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Clause
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Page
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Purpose, definitions and construction
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1
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2
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The Commitment and cancellation
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18
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3
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Interest and Interest Periods
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20
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4
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Repayment and prepayment
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24
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5
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Fees and expenses
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27
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6
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Payments and taxes; accounts and calculations
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28
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7
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Representations and warranties
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30
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8
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Undertakings
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35
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9
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Conditions
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47
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10
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Events of Default
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48
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11
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Indemnities
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52
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12
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Unlawfulness, increased costs and bail-in
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53
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13
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Application of moneys, set off, pro-rata payments and miscellaneous
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55
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14
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Accounts
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57
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15
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Assignment, transfer and lending office
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58
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16
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Notices and other matters
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59
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17
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Governing law
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61
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18
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Jurisdiction
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61
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19
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Borrowers' obligations
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63
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Schedule 1 Form of Drawdown Notice
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66
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Schedule 2 Conditions precedent
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68
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Schedule 3 Form of Compliance Certificate
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73
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Execution Page
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75
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| (1) |
ANTWERP SHIPPING LTD, BUSAN SHIPPING LTD, KEELUNG SHIPPING LTD and OAKLAND SHIPPING LTD as joint and several Borrowers; and
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| (2) |
PIRAEUS BANK S.A. as Lender.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: |
| 1 |
PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
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| 1.1 |
Purpose
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| 1.2 |
Definitions
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| (a) |
any repayment or prepayment of the Loan or any part thereof otherwise than (i) in accordance with clause 4.1, or (ii) on an Interest Payment Date whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis or otherwise howsoever; or
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| (b) |
the Borrowers failing or being incapable of drawing the Loan after the Drawdown Notice has been given;
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| (i) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") or any associated regulations or other official guidance;
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| (ii) |
any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of
paragraph (a) above; or
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| (iii) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction;
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| (i) |
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; or
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| (ii) |
in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (a) above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA;
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| (a) |
'The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention', currently known or referred to as the 'ISM Code', adopted by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation by Resolution
A.741(18) on 4 December 1993 and incorporated on 19 May 1994 into Chapter IX of the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS 1974); and
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| (b) |
all further resolutions, circulars, codes, guidelines, regulations and recommendations which are now or in the future issued by or on behalf of the International Maritime Organisation or any other entity with responsibility for
implementing the ISM Code, including, without limitation, the 'Guidelines on implementation or administering of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations' produced by the International Maritime Organisation
pursuant to Resolution A.788(19) adopted on 25 December 1995,
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| (a) |
the applicable Screen Rate at or about 11.45 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for Dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period then applicable to the Loan or that part of the Loan; or
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| (b) |
in case of Screen Rate Replacement Event, the Replacement Benchmark on the Quotation Day for Dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period,
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| (a) |
in relation to each of Vessel A and Vessel B, the first preferred Marshall Islands mortgage of such Vessel required to be executed hereunder by the Owner thereof; and
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| (b) |
in relation to each of Vessel C and Vessel D, the first priority Cypriot statutory mortgage and deed of covenant collateral thereto required to be executed hereunder by the Owner thereof,
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| (a) |
formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Screen Rate by:
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| (i) |
the administrator of that Screen Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such benchmark rate measures is the same as that measured by that Screen Rate); or
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| (ii) |
any Relevant Nominating Body,
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| (b) |
in the opinion of the Lender and the Borrower, generally accepted in the international loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Screen Rate; or
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| (c) |
in the opinion of the Lender and the Borrower, an appropriate successor to a Screen Rate;
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| (i) |
listed on, or directly or indirectly owned or controlled (as such terms are defined by the relevant Sanctions Authority) by a person listed on, any Sanctions List;
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| (ii) |
located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organised under the laws of, a country or territory that is the target of country or territory -wide Sanctions ("Sanctions Restricted Jurisdiction"); or
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| (iii) |
otherwise a target of Sanctions;
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| (i) |
the United States government;
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| (ii) |
the United Nations;
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| (iii) |
the European Union or any of its Member States;
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| (iv) |
the United Kingdom;
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| (v) |
any country to which any Security Party or any other member of the Group or any affiliate of any of them is bound; or
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| (vi) |
the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury ("OFAC"), the United States Department of State, and Her Majesty's Treasury ("HMT") (together "Sanctions Authorities" and each, "Sanctions Authority");
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| (a) |
the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Screen Rate has, in the opinion of the Lender and the Borrower, materially changed;
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| (A) |
the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or
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| (B) |
information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably
confirms that the administrator of that Screen Rate is insolvent,
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| (ii) |
the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide that Screen Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that
Screen Rate;
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| (iii) |
the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that such Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or
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| (iv) |
the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor announces that that Screen Rate may no longer be used; or
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| (v) |
in the opinion of the Lender and the Borrower, that Screen Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement;
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| (i) |
the actual, constructive, compromised or arranged total loss of such Mortgaged Vessel; or
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| (ii) |
Compulsory Acquisition; or
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| (iii) |
any hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of such Mortgaged Vessel not falling within the definition of
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| (a) |
a Borrower if it is resident for tax purposes in the USA; or
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| (b) |
a Security Party some or all of whose payments under the Security Documents are from sources within the USA for US federal income tax purposes;
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| 1.3 |
Construction
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| 1.3.1 |
clause headings and the index are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction of this Agreement;
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| 1.3.2 |
references to clauses and schedules are to be construed as references to clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement and references to this Agreement include its schedules and any supplemental agreements executed pursuant hereto;
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| 1.3.3 |
references to (or to any specified provision of) this Agreement or any other document shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that provision or that document as in force for the time being and as duly amended and/or
supplemented and/or novated;
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| 1.3.4 |
references to a "regulation" include any present or future regulation, rule, directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any Government Entity, central bank or any self-regulatory or other
supra-national authority;
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| 1.3.5 |
references to any person in or party to this Agreement shall include reference to such person's lawful successors and assigns and references to the Lender shall also include a Transferee Lender;
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| 1.3.6 |
words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa;
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| 1.3.7 |
references to a time of day are, unless otherwise stated, to Athens time;
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| 1.3.8 |
references to a person shall be construed as references to an individual, firm, company, corporation or unincorporated body of persons or any Government Entity;
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| 1.3.9 |
references to a "guarantee" include references to an indemnity or any other kind of assurance whatsoever (including, without limitation, any kind of negotiable instrument, bill or note) against financial loss or other liability
including, without limitation, an obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default by any other person to pay any Indebtedness and "guaranteed" shall be construed accordingly;
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| 1.3.10 |
references to any statute or other legislative provision are to be construed as references to any such statute or other legislative provision as the same may be re enacted or modified or substituted by any subsequent statute or
legislative provision (whether before or after the date hereof) and shall include any regulations, orders, instruments or other subordinate legislation issued or made under such statute or legislative provision;
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| 1.3.11 |
a certificate by the Lender as to any amount due or calculation made or any matter whatsoever determined in connection with this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers except for manifest error;
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| 1.3.12 |
if any document, term or other matter or thing is required to he approved, agreed or consented to by the Lender such approval, agreement or consent must be obtained in writing unless the contrary is stated;
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| 1.3.13 |
time shall be of the essence in respect of all obligations whatsoever of the Borrowers under this Agreement, howsoever and whensoever arising;
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| 1.3.14 |
and the words "other" and "otherwise" shall not be construed eiusdem generis with any foregoing words where a wider construction is possible;
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| 1.3.15 |
a Default and an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived.
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| 1.4 |
References to currencies
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| 1.5 |
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999
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| 2 |
THE COMMITMENT AND CANCELLATION
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| 2.1 |
Agreement to lend
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| 2.2 |
Drawdown
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| 2.2.1 |
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Advance shall be made available to the Borrowers following receipt by the Lender from the Borrowers of a Drawdown Notice not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Banking Day
before the date, which shall be a Banking Day falling within the Drawdown Period, on which the Borrowers propose that Advance is made available.
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| 2.2.2 |
The Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Lender and, once given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.5, be irrevocable.
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| 2.3 |
Limitation and application of Advances
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| 2.3.1 |
The amount of the Loan shall not exceed the amount of the Loan Facility.
