|
Clause
|
Page
|
|
|
1
|
Interpretation
|
2
|
|
2
|
Facility
|
17
|
|
3
|
Drawdown
|
17
|
|
4
|
Interest
|
19
|
|
5
|
Interest Periods
|
20
|
|
6
|
Default Interest
|
21
|
|
7
|
Repayment and Prepayment
|
22
|
|
8
|
Conditions Precedent
|
24
|
|
9
|
Representations and Warranties
|
25
|
|
10
|
General Undertakings
|
28 |
|
11
|
Corporate Undertakings
|
32
|
|
12
|
Insurance
|
33
|
|
13
|
Ship Covenants
|
39 |
|
14
|
Security Cover
|
44
|
|
15
|
Payments and Calculations
|
46
|
|
16
|
Application of Receipts
|
47
|
|
17
|
Application of Earnings
|
48 |
|
18
|
Events of Default
|
50
|
|
19
|
Fees and Expenses
|
55
|
|
20
|
Indemnities
|
56
|
|
21
|
No Set-off or Tax Deduction
|
58
|
|
22
|
Illegality, etc
|
59
|
|
23
|
Increased costs
|
60
|
|
24
|
Set-Off
|
61
|
|
25
|
Transfers and Changes in Lending Office
|
62
|
|
26
|
Variations and Waivers
|
63
|
|
27
|
Notices
|
64
|
|
28
|
Joint and Several Liability
|
65
|
|
29
|
BAIL IN
|
66
|
|
30
|
Supplemental
|
67
|
|
31
|
Law and Jurisdiction
|
67
|
|
Schedule 1 Drawdown Notice
|
69
|
|
|
Schedule 2 Condition Precedent Documents
|
70
|
|
|
Schedule 3 Form of Compliance Certificate
|
74
|
|
|
Execution Page
|
76
|
|
| (1) |
PANTELIS SHIPPING CORP., a corporation incorporated in
the Republic of Liberia whose registered office is at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia, ARETI SHIPPING LTD. and LIGHT SHIPPING LTD, each a corporation incorporated
in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as joint and several borrowers (together, the "Borrowers") and
|
| (2) |
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A., acting through its branch
at 2 Bouboulinas Street and Akti Miaouli, Piraeus 185 35, Greece (as "Lender").
|
| (i) |
refinancing the Existing Indebtedness secured on Ship A and Ship B; and
|
| (ii) |
financing part of the Acquisition Cost of Ship C.
|
| 1 |
INTERPRETATION
|
| 1.1 |
Definitions
|
| (a) |
31 December 2018 (or such later date as the Lender may agree with the Borrowers); or
|
| (b) |
if earlier, the Drawdown Date of that Advance or the date on which the Lender's obligation to make that Advance available is cancelled or terminated;
|
| (a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for
the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
|
| (b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion
Powers contained in that law or regulation;
|
| (a) |
except to the extent that they fall within paragraph (b);
|
| (i) |
all freight, hire and passage moneys;
|
| (ii) |
compensation payable to any Borrower or the Lender in the event of requisition of a Ship for hire;
|
| (iii) |
remuneration for salvage and towage services;
|
| (iv) |
demurrage and detention moneys;
|
| (v) |
damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of a Ship;
|
| (vi) |
all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in respect of loss of hire;
|
| (vii) |
all monies which are at any time payable to that Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and
|
| (b) |
if and whenever a Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a)(i) to (vii) 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 a Ship;
|
| (a) |
any claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident or which
relates to any Environmental Law; or
|
| (b) |
any claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to an alleged Environmental Incident,
|
| (a) |
any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from a Ship; or
|
| (b) |
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a vessel other than a Ship and which involves a collision between a Ship and such
other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or a Ship and/or any Borrower and/or
any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or
|
| (c) |
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released otherwise than from a Ship and in connection with which a Ship is actually or
potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Borrower and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action;
|
| (a) |
this Agreement;
|
| (b) |
the Guarantee;
|
| (c) |
the General Assignments;
|
| (d) |
the Mortgages;
|
| (e) |
the Retention Account Pledge;
|
| (f) |
the Manager's Undertakings;
|
| (g) |
any Charterparty Assignment; and
|
| (h) |
any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at any time by any Borrower or Security Party or any other person as
security for, or to establish any form of subordination or priorities arrangement in relation to, any amount payable to the Lender under this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this definition;
|
| (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 or dematerialised equivalent made available to the debtor;
|
| (d) |
under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement 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 ((a)) to
((e)) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person;
|
| (a) |
all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of that Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in respect of that
Ship, its Earnings (if applicable) or otherwise in relation to it whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; 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 Agreement;
|
| (a) |
the applicable Screen Rate; or
|
| (b) |
if no Screen Rate is available for that period, the rate per annum determined by the Lender to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to 4 decimal places) of
the rates, as supplied to the Lender at its request, quoted by the Reference Bank to leading banks in the London Interbank Market,
|
| (a) |
the business, property, assets, liabilities, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of a Borrower and/or the Guarantor taken as a whole; or
|
| (b) |
the ability of a Borrower and/or the Guarantor to comply with or perform any of its obligations or discharge any of its liabilities, under any Finance
Document as they fall due.
|
| (a) |
Security Interests created by the Finance Documents;
|
| (b) |
liens for unpaid crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice;
|
| (c) |
liens for salvage;
|
| (d) |
liens arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months' prepaid hire under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this Agreement;
|
| (e) |
liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading and any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary
course of the operation, repair or maintenance of a Ship, provided such liens do not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue and subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 13.13 (g);
|
| (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 Borrower is prosecuting or defending such action in good faith by appropriate steps (having a capped value of $250,000); and
|
| (g) |
Security Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not overdue for payment other than taxes being contested in good faith by
appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been made.
|
| (a) |
any Finance Document;
|
| (b) |
any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause 12 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and
|
| (c) |
any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document.
|
| (a) |
England and Wales;
|
| (b) |
the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed;
|
| (c) |
a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or in which the company's central management and control is or has recently been
exercised;
|
| (d) |
a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax;
|
| (e) |
a country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by, or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated, in which
the company maintains a branch or a permanent place of business, or in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be registered in order to ensure its validity or priority; and
|
| (f) |
a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as main or
territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c);
|
| (a) |
any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or connection with a Pertinent Document; or
|
| (b) |
any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling within paragraph (a),
|
| (a) |
Mr. Aristeidis J. Pittas;
|
| (b) |
the father, brothers and cousins of Mr. Aristeidis J. Pittas; and
|
| (c) |
all the lineal descendants in direct line of Mr. Aristeidis J. Pittas and any of the above persons,
|
| (a) |
listed on, or owned or controlled by a person, entity or party listed on any Sanctions list; or
|
| (b) |
located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person, entity or party located in or organised under the
laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide Sanctions as applicable; or
|
| (c) |
being at prohibited ports; or
|
| (d) |
being otherwise a target of Sanctions; or
|
| (e) |
acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of the parties listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) above; or
|
| (f) |
with which the Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction pursuant to OFAC, UN, EU and HMT Sanctions;
|
| (a) |
imposed by law or regulation of Greece, the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council or the United States
of America; or
|
| (b) |
otherwise imposed by any law or regulation by which any Security Party or any other member of the Group or any affiliate or any of them is bound or, as
regards a regulation, compliance with which is reasonable in the ordinary course of business of any Security Party or any other member of the Group, any affiliate of any of them.
|
| (a) |
the aggregate Market Value of the Ships then subject to a Mortgage; plus
|
| (b) |
the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under Clause 14 of this Agreement,
|
| (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;
and
|
| (c) |
any arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to the
position in which B would have been had he held a security interest over an asset of A; but 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) |
actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship;
|
| (b) |
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of that Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a
nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority (excluding a requisition for
hire for a fixed period not exceeding 1 year without any right to an extension) unless it is within 40 days redelivered to the relevant Borrower's full control;
|
| (c) |
any arrest, capture, seizure, condemnation or detention of that Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 40 days redelivered to the
relevant Borrower's full control;
|
| (a) |
in the case of an actual loss of a Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when that Ship was last heard of;
|
| (b) |
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship, the earliest 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 Borrower owing that Ship with that Ship's insurers) in which the insurers
agree to treat that Ship as a total loss; and
|
| (c) |
in the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Lender that the event constituting the total
loss occurred; and
|
| 1.2 |
Construction of certain terms
|
| 1.3 |
Meaning of "month"
|
| (a) |
on the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no later Business
Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding 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,
|
| 1.4 |
Meaning of "subsidiary"
|
| (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,
|
| 1.5 |
General Interpretation
|
| (a) |
references to, or to a provision of, a Finance Document or any other document are references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of this
Agreement or otherwise;
|
| (b) |
references to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Agreement or
otherwise;
|
| (c) |
words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and
|
| (d) |
Clauses 1.1 to 1.5 apply unless the contrary intention appears.
