Section 1 Interpretation

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Section 2 The Facility

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Section 3 Utilisation

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Section 4 Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation

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Section 5 Costs of Utilisation

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Section 6 Additional Payment Obligations

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Section 7 GUARANTEE AND JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BORROWERS

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Section 8 Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default

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Section 9 Changes to Parties

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Section 10 The Finance Parties

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Section 11 Administration

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Section 12 Governing Law and Enforcement

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Schedule 1 The Parties

Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent

Schedule 3 Requests

Schedule 4 Form of Transfer Certificate

Schedule 5 Form of Assignment Agreement

Schedule 6 Form of Compliance Certificate

Schedule 7 Timetables

Execution Pages

JOY SHIPPING CORPORATION , a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960 as a borrower (“ Borrower A ”)

AVERY SHIPPING COMPANY , a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960 (“ Borrower B ”)

NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P. , a limited partnership formed in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960 as guarantor (the “ Guarantor ”)

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part B of Schedule 1 ( The Parties ) as lenders (the “ Original Lenders ”)

DNB BANK ASA as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “ Facility Agent ”)

DNB BANK ASA as security agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Security Agent ”)

DNB BANK ASA as mandated lead arranger (the “ Mandated Lead Arranger ”)

$40,000,000; and

60 per cent. of the aggregate Initial Market Value of the Ships,

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Definitions

the amount of its participation in the outstanding Loan; and

in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Advance that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.

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

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.

the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in 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

the amount which that 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.

(in relation to funding of the Loan only) London and New York;

(in relation only to any date for payment or purchase of dollars) New York;

and (in relation only to any date for the fixing of an interest rate using LIBOR) London.

in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Part B of Schedule 1 ( The Parties ) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and

in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,

any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,

information that:

is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 44 ( Confidential Information ); or

is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and

any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation.

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

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:

from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

from communicating with other Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

the following, save to the extent that any of them is, with the prior written consent of the Facility Agent, pooled or shared with any other person:

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;

the proceeds of the exercise of any lien on sub-freights;

compensation payable to the Borrower which is the owner of that Ship or the Security Agent in the event of requisition of that Ship for hire or use;

remuneration for salvage and towage services;

demurrage and detention moneys;

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 that Ship;

all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in relation to loss of hire;

all monies which are at any time payable to a Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and

if and whenever that 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 that Ship.

an account in the name of that Borrower with the Facility Agent designated “[ name of borrower ]—Earnings Account”;

any other account (with that or another office of the Facility Agent) which is designated by the Facility Agent as the Earnings Account for the purposes of this Agreement; or

any sub-account of any account referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

any release, emission, spill or discharge of Environmentally Sensitive Material whether within a Ship or from a Ship into any other vessel or into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water; or

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 any Ship and which involves a collision between any Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or a Ship and/or any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or

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 a Ship and in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action.

in relation to Borrower A, the relevant part of the Term B Loan relating to Ship A; and

in relation to Borrower B, the relevant part of the Term B Loan relating to Ship B.

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

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

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.

in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019; or

in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019,

this Agreement;

any Fee Letter;

any Utilisation Request;

any Security Document;

any other document which is executed for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination arrangement in relation to the Secured Liabilities; or

any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Borrowers.

moneys borrowed;

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

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

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;

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

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;

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);

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

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.

the Earnings, the Insurances and any Requisition Compensation in relation to that Ship; and

any Charter and any Charter Guarantee,

all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of that Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in relation to that Ship, that Ship’s Earnings or otherwise in relation to that Ship whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and

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.

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

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,

any Original Lender; and

any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 28 ( Changes to the Lenders ),

as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 ( Unavailability of Screen Rate ),

if no Advance has yet been made, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 66 ² ⁄ ₃  per cent. of the Total Commitments; or

at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loan aggregate more than 66 ² ⁄ ₃  per cent. of the amount of the Loan then outstanding or, if the Loan has been repaid or prepaid in full, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loan immediately before repayment or prepayment in full aggregate more than 66 ² ⁄ ₃  per cent. of the Loan immediately before such repayment.

unless otherwise specified by the Facility Agent, as at a date not more than 30 days previously;

by an Approved Valuer or Approved Valuers;

with or without physical inspection of that Ship or vessel (as the Facility Agent may require); and

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.

the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Group as a whole; or

the ability of any Transaction Obligor to perform its obligations under any Finance Document; or

the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or intended to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance Documents.

