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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report
Commission file number 001-38502
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EURODRY LTD.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
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Marshall Islands
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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi Greece
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Tasos Aslidis, Tel: (908) 301-9091, info@eurodry.gr, EuroDry Ltd. c/o Tasos Aslidis,
11 Canterbury Lane, Watchung, NJ 07069
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(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Forward-Looking Statements
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1
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Item 1.
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Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
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2
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Item 2.
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Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
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2
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Item 3.
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Key Information
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2
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Item 4.
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Information on the Company
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36
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Item 4A.
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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53
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Item 5.
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Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
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53
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Item 6.
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Directors, Senior Management and Employees
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65
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Item 7.
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Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
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69
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Item 8.
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Financial Information
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73
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Item 9.
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The Offer and Listing
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74
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Item 10.
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Additional Information
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74
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Item 11.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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86
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Item 12.
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Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities
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87
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Item 13.
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Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
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87
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Item 14.
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Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
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87
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Item 15.
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Controls and Procedures
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87
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Item 16A.
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Audit Committee Financial Expert
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89
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Item 16B.
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Code of Ethics
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89
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Item 16C.
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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89
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Item 16D.
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Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
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89
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Item 16E.
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
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89
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Item 16F.
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Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
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89
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Item 16G.
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Corporate Governance
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89
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Item 16H.
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Mine Safety Disclosure
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90
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Item 17.
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Financial Statements
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90
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Item 18.
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Financial Statements
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90
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Item 19.
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Exhibits
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90
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our future operating or financial results;
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future, pending or recent acquisitions, joint ventures, business strategy, areas of possible expansion, and expected capital spending or operating expenses;
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drybulk industry trends, including charter rates and factors affecting vessel supply and demand;
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our financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to obtain additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate activities;
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availability of crew, number of off-hire days, drydocking requirements and insurance costs;
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our expectations about the availability of vessels to purchase or the useful lives of our vessels;
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our expectations relating to dividend payments and our ability to make such payments;
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our ability to leverage to our advantage our manager’s relationships and reputations in the drybulk shipping industry;
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changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns;
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changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities;
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potential liability from future litigation;
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global and regional political conditions;
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acts of terrorism and other hostilities, including piracy;
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business disruptions due to natural disasters or other disasters outside our control, such as the recent novel coronavirus COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) outbreak; and
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other factors discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors.”
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Item 1. |
Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
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Item 2. |
Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
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Item 3. |
Key Information
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A. |
Selected Financial Data
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EuroDry Ltd. – Summary of Selected Historical Financials
(in U.S. Dollars except for the Fleet Data and number of shares)
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Statement of Operations Data
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Time charter revenue
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8,331,821
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16,985,607
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25,934,204
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28,789,458
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Voyage charter revenue
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-
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3,294,608
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-
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-
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Commissions
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(452,868
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)
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(1,122,196
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(1,411,333
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)
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(1,547,996
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)
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Net revenue
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7,878,953
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19,158,019
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24,522,871
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27,241,462
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Voyage expenses
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(82,627
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)
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(2,396,318
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)
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(410,676
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)
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(1,117,022
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)
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Vessel operating expenses
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(4,308,418
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)
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(6,892,388
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)
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(9,183,152
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)
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(10,776,338
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)
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Dry-docking expenses
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-
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(127,509
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)
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(1,465,079
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)
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(1,664,915
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)
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Vessel depreciation
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(3,828,634
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)
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(4,786,272
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)
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(5,422,155
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)
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(6,458,251
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)
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Related party management fees
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(780,135
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)
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(1,409,716
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)
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(1,701,340
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)
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(1,964,536
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)
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Loss on termination and impairment of shipbuilding contracts
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(7,050,179
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)
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-
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-
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-
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General and administrative expenses
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(798,828
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)
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(917,160
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)
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(2,346,502
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)
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(2,252,666
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)
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Operating (loss) / income
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(8,969,868
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)
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2,628,656
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3,993,967
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3,007,734
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Interest and other financing costs
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(1,161,169
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)
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(1,817,574
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(2,913,141
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(3,513,105
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)
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Gain on derivatives, net
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-
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49,167
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13,786
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496,820
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Other (expenses) / income
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(10,316
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)
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(10,548
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)
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25,123
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25,048
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Net (loss) / income
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(10,141,353
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)
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849,701
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1,119,735
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16,497
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Dividends to Series B preferred shares
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-
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-
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(565,229
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)
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(1,748,981
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)
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Preferred deemed dividend
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-
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-
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-
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(185,665
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Net (loss) / income attributable to common shareholders
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(10,141,353
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)
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849,701
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554,506
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(1,918,149
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(Loss) / earnings per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted
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(6.21
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)
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0.38
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0.25
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(0.85
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)
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Preferred stock dividends declared
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-
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-
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565,229
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1,748,981
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Preferred dividends declared per preferred share
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-
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-
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28.83
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113.67
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding during period, basic and diluted
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1,633,141
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2,213,505
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2,232,821
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2,251,439
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EuroDry Ltd. – Summary of Selected Historical Financials (continued)
As of December 31,
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Balance Sheet Data
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Current assets
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2,819,911
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7,620,376
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14,465,269
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9,577,657
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Vessels, net
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64,439,364
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81,979,636
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110,637,462
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105,461,265
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Deferred assets and other long term assets
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19,430,520
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7,852,664
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2,605,030
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2,650,000
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Total assets
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86,689,795
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97,452,676
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127,707,761
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117,688,922
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Current liabilities including current portion of long term debt
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2,124,590
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9,641,000
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8,983,748
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11,169,038
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Long term debt, including current portion
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29,513,283
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38,331,302
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63,358,755
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56,495,134
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Total liabilities
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55,592,898
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64,590,553
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65,411,848
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61,162,052
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Preferred shares
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-
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-
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18,757,358
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14,721,665
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Former Parent Company investment
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41,603,370
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42,518,895
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-
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-
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Number of common shares outstanding
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-
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-
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2,279,920
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2,304,630
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Share capital
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-
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-
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22,799
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23,046
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Total shareholders' equity
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31,096,897
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32,862,123
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43,538,555
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41,805,205
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Cash Flow Data
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Year Ended December 31,
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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4,255,829
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2,910,287
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3,970,170
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15,113,924
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(24,243,012
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)
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(9,635,504
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(29,045,685
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(1,111,297
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)
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Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities
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20,472,737
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9,283,359
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27,928,885
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(12,628,112
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)
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Fleet Data (1)
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Number of vessels
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2.85
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4.94
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5.74
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7.0
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Calendar days
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1,043
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1,802
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2,096
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2,555
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Available days
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1,043
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1,802
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2,052
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2,489
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Voyage days
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1,043
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1,781
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2,045
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2,473
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Utilization Rate (percent)
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100.0
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%
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98.8
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%
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99.7
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%
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99.4
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%
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(In U.S. Dollars per day per vessel)
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Average TCE rate (2)
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7,909
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10,042
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12,481
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11,190
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Vessel Operating Expenses
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4,131
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3,825
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4,381
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4,218
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Management Fees
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748
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782
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812
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769
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G&A Expenses
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766
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509
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1,120
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882
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Total Operating Expenses excluding drydocking expenses
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5,645
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5,116
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6,313
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5,869
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Drydocking
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-
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71
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699
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652
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Year Ended December 31,
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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(In U.S. dollars, except for voyage days and TCE rates which are expressed in U.S. dollars per day)
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Time charter revenue
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8,331,821
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16,985,607
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25,934,204
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28,789,458
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Voyage charter revenue
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-
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3,294,608
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-
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-
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||||||||||||
Voyage expenses
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(82,627
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)
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(2,396,318
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)
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(410,676
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)
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(1,117,022
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)
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Time Charter Equivalent or TCE Revenues
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8,249,194
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17,883,897
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25,523,528
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27,672,436
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Voyage days
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1,043
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1,781
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2,045
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2,473
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||||||||||||
Average TCE rate
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7,909
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10,042
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12,481
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11,190
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B. |
Capitalization and Indebtedness
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C. |
Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds
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D. |
Risk Factors
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supply of, and demand for, drybulk commodities;
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changes in the exploration or production of energy resources and commodities, and the resulting changes in the international pattern of trade;
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global and regional economic and political conditions, including pandemics, armed conflicts and terrorist activities;
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pandemics, such as the outbreak of Coronavirus in China in 2020;
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embargoes and strikes;
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the location of regional and global exploration, production and manufacturing facilities;
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availability of credit to finance international trade;
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the location of consuming regions for energy resources and commodities;
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the distance drybulk commodities are to be moved by sea;
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environmental and other regulatory developments;
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changes in global production and manufacturing distribution patterns of finished goods that utilize drybulk commodities;
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• |
changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns; and
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• |
weather and other natural phenomena.
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the number of newbuilding orders and deliveries including slippage in deliveries;
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• |
the scrapping rate of older vessels;
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the price of steel and other materials;
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port and canal congestion;
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changes in environmental and other regulations that may limit the useful life of vessels;
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vessel casualties;
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the number of vessels that are out of service; and
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changes in global commodity production.
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• |
general economic and market conditions affecting the shipping industry in general;
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supply of drybulk vessels, including newbuildings;
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• |
demand for drybulk vessels;
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• |
types and sizes of vessels;
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scrap values;
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• |
other modes of transportation;
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cost of newbuildings;
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• |
technological advances;
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• |
new regulatory requirements from governments or self-regulated organizations;
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• |
competition from other shipping companies; and
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prevailing level of charter rates.
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• |
the operations of the shipyards that build any newbuild vessels we may order;
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• |
the availability of employment for our vessels;
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• |
locating and identifying suitable high-quality secondhand vessels;
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• |
obtaining newbuild contracts at acceptable prices;
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• |
obtaining required financing on acceptable terms;
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• |
consummating vessel acquisitions;
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• |
enlarging our customer base;
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• |
hiring additional shore-based employees and seafarers;
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• |
continuing to meet technical and safety performance standards; and
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managing joint ventures or significant acquisitions and integrating the new ships into our fleet.
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fail to realize anticipated benefits, such as new customer relationships, cost-savings or cash flow enhancements;
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be unable to hire, train or retain qualified shore-based and seafaring personnel to manage and operate our growing business and fleet;
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• |
decrease our liquidity by using a significant portion of available cash or borrowing capacity to finance acquisitions;
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• |
significantly increase our interest expense or financial leverage if we incur additional debt to finance acquisitions;
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• |
incur or assume unanticipated liabilities, losses or costs associated with any vessels or businesses acquired; or
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incur other significant charges, such as impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets, asset devaluation or restructuring charges.
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• |
incur additional indebtedness;
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create liens on our assets;
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make investments;
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engage in mergers or acquisitions;
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pay dividends;
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make capital expenditures;
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• |
change the management of our vessels or terminate or materially amend the management agreement relating to each vessel; and
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• |
sell our vessels.
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• |
work stoppages or other hostilities, political or economic disturbances that disrupt the operations of the shipyard;
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• |
quality or engineering problems;
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• |
bankruptcy or other financial crisis of the shipyard;
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• |
a backlog of orders at the shipyard;
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• |
disputes between us and the shipyard regarding contractual obligations;
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• |
weather interference or catastrophic events, such as major earthquakes or fires;
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• |
our requests for changes to the original vessel specifications or disputes with the shipyard; or
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• |
shortages of or delays in the receipt of necessary construction materials, such as steel, or equipment, such as main engines, electricity generators and propellers.
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• |
marine disaster;
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piracy;
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• |
environmental accidents;
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• |
grounding, fire, explosions and collisions;
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• |
cargo and property losses or damage;
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• |
business interruptions caused by mechanical failure, human error, war, terrorism, political action in various countries, labor strikes, adverse weather conditions, natural disasters or other disasters outside our control, such as
the recent Coronavirus outbreak; and
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• |
work stoppages or other labor problems with crew members serving on our vessels including crew strikes and/or boycotts.
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• |
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly and annual results and those of other public companies in our industry;
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• |
changes in market valuations or sales or earnings estimates or publication of research reports by analysts;
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• |
changes in earnings estimates or shortfalls in our operating results from levels forecasted by securities analysts;
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• |
speculation in the press or investment community about our business or the shipping industry;
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• |
changes in market valuations of similar companies and stock market price and volume fluctuations generally;
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• |
payment of dividends;
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• |
strategic actions by us or our competitors such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances or restructurings;
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• |
changes in government and other regulatory developments;
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• |
additions or departures of key personnel;
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• |
general market conditions and the state of the securities markets; and
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• |
domestic and international economic, market and currency factors unrelated to our performance.
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Item 4. |
Information on the Company
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A. |
History and Development of the Company
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B. |
Business Overview
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Name
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Type
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Dwt
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Year Built
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Employment (*)
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TCE Rate ($/day)
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Drybulk Vessels
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|||||
EKATERINI
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Kamsarmax
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82,000
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2018
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TC until Apr-20
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$13,000
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XENIA
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Kamsarmax
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82,000
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2016
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TC until Nov-20
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Hire 101% of the Average Baltic Kamsarmax P5TC index (***) with a floor at $11,000
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EIRINI P
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Panamax
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76,466
|
2004
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TC until Jul-20
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Hire 100% of Average BPI 4TC(**)
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PANTELIS
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Panamax
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74,020
|
2000
|
TC until Apr-20
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$5,000
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TASOS
|
Panamax
|
75,100
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2000
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In drydock
|
-
|
ALEXANDROS P
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Ultramax
|
63,500
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2017
|
Guardian Navigation GMax LLC Pool
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Pool revenue from August 2018
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STARLIGHT
|
Panamax
|
75,845
|
2004
|
TC until Sep-20
|
Hire 100% of Average BPI 4TC(**)
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Total Vessels
|
7
|
528,931
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(*) |
TC denotes time charter. All dates listed are the earliest redelivery dates under each TC.
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(**) |
Denotes the Baltic Panamax Index; The Average BPI 4TC is an index based on four time charter routes.
|
|
• |
reports by industry analysts and data providers that focus on our industry and related dynamics affecting vessel values;
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|
• |
news and industry reports of similar vessel sales;
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|
• |
news and industry reports of sales of vessels that are not similar to our vessels where we have made certain adjustments in an attempt to derive information that can be used as part of our estimates;
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|
• |
approximate market values for our vessels or similar vessels that we have received from shipbrokers, whether solicited or unsolicited, or that shipbrokers have generally disseminated;
|
|
• |
offers that we may have received from potential purchasers of our vessels; and
|
|
• |
vessel sale prices and values of which we are aware through both formal and informal communications with shipowners, shipbrokers, industry analysts and various other shipping industry participants and observers.
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Name
|
Capacity
|
Purchase Date
|
Carrying Value as of December 31, 2018
|
Carrying Value as of December 31, 2019
|
Drybulk Vessels
|
(dwt)
|
(million USD)
|
(million USD)
|
|
PANTELIS
|
74,020
|
Jul-2009
|
$12.26(1)
|
$10.86(2)
|
EIRINI P
|
76,466
|
May-2014
|
$15.59(1)
|
$14.69(2)
|
XENIA
|
82,000
|
Feb-2016
|
$28.59(1)
|
$27.46(2)
|
TASOS
|
75,100
|
Jan-2017
|
$4.07
|
$3.84
|
ALEXANDROS P.
|
63,500
|
Jan-2017
|
$16.65
|
$16.06
|
EKATERINI
|
82,000
|
May-2018
|
$23.34
|
$22.51
|
STARLIGHT
|
75,845
|
Nov-2018
|
$10.14(1)
|
$10.08(2)
|
Total Drybulk Vessels
|
528,931
|
$110.64
|
$105.5
|
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• |
Experienced Management Team. Our management team has significant experience in all aspects of commercial, technical, operational and financial areas of our business. Aristides J. Pittas, our
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, holds a dual graduate degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Ocean Systems Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has worked in various technical, shipyard
and ship management capacities and since 1991 has focused on the ownership and operation of vessels carrying dry cargoes. Dr. Anastasios Aslidis, our Chief Financial Officer, holds a Ph.D. in Ocean Systems Management also from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has over 20 years of experience, primarily as a partner at a Boston based international consulting firm focusing on investment and risk management in the maritime industry.
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|
• |
Cost Efficient Vessel Operations. We believe that because of the efficiencies afforded to us through Eurobulk, the strength of our management team and the quality of our fleet, we are, and
will continue to be, a reliable, low cost vessel operator, without compromising our high standards of performance, reliability and safety. Our total vessel operating expenses, including management fees and general and administrative
expenses but excluding drydocking expenses were $5,869 per day for the year ended December 31, 2019. Our technical and operating expertise allows us to efficiently manage and transport a wide range of cargoes with a flexible trade route
profile, which helps reduce ballast time between voyages and minimize off-hire days. Our professional, well-trained masters, officers and on board crews further help us to control costs and ensure consistent vessel operating
performance. We actively manage our fleet and strive to maximize utilization and minimize maintenance expenditures for operational and commercial utilization. For the year ended December 31, 2019, our operational fleet utilization was
99.4%, from 99.7% in 2018, while our commercial utilization rate was at 100% for both years. Our total fleet utilization rate in 2019 was 99.4%.
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|
• |
Strong Relationships with Customers and Financial Institutions. We believe ourselves, Eurobulk, Eurobulk FE and the Pittas family have developed strong industry relationships and have gained
acceptance with charterers, lenders and insurers because of long-standing reputation for safe and reliable service and financial responsibility through various shipping cycles. Through Eurobulk and Eurobulk FE, we offer reliable service
and cargo carrying flexibility that enables us to attract customers and obtain repeat business. We also believe that the established customer base and reputation of ourselves, Eurobulk, Eurobulk FE and the Pittas family help us to
secure favorable employment for our vessels with well-known charterers.
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|
• |
Renew and Expand our Fleet. We expect to grow our fleet in a disciplined manner through timely and selective acquisitions of quality vessels. We perform in-depth technical review and financial
analysis of each potential acquisition and only purchase vessels as market opportunities present themselves. We focus on purchasing well-maintained secondhand vessels, newbuildings or newbuilding resales based on the evaluation of each
investment option at the time it is made. During 2018 the construction of an 82,000 DWT bulk carrier was completed, which was delivered on May 7, 2018. In December 2018, we acquired another second hand Panamax drybulk carrier.
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|
• |
Maintain Balanced Employment. We intend to employ our fleet on either longer term time charters, i.e. charters with duration of more than a year, or shorter term time/spot charters. We seek longer
term time charter employment to obtain adequate cash flow to cover as much as possible of our fleet’s recurring costs, consisting of vessel operating expenses, management fees, general and administrative expenses, interest expense and
drydocking costs for the upcoming 12-month period. We also may use FFAs – as a substitute for time charter employment – to partly provide coverage for our drybulk vessels in order to increase the predictability of our revenues. We look to
deploy the remainder of our fleet on spot charters, shipping pools or contracts of affreightment (“COA”) depending on our view of the direction of the markets and other tactical or strategic considerations. When we expect charter rates to
improve we try to increase the percentage of our fleet employed in shorter term contracts (allowing us to take advantage of higher rates in the future), while when we expect the market to weaken we try to increase the percentage of our
fleet employed in longer term contracts (allowing us to take advantage of higher current rates). We believe this balanced employment strategy will provide us with more predictable operating cash flows and sufficient downside protection,
while allowing us to participate in the potential upside of the spot market during periods of rising charter rates. As of March 31, 2020, on the basis of our existing time charters, approximately 32% of our vessel capacity for the remainder
of 2020 are under time charter contracts, which will ensure employment of a portion of our fleet, partly protect us from market fluctuations and increase our ability to make principal and interest payments on our debt and pay dividends to
our shareholders.
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|
• |
Optimize Use of Financial Leverage. We intend to use bank debt to partly fund our vessel acquisitions and increase financial returns for our shareholders. We actively assess the level of debt we
incur in light of our ability to repay that debt based on the level of cash flow generated from our balanced chartering strategy and efficient operating cost structure. Our debt repayment schedule as of December 31, 2019 calls for a
reduction of approximately 12% of our debt by the end of 2020 and an additional reduction of about 27% by the end of 2021 for a total of 39% reduction over the next two years, excluding any new debt that we assumed or may assume. As our
debt is being repaid we expect that our ability to raise or borrow additional funds more cheaply in order to grow our fleet and generate better returns for our shareholders will increase.
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(i) |
injury to, destruction or loss of, or loss of use of, natural resources and related assessment costs;
|
|
(ii) |
injury to, or economic losses resulting from, the destruction of real and personal property;
|
|
(iii) |
loss of subsistence use of natural resources that are injured, destroyed or lost;
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|
(iv) |
net loss of taxes, royalties, rents, fees or net profit revenues resulting from injury, destruction or loss of real or personal property, or natural resources;
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(v) |
lost profits or impairment of earning capacity due to injury, destruction or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; and
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|
(vi) |
net cost of increased or additional public services necessitated by removal activities following a discharge of oil, such as protection from fire, safety or health hazards, and loss of subsistence use of natural resources.
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Vessel
|
Next
|
Type
|
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STARLIGHT
|
March 2022
|
Intermediate Survey (Drydocking)
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EIRINI P
|
June 2022
|
Intermediate Survey (Drydocking)
|
||
PANTELIS
|
May 2020
|
Intermediate Survey (Drydocking)
|
||
TASOS
|
April 2020
|
Intermediate Survey (Drydocking)
|
||
XENIA
|
February 2021
|
Special Survey
|
||
ALEXANDROS P
|
January 2022
|
Special Survey
|
||
EKATERINI
|
May 2021
|
Intermediate Survey
|
C. |
Organizational structure
|
D. |
Property, plants and equipment
|
Item 4A. |
Unresolved Staff Comments
|
Item 5. |
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
|
A. |
Operating results
|
|
• |
the effective fleet utilization rate;
|
|
• |
estimated scrap values;
|
|
• |
future drydocking costs; and
|
|
• |
probabilities of sale for each vessel.
|
Vessel
|
Charter Rate
as of 12/31/2019
|
Remaining
Months Chartered
|
Remaining Life
(years)
|
Rate Year 1
(2020)
|
Rate Year 2
(2021)
|
Rate Year 3+
(2022+)
|
Breakeven Rate
(USD/day)
|
Eirini P*
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
10,697
|
10,697
|
15,651
|
11,899
|
Xenia*
|
11,000
|
10
|
21
|
11,716
|
11,716
|
17,142
|
9,870
|
Pantelis
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
10,289
|
10,289
|
15,055
|
11,139
|
Starlight*
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
10,697
|
10,697
|
15,651
|
10,317
|
|
• |
exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of the emerging growth company's internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of Sarbanes-Oxley;
|
|
• |
exemption from new or revised financial accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards are also applicable to private companies; and
|
|
• |
exemption from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor's report in which the auditor would be
required to provide additional information about the audit and financial statements.
|
B. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
|
Borrower
|
December 31,
2019 |
Interest rate
(margin + LIBOR)
|
||||||
Kamsarmax One Shipping Ltd.
|
10,531,000
|
2.95% + LIBOR
|
||||||
Ultra One Shipping Ltd.
|
14,060,000
|
3.25% + LIBOR
|
||||||
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd.
|
16,000,000
|
2.80% + LIBOR
|
||||||
Light Shipping Ltd. / Areti Shipping Ltd. / Pantelis Shipping Corp.
|
12,200,000
|
3.25% + LIBOR
|
||||||
Eirini Shipping Ltd.
|
4,100,000
|
2.70% + LIBOR
|
||||||
56,891,000
|
||||||||
Less: Current portion
|
(6,924,000
|
)
|
||||||
Long-term portion
|
49,967,000
|
C. |
Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.
|
D. |
Trend information
|
E. |
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
|
F. |
Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
|
In U.S. dollars (US$)
|
Total
|
Less Than
|
One to
Three Years |
Three to
|
More Than
|
One Year
|
Five Years
|
Five Years
|
|||
Bank debt
|
56,891,000
|
6,924,000
|
19,048,000
|
21,559,000
|
9,360,000
|
Interest Payments (1)
|
8,260,109
|
2,601,456
|
3,853,543
|
1,367,378
|
437,732
|
Vessel Management fees (2)
|
6,859,550
|
1,960,196
|
4,038,788
|
860,566
|
-
|
Other Management fees (3)
|
4,374,275
|
1,250,000
|
2,575,500
|
548,775
|
-
|
Total
|
76,384,934
|
12,735,652
|
29,515,831
|
24,335,719
|
9,797,732
|
G. |
Safe Harbor
|
Item 6. |
Directors, Senior Management and Employees
|
A. |
Directors and Senior Management
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Aristides J. Pittas
|
60
|
Chairman, President and CEO; Class C Director
|
Dr. Anastasios Aslidis
|
59
|
CFO and Treasurer; Class C Director
|
Aristides P. Pittas
|
68
|
Vice Chairman; Class C Director
|
Stephania Karmiri
|
52
|
Secretary
|
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
|
59
|
Class A Director
|
George Taniskidis
|
59
|
Class B Director
|
Apostolos Tamvakakis
|
62
|
Class B Director
|
Christian Donohue
|
52
|
Series B Director
|
B. |
Compensation
|
|
• |
We are not required under Marshall Islands law to maintain a Board of Directors with a majority of independent directors, and we may not be able to maintain a Board of Directors with a majority of independent directors in the future.
|
|
• |
In lieu of a compensation committee comprised of independent directors, our Board of Directors will be responsible for establishing the executive officers’ compensation and benefits. Under Marshall Islands law, compensation of the
executive officers is not required to be determined by an independent committee.
|
|
• |
In lieu of a nomination committee comprised of independent directors, our Board of Directors will be responsible for identifying and recommending potential candidates to become board members and recommending directors for appointment
to board committees. Shareholders may also identify and recommend potential candidates to become board members in writing. No formal written charter has been prepared or adopted because this process is outlined in our bylaws.
|
|
• |
In lieu of obtaining an independent review of related party transactions for conflicts of interests, consistent with Marshall Islands law requirements, a related party transaction will be permitted if: (i) the material facts as to
his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the disinterested directors, or, if the votes of the disinterested directors are insufficient to constitute an act of the Board of Directors as defined in Section 55 of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, by
unanimous vote of the disinterested directors; or (ii) the material facts as to his relationship or interest are disclosed and the shareholders are entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in
good faith by a simple majority vote of the shareholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Company as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the
shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
|
|
• |
As a foreign private issuer, we are not required to solicit proxies or provide proxy statements to Nasdaq pursuant to Nasdaq corporate governance rules or Marshall Islands law. Consistent with Marshall Islands law, we will notify our
shareholders of meetings between 15 and 60 days before the meeting. This notification will contain, among other things, information regarding business to be transacted at the meeting. In addition, our bylaws provide that shareholders
must give us advance notice to properly introduce any business at a meeting of the shareholders. Our bylaws also provide that shareholders may designate in writing a proxy to act on their behalf.
|
|
• |
The Board of Directors adopted a new Equity Incentive Plan in May 2018. Shareholder approval was not necessary since Marshall Islands law permits the Board of Directors to take such actions.
|
|
• |
As a foreign private issuer, we are not required to obtain shareholder approval if any of our directors, officers, or 5% or greater shareholders has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater
interest), directly or indirectly, in the company, or assets to be acquired, or in the consideration to be paid in the transaction(s) and the present or potential issuance of common stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable
for common stock, could result in an increase in outstanding common stock or voting power of 5% or more.
|
|
• |
In lieu of obtaining shareholder approval prior to the issuance of designated securities, the Company will comply with provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, providing that the Board of Directors approves share
issuances.
|
Item 7. |
Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
|
A. |
Major Stockholders
|
Number of Shares of Voting Common Stock Beneficially Owned
|
Percent of Voting of Common Stock (13)
|
Number of Shares of Voting Series B Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned (14)
|
Percent of Voting of Series B Preferred Shares (14)
|
Number of Shares of Voting Common Stock Beneficially Owned Upon Conversion; 50% Voting Before Conversion
|
Percent of
Total
Voting
Securities
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Dry Friends Investment Company Inc(2)
|
905,562
|
39.3
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
32.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||
Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC (3, 4)
|
58,320
|
2.5
|
%
|
11,731
|
76.2
|
%
|
370,765
|
15.4
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LLC (3, 4)
|
121,680
|
5.3
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Family United Navigation Co
|
322,219
|
14.0
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc(4)
|
-
|
-
|
3,655
|
23.8
|
%
|
115,518
|
4.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Aristides J Pittas(5)
|
25,214
|
1.1
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||
George Taniskidis(6)
|
1,621
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos(7)
|
10,472
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Aristides P Pittas(8)
|
5,653
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Anastasios Aslidis(9)
|
21,422
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Apostolos Tamvakakis(10)
|
2,083
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Christian Donohue
|
-
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stephania Karmiri(11)
|
-
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
Symeon Pariaros(12)
|
11,013
|
*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||
All directors and officers and 5% owners as a group
|
1,481,040
|
64.3
|
%
|
15,386
|
100
|
%
|
486,283
|
70.5
|
%
|
(1) |
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the Rule 13d-3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Except as subject to community
property laws, where applicable, the person named above has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by him/her.
|
(2) |
Represents 905,562 shares of common stock held of record by Dry Friends. A majority of the shareholders of Dry Friends are members of the Pittas family. Investment power and voting control by Dry Friends resides in its Board of
Directors which consists of five directors, a majority of whom are members of the Pittas family. Actions by Dry Friends may be taken by a majority of the members on its Board of Directors.
|
(3) |
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC serves as investment advisor to, inter alia, Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP and Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC, which are the registered holders of the Common Shares and Series B
Preferred Shares of EuroDry Ltd. beneficially owned by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC is indirectly controlled by BlackRock, Inc., which may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of shares beneficially
owned by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. The address of Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP, Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund V, LLC and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC is 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, CA 90405. The
address of BlackRock, Inc. is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP and Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC currently hold (a) 180,000 shares of common stock and (b) Series B Preferred Shares
that are convertible into 370,675 shares of common stock.
|
(4) |
Common shares are issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares (or any convertible notes into which the Series B Preferred Shares may convert) owned by this shareholder (based on the current conversion ratio).
|
(5) |
Does not include 85,640 shares of common stock held of record by Dry Friends, by virtue of ownership interest in Dry Friends by Mr. Pittas. Mr. Pittas disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Does
not include 1,041 Series B Preferred Shares held of record by Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc., by virtue of ownership interest in Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc. by Mr. Pittas. Mr. Pittas disclaims beneficial
ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Includes 2,800 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 2,785 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2019 and 2,800 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(6) |
Does not include 4,157 shares held of record by Dry Friends, by virtue of Mr. Taniskidis' ownership in Dry Friends. Mr. Taniskidis disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Does not include 96
Series
|
|
B Preferred Shares held of record by Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc., by virtue of ownership interest in Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc. by Mr. Taniskidis and members of his family. Mr. Taniskidis disclaims
beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Includes 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 297 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(7) |
Includes 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 297 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(8) |
Does not include 197,293 shares of common stock held of record by Dry Friends and Family United Navigation Co., by virtue of ownership interest in Dry Friends and Family United Navigation Co. of Mr. Pittas and members of his family.
Mr. Pittas disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Does not include 24 shares of Series B Preferred stock held of record by Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc., by virtue of ownership
interest in Preferred Dry Friends Investment Company Inc.by Mr. Pittas and members of his family. Mr. Pittas disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Includes 770 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 760
shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 770 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(9) |
Includes 1,900 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 1,890 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 1,900 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(10) |
Includes 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 297 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(11) |
Does not include 114 shares of common stock held of records by Dry Friends, by virtue of Mrs. Karmiri's ownership in Dry Friends. Mrs. Karmiri disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of her pecuniary interest.
|
(12) |
Includes 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2020, 297 shares of common stock vesting on November 16, 2020 and 300 shares vesting on July 1, 2021.
|
(13) |
Voting stock includes 37,255 unvested shares for a total of 2,304,630 issued and outstanding shares of the Company as of April 22, 2019.
|
(14) |
As of March 31, 2020, Series B Preferred Shares vote on an as-converted basis weighted by 50%.
|
B. |
Related Party Transactions
|
C. |
Interests of Experts and Counsel
|
Item 8.
|
Financial Information
|
A. |
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
|
B. |
Significant Changes
|
Item 9. |
The Offer and Listing
|
A. |
Offer and Listing Details
|
B. |
Plan of Distribution
|
C. |
Markets
|
D. |
Selling Shareholders
|
E. |
Dilution
|
F. |
Expenses of the Issue
|
Item 10. |
Additional Information
|
A. |
Share Capital
|
B. |
Memorandum and Articles of Association
|
C. |
Material Contracts
|
D. |
Exchange Controls
|
E. |
Taxation
|
|
• |
we are organized in a foreign country, or our country of organization, that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the United States; and
|
|
• |
more than 50% of the value of our stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by "qualified shareholders," individuals who are "residents" of our country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an "equivalent exemption"
to corporations organized in the United States, which we refer to as the "50% Ownership Test," or
|
|
• |
our stock is "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in our country of organization, in another country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to United States corporations, or in the United States, which we
refer to as the "Publicly-Traded Test."
|
|
• |
We have, or are considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of shipping income; and
|
|
• |
substantially all of our U.S.-source shipping income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the
same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States.
|
|
• |
at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other than in the active conduct of a rental business); or
|
|
• |
at least 50% of the average value of our assets during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income, which we refer to as “passive assets”.
|
|
• |
such gain is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder's conduct of a trade or business in the United States, if the Non-U.S. Holder is entitled to the benefits of a United States income tax treaty with respect to that gain, that
gain is taxable only if it is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States; or
|
|
• |
the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of disposition and other conditions are met.
|
|
• |
fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;
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|
• |
is notified by the IRS that he failed to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on your United States federal income tax returns; or
|
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• |
in certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.
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F. |
Dividends and paying agents
|
G. |
Statement by experts
|
H. |
Documents on display
|
I. |
Subsidiary Information
|
Item 11. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
|
Year Ended December 31,
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Amount in $ (loans)
|
Amount in $ (swap)
|
||||||
2020
|
532,748
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|||||
2021
|
456,383
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|||||
2022
|
332,768
|
(82,055
|
)
|
|||||
2023
|
161,131
|
(27,945
|
)
|
|||||
2024 and thereafter
|
176,675
|
-
|
||||||
Item 12. |
Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities
|
Item 13. |
Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
|
Item 14. |
Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
|
Item 15. |
Controls and Procedures
|
Item 16A.
|
Audit Committee Financial Expert
|
Item 16B.
|
Code of Ethics
|
Item 16C.
|
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
|
2018
(dollars in thousands) |
2019
(dollars in thousands) |
|||||||
Audit Fees
|
$
|
193
|
$
|
155
|
||||
Audit related fees
|
_
|
_
|
||||||
Tax fees
|
_
|
_
|
||||||
All other fees / expenses
|
_
|
_
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
193
|
$
|
155
|
Item 16D.
|
Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
|
Item 16E.
|
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
|
Item 16F.
|
Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
|
Item 16G.
|
Corporate Governance
|
Item 16H.
|
Mine Safety Disclosure
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Item 17. |
Financial Statements
|
Item 18. |
Financial Statements
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Item 19. |
Exhibits
|
1.1
|
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1.2
|
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2.1
|
||
2.2
|
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2.3
|
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2.4
|
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2.5
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4.1
|
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4.2
|
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4.3
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4.4
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4.5
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4.6
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4.7
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4.8
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4.9
|
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4.10
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4.11
|
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4.12
|
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4.13
|
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4.14
|
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4.15
|
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4.16
|
4.17
|
||
4.18
|
to $15,000,000, dated October 1, 2018 | ||
4.19
|
||
4.20
|
||
4.21
|
||
4.22
|
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4.23
|
||
4.24
|
8.1
|
||
12.1
|
||
12.2
|
||
13.1
|
||
13.2
|
||
101.INS*
|
XBRL Instance Document
|
|
101.SCH*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
|
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101.CAL*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
|
|
101.DEF*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
|
|
101.LAB*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
|
|
101.PRE*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
|
* |
Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not
filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.
|
EURODRY LTD.
(Registrant) |
|||
By:
|
/s/ Aristides J. Pittas
|
||
Aristides J. Pittas
|
|||
Chairman, President and CEO
|
|||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2019
|
F-3
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
|
F-5
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
|
F-6
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
|
F-7
|
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-9
|
Notes
|
December 31, 2018
|
December 31, 2019
|
||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||
Current assets
|
||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
4,375,972
|
5,396,406
|
||||||||||
Restricted cash
|
7
|
828,955
|
1,083,036
|
|||||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net
|
2,236,210
|
1,843,008
|
||||||||||
Other receivables
|
341,952
|
459,785
|
||||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
147,789
|
286,711
|
||||||||||
Due from related companies
|
6
|
5,967,444
|
-
|
|||||||||
Inventories
|
3
|
566,947
|
508,711
|
|||||||||
Total current assets
|
14,465,269
|
9,577,657
|
||||||||||
Long-term assets
|
||||||||||||
Vessels, net
|
4
|
110,637,462
|
105,461,265
|
|||||||||
Restricted cash
|
7
|
2,550,000
|
2,650,000
|
|||||||||
Derivatives
|
13
|
55,030
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total assets
|
127,707,761
|
117,688,922
|
||||||||||
Liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Long-term bank loans, current portion
|
7
|
6,930,655
|
6,806,294
|
|||||||||
Trade accounts payable
|
690,653
|
1,046,561
|
||||||||||
Accrued expenses
|
5
|
1,166,209
|
964,423
|
|||||||||
Accrued preferred dividends
|
14
|
-
|
358,726
|
|||||||||
Deferred revenues
|
196,231
|
445,824
|
||||||||||
Due to related companies
|
6
|
-
|
1,547,210
|
|||||||||
Total current liabilities
|
8,983,748
|
11,169,038
|
Notes
|
December 31, 2018
|
December 31, 2019
|
||||||||||
Long-term liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Long-term bank loans, net of current portion
|
7
|
56,428,100
|
49,688,840
|
|||||||||
Derivatives
|
13
|
-
|
304,174
|
|||||||||
Total long-term liabilities
|
56,428,100
|
49,993,014
|
||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
65,411,848
|
61,162,052
|
||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies
|
9
|
|||||||||||
Mezzanine Equity
|
||||||||||||
Preferred shares (par value $0.01, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 19,608 and 15,387 issued and outstanding, respectively)
|
14
|
18,757,358
|
14,721,665
|
|||||||||
Shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||||||
Common stock (par value $0.01, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 2,279,920 and 2,304,630 issued and outstanding, respectively)
|
22,799
|
23,046
|
||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital
|
52,618,022
|
52,802,574
|
||||||||||
Accumulated deficit
|
(9,102,266
|
)
|
(11,020,415
|
)
|
||||||||
Total shareholders’ equity
|
43,538,555
|
41,805,205
|
||||||||||
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity
|
127,707,761
|
117,688,922
|
Notes
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||
Time charter revenue
|
16,985,607
|
25,934,204
|
28,789,458
|
|||||||||||||
Voyage charter revenue
|
3,294,608
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Commissions (including $253,503, $324,178 and $359,868, respectively, to related party)
|
6
|
(1,122,196
|
)
|
(1,411,333
|
)
|
(1,547,996
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net revenue
|
19,158,019
|
24,522,871
|
27,241,462
|
|||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Voyage expenses
|
12
|
2,396,318
|
410,676
|
1,117,022
|
||||||||||||
Vessel operating expenses (including $102,131, $115,026 and $148,329, respectively, to related party)
|
6, 12
|
6,892,388
|
9,183,152
|
10,776,338
|
||||||||||||
Dry-docking expenses
|
127,509
|
1,465,079
|
1,664,915
|
|||||||||||||
Vessel depreciation
|
4
|
4,786,272
|
5,422,155
|
6,458,251
|
||||||||||||
Related party management fees
|
6
|
1,409,716
|
1,701,340
|
1,964,536
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses (including $693,524, $731,456 and $1,250,000, respectively, to related party)
|
6, 10
|
917,160
|
2,346,502
|
2,252,666
|
||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
16,529,363
|
20,528,904
|
24,233,728
|
|||||||||||||
Operating income
|
2,628,656
|
3,993,967
|
3,007,734
|
|||||||||||||
Other income / (expenses)
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest and other financing costs
|
7
|
(1,817,574
|
)
|
(2,913,141
|
)
|
(3,513,105
|
)
|
|||||||||
Gain on derivatives, net
|
13
|
49,167
|
13,786
|
496,820
|
||||||||||||
Interest income
|
-
|
14,083
|
22,216
|
|||||||||||||
Foreign exchange (loss) / gain
|
(10,548
|
)
|
11,040
|
2,832
|
||||||||||||
Other expenses, net
|
(1,778,955
|
)
|
(2,874,232
|
)
|
(2,991,237
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
849,701
|
1,119,735
|
16,497
|
|||||||||||||
Dividends to Series B preferred shares
|
14
|
-
|
(565,229
|
)
|
(1,748,981
|
)
|
||||||||||
Preferred deemed dividend
|
-
|
-
|
(185,665
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders
|
849,701
|
554,506
|
(1,918,149
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Earnings / (loss) per share attributable to common shareholders - basic and diluted
|
11
|
0.38
|
0.25
|
(0.85
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year, basic and diluted
|
11
|
2,213,505
|
2,232,821
|
2,251,439
|
Number
of
Shares Outstanding
|
Common Stock
Amount
|
Additional Paid-in
Capital
|
Accumulated Deficit
|
Former Parent Company investment
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance January 1, 2017
|
(10,506,473
|
)
|
41,603,370
|
31,096,897
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net increase in former Parent Company investment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
915,525
|
915,525
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
849,701
|
-
|
849,701
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2017
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(9,656,772
|
)
|
42,518,895
|
32,862,123
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net increase in former Parent Company investment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9,984,409
|
9,984,409
|
||||||||||||||||||
Capitalization at spin-off, including issuance of common stock
|
2,254,830
|
22,548
|
52,480,756
|
-
|
(52,503,304
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,119,735
|
-
|
1,119,735
|
||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to Series B preferred shares
|
(565,229
|
)
|
(565,229
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of restricted shares for stock incentive award and share-based compensation
|
25,090
|
251
|
137,266
|
-
|
-
|
137,517
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2018
|
2,279,920
|
22,799
|
52,618,022
|
(9,102,266
|
)
|
-
|
43,538,555
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
16,497
|
-
|
16,497
|
||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to Series B preferred shares
|
(1,748,981
|
)
|
(1,748,981
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred deemed dividend
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(185,665
|
)
|
-
|
(185,665
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Issuance of restricted shares for stock incentive award and share-based compensation
|
24,710
|
247
|
184,552
|
-
|
-
|
184,799
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2019
|
2,304,630
|
23,046
|
52,802,574
|
(11,020,415
|
)
|
-
|
41,805,205
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net income
|
849,701
|
1,119,735
|
16,497
|
|||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation of vessels
|
4,786,272
|
5,422,155
|
6,458,251
|
|||||||||
Amortization and write off of deferred charges
|
209,231
|
396,925
|
152,879
|
|||||||||
Share-based compensation
|
-
|
137,517
|
184,799
|
|||||||||
Provision for doubtful debts
|
-
|
167,019
|
-
|
|||||||||
Change in the fair value of derivatives
|
(51,453
|
)
|
(3,577
|
)
|
359,204
|
|||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
(Increase) / decrease in:
|
||||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable
|
44,436
|
(1,809,442
|
)
|
393,202
|
||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
(29,368
|
)
|
(75,269
|
)
|
(138,922
|
)
|
||||||
Other receivables
|
(527,943
|
)
|
302,110
|
(117,833
|
)
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
(184,071
|
)
|
(114,756
|
)
|
58,236
|
|||||||
Due from related companies
|
(3,045,377
|
)
|
(1,968,521
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Increase / (decrease) in:
|
||||||||||||
Trade accounts payable
|
37,630
|
360,599
|
185,151
|
|||||||||
Accrued expenses
|
612,037
|
129,182
|
(201,787
|
)
|
||||||||
Deferred revenues
|
209,192
|
(93,507
|
)
|
249,593
|
||||||||
Due to related companies
|
-
|
-
|
7,514,654
|
|||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
2,910,287
|
3,970,170
|
15,113,924
|
|||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Cash paid for vessels under construction, capitalized expenses and vessel acquisition
|
(9,635,504
|
)
|
(29,045,685
|
)
|
(1,111,297
|
)
|
||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(9,635,504
|
)
|
(29,045,685
|
)
|
(1,111,297
|
)
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net increase in former Parent Company investment
|
915,525
|
3,298,356
|
-
|
|||||||||
Redemption of preferred shares
|
-
|
-
|
(4,300,000
|
)
|
||||||||
Preferred dividends paid
|
-
|
-
|
(1,311,612
|
)
|
||||||||
Loan arrangement fees paid
|
(42,125
|
)
|
(432,200
|
)
|
(22,500
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds from long-term bank loans
|
10,862,500
|
48,400,000
|
4,500,000
|
|||||||||
Repayment of long-term bank loans
|
(1,813,229
|
)
|
(23,337,271
|
)
|
(11,494,000
|
)
|
||||||
Due to former Parent Company
|
(639,312
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities
|
9,283,359
|
27,928,885
|
(12,628,112
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
2,558,142
|
2,853,370
|
1,374,515
|
|||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
|
2,343,415
|
4,901,557
|
7,754,927
|
|||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
|
4,901,557
|
7,754,927
|
9,129,442
|
|||||||||
Cash Breakdown
|
||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
1,257,058
|
4,375,972
|
5,396,406
|
|||||||||
Restricted cash, current
|
894,499
|
828,955
|
1,083,036
|
|||||||||
Restricted cash, long term
|
2,750,000
|
2,550,000
|
2,650,000
|
|||||||||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the statement of cash flows
|
4,901,557
|
7,754,927
|
9,129,442
|
|||||||||
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized expenses
|
1,462,852
|
2,220,713
|
3,468,478
|
|||||||||
Financing and investing activities fees:
|
||||||||||||
Payment-in-kind dividends
|
-
|
565,229
|
78,642
|
|||||||||
Capital expenditures included in liabilities
|
64,476
|
47,562
|
218,319
|
|||||||||
Accrued preferred dividends
|
-
|
-
|
358,726
|
|||||||||
Preferred shares distributed to EuroDry
|
-
|
18,192,129
|
-
|
|||||||||
Prior year contributions from the former Parent Company recognized in paid-in capital
|
-
|
5,490,106
|
-
|
|||||||||
Due from former Parent Company amount allocated to Due from related companies balance
|
-
|
903,283
|
-
|
• |
Pantelis Shipping Corp., incorporated in the Republic of Liberia on December 4, 2009, owner of the Liberian flag 74,020 DWT bulk carrier M/V "Pantelis" which was built in 2000 and acquired on July 23, 2009.
|
• |
Eirini Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of Liberia on February 2, 2014, owner of the Liberian flag 76,466 DWT bulk carrier M/V “Eirini P” which was built in 2004 and acquired on May 26, 2014.
|
• |
Ultra One Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of Liberia on November 21, 2013, owner of Liberian flag 63,500 DWT bulk carrier M/V "Alexandros P." (ex- Hull DY 160). M/V "Alexandros P", which is a new build,
was delivered on January 16, 2017.
|
• |
Ultra Two Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of Liberia on November 21, 2013, entered on November 29, 2013, into a shipbuilding contract with Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Sumec Marine Co., Ltd.,
for the construction of a 63,500 DWT bulk carrier (Hull No. DY161). The shipbuilding contract was cancelled on September 2, 2016 due to excessive construction delays. Ultra Two Shipping Ltd. has no assets and operations
as of December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and it was dissolved effective February 1, 2020.
|
• |
Kamsarmax One Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on April 4, 2014, owner of the Marshall Islands flag 82,000 DWT bulk carrier M/V "Xenia". M/V "Xenia", which is a new build, was
delivered on February 25, 2016.
|
• |
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on April 4, 2014, owner of the Marshall Islands flag 82,000 DWT bulk carrier M/V “Ekaterini”. M/V “Ekaterini”, which is a new build,
was delivered on May 7, 2018.
|
• |
Areti Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on November 15, 2016, owner of the Cypriot flag 75,100 DWT bulk carrier M/V “Tasos” which was built in 2000 and acquired on January 9, 2017.
|
• |
Light Shipping Ltd., incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on November 6, 2018, owner of the Cypriot flag 75,845 DWT bulk carrier M/V “Starlight” which was built in 2004 and acquired on November 30,
2018.