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| 2.3.2 |
The principal amount specified in the Drawdown Notice for borrowing on a Drawdown Date shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, not exceed:
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| (a) |
in respect of Advance A, an amount equal to the least of (i) eight million Dollars (USD8,000,000), (ii) 80% of the Purchase Price of Vessel A and (iii) 65.05% of the Valuation Amount of Vessel A (to be determined no more than 15 days
prior to the Drawdown Date in respect of Advance A), to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers and be applied in or towards part-financing the purchase of Vessel A by Busan;
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| (b) |
in respect of Advance B, an amount equal to the least of (i) eight million Dollars (USD8,000,000), (ii) 80% of the Purchase Price of Vessel B and (iii) 65.05% of the Valuation Amount of Vessel B (to be determined no more than 15 days
prior to the Drawdown Date in respect of Advance B), to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers and be applied in or towards part-financing the purchase of Vessel B by Antwerp;
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| (c) |
in respect of Advance C, an amount equal to the least of (i) eight million Dollars (USD8,000,000), (ii) 80% of the Purchase Price of Vessel C and (iii) 65.05% of the Valuation Amount of Vessel C (to be determined no more than 15 days
prior to the Drawdown Date in respect of Advance C), to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers and be applied in or towards part-financing the purchase of Vessel C by Oakland; and
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| (d) |
in respect of Advance D, an amount equal to the least of (i) eight million Dollars (USD8,000,000), (ii) 80% of the Purchase Price of Vessel D and (iii) 65.05% of the Valuation Amount of Vessel D (to be determined no more than 15 days
prior to the Drawdown Date in respect of Advance D), to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers and be applied in or towards part-financing the purchase of Vessel D by Keelung;
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| 2.3.3 |
Each Advance shall be paid forthwith upon drawdown to such account of the Lender as the Borrowers shall stipulate in the relevant Drawdown Notice.
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| 2.4 |
Availability
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| 2.4.1 |
The Borrowers acknowledge that payment of an Advance referred to in clause 2.3.2 to the account or accounts specified in the Drawdown Notice shall satisfy the obligation of the Lender to lend that Advance to the Borrowers under this
Agreement.
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| 2.5 |
Cancellation in changed circumstances
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| 2.5.1 |
The Borrowers may at any time during the Facility Period by notice to the Lender (effective only on actual receipt) cancel with effect from a date not less than ten (10) Banking Days after receipt by the Lender of such notice, all or
part of the undrawn Total Commitment.
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| 2.5.2 |
The Borrowers may also at any time during the Facility Period by notice to the Lender (effective only on actual receipt) prepay and/or cancel with effect from a date not less than ten (10) Banking Days after receipt by the Lender of
such notice, the whole but not part only, but without prejudice to the Borrowers' obligations under clauses 3.5, 6.6 and 12, of the Commitment (if any). Upon any notice of such prepayment and cancellation being given, the Commitment shall
be reduced to zero, the Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay the Loan and the Lender's related costs (including but not limited to Break Costs, if any) on such date, but always without any premium or penalty if such prepayment is effected
on the next Interest Payment Date, and the Lender shall be under no obligation to make available the Loan.
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| 2.6 |
Use of proceeds
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| 2.6.1 |
Without prejudice to the Borrowers' obligations under clause 8.1.4, the Lender shall not have any responsibility for the application of the proceeds of any Advance or any part thereof by the Borrowers.
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| 2.6.2 |
The Borrowers shall not, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member and any Subsidiary of any of them shall not, permit or authorise any other person to, directly or indirectly, use, lend, make payments of,
contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of the Loan or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to fund or facilitate trade, business or other activities: (i) involving or for the benefit of any
Restricted Person; or (ii) in any other manner that could result in a Borrower or any other Security Party being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Person.
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| 2.6.3 |
It is prohibited to use any part of the proceeds of the Loan for the purposes of acquiring shares in the share capital of the Lender or other banks and/or financial institutions or acquiring hybrid capital debentures (TITAmc
v(3Q1bucc3v icapaAaicov) of the Lender or other banks and/or financial institutions.
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| 3 |
INTEREST AND INTEREST PERIODS
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| 3.1 |
Normal interest rate
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| 3.2 |
Selection of Interest Periods
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| 3.3 |
Determination of Interest Periods
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| 3.3.1 |
the first Interest Period in respect of the first Advance to be made hereunder shall start on the Drawdown Date in respect thereof, and each subsequent Interest Period relating to the first Advance shall start the day falling the day
after the last day of the previous Interest Period;
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| 3.3.2 |
the first Interest Period in respect of each subsequent Advance to be made hereunder shall commence on its Drawdown Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start the day falling the day after the last day of the previous
Interest Period;
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| 3.3.3 |
if any Interest Period would otherwise overrun a Repayment Date, then in the case of the last Repayment Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Maturity Date, and in the case of any other Repayment Date, the Loan shall be divided
into parts so that there is one part in the amount of the Repayment Instalment due on such Repayment Date and having an Interest Period ending on the relevant Repayment Date and another part in the amount of the balance of the Loan having
an Interest Period ascertained in accordance with clause 3.2 and the other provisions of this clause 3.3;
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| 3.3.4 |
if the Borrowers fail to specify the duration of an Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of clause 3.2 and this clause 3.3, such Interest Period shall have a duration of three (3) months or such other period as shall
comply with this clause 3.3.
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| 3.4 |
Default interest
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| 3.5 |
Market disruption; non-availability
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| 3.5.1 |
Market Disruption Event: If and whenever, at any time prior to the commencement of any Interest Period, the Lender (in its discretion) shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error) that a Market Disruption Event has occurred in relation to the Loan for any such Interest Period, then the Lender shall forthwith give notice thereof (a "Determination Notice") to the Borrowers and the rate of interest on the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of
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| (a) |
the Margin; and
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| (b) |
the rate which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) from whatever source it may select.
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| 3.5.2 |
Suspension of drawdown: If the Determination Notice is given before the Commitment (or a part thereof) is advanced, the Lender's obligation to make the Commitment (or a part
thereof) available shall be suspended while the circumstances referred to in the Determination Notice continue.
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| 3.5.3 |
Meaning of "Market Disruption Event": In this Agreement "Market Disruption Event" means:
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| (a) |
at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period no Screen Rate is available for Dollars or Replacement Benchmark; and/or
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| (b) |
before close of business on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Lender determines (in its sole discretion) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London Interbank Market or the international
market relevant to the Replacement Benchmark (as the case may be) to fund the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) for such Interest Period would be in excess of the Screen Rate or, as the case may be, the Replacement Benchmark for that
Interest Period; and/or
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| (c) |
before close of business on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, deposits in Dollars are not available to the Lender in the London Interbank Market or the international market relevant to the Replacement Benchmark (as
the case may be) in the ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to fund the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) for that Interest Period.
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| 3.5.4 |
Alternative basis of interest or funding
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| (a) |
If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the Borrowers so require, the Lender and the Borrowers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than fifteen (15) days (the "Negotiation
Period")) after the giving of the relevant Determination Notice with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.
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| (b) |
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (i) above shall be binding on the Lender and all Security Parties.
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| 3.5.5 |
Alternative basis of interest in absence of agreement: If the Lender and the Borrowers will not enter into negotiations as provided in Clause 3.5.4(a) or if an alternative interest rate or alternative basis is not agreed within
the Negotiation Period, and the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the Negotiation Period, then the Lender shall set the following Interest Period and an interest rate representing the cost of funding of the Lender in
Dollars of the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) plus the Margin for such Interest Period; if the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the Interest Period so set by the Lender, the Lender shall continue to set the
following Interest Period and an interest rate representing its cost of funding in Dollars of the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) plus the Margin for such Interest Period.
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| 3.5.6 |
Notice of prepayment: If the Borrowers do not agree with an interest rate set by the Lender under Clause 3.5.5 (Alternative basis of interest in
absence of agreement), the Borrowers may give the Lender not less than 5 Banking Days' notice of its intention to prepay the Loan at the end of the interest period set by the Lender.
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| 3.5.7 |
Prepayment; termination of Commitment: A notice under Clause 3.5.4 (Alternative basis of interest or
funding) shall be irrevocable; and on the last Banking Day of the interest period set by the Lender the Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable
rate plus the Margin and the balance of all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Security Documents or, if the Commitment has not been advanced, the Commitment shall be reduced to zero and the Loan shall not be made to
the Borrowers under this Agreement thereafter.
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| 3.5.8 |
Application of prepayment: The provisions of Clause 4 (Repayment and Prepayment) shall apply in relation to the prepayment made hereunder.
