1.          Shipbroker N/A		2.          Place and date 4 June 2024
3.          Owners/Place of business (Cl. 1)   HAO LEO LIMITED, a corporation incorporated in the Republic of Liberia with registration number C-127273 and registered office address at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, the Republic of Liberia		4.          Bareboat Charterers/Place of business (Cl. 1)   Hellas Ocean Navigation Co., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of Liberia with registration number C-122545 and registered address at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, the Republic of Liberia
5.          Vessel’s name, call sign and flag (Cl. 1 and 3) Hellasship Call sign: 5LAL4 Republic of Liberia
6.          Type of Vessel BULK CARRIER		7.          GT/NT 92,752/60,504
8          When/Where built 2012		9.          Total DWT (abt.) in metric tons on summer freeboard 181.325mt
10.        Classification Society (Cl. 3) DNV		11.        Date of last special survey by the Vessel’s classification society TBA
12.        Further particulars of Vessel (also indicate minimum number of months’ validity of class certificates agreed acc. to Cl. 3) N/A
13.        Port or Place of delivery (Cl. 3) Back to back with MOA delivery at such location as agreed under clause 5 of the MOA	14.          Time for delivery (Cl. 4) SEE CLAUSE 34	15.        Cancelling date (Cl. 5) SEE CLAUSE 33
16.        Port or Place of redelivery (Cl. 15) SEE CLAUSE 41		17.        No. of months' validity of trading and class certificates upon redelivery (Cl. 15) THREE (3) MONTHS

18.        Running days’ notice if other than stated in Cl. 4 N/A	19.        Frequency of dry-docking (Cl. 10(g)) In accordance with the Classification Society or Flag State requirements
20.        Trading limits (Cl. 6) Worldwide within International Navigating Limits, please also see clauses 48.1(r)
21.        Charter period (Cl. 2) SEE CLAUSE 32	22.        Charter hire (Cl. 11) SEE CLAUSE 36
23.        New class and other safety requirements (state percentage of Vessel's insurance value acc. to Box 29)(Cl. 10(a)(ii)) N/A
24.        Rate of interest payable acc. to Cl. 11 (f) and, if applicable, acc. to PART IV	25.        Currency and method of payment (Cl. 11) USD/BANK TRANSFER
26.        Place of payment; also state beneficiary and bank account (Cl. 11) SEE CLAUSE 36	27.          Bank guarantee/bond (sum and place) (Cl. 24) (optional) N/A
28.        Mortgage(s), if any (state whether 12(a) or (b) applies; if 12(b) applies state date of Financial Instrument and name of Mortgagee(s)/Place of business) (Cl. 12) SEE CLAUSE 12(b)	29.        Insurance (hull and machinery and war risks) (state value acc. to Cl. 13(f) or, if applicable, acc. to Cl. 14(k)) (also state if Cl. 14 applies) SEE CLAUSE 39 - CLAUSE 14 DOES NOT APPLY
30.        Additional insurance cover, if any, for Owners’ account limited to (Cl. 13(b) or, if applicable, Cl. 14(g)) SEE CLAUSE 39	31.          Additional insurance cover, if any, for Charterers’ account limited to (Cl. 13(b) or, if applicable, Cl. 14(g)) SEE CLAUSE 39
32.        Latent defects (only to be filled in if period other than stated in Cl. 3) N/A	33.          Brokerage commission and to whom payable (Cl. 27) N/A
34.        Grace period (state number of clear banking days) (Cl. 28) N/A	35.        Dispute Resolution (state 30(a), 30(b) or 30(c); if 30(c) agreed Place of Arbitration must be stated (Cl. 30) choose an item   SEE CLAUSE 30(a)
36.        War cancellation (indicate countries agreed) (Cl. 26(f)) N/A
37.        Newbuilding Vessel (indicate with “yes” or “no” whether PART III applies) (optional) No, Part III does not apply	38.         Name and place of Builders (only to be filled in if PART III applies) N/A
39.        Vessel’s Yard Building No. (only to be filled in if PART III applies) N/A	40.        Date of Building Contract (only to be filled in if PART III applies) N/A

CLAUSE 32

– CHARTER PERIOD

32.1	For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the fact that the Charter Period shall commence on the Commencement Date, this Charter shall be:

(a)	in full force and effect; and

(b)	valid, binding and enforceable against the parties hereto,

32.2	The Charter Period shall, subject to the terms of this Charter, continue for a period of sixty (60) months from the Commencement Date.

CLAUSE 33

– CANCELLATION

CLAUSE 34

– DELIVERY OF VESSEL

34.1	This Charter is part of a transaction involving the sale, purchase and charter back of the Vessel and constitutes one of the Leasing Documents.

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

(a)

the delivery of the Vessel to the Owners as buyers under the MOA by the Charterers as sellers under the MOA and, for the purposes of this Charter, the Vessel shall be deemed delivered to the Charterers simultaneously with delivery of the Vessel to the Owners pursuant to the MOA and at Delivery the Charterers shall, subject to Clause 9 (Inventories, oil and stores), keep all bunkers, lubrication oil, unbroached provisions, paints, ropes and other consumable stores in the Vessel which were delivered under the MOA;

(b)	no Potential Termination Event or Termination Event having occurred which is continuing from the date of this Charter to the last day of the Charter Period;

(c)	the representations and warranties contained in Clause 47(Representations and warranties) being true and correct on the date hereof and on the Commencement Date;

(d)	Delivery occurring on or before the Cancelling Date;

(e)	the Owners (by themselves or by their legal counsels) having received from the Charterers:

(i)

on or before the date falling two (2) Business Days (or such other period as the Owners may agree in their sole discretion or as otherwise specified in Part A of Schedule 2) prior to the Prepositioning Date, the documents or evidence set out in Part A of Schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory to them;

(ii)

on the Commencement Date and prior to or simultaneously with the Owners executing a dated and timed copy of the protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing delivery of the Vessel under the MOA, the documents or evidence set out in Part B of Schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory to them; and

(iii)

after Delivery, the documents and evidence set out in Part C of Schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory to them within the time periods set out thereunder,

34.3

The conditions precedent and conditions subsequent specified in Clause 34.2(e) are inserted for the sole benefit of the Owners and may be waived or deferred in whole or in part by the Owners. Upon the requirements of Clause 34.2 being fulfilled or waived to the satisfaction of the Owners, the Owners shall give notice thereof in writing to the Charterers.

34.4

On delivery to and acceptance by the Buyers of the Vessel under the MOA from the Sellers and subject to the provisions of this Clause (Delivery of Vessel), the Vessel shall be deemed to have been delivered to, and accepted without reservation by, the Charterers under this Charter and the Charterers shall become and be entitled to the possession and full use of the Vessel on and subject to the terms and conditions of this Charter.

34.5

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

34.6

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

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

(b)	arising from any delay in the commencement of the Charter Period or any failure of the Charter Period to commence.

34.7

Subject to Clause 9 (Inventories, oil and stores), the Owners shall not be obliged to deliver the Vessel to the Charterers with any bunkers and unused lubricating oils and greases in storage tanks and unopened drums of the Vessel except for such items which are already on the Vessel on the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers under the MOA.

CLAUSE 35

– QUIET ENJOYMENT

35.1

Provided that the Charterers do not breach any terms of this Charter or any other Pertinent Document, the Owners hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree not to disturb or interfere with the Charterers' lawful use, possession and quiet enjoyment of the Vessel during the Charter Period in any way whatsoever. The Owners shall procure that the Owners' Financier (if any) enter into a quiet enjoyment agreement with the Charterers on such terms (including but not limited to a purchase option in respect of the Vessel given in favour of the Charterers) as may be agreed between the Owners, the Owners' Financier and the Charterers.

CLAUSE 36

– CHARTERHIRE

36.1	In consideration of the Owners agreeing to charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter at the request of the Charterers, the Charterers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay to the Owners Advance Charterhire and Charterhire in respect of the charter of the Vessel.

36.2

On the Commencement Date, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners the Advance Charterhire, payment of which shall be deemed to have been made by the Charterers to the Owners by the Charterers setting off their obligation to pay the Advance Charterhire against the Buyers' obligation to pay a corresponding equivalent amount of part of the Purchase Price under clause 18(b) of the MOA.

36.3	Following Delivery, the Charterers shall pay quarterly instalments of Charterhire in advance on each payment date ("Payment Date") as follows:

(a)

in 20 quarterly instalments, the first payable on the Commencement Date and each subsequent instalment to be paid at 3-monthly intervals thereafter, with the amount of each instalment being:

(i)

in respect of each of the 1st to 4th quarterly instalments, US$700,000; and

(ii)

in respect of each of the 5th to 20th quarterly instalments, in an amount equal to 1/16 of the difference between (A) the Initial Charterhire Principal Balance without Balloon and (B) the aggregate amount of the 1st to 4th quarterly instalments due and payable under sub-paragraph (i) above;

(b)

on the Charter Expiry Date, the Charterhire Balloon Instalment; and

(c)

on the Commencement Date and on the first day of every subsequent Term thereafter, the Variable Charterhire.

36.4

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

(a)

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

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

(c)	any title defect or encumbrance or any dispossession of the Vessel by title paramount or otherwise;

(d)	any modification (including but not limited to the installation of scrubbers) being performed on the Vessel or any part thereof;

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

(f)	the Total Loss or any damage to or forfeiture or court marshall's or other sale of the Vessel;

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

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

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

(j)	any enforcement or attempted enforcement by the Owners of their rights under this Charter or any of the Pertinent Documents executed or to be executed pursuant to this Charter;

(k)

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

(l)	any prevention, delay, deviation or disruption in the use of the Vessel resulting from the wide outbreak of any viruses (including the 2019 novel coronavirus), including but not limited to those caused by:

(i)

closure of ports;

(ii)

prohibitions or restrictions against the Vessel calling at or passing through certain ports;

(iii)

restriction in the movement of personnel and/or shortage of labour affecting the operation of the Vessel or the operation of the ports (including stevedoring operations);

(iv)

quarantine regulations affecting the Vessel, its cargo, the crew members or relevant port personnel;

(v)

fumigation or cleaning of the Vessel; or

(vi)

any claims raised by any sub-charterer or manager of the Vessel that a force majeure event or termination event (or any other analogous event howsoever called) has occurred under the relevant charter agreement or management agreement (as the case may be) of the Vessel as a result of the outbreak of such viruses.

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

36.6	Time of payment of Charterhire and other payments by the Charterers shall be of the essence of this Charter and shall be received by the Owners in same day available funds and not later than 5.00 pm (Shanghai time) on the due date of such payment.

36.7	All Charterhire and any moneys payable hereunder shall be payable by the Charterers to the Owners to such account as the Owners may notify the Charterers in writing.

36.8	Payment of Charterhire shall be at the Charterers' risk until receipt by the Owners.

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

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

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

36.10

If the Charterers fail to make any payment due under this Charter on the due date, they shall pay interest on such late payment at the default rate of two per cent. (2%) per annum above the applicable Interest Rate and accruing from the date on which such payment became due until the date of payment thereof.

36.11

All Variable Charterhire, default interest and any other payments under this Charter which are of an annual or periodic nature shall accrue from day to day and shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360 day year (or any other period agreed in writing between the Owners and the Charterers).