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
Charterer
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
|||||||||
A/S Klaveness Chartering
|
26
|
%
|
32
|
%
|
35
|
%
|
||||||
Quadra Commodities S.A.
|
-
|
-
|
16
|
%
|
||||||||
Guardian Navigation GMax LLC pool
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
%
|
||||||||
Amaggi Europe B.V.
|
17
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
-
|
|||||||
Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
|
18
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
China National Chartering (Hong Kong) Co., Limited
|
13
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
2. |
Significant Accounting Policies – Continued
|
2. |
Significant Accounting Policies - Continued
|
2. |
Significant Accounting Policies - Continued
|
2. |
Significant Accounting Policies - Continued
|
3. |
Inventories
|
December 31,
2018
|
December 31,
2019
|
|||||||
Lubricants
|
533,300
|
487,268
|
||||||
Victualing
|
33,647
|
21,443
|
||||||
Total
|
566,947
|
508,711
|
4. |
Vessels, net
|
Costs
|
Accumulated
Depreciation
|
Net Book
Value
|
||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2018
|
103,039,369
|
(21,059,733
|
)
|
81,979,636
|
||||||||
- Delivery of M/V “Ekaterini”
|
23,869,382
|
-
|
23,869,382
|
|||||||||
- Delivery of M/V “Starlight”
|
10,210,599
|
-
|
10,210,599
|
|||||||||
- Depreciation for the year
|
-
|
(5,422,155
|
)
|
(5,422,155
|
)
|
|||||||
Balance, December 31, 2018
|
137,119,350
|
(26,481,888
|
)
|
110,637,462
|
||||||||
- Depreciation for the year
|
-
|
(6,458,251
|
)
|
(6,458,251
|
)
|
|||||||
- Vessel improvements
|
1,282,054
|
-
|
1,282,054
|
|||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2019
|
138,401,404
|
(32,940,139
|
)
|
105,461,265
|
5. |
Accrued Expenses
|
December 31,
2018
|
December 31,
2019
|
|||||||
Accrued payroll expenses
|
74,169
|
112,381
|
||||||
Accrued interest expense
|
694,437
|
586,186
|
||||||
Accrued general and administrative expenses
|
114,432
|
68,336
|
||||||
Accrued commissions
|
15,039
|
52,175
|
||||||
Other accrued expenses
|
268,132
|
145,345
|
||||||
Total
|
1,166,209
|
964,423
|
6. |
Related Party Transactions
|
6. |
Related Party Transactions - Continued
|
7. |
Long-Term Bank Loans
|
Borrower
|
December 31,
2018 |
December 31,
2019 |
|||||||
Eirini Shipping Ltd. / Areti Shipping Ltd.
|
(a)
|
4,820,000
|
-
|
||||||
Kamsarmax One Shipping Ltd.
|
(b)
|
11,465,000
|
10,531,000
|
||||||
Ultra One Shipping Ltd.
|
(c)
|
15,000,000
|
14,060,000
|
||||||
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd.
|
(d)
|
17,600,000
|
16,000,000
|
||||||
Light Shipping Ltd. / Areti Shipping Ltd. / Pantelis Shipping Corp.
|
(e)
|
15,000,000
|
12,200,000
|
||||||
Eirini Shipping Ltd.
|
(f)
|
-
|
4,100,000
|
||||||
63,885,000
|
56,891,000
|
||||||||
Less: Current portion
|
(7,071,444
|
)
|
(6,924,000
|
)
|
|||||
Long-term portion
|
56,813,556
|
49,967,000
|
|||||||
Deferred charges, current portion
|
140,789
|
117,706
|
|||||||
Deferred charges, long-term portion
|
385,456
|
278,160
|
|||||||
Long-term bank loans, current portion net of deferred charges
|
6,930,655
|
6,806,294
|
|||||||
Long-term bank loans, long-term portion net of deferred charges
|
56,428,100
|
49,688,840
|
To December 31:
|
||||
2020
|
6,924,000
|
|||
2021
|
13,374,000
|
|||
2022
|
5,674,000
|
|||
2023
|
20,619,000
|
|||
2024
|
940,000
|
|||
Thereafter
|
9,360,000
|
|||
Total
|
56,891,000
|
|
(a) |
This loan is a $15,300,000 loan drawn by Eirini Shipping Ltd. and Eleni Shipping Ltd. jointly, ("Eirini Loan"), on June 25, 2014. The parties agreed in
principle on September 30, 2016 to replace one of the underlying collaterals of the Eirini Loan (M/V "Eleni P") with a similar vessel, which in December 2016, was approved to be M/V "Tasos" (owned by
Areti Shipping Ltd.). The loan was payable in 20 equal consecutive quarterly installments of $350,000 each, with an $8.3 million balloon payment to be paid together with the final installment in June
2019. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 3.75%. The loan was secured with the following: (i) first priority mortgage over M/V "Eirini P." and M/V "Tasos.", (ii) first assignment of earnings
and insurance of M/V "Eirini P." and M/V "Tasos" (iii) a corporate guarantee of EuroDry Ltd.
|
|
(b) |
On February 17, 2016, the Company signed a term loan facility with Nord LB and, on February 25, 2016, a loan of $13,800,000 was drawn by Kamsarmax One
Shipping Ltd. to partly finance the pre-delivery installment of M/V "Xenia". The loan is to be repaid in fourteen consecutive equal semi-annual installments of $467,000 plus a balloon amount of $7,262,000
to be paid together with the last installment in February 2023. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 2.95%. The loan is secured with (i) first priority mortgage over M/V "Xenia", (ii) first
assignment of earnings and insurance of M/V "Xenia", (iii) a corporate guarantee of EuroDry Ltd. and other covenants and guarantees similar to
the remaining loans of the Company. The Security Cover ratio for this facility stands at 130%.
|
|
(c) |
On October 1, 2018, the Company signed a term loan facility with Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (EFG) of up to $15 million or 60% of the market value of M/V
"Alexandros P.", for the purpose of refinancing the outstanding amount of $9.9 million of the loan facility of HSH Nordbank AG (drawn on January 25, 2017 to partly finance the pre-delivery installment of M/V "Alexandros P.") and providing working capital. The facility
was drawn on October 5, 2018. The loan is payable in twenty eight consecutive equal quarterly installments of $235,000 each, followed by a balloon payment of $8,420,000 to be paid together with
the last installment in October 2025. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 3.25%. The loan is secured with (i) first priority mortgage over
M/V "Alexandros P.", (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance of M/V "Alexandros P.", (iii) a corporate guarantee of EuroDry Ltd and other covenants and guarantees similar to the remaining loans of
the Company. The Security Cover ratio for this facility stands at 120%. The Company paid loan arrangement fees of $135,000 for this loan.
|
|
(d) |
On April 27, 2018, the Company signed a term loan facility with HSBC Bank Plc. and a loan of $18.4 million was drawn by Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd. on
April 30, 2018 to finance 70% of the construction cost but no more than 70% of the market value of M/V "Ekaterini", subject to the existence of a time charter at the time of drawdown for a minimum period
of 24 months approved by the lender. The loan is payable in twenty consecutive quarterly installments commencing from July 2018, eight in the amount of $400,000 and twelve in the amount of $325,000, with
a $11,300,000 balloon payment to be paid together with the last installment in April 2023. The interest rate margin is 2.80% over LIBOR. The loan is secured with (i) first priority mortgage over M/V
"Ekaterini", (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance of M/V "Ekaterini" and (iii) other covenants and guarantees similar to the remaining loans of the Company. The Security Cover ratio for this
facility stands at 130%. The Company paid loan arrangement fees of $147,200 for this loan.
|
|
(e) |
On November 27, 2018, the Company signed a term loan facility with the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) and a loan of $15,000,000 was drawn by Light Shipping Ltd., Areti Shipping Ltd. and Pantelis
Shipping Corp. for the purpose of refinancing the existing loans with HSBC Bank Plc. regarding M/V “Pantelis” and M/V “Tasos” and financing part of the acquisition cost of M/V “Starlight”. The loan is
payable in twelve consecutive equal quarterly installments of $700,000, commencing from February 2019, plus a balloon amount of $6,600,000 to be paid together with the last installment in November 2021. The
margin of the loan is 3.25% above LIBOR. The loan is secured with (i) first priority mortgages over M/V “Starlight”, M/V “Pantelis ” and M/V “Tasos” (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance of M/V
“Starlight”, M/V “Pantelis ” and M/V “Tasos”, (iii) a corporate guarantee of EuroDry Ltd and other covenants and guarantees similar to the remaining loans of the Company. The Security Cover ratio for this facility stands at 125%. The Company paid loan arrangement fees of $150,000 for this loan.
|
|
(f) |
On May 22, 2019, the Company signed a term loan facility with HSBC Bank PLC for a loan up to the lesser of 49.9% of the market value of M/V “Eirini P” and $4.5 million to refinance the existing
indebtedness of Eirini Shipping Ltd., as explained in note (a) above. On May 24, 2019, a loan of $4.5 million was drawn by Eirini Shipping Ltd. The loan is payable in twelve consecutive quarterly equal installments of $200,000 each, commencing from August 2019, with a $2,100,000 balloon payment to be paid together with the last installment
in May 2022. The interest rate margin is 2.70% over LIBOR. The loan is secured with (i) first priority mortgage over M/V “Eirini P”, (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance of M/V “Eirini P” and
(iii) other covenants and guarantees similar to the remaining loans of the Company. The Security Cover ratio for this facility stands at 130%. The
Company paid loan arrangement fees of $22,500 for this loan.
|
9. |
Commitments and Contingencies
|
|
a) |
On November 3, 2016 an award of 82,080 non-vested restricted shares, was made to 19 key persons of which 50% vested on November 1, 2017 and 50% vested on November 1, 2018; awards to officers and
directors amounted to 48,048 shares and the remaining 34,032 shares were awarded to employees of Eurobulk. 8,208 shares of EuroDry were issued for unvested shares of Euroseas as of the Spin-off date (4,805
were awarded to officers and directors and 3,403 were awarded to employees of Eurobulk) and vested on November 1, 2018.
|
|
b) |
On November 2, 2017 an award of 100,270 non-vested restricted shares, was made to 18 key persons of which 50% vested on July 1, 2018 and 50% vested on July 1, 2019; awards to officers and directors
amounted to 57,700 shares and the remaining 42,570 shares were awarded to employees of Eurobulk. 20,054 shares of EuroDry were issued for unvested
shares of Euroseas as of the Spin-off date (11,540 were awarded to officers and directors and 8,514 were awarded to employees of Eurobulk), 50% of which vested on July 1, 2018 and 50% vested on July 1,
2019.
|
10. |
Stock Incentive Plan - Continued
|
10. |
Stock Incentive Plan - Continued
|
Non-vested Shares
|
Shares
|
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
|
Non-vested on January 1, 2019
|
35,117
|
9.61
|
Granted
|
24,710
|
8.13
|
Vested
|
(22,572)
|
(9.62)
|
Non-vested on December 31, 2019
|
37,255
|
8.81
|
11. |
Earnings / (Loss) per Share
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
||||||||||
Income:
|
||||||||||||
Net income
|
849,701
|
1,119,735
|
16,497
|
|||||||||
Dividends to Series B preferred shares
|
-
|
(565,229
|
)
|
(1,748,981
|
)
|
|||||||
Preferred deemed dividend
|
-
|
-
|
(185,665
|
)
|
||||||||
Net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders
|
849,701
|
554,506
|
(1,918,149
|
)
|
||||||||
Weighted average common shares – outstanding, basic and diluted
|
2,213,505
|
2,232,821
|
2,251,439
|
|||||||||
Basic and diluted earnings / (loss) per share
|
0.38
|
0.25
|
(0.85
|
)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
||||||||||
Voyage expenses
|
||||||||||||
Port charges and canal dues
|
578,468
|
260,139
|
262,806
|
|||||||||
Bunkers
|
1,817,850
|
150,537
|
854,216
|
|||||||||
Total
|
2,396,318
|
410,676
|
1,117,022
|
|||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
||||||||||||
Crew wages and related costs
|
4,616,900
|
5,532,463
|
6,778,958
|
|||||||||
Insurance
|
609,354
|
682,991
|
872,131
|
|||||||||
Repairs and maintenance
|
181,174
|
407,324
|
375,338
|
|||||||||
Lubricants
|
379,853
|
520,452
|
724,837
|
|||||||||
Spares and consumable stores
|
706,855
|
1,404,080
|
1,368,325
|
|||||||||
Professional and legal fees
|
186,306
|
257,250
|
264,704
|
|||||||||
Other
|
211,946
|
378,592
|
392,045
|
|||||||||
Total
|
6,892,388
|
9,183,152
|
10,776,338
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
Balance Sheet Location
|
December 31,
2018
|
December 31,
2019
|
FFA contract
|
Long-term assets– Derivatives
|
49,350
|
-
|
Interest rate swap contracts
|
Long-term assets – Derivatives
|
5,680
|
-
|
Total derivative assets
|
55,030
|
-
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
Balance Sheet Location
|
December 31,
2018
|
December 31,
2019
|
Interest rate swap contracts
|
Long-term liabilities – Derivatives
|
-
|
304,174
|
Total derivative liabilities
|
-
|
304,174
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
Location of gain (loss) recognized
|
Year Ended December 31,
2018
|
Year Ended December 31,
2019
|
Interest rate swap contracts– Unrealized loss
|
Gain on derivatives, net
|
(45,773)
|
(309,854)
|
Interest rate swap contracts - Realized gain
|
Gain on derivatives, net
|
10,209
|
17,646
|
FFA contracts – Unrealized gain / (loss)
|
Gain on derivatives, net
|
49,350
|
-
|
FFA contracts and Bunker Swap contracts– Realized gain
|
Gain on derivatives, net
|
-
|
789,028
|
Total net gain on derivatives
|
13,786
|
496,820
|
Number ofShares
|
Preferred SharesAmount
|
Dividends paid-in-kind
|
Total
|
|
Issued, May 30, 2018
|
19,042
|
18,192,129
|
565,229
|
18,192,129
|
Dividends declared
|
566
|
-
|
565,229
|
565,229
|
Balance, December 31, 2018
|
19,608
|
18,192,129
|
78,642
|
18,757,358
|
Dividends declared
|
79
|
-
|
(524,304)
|
78,642
|
Redemption of Preferred shares
|
(4,300)
|
(3,775,696)
|
-
|
(4,300,000)
|
Preferred deemed dividend
|
-
|
185,665
|
119,567
|
185,665
|
Balance, December 31, 2019
|
15,387
|
14,602,098
|
14,721,665
|
Fair Value Measurement as of December 31, 2019
|
||||
Total
|
(Level 1)
|
(Level 2)
|
(Level 3)
|
|
Liabilities
|
||||
Interest rate swapcontracts, long term portion
|
$304,174
|
-
|
$304,174
|
-
|
Fair Value Measurement as of December 31, 2018
|
||||
Total
|
(Level 1)
|
(Level 2)
|
(Level 3)
|
|
Assets
|
||||
Interest rate swap contracts, long term portion
|
$5,680
|
-
|
$5,680
|
-
|
FFA contract, long term portion
|
$49,350
|
$49,350
|
-
|
-
|
CLAUSE
|
|
PAGE
|
1.
|
INTERPRETATION
|
1
|
2.
|
GUARANTEE
|
2
|
3.
|
LIABILITY AS PRINCIPAL AND INDEPENDENT DEBTOR
|
2
|
4.
|
EXPENSES
|
2
|
5.
|
ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSACTIONS
|
3
|
6.
|
PAYMENTS
|
3
|
7.
|
INTEREST
|
3
|
8.
|
SUBORDINATION
|
3
|
9.
|
ENFORCEMENT
|
4
|
10.
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
4
|
11.
|
UNDERTAKINGS
|
5
|
12.
|
JUDGMENTS AND CURRENCY INDEMNITY
|
7
|
13.
|
SET-OFF
|
7
|
14.
|
NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
|
8
|
15.
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
|
8
|
16.
|
TRANSFER
|
9
|
17.
|
NOTICES
|
9
|
18.
|
INVALIDITY OF LOAN AGREEMENT
|
10
|
19.
|
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
|
10
|
(1) |
EURODRY LTD., being a company incorporated in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex,
Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960, Republic of Marshall Islands (the “Guarantor”); and
|
(2) |
EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A., a banking societe anonyme duly incorporated under the laws of Greece, having its registered office at 8, Othonos Street, Athens, Greece, acting
for the purposes of this Agreement through its office at 83, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece (the “Security Trustee”, which expression includes its successors and assigns).
|
(A) |
By a loan agreement dated 1 October 2018 (hereinafter, as same may from time to time be amended or supplemented, the “Loan Agreement”) and made between (i) Ultra One
Shipping Ltd of Liberia (the “Borrower”), as borrower, (ii) the banks and financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 thereto, which on the date hereof comprised only Eurobank Ergasias S.A., as
lenders (the “Lenders” or “a Lender”) and (iii) Eurobank Ergasias S.A., as agent (the “Agent”), arranger, (the “Arranger”) account bank (the “Account Bank”) and security trustee (the “Security Trustee” and together with the
Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger and the Account Bank, the “Creditor Parties”), it was agreed that the Lenders would make available to the Borrower a secured term loan facility of up to
US$15,000,000 for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions set out therein
|
(B) |
By the Agency and Trust Deed dated 1 October 2018 and entered into pursuant to the Loan Agreement, it was agreed that the Security Trustee would hold the Trust Property on trust for the Lenders.
|
(C) |
The execution and delivery to the Security Trustee of this Guarantee is one of the conditions precedent to the availability of the facility under the said Loan Agreement.
|
1 |
INTERPRETATION
|
1.1 |
Defined expressions. Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings when used in this Guarantee unless the context otherwise requires.
|
1.2 |
Construction of certain terms. In this Guarantee:
|
1.3 |
Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Loan Agreement. Clauses 1.2 to 1.7 of the Loan Agreement apply, with any necessary modifications, to this
Guarantee.
|
1.4 |
Inconsistency between Loan Agreement provisions and this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be read together with the other Finance Documents, but in case of any conflict
between the Loan Agreement and this Guarantee, the provisions of the Loan Agreement shall prevail.
|
2 |
GUARANTEE
|
2.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity. The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably:
|
(a) |
guarantees the due payment of all amounts payable by the Borrower under or in connection with the Loan Agreement and every other Finance Document;
|
(b) |
undertakes to pay to the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party, on the Security Trustee’s demand, any such amount which is not paid by the Borrower when payable under or in connection with the Loan
Agreement and every other Finance Document ; and
|
(c) |
as a separate, continuing and primary obligation agrees to fully indemnify the Security Trustee on its demand in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are made or brought against or
incurred by the Security Trustee as a result of or in connection with any obligation or liability guaranteed by the Guarantor being or becoming unenforceable, invalid, void or illegal; and the amount recoverable under this indemnity shall
be equal to the amount which the Security Trustee would otherwise have been entitled to recover.
|
3 |
LIABILITY AS PRINCIPAL AND INDEPENDENT DEBTOR
|
3.1 |
Principal and independent debtor. 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.
|
3.2 |
Waiver of rights and defences. Without limiting the generality of Clause 3.1, none of the following shall give rise to the Guarantor being discharged, or its having any
cause of action against any Creditor Party:
|
(a) |
any amendment or supplement being made to the Finance Documents;
|
(b) |
any arrangement or concession (including a rescheduling or acceptance of partial payments) relating to, or affecting, the Finance Documents;
|
(c) |
any release or loss (even though negligent) of any right or Security Interest created by the Finance Documents;
|
(d) |
any failure (even though negligent) promptly or properly to exercise or enforce any such right or Security Interest, including a failure to realise for its full market value an asset covered by such a Security
Interest; or
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(e) |
any other Finance Document or any Security Interest now being or later becoming void, unenforceable, illegal or invalid or otherwise defective for any reason, including a neglect to register it.
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4 |
EXPENSES
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4.1 |
Costs of preservation of rights, enforcement etc. The Guarantor shall pay to the Security Trustee on its demand the amount of all expenses incurred by the Security
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4.2 |
Fees and expenses payable under Loan Agreement. Clause 4.1 is without prejudice to the Guarantor’s liabilities in respect of the Borrower’s obligations under clause 20 of
the Loan Agreement (fees and expenses) and under similar provisions of the other Finance Documents.
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5 |
ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSACTIONS
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5.1 |
Reinstatement of obligation to pay. The Guarantor shall pay to the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party on its demand any amount which the Security Trustee or any
other Creditor Party is required, or agrees, to pay pursuant to any claim by, or settlement with, a trustee in bankruptcy of the Borrower or of another Security Party (or similar person) on the ground that the Loan Agreement, or a payment
by the Borrower or of another Security Party, was invalid or on any similar ground.
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6 |
PAYMENTS
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6.1 |
Method of payments. Any amount due under this Guarantee shall be paid:
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(a) |
in immediately available funds;
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(b) |
to such account as the Security Trustee may from time to time notify to the Guarantor;
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(c) |
without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition; and free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which the Guarantor is required by law to make.
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7 |
INTEREST
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7.1 |
Accrual of interest. Any amount due under this Guarantee shall carry interest after the date on which the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party demands payment of
it until it is actually paid, unless interest on that same amount also accrues under the Loan Agreement.
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7.2 |
Calculation of interest. Interest under this Guarantee shall be calculated and accrue in the same way as interest under clause 5 of the Loan Agreement.
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7.3 |
Guarantee extends to interest payable under Loan Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is confirmed that this Guarantee covers all interest payable under the Loan
Agreement, including that payable under clause 7 of the Loan Agreement.
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8 |
SUBORDINATION
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8.1 |
Subordination of rights of Guarantor. All rights which the Guarantor at any time has (whether in respect of this Guarantee or any other transaction) against the Borrower,
any other Security Party or their respective assets shall be fully subordinated to the rights of the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party under the Finance Documents; and in particular, the Guarantor shall not:
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(a) |
claim, or in a bankruptcy of the Borrower or any other Security Party prove for, any amount payable to the Guarantor by the Borrower or any other Security Party, whether in respect of this Guarantee or any other
transaction;
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(b) |
take or enforce any Security Interest for any such amount;
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(c) |
claim to set-off any such amount against any amount payable by the Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Security Party; or
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(d) |
claim any subrogation or other right in respect of any Finance Document or any sum received or recovered by a Creditor Party under a Finance Document.
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9 |
ENFORCEMENT
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9.1 |
No requirement to commence proceedings against the Borrower. Neither the Security Trustee nor any other Creditor Party will not need to commence any proceedings under, or
enforce any Security Interest created by, the Loan Agreement or any other Finance Document before claiming or commencing proceedings under this Guarantee.
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9.2 |
Conclusive evidence of certain matters. However, as against the Guarantor:
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(a) |
any judgment or order of a court in England or the Marshall Islands or any other Pertinent Jurisdiction in connection with the Loan Agreement; and
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(b) |
any written statement or admission of the Borrower (absent any manifest error) in connection with the Loan Agreement, shall be binding and conclusive as to all matters of fact and law to which it relates.
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9.3 |
Suspense account. The Security Trustee and any Creditor Party may, for the purpose of claiming or proving in a bankruptcy of the Borrower or any other Security Party,
place any sum received or recovered under or by virtue of this Guarantee or any Security Interest connected with it on a separate suspense or other nominal account without applying it in satisfaction of the Borrower’s obligations under
the Loan Agreement.
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10 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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10.1 |
General. The Guarantor represents and warrants to the Security Trustee as follows.
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10.2 |
Status. The Guarantor is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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10.3 |
Corporate power. The Guarantor has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents necessary for it:
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(a) |
to execute this Guarantee; and
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(b) |
to make all the payments contemplated by. and to comply with this Guarantee.
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10.4 |
Consents in force. All the consents referred to in Clause 10.3 remain in force and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation.
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10.5 |
Legal validity. This Guarantee constitutes the Guarantor’s legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms subject to
any relevant insolvency laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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10.6 |
No conflicts. The execution by the Guarantor of this Guarantee and its compliance with this Guarantee will not involve or lead to a contravention of:
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(a) |
any law or regulation; or
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(b) |
the constitutional documents of the Guarantor; or
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(c) |
any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on the Guarantor or any of its assets.
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10.7 |
No withholding taxes. All payments which the Guarantor is liable to make under this Guarantee may be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax
payable under any law of any Pertinent Jurisdiction.
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10.8 |
No default. To the knowledge of the Guarantor, no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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10.9 |
Information. All information which has been provided in writing by or on behalf of the Guarantor to the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party in connection with
any Finance Document satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.2; all audited financial statements which have been so provided satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.4; and there has been no material adverse change in the financial
position or state of affairs of the Guarantor from that disclosed in the latest of those accounts which could (in the reasonable opinion of the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party) affect the solvency of the Guarantor.
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10.10 |
No litigation. No legal or administrative action involving the Guarantor has been commenced or taken or, to the Guarantor’s knowledge, is likely to be commenced or taken
which, in either case, would be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor’s financial position or profitability.
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10.11 |
The Guarantor represents and warrants that:
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(a) |
the its total debt net of cash will not exceed 75% of the total market value of its assets; and
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(b) |
the Guarantor’s minimum Net Worth listed in Nasdaq will throughout the Security Period be United States Dollars fifteen million (USD15,000,000).
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11 |
UNDERTAKINGS
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11.1 |
General. The Guarantor undertakes with the Security Trustee to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 11 at all times during the Security Period, except as
the Security Trustee may otherwise permit.
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11.2 |
Information provided to be accurate. All financial and other information which is provided in writing by or on behalf of the Guarantor under or in connection with this
Guarantee will be true and not misleading and will not omit any material fact or consideration.
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11.3 |
Provision of financial statements. The Guarantor will send to the Security Trustee:
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(a) |
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of each financial year of the Guarantor, the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries; and
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(b) |
promptly after each written request by the Security Trustee, such further information about the financial condition, commitments and operations of its managed fleet and of each Security Party, as the Security
Trustee may reasonably require.
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11.4 |
Form of financial statements. All audited consolidated financial statements delivered under Clause 11.3 will:
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(a) |
be prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and GAAP consistently applied;
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(b) |
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Guarantor at the date of those accounts and of the profit for the period to which those accounts relate; and
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(c) |
fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the Guarantor.
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11.5 |
Shareholder and creditor notices. The Guarantor will send the Security Trustee, at the same time as they are despatched, copies of all communications which are despatched
to the Guarantor’s shareholders and creditors or any class of them.
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11.6 |
Consents. The Guarantor will maintain in force and promptly obtain or renew, and will promptly send certified copies to the Security Trustee of, all consents required:
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(a) |
for the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guarantee;
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(b) |
for the validity or enforceability of this Guarantee; and the Guarantor will comply with the terms of all such consents.
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11.7 |
Maintenance of Security Interests. The Guarantor will:
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(a) |
at its own cost, do all that it reasonably can to ensure that any Finance Document to which it is a party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to create; and
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(b) |
without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) above, at its own cost, promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document to which it is a party with any court or authority in all Pertinent
Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance Document to which it is a party, give any notice or take any other step which may be or become necessary or desirable for
any Finance Document to which it is a party to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which it creates.
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11.8 |
Notification of litigation. The Guarantor will provide the Security Trustee with details of any legal or administrative action involving the Guarantor as soon as such
action is instituted or it becomes apparent to the Guarantor that it is likely to be instituted, unless it is clear that the legal or administrative action cannot be considered material in the context of this Guarantee.
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11.9 |
Notification of default. The Guarantor will notify the Security Trustee as soon as the Guarantor becomes aware of:
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(a) |
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or
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(b) |
any matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default may have occurred;
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11.10 |
Maintenance of status. The Guarantor will maintain its separate corporate existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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11.11 |
Negative pledge. The Guarantor shall not, and shall procure that the Borrower will not, create or permit to arise any Security Interest over any asset present or future
except Security Interests created or permitted by the Finance Documents and except for Permitted Security Interests.
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11.12 |
No disposal of assets, change of business. The Guarantor will not, and shall procure that the Borrower will not:
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(a) |
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions, whether related or not except in the usual course of its trading
operations; or
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(b) |
make any substantial change to the nature of its business from that existing at the date of this Guarantee.
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11.13 |
No merger etc. The Guarantor shall procure that the Borrower will not, enter into any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation or other reorganisation, and shall ensure
that throughout the Security Period, no change shall be made to the legal or beneficial ownership of the shares in the Guarantor without the prior written consent of the Lenders, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. For the avoidance
of doubt the Lenders consent and agree to any changes relating to the Guarantor’s trading shares in the normal course of business and confirm that such changes do not violate the terms of this Guarantee.
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11.14 |
Maintenance of ownership of Borrower. The Guarantor shall remain the beneficial owner of the entire issued and allotted share capital of the Borrower, free from any
Security Interest, and shall ensure that throughout the Security Period, no change shall be made to the legal ownership of the shares in the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt the last sentence of Clause 11.13 above applies to this
Clause 11.14.
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11.15 |
Sanctions.
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12 |
JUDGMENTS AND CURRENCY INDEMNITY
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12.1 |
Judgments relating to Loan Agreement. This Guarantee shall cover any amount payable by the Borrower under or in connection with any judgment relating to the Loan
Agreement.
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12.2 |
Currency indemnity. In addition, clause 21.5 (currency indemnity) of the Loan Agreement shall apply, with any necessary adaptations, in relation to this Guarantee.
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13 |
SET-OFF
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13.1 |
Application of credit balances. The Security Trustee may at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing without prior notice:
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(a) |
apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of the Guarantor at any office in any country of the Security
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(b) |
for that purpose:
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(i) |
break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of the Guarantor;
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(ii) |
convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars;
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(iii) |
enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Security Trustee considers appropriate.
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13.2 |
Existing rights unaffected. The Security Trustee shall not be obliged to exercise any of its rights under Clause 13.1; and those rights shall be without prejudice and in
addition to any right of set-off, combination of accounts, charge, lien or other right or remedy to which the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party is entitled (whether under the general law or any document).
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14 |
NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
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14.1 |
No deductions. All amounts due from the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be paid:
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(a) |
without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition; and
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(b) |
free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which the Guarantor is required by law to make.
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14.2 |
Grossing-up for taxes. If the Guarantor is required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:
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(a) |
the Guarantor shall notify the Security Trustee as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement;
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(b) |
the Guarantor shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly, and in any event before any fine or penalty arises;
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(c) |
the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party receives and retains (free from any liability relating to the
tax deduction) a net amount which, after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which it would otherwise have received.
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14.3 |
Evidence of payment of taxes. Within 1 month after making any tax deduction, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Security Trustee documentary evidence satisfactory to the
Lender that the tax had been paid to the appropriate taxation authority.
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14.4 |
Exclusion of tax on overall net income. In this Clause 14 “tax deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account
of any present or future tax except tax on any Creditor Party’s overall net income.
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15 |
SUPPLEMENTAL
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15.1 |
Continuing guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in force as a continuing security at all times during the Security Period.
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15.2 |
Rights cumulative, non-exclusive. The Security Trustee’s rights under and in connection with this Guarantee are cumulative, may be exercised as often as appears expedient
and shall not be taken to exclude or limit any right or remedy conferred by law.
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15.3 |
No impairment of rights under Guarantee. If the Security Trustee omits to exercise, delays in exercising or invalidly exercises any of its rights under this Guarantee,
that shall not impair that or any other right of the Security Trustee under this Guarantee.
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15.4 |
Severability of provisions. If any provision of this Guarantee is or subsequently becomes void, illegal, unenforceable or otherwise invalid, that shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of its other provisions.
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15.5 |
Guarantee not affected by other security. This Guarantee shall not impair, nor be impaired by, any other guarantee, any Security Interest or any right of set-off or
netting or to combine accounts which any Creditor Party may now or later hold in connection with the Loan Agreement.
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15.6 |
Guarantor bound by Loan Agreement. The Guarantor agrees with the Security Trustee to be bound by all provisions of the Loan Agreement which are applicable to the Security
Parties in the same way as if those provisions had been set out (with any necessary modifications) in this Guarantee.
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15.7 |
Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other Security Interests. Any Security Interest which the Guarantor creates (whether at the time at which it signs this
Guarantee or at any later time) to secure any liability under this Guarantee shall be a principal and independent security, and Clauses 3 and 18 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to it, notwithstanding that the document
creating the Security Interest neither describes it as a principal or independent security nor includes provisions similar to Clauses 3 and 18.
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15.8 |
Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other rights. Clauses 3 and 18 shall also apply to any right of set-off or netting or to combine accounts which the Guarantor
creates by an agreement entered into at the time of this Guarantee or at any later time (notwithstanding that the agreement does not include provisions similar to Clauses 3 and 18), being an agreement referring to this Guarantee.
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15.9 |
Third party rights. A person who is not a party to this Guarantee has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit
of any term of this Guarantee.
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16 |
TRANSFER
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16.1 |
Transfer by Security Trustee. The Security Trustee may transfer its rights under and in connection with this Guarantee to the same extent as it may transfer its rights
under the Loan Agreement.
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17 |
NOTICES
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17.1 |
Notices to Guarantor. Any notice or demand to the Guarantor under or in connection with this Guarantee shall be given by letter or fax at:
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17.2 |
Application of certain provisions of Loan Agreement. Clauses 28.3, 28.4 and 28.5 of the Loan Agreement apply to any notice or demand under or in connection with this
Guarantee.
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17.3 |
Validity of demands. A demand under this Guarantee shall be valid notwithstanding that it is served:
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(a) |
on the date on which the amount to which it relates is payable by the Borrower under the Loan Agreement;
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(b) |
at the same time as the service of a notice under clause 19.2 (events of default) of the Loan Agreement;
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17.4 |
Notices to Security Trustee. Any notice to the Security Trustee under or in connection with this Guarantee shall be sent to the same address and in the same manner as
notices to the Security Trustee under the Loan Agreement.
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18 |
INVALIDITY OF LOAN AGREEMENT
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18.1 |
Invalidity of Loan Agreement. In the event of:
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(a) |
the Loan Agreement now being or later becoming, with immediate or retrospective effect, void, illegal, unenforceable or otherwise invalid for any other reason whatsoever, whether of a similar kind or not; or
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(b) |
without limiting the scope of paragraph (a), a bankruptcy of the Borrower, the introduction of any law or any other matter resulting in the Borrower being discharged from liability under the Loan Agreement, or
the Loan Agreement ceasing to operate (for example, by interest ceasing to accrue),
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18.2 |
Invalidity of Finance Documents. Clause 18.1 also applies to each of the Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
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19 |
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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19.1 |
English law. This Guarantee (and any non contractual obligations connected with it) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
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19.2 |
Exclusive English jurisdiction. Subject to Clause 19.3, the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in
connection with this Guarantee (and any non contractual obligations connected with it).
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19.3 |
Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of the Security Trustee. Clause 19.2 is for the exclusive benefit of the Security Trustee, which reserves the rights:
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(a) |
to commence proceedings in relation to any matter which arises out of or in connection with this Guarantee in the courts of any country other than England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that matter; and
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(b) |
to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without commencing proceedings in England.
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19.4 |
Process agent. The Guarantor irrevocably appoints Hill Dickinson Services (London) Ltd at their office for the time being, presently at The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose
Street, London, EC2A 2EW, England, to act as its agent to receive and accept on its behalf any process or other document relating to any proceedings in the English courts which are connected with this Guarantee.
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19.5 |
Creditor Parties’ rights unaffected. Nothing in this Clause 19 shall exclude or limit any right which any Creditor Party may have (whether under the law of any country,
an international convention or otherwise) with regard to the bringing of proceedings, the service of process, the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or any similar or related matter in any jurisdiction.
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19.6 |
Meaning of “proceedings”. In this Clause 19, “proceedings” means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a
provisional or protective measure.
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Signed by
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)
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STEFANIA KARMIRI
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)
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/s/ STEFANIA KARMIRI |
for and on behalf of
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)
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EURODRY LTD.
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)
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of the Marshall Islands
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)
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in the presence of
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Witness:
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/s/ KATERINA A. AVRAMIDOU | |
Name:
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KATERINA A. AVRAMIDOU
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Address:
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DANIOLOS LAW FIRM
13, DEFTERAS MERARCHIAS STR.
185 35 PIRAEUS GREECE
TEL.+30 210 4138 800 - FAX +30 210 4138 809
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Occupation:
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Attorney at law
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Signed by
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)
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STAVROS YAGOS
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)
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/s/ STAVROS YAGOS |
and NIKOLETTA MITROPOULOU
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)
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/s/ NIKOLETTA MITROPOULOU |
for and on behalf of
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)
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EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A.
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)
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in the presence of
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Witness:
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/s/ KATERINA A. AVRAMIDOU | |
Name:
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KATERINA A. AVRAMIDOU
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Address:
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DANIOLOS LAW FIRM
13, DEFTERAS MERARCHIAS STR. 185 35 PIRAEUS GREECE TEL.+30 210 4138 800 - FAX +30 210 4138 809 |
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Occupation:
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Attorney at law
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Interpretation
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1
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2
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guarantee
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3
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3
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Liability as Principal and Independent Debtor
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3
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4
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Expenses
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4
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5
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Adjustment of Transactions
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6
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Payments
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4
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7
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Interest
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6
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8
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Subordination
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6
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9
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enforcement
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6
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10
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Representations and Warranties
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7
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11
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Undertakings
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9
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12
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Judgements and Currency Indemnity
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12
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13
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Set-Off
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12
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14
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Supplemental
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13
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15
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assignment
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14
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16
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Bail-in
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14
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17
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Notices
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15
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18
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Invalidity of Loan Agreement
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15
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19
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction
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16
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Execution
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20
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(1) |
EURODRY LTD., a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake
Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 as Guarantor (the “Guarantor”)
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(2) |
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A., acting through its branch at 2 Bouboulinas Street and Akti Miaouli, Piraeus 185 35, Greece (the “Lender”, which expression includes its successors and assigns)
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(A) |
By a term loan agreement dated 27 November 2018 (the “Loan Agreement”) and made between (i) Pantelis Shipping Corp., Areti Shipping Ltd and Light Shipping
Ltd as joint and several borrowers (the “Borrowers”) and (ii) the Lender, it was agreed that the Lender would make available to the Borrowers a loan facility
of (originally) up to US$15,000,000.
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(B) |
The execution and delivery to the Lender of this Guarantee (which is the Guarantee referred to in the Loan Agreement) is one of the conditions precedent to the availability of the facility under the Loan Agreement.
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1 |
INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
Defined expressions
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1.2 |
Construction of certain terms
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(a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the
relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
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(b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation;
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(a) |
the Total Liabilities; to
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(b) |
the Market Value Adjusted Total Assets;
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1.3 |
Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Loan Agreement
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1.4 |
Inconsistency between Loan Agreement provisions and this Guarantee
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2 |
GUARANTEE
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2.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity
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(a) |
guarantees the due payment of all amounts payable by the Borrowers under or in connection with the Loan Agreement and every other Finance Document;
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(b) |
undertakes to pay to the Lender, on the Lender's demand, any such amount which is not paid by the Borrowers when due and payable under or in connection with any Finance Document;
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(c) |
fully indemnifies the Lender on its demand in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are made or brought against or incurred by the Lender as a result of or in connection with any obligation or liability
guaranteed by the Guarantor being or becoming unenforceable, invalid, void or illegal; and the amount recoverable under this indemnity shall be equal to the amount which the Lender would otherwise have been entitled to recover.
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2.2 |
No limit on number of demands
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2.3 |
Release of this Guarantee
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3 |
LIABILITY AS PRINCIPAL AND INDEPENDENT DEBTOR
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3.1 | Principal and independent debtor |
3.2 |
Waiver of rights and defences
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(a) |
any amendment or supplement being made to the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
any arrangement or concession (including a rescheduling or acceptance of partial payments) relating to, or affecting, the Finance Documents;
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(c) |
any release or loss (even though negligent) of any right or Security Interest created by the Finance Documents;
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(d) |
any failure (even though negligent) promptly or properly to exercise or enforce any such right or Security Interest, including a failure to realise for its full market value an asset covered by such a Security Interest; or
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(e) |
any other Finance Document or any Security Interest now being or later becoming void, unenforceable, illegal or invalid or otherwise defective for any reason, including a neglect to register it.
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4 |
EXPENSES
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4.1 |
Costs of preservation of rights, enforcement etc.
|
4.2 |
Fees and expenses payable under Loan Agreement
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5 |
ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSACTIONS
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5.1 |
Reinstatement of obligation to pay
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6 |
PAYMENTS
|
6.1 |
Method of payments
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(a) |
in immediately available funds;
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(b) |
to such account as the Lender may from time to time notify to the Guarantor;
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(c) |
without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition; and
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(d) |
free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which the Guarantor is required by law to make.
