Guarantor waives any rights of sovereign immunity which it or any of its properties may enjoy in any jurisdiction and subjects itself to civil and commercial law with respect to its
                  obligations under this Guarantee.

              

      

    

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    Schedule 1: Representations and Warranties

    
      
        	1.	
                Status

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It is a company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                It has read and understood the terms of this Guarantee, the Charter and the other Transaction Documents to which the Charterer or any other Security Party is a party and has taken
                  appropriate legal advice as to the extent of its obligations and liabilities under the Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                The Charterer is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor, which is ultimately controlled by the Substantial Shareholder.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                It is a publicly listed entity on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol "TOPS".

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                Compliance with anti-money laundering legislation

              

      

    

    It has complied with all anti-money laundering legislation (to the extent applicable to it) that is relevant in the context of the
      transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

    
      
        	3.	
                Binding obligations

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are, subject to the Legal Reservations, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) above, subject to the Security Perfection Requirements, each Security Document to which it is a party creates the Security Interests which
                  it purports to create and such Security Interests are valid and effective.

              

      

    

    
      
        	4.	
                Non-conflict with other obligations

              

      

    

    The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not
      and will not conflict with:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                any law or regulation applicable to it;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                its constitutional documents; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets,

              

      

    

    nor result in the existence of, or oblige it to create, any Security Interest over any of its assets.

    
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        	5.	
                Power and authority

              

      

    

    It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken (or will, prior to its execution thereof, take) all necessary action to
      authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

    
      
        	6.	
                Validity and admissibility in evidence

              

      

    

    All Authorisations, consents, approvals, resolutions, licences, exemptions, filings, notarisations or registrations required:

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                for it to carry on its business, and which are material; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                to enable it to create the Security Interest to be created by it under any Security Document to which it is a party and to ensure that such Security Interest has the priority and ranking
                  it is expressed to have,

              

      

    

    have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, subject in the case of any Security Document to which it is a party to the
      Security Perfection Requirements.

    
      
        	7.	
                Governing law and enforcement

              

      

    

    Subject to the Legal Reservations:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the choice of each relevant law as the governing law of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to and the agreement by such party to refer disputes to the relevant courts or
                  tribunal as stated in such Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                any arbitral award, ruling or judgment obtained in each Relevant Jurisdiction in relation to the Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its
                  Relevant Jurisdictions.

              

      

    

    
      
        	8.	
                Deduction of Tax

              

      

    

    Except as specifically referred to in any Legal Opinion, it is not required under the law of each of its Relevant Jurisdictions or at its
      address specified in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to make any deduction for or on account of any tax from any payment of interest it may make under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

    
      
        	9.	
                Financial statements

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Its financial statements most recently supplied to the Owner (which, at the date of this Guarantee, are its Original Financial Statements) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
                  consistently applied save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements.

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                Its financial statements most recently supplied to the Owner (which, at the date of this Guarantee, are its Original Financial Statements) give a true and fair view of (if audited) or
                  fairly represent (if unaudited) its consolidated financial condition and operations for the period to which they relate, save to the extent expressly disclosed in such financial statements.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                There has been no material adverse change in its business or consolidated financial condition since the date of its Original Financial Statements.

              

      

    

    
      
        	10.	
                No filing or stamp taxes

              

      

    

    Except as specifically referred to in any Legal Opinions, under the law of its Relevant Jurisdictions it is not necessary that any
      Transaction Document to which it is a party be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to those Transaction Document or the
      transactions contemplated by those Transaction Document.

    
      
        	11.	
                No default

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                No Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the entry into or performance of, or the transactions contemplated by, any Transaction
                  Document to which it is a party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                No other event or circumstance has occurred and is continuing which (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice or any combination of the foregoing) constitutes a default
                  under any deed or instrument which is binding on the Guarantor, or to which its assets are subject, which might have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor's ability to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which
                  it is a party.

              

      

    

    
      
        	12.	
                No breach of laws

              

      

    

    It has not breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor.

    
      
        	13.	
                No misleading information

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                All information provided by it or on its behalf in relation to the negotiation and preparation of any Transaction Document to which it is a party was true, complete and accurate in all
                  material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated and was not misleading in any respect.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                All financial projections provided by it or on its behalf have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the information so provided and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information provided by it or on its behalf being
                  untrue or misleading in any material respect.

              

      

    

    
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        	14.	
                Pari passu ranking

              

      

    

    Its payment obligations under Transaction Documents to which it is a party rank at least pari passu with

      the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

    
      
        	15.	
                No proceedings

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency (which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
                  Guarantor) have been started or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) threatened against it.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                No judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been made against it.

