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• Escrow Accounts An account maintained in The Bahamas established in connection with any of the following: 1. A court order or judgment. 2. A sale, exchange, or lease of real or personal property, provided that the account satisfies the following requirements: a) The account is funded solely with a down payment, xxxxxxx money, deposit in an amount appropriate to secure an obligation directly related to the transaction, or a similar payment, or is funded with a financial asset that is deposited in the account in connection with the sale, exchange, or lease of the property; b) The account is established and used solely to secure the obligation of the purchaser to pay the purchase price for the property, the seller to pay any contingent liability, or the lessor or lessee to pay for any damages relating to the leased property as agreed under the lease; c) The assets of the account, including the income earned thereon, will be paid or otherwise distributed for the benefit of the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee (including to satisfy such person’s obligation) when the property is sold, exchanged, or surrendered, or the lease terminates; d) The account is not a margin or similar account established in connection with a sale or exchange of a financial asset; and e) The account is not associated with a credit card account. 3. An obligation of a Financial Institution servicing a loan secured by real property to set aside a portion of a payment solely to facilitate the payment of taxes or insurance related to the real property at a later time. 4. An obligation of a Financial Institution solely to facilitate the payment of taxes at a later time.

• The Purchase Price If the sale of the Property is not subject to HST, Seller agrees to certify on or before (included in/in addition to) closing, that the sale of the Property is not subject to HST. Any HST on chattels, if applicable, is not included in the Purchase Price.

• Escrow Account 31.1.1 The Concessionaire shall, prior to the Appointed Date, open and establish an Escrow Account with a Bank (the “Escrow Bank”) in accordance with this Agreement read with the Escrow Agreement. 31.1.2 The nature and scope of the Escrow Account are fully described in the agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) to be entered into amongst the Concessionaire, the Authority, the Escrow Bank and the Senior Lenders through the Lenders‟ Representative, which shall be substantially in the form set forth in Schedule-S.

• Purchase Price and Deposit 4.1 The total purchase price for all the Vessels is USD 342,000,000 (United States Dollars Three Hundred and Forty Two Million) (the “Purchase Price”). 4.2 The allocated purchase price for each of the Vessels is set out in Appendix 2 (each, an “Allocated Purchase Price”). 4.3 As security for the correct fulfilment of this Agreement Euronav shall pay on its own behalf and on behalf of the Acceding Buyers a deposit of 10% (ten per cent) of the Purchase Price, equal to USD 34,200,000 (United States Dollars Thirty Four Million Two Hundred Thousand) no later than 2 (two) Banking Days after the Effective Date (the “Deposit”). The Deposit shall be paid to the Escrow Bank no later than 2 (two) Banking Days after the Effective Date. This Deposit shall be placed as Escrow Funds with the Escrow Bank and held by it in an account in the name of the Sellers in accordance with the Escrow Agreement between the Sellers, the Buyers and the Escrow Bank attached hereto as Appendix 4 and the relevant part of the Deposit (being 10% (ten per cent) of the Allocated Purchase Price for that Vessel, each an “Allocated Deposit”) is to be released upon the Buyers and Sellers signing a protocol of delivery and acceptance in respect of that relevant Vessel or released as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement. Simultaneously with signing the protocol of delivery and acceptance the Sellers and the Buyers shall also be obliged to sign an Escrow Payment Letter under the Escrow Agreement thereby releasing the relevant Allocated Deposit. Interest on the Deposit, if any, shall be credited to the Buyers upon delivery of each Vessel by reference to the Allocated Deposit. Any fee charged for holding the Deposit shall be borne equally by the Sellers and the Buyers. 4.4 The remaining part of the Allocated Purchase Price (i.e. 90% (ninety per cent)) for a Vessel plus any other amount due under the relevant MOA shall be paid in full free of bank charges by way of conditional payments using SWIFT messages MT202 and MT199 to the Escrow Bank on delivery of the relevant Vessel or, subject to the consent of the Buyers’ financing bank, 1 (one) Banking Day prior to delivery. 4.5 When the Vessel is in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms of the relevant MOA, the Sellers shall give the Buyers a written Notice of Readiness for delivery in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the relevant MOA. The Buyers shall then take delivery of the Vessel promptly but not later than 3 (three) Banking Days after the date that the Notice of Readiness has been given. The Allocated Deposit shall be released from the Escrow Funds in accordance with Clause 4.3 and paid to the Sellers for the relevant Vessel, and the Buyers and Sellers shall jointly instruct the Escrow Bank to release this amount by sending the Escrow Payment Letter simultaneously with the release of the payment of the remainder of the Allocated Purchase Price by the Buyers. 4.6 The Allocated Purchase Price of each Vessel and any other amounts due from the Buyers to the Sellers under this Agreement or each MOA shall be paid by the Buyers to the Sellers in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding unless such right of set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding is specified in this Agreement or the MOA.

• Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow Accounts The Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts. The Escrow Account shall be an Eligible Account. Funds deposited in each Escrow Account shall at all times be insured in a manner to provide maximum insurance under the insurance limitations of the FDIC, or must be invested in Permitted Investments. Funds deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with Section 4.07. The creation of any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by a letter agreement in the form shown in Exhibit C. The original of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, and upon request to any subsequent purchaser. The Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts on a daily basis, and retain therein: (i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement; (ii) all Insurance Proceeds which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property; and (iii) all Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are insufficient to cover escrow disbursements. The Company shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to effect such payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes as shall be as set forth or in accordance with Section 4.07. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor and, to the extent required by law, the Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes. The Purchaser shall not be responsible for any losses suffered with respect to investment of funds in the Escrow Account.

• Closing Escrow The Closing shall take place by means of a so called “New York style” escrow (the “Closing Escrow”), and, at or prior to the Closing, the Parties shall enter into a closing escrow agreement with the Escrow Agent with respect to the Closing Escrow in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Seller, Purchaser and the Escrow Agent (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) the Purchase Price to be paid by Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, (ii) all of the documents required to be delivered by Seller and Purchaser at Closing pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, and (iii) at Closing, the Purchase Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.1) and the Xxxxxxx Money shall be disbursed to Seller and the documents deposited into the Closing Escrow shall be delivered to Seller and Purchaser (as the case may be) pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement.

• Purchase Price; Deposit (a) The purchase price for the Property is AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($ ) (the “Purchase Price”), payable as follows: (i) TEN PERCENT (10%) of the Purchase Price (which is equal to $ ) (the “Initial Deposit”, and together with the Additional Deposit (as hereinafter defined), if any and to the extent delivered by Purchaser, collectively, the “Deposit”) shall, within five (5) business days after the Effective Date, be deposited by Purchaser with the Title Company (as hereinafter defined), as escrow agent (in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Failure by Purchaser to timely deliver the Deposit in accordance with this Section 2(a)(i) shall constitute a material default by Purchaser hereunder and Seller shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by written notice to Purchaser. The Deposit shall be refundable to Purchaser only to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Deposit shall be held in a non-interest-bearing, federally-insured account by Escrow Agent in accordance with this Agreement pending the consummation of the Settlement (as defined below). At Settlement, the Deposit shall be paid to Seller on account of the Purchase Price and credited to Purchaser. The giving of the Deposit hereunder shall not be considered to be xxxxxxx money. (ii) Subject to the prorations and adjustments set forth in this Agreement, the balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid to Seller at Settlement by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds. (b) If there is a dispute between Seller and Purchaser regarding whether the Deposit shall be returned to Purchaser or delivered to Seller, Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to either Seller or Purchaser with respect to the Deposit except to interplead (invoke a concursus of) the Deposit into an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction. Escrow Agent may act upon any instrument or other writing believed by Escrow Agent in good faith to be genuine and to be signed and presented by the proper person.

• Allocation of the Purchase Price (a) Within ninety (90) days after the final determination of the Final Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.5, the Sellers will provide the Buyer with a statement (or statements) (the “Asset Acquisition Statement”) with the Sellers’ proposed allocation of the Final Purchase Price (plus any other amounts, including Assumed Liabilities, to the extent properly taken into account as consideration for applicable Tax purposes) among the Transferred Assets and, if applicable, the