(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;

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

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.

which is a time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter;

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;

which is entered into on bona fide arm’s length terms at the time at which that Ship is fixed; and

in relation to which not more than two months’ hire is payable in advance,

any Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents;

any Financial Indebtedness relating to the unsecured guarantee issued by a Borrower in respect of obligations of the Guarantor under the Term B Loan;

until the relevant Utilisation Date, the relevant Existing Indebtedness; and

any Financial Indebtedness (including without limitation, any shareholder or intra-Group loans made available to the Borrowers (or either of them) in the normal course of its business of trading and operating either Ship) that is subordinated to all Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents in writing in a manner acceptable to the Facility Agent in all respects.

until the relevant Utilisation Date, the relevant Existing Security;

Security created by the Finance Documents;

Security created by the unsecured guarantee issued by a Borrower in respect of obligations of the Guarantor under the Term B Loan;

any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;

liens for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with first-class ship ownership and management practice;

liens for salvage;

liens for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading; and

any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of any Ship:

not as a result of any default or omission by any Borrower;

not being enforced through arrest; and

subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 24.16 ( Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. ) and provided such lien does not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue (unless the overdue amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate steps).

if:

the Reference Bank is a contributor to the Screen Rate; and

it consists of a single figure,

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.

its Original Jurisdiction;

any jurisdiction where any asset subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Transaction Security created, or intended to be created, by it is situated;

any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and

the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it.

the Transaction Obligors and each member of the Group; and

each of their directors, officers and employees.

any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (excluding a requisition for hire or use which does not involve a requisition for title) or acquisition of that 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

any capture or seizure of that Ship (including any hijacking or theft) by any person whatsoever.

listed on any Sanctions List or targeted by Sanctions (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of person); or

located in or incorporated under the laws of any country or territory that is the target of comprehensive, country- or territory-wide Sanctions; or

directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf, at the direction or for the benefit of, a person referred to in (a) and/or (to the extent relevant under Sanctions) (b) above.

the lists of Sanctions designations and/or targets maintained by any Sanctions Authority and/or

any other Sanctions designation or target listed and/or adopted by a Sanctions Authority,

any Shares Security;

any Mortgage;

any General Assignment;

any Charterparty Assignment;

any Account Security;

any Manager’s Undertaking;

any other document (whether or not it creates Security) which is executed as security for the Secured Liabilities; or

any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Borrowers.

the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Security Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties and all proceeds of that Transaction Security;

all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Transaction Obligor to pay amounts in relation to the Secured Liabilities to the Security Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties 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 Security Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties;

the Security Agent’s interest in any turnover trust created under the Finance Documents;

any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Security Agent is required by the terms of the Finance Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties,

rights intended for the sole benefit of the Security Agent; and

any moneys or other assets which the Security Agent has transferred to the Facility Agent or (being entitled to do so) has retained in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

a majority of the issued shares in S (or a majority of the issued shares in S which carry unlimited rights to capital and income distributions) are directly owned by P or are indirectly attributable to P; and

P has direct or indirect control over a majority of the voting rights attached to the issued shares of S;

actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship; or

in the case of any of the events described in paragraph (a) of the definition “Requisition”, any such Requisition of a Ship unless that Ship is returned to the full control of the relevant Borrower within 90 days of such Requisition; and

in the case of any of the events described in paragraph (b) of the definition “Requisition”, any such Requisition of a Ship unless that Ship is returned to the full control of the relevant Borrower within 90 days of such Requisition, provided that in the case of hijacking, if the relevant underwriters confirm to the Facility Agent in writing (in customary terms) prior to the end of the 90 day period that Ship will be covered by that Borrower’s war risk insurance, the shorter of 12 months and the period for which such cover is confirmed to attach.

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

in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship, the earlier of:

the date on which a notice of abandonment is given (or deemed or agreed to be given) to the insurers; and

the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the relevant Borrower with that Ship’s insurers in which the insurers agree to treat that Ship as a total loss; and

in the case of any other type of Total Loss, the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Facility Agent that the event constituting the total loss occurred.

a Finance Document;

any Assignable Charter;

any Charter Guarantee; or

any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and a Borrower.

the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate; and

the date on which the Facility Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate.

a person which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or

a person some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.

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.

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

in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:

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

any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.

Construction

Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to:

the “ Facility Agent ”, any “ Finance Party ”, the “ Mandated Lead Arranger ”, any “ Lender ”, any “ Obligor ”, any “ Party ”, any “ Secured Party ”, the “ Security Agent ”, any “ Transaction Obligor ” or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance Documents;

“ assets ” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

a liability which is “ contingent ” means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained;

“ document ” includes a deed and also a letter, fax, email or telex;

“ expense ” means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable Tax including VAT;

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;

a “ group of Lenders ” includes all the Lenders;

“ 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;

“ 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;

“ 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;

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);

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;

a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;

a time of day is a reference to London time;

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;

words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and

“ 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.

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.

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.

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.

A Potential Event of Default is “ continuing ” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “ continuing ” if it has not been waived.

Construction of insurance terms

Agreed forms of Finance Documents

in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by each Borrower and the Facility Agent); or

in any other form agreed in writing between each Borrower and the Facility Agent acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders or, where Clause 43.2 ( All Lender matters ) applies, all the Lenders.