36.12

Any payment which is due to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, shall be made on the preceding Business Day.

36.13

The Owners shall notify the Charterers of the Interest Rate in respect of a Term as soon as reasonably practicable after such Interest Rate is determined by the Owners on each Quotation Day.

CLAUSE 37

– CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

37.1	Unavailability of Term SOFR

(a)	Interpolated Term SOFR:  If no Term SOFR is available for the relevant Term, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the relevant Term.

(b)	Historic Term SOFR: If no Term SOFR is available for the relevant Term and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Term SOFR, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Historic Term SOFR for the relevant Term.

(c)	Interpolated Historic Term SOFR: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Historic Term SOFR is available for the relevant Term, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Historic Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the relevant Term.

(d)	Cost of funds:  If paragraph (c) above applies but it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Historic Term SOFR, there shall be no Reference Rate for the relevant Term and Clause 37.3 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Charterhire Principal Balance for that Term.

37.2	Market disruption.

37.3	Cost of funds.

(a)

If this Clause 37.3 (Cost of funds) applies to the Charterhire Principal Balance for a Term, the Interest Rate shall be the rate per annum which is the sum of:

(A)

the Margin; and

(B)

the cost certified by the Owners (expressed as an annual rate of interest) of funding the Charterhire Principal Balance during the relevant Term (as reasonably determined by the Owners).

(b)

If this Clause 37.3 (Cost of funds) applies and the Charterers so require, the Owners and the Charterers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for funding.

(c)

Subject to Clause 37.4 (Changes to reference rates) below, any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of the Owners and the Charterers, be binding on all Parties.

(d)

If any rate notified by the Owners under sub-paragraph (B) of paragraph (a) above is less than zero, the relevant rate shall be deemed to be zero.

37.4	Changes to reference rates

(a)

providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate in place of (or in addition to) that Published Rate; and

(i)

aligning any provision of any Leasing Document to the use of that Replacement Reference Rate;

(ii)

enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of the Interest Rate under this Charter (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the purposes of this Charter);

(iii)

implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference Rate;

(iv)

providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Reference Rate; or

(v)

adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Reference Rate (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),

37.5	For the purposes of Clause 37.4 (Changes to reference rates):

(a)

the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Owners, materially changed;

(A)

the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

(B)

information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Published Rate is insolvent,

(ii)

the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;

(iii)

the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

(iv)

the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that Published Rate may no longer be used; or

(c)

the administrator of that Published Rate (or the administrator of an interest rate which is a constituent element of that Published Rate) determines that that Published Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either:

(i)

the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Owners) temporary; or

(ii)

that Published Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than the applicable Published Rate Contingency Period; or

(d)

in the opinion of the Owners, that Published Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Charter.

(a)

formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by:

(i)

the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such benchmark rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate); or

(ii)

any Relevant Nominating Body,

(b)

in the opinion of the Owners, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor or alternative to that Published Rate; or

(c)

in the opinion of the Owners, an appropriate successor or alternative to a Published Rate.

CLAUSE 38

– POSSESSION OF VESSEL

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

38.2

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

38.3

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

38.4

The Charterers shall pay and discharge or cause any permitted sub-lessee of the Vessel, including any Approved Sub-charterer, to pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities whatsoever which have given or may give rise to liens on or claims enforceable against the Vessel and take all reasonable steps to prevent an arrest (threatened or otherwise) of the Vessel.

Clause 39

– INSURANCE

39.1	The Charterers shall at their expense procure that such insurances are effected at all times during the Charter Period in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any):

(a)	in Dollars;

(b)

in the case of hull & machinery (including excess risk), fire and usual marine risks and war risks, on an agreed value basis of at least the higher of (i) one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Charterhire Principal Balance at the relevant time and (ii) the applicable Market Value of the Vessel at the relevant time;

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

(d)

in relation to protection and indemnity risks, in respect of the full tonnage of the Vessel and with a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs or such other independent and reputable protection and indemnity club member (in each case, which is acceptable to the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any));

(e)	on customary terms acceptable to the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any); and

(f)

with first class international insurers and/or underwriters notified to the Owners (or in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, with approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations) with a minimum of Standard & Poor's rating of A or above, Moody's rating of A or above or AM Best rating of A- or above, unless otherwise acceptable to the Owners;

39.2	In addition to the terms set out in Clause 13(a), the Charterers shall procure that the obligatory insurances shall:

(a)	subject always to paragraph (b), name the Owners, the Approved Managers and the Charterers as the only named assureds unless the interest of every other named assured or co-assured is limited:

(i)

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

(1)

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

(2)

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

(ii)

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

(b)	whenever the Owners or the Owners' Financier (if any) requires:

(i)

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

(ii)

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

(iii)

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

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

(d)	provide that such obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Owners or the Owners' Financier (if any);

(e)	provide that the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any) may make proof of loss if the Charterers fail to do so; and

(f)

provide that if any obligatory insurance is cancelled, or if any substantial change is made in the coverage which adversely affects the interest of the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any), or if any obligatory insurance is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium, such cancellation, change or lapse shall not be effective with respect to the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any) for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any) of prior written notice from the insurers of such cancellation, change or lapse.

39.3	The Charterers shall:

(a)	at least ten (10) days prior to Delivery (or such lesser period agreed by the parties), notify in writing the Owners (copied to the Owners' Financier (if any)) of the terms and conditions of all Insurances;

(b)

at least ten (10) days (or such other lesser period agreed by the Owners) before the expiry of any obligatory insurance notify the Owners of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom the Charterers propose to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal;

(c)	at least two (2) days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, procure that such obligatory insurance is renewed or to be renewed on its expiry date in accordance with the provisions of this Charter;

(d)

procure that the insurance brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal or the effective date of the new insurance and protection and indemnity cover notify the Owners in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal; and

(e)

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

39.4

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

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

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

(c)	they will advise the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any) promptly of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances of which they are aware;

(d)

following a written application from the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any) not later than one (1) month before the expiry of the obligatory insurances they will notify the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any) not less than twelve (12) days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from the Charterers and, in the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any) of the terms of the instructions; and

(e)

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

39.5	The Charterers shall ensure that any protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which the Vessel is entered provides the Owners and the Owners' Financier (if any) with:

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

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

(c)	a copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority in relation to the Vessel.

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

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

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

39.9

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

(a)

the Charterers shall procure that all necessary action is taken and all requirements are complied with which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligations contained in this Clause 39 (Insurance)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Owners have not given their prior approval (unless such exclusions or qualifications are made in accordance with the rules of a protection and indemnity association which is a member of the International Group of protection and indemnity associations);

(b)

the Charterers shall not make or permit any changes relating to the classification or classification society except with the prior written approval of the Owners (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed in the case of a change of classification society to another member of the International Association of Classification Societies), provided that the Owners shall be entitled to withhold their consent if such change in classification or classification society adversely affects the insurance cover required under Clause 39 (Insurance).

(c)

the Charterers shall procure that all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Vessel is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation) are made and the Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners with copies of such declarations and a copy of the certificate of financial responsibility; and

(d)

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

39.10

The Charterers shall not make or agree to any material alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance without the prior written consent of the Owners and/or the Owners' Financier (if any), such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and for the purposes of this Clause 39.10, "material" alterations shall include, without limitation, any change to the identity of the beneficiaries under such insurances or scope of cover, reduction to the insured amount (if such reduction results in the Charterers failing to comply with the requirements of Clause 39 (Insurance) below), limitation on the scope of the cover (if such limitation in scope results in the Charterers failing to comply with the requirements of Clause 39 (Insurance) below) and any other amendment which would cause a breach under the terms of this Charter or any other Leasing Document.

39.11

The Charterers shall not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty, and shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Owners to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances.

39.12

The Charterers shall provide the Owners upon written request, copies of:

(a)	all material communications between the Charterers and:

(i)

the insurance brokers; and

(ii)

the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and

(iii)

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

(A)

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

(B)

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

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

39.13

The Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners (or any persons which they may designate) with:

(a)	any information which the Owners or the Owners' Financier (or any such designated person) request for the purpose of:

(i)

obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected, in accordance with Clause 39.17; and/or

(ii)

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

(b)	after the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, copies of all material communications between all parties in case of a claim under any of the Vessel's insurances.

39.14

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

39.15

The Charterers shall upon demand fully indemnify the Owners in respect of all premiums and other documented expenses which are reasonably incurred by (i) the Owners in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing a lessor's/innocent owner's interest insurance and a lessor's/innocent owner's additional perils (pollution) insurance (which shall each cover at least 120% of the then Charterhire Principal Balance)  that is taken out in respect of the Vessel and/or (ii) the Owners' Financier (if any) in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing a mortgagee's interest insurance and a mortgagee's additional perils (pollution) insurance that is taken out in respect of the Vessel (which shall be on such terms as requested by the Owners' Financier from time to time).

39.16

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

39.17

The Charterers shall:

(a)

If so requested by the Owners, but at the expense of the Charterers, furnish the Owners once a year (or, after a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, as many times per year as the Owners may require) with a detailed report signed by an independent firm of marine insurance brokers appointed by the Owners dealing with the Insurances and stating the opinion of such firm as to the adequacy of the Insurances;

(b)	reimburse the Owners any documented expenses customarily incurred by the Owners in obtaining the reports described in Clause 39.17(a); and

(c)	procure that there is delivered to the insurance brokers described in Clause 39.17(a) such information in relation to the Insurances as such brokers may reasonably require.

39.18

The Charterers shall keep the Vessel insured at their expense against such other risks which the Owners or the Owners' Financier consider reasonable for a prudent shipowner or operator to insure against at the relevant time (as notified by the Owners, taking into account recommendations from the Owners' insurance advisors, shipping industry associations or regulatory institutions) and which are, at that time, generally insured against by owners or operators of vessels similar to the Vessel (including but not limited to kidnap and ransom insurances, which the Charterers acknowledge shall fall within the scope of this Clause).

CLAUSE 40

– WARRANTIES RELATING TO VESSEL

40.1

It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Owners are not the manufacturer or original supplier of the Vessel which has been purchased by the Buyers from the Sellers pursuant to the MOA for the purpose of then chartering the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder) and that no condition, term, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given to the Charterers by or on behalf of the Owners in respect of the Vessel (or any part thereof).

40.2	All conditions, terms or warranties express or implied by the law relating to the specifications, quality, description, merchantability or fitness for any purpose of the Vessel (or any part thereof) or otherwise are hereby expressly excluded.

40.3

The Charterers agree and acknowledge that the Owners shall not be liable for any claim, loss, damage, expense or other liability of any kind or nature caused directly or indirectly by the Vessel or by any inadequacy thereof or the use or performance thereof or any repairs thereto or servicing thereof and the Charterers shall not by reason thereof be released from any liability to pay any Charterhire or other payment due under this Charter or the other Leasing Documents.

CLAUSE 41

– TERMINATION, REDELIVERY AND TOTAL LOSS

41.1

If the Termination Purchase Price becomes payable in accordance with Clause 45.2  or Mandatory Sale Price becomes payable in accordance with Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale), it is agreed by the Parties that (i) payment of the Termination Purchase Price is deemed to be proportionate as to amount, having regard to the legitimate interests of the Owners, in protecting against the Owners' risk of the Charterers failing to perform its obligations under this Charter or (ii) payment of the Mandatory Sale Price becomes is deemed to be proportionate as to amount, having regard to the legitimate interests of the Owners, in protecting against the Owners' risk of being required to sell the Vessel to the Charterers upon the occurrence of any of the events described under Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale).