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| 3.6 |
Replacement of Screen Rate
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| (a) |
providing for the use of a Replacement Benchmark in relation to that currency in place of that Screen Rate ; and
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| (b) |
| (i) |
aligning any provision of any Security Document to the use of that Replacement Benchmark;
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| (ii) |
enabling that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any
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| (iii) |
implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Benchmark;
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| (iv) |
providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Benchmark; or
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| (v) |
adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one party hereto to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Benchmark (and if any adjustment or
method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation),
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| 3.6.2 |
Interest Rate Swaps
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| 4 |
REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT
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| 4.1 |
Repayment
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| 4.1.1 |
Subject as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Borrowers must repay each Advance by (i) sixteen (16) consecutive instalments, the first three (3) in the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand Dollars (USD350,000) each and the
next thirteen (13) in the amount of two hundred thousand Dollars (USD200,000) each and (ii) an instalment (the "Balloon Instalment") of four million three hundred and fifty thousand Dollars (USD4,350,000), with the first such instalment
falling due on the date falling three months after the Drawdown Date and subsequent instalments falling due al quarterly intervals thereafter, with the final instalment and the Balloon Instalment falling due on the last Repayment Date for
that Advance.
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| 4.1.2 |
If an Advance is not drawn in full, the amount of each Repayment Instalment including the Balloon Instalment relating to that Advance shall be reduced pro rata.
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| 4.1.3 |
The Borrowers shall on the Maturity Date also pay to the Lender all other amounts in respect of interest or otherwise then due and payable under this Agreement and the Security Documents.
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| 4.2 |
Voluntary prepayment
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| 4.3 |
Mandatory Prepayment on Total Loss
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| (a) |
the Relevant Advance; and
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| (b) |
such amount as would be required to ensure that the Prepayment Security Value after such prepayment is at least equal to one hundred and thirty per cent (130%) of the Loan.
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| 4.3.1 |
Interpretation
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| (a) |
in the case of an actual total loss of a Mortgaged Vessel, on the actual date and at the time such Mortgaged Vessel was lost or, if such date is not known, on the date on which such Mortgaged Vessel was last reported;
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| (b) |
in the case of a constructive total loss of a Mortgaged Vessel, upon the date and at the time notice of abandonment of such Mortgaged Vessel is given to the then insurers of such Mortgaged Vessel (provided a claim for total loss is
admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not immediately admit such a claim, at the date and at the time at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by such insurers or a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a
competent court of law or arbitration tribunal to have occurred;
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| (c) |
in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss of a Mortgaged Vessel, on the date upon which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss has been entered into by the then insurers of such Mortgaged Vessel;
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| (d) |
in the case of Compulsory Acquisition, on the date upon which the relevant requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition occurs; and
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| (e) |
in the case of hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of a Mortgaged Vessel (other than within the definition of Compulsory Acquisition) by any Government Entity, or by persons allegedly
acting or purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, which deprives its Owner of the use of that Mortgaged Vessel for more than sixty (60) days, upon the expiry of the period of sixty (60) days after the date upon which the
relevant incident occurred.
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| 4.4 |
Mandatory prepayment on sale of Mortgaged Vessel
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| (a) |
the Relevant Advance; and
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| (b) |
such amount as would be required to ensure that the Prepayment Security Value after such prepayment is at least equal to one hundred and thirty per cent (130%) of the Loan.
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| 4.5 |
Mandatory prepayment on failure to acquire the Vessel
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| (a) |
the Lender prepositioning an Advance or any part thereof with a Seller's bank in advance of the delivery of a Vessel to the relevant Borrower under SWIFT MT199 release instructions or equivalent; and
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| (b) |
funds representing that Advance or any part thereof being returned by the relevant Seller's bank to the relevant Earnings Account in accordance with the said SWIFT MT199 release instructions or equivalent,
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| 4.6 |
Amounts payable on prepayment
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| 4.6.1 |
accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the date of such prepayment;
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| 4.6.2 |
any additional amount payable under clauses 3.5, 6.6 or 12.2; and
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| 4.6.3 |
all other sums payable by the Borrowers to the Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents including, without limitation any Break Costs.
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| 4.7 |
Notice of prepayment; reduction of Repayment Instalments
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| 4.7.1 |
Every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on actual receipt by the Lender, shall be irrevocable, shall specify the amount to be prepaid and the Advance which is to be prepaid and shall oblige the Borrowers to make such
prepayment on the date specified.
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| 4.7.2 |
Any amount prepaid pursuant to clause 4.2 shall be applied against the relevant Advance in reducing each Repayment Instalment (including the Balloon Instalment) pro rata.
|
| 4.7.3 |
Any amounts prepaid pursuant to clauses 4.3 and 4.4 shall be applied fully against the Relevant Advance and thereafter shall be applied pro rata against the Repayment Instalments of the remaining Advances which are at that time
outstanding (including the Balloon Instalments).
|
| 4.7.4 |
The Borrowers may not prepay the Loan or any part thereof except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
|
| 4.7.5 |
No amount repaid or prepaid may be re-borrowed
|
| 5 |
FEES AND EXPENSES
|
| 5.1 |
Arrangement fee
|
| 5.2 |
Expenses
|
| 5.2.1 |
in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and, where relevant, registration of the Security Documents and of any contemplated or actual amendment, or indulgence or the granting of any waiver or consent howsoever in
connection with, any of the Security Documents (including legal fees) (but excluding any such expense incurred in connection with the transfer, assignment or sub-participation of any of the rights and/or obligations of the Lender under
the Security Documents);
|
| 5.2.2 |
in contemplation or furtherance of, or otherwise howsoever in connection with, the exercise or enforcement of, or preservation of any rights, powers, remedies or discretions under any of the Security Documents, or in consideration of
the Lender's rights thereunder or any action proposed or taken following the occurrence of a Default or otherwise in respect of the moneys owing under any of the Security Documents; and
|
| 5.2.3 |
in connection with obtaining a written report from a maritime insurance consultant or broker acceptable to the Lender in relation to the Insurances of each Mortgaged Vessel (which the Lender may obtain not more than once a year, and at
any time when there has been a change of insurer or terms of cover for any Mortgaged Vessel, other than in respect of the insured value of that Mortgaged Vessel),
|
| 5.3 |
Value added tax
|
| 5.4 |
Stamp and other duties
|
| 6 |
PAYMENTS AND TAXES; ACCOUNTS AND CALCULATIONS
|
| 6.1 |
No set-off or counterclaim
|
| 6.2 |
Payment by the Lender
|
| 6.3 |
Non-Banking Days
|
| 6.4 |
Calculations
|
| 6.5 |
Currency of account
|
| 6.6 |
Grossing-up for Taxes - by the Borrowers
|
| 6.7 |
Claw back of Tax benefit
|
| 6.8 |
Loan account
|
| 6.9 |
Partial payments
|
| 6.9.1 |
first, in or towards payment, in such order as the Lender may decide, of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Lender under any of the Security Documents;
|
| 6.9.2 |
secondly, in or towards payment of any fees payable to the Lender under, or in relation to, the Security Documents which remain unpaid;
|
| 6.9.3 |
thirdly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any accrued default interest owing pursuant to clause 3.4 but remains unpaid;
|
| 6.9.4 |
fourthly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any accrued interest owing in respect of the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid;
|
| 6.9.5 |
fifthly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any due hot unpaid Repayment Instalments; and
|
| 6.9.6 |
sixthly, in or towards payment to the Lender, on a pro rata basis, for any loss suffered by reason of any such payment in respect of principal not being effected on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid and
which amounts are so payable under this Agreement and any other sum relating to the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid.