Third party rights

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.

Subject to Clause 43.3 ( Other exceptions ) 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.

Any Receiver, Delegate, Affiliate or any other person described in paragraph (d) of Clause 14.2 ( Other indemnities ), Clause 30.21 ( Role of Reference Banks ), Clause 30.22 ( 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.

THE FACILITY

The Facility

Finance Parties’ rights and obligations

The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from a Transaction Obligor is a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of the Loan or any other amount owed by a Transaction Obligor which relates to a Finance Party’s participation in the Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Facility Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by that Transaction Obligor.

A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.

PURPOSE

Purpose

Monitoring

CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

Initial conditions precedent

Further conditions precedent

on the date of a Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date and before an Advance is made available:

no Default has occurred or would occur from the proposed Advance;

the Repeating Representations to be made by each Transaction Obligor are true; and

no Ship has been sold or become a Total Loss; and

on or before the relevant Utilisation Date, the Facility Agent has received on or before the relevant Utilisation Date, or is satisfied it will receive when that Advance 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 Facility Agent.

Notification of satisfaction of conditions precedent

The Facility Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied as to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent referred to in Clause 4.1 ( Initial conditions precedent ) and Clause 4.2 ( Further conditions precedent ).

Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Facility Agent in writing to the contrary before the Facility Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (a) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Facility Agent to give that notification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.

Waiver of conditions precedent

UTILISATION

Delivery of a Utilisation Request

The Borrowers may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Facility Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.

The Borrowers may not deliver more than one Utilisation Request under each Tranche and all Tranches shall be utilised simultaneously on the same Utilisation Date unless otherwise agreed by the Facility Agent.

Completion of a Utilisation Request

Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 ( Currency and amount ); and

the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 ( Interest Periods ).

Only one Advance may be requested in each Utilisation Request.

Currency and amount

The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be dollars.

The amount of the proposed Advance must be an amount which is not more than the maximum amount available for that Tranche and which, when aggregated with the other Advances, is not more than the lower of:

60 per cent. of the aggregate Initial Market Value of the Ships; and

the Available Facility.

The amount of the proposed Advance must be an amount which would not oblige the Borrowers to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan if the ratio set out in Clause 25 ( Security Cover ) were applied and notice was given by the Facility Agent under Clause 25.1 ( Minimum required security cover ) immediately after that Advance was made.

Lenders’ participation

If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in each Advance available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.

The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Advance will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately before making that Advance.

The Facility Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Advance and the amount of its participation in that Advance by the Specified Time.

Payment to third parties

Disbursement of Advance to third party

Cancellation of Commitments

REPAYMENT

Repayment of Loan

The Borrowers shall repay each Tranche by (i) 20 consecutive quarterly instalments in accordance with an age adjusted repayment profile of 17 years, the first of which shall be repaid on the date falling 3 Months after the relevant Utilisation Date and the last on the relevant Termination Date and (ii) the relevant Balloon Instalment in respect of such Tranche on the relevant Termination Date.

In respect of each Tranche, the Facility Agent shall provide the Borrowers with:

a repayment schedule in respect of that Tranche on or shortly after the relevant Utilisation Date; and

a repayment schedule in respect of that Tranche adjusted on the basis of the age of the relevant Ship as at the date falling 10 days prior to the last date of the Availability Period. Such repayment schedule shall be based on the following calculation/formula:

Each Repayment Instalment in respect of that Tranche (except for the final Repayment Instalment in respect of that Tranche) is equal to: that Tranche DIVIDED BY the Age Adjusted Profile for that Tranche DIVIDED BY 4;

The final repayment instalment in respect of that Tranche is equal to: the final Repayment Instalment PLUS the Balloon Instalment in respect of that Tranche.

Effect of cancellation and prepayment on scheduled repayments

If the Borrowers cancel the whole or any part of any Available Commitment in accordance with Clause 7.6 ( Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender ) or if the Available Commitment of any Lender is cancelled under Clause 7.1 ( Illegality ) then the relevant Repayment Instalments and the relevant Balloon Instalment falling after that cancellation will be reduced pro rata by the amount of the Available Commitments so cancelled.

If the Borrowers cancel the whole or any part of any Available Commitment in accordance with Clause 7.3 ( Voluntary and automatic cancellation ) or if the whole or part of any Commitment is cancelled pursuant to Clause 5.5 ( Cancellation of Commitments ), then the Repayment Instalments and the Balloon Instalment for the relevant Tranche falling after that cancellation will be reduced pro rata by the amount of the Commitments so cancelled.

If any part of the Loan is repaid or prepaid in accordance with Clause 7.6 ( Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender ) or Clause 7.1 ( Illegality ) then the relevant Repayment Instalments and the relevant Balloon Instalment falling after that repayment or prepayment (as applicable) will be reduced pro rata by the amount of the Loan repaid or prepaid.