41.2	Upon the Termination Notice Date or Mandatory Sale Date, the Charterers' right to possess and operate the Vessel shall immediately cease (without in any way affecting the Charterers' obligation to pay the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price, as the case may be).

41.3	Upon irrevocable receipt by the Owners in full of the (i) Termination Purchase Price pursuant to Clause 45.2  or (ii) the Mandatory Sale Price pursuant to Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale):

(a)	this Charter shall terminate (provided that any provision hereof expressed to survive such termination shall do so in accordance with its terms); and

(b)

the Owners shall transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of the Vessel on an "as is where is" basis to the Charterers or their nominees, free from all mortgages, encumbrances, liens, debts created by the Owners, and in this regard shall execute a bill of sale and a protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing the same and such sale shall be completed in accordance with Clause 51(Sale of the Vessel to the Charterers).

41.4	If the Charterers fail to make any payment of the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price on the due date thereof:

(a)	interest on such outstanding amount shall accrue in accordance with Clause 36.10; and

(b)	the Charterers shall:

(i)

upon the Owners' prior written request (at the Owners' sole discretion), be obliged to (and at the Charterers' own cost) redeliver the Vessel to the Owners at such ready and nearest safe port as the Owners may require and taking into account the Vessel's then employment schedule; further and for the avoidance of doubt, the Owners shall be entitled (at the Owners' sole discretion) to operate the Vessel as they may require and may create whatsoever interests thereon, including without limitation charterparties or any other form of employment contracts.  The Earnings in respect of the Vessel during such period less its operational expenses (including without limitation any maintenance costs of, and costs for bunkering, lubricants or oils for, the Vessel) shall be applied against the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) and any other amounts payable under the Leasing Documents in any manner the Owners deem fit and any excess of such amount after such application shall be paid to the Charterers.  Upon redelivery of the Vessel this Charter shall terminate save for the provisions set out in Clause 30 (Dispute resolution), Clause 36.10, this Clause 41 (Termination, Redelivery and Total Loss) and Clause 52(Indemnities) and any other provisions expressed or implied to survive termination; and/or

(ii)

the Owners shall at any point following such redelivery be entitled (at the Owners' sole discretion) to sell the Vessel on terms they deem fit (an "Owners' Sale") in which case the sale proceeds (after deducting all fees, taxes, disbursements, any maintenance costs of, and costs for bunkering or oils for, the Vessel and any other documented costs and expenses incurred by the Owners in connection with such sale) (the "Net Sales Proceeds") derived from such sale shall be applied against the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) and any other amounts payable under Clause 52(Indemnities) in any manner the Owners deem fit and any excess of such amount after such application shall be paid to the Charterers.  If the Net Sales Proceeds are not in an amount sufficient to discharge in full the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) and any other amounts payable under Clause 52(Indemnities), the Charterers shall continue to be liable for the shortfall and interest shall continue to accrue on such shortfall in accordance with Clause 36.10. Upon completion of such Owners' Sale this Charter shall terminate save for Clause 36.10, this Clause 41.4(b)(ii), Clause 52(Indemnities) and any other provisions expressed or implied to survive termination; or

(c)

the Charterers shall, upon the Owners' prior written request (at the Owners' sole discretion) be obliged to (and at the Charterers' own cost) redeliver the Vessel to the Owners at such ready and nearest safe port as the Owners may require and taking into account the Vessel's then employment schedule; and as from such redelivery the Owners shall maintain ownership of such Vessel and own, operate or sell or otherwise use it in any manner they deem fit and apply the then current Market Value of the Vessel (the "Termination Value") against the Termination Purchase Price or Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) and all other amounts payable to the Owners under this Charter in which case if:

(i)

the amount of the Termination Value is in excess of the aggregate amounts due to the Owners under the Leasing Documents at the relevant time, such excess will be paid to the Charterers; or

(ii)

in case the amount of the Termination Value is not sufficient to discharge in full the aggregate amounts due to the Owners under the Leasing Documents following such application the Charterers shall continue to be liable for the shortfall and interest shall continue to accrue on such shortfall in accordance with Clause 36.10.

(d)	Any terms expressly provided to survive post-termination of this Charter shall continue to be in full force and effect at all times thereafter.

41.5	If the Charterers are required to redeliver the Vessel to the Owners pursuant to Clause 41.4, the Charterers shall ensure that the Vessel shall, at the time of redelivery to the Owners (at the Charterers' cost and expense):

(a)	be in compliance with its Insurances;

(b)

be in an equivalent class as she was as at the Commencement Date without any overdue recommendation or condition, and with valid certificates for not less than three (3) months  and free of average damage affecting the Vessel's classification and in the same or as good structure, state, condition and classification as that in which she was deemed on the Commencement Date, fair wear and tear not affecting the Vessel's classification excepted;

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

(d)	have her survey cycles up to date and trading and class certificate valid for at least the number of months agreed in Box 17;

(e)

be redelivered to the Owners together with all spare parts and spare equipment as were on board at the time of Delivery (but only to the extent they have not already been used in the operation of the Vessel), and any such spare parts and spare equipment on board at the time of re-delivery shall be taken over by the Owners free of charge;

(f)	be free of any cargo and Security Interest (other than Permitted Security Interests);

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

(h)	be free of officers and crew (unless otherwise agreed by the Owners);

(i)	have had her underwater parts treated with ample anti-fouling to last for the ensuing period up to the next scheduled dry docking of the Vessel; and

(a)

be redelivered to the Owners together with all material information generated during the Charter Period in respect of the use, possession, operation, navigation, utilization of lubricating oil and the physical condition of the Vessel, whether or not such information is contained in the Charterers' equipment, computer or property.

41.6	The Owners shall, (unless otherwise agreed) at the time of the redelivery of the Vessel, take over all bunkers, lubricating oil, unbroached provisions, paints, ropes and other consumable stores (excluding spare parts) in the Vessel at no cost to the Owners.

41.7	If the Vessel, for any reason, becomes a Total Loss after Delivery, the Charterers shall pay the Termination Purchase Price to the Owners on the earlier of:

(a)	the date falling one hundred and eighty (180) days after such Total Loss has occurred; and

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

(A)

payment of Charterhire and all other sums payable hereunder during such period shall continue to be made by the Charterers in accordance with the terms of this Charter unless and until the Owners receive the Termination Purchase Price whereby this Charter shall terminate (without prejudice to any provision of this Charter expressed to survive termination);

(B)

should insurance proceeds be received by the Owners or the Owners' Financiers in their capacity as assignee (pursuant to assignment of such insurances from the Owners to the Owners' Financiers) from the insurers, the Charterers' obligations to pay the Termination Purchase Price shall be accordingly reduced by such insurance proceeds but in the event that such insurance proceeds be less than the amount of the Termination Purchase Price together with any interest accrued thereon, the Charterers remain obliged to pay to the Owners the balance so that the full amount of the Termination Purchase Price due together with any interest accrued thereon are received by the Owners;

(C)

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

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

CLAUSE 42

– FEES AND EXPENSES

42.1	In consideration of the Owners entering into this Charter, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners or its nominee a non-refundable handling fee (the "Handling Fee") at such time and in such amount to be set out in a Handling Fee Letter.

42.2

Without prejudice to any other rights of the Owners hereunder, the Charterers shall promptly pay to the Owners on written demand on a full indemnity basis the amount of all documented costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Owners in collecting any Charterhire or other payments not paid on the due date under this Charter and in remedying any other failure of the Charterers to observe the terms and conditions of this Charter.

42.3

All documented costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, negotiation costs, inspections, valuations, legal fees, insurance reports, registration costs in the Flag State and any other expenses) customarily incurred by the Owners in connection with the negotiation and entry into all documentation in relation to this Charter and the Leasing Documents, shall be for the account of the Charterers (for the avoidance of doubt, regardless of whether the Commencement Date occurs), provided that the Charterers' liability for such costs and expenses shall be capped at US$100,000 in aggregate in connection with this Charter and the Other Charters (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Owners and the Charterers) .

42.4

All documented costs and expenses customarily incurred by the Owners in relation to the acquisition and registration of the Vessel and this Charter by the Owners in the Owners' name in the Flag State together with any and all fees (including but not limited to any vessel registration and tonnage fees) payable by the Owners to such Flag State to maintain and/or renew such registration shall be for the account of the Charterers (for the avoidance of doubt, regardless of whether the Commencement Date occurs). Without prejudice to the foregoing, if the Flag State requires the Owners to establish a physical presence or office in the jurisdiction of such Flag State, all fees, costs and expenses payable by the Owners to establish and maintain such physical presence or office shall be for the account of the Charterers.

42.5	If the Charterers request for a change of Flag State, the Charterers shall pay or reimburse the Owners (as the case may be) in respect of all documented costs, expenses and/or taxes which are payable to effect such change.

CLAUSE 43

- NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS

43.1

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

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

CLAUSE 44

- NOTICES

44.1

Any notice, certificate, demand or other communication to be served, given made or sent under or in relation to this Charter shall be in English and in writing and (without prejudice to any other valid method or giving making or sending the same) shall be deemed sufficiently given or made or sent if sent by registered post or by email to the following respective addresses:

	(A)	to the Owners:	c/o AVIC International Leasing Co., Ltd 16/F, Hangrong Mansion, 1481 Guozhan Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China, 200126 Attention: Ryan Zhang Ship Leasing Dept. Tel: +86-21-22262623 Email: zhangqiang@chinaleasing.net
	(B)	to the Charterers:	c/o Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. 154 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 16674, Glyfada, Greece    Attention: Mr. Stavros Gyftakis Email: legal@seanergy.gr, finance@seanergy.gr  Tel: +30 213 018 507

CLAUSE 45

– TERMINATION EVENTS

45.1	The Owners and the Charterers hereby agree that any of the following events shall constitute a Termination Event:

(a)

the Charterers or the Guarantor fails to make any payment within five (5) Business Days of its due date or on demand in accordance with the terms of any Leasing Document to which it is a party, unless such failure to pay is caused by a technical error and payment is made within five (5) Business Days of its due date;

(b)

the Charterers breach or omit to observe or perform any of their undertakings in Clause 48.1(j), (k), (l), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t) or (u) or the Guarantor breaches or omits to observe or perform any of its undertakings contained in the Guarantee, provided that no Termination Event under this Clause 45.1(b) will be triggered if the breach or omission to observe or perform falls within the situations set out under Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale);

(c)	the Charterers fail to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances required under Clause 39 (Insurance) in accordance with the provisions thereof or any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability with respect thereto;

(d)

any Relevant Person commits any other breach of, or omits to observe or perform, any of their other obligations or undertakings in this Charter or any other Leasing Document (other than a breach referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) above) unless such breach or omission is in the reasonable opinion of the Owners, remediable and such Relevant Person remedies such breach or omission to the satisfaction of the Owners within ten (10) Business Days of the earlier of (i) notice thereof from the Owners and (ii) upon such Relevant Person upon becoming aware of the same;

