SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-03-23

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<div><a name="s30fc3edadb694101a421be28ad827dad"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Execution Form</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">OF</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NORDIC BULK PARTNERS LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of NORDIC BULK PARTNERS LLC (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is entered into as of September 27, 2019 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) by and among PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD., a Bermuda exempted company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Sponsor</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), HS NORDIC LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Investor</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and any other Person who is admitted as a member of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (together with the Sponsor and the Investor, each a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Member</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; and collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Members</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">RECITALS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Marshall Islands limited liability company under the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) by the filing of a Certificate of Formation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Certificate</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations on September 17, 2019;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Members desire to provide for the management of the Company and its affairs, the allocation of profits and losses among the Members, the respective rights and obligations of the Members to each other and to the Company, and certain other matters; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Members agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:24px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#010000;font-weight:bold;">Article I</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:24px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">DEFINITIONS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#010000;">Section 1.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Definitions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The terms used in this Agreement with their initial letters capitalized shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the mean