If any part of the Loan is prepaid in accordance with Clause 7.4 ( Voluntary prepayment of the Loan ), then the amount of the Repayment Instalments for the relevant Tranche for each Repayment Date falling after that repayment or prepayment will be reduced in chronological order by the amount of the Loan repaid or prepaid.

If any part of the Loan is prepaid in accordance with Clause 7.5 ( Mandatory prepayment on sale, seizure or Total Loss ), then the amount of the Loan prepaid shall be applied against the Tranche which has been used in respect of the relevant Ship and thereafter any balance shall reduce pro rata the then outstanding Repayment Instalments and the Balloon Instalments of the other Tranche.

Termination Date

Reborrowing

PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

Illegality

that Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

upon the Facility Agent notifying the Borrowers, the Available Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

the Borrowers shall prepay that Lender’s participation in the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Facility Agent has notified the Borrowers or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Facility Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and that Lender’s corresponding Commitment shall be cancelled in the amount of the participation prepaid.

Change of control

the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event; and

if the Majority Lenders so require, the Facility Agent shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ notice to the Borrowers, 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 will be cancelled and the Loan and all such outstanding interest and other amounts will become immediately due and payable.

Voluntary and automatic cancellation

The Borrowers may, if they give the Facility Agent not less than 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of $1,000,000 of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.3 ( Voluntary and automatic cancellation ) shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably and the amount of the relevant Tranche(s).

The unutilised Commitment (if any) of each Lender shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the date on which the Advances are made available.

Voluntary prepayment of Loan

Mandatory prepayment on sale, seizure or Total Loss

If a Ship is sold (without prejudice to paragraph (a) of Clause 22.12 ( Disposals )) or becomes a Total Loss, the Borrowers shall on the Relevant Date prepay an amount equal to the higher of (i) the Tranche applicable to that Ship and (ii) the Relevant Percentage of the Loan.

In this Clause 7.5 ( Mandatory prepayment on sale, seizure or Total Loss ):

in the case of a sale of a Ship, on the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of that Ship to the buyer of that Ship; and

in the case of any piracy or capture, seizure, confiscation or detention (including hijacking or theft) of that Ship, where that Ship is not within 90 days redelivered to the full control of the relevant Borrower, on or before the date falling 97 days after the date of the piracy or capture, seizure, confiscation or detention (including hijacking or theft) of that Ship, Provided that the relevant underwriters confirm to the Facility Agent in writing (in customary terms) within 30 days of the piracy event that adequate war risks insurance cover is in place in respect of that Vessel; or

in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of (i) the date falling 180 days after the Total Loss Date and (ii) the date of receipt by the Security Agent of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss.

Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

If:

any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause12.2 ( Tax gross-up ); or

any Lender claims indemnification from a Borrower under Clause 12.3 ( Tax indemnity ) or Clause 13 ( Increased costs ),

On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrowers have given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above in relation to a Lender (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrowers in that notice), the Borrowers shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loan.

The Borrowers may, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above, on 15 Business Days’ prior notice to the Facility Agent and that Lender, replace that Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 28 ( Changes to the Lenders ) (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Borrowers which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 28 ( Changes to the Lenders ) for a purchase price in cash or other cash payment payable at the time of the transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s participation in the Loan and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under Clause 28.9 ( Pro rata interest settlement ), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to the following conditions:

the Borrowers shall have no right to replace a Servicing Party;

neither the Facility Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender;

in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and

the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (d) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer.

A Lender shall perform the checks described in sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (e) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Facility Agent and the Borrowers when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.

Restrictions

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 and, if relevant, the part of the Loan to be prepaid or cancelled.

Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

No Borrower may reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid.

No Borrower shall repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.

No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.

If the Facility Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 ( Prepayment and Cancellation ) it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrowers or the affected Lenders, as appropriate.

If all or part of any Lender’s participation in the Loan is repaid or prepaid, an amount of that Lender’s Commitment (equal to the amount of the participation which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment.

Application of prepayments

INTEREST

Calculation of interest

the Margin; and

LIBOR.

Payment of interest

The Borrowers 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 ”).

If an Interest Period is longer than 3 Months, the Borrowers shall also pay interest then accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling at 3 Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period.

Default interest

If a Transaction Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) 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, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Facility Agent. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 ( Default interest ) shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Facility Agent.

Without prejudice to the rights of the Finance Parties under Clause 27.20 ( Acceleration ), if the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) gives written notice to the Borrowers of the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and demands payment of interest under this paragraph (b) of Clause 8.3 ( Default interest ), interest shall accrue on the amount of the Loan from the date of such notice up to the date on which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) gives notice to the Borrowers that such Event of Default is no longer continuing. Interest shall accrue at a rate which is 2 per cent per annum higher than the applicable rate for each part of the Loan.