              

      

    

    
      
        	16.	
                No immunity

              

      

    

    It is subject to civil commercial law with respect to its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and neither it
      nor any of its assets is entitled to any right of immunity and the entry into and performance by it of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute private and commercial acts.

    
      
        	17.	
                Taxation

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It has complied in all material respects with all tax laws and regulations applicable to it and its business.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It is not materially overdue in the filing of any tax returns and is not overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of tax.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                No claims or investigations are being made or conducted against it with respect to taxes.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                It is resident for tax purposes only in its jurisdiction of incorporation except (i) the taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Guarantor
                  has set aside on its books adequate reserves and (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

              

      

    

    
      
        	18.	
                Disclosure of material facts

              

      

    

    It is not aware of any material facts or circumstances which have not been disclosed to the Owner and which might, if disclosed, have
      adversely affected the decision of a person considering whether or not to enter into the transactions of the nature contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

    
      
        	19.	
                Place of Business and Non-Hong Kong company

              

      

    

    It is not registered as a non-Hong Kong company under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong), and it has not
      established a place of business in England.

    
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        	20.	
                Transaction Documents

              

      

    

    It is aware of and approves the terms of the Charter and each of the other Transaction Documents.

    
      
        	21.	
                Sanctions

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                No Security Party is a Restricted Person.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Each Security Party is in compliance with all Sanctions laws, and none of them have been or are currently being investigated on compliance with Sanctions, they have not received notice or
                  are aware of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against any of them with respect to Sanctions and they have not taken any action to evade the application of Sanctions.

              

      

    

    
      
        	22.	
                Authorised signatories

              

      

    

    Any person specified as its authorised signatory under Addendum No.1 or paragraph (f) of Clause 16 (Information:

        miscellaneous) of Schedule 2 (Covenants) is authorised to sign all documents and notices on its behalf.

    
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    Schedule 2: Covenants

    The Guarantor hereby undertakes in favour of the Owner that as at the date hereof and at all times throughout the Charter Period:

    
      
        	1.	
                Status

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It will maintain its existence as a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It will remain a publicly listed entity on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol "TOPS".

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                Authorisations and Compliance with applicable law

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It shall promptly:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                supply copies to the Owner of,

              

      

    

    all consents, licences, approvals, permits or Authorisations of or registrations or filings required (A) to enable it to perform its
      obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (B) to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in each of its Relevant Jurisdictions of any Transaction Document to which it is subject.

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                It shall ensure that all the Security Perfection Requirements have been or will be done or obtained (as the case may be) no later than the latest date permitted by applicable law and in
                  any event by such date as the Owner may specify.

              

      

    

    
      
        	3.	
                Compliance with obligations

              

      

    

    It will comply with and perform all the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Transaction Document to which it is a party and
      with all laws applicable to it in connection with the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents.

    
      
        	4.	
                No prejudice to interests

              

      

    

    It will not (otherwise than as expressly contemplated by this Guarantee) do anything or take any action or knowingly omit to take any
      action which has or is likely to have the effect of prejudicing the right, title and interest of any Security Party or the Owner in relation to the Vessel, the Insurances, the Charter, any other Transaction Document or any other trust property.

    
      
        	5.	
                Exercise of rights

              

      

    

    It will not, without first obtaining the Owner's prior written consent, seek to recover, whether directly or by set-off, lien, counterclaim
      or otherwise, nor accept any money or other property, nor exercise any rights, in respect of any sum or security which may

    
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    be or become due to the Guarantor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations by the Charterer or any third party.

    
      
        	6.	
                Further assurance

              

      

    

    At no cost to the Owner, it will take all such actions and do all such things the Owner may from time to time require so as to establish,
      maintain, perfect, preserve and/or protect the right, title and interest of the Owner in relation to this Guarantee or any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, against, and in priority to, the claims of any other person having regard
      to customary and available practice and procedures accepted and adopted by international financiers.

    
      
        	7.	
                Pari passu ranking

              

      

    

    It will ensure that its payment obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is a party rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law.

    
      
        	8.	
                Negative pledge

              

      

    

    Except as expressly permitted by the Charter or the other Transaction Documents, it will not:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its right, title and interest in and to any collateral which is the subject of security created under any Transaction Document;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                create, incur, assume or permit or cause to exist any Security Interest over its right, title and interest in and to any collateral which is the subject of security created under any
                  Transaction Document; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                consent to the taking of any such action described in the preceding two paragraphs by any other person (whether pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents or otherwise),

              

      

    

    in each case without the prior written consent of the Owner.