|
| 1.6 |
Headings
|
| 2 |
FACILITY
|
| 2.1 |
Amount of facility
|
| (a) |
Advance A shall be in an amount of $6,879,192; and
|
| (b) |
Advance B shall be in an amount of $8,120,808.
|
| 2.2 |
Purpose of Advances
|
| 2.3 |
Greek Currency Committee
|
| 3 |
DRAWDOWN
|
| 3.1 |
Request for Advance
|
| 3.2 |
Availability
|
| (a) |
the Drawdown Date in relation to an Advance has to be a Business Day during the Availability Period;
|
| (b) |
each Advance shall be drawn in a single amount which shall not exceed the amount applicable thereto referred to in Clause 2.1 and shall be used for the
purpose referred to in the preamble to this Agreement;
|
| (c) |
any amount of an Advance not drawn on the Drawdown Date in respect of that Advance shall be cancelled and may not be borrowed by the Borrowers at a later
date; and
|
| (d) |
the aggregate amount of the Advances shall not exceed the Commitment.
|
| 3.3 |
Drawdown Notice irrevocable
|
| 3.4 |
Disbursement of Advance
|
| 3.5 |
Disbursement of Advance to third party
|
| 3.6 |
Prepositioning of funds
|
| (a) |
the amount remitted shall be held in an account in the Lender's name and to the order of the Lender;
|
| (b) |
such amount will only be released to the Relevant Bank upon satisfaction of the conditions described in the remittance message with which the conditional
payment is effected for the transfer of the funds to the Existing Lender or the Seller, as the case may be, including without limitation, (i) written instructions specifying the amount to be released signed on behalf of the Lender by a
person named in the Lender's remittance instructions and/or (ii) a copy of the protocol of delivery and acceptance in respect of Ship C in the form agreed between the Seller and Borrower C and duly signed on behalf of the Seller and
Borrower C and/or such other documents as the Lender may, at its absolute discretion, agrees to;
|
| (c) |
in the event that none of the said amount so remitted is released in accordance with the Lender's instructions or any part thereof is not so released, the
money held by the Relevant Bank 5 days (or such longer period as the Lender may, at its absolute discretion, agree to) after its receipt by the Relevant Bank is returned to the account specified in the Lender's remittance instructions;
|
| (d) |
the Relevant Conditions Precedent shall be satisfied simultaneously with any release to the Relevant Bank pursuant to (b) above; and
|
| (e) |
the Borrowers shall, without duplication, indemnify the Lender against any costs, loss or liability it may incur in connection with such arrangement.
|
| 4 |
INTEREST
|
| 4.1 |
Payment of normal interest
|
| 4.2 |
Normal rate of interest
|
| 4.3 |
Payment of accrued interest
|
| 4.4 |
Notification of market disruption
|
| 4.5 |
Suspension of drawdown
|
| 4.6 |
Negotiation of alternative rate of interest
|
| 4.7 |
Application of agreed alternative rate of interest
|
| 4.8 |
Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement
|
| 4.9 |
Notice of prepayment
|
| 4.10 |
Prepayment
|
| 4.11 |
Application of prepayment
|
| 5 |
INTEREST PERIODS
|
| 5.1 |
Commencement of Interest Periods
|
| 5.2 |
Duration of normal Interest Periods
|
| (a) |
1, 2, 3, 6 or 12 months as notified by the Borrowers to the Lender not later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days before the commencement of the
Interest Period; or
|
| (b) |
3 months, if the Borrowers fail to notify the Lender by the time specified in paragraph (a); or
|
| (c) |
such other period requested by the Borrowers and accepted by the Lender in its sole discretion which is less than 12 months.
|
| 5.3 |
Duration of Interest Periods for Repayment Instalments
|
| 5.4 |
Non-availability of matching deposits for Interest Period selected
|
| 6 |
DEFAULT INTEREST
|
| 6.1 |
Payment of default interest on overdue amounts
|
| 6.2 |
Notification of interest periods and default rates
|
| 6.3 |
Payment of accrued default interest
|
| 6.4 |
Compounding of default interest
|
| 7 |
REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT
|
| 7.1 |
Amount of repayment instalments
|
| (a) |
12 consecutive quarterly instalments, in the amount of $700,000 each (each a "Repayment Instalment" and together, the "Repayment Instalments"); and
|
| (b) |
together with the twelfth Repayment Instalment, a balloon instalment in the amount of $6,600,000 (the "Balloon Instalment"),
|
| 7.2 |
Repayment Dates
|
| 7.3 |
Final Repayment Date
|
| 7.4 |
Voluntary prepayment
|
| 7.5 |
Conditions for voluntary prepayment
|
| (a) |
a partial prepayment shall be $100,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 or any other amount as the Lender may agree with the Borrowers;
|
| (b) |
the Lender has received from the Borrowers at least 10 days' prior written notice specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date on which the prepayment is
to be made; and
|
| (c) |
the Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory to the Lender that any consent required by any Borrower or any Security Party in connection with the
prepayment has been obtained and remains in force, and that any regulation relevant to this Agreement which affects any Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with.
|
| 7.6 |
Effect of notice of prepayment
|
| 7.7 |
Mandatory prepayment
|
| (a) |
in the case of a sale, on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the relevant Ship to the buyer thereof; or
|
| (b) |
in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 90 days after the Total Loss Date and the date of receipt by the Lender of the proceeds of
insurance relating to such Total Loss,
|
| (c) |
In this Clause 7.7, "Relevant Amount" means an amount
equal to the higher of:
|
| (i) |
the Loan multiplied by a fraction whose:
|
| (A) |
numerator is the sale price (in case of a sale) or the Insured Value (in case of Total Loss), as the case may be, of the Ship being sold or which has become a
Total Loss; and
|
| (B) |
denominator is the aggregate of (i) the sale price or Insured Value, as the case may be, of the Ship being sold or which has become a Total Loss and (ii) the
Market Value of the other Ships then subject to a Mortgage; and
|
| (ii) |
an amount, which after giving credit for the amount of the prepayment made pursuant to this Clause 7.7, results in the Security Cover Ratio being equal to the
higher of (A) the Security Cover Ratio which needs to be maintained pursuant to Clause 14.1, (B) the Security Cover Ratio which applied immediately prior to the date of sale or the Total Loss Date for the Ship which has been sold or
become a Total Loss and (C) 125 per cent..
|
| 7.8 |
Amounts payable on prepayment
|
| 7.9 |
Application of partial prepayment
|
| 7.10 |
No reborrowing
|
| 8 |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
| 8.1 |
Documents, fees and no default
|
| (a) |
that, on or before the service of the first Drawdown Notice, the Lender receives the documents described in Part A of Schedule 2 in form and substance
satisfactory to it and its lawyers;
|
| (b) |
that, on each Drawdown Date but prior to the making of any Advance, the Lender receives the documents described in Part B of Schedule 2 in form and substance
satisfactory to it and its lawyers;
|
| (c) |
that, on or before the service of each Drawdown Notice, the Lender has received payment of the arrangement fee referred to in Clause 19.1 and has received
payment of the expenses referred to in Clause 19.2; and
|
| (d) |
that both at the date of each Drawdown Notice and at each Drawdown Date:
|
| (i) |
no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or would result from the borrowing of the relevant Advance;
|
| (ii) |
the representations and warranties in Clause 9.1 and those of the Borrowers or any Security Party which are set out in the other Finance Documents would be
true and not misleading in any respect if repeated on each of those dates with reference to the circumstances then existing;
|
| (iii) |
none of the circumstances contemplated by Clause 4.4 has occurred and is continuing; and
|
| (iv) |
there has been no Material Adverse Change; and
|
| (e) |
that, if the ratio set out in Clause 14.1 were applied immediately following the making of the an Advance, the Borrowers would not be obliged to provide
additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause; and
|
| (f) |
that the Lender has received, and found to be acceptable to it, any further opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with the Finance
Documents which the Lender may request by notice to the Borrowers prior to the Drawdown Date.