|
| 7 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
| 7.1 |
Continuing representations and warranties
|
| 7.1.1 |
Due incorporation
|
| 7.1.2 |
Corporate power
|
| 7.1.3 |
Binding obligations
|
| 7.1.4 |
No conflict with other obligations
|
| 7.1.5 |
No default
|
| 7.1.6 |
No litigation or judgments
|
| 7.1.7 |
No filings required
|
| 7.1.8 |
Required Authorisations and legal compliance
|
| 7.1.9 |
Choice of law
|
| 7.1.10 |
No immunity
|
| 7.1.11 |
Financial statements correct and complete
|
| 7.1.12 |
Pari passu
|
| 7.1.13 |
Information
|
| 7.1.14 |
No withholding Taxes
|
| 7.1.15 |
No Default under Underlying Documents
|
| 7.1.17 |
Copies true and complete
|
| 7.1.18 |
Ownership of Borrowers
|
| 7.1.19 |
No Indebtedness
|
| 7.1.20 |
Tax returns
|
| 7.1.21 |
Freedom from Encumbrances
|
| 7.1.22 |
Environmental Matters
|
| (a) |
the Borrowers, the Manager and the other Group Members and, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates have complied with the provisions of all Environmental
Laws;
|
| (b) |
the Borrowers, the Manager and the other Group Members and, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates have obtained all Environmental Approvals and are in
compliance with all such Environmental Approvals;
|
| (c) |
no Environmental Claim has been made or threatened or pending against any of the Borrowers, the Manager, any other Group Member or, to the best of the Borrowers' knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), any of their respective
Environmental Affiliates; and
|
| (d) |
there has been no Environmental Incident;
|
| 7.1.23 |
ISM and ISPS Code
|
| 7.1.24 |
Accounting reference date
|
| 7.1.25 |
Office
|
| 7.1.26 |
Restricted Persons, unlawful activity
|
| (a) |
none of the shares in any Borrower, in (to the best of its knowledge) the Corporate Guarantor, or in any other Security Party or any Vessel are or will be at any time during the Facility Period legally or beneficially owned or
controlled by a Restricted Person;
|
| (b) |
no Restricted Person has or will have at any time during the Facility Period any legal or beneficial interest of any nature whatsoever in any of the shares of any of the Borrowers, (to the best of its knowledge) the Corporate
Guarantor, or any other Security Party or any Vessel;
|
| 7.1.27 |
Sanctions
|
| 7.1.28 |
FATCA
|
| 7.2 |
Repetition of representations and warranties
|
| 8 |
UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 8.1 |
General
|
| 8.1.1 |
Notice of Event of Default and Proceedings
|
| 8.1.2 |
Authorisation
|
| 8.1.3 |
Corporate Existence
|
| 8.1.4 |
Use of proceeds
|
| 8.1.5 |
Pari passu
|
| 8.1.6 |
Financial statements
|
| 8.1.7 |
Compliance Certificates
|
| 8.1.8 |
Financial Covenants
|
| (a) |
the Net Worth of the Group will at all times exceed USD15,000,000; and
|
| (b) |
the Total Liabilities divided by the Total Assets (each net of cash balance) shall at all times be no more than 75%;
|
| 8.1.9 |
Reimbursement of MII & MAP Policy premiums
|
| 8.1.10 |
Provision of further information
|
| 8.1.11 |
Obligations under Security Documents, etc.
|
| 8.1.12 |
Compliance with ISM Code
|
| 8.1.13 |
Withdrawal of DOC and SMC
|
| 8.1.14 |
Issuance of DOC and SMC
|
| 8.1.15 |
ISPS Code Compliance
|
| (a) |
maintain at all times a valid and current ISSC in respect of each Mortgaged Vessel;
|
| (b) |
immediately notify the Lender in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or material modification of the ISSC in respect of a Mortgaged Vessel; and
|
| (c) |
procure that each Mortgaged Vessel will comply at all times with the ISPS Code;
|
| 8.1.16 |
Compliance with Laws and payment of taxes
|
| (a) |
comply with all relevant Environmental Laws, laws, statutes and regulations applicable to it and pay all taxes for which it is liable as they fall due; and
|
| (b) |
comply in all respects with, and will procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member will comply in all respects with, all Sanctions;
|
| 8.1.17 |
Inspection
|
| 8.1.18 |
The Mortgaged Vessels
|
| (a) |
in the absolute sole, legal and beneficial ownership of the relevant Owner and not held on trust for any third party;
|
| (b) |
registered through the offices of the relevant Registry as a ship under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;
|
| (c) |
in compliance with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code and operationally seaworthy and in every way fit for service;
|
| (d) |
classed with the Classification free of all overdue requirements and recommendations of the Classification Society affecting the Classification;
|
| (e) |
insured in accordance with the Ship Security Documents relating thereto; and
|
| (f) |
managed by the Manager in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement, which shall be acceptable to the Lender;
|
| 8.1.19 |
Charters
|
| 8.1.20 |
Chartering
|
| (a) |
on demise charter for any period; or
|
| (b) |
by any time or consecutive voyage charter for a term which exceeds or which by virtue of any optional extensions therein contained might exceed nine (9) months' duration; or
|
| (c) |
on terms whereby more than two (2) months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance;
|
| 8.1.21 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
(to the best of its knowledge only in respect of an agent) not be, and shall procure that any Security Party and other Group Member, or any director, officer, agent, employee or person acting on behalf of the foregoing is not, a
Restricted Person and does not act directly or indirectly on behalf of a Restricted Person;
|
| (b) |
, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member shall, not use any revenue or benefit derived from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person in discharging any obligation due or owing to the Lender;
|
| (c) |
procure that no proceeds from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person are credited to any bank account held with the Lender in its name or in the name of any other member of the Group;
|
| (d) |
take, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member has taken, reasonable measures to ensure compliance with Sanctions;
|
| (e) |
, and shall procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member shall, to the extent permitted by law promptly upon becoming aware of them, supply to the Lender details of any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation
against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority;
|
| (f) |
not accept, obtain or receive any goods or services from any Restricted Person, except (without limiting clause 8.1.21(b)), to the extent relating to any warranties and/or guarantees given and/or liabilities incurred in respect of an
activity or dealing with a Restricted Person by any Borrower, any other Security Party or any other Group Member in accordance with this Agreement;
|
| 8.1.22 |
Ownership
|
| 8.1.23 |
Cash Collateral
|
| (a) |
if on each Drawdown Date in respect of Vessel B, Vessel C and Vessel D, the relevant Vessel is and will remain employed under its respective Approved Charter, the Cash Collateral will be immediately released to the Borrowers;
|
| (b) |
on the Drawdown Date in respect of Vessel A the Cash Collateral will be released to the Borrowers PROVIDED THAT the Borrowers shall procure that, no later than the date falling 75 days after the Drawdown Date in respect of Vessel A,
Vessel A is employed under an Approved Charter and if on the date falling 75 days after the Drawdown Date in respect of Vessel A, Vessel A is not employed under an Approved Charter the Borrowers shall prepay the Loan in an amount
equivalent to the Cash Collateral in respect of Advance A, and the amount prepaid shall be applied against Advance A, first against the first three Repayment Instalments in order of maturity until each of such Repayment Instalments has
been reduced to USD200,000 and thereafter against the Balloon Instalment of Advance A;
|
| 8.1.24 |
Unencumbered liquidity
|
| 8.1.25 |
Listing
|
| 8.1.26 |
Shipping activities
|
| 8.1.27 |
Executive management
|
| (a) |
Mr Aristeidis Pittas shall be the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Corporate Guarantor; and
|
| (b) |
the manager shall be managed and/or controlled by Mr Aristeidis Pittas or any other person acceptable to the Lender.
|
| 8.1.28 |
FATCA Information
|
| (a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below each party to any Security Document shall, within 10 Banking Days of a reasonable request by the other party to that Security Documents:
|
| (i) |
confirm to that other party whether it is:
|
| (A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
| (B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
|
| (ii) |
supply to that other party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other party's compliance with FATCA;
|
| (iii) |
supply to that other party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other party's compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of
information regime;
|
| (b) |
if a party to any Security Document confirms to another party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that party
shall notify the other party reasonably promptly;
|
| (c) |
paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything, and paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other party to any Security Document to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach
of:
|
| (i) |
any law or regulation;
|
| (ii) |
any policy of the Lender;
|
| (iii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
|
| (iv) |
any duty of confidentiality;
|
| (d) |
paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything, and paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other party to any Security Document to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion cause it to disclose
any confidential information (including, without limitation, its tax returns and calculations); provided, however, that information required (or equivalent to
|
| (e) |
if a party to any Security Document fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party, or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) above (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Security Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until (in each case) such time as that
party provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
|
| 8.1.29 |
FATCA Deduction
|
| (a) |
A party to any Security Document 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 to any Security Document 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.