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:

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

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.

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.

Notification of rates of interest

The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrowers of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers of each Funding Rate relating to the Loan, any part of the Loan or any Unpaid Sum.

INTEREST PERIODS

Selection of Interest Periods

The Borrowers may select the Interest Period for a Tranche in the Utilisation Request for that Tranche. Subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 ( Changes to Interest Periods ), the Borrowers may select each subsequent Interest Period in respect of the Loan in a Selection Notice.

Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Facility Agent by the Borrowers not later than the Specified Time.

If the Borrowers fail to select an Interest Period in the first Utilisation Request or fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Facility Agent 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 3 Months.

Subject to this Clause 9 ( Interest Periods ), the Borrowers may select an Interest Period of 3 or 6 Months or any other period agreed between the Borrowers and the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders).

An Interest Period in respect of a Tranche shall not extend beyond the Termination Date of that Tranche.

In respect of a Repayment Instalment, the Borrowers 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.

The first Interest Period for the first Tranche to be advanced or the Loan shall start on the relevant Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of the preceding Interest Period.

The first Interest Period for the second and subsequent Tranche shall start on the Utilisation Date of such Tranche and end on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the balance of the Loan following the date on which such Tranche is made.

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.

Changes to Interest Periods

In respect of a Repayment Instalment, prior to determining the interest rate for the Loan, the Facility Agent 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 ).

If the Facility Agent makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this Clause 9.2 ( Changes to Interest Periods ), it shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders.

Non-Business Days

CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

Unavailability of Screen Rate

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.

Reference Bank Rate : If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for:

dollars; or

the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,

Cost of funds : If paragraph (b) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for dollars or 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.

Calculation of Reference Bank Rate

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.

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.

Market disruption

Cost of funds

If this Clause 10.4 ( Cost of funds ) applies, the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of 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:

the Margin; and

the rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event within 5 Business Days of the first day of that Interest Period (or, if earlier, on the date falling 5 Business Days before 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 relevant Lender of funding its participation in the Loan or that part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and

the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation in the Loan or that part of the Loan.

If this Clause 10.4 ( Cost of funds ) applies and the Facility Agent or the Borrowers so require, the Facility Agent and the Borrowers 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.

Subject to Clause 43.4 ( Replacement of Screen Rate ), any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrowers, be binding on all Parties.

If paragraph (e) below does not apply and any rate notified to the Facility Agent under sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) above is less than zero, the relevant rate shall be deemed to be zero.

If this Clause 10.4 ( Cost of funds ) applies pursuant to Clause 10.3 ( Market disruption ) and:

a Lender’s Funding Rate is less than LIBOR; or

a Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) above,

If this Clause 10.4 ( Cost of funds ) applies but any Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) above the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Lenders.

Break Costs

The Borrowers shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by a Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan, the relevant part of the Loan or that Unpaid Sum.

Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

FEES

Flat Fee

Agency Fee

Commitment fee

The Borrowers shall pay a non-refundable commitment fee payable to the Facility Agent on behalf of the Lenders computed at the rate of 1.00 per cent. per annum on that Lender’s Available Commitment, from time to time for the Availability Period.

The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears during the period commencing on (and including) 23 January 2019 to the earlier of (i) the last Utilisation Date under this Agreement and (ii) the last day of the Availability Period (and on the last day of such period) and, if cancelled, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.

TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

Definitions

In this Agreement:

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.

Tax gross-up

Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

The Borrowers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Facility Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Facility Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrowers and that Obligor.

If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor 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.

If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor 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.

Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

Tax indemnity

The Obligors shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.

Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:

with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:

under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

to the extent a loss, liability or cost:

is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 ( Tax gross-up ); or

relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.

A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall notify the Obligors.

A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3 ( Tax indemnity ), notify the Facility Agent.

Tax Credit

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

that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,

Stamp taxes

VAT

All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party 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, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document and such Finance Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to such Finance Party (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 such Finance Party must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party).

If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “ Supplier ”) to any other Finance Party (the “ Recipient ”) under a Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the “ Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration):

(where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this sub-paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and

(where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part of it as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

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) 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).

In relation to any supply made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such Finance Party with details of that Party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Finance Party’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

FATCA Information

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

confirm to that other Party whether it is:

a FATCA Exempt Party; or

not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

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

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.

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.

Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party 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:

any law or regulation;

any fiduciary duty; or

any duty of confidentiality.

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.

If a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor, or the Facility Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it, each Lender shall, within ten Business Days of:

where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an Original Lender, the date of this Agreement;

where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor on a Transfer Date and the relevant Lender is a New Lender, the relevant Transfer Date; or

where a Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Facility Agent,

a withholding certificate on Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or

any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Facility Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA or that other law or regulation.