|
| 8.2 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
|
| 9 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
| 9.1 |
General
|
| 9.2 |
Status
|
| 9.3 |
Share capital and ownership
|
| 9.4 |
Corporate power
|
| (a) |
to execute the MOA and to purchase and pay for Ship C;
|
| (b) |
to execute the Finance Documents to which that Borrower is a party; and
|
| (c) |
to borrow under this Agreement and to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, those Finance Documents to which that Borrower is a party.
|
| 9.5 |
Consents in force
|
| 9.6 |
Legal validity; effective Security Interests
|
| (a) |
constitute that Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against that Borrower in accordance with their respective terms; and
|
| (b) |
create legal, valid and binding Security Interests enforceable in accordance with their respective terms over all the assets to which they, by their terms,
relate,
|
| 9.7 |
No third party Security Interests
|
| (a) |
each Borrower which is a party to that Finance Document will have the right to create all the Security Interests which that Finance Document purports to
create; and
|
| (b) |
no third party will have any Security Interest (other than any Permitted Security Interests) or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation to
any asset to which any such Security Interest, by its terms, relates.
|
| 9.8 |
No conflicts
|
| (a) |
any law or regulation in any Pertinent Jurisdiction; or
|
| (b) |
the constitutional documents of any Borrower; or
|
| (c) |
any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on any Borrower or any of its assets.
|
| 9.9 |
No withholding taxes
|
| 9.10 |
No default
|
| 9.11 |
Information
|
| 9.12 |
No litigation
|
| 9.13 |
Compliance with certain undertakings
|
| 9.14 |
Taxes paid
|
| 9.15 |
ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance
|
| 9.16 |
No money laundering
|
| 9.17 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
No Borrower nor any Security Party:
|
| (i) |
is a Prohibited Party;
|
| (ii) |
is owned or controlled by or acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Party;
|
| (iii) |
owns or controls a Prohibited Party;
|
| (iv) |
has a Prohibited Party serving as a director, officer or, to the best of its knowledge, employee; or
|
| (v) |
is domiciled or incorporated in any of the restricted countries.
|
| (b) |
No proceeds of the Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Party nor shall they be otherwise directly or
indirectly, applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions.
|
| (c) |
Each Security Party and each other member of the Group and each affiliate of any of them is in compliance with all Sanctions.
|
| 9.18 |
Validity and completeness of the MOA
|
| (a) |
it constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms subject to any relevant insolvency laws
affecting creditors' rights generally;
|
| (b) |
no amendments or additions to it have been agreed (other than those notified to the Lender prior to the date of this Agreement) nor has any of the parties
thereto waived any of their respective rights thereunder; and
|
| (c) |
it has not been cancelled, terminated, rescinded or suspended or otherwise has ceased to remain in force for any reason.
|
| 9.19 |
No rebates etc.
|
| 10 |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 10.1 |
General
|
| 10.2 |
Title; negative pledge and pari passu ranking
|
| (a) |
hold the legal title to, and own the entire direct beneficial interest in the Ship owned by it, her Insurances and Earnings, free from all Security Interests
and other interests and rights of every kind, except for those created or permitted by the Finance Documents and the effect of assignments contained in the Finance Documents;
|
| (b) |
not create or permit to arise any Security Interest over any other asset, present or future; and
|
| (c) |
ensure that its liabilities under the Finance Documents to which it is a party do and will rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future
unsecured liabilities, except for liabilities which are mandatorily preferred by law.
|
| 10.3 |
No disposal of assets
|
| (a) |
all or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions, whether related or not; or
|
| (b) |
any debt payable to it or any other right (present, future or contingent right) to receive a payment, including any right to damages or compensation,
|
| 10.4 |
No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred
|
| 10.5 |
Information provided to be accurate
|
| 10.6 |
Provision of financial statements
|
| (a) |
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 120 days after the end of each Financial Year of each Borrower and the Guarantor, the individual management
accounts of each Borrower and the consolidated audited annual financial statements of the Group for that Financial Year (commencing with the unaudited management accounts or the audited financial statements (as the case may be) for the
Financial Year which ended on 31 December 2018 in respect of the Borrowers and on 31 December 2018 in respect of the Guarantor);
|
| (b) |
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each 6-month period ending on 30 June and 31 December in each Financial Year of each
Borrower or, as the case may be, the Guarantor, the semi-annual individual unaudited management accounts in respect of each Borrower or, in the case of the Guarantor, the semi-annual consolidated unaudited financial statements of the
Group, in each case, for that 6-month period (commencing with the management accounts for the 6-month period ending on 30 June 2018 in respect of each Borrower and the financial statements for the period ending on 30 June 2018 in
respect of the Guarantor), duly certified as to their correctness by the chief financial officer of the Guarantor;
|
| (c) |
from time to time, and on demand such financial or other information relating to the Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Group and/or a Ship as may be requested by
the Lender.
|
| 10.7 |
Form of financial statements
|
| (a) |
be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
|
| (b) |
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Borrowers, the Guarantor and the Group at the date of those accounts and of their profit for the
period to which those accounts relate; and
|
| (c) |
fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of each Borrower, the Guarantor and the Group.
|
| 10.8 |
Compliance Certificate
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall supply to the Lender, together with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 10.6, a
Compliance Certificate.
|
| (b) |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be duly signed by the chief financial officer of the Guarantor and two directors of the Borrowers, evidencing the
Guarantor's compliance with the financial covenants set out in the Guarantee.
|
| 10.9 |
Shareholder and creditor notices
|
| 10.10 |
Consents
|
| (a) |
in the case of Borrower C, to perform its obligations under the MOA;
|
| (b) |
for that Borrower to perform its obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a party;
|
| (c) |
for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document to which it is a party;
|
| (d) |
for the validity or enforceability of the MOA; and
|
| (e) |
for that Borrower to continue to own and operate the Ship owned by it,
|
| 10.11 |
Maintenance of Security Interests
|
| (a) |
at its own cost, do all that it can to ensure that any Finance Document, validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to
create; and
|
| (b) |
without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), at its own cost, promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or authority
in all Pertinent Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance Document, give any notice or take any other step which may be or become necessary or desirable for any
Finance Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which it creates.
|
| 10.12 |
Notification of litigation
|
| 10.13 |
Principal place of business
|
| 10.14 |
Confirmation of no default
|
| (a) |
states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; or
|
| (b) |
states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, except for a specified event or matter, of which all material details are given.
|
| 10.15 |
Notification of default
|
| (a) |
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or
|
| (b) |
any matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default may have occurred,
|
| 10.16 |
Provision of further information
|
| (a) |
to that Borrower, the Guarantor, the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances; or
|
| (b) |
to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance Document,
|
| 10.17 |
"Know your customer" checks
|
| (a) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
| (b) |
any change in the status of a Borrower or any Security Party after the date of this Agreement; or
|
| (c) |
a proposed assignment or transfer by the Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such
assignment or transfer,
|
| 10.18 |
No amendment to the MOA
|
| 11 |
CORPORATE UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 11.1 |
General
|
| 11.2 |
Maintenance of status
|
| 11.3 |
Negative undertakings
|
| (a) |
carry on any type of business other than the ownership, chartering and operation of the Ship owned by it; or
|
| (b) |
pay any dividend if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of the payment of that
dividend; or
|
| (c) |
make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital; or
|
| (d) |
provide any form of credit or financial assistance to:
|
| (i) |
a person who is directly or indirectly interested in that Borrower's share or loan capital; or
|
| (ii) |
any company in or with which such a person is directly or indirectly interested or connected,
|
| (e) |
open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Lender for the purposes of the Finance Documents (including,
without limitation, the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Account);
|
| (f) |
issue, allot or grant any person a right to any shares in its capital or repurchase or reduce its issued share capital;
|
| (g) |
acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks, or
enter into any transaction in a derivative;
|
| (h) |
enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger or any form of reconstruction or reorganisation;
|
| (i) |
acquire any vessel other than the Ship owned by it; or
|
| (j) |
incur any Financial Indebtedness, other than (i) in the ordinary course of owning and operating the Ship owned by it, (ii) as otherwise contemplated pursuant
to this Agreement and the other Finance Documents and (iii) at all times until the Drawdown Date the Existing Indebtedness.