|
| (b) |
A party to any Security Document shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate
|
| 8.1.30 |
Equal treatment of lenders
|
| 8.2 |
Security value maintenance
|
| 8.2.1 |
Security shortfall
|
| (a) |
prepay such part of the Loan as will result in the Security Value after such prepayment (taking into account any other repayment of the Loan made between the date of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being equal to or higher
than the Required Security Amount; or
|
| (b) |
constitute to the satisfaction of the Lender such further security for the Loan as shall be acceptable to the Lender having a value for security purposes (as determined by the Lender in accordance with clause 8.2.5) at the date upon
which such further security shall be constituted which, when added to the Security Value, shall not be less than the Required Security Amount as at such date.
|
| 8.2.2 |
Valuation of Mortgaged Vessels
|
| 8.2.3 |
Information
|
| 8.2.4 |
Costs
|
| 8.2.5 |
Valuation of additional security
|
| 8.2.6 |
Documents and evidence
|
| 8.2.7 |
Release of Security
|
| 8.3 |
Negative undertakings relating to the Borrowers
|
| 8.3.1 |
Negative pledge
|
| 8.3.2 |
No merger or transfer
|
| 8.3.3 |
Disposals
|
| 8.3.4 |
Other business or manager
|
| 8.3.5 |
Acquisitions
|
| 8.3.6 |
Other obligations
|
| 8.3.7 |
No borrowing
|
| 8.3.8 |
Repayment of borrowings
|
| 8.3.9 |
Guarantees
|
| 8.3.10 |
Loans
|
| 8.3.11 |
Sureties
|
| 8.3.12 |
Flag, Class etc.
|
| (a) |
any change in the name or flag of a Vessel;
|
| (b) |
any change of Classification or Classification Society in respect of a Vessel;
|
| (c) |
any change of Manager in respect of a Vessel; or
|
| (d) |
any change in the ownership (including ultimate beneficial ownership) or control of a Borrower from that existing as at the date hereof and shall procure that there is no change in the ownership (including ultimate beneficial
ownership) or control of the Manager (if other than the Corporate Guarantor) from that existing as at the date hereof (and for the avoidance of doubt any change in the ownership of shares of and in the Corporate Guarantor occurring in the
normal course of business shall not constitute a breach of this clause);
|
| 8.3.13 |
Underlying Documents
|
| 8.3.14 |
Lay-up
|
| 8.3.15 |
Place of business
|
| 8.3.16 |
Share capital and distribution
|
| 8.3.17 |
Sharing of Earnings
|
| 8.3.18 |
Lawful use
|
| (a) |
in any way or in any activity with a Restricted Person or in any Sanctions Restricted Jurisdiction or which is (i) unlawful under international law or the domestic laws of any relevant country or (ii) contrary to any Sanctions;
|
| (b) |
to the best of its knowledge, in carrying illicit or prohibited goods;
|
| (c) |
in a way which may make that Vessel liable to be condemned by a prize court or destroyed, seized or confiscated;
|
| (d) |
in any part of the world where there are hostilities (whether war has been declared or not), unless such employment has been notified to, and approved by, the relevant insurers of that Vessel; or
|
| (e) |
to the best of its knowledge, in carrying contraband goods,
|
| 8.3.19 |
FATCA
|
| 8.3.20 |
Sale or transfer of ownership of Vessel
|
| 9 |
CONDITIONS
|
| 9.1 |
Availability of the Advances
|
| 9.1.1 |
the Lender, or its authorised representative, having received, not later than two (2) Banking Days before the day on which the Drawdown Notice is given, the documents and evidence specified in Part 1 of schedule 2 in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender; and
|
| 9.1.2 |
the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 being then true and correct as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time and the same being unaffected by the drawdown of the Loan; and
|
| 9.1.3 |
no Default having occurred and being continuing and there being no Default which would result from the lending of the Advances.
|
| 9.2 |
Advance of the Advances
|
| 9.2.1 |
the obligation of the Lender to make available an Advance is conditional upon the Lender, or its authorised representative, having received, on or prior to the relevant Drawdown Date, the documents and evidence specified in Part 2 of
schedule 2 in form
|
| 9.3 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
|
| 9.4 |
Further conditions precedent
|
| 10 |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
| 10.1 |
Events
|
| 10.1.1 |
Non-payment: any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of the Security Documents to which it is a party at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the
Security Documents (and so that, for this purpose, sums payable (i) under clauses 3.1 and 4.1 shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if (aa) received by the Lender within three (3) Banking Days of the dates therein
referred to and (bb) such delay in receipt is caused by administrative or other delays or errors within the banking system and (ii) on demand shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if paid within three (3) Banking
Days of demand); or
|
| 10.1.2 |
Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: a Borrower or, as the context may require, the Manager or any other person fails to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances for any of the
Mortgaged Vessels or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis-statement in any proposal for the Insurances or for any other failure or default on the part
of a Borrower or any other person or a Borrower commits any breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under clause 8 or clause 14;
|
| 10.1.3 |
Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or omits to observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under any of the Security Documents
(other than those referred to in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 above) unless such breach or omission, in the opinion of the Lender is capable of remedy, in which case the same shall constitute an Event of Default if it has not been remedied
within fifteen (15) days of the occurrence thereof; or
|
| 10.1.4 |
Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made or repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant to any of the Security Documents or in any notice,
certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under
|
| 10.1.5 |
Cross-default: any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Indebtedness of the Corporate Guarantor exceeding USD1,000,000 is not paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) or any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Indebtedness of
the Corporate Guarantor exceeding USD1,000,000 becomes (whether by declaration or automatically in accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument constituting the same) due and payable prior to the date when it would otherwise have
become due (unless as a result of the exercise by a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor of a voluntary right of prepayment), or any creditor of a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor becomes entitled to declare any such Indebtedness due
and payable or any facility or commitment available to a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor relating to Indebtedness is withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned, and such
Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor (as the case may be) is not paid within fourteen (14) Banking Days from the due date for payment; or
|
| 10.1.6 |
Execution: any uninsured judgment or order made against any Security Party is not stayed, appealed against or complied with within fifteen (15) days or a creditor attaches or takes possession
of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other process is levied or enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any Security Party and is not discharged within twenty (20) days; or
|
| 10.1.7 |
Insolvency: any Security Party is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do so; becomes
insolvent; or has negative net worth (taking into account contingent liabilities); or suffers the declaration of a moratorium in respect of any of its Indebtedness; or
|
| 10.1.8 |
Dissolution: any corporate action, Proceedings or other steps are taken to dissolve or wind-up any Security Party unless the Borrowers can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Lender, by
providing an opinion of leading counsel that such corporate action, Proceedings or other steps are frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process of the court or an order is made or resolution passed for the dissolution or winding up of
any Security Party or a notice is issued convening a meeting for such purpose; or
|
| 10.1.9 |
Administration: any petition is presented, notice given or other steps are taken anywhere to appoint an administrator of any Security Party or an administration order is made in relation to any
Security Party; or
|
| 10.1.10 |
Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other receiver is appointed anywhere of any Security Party or any material part of its
assets and/or undertaking or any other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over all or any substantial part of the assets of any Security Party; or
|
| 10.1.11 |
Compositions: any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedures or steps are taken or negotiations commenced, by any Security Party or by any of its creditors with a view to the
general readjustment or rescheduling of all or a substantial part of its Indebtedness or to proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving such company and any of its creditors (excluding always negotiations with
holders of preferred shares); or
|
| 10.1.12 |
Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party, in any country or territory in which any of them carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of
their assets is subject, any event which, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, appears in that country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent or similar to, any of those mentioned in clauses 10.1.6 to 10.1.11
(inclusive) or any Security Party otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or territory, to the operation of any law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation; or
|
| 10.1.13 |
Cessation of business: any Security Party suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on its business without the prior consent of the Lender; or
|
| 10.1.14 |
Seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or revenues of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security Party are seized, nationalised, expropriated or
compulsorily acquired by or under the authority of any Government Entity and the same are not returned to the relevant Security Party within 45 days of such seizure, nationalisation, expropriation or compulsory acquisition; or
|
| 10.1.15 |
Invalidity: any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to remain in full force and effect, or if the validity or
enforceability of any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason be contested by any Security Party which is a party thereto, or if any such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or any further, liability
thereunder; or
|
| 10.1.16 |