(e)

any representation or warranty made by any Obligor in or pursuant to any Leasing Document to which it is a party or in any notice or other document, certificate or statement delivered by it pursuant thereto or in connection therewith is or proves to be untrue or misleading in a material way when it is made;

(f)	any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of an Obligor (other than an Approved Manager which is not an Affiliate of the Obligors):

(i)

any Financial Indebtedness of such Obligor is not paid when due or, if so payable, on demand after any applicable grace period has expired; or

(ii)

any Financial Indebtedness of such Obligor becomes due and payable, or declared to be due and payable, prior to its stated maturity date as a consequence of any event of default and not as a consequence of the exercise of any voluntary right of prepayment, following the expiry of any applicable grace period; or

(iii)

any overdraft, loan, note issuance, acceptance credit, letter of credit, guarantee, foreign exchange or other facility, or any swap or other derivative contract or transaction, relating to any Financial Indebtedness of such Obligor ceases to be available or becomes capable of being terminated or declared due and payable or cash cover is required or becomes capable of being required, as a result of any termination event or event of default (howsoever defined) and after any applicable grace period has expired,

(g)	any of the following occurs in relation to an Obligor:

(i)

it becomes unable to pay their debts as they fall due; or

(ii)

in the case of any Obligor other than the Guarantor, any of its assets (with a value amounting in aggregate to US$500,000 are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress (or any analogous process in any jurisdiction) which is not discharged within forty five (45) days;

(iii)

in the case of the Guarantor, any of its assets are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress (or any analogous process in any jurisdiction) which is not discharged within forty five (45) days and which results in or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(iv)

any administrative or other receiver is appointed over all or a substantial part of the assets of such Obligor unless as part of a solvent reorganisation which has been approved by the Owners; or

(v)

it makes any formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect that they are insolvent or likely to become insolvent, or a winding up or administration order is made in relation to such Obligor, or the shareholders or directors of such Obligor pass a resolution to the effect that they should be wound up, placed in administration or cease to carry on business; or

(vi)

a petition is presented in any Relevant Jurisdiction for the winding up or administration, or the appointment of a provisional liquidator, of an Obligor unless the petition is being contested in good faith and on substantial grounds and is dismissed or withdrawn within thirty (30) days of the presentation of the petition; or

(vii)

an Obligor petitions a court, or presents any proposal for, any form of judicial or non-judicial suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation of their debt (or certain of their debt) or arrangement with all or a substantial proportion (by number or value) of their creditors or of any class of them or any such suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation or arrangement is effected by court order, contract or otherwise; or

(viii)

any meeting of the shareholders or board of directors of an Obligor is summoned for the purpose of considering a resolution or proposal to authorise or take any action of a type described in paragraph (ii) to (vii) above; or

(ix)

in a country other than England and Wales, any event occurs or any procedure is commenced which, in the opinion of the Owners, is similar to any of the foregoing referred to in paragraphs (ii) to (vii) above inclusive;

(h)	an Obligor (other than a third-party Approved Manager) suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease carrying on all or a material part of its business;

(i)

any consent, approval, authorisation, license or permit necessary to enable the Charterers to operate or charter the Vessel or to enable any of them to comply with any provision of this Charter or the other Leasing Documents to which it is a party or to ensure that the obligations of the Charterers  are legal, valid, binding or enforceable is not granted, expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation or any condition of such a consent, approval, authorisation, license or permit is not fulfilled;

(j)	any event or circumstance occurs which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k)	the Vessel is subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress which is not discharged within sixty (60) days (or such longer period as the Owners may agree);

(l)	this Charter or any Security Interest created by a Leasing Document:

(i)

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

(ii)

is amended or varied without the prior written consent of the Owners, except for any amendment or variation which is expressly permitted by this Charter or any other relevant Leasing Document;

(m)	an Obligor rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Leasing Document;

(n)	it is or has become:

(i)

unlawful or prohibited, whether as a result of the introduction of a new law, an amendment to an existing law or a change in the manner in which an existing law is or will be interpreted or applied; or

(ii)

contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation,

(o)	the Security Interest constituted by any Leasing Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy;

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

(q)	any Termination Event (as defined in any Other Charter) occurs under such Other Charter.

45.2

Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, the Owners shall be entitled to notify in writing the Charterers of the occurrence of the same, terminating this Charter and demanding payment of the Termination Purchase Price, whereupon the Charterers shall be obliged to pay to the Owners the Termination Purchase Price on the date (the "Termination Notice Date") specified by the Owners in their discretion in the said notice (which shall not occur earlier than 15 Business Days following the date which the Owners provide such notice to the Charterers).

45.3	For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any action taken by the Owners following a Termination Event, the Charterers shall remain liable for the outstanding obligations on their part to be performed under this Charter.

45.4

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other rights of the Owners, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, the Owners shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to (i) settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to or pertaining to the Vessel and this Charter, (ii) make proof of loss, appear in and prosecute any action arising from any policy or policies of insurance maintained pursuant to this Charter, and settle, adjust or compromise any claims for loss, damage or destruction under, or take any other action in respect of, any such policy or policies and (iii) change or appoint a new manager for the Vessel to another Approved Manager, and the appointment of the pre-existing Approved Manager may be terminated immediately without any recourse to the Owners in line with the terms of the Approved Management Agreement.

CLAUSE 46

– MANDATORY SALE

46.1	If any of the following occurs:

(a)	it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the Owners to perform any of their obligations as contemplated by any Leasing Document or for the Owners' Financiers (if any) to perform their obligations under the Financial Instruments;

(b)	any Sanctions imposed by the law or regulation of the People's Republic of China deviates from those imposed by the United Nations and compliance with such Sanctions is or has become:

(i)

illegal or unlawful; or

(ii)

unduly onerous (including, without limitation, a scenario where Charterers are not able to perform their global operation and trading, directly because of such Sanctions) or wholly impractical,

(c)

the Approved Sub-charterer or any Third Party Approved Manager, or any of their respective directors or officers, is or becomes a Restricted Person, unless (i) such Approved Sub-charterer is replaced under a substitute Approved Sub-charter in accordance with Clause 48.1(o) or Third Party Approved Manager is being replaced under a substitute Approved Management Agreement in accordance with Clause 48.1(v)(ii), as the case may be, and in each case within 20 Business Days from the date of occurrence of the aforesaid event  and (ii) during such cure period as mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above, in the Owners' opinion, there is no risk that the Owners are in breach of Sanctions by continuing to perform their obligations under any Leasing Document;

(d)

the Approved Sub-charterer or any Third Party Approved Manager acts in breach of any laws or regulations relating to the Vessel and its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, the laws of the Vessel's registry, all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and/or Business Ethics Laws, unless (i) such Approved Sub-charterer is replaced under a substitute Approved Sub-charter in accordance with Clause 48.1(o) or Third Party Approved Manager is being replaced under a substitute Approved Management Agreement in accordance with Clause 48.1(v)(ii), as the case may be, and in each case within 20 Business Days from the date of occurrence of the aforesaid event and (ii) during such cure period as mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above, in the Owners’ opinion there is no risk that the Owners are in breach of Sanctions by continuing to perform their obligations under any Leasing Document; or

(e)

any consent, approval, authorisation, license or permit necessary to enable an Approved Sub-charterer to operate or charter the Vessel is not granted, expires without being renewed or is revoked, in each case for a period of more than 30 days, and notwithstanding the above the Approved Sub-charterer continues operating the Vessel,

46.2	If the Mandatory Sale Price becomes payable under this Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale), the Owners shall in good faith consult with the Charterers for the Owners or any Obligors to take all reasonable steps to mitigate any such circumstances, provided that:

(a)	this Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale) does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under any Leasing Documents;

(b)	the Owners are not obliged to take any steps or enter into any consultation with the Charterers under this Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale) if, in the opinion of the Owners, to continue performing the Owners’ obligations under the Leasing Documents may be prejudicial to the Owners; and

(c)

subject to sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above and unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Owners and the Charterers, such consultation period shall expire sixty (60) days from the earlier of (i) the date of occurrence of the circumstances resulting in the Mandatory Sale Price becoming payable under this Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale) and (ii) the date of the Mandatory Sale Notice, following which the Charterers shall immediately pay the Mandatory Sale Price to the Owners.

CLAUSE 47

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

47.1	The Charterers represent and warrant to the Owners as of the date hereof, and on each day henceforth until the last day of the Charter Period (unless otherwise stated expressly to the contrary below), as follows:

(a)	as at the date of this Charter, the Charterers are (i) wholly legally owned and controlled by the Shareholder and (ii) wholly beneficially owned and controlled by the Guarantor;

(b)	each Obligor is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of its incorporation;

(c)	each Obligor has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate actions and obtained all consents, approvals, authorisations, licenses or permits necessary for it:

(i)

to execute each of the Pertinent Documents to which it is a party; and

(ii)

to comply with and perform its obligations under each of the Pertinent Documents to which it is a party;

(d)	the entry into and performance by any Obligor by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, each Pertinent Document to which it is a party do not and will not conflict with:

(i)

any law or regulation applicable to it;

(ii)

its constitutional documents; or

(iii)

any agreement or instrument binding upon it or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.

(e)	all the consents, approvals, authorisations, licenses or permits referred to in Clause 47.1(c) remain in force and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation;

(f)	each of the Pertinent Documents to which an Obligor is a party constitutes such Obligor’s legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against such party in accordance with its respective terms and any relevant insolvency laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

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

(h)	all payments which an Obligor is liable to make under any Leasing Document to which such Obligor is a party may be made by such party without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation;

(i)	no legal or administrative action (i) involving the Charterers involving claim(s) amounting in aggregate to more than US$100,000 or (ii) involving the Guarantor involving a claim which results in or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, has been commenced or taken;

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

(k)	the choice of governing law as stated in each Pertinent Document to which a Relevant Person is party to and the agreement by such party to refer disputes to the relevant courts or tribunals as stated in such Pertinent Document are valid and binding against such Relevant Person;

(l)	no Obligor nor any of their assets are entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any set-off, legal action or proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit, attachment prior to judgment, execution or other enforcement);

(m)

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

(n)	each Security Document creates (or once entered into, will create) the Security Interest which it is expressed to create with the ranking and priority it is expressed to have;

(o)	no Obligor is a US Tax Obligor;

(p)	no Obligor, nor any of their respective directors, officers or, to the best of their knowledge (after due and careful enquiry), employees or agents is a Restricted Person, and the Vessel is not the target of Sanctions;

(q)

each Obligor, and their respective directors, officers and, to the best of their knowledge (after due and careful enquiry), employees and agents, is in compliance with all Sanctions laws, and none of them have been or are currently being investigated on compliance with Sanctions, they have not received notice or are aware of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against any of them with respect to Sanctions and they have not taken any action to evade the application of Sanctions;

(r)

the Vessel is not employed, operated or managed in any manner which (i) is contrary to any Sanctions and in particular, the Vessel is not used by or to benefit any party which is a Restricted Person or trade to any Restricted Country or otherwise to any area or country where trading the Vessel to such area or country would constitute a breach of any Sanctions or published boycotts imposed by any of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States of America or the United Kingdom; or (ii) would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause in any insurance documentation;

(s)

each Obligor is not in breach of any laws or regulations relating to the Vessel and its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, the laws of the Vessel's registry, all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and/or Business Ethics Laws and each of the Obligors has instituted and maintained systems, controls, policies and procedures designed to:

(i)

prevent and detect incidences of bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing; and

(ii)

promote and achieve compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and Business Ethics Laws;

(t)

none of the Obligors is insolvent or in liquidation or administration or subject to any other formal or informal insolvency procedure, and no receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, liquidator, trustee or analogous officer has been appointed in respect of any Obligor or all or material part of their assets;

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

(v)	as at the date of this Charter, the Vessel is commercially and technically managed under an Approved Management Agreement which remains in full force and effect;

(w)

as at the date of this Charter, the Charterers have not entered into any other investments, any sale or leaseback agreements, any off-balance sheet transaction or incur any other liability or obligation (including without limitation, any Financial Indebtedness of any obligations under a guarantee) except:

(i)

liabilities and obligations under the Leasing Documents to which they are or, as the case may be, will be a party;

(ii)

liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the normal course of its business of trading, operating and chartering, maintaining and repairing the Vessel; or

(iii)

liabilities, obligations and agreements as otherwise already disclosed to the Owners;

(x)	any factual information provided by the Charterers (or on their behalf) to the Owners was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as the date at which such information was stated; and

(y)	the entry by each Obligor into any Pertinent Document does not in any way cause any breach, and is in all respects permitted, under the terms of any document which it is entered into.

