Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions: (a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act; and (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Offered Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus. (b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened. (c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto. (d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx P.C, Xxxxxxxx Islands counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto. (e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special U.S. maritime environmental counsel and Liberian counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and statement of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be requested by the Underwriters. (g) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof. (h) The Offered Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence thereof shall have been provided to you. (i) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements. (j) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, between you and Genco and each officer and director of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Optional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Optional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Optional Shares.