Unlawfulness: any Unlawfulness occurs or it becomes impossible or unlawful at any time for any Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations expressed to be assumed by it in any
of the Security Documents or for the Lender to exercise the rights or any of them vested in it under any of the Security Documents or otherwise; or
|
| 10.1.17 |
Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents or does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing evidencing an intention to repudiate any of the Security
Documents; or
|
| 10.1.18 |
Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) in respect of any of the property (or part thereof) which is the subject of any of the Security Documents becomes
enforceable; or
|
| 10.1.19 |
Arrest: a Mortgaged Vessel is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in execution, impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported exercise of any possessory lien or other claim or
otherwise taken from the possession of its Owner and that Owner shall fail to procure the release of such Mortgaged Vessel within a period of fifteen (15) days thereafter; or
|
| 10.1.20 |
Registration: the registration of any Mortgaged Vessel under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State is cancelled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Lender; or
|
| 10.1.21 |
Unrest: the Flag State of a Vessel becomes involved in hostilities or civil war or there is a seizure of power in the Flag State by unconstitutional means unless the Owner of the Vessel
registered in such Flag State shall have transferred its Vessel onto a new flag acceptable to the Lender within thirty (30) days of the Lender's written request to the Borrowers to effect such transfer; or
|
| 10.1.22 |
Environmental Incidents: an Environmental Incident occurs which gives rise, or may give rise, to an Environmental Claim which could, in the opinion of the Lender be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (i) on the financial condition of any Security Party or the Group taken as a whole or (ii) on the security constituted by any of the Security Documents or the enforceability of that security in accordance with its terms; or
|
| 10.1.23 |
P&I: an Owner or the Manager or any other person fails or omits to comply with any requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which a Mortgaged Vessel is
entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) to the effect that any cover (including, without limitation, any cover in respect of liability for Environmental Claims arising in
jurisdictions where such Mortgaged Vessel operates or trades) is or may be liable to cancellation, qualification or exclusion at any time; or
|
| 10.1.24 |
Material events: any other event occurs or circumstance arises which, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, is likely materially and adversely to affect either (i) the ability of any Security
Party to perform all or any of its obligations under or otherwise to comply with the terms of any of the Security Documents to which it is a party or (ii) the security created by any of the Security Documents or (iii) the value or nature
of the financial condition of any Security Party (other than the Manager); or
|
| 10.1.25 |
Required Authorisations: to the extent it has not been waived, any Required Authorisation is revoked or withheld or modified or is otherwise not granted or fails to remain in full force and
effect;
|
| 10.1.26 |
Money Laundering: any Security Party is in breach of or fails to observe any law, requirement, measure or procedure implemented to combat "money laundering" as defined in Article 1 of the
Directive (91/308 EEC) of the Council of the European Communities; or
|
| 10.1.27 |
Management Agreement: a Management Agreement is terminated, revoked, suspended, rescinded, transferred, novated or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason except with
the prior consent of the Lender; or
|
| 10.1.28 |
Change of Ownership: there is any change in the immediate and/or ultimate legal and/or beneficial ownership or control of any of the shares of a Borrower or the Shareholder from that existing on
the Execution Date (and for the avoidance of doubt any change in the ownership of shares of and in the Corporate Guarantor occurring in the normal course of business shall not constitute a breach of this clause); or
|
| 10.1.29 |
Sanctions: a Security Party fails to comply with clauses 7.1.26 (Restricted Persons, unlawful activity), 7.1.27 (Sanctions) or 8.1.21 (Sanctions) of this Agreement.
|
| 10.2 |
Acceleration
|
| 10.2.1 |
the obligation of the Lender to make its Commitment available shall be terminated, whereupon the Total Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith; and/or
|
| 10.2.2 |
the Loan and all interest accrued and all other sums payable whatsoever under the Security Documents have become due and payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in accordance with the terms of such notice, become due and
payable.
|
| 10.3 |
Demand Basis
|
| 11 |
INDEMNITIES
|
| 11.1 |
General indemnity
|
| 11.2 |
Environmental indemnity
|
| 11.3 |
Capital adequacy and reserve requirements indemnity
|
| 12 |
UNLAWFULNESS, INCREASED COSTS AND BAIL-IN
|
| 12.1 |
Unlawfulness
|
| (a) |
have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or
|
| (b) |
involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or
|
| (c) |
involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.
|
| 12.2 |
Increased costs
|
| 12.2.1 |
subject the Lender to Taxes or change the basis of Taxation of the Lender with respect to any payment under any of the Security Documents (other than Taxes or Taxation on the overall net income, profits or gains of the Lender imposed
in the jurisdiction in which its principal or lending office under this Agreement is located); and/or
|
| 12.2.2 |
increase the cost to, or impose an additional cost on, the Lender or its holding company in making or keeping the Commitment available or maintaining or funding all or part of the Loan; and/or
|
| 12.2.3 |
reduce the amount payable or the effective return to the Lender under any of the Security Documents; and/or
|
| 12.2.4 |
reduce the Lender's or its holding company's rate of return on its overall capital by reason of a change in the manner in which it is required to allocate capital resources to its obligations under any of the Security Documents; and/or
|
| 12.2.5 |
require the Lender or its holding company to make a payment or forgo a return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by it under any of the Security Documents; and/or
|
| 12.2.6 |
require the Lender or its holding company to incur or sustain a loss (including a loss of future potential profits) by reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of the Commitment or the Loan from its capital for regulatory
purposes,
|
| (a) |
the Lender shall notify the Borrowers in writing of such event promptly upon its becoming aware of the same; and
|
| (b) |
the Borrowers shall on demand made at any time whether or not the Loan has been repaid, pay to the Lender the amount which the Lender specifies (in a certificate setting forth the basis of the computation of such amount but not
including any matters which the Lender or its holding company regards as confidential) is required to compensate the Lender and/or (as the case may be) its holding company for such liability to Taxes, cost, reduction, payment , forgone
return or loss.
|
| 12.3 |
Exception
|
| 12.4 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
| (a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
| (i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
| (ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
| (iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
| (b) |
a variation of any term of any Security Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability
|
| 13 |
APPLICATION OF MONEYS, SET OFF, PRO-RATA PAYMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS
|
| 13.1 |
Application of moneys
|
| 13.1.1 |
first, in or towards payment, in such order as the Lender may decide, of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Lender under any of the Security Documents;
|
| 13.1.2 |
secondly, in or towards payment of any fees payable to the Lender under, or in relation to, the Security Documents which remain unpaid;
|
| 13.1.3 |
thirdly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any accrued default interest owing pursuant to clause 3.4 but remains unpaid;
|
| 13.1.4 |
fourthly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any accrued interest owing in respect of the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid;
|
| 13.1.5 |
fifthly, in or towards payment to the Lender of any due but unpaid Repayment Instalments;
|
| 13.1.6 |
sixthly, in or towards payment to the Lender in application in repayment of the Loan in accordance with clause 4.7.2;
|
| 13.1.7 |
seventhly, in or towards payment for any loss suffered by reason of any such payment in respect of principal not being effected on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid and which amounts are so payable under
this Agreement and any other sum relating to the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid; and
|
| 13.1.8 |
eighthly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrowers or to whomsoever else may then be entitled to receive such surplus.
|
| 13.2 |
Set-off
|
| 13.2.1 |
Each Borrower irrevocably authorises the. Tender (without prejudice to any of the Lender's rights at law, in equity or otherwise), following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, and without notice to the
Borrowers, to apply any credit balance to which any Borrower is then entitled standing upon any account of any Borrower with any branch of the Lender in or towards satisfaction of any sum due and
|
| 13.2.2 |
The Lender shall not be obliged to exercise any right given to it by this clause 13.2. The Lender shall notify the Borrowers forthwith upon the exercise or purported exercise of any right of set off giving full details in relation
thereto.
|
| 13.2.3 |
Nothing in this clause 13.2 shall be effective to create a charge or other security interest.
|
| 13.3 |
Further assurance
|
| 13.4 |
Conflicts
|
| 13.5 |
No implied waivers, remedies cumulative
|
| 13.6 |
Scvcrability
|
| 13.7 |
Force Majeure
|
| 13.8 |
Amendments
|
| 13.9 |
Counterparts
|
| 13.10 |
English language
|
| 14 |
ACCOUNTS
|
| 14.1 |
General
|
| 14.1.1 |
it will on or before the Drawdown Date, open an Earnings Account in its name; and
|
| 14.1.2 |
all moneys payable to any Borrower in respect of the Earnings of its Mortgaged Vessel shall, unless and until the Lender directs to the contrary pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Mortgage, be paid to the Earnings Account in
the name of that Borrower, Provided however that if any of the moneys paid to such Earnings Account are payable in a currency other than USD, they shall be paid to a sub-account of that Earnings Account denominated in such currency
(except that if the relevant Borrower fails to open such a sub-account, the Lender shall then convert such moneys into USD at the Lender's spot rate of exchange at the relevant time for the purchase of USD with such currency and the term
"spot rate of exchange" shall include any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of USD with such currency).