CLAUSE 48

– CHARTERERS’ UNDERTAKINGS

48.1	The Charterers undertake that, except with the Owners’ prior written consent, the Charterers shall comply or procure compliance with the following undertakings commencing from the date hereof and up to the last day of the Charter Period:

(a)	there shall  be no change of ownership or control of the Charterers from that described under Clause 47.1(a) following the Commencement Date;

(b)	there shall be sent to the Owners:

(i)

as soon as possible, but in no event later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of each financial year of the Charterers, the unaudited annual financial reports of the Charterers;

(ii)

as soon as possible, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each half-year, the unaudited financial reports of the Charterers in each case certified as to their correctness by a director of the Charterers;

(iii)

as soon as possible, but in no event later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of each financial year of the Guarantor, the audited consolidated annual financial reports of the Guarantor; and

(iv)

as soon as possible, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each half-year, the unaudited financial reports of the Guarantor certified as to their correctness by an officer of the Guarantor,

(c)

following the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, they will provide to the Owners, at the same time as they are despatched, copies of all notices and minutes relating to any of their extraordinary shareholders’ meeting which are despatched to the Charterers’ and the Shareholder’s respective shareholders or creditors or any class of them;

(d)

they will provide or will procure that each Obligor provides the Owners with details of any legal or administrative action involving such Obligor or the Vessel as soon as such action is instituted or it becomes apparent to such Obligor that it is likely to be instituted and is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of such Obligor to perform their obligations under each Leasing Document to which it is a party;

(e)

they will, and will procure that each other Obligor will, obtain and promptly renew or procure the obtainment or renewal of and provide copies of, from time to time, any necessary consents, approvals, authorisations, licenses or permits of any regulatory body or authority for the transactions contemplated under each Leasing Document to which it is a party (including without limitation to sell, charter and operate the Vessel);

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

(g)	they will at their own cost, and will procure that each other Obligor will:

(i)

do all that such Obligor reasonably can to ensure that any Leasing Document to which such Obligor is a party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which such Obligor purports to create; and

(ii)

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

(h)	they will, and will procure that each other Obligor will, notify the Owners as soon as it becomes aware of the occurrence of:

(i)

any incident relating to the Vessel which results, or is anticipated to result, in repairs on the Vessel which exceed US$1,000,000;

(ii)

any material safety incidents taking place on board the Vessel;

(iii)

any Environmental Claim which is made against the Charterers, Approved Sub-charterer or any Approved Manager in connection with the Vessel (provided that such claim(s) exceed US$1,000,000 in aggregate) or any Environmental Incident;

(iv)

any arrest or detention of the Vessel, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on that Vessel or its Earnings or any requisition of that Vessel for hire; and

(v)

any Potential Termination Event or a Termination Event,

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

(i)

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

(ii)

to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of any Leasing Document to which it is a party,

(j)

they will comply, or procure compliance, and will procure that each other Obligor will comply or procure compliance, with all laws or regulations relating to the Vessel and its construction, ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and the laws of the Vessel’s registry provided that any non-compliance shall not (and shall not be expected to) materially adversely affect the obligations of an Obligor or any Third Party Approved Manager under each Leasing Document to which it is a party or materially adverse effect the normal operations of the Vessel;

(k)	subject to Clause 10(d) of this Charter, the Vessel shall be registered under the Flag State;

(l)	the Vessel shall be classed with the Classification Society upon Delivery and shall be free of any overdue conditions or recommendations;

(m)	upon request, they will provide or they will procure to be provided to the Owners the report(s) of the survey(s) conducted pursuant to Clause 7 (Surveys on Redelivery) of this Charter in form and substance satisfactory to the Owners;

(n)

except with the Owners’ prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) or were expressly permitted under the Leasing Documents, the Charterers shall not enter into any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation or other reorganisation, provided that in the case of any Obligor other than the Charterers, such merger, sub-division, amalgamation or other reorganisation is permitted without restrictions so long as the Guarantor remains the surviving entity of any such process;

(o)	the Charterers may freely sub-charter the Vessel provided that:

(i)

except with the Owner’s prior written consent, they shall not permit the sub-chartering of the Vessel (A) on a bareboat basis or (B) on any other basis exceeding thirteen (13) months (including any optional extensions thereto); and

(ii)

as a condition precedent to the delivery of the Vessel (or condition subsequent to be satisfied within 3 Business Days of the delivery) under any such Approved Sub-charter, the Charterers shall assign all their rights and interests under such Approved Sub-charter (provided that if such Approved Sub-Charter is made otherwise than on a bareboat basis, it is capable of exceeding 13 months) on terms acceptable to the Owners and shall use reasonable commercial efforts to procure that the relevant Approved Sub-charterer gives a written acknowledgment of such assignment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Owners and provide such documents as the Owners may reasonably require regarding the due execution of such Approved Sub-charter (and such Approved Sub-charterer shall assign its insurance interest in the case where any such Approved Sub-charter is a bareboat charter);

(p)	they shall not make or pay any dividend or other distribution (in cash or in kind) in respect of its issued shares following the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing or which would result in a Termination Event;

(q)

they shall comply and shall procure that each Obligor (including, in each case, procuring or as the case may be, using all reasonable endeavours to procure the respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and/or intermediaries of the relevant entity to do the same) complies with all laws and regulations in respect of Sanctions;

(r)

the Vessel shall not be employed, operated or managed in any manner which (i) is contrary to any Sanctions and in particular, the Vessel shall not be used by or to benefit any party which is a target of Sanctions and/or is a Restricted Person or trade to any area or country which is a Restricted Country or otherwise where trading the Vessel to such area or country would constitute or reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of any Sanctions or published boycotts imposed by any of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States of America or the United Kingdom, (ii) would result or reasonably be expected to result in any Relevant Person or the Owners becoming a Restricted Person or (iii) would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause in any insurance documentation;

(s)	they shall, and shall procure that each Obligor shall (including procuring or as the case may be, using all reasonable endeavours to procure the respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and/or intermediaries of the relevant entity to do the same) shall:

(i)

comply with all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and Business Ethics Laws;

(ii)

maintain systems, controls, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve ongoing compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and Business Ethics Laws; and

(iii)

in respect of the Charterers, not use, or permit or authorize any person to directly or indirectly use, the Purchase Price for any purpose that would breach any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws or Business Ethics Laws;

(t)	in respect of the Charterers, not lend, invest, contribute or otherwise make available the Purchase Price to or for any other person in a manner which would result in a violation of Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws or Business Ethics Laws;

(u)

they shall, and shall procure that each other Obligor shall promptly notify the Owners of any non-compliance, by any Obligor or their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents or intermediaries or (on a best efforts basis) by the Approved Sub-charterer, with all laws and regulations relating to Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Terrorism Financing Laws and/or Business Ethics Laws (including but not limited to notifying the Owners in writing immediately upon being aware that any Obligor or its shareholders, directors, officers or employees or any Approved Sub-charterer is a Restricted Person or has otherwise become a target of Sanctions) as well as provide all information (once available) in relation to its business and operations which may be relevant for the purposes of ascertaining whether any of the aforesaid parties are in compliance with such laws;

(v)	in respect of the management of the Vessel:

(i)

they shall ensure that the Vessel be commercially and/or technically managed under an Approved Management Agreement;

(ii)

they shall not appoint or permit to be appointed any manager of the Vessel unless it is an Approved Manager or unless the Owners have provided their prior approval for another new manager, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and such new manager enters into a Manager’s Undertaking; and

(iii)

they shall not, save with the prior written consent of the Owners (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), agree or enter into any transaction, arrangement, document or do or omit to do anything which will have the effect of materially varying, amending or supplement the terms of an Approved Management Agreement;

(w)

they shall not, and shall procure that they shall not agree or enter into any transaction, arrangement, document or do or omit to do anything which will have the effect of varying, amending or supplementing the material terms of an Approved Sub-charter (which, in the case of such Approved Sub-charter being made otherwise on a bareboat basis, is limited to such Approved Sub-charters which are capable of exceeding thirteen (13) months);

(x)	they shall ensure that all Earnings and any other amounts received by them in connection with the Vessel are paid into the Earnings Account;

(y)

from the Commencement Date and during the Charter Period, they shall not enter into any other investments, any sale or leaseback agreements, any off-balance sheet transaction or incur any other liability or obligation (including without limitation, any Financial Indebtedness of any obligations under a guarantee) except:

(i)

liabilities and obligations under the Leasing Documents to which it is or, as the case may be, will be a party; or

(ii)

liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the normal course of its business of trading, operating and chartering, maintaining and repairing the Vessel; and

(z)	any transaction entered into with their Affiliates shall be on arm’s length basis and in good faith;

(aa)	they will ensure and procure that:

(i)

the Market Value of the Vessel shall be ascertained at the expenses of the Charterers from time to time in the following circumstances:

(A)

upon the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing, at any time at the request of the Owners;

(B)

in the absence of a Termination Event which is continuing:

(i)

from the first anniversary of the Commencement Date, at least once every calendar year during the Charter Period, with such report to be dated no more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to every anniversary of the Commencement Date occurring within the Charter Period or on such other date as the Owners may request; and

(ii)

at any time at the request of the Owners if the Owners have determined (in their sole reasonable discretion) that the Market Value of the Vessel falls below the Minimum Amount; and

(ii)

the Charterers shall pay the Owners the amount of the fees and expenses incurred by the Owners in connection with any matter arising out of this paragraph (aa);

(bb)

if and when the Market Value of the Vessel falls below an amount (the “Minimum Amount”) which equals to 120% of the Charterhire Principal Balance as at the preceding anniversary of the Commencement Date, the Charterers shall, upon request, promptly and in any event not later than the date falling five (5) Business Days after the Owners notify them of such circumstance, provide, or ensure the provision of additional security which in the opinion of the Owners has a net realizable value of at least equal to the shortfall and is acceptable to the Owners, and which is documented in such terms as the Owners may require. (Such difference between the Market Value and the Minimum Amount being referred to as the “shortfall” for the purposes of this paragraph);