    
      
        	9.	
                Security Parties

              

      

    

    It will ensure that:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                the Charterer and each of the Security Parties maintains its existence as a company duly incorporated and validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the laws of its
                  jurisdiction of incorporation in compliance with all applicable law; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                the Charterer and each of the Security Parties is managed and administered in the manner that is required by the Transaction Documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	10.	
                Subordination

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Pursuant to paragraph (z)(iii) of Clause 47.1 (General Covenants) of the Charter, the Guarantor acknowledges to and undertakes with the Owner that,
                  at all times throughout the Charter Period, all shareholder's and intercompany

              

      

    

    
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    loans from time to time made by the Guarantor or any other member of the Group to the Charterer:

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                are and shall be subordinated in all respects to all amounts owing and which may in future become owing by the Charterer under the Charter and the other Transaction Documents;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                shall not be repaid or be subject to any payment of interest (although interest may accrue);

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                are and shall remain unsecured by any Security Interest over the whole or any part of the assets of the Charterer; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                are not and shall not be capable of becoming subject to any right of set-off or counterclaim.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Pursuant to paragraph (aa)(iv) of Clause 47.1 (General Covenants) of the Charter, the Guarantor acknowledges to and undertakes with the Owner that,
                  at all times throughout the Charter Period, all shareholder's and intercompany advances from time to time made by the Guarantor or any other member of the Group to the Charterer:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                shall be non-interest bearing;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                are and shall remain unsecured by any Security Interest over the whole or any part of the assets of the Charterers;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                are not and shall not be capable of becoming subject to any right of set-off or counterclaim; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                upon occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                shall not be repaid; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(B)	
                shall be subordinated in all respects to all amounts owing and which may in future become owing by the Charterers under this Charter and the other Transaction Documents.

              

      

    

    
      
        	11.	
                Financial Statements

              

      

    

    It shall supply to the Owner:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its financial years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year;
                  and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 75 days after the end of each half of each of its financial years, its unaudited consolidated financial statements for that
                  financial half year.

              

      

    

    
      
        	12.	
                Compliance Certificate

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It shall supply to the Owner, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 11 (Financial Statements)
                  of this

              

      

    

    
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    Schedule, a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 14 (Financial Covenants) of this Schedule as at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up.

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be signed by its director or its chief financial officer.

              

      

    

    
      
        	13.	
                Requirements as to financial statements

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Each set of financial statements delivered by it pursuant to Clause 11 (Financial statements) shall be certified by (its director or its chief
                  financial officer) as giving a true and fair view of (in the case of any such financial statements which are audited) or fairly representing (in the case of any such financial statements which are unaudited) its consolidated financial
                  condition and operations as at the date of and for the period in relation to which those financial statements were drawn up.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 11 (Financial Statements) of this Schedule is in the English
                  language and prepared using GAAP, the accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of its Original Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it
                  notifies the Owner that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or financial reference periods and its auditors deliver to the Owner:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Owner, to enable the Owner to determine whether Clause 14 (Financial
                    Covenants) of this Schedule has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and its Original Financial Statements.

              

      

    

    Any reference in this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to those financial statements shall be construed as a reference to
      those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which its Original Financial Statements were prepared.

    
      
        	14.	
                Financial Covenants

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                The Guarantor undertakes that it shall ensure at all times:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Leverage Ratio shall not at any time exceed 75%; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                Free Liquidity shall not be less than the aggregate of the following:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(A)	
                US$1,000,000 times number of Fleet Vessels which are Suezmax vessels;

              

      

    