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6.2 |
Grossing-up for taxes
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6.3 |
Indemnity and evidence of payment of taxes
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6.4 |
Tax Credit
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(a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was received; and
|
(b) |
the Lender has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,
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7 |
INTEREST
|
7.1 |
Accrual of interest
|
7.2 |
Calculation of interest
|
7.3 |
Guarantee extends to interest payable under Loan Agreement
|
8 |
SUBORDINATION
|
8.1 |
Subordination of rights of Guarantor
|
(a) |
demand or accept repayment of any amounts due to the Guarantor by the Borrowers under any existing or future loans to the Borrowers or any guarantee granted or to be granted in respect of the Borrowers' obligations;
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(b) |
claim, or in a bankruptcy of a Borrower or any other Security Party prove for, any amount payable to the Guarantor by that Borrower or any other Security Party, whether in respect of this Guarantee or any other transaction;
|
(c) |
take or enforce any Security Interest for any such amount;
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(d) |
claim to set-off any such amount against any amount payable by the Guarantor to the Borrowers or any other Security Party; or
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(e) |
claim any subrogation or other right in respect of any Finance Document or any sum received or recovered by the Lender under a Finance Document,
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9 |
ENFORCEMENT
|
9.1 |
No requirement to commence proceedings against the Borrowers
|
9.2 |
Conclusive evidence of certain matters
|
(a) |
any judgment or order of a court in England, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Liberia, and Cyprus or any other Pertinent Jurisdiction in connection with the Loan Agreement or any other Finance Document; and
|
(b) |
any written statement or admission of the Borrowers (absent manifest error) in connection with the Loan Agreement or any other Finance Document,
|
10 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
10.1 |
General
|
10.2 |
Status
|
10.3 |
Share capital and ownership
|
10.4 |
Corporate power
|
(a) |
to execute this Guarantee; and
|
(b) |
to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, this Guarantee.
|
10.5 |
Consents in force
|
10.6 |
Legal validity
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10.7 |
No conflicts
|
(a) |
any law or regulation in any Pertinent Jurisdiction; or
|
(b) |
the constitutional documents of the Guarantor; or
|
(c) |
any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on the Guarantor or any of its assets.
|
10.8 |
No withholding taxes
|
10.9 |
No default
|
10.10 |
Information
|
10.11 |
No litigation
|
10.12 |
Taxes paid
|
10.13 |
Provisions of Loan Agreement and other Finance Documents
|
10.14 |
No waiver
|
10.15 |
Sanctions
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(a) |
The Guarantor:
|
|
(i) |
is not a Prohibited Party;
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|
(ii) |
is not owned or controlled by or acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Party;
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|
(iii) |
does not own or control a Prohibited Party;
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|
(iv) |
does not have a Prohibited Party serving as a director, officer or, to the best of its knowledge, employee; or
|
|
(v) |
is not domiciled or incorporated in any of the restricted countries.
|
(b) |
The Guarantor is in compliance with all Sanctions.
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11 |
UNDERTAKINGS
|
11.1 |
General
|
11.2 |
Information provided to be accurate
|
11.3 |
Provision of financial information
|
(a) |
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 120 days after the end of its Financial Year, the consolidated audited annual financial statements of the Group for that Financial Year (commencing with the audited financial statements
for the Financial Year which ended on 31 December 2018);
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(b) |
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each 6-month period ending on 30 June and 31 December in its Financial Year the semi-annual consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Group, for that
6-month period (commencing with the financial statements for the period ending on 30 June 2018), duly certified as to their correctness by the chief financial officer of the Guarantor; and
|
(c) |
from time to time, and on demand such financial or other information relating to the Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Group and/or a Ship as may be requested by the Lender.
|
11.4 |
Form of Financial Statements
|
(a) |
be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
|
(b) |
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Guarantor at the date of those accounts and of its profit for the period to which those accounts relate; and
|
(c) |
fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the Guarantor.
|
11.5 |
Shareholder notices
|
11.6 |
Consents
|
(a) |
for the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guarantee; and
|
(b) |
for the validity or enforceability of this Guarantee,
|
11.7 |
Notification of litigation
|
11.8 |
Notification of default
|
(a) |
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or
|
(b) |
any matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default may have occurred,
|
11.9 |
Maintenance of status
|
11.10 |
Negative pledge
|
|
11.11 |
Negative undertaking
|
(a) |
change the nature of its business; or
|
(b) |
enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger (other than with its affiliates) or any form of reconstruction or reorganisation; and
|
(c) |
cause its shares (or any part thereof) to cease to be quoted on NASDAQ in New York or any other internationally recognised stock exchange acceptable to the Lender.
|
11.12 |
Pari passu
|
11.13 |
Financial Covenants
|
(a) |
the aggregate of all Cash for the Group on a consolidated basis shall be equal to no less than $300,000 in respect of each Fleet Vessel;
|
(b) |
maintain a Market Value Adjusted Net Worth of not less than $15,000,000; and
|
(c) |
the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 75 per cent.
|
11.14 |
Principal place of business
|
11.15 |
Ownership
|
11.16 |
Compliance Check
|
(c) |
The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender, together with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to (a) and (b) of Clause 11.3 of this Guarantee, a Compliance Certificate.
|
(d) |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be duly signed by the chief financial officer of the Guarantor evidencing (inter alia) the Guarantor's compliance with the provisions of Clause 11.13 and providing confirmation that no Event of Default
has occurred.
|
11.17 |
Compliance with laws
|
11.18 |
“Know your customer” checks
|
(a) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Guarantee;
|
(b) |
any change in the status of the Guarantor after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(c) |
a proposed assignment or transfer by the Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Guarantee to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
|
12 |
JUDGEMENTS AND CURRENCY INDEMNITY
|
12.1 |
Judgments relating to Loan Agreement and Finance Documents
|
12.2 |
Currency indemnity
|
13 |
SET-OFF
|
13.1 |
Application of credit balances
|
(a) |
apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of the Guarantor at any office in any country of the Lender in or towards satisfaction of any sum then due from the Guarantor
to the Lender under this Guarantee or any other Finance Document; and
|
(b) |
for that purpose:
|
|
(i) |
break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of the Guarantor;
|
|
(ii) |
convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and
|
|
(iii) |
enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Lender concerned considers appropriate.
|
13.2 |
Existing rights unaffected
|
14 |
SUPPLEMENTAL
|
14.1 |
Continuing guarantee
|
14.2 |
Rights cumulative, non-exclusive
|
14.3 |
No impairment of rights under Guarantee
|
14.4 |
Severability of provisions
|
14.5 |
Guarantee not affected by other security
|
14.6 |
Guarantor bound by Loan Agreement
|
14.7 |
Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other Security Interests
|
14.8 |
Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other rights
|
14.9 |
Third party rights
|
15 |
ASSIGNMENT
|
15.1 |
Assignment by Lender
|
16 |
BAIL-IN
|
16.1 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
(a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
|
(i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
|
(ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
|
(iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
|
(iv) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability; and
|
(b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
17 |
NOTICES
|
17.1 |
Notices to Guarantor
|
17.2 |
Application of certain provisions of Loan Agreement
|
17.3 |
Validity of demands
|
(a) |
on the date on which the amount to which it relates is payable by the Borrowers under the Loan Agreement;
|
(b) |
at the same time as the service of a notice under clause 18.2 (events of default) of the Loan Agreement
|
17.4 |
Notices to Lender
|
18 |
INVALIDITY OF LOAN AGREEMENT
|
18.1 |
Invalidity of Loan Agreement
|
(a) |
the Loan Agreement now being or later becoming, with immediate or retrospective effect, void, illegal, unenforceable or otherwise invalid for any other reason whatsoever, whether of a similar kind or not; or
|
(b) |
without limiting the scope of paragraph (a), a bankruptcy of any Borrowers, the introduction of any law or any other matter resulting in the Borrowers being discharged from liability under the Loan Agreement, or the Loan Agreement
ceasing to operate (for example, by interest ceasing to accrue),
|
18.2 |
Invalidity of Finance Documents
|
19 |
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
|
19.1 |
English law
|
19.2 |
Exclusive English jurisdiction
|
19.3 |
Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of the Lender
|
(a) |
to commence proceedings in relation to any Dispute in the courts of any country other than England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that Dispute; and
|
(b) |
to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without commencing proceedings in England.
|
19.4 |
Process agent
|
19.5 |
Lender's rights unaffected
|
19.6 |
Meaning of “proceedings” and “Dispute”
|
(a) |
the ratio set out in Clause 11.13 is at [●] per cent.;
|
(b) |
the aggregate of all Cash is [●]. Such amount [does][not] equal less than $300,000 in respect of each Fleet Vessel;
|
(c) |
the Market Value Adjusted Net Worth is $[●]; and
|
(d) |
the Leverage Ratio is [●] per cent.
|
Chief Financial Officer
for and on behalf of Eurodry Ltd. |
Director
for and on behalf of Pantelis Shipping Corp. |
|
Director
for and on behalf of [●] |
GUARANTOR
|
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SIGNED and DELIVERED
|
)
|
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as a Deed by
|
)
|
|
Stephania Karmiri
|
)
|
/s/ Stephania Karmiri
|
being an attorney-in-fact
|
)
|
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for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
EURODRY LTD.
|
)
|
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
/s/ Emmanouil Pontikis
EMMANOUIL PONTIKIS Attorney-At-Law Watson Farley & Williams 348 Syngrou Avenue 176 74 Kallithea Athens - Greece |
LENDER
|
||
SIGNED and DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
as a Deed by
|
)
|
|
)
|
||
being an attorney-in-fact
|
)
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
/s/ M. Maniatakou /s/ Amalia Kafka
|
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.
|
)
|
M. Maniatakou Amalia Kafka
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
/s/ Emmanouil Pontikis
EMMANOUIL PONTIKIS
Attorney-At-Law
Watson Farley & Williams
348 Syngrou Avenue
176 74 Kallithea
Athens - Greece
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Clause
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Page
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1
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Definitions and Interpretation
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1
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2
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Covenant to Pay and Perform
|
2
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3
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Mortgage
|
2
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4
|
Undertakings
|
3
|
5
|
Protection of Security
|
4
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6
|
Enforceability and Mortgagee's Powers
|
5
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7
|
Protection of Third Parties
|
7
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8
|
Application of Moneys
|
7
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9
|
Further Assurance
|
7
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10
|
Power of Attorney
|
7
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11
|
Incorporation of Facility Agreement Provisions
|
8
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12
|
Total Amount
|
9
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13
|
Supplemental
|
9
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14
|
Changes to the Parties
|
9
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15
|
Governing Law
|
9
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16
|
Enforcement
|
10
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(1) |
KAMSARMAX TWO SHIPPING LTD, a corporation incorporated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands, whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro,
Marshall Islands, MH 96960 (the "Owner")
|
(2) |
HSCB BANK plc, acting through its office at 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom (the "Mortgagee")
|
(A) |
The Owner is the sole owner of the whole of the vessel "EKATERINI" registered under the laws and flag of the Republic of The Marshall Islands with Official Number 7847.
|
(B) |
By the Facility Agreement the Mortgagee agreed to make available to the Owner a dollar facility in one advance in an amount not exceeding $18,400,000. The form of the Facility Agreement without attachments is annexed to this Mortgage
marked "A" and shall be read together with this Mortgage.
|
(C) |
It is a condition precedent to the availability of the Facility under the Facility Agreement that the Owner executes, delivers and records this Mortgage in favour of the Mortgagee as security for the Secured Liabilities.
|
(D) |
This Mortgage is the Mortgage referred to in the Facility Agreement.
|
(E) |
The Owner has authorised the execution and delivery of this Mortgage under and pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Marshall Islands Revised Code as amended.
|
1 |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
|
1.1 |
Definitions
|
1.2 |
Defined expressions
|
1.3 |
Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement
|
1.4 |
Inconsistency between Facility Agreement provisions and this Mortgage
|
1.5 |
Third party rights
|
2 |
COVENANT TO PAY AND PERFORM
|
2.1 |
Covenant to pay
|
2.2 |
Covenant to perform
|
3 |
MORTGAGE
|
3.1 |
Mortgage
|
3.2 |
Extent of property mortgaged
|
3.3 |
Void provisions
|
3.4 |
Continuing and additional security
|
(a) |
This Mortgage shall remain in force until the end of the Security Period as a continuing security and, in particular:
|
|
(i) |
the Security created by Clause 3.1 (Mortgage) will extend to the ultimate balance of all sums payable by the Owner under the Finance Documents to which it is a party, regardless of any
intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part;
|
|
(ii) |
the Security created by Clause 3.1 (Mortgage), and the rights of the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, are only capable of being extinguished, limited or otherwise adversely affected by an
express and specific term in a document signed by or on behalf of the Mortgagee;
|
|
(iii) |
no failure or delay by or on behalf of the Mortgagee to enforce or exercise a Security created by Clause 3.1 (Mortgage) or a right of the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and no act, course of
conduct, acquiescence or failure to act (or to prevent the Owner from taking certain action) which is inconsistent with such a Security or such a right shall preclude or estop the Mortgagee (either permanently or temporarily) from
enforcing or exercising it.
|
(b) |
This Mortgage is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by, and shall not prejudice any guarantee or other Security or any other right of recourse now or subsequently held by the Mortgagee or any right of set-off or netting or
rights to combine accounts in connection with the Finance Documents.
|
4 |
UNDERTAKINGS
|
4.1 |
General
|
4.2 |
Insurance and Ship undertakings
|
4.3 |
Perfection of Mortgage
|
(a) |
comply with and satisfy all the requirements and formalities established by Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Marshall Islands Revised Code as amended and any other pertinent legislation of the Republic of The Marshall Islands to perfect
this Mortgage as a legal, valid and enforceable first preferred mortgage and maritime lien upon the Ship; and
|
(b) |
promptly provide the Mortgagee from time to time with evidence in such form as the Mortgagee requires that the Owner is complying with paragraph (a) of this Clause 4.3 (Perfection of Mortgage).
|
4.4 |
Notice of Mortgage
|
(a) |
carry on board the Ship with its papers a certified copy of this Mortgage and cause that certified copy of this Mortgage to be exhibited to any person having business with the Ship
|
(b) |
place and maintain in a conspicuous place in the navigation room and the Master's cabin of the Ship a framed printed notice in plain type in English of such size that the paragraph of reading matter shall cover a space not less than 6
inches wide and 9 inches high reading as follows:
|
4.5 |
Negative pledge
|
(a) |
The Owner shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Ship other than a Permitted Security.
|
(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Security.
|
(c) |
This Clause 4.5 (Negative pledge) is in addition to, and shall not be limited by, any provision of the Facility Agreement.
|
4.6 |
Disposals
|
4.7 |
Protection of Mortgagee interests
|
5 |
PROTECTION OF SECURITY
|
5.1 |
Mortgagee's right to protect or maintain security
|
5.2 |
No obligations imposed on Mortgagee
|
5.3 |
Mortgagee's right to insure, repair etc.
|
(a) |
effect, replace and renew any Insurances;
|
(b) |
arrange for the carrying out of such surveys and/or repairs of the Ship as it deems expedient or necessary; and
|
(c) |
discharge any liabilities charged on the Ship, or otherwise relating to or affecting it, and/or take any measures which the Mortgagee may think expedient or necessary for the purpose of preventing its arrest and securing its release.
|
5.4 |
Release of Security
|
6 |
ENFORCEABILITY AND MORTGAGEE'S POWERS
|
6.1 |
Right to enforce security
|
(a) |
the Security constituted by this Mortgage shall immediately become enforceable for all purposes;
|
(b) |
the Mortgagee shall be entitled then or at any later time or times to exercise the powers set out in Clause 6.2 (Right to take possession, sell etc.) and in any other Finance Document;
|
(c) |
the Mortgagee shall be entitled then or at any later time or times to exercise the powers possessed by it as mortgagee of the Ship conferred by the law of any country or territory the courts of which have or claim any jurisdiction in
respect of the Owner or the Ship; and
|
(d) |
the Mortgagee shall be entitled to exercise all the rights and remedies in foreclosure and otherwise given to mortgagees by applicable law including the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Marshall Islands Revised Code as
amended.
|
6.2 |
Right to take possession, sell etc.
|
(a) |
to take possession of the Ship whether actually or constructively and/or otherwise to take control of the Ship wherever the Ship may be and cause the Owner or any other person in possession of
the Ship forthwith upon demand to surrender the Ship to the Mortgagee without legal process and without the Mortgagee being liable for any losses caused by such actions or to account to the Owner in connection with the same;
|
(b) |
to sell the Ship with or without prior notice to the Owner, and with or without the benefit of any Charter, by public auction or private contract at any time, at any place and upon any terms (including, without limitation, on terms
that all or any part or parts of the purchase price be satisfied by shares, loan stock or other securities and/or be left outstanding as a debt, whether secured or unsecured and whether carrying interest or not) which the Mortgagee may
think fit, with power for the Mortgagee to purchase the Ship at any such public auction and to set off the purchase price against all or any part of the Secured Liabilities;
|
(c) |
to manage, insure, maintain and repair the Ship and to charter, employ, lay up or in any other manner whatsoever deal with the Ship, upon any terms and for any period which the Mortgagee may think fit, in all respects as if the
Mortgagee were the owner of the Ship and without the Mortgagee being responsible for any loss incurred as a result of or in connection with any such action;
|
(d) |
to collect, recover and give good discharge for any moneys or claims arising in relation to the Ship and to permit any brokers through whom collection or recovery is effected to charge the usual brokerage for the same;
|
(e) |
to take over or commence or defend (if necessary using the name of the Owner) any claims or proceedings relating to, or affecting, the Ship which the Mortgagee may think fit and to abandon, release or settle in any way any such claims
or proceedings; and
|
(f) |
generally, to enter into any transaction or arrangement of any kind and to do anything in relation to the Ship which the Mortgagee may think fit.
|
6.3 |
No liability of Mortgagee
|
(a) |
The Mortgagee shall not be obliged to:
|
|
(i) |
check the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or him under this Mortgage; or
|
|
(ii) |
preserve, exercise or enforce any right forming part of, or relating to, the Ship.
|
(b) |
In addition to, and without limiting, any exclusion or limitation of liability of the Mortgagee under any Finance Document, the Mortgagee shall have no liability:
|
|
(i) |
for any loss caused by an exercise of, or failure to exercise, rights under or enforcement of, or failure to enforce any Security created by this Mortgage;
|
|
(ii) |
as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, to account for any income or principal amount which might have been produced or realised from the Ship; or
|
|
(iii) |
as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any reduction in the value of the Ship.
|
6.4 |
No requirement to commence proceedings
|
6.5 |
Prior Security
|
(a) |
At any time after the Security created by this Mortgage has become enforceable, the Mortgagee may:
|
|
(i) |
redeem any prior Security over all or any part of the Ship;
|
|
(ii) |
procure the transfer of that Security to itself; and/or
|
|
(iii) |
settle the accounts of any prior mortgagee, chargee or encumbrancer and any accounts so settled will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Owner.
|
(b) |
The Owner shall pay to the Mortgagee immediately upon demand the costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee in connection with any such redemption, settlement and/or transfer including the payment of any principal or interest.
|
7 |
PROTECTION OF THIRD PARTIES
|
(a) |
whether the rights conferred by or pursuant to any Finance Document are exercisable or have been properly exercised;
|
(b) |
whether any Secured Liabilities remain owing;
|
(c) |
whether any laws, directions, restrictions, consents and/or, regulations affecting the rights of the Mortgagee have been obtained or complied with; or
|
(d) |
as to the application of any monies received by the Mortgagee.
|
8 |
APPLICATION OF MONEYS
|
(a) |
in respect of a sale of the Ship;
|
(b) |
in respect of net profits arising out of the employment of the Ship pursuant to paragraph (c) of Clause 6.2 (Right to take possession, sell etc.); or
|
(c) |
in respect of any other transaction or arrangement under Clause 6.1 (Right to enforce security) or Clause 6.2 (Right to take possession, sell etc.),
|
|
(i) |
first, to pay or discharge any expenses or liabilities (including any interest) which have been paid or incurred by the Mortgagee or any Delegate in or in connection with the exercise of its
powers under this Mortgage; and
|
|
(ii) |
second, for application in accordance with clause 28.2 (application of receipts; partial payments) of the Facility Agreement.
|
9 |
FURTHER ASSURANCE
|
10 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
|
10.1 |
Appointment
|
(a) |
to do all acts and execute or sign all documents which the Owner itself can do and execute in relation to the Ship including, without limitation, all acts and documents necessary to sell the Ship by such means and on such terms as the
Mortgagee may determine;
|
(b) |
to do all acts and things and execute or sign all documents which the Owner is obliged to do, execute or sign under this Mortgage and which it has failed so to do, execute or sign immediately upon the Mortgagee's first written demand
|
10.2 |
General power of attorney
|
10.3 |
Ratification of actions of attorney
|
10.4 |
Conclusiveness of exercise
|
10.5 |
Delegation
|
10.6 |
Liability
|
10.7 |
Duration
|
11 |
INCORPORATION OF FACILITY AGREEMENT PROVISIONS
|
11.1 |
Incorporation of specific provisions
|
11.2 |
Incorporation of general provisions
|
12 |
TOTAL AMOUNT
|
13 |
SUPPLEMENTAL
|
13.1 |
No restriction on other rights
|
(a) |
any other Finance Document; or
|
(b) |
the law of any country or territory the courts of which have or claim any jurisdiction in respect of the Owner or the Ship.
|
13.2 |
Exercise of other rights
|
13.3 |
Settlement or discharge conditional
|
14 |
CHANGES TO THE PARTIES
|
14.1 |
Owner
|
14.2 |
Mortgagee
|
15 |
GOVERNING LAW
|
16 |
ENFORCEMENT
|
16.1 |
Jurisdiction
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(a) |
to commence proceedings in relation to any matter which arises out of or in connection with this Mortgage in the courts of any country which have or claim jurisdiction to that matter; and
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(b) |
to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in the Marshall Islands or without commencing proceedings in the Marshall Islands.
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16.2 |
Action against Ship
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16.3 |
Mortgagee's rights unaffected
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Clause
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Page
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Section 1 Interpretation
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2
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1
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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Section 2 The Facility
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23
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2
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The Facility
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23
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3
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Purpose
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23
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4
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Conditions of Utilisation
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23
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Section 3 Utilisation
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25
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5
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Utilisation
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25
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Section 4 Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation
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27
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6
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Repayment
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27
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7
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Prepayment and Cancellation
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27
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Section 5 Costs of Utilisation
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30
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8
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Interest
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30
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9
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Interest Periods
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31
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10
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Changes to the Calculation of Interest
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32
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11
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Fees
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33
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Section 6 Additional Payment Obligations
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34
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12
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Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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34
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13
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Increased Costs
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37
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14
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Other Indemnities
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39
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15
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Mitigation by the Lender
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41
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16
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Costs and Expenses
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42
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Section 7 Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default
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43
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17
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Representations
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43
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18
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Information Undertakings
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48
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19
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General Undertakings
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50
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20
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Insurance Undertakings
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56
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21
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General Ship Undertakings
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61
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22
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Security Cover
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67
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23
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Accounts and application of Earnings
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68
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24
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Events of Default
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69
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Section 8 The Lender, the Borrower and the Reference Banks
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74
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25
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Changes to the Lender
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74
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26
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Changes to the Transaction Obligors
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75
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27
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The Reference Banks
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75
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Section 9 Administration
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76
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28
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Payment Mechanics
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76
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29
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Set-Off
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77
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30
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Conduct of business by the Lender
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77
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31
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Bail-In
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78
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32
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Notices
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78
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33
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Calculations and Certificates
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80
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34
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Partial Invalidity
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80
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35
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Remedies and Waivers
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80
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36
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Settlement or Discharge Conditional
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81
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37
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Irrevocable Payment
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81
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38
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Amendments
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81
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39
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Confidential Information
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81
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40
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Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations
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84
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41
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Counterparts
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85
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Section 10 Governing Law and Enforcement
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86
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42
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Governing Law
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86
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43
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Enforcement
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86
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Schedule 1 The Parties
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87
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Part A The Borrower
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87
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Part B The Original Lender
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88
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Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent
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89
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Part A Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation Request
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89
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Part B Conditions Precedent to Utilisation
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92
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Part C Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO
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94
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Schedule 3 Requests
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96
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Part A Utilisation Request
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96
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Part B Selection Notice
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98
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Schedule 4 Timetables
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99
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Execution Page
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100
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(1) |
KAMSARMAX TWO SHIPPING LTD, a corporation incorporated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands, whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro,
Marshall Islands, MH 96960 as borrower (the "Borrower")
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(2) |
HSBC BANK plc, as lender (the "Original Lender")
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1 |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
Definitions
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(a) |
in respect of Clauses 14.2(d) (Other indemnities), 17.30 (Sanctions), 19.23 (Sanctions), 21.10 (Compliance with laws etc.), 21.12 (Sanctions and Ship trading), means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or
is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified; and
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(b) |
in any other case, 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.
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(a) |
the amount of the outstanding Loan; and
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(b) |
in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of the Loan that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
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(a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the
relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
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(b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation.
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(a) |
the interest which the Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in relation to the Loan, the relevant part of the
Loan or that Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
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(b) |
the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business
Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
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(a) |
information that:
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(i) |
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 39 (Confidential Information);
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(ii) |
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Transaction Obligor or any of its advisers; or
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(iii) |
is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it by any Transaction Obligor or any of its advisers or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that date, from a source which is, as far as the Lender is aware,
unconnected with any Transaction Obligor and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; or
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(iv) |
is reported by any Transaction Obligor to the US SEC in compliance with the relevant reporting obligations of the Corporate Guarantor; and
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(b) |
any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation.
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(a) |
for the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Substitute Date, Euroseas; and
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(b) |
from the date of the Substitute Date and at all times thereafter, Eurodry.
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(a) |
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor; or
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(b) |
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor preventing that, or any other,
Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor:
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(i) |
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party; or
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(ii) |
from communicating with other Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
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(a) |
the following, save to the extent that any of them is, with the prior written consent of the Lender, pooled or shared with any other person:
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(i) |
all freight, hire and passage moneys including, without limitation, all moneys payable under, arising out of or in connection with a Charter or a Charter Guarantee;
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(ii) |
the proceeds of the exercise of any lien on sub-freights;
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(iii) |
compensation payable to the Borrower or the Lender in the event of requisition of the Ship for hire or use;
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(iv) |
remuneration for salvage and towage services;
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(v) |
demurrage and detention moneys;
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(vi) |
without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (i) above, damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Ship;
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(vii) |
all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in relation to loss of hire;
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(viii) |
all monies which are at any time payable to the Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and
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(b) |
if and whenever the Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) of paragraph (a) above 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 Ship.
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(a) |
an account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank designated "Earnings Account";
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(b) |
any other account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank which may, with the prior written consent of the Lender, be opened in the place of the account referred to in paragraph (a) above, irrespective of the number or
designation of such replacement account; or
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(c) |
any sub-account of any account referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
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(a) |
any release, emission, spill or discharge of Environmentally Sensitive Material whether within the Ship or from the Ship into any other vessel or into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water; or
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(b) |
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Ship and which
involves a collision between the Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or
injuncted and/or the Ship and/or any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or
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(c) |
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Ship and in
connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or
administrative action.
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(a) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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(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
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(c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction.
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(a) |
this Agreement;
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(b) |
the Utilisation Request;
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(c) |
any Security Document;
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(d) |
any other document which is executed for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination arrangement in relation to the Secured Liabilities; or
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(e) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
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(a) |
moneys borrowed;
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(b) |
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
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(c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
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(d) |
the amount of any liability in relation to any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability;
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(e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
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(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;
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(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);
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(h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in relation to a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and
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(i) |
the amount of any liability in relation to any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.
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(a) |
all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in relation to the Ship, the Earnings (if applicable) or otherwise in relation to the Ship
whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and
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(b) |
all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of such policies, contracts or entries, including any rights to a return of premium and any rights in relation to any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of
insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Agreement.
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(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; and
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(b) |
the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan,
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(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;
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(b) |
the time barring of claims under the Limitation Acts, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty may be void and defences of set-off or counterclaim;
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(c) |
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and
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(a) |
the Original Lender; and
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(b) |
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become the Lender in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Lender),
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(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; or
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(b) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate), and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.
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(a) |
the market value of the Ship or vessel shown by the average of two dollar valuations (and in the case of the Initial Market Value determination shown by one valuation) each prepared:
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(i) |
as at a date not more than 20 days previously;
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(ii) |
by an Approved Valuer;
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(iii) |
with or without physical inspection of the Ship or vessel (as the Lender may require); and
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(iv) |
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 Charter or Security in respect of the Ship.
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(a) |
an account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank designated "Minimum Liquidity Account";
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(b) |
any other account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank which may, with the prior written consent of the Parties, be opened in the place of the account referred to in paragraph (a) above, irrespective of the number or
designation of such replacement account; or
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(c) |
any sub-account of any account referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
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(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;
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(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
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(c) |
if an Interest 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 Interest Period is to end.
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(a) |
a Qualifying Charter; or
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(b) |
any other Charter:
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(i) |
which is a time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter;
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(ii) |
the duration of which does not exceed and is not capable of exceeding, by virtue of any optional extensions, 12 months plus a redelivery allowance of not more than 30 days;
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(iii) |
which is entered into on bona fide arm's length terms at the time at which the Ship is fixed; and
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(iv) |
in relation to which not more than two months' hire is payable in advance,
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(a) |
Security created by the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Transaction Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;
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(c) |
liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced through arrest;
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(d) |
liens for salvage;
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(e) |
liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced through arrest; and
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(f) |
any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Ship:
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(i) |
not as a result of any default or omission by the Borrower;
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(ii) |
not being enforced through arrest; and
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(iii) |
subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 21.16 (Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.),
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(a) |
the target of Sanctions; or
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(b) |
located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the target of Sanctions (currently, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
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(a) |
if:
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(i) |
the Reference Bank is a contributor to the Screen Rate; and
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(ii) |
it consists of a single figure,
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as the rate (applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator; or
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(b) |
in any other case, as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could fund itself in dollars for the relevant period with reference to the unsecured wholesale funding market.
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(a) |
Its Original Jurisdiction;
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(b) |
any jurisdiction where any asset (other than the Ship) subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Transaction Security created, or intended to be created, by it is situated and in case of the Ship the flag of the Ship;
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(c) |
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and
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(d) |
the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it.
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(a) |
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (excluding a requisition for hire or use which does not involve a requisition for title) or acquisition of the Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper
value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected (whether de jure or de facto) by any government or official authority or
by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority; and
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(b) |
any capture or seizure of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft) by any person whatsoever.
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(a) |
the United States of America;
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(b) |
the United Nations;
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(c) |
the European Union;
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(d) |
the United Kingdom;
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(e) |
Hong Kong; or
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(f) |
the respective Governmental Authorities of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, OFAC, the US Department of State and Her Majesty's Treasury.
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(a) |
any Corporate Guarantee;
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(b) |
the Shares Security;
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(c) |
the Mortgage;
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(d) |
the General Assignment;
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(e) |
the Account Security;
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(f) |
the Charterparty Assignment;
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(g) |
any Manager's Undertaking;
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(h) |
any other document (whether or not it creates Security) which is executed as security for the Secured Liabilities; or
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(i) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
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(a) |
the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Lender and all proceeds of that Transaction Security; and
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(b) |
all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Transaction Obligor to pay amounts in relation to the Secured Liabilities to the Lender and secured by the Transaction Security together with all representations and warranties expressed
to be given by a Transaction Obligor or any other person in favour of the Lender.
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(a) |
for the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Substitute Date, Euroseas; and
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(b) |
from date of the Substitute Date and at all times thereafter, Eurodry.
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(a) |
a document creating Security over the share capital in the Borrower, to be executed by Eurodry pursuant to the terms of Clause 4.5(a) (Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO) as of
the date of the Substitute Date;
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(b) |
if the Substitute Date does not occur pursuant to the terms of Clause 4.5(a) (Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO), a document creating Security over the share capital in the
Borrower, to be executed by Euroseas pursuant to the terms and conditions of clause 11.14 (Shares security) of Corporate Guarantee A,
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(a) |
actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship; or
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(b) |
any Requisition of the Ship unless the Ship is returned to the full control of the Borrower within 30 days of such Requisition.
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(a) |
in the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard of;
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(b) |
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship, the earlier of:
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(i) |
the date on which a notice of abandonment is given (or deemed or agreed to be given) to the insurers; and
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(ii) |
the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower with the Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total loss; and
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(c) |
in the case of any other type of Total Loss, the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Lender that the event constituting the total loss occurred.
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(a) |
a Finance Document;
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(b) |
any Charter (including, without limitation, the Qualifying Charter); or
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(c) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
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(a) |
the proposed transfer date specified in the Assignment Agreement; and
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(b) |
the date on which the parties to the Assignment Agreement have all executed, and agreed to be bound by, the Assignment Agreement.
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(a) |
a person which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
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(b) |
a person some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents to which it is a party are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
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(a) |
any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
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(b) |
any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.
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(a) |
in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In
Legislation Schedule; and
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(b) |
in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
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(i) |
any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution,
to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person
or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation
that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
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(ii) |
any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
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1.2 |
Construction
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(a) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to:
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(i) |
the "Account Bank", the "Lender", any "Obligor", any "Party", any "Transaction Obligor" or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title and permitted assigns;
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(ii) |
"assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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(iii) |
a liability which is "contingent" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained;
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(iv) |
"document" includes a deed and also a letter, fax, email or telex;
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(v) |
"expense" means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable
Tax including VAT (if applicable);
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(vi) |
a "Finance Document", a "Security Document" or "Transaction Document" or any other agreement or instrument is
a reference to that Finance Document, Security Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
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(vii) |
"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;
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(viii) |
"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;
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(ix) |
"proceedings" means, in relation to any enforcement provision of a Finance Document, proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure;
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(x) |
a "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);
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(xi) |
a "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;
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(xii) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
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(xiii) |
a time of day is a reference to London time;
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(xiv) |
any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect of a jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include that
which most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;
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(xv) |
words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and
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(xvi) |
"including" and "in particular" (and other similar expressions) shall be construed as not limiting any general words or expressions in connection with
which they are used.
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(b) |
The determination of the extent to which a rate is "for a period equal in length" to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being
determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) |
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and are not to be used for the purposes of construction or interpretation of the Finance Documents.
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(d) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under, or in connection with, any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
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(e) |
A Potential Event of Default and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived.
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1.3 |
Construction of insurance terms
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1.4 |
Agreed forms of Finance Documents
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(a) |
in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by the Borrower and the Lender); or
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(b) |
in any other form agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Lender.
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1.5 |
Third party rights
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(a) |
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to
enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
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(b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below but otherwise notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.
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(c) |
An amendment or waiver which adversely affects the rights or obligations of a Reference Bank may not be effected without the consent of that Reference Bank.
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(d) |
Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate or any other person described in paragraph (f) of Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities), Clause 27.1 (Role of Reference Banks)
or Clause 27.2 (Third Party Reference Banks) may, subject to this Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the Third Parties Act, rely on any Clause
of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it.
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2 |
THE FACILITY
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2.1 |
The Facility
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3 |
PURPOSE
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3.1 |
Purpose
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3.2 |
Monitoring
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4 |
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
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4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
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4.2 |
Further conditions precedent
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(a) |
on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date and before the Loan is made available:
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(i) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan;
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(ii) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Transaction Obligor are true; and
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(iii) |
no event or series of events has occurred which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(b) |
the Lender has received on or before the Utilisation Date, or is satisfied it will receive when the Loan is made available, all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part B of Schedule 2 (Conditions
Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
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4.3 |
Notification of satisfaction of conditions precedent
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4.4 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
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4.5 |
Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO
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(a) |
If the planned Spin-Off and the Qualified IPO materialize, the Borrower undertakes to deliver to the Lender within 5 days (or such later date as the Lender, in its absolute discretion, may agree) all of the documents and other evidence
listed in Part C of Schedule 2 (Conditions Subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
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(b) |
As of the Substitute Date, all definitions of, and all references to, "Corporate Guarantor" and "Shareholder" in this Agreement shall be read and construed as referring to Eurodry.
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(c) |
As of the Substitute Date, the Lender shall deliver a duly executed original of a deed of release (and of each document to be delivered under or pursuant to it) releasing Corporate Guarantor A from its obligations under the Corporate
Guarantee A in agreed form.
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(d) |
If the Qualified IPO and the Spin-Off are not completed by 30 July 2018, the Borrower undertakes to deliver to the Lender all of the documents and other evidence listed in paragraphs 1.1-1.4, 3, 4, Schedule 25.3Schedule 25.5 of Part C
of Schedule 2 (Conditions Subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO) (together with any additional documents and evidence that may be required by the Lender) in respect of Euroseas in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender.
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5 |
UTILISATION
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5.1 |
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
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(a) |
The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
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(b) |
The Borrower may not deliver more than one Utilisation Request.
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5.2 |
Completion of a Utilisation Request
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(a) |
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
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(b) |
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
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(c) |
the propOsed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
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5.3 |
Currency and amount
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(a) |
The currency specified in the Utilisation Request must be dollars.
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(b) |
The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more than the lesser of (i) $18,400,000, (ii) 70 per cent. of the Initial Market Value and (iii) 70 per cent. of the Contract Cost.
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5.4 |
Loan
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5.5 |
Cancellation of Commitment
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5.6 |
Retentions and payment to third parties
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5.7 |
Disbursement of Loan to third party
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5.8 |
Prepositioning of funds
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(a) |
agrees to pay interest on the amount of the funds so prepositioned at the rate described in Clause 8.1 (Calculation of interest) on the basis of successive interest periods of one day and so
that interest shall be paid together with the first payment of interest on the Loan after the Utilisation Date or, if such Utilisation Date does not occur, within three Business Days of demand by the Lender; and
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(b) |
shall, without duplication, indemnify the Lender against any additional costs, loss or liability it may incur in connection with such arrangement.
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6 |
REPAYMENT
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6.1 |
Repayment of Loan
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(a) |
twenty (20) consecutive quarterly instalments, the first eight (8) of which shall be in an amount of $400,000 each and the subsequent twelve (12) of which shall be in an amount of $325,000 each (each, a "Repayment Instalment" and together, the "Repayment Instalments"); and
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(b) |
a balloon instalment in the amount of $11,300,000 (the "Balloon Instalment") payable together with the twentieth (20th) Repayment Instalment.
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6.2 |
Reduction of Repayment Instalments
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6.3 |
Termination Date
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6.4 |
Reborrowing
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7 |
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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7.1 |
Illegality
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(a) |
the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing upon becoming aware of that event and the Available Facility will be immediately cancelled; and
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(b) |
the Borrower shall prepay the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Lender has notified the Borrower in writing or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the
Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and the Commitment shall be cancelled.
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7.2 |
Voluntary and automatic cancellation
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(a) |
The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than five (5) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount equal to a multiple of $325,000) of the
Loan. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.2 (Voluntary and automatic cancellation) shall reduce the amount of the Loan the unutilised pro rata.
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(b) |
The unutilised Commitment (if any) shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the Utilisation Date.
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7.3 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loan
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(a) |
The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than five (5) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan on the last day of an Interest Period (but, if in
part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by minimum amount equal to a multiple of $325,000).
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(b) |
Any partial prepayment under this Clause 7.3 (Voluntary prepayment of Loan) shall reduce pro rata the amount of each Repayment Instalment and the
Balloon Instalment falling after that prepayment by the amount prepaid.
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7.4 |
Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss
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(a) |
in the case of a sale of the Ship, on the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Ship to the buyer of the Ship; and
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(b) |
in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of (i) the date falling 120 days after the Total Loss Date and (ii) the date of receipt by the Lender of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss.
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7.5 |
Mandatory prepayment on change of control in Corporate Guarantor
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(a) |
If, without the prior written consent of the Lender (which will not be unreasonably withheld), there is a Change of Control, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lender upon becoming aware of that event and, if the Lender so
requires, the Lender shall, by no less than 10 days' notice to the Borrower, cancel the Facility and declare the Loan, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable,
whereupon the Facility shall be cancelled and the Loan and all such outstanding interest and amounts will become immediately due and payable Provided that in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) below,
the Borrower will first have the option to rectify the Security Cover Ratio within 15 Business Days.
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(b) |
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, "Change of Control" means:
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(i) |
the members of the Nominated Family cease to own directly or indirectly more than 10 per cent. of the shares (and the voting rights attaching to those shares) in the Corporate Guarantor; or
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(ii) |
the members of the Nominated Family own between 11 per cent. to 19 per cent. (inclusive) of the shares (and the voting rights attaching to those shares) in the Corporate Guarantor and the Security Cover Ratio is equal to or less than
143 per cent. of the Loan.
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7.6 |
Mandatory prepayment on non-employment of Ship under Qualifying Charter
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7.7 |
Restrictions
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(a) |
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and Cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement,
shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
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(b) |
Any prepayment under this Agreement (either voluntary or mandatory) shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs (if made on a date which is not an Interest Payment Date), without
premium or penalty.
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(c) |
The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid.
|
(d) |
The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitment except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
|
(e) |
No amount of the Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
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8 |
INTEREST
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8.1 |
Calculation of interest
|
(a) |
the Margin; and
|
(b) |
LIBOR.
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8.2 |
Payment of interest
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (each an "Interest Payment Date").
|
(b) |
If an Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, the Borrower shall also pay interest then accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling at three Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest
Period.
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8.3 |
Default interest
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(a) |
If a Transaction Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date or (ii) any other Event of Default has occurred, and is continuing, subject to written notice to the Borrower, interest shall
accrue, in case of sub-paragraph (i) above, on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) or, in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) above, on the Loan from the date of occurrence of such
Event of Default up to the date of actual remedy or waiver of such breach or Event of Default to the satisfaction of the Lender, at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would
have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment or during which the breach of Event of Default continues, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a
duration selected by the Lender. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the Borrower on demand by the Lender.
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(b) |
If an Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan:
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|
(i) |
the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan; and
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|
(ii) |
the rate of interest applying to that Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if that Unpaid Sum had not become due.
|
(c) |
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately due and payable.
|
8.4 |
Notification of rates of interest
|
9 |
INTEREST PERIODS
|
9.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
|
(a) |
The Borrower may select the Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request. Subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), the Borrower may select each
subsequent Interest Period in respect of the Loan in a Selection Notice.
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(b) |
Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrower not later than the Specified Time.
|
(c) |
If the Borrower fails to select an Interest Period in the Utilisation Request or fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will, subject to paragraph
(f)below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), be three (3) Months.
|
(d) |
Subject to this Clause 9 (Interest Periods), the Borrower may select an Interest Period of three (3), six (6) or twelve (12) Months or any other period
agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.
|
(e) |
An Interest Period in respect of the Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.
|
(f) |
In respect of a Repayment Instalment, the Borrower may request in the relevant Selection Notice that an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment shall end on the Repayment Date relating to it and,
subject to paragraph (d) above, select a longer Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan.
|
(g) |
The first Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
|
(h) |
Except for the purposes of paragraph (f) above and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), the Loan shall have one Interest Period only at any time.
|
9.2 |
Changes to Interest Periods
|
(a) |
In respect of a Repayment Instalment, prior to determining the interest rate for the Loan, the Lender may establish an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment to end on the Repayment Date relating to
it and the remaining part of the Loan shall have the Interest Period selected in the relevant Selection Notice, subject to paragraph (d) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods).
|
(b) |
If the Lender makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), it shall promptly notify the Borrower.
|
9.3 |
Non-Business Days
|
10 |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
10.1 |
Unavailability of Screen Rate
|
(a) |
Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a
period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan.
|
(b) |
Reference Bank Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for:
|
|
(i) |
dollars; or
|
|
(ii) |
the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,
|
(c) |
Cost of funds: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for dollars for the relevant Interest Period there shall be no LIBOR for the Loan or that part of the Loan
(as applicable) and Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan for that Interest Period.
|
10.2 |
Calculation of Reference Bank Rate
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the
quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
|
(b) |
If at or about noon on the Quotation Day none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest Period.
|
10.3 |
Market disruption
|
10.4 |
Cost of funds
|
(a) |
If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies, the rate of interest on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is
the sum of:
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|
(i) |
the Margin; and
|
|
(ii) |
the rate notified by the Lender to the Borrower as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the
Lender of funding the Loan or that part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select or, if such rate is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
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(b) |
If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a
view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for funding.
|
(c) |
Any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, be binding on all Parties.
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10.5 |
Break Costs
|
11 |
FEES
|
11.1 |
Commitment fee
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fee computed at the rate of 1.00 per cent. per annum on the Available Facility quarterly in arrears during the Availability Period.
|
(b) |
The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled, on the cancelled amount of the
Available Facility at the time the cancellation is effective.
|
11.2 |
Arrangement fee
|
12 |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
12.1 |
Definitions
|
(a) |
In this Agreement:
|
(b) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) reference to "determines" or "determined"
means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.
|
12.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that the Borrower must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly. Similarly, the Lender shall notify the
Borrower and the Borrower on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to the Lender.
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(c) |
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would
have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
|
(d) |
If the Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
|
(e) |
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender
that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
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12.3 |
Tax indemnity
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall (within five (5) Business Days of written demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for
or on account of Tax by the Lender in respect of a Finance Document.
|
(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
|
|
(i) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender:
|
|
(A) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
|
|
(B) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
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|
(ii) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
|
(A) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or
|
|
(B) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
|
(c) |
The Lender shall, if making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above, promptly notify the Borrower of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim.
|
12.4 |
Tax Credit
|
(a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was received; and
|
(b) |
the Lender has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,
|
12.5 |
Stamp taxes
|
12.6 |
VAT
|
(a) |
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to the Lender which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable
on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any such supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document and the Lender is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the relevant VAT (if
any), that Party must pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the charged VAT
|
(b) |
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify the Lender for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) the Lender for the full amount of such cost or expense, including
such part of it as represents VAT (if charged), save to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
|
(c) |
Any reference in this Clause 12.6 (VAT) to any Party shall, at any time when that Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where
appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council
Directive 2006/112/EC or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union) each if applicable so that a reference to a Party shall be construed as a reference to that Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity)
of which that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or representative or head) of that group or unity at the relevant time (as the case may be).