(cc)	they shall, and shall procure that each other Obligor will provide the Owners with access to class records in respect of the Vessel if and when requested by the Owners;

(dd)	they shall ensure that no Change of Control shall occur without the prior written consent of the Owners;

(ee)	they shall ensure that they and/or the Approved Managers shall comply with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006;

(ff)

they:

(i)

shall or shall procure that any other organisation or person whom the Charterers have contractually agreed to take over all duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code (including the relevant Approved Manager as an ISM Company or any Approved Sub-charterer of the Vessel) will:

(A)

surrender any Emission Allowances in respect of the Vessel under any applicable Emission Scheme; and

(B)

promptly upon the Owners’ request, provide and submit such signed mandate letter in the form required by the Owners and the relevant administering  authority and provide any other information and documents as required by the Owners and/or the relevant administering authority in relation to any applicable Emission Scheme;

(ii)

shall fulfil all obligations which may be imposed on the Owners as registered owner of the Vessel by the MARPOL Carbon Intensity Regulations;

(gg)	without prejudice to paragraph (ff) above, in relation to EU ETS:

(i)

the Charterers acknowledge that if the Vessel stops at ports in the European Union, they will incur liabilities under EU ETS and Fuel EU Maritime;

(ii)

the Charterers acknowledge and agree that if they intend to sail the Vessel into ports in the European Union, the Charterers shall register the Vessel as part of a shipping company as required under the EU ETS and shall comply in all respects with the EU ETS and Fuel EU Maritime;

(iii)

if required by the competent administering authority or the Owners (due to the requirements of the competent administering authority), the Charterers shall provide a letter in a format to be agreed by the Owners (and which is in a format acceptable to the competent Emission Scheme Authority) confirming that they or the competent ISM Company have assumed responsibility for the operation of the Vessel from the Owners (the "ETS and Fuel EU Maritime Letter"); and

(iv)

the Charterers shall, or procure that the relevant Approved Manager as ISM Company shall, submit the ETS and Fuel EU Maritime Letter to the relevant Emission Scheme Authority upon registration of the Vessel pursuant to the EU ETS and shall provide the Owners with evidence of such registration (if available by the said authority) promptly; and

(v)

the Owners hereby acknowledge and undertake to timely assist the Charterers on the above, including but not limited to signing any mandate letters, forms or other instruments and providing any necessary information, in relation to an Emissions Scheme that may be necessary for the Charterers and/or the ISM Company to complete any relevant procedures; and

(hh)	they shall (and they shall procure that each of the Approved Manager and where/if applicable, on a best efforts basis the Approved Sub-charterer shall):

(i)

co-operate and exchange all relevant data and information with each other in a timely manner to:

(A)

facilitate compliance by the Charterers and any other Emission Scheme Participant with any applicable Emission Scheme; and

(B)

enable the Charterers and any other Emission Scheme Participant to calculate the amount of Emission Allowances in respect of the Vessel which are required to be surrendered to the relevant Emission Scheme Authority for that Emission Scheme during the Charter Period; and

(ii)

promptly supply to the relevant Emission Scheme Authority relating to any applicable Emission Scheme with all relevant documents (including without limitation, any relevant mandating documents required in connection with surrendering the relevant Emission Allowances to the relevant Emission Scheme Authority relating to the relevant Emission Scheme) required to be provided to such Emission Scheme Authority relating to such Emission Scheme,

CLAUSE 49

– PURCHASE OPTION

49.1

The Charterers shall have the option, at any time after the Commencement Date, to purchase the Vessel on any date (the “Purchase Option Date”) specified in a notice (the “Purchase Option Notice”) at the applicable Purchase Option Price, subject always to giving the Owners no less than forty five (45) days’ prior written notice.

49.2	A Purchase Option Notice shall be signed by a duly authorised officer or attorney of the Charterers and, once delivered to the Owners, is irrevocable and the Charterers shall be bound to pay to the Owners the Purchase Option Price on the Purchase Option Date.

49.3	Only one Purchase Option Notice may be served throughout the duration of the Charter Period.

49.4

Upon the Owners’ receipt in full of the Purchase Option Price, the Owners shall transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of the Vessel on an “as is where is” basis (and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Clause 51 (Sale of the Vessels to the Charterers)) to the Charterers or their nominees and shall execute a bill of sale and a protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing the same and any other document strictly necessary to transfer the title of the Vessel to the Charterers (and to the extent required for such purposes the Vessel shall be deemed first to have been redelivered to the Owners).

CLAUSE 50

– PURCHASE OBLIGATION

CLAUSE 51

– SALE OF THE VESSEL TO THE CHARTERERS

51.1

All legal and beneficial interest and title in the Vessel shall be transferred to the Charterers by the Owners pursuant to the terms of Clause 41 (Termination, Redelivery and Total Loss), Clause 49 (Purchase option) or Clause 50(Purchase obligation) (as the case may be) on an “as is where is” basis and on the following terms and conditions:

(a)

the Charterers expressly agree and acknowledge that no condition, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given by or on behalf of the Owners in respect of the Vessel or any part thereof, and accordingly the Charterers confirm that they have not, in entering into this Charter, relied on any condition, warranty or representation by the Owners or any person on the Owners’ behalf, express or implied, whether arising by law or otherwise in relation to the Vessel or any part thereof, including, without limitation, warranties or representations as to the description, suitability, quality, merchantability, fitness for any purpose, value, state, condition, appearance, safety, durability, design or operation of any kind or nature of the Vessel or any part thereof, and the benefit of any such condition, warranty or representation by the Owners is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waived by the Charterers to the extent permissible under applicable law, the Charterers hereby also waive any rights which they may have in tort in respect of any of the matters referred to under this Clause 51 (Sale of the Vessel to the Charterers) and irrevocably agree that (i) the Owners shall have no greater liability in tort in respect of any such matter than they would have in contract after taking account of all of the foregoing exclusions; (ii) no third party making any representation or warranty relating to the Vessel or any part thereof is the agent of the Owners nor has any such third party authority to bind the Owners thereby and (iii) notwithstanding anything contained above, nothing contained herein is intended to obviate, remove or waive any rights or warranties or other claims relating thereto which the Charterers (or their nominee) or the Owners may have against the manufacturer or supplier of the Vessel or any third party;

(b)	the Vessel shall be free from all mortgages or any other liens, encumbrances, claims or debts whatsoever created by the Owners (save for those mortgages, liens, encumbrances or debts created under the Leasing Documents);

(c)

the Purchase Option Price, the Purchase Obligation Price, the Termination Purchase Price or the Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) shall be paid by (or on behalf of) the Charterers to the Owners on respectively the Purchase Option Date, the Charter Expiry Date, the Termination Notice Date or Mandatory Sale Date (as applicable), together with unpaid amounts of Charterhire and other moneys owing by or accrued or due from the Charterers under this Charter on or prior to the Purchase Option Date, the Charter Expiry Date, the Termination Notice Date or Mandatory Sale Date (as the case may be) which remain unpaid; and

(d)

upon the Purchase Option Price, the Purchase Obligation Price, the Termination Purchase Price or the Mandatory Sale Price (as the case may be) and all other moneys payable under this Charter being fully and irrevocably paid to the Owners on, and in accordance with, the terms set forth in this Charter (except in the case of Total Loss) the Owners agree (at the cost of the Charterers) to enter into (i) a bill of sale and (ii) a protocol of delivery and acceptance, and the Vessel shall accordingly be deemed delivered to the Charterers on the date and time set out in such protocol of delivery and acceptance (and to the extent required for such purposes the Vessel shall be deemed first to have been redelivered to the Owners).

CLAUSE 52

– INDEMNITIES

52.1

The Charterers agree to indemnify and keep the Owners (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) indemnified against all claims, expenses, liabilities, losses, reasonable and documented fees (including but not limited to any vessel registration and tonnage fees) suffered or incurred by or imposed on the Indemnitees directly arising from this Charter and any Leasing Document or in connection with delivery, possession, performance, control, registration, repair, survey, insurance, maintenance, manufacture, purchase, ownership and operation of the Vessel by the Indemnitees and the costs related to the prevention or release of liens or detention of or requisition, use, operation or redelivery, sale or disposal of the Vessel or any part of it and whether prior to, during or after termination of the leasing of this Charter and whether or not the Vessel is in the possession or the control of the Charterers or otherwise. Without prejudice to its generality, this Clause 52 (Indemnities) covers any claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which directly arise, or are asserted, under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, the MARPOL Protocol, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions. Such indemnity obligation shall survive the termination of the Charter Period.

52.2

Without prejudice to the above Clause 52.1, if any sum (a “Sum”) due from a Relevant Person (other than any Approved Sub-charterer which is not a member of the Group) under the Leasing Documents, or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of:

(a)	making or filing a claim or proof against that Relevant Person; or

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

52.3

The obligations of the Charterers under Clause 52(Indemnities) and in respect of any Security Interest created pursuant to the Security Documents will not be affected or discharged by an act, omission, matter or thing which would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under Clause 52 (Indemnities) or in respect of any Security Interest created pursuant to the Security Documents (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Relevant Person) including:

(a)	any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Relevant Person or other person;

(b)	the release of any other Relevant Person or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of the Guarantor or any of its affiliates;

(c)

the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or delay in perfecting, or refusal or neglect to take up or enforce, or delay in taking or enforcing any rights against, or security over assets of, any Relevant Person or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

(d)	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of a Relevant Person or any other person;

(e)	any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Leasing Document or any other document or security;

(f)	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Security Document or any other document or security; or

(g)	any insolvency or similar proceedings.

52.4

In consideration of the Charterers requesting the Other Owners to charter the Other Vessels to the relevant Other Charterers under the relevant Other Charters, the Charterers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay immediately on demand from any Other Owner such amounts in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities, losses, documented fees of every kind and nature and all other moneys due, owing and/or payable to any Other Owner under or in connection with any Other Charter, and to indemnify and hold such Other Owner harmless against all such moneys, costs, fees and expenses.

52.5

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and without prejudice to any right to damages or other claim which the Charterers may have at any time against the Owners under this Charter, the indemnities provided by the Charterers in favour of the Owners shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any breach of the terms of this Charter or termination of this Charter pursuant to the terms hereof or termination of this Charter by the Owners.

52.6

All rights which the Charterers have at any time (whether in respect of this Charter or any other transaction) against any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor shall be fully subordinated to the rights of the Owners under the Leasing Documents and until the end of this Charter and unless the Owners otherwise direct, the Charterers shall not exercise any rights which it may have (whether in respect of this Charter or any other transaction) by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Leasing Documents or by reason of any amount becoming payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 52 (Indemnities):

(a)	to be indemnified by any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor;

(b)	to claim any contribution from any third party providing security for, or any other guarantor of, the Other Charterers’ or the Guarantor’s obligations under the Leasing Documents;

(c)

to take any benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor under the Leasing Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Leasing Documents by any of the aforesaid parties;

(d)	to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor or any of them to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of any Leasing Document;

(e)	to exercise any right of set-off against any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor; and/or

(f)	to claim or prove as a creditor of any of the Other Charterers or the Guarantor,

52.7

The Charterers hereby irrevocably agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Owners against any claim, expense, liability or loss incurred by the Owners (and which is notified to the Charterers) in liquidating or employing deposits from the Owners’ Financier or third parties to fund the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA, on or prior to the Commencement Date.