    
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              	(B)	
                US$750,000 times number of Fleet Vessels which are MR tankers; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(C)	
                US$500,000 times number of MR tankers are bareboat chartered-in to a member of the Group.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                The financial covenants set out in paragraph (a) shall be tested by reference to the financial statements and Compliance Certificates delivered by the Guarantor pursuant to Clause 11 (Financial Statements), Clause 12 (Compliance Certificate) and Clause 13 (Requirements as to financial statements) of
                  this Schedule in respect of the Relevant Period.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                In this Clause:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                Cash means, at any time, the aggregate at such time of the amounts categorised as Cash and Cash Equivalent in the Guarantor's consolidated
                  financial statements.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                Cash Equivalent Investments means investments that are short term investments (excluding equity investments) which are readily convertible into
                  cash without incurring any significant premium or penalty.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                Consolidated Total Debt in respect of the Guarantor means at any time the aggregate amount of all obligations of the Group which would, in
                  accordance with GAAP, be considered as consolidated total debt of the Group.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iv)	
                Consolidated Total Net Debt in respect of the Guarantor means at any time Consolidated Total Debt less Cash and Cash Equivalent and Restricted
                  Cash.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(v)	
                Fleet Vessel means, at any time, each vessel registered in the name of a member of the Group as owner.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vi)	
                Free Liquidity means, at any time, any unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalent of the Guarantor which is not subject to any security interest
                  adjusted to include any Cash held under any minimum liquidity requirements and debt service accounts.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(vii)	
                Joint Venture Vessel means any vessel registered in the name of an owner whose shareholding is owned by the Guarantor by 50% or more.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(viii)	
                Leverage Ratio means, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(1)	
                the Consolidated Total Net Debt; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(2)	
                the aggregate Market Value of all Fleet Vessels, including 50% of Joint Venture Vessels.

              

      

    

    
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              	(ix)	
                Market Value means, in relation to a Fleet Vessel and a Joint Venture Vessel, at a relevant date, one (1) valuation obtained by the Charterer (or
                  failing which the Owner) and prepared:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(1)	
                on a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the relevant date;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(2)	
                by one (1) Approved Valuer;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(3)	
                with or without physical inspection of such Fleet Vessel or Joint Venture Vessel;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(4)	
                on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract
                  of employment; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(5)	
                if a range of valuation is given by the Approved Valuer, the lower end of the range shall apply,

              

      

    

    with the expenses of all such valuations being borne by the Charterer.

    
      
        	

              	(x)	
                Relevant Period means each period of six (6) months immediately prior to the date of computation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(xi)	
                Restricted Cash means, at any time, the aggregate at such time of the amounts categorised as Restricted Cash in the Guarantor's consolidated
                  financial statements.

              

      

    

    
      
        	15.	
                Notification

              

      

    

    It shall promptly and diligently:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                notify the Owner as soon as it becomes aware of the occurrence of:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                any Termination Event; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                any other matters which might lead to an occurrence of any Termination Event; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                notify the Owner of any steps or action which it is taking, or is considering taking, to remedy or mitigate the effect of such occurrence.

              

      

    

    
      
        	16.	
                Information: miscellaneous

              

      

    

    It shall supply to the Owner:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                all documents dispatched by it to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are despatched (other than any document which is required to
                  be filed by the Guarantor in accordance with the rules of, and has been filed and posted onto any electronic website maintained by, any stock exchange on which shares in or other securities of the Guarantor are listed);

              

      

    

    
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              	(b)	
                promptly, any announcement, notice or other document relating specifically to the Guarantor posted onto any electronic website maintained by any stock exchange on which shares in or other
                  securities of the Guarantor are listed or any electronic website required by any such stock exchange to be maintained by or on behalf of the Guarantor;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

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

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(d)	
                promptly upon becoming aware of them, details of any judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which is made against it, and which might have a Material Adverse Effect;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(e)	
                promptly, such information regarding its consolidated financial condition, business and operations as the Owner may reasonably request;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(f)	
                promptly, notice of any change in its authorised signatories signed by its director accompanied by specimen signatures of any new authorised signatories; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(g)	
                promptly, such information and records regarding the Shares as the Chargee may reasonably request.

              

      

    

    
      
        	17.	
                Taxes

              

      

    

    It shall:

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                file or cause to be filed all tax returns required to be filed in all jurisdictions in which it is situated or carries on business or otherwise is subject to taxation; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                pay all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or any assessments made against it, except to the extent these are contested in good faith and by appropriate means where such
                  payment may be lawfully withheld and for which adequate reserves have been established by it taking into account the amount of taxes payable.

              

      

    

    
      
        	18.	
                No merger

              

      

    

    Neither the Guarantor nor any other Security Party shall enter or be permitted to enter into any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation
      or other reorganisation or change of ownership.

    
      
        	19.	
                Change of Control

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                Save with the prior written consent of the Owner, it shall ensure that no Change of Control occurs.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Save with the prior written consent of the Owner, there shall not be any transfer or disposal of:

              

      

    

    
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              	(i)	
                the legal or beneficial shareholding of the Charterer; or

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(ii)	
                the legal or beneficial shareholding of the Guarantor,

              

      

    

    unless following such transfer or disposal, the Guarantor remains ultimately or indirectly controlled by the Substantial Shareholder.