The Facility Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above to the Borrowers.

If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver provided to the Facility Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Facility Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent). The Facility Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Borrowers.

The Facility Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) or (g) above without further verification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) above.

FATCA Deduction

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.

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 and, in addition, shall notify each Obligor and the Facility Agent and the Facility Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.

INCREASED COSTS

Increased costs

Subject to Clause 13.3 ( Exceptions ), the Borrowers shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Facility Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of:

the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation; or

compliance with any law or regulation made,

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.

In this Agreement:

“ Basel III ” means:

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;

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

any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”.

“ CRD IV ” means:

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;

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

any other law or regulation which implements Basel III.

“ Increased Costs ” means:

a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;

an additional or increased cost; or

a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

Increased cost claims

A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 ( Increased costs ) shall notify the Facility Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers.

Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

Exceptions

attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor;

attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;

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);

compensated for by any payment made pursuant to Clause 14.3 ( Mandatory Cost ); or

attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.

OTHER INDEMNITIES

Currency indemnity

If any sum due from an Obligor 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:

making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or

obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

Each Obligor 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.

Other indemnities

Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify each Secured Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of:

the occurrence of any Event of Default;

a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 33 ( Sharing among the Finance Parties );

funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in an Advance requested by the Borrowers 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 that Secured Party alone); or

the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrowers.

Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify each Finance Party, each Affiliate of a Finance Party and each officer or employee of a Finance Party or its Affiliate (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, any Ship unless such cost, loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.

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:

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

in connection with any Environmental Claim.

Any Affiliate or any officer or employee of a Finance Party or of any of its Affiliates may rely on this Clause 14.2 ( Other indemnities ) subject to Clause 1.5 ( Third party rights ) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

Mandatory Cost

in the case of a Lender 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

in the case of any Lender 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),

Indemnity to the Facility Agent

any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:

investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or

acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or

instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents; and

any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Facility Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 34.11 ( Disruption to Payment Systems etc. ) notwithstanding the Facility Agent’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent in acting as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.

Indemnity to the Security Agent

Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Security Agent and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them:

in relation to or as a result of:

any failure by a Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 ( Costs and Expenses );

acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;

the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Security;

the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Security Agent and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;

any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents;

any action by any Transaction Obligor which vitiates, reduces the value of, or is otherwise prejudicial to, the Transaction Security; and

instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents,

acting as Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents or 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 relevant Security Agent’s, Receiver’s or Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

The Security Agent and every Receiver and Delegate may, in priority to any payment to the Secured Parties, indemnify itself out of the Security Assets in respect of, and pay and retain, all sums necessary to give effect to the indemnity in this Clause 14.5 ( Indemnity to the Security Agent ) and shall have a lien on the Transaction Security and the proceeds of the enforcement of the Transaction Security for all monies payable to it.

MITIGATION BY THE FINANCE PARTIES

Mitigation

Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrowers, 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 its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents.

Limitation of liability

Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 ( Mitigation ).

A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 ( Mitigation ) if either:

a Default has occurred and is continuing; or

in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

Transaction expenses

this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement or in a Security Document; and

any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

Amendment costs

a Transaction Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or

an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 34.9 ( Change of currency ); or

a Transaction Obligor requests, and the Security Agent agrees to, the release of all or any part of the Security Assets from the Transaction Security,

Enforcement and preservation costs

GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

Guarantee and indemnity

guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Transaction Obligor other than the Guarantor of all such other Transaction Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents;

undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Transaction Obligor other than the Guarantor 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

agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of a Transaction Obligor other than the Guarantor 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 Clause 17 ( Guarantee and Indemnity ) if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee.

Continuing guarantee

Reinstatement

Waiver of defences

any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Transaction Obligor or other person;

the release of any other Transaction Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;

the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or delay in perfecting, or refusal or neglect to take up or enforce, or delay in taking or enforcing any rights against, or security over assets of, any Transaction 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;

any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of a Transaction Obligor or any other person;

any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;

any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or

any insolvency or similar proceedings.

Immediate recourse

Appropriations

refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and

hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 17 ( Guarantee and Indemnity ).

Deferral of Guarantor’s rights

to be indemnified by a Transaction Obligor;

to claim any contribution from any third party providing security for, or any other guarantor of, any Transaction Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents;

to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Secured Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Secured Party;

to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Transaction Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 17.1 ( Guarantee and indemnity );

to exercise any right of set-off against any Transaction Obligor; and/or

to claim or prove as a creditor of any Transaction Obligor in competition with any Secured Party.

Additional security

Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other Security

JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF THE BORROWERS

Joint and several liability

Waiver of defences

this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower;

any Lender or the Security Agent entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower;

any Lender or the Security Agent releasing any other Borrower or any Security created by a Finance Document; or

any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with any other Borrower or other person;

the release of any other Borrower or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;

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 other Borrower 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;

any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any other Borrower or any other person;

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 any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;

any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation or any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or

any insolvency or similar proceedings.