CLAUSE 53

– NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION

53.1	All payments of Charterhire, the Purchase Obligation Price, the Purchase Option Price, the Termination Purchase Price and any other payment made from the Charterers to enable the Owners to pay all amounts under a Pertinent Document shall be paid punctually:

(a)	without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition (except in the case of Advance Charterhire which shall be subject to the set-off under Clause 36.2 above) and in the case of Charterhire, without previous demand unless otherwise agreed with the Owners; and

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

53.2	Without prejudice to Clause 53.1, if the Charterers are required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:

(a)	the Charterer shall notify the Owners as soon as they become aware of the requirement; and

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

53.3	In this Clause (No set-off or tax deduction) “tax deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, other than a FATCA Deduction.

CLAUSE 54

– INCREASED COSTS

54.1	This Clause 54(Increased costs) applies if the Owners notify the Charterers that they consider (acting in good faith) that as a result of:

(a)

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

(b)

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

54.2	In this Clause 54 (Increased costs), “increased cost” means, in relation to the Owners or the Owners’ Financier:

(a)

an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, as the case may be, (i) the Owners having entered into, or being a party to, this Charter, of funding the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA or performing their obligations under this Charter or (ii) the Owners’ Financier entering into the funding arrangements described under Clause 59.2(a);

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

(c)	an additional or increased cost of funding the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA; or

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

54.3	Subject to the terms of Clause 54.1, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners, on the Owners’ demand, the amounts which the Owners from time to time notify the Charterers to be necessary to compensate the Owners for the increased cost.

CLAUSE 55

– FATCA

55.1	Defined terms. For the purposes of this Clause 55(FATCA), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

55.2	FATCA Information.

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

(i)

confirm to that other party whether it is a FATCA Exempt Party or is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

(ii)

supply to the requesting party (with a copy to all other Relevant Parties) 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.

(b)	If a Relevant Party confirms to any other Relevant Party 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 so notify all other Relevant Parties reasonably promptly.

(c)	Nothing in this Clause (FATCA) shall oblige any Relevant Party to do anything which would or, in its reasonable opinion, might constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any fiduciary duty or any duty of confidentiality.

(d)

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

55.3	FATCA Deduction and gross-up by Relevant Party

(a)

If the representation made by the Charterers under Clause 47.1(o) proves to be untrue or misleading such that the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall make the FATCA Deduction and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by FATCA.

(b)	If the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction then the Charterers shall increase the payment due from them to the Owners to an amount which (after making any FATCA Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no FATCA Deduction had been required.

(c)

The Charterers shall promptly upon becoming aware that they must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or basis of a FATCA Deduction) notify the Owners accordingly.  Within thirty (30) days of the Charterers making either a FATCA Deduction or any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall deliver to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that the FATCA Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant governmental or taxation authority.

55.4	FATCA Deduction by Owners

55.5	FATCA Mitigation.

CLAUSE 56

– CONFIDENTIALITY

56.1	The Parties agree to keep the terms and conditions of this Charter and any other Leasing Documents (the "Confidential Information") strictly confidential, provided that a Party may disclose Confidential Information in the following cases:

(a)	it is already known to the public or becomes available to the public other than through the act or omission of the disclosing Party;

(b)

disclosure is made to any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, insurers, insurance advisors, insurance brokers, partners as the relevant Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (b) is informed by the disclosing Party in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

(c)

it is required to be disclosed under the applicable laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction, by a governmental order, decree, regulation or rule, by an order of a court, tribunal or listing exchange of the Relevant Jurisdiction, provided that the disclosing Party shall give written notice of such required disclosure to the other Party prior to the disclosure;

(d)

it is required to be disclosed to any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, pursuant to the rules of any relevant stock exchange and/or securities and exchange commission rules (including, but not limited to, the US Securities and Exchange Commission Rule or the Nasdaq Rules); or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

(e)	in filings with a court or arbitral body in proceedings in which the Confidential Information is relevant and in discovery arising out of such proceedings;

(f)

to (or through) whom a Party assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Leasing Document (as permitted by the terms thereof), provided that such person receiving Confidential Information shall undertake that it would not disclose Confidential Information to any other party save for circumstances arising which are similar to those described under this Clause (Confidentiality) or such other circumstances as may be permitted by all Parties;

(g)	to any of the following persons on a need to know basis:

(i)

a shareholder or an Affiliate of either Party or a party referred to in either paragraph (f) above or this paragraph (g)(i) or (g)(ii) (including the employees, officers and directors thereof);

(ii)

professional advisers retained by a disclosing party; or

(iii)

persons advising on, providing or considering the provision of financing to the disclosing party or an Affiliate,

(h)	with the prior written consent of all Parties.

CLAUSE 57

– PARTIAL INVALIDITY

CLAUSE 58

– SETTLEMENT OR DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL

58.1

Any settlement or discharge under any Leasing Document between the Owners and any Relevant Person or any other person shall be conditional upon no security or payment to the Owners by any Relevant Person or any other person being set aside, adjusted or ordered to be repaid, whether under any insolvency law or otherwise.

58.2

If the Owners consider (acting reasonably) that an amount paid or discharged by, or on behalf of, a Relevant Person in purported payment or discharge of an obligation of that Relevant Person to the Owners under the Leasing Documents is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the liquidation or administration of that Relevant Person or otherwise, then that amount shall not be considered to have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid or discharged for the purposes of the Leasing Documents.

CLAUSE 59

– CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

59.1	Assignment or transfer by the Charterers

59.2	Assignment or transfer by the Owners

(a)	the Owners are entitled to enter into certain funding arrangements with their financier(s), (the "Owners’ Financier"), in order to finance in part or in full of the Purchase Price, which funding arrangements may be secured, inter alia, by the relevant Financial Instruments;

(b)	the Owners may do any of the following as security for the funding arrangements referred to in paragraph (a) above, in each case, without the prior consent of the Charterers:

(i)

execute a ship mortgage over the Vessel or any other Financial Instrument in favour of an Owners’ Financier (if there is any financing charter registration in respect of this Charter, the Charterers shall cooperate with the Owners to de-register such financing charter registration or to assign all interest in and to such financing charter in favour of the Owner’s Financier to the satisfaction of the Owner’s Financier, provided that such de-registration or assignment shall not affect the Charterers’ rights to operate the Vessel in accordance with the terms of this Charter);

(ii)

assign their rights and interests to, in or in connection with this Charter and any other Leasing Document in favour of that Owners’ Financier;

(iii)

assign their rights and interests to, in or in connection with the Insurances, the Earnings and the Requisition Compensation of the Vessel in favour of that Owners’ Financier; and

(iv)

enter into any other document or arrangement which is necessary to give effect to such financing arrangements.

(c)

the Charterers undertake to comply, and provide such information and documents reasonably required to enable the Owners to comply, with all such instructions or directions in regard to the employment, insurances, operation, repairs and maintenance of the Vessel as laid down in any Financial Instrument or as may be directed from time to time during the currency of this Charter by the Owners’ Financier in conformity with any Financial Instrument.

(d)

The Owners may transfer by novation (or otherwise) any of its rights and obligations under the Leasing Documents and/or sell the Vessel at any time with the prior written consent of the Charterers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that such consent would not be required if such transfer is made:

(i)

to another lessor or financial institution or trust, fund, leasing company or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets or to any other party at any time;

(ii)

to an affiliate of the Owners;

(iii)

at such time following the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing; or

(iv)

in accordance with the Charterers’ exercise of the Purchase Option under Clause 49 (Purchase option) or of the Purchase Obligation under Clause 50 (Purchase obligation).

(e)

Following any change in the registered ownership of the Vessel permitted pursuant to Clause 59.2, this Charter would continue on identical terms (save for logical, consequential or mutually agreed amendments), and the Charterers hereby agree that they shall be liable to the aforesaid new owner of the Vessel for its performance of all obligations pursuant to this Charter after change of the registered ownership of the Vessel from the Owners to such new owner and shall procure that the Guarantor shall execute a guarantee in favour of the new owners for the inter alia, obligations of the Charterers under this Charter, in substantially in the same form as the Guarantee (or such other form as the Guarantor and the new owners may agree).

59.3

The Charterers agree and undertake to enter into any such usual documents as the Owners shall reasonably require to complete or perfect the transfer of the Vessel (with the benefit and burden of this Charter) pursuant to Clause 59.2 (Assignment or transfer by the Owners), at no cost to the Charterers.

CLAUSE 60

– MISCELLANEOUS

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

60.2	No term of this Charter is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not party to this Charter, save that any of the Other Owners may rely on the rights conferred on them under Clause 52.2.

60.3	This Charter and each Leasing Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Charter or that Leasing Document, as the case may be.

60.4	These additional clauses shall be read together with the BARECON 2001, and shall constitute a single instrument. In the case of any conflict between the provisions of these additional terms and the BARECON 2001, these additional terms shall prevai–.

CLAUSE 61

- DEFINITIONS

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

(a)

the management agreement in respect of the Vessel dated 2 March 2015 originally made between Seanergy Management Corp. and Fidelity Marine Inc., as amended and/or supplemented by an amendment deed no. 1 dated 11 September 2015, an amendment deed no. 2 dated 24 February 2016, an amendment deed no. 3 dated 1 February 2018, an amendment deed no. 4 dated 28 June 2018 and an amendment deed no. 5 dated 3 November 2021 and an accession deed dated 27 April 2021; or

(b)

such other management agreement entered into after the date of this Charter to be made between the Charterers as owner and an Approved Commercial Manager as commercial manager,

(a)

the crew management agreement in respect of the Vessel dated 19 May 2022 made between the Charterers as owner and Global Seaways S.A. as crew manager; or

(b)

such other management agreement entered into after the date of this Charter to be made between the Charterers as owner and an Approved Crew Manager as crew manager,

(a)

the services management agreement in respect of the Vessel dated 27 April 2021 made between the Charterers as owner and Seanergy Management Corp. as services manager; or

(b)

such other management agreement entered into after the date of this Charter to be made between the Charterers as owner and an Approved Services Manager as services manager,

(a)

the management agreement in respect of the Vessel dated 18 May 2022 made between the Charterers as owner and Seanergy Shipmanagement Corp. as technical manager; or

(b)

such other management agreement entered into after the date of this Charter to be made between the Charterers as owner and an Approved Technical Manager as technical manager,

(a)

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

(b)

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

(a)

any claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of an Environmental Incident or which relates to any Environmental Law; or

(a)

any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from the Vessel; or

(b)

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

(c)

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

(a)

for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or raised by the debtor;

(b)

under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor;

(c)

under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility made available to the debtor;

(d)

under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement (other than deferred payments for assets or services obtained on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) or any other agreement having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the debtor;

(e)

under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the liability of the debtor for the net amount; or

(f)

under a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in respect of a liability of another person which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (f) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person;

(a)

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

(b)

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

(a)

either:

(i)

the most recent applicable Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than three US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the relevant Term; or

(ii)

if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the relevant Term, SOFR for a day which is no more than five US Government Securities Business Days (and no less than two US Government Securities Business Days) before the Quotation Day; and

(b)

the most recent applicable Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than three US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the relevant Term.