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(d) |
In relation to any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by the Lender, that Party must promptly provide the Lender with details of that Party's VAT registration (if applicable) and
such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with the Lender's VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
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12.7 |
FATCA Information
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
|
|
(i) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
|
|
(A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
|
(B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
|
|
(ii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
|
|
(iii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation or exchange of
information regime.
|
(b) |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) 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 Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
|
(c) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything and sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other 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 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 sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the
requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
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12.8 |
FATCA Deduction
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(a) |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall 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.
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(b) |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment.
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13 |
INCREASED COSTS
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13.1 |
Increased costs
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(a) |
Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions), the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of a written demand by the Lender, pay for the account of the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of:
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(i) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation; or
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(ii) |
compliance with any law or regulation made,
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(iii) |
the implementation, application of or compliance with Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV.
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(b) |
In this Agreement:
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(i) |
"Basel III" means:
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(A) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity
risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or
restated;
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(B) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
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(C) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III".
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(ii) |
"CRD IV" means:
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(A) |
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012;
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(B) |
Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive
2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC; and
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(C) |
any other law or regulation which implements Basel III.
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|
(iii) |
"Increased Costs" means:
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(A) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Lender's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
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(B) |
an additional or increased cost; or
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|
(C) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
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13.2 |
Increased cost claims
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13.3 |
Exceptions
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(a) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrower;
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(b) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
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(c) |
compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated
solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);
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(d) |
compensated for by any payment made pursuant to Clause 14.3 (Mandatory Cost); or
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(e) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
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14 |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
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14.1 |
Currency indemnity
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(a) |
If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be
converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second
Currency") for the purpose of:
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|
(i) |
making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower; or
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|
(ii) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
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(b) |
The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
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14.2 |
Other indemnities
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall within five (5) days of a written demand, indemnify the Lender and any Receiver and Delegate against:
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|
(i) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of:
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|
(A) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default;
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|
(B) |
a failure by a Transaction Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document to which it is a party on its due date;
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|
(C) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund the Loan, requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or
negligence by the Lender alone); or
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|
(D) |
the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower; and
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|
(ii) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender (otherwise than by reason of the Lender's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 28.6 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Lender's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, each Affiliate of the Lender and any Receiver and Delegate and each officer or employee of the Lender or its Affiliate or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) (each such person
for the purposes of this Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities) an "Indemnified Person"), against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified
Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Security constituted by the Finance Documents or which relates to the condition or operation of, or any incident occurring in relation to, the Ship unless such cost, loss or
liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.
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(c) |
No Party other than the Lender or the Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Lender or the Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) in respect of any claim it might have
against the Lender or the Receiver or Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document or any Security Property.
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(d) |
Without limiting, but subject to any limitations set out in paragraph (b) above, the indemnity in paragraph (b) above shall cover any cost, loss or liability incurred by each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction:
|
|
(i) |
arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or
|
|
(ii) |
in connection with any Environmental Claim.
|
(e) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them:
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|
(i) |
in relation to or as a result of:
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|
(A) |
any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses);
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|
(B) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
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|
(C) |
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Security;
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|
(D) |
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;
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|
(E) |
any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
|
|
(F) |
any action by any Transaction Obligor which vitiates, reduces the value of, or is otherwise prejudicial to, the Transaction Security; and
|
|
(G) |
instructing lawyers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing;
|
|
(ii) |
which otherwise relates to any of the Security Property or the performance of the terms of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the Lender's or Receiver's or Delegate's gross
negligence or wilful misconduct).
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(f) |
Any Affiliate or Receiver or Delegate or any officer or employee of the Lender, or of any of its Affiliates or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) may rely on this Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities)
and the provisions of the Third Parties Act, subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
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14.3 |
Mandatory Cost
|
(a) |
if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State, the minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the European
Central Bank (or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its functions) in respect of loans made from that Facility Office; and
|
(b) |
if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom, any reserve asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the Bank of England (or any other
governmental authority or agency) and/or paying any fees to the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (or any other governmental authority or agency which replaces all or any of their functions),
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15 |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDER
|
15.1 |
Mitigation
|
(a) |
The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of
Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities), Clause 13 (Increased Costs) or paragraph
(a) of Clause 14.3 (Mandatory Cost) including (but not limited to) transferring or assigning its rights under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
|
(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents.
|
15.2 |
Limitation of liability
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).
|
(b) |
The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if either:
|
|
(i) |
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or
|
|
(ii) |
in the opinion of the Lender (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
|
16 |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
16.1 |
Transaction expenses
|
(a) |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement or in a Security Document; and
|
(b) |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
|
16.2 |
Amendment costs
|
(a) |
a Transaction Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or
|
(b) |
a Transaction Obligor requests, and the Lender agrees to, the release of all or any part of the Security Assets from the Transaction Security,
|
16.3 |
Enforcement and preservation costs
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17 |
REPRESENTATIONS
|
17.1 |
General
|
17.2 |
Status
|
(a) |
It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the law of its Original Jurisdiction.
|
(b) |
It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. 17.3 Share capital and ownership
|
(a) |
The Borrower is authorised to issue 500 registered and/or bearer shares with a par value of US$0.01 each, all of which shares have been issued.
|
(b) |
The legal title to and direct beneficial interest in the shares in the Borrower is held by the Relevant Shareholder, free of any Security (other than Permitted Security) or any other claim.
|
(c) |
With the exception of the planned Spin-Off, none of the shares in the Borrower is subject to any option to purchase, pre-emption rights or similar rights.
|
17.4 |
Binding obligations
|
17.5 |
Validity, effectiveness and ranking of Security
|
(a) |
Each Finance Document to which it is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery create the Security it purports to create over any assets to which such Security, by its terms, relates, and such Security
will, when created or intended to be created, be valid and effective.
|
(b) |
No third party has or will have any Security (except for Permitted Security) over any assets that are the subject of any Transaction Security granted by it.
|
(c) |
The Transaction Security granted by it to the Lender has or will when created or intended to be created have first ranking priority or such other priority it is expressed to have in the Finance Documents and is not subject to any prior
ranking or pari passu ranking security.
|
(d) |
No concurrence, consent or authorisation of any person is required for the creation of or otherwise in connection with any Transaction Security.
|
17.6 |
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
(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 or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.
|
17.7 |
Power and authority
|
(a) |
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise:
|
|
(i) |
its entry into, performance and delivery of, each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents; and
|
|
(ii) |
in the case of the Borrower on the Delivery Date, the registration of the Ship under its Approved Flag.
|
(b) |
No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
|
17.8 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
(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; and
|
(b) |
to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions,
|
17.9 |
Governing law and enforcement
|
(a) |
The choice of governing law of each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions.
|
(b) |
Any judgment obtained in relation to a Transaction Document to which it is a party in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions.
|
17.10 |
Insolvency
|
(a) |
corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 24.8 (Insolvency proceedings); or
|
(b) |
creditors' process described in Clause 24.9 (Creditors' process),
|
17.11 |
No filing or stamp taxes
|
17.12 |
Deduction of Tax
|
17.13 |
No default
|
(a) |
No Event of Default and, on the date of this Agreement and on the Utilisation Date, no Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any
transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document.
|
(b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default or a termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or to which its assets are subject which might have a
Material Adverse Effect.
|
17.14 |
No misleading information
|
(a) |
Any factual information provided by any Transaction Obligor for the purposes of this Agreement was true 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.
|
(b) |
Nothing has occurred or been omitted from any such information and no information has been given or withheld that results in any such information being untrue or misleading in any material respect.
|
17.15 |
Pari passu ranking
|
17.16 |
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
(a) |
No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of the ISPS Code) of or before any court, arbitral body or
agency which, if adversely determined,
|
(b) |
No judgment or order of a court, arbitral tribunal or other tribunal or any order or sanction of any governmental or other regulatory body which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its
knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been made against it or any other Transaction Obligor.
|
17.17 |
Validity and completeness of the Shipbuilding Contract
|
(a) |
The Shipbuilding Contract constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Builder and the Borrower.
|
(b) |
The copy of the Shipbuilding Contract delivered to the Lender before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy.
|
(c) |
Other than as disclosed to the Lender in writing on or before the date of this Agreement, no further amendments or additions to the Shipbuilding Contract have been agreed nor has the Borrower or the Builder waived any of their
respective rights under the Shipbuilding Contract.
|
17.18 |
No rebates etc.
|
17.19 |
Valuations
|
(a) |
All information supplied by it or on its behalf to an Approved Valuer for the purposes of a valuation delivered to the Lender in accordance with this Agreement was true and accurate as at the date it was supplied or (if appropriate) as
at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given.
|
(b) |
It has not omitted to supply any information to an Approved Valuer which, if disclosed, would adversely affect any valuation prepared by such Approved Valuer.
|
(c) |
There has been no change to the factual information provided pursuant to paragraph (a) above in relation to any valuation between the date such information was provided and the date of that valuation which, in either case, renders that
information untrue or misleading in any material respect.
|
17.20 |
No breach of laws
|
17.21 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws
|
17.22 |
No Environmental Claim
|
17.23 |
No Environmental Incident
|
17.24 |
ISM and ISPS Code compliance
|
17.25 |
Taxes paid
|
(a) |
It is not and no other Transaction Obligor is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and no other Transaction Obligor is) overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax.
|
(b) |
No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any other Transaction Obligor) with respect to Taxes.
|
17.26 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
17.27 |
Good title to assets
|
17.28 |
Ownership
|
(a) |
With effect on and from the Delivery Date, the Borrower will be the sole legal and direct beneficial owner of the Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances.
|
(b) |
With effect on and from the date of its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor will be the sole legal and direct beneficial owner of any asset that is the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be
created by the Security Documents to which such Transaction Obligor is a party.
|
(c) |
The constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of the Borrower on creation or enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Documents.
|
17.29 |
Place of business
|
17.30 |
Sanctions
|
(a) |
is a Prohibited Person; or
|
(b) |
is acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Person.
|
17.31 |
US Tax Obligor
|
17.32 |
Repetition
|
18 |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
18.1 |
General
|
18.2 |
Information: miscellaneous
|
(a) |
all documents dispatched by it to its Shareholder (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
|
(b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of
the ISPS Code) which are current, threatened or pending against any Transaction Obligor, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(c) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which is made against any Transaction Obligor and which might have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(d) |
promptly, its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied;
|
(e) |
promptly, such further information and/or documents regarding:
|
|
(i) |
the Ship, goods transported on the Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances;
|
|
(ii) |
any Qualifying Charter;
|
|
(iii) |
the Security Assets;
|
|
(iv) |
compliance of the Transaction Obligors with the terms of the Finance Documents to which they are a party;
|
|
(v) |
the financial condition, business, affairs, commitments and operations of the Corporate Guarantor and the Approved Manager,
|
(f) |
promptly, such further information and/or documents as the Lender may reasonably request so as to enable the Lender to comply with any laws applicable to it or as may be required by any regulatory authority.
|
18.3 |
Notification of Event of Default
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor shall, notify the Lender of any Event of Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
|
(b) |
Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Event of Default is continuing (or if an Event of Default
is continuing, specifying the Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
|
(a) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
(b) |
any change in the status of a Transaction Obligor (including, without limitation, a change of ownership of a Transaction Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(c) |
a proposed assignment by the Lender of any of its rights under this Agreement,
|
19 |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
19.1 |
General
|
19.2 |
Authorisations
|
(a) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
|
(b) |
supply certified copies to the Lender of,
|
|
(i) |
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
|
|
(ii) |
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant Jurisdiction or in the state of the Approved Flag at any time of the Ship of any Transaction Document to which it is a party; and
|
|
(iii) |
own and operate the Ship (in the case of the Borrower).
|
19.3 |
Compliance with laws
|
19.4 |
Environmental compliance
|
(a) |
comply with all Environmental Laws;
|
(b) |
obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals;
|
(c) |
implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law, where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
19.5 |
Environmental Claims
|
(a) |
any Environmental Claim against any Transaction Obligor which is current, pending or threatened; and
|
(b) |
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any Transaction Obligor,
|
19.6 |
Taxation
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that:
|
|
(i) |
such payment is being contested in good faith;
|
|
(ii) |
adequate reserves are maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them and, in the case of the Corporate Guarantor, both have been disclosed in the latest financial statements delivered to the Lender pursuant to the
terms of the relevant Corporate Guarantee; and
|
|
(iii) |
such payment can be lawfully withheld.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall not, and the Borrower shall procure that no other Transaction Obligor will, change its residence for Tax purposes.
|
19.7 |
No change to centre of main interests
|
19.8 |
Pari passu ranking
|
19.9 |
Title
|
(a) |
With effect on and from the Delivery Date, the Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire direct beneficial interest in the Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances; and
|
(b) |
With effect on and from its creation or intended creation, the Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire direct beneficial interest in any other assets the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be
created by such Borrower.
|
19.10 |
Negative pledge
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets which are the subject of the Security created or intended to be created by the Finance Documents other than Permitted Securities.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall not:
|
|
(i) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by a Transaction Obligor;
|
|
(ii) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
|
|
(iii) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
|
|
(iv) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
|
(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Permitted Security.
|
19.11 |
Disposals
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset (including without limitation
the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances).
|
(b) |
For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph (a)21.16(a) above does not apply to any Charter as all Charters are subject to Clause 21.16 (Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.).
|
19.12 |
Merger
|
19.13 |
Change of business
|
19.14 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
19.15 |
Expenditure
|
19.16 |
Share capital
|
(a) |
purchase, cancel or redeem any of its share capital;
|
(b) |
increase or reduce its authorised share capital;
|
(c) |
issue any further shares except to the Shareholder and provided such new shares are made subject to the terms of the Shares Security applicable to the Borrower immediately upon the issue of such new shares in a manner satisfactory to
the Lender and the terms of that Shares Security are complied with;
|
(d) |
appoint any further director or officer of the Borrower (unless the provisions of the Shares Security applicable to the Borrower are complied with).
|
19.17 |
Dividends
|
19.18 |
Other transactions
|
(a) |
give or allow to be outstanding any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person in respect of any obligation of any other person or enter into any document under which the Borrower assumes any liability of any other
person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
enter into any material agreement other than:
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(i) |
the Transaction Documents;
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(ii) |
any other agreement expressly allowed under any other term of this Agreement and
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(c) |
enter into any transaction on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to that Transaction Obligor than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms' length; or
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(d) |
acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks.
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(e) |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may enter into any agreements for operating, trading, chartering, manning, insuring, maintaining, repairing and supplying the Ship.
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19.19 |
Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking; Security imperilled
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(a) |
make it unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
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(b) |
cause any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable;
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(c) |
cause any Transaction Document to cease to be in full force and effect;
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(d) |
cause any Transaction Security to rank after, or lose its priority to, any other Security; and
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(e) |
imperil or jeopardise the Transaction Security.
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19.20 |
Further assurance
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(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, promptly, and in any event within the time period specified by the Lender do all such acts (including procuring or arranging any registration, notarisation
or authentication or the giving of any notice) or execute or procure execution of all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices, instructions, acknowledgments, proxies and powers of attorney), as the
Lender may reasonably specify (and in such form as the Lender may require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)):
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(i) |
to create, perfect, vest in favour of the Lender or protect the priority of the Security or any right of any kind created or intended to be created by the Finance Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge,
assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate
provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law;
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(ii) |
to confer on the Lender Security over any property and assets of that Transaction Obligor located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the Finance Documents;
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(iii) |
to facilitate or expedite the realisation and/or sale of, the transfer of title to or the grant of, any interest in or right relating to the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security or to
exercise any power specified in any Finance Document in respect of which the Security has become enforceable following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing; and/or
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(iv) |
to enable or assist the Lender to commence, defend or conduct any proceedings and/or to take any other action relating to any item of the Security Property.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, take all such action as is available to it (including making all filings and registrations) as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation,
perfection, protection or maintenance of any Security conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender by or pursuant to the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
At the same time as the Borrower delivers to the Lender any document executed by itself or another Transaction Obligor pursuant to this Clause 19.20 (Further assurance), the Borrower shall
deliver, or shall procure that such other Transaction Obligor will deliver, to the Lender a certificate signed by two of the Borrower's or Transaction Obligor's directors or officers which shall:
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(i) |
set out the text of a resolution of the Borrower's or Transaction Obligor's directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the Lender; and
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(ii) |
state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the directors validly convened and held, throughout which a quorum of directors entitled to vote on the resolution was present, or that the resolution has been signed by
all the directors or officers and is valid under the Borrower's or Transaction Obligor's articles of association or other constitutional documents.
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19.21 |
Banking operations
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19.22 |
Minimum Liquidity
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(a) |
The Borrower shall maintain in the Minimum Liquidity Account:
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(i) |
as from the Utilisation Date and at all times thereafter during the Security Period, a minimum liquidity of not less than $300,000; and
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(ii) |
if the Ship will not be employed under a Qualifying Charter on the Delivery Date, for the period commencing on the Utilisation Date and ending on the earlier of (A) the date on which the mandatory prepayment is made under Clause 7.6 (Mandatory prepayment on non-employment of Ship under Qualifying Charter) or (B) the date on which the Ship is employed under a Qualifying Charter, an additional minimum liquidity of an amount equal
to $1,315,000 Provided that in the case of (B) above the Borrower has complied with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21 (Qualifying Charter),
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(b) |
If the Borrower complies with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21 (Qualifying Charter), the additional minimum liquidity amount required to be maintained under paragraph (a)(ii) above
will be released to the Borrower or, if the Borrower does not comply with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21 (Qualifying Charter), the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
authorises the Lender to apply such additional minimum liquidity amount for the mandatory prepayment to be made in accordance with Clause 7.6 (Mandatory prepayment on non-employment of Ship under
Qualifying Charter).
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19.23 |
Sanctions
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20 |
INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS
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20.1 |
General
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20.2 |
Maintenance of obligatory insurances
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(a) |
fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks);
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(b) |
war risks;
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(c) |
protection and indemnity risks; and
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(d) |
any other risks against which the Lender considers, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it would be reasonable for the Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Lender by notice
to the Borrower.
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20.3 |
Terms of obligatory insurances
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(a) |
in dollars;
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(b) |
in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least the greater of:
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(i) |
an amount which equals 125 per cent. of the Loan; and
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(ii) |
the Market Value of the Ship;
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(c) |
in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity club entry and in the international marine insurance market;
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(d) |
in the case of protection and indemnity risks, in respect of the full tonnage of its Ship;
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(e) |
on approved terms; and
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(f) |
through Approved Brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and
indemnity risks associations.
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20.4 |
Further protections for the Lender
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(a) |
subject always to paragraph (b), name the Borrower as the sole named insured unless the interest of every other named insured is limited:
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(i) |
in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks;
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(A) |
to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and
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(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 it); and
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(ii) |
in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against it;
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(b) |
whenever the Lender requires, name (or be amended to name) the Lender as additional named insured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Lender, but
without the Lender being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;
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(c) |
name the Lender as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Lender may specify;
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(d) |
provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Lender shall be made without set off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever;
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(e) |
provide that the obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Lender; and
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(f) |
provide that the Lender may make proof of loss if the Borrower fails to do so.
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20.5 |
Renewal of obligatory insurances
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(a) |
at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it:
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(i) |
notify the Lender of the Approved Brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with which it proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and
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(ii) |
obtain the Lender's approval to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above;
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(b) |
at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Lender's approval pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and
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(c) |
procure that the Approved Brokers and/or the approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Lender in writing of the terms and conditions
of the renewal.
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20.6 |
Copies of policies; letters of undertaking
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(a) |
pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew; and
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(b) |
a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the Lender and including undertakings by the Approved Brokers that:
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(i) |
they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 20.4 (Further protections for the Lender);
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(ii) |
they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Lender in accordance with such loss payable clause;
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(iii) |
they will advise the Lender immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances;
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(iv) |
they will, if they have not received notice of renewal instructions from the Borrower or its agents, notify the Lender not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances;
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(v) |
if they receive instructions to renew the obligatory insurances, they will promptly notify the Lender of the terms of the instructions;
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(vi) |
they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of the Ship or otherwise,
they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or
other amounts; and
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(vii) |
they will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Lender.
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20.7 |
Copies of certificates of entry
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(a) |
a certified copy of the certificate of entry for the Ship;
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(b) |
a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Lender; and
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(c) |
a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority in relation to the Ship.
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20.8 |
Deposit of original policies
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20.9 |
Payment of premiums
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20.10 |
Guarantees
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20.11 |
Compliance with terms of insurances
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(a) |
The Borrower shall not do or 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.
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(b) |
Without limiting paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall:
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(i) |
take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 20.6 (Copies of policies; letters of undertaking)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Lender has not given its prior approval;
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(ii) |
not make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances;
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(iii) |
make (and promptly supply copies to the Lender of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Ship is entered to maintain cover for trading to the
United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation); and
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(iv) |
not employ the Ship, 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.
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20.12 |
Alteration to terms of insurances
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20.13 |
Settlement of claims
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(a) |
not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty without the prior written consent of the Lender; and
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(b) |
do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Lender to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances.
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20.14 |
Provision of copies of communications
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(a) |
the Approved Brokers;
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(b) |
the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and
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(c) |
the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:
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(i) |
the Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and
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(ii) |
any credit arrangements made between the Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances.
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20.15 |
Provision of information
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(a) |
obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or
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(b) |
effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 20.16 (Mortgagee's interest and additional perils insurances) or dealing with or considering any matters
relating to any such insurances,
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20.16 |
Mortgagee's interest and additional perils insurances
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(a) |
The Lender shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's interest marine insurance in an amount equal to 110 per cent. of the Loan, on such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as
the Lender may from time to time consider appropriate.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days following written demand and against receipt of appropriate vouchers and/or invoices fully indemnify the Lender in respect of all premiums
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21 |
GENERAL SHIP UNDERTAKINGS
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21.1 |
General
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21.2 |
Ship's names and registration
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(a) |
keep the Ship registered in its name under the Approved Flag from time to time at its port of registration;
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(b) |
not do or allow to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be suspended, cancelled or imperilled;
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(c) |
not enter into any dual flagging arrangement in respect of the Ship; and
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(d) |
not change the name of the Ship without the prior consent of the Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
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(i) |
the Ship remaining subject to Security securing the Secured Liabilities created by a first priority or preferred ship mortgage on the Ship and, if appropriate, a first priority deed of covenant collateral to that mortgage (or
equivalent first priority Security) on substantially the same terms as the Mortgage on the Ship and on such other terms and in such other form as the Lender shall approve or require; and
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(ii) |
the execution of such other documentation amending and supplementing the Finance Documents as the Lender shall approve or reasonably require.
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21.3 |
Repair and classification
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(a) |
consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice; and
|
(b) |
so as to maintain the Approved Classification free of recommendations and conditions affecting class.
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21.4 |
Classification society undertaking
|
(a) |
to send to the Lender, following receipt of a written request from the Lender, certified true copies of all original class records held by the Approved Classification Society in relation to the Ship;
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(b) |
to allow the Lender (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of the Borrower and the Ship at the offices of the Approved Classification Society and to take copies of them;
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(c) |
to notify the Lender immediately in writing if the Approved Classification Society:
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|
(i) |
receives notification from the Borrower or any person that the Ship's Approved Classification Society is to be changed; or
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(ii) |
becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of the Ship's class under the rules or terms and conditions of the Borrower or the Ship's
membership of the Approved Classification Society;
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(d) |
following receipt of a written request from the Lender:
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|
(i) |
to confirm that the Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, including confirmation that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to
the Approved Classification Society; or
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(ii) |
to confirm that the Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, to specify to the Lender in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the
consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the Approved Classification Society.
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21.5 |
Modifications
|
21.6 |
Removal and installation of parts
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrower shall not remove any material part of the Ship, or any item of equipment installed on the Ship unless:
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|
(i) |
the part or item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item removed;
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(ii) |
the replacement part or item is free from any Security in favour of any person other than the Lender; and
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(iii) |
the replacement part or item becomes, on installation on the Ship, the property of the Borrower and subject to the security constituted by the Mortgage on the Ship.
|
(b) |
The Borrower may install leased equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of damage to the Ship owned by the Borrower.
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21.7 |
Surveys
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21.8 |
Inspection
|
21.9 |
Prevention of and release from arrest
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall promptly discharge:
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|
(i) |
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances;
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(ii) |
all Taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances; and
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(iii) |
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship or of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, take all steps necessary to procure its release promptly and in any event not
later than three (3) Business Days by providing bail or otherwise as the circumstances may require.
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21.10 |
Compliance with laws etc.
|
(a) |
comply, or procure compliance with all laws or regulations:
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|
(i) |
relating to its business generally; and
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(ii) |
relating to the Ship, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration,
|
(b) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect any Environmental Approvals; and
|
(c) |
without limiting paragraph (a) above, not employ the Ship nor allow its employment, operation or management in any manner contrary to any law or regulation including but not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental
Laws and Sanctions.
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21.11 |
ISPS Code
|
(a) |
procure that the Ship and the company responsible for the Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code;
|
(b) |
maintain an ISSC for the Ship; and
|
(c) |
notify the Lender immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC.
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21.12 |
Sanctions and Ship trading
|
(a) |
that the Ship shall not be used by or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person;
|
(b) |
that the Ship shall not be used in trading in any manner contrary to Sanctions;
|
(c) |
that the Ship shall not be traded in any manner which would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause (or similar) in the Insurances; and
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(d) |
that it will use its best endeavours to ensure that each charterparty (where applicable) in respect of the Ship shall contain, for the benefit of the Borrower, language similar to the BIMCO Sanctions Clause or the BIMCO Designated
Entity Clause.
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21.13 |
Trading in war zones
|
(a) |
the prior written consent of the war risks insurers has been given; and
|
(b) |
the Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the war risks insurers may require.
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21.14 |
Provision of information
|
(a) |
the Ship, its employment, position and engagements;
|
(b) |
the Earnings and payments and amounts due to its master and crew;
|
(c) |
any expenditure incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship and any payments made by it in respect of the Ship;
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(d) |
any towages and salvages; and
|
(e) |
its compliance, the Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of the Ship with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,
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21.15 |
Notification of certain events
|
(a) |
any casualty to the Ship which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;
|
(b) |
any occurrence as a result of which the Ship has become or is likely to become a Total Loss;
|
(c) |
any requisition of the Ship for hire;
|
(d) |
any requirement or recommendation made in relation to the Ship by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not complied with in accordance with its terms;
|
(e) |
any arrest or detention of the Ship that is not promptly lifted either with provision of security, bail or otherwise or any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on the Ship or the Earnings;
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(f) |
any intended dry docking of the Ship;
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(g) |
any Environmental Claim made against the Borrower or in connection with the Ship, or any Environmental Incident;
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(h) |
any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower, an Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship; or
|
(i) |
any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with; or
|
(j) |
the entering into any time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter in respect of the Ship the duration of which (without taking into account any optional extensions) exceeds or is capable of exceeding 12 months,
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21.16 |
Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.
|
(a) |
let the Ship on demise charter for any period without the prior written consent of the Lender;
|
(b) |
materially amend, supplement or terminate a Management Agreement (and for the avoidance of doubt, but without limitation, any amendment in respect of the management fees, milestone payments, duration, termination events and governing
law of the management agreement will be considered material);
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(c) |
appoint a manager of the Ship other than the Approved Manager or agree to any material alteration to the terms of an Approved Manager's appointment (and for the avoidance of
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(d) |
de activate or lay up the Ship; or
|
(e) |
put the Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $900,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Lender
and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on the Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason.
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21.17 |
Notice of Mortgage
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21.18 |
Sharing of Earnings
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21.19 |
Notification of compliance
|
21.20 |
Charterparty Assignment
|
(a) |
provide the Lender with a certified true copy of such Charter;
|
(b) |
execute in favour of the Lender a Charterparty Assignment in respect of that Charter (such Charterparty Assignment to be notified to the relevant charterer and any charter guarantor and the Borrower to use reasonable endeavours to
obtain an executed acknowledgment of the notice from the relevant charterer and charter guarantor in such form as the Lender may approve or require); and
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(c) |
without limiting the generality of the above, if that Charter is a bareboat charter, procure that the bareboat charterer shall promptly execute in favour of the Lender an assignment of (inter alia) all its rights, title and interest in
and to the Insurances in respect of the Ship effected either by the Borrower or by the bareboat charterer and a letter of undertaking in favour of the Lender whereby (inter alia) the interests of the bareboat charterer under the bareboat
charter are fully subordinated to the interests of the Lender and the other Finance Parties under the Finance Documents, each to be in an agreed form,
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21.21 |
Qualifying Charter
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22 |
SECURITY COVER
|
22.1 |
Minimum required security cover
|
(a) |
the Market Value of the Ship then subject to a Mortgage; plus
|
(b) |
the net realisable value of additional Security previously provided under this Clause 22 (Security Cover),
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22.2 |
Provision of additional security; prepayment
|
(a) |
If the Lender serves a notice on the Borrower under Clause 22.1 (Minimum required security cover), the Borrower shall, on or before the date falling one Month after the date on which the
Lender's notice is served (the "Prepayment Date"), prepay such part of the Loan as shall eliminate the shortfall.
|
(b) |
The Borrower may, instead of making a prepayment as described in paragraph (a) above, provide, or ensure that a third party has provided, additional security which, in the opinion of the Lender:
|
|
(i) |
has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall; and
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|
(ii) |
is documented in such terms as the Lender may approve or require,
|
22.3 |
Value of additional vessel security
|
22.4 |
Valuations binding
|
22.5 |
Provision of information
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall promptly provide the Lender and any shipbroker acting under this Clause 22 (Security Cover) and for purposes of Clause 7.5 (Mandatory
prepayment on change of control in Corporate Guarantor) with any information which the Lender or the shipbroker may request for the purposes of the valuation.
|
(b) |
If the Borrower fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph (a) above by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be made on any basis and assumptions which the shipbroker or the Lender considers prudent.
|
22.6 |
Prepayment mechanism
|
22.7 |
Provision of valuations
|
23 |
ACCOUNTS AND APPLICATION OF EARNINGS
|
23.1 |
Accounts
|
23.2 |
Payment of Earnings
|
23.3 |
Location of Accounts
|
(a) |
comply with any requirement of the Lender as to the location or relocation of its Earnings Account and the Minimum Liquidity Account (or either of them); and
|
(b) |
execute any documents which the Lender reasonably specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Lender Security over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other rights in relation to) the Earnings Account and the Minimum
Liquidity Account.
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23.4 |
Release of surplus
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24 |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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24.1 |
General
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24.2 |
Non-payment
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(a) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
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(i) |
administrative or technical error; or
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(ii) |
a Disruption Event; and
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(b) |
payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
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24.3 |
Specific obligations
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24.4 |
Other obligations
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(a) |
A Transaction Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents to which it is a party (other than those referred to in Clause 24.2 (Non-payment) and Clause 24.3 (Specific obligations)).
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(b) |
No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten (10) Business Days of the Lender giving written notice to the Borrower or (if earlier) any Transaction
Obligor becoming aware of the failure to comply.
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24.5 |
Misrepresentation
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24.6 |
Cross default
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(a) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
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(b) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
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(c) |
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor as a result of an event of default (however described).
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(d) |
Any creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of
default (however described).
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24.7 |
Insolvency
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(a) |
Either the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor:
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(i) |
is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
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(ii) |
is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under any applicable law;
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(iii) |
suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or
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(iv) |
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding the Lender in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
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(b) |
The value of the assets of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
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(c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium.
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24.8 |
Insolvency proceedings
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(a) |
Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:
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(i) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor;
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(ii) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor;
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(iii) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor or any of its assets; or
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(iv) |
enforcement of any Security over any assets of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor,
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 days of commencement.
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24.9 |
Creditors' process
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24.10 |
Ownership of the Borrower
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24.11 |
Change of Chairman or CEO of Corporate Guarantor
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24.12 |
Delisting of Corporate Guarantor or no Substitute Date
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(a) |
Prior to the date of the Qualified IPO, Euroseas is delisted for any reason whatsoever from the Nasdaq stock exchange or, after the Qualified IPO, Eurodry is for any reason delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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(b) |
The Qualified IPO and Spin-Off have been completed but the Substitute Date does not occur within 5 days thereafter or any later date as the Lender may agree in writing in its absolute discretion.
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24.13 |
Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking
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(a) |
It is or becomes unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
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(b) |
Any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents to which it is a party is not or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable.
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(c) |
Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or to be continuing or is or purports to be determined or any Transaction Security is alleged by a party to it (other than the Lender) to be ineffective.
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(d) |
Any Transaction Security proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, any other Security.
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24.14 |
Security imperilled
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24.15 |
Cessation of business
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24.16 |
Arrest
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24.17 |
Expropriation
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(a) |
an arrest or detention of the Ship referred to in Clause 24.16 (Arrest); or
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(b) |
any Requisition.
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24.18 |
Repudiation and rescission of agreements
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24.19 |
Litigation
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24.20 |
Material adverse change
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24.21 |
Acceleration
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(a) |
cancel the Commitment, whereupon it shall immediately be cancelled;
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(b) |
declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and
payable, whereupon it shall become immediately due and payable; and/or
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(c) |
declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon it shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender,
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24.22 |
Enforcement of security
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25 |
CHANGES TO THE LENDER
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25.1 |
Assignment and transfer by the Lender
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25.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
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(a) |
The Lender shall not be required to consult with the Borrower or obtain the Borrower's written consent in connection with an assignment or transfer by the Lender pursuant to Clause 25.1 (Assignment
and transfer by the Lender).
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(b) |
If:
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(i) |
the Existing Lender assigns any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
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|
(ii) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment or change occurs, a Transaction Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the Existing Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12
(Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or under that clause as incorporated by reference or in full in any other Finance Document or Clause 13 (Increased Costs),
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(c) |
The Borrower on behalf of itself and each Transaction Obligor agrees that all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Existing Lender has under or by virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the New Lender
absolutely, free of any defects in the Existing Lender's title and of any rights or equities which the Borrower or any other Transaction Obligor had against the Existing Lender.
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25.3 |
Security over Lender's rights
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(a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
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(b) |
if the Lender is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or
securities,
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|
(i) |
release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
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|
(ii) |
require any payments to be made by a Transaction Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the Lender under the Finance Documents.
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26 |
CHANGES TO THE TRANSACTION OBLIGORS
|
26.1 |
Assignment or transfer by Transaction Obligors
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27 |
THE REFERENCE BANKS
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27.1 |
Role of Reference Banks
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(a) |
No Reference Bank is under any obligation to provide a quotation or any other information to the Lender.
|
(b) |
No Reference Bank will be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, or for any Reference Bank Quotation, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
|
(c) |
No Party (other than the relevant Reference Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of any Reference Bank in respect of any claim it might have against that Reference Bank or in respect of any act or
omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document, or to any Reference Bank Quotation, and any officer, employee or agent of each Reference Bank may rely on this Clause 27.1 (Role of Reference Banks) subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
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27.2 |
Third Party Reference Banks
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28 |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
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28.1 |
Payments to the Lender
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(a) |
On each date on which a Transaction Obligor is required to make a payment under a Finance Document to which it is a party, that Transaction Obligor shall make an amount equal to such payment available to the Lender for value on the due
date at the time as required in the Finance Documents, or if not specified therein, in such funds specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
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(b) |
Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Lender)
and with such bank as the Lender, in each case, specifies.
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28.2 |
Application of receipts; partial payments
|
(a) |
If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents to which it is a party, the Lender may apply that payment towards:
|
|
(i) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Lender under the Finance Documents;
|
|
(ii) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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|
(iii) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
|
|
(iv) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
|
(b) |
Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Lender may vary the order set in paragraph (a) above.
|
(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by a Transaction Obligor.
|
28.3 |
No set-off by Transaction Obligors
|
28.4 |
Business Days
|
(a) |
Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that 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).
|
(b) |
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
|
28.5 |
Currency of account
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Transaction Obligor under any Finance Document.
|
(b) |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
|
(c) |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.
|
28.6 |
Disruption to Payment Systems etc.
|
(a) |
the Lender may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Lender may deem necessary in
the circumstances;
|
(b) |
the Lender shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no
obligation to agree to such changes;
|
(c) |
any such changes agreed upon by the Lender and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred which at the same time has a Material Adverse Effect) be binding upon the Parties and any
Transaction Obligors as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents;
|
(d) |
the Lender shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability
whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 28.6 (Disruption
to Payment Systems etc.).
|
29 |
SET-OFF
|
30 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE LENDER
|
(a) |
interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
|
(b) |
oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
|
(c) |
oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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31 |
BAIL-IN
|
(a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
|
(i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
|
(ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
|
(iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
(b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
32 |
NOTICES
|
32.1 |
Communications in writing
|
32.2 |
Addresses
|
(a) |
in the case of the Borrower, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties); and
|
(b) |
in the case of the Lender, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) or, if it becomes a Party after the date of this Agreement, that notified in writing to the Lender on or before the date
on which it becomes a Party;
|
32.3 |
Delivery
|
(a) |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
|
|
(i) |
if by way of fax or email, when received in legible form;
|
|
(ii) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address,
|
(b) |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender will be effective only when actually received by it and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer of the Lender specified in
Schedule 1 (The Parties) (or any substitute department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose).
|
(c) |
Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Transaction Obligors.
|
(d) |
Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
|
32.4 |
Electronic communication
|
(a) |
Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if
those two Parties:
|
|
(i) |
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and
|
|
(ii) |
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days' notice.
|
(b) |
Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between the Borrower and the Lender may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the
contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication.
|
(c) |
Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made
by a Party to the Lender only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose.
|
(d) |
Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose
of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
|
(e) |
Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 32.4 (Electronic
communication).
|
32.5 |
English language
|
(a) |
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
|
(b) |
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
|
|
(i) |
in English; or
|
|
(ii) |
if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Lender and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a
constitutional, statutory or other official document.
|
33 |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
33.1 |
Accounts
|
33.2 |
Certificates and determinations
|
33.3 |
Day count convention
|
34 |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
|
35 |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
|
36 |
SETTLEMENT OR DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL
|
37 |
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT
|
38 |
AMENDMENTS
|
39 |
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
39.1 |
Confidentiality
|
39.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information
|
(a) |
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if
any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information
except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional
|
(b) |
to any person:
|
|
(i) |
to (or through) whom it assigns (or may potentially assign) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and, in each case, to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and
professional advisers;
|
|
(ii) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to,
one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Transaction Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
|
|
(iii) |
appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf;
|
|
(iv) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above;
|
|
(v) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
|
|
(vi) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitrations, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
|
|
(vii) |
to whom or for whose benefit the Lender charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 25.3 (Security over Lender's rights);
|
|
(viii) |
who is a Party or any related entity of a Transaction Obligor;
|
|
(ix) |
as a result of the registration of any Finance Document as contemplated by any Finance Document or any legal opinion obtained in connection with any Finance Document;
|
|
(A) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a
Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
|
|
(B) |
in relation to sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in
relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that
|
|
(C) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (v), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may
be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
|
(c) |
to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without
limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in
this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered in to a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With
Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the Lender;
|
(d) |
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents
and/or the Transaction Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information.
|
39.3 |
Entire agreement
|
39.4 |
Inside information
|
39.5 |
Notification of disclosure
|
(a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of Clause 39.2 (Disclosure of
Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
(b) |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39 (Confidential Information).
|
39.6 |
Continuing obligations
|
(a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Borrower under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and the Commitment has been cancelled or otherwise ceased to be available; and
|
(b) |
the date on which the Lender otherwise ceases to be the Lender.
|
40 |
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS
|
40.1 |
Confidentiality and disclosure
|
(a) |
The Borrower agrees to keep each Funding Rate (and the Lender agrees to keep each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) below.
|
(b) |
The Lender may not disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to the Borrower.
|
(c) |
The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide
those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement
Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Lender and the relevant Reference Bank.
|
(d) |
The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation, and the Borrower may disclose any Funding Rate, to:
|
|
(i) |
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives, if any person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to
this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to
maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
|
|
(ii) |
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock
exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information
except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
|
(iii) |
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding
Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender or
the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
|
|
(iv) |
any person with the consent of the Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.
|
(e) |
The Lender's obligations in this Clause 40 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations) relating to Reference Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to
make notifications under Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest) Provided that the Lender shall not include the details of any individual Reference
Bank Quotation as part of any such notification.
|
40.2 |
Related obligations
|
(a) |
The Borrower acknowledges that each Funding Rate (and the Lender acknowledges that each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation
including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Borrower undertakes not to use any Funding Rate and the Lender undertakes not to use any Reference Bank Quotation for any unlawful purpose.
|
(b) |
The Lender and the Borrower agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Lender or the relevant Reference Bank, as the case may be:
|
|
(i) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of Clause 40.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the
persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
|
(ii) |
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 40 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations).
|
40.3 |
No Event of Default
|
41 |
COUNTERPARTS
|
42 |
GOVERNING LAW
|
43 |
ENFORCEMENT
|
43.1 |
Jurisdiction
|
(a) |
Unless specifically provided in another Finance Document in relation to that Finance Document, the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document (including
a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of any Finance Document or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document) (a "Dispute").
|
(b) |
The Borrower accepts that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly the Borrower will not argue to the contrary.
|
(c) |
This Clause 43.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result, the Lender shall be not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with
jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
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43.2 |
Service of process
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(a) |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower:
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(i) |
irrevocably appoints Hill Dickinson Services (London) Limited, of The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EW, England as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection with any Finance Document; and
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(ii) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
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(b) |
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Transaction Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within five days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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Name of Borrower
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Place of Incorporation
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Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Address for Communication
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Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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Marshall Islands
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68235
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c/o Eurobulk Ltd.
4 Messogiou & Evropis Street Maroussi Athens 151 24 Greece Fax: Fax: 211 1804097 Email: njp@euroltd.gr sih@eurobulk.gr |
Name of Original Lender
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Address for Communication
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HSCB Bank plc
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8 Canada Square
London, E14 5HQ United Kingdom Fax no.:+44 (0) 207 991 4619 Attn: Mr Alastair Muir Email address: alastairmuir@hsbc.com
109-111 Messoghion Avenue
115 26 Athens Greece fax:+30 210 429 0506 Email: katerina.eleftheriou@hsbc.com Attn: Ms Katerina Eleftheriou |
1 |
Obligors
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1.1 |
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A.
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1.2 |
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A:
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(a) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
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(b) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
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(c) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, a Utilisation Request and each Selection Notice) to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in
connection with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
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1.3 |
An original of the power of attorney of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
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1.4 |
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.
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1.5 |
A copy of a resolution signed by Corporate Guarantor A as the holder of the issued shares in the Borrower, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
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1.6 |
A certificate of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Commitment would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the
Borrower or Corporate Guarantor A to be exceeded.
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1.7 |
A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part A of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) is
correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
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2 |
Shipbuilding Contract and other documents
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2.1 |
Copies of the Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the Builder (or both of them) under or in connection with it.
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2.2 |
Such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution by the Borrower and the Builder of the Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents to be executed by the
Borrower and the Builder.
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3 |
Finance Documents
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3.1 |
A duly executed original of any Finance Document (for the avoidance of doubt, including Corporate Guarantee A) not otherwise referred to in this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
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3.2 |
A duly executed original of any other document required to be delivered by each Finance Document if not otherwise referred to this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
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4 |
Security
|
4.1 |
A duly executed original of the Account Security in relation to each Account (and of each document to be delivered under it).
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5 |
Legal opinions
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5.1 |
A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England.
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5.2 |
If the Borrower or Corporate Guarantor A is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the relevant
jurisdiction.
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6 |
Valuation
|
6.1 |
A valuation evidencing the Market Value of the Ship, addressed to the Lender, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 20 days before the
Utilisation Date from an Approved Valuer.
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7 |
Other documents and evidence
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7.1 |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 43.2 (Service of process), if not the Borrower, has accepted its
appointment.
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7.2 |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower
accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document.
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7.3 |
The original of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Accounts.
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7.4 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
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7.5 |
Such evidence as the Lender may require, prior to the execution of this Agreement, for it to be able to satisfy its "know your customer" (including, without limitation, an
ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) declaration in respect of the Borrower confirming that Corporate Guarantor A is owned and controlled directly or indirectly by members of the Nominated Family as required by this Agreement or any other
form of declaration in respect of the share structure of Corporate Guarantor A acceptable to the Lenders) or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, including (without
limitation) all documents required under any regulation or laws in force in the United Kingdom and the Regulation 281/2009 of the Central Bank of Greece, such documents to be to the absolute satisfaction of the Lender.