|
| 11.4 |
Financial Developments
|
| 11.5 |
Minimum Liquidity
|
| 12 |
INSURANCE
|
| 12.1 |
Maintenance of obligatory insurances
|
| (a) |
fire and usual marine risks (including, without limitation, hull and machinery and excess risks);
|
| (b) |
war risks (including, without limitation, terrorism, piracy and
confiscation);
|
| (c) |
protection and indemnity risks (including liability for oil pollution, excess war risk P&I cover and the proportion (if any) of any collision liability
not covered under the terms of the hull cover) on standard club rules, covered by a Protection and Indemnity association which is a member of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Associations ("IGA") (or, if IGA ceases to exist, any other leading protection and indemnity association or other leading provider of protection and indemnity insurance
acceptable to the Lender);
|
| (d) |
freight, demurrage and defence risks; and
|
| (e) |
any other risks against which the Lender, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, may request from time to time
and which, in the opinion of the Lender, are reasonable for that Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Lender by notice to that Borrower.
|
| 12.2 |
Terms of obligatory insurances
|
| (a) |
in Dollars;
|
| (b) |
in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least the greater of (i) the Market Value of the Ship owned
by it and (ii) an amount which, when aggregated with the amount for which the other Ships then subject to a Mortgage are insured pursuant to this Clause, is equal to 125 per cent. of the Loan;
|
| (c) |
in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection
and indemnity club entry and in the international marine insurance market (currently $1,000,000,000);
|
| (d) |
in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full tonnage of the Ship owned by it;
|
| (e) |
on approved terms; and
|
| (f) |
through first class approved brokers and with first class approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and
indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations.
|
| 12.3 |
Further protections for the Lender
|
| (a) |
subject always to paragraph (b), name that Borrower as the sole named assured unless the interest of every other named assured is limited:
|
| (i) |
in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks;
|
| (A) |
to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and
|
| (B) |
to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against
it); and
|
| (ii) |
in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following
discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against it;
|
| (b) |
in the case of any obligatory insurances against any risks other than protection and indemnity risks, and whenever the Lender requires, name (or be amended to
name) the Lender as additional named assured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Lender, but without the Lender thereby being liable to pay (but
having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;
|
| (c) |
name the Lender as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Lender may specify;
|
| (d) |
provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Lender shall be made without set-off, counterclaim or
deductions or condition whatsoever;
|
| (e) |
provide that such obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Lender;
|
| (f) |
provide that the Lender may make proof of loss if that Borrower fails to do so;
|
| (g) |
provide that the Lender will be notified promptly in case of any material changes to the obligatory insurances which adversely affects the interest of the
Lender; and
|
| (h) |
provide that if any obligatory insurance is cancelled, or if any obligatory insurance is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium, such cancellation, or
lapse shall not be effective for 14 days (or 7 days in the case of war risks) after receipt by the Lender of prior written notice from the insurers of such cancellation or lapse.
|
| 12.4 |
Renewal of obligatory insurances
|
| (a) |
at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance:
|
| (i) |
notify the Lender of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom that Borrower proposes to
renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and
|
| (ii) |
obtain the Lender's approval to the matters referred to in paragraph (i);
|
| (b) |
at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Lender's approval pursuant to paragraph
(a); and
|
| (c) |
procure that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after
the renewal notify the Lender in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal.
|
| 12.5 |
Copies of policies; letters of undertaking
|
| (a) |
they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 12.2;
|
| (b) |
they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Lender in accordance with the said loss payable clause;
|
| (c) |
they will advise the Lender immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances;
|
| (d) |
they will notify the Lender, not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal
instructions from that Borrower or its agents and, in the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Lender of the terms of the instructions;
|
| (e) |
if the insurances form part of a fleet cover they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship owned by that
Borrower under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of the Ship owned by it or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which
they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts,; and
|
| (f) |
they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts for 14 days (or 7 days in the case of war risks)
after the receipt by the Lender of a prior written notice and they will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Lender.
|
| 12.6 |
Copies of certificates of entry
|
| (a) |
a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship;
|
| (b) |
a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Lender;
|
| (c) |
where required to be issued under the terms of insurance/indemnity provided by that Borrower's protection and indemnity association, a certified copy of each
United States of America voyage quarterly declaration (or other similar document or documents) made by the Borrower in relation to the Ship owned by it in accordance with the requirements of such protection and indemnity association;
and
|
| (d) |
a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant
certifying authority in relation to that Ship.
|
| 12.7 |
Deposit of original policies
|
| 12.8 |
Payment of premiums
|
| 12.9 |
Guarantees
|
| 12.10 |
Compliance with terms of insurances
|
| (a) |
each Borrower shall take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and
(without limiting the obligation contained in Clause 12.6(c)) if applicable) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Lender has not given its prior approval;
|
| (b) |
no Borrower shall make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or any manager or operator of the Ship owned by it unless approved
by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances;
|
| (c) |
each Borrower shall make (and promptly supply copies to the Lender of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and
indemnity risks association in which the Ship owned by it is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other
applicable legislation); and
|
| (d) |
no Borrower shall employ the Ship owned by it, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory
insurances, without first
|
| 12.11 |
Alteration to terms of insurances
|
| 12.12 |
Settlement of claims
|
| 12.13 |
Provision of copies of communications
|
| (a) |
the approved brokers; and
|
| (b) |
the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and
|
| (c) |
the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:
|
| (i) |
that Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional
premiums or calls;
|
| (ii) |
any credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) relating wholly or partly to the effecting or
maintenance of the obligatory insurances; and
|
| (iii) |
a claim in an amount higher than $400,000 under the obligatory insurances of the Ship owned by it.
|
| 12.14 |
Provision of information
|
| (a) |
obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be
effected; and/or
|
| (b) |
effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 12.16 below or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any
such insurances,
|
| 12.15 |
Mortgagee's interest, additional perils
|
| 12.16 |
Review of insurance requirements
|
| 12.17 |
Modification of insurance requirements
|
| 12.18 |
Compliance with mortgagee's instructions
|
| 13 |
SHIP COVENANTS
|
| 13.1 |
General
|
| 13.2 |
Ship's name and registration
|
| 13.3 |
Repair and classification
|
| (a) |
consistent with first‑class ship ownership and management practice;
|
| (b) |
so as to maintain the highest class with a first class classification society (which is a member of IACS acceptable to the Lender) free of overdue
recommendations and conditions affecting class; and
|
| (c) |
so as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels registered under the applicable Approved Flag or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to
which that Ship may trade from time to time, including but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,
|
| 13.4 |
Classification society undertaking
|
| (a) |
to send to the Lender, following receipt of a written request from the Lender, certified true copies of all original class records held by the classification
society in relation to that Ship;
|
| (b) |
to allow the Lender (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of that Borrower and that Ship at
the offices of the classification society and to take copies of them;
|
| (c) |
to notify the Lender immediately in writing if the classification society:
|
| (i) |
receives notification from that Borrower or any other person that that Ship's classification society is to be changed; or
|
| (ii) |
becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of that Ship's class
under the rules or terms and conditions of that Borrower's or that Ship's membership of the classification society; and
|
| (d) |
following receipt of a written request from the Lender:
|
| (i) |
to confirm that that Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society and, without limiting the
foregoing, that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the classification society; or
|
| (ii) |
if that Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society, to specify to the Lender in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the classification society.
|
| 13.5 |
Modification
|
| 13.6 |
Removal of parts
|
| 13.7 |
Surveys
|
| 13.8 |
Inspection
|
| 13.9 |
Prevention of and release from arrest
|
| (a) |
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances;
|
| (b) |
all taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances; and
|
| (c) |
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances,
|
| 13.10 |
Compliance with laws etc.
|
| (a) |
comply, or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, all Sanctions and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship
owned by it, its ownership, operation and management or to the business of that Borrower;
|
| (b) |
not employ the Ship owned by it nor allow its employment in any manner contrary to any law or regulation in any Pertinent Jurisdiction including but not
limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code; and
|
| (c) |
in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), not cause or permit the Ship owned by it to enter or trade to any zone
which is declared a war zone by any government or by the Ship's war risks insurers unless the prior written consent of the Lender has been given and that Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified
insurance cover which the Lender may require.