(a)

either

(i)

the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day, prior to 5pm (New York time)) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the relevant Term; or

(ii)

if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the relevant Term, SOFR for the day which is two US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day, prior to 5pm (New York time); and

(b)

the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day, prior to 5pm (New York time)) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the relevant Term.

(a)

the Charterhire Principal Balance as at the Relevant Date;

(b)

any accrued but unpaid Variable Charterhire, as at the Relevant Date;

(c)

any Breakfunding Costs;

(d)

any costs incurred and expenses incurred by the Owners (and the Owners’ Financier (if any)) in locating, repossessing or recovering the Vessel or collecting any payments due under this Charter or in obtaining the due performance of the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter or the other Leasing Documents and any default interest in relation thereto;

(e)

any direct losses and liabilities and documented costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by the Owners in connection with the termination of this Charter under Clause 46 (Mandatory Sale); and

(f)

all other outstanding amounts payable under the Leasing Documents together with any applicable interest thereon.

(i)

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

(ii)

by Approved Valuers;

(iii)

without physical inspection of the Vessel or other vessel; and

(iv)

on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm’s length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract of employment or such other basis as may be agreed between the Charterers and the Owners.

(a)

the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Obligor; or

(b)

the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any Leasing Document to which it is a party; or

(c)

the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security Interests granted pursuant to any of the Leasing Documents or the rights or remedies of the Owners under any of the Leasing Documents.

(a)

Security Interests created by a Leasing Document or a Financial Instrument;

(b)

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

(c)

liens for salvage;

(d)

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

(e)

any other liens arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Vessel provided such liens do not secure amounts more than thirty (30) days overdue;

(f)

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

(g)

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

(a)

one point five per cent. (1.50%) of the Charterhire Principal Balance as at the Purchase Option Date, if the Purchase Option Date falls after the Commencement Date up to and including the third (3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date; or

(b)

nil, if the Purchase Option Date falls after the third (3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date.

(a)

the Charterhire Principal Balance as at the Purchase Option Date;

(b)

the applicable Purchase Option Fee;

(c)

any accrued but unpaid Variable Charterhire as at the Purchase Option Date;

(d)

a nominal fee of US$100;

(e)

any Breakfunding Costs;

(f)

any costs incurred and expenses incurred by the Owners in collecting any payments due under this Charter or in obtaining the due performance of the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter or the other Leasing Documents and any default interest in relation thereto;

(g)

any reasonable and documented losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by the Owners in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Option under Clause 49 (Purchase option); and

(h)

all other amounts due and outstanding under this Charter and the other Leasing Documents together with any applicable interest thereon.

(a)

the applicable Term SOFR for three (3) months as of the relevant Quotation Day; or

(b)

as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 37 (Changes to the calculation of interest),

(a)

its Original Jurisdiction;

(b)

any jurisdiction where any property owned by it and charged under a Pertinent Document is situated;

(c)

any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and

(d)

any jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Pertinent Documents entered into by it creating a Security Interest.

(a)

any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (excluding a requisition for hire or use for a fixed period equal to or less than one (1) year without any right to an extension, such requisition not involving a requisition for title) or acquisition of the Vessel, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected (whether de jure or de facto) by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority; and

(b)

any arrest, capture or seizure of the Vessel (including any hijacking or theft) by any person whatsoever.

(a)

imposed by law or regulation of United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council, the United States of America or the People’s Republic of China; or

(b)

otherwise imposed by any law or regulation binding on a Party or to which a Party is subject.

(a)

a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien or any other security interest of any kind;

(b)

the security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem; or

(c)

any other right which confers on a creditor or potential creditor a right or privilege to receive the amount actually or contingently due to it ahead of the general unsecured creditors of the debtor concerned; however this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution;

(a)

the first Term shall commence on (and include) the Commencement Date;

(b)

each subsequent Term shall commence on (and include) the last day of the preceding Term;

(c)

any Term which would otherwise overrun a Payment Date shall instead end on (and include) that Payment Date; and

(d)

any Term which would otherwise extend beyond the Charter Period shall instead end on (and include) the last day of the Charter Period.

(a)

the Charterhire Principal Balance as at the Relevant Date;

(b)

any accrued but unpaid Variable Charterhire, as at the Relevant Date;

(c)

the Termination Fee as at the Relevant Date (if applicable) (except in the case of a Total Loss);

(d)

any Breakfunding Costs;

(e)

any costs incurred and expenses incurred by the Owners (and the Owners’ Financier (if any)) in locating, repossessing or recovering the Vessel or collecting any payments due under this Charter or in obtaining the due performance of the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter or the other Leasing Documents and any default interest in relation thereto;

(f)

any direct losses and liabilities and documented costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by the Owners in connection with the termination of this Charter under Clause 45 (Termination Events); and

(g)

all other outstanding amounts payable under the Leasing Documents together with any applicable interest thereon.

(a)

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

(b)

any Requisition of the Vessel unless the Vessel is returned to the full control of the Borrower within forty five (45) days of such Requisition.

(a)

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

(b)

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

(i)

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

(ii)

the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Owners with the insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Vessel as a Total Loss;

(c)

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

(a)

a Saturday or a Sunday; and

(b)

a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government securities.

61.2	In this Charter:

(a)

cast, or control the casting of, more than fifty one per cent. (51%), of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of such company; or

(b)

appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of such company; or

(c)

give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of such company with which the directors or other equivalent officers of such company are obliged to comply;

61.3	Meaning of “month”.  A period of one or more “months” ends on the day in the relevant calendar month numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which the period started (“the numerically corresponding day”), but:

(a)

on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day; or

(b)

on the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding day;

61.4	Meaning of “subsidiary”. A company (S) is a subsidiary of another company (P) if:

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

P has the direct or indirect power to appoint or remove a majority of the directors of S; or

(d)

P otherwise has the direct or indirect power to ensure that the affairs of S are conducted in accordance with the wishes of P; or

(e)

and any company of which S is a subsidiary is a parent company of S.

61.5	In this Charter:

(a)

references to a Pertinent Document or any other document being in the form of a particular appendix or to any document referred to in the recitals include references to that form with any modifications to that form which the Owners approve;

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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

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

1	Corporate Authority

1.1	A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor.

1.2	If required, a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent) of the Guarantor and the Charterers

(a)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Leasing Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Leasing Documents to which it is a party;

(b)	authorizing a specified person or persons to execute the Leasing Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and

(c)	authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or dispatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or dispatched by it under, or in connection with, the Leasing Documents to which it is a party.

1.3	If applicable, a copy of the power of attorney of any party (other than any Approved Sub-charterer) to a Leasing Document authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Leasing Documents to which it is a party.

1.4	If required, a specimen of the signature of each person authorized by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.

1.5	If required, a copy of the resolutions signed by all the holder(s) of the issued shares of the Charterers, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by such Leasing Document.

1.6	A certificate of an officer or authorized signatory of each Obligor party to a Leasing Document certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 Part A is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Charter.

2	Leasing Documents

2.1	Duly executed copies of each Leasing Document (other than the General Assignment, the Manager’s Undertakings, the Shares Security Deed, the Account Security and the Trust Deed) and of each document to be delivered under each of them.

2.2	Agreed forms of the General Assignment, the Manager’s Undertakings, the Shares Security Deed, the Account Security and the Trust Deed, and of each document to be delivered under each of them.

3	Valuation(s) of the Vessel

4	Vessel Documents

4.1	A copy of each executed Approved Management Agreement establishing that the Vessel will, as from the Commencement Date, be managed by such Approved Manager and approved by the Owners.

4.2	A copy of the Document of Compliance of the relevant Approved Technical Manager in respect of technical management of the Vessel.

5	Legal opinions

5.1	An agreed form legal opinion by English legal advisers to the Owners on such matters on the laws of England in relation to the documents listed in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 of Part A of this Schedule, in form and substance acceptable to the Owners.

5.2

Agreed forms of legal opinions by lawyers appointed by the Owners on such matters relating to the documents listed in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 of Part A of this Schedule, concerning the laws of Liberia, Marshall Islands, Greece and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Owners may require, in form and substance acceptable to the Owners.

6	Vessel Insurances

6.1	Agreed form of letters of undertaking and certificates of entry (as the case may be) relating to insurances as set out in Clause 39 (Insurance) acknowledged by the relevant insurer, insurance broker, protection and indemnity association or war risks association (as the case may be).

6.2	An insurance report by an insurance advisor appointed by the Owners (but at the cost of the Charterers) in an agreed form acceptable to the Owners.

7	Approved Sub-charter

8	Payment Notice

9	Sellers’ payment of balance early purchase price

10	Deed of Release

11

Others

11.1	Evidence that the Earnings Account has been opened.

11.2	Copies of the Original Financial Statements.

11.3	Evidence that the Handling Fee (if due) and any fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers to the Owners under the Leasing Documents have been paid to and received by, or will be paid to and received by, the Owners.

11.4	Such evidence relating to a Relevant Person as the Owners may reasonably require for their (or their financiers) to be able to satisfy each of their “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in relation to the Pertinent Documents.

11.5

A copy of any other consents, approvals, authorization or other document, opinion or assurance which the Owners consider to be reasonably desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any of the documents listed in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 of Part A of this Schedule or for the validity and enforceability of such documents.

11.6	If required, evidence that any process agent referred to under the Leasing Documents has accepted its appointment.

11.7	Such other information and documents as the Owners may require by giving reasonable notice to the Charterers.

1	Security Documents

2	Vessel Documents in relation to Title

(a)	is or will be definitively registered in the name of the Owners under the Flag State;

(b)	is or will be in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Owners; and

(c)	has been or will be unconditionally delivered by the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to the terms of the MOA.

3	Vessel Document

4	Deed of Release

5

Others

5.1	Evidence that any fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers to the Owners under the Leasing Documents have been paid to and received by, or will be paid to and received by, the Owners, on Delivery of the Vessel.

5.2	Such other documents as the Owners may reasonably require by giving two (2) Business Days' prior written notice to the Charterers.

1	Vessel Documents

2	Registration of security

3	Legal opinions

4	Insurances

(a)

Not later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the Commencement Date, receipt of copies of the executed letters of undertaking and certificates of entry (as the case may be) relating to insurances as set out in Clause 39 (Insurance) acknowledged by the relevant insurer, insurance broker, protection and indemnity association or war risks association (as the case may be), each in the agreed form under paragraph 6.1 of Schedule 2 Part A.

(b)	Not later than twenty (20) Business Days after the Commencement Date, the signed insurance report in the form agreed under paragraph 6.2 of Schedule 2 Part A.

OWNERS
SIGNED BY	)
for and on behalf of	) /s/ Yang Guangyi
HAO LEO LIMITED	)  Attorney-in-fact
in the presence of	)
Witness’ signature: /s/ Yixin Zhang	)
Witness’ name:	) Yixin Zhang
Witness’ address:	)
16/F, Hangrong Mansion, 1481 Guozhan Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China

CHARTERERS
SIGNED BY    Stavros Gyftakis	)
attorney-in-fact	)  /s/ Stavros Gyftakis
for and on behalf of	)
HELLAS OCEAN NAVIGATION CO.	)
in the presence of	)
Witness’ signature:	)  /s/ Maria Moschopoulou
Witness’ name: Maria Moschopoulou	)
Witness’ address: 154 Vouliagmenis Avenue,	)
16674 Glyfada, Athens Greece