    
      
        	20.	
                Sanctions

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                It shall comply, and shall procure that each other Security Party complies, with all laws and regulations in respect of Sanctions, and in particular, it shall ensure that the Charterer
                  shall effect and maintain a sanctions compliance policy to ensure compliance with all such laws and regulations implemented from time to time.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                It will ensure that the Vessel shall not be employed, operated or managed in any manner which (i) is contrary to any Sanctions and in particular, the Vessel shall not be used by or for the
                  benefit for any party which is a target of Sanctions, or trade to any Restricted Country; or (ii) would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause in any insurance documentation.

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                It will, and will procure that each other Security Party will, promptly notify the Owner and provide all information in relation to its business and operations which may be relevant for
                  the purposes of ascertaining whether it is in compliance with all laws and regulations relating to Sanctions, and in particular, it shall notify the Owner in writing immediately upon being aware that any of its shareholders or directors,
                  officers of employees is a Restricted Person or has otherwise become a target of Sanctions.

              

      

    

    
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    Schedule 3: Form of Compliance Certificate

    
      
        	From:	
                TOP SHIPS INC.

                  a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 3571

                  (as Guarantor)

              

      

    

    
      
        	With copy to:	
                Monte Carlo 71 Shipping Company Limited

                  a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 69834

                  (as Charterer)

              

      

    

    
      
        	To:	
                Oriental Fleet TANKER 12 Limited

                  (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司)

                  a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and registration no. 101326

                  (as Owner)

              

      

    

    Dated: [●]

      Dear Sirs

    Monte Carlo 71 Shipping Company Limited

      Bareboat Charter dated [●] 2019

      (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Charter")

      in respect of one (1) d/w 50,000 product oil/chemical tanker

      named "STENAWECO ENERGY" with IMO No. 9683984

    
      
        	1.	
                We refer to the Charter and the Guarantee (as defined in the Charter). This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Charter and the Guarantee have the same meaning when used in
                  this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.

              

      

    

    
      
        	2.	
                We confirm to the Owner that as at the date of [the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group in respect of the financial year ended on [?] / the consolidated financial statements of the Group in respect of the financial period ended on [?]]:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(a)	
                we are in compliance with the covenants and undertakings in Clause 14 (Financial Covenants) of Schedule 2 to of the Guarantee;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(b)	
                Consolidated Total Net Debt is [?] and Market Value of the Fleet Vessels including 50% of Joint Venture Vessels is [●] and therefore Leverage Ratio is [●] and does not exceed 75%;

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(c)	
                Free Liquidity is US$[●], which is not less than US$[●],

                  being the aggregate of the following:

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(i)	
                US$[●], which is calculated by US$1,000,000 times the number of Fleet Vessels which are Suezmax vessels, being [●];

              

      

    

    
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              	(ii)	
                US$[●], which is calculated by US$750,000 times the number of Fleet Vessels which are MR tankers, being [●]; and

              

      

    

    
      
        	

              	(iii)	
                US$[●], which is calculated by US$500,000 times the number of MR tankers are bareboat chartered-in to a member of the
                  Group, being [●].

              

         

        

      

    

    
      
        	3.	
                We set out below calculations establishing the figures in paragraph 2: 

                 

                

                [●].

              

      

    

    
      
        	4.	
                We also confirm that no Termination Event is continuing which has not been waived as at the date of this Compliance Certificate.

              

      

    

    Yours faithfully

    For and on behalf of

      TOP SHIPS INC.

    	 	 
	
            Name:

          	 
	
            Title: [Director/Chief Financial Officer]

          	 

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Guarantee – Execution Page (1/2)

    This Guarantee has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Guarantee. This Guarantee has been
      executed and entered into by the Guarantor as a deed and is intended to be and is delivered by it as a deed.

    	
            SIGNED as a deed by

            TOP SHIPS INC.

            under a power of attorney

            dated 4 July 2019

            in the presence of:

          	
            , Attorney for

          	
            )

              )

              )

              )

              )

              )

          

    
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    Guarantee – Execution Page (2/2)

    	
            SIGNED for and on behalf of

          	
            )

          
	 	
            )

          
	
            ORIENTAL FLEET TANKER 12 LIMITED

          	
            )

          
	
            (东方富利 TANKER12 有限公司)

          	
            )

          
	 	
            )

          
	
            by                                            , Director

          	
            )

          
	
            )

          	)

          
	
            in the presence of:

          	
            )

          

    

    

  

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