|
| 13.11 |
Provision of information
|
| (a) |
the Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements;
|
| (b) |
the Earnings and payments and amounts due to the master and crew of the Ship owned by it;
|
| (c) |
any expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship owned by it and any payments made in
respect of that Ship;
|
| (d) |
any towages and salvages; and
|
| (e) |
its compliance, the Approved Manager's and the compliance of the Ship owned by it with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code,
|
| 13.12 |
Notification of certain events
|
| (a) |
any casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;
|
| (b) |
any occurrence as a result of which the Ship owned by it has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;
|
| (c) |
any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not immediately complied with in
accordance with its terms;
|
| (d) |
any arrest or detention of the Ship owned by it which is not lifted within forth eight (48) hours, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on that Ship
or its Earnings or any requisition of that Ship for hire;
|
| (e) |
any intended dry docking of the Ship owned by it;
|
| (f) |
any Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with the Ship owned by it, or any Environmental Incident;
|
| (g) |
any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against that Borrower, the Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship owned by
it; or
|
| (h) |
any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with,
|
| 13.13 |
Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.
|
| (a) |
let that Ship on demise charter for any period;
|
| (b) |
enter into any time or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship for a term which is equal to or exceeds, or which by virtue of any optional
extensions may be equal to or exceed, 12 months;
|
| (c) |
enter into any charter in relation to that Ship under which more than 2 months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance;
|
| (d) |
charter that Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm's length terms at the time when that Ship is fixed;
|
| (e) |
appoint a manager of that Ship other than the Approved Manager or agree to any alteration to the terms of the Approved Manager's appointment;
|
| (f) |
de‑activate or lay up that Ship; or
|
| (g) |
put that Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $400,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Lender and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on that Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other
reason.
|
| 13.14 |
Notice of Mortgage
|
| 13.15 |
Sharing of Earnings
|
| 13.16 |
Charterparty Assignment
|
| (a) |
an Approved Charter, that Borrower shall at the request of the Lender execute in favour of the Lender (and register, if applicable) a Charterparty Assignment
in respect of such Approved Charter and shall deliver to the Lender any documents in relation thereto which the Lender may require; or
|
| (b) |
a bareboat or demise charter, that Borrower shall at the request of the Lender execute in favour of the Lender a Charterparty Assignment and/ or a tripartite
agreement (as the Lender may require) and shall deliver to the Lender such other documents, including, without limitation documents in respect of the relevant bareboat charterer, equivalent to those referred to at paragraphs 3, 4 and 5
of Part A and paragraph 10 of Part B of Schedule 2 hereof as the Lender may require.
|
| 13.17 |
ISPS Code
|
| (a) |
procure that the Ship owned by that Borrower and the company responsible for that Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code; and
|
| (b) |
maintain for that Ship an ISSC; and
|
| (c) |
notify the Lender immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC.
|
| 13.18 |
Trading certificates
|
| 14 |
SECURITY COVER
|
| 14.1 |
Minimum required security cover
|
| 14.2 |
Provision of additional prepayment
|
| 14.3 |
Meaning of additional security
|
| 14.4 |
Requirement for additional documents
|
| 14.5 |
Valuation of Ship
|
| (a) |
as at a date not more than 30 days previously;
|
| (b) |
by an Approved Broker appointed by the Lender;
|
| (c) |
in Dollars;
|
| (d) |
with or without physical inspection of that Ship (as the Lender may require); and
|
| (e) |
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.
|
| 14.6 |
Value of additional vessel security
|
| 14.7 |
Valuations binding
|
| 14.8 |
Provision of information
|
| 14.9 |
Payment of valuation expenses
|
| 14.10 |
Frequency of Valuations
|
| 14.11 |
Application of prepayment
|
| 15 |
PAYMENTS AND CALCULATIONS
|
| 15.1 |
Currency and method of payments
|
| (a) |
by not later than 14.00 a.m. (Athens time) on the due date; and
|
| (b) |
in same day Dollar funds settled through the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or in such other Dollar funds and/or settled in such other
manner as the Lender shall specify as being customary at the time for the settlement of international transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement).
|
| 15.2 |
Payment on non-Business Day
|
| (a) |
the due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; or
|
| (b) |
if the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the due date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day,
|
| 15.3 |
Basis for calculation of periodic payments
|
| 15.4 |
Lender accounts
|
| 15.5 |
Accounts prima facie evidence
|
| 16 |
APPLICATION OF RECEIPTS
|
| 16.1 |
Normal order of application
|
| (a) |
FIRST: in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Lender under the Finance Documents;
|
| (b) |
SECONDLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest or commission due but unpaid under the Finance Documents;
|
| (c) |
THIRDLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
| (d) |
FOURTHLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any other amounts due but unpaid under any Finance Document;
|
| (e) |
FIFTHLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable under any Finance Document but which the Lender, by notice to the Borrowers
and the Security Parties, states in its opinion will or may become due and payable in the future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards satisfaction of them in accordance with the provisions of Clause 16.1(a),
16.1(b), 16.1(c) and 16.1(d);
|
| (f) |
SIXTHLY: any surplus shall be paid to the Borrowers or to any other person appearing to be entitled to it.
|
| 16.2 |
Variation of order of application
|
| 16.3 |
Notice of variation of order of application
|
| 16.4 |
Appropriation rights overridden
|
| 17 |
APPLICATION OF EARNINGS
|
| 17.1 |
Payment of Earnings
|
| 17.2 |
Monthly retentions
|
| (a) |
one‑third of the amount of the Repayment Instalment falling due under Clause 7 on the next Repayment Date; and
|
| (b) |
the relevant fraction of the aggregate amount of interest on the Loan which is payable on the next due date for payment of interest under this Agreement,
|
| 17.3 |
Shortfall in Earnings
|
| 17.4 |
Application of retentions
|
| (a) |
the Repayment Instalment due on that Repayment Date; or
|
| (b) |
the amount of interest payable on that interest payment date,
|
| 17.5 |
Interest accrued on Retention Account
|
| 17.6 |
No release of accrued interest
|
| 17.7 |
Location of accounts
|
| (a) |
comply with any requirement of the Lender as to the location or re‑location of the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Account (or any of them); and
|
| (b) |
execute any documents which the Lender specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Lender a Security Interest over (and/or rights of set-off,
consolidation or other rights in relation to) the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Account.
|
| 17.8 |
Debits for expenses etc.
|
| 17.9 |
Borrowers' obligations unaffected
|
| (a) |
the liability of any Borrower to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or
|
| (b) |
any other liability or obligation of any Borrower or any Security Party under any Finance Document.