Principal Debtor

Borrower restrictions

Subject to paragraph (b) below, during the Security Period no Borrower shall:

claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made under, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any Finance Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any Finance Document; or

take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount, or in any way seek to have recourse in respect of such an amount against any asset of any other Borrower; or

set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or

prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower; or

exercise or assert any combination of the foregoing.

If during the Security Period, the Facility Agent, by notice to a Borrower, requires it to take any action referred to in paragraph (a) above in relation to any other Borrower, that Borrower shall take that action as soon as practicable after receiving the Facility Agent’s notice.

Deferral of Borrowers’ rights

to be indemnified by any other Borrower; or

to claim any contribution from any other Borrower in relation to any payment made by it under the Finance Documents.

REPRESENTATIONS

General

Status

It is a corporation or limited partnership, duly incorporated or formed and validly existing in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

It and each Transaction Obligor has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

Share capital and ownership

Borrower A is authorised to issue 500 registered shares of common stock with a par value of $1 per share, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and fully paid.

Borrower B is authorised to issue 500 registered and/or bearer shares of common stock without par value, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and fully paid.

The legal title to and beneficial interest in the shares in each Borrower is held free of any Security or any other claim by the Shareholder and each Borrower is 100 per cent. owned, directly or indirectly (but if indirectly only through the Shareholder), by the Guarantor.

None of the shares in any Borrower is subject to any option to purchase, pre-emption rights or similar rights.

Binding obligations

Validity, effectiveness and ranking of Security

Each Finance Document to which it is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery and, where applicable, registration as provided for in that Finance Document 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.

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.

The Transaction Security granted by it to the Security Agent or any other Secured Party 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.

No concurrence, consent or authorisation of any person is required for the creation of or otherwise in connection with any Transaction Security.

Non-conflict with other obligations

any law or regulation applicable to it;

the constitutional documents of any Transaction Obligor or any member of the Group; or

any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any member of the Group or any of its assets or any member of the Group’s assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.

Power and authority

It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise:

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

in the case of a Borrower, its registration of the Ship owned by it under the applicable Approved Flag.

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.

Validity and admissibility in evidence

to enable it to lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and

to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions,

Governing law and enforcement

The choice of governing law of each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions.

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.

Insolvency

corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 27.8 ( Insolvency proceedings ); or

creditors’ process described in Clause 27.9 ( Creditors’ process ),

No filing or stamp taxes

Deduction of Tax

No default

No Event of Default and, on the date of this Agreement and on each 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.

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 any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.

No misleading information

Any factual information provided by any member of the Group 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.

The financial projections contained in any such information have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.

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.

Financial Statements

The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

The Original Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the Group’s financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and its and the Group’s results of operations during the relevant financial year.

There has been no material adverse change in its assets, business or financial condition (or the assets, business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Guarantor) since 31 December 2017.

Its and the Guarantor’s most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ):

have been prepared in accordance with Clause 20.4 ( Requirements as to financial statements ); and

give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and operations during the relevant financial year (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor).

Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ) there has been no material adverse change in its business, assets or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Guarantor).

Pari passu ranking

No proceedings pending or threatened

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, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been started or threatened against it or any other Transaction Obligor or any member of the Group.

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 or any member of the Group.

Valuations

All information supplied by it or on its behalf to an Approved Valuer for the purposes of a valuation delivered to the Facility Agent 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.

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.

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.

No breach of laws

No Charter

Compliance with Environmental Laws

No Environmental Claim

No Environmental Incident

ISM and ISPS Code compliance

Taxes paid

It is not and no other member of the Group is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and no other member of the Group is) overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax.

No claims or investigations are being, or to the best of its knowledge, are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any other member of the Group) with respect to Taxes.

Financial Indebtedness

Overseas companies

Good title to assets

Ownership

Each Borrower is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Ship owned by it, its Earnings and its Insurances.

The Shareholder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all the shares in each Borrower.

The Guarantor is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all the shares in the Shareholder.

With effect on and from the date of its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of any asset that is the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Transaction Obligor.

The constitutional documents of each Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of any Borrower on creation or enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Documents.

Centre of main interests and establishments

Place of business

No employee or pension arrangements

Sanctions

a Restricted Party;

in breach of Sanctions; or

to its knowledge subject to or involved in any complaint, claim, proceeding, formal notice, investigation or other action by any regulatory or enforcement authority or third party concerning any Sanctions.

US Tax Obligor

No Money laundering

Validity and completeness of the Deed of Release

The Deed of Release constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the parties thereto.

No amendments or additions to the Deed of Release have been agreed nor have any rights under the Deed of Release been waived.