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7.6 |
Evidence that the Borrower, Corporate Guarantor A and all corporate shareholders (if any)
have issued registered shares. |
1 |
Borrower
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2 |
Ship and other security
|
2.1 |
A duly executed original of the Mortgage, the General Assignment and (if applicable) any Charterparty Assignment in respect of the Ship and of each document to be delivered
under or pursuant to each of them together with documentary evidence that the Mortgage in respect of the Ship has been duly registered as a valid first priority or (as applicable) first preferred ship mortgage in accordance with the laws
of the jurisdiction of its Approved Flag.
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2.2 |
If applicable, a copy of the Qualifying Charter and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the relevant charterer (or either of them) under or in connection
with it and such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution of the Qualifying Charter.
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2.3 |
Evidence that the minimum liquidity set out in Clause 19.22 (Minimum Liquidity) has been credited to the Minimum Liquidity
Account.
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2.4 |
Documentary evidence that the Ship:
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(a) |
has been unconditionally delivered by the Builder to, and accepted by, the Borrower under the Shipbuilding Contract and that the full purchase price payable and all other
sums due to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract, have been paid to the Builder;
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(b) |
is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the Borrower under the Approved Flag applicable to the Ship;
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(c) |
is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;
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(d) |
maintains the Approved Classification with the Approved Classification Society free of all recommendations and conditions of the Approved Classification Society affecting
class; and
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(e) |
is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements in this Agreement in respect of insurances have been complied with.
|
2.5 |
Documents establishing that the Ship will, as from the Utilisation Date, be managed commercially and/or technically by its Approved Manager on terms acceptable to the
Lender, together with:
|
(a) |
a Manager's Undertaking for the Approved Manager of the Ship; and
|
(b) |
copies of the relevant Approved Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Ship's Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable Safety
Management
|
2.6 |
An opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Lender on such matters relating to the Insurances as the Lender may require.
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3 |
Legal opinions
|
4 |
Other documents and evidence
|
4.1 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
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1 |
Obligors
|
1.1 |
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor.
|
1.2 |
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor:
|
(a) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party;
|
(b) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
(c) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in connection
with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
1.3 |
An original of the power of attorney of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party.
|
1.4 |
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.
|
1.5 |
A certificate of the Corporate Guarantor (signed by a director) confirming that guaranteeing the Commitment would not cause any guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the
Corporate Guarantor to be exceeded.
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2 |
Corporate Guarantee B
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3 |
Shares Security
|
4 |
Legal opinions
|
4.1 |
A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England.
|
4.2 |
If the Shareholder or the Corporate Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the
relevant jurisdiction.
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5 |
Other documents and evidence
|
5.1 |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Qualified IPO (including the Spin-Off) has been completed.
|
5.2 |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender of transfer of ownership of the Borrower from Euroseas to Eurodry.
|
5.3 |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 43.2 (Service of process), if not the Borrower, has accepted its appointment.
|
5.4 |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in
connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document.
|
5.5 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
|
5.6 |
Such evidence as the Lender may require, prior to the execution of this Agreement, for it to be able to satisfy its "know your customer" (including, without limitation, an ultimate
beneficial ownership (UBO) declaration in respect of the Borrower confirming that the Corporate Guarantor is owned and controlled directly or indirectly by members of the Nominated Family as required by this Agreement or any other form of
declaration in respect of the share structure of the Shareholder acceptable to the Lenders) or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, including (without limitation) all
documents required under any regulation or laws in force in the United Kingdom and the Regulation 281/2009 of the Central Bank of Greece, such documents to be to the absolute satisfaction of the Lender.
|
5.7 |
Evidence that the Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and all corporate shareholders (if any) have issued registered shares.
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From: |
Kamsarmax Two shipping Ltd
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To: |
HSBC Bank plc
|
Dated: [•] April 2018
|
1 |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning
in this Utilisation Request.
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2 |
We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms:
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Proposed Utilisation Date: |
[•] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
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Amount: |
[•] or, if less, the Available Facility
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Interest Period: |
[•]
|
3 |
[You are authorised and requested to deduct from the Loan prior to funds being remitted the following amounts set out against the following items:
|
4 |
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) and Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
|
5 |
The [net] proceeds of the Loan should be credited to [account].
|
6 |
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
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Yours faithfully
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[•]
|
||
authorized signatory for
|
||
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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From: |
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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To: |
HSBC Bank plc
|
Dated: [•]
|
1 |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in
this Selection Notice.
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2 |
We request [that the next Interest Period for the Loan be [•] OR [an Interest Period for a part of the Loan in an amount equal to [•] (which is the amount of the
Repayment Instalment next due) ending on [•] (which is the Repayment Date relating to that Repayment Instalment) and that the Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan shall be [•]).
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3 |
This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
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Yours faithfully
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[•]
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authorized signatory for
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Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or a Selection Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection
of Interest Periods))
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Three Business Days before the intended Utilisation Date (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or the expiry of the preceding Interest Period (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
|
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LIBOR is fixed
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Quotation Day as of 11:00 am London time
|
|
Reference Bank Rate calculated by reference to available quotations in accordance with Clause 10.2 (Calculation of Reference Bank Rate)
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Noon on the Quotation Day
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BORROWER
|
||
SIGNED by
duly authorised
for and on behalf of
KAMSARMAX TWO SHIPPING LTD
in the presence of:
Witness' signature:
Witness' name:
Witness' address:
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)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
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ORIGINAL LENDER
|
||
SIGNED by
duly authorised
for and on behalf of
HSBC BANK plc
in the presence of:
Witness' signature:
Witness' name:
Witness' address:
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)
)
)
)
)
)
)
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Clause
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Page
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Section 1 Interpretation
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2
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1
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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Section 2 The Facility
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23
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2
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The Facility
|
23
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3
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Purpose
|
23
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4
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Conditions of Utilisation
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23
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Section 3 Utilisation
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25
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5
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Utilisation
|
25
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Section 4 Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation
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27
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6
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Repayment
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27
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7
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Prepayment and Cancellation
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27
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Section 5 Costs of Utilisation
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30
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8
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Interest
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30
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9
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Interest Periods
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31
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10
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Changes to the Calculation of Interest
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32
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11
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Fees
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33
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Section 6 Additional Payment Obligations
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34
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12
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Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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34
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13
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Increased Costs
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37
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14
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Other Indemnities
|
39
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15
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Mitigation by the Lender
|
41
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16
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Costs and Expenses
|
42
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Section 7 Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default
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43
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17
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Representations
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43
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18
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Information Undertakings
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48
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19
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General Undertakings
|
50
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20
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Insurance Undertakings
|
56
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21
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General Ship Undertakings
|
61
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22
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Security Cover
|
67
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23
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Accounts and application of Earnings
|
68
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24
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Events of Default
|
69
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Section 8 The Lender, the Borrower and the Reference Banks
|
74
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|
25
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Changes to the Lender
|
74
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26
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Changes to the Transaction Obligors
|
75
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27
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The Reference Banks
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75
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Section 9 Administration
|
76
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28
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Payment Mechanics
|
76
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29
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Set-Off
|
77
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30
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Conduct of business by the Lender
|
77
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31
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Bail-In
|
78
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32
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Notices
|
78
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33
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Calculations and Certificates
|
80
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34
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Partial Invalidity
|
80
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35
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Remedies and Waivers
|
80
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36
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Settlement or Discharge Conditional
|
81
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37
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Irrevocable Payment
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81
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38
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Amendments
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81
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39
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Confidential Information
|
81
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40
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Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations
|
84
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41
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Counterparts
|
85
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Section 10 Governing Law and Enforcement
|
86
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42
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Governing Law
|
86
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43
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Enforcement
|
86
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Schedules
|
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Schedule 1 The Parties
|
87
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Part A The Borrower
|
87
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Part B The Original Lender
|
88
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Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent
|
89
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Part A Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation Request
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89
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Part B Conditions Precedent to Utilisation
|
92
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Part C Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO
|
94
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Schedule 3 Requests
|
96
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Part A Utilisation Request
|
96
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Part B Selection Notice
|
98
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Schedule 4 Timetables
|
99
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Execution
|
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Execution Page
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100
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(1) |
KAMSARMAX TWO SHIPPING LTD, a corporation incorporated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands, whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH 96960 as borrower
(the “Borrower”)
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(2) |
HSBC BANK plc, as lender (the “Original Lender”)
|
1 |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
|
1.1 |
Definitions
|
|
(a) |
in respect of Clauses 14.2(d) (Other indemnities), 17.30 (Sanctions), 19.23 (Sanctions), 21.10 (Compliance with laws etc.), 21.12 (Sanctions and Ship trading), means a person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified; and
|
|
(b) |
in any other case, 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.
|
|
(a) |
the amount of the outstanding Loan; and
|
|
(b) |
in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of the Loan that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
|
|
(a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery
and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
|
|
(b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained
in that law or regulation.
|
|
(a) |
the interest which the Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current
Interest Period in relation to the Loan, the relevant part of the Loan or that Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
|
|
(b) |
the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the
Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
|
|
(a) |
information that:
|
|
(i) |
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 39 (Confidential
Information);
|
|
(ii) |
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Transaction Obligor or any of its advisers; or
|
|
(iii) |
is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it by any Transaction Obligor or any of its advisers or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that
date, from a source which is, as far as the Lender is aware, unconnected with any Transaction Obligor and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any
obligation of confidentiality; or
|
|
(iv) |
is reported by any Transaction Obligor to the US SEC in compliance with the relevant reporting obligations of the Corporate Guarantor; and
|
|
(b) |
any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation
|
|
(a) |
for the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Substitute Date, Euroseas; and
|
|
(b) |
from the date of the Substitute Date and at all times thereafter, Eurodry.
|
|
(a) |
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made
in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties or, if applicable,
any Transaction Obligor; or
|
|
(b) |
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party or, if
applicable, any Transaction Obligor preventing that, or any other, Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor:
|
|
(i) |
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party; or
|
|
(ii) |
from communicating with other Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
|
|
(a) |
the following, save to the extent that any of them is, with the prior written consent of the Lender, pooled or shared with any other person:
|
|
(i) |
all freight, hire and passage moneys including, without limitation, all moneys payable under, arising out of or in connection with a Charter or a Charter Guarantee;
|
|
(ii) |
the proceeds of the exercise of any lien on sub-freights;
|
|
(iii) |
compensation payable to the Borrower or the Lender in the event of requisition of the Ship for hire or use;
|
|
(iv) |
remuneration for salvage and towage services;
|
|
(v) |
demurrage and detention moneys;
|
|
(vi) |
without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (i) above, damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the
employment of the Ship;
|
|
(vii) |
all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in relation to loss of hire;
|
|
(viii) |
all monies which are at any time payable to the Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and
|
|
(b) |
if and whenever the Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) of paragraph (a) above 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 Ship.
|
|
(a) |
an account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank designated “Earnings Account”;
|
|
(b) |
any other account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank which may, with the prior written consent of the Lender, be opened in the place of the account referred
to in paragraph (a) above, irrespective of the number or designation of such replacement account; or
|
|
(c) |
any sub-account of any account referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
|
|
(a) |
any release, emission, spill or discharge of Environmentally Sensitive Material whether within the Ship or from the Ship into any other vessel or into or upon the air,
water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water; or
|
|
(b) |
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or
surface water from a vessel other than the Ship and which involves a collision between the Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Ship is actually or
potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Ship and/or any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or
administrative action; or
|
|
(c) |
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed)
or surface water otherwise than from the Ship and in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly
at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action.
|
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(a) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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(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
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(c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US
government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
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(a) |
this Agreement;
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(b) |
the Utilisation Request;
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(c) |
any Security Document;
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(d) |
any other document which is executed for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination arrangement in relation to the Secured Liabilities; or
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(e) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
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(a) |
moneys borrowed;
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(b) |
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
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(c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
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(d) |
the amount of any liability in relation to any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability;
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(e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
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(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;
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(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);
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(h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in relation to a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial
institution; and
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(i) |
the amount of any liability in relation to any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.
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(a) |
all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in relation to the Ship, the
Earnings (if applicable) or otherwise in relation to the Ship whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and
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(b) |
all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of such policies, contracts or entries, including any rights to a return of premium and any rights in relation
to any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Agreement.
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(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; and
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(b) |
the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan,
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(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;
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(b) |
the time barring of claims under the Limitation Acts, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty
may be void and defences of set-off or counterclaim;
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(c) |
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and
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(a) |
the Original Lender; and
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(b) |
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become the Lender in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the
Lender),
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(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; or
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(b) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate),
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(a) |
the market value of the Ship or vessel shown by the average of two dollar valuations (and in the case of the Initial Market Value determination shown by one valuation) each
prepared:
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|
(i) |
as at a date not more than 20 days previously;
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|
(ii) |
by an Approved Valuer;
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|
(iii) |
with or without physical inspection of the Ship or vessel (as the Lender may require); and
|
|
(iv) |
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 Charter or Security
in respect of the Ship.
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(a) |
an account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank designated “Minimum Liquidity Account”;
|
|
(b) |
any other account in the name of the Borrower with the Account Bank which may, with the prior written consent of the Parties, be opened in the place of the account referred
to in paragraph (a) above, irrespective of the number or designation of such replacement account; or
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(c) |
any sub-account of any account referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
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(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;
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(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
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|
(c) |
if an Interest 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
Interest Period is to end.
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(a) |
a Qualifying Charter; or
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|
(b) |
any other Charter:
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|
(i) |
which is a time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter;
|
|
(ii) |
the duration of which does not exceed and is not capable of exceeding, by virtue of any optional extensions, 12 months plus a redelivery allowance of not more than 30 days;
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|
(iii) |
which is entered into on bona fide arm’s length terms at the time at which the Ship is fixed; and
|
|
(iv) |
in relation to which not more than two months’ hire is payable in advance, and any other Charter which is approved in writing by the Lender.
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(a) |
Security created by the Finance Documents;
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|
(b) |
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Transaction Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit
balances;
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(c) |
liens for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced through arrest;
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(d) |
liens for salvage;
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(e) |
liens for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced
through arrest; and
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|
(f) |
any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Ship:
|
|
(i) |
not as a result of any default or omission by the Borrower;
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|
(ii) |
not being enforced through arrest; and
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|
(iii) |
subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 21.16 (Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.),
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|
(a) |
the target of Sanctions; or
|
|
(b) |
located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the target of Sanctions (currently, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and
Syria).
|
|
(a) |
if:
|
|
(i) |
the Reference Bank is a contributor to the Screen Rate; and
|
|
(ii) |
it consists of a single figure,
|
|
(b) |
in any other case, as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could fund itself in dollars for the relevant period with reference to the unsecured wholesale funding
market.
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|
(a) |
Its Original Jurisdiction;
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|
(b) |
any jurisdiction where any asset (other than the Ship) subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Transaction Security created, or intended to be created, by it
is situated and in case of the Ship the flag of the Ship;
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|
(c) |
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and
|
|
(d) |
the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it.
|
|
(a) |
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (excluding a requisition for hire or use which does not involve a requisition for title) or acquisition of the Ship, whether
for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected (whether de jure or de
facto) by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority; and
|
|
(b) |
any capture or seizure of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft) by any person whatsoever.
|
|
(a) |
the United States of America;
|
|
(b) |
the United Nations;
|
|
(c) |
the European Union;
|
|
(d) |
the United Kingdom;
|
|
(e) |
Hong Kong; or
|
|
(f) |
the respective Governmental Authorities of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, OFAC, the US Department of State and HeriMajesty’s Treasury.
|
|
(a) |
any Corporate Guarantee;
|
|
(b) |
the Shares Security;
|
|
(c) |
the Mortgage;
|
|
(d) |
the General Assignment;
|
|
(e) |
the Account Security;
|
|
(f) |
the Charterparty Assignment;
|
|
(g) |
any Manager’s Undertaking;
|
|
(h) |
any other document (whether or not it creates Security) which is executed as security for the Secured Liabilities; or
|
|
(i) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
|
|
(a) |
the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Lender and all proceeds of that Transaction Security; and
|
|
(b) |
all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Transaction Obligor to pay amounts in relation to the Secured Liabilities to the Lender and secured by the Transaction
Security together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by a Transaction Obligor or any other person in favour of the Lender.
|
|
(a) |
for the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Substitute Date, Euroseas; and
|
|
(b) |
from date of the Substitute Date and at all times thereafter, Eurodry.
|
|
(a) |
a document creating Security over the share capital in the Borrower, to be executed by Eurodry pursuant to the terms of Clause 4.5(a) (Conditions
subsequent relevant to Qualified 1100) as of the date of the Substitute Date;
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|
(b) |
if the Substitute Date does not occur pursuant to the terms of Clause 4.5(a) (Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO), a
document creating Security over the share capital in the Borrower, to be executed by Euroseas pursuant to the terms and conditions of clause 11.14 (Shares security) of Corporate Guarantee A,
|
|
(a) |
actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship; or
|
|
(b) |
any Requisition of the Ship unless the Ship is returned to the full control of the Borrower within 30 days of such Requisition.
|
|
(a) |
in the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard of;
|
|
(b) |
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship, the earlier of:
|
|
(i) |
the date on which a notice of abandonment is given (or deemed or agreed to be given) to the insurers; and
|
|
(ii) |
the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower with the Ship’s insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total
loss; and
|
|
(c) |
in the case of any other type of Total Loss, the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Lender that the event constituting the total loss occurred.
|
|
(a) |
a Finance Document;
|
|
(b) |
any Charter (including, without limitation, the Qualifying Charter); or
|
|
(c) |
any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower.
|
|
(a) |
the proposed transfer date specified in the Assignment Agreement; and
|
|
(b) |
the date on which the parties to the Assignment Agreement have all executed, and agreed to be bound by, the Assignment Agreement.
|
|
(a) |
a person which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
|
|
(b) |
a person some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents to which it is a party are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
|
|
(a) |
any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
|
|
(b) |
any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph
(a) above, or imposed elsewhere.
|
|
(a) |
in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In
Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule; and
|
|
(b) |
in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
|
|
(i) |
any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or
affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of
that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect
of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
|
|
(ii) |
any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
|
1.2 |
Construction
|
|
(a) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to:
|
|
(i) |
the “Account Bank”, the “Lender”, any “Obligor”, any
“Party”, any “Transaction Obligor” or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title and permitted assigns;
|
|
(ii) |
“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
|
|
(iii) |
a liability which is “contingent” means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains
unascertained;
|
|
(iv) |
“document” includes a deed and also a letter, fax, email or telex;
|
|
(v) |
“expense” means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable Tax
including VAT (if applicable);
|
|
(vi) |
a “Finance Document”, a “Security Document” or “Transaction
Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document, Security Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
|
|
(vii) |
“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;
|
|
(viii) |
“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;
|
|
(ix) |
“proceedings” means, in relation to any enforcement provision of a Finance Document, proceedings of any kind, including an
application for a provisional or protective measure;
|
|
(x) |
a “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);
|
|
(xi) |
a “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;
|
|
(xii) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
|
|
(xiii) |
a time of day is a reference to London time;
|
|
(xiv) |
any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect
of a jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include that which most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;
|
|
(xv) |
words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and
|
|
(xvi) |
“including” and “in particular” (and other similar expressions) shall be construed as not
limiting any general words or expressions in connection with which they are used.
|
|
(b) |
The determination of the extent to which a rate is “for a period equal in length” to an Interest Period shall disregard any
inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
|
|
(c) |
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and are not to be used for the purposes of construction or interpretation of the Finance Documents.
|
|
(d) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under, or in connection with, any Finance Document has the same
meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
|
|
(e) |
A Potential Event of Default and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived.
|
1.3 |
Construction of insurance terms
|
1.4 |
Agreed forms of Finance Documents
|
(a) |
in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by the Borrower and the Lender); or
|
(b) |
in any other form agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Lender.
|
1.5 |
Third party rights
|
(a) |
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
|
(b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below but otherwise notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or
vary this Agreement at any time.
|
(c) |
An amendment or waiver which adversely affects the rights or obligations of a Reference Bank may not be effected without the consent of that Reference Bank.
|
(d) |
Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate or any other person described in paragraph (f) of Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities), Clause
27.1 (Role of Reference Banks) or Clause 27.2 (Third Party Reference Banks) may, subject to this Clause 1.5 (Third
party rights) and the Third Parties Act, rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it.
|
2 |
THE FACILITY
|
2.1 |
The Facility
|
3 |
PURPOSE
|
3.1 |
Purpose
|
3.2 |
Monitoring
|
4 |
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
|
4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
|
4.2 |
Further conditions precedent
|
(a) |
on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date and before the Loan is made available:
|
|
(i) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan;
|
|
(ii) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Transaction Obligor are true; and
|
|
(iii) |
no event or series of events has occurred which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(b) |
the Lender has received on or before the Utilisation Date, or is satisfied it will receive when the Loan is made available, all of the documents and other evidence listed
in Part B of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
|
4.3 |
Notification of satisfaction of conditions precedent
|
4.4 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
|
4.5 |
Conditions subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO
|
(a) |
If the planned Spin-Off and the Qualified IPO materialize, the Borrower undertakes to deliver to the Lender within 5 days (or such later date as the Lender, in its absolute
discretion, may agree) all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part C of Schedule 2 (Conditions Subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
|
(b) |
As of the Substitute Date, all definitions of, and all references to, “Corporate Guarantor” and “Shareholder” in this Agreement shall be read and construed as referring to
Eurodry.
|
(c) |
As of the Substitute Date, the Lender shall deliver a duly executed original of a deed of release (and of each document to be delivered under or pursuant to it) releasing
Corporate Guarantor A from its obligations under the Corporate Guarantee A in agreed form.
|
(d) |
If the Qualified IPO and the Spin-Off are not completed by 30 July 2018, the Borrower undertakes to deliver to the Lender all of the documents and other evidence listed in
paragraphs 1.1-1.4, 3, 4, Schedule 25.3Schedule 25.5 of Part C of Schedule 2 (Conditions Subsequent relevant to Qualified IPO) (together with any additional documents and evidence that may be
required by the Lender) in respect of Euroseas in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
|
5 |
UTILISATION
|
5.1 |
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
|
(a) |
The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
|
(b) |
The Borrower may not deliver more than one Utilisation Request.
|
5.2 |
Completion of a Utilisation Request
|
(a) |
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
|
(b) |
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
|
(c) |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
|
5.3 |
Currency and amount
|
(a) |
The currency specified in the Utilisation Request must be dollars.
|
(b) |
The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more than the lesser of (i) $18,400,000, (ii) 70 per cent. of the Initial Market Value and (iii) 70 per cent.
of the Contract Cost.
|
5.4 |
Loan
|
5.5 |
Cancellation of Commitment
|
5.6 |
Retentions and payment to third parties
|
5.7 |
Disbursement of Loan to third party
|
5.8 |
Prepositioning of funds
|
(a) |
agrees to pay interest on the amount of the funds so prepositioned at the rate described in Clause 8.1 (Calculation of interest) on
the basis of successive interest periods of one day and so that interest shall be paid together with the first payment of interest on the Loan after the Utilisation Date or, if such Utilisation Date does not occur, within three Business
Days of demand by the Lender; and
|
(b) |
shall, without duplication, indemnify the Lender against any additional costs, loss or liability it may incur in connection with such arrangement.
|
6 |
REPAYMENT
|
6.1 |
Repayment of Loan
|
(a) |
twenty (20) consecutive quarterly instalments, the first eight (8) of which shall be in an amount of $400,000 each and the subsequent twelve (12) of which shall be in an
amount of $325,000 each (each, a “Repayment Instalment” and together, the “Repayment Instalments”); and
|
(b) |
a balloon instalment in the amount of $11,300,000 (the “Balloon Instalment”) payable together with the twentieth (20th) Repayment
Instalment.
|
6.2 |
Reduction of Repayment Instalments
|
6.3 |
Termination Date
|
6.4 |
Reborrowing
|
7 |
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
7.1 |
Illegality
|
(a) |
the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing upon becoming aware of that event and the Available Facility will be immediately cancelled; and
|
(b) |
the Borrower shall prepay the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Lender has notified the Borrower in writing or, if earlier, the
date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and the Commitment shall be cancelled.
|
7.2 |
Voluntary and automatic cancellation
|
(a) |
The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part
(being a minimum amount equal to a multiple of $325,000) of the Loan. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.2 (Voluntary and automatic cancellation) shall reduce the amount of the Loan the
unutilised pro rata.
|
(b) |
The unutilised Commitment (if any) shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the Utilisation Date.
|
7.3 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loan
|
(a) |
The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part
of the Loan on the last day of an Interest Period (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by minimum amount equal to a multiple of $325,000).
|
(b) |
Any partial prepayment under this Clause 7.3 (Voluntary prepayment of Loan) shall reduce pro
rata the amount of each Repayment Instalment and the Balloon Instalment falling after that prepayment by the amount prepaid.
|
7.4 |
Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss
|
(a) |
in the case of a sale of the Ship, on the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Ship to the buyer of the Ship; and
|
(b) |
in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of (i) the date falling 120 days after the Total Loss Date and (ii) the date of receipt by the Lender of the proceeds of
insurance relating to such Total Loss.
|
7.5 |
Mandatory prepayment on change of control in Corporate Guarantor
|
(a) |
If, without the prior written consent of the Lender (which will not be unreasonably withheld), there is a Change of Control, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lender
upon becoming aware of that event and, if the Lender so requires, the Lender shall, by no less than 10 days’ notice to the Borrower, cancel the Facility and declare the Loan, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued
under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the Facility shall be cancelled and the Loan and all such outstanding interest and amounts will become immediately due and payable Provided
that in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) below, the Borrower will first have the option to rectify the Security Cover Ratio within 15 Business Days.
|
(b) |
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, “Change of Control” means:
|
|
(i) |
the members of the Nominated Family cease to own directly or indirectly more than 10 per cent. of the shares (and the voting rights attaching to those shares) in the
Corporate Guarantor; or
|
|
(ii) |
the members of the Nominated Family own between 11 per cent. to 19 per cent. (inclusive) of the shares (and the voting rights attaching to those shares) in the Corporate
Guarantor and the Security Cover Ratio is equal to or less than 143 per cent. of the Loan.
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7.6 |
Mandatory prepayment on non-employment of Ship under Qualifying Charter
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7.7 |
Restrictions
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(a) |
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and Cancellation) shall be
irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
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(b) |
Any prepayment under this Agreement (either voluntary or mandatory) shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs (if
made on a date which is not an Interest Payment Date), without premium or penalty.
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(c) |
The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid.
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(d) |
The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitment except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for
in this Agreement.
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(e) |
No amount of the Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
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8 |
INTEREST
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8.1 |
Calculation of interest
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(a) |
the Margin; and
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(b) |
LIBOR.
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8.2 |
Payment of interest
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(a) |
The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (each an “Interest
Payment Date).
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(b) |
If an Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, the Borrower shall also pay interest then accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling
at three Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period.
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8.3 |
Default interest
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(a) |
If a Transaction Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date or (ii) any other Event of Default has occurred, and is continuing,
subject to written notice to the Borrower, interest shall accrue, in case of sub-paragraph (i) above, on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) or, in the case of sub-paragraph
(ii) above, on the Loan from the date of occurrence of such Event of Default up to the date of actual remedy or waiver of such breach or Event of Default to the satisfaction of the Lender, at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below,
is 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment or during which the breach of Event of Default continues, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of
the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Lender. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the
Borrower on demand by the Lender.
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(b) |
If an Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the
Loan:
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(i) |
the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the
Loan; and
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(ii) |
the rate of interest applying to that Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if that
Unpaid Sum had not become due.
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(c) |
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will
remain immediately due and payable.
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8.4 |
Notification of rates of interest
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9 |
INTEREST PERIODS
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9.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
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(a) |
The Borrower may select the Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request. Subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 (Changes
to Interest Periods), the Borrower may select each subsequent Interest Period in respect of the Loan in a Selection Notice.
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(b) |
Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrower not later than the Specified Time.
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(c) |
If the Borrower fails to select an Interest Period in the Utilisation Request or fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b)
above, the relevant Interest Period will, subject to paragraph (f)below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), be three (3) Months.
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(d) |
Subject to this Clause 9 (Interest Periods), the Borrower may select an Interest Period of three (3), six (6) or twelve (12)
Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.
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(e) |
An Interest Period in respect of the Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.
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(f) |
In respect of a Repayment Instalment, the Borrower may request in the relevant Selection Notice that an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment
Instalment shall end on the Repayment Date relating to it and, subject to paragraph (d) above, select a longer Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan.
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(g) |
The first Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
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(h) |
Except for the purposes of paragraph (f) above and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), the Loan shall have one Interest
Period only at any time.
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9.2 |
Changes to Interest Periods
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(a) |
In respect of a Repayment Instalment, prior to determining the interest rate for the Loan, the Lender may establish an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such
Repayment Instalment to end on the Repayment Date relating to it and the remaining part of the Loan shall have the Interest Period selected in the relevant Selection Notice, subject to paragraph (d) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods).
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(b) |
If the Lender makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), it shall
promptly notify the Borrower.
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9.3 |
Non-Business Days
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10 |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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10.1 |
Unavailability of Screen Rate
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(a) |
Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan,
the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan.
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(b) |
Reference Bank Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for:
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(i) |
dollars; or
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(ii) |
the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,
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(c) |
Cost of funds: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for dollars for the relevant Interest Period
there shall be no LIBOR for the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) and Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan for that Interest Period.
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10.2 |
Calculation of Reference Bank Rate
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(a) |
Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time,
the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
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(b) |
If at or about noon on the Quotation Day none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest
Period.
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10.3 |
Market disruption
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10.4 |
Cost of funds
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(a) |
If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies, the rate of interest on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan for the relevant
Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
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(i) |
the Margin; and
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(ii) |
the rate notified by the Lender to the Borrower as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period to be that
which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan or that part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select or, if such rate is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
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(b) |
If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter
into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for funding.
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(c) |
Any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, be binding on all Parties.
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10.5 |
Break Costs
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11 |
FEES
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11.1 |
Commitment fee
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(a) |
The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fee computed at the rate of 1.00 per cent. per annum on the Available Facility quarterly in arrears during the Availability Period.
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(b) |
The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the
Availability Period and, if cancelled, on the cancelled amount of the Available Facility at the time the cancellation is effective.
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11.2 |
Arrangement fee
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12 |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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12.1 |
Definitions
|
(a) |
In this Agreement:
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(b) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.
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12.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that the Borrower must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify
the Lender accordingly. Similarly, the Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Borrower on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to the Lender.
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(c) |
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any
Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
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(d) |
If the Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the
time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
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(e) |
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower making that Tax Deduction shall deliver
to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
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12.3 |
Tax indemnity
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall (within five (5) Business Days of written demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender
determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by the Lender in respect of a Finance Document.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
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|
(i) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender:
|
|
(A) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for
tax purposes; or
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|
(B) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
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|
(ii) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost
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|
(A) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up);0
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|
(B) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
|
(c) |
The Lender shall, if making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above, promptly notify the Borrower of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the
claim.
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12.4 |
Tax Credit
|
(a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax
Payment was received; and
|
(b) |
the Lender has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit, the Lender shall pay an amount to the Obligor which the Lender determines will leave it (after that payment) in the
same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor.
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12.5 |
Stamp taxes
|
12.6 |
VAT
|
(a) |
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to the Lender which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT
purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any such supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document and the Lender is required to
account to the relevant tax authority for the relevant VAT (if any), that Party must pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the charged
VAT
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(b) |
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify the Lender for any cost or expense, that Party shall
reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) the Lender for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part of it as represents VAT (if charged), save to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is entitled to
credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
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(c) |
Any reference in this Clause 12.6 (VAT) to any Party shall, at any time when that Party is treated as a member of a group or
unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under
the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union) each if applicable so that a reference to a Party shall be construed as a reference to
that Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity) of which that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or representative or head) of that group or unity at the relevant
time (as the case may be).
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(d) |
In relation to any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by the Lender, that Party must promptly provide the Lender with
details of that Party’s VAT registration (if applicable) and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with the Lender’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
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12.7 |
FATCA Information
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
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|
(i) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
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|
(A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
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|
(B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
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|
(ii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of
that other Party’s compliance with FATCA; and
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|
(iii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other
Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation or exchange of information regime.
|
(b) |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) 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 Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
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(c) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything and sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything which would or
might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
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|
(i) |
any law or regulation;
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|
(ii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
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|
(iii) |
any duty of confidentiality.
|
(d) |
If a 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 sub-paragraphs (i)
or (ii) of paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt
Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
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12.8 |
FATCA Deduction
|
(a) |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall 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.
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(b) |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify
the Party to whom it is making the payment.
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13 |
INCREASED COSTS
|
13.1 |
Increased costs
|
(a) |
Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions), the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of a written demand by the Lender, pay for
the account of the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of:
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|
(i) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation; or
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|
(ii) |
compliance with any law or regulation made,
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|
(iii) |
the implementation, application of or compliance with Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV.
|
(b) |
In this Agreement:
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(i) |
“Basel III” means:
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(A) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking
systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;
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|
(B) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement -
Rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
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|
(C) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”.
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|
(ii) |
“CRD IV” means:
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|
(A) |
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and
amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012;
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|
(B) |
Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit
institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC; and
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|
(C) |
any other law or regulation which implements Basel III.
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|
(iii) |
“Increased Costs” means:
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|
(A) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Lender’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
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|
(B) |
an additional or increased cost; or
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|
(C) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, which is incurred or suffered by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of the events
referred in Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) to the extent that it is attributable to the Lender having entered into the Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance
Document.
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13.2 |
Increased cost claims
|
13.3 |
Exceptions
|
(a) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrower;
|
(b) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
|
(c) |
compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);
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(d) |
compensated for by any payment made pursuant to Clause 14.3 (Mandatory Cost); or
|
(e) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
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14 |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
|
14.1 |
Currency indemnity
|
(a) |
If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the
currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:
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|
(i) |
making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower; or
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|
(ii) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
|
(b) |
The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is
expressed to be payable.
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14.2 |
Other indemnities
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall within five (5) days of a written demand, indemnify the Lender and any Receiver and Delegate against:
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|
(i) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of:
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|
(A) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default;
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|
(B) |
a failure by a Transaction Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document to which it is a party on its due date;
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(C) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund the Loan, requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by the Lender alone); or
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|
(D) |
the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower; and
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|
(ii) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender (otherwise than by reason of the Lender’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) or, in the case of any cost, loss or
liability pursuant to Clause 28.6 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Lender’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including
any claim based on the fraud of the Lender.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, each Affiliate of the Lender and any Receiver and Delegate and each officer or employee of the Lender or its Affiliate
or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) (each such person for the purposes of this Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities) an “Indemnified Person”), against
any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Security constituted by the Finance Documents or which relates to the condition or operation of, or any incident occurring in relation to, the Ship unless such
cost, loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.
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(c) |
No Party other than the Lender or the Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Lender or the Receiver or
Delegate (as applicable) in respect of any claim it might have against the Lender or the Receiver or Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document or any
Security Property.
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(d) |
Without limiting, but subject to any limitations set out in paragraph (b) above, the indemnity in paragraph (b) above shall cover any cost, loss or liability incurred by
each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction:
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|
(i) |
arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or
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|
(ii) |
in connection with any Environmental Claim.
|
(e) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them:
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|
(i) |
in relation to or as a result of:
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|
(A) |
any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses);
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|
(B) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
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|
(C) |
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Security;
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|
(D) |
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;
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|
(E) |
any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
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(F) |
any action by any Transaction Obligor which vitiates, reduces the value of, or is otherwise prejudicial to, the Transaction Security; and
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|
(G) |
instructing lawyers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing;
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|
(ii) |
which otherwise relates to any of the Security Property or the performance of the terms of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents (otherwise, in each case, than by
reason of the Lender’s or Receiver’s or Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct).
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(f) |
Any Affiliate or Receiver or Delegate or any officer or employee of the Lender, or of any of its Affiliates or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) may rely on this
Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act, subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third
Parties Act.
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14.3 |
Mandatory Cost
|
(a) |
if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State, the minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose)
of the European Central Bank (or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its functions) in respect of loans made from that Facility Office; and
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(b) |
if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom, any reserve asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same
or similar purpose) of the Bank of England (or any other governmental authority or agency) and/or paying any fees to the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (or any other governmental authority or agency
which replaces all or any of their functions),
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15 |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDER
|
15.1 |
Mitigation
|
(a) |
The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming
payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities), Clause 13 (Increased Costs) or paragraph (a) of Clause 14.3 (Mandatory Cost) including (but not limited to) transferring or assigning its rights under the Finance
Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents.
|
15.2 |
Limitation of liability
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).
|
(b) |
The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if either:
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|
(i) |
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or
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|
(ii) |
in the opinion of the Lender (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
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16 |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
16.1 |
Transaction expenses
|
(a) |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement or in a Security Document; and
|
(b) |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
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16.2 |
Amendment costs
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(a) |
a Transaction Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or
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(b) |
a Transaction Obligor requests, and the Lender agrees to, the release of all or any part of the Security Assets from the Transaction Security,
|
16.3 |
Enforcement and preservation costs
|
17 |
REPRESENTATIONS
|
17.1 |
General
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17.2 |
Status
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(a) |
It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the law of its Original Jurisdiction.
|
(b) |
It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
|
17.3 |
Share capital and ownership
|
(a) |
The Borrower is authorised to issue 500 registered and/or bearer shares with a par value of US$0.01 each, all of which shares have been issued.
|
(b) |
The legal title to and direct beneficial interest in the shares in the Borrower is held by the Relevant Shareholder, free of any Security (other than Permitted Security) or
any other claim.
|
(c) |
With the exception of the planned Spin-Off, none of the shares in the Borrower is subject to any option to purchase, pre-emption rights or similar rights.
|
17.4 |
Binding obligations
|
17.5 |
Validity, effectiveness and ranking of Security
|
(a) |
Each Finance Document to which it is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery create the Security it purports to create over any assets to
which such Security, by its terms, relates, and such Security will, when created or intended to be created, be valid and effective.
|
(b) |
No third party has or will have any Security (except for Permitted Security) over any assets that are the subject of any Transaction Security granted by it.
|
(c) |
The Transaction Security granted by it to the Lender has or will when created or intended to be created have first ranking priority or such other priority it is expressed
to have in the Finance Documents and is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking security.
|
(d) |
No concurrence, consent or authorisation of any person is required for the creation of or otherwise in connection with any Transaction Security.
|
17.6 |
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
(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 or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.
|
17.7 |
Power and authority
|
(a) |
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise:
|
|
(i) |
its entry into, performance and delivery of, each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents;
and
|
|
(ii) |
in the case of the Borrower on the Delivery Date, the registration of the Ship under its Approved Flag.
|
(b) |
No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party.
|
17.8 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
(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; and
|
(b) |
to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions,
|
17.9 |
Governing law and enforcement
|
(a) |
The choice of governing law of each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions.
|
(b) |
Any judgment obtained in relation to a Transaction Document to which it is a party in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Transaction Document will be recognised
and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions.
|
17.10 |
Insolvency
|
(a) |
corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 24.8 (Insolvency proceedings); or
|
(b) |
creditors’ process described in Clause 24.9 (Creditors’ process),
|
17.11 |
No filing or stamp taxes
|
17.12 |
Deduction of Tax
|
17.13 |
No default
|
(a) |
No Event of Default and, on the date of this Agreement and on the Utilisation Date, no Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of
any Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document.
|
(b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default or a termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is
binding on it or to which its assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
17.14 |
No misleading information
|
(a) |
Any factual information provided by any Transaction Obligor for the purposes of this Agreement was true 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.
|
(b) |
Nothing has occurred or been omitted from any such information and no information has been given or withheld that results in any such information being untrue or misleading
in any material respect.
|
17.15 |
Pari passu ranking
|
17.16 |
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
(a) |
No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code
or of the ISPS Code) of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely determined,
|
(b) |
No judgment or order of a court, arbitral tribunal or other tribunal or any order or sanction of any governmental or other regulatory body which might reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been made against it or any other Transaction Obligor.
|
17.17 |
Validity and completeness of the Shipbuilding Contract
|
(a) |
The Shipbuilding Contract constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Builder and the Borrower.
|
(b) |
The copy of the Shipbuilding Contract delivered to the Lender before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy.
|
(c) |
Other than as disclosed to the Lender in writing on or before the date of this Agreement, no further amendments or additions to the Shipbuilding Contract have been agreed
nor has the Borrower or the Builder waived any of their respective rights under the Shipbuilding Contract.
|
17.18 |
No rebates etc.
|
17.19 |
Valuations
|
(a) |
All information supplied by it or on its behalf to an Approved Valuer for the purposes of a valuation delivered to the Lender in accordance with this Agreement was true and
accurate as at the date it was supplied or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given.
|
(b) |
It has not omitted to supply any information to an Approved Valuer which, if disclosed, would adversely affect any valuation prepared by such Approved Valuer.
|
(c) |
There has been no change to the factual information provided pursuant to paragraph (a) above in relation to any valuation between the date such information was provided and
the date of that valuation which, in either case, renders that information untrue or misleading in any material respect.
|
17.20 |
No breach of laws
|
17.21 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws
|
17.22 |
No Environmental Claim
|
17.23 |
No Environmental Incident
|
17.24 |
ISM and ISPS Code compliance
|
17.25 |
Taxes paid
|
(a) |
It is not and no other Transaction Obligor is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and no other Transaction Obligor is) overdue in the payment
of any amount in respect of Tax.
|
(b) |
No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any other Transaction Obligor) with respect to Taxes.
|
17.26 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
17.27 |
Good title to assets
|
17.28 |
Ownership
|
(a) |
With effect on and from the Delivery Date, the Borrower will be the sole legal and direct beneficial owner of the Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances.
|
(b) |
With effect on and from the date of its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor will be the sole legal and direct beneficial owner of any asset that is the
subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by the Security Documents to which such Transaction Obligor is a party.
|
(c) |
The constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of the Borrower on creation or enforcement of
the security conferred by the Security Documents.
|
17.29 |
Place of business
|
17.30 |
Sanctions
|
(a) |
is a Prohibited Person; or
|
(b) |
is acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Person.
|
17.31 |
US Tax Obligor
|
17.32 |
Repetition
|
18 |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
18.1 |
General
|
18.2 |
Information: miscellaneous
|
(a) |
all documents dispatched by it to its Shareholder (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are
dispatched;
|
(b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations
relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of the ISPS Code) which are current, threatened or pending against any Transaction Obligor, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(c) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which is made against any Transaction Obligor and which might
have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(d) |
promptly, its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied;
|
(e) |
promptly, such further information and/or documents regarding:
|
|
(i) |
the Ship, goods transported on the Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances;
|
|
(ii) |
any Qualifying Charter;
|
|
(iii) |
the Security Assets;
|
|
(iv) |
compliance of the Transaction Obligors with the terms of the Finance Documents to which they are a party;
|
|
(v) |
the financial condition, business, affairs, commitments and operations of the Corporate Guarantor and the Approved Manager,
|
(f) |
promptly, such further information and/or documents as the Lender may reasonably request so as to enable the Lender to comply with any laws applicable to it or as may be
required by any regulatory authority.
|
18.3 |
Notification of Event of Default
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor shall, notify the Lender of any Event of Default (and the
steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
|
(b) |
Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that
no Event of Default is continuing (or if an Event of Default is continuing, specifying the Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
|
18.4 |
“Know your customer” checks
|
(a) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
(b) |
any change in the status of a Transaction Obligor (including, without limitation, a change of ownership of a Transaction Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(c) |
a proposed assignment by the Lender of any of its rights under this Agreement,
|
19 |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
19.1 |
General
|
19.2 |
Authorisations
|
(a) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
|
(b) |
supply certified copies to the Lender of,
|
|
(i) |
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
|
|
(ii) |
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant Jurisdiction or in the state of the Approved Flag at any time of the Ship of any
Transaction Document to which it is a party; and
|
|
(iii) |
own and operate the Ship (in the case of the Borrower).
|
19.3 |
Compliance with laws
|
19.4 |
Environmental compliance
|
(a) |
comply with all Environmental Laws;
|
(b) |
obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals;
|
(c) |
implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,
|
19.5 |
Environmental Claims
|
(a) |
any Environmental Claim against any Transaction Obligor which is current, pending or threatened; and
|
(b) |
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any Transaction Obligor,
|
19.6 |
Taxation
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its
assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that:
|
|
(i) |
such payment is being contested in good faith;
|
|
(ii) |
adequate reserves are maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them and, in the case of the Corporate Guarantor, both have been disclosed in the latest
financial statements delivered to the Lender pursuant to the terms of the relevant Corporate Guarantee; and
|
|
(iii) |
such payment can be lawfully withheld.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall not, and the Borrower shall procure that no other Transaction Obligor will, change its residence for Tax purposes.