|
| 17.10 |
Release of surplus
|
| 18 |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
| 18.1 |
Events of Default
|
| (a) |
A Borrower or any Security Party fails to pay when due or if so payable on demand 2 Business Days following the date on which the written demand is served,
any sum payable under a Finance Document or under any document relating to a Finance Document unless such failure to pay is caused by an administrative or technical error or any disruption event in the payment/communication system which
is beyond the control of the Borrowers, in which case the Borrowers shall rectify such error within three (3) Business Days; or
|
| (b) |
any breach occurs of Clause 8.2, 9.16, 9.17, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.2, 11.3, 12, 13.2, 13.10, 13.13 or 14.2 or clause 11.13 of the Guarantee; or
|
| (c) |
any breach by any Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach covered by paragraph (a) or (b)) which in
the opinion of the Lender, is capable of remedy and such default continues unremedied 10 days after written notice from the Lender requesting action to remedy the same; or
|
| (d) |
(subject to any applicable grace period specified in any Finance Document) any breach by any Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a
Finance Document (other than a breach falling within by paragraph (a), (b) or (c)); or
|
| (e) |
any representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by, or by an officer of, a Borrower or a Security Party in a Finance Document or in the Drawdown
Notice or any other notice or document relating to a Finance Document is untrue or misleading when it is made or repeated; or
|
| (f) |
any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Guarantor:
|
| (i) |
any Financial Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Guarantor is not paid when due or, if so payable, on demand; or
|
| (ii) |
any Financial Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Guarantor becomes due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity
date as a consequence of any event of default; or
|
| (iii) |
a lease, hire purchase agreement or charter creating any Financial Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Guarantor is terminated by the lessor or owner or becomes
capable of being terminated as a consequence of any termination event; or
|
| (iv) |
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 a Borrower or the Guarantor ceases to be available or becomes capable of being terminated as a result of any event of default, or cash cover is required, or becomes
capable of being required, in respect of such a facility as a result of any event of default; or
|
| (v) |
any Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Borrower or the Guarantor becomes enforceable;
|
| (g) |
any of the following occurs in relation to a Borrower or the Guarantor:
|
| (i) |
a Borrower or the Guarantor becomes, in the opinion of the Lender, unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or
|
| (ii) |
any assets of a Borrower or the Guarantor are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress, or any form of freezing order
in respect of a sum of, or sums aggregating, $400,000 (or $1,000,000 in the case of the Guarantor) or more or the equivalent in another currency unless such execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress is being contested in
good faith and on substantial grounds and is discussed or withdrawn within thirty (30) days of the occurrence thereof; or
|
| (iii) |
any administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Borrower or the Guarantor; or
|
| (iv) |
an administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect of a Borrower or the Guarantor; or
|
| (v) |
any formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect that a Borrower or the Guarantor is insolvent or likely to become insolvent is made
by that Borrower or the Guarantor or by the directors of that Borrower or the Guarantor or, in any proceedings, by a lawyer acting for that Borrower or the Guarantor; or
|
| (vi) |
a provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of a Borrower or the Guarantor, a winding up order is made in relation to a Borrower or the Guarantor or a
winding up resolution is passed by a Borrower or the Guarantor; or
|
| (vii) |
a resolution is passed, an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by
(aa) a Borrower or the Guarantor, (bb) the members or directors of a Borrower or the Guarantor, (cc)
|
| (viii) |
an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by a creditor of a Borrower
or the Guarantor (other than a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Borrower or the Guarantor) for the winding up of a Borrower or the Guarantor or the appointment of a
provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of a Borrower or the Guarantor in any Pertinent Jurisdiction, unless the proposed winding up, appointment of a provisional liquidator or administration is being contested in good faith,
on substantial grounds and not with a view to some other insolvency law procedure being implemented instead and either (aa) the application or petition is dismissed or withdrawn within 30 days of being made or presented, or (bb) within
30 days of the administration notice being given or filed, or the other relevant steps being taken, other action is taken which will ensure that there will be no administration and (in both cases (aa) or (bb)) that Borrower or the
Guarantor will continue to carry on business in the ordinary way and without being the subject of any actual, interim or pending insolvency law procedure; or
|
| (ix) |
a Borrower or the Guarantor or its directors take any steps (whether by making or presenting an application or petition to a court, or submitting or
presenting a document setting out a proposal or proposed terms, or otherwise) with a view to obtaining, in relation to that Borrower or the Guarantor, any form of moratorium, suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation of debt
(or certain debt) or arrangement with all or a substantial proportion (by number or value) of creditors or of any class of them or any such moratorium, suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation or arrangement is effected by
court order, by the filing of documents with a court, by means of a contract or in any other way at all; or
|
| (x) |
any meeting of the members or directors, or of any committee of the board or senior management, of a Borrower or the Guarantor is held or summoned for the
purpose of considering a resolution or proposal to authorise or take any action of a type described in paragraphs (iv) to (ix) or a step preparatory to such action, or (with or without such a meeting) the members, directors or such a
committee resolve or agree that such an action or step should be taken or should be taken if certain conditions materialise or fail to materialise; or
|
| (xi) |
in a Pertinent Jurisdiction other than England, any event occurs, any proceedings are opened or commenced or any step is taken which, in the opinion of the
Lender is similar to any of the foregoing; or
|
| (h) |
any Borrower ceases or suspends carrying on its business or a part of its business which, in the opinion of the Lender, is material in the context of this
Agreement; or
|
| (i) |
it becomes unlawful in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or impossible:
|
| (i) |
for any Borrower or any Security Party to discharge any liability under a Finance Document or to comply with any other obligation which the Lender considers
material under a Finance Document; or
|
| (ii) |
for the Lender to exercise or enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created by, a Finance Document; or
|
| (j) |
it appears to the Lender that, without its prior written consent, a change has occurred or probably has occurred after the date of this Agreement in (i) the
ultimate beneficial ownership of the shares in the Approved Manager or (ii) the legal ownership or any of the shares in a Borrower; or
|
| (k) |
without the Lender's prior written consent the Pittas Family (either directly and/or indirectly through companies beneficially owned by any member of the
Pittas Family) cease to own and control (directly or indirectly) in aggregate at least 20 per cent. of the share capital of the Guarantor or a Borrower; or
|
| (l) |
members pf the Pittas family cease to be directly or indirectly involved in the management of the Guarantor or the management of a Ship; or
|
| (m) |
Mr Aristeidis Pittas ceases to be the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Guarantor; or
|
| (n) |
any provision which the Lender considers material of a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable, or a Security Interest
created by a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable or such a Security Interest proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, another Security Interest or any other third party claim or
interest; or
|
| (o) |
the security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy; or
|
| (p) |
any consent necessary to enable a Borrower to own, operate or charter the Ship owned by it or to enable a Borrower or any Security Party to comply with any
provision which the Lender considers material of a Finance Document or the MOA is not granted, expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation or any condition of such a consent is not fulfilled; or
|
| (q) |
any other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including, without limitation:
|
| (i) |
a change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of any Relevant Person which may have a Material Adverse Effect; or
|
| (ii) |
any accident or other event involving a Ship,
|
| 18.2 |
Actions following an Event of Default
|
| (a) |
serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that all obligations of the Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement are cancelled; and/or
|
| (b) |
serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that the Loan, all accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or owing under this Agreement are immediately due
and payable or are due and payable on demand; and/or
|
| (c) |
take any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (a) or (b), the Lender is entitled to take under any
Finance Document or any applicable law.
|
| 18.3 |
Termination of obligations
|
| 18.4 |
Acceleration of Loan
|
| 18.5 |
Multiple notices; action without notice
|
| 18.6 |
Exclusion of Lender liability
|
| (a) |
for any loss caused by an exercise of rights under, or enforcement of a Security Interest created by, a Finance Document or by any failure or delay to
exercise such a right or to enforce such a Security Interest; or
|
| (b) |
as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any income or principal amount which might have been produced by or realised from any asset comprised in such a
Security Interest or for any reduction (however caused) in the value of such an asset,
|
| 18.7 |
Relevant Persons
|
| 18.8 |
Interpretation
|
| 19 |
FEES AND EXPENSES
|
| 19.1 |
Arrangement fee
|
| 19.2 |
Costs of negotiation, preparation etc.
|
| 19.3 |
Costs of variation, amendments, enforcement etc.
|
| (a) |
any amendment or supplement to a Finance Document, or any proposal for such an amendment to be made;
|
| (b) |
any consent or waiver by the Lender under or in connection with a Finance Document, or any request for such a consent or waiver;
|
| (c) |
the valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause 14 or any other matter relating to such security;
|
| (d) |
the opinion of the independent insurance consultant referred to in paragraph 9 of Part B of Schedule 2 and any opinion referred to in Clause 12.17; or
|
| (e) |
any step taken by the Lender with a view to the protection, exercise or enforcement of any right or Security Interest created by a Finance Document or for any
similar purpose.
|
| 19.4 |
Documentary taxes
|
| 19.5 |
Certification of amounts
|
| 20 |
INDEMNITIES
|
| 20.1 |
Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan
|
| (a) |
an Advance or the Loan not being borrowed on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice for any reason other than a default by the Lender;
|
| (b) |
the receipt or recovery of all or any part of the Loan or an overdue sum otherwise than on the last day of an Interest Period or other relevant period;
|
| (c) |
any failure (for whatever reason) by the Borrowers to make payment of any amount due under a Finance Document on the due date or, if so payable on demand,
within 3 Business Days' from the service of the Lender's written demand (after giving credit for any default interest paid by the Borrowers on the amount concerned under Clause 6);
|
| (d) |
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and/or the acceleration of repayment of the Loan under Clause 18,
|
| 20.2 |
Breakage costs
|
| (a) |
in liquidating or employing deposits from third parties acquired or arranged to fund or maintain all or any part of the Loan and/or any overdue amount (or an
aggregate amount which includes the Loan or any overdue amount); and
|
| (b) |
in terminating, or otherwise in connection with, any open position arising under this Agreement.