Repetition

INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

General

Financial statements

as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of each of its financial years, commencing with the financial year ended on 31 December 2019, the annual audited consolidated financial statement of the Group for that financial year; and

as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each quarter of each of its financial years (ending 31 March, 30 June and 30 September), the unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements of the Group for that financial quarter.

Compliance Certificate

The Guarantor shall supply to the Facility Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21 ( Financial Covenants ) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Guarantor and, if required to be delivered with the financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ), shall be reported on by the Guarantor’s auditors in the form agreed by the Guarantor and all the Lenders before the date of this Agreement.

Requirements as to financial statements

Each set of financial statements delivered by the Guarantor pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ) shall be certified by an officer of the company as giving a true and fair view (if audited) or fairly representing (if unaudited) its financial condition and operations as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up if it has not been filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Obligors shall procure that each set of financial statements of the Guarantor delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for the Group unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Facility Agent that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods, unless such change is described in the filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the Guarantor) deliver to the Facility Agent:

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

sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Facility Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 21 ( Financial Covenants ) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements.

Information: miscellaneous

all documents dispatched by it to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched unless the contents of such communication have already been disclosed in the filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission;

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 member of the Group, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;

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 member of the Group and which might have a Material Adverse Effect or which would involve a liability, a potential or alleged liability, exceeding $1,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies);

promptly, its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied unless, in respect of the Guarantor, these changes have been disclosed in the filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission;

promptly, such further information and/or documents regarding:

each Ship, goods transported on each Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances;

the Security Assets;

compliance of the Transaction Obligors with the terms of the Finance Documents;

the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group,

promptly, such further information and/or documents as any Finance Party (through the Facility Agent) may reasonably request so as to enable such Finance Party to comply with any laws applicable to it or as may be required by any regulatory authority.

Notification of Default

Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor shall, notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor).

Promptly upon a request by the Facility Agent, each Borrower shall supply to the Facility Agent a certificate signed by an officer 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).

Use of websites

Each Obligor may satisfy its obligation under the Finance Documents to which it is a party to deliver any information in relation to those Lenders (the “ Website Lenders ”) which accept this method of communication by posting this information onto an electronic website designated by the Borrowers and the Facility Agent (the “ Designated Website ”) if:

the Facility Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it will accept communication of the information by this method;

both the relevant Obligor and the Facility Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website; and

the information is in a format previously agreed between the relevant Obligor and the Facility Agent.

The Facility Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the Obligors or any of them and the Facility Agent.

An Obligor shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the Facility Agent if:

the Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical failure;

the password specifications for the Designated Website change;

any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is posted onto the Designated Website;

any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted onto the Designated Website is amended; or

if that Obligor becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar software.

Any Website Lender may request, through the Facility Agent, one paper copy of any information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The Obligors shall comply with any such request within 10 Business Days.

“Know your customer” checks

If:

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;

any change in the status of a Transaction Obligor (including, without limitation, a change of ownership of a Transaction Obligor save for the Guarantor) after the date of this Agreement; or

a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of a Servicing Party supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Servicing Party (for itself) in order for that Servicing Party to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

Financial Covenants

the members of the Group will maintain Liquid Funds in an amount equal to at least the product of $650,000 and the total number of Fleet Vessels at that time;

the Market Value Adjusted Leverage shall be no greater than 75 per cent.;

the Interest Cover Ratio shall be at least 2:1; and

the Net Worth shall be at least $135,000,000.

Compliance Check

Definitions

the Total Liabilities Adjusted; to

the Market Value Adjusted Total Assets.

GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

General

Authorisations

obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and

supply certified copies to the Facility Agent of,

perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant Jurisdiction and in the state of the Approved Flag at any time of each Ship of any Transaction Document to which it is a party; and

own and operate each Ship (in the case of the Borrowers).

Compliance with laws

Environmental compliance

comply with all Environmental Laws;

obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals;

implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,

Environmental Claims

any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and

any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group,

Taxation

Each Obligor 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:

such payment is being contested in good faith;

adequate reserves are maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them and both have been disclosed in its latest financial statements delivered to the Facility Agent under Clause 20.2 ( Financial statements ); and

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.

No Obligor shall change its residence for Tax purposes.

Overseas companies

No change to centre of main interests

Pari passu ranking

Title

Each Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in:

the Ship owned by it, its Earnings and its Insurances; and

with effect on and from its creation or intended creation, any other assets the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Borrower.

The Guarantor shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in with effect on and from its creation or intended creation, any assets the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by the Guarantor.

Negative pledge

No Obligor shall, and the Obligors shall procure that no other Transaction Obligor will, (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets which are, in the case of members of the Group other than the Borrowers, the subject of the Security created or intended to be created by the Finance Documents.

No Borrower shall:

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 or any other member of the Group;