|
| 14.2 |
Earnings Account: withdrawals
|
| 14.3 |
Application of accounts
|
| 15 |
ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND LENDING OFFICE
|
| 15.1 |
Benefit and burden
|
| 15.2 |
No assignment by Borrowers
|
| 15.3 |
Transfer by Lender
|
| 15.4 |
Documenting transfers
|
| 15.5 |
Sub-Participation
|
| 15.6 |
Disclosure of information
|
| 16 |
NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS
|
| 16.1 |
Notices
|
| 16.1.1 |
unless otherwise specifically provided herein, every notice under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given in English by letter delivered personally and/or sent by post and/or transmitted by fax and/or electronically;
|
| 16.1.2 |
in this clause "notice" includes any demand, consent, authorisation, approval, instruction, certificate, request, waiver or other communication.
|
| 16.2 |
Addresses for communications, effective date of notices
|
| 16.2.1 |
Subject to clause 16.2.2 and clause 16.2.5 notices to the Borrowers shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect when received in full legible form by the Borrowers at the address and/or the fax number appearing below (or
at such other address or fax number or email address as the Borrowers may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Lender by notice in writing);
|
|
Address:
|
c/o Euroseas Ltd.
|
|
4 Messogiou & Evropis Street
|
|
|
151 24 Maroussi
|
|
|
Greece
|
|
|
Fax:
|
+30 211 1804097
|
|
Attn:
|
Anastasios Aslidis
|
|
Email:
|
aha@euroseas.gr
|
| 16.2.2 |
notwithstanding the provisions of clause 16.2.1 or clause 16.2.5, a notice of Default and/or a notice given pursuant to clause 10.2 or clause 10.3 to the Borrowers shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect when
delivered, sent or transmitted by the Lender to the Borrowers to the address or fax number referred to in clause 16.2.1;
|
| 16.2.3 |
subject to clause 16.2.5, notices to the Lender shall be deemed to be given, and shall take effect, when received in full legible form by the Lender at the address and/or the fax number appearing below (or at any such other address or
fax number as the Lender may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Borrowers in writing);
|
|
Address:
|
170 Alexandras Ave.
|
|
11521 Athens
|
|
|
Greece
|
|
|
Fax No.
|
+30 210 3739783
|
|
Attention:
|
Thanassis Doudoulas / Olga Voutsa
|
|
Email:
|
DoudoulasA@piraeusbank.gr / VoutsaOl@piraeusbank.gr
|
| 16.2.4 |
subject to clause 16.2.5, notices to the Lender shall be deemed to be given and shall take effect when received in full legible form by the Lender at its address and/or fax number specified in the definition of "Lender" (or at any
other address or fax number as the Lender may hereafter specify for such purpose); and
|
| 16.2.5 |
if under clause 16.2.1 or clause 16.2.3 a notice would be deemed to have been given and effective on a day which is not a working day in the place of receipt or is outside the normal business hours in the place of receipt, the notice
shall be deemed to have been given and to have taken effect at the opening of business on the next working day in such place.
|
| 16.3 |
Electronic Communication
|
| 16.3.1 |
Any communication to be made by and/or between the Lender and the Security Parties or any of them under or in connection with the Security Documents or any of them may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if and
provided that all such parties:
|
| (a) |
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and
|
| (b) |
notify each other of any change to their electronic mail address or any other such information supplied by them.
|
| 16.3.2 |
Any electronic communication made by and/or between the Lender and the Security Parties or any of them will be effective only when actually received in readable form.
|
| 16.3.3 |
The Lender and the Borrowers further agree that information may be sent via email to (or from) third parties involved in the provision of services. In particular, the Borrowers are aware that:
|
| (a) |
the unencrypted information is transported over an open, publicly accessible network and can, in principle, be viewed by others, thereby allowing conclusions to be drawn about a banking relationship;
|
| (b) |
the information can be changed and manipulated by a third party;
|
| (c) |
the sender's identity (sender of the e-mail) can be assumed or otherwise manipulated;
|
| (d) |
the exchange of information can be delayed or disrupted due to transmission errors, technical faults, disruptions, malfunctions, illegal interventions, network overload, the malicious blocking of electronic access by third parties, or
other shortcomings on the part of the network provider. In certain situations, time-critical orders and instructions might not be processed on time;
|
| (e) |
the Lender assumes no liability for any loss incurred as a result of manipulation of the e-mail address or content nor is it liable for any loss incurred by the Borrowers and any other Security Party due to interruptions and delays in
transmission caused by technical problems.
|
| 16.3.4 |
The Lender is entitled to assume that all the orders and instructions, and communications in general, received from the Borrowers or a third party are from an authorized individual, irrespective of the existing signatory rights in
accordance with the commercial register (or any other applicable equivalent document) or the specimen signature provided to the Lender. The Borrowers shall further procure that all third parties referred to herein agree with the use of
emails and are aware of the above terms and conditions related to the use of email.
|
| 17 |
GOVERNING LAW
|
| 18 |
JURISDICTION
|
| 18.1 |
Exclusive Jurisdiction
|
| 18.1.1 |
to settle any disputes or other matters whatsoever arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and any disputes or other such matters arising
in connection with the negotiation, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any part thereof, whether the alleged liability shall arise under the laws of England or under the laws of some other country and regardless of whether a
particular cause of action may successfully be brought in the English courts; and
|
| 18.1.2 |
to grant interim remedies or other provisional or protective relief.
|
| 18.2 |
Submission and service of process
|
| 18.2.1 |
irrevocably empowers and appoints Messrs Hill Dickinson Services (London) Ltd at present of The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EW, England as its agent to receive and accept on its behalf any process or other
document relating to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement;
|
| 18.2.2 |
agrees to maintain such an agent for service of process in England from the date hereof until the end of the Facility Period;
|
| 18.2.3 |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrowers of service of process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned;
|
| 18.2.4 |
without prejudice to the effectiveness of service of process on its agent under clause 18.2.1 above but as an alternative method, consents to the service of process relating to any such proceedings by mailing or delivering a copy of
the process to its address for the time being applying under clause 16.2; and
|
| 18.2.5 |
agrees that if the appointment of any person mentioned in clause 18.2.1 ceases to be effective, the Borrowers shall immediately appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf in England and, failing such
appointment within seven (7) days the Lender shall thereupon be entitled and is hereby irrevocably authorised by the Borrowers in those circumstances to appoint such person by notice to the Borrowers.
|
| 18.3 |
Forum non conveniens and enforcement abroad
|
| 18.3.1 |
waives any right and agrees not to apply to the English court or other court in any jurisdiction whatsoever to stay or strike out any proceedings commenced in England on the ground that England is an inappropriate forum and/or that
Proceedings have been or will be started in any other jurisdiction in connection with any dispute or related matter falling within clause 18.1; and
|
| 18.3.2 |
agrees that a judgment or order of an English court in a dispute or other matter falling within clause 18.1 shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
|
| 18.4 |
Right of Lender, but not Borrowers, to bring proceedings in any other jurisdiction
|
| 18.4.1 |
Nothing in this clause 18 limits the right of the Lender to bring Proceedings, including third party proceedings, against the Borrowers or any of them, or to apply for interim remedies, in connection with this Agreement in any other
court and/or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction;
|
| 18.4.2 |
the obtaining by the Lender of judgment in one jurisdiction shall not prevent the Lender from bringing or continuing proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether or not these shall be founded on the same cause of action.