|
| 20.3 |
Miscellaneous indemnities
|
| (a) |
any action taken, or omitted or neglected to be taken, under or in connection with any Finance Document by the Lender or by any receiver appointed under a
Finance Document;
|
| (b) |
any other Pertinent Matter,
|
| 20.4 |
Currency indemnity
|
| (a) |
making or lodging any claim or proof against any Borrower or any Security Party, whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise; or
|
| (b) |
obtaining an order or judgment from any court or other tribunal; or
|
| (c) |
enforcing any such order or judgment,
|
| 20.5 |
Certification of amounts
|
| 21 |
NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
|
| 21.1 |
No deductions
|
| (a) |
without any form of set‑off, cross-claim or condition; and
|
| (b) |
free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which a Borrower is required by law to make.
|
| 21.2 |
Grossing-up for taxes
|
| (a) |
that Borrower shall notify the Lender as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement;
|
| (b) |
that Borrower shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly, and in any event before any fine or penalty arises; and
|
| (c) |
the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that the Lender receives and retains (free from any liability
relating to the tax deduction) a net amount which, after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which it would otherwise have received.
|
| 21.3 |
Evidence of payment of taxes
|
| 21.4 |
Exclusion of tax on overall net income
|
| 21.5 |
FATCA information
|
| (a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each party to the Finance Documents shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another party to the Finance
Documents:
|
| (i) |
confirm to that other party whether it is:
|
| (A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
| (B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
|
| (ii) |
supply to that other party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other party reasonably requests for the
purposes of that other party's compliance with FATCA;
|
| (b) |
if a party to any Finance Document confirms to another party pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it
subsequently becomes aware
|
| (c) |
paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
|
| (i) |
any law or regulation;
|
| (ii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
|
| (iii) |
any duty of confidentiality;
|
| (d) |
if a party to any Finance Document fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph
(a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then (i) if that party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party, such party shall be treated for the purposes of the
Finance Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party, and (ii) if that party failed to confirm its applicable "passthru payment percentage" then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made
thereunder) as if its applicable "passthru payment percentage" is 100%, until (in each case) such time as the party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
|
| 21.6 |
FATCA Deduction
|
| (a) |
Each party to a Finance Document may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA
Deduction, and shall not be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
|
| (b) |
Each party to a Finance Document shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis
of such FATCA Deduction), notify the party to a Finance Document to whom it is making the payment.
|
| 22 |
ILLEGALITY, ETC
|
| 22.1 |
Illegality
|
| (a) |
unlawful or prohibited 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
|
| (b) |
contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation,
|
| 22.2 |
Notification and effect of illegality
|
| 22.3 |
Mitigation
|
| (a) |
have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or
|
| (b) |
involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or
|
| (c) |
involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.
|
| 23 |
INCREASED COSTS
|
| 23.1 |
Increased costs
|
| (a) |
the introduction or alteration after the date of this Agreement of a law, a regulation or an alteration after the date of this Agreement in the manner in
which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Agreement of a tax on the Lender's 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 Lender allocates
capital resources to its obligations under this Agreement) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or application of which is altered, after the date of this Agreement; or
|
| (c) |
the implementation or application of or compliance with the Basel II Capital Accord, the Basel III Accord or any other Basel II Regulation or Basel III
Regulation (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, supervisory authority, the Lender or its holding company) in all cases as applicable,
|
| 23.2 |
Meaning of "increased costs"
|
| (a) |
an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the Lender having entered into, or being a party to, this Agreement or having
taken an assignment of rights under this Agreement, of funding or maintaining the Loan or performing its obligations under this Agreement, or of having outstanding all or any part of the Loan or other unpaid sums; or
|
| (b) |
a reduction in the amount of any payment to the Lender under this Agreement or in the effective return which such a payment represents to the Lender or on its
capital;
|
| (c) |
an additional or increased cost of funding all or maintaining all or any of the advances comprised in a class of advances formed by or including the Loan or
(as the case may require) the proportion of that cost attributable to the Loan; 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 Lender under this
Agreement,
|
| 23.3 |
Payment of increased costs
|
| 23.4 |
Notice of prepayment
|
| 23.5 |
Prepayment
|
| 23.6 |
Application of prepayment
|
| 24 |
SET-OFF
|
| 24.1 |
Application of credit balances
|
| (a) |
apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of a Borrower at any office in any country of
the Lender in or towards satisfaction of any sum then due from that Borrower to the Lender under any of the Finance Documents; and/or
|
| (b) |
for that purpose:
|
| (i) |
break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of that Borrower;
|
| (ii) |
convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and
|
| (iii) |
enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Lender considers appropriate.
|
| 24.2 |
Existing rights unaffected
|
| 24.3 |
No Security Interest
|
| 25 |
TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN LENDING OFFICE
|
| 25.1 |
Transfer by Borrower
|
| 25.2 |
Assignment by Lender
|
| 25.3 |
Rights of assignee
|
| 25.4 |
Sub-participation; subrogation assignment
|
| 25.5 |
Disclosure of information
|
| 25.6 |
Change of lending office
|
| (a) |
the date on which the Borrowers receive the notice; and
|
| (b) |
the date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will come into effect.
|
| 25.7 |
Security over Lender's rights
|
| (a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
|
| (b) |
if the Lender is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations
owed, or securities issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or securities;
|
| (i) |
release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security
Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
|
| (ii) |
require any payments to be made by any Borrower or any Security Party or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or
granted to the Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
| 26 |
VARIATIONS AND WAIVERS
|
| 26.1 |
Variations, waivers etc. by Lender
|
| 26.2 |
Exclusion of other or implied variations
|
| (a) |
a provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; or
|
| (b) |
an Event of Default; or
|
| (c) |
a breach by a Borrower or a Security Party of an obligation under a Finance Document or the general law; or
|
| (d) |
any right or remedy conferred by any Finance Document or by the general law,
|
| 27 |
NOTICES
|
| 27.1 |
General
|
| 27.2 |
Addresses for communications
|
|
(a)
|
to the Borrower:
|
4 Messogiou & Evropis Street
151 24, Maroussi
Greece
Fax No: +30 211 1804097
|
|
(b)
|
to a Lender:
|
National Bank of Greece S.A.
2 Bouboulinas Street & Akti Miaouli
Piraeus 185 35
Greece
Fax No: +30 210 4144120
|
| 27.3 |
Effective date of notices
|
| (a) |
a notice which is delivered personally or posted shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, at the time when it is delivered;
|
| (b) |
a notice which is sent by fax shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, 2 hours after its transmission is completed.
|
| 27.4 |
Service outside business hours
|
| (a) |
on a day which is not a business day in the place of receipt; or
|
| (b) |
on such a business day, but after 5 p.m. local time,
|
| 27.5 |
Illegible notices
|
| 27.6 |
Valid notices
|
| (a) |
the failure to serve it in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement or other Finance Document, as the case may be, has not caused any party to
suffer any significant loss or prejudice; or
|
| (b) |
in the case of incorrect and/or incomplete contents, it should have been reasonably clear to the party on which the notice was served what the correct or
missing particulars should have been.
|
| 27.7 |
English language
|
| 27.8 |
Meaning of "notice"
|
| 28 |
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
|
| 28.1 |
General
|
| 28.2 |
No impairment of Borrower's obligations
|
| (a) |
this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower;
|
| (b) |
the Lender entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower;
|
| (c) |
the Lender releasing any other Borrower or any Security Interest created by a Finance Document; or
|
| (d) |
any combination of the foregoing.
|
| 28.3 |
Principal debtors
|
| 28.4 |
Subordination
|
| (a) |
claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any Finance
Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any Finance Document; or
|
| (b) |
take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount, or in any other way seek to have recourse in respect of such an amount
against any asset of any other Borrower; or
|
| (c) |
set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or
|
| (d) |
prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower or other Security Party;
or
|
| (e) |
exercise or assert any combination of the foregoing.
|
| 28.5 |
Borrower's required action
|
| 29 |
BAIL IN
|
| 29.1 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
| (a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
| (i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such
liability;
|
| (ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
| (iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
| (b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
| 30 |
SUPPLEMENTAL
|
| 30.1 |
Rights cumulative, non-exclusive
|
| (a) |
cumulative;
|
| (b) |
may be exercised as often as appears expedient; and
|
| (c) |
shall not, unless a Finance Document explicitly and specifically states so, be taken to exclude or limit any right or remedy conferred by any law.
|
| 30.2 |
Severability of provisions
|
| 30.3 |
Counterparts
|
| 30.4 |
Third party rights
|
| 31 |
LAW AND JURISDICTION
|
| 31.1 |
English law
|
| 31.2 |
Exclusive English jurisdiction
|
| 31.3 |
Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of the Lender
|
| (a) |
to commence proceedings in relation to any Dispute in the courts of any country other than England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that Dispute; and
|
| (b) |
to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without commencing
proceedings in England.
|
| 31.4 |
Process agent
|
| 31.5 |
Lender's rights unaffected
|
| 31.6 |
Meaning of "proceedings"
|
|
To:
|
National Bank of Greece S.A.