|
19.7 |
No change to centre of main interests
|
19.8 |
Pari passu ranking
|
19.9 |
Title
|
(a) |
With effect on and from the Delivery Date, the Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire direct beneficial interest in the Ship, its Earnings and its
Insurances; and
|
(b) |
With effect on and from its creation or intended creation, the Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire direct beneficial interest in any other assets the
subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Borrower.
|
19.10 |
Negative pledge
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets which are the subject of the Security created or intended to be created by the
Finance Documents other than Permitted Securities.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall not:
|
|
(i) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by a Transaction Obligor;
|
|
(ii) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
|
|
(iii) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
|
|
(iv) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
|
(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Permitted Security.
|
19.11 |
Disposals
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any asset (including without limitation the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances).
|
(b) |
For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph (a)21.16(a) above does not apply to any Charter as all Charters are subject to Clause 21.16 (Restrictions
on chartering, appointment of managers etc.).
|
19.12 |
Merger
|
19.13 |
Change of business
|
19.14 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
19.15 |
Expenditure
|
19.16 |
Share capital
|
(a) |
purchase, cancel or redeem any of its share capital;
|
(b) |
increase or reduce its authorised share capital;
|
(c) |
issue any further shares except to the Shareholder and provided such new shares are made subject to the terms of the Shares Security applicable to the Borrower immediately
upon the issue of such new shares in a manner satisfactory to the Lender and the terms of that Shares Security are complied with;
|
(d) |
appoint any further director or officer of the Borrower (unless the provisions of the Shares Security applicable to the Borrower are complied with).
|
19.17 |
Dividends
|
19.18 |
Other transactions
|
(a) |
give or allow to be outstanding any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person in respect of any obligation of any other person or enter into any document
under which the Borrower assumes any liability of any other person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Finance Documents;
|
(b) |
enter into any material agreement other than:
|
|
(i) |
the Transaction Documents;
|
|
(ii) |
any other agreement expressly allowed under any other term of this Agreement and
|
(c) |
enter into any transaction on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to that Transaction Obligor than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms’
length; or
|
(d) |
acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks.
|
(e) |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may enter into any agreements for operating, trading, chartering, manning, insuring, maintaining, repairing and supplying the Ship.
|
19.19 |
Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking; Security imperilled
|
(a) |
make it unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
|
(b) |
cause any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable;
|
(c) |
cause any Transaction Document to cease to be in full force and effect;
|
(d) |
cause any Transaction Security to rank after, or lose its priority to, any other Security; and
|
(e) |
imperil or jeopardise the Transaction Security.
|
19.20 |
Further assurance
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, promptly, and in any event within the time period specified by the Lender do all such acts
(including procuring or arranging any registration, notarisation or authentication or the giving of any notice) or execute or procure execution of all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices,
instructions, acknowledgments, proxies and powers of attorney), as the Lender may reasonably specify (and in such form as the Lender may require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)):
|
|
(i) |
to create, perfect, vest in favour of the Lender or protect the priority of the Security or any right of any kind created or intended to be created by the Finance Documents
(which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and
remedies of the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law;
|
|
(ii) |
to confer on the Lender Security over any property and assets of that Transaction Obligor located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be
conferred by or pursuant to the Finance Documents;
|
|
(iii) |
to facilitate or expedite the realisation and/or sale of, the transfer of title to or the grant of, any interest in or right relating to the assets which are, or are
intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security or to exercise any power specified in any Finance Document in respect of which the Security has become enforceable following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is
continuing; and/or
|
|
(iv) |
to enable or assist the Lender to commence, defend or conduct any proceedings and/or to take any other action relating to any item of the Security Property.
|
(b) |
The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, take all such action as is available to it (including making all filings and registrations)
as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Security conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender by or pursuant to the Finance Documents.
|
(c) |
At the same time as the Borrower delivers to the Lender any document executed by itself or another Transaction Obligor pursuant to this Clause 19.20 (Further assurance), the Borrower shall deliver, or shall procure that such other Transaction Obligor will deliver, to the Lender a certificate signed by two of the Borrower’s or Transaction Obligor’s
directors or officers which shall:
|
|
(i) |
set out the text of a resolution of the Borrower’s or Transaction Obligor’s directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the Lender; and
|
|
(ii) |
state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the directors validly convened and held, throughout which a quorum of directors entitled to vote on the
resolution was present, or that the resolution has been signed by all the directors or officers and is valid under the Borrower’s or Transaction Obligor’s articles of association or other constitutional documents.
|
19.21 |
Banking operations
|
19.22 |
Minimum Liquidity
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall maintain in the Minimum Liquidity Account.
|
|
(i) |
as from the Utilisation Date and at all times thereafter during the Security Period, a minimum liquidity of not less than $300,000; and
|
|
(ii) |
if the Ship will not be employed under a Qualifying Charter on the Delivery Date, for the period commencing on the Utilisation Date and ending on the earlier of (A) the
date on which the mandatory prepayment is made under Clause 7.6 (Mandatory prepayment on non-employment of Ship under Qualifying Charter) or (B) the date on which the Ship is employed under a
Qualifying Charter, an additional minimum liquidity of an amount equal to $1,315,000 Provided that in the case of (B) above the Borrower has complied with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21
(Qualifying Charter),
|
(b) |
If the Borrower complies with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21 (Qualifying Charter), the additional minimum liquidity
amount required to be maintained under paragraph (a)(ii) above will be released to the Borrower or, if the Borrower does not comply with the terms and conditions of Clause 21.21 (Qualifying Charter), the
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorises the Lender to apply such additional minimum liquidity amount for the mandatory prepayment to be made in accordance with Clause 7.6 (Mandatory
prepayment on non-employment of Ship under Qualifying Charter).
|
19.23 |
Sanctions
|
20 |
INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS
|
20.1 |
General
|
20.2 |
Maintenance of obligatory insurances
|
(a) |
fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks);
|
(b) |
war risks;
|
(c) |
protection and indemnity risks; and
|
(d) |
any other risks against which the Lender considers, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it would be reasonable for the
Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Lender by notice to the Borrower.
|
20.3 |
Terms of obligatory insurances
|
(a) |
in dollars;
|
(b) |
in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least the greater of:
|
|
(i) |
an amount which equals 125 per cent. of the Loan; and
|
|
(ii) |
the Market Value of the Ship;
|
(c) |
in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity
club entry and in the international marine insurance market;
|
(d) |
in the case of protection and indemnity risks, in respect of the full tonnage of its Ship;
|
(e) |
on approved terms; and
|
(f) |
through Approved Brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks
and protection and indemnity risks associations.
|
20.4 |
Further protections for the Lender
|
(a) |
subject always to paragraph (b), name the Borrower as the sole named insured unless the interest of every other named insured 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 it has 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 it); and
|
|
(ii) |
in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any
third party liability claims made specifically against it;
|
(b) |
whenever the Lender requires, name (or be amended to name) the Lender as additional named insured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with
full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Lender, but without the Lender being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;
|
(c) |
name the Lender as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Lender may specify;
|
(d) |
provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Lender shall be made without set off, counterclaim or deductions or
condition whatsoever;
|
(e) |
provide that the obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Lender; and
|
(f) |
provide that the Lender may make proof of loss if the Borrower fails to do so.
|
20.5 |
Renewal of obligatory insurances
|
(a) |
at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it:
|
|
(i) |
notify the Lender of the Approved Brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with which it proposes to renew that
obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and
|
|
(ii) |
obtain the Lender’s approval to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above;
|
(b) |
at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Lender’s approval pursuant to paragraph (a) above;
and
|
(c) |
procure that the Approved Brokers and/or the approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the
renewal notify the Lender in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal.
|
20.6 |
Copies of policies; letters of undertaking
|
(a) |
pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew; and
|
(b) |
a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the Lender and including undertakings by the Approved Brokers that:
|
|
(i) |
they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 20.4 (Further protections for the Lender);
|
|
(ii) |
they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Lender in accordance with such loss payable clause;
|
|
(iii) |
they will advise the Lender immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances;
|
|
(iv) |
they will, if they have not received notice of renewal instructions from the Borrower or its agents, notify the Lender not less than 14 days before the expiry of the
obligatory insurances;
|
|
(v) |
if they receive instructions to renew the obligatory insurances, they will promptly notify the Lender of the terms of the instructions;
|
|
(vi) |
they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or
any other person whether in respect of the Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts and they will not cancel such
obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts; and
|
|
(vii) |
they will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Lender.
|
20.7 |
Copies of certificates of entry
|
|
(a) |
a certified copy of the certificate of entry for the Ship;
|
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(b) |
a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Lender; and
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(c) |
a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying
authority in relation to the Ship.
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20.8 |
Deposit of original policies
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20.9 |
Payment of premiums
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20.10 |
Guarantees
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20.11 |
Compliance with terms of insurances
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(a) |
The Borrower shall not do or 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.
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(b) |
Without limiting paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall:
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(i) |
take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation
contained in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 20.6 (Copies of policies; letters of undertaking)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or
qualifications to which the Lender has not given its prior approval;
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(ii) |
not make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances;
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(iii) |
make (and promptly supply copies to the Lender of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in
which the Ship is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation); and
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(iv) |
not employ the Ship, 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.
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20.12 |
Alteration to terms of insurances
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20.13 |
Settlement of claims
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(a) |
not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty without the prior written consent of the Lender; and
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(b) |
do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Lender to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in
respect of the obligatory insurances.
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20.14 |
Provision of copies of communications
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(a) |
the Approved Brokers;
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(b) |
the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and
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(c) |
the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters,
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(i) |
the Borrower’s obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and
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(ii) |
any credit arrangements made between the Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above relating wholly or partly to the effecting or
maintenance of the obligatory insurances.
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20.15 |
Provision of information
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(a) |
obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or
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(b) |
effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 20.16 (Mortgagee’s interest and additional perils
insurances) or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances,
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(a) |
The Lender shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee’s interest marine insurance in an amount equal to 110 per cent. of the Loan, on
such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Lender may from time to time consider appropriate.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days following written demand and against receipt of appropriate vouchers and/or invoices fully indemnify the Lender in respect
of all premiums
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21 |
GENERAL SHIP UNDERTAKINGS
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21.1 |
General
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21.2 |
Ship’s names and registration
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(a) |
keep the Ship registered in its name under the Approved Flag from time to time at its port of registration;
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(b) |
not do or allow to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be suspended, cancelled or imperilled;
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(c) |
not enter into any dual flagging arrangement in respect of the Ship; and
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(d) |
not change the name of the Ship without the prior consent of the Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
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(i) |
the Ship remaining subject to Security securing the Secured Liabilities created by a first priority or preferred ship mortgage on the Ship and, if appropriate, a first
priority deed of covenant collateral to that mortgage (or equivalent first priority Security) on substantially the same terms as the Mortgage on the Ship and on such other terms and in such other form as the Lender shall approve or
require; and
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(ii) |
the execution of such other documentation amending and supplementing the Finance Documents as the Lender shall approve or reasonably require.
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21.3 |
Repair and classification
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(a) |
consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice; and
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(b) |
so as to maintain the Approved Classification free of recommendations and conditions affecting class.
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21.4 |
Classification society undertaking
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(a) |
to send to the Lender, following receipt of a written request from the Lender, certified true copies of all original class records held by the Approved Classification
Society in relation to the Ship;
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(b) |
to allow the Lender (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of the Borrower and the Ship at the offices of the
Approved Classification Society and to take copies of them;
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(c) |
to notify the Lender immediately in writing if the Approved Classification Society:
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(i) |
receives notification from the Borrower or any person that the Ship’s Approved Classification Society is to be changed; or
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(ii) |
becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of the Ship’s class under the rules
or terms and conditions of the Borrower or the Ship’s membership of the Approved Classification Society;
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(d) |
following receipt of a written request from the Lender:
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(i) |
to confirm that the Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, including confirmation that it
has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the Approved Classification Society; or
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(ii) |
to confirm that the Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, to specify to the Lender in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the Approved Classification Society.
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21.5 |
Modifications
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21.6 |
Removal and installation of parts
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(a) |
Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrower shall not remove any material part of the Ship, or any item of equipment installed on the Ship unless:
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(i) |
the part or item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item removed;
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(ii) |
the replacement part or item is free from any Security in favour of any person other than the Lender; and
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(iii) |
the replacement part or item becomes, on installation on the Ship, the property of the Borrower and subject to the security constituted by the Mortgage on the Ship.
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(b) |
The Borrower may install leased equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of damage to the Ship owned by the Borrower.
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21.7 |
Surveys
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21.8 |
Inspection
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21.9 |
Prevention of and release from arrest
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(a) |
The Borrower shall promptly discharge:
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(i) |
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances;
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(ii) |
all Taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances; and
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(iii) |
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances.
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(b) |
The Borrower shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship or of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, take all steps
necessary to procure its release promptly and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days by providing bail or otherwise as the circumstances may require.
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21.10 |
Compliance with laws etc.
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(a) |
comply, or procure compliance with all laws or regulations:
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(i) |
relating to its business generally; and
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(ii) |
relating to the Ship, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration,
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(b) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect any Environmental Approvals; and
|
(c) |
without limiting paragraph (a) above, not employ the Ship nor allow its employment, operation or management in any manner contrary to any law or regulation including but
not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and Sanctions.
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21.11 |
ISPS Code
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(a) |
procure that the Ship and the company responsible for the Ship’s compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code;
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(b) |
maintain an ISSC for the Ship; and
|
(c) |
notify the Lender immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC.
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21.12 |
Sanctions and Ship trading
|
(a) |
that the Ship shall not be used by or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person;
|
(b) |
that the Ship shall not be used in trading in any manner contrary to Sanctions;
|
(c) |
that the Ship shall not be traded in any manner which would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause (or similar) in the Insurances; and
|
(d) |
that it will use its best endeavours to ensure that each charterparty (where applicable) in respect of the Ship shall contain, for the benefit of the Borrower, language
similar to the BIMCO Sanctions Clause or the BIMCO Designated Entity Clause.
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21.13 |
Trading in war zones
|
(a) |
the prior written consent of the war risks insurers has been given; and
|
(b) |
the Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the war risks insurers may require.
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21.14 |
Provision of information
|
(a) |
the Ship, its employment, position and engagements;
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(b) |
the Earnings and payments and amounts due to its master and crew;
|
(c) |
any expenditure incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship and any payments made by it in respect of the Ship;
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(d) |
any towages and salvages; and
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(e) |
its compliance, the Approved Manager’s compliance and the compliance of the Ship with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,
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21.15 |
Notification of certain events
|
(a) |
any casualty to the Ship which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;
|
(b) |
any occurrence as a result of which the Ship has become or is likely to become a Total Loss;
|
(c) |
any requisition of the Ship for hire;
|
(d) |
any requirement or recommendation made in relation to the Ship by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not complied with in
accordance with its terms;
|
(e) |
any arrest or detention of the Ship that is not promptly lifted either with provision of security, bail or otherwise or any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on
the Ship or the Earnings;
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(f) |
any intended dry docking of the Ship;
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(g) |
any Environmental Claim made against the Borrower or in connection with the Ship, or any Environmental Incident;
|
(h) |
any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower, an Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship; or
|
(i) |
any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code
not being complied with; or
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(j) |
the entering into any time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter in respect of the Ship the duration of which (without taking into account any optional extensions) exceeds
or is capable of exceeding 12 months,
|
21.16 |
Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.
|
(a) |
let the Ship on demise charter for any period without the prior written consent of the Lender;
|
(b) |
materially amend, supplement or terminate a Management Agreement (and for the avoidance of doubt, but without limitation, any amendment in respect of the management fees,
milestone payments, duration, termination events and governing law of the management agreement will be considered material);
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(c) |
appoint a manager of the Ship other than the Approved Manager or agree to any material alteration to the terms of an Approved Manager’s appointment (and for the avoidance
of
|
(d) |
de activate or lay up the Ship; or
|
(e) |
put the Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $900,000 (or the equivalent in any
other currency) unless that person has first given to the Lender and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on the Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason.
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21.17 |
Notice of Mortgage
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21.18 |
Sharing of Earnings
|
21.19 |
Notification of compliance
|
21.20 |
Charterparty Assignment
|
(a) |
provide the Lender with a certified true copy of such Charter;
|
(b) |
execute in favour of the Lender a Charterparty Assignment in respect of that Charter (such Charterparty Assignment to be notified to the relevant charterer and any charter
guarantor and the Borrower to use reasonable endeavours to obtain an executed acknowledgment of the notice from the relevant charterer and charter guarantor in such form as the Lender may approve or require); and
|
(c) |
without limiting the generality of the above, if that Charter is a bareboat charter, procure that the bareboat charterer shall promptly execute in favour of the Lender an
assignment of (inter alia) all its rights, title and interest in and to the Insurances in respect of the Ship effected either by the Borrower or by the bareboat charterer and a letter of undertaking in favour of the Lender whereby (inter
alia) the interests of the bareboat charterer under the bareboat charter are fully subordinated to the interests of the Lender and the other Finance Parties under the Finance Documents, each to be in an agreed form,
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21.21 |
Qualifying Charter
|
22 |
SECURITY COVER
|
22.1 |
Minimum required security cover
|
(a) |
the Market Value of the Ship then subject to a Mortgage; plus
|
(b) |
the net realisable value of additional Security previously provided under this Clause 22 (Security Cover),
|
22.2 |
Provision of additional security; prepayment
|
(a) |
if the Lender serves a notice on the Borrower under Clause 22.1 (Minimum required security cover), the Borrower shall, on or
before the date falling one Month after the date on which the Lender’s notice is served (the “Prepayment Date”), prepay such part of the Loan as shall eliminate the shortfall.
|
(b) |
The Borrower may, instead of making a prepayment as described in paragraph (a) above, provide, or ensure that a third party has provided, additional security which, in the
opinion of the Lender:
|
|
(i) |
has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall; and
|
|
(ii) |
is documented in such terms as the Lender may approve or require,
|
22.3 |
Value of additional vessel security
|
22.4 |
Valuations binding
|
22.5 |
Provision of information
|
(a) |
The Borrower shall promptly provide the Lender and any shipbroker acting under this Clause 22 (Security Cover) and for purposes
of Clause 7.5 (Mandatory prepayment on change of control in Corporate Guarantor) with any information which the Lender or the shipbroker may request for the purposes of the valuation.
|
(b) |
If the Borrower fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph (a) above by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be made on any basis and
assumptions which the shipbroker or the Lender considers prudent.
|
22.6 |
Prepayment mechanism
|
22.7 |
Provision of valuations
|
23 |
ACCOUNTS AND APPLICATION OF EARNINGS
|
23.1 |
Accounts
|
23.2 |
Payment of Earnings
|
23.3 |
Location of Accounts
|
(a) |
comply with any requirement of the Lender as to the location or relocation of its Earnings Account and the Minimum Liquidity Account (or either of them); and
|
(b) |
execute any documents which the Lender reasonably specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Lender Security over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other
rights in relation to) the Earnings Account and the Minimum Liquidity Account
|
23.4 |
Release of surplus
|
24 |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
24.1 |
General
|
24.2 |
Non-payment
|
(a) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
|
|
(i) |
administrative or technical error; or
|
|
(ii) |
a Disruption Event; and
|
(b) |
payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
|
24.3 |
Specific obligations
|
24.4 |
Other obligations
|
(a) |
A Transaction Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents to which it is a party (other than those referred to in Clause 24.2 (Non-payment) and Clause 24.3 (Specific obligations)).
|
(b) |
No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten (10) Business Days of the Lender giving
written notice to the Borrower or (if earlier) any Transaction Obligor becoming aware of the failure to comply.
|
24.5 |
Misrepresentation
|
24.6 |
Cross default
|
(a) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
|
(b) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of
an event of default (however described).
|
(c) |
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor
as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
(d) |
Any creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor due and payable
prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
24.7 |
Insolvency
|
(a) |
Either the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor:
|
|
(i) |
is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
|
|
(ii) |
is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under any applicable law;
|
|
(iii) |
suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or
|
|
(iv) |
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding the Lender in its capacity as such) with a
view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
|
(b) |
The value of the assets of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
|
(c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any
Event of Default caused by that moratorium.
|
24.8 |
Insolvency proceedings
|
(a) |
Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:
|
|
(i) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of
arrangement or otherwise) of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor;
|
|
(ii) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor;
|
|
(iii) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of the Borrower or the Corporate
Guarantor or any of its assets; or
|
|
(iv) |
enforcement of any Security over any assets of the Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor,
|
(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 days of commencement.
|
24.9 |
Creditors’ process
|
24.10 |
Ownership of the Borrower
|
24.11 |
Change of Chairman or CEO of Corporate Guarantor
|
24.12 |
Delisting of Corporate Guarantor or no Substitute Date
|
(a) |
Prior to the date of the Qualified IPO, Euroseas is delisted for any reason whatsoever from the Nasdaq stock exchange or, after the Qualified IPO, Eurodry is for any reason
delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
|
(b) |
The Qualified IPO and Spin-Off have been completed but the Substitute Date does not occur within 5 days thereafter or any later date as the Lender may agree in writing in
its absolute discretion.
|
24.13 |
Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking
|
(a) |
It is or becomes unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
(b) |
Any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents to which it is a party is not or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable.
|
(c) |
Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or to be continuing or is or purports to be determined or any Transaction Security is alleged by a party to it
(other than the Lender) to be ineffective.
|
(d) |
Any Transaction Security proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, any other Security.
|
24.14 |
Security imperilled
|
24.15 |
Cessation of business
|
24.16 |
Arrest
|
24.17 |
Expropriation
|
(a) |
an arrest or detention of the Ship referred to in Clause 24.16 (Arrest); or
|
(b) |
any Requisition.
|
24.18 |
Repudiation and rescission of agreements
|
24.19 |
Litigation
|
24.20 |
Material adverse change
|
24.21 |
Acceleration
|
(a) |
cancel the Commitment, whereupon it shall immediately be cancelled;
|
(b) |
declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and
payable, whereupon it shall become immediately due and payable; and/or
|
(c) |
declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon it shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender, and the Lender may serve notices under
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above simultaneously or on different dates and the Lender may take any action referred to in Clause 24.22 (Enforcement of security) if no such notice is served or
simultaneously with or at any time after the service of any of such notice.
|
24.22 |
Enforcement of security
|
25 |
CHANGES TO THE LENDER
|
25.1 |
Assignment and transfer by the Lender
|
25.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
|
(a) |
The Lender shall not be required to consult with the Borrower or obtain the Borrower’s written consent in connection with an assignment or transfer by the Lender pursuant
to Clause 25.1 (Assignment and transfer by the Lender).
|
(b) |
If:
|
|
(i) |
the Existing Lender assigns any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
|
|
(ii) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment or change occurs, a Transaction Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the
Existing Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or under that clause as incorporated by reference or in full in any other Finance Document or
Clause 13 (Increased Costs),
|
(c) |
The Borrower on behalf of itself and each Transaction Obligor agrees that all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Existing Lender has under or by
virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the New Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Existing Lender’s title and of any rights or equities which the Borrower or any other Transaction Obligor had against the Existing
Lender.
|
25.3 |
Security over Lender’s rights
|
(a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
|
(b) |
if the Lender is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities
issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
|
|
(i) |
release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a
party to any of the Finance Documents; or
|
|
(ii) |
require any payments to be made by a Transaction Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or
granted to the Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
26 |
CHANGES TO THE TRANSACTION OBLIGORS
|
26.1 |
Assignment or transfer by Transaction Obligors
|
27 |
THE REFERENCE BANKS
|
27.1 |
Role of Reference Banks
|
(a) |
No Reference Bank is under any obligation to provide a quotation or any other information to the Lender.
|
(b) |
No Reference Bank will be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, or for any Reference Bank Quotation, unless directly caused by
its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
|
(c) |
No Party (other than the relevant Reference Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of any Reference Bank in respect of any claim it might
have against that Reference Bank or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document, or to any Reference Bank Quotation, and any officer, employee or agent of each
Reference Bank may rely on this Clause 27.1 (Role of Reference Banks) subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties
Act.
|
27.2 |
Third Party Reference Banks
|
28 |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
|
28.1 |
Payments to the Lender
|
(a) |
On each date on which a Transaction Obligor is required to make a payment under a Finance Document to which it is a party, that Transaction Obligor shall make an amount
equal to such payment available to the Lender for value on the due date at the time as required in the Finance Documents, or if not specified therein, in such funds specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement of
transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
|
(b) |
Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such
Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Lender) and with such bank as the Lender, in each case, specifies.
|
28.2 |
Application of receipts; partial payments
|
(a) |
If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents to which it is
a party, the Lender may apply that payment towards:
|
|
(i) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Lender under the Finance Documents;
|
|
(ii) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
|
(iii) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
|
|
(iv) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
|
(b) |
Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Lender may vary the order set in paragraph (a) above.
|
(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by a Transaction Obligor.
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28.3 |
No set-off by Transaction Obligors
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28.4 |
Business Days
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(a) |
Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that 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).
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(b) |
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate
payable on the original due date.
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28.5 |
Currency of account
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Transaction Obligor under any Finance Document.
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(b) |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
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(c) |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.
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28.6 |
Disruption to Payment Systems etc.
|
(a) |
the Lender may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or
administration of the Facility as the Lender may deem necessary in the circumstances;
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(b) |
the Lender shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so
in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;
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(c) |
any such changes agreed upon by the Lender and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred which at the same time has a
Material Adverse Effect) be binding upon the Parties and any Transaction Obligors as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents;
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(d) |
the Lender shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for
negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with
this Clause 28.6 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.).
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29 |
SET-OFF
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30 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE LENDER
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(a) |
interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
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(b) |
oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
|
(c) |
oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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31 |
BAIL-IN
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(a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
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(i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
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|
(ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
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|
(iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
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(b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
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32 |
NOTICES
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32.1 |
Communications in writing
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32.2 |
Addresses
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(a) |
in the case of the Borrower, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties); and
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(b) |
in the case of the Lender, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) or, if it becomes a Party after the date of this Agreement,
that notified in writing to the Lender on or before the date on which it becomes a Party;
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32.3 |
Delivery
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(a) |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
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(i) |
if by way of fax or email, when received in legible form;
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(ii) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to
it at that address,
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(b) |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender will be effective only when actually received by it and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the department or officer of the Lender specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) (or any substitute department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose).
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(c) |
Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Transaction
Obligors.
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(d) |
Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to
become effective on the following day.
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32.4 |
Electronic communication
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(a) |
Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including,
without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties:
|
|
(i) |
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and
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|
(ii) |
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
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(b) |
Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between the Borrower and the Lender may only be made in that way to the extent that those
two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication.
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(c) |
Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in
readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Lender only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose.
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(d) |
Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant
communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
|
(e) |
Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this
Clause 32.4 (Electronic communication).
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32.5 |
English language
|
(a) |
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
|
(b) |
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
|
|
(i) |
in English; or
|
|
(ii) |
if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Lender and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
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33 |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
33.1 |
Accounts
|
33.2 |
Certificates and determinations
|
33.3 |
Day count convention
|
34 |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
|
35 |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
|
36 |
SETTLEMENT OR DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL
|
37 |
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT
|
38 |
AMENDMENTS
|
39 |
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
39.1 |
Confidentiality
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39.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information
|
(a) |
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such
Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of
such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional
|
(b) |
to any person:
|
|
(i) |
to (or through) whom it assigns (or may potentially assign) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and, in each case, to any of
that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
|
|
(ii) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under
which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Transaction Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
|
|
(iii) |
appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents
delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf;
|
|
(iv) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)
of paragraph (b) above;
|
|
(v) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or
similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
|
|
(vi) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitrations, administrative or other investigations,
proceedings or disputes;
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|
(vii) |
to whom or for whose benefit the Lender charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 25.3 (Security
over Lender’s rights);
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|
(viii) |
who is a Party or any related entity of a Transaction Obligor;
|
|
(ix) |
as a result of the registration of any Finance Document as contemplated by any Finance Document or any legal opinion obtained in connection with any Finance Document;
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|
(A) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (Hi) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality
Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
|
|
(B) |
in relation to sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or
is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that
|
|
(C) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (v), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential
nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
|
(c) |
to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (H) of paragraph (b) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in
respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable
such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered in to a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of
the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the Lender;
|
(d) |
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its
normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Transaction Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such
Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information.
|
39.3 |
Entire agreement
|
39.4 |
Inside information
|
39.5 |
Notification of disclosure
|
(a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of Clause 39.2 (Disclosure
of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
(b) |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39 (Confidential Information).
|
39.6 |
Continuing obligations
|
(a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Borrower under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and the Commitment has been cancelled or otherwise
ceased to be available; and
|
(b) |
the date on which the Lender otherwise ceases to be the Lender.
|
40 |
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS
|
40.1 |
Confidentiality and disclosure
|
(a) |
The Borrower agrees to keep each Funding Rate (and the Lender agrees to keep each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the
extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) below.
|
(b) |
The Lender may not disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to the Borrower.
|
(c) |
The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to
the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master
Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Lender and the relevant Reference Bank.
|
(d) |
The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation, and the Borrower may disclose any Funding Rate, to:
|
|
(i) |
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives, if any person to whom that
Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so
inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
|
|
(ii) |
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory
authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its
confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the
circumstances;
|
|
(iii) |
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations,
proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no
requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
|
|
(iv) |
any person with the consent of the Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.
|
(e) |
The Lender’s obligations in this Clause 40 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations) relating to Reference
Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to make notifications under Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest) Provided that the
Lender shall not include the details of any individual Reference Bank Quotation as part of any such notification.
|
40.2 |
Related obligations
|
(a) |
The Borrower acknowledges that each Funding Rate (and the Lender acknowledges that each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price sensitive information and that its use
may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Borrower undertakes not to use any Funding Rate and the Lender undertakes not to use any Reference Bank
Quotation for any unlawful purpose.
|
(b) |
The Lender and the Borrower agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Lender or the relevant Reference Bank, as the case may be:
|
|
(i) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of Clause 40.1 (Confidentiality and
disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
|
(ii) |
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 40 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference
Bank Quotations).
|
40.3
|
No Event of Default
|
41 |
COUNTERPARTS
|
42 |
GOVERNING LAW
|
43 |
ENFORCEMENT
|
43.1 |
Jurisdiction
|
(a) |
Unless specifically provided in another Finance Document in relation to that Finance Document, the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of any Finance Document or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with any Finance
Document) (a “Dispute”).
|
(b) |
The Borrower accepts that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly the Borrower will not argue to the
contrary.
|
(c) |
This Clause 43.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Lender only. Asa result, the Lender shall be not be prevented from
taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
|
(a) |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower:
|
|
(i) |
irrevocably appoints Hill Dickinson Services (London) Limited, of The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EW, England as its agent for service of process in
relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
|
(ii) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
|
(b) |
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Transaction
Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose.
|
Name of Borrower
|
Place of Incorporation
|
Registration
number (or equivalent, if any) |
Address for Communication
|
Kamsarmax Two
Shipping Ltd |
Marshall Islands
|
68235
|
c/o Eurobulk Ltd.
4 Messogiou & Evropis Street Maroussi Athens 151 24 Greece Fax: Fax: 211 1804097 Email: njp@euroltd.gr sih@eurobulk.gr |
Name of Original Lender
|
Address for Communication
|
HSCB Bank plc
|
8 Canada Square
London, E14 5HQ United Kingdom Fax no.: +44 (0) 207 991 4619 Attn: Mr Alastair Muir Email address: alastairmuir@hsbc.com |
109-111 Messoghion Avenue
115 26 Athens Greece fax: +30 210 429 0506 Email: katerina.eleftheriou@hsbc.com Attn: Ms Katerina Eleftheriou |
1 |
Obligors
|
1.1 |
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A.
|
1.2 |
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A:
|
(a) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party;
|
(b) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
(c) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, a Utilisation Request and each
Selection Notice) to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in connection with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
1.3 |
An original of the power of attorney of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a
party.
|
1.4 |
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.
|
1.5 |
A copy of a resolution signed by Corporate Guarantor A as the holder of the issued shares in the Borrower, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the
Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
|
1.6 |
A certificate of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Commitment would not cause any
borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the Borrower or Corporate Guarantor A to be exceeded.
|
1.7 |
A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor A certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part A of Schedule 2
(Conditions Precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
|
2 |
Shipbuilding Contract and other documents
|
2.1 |
Copies of the Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the Builder (or both of them) under or in connection with it.
|
2.2 |
Such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution by the Borrower and the Builder of the
Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents to be executed by the Borrower and the Builder.
|
3 |
Finance Documents
|
3.1 |
A duly executed original of any Finance Document (for the avoidance of doubt, including Corporate Guarantee A) not otherwise referred to in this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
|
3.2 |
A duly executed original of any other document required to be delivered by each Finance Document if not otherwise referred to this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
|
4 |
Security
|
4.1 |
A duly executed original of the Account Security in relation to each Account (and of each document to be delivered under it).
|
5 |
Legal opinions
|
5.1 |
A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England.
|
5.2 |
If the Borrower or Corporate Guarantor A is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the relevant
jurisdiction.
|
6 |
Valuation
|
6.1 |
A valuation evidencing the Market Value of the Ship, addressed to the Lender, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 20 days before the
Utilisation Date from an Approved Valuer.
|
7 |
Other documents and evidence
|
7.1 |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 43.2 (Service of process), if not the Borrower, has accepted its
appointment.
|
7.2 |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower
accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document.
|
7.3 |
The original of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Accounts.
|
7.4 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
|
7.5 |
Such evidence as the Lender may require, prior to the execution of this Agreement, for it to be able to satisfy its “know your customer” (including, without limitation, an
ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) declaration in respect of the Borrower confirming that Corporate Guarantor A is owned and controlled directly or indirectly by members of the Nominated Family as required by this Agreement or any other
form of declaration in respect of the share structure of Corporate Guarantor A acceptable to the Lenders) or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, including (without
limitation) all documents required under any regulation or laws in force in the United Kingdom and the Regulation 281/2009 of the Central Bank of Greece, such documents to be to the absolute satisfaction of the Lender.
|
7.6 |
Evidence that the Borrower, Corporate Guarantor A and all corporate shareholders (if any) have issued registered shares.
|
1 |
Borrower
|
2 |
Ship and other security
|
2.1 |
A duly executed original of the Mortgage, the General Assignment and (if applicable) any Charterparty Assignment in respect of the Ship and of each document to be delivered
under or pursuant to each of them together with documentary evidence that the Mortgage in respect of the Ship has been duly registered as a valid first priority or (as applicable) first preferred ship mortgage in accordance with the laws
of the jurisdiction of its Approved Flag.
|
2.2 |
If applicable, a copy of the Qualifying Charter and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the relevant charterer (or either of them) under or in connection
with it and such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution of the Qualifying Charter.
|
2.3 |
Evidence that the minimum liquidity set out in Clause 19.22 (Minimum Liquidity) has been credited to the Minimum Liquidity
Account.
|
2.4 |
Documentary evidence that the Ship:
|
(a) |
has been unconditionally delivered by the Builder to, and accepted by, the Borrower under the Shipbuilding Contract and that the full purchase price payable and all other
sums due to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract, have been paid to the Builder;
|
(b) |
is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the Borrower under the Approved Flag applicable to the Ship;
|
(c) |
is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;
|
(d) |
maintains the Approved Classification with the Approved Classification Society free of all recommendations and conditions of the Approved Classification Society affecting
class; and
|
(e) |
is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements in this Agreement in respect of insurances have been complied with.
|
2.5 |
Documents establishing that the Ship will, as from the Utilisation Date, be managed commercially and/or technically by its Approved Manager on terms acceptable to the
Lender, together with:
|
(a) |
a Manager’s Undertaking for the Approved Manager of the Ship; and
|
(b) |
copies of the relevant Approved Manager’s Document of Compliance and of the Ship’s Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable Safety
Management
|
2.6 |
An opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Lender on such matters relating to the Insurances as the Lender may require.
|
3 |
Legal opinions
|
4 |
Other documents and evidence
|
4.1 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
|
1 |
Obligors
|
1.1 |
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor.
|
1.2 |
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor:
|
(a) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party;
|
(b) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
(c) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in connection
with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
1.3 |
An original of the power of attorney of the Shareholder and the Corporate Guarantor authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party.
|
1.4 |
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.
|
1.5 |
A certificate of the Corporate Guarantor (signed by a director) confirming that guaranteeing the Commitment would not cause any guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the
Corporate Guarantor to be exceeded.
|
2 |
Corporate Guarantee B
|
3 |
Shares Security
|
4 |
Legal opinions
|
4.1 |
A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England.
|
4.2 |
If the Shareholder or the Corporate Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the
relevant jurisdiction.
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5 |
Other documents and evidence
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5.1 |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Qualified IPO (including the Spin-Off) has been completed.
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5.2 |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender of transfer of ownership of the Borrower from Euroseas to Eurodry.
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5.3 |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 43.2 (Service of process), if not the Borrower, has accepted its
appointment.
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5.4 |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower
accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document.
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5.5 |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.
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5.6 |
Such evidence as the Lender may require, prior to the execution of this Agreement, for it to be able to satisfy its “know your customer” (including, without limitation, an
ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) declaration in respect of the Borrower confirming that the Corporate Guarantor is owned and controlled directly or indirectly by members of the Nominated Family as required by this Agreement or any
other form of declaration in respect of the share structure of the Shareholder acceptable to the Lenders) or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, including (without
limitation) all documents required under any regulation or laws in force in the United Kingdom and the Regulation 281/2009 of the Central Bank of Greece, such documents to be to the absolute satisfaction of the Lender.
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5.7 |
Evidence that the Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and all corporate shareholders (if any) have issued registered shares.
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From: |
Kamsarmax Two shipping Ltd
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To: |
HSBC Bank plc
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1 |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning
in this Utilisation Request.
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2 |
We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms:
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3 |
[You are authorised and requested to deduct from the Loan prior to funds being remitted the following amounts set out against the following items:
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4 |
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) and Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
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5 |
The [net] proceeds of the Loan should be credited to [account].
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6 |
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
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[●]
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authorised signatory for
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Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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From: |
Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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To: |
HSBC Bank plc
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1 |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in
this Selection Notice.
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2 |
We request [that the next Interest Period for the Loan be [●]]0R[an Interest Period for a part of the
Loan in an amount equal to [●] (which is the amount of the Repayment Instalment next due) ending on [●]
(which is the Repayment Date relating to that Repayment Instalment) and that the Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan shall be [●]].
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3 |
This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
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[●]
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authorised signatory for
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Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd
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Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or a Selection
Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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Three Business Days before the intended Utilisation Date (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or the
expiry of the preceding Interest Period (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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LIBOR is fixed
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Quotation Day as of 11:00 am London time
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Reference Bank Rate calculated by reference to available quotations in accordance with Clause 10.2 (Calculation of
Reference Bank Rate)
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Noon on the Quotation Day
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SIGNED by Stephania Karmiri
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)
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/s/ Stephania Karmiri |
duly authorised
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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KAMSARMAX TWO SHIPPING LTD
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness’ signature:
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)
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Witness’ name:
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)
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Witness’ address:
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)
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SIGNED by
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)
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/s/ Katerina Eleftheriou |
duly authorised
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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HSBC BANK plc
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness’ signature:
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)
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Witness’ name:
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)
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Witness’ address:
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)
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Katerina Eleftheriou
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(1) |
Eirini Shipping Ltd
(as Borrower) |
(2) |
HSBC Bank plc
(as Lender) |
1
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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2
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The Loan
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18
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3
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Purpose
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19
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4
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Conditions of Utilisation
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19
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5
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Advance
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21
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6
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Repayment
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22
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7
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Illegality, Prepayment and Cancellation
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22
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8
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Interest
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25
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9
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Interest Periods
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25
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10
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Changes to the Calculation of Interest
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26
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11
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Fees
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27
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12
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Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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28
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13
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Increased Costs
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34
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14
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Other Indemnities
|
35
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15
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Mitigation by the Lender
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37
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16
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Costs and Expenses
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37
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17
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Security Documents and Application of Moneys
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39
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18
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Representations
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43
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19
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Information Undertakings
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49
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20
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Financial Covenants
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51
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21
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General Undertakings
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52
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22
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Events of Default
|
58
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23
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Changes to the Lender
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64
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24
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Changes to the Obligors
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65
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25
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Conduct of Business by the Lender
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66
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26
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Payment Mechanics
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67
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27
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Set-Off
|
69
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(1) |
Eirini Shipping Ltd, a company incorporated under the law of the Republic of Liberia, with its registered office at 80 Broad Street,
Monrovia, Republic of Liberia and company number C-117046 (the “Borrower”); and
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(2) |
HSBC BANK plc, of 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, England (the “Lender”).
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(A) |
The Borrower is the registered owner of the Vessel and has registered the Vessel under the laws and the flag of the Republic of Liberia.
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(B) |
The Lender has agreed to advance to the Borrower up to the lesser of (a) $4,500,000 and (b) 49.9% of the Market Value of the Vessel in one amount in order to assist the Borrower to re-finance part of its Existing
Indebtedness with the Lender.
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Section 1 |
Interpretation
|
1 |
Definitions and Interpretation
|
1.1 |
Definitions In this Agreement:
|
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(a) |
the interest which the Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of the Loan or
Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
|
|
(b) |
the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period
starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
|
|
(i) |
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 32 (Confidentiality); or
|
|
(ii) |
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Obligor, any other member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
|
|
(iii) |
is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it by any Obligor, any other member of the Group or any of its advisers or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that date, from a source
which is, as far as the Lender is aware, unconnected with any Obligor or any other member of the Group and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any
obligation of confidentiality.
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|
(a) |
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Loan (or
otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or
|
|
(b) |
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:
|
|
(i) |
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
|
|
(ii) |
from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
|
|
(a) |
any release, emission, spill or discharge into the Vessel or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from the Vessel; or
|
|
(b) |
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water 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 or potentially liable to be arrested,
attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Vessel and/or any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or
|
|
(c) |
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the
Vessel and in connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or
administrative action, other than In accordance with an Environmental Approval.
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|
(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,
|
|
(c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in (a) or (b) with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any
other jurisdiction.
|
|
(a) |
moneys borrowed and debit balances at banks or other financial institutions;
|
|
(b) |
any acceptance under any acceptance credit or bill discounting facility (or dematerialised equivalent);
|
|
(c) |
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 finance or capital lease;
|
|
(e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
|
|
(f) |
any Treasury Transaction (and, when calculating the value of that Treasury 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
Treasury Transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account);
|
|
(g) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution in respect of (i) an underlying
liability of an entity which is not an Obligor which liability would fall within one of the other sections of this definition or (ii) any liabilities of any Obligor relating to any post-retirement benefit scheme;
|
|
(h) |
any amount raised by the issue of shares which are redeemable (other than at the option of the issuer) before the Termination Date or are otherwise classified as borrowings under GAAP;
|
|
(i) |
any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if (i) one of the primary reasons behind entering into the agreement is to raise finance or to finance the acquisition or construction
of
|
|
(j) |
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase, sale and sale back or sale and leaseback agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing or otherwise classified as
borrowings under GAAP; and
|
|
(k) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in (a) to (j).
|
|
(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 Acts, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty may be void and defences of set-off or
counterclaim;
|
|
(c) |
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and
|
|
(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate; or
|
|
(b) |
(if (i) no Screen Rate is available for the currency of the Loan or (ii) no Screen Rate is available for the relevant Interest Period) the Reference Bank Rate,
|
|
(a) |
it will remain the commercial or technical manager of the Vessel (as the case may be); and
|
|
(b) |
it will not, without the prior written consent of the Lender, subcontract or delegate the commercial or technical management of the Vessel (as the case may be) to any third party; and
|
|
(c) |
the interests of the Managers in the Insurances (other than the right to be reimbursed for protection and indemnity claims under the “pay and be paid” rule) will be assigned to the Lender with first priority; and
|
|
(d) |
(following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing) all claims of the Managers against the Borrower shall be subordinated to the claims of the Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
|
(a) |
any Encumbrance created by the Finance Documents;
|
|
(b) |
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;
|
|
(c) |
liens for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced through arrest;
|
|
(d) |
liens for salvage;
|
|
(e) |
liens for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading in accordance with first class ship ownership and management practice and not being enforced through arrest; and
|
|
(f) |
any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Vessel:
|
|
(i) |
not as a result of any default or omission by the Borrower; and
|
|
(ii) |
not being enforced through arrest,
|
|
(a) |
its Original Jurisdiction;
|
|
(b) |
any jurisdiction where any asset (other than the Vessel) subject to or intended to be subject to a Security Document to be executed by it is situated and, in relation to the Vessel, the flag of the Vessel;
|
|
(c) |
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and
|
|
(a) |
imposed by any law or regulation of the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Department of State , the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s
Treasury or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, whether or not any Obligor or any other member of the Group or any Affiliate is legally bound to comply with the forgoing; or
|
|
(b) |
otherwise imposed by any law or regulation by which any Obligor, any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them is bound or, as regards a regulation, compliance with which is reasonable in the
ordinary course of business of any Obligor, any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them.
|
|
(a) |
an actual, constructive, arranged, agreed or compromised total loss of the Vessel; or
|
|
(b) |
the requisition for title or compulsory acquisition of the Vessel by any government or other competent authority (other than by way of requisition for hire); or
|
|
(c) |
the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture of the Vessel (not falling within (b)), unless the Vessel is released and returned to the possession of
the Borrower within 60 days after the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture in question.
|
|
(a) |
an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
|
|
(b) |
an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
|
|
(a) |
any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
|
|
(b) |
any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in (a), or imposed elsewhere.
|
1.2 |
Construction Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
|
|
1.2.1 |
the “Lender”, the “Borrower”, any “Secured Party” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in
title, permitted assignees and permitted transferees;
|
|
1.2.2 |
a document in “agreed form” is a document which is previously agreed in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Lender or,
if not so agreed, is in the form specified by the Lender;
|
|
1.2.3 |
“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
|
|
1.2.4 |
“Finance Document”, a “Security Document”, a “Relevant Document” or any other document is a reference to that Finance Document, Security Document, Relevant Document
or other document as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time;
|
|
1.2.5 |
“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;
|
|
1.2.6 |
a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust,
joint venture, consortium or partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality);
|
|
1.2.7 |
a “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 of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
|
|
1.2.8 |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted from time to time; and
|
|
1.2.9 |
a time of day (unless otherwise specified) is a reference to London time.
|
1.3 |
Headings Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
|
1.4 |
Defined terms Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used In any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has
the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
|
1.5 |
Default A Default (and/or an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived.
|
1.6 |
Currency symbols and definitions “$” “USD” and
“dollars” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America,
|
1.7 |
Third party rights A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
|
1.8 |
Offer letter This Agreement supersedes the terms and conditions contained in any correspondence relating to the subject matter of this Agreement exchanged between the
Lender and the Borrower or their representatives before the date of this Agreement.
|
1.9 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
|
1.9.1 |
In this Clause 1.9:
|
|
(a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and
investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
|
|
(b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation.
|
|
(a) |
in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule; and
|
|
(b) |
in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
|
|
(i) |
any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other
financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or
obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under
that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
|
|
(ii) |
any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation; and
|
|
(c) |
in relation to any UK Bail-In Legislation:
|
|
(i) |
any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or
other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or
obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under
that UK Bail-In
|
|
(ii) |
any similar or analogous powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation.
|
|
1.9.2 |
Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Party to any other
Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
|
|
(a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
|
(i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
|
(ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
|
(iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
|
(b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
Section 2 |
The Loan
|
2 |
The Loan
|
3 |
Purpose
|
3.1 |
Purpose The Borrower shall apply the Loan for the purposes referred to in Preliminary (B).
|
3.2 |
Monitoring The Lender shall not be bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed under this Agreement.
|
4 |
Conditions of Utilisation
|
4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
|
4.2 |
Further conditions precedent
|
|
(a) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the advance of the Loan;
|
|
(b) |
the representations made by the Borrower under Clause 18 (Representations) are true in all material respects; and
|
|
(c) |
no event or series of events has occurred which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
|
(d) |
Conditions subsequent The Borrower undertakes to deliver or to cause to be delivered to the Lender within 14 days after the Utilisation Date the additional documents and other evidence listed in Part II of
Schedule 1 (Conditions Subsequent).
|
4.3 |
Conditions subsequent The Borrower undertakes to deliver or to cause to be delivered to the Lender within 14 days after the Utilisation Date the additional documents and
other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 1 (Conditions Subsequent).
|
4.4 |
No waiver If the Lender in its sole discretion agrees to advance all or any part of the Loan to the Borrower before all of the documents and evidence required by
|
4.5 |
Form and content All documents and evidence delivered to the Lender under this Clause shall:
|
|
4.5.1 |
be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender; and
|
|
4.5.2 |
if required by the Lender, be certified, notarised, legalised or attested in a manner acceptable to the Lender.
|
5 |
Advance
|
5.1 |
Delivery of an Utilisation Request The Borrower may request the Loan to be advanced by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Utilisation Request not more than ten
and not fewer than three Business Days before the proposed Utilisation Date.
|
5.2 |
Completion of an Utilisation Request An Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
|
|
5.2.1 |
it is signed by an authorised signatory of the Borrower;
|
|
5.2.2 |
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; and
|
|
5.2.3 |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
|
5.3 |
Lender’s compliance with an Utilisation Request Subject to Clauses 2 (The Loan), 3 (Purpose) and 4 (Conditions of Utilisation), the Lender shall comply with an
Utilisation Request by advancing the Loan through the Facility Office.
|
5.4 |
Cancellation of undrawn amount The availability of the Loan shall be cancelled at the end of the Availability Period to the extent that it is undrawn at that time.
|
Section 4 |
Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation
|
6 |
Repayment
|
6.1 |
Repayment of Loan The Borrower agrees to repay the Loan to the Lender by twelve (12) consecutive quarterly instalments, the first (1st) up to including the eleventh (11th)
such Instalment each in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), and the twelfth (12th) and final such instalment in the sum of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) (comprising an instalment of two hundred
thousand dollars ($200,000), and a balloon payment in the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) (the “Balloon”)), the first instalment
falling due on the date which is three (3) calendar months after the Utilisation Date and subsequent instalments falling due at consecutive intervals of three (3) calendar months thereafter.
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6.2 |
Reduction of Repayment Instalments If the aggregate amount advanced to the Borrower is less than $4,500,000, the amount of each Repayment Instalment (including the
Balloon) shall be reduced pro rata to the amount actually advanced.
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6.3 |
Reborrowing The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Loan which is repaid or prepaid.
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7 |
Illegality, Prepayment and Cancellation
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7.1 |
Illegality If it becomes unlawful in any jurisdiction (other than by reason of Sanctions) for the Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this
Agreement or to fund or maintain the Loan or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of the Lender for the Lender to do so:
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7.1.1 |
the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower upon becoming aware of that event;
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7.1.2 |
upon the Lender notifying the Borrower, the availability of the Loan will be immediately cancelled; and
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7.1.3 |
the Borrower shall repay the Loan on the last day of the current Interest Period or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any
applicable grace period permitted by law).
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7.2 |
Voluntary cancellation The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than 14 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the
whole or any part (being a minimum amount of $200,000) of the undrawn amount of the Loan.
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7.3 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loan The Borrower may prepay the whole or any part of the Loan freely and without penalty on the final day of an Interest Period (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the Loan by an amount which is an integral multiple of $200,000) subject as follows:
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7.3.1 |
it gives the Lender not less than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice;
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7.3.2 |
the Loan may only be prepaid after the last day of the Availability Period; and
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7.3.3 |
any prepayment under this Clause 7.3 shall satisfy the obligations under Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Loan), including the Balloon, on
a pro rata basis.
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7.4 |
Right of cancellation and prepayment
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7.4.1 |
If:
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(a) |
any sum payable to the Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased under Clause 12.2.2 (Tax gross-up); or
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(b) |
the Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs);
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7.4.2 |
On the last day of the Interest Period which ends after the Borrower has given notice under Clause 7.4.1 (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay the
Loan together with all interest and other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.
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7.5 |
Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss If the Vessel is sold by the Borrower or becomes a Total Loss, the Borrower shall, simultaneously with any such sale or on the
earlier of the date falling 120 days after any such Total Loss and the date on which the proceeds of any such Total Loss are realised, prepay the whole of the Loan.
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7.6 |
Mandatory prepayment on change of ownership of Guarantor
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(a) |
If, without the prior written consent of the Lender (such consent not be unreasonably withheld), there is a Change of Control, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lender upon becoming aware of that event and,
if the Lender so requires, the Lender shall, by no less than 10 days’ notice to the Borrower declare the Loan, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon
the Loan and all such outstanding interest and amounts will become immediately due and payable provided that in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) below, the Borrower will first have the option to
rectify the Security Cover Ratio within 15 Business Days.
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(b) |
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, “Change of Control” means:
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(i) |
the members of the Nominated Family cease to own directly or indirectly more than 100/0 of the shares (and the voting rights attaching to those shares) in the Guarantor; or
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(ii) |
the members of the Nominated Family own directly or indirectly between 10.1% to 19.9%, (inclusive) of the shares (and the voting
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7.7 |
Restrictions Any notice of prepayment or cancellation given under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall
specify the date or dates upon which the relevant prepayment or cancellation is to be made and the amount of that prepayment or cancellation.
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Section 5 |
Costs of Utilisation
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8 |
Interest
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8.1 |
Calculation of interest The rate of interest on the Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
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8.1.1 |
Margin; and
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8.1.2 |
LIBOR.
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8.2 |
Payment of interest The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than three (3)
months, on the dates falling at three (3) monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).
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8.3 |
Default Interest In the event of a failure by the Borrower to pay any amount on the date on which such amount is due and payable pursuant to this Agreement and/or any of
the other Finance Documents (unless otherwise specifically provided in any Finance Document) and irrespective of any notice by the Lender or any other person to the Borrower in respect of such failure, the Borrower shall pay interest at the
rate of two per cent (2%) higher than the rate provided under Clause 8.2 (Payment of Interest) up to the date of actual payment (both before and after
judgment), compounded at such intervals as the Lender shall in its discretion determine. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default Interest) in
respect of an unpaid amount shall be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount and shall be due and payable at the end of the period by reference to which it is calculated or
such other date or dates as the Lender may specify by written notice to the Borrower.
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8.4 |
Notification of rates of interest The Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
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9 |
Interest Periods
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9.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods The Borrower may select in a written notice to the Lender the duration of an Interest Period for the Loan subject as follows:
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9.1.1 |
each notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrower not later than 11.00 a.m. on the Quotation Day;
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9.1.2 |
if the Borrower fails to give a notice in accordance with Clause 9.1.1, the relevant Interest Period will, subject to Clauses 9.2 (Interest Periods to meet Repayment Dates) and 9.3 (Non-Business Days), be three (3) months;
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9.1.3 |
subject to this Clause 9, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of three (3), or six (6) or twelve (12) months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Lender;
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9.1.4 |
an Interest Period shall not extend beyond the Termination Date; and
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9.1.5 |
each Interest Period shall start on the Utilisation Date or (if the Loan is already made) on the last day of its preceding Interest Period and end on
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9.2 |
Interest Periods to meet Repayment Dates If an Interest Period will expire after the next Repayment Date, there shall be a separate Interest Period for a part of the Loan
equal to the Repayment Instalment due on that next Repayment Date and that separate Interest Period shall expire on that next Repayment Date.
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9.3 |
Non-Business Days If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that
calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
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10 |
Changes to the Calculation of Interest
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10.1 |
Absence of quotations Subject to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks
but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by 11.00 am on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
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10.2 |
Market disruption If a Market Disruption Event occurs for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on the Loan for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate
per annum which is the sum of:
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10.2.1 |
the Margin; and
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10.2.2 |
the rate notified to the Borrower by the Lender as soon as practicable, and in any event by dose of business on the date falling three (3) Business Days after the Quotation Day (or, if earlier, on the date
falling three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period), to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan from whatever
source it may reasonably select.
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(a) |
at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Lender to
determine LIBOR for dollars and the relevant Interest Period; or
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(b) |
before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Borrower receives notification from the Lender that the cost to it of funding the Loan from whatever source it may
reasonably select would be in excess of LIBOR.
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10.3 |
Alternative basis of interest or funding
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10.3.1 |
If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower 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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10.3.2 |
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to Clause 10.3.1 shall be binding on all Parties.
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10.4 |
Break Costs The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Lender, pay to the Lender its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or
Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan or Unpaid Sum.
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11 |
Fees
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11.1 |
Commitment Fee The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a fee computed at the rate of one per cent (1%) per annum on the undrawn amount of the Loan for the period commencing
on the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the last day of the Availability Period and (b) the Utilisation Date.
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11.2 |
Arrangement fee The Borrower shall pay to the Lender on the Utilisation Date an arrangement fee in an amount equal to zero point five per cent (0.5%) of the final amount
to be advanced to the Borrower by the Lender under this Agreement.
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Section 6 |
Additional Payment Obligations
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12 |
Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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12.1 |
Definitions In this Agreement:
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(a) |
is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in
respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payments apart from section 18A of the CTA; or in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section
879 of the ITA) at the time that that advance was made and within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or
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(b) |
is:
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(i) |
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
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(ii) |
a partnership each member of which is:
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(A) |
a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or
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(B) |
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the
meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of Interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or
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(iii) |
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in
computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company; or
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(c) |
is a Treaty Lender.
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(a) |
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
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(b) |
a partnership each member of which is:
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(i) |
a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or
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(ii) |
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the
meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or
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(c) |
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in
computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company.
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(a) |
is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;
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(b) |
does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which the Loan is effectively connected.
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12.2 |
Tax gross-up The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor shall) make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is
required by law, subject as follows:
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12.2.1 |
the Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that it or any other Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly.
Similarly, the Lender shall notify the Borrower and any such other Obligor on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to the Lender;
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12.2.2 |
if a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower or any other Obligor, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower or that other Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any
Tax
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12.2.3 |
a payment shall not be increased under Clause 12.2.2 by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Tax imposed by the United Kingdom, if on the date on which the payment falls due:
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|
(a) |
the payment could have been made to the Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date the Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result
of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
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(b) |
the Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and:
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(i) |
an officer of H.M. Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 931 of the ITA which relates to the payment and that Lender has received from the Borrower or from
the other Obligor making the payment a certified copy of that Direction; and
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(ii) |
the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made; or
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|
(c) |
the Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and:
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|
(i) |
the Lender has not given a Tax Confirmation to the Borrower; and
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(ii) |
the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if the Lender had given a Tax Confirmation to the Borrower, on the basis that the Tax Confirmation would have enabled the Borrower to have
formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purpose of section 930 of the ITA; or
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(d) |
the Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Borrower or the other Obligor making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had the Lender complied
with its obligations under Clause 12.2.6;
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12.2.4 |
if the Borrower or any other Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall (and shall procure that such other Obligor shall) make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with
that Tax
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12.2.5 |
within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall (and shall procure that such other Obligor shall) deliver to the Lender a
statement under section 975 of the ITA or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority;
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12.2.6
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(a)
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Subject to (b), if the Lender is a Treaty Lender, the Lender and the Borrower shall co-operate (and the Borrower shall procure that each other Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty
Lender is entitled will co-operate) in completing any procedural formalities necessary for the Borrower or that other Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.
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(b)
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If the Lender is a Treaty Lender which holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, the Lender shall confirm its scheme
reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Borrower, and, having done so, the Lender shall be under no obligation pursuant to (a).
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12.3 |
Tax indemnity
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12.3.1 |
The Borrower shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender, if the Lender is a Protected Party, an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender determines will
be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by the Lender in respect of a Finance Document.
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12.3.2 |
Clause 12.3.1 shall not apply:
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|
(a) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender:
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|
(i) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
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(ii) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income
received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by the Lender; or
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(b) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
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(i) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up);
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(ii) |
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because
one of the exclusions in Clause 12.2.3 (Tax gross-up) applied; or
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(iii) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
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12.3.3 |
If the Lender makes or intends to make a claim under Clause 12.3.1 as a Protected Party, the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event which will giver or has given, rise to the claim.
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12.4 |
Tax Credit If the Borrower or any other Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the Lender determines that:
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|
12.4.1 |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and
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|
12.4.2 |
the Lender has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit, the Lender shall pay an amount to the Borrower or to that other Obligor which the Lender determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax
position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been made by the Borrower or that other Obligor.
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12.5 |
Stamp taxes The Borrower shall pay and, within five Business Days of written demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability the Lender incurs in relation
to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.
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12.6 |
VAT
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12.6.1 |
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Obligor to the Lender which (in whole or In part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any
VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Lender to any Obligor under a Finance Document and the Lender Is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the
VAT, that Obligor must pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and the Lender must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to
the Borrower).
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12.6.2 |
Where a Finance Document requires any Obligor to reimburse or indemnify the Lender for any cost or expense, that Obligor shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) the Lender for the full amount of such
cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
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12.6.3 |
Any reference in this Clause 12.6 to any Obligor shall, at any time when such Obligor is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include
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12.6.4 |
In relation to any supply made by the Lender to any Obligor under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by the Lender, that Obligor must promptly provide the Lender with details of that Obligor’s VAT
registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with the Lender’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
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12.7 |
FATCA information
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12.7.1 |
Subject to Clause 12.7.3, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
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(a) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
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(i) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
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(ii) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
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(b) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA;
and
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(c) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law,
regulation, or exchange of information regime.
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12.7.2 |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to Clause 12.7.1(a)(i) 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 Party shall
notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
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12.7.3 |
Clause 12.7.1 shall not oblige the Lender to do anything, and Clause (c) shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
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|
(a) |
any law or regulation;
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(b) |
any fiduciary duty; or
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(c) |
any duty of confidentiality.
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12.7.4 |
If a 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 Clause(a) or (b) (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
where Clause 12.7.3 applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested
confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
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12.7.5 |
If the Borrower is a US Tax Obligor or the Lender reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it, the Lender shall, within ten Business Days of:
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|
(a) |
where the Borrower is a US Tax Obligor, the date of this Agreement; or
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|
(b) |
where the Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Borrower,
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|
(i) |
a withholding certificate on Form W-8 or Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or
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|
(ii) |
any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Borrower may require to certify or establish the status of the Lender under FATCA or that other law or regulation.
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12.7.6 |
If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver provided to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to Clause 12.7.5 is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, the
Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Borrower unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (In which case the Lender shall
promptly notify the Borrower).
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12.8 |
FATCA Deduction
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|
12.8.1 |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall 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.
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12.8.2 |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Party to whom it is making the payment.
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13 |
Increased Costs
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13.1 |
Increased costs Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within five
Business Days of a demand by the Lender, pay to the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation or any request from or requirement of any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority made after the date of this Agreement (including
Basel III (as defined In Clause 13.3) and any other which relates to capital adequacy or liquidity controls or which affects the manner in which the Lender allocates capital resources to obligations under this Agreement or (iii) any change
In the risk weight allocated by the Lender to the Borrower after the date of this Agreement.
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|
(a) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Loan or on the Lender’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
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|
(b) |
an additional or increased cost; or
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|
(c) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
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13.2 |
Increased cost claims
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|
13.2.1 |
If the Lender intends to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of
the event giving rise to the claim.
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13.2.2 |
The Lender shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Borrower, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
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13.3 |
Exceptions Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
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|
13.3.1 |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrower;
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|
13.3.2 |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
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|
13.3.3 |
compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 but was not so compensated
solely because any of the exclusions in Clause 12.3 applied); or
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|
13.3.4 |
attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
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14 |
Other Indemnities
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14.1 |
Currency indemnity If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:
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14.1.1 |
making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower, or
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14.1.2 |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
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14.2 |
Other indemnities
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14.2.1 |
The Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender as a result of:
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(a) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing;
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(b) |
a failure by the Borrower to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date;
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(c) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund, the Loan following delivery by the Borrower of an Utilisation Request but the Loan not being advanced by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of
this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by the Lender alone); or
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(d) |
the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid In accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
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14.2.2 |
The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Lender, each Affiliate of the Lender and each officer or employee of the Lender or its Affiliate (each such person for the purposes of this Clause 14.2 an “Indemnified Person”) against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Encumbrance constituted by the Finance Documents or
which relates to the condition or operation of, or any incident occurring in relation to, the Vessel, unless such cost, loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.
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14.2.3 |
Subject to any limitations set out in Clause 14.2.2, the indemnity in that Clause shall cover any cost, loss or liability incurred by each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction:
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(a) |
arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or
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(b) |
in connection with any Environmental Claim.
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14.2.4 |
The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Lender as holder of any of the Security Documents and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them as a result of:
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(a) |
any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses);
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(b) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
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(c) |
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Security Documents;
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(d) |
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;
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(e) |
any default by any Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; or
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(f) |
acting as holder of any of the Security Documents, Receiver or Delegate or otherwise relating to any of the Charged Property (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the relevant Lender’s, Receiver’s or
Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct).
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14.3 |
Indemnity survival The indemnities contained in this Agreement shall survive repayment of the Loan.
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15 |
Mitigation by the Lender
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15.1 |
Mitigation The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in the Loan
ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax
Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its
rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. The above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.
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15.2 |
Limitation of liability The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it
under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation). The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 if, in its opinion (acting reasonably), to do so might be
prejudicial to it.
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16 |
Costs and Expenses
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16.1 |
Transaction expenses The Borrower shall on demand and in any event by not later than thirty (30) days following such demand, pay the Lender the amount of all costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, all agreed legal fees, VAT, disbursements and correspondent lawyers’ fees provided that the demand for payment is accompanied by the respective invoice) reasonably incurred by any of them in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, syndication and perfection of:
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16.1.1 |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement;
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16.1.2 |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement;
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16.1.3 |
any other document which may at any time be required by the Lender to give effect to any Finance Document or which the Lender is entitled to call for or obtain under any Finance Document (including, without
limitation, any valuation of the Vessel and a Fleet Vessel, subject to Clause 17.15); and
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16.1.4 |
any discharge, release or reassignment of any of the Security Documents.
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16.2 |
Amendment costs If an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the Lender for the amount of
all costs and expenses (including legal fees and currency exchange costs) reasonably incurred by the Lender and any Receiver or Delegate in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement provided that
no sum shall be payable under this Clause if the relevant request for an amendment, notice, waiver or consent are rejected by the Lender and/or are not granted.
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16.3 |
Enforcement and preservation costs The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of written demand, pay to the Lender and each other Secured Party the amount of all costs
and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Lender and that other Secured Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document and any proceedings instituted by or against the
Lender as a consequence of taking or holding the Security Documents or enforcing those rights including (without limitation) any losses, costs and expenses which the Lender or that other Secured Party may from time to time sustain, incur or
become liable for by reason of the Lender or that other Secured Party being mortgagee of the Vessel and/or a lender to the Borrower, or by reason of the Lender or that other Secured Party being deemed by any court or authority to be an
operator or controller, or in any way concerned in the operation or control, of the Vessel.
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16.4 |
Other costs The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of written demand, pay to the Lender and each other Secured Party the amount of all sums which the Lender or
that other Secured Party may pay or become actually or contingently liable for on account of the Borrower in connection with the Vessel (whether alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person) including (without limitation)
all sums which the Lender or that other Secured Party may pay or guarantees which it may give in respect of the Insurances, any expenses incurred by the Lender or that other Secured Party in connection with the maintenance or repair of the
Vessel or in discharging any lien, bond or other claim relating in any way to the Vessel, and any sums which the Lender or that other Secured Party may pay or guarantees which it may give to procure the release of the Vessel from arrest or
detention.
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Section 7 |
Security and Application of Moneys
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17 |
Security Documents and Application of Moneys
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17.1 |
Security Documents As security for the payment of the Indebtedness, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender or cause to be executed and delivered to the
Lender the following documents in such forms and containing such terms and conditions as the Lender shall require:
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17.1.1 |
a first preferred mortgage over the Vessel;
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17.1.2 |
a first priority deed or deeds of assignment of the Insurances, Earnings, Charter Rights and Requisition Compensation of the Vessel from the Borrower;
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17.1.3 |
a guarantee and indemnity from the Guarantor;
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17.1.4 |
a first priority account security deed in respect of all amounts from time to time standing to the credit of the Earnings Account;
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17.1.5 |
a first priority account security deed in respect of all amounts from time to time standing to the credit of the Cash Collateral Account; and
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17.1.6 |
a letter of undertaking, including an assignment of the Vessel’s Insurances, from the Managers in respect of the Vessel.
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17.2 |
Accounts The Borrower shall maintain the Earnings Account and the Cash Collateral Account with the Account Holder for the duration of the Facility Period free of
Encumbrances and rights of set off other than those created by or under the Finance Documents.
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17.3 |
Earnings The Borrower shall procure that all Earnings and any Requisition Compensation are credited to the
Earnings Account.
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17.4 |
Application of the Earnings Account The Borrower shall procure that there is transferred from the Earnings Account to the Lender:-
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17.4.1 |
on each Repayment Date, the amount of the Repayment Instalment then due; and
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17.4.2 |
on each Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest then due and the Borrower irrevocably authorises the Lender to instruct the Account Holder to make those transfers.
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17.5 |
Borrower’s obligations not affected If for any reason the amount standing to the credit of the Earnings Account is insufficient to pay any Repayment Instalment or to make
any payment of interest when due, the Borrower’s obligation to pay that Repayment Instalment or to make that payment of interest shall not be affected.
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17.6 |
Release of surplus Any amount remaining to the credit of the Earnings Account following the making of any transfer required by Clause 17.4 (Application of the Earnings Account) shall (unless a Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be released to or to the order of the Borrower.
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17.7 |
Restriction on withdrawal During the Facility Period no sum may be withdrawn from:
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17.7.1 |
the Earnings Account without the prior written consent of the Lender (except in accordance with this Clause 17); and
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17.7.2 |
the Cash Collateral Account without the prior written consent of the Lender. No Account shall be overdrawn.
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17.8 |
Relocation of the Accounts At any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, the Lender may without the consent of the Borrower instruct the
Account Holder to relocate either or both of the Accounts to any other branch of the Account Holder, without prejudice to the continued application of this Clause 17 and the rights of the Secured Parties under the Finance Documents.
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17.9 |
Access to information The Borrower agrees that the Lender (and its nominees) may from time to time during the Facility Period review the records held by the Account Holder
(whether in written or electronic form) in relation to the Accounts, and irrevocably waives any right of confidentiality which may exist in relation to those records.
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17.10 |
Statements Without prejudice to the rights of the Lender under Clause 17.9 (Access to information), the Borrower shall procure that the Account Holder provides to the
Lender, no less frequently than each calendar month during the Facility Period, written statements of account showing ail entries made to the credit and debit of each of the Accounts during the immediately preceding calendar month.
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17.11 |
Application after acceleration From and after the giving of notice to the Borrower by the Lender under Clause
22.2 (Acceleration), the Borrower shall procure that all sums from time to time standing to the credit of either of the Accounts are immediately transferred
to the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate for application in accordance with Clause 17.12 (Application of moneys by Lender) and the Borrower irrevocably
authorises the Lender to instruct the Account Holder to make those transfers.
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17.12 |
Application of moneys by Lender The Borrower irrevocably authorises the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate to apply all moneys which it receives and is entitled to
receive:
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17.12.1 |
pursuant to a sale or other disposition of the Vessel or any right, title or interest in the Vessel; or
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17.12.2 |
by way of payment of any sum in respect of the Insurances, Earnings, Charter Rights or Requisition Compensation; or
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17.12.3 |
by way of transfer of any sum from either of the Accounts; or
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17.12.4 |
otherwise under or in connection with any Security Document,
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(a) |
first, in or towards payment of any unpaid fees, costs, expenses and default interest due to the Lender and any Receiver or
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(b) |
second, in or towards payment of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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(c) |
third, in or towards payment of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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(d) |
fourth, in or towards payment of any other sum due and payable to the Lender but unpaid under all or any of the Finance Documents,
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17.13 |
Retention on account Moneys to be applied by the Lender or any Receiver or Delegate under Clause 17.12 (Application of moneys by Lender) shall be applied as soon as practicable after the relevant moneys are received by it, or otherwise become available to it.
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17.14 |
Additional security Subject to Clause 7.6 (Mandatory Prepayment on change of ownership of Guarantor), if at any time the aggregate of the Market Value of the Vessel and the value of any additional security (such value to be the face amount of the deposit (in the case of cash), determined conclusively by appropriate
advisers appointed by the Lender (in the case of other charged assets), and determined by the Lender in its discretion (in all other cases)) for the time being provided to the Lender under this Clause 17.14 is less than 130% of the Loan
then outstanding (the “VTL Coverage”), the Borrower shall, within 30 days of the Lender’s request, at the Borrower’s option:
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17.14.1 |
pay to the Lender or to its nominee a cash deposit in the amount of the shortfall to be secured in favour of the Lender as additional security for the payment of the Indebtedness; or
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17.14.2 |
give to the Lender other additional security in amount and form acceptable to the Lender in its discretion; or
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17.14.3 |
prepay the Loan in the amount of the shortfall.
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17.15 |
Valuation certificates The Lender may obtain at the cost and expense of the Borrower:
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17.15.1 |
one valuation from an Approved Shipbroker in order to certify the Initial Market Value of the Vessel for the purposes of determining the Maximum Loan Amount;
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17.15.2 |
one set of valuations per year from the required number of Approved Shipbrokers (a) for the purposes of determining the relevant percentage referred to in Clause 17.14 (Additional
Security) and (b) for the purposes of determining the relevant percentage referred to in Clause 7.6 (Mandatory prepayment on change of ownership of
Guarantor);
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17.15.3 |
two sets of valuations from the required number of Approved Shipbrokers for the purposes of determining compliance with Clause 20.1 (Guarantor’s Covenants); and
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17.15.4 |
following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, as many sets of valuations per year as may be necessary or desirable to the Lender-from the required number of Approved Shipbrokers
in order to certify the Market Value of the Vessel and any Fleet Market Value.
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Section 8 |
Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default
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18 |
Representations
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18.1 |
Representations The Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18 to the Lender:-
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18.1.1 |
Status Each of the Obligors:
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(a) |
is duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and
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(b) |
has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
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18.1.2 |
Binding obligations Subject to the Legal Reservations:
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(a) |
the obligations expressed to be assumed by each of the Obligors in each of the Relevant Documents to which it is a party are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; and
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(b) |
(without limiting the generality of Clause 18.1.2(a)) each Security Document to which it is a party creates the security interests which that Security Document purports to create and those security interests are
valid and effective.
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18.1.3 |
Non-conflict with other obligations The entry into and performance by each of the Obligors of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Relevant Documents do not
conflict with:
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(a) |
any law or regulation applicable to such Obligor;
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(b) |
the constitutional documents of such Obligor; or
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(c) |
any agreement or instrument binding upon such Obligor or any of such Obligor’s assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.
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18.1.4 |
Power and authority
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(a) |
Each of the Obligors has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Relevant Documents to which it is or will be
a party and the transactions contemplated by those Relevant Documents.
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(b) |
No limit on the powers of any Obligor will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, grant of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Relevant Documents to which it is a party.
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18.1.5 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence All Authorisations required or desirable:
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(a) |
to enable each of the Obligors lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Relevant Documents to which it is a party or to enable the Lender to enforce and exercise all its
rights under the Relevant Documents; and
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(b) |
to make the Relevant Documents to which any Obligor is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions,
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(c) |
have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, with the exception only of the registrations referred to in Part II of Schedule 1 (Conditions Subsequent).
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18.1.6 |
Governing law and enforcement
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(a) |
The choice of governing law of any Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the Relevant Jurisdictions of each relevant Obligor,
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(b) |
Any judgment obtained in relation to any Finance Document in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the Relevant Jurisdictions of each relevant Obligor.
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18.1.7 |
Insolvency No corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in Clause 22.1.7 (Insolvency proceedings) or creditors’ process described in Clause 22.1.8 (Creditors’ process) has been taken or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened in relation to an Obligor; and none of the circumstances described in Clause 22.1.6 (Insolvency) applies to an Obligor.
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18.1.8 |
No filing or stamp taxes Under the laws of the Relevant Jurisdictions or each relevant Obligor it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or
enrolled with any court or other authority in any of those jurisdictions or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar tax or fees be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents except for the registration of the Mortgage at the Ships Registry where title to the Vessel is registered in the ownership of the Borrower and payment of associated fees, which registration and fees will be made and paid promptly
after the date of the relevant Finance Document.
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18.1.9 |
Deduction of Tax None of the Obligors is required under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may
make under any Finance Document to a Lender which is:
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(a) |
a Qualifying Lender falling within (a) of the definition of Qualifying Lender; or, except where a Direction has been given under section 931 of the ITA in relation to the payment concerned, a Qualifying Lender
falling within (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender; or
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(b) |
a Treaty Lender and the payment is one specified in a direction given by the Commissioners of Revenue & Customs under Regulation 2 of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) Regulations 1970
(SI 1970/488).
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18.1.10 |
No default
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(a) |
No Event of Default and, on the date of this Agreement and the Utilisation Date, no Default is continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the advance of the Loan or the entry into, the performance of, or
any transaction contemplated by, any of the Relevant Documents.
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(b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any combination of any of the foregoing, would
constitute) a default or termination event (howsoever described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any of the Obligors or to which its assets are subject which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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18.1.11 |
No misleading information Save as disclosed in writing to the Lender prior to the date of this Agreement:
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(a) |
all material information provided to the Lender by or on behalf of any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group on or before the date of this Agreement and not superseded before that date is accurate and
not misleading in any material respect and all projections provided to the Lender on or before the date of this Agreement have been prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were reasonable at the time at which they were
prepared and supplied; and
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(b) |
all other written information provided by any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group (including its advisers) to the Lender was true, complete and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was
provided and is not misleading in any respect.
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18.1.12 |
Financial statements
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(a) |
The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied unless expressly disclosed to the Lender in writing to the contrary.
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(b) |
The unaudited Original Financial Statements fairly represent the Guarantor’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the relevant financial year unless expressly disclosed to the Lender in
writing to the contrary prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(c) |
The audited Original Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the Guarantor’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations during the relevant financial year unless expressly disclosed to
the Lender in writing to the contrary prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(d) |
There has been no material adverse change in any Obligor’s assets, business or financial condition since the date of the Original Financial Statements.
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(e) |
The Guarantor’s most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements):
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(i) |
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP as applied to the Original Financial Statements; and
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(ii) |
give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its consolidated financial condition as at the end of, and consolidated results of operations for, the period to which they relate.
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(f) |
Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) there has been no
material adverse change in the business, assets or financial condition of any of the Obligors.
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18.1.13 |
No proceedings pending or threatened No litigation, arbitration, or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely
determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against any of the Obligors.
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18.1.14 |
No breach of laws None of the Obligors or any other member of the Group has breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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18.1.15 |
Environmental laws
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(a) |
Each of the Obligors and each other member of the Group Is in compliance with Clause 21.3 (Environmental compliance) and to the
best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry) no circumstances have occurred which would prevent such compliance in a manner or to an extent which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) |
No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) is threatened against any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group where that
claim has or is reasonably likely, if determined against that Obligor or other member of the Group, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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18.1.16 |
Taxation
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(a) |
None of the Obligors is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns or is overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax.
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(b) |
No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against any of the Obligors with respect to Taxes.
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(c) |
Each of the Obligors (other than the Managers) is resident for Tax purposes only in its Original Jurisdiction.
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18.1.17 |
Anti-corruption law None of the Obligors, or any member of the Group nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or other
person acting on behalf of the Borrower or an Obligor any of their Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of any applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery
law, including but not limited to, the UK Bribery Act and the FCPA. Furthermore, the Borrower and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its Affiliates any member of the Group and each Obligor have conducted their businesses in compliance with
the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA and similar laws, rules or regulations and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
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18.1.18 |
No Encumbrance or Financial Indebtedness
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(a) |
No Encumbrance (other than any Permitted Encumbrance) exists over (i) all or any of the present or future assets of the Borrower and (ii) the shares of the Guarantor in the Borrower; and
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(b) |
The Borrower has no Financial Indebtedness outstanding other than as permitted by this Agreement.
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18.1.19 |
Pari passu ranking The payment obligations of each of the Obligors under the Finance 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.
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18.1.20 |
No adverse consequences
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(a) |
It is not necessary under the laws of the Relevant Jurisdictions of any of the Obligors:
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(i) |
in order to enable the Lender to enforce its rights under any Finance Document; or
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(ii) |
by reason of the execution of any Finance Document or the performance by it of its obligations under any Finance Document,
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(iii) |
that the Lender should be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in any of the Relevant Jurisdictions of any of the Obligors.
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(b) |
The Lender is not and will not be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in any of the Relevant Jurisdictions of any of the Obligors by reason only of the execution, performance and/or
enforcement of any Finance Document.
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18.1.21 |
Disclosure of material facts The Borrower is not aware of any material facts or circumstances which have not been disclosed to the Lender and which might, if disclosed,
have adversely affected the decision of a person considering whether or not to make loan facilities of the nature contemplated by this Agreement available to the Borrower.
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18.1.22 |
Completeness of Relevant Documents The copies of any Relevant Documents provided or to be provided by the Borrower to the Lender in accordance with Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) are, or will be, true and accurate copies of the originals and represent, or will represent, the full agreement between the parties to
those Relevant Documents in relation to the subject matter of those Relevant Documents and there are no commissions, rebates, premiums or other payments due or to become due in connection with the subject matter of those Relevant Documents
other than in the ordinary course of business or as disclosed to, and approved in writing by, the Lender.
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18.1.23 |
No Immunity No Obligor or any of its assets is immune to any legal action
or proceeding.
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18.1.24 |
Money laundering Any borrowing by the Borrower under this Agreement, and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and under the other Finance Documents,
will be for its own account and will not involve any breach by it of any law or regulatory measure relating to ‘‘money laundering”‘ as defined in Article 1 of
the Drrective (2005/EC/60) of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Communities.
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18.1.25 |
Sanctions None of the Obligors, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any director or officer, or any employee, agent, or Affiliate, of any of the Obligors or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is an Individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, (I) the target of any sanctions
administered or enforced by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority, or (ii) located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
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18.1.26 |
US Tax Obligor No Obligor is a US Tax Obligor.
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18.2 |
Repetition Each Repeating Representation is deemed to be repeated by the Borrower by reference to the facts and
circumstances then existing on the date of
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19 |
Information Undertakings
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19.1 |
Financial statements The Borrower shall procure that the Guarantor supplies to the Lender:
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19.1.1 |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of each of the Guarantor’s financial years, the Guarantor’s consolidated audited financial statements (including profit and
loss accounts and balance sheets) for that financial year; and
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19.1.2 |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each half year during each of the Guarantor’s financial years, the Guarantor’s consolidated unaudited semi-annual financial
statements for that half year.
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19.2 |
Compliance Certificate
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19.2.1 |
The Borrower shall procure that the Guarantor supplies to the Lender, with each set of its annual consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1.1 (Financial
statements) and each set of its semi-annual consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1.2 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) as
at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.
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19.2.2 |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two directors of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall be reported on by the Guarantor’s auditors in the form agreed by the Borrower, the Guarantor and the Lender
before the date of this Agreement.
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19.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements
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19.3.1 |
shall be certified by a director of the Guarantor as giving a true and fair view of (in the case of annual financial statements), or fairly representing (in other cases), its financial condition as at the date as
at which those financial statements were drawn up;
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19.3.2 |
shall be prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of financial
statements, it notifies the Lender that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors deliver to the Lender:
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(a) |
a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared; and
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(b) |
sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Lender, to enable the Lender to determine whether Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) has
been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and the Original Financial Statements.
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19.4 |
Information: miscellaneous The Borrower shall supply to the Lender:
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19.4.1 |
at the same time as they are dispatched, copies of all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its shareholders generally (or any class of them) or dispatched by the Borrower or any other Obligor to its creditors
generally (or any class of them);
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19.4.2 |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor and which, if adversely determined, are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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19.4.3 |
promptly, such information as the Lender may reasonably require about the Charged Property and compliance of the Obligors with the terms of any Security Document including without limitation cash flow analyses
and details of the operating costs of the Vessel; and
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19.4.4 |
promptly on request, such further information regarding the financial condition, affairs, commitments, assets and operations of any Obligor or any other member of the Group (including any requested amplification
or explanation of any item in the financial statements, budgets or other material provided by any Obligor under this Agreement and an up to date copy of its shareholders’ register (or equivalent in its Original Jurisdiction)) as the Lender
may reasonably request.
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19.5 |
Notification of default
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19.5.1 |
The Borrower shall notify the Lender of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
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19.5.2 |
Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a
Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
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19.6 |
“Know your customer” checks If:
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19.6.1 |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
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19.6.2 |
any change in the status of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or
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19.6.3 |
a proposed assignment or transfer by the Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; or
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19.6.4 |
any of the Lender’s internal compliance rules, policies and procedures,
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20 |
Financial Covenants
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20.1 |
Guarantor’s Covenants The Borrower shall procure that the Guarantor shall maintain at all times during the
Facility Period:
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20.1.1 |
Maximum Leverage not higher than 75%;
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20.1.2 |
Liquidity of an amount of not less than $300,000 in respect of each Fleet Vessel; and
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20.1.3 |
Net Worth of not less than fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000)
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20.2 |
Cash Collateral Amount The Borrower shall, throughout the Facility Period, maintain in its name an aggregate amount of not less than the Cash Collateral Amount in the
Cash Collateral Account to be pledged in favour of the Lender and to be free of any Encumbrances other than in favour of the Lender.
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21 |
General Undertakings
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21.1 |
Authorisations The Borrower shall promptly:
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21.1.1 |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect;
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21.1.2 |
supply certified copies to the Lender of,
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(a) |
enable any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
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(b) |
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Finance Document; and
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(c) |
enable any Obligor to carry on its business where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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21.2 |
Compliance with laws
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21.2.1 |
The Borrower shall comply (and shall procure that each other Obligor, each other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall comply), in all respects with all laws to which It may be subject, if
(except as regards Sanctions, to which Clause 21.2.2 applies, and anti-corruption laws to which Clause 20.5 applies) failure so to comply has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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21.2.2 |
The Borrower shall comply (and shall procure that each other Obligor, each other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall comply) in all respects with all Sanctions.
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21.3 |
Environmental compliance
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21.3.1 |
comply with all Environmental Laws;
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21.3.2 |
obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; and
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21.3.3 |
implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,
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21.4 |
Environmental Claims
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21.4.1 |
any Environmental Claim against any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and
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21.4.2 |
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group,
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21.5 |
Anti-corruption law
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21.5.1 |
No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments that could constitute a violation of any applicable anti-bribery law, including, without limitation the UK Bribery Act,
the FCPA or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions.
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21.5.2 |
The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor, each other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall):
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(a) |
conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws; and
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(b) |
maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
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21.6 |
Taxation
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21.6.1 |
The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor shall) pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the
extent that:
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(a) |
such payment is being contested in good faith;
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(b) |
adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them which have been disclosed in its latest financial statements delivered to the Lender under Clause 19.1 (Financial statements); and
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(c) |
such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay those Taxes does not have or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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21.6.2 |
The Borrower may not (and no other Obligor may) change its residence for Tax purposes.
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21.7 |
Evidence of good standing The Borrower will from time to time if requested by the Lender provide the Lender with evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender
that the Obligors and all corporate shareholders of any of the Obligors (other than in respect of the Guarantor’s corporate shareholders) remain in good standing.
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21.8 |
Pari passu ranking The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor shall) ensure that at all times any unsecured and unsubordinated claims of the Lender
against it under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except those creditors whose claims are mandatorily preferred
by laws of general application to companies.
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21.9 |
Negative pledge
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21.9.1 |
The Borrower:
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(a) |
shall not create nor permit to subsist any Encumbrance (other than any Permitted Encumbrance) over any of its assets;
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(b) |
shall procure that the Guarantor will not create nor permit to subsist any Encumbrance over the shares of the Guarantor in the Borrower.
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21.9.2 |
The Borrower shall not:
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(a) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor;
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(b) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
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(c) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
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(d) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
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21.10 |
Disposals
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21.10.1 |
The Borrower shall not (and shall procure that no other Obligor other than the Guarantor will) enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or
involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset.
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21.10.2 |
The Borrower shall procure that the Guarantor shall not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of its shares in the Borrower.
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21.11 |
Arm’s length basis
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21.11.1 |
The Borrower shall not enter into any transaction with any person except on arm’s length terms and for full market value.
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21.11.2 |
Fees, costs and expenses payable under the Relevant Documents in the amounts set out in the Relevant Documents delivered to the Lender under Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions
precedent) or agreed by the Lender shall not be a breach of this Clause 21.11.
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21.12 |
Merger The Borrower shall not (and shall procure that no other Obligor will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger, consolidation or corporate reconstruction
without the prior written consent of the Lender.
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21.13 |
Change of business The Borrower shall not (and shall procure that no other Obligor will) make any substantial change to the general nature of its business from that
carried on at the date of this Agreement.
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21.14 |
No other business The Borrower shall not (and shall procure that no other Obligor other than the Guarantor will) engage in any business other than the ownership,
operation, chartering and management of the Vessel.
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21.15 |
No acquisitions The Borrower shall not acquire a company or any shares or securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them) or
incorporate a company.
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21.16 |
No Joint Ventures The Borrower shall not:
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21.16.1 |
enter into, invest In or acquire (or agree to acquire) any shares, stocks, securities or other interest in any Joint Venture; or
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21.16.2 |
transfer any assets or lend to or guarantee or give an indemnity for or give security for the obligations of a Joint Venture or maintain the solvency of or provide working capital to any Joint Venture (or agree
to do any of the foregoing).
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21.17 |
No borrowings The Borrower shall not incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness (except for the Loan).
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21.18 |
No substantial liabilities Except in the ordinary course of business, the Borrower shall not incur any liability to any third party which is of a substantial nature.
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21.19 |
No loans or credit The Borrower shall not, without the Lender’s prior written consent, be a creditor in respect of any Financial
Indebtedness unless it is a loan made in the ordinary course of business in connection with the chartering, operation or repair of the Vessel.
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21.20 |
No guarantees or indemnities The Borrower shall not incur or allow to remain outstanding any guarantee in respect of any obligation of any person.
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21.21 |
No dividends
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21.21.1 |
The Borrower shall not:
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(a) |
declare, make or pay any dividend, charge, fee or other distribution (or interest on any unpaid dividend, charge, fee or other distribution) (whether in cash or in kind) on or in respect of its share capital (or
any class of its share capital);
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(b) |
repay or distribute any dividend or share premium reserve; or
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(c) |
redeem, repurchase, defease, retire or repay any of its share capital or resolve to do so,
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21.22 |
Ownership and management of the Borrower No change in the management or the legal or beneficial ownership of the Borrower shall occur from that advised to the Lender by
the Borrower at the date of this Agreement. Subject to Clause 7.6
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21.23 |
No change of CEO The Borrower shall ensure (and shall procure that the Guarantor shall ensure) that throughout the Facility Period no change in the chief executive
officer of the board of directors and/or the chairman of the Guarantor shall occur, without the Lender’s prior written consent.
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21.24 |
Inspection of records The Borrower will permit the inspection of its financial records and accounts from time to time by the Lender or its nominee.
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21.25 |
No change in Relevant Documents The Borrower shall not (and shall procure that no other Obligor will) amend, vary, novate, supplement, supersede, waive or terminate any
term of, any of the Relevant Documents which are not Finance Documents, or any other document delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) or Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) or Clause 4.3 (Conditions subsequent).
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21.26 |
Sanctions The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loan, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund arty activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any
other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loan, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
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21.27 |
Banking operations The Borrower shall conduct all banking operations in connection with the Vessel through the Lender or any other branch nominated by the Lender in its
discretion.
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21.28 |
Vessel’s Trading The Borrower shall not allow the Vessel to trade in areas prohibited by either (a) the law applicable to the Vessel’s flag or (b) the applicable law of
the country of incorporation of the Borrower or (c) the applicable law of the nationality of the officers and crew of the Vessel.
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21.29 |
No change of Vessels’ ownership or management There shall be no change in the ownership or management of the Vessel, without the Lender’s prior written consent.
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21.30 |
ISM Code compliance The Borrower shall comply and shall procure that each of the Guarantor and the Manager comply with the ISM Code.
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21.31 |
Further assurance
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21.31.1 |
The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor shall) promptly do all such acts or execute all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices and instructions) as the
Lender may reasonably specify (and in such form as the Lender may reasonably require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)):
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(a) |
to perfect any Encumbrance created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the Security Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Encumbrance over all or any of
the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Security Documents) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Lender or the Secured Parties provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law;
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(b) |
to confer on the Lender or confer on the Secured Parties an Encumbrance over any property and assets of the Borrower (or that other Obligor as the case may be) located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to
the Encumbrance intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the Security Documents; and/or
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(c) |
to facilitate the realisation of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Security Documents, in respect of which any Encumbrance has become enforceable following the occurrence of an Event
of Default which is continuing.
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21.31.2 |
The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Obligor shall) take all such action as is available to it (Including making all filings and registrations) as may be
necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Encumbrance conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender or the Secured Parties by or pursuant to the Finance Documents.
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22 |
Events of Default
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22.1 |
Events of Default Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 22.1 Is an Event of Default.
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22.1.1 |
Non-payment An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable by it under a Finance Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be
payable unless:-
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(a) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
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(i) |
administrative or technical error; or
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(ii) |
a Disruption Event; and
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(b) |
payment is made within two (2) Business Days of its due date.
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22.1.2 |
Other specific obligations
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22.1.3 |
Other obligations
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(a) |
An Obligor does not comply with any provision of a Finance Document (other than those referred to in Clause 22.1.1 (Non-payment)
and Clause 22.1.2 (Other specific obligations).
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(b) |
No Event of Default under this Clause 22.1.3 will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten (10) Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Lender giving notice to the Borrower
and (ii) the Borrower becoming aware of the failure to comply.
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22.1.4 |
Misrepresentation Any representation or statement made or deemed to be repeated by an Obligor in any Finance Document or any other document delivered by or on behalf of
an Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading when made or deemed to be made.
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22.1.5 |
Cross default Any Financial Indebtedness of an Obligor (other than the Managers):
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(a) |
is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period; or
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(b) |
is declared to be, or otherwise becomes, due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described); or
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(c) |
is capable of being declared by a creditor to be due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of such an event.
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22.1.6 |
Insolvency
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(a) |
An Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under applicable law, suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on
any of its debts, or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
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(b) |
The value of the assets of an Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
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(c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of an Obligor or any other member of the Group. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that
moratorium.
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22.1.7 |
Insolvency proceedings Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken for:
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(a) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration, bankruptcy or
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(b) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of an Obligor ;
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(c) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager, or trustee or other similar officer in respect of an Obligor or any of its assets; or
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(d) |
enforcement of any Encumbrance over any assets of an Obligor,
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22.1.8 |
Creditors’ process Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of the Borrower or the Guarantor.
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22.1.9 |
Ownership of the Borrower The Borrower is not or ceases to be a 100% directly owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor.
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22.1.10 |
Change of chairman or CEO of Guarantor Mr Aristeidis J. Pittas ceases to be throughout the Facility Period the chief executive officer of the board of directors and/or the
chairman of the Guarantor.
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22.1.11 |
Delisting of Guarantor The Guarantor is delisted for any reason whatsoever from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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22.1.12 |
Unlawfulness and invalidity
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(a) |
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party or any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security
Documents ceases to be effective.
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(b) |
Any obligation or obligations of any Obligor under any Finance Documents to which it is a party are not (subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable and the cessation
individually or cumulatively materially and adversely affects the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective
or is alleged by a party to it (other than the Lender) to be ineffective.
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22.1.13 |
Cessation of business An Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its business.
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22.1.14 |
Change in management, ownership or control of the Borrower There is any change in the management, beneficial ownership or control of the Borrower from that advised to the
Lender by the Borrower at the date of this Agreement. Subject to Clause 7.6 (Mandatory prepayment on change of ownership of Guarantor), for the avoidance of
doubt, the Lender consents and agrees to any changes relating to the shareholders of the Guarantor’s trading shares in the normal course of business and confirms that such changes do not violate the terms of this Agreement.
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22.1.15 |
Expropriation The authority or ability of an Obligor to conduct its business is limited or wholly or substantially curtailed by any seizure, expropriation,
nationalisation, intervention, restriction or other action by or on behalf of any governmental, regulatory or other authority (excluding requisition of hire not involving requisition of title) or other person in relation to an Obligor or
any of its assets.
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22.1.16 |
Repudiation and rescission of agreements
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(a) |
An Obligor rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Finance Document or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document.
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(b) |
Subject to Clause 22.1.16 (c), any party to any of the Relevant Documents that is not a Finance Document rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate that Relevant Document in whole or
in part where to do so has or is, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, likely to have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
The Management Agreement is terminated, cancelled or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect at any time prior to its contractual expiry date and is not immediately replaced by a similar agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
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22.1.17 |
Conditions subsequent Any of the conditions referred to in Clause 4.3 (Conditions subsequent) is
not satisfied within the time reasonably required by the Lender.
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22.1.18 |
Revocation or modification of Authorisation Any Authorisation of any governmental, judicial or other public body or authority which is now, or which at any time during the
Facility Period becomes, necessary to enable any of the Obligors or any other person (except the Lender) to comply with any of their obligations under any Relevant Document is not obtained, is revoked, suspended, withdrawn or withheld, or
is modified in a manner which the Lender considers is, or may be, prejudicial to the interests of the Lender, or ceases to remain in full force and effect.
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22.1.19 |
Reduction of capital An Obligor (other than the Guarantor) reduces its issued or subscribed capital.
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22.1.20 |
Loss of Vessel The Vessel suffers a Total Loss or is otherwise destroyed or abandoned, or a similar event occurs in relation to any other vessel which may from time to
time be mortgaged to the Lender as security for the payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness, except that a Total Loss (which term shall for the purposes of the remainder of this Clause 22.1.20 include an event similar to a Total Loss
in relation to any other vessel) shall not be an Event of Default if:
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(a) |
the Vessel or other vessel is insured in accordance with the Security Documents and a claim for Total Loss is available under the terms of the relevant insurances; and
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(b) |
no insurer has refused to meet or has disputed the claim for Total Loss and it is not apparent to the Lender in its discretion that any such refusal or dispute is likely to occur; and
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(c) |
payment of all insurance proceeds in respect of the Total Loss is made in full to the Lender within 180 days of the occurrence of the casualty giving rise to the Total Loss in question or such longer period as
the Lender may in its discretion agree.
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22.1.21 |
Challenge to registration The registration of the Vessel or the Mortgage is contested or becomes void or voidable or liable to cancellation or termination, or the validity
or priority of the Mortgage is contested.
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22.1.22 |
War The country of registration of the Vessel becomes involved in war (whether or not declared) or civil war or is occupied by any other power and the Lender in its
discretion considers that, as a result, the security conferred by any of the Security Documents is materially prejudiced and the Borrower fails to comply with the Lender’s request to (a) change the flag of the Vessel to a country acceptable
to the Lender in its absolute discretion by paying promptly any costs and expenses related to such registration under the new flag, (b) provide any additional documentation including any additional security documents required pursuant to
such registration under the new flag and (c) record a substitute mortgage over the Vessel and any additional security required pursuant to such recordation within 15 Business Days.
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22.1.23 |
Notice of determination The Guarantor gives notice to the Lender to determine any obligations under the Guarantee,
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22.1.24 |
Litigation Any litigation, arbitration, administrative, governmental, regulatory or other investigations,
proceedings or disputes are commenced or threatened in relation to the Relevant Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Relevant Documents or against an Obligor or its assets which have or are reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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22.1.25 |
Material adverse change Any event or circumstance occurs which the Lender reasonably believes has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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22.1.26 |
Sanctions
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(a) |
Any of the Obligors, any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them becomes a Prohibited Person or becomes owned or controlled by, or acts directly or indirectly on behalf of, a Prohibited Person
or any of such persons becomes the owner or controller of a Prohibited Person.
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(b) |
Any proceeds of the Loan are made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person or otherwise is, directly or indirectly, applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by
Sanctions.
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(c) |
Any of the Obligors, any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them is not in compliance with all Sanctions.
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22.2 |
Acceleration On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Lender may:
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22.2.1 |
by notice to the Borrower cancel the availability of the Loan, at which time it shall immediately be cancelled;
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22.2.2 |
by notice to the Borrower declare that the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents are immediately due and payable, at which time they shall
become immediately due and payable;
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22.2.3 |
by notice to the Borrower declare that the Loan is payable on demand, at which time it shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender; and/or
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22.2.4 |
exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.
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Section 9 |
Changes to Parties
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23 |
Changes to the Lender
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23.1 |
Assignments and transfers by the Lender Subject to this Clause 23, the Lender may:
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23.1.1 |
assign any of its rights; or
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23.1.2 |
transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
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23.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
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23.2.1 |
The Lender shall not be required to consult with the Borrower or obtain the Borrower’s prior consent in connection with an assignment or transfer pursuant to Clause 23.1 (Assignments and transfers by the Lender).
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23.2.2 |
If:
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(a) |
the Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
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(b) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the Lender acting through its new Facility Office
under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs),
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23.3 |
Limitation of responsibility of Lender
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23.3.1 |
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, the Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
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(a) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Relevant Documents or any other documents;
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(b) |
the financial condition of any Obligor;
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(c) |
the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Relevant Documents or any other documents; or
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(d) |
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any of the Relevant Documents or any other document,
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23.3.2 |
Each New Lender confirms to the Lender that it:
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(a) |
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this
Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Lender in connection with any of the Relevant Documents; and
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(b) |
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any part of the Loan
is undrawn and available.
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23.3.3 |
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges the Lender to:
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(a) |
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 23; or
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(b) |
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Relevant Documents or otherwise.
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23.4 |
Securitisation The Lender may disclose the size and term of the Loan and the name of each of the Obligors to any investor or potential investor in a securitisation (or
similar transaction of broadly equivalent economic effect) of the Lender’s rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.
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24 |
Changes to the Obligors
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24.1 |
No assignment or transfer by Obligors No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents.
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Section 10 |
The Lender’s Business
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25 |
Conduct of Business by the Lender
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25.1 |
interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
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25.2 |
oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
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25.3 |
oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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Section 11 |
Administration
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26 |
Payment Mechanics
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26.1 |
Payments to the Lender On each date on which an Obligor is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor shall make the same available to the Lender
for value on the due date at the time and, in such funds, as required by the Finance Documents or, if not specified therein, as specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency
in the place of payment.
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26.2 |
Partial payments
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26.2.1 |
If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Lender shall apply that payment towards the obligations of
that Obligor under the Finance Documents, in the following order:
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(a) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Lender under the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
second, in or towards payment of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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(c) |
third, in or towards payment of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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(d) |
fourth, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
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26.2.2 |
The Lender may vary the order set out in Clauses 26.2.1(b) to 26.2.1(d).
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26.2.3 |
Clauses 26.2.1 and 26.2.2 will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
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26.3 |
No set-off by Obligors All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for)
set-off, counterclaim, taxes, stamp duties, levies of any governmental or other authority.
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26.4 |
Business Days Any payment which is due to be made on a day that 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).
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26.5 |
Currency of account
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26.5.1 |
Subject to Clauses 26.5.2 to 26.5.5, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.
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26.5.2 |
A repayment or payment of all or part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which the Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.
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26.5.3 |
Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.
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26.5.4 |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
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26.5.5 |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.
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26.6 |
Control account The Lender shall open and maintain on its books a control account in the name of the Borrower showing the advance of the Loan and the computation and
payment of interest and all other sums due under this Agreement. The Borrower’s obligations to repay the Loan and to pay interest and all other sums due under this Agreement shall be evidenced by the entries from time to time made in the
control account opened and maintained under this Clause 26.6 and those entries will, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding.
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26.7 |
Disruption to payment systems etc. If either the Lender determines in its discretion that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Lender is notified by the Borrower that a
Disruption Event has occurred which negatively affects the ability of the Borrower to repay the Loan and at the same has a Material Adverse Effect:
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26.7.1 |
the Lender may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Loan as the Lender may
deem necessary In the circumstances;
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26.7.2 |
the Lender shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in Clause 26.7.1 if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall
have no obligation to agree to any such changes;
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26.7.3 |
any such changes agreed upon by the Lender and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may
be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents; and
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26.7.4 |
the Lender shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever (including, without limitation, for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any
claim based on the fraud of the Lender) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 26.7.
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27 |
Set-Off
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27.1 |
Finance Documents The Lender may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Lender) against
any matured obligation owed by the Lender to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Lender may convert either obligation at a
market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
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28 |
Notices
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28.1 |
Communications in writing Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be
made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.
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28.2 |
Addresses The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or
document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
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28.2.1 |
in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name below; and
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28.2.2 |
in the case of the Lender, that identified with its name below,
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28.3 |
Delivery Any communication or document made or delivered by one Party to another under or in connection with the
Finance Documents will only be effective:
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28.3.1 |
if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
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28.3.2 |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;
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28.4 |
Electronic communication
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28.4.1 |
Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or
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(a) |
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and
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(b) |
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
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28.4.2 |
Any electronic communication made between those two Parties will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Lender only if it
is addressed in such a manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose.
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28.4.3 |
Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with Clause 28.4.2, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
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28.5 |
English language Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance
Document must be:
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28.5.1 |
in English; or
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28.5.2 |
if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document.
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29 |
Calculations and Certificates
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29.1 |
Accounts In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by the Lender
pursuant to Clause 26.6 (Control account) are, in the absence of manifest error, prima facie evidence of the
matters to which they relate.
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29.2 |
Certificates and determinations Any certification or determination by the Lender of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error,
conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
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29.3 |
Day count convention Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.
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30 |
Partial Invalidity
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31 |
Remedies and Waivers
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32 |
Confidentiality
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32.1 |
Confidential Information The Lender agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 32.2
(Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 32.3 (Disclosure to numbering service providers).
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32.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information The Lender may disclose:
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32.2.1 |
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as the Lender shall
consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this Clause 32.2.1 is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of
confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;
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32.2.2 |
to any person:
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(a) |
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related
Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
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(b) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be
made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
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(c) |
appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom Clause 32.2.2(a) or 32.2.2(b) applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf;
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(d) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in Clause 32.2.2(a) or 32.2.2(b);
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(e) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant
stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
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(f) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
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(g) |
who is a Party; or
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(h) |
with the consent of the Borrower;
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(i) |
in relation to Clauses 32.2.2(a), 32.2.2(b) and 32.2.2(c), the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement
for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
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(ii) |
in relation to Clause 32.2.2(d), the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation
to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;
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(iii) |
in relation to Clauses 32.2.2(e) and 32.2.2(f), the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
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32.2.3 |
to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom Clause 32.2.2(a) or 32.2.2(b) applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including
without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred
to in this Clause 32.2.3 if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking; and
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32.2.4 |
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to
the Finance Documents and/or the Obligors and/or the Group if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information.
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32.3 |
Disclosure to numbering service providers
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32.3.1 |
The Lender may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by the Lender to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Loan and/or one or more
Obligors the following information:
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(a) |
names of Obligors;
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(b) |
country of domicile of Obligors;
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(c) |
place of incorporation of Obligors;
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(d) |
date of this Agreement;
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(e) |
Clause 34 (Governing law);
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(f) |
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;
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(g) |
amount of the Loan;
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(h) |
currencies of the Loan;
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(i) |
type of Loan;
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(j) |
ranking of the Loan;
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(k) |
Termination Date;
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(l) |
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to (a) to (l); and
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(m) |
such other information agreed between the Lender and that Obligor,
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32.3.2 |
The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Loan and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such
number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.
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32.3.3 |
The Borrower represents that none of the information set out in Clauses 32.3.1(a) to 32.3.1(m) is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.
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32.4 |
Entire agreement This Clause 32 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties In relation to the obligations of the Lender under the Finance Documents regarding
Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.
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32.5 |
Inside information The Lender acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information
may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Lender undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
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32.6 |
Notification of disclosure The Lender agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Borrower:
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32.6.1 |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to Clause 32.2.2(e) (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that Clause during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
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32.6.2 |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 32.
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32.7 |
Continuing obligations The obligations in this Clause 32 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on the Lender for a period of 12 months from
the earlier of:
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32.7.1 |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been paid in full and the Loan has been cancelled or otherwise ceases to be available; and
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32.7.2 |
the date on which the Lender otherwise ceases to be the Lender.
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33 |
Counterparts
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Section 12 |
Governing Law and Enforcement
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34 |
Governing Law
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35 |
Enforcement
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35.1 |
Jurisdiction of English courts The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a
dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a “Dispute”). Each Party agrees that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
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35.2 |
Service of process
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|
35.2.1 |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower:
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(a) |
irrevocably appoints Hill Dickinson Services (London) Ltd of Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2E, United Kingdom as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the
English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
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(b) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
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35.2.2 |
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process or terminates its appointment as agent for service of process, the Borrower must
immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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1 |
Obligors
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(a) |
Constitutional documents Copies of the constitutional documents of each Obligor together with such other evidence as the Lender may reasonably require that each Obligor is
duly incorporated in its country of incorporation and remains in existence with power to enter into, and perform its obligations under, the Relevant Documents to which it is or is to become a party,
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(b) |
Certificates of good standing A certificate of good standing in respect of each Obligor (if such a certificate can be obtained).
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(c) |
Board resolutions A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor:
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|
(i) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Relevant Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute those Relevant Documents; and
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(ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute those Relevant Documents (and all documents and notices to be signed and/or dispatched under those documents) on its behalf.
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(d) |
Specimen signatures or Copy passports A specimen of the signature or copy of the passport of each person authorised by the resolutions referred to in (c).
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(e) |
Shareholder resolutions A copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares in each Obligor (other than the Guarantor), approving the terms of, and the
transactions contemplated by, the Relevant Documents to which that Obligor (other than the Guarantor) is a party.
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(f) |
Officer’s certificates An original certificate of a duly authorised officer of each Obligor:
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|
(i) |
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part I of Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect;
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(ii) |
setting out the names of the directors, officers and shareholders of that Obligor (other than in respect of the shareholders of the Guarantor) and the proportion of shares held by each shareholder; and
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|
(iii) |
confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Loan would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on that Obligor to be exceeded.
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(g) |
Powers of attorney The original notarially attested and legalised power of attorney of each of the Obligors under which the Relevant Documents to which it is or is to
become a party are to be executed or transactions undertaken by that Obligor.
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2 |
Security and related documents
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|
(a) |
Vessel documents Photocopies, certified as true, accurate and complete by a director or the secretary or the legal advisers of the Borrower, of:
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|
(i) |
any charterparty or other contract of employment of the Vessel which will be in force on the Utilisation Date;
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|
(ii) |
the Management Agreement;
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|
(iii) |
the Vessel’s current Safety Construction, Safety Equipment, Safety Radio, Oil Pollution Prevention and Load Line Certificates;
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|
(iv) |
evidence of the Vessel’s current Certificate of Financial Responsibility issued pursuant to the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990;
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|
(v) |
the Vessel’s current SMC;
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|
(vi) |
the ISM Company’s current DOC;
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(vii) |
the Vessel’s current ISSC;
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|
(viii) |
the Vessel’s current IAPPC; and
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|
(ix) |
the Vessel’s current Tonnage Certificate;
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|
(b) |
Evidence of Borrower’s title Certificate of ownership and encumbrance (or equivalent) issued by the Registrar of Ships (or equivalent official) of the Vessel’s current
flag confirming that (i) the Vessel is permanently registered under the flag stated in Preliminary (A) in the ownership of the Borrower and free of registered encumbrances (other than in favour of the Lender), (ii) the Mortgage will be
capable of being registered against the Vessel with first priority and (iii) there are no further Encumbrances registered against the Vessel, other than any mortgage in favour of the Lender in respect of the Existing Indebtedness.
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(c) |
Evidence of insurance Evidence that the Vessel is insured in the manner required by the Security Documents and that letters of undertaking will be issued in the manner
required by the Security Documents, together with (if required by the Lender) the written approval of the Insurances by an insurance adviser appointed by the Lender.
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(d) |
Confirmation of class A Class Certificate and/or Certificate of Confirmation of Class for hull and machinery
confirming that the Vessel is classed with the highest class applicable to vessels of her type with Lloyd’s
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Valuation Not more than 20 days prior to the Utilisation Date, a valuation of the Vessel addressed to the Lender from an Approved Shipbroker certifying the Market Value
for the Vessel, acceptable to the Lender.
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Security Documents The Security Documents, together with all other documents required by any of them, including, without limitation, all notices of assignment and/or
charge and evidence that those notices will be duly acknowledged by the recipients.
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Cash Collateral Amount Evidence that Clause 20.2 (Cash Collateral Amount) has been complied with the absolute satisfaction of the Lender.
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Mandates Such duly signed forms of mandate, and/or other evidence of the opening of the Earnings Account, as the Lender may require.
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No disputes The written confirmation of the Borrower that there is no dispute under any of the Relevant Documents as between the parties to any such document.
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Ultimate beneficial owner Evidence of the Borrower’s ultimate beneficial owner(s) in a form and substance acceptable to the Lender prior to the date of this Agreement.
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Other Relevant Documents Copies of each of the Relevant Documents not otherwise comprised in the documents listed in this Part I of Schedule 1.
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Equity Contribution If applicable, evidence of payment to the Lender (in its capacity as lender under the loan agreement relating to the Existing Indebtedness) by the
Borrower of any amount required for the satisfaction in full of the Existing Indebtedness, other than any part of the Existing Indebtedness to be financed by the Loan.
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Legal opinions
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a legal opinion of Stephenson Harwood LLP, legal advisers to the Lender as to English law substantially in the form provided to the Lender prior to signing this Agreement;
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a legal opinion of the following legal advisers to the Lender:
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Clark, Atcheson and Reisert, as to Liberian law; and
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Clark, Atcheson and Reisert, as to Marshal Islands law.
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Other documents and evidence
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Utilisation Request A duly completed Utilisation Request.
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Process agent Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 35.2 (Service of process) and
any process agent appointed under any other Finance Document has accepted its appointment.
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Other Authorisations A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender
considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Relevant Document or for the validity and enforceability of any
Relevant Document.
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Financial statements A copy of the Original Financial Statements of the Guarantor.
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Fees Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower under Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the
Utilisation Date.
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“Know your customer” documents Such documentation and other evidence as
is reasonably requested by the Lender prior to the execution of this Agreement in order for the Lender to comply with all necessary “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated in
the Finance Documents including (without limitation) all documents required under any regulation or laws in force in the United Kingdom and the Regulation 281/2009 of the Central Bank of Greece, such documents to be to the absolute
satisfaction of the Lender. The Borrower shall provide the Lender with evidence that the Borrower, the Guarantor and all their respective corporate shareholders (if any) have issued registered shares.
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Evidence of Borrower’s title Certificate of ownership and encumbrance (or equivalent) issued by the Registrar of Ships (or equivalent official) of the flag stated in
Preliminary (A) confirming that (a) the Vessel is permanently registered under that flag in the ownership of the Borrower, (b) the Mortgage has been registered with first priority against the Vessel and (c) there are no further Encumbrances
registered against the Vessel.
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Letters of undertaking Letters of undertaking in respect of the Insurances as required by the Security Documents together with copies of the relevant policies or cover
notes or entry certificates duly endorsed with the interest of the Lender.
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Acknowledgements of notices Acknowledgements of all notices of assignment and/or charge given pursuant to the Security Documents.
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Legal opinions Such of the legal opinions specified in Part I of this Schedule 1 as have not already been provided to the Lender.
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From: |
Eirini Shipping Ltd
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To: |
HSBC BANK plc
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Dated: |
_______________2019
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We refer to the Agreement. This is the Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.
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We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms:
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We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation
Request.
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The proceeds of the Loan should be paid towards [ ].
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This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
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HSBC BANK plc
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From: |
Eirini Shipping Ltd
Eurodry Ltd. |
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We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance
Certificate.
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We confirm that Eurodry Ltd. maintains:
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Maximum Leverage of not higher than 75%;
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Liquidity of an amount of not less than $300,000 per Fleet Vessel; and
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Net Worth of not less than $15,000,000.
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We confirm that no Default is continuing.
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Eurodry Ltd.
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Eurodry Ltd.
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Eirini Shipping Ltd
By: Stefania Karmiri
Address: c/o o Eurobulk Ltd.
4 Messogiou & Evropis Maroussi, Athens, Greece Fax no.: +30 211 180 4097 Department/Officer: Legal department |
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HSBC BANK plc
By: Katerina Eleftheriou
Address: 8 Canada Square,
London E14 5HQ,
England
Fax no.: +44 (0)20 7991 4619
Department/Officer: Alastair Muir/
Head of European Corporate Banking Centre
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Stephenson Harwood LLP
Ariston Building. 2nd Floor
Filellinon 2 & Akti Miaouli 185 36 Piraeus, Greece
T. +30 210 429 5160 I F +30 210 429 5166
www.shlegal.corn
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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Guarantee and Indemnity
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3
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Protection of Lender
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4
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Additional Payment Obligations
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4
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5
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Application of Moneys
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6
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Representations and Warranties
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7
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Information Undertakings
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8
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Financial Covenants
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General Undertakings
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10
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Payments
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11
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11
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Set-Off
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12
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Calculations and Certificates
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13
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Partial Invalidity
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14
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Remedies and Waivers
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15
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Miscellaneous Provisions of the Loan Agreement
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16
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Notices
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17
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Governing Law
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Enforcement
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Schedule 1
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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(1) |
Eurodry Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, with its registered address
at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands (the “Guarantor”)
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(2) |
HSBC Bank plc acting through its office at 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, England (the “Lender”).
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(A) |
The Lender has agreed to lend to Eirini Shipping Ltd (the “Borrower”) an amount not exceeding the lesser of (a) $4,500,000 and (b) 49.9% of the Market Value of the Vessel (the “Loan”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in a loan agreement dated 20 May 2019 made between the Borrower (as borrower) and the Lender (as lender) (the “Loan
Agreement”).
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(B) |
Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and as a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lender to make the Loan available to the Borrower, the Borrower has, amongst other things, agreed to procure that the Guarantor execute and deliver
this Guarantee in favour of the Lender.
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1. |
Definitions and Interpretation
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1.1 |
Definitions In this Guarantee:
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1.2 |
Defined terms Unless otherwise specified in this Guarantee, or unless the context otherwise requires, all words and expressions defined or explained in the Loan Agreement shall have the same
meanings when used in this Guarantee.
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1.3 |
Construction Clause 1.2 of the Loan Agreement (Construction) shall apply to this Guarantee as if it were incorporated into it with any necessary
modifications.
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1.4 |
Headings Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
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1.5 |
Third party rights A person who is not a party to this Guarantee has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
Guarantee.
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1.6 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in If the Guarantor is not a party to the Loan Agreement, the Guarantor agrees to be bound by clause 1.9 of the Loan Agreement (Contractual recognition of bail-in) as if it is a party to the Loan Agreement.
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2. |
Guarantee and Indemnity
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2.1 |
guarantees to the Lender punctual performance by the Borrower of all the Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents;
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2.2 |
undertakes with the Lender that whenever the Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it were the principal obligor;
and
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2.3 |
agrees with the Lender that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify the Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or
liability it incurs as a result of the Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The
amount payable by the Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Guarantee if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee.
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3. |
Protection of Lender
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3.1 |
Continuing Guarantee This Guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any Intermediate
payment or discharge in whole or in part. When the whole of Indebtedness has been paid in full and all the Guarantor’s Liabilities have been paid in full, the Lender will, at the cost of and on the request of Guarantor execute and
deliver a discharge of the Guarantor’s Security Documents.
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3.2 |
Reinstatement If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by the Lender in whole
or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of the Guarantor under this
Guarantee will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
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3.3 |
Waiver of defences The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 3.3, would reduce, release or
prejudice any of its obligations under this Guarantee (without limitation and whether or not known to it or the Lender) including:
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3.3.1 |
any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person;
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3.3.2 |
the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any Obligor or any other member of the Group;
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3.3.3 |
the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
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3.3.4 |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person;
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3.3.5 |
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of a Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in the
purpose of, any extension of or increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;
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3.3.6 |
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or
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3.3.7 |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
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3.4 |
Guarantor intent Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 3.3, the Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall extend from time to time to any (however
fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the Finance Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under any of the Finance Documents for the purposes of or in connection with any of the
following: business acquisitions of any nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other indebtedness; making facilities
available to new borrowers; any other variation or extension of the purposes for which any such
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3.5 |
Immediate recourse The Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or
claim payment from any person before claiming from the Guarantor under this Guarantee. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.
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3.6 |
Deferral of Guarantors’ rights Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been
irrevocably paid in full and unless the Lender otherwise directs, the Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount
being payable, or liability arising, under this Guarantee:
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3.6.1 |
to be indemnified by an Obligor;
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3.6.2 |
to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents;
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3.6.3 |
to take the benefit (in whole or In part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the
Finance Documents by the Lender;
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to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 2;
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3.6.5 |
to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or
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3.6.6 |
to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with the Lender.
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3.7 |
Additional security This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by the Lender.
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4. |
Additional Payment Obligations
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4.1 |
Indemnity to the Lender as security holder The Guarantor shall promptly indemnify the Lender as holder of any of the Security Documents and every Receiver and Delegate on demand against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of
them as a result of:
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4.1.1 |
any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under clause 16 of the Loan Agreement (Costs and Expenses);
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4.1.2 |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
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4.1.3 |
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Security Documents;
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4.1.4 |
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;
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4.1.5 |
any default by any Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; or
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4.1.6 |
acting as holder of any of the Security Documents, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents or which otherwise relates to any of the Charged Property (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the relevant Lender’s,
Receiver’s or Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct),
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4.2 |
Currency indemnity If any sum due from the Guarantor under this Guarantee (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency
(the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:
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4.2.1 |
making or filing a claim or proof against the Guarantor, or
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4.2.2 |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
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4.3 |
Amendment costs If the Guarantor requests an amendment, waiver or consent in relation to any Guarantor Security Document, the Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse
the Lender for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Lender (and by any Receiver or Delegate) in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement
provided that (a) no sum shall be payable under this Clause 4.3 if liability for the same matters also accrues under the Loan Agreement
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4.4 |
Enforcement and preservation costs The Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to the Lender and each other Secured Party the amount of ail costs and expenses (including legal
fees) incurred by the Lender in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Guarantor Security Document and any proceedings instituted by or against the Lender as a consequence of taking or holding the
Guarantor Security Documents or enforcing those rights.
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4.5 |
Default interest If the Guarantor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a this Guarantee on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of
actual payment (both before and after judgment) either (a) at the rate (if any) applicable to that amount under the Loan Agreement or (b) (if there is no such rate) at a rate calculated in accordance with clause 8.3 of the Loan Agreement
(Default interest). Any interest accruing under this Clause 4.4 shall be immediately payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Lender.
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4.6 |
Additional payment obligations under the Loan Agreement This Clause 4 is without prejudice to the Guarantor Liabilities in respect of the Borrower’s obligations under the clauses of the Loan Agreement numbered 8 (Interest), 14 (Other Indemnities) and 16 (Costs and Expenses) and under similar provisions in any other Finance
Documents.
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5. |
Application of Moneys
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5.1 |
Moneys received by Lender All sums which the Lender receives under or in connection with any Guarantor Security Document shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Lender or otherwise provided in the
Loan Agreement, be applied by the Lender in or towards satisfaction of, or retention on account for, the Guarantor Liabilities in such manner as the Lender may in its discretion determine.
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6. |
Representations and Warranties
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6.1 |
Representations The Guarantor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 6 to the Lender.
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6.1.1 |
Loan Agreement representations and warranties All representations and warranties given by the Borrower in the Loan Agreement in respect of the Guarantor and/or any Guarantor Security Document are
and will remain correct and none of them is or will become misleading.
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6.1.2 |
Ownership of Borrower The Borrower is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Guarantor.
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6.1.3 |
No Encumbrance No Encumbrance exists over the shares of the Guarantor in the Borrower.
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6.1.4 |
Disclosure of material facts The Guarantor is not aware of any material facts or circumstances which have not been disclosed to the Lender and which might, if
disclosed, have adversely affected the decision of a person considering whether or not to make loan facilities of the nature contemplated by the Loan Agreement available to the Borrower.
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6.1.5 |
Copy Loan Agreement The Guarantor has received a copy of the Loan Agreement and approves of, and agrees to, the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.
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6.2 |
Repetition Each of the representations set out in Clause 6.1.2 (Ownership of Borrower) to Clause 6.1.5 (Disclosure of material facts) and each Repeating
Representation is deemed to be repeated by the Guarantor by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of the
Utilisation Request, on the Utilisation Date, on the first day of each Interest Period and, in the case of those contained in clauses 17.1.12(d) and 17.1.12(f) (Financial
statements) of the Loan Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force on each day.
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Information Undertakings
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7.1 |
Financial statements The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender:
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7.1.1 |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of each of its financial years, the consolidated audited financial statements of the Guarantor
(including profit and loss accounts and balance sheets) for that financial year; and
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7.1.2 |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each half year during each of the Guarantor’s financial years, the consolidated unaudited semi-annual
financial statements of the Guarantor for that half year.
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7.2 |
Compliance Certificate
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7.2.1 |
The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender, with each set of its annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 7.1.1 and each set of its semi-annual consolidated financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 7.1.2, a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 8 as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.
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7.2.2 |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two directors of the Guarantor and shall be reported on by the Guarantor’s auditors in the form agreed by the Guarantor and the Lender before the date of the
Loan Agreement.
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7.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements
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7.3.1 |
shall be certified by a director of the Guarantor as giving a true and fairview of (in the case of annual
consolidated financial statements), or fairly representing (in other cases), Its financial condition as at the date as at which those
financial statements were drawn up; and
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7.3.2 |
shall be prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements unless, In relation to any set of financial statements, it
notifies the Lender that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors deliver to the Lender:
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a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared; and
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sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Lender, to enable the Lender to determine whether Clause 8 has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position
indicated in those financial statements and the Original Financial Statements.
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7.4 |
Information: miscellaneous The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender:
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7.4.1 |
at the same time as they are dispatched, copies of all documents dispatched by the Guarantor or to its creditors generally (or any class of them);
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7.4.2 |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation,arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor, and which, if adversely
determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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7.4.3 |
promptly, such information as the Lender may reasonably require about theCharged Property and compliance of the Obligors with the terms of any Security Documents including without limitation cash flow
analyses and details of the operating costs of the Vessel; and
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7.4.4 |
promptly on request, such further information regarding the financialcondition, affairs, commitments, assets and operations of any Obligor or any other member of the Group (including any requested
amplification or explanation of any item in the financial statements, budgets or other material provided by any Obligor under the Loan Agreement and this Guarantee as the Lender may reasonably request.
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7.5 |
Notification of default The Guarantor shall notify the Lender of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
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Financial Covenants
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8.1.1 |
Maximum Leverage not higher than 75%;
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8.1.2 |
Liquidity of an amount of not less than $300,000 in respect of each Fleet Vessel; and
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8.1.3 |
Net Worth of not less than fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000)
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General Undertakings
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9.1 |
No security The Guarantor has not taken, and will not take without the prior written consent of the Lender (and then only on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Lender may impose),
any security from any of the other Obligors in connection with this Guarantee, and any security taken by the Guarantor notwithstanding this Clause 9.1 shall be held by the Guarantor in trust for the Lender absolutely as a continuing
security for the Guarantor Liabilities.
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9.2 |
Loan Agreement undertakings The Guarantor will observe and perform any and all covenants and undertakings in the Loan Agreement whose observance and performance by the Guarantor the Borrower
has undertaken to procure.
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9.3 |
Authorisations The Guarantor shall promptly:
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9.3.1 |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
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9.3.2 |
supply certified copies to the Lender of,
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enable any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
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ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Finance Document; and
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enable any Obligor to carry on its business where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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9.4 |
Environmental compliance
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9.4.1 |
comply with all Environmental Laws;
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9.4.2 |
obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; and
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9.4.3 |
implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,
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9.5 |
Environmental Claims
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9.5.1 |
any Environmental Claim against any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and
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9.5.2 |
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any of the Obligors or any other member of the Group,
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9.6 |
Anti-corruption law
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9.6.1 |
No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments that could constitute a violation of any applicable anti-bribery law, including, without limitation the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA or other
similar legislation in other jurisdictions.
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9.6.2 |
The Guarantor shall:
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(a) |
conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws; and
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(b) |
maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
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9.7 |
Negative pledge The Guarantor shall procure that:
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9.7.1 |
the Borrower shall not create nor permit to subsist any Encumbrance over any of its assets; and
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9.7.2 |
it will not create nor permit to subsist any Encumbrance over the shares of the Guarantor in the Borrower.
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10. |
Payments
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10.1 |
Payments to the Lender On each date on which the Guarantor is required to make a payment under any Guarantor Security Document, the Guarantor shall make the same available to the Lender for
value on the due date at the time and in such funds as required in the Finance Documents, or, if not specified therein, as specified
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10.2 |
No set-off by Guarantor All payments to be made by the Guarantor under any Guarantor Security Document shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off
or counterclaim.
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10.3 |
Business Days Any payment which is due to be made on a day that 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).
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10.4 |
Currency of payments
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10.4.1 |
Subject to Clauses 10.4.2 and 10.4.3, any amount payable under this Guarantee is payable in dollars.
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10.4.2 |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
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10.4.3 |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.
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10.5 |
Tax gross-up The clauses of the Loan Agreement numbered 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) and 15 (Mitigation by
the Lender) (in so far as that clause 15 applies to that clause 12) shall apply to this Guarantee as if they were incorporated into it with any necessary modifications.
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11. |
Set-Off
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12. |
Calculations and Certificates
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12.1 |
Accounts In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by the Lender are in the absence of
manifest error, prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
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12.2 |
Certificates and determinations Any certification or determination by the Lender of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the
matters to which it relates.
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13. |
Partial Invalidity
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14. |
Remedies and Waivers
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15. |
Miscellaneous Provisions of the Loan Agreement
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16. |
Notices
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16.1 |
Addresses The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each party for any communication or document to be made or
delivered under or in connection with this Guarantee and any other Guarantor Security Document is:
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16.1.1 |
in the case of the Guarantor,
Address: c/o Eurobulk Ltd, 4 Messogiou & Evropis Maroussi, Athens, Greece, Fax no: +30 211 180 4097, Department/Officer: Legal department; and |
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16.1.2 |
in the case of the Lender,
Address: 8 Canada Square, London E14 SHQ, England Fax no: +44 (0)20 7991 4619, Department/Officer: Head of European Corporate Banking Centre/ Alastair Muir |
16.2 |
Loan Agreement provisions The clauses of the Loan Agreement numbered 28.1 (Communications in writing), 28.3 (Delivery),
28.4 (Electronic communication) and 28.5 (English language) shall apply to any notice or demand under or in connection with this Guarantee.
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17. |
Governing Law
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18. |
Enforcement
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18.1 |
Jurisdiction of English courts The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee (including a dispute relating to the
existence, validity or termination of this Guarantee or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee) (a “Dispute”). The Guarantor agrees that the courts of
England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly it will not argue to the contrary.
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18.2 |
Service of process
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18.2.1 |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Guarantor:
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(a) |
irrevocably appoints Hill Dickinson Service (London) Limited of Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2E, United Kingdom as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection with any Finance Document; and
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(b) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Guarantor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
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18.2.2 |
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process or terminates its appointment as agent for service of process, the Guarantor must immediately (and in any
event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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To: |
HSBC Bank plc
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From: |
Eurodry Ltd.
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1 |
We refer to the Guarantee. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance
Certificate.
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2 |
We confirm that we maintain:
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(a) |
Maximum Leverage of not higher than 75%;
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(b) |
Liquidity of an amount of not less than $300,000 per Fleet Vessel; and
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(c) |
Net Worth of not less than $15,000,000.
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3 |
We confirm that no Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) is continuing.
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Signed
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Director
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Director
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of
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of
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Eurodry Ltd.
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Eurodry Ltd.
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Director
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Director
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of
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of
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Eirini Shipping Ltd
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Eirini Shipping Ltd
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Execution
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The Guarantor
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Signed and delivered
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)
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as a Deed
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)
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by Eurodry Ltd.
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)
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acting by Stefania Karmiri
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)
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/s/ Stefania Karmiri
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)
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its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness signature:
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/s/ Evgenia Anastasopoulou
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Name: Evgenia Anastasopoulou
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Address:
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STEPHENSON HARWOOD
ARISTON BUILDING
2 FILELLINON STR. & AKTI MIAOULI
PIRAEUS 185 36
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The Lender
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Signed and delivered
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)
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as a Deed
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)
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by HSBC Bank plc
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)
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acting by Katerina Eleftheriou
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)
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/s/ Katerina Eleftheriou
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)
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its duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness signature:
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Name: Evgenia Anastasopoulou
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/s/ Evgenia Anastasopoulou
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Address:
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STEPHENSON HARWOOD
ARISTON BUILDING
2 FILELLINON STR. & AKTI MIAOULI
PIRAEUS 185 36
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Subsidiary
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Country of Incorporation
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Pantelis Shipping Corp.
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Liberia
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Eirini Shipping Ltd.
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Liberia
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Ultra One Shipping Ltd.
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Liberia
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Ultra Two Shipping Ltd.
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Liberia
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Kamsarmax One Shipping Ltd.
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Marshall Islands
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Kamsarmax Two Shipping Ltd.
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Marshall Islands
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Areti Shipping Ltd.
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Marshall Islands
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Light Shipping Ltd.
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Marshall Islands
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a) |
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b) |
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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c) |
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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d) |
disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and
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a) |
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b) |
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
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/s/ Aristides J. Pittas
|
|
Aristides J. Pittas
Chief Executive Officer
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a)
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designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b)
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designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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c)
|
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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d)
|
disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and
|
a)
|
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b)
|
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
|
/s/ Anastasios Aslidis
|
|
Anastasios Aslidis
Chief Financial Officer
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(1)
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
(2)
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
/s/ Aristides J. Pittas
|
|
Chief Executive Officer
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(1)
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
(2)
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
/s/ Anastasios Aslidis
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Chief Financial Officer
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