|
| 18.5 |
Enforceability despite invalidity of Agreement
|
| 18.6 |
Effect in relation to claims by and against non-parties
|
| 18.6.1 |
For the purpose of this clause "Foreign Proceedings" shall mean any Proceedings except proceedings brought or pursued in England arising out of or in connection with (i) or in any way related to any of the Security Documents or any
assets subject thereto or (ii) any action of any kind whatsoever taken by the Lender pursuant thereto or which would, if brought by the Borrowers or any of them against the Lender, have been required to be brought in the English courts;
|
| 18.6.2 |
no Borrower shall not bring or pursue any Foreign Proceedings against the Lender and each Borrower shall use its best endeavours to prevent persons not party to this Agreement from bringing or pursuing any Foreign Proceedings against
the Lender;
|
| 18.6.3 |
If, for any reason whatsoever, any Security Party and/or any person connected howsoever with any Security Party (including but not limited to any shareholder of any Borrower) brings or pursues against the Lender any Foreign
Proceedings, the Borrowers shall indemnify the Lender on demand in respect of any and all claims, losses, damages, demands, causes of action, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal costs) of whatsoever
nature howsoever arising from or in connection with such Foreign Proceedings which the Lender certifies as having been incurred by it;
|
| 19 |
Borrowers' obligations
|
| 19.1 |
Joint and several
|
| 19.2 |
Borrowers as principal debtors
|
| 19.3 |
Indemnity
|
| 19.4 |
Liability unconditional
|
| 19.4.1 |
the death, bankruptcy, unsoundness of mind, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, administration, receivership, amalgamation, reconstruction or other incapacity of any person whatsoever (including, in the case of a
partnership, a termination or change in the composition of the partnership) or any change of name or style or constitution of any Borrower or any other person liable;
|
| 19.4.2 |
the Lender granting any time, indulgence or concession to, or compounding with, discharging, releasing or varying the liability of, any Borrower or any other person liable or renewing, determining, varying or increasing any
accommodation, facility or transaction or otherwise dealing with the same in any manner whatsoever or concurring in, accepting, varying any compromise, arrangement or settlement or omitting to claim or enforce payment from any Borrower or
any other person liable; or
|
| 19.4.3 |
anything done or omitted which but for this provision might operate to exonerate the Borrowers or any of them.
|
| 19.5 |
Recourse to other security
|
| 19.6 |
Waiver of Borrowers' rights
|
| 19.6.1 |
exercise any right of subrogation, reimbursement and indemnity against the other Borrowers or any other person liable under the Security Documents;
|
| 19.6.2 |
demand or accept repayment in whole or in part of any Indebtedness now or hereafter due to such Borrower from the other Borrower or from any other person liable for such Indebtedness or demand or accept any guarantee against financial
loss or any document or instrument created or evidencing an Encumbrance in respect of the same or dispose of the same;
|
| 19.6.3 |
take any steps to enforce any right against the other Borrowers or any other person liable in respect of any such moneys; or
|
| Re: |
Facility agreement dated [ ] November 2019 in respect of a loan of up to USD32,000,000 (the "Loan Agreement") made between (1) [ ], [ ], [ ] and [ ] as Borrowers and (2) Piraeus Bank S.A. as Lender
|
| (a) |
no Default has occurred and is continuing;
|
| (b) |
the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct at the date hereof as if made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such date;
|
| (c) |
the borrowing to be effected by the drawdown of the Loan will be within our corporate powers, has been validly authorised by appropriate corporate action and will not cause any limit on our borrowings (whether imposed by statute,
regulation, agreement or otherwise howsoever) to be exceeded;
|
| (d) |
there has been no material adverse change in our financial position or in the consolidated financial position of the Borrowers or the Corporate Guarantor from that described by us to the Lender in the negotiation of the Loan Agreement
and/or in any documents or statements already delivered to the Lender in connection therewith;
|
| (e) |
there are no Required Authorisations;
|
| (f) |
there has occurred nothing which would have a Material Adverse Effect; and
|
| (g) |
no part of the proceeds of the Loan shall be used for the purpose of acquiring shares in the share capital of the Lender or other banks and/or financial institutions or acquiring hybrid capital debentures (TI'rAouc u(3obuccbv icapaAai.cov) of the Lender or other banks and/or financial institutions.
|
| (a) |
Corporate documents
|
| (b) |
Corporate authorities
|
| (i) |
Certified Copies of resolutions of the directors of each Security Party and shareholders of each Borrower approving such of the MOA and the Security Documents to which such Security Party is a party and authorising the execution and
delivery thereof and performance of such Security Party's obligations thereunder, additionally certified by an officer of such Security Party, as having been duly passed at a duly convened meeting of the directors and shareholders of such
Security Party and not having been amended, modified or revoked and being in full force and effect; and
|
| (ii) |
an original of any power of attorney issued by each Security Party pursuant to such resolutions;
|
| (c) |
Required Authorisations
|
| (d) |
Certificate of incumbency
|
| (e) |
Shareholders
|
| (f) |
Security Documents
|
| (g) |
Declaration of compliance / "know your customer"
|
| (a) |
each Borrower has complied at all times and in all respects with (i) any relevant employment legislation and employment regulations applicable to it, (ii) all documentation required by the Lender in relation to the Lender's "know your
customer" requirements and (iii) all documentation required by the Lender for the opening of its Earnings Account with the Lender; and
|
| (b) |
the Guarantor and the Shareholder have complied at all times and in all respects with all documentation required by the Lender in relation to the Lender's "know your customer" requirements; and
|
| (h) |
Bank accounts
|
| (i) |
the Earnings Accounts have been opened by Antwerp, Busan, Keelung and Oakland respectively and duly completed mandates in relation thereto have been delivered to the Lender;
|
| (ii) |
all mandate forms and other legal documents required for the opening of an account under any applicable law, such as the account for the securitization of the Shares Pledge as well as signature cards and properly adopted authorizations
have been duly delivered to and have been accepted by the compliance department of the Lender;
|
| (i) |
process agent
|
| (a) |
Copies of Underlying Documents
|
| (b) |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the relevant Vessel:
|
| i. |
Purchase
|
| ii. |
Registration and Encumbrances
|
| iii. |
Classification
|
| iv. |
Insurance
|
| v. |
Management.
|
| (c) |
Security Documents
|
| (d) |
Notices of assignment and acknowledgements
|
| (e) |
Mortgage registration
|
| (j) |
Laws of Liberia: opinion
|
| (k) |
Laws of Marshall Islands: opinion
|
| (1) |
Laws of Cyprus: opinion
|
| (m) |
ISPS Code
|
| (n) |
DOC and Application for SMC
|
| (o) |
Additional Vessels' Certificates
|
| (p) |
Lightweight
|
| (q) |
Manager's confirmation
|
| (r) |
Insurance Report
|
| (s) |
Valuation
|
| (t) |
Fees
|
| (u) |
Material Adverse Effect
|
| (v) |
MII and MAP Policy premium
|
| (w) |
Equity contribution
|
| (x) |
Further conditions precedent
|
| 1. |
all the Borrowers' financial covenants in the Loan Agreement set out in clause 8 are being fully complied with, and, in particular, by reference to the latest audited financial statements, management accounts and all other current
relevant information available to us:
|
| (c) |
the Net Worth of the Group is USD [ ];
|
| (d) |
the Total Liabilities are USD [ ] and the Total Assets (adjusted for market values of vessels calculated in accordance with clause 8.2.5(i)) are USD [ ]; and
|
| (e) |
the Total Liabilities divided by the Total Assets (each net of cash balance) (adjusted for market values of vessels calculated in accordance with clause
|
| 3. |
the representations set out in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and accurate with reference to all facts and circumstances now existing and all Required Authorisations have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
|
|
SIGNED BY STEFANIA KARMIRI
|
)
|
|
|
attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
|
ANTWERP SHIPPING LTD
|
)
|
|
|
pursuant to a Power of Attorney
|
)
|
/s/ Stefania Karmiri
|
|
dated 4 November 2019
|
)
|
Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNED BY STEFANIA KARMIRI
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)
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attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of
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BUSAN SHIPPING LTD
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)
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pursuant to a Power of Attorney
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/s/ Stefania Karmiri
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dated 4 November 2019
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Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNED BY STEFANIA KARMIRI
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attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of
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KEELUNG SHIPPING LTD
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)
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pursuant to a Power of Attorney
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/s/ Stefania Karmiri
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dated 4 November 2019
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)
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Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNED BY STEFANIA KARMIRI
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attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of
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OAKLAND SHIPPING LTD
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)
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pursuant to a Power of Attorney
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/s/ Stefania Karmiri
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dated 4 November 2019
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Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNED BY OLGA VOUTSA
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and by EUGENIA KOUVARA
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for and on behalf of
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PIRAEUS BANK S.A.
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/s/ Olga Voutsa /s/ Eugenia Kouvara
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Authorised signatories
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Witness to all the above signatures
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Name: STAVROULA MYLONA
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/s/ Stavroula Mylona
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Address: Ince
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Akti Miaouli 47-49
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Piraeus 185 36 Greece
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