2 Bouboulinas & 2 Akti Miaouli
Piraeus 185 35
Greece
|
|
Attention:
|
Loans Administration
|
| 1 |
We refer to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement")
dated [●] November 2018 and made between ourselves, as Borrowers, and yourselves, as Lender, in connection with a facility of up to US$15,000,000. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement
have their defined meanings when used in this Drawdown Notice.
|
| 2 |
We request to borrow [Advance A][Advance B] as follows:
|
| (a) |
Amount: US$[●];
|
| (b) |
Drawdown Date: [●] November 2018;
|
| (c) |
[Duration of the first Interest Period shall be [●] months;] and
|
| (d) |
Payment instructions: account in our name and numbered [●] with [●]
of [●].
|
| 3 |
We represent and warrant that:
|
| (a) |
the representations and warranties in Clause 9 of the Loan Agreement would remain true and not misleading if repeated on the date of this notice with
reference to the circumstances now existing; and
|
| (b) |
no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or will result from the borrowing of the above Advance [s].
|
| 4 |
This notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Lender.
|
| 1 |
A duly executed original of each Finance Document (and of each document required to be delivered by each Finance Document) other than those referred to in
Part B.
|
| 2 |
Copies of the certificate of incorporation and constitutional documents of each Borrower and each Security Party.
|
| 3 |
Copies of resolutions of the shareholders and directors of each Borrower and each Security Party (and in the case of the Guarantor resolutions of its
directors only) authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents to which that Borrower or that Security Party is a party and, in the case of a Borrower, authorising named officers to give any Drawdown Notice and other notices
under this Agreement and, in respect of Borrower C ratifying the execution of the MOA.
|
| 4 |
The original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document is executed on behalf of a Borrower or a Security Party.
|
| 5 |
Copies of all consents which any Borrower or any Security Party requires to enter into, or make any payment under, any Finance Document.
|
| 6 |
The originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Account.
|
| 7 |
The Material Adverse Change Letter duly signed by the Borrowers and countersigned by the Guarantor.
|
| 8 |
One valuation of each Ship (at the cost of the Borrowers), addressed to the Lender, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than
15 days before the Drawdown Date from an Approved Broker appointed by the Lender and prepared in accordance with Clause 14.5 which show a value for that Ship in an amount acceptable to the Lender.
|
| 9 |
A copy of the MOA and all amendments and supplements thereto and of all documents signed or issued by each of Borrower C and the Seller (or any of them) under
or in connection with the MOA.
|
| 10 |
Such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution by the Seller of the MOA and of
all documents to be executed by the Seller thereunder.
|
| 11 |
All documentation required by the Lender in relation to the Borrowers and any Security Party pursuant to the Lender's "know your customer" requirements
(including, without limitation, evidence of beneficial ownership in such form as the Lender may require).
|
| 12 |
Written confirmation that the agent for service of process named in Clause 31 will accepted its appointment.
|
| 13 |
If the Lender so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the
Lender.
|
| 1 |
A duly executed original of each Mortgage, General Assignment, the Retention Account Pledge, (and of each document to be delivered by each of them).
|
| 2 |
A duly executed original of each Deed of Release (together with any document to be delivered under it).
|
| 3 |
Evidence that the Borrower's Equity Portion in respect of the Existing Indebtedness and the Acquisition Cost, as the case may be, has been received by the
Lender, the Existing Lender, or the Seller (as applicable).
|
| 4 |
Evidence that all outstanding Existing Indebtedness under the Existing Agreements has been duly paid.
|
| 5 |
Documentary evidence that each Ship is:
|
| (a) |
in the case of Ship C, unconditionally delivered by the Seller to, and accepted by, Borrower C under the MOA, and the full Acquisition Cost has been duly
paid (together with a copy of each of the documents to be delivered by the Seller to Borrower C under the MOA (including, without limitation, a copy of the bill of sale evidencing the purchase price);
|
| (b) |
in the case of Ship A and Ship B, definitively and permanently registered in the name of the relevant Borrower under the Approved Flag;
|
| (c) |
is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the relevant Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;
|
| (d) |
maintains the highest available class with such first class classification society which is a member of IACS as the Lender may approve free of all overdue
recommendations and conditions affecting class; and
|
| (e) |
insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied with.
|
| 6 |
Documentary evidence that the Mortgage relating to each Ship has been duly registered against that Ship as a valid first preferred or, as the case may be,
first priority ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of the Approved Flag.
|
| 7 |
Documents establishing that each Ship will, as from the Drawdown Date, be managed by the Approved Manager on terms acceptable to the Lender, together with:
|
| (a) |
a duly executed original of each Manager's Undertaking relating to that Ship; and
|
| (b) |
copies of the Approved Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Ship's Safety Management Certificate for the Relevant Ship and ISSC for that Ship.
|
| 8 |
If a Ship is subject to an Approved Charter:
|
| (a) |
a certified true copy of the Approved Charter; and
|
| (b) |
a duly executed original of the Charter Assignment.
|
| 9 |
Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Minimum Liquidity amount is standing to the credit of each Earnings Account pursuant to Clause 11.5.
|
| 10 |
A favourable opinion (at the cost of the Borrowers) from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Lender on such matters relating to the
insurances for the Ships as the Lender may require.
|
| 11 |
Favourable legal opinions (at the cost of the Borrowers) from lawyers appointed by the Lender on such matters concerning the laws of Liberia, the Marshall
Islands, Cyprus and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Lender may require.
|
| 12 |
Documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause 31 has accepted its appointment.
|
|
To:
|
National Bank of Greece S.A.
2 Bouboulinas & 2 Akti Miaouli
Piraeus 185 35
Greece
|
| (a) |
a loan agreement dated [●] 2018 (the "Loan Agreement") made between (amongst others) yourselves and ourselves in relation to a term loan facility of up to $15,000,000; and
|
| (b) |
a guarantee dated [●] 2018 (the "Guarantee") made between the Guarantor and yourselves.
|
| (a) |
the ratio set out in clause 14.1 is at [l●]
per cent.;
|
| (b) |
the aggregate of all Cash is [●]. Such amount [does][not] equal less than $300,000 in respect of each Fleet
Vessel;
|
| (c) |
the Market Value Adjusted Net Worth is $[●]; and
|
| (d) |
the Leverage Ratio is [●] per cent.
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
Director
|
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
for and on behalf of
|
|
|
EURODRY LTD.
|
PANTELIS SHIPPING CORP.
|
|
Director
|
Director
|
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
for and on behalf of
|
|
|
ARETI SHIPPING LTD.
|
LIGHT SHIPPING LTD
|
|
BORROWERS
|
||
|
SIGNED by
|
)
|
|
|
STEFANIA KARMIRI
|
)
|
/s/ Stefania Karmiri
|
|
being an attorney-in-fact
|
)
|
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
|
PANTELIS SHIPPING CORP.
|
)
|
|
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
|
Emmanouil Pontikis
|
)
|
/s/Emmanouil Pontikis
|
|
SIGNED by
|
)
|
|
|
STEFANIA KARMIRI
|
)
|
/s/ Stefania Karmiri
|
|
being an attorney-in-fact
|
)
|
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
|
ARETI SHIPPING LTD
|
)
|
|
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
|
Emmanouil Pontikis
|
)
|
/s/Emmanouil Pontikis
|
|
SIGNED by
|
)
|
|
|
STEFANIA KARMIRI
|
)
|
/s/ Stefania Karmiri
|
|
being an attorney-in-fact
|
)
|
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
|
LIGHT SHIPPING LTD
|
)
|
|
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
|
Emmanouil Pontikis
|
)
|
/s/Emmanouil Pontikis
|
|
LENDER
|
||
|
SIGNED by
|
)
|
|
|
M. Maniatakou
|
)
|
/s/M. Maniatakou
|
|
Amalia Kafka
|
)
|
/s/Amalia Kafka
|
|
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
|
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.
|
)
|
|
|
in the presence of:
|
)
|
|
|
Emmanouil Pontikis
|
)
|
/s/Emmanouil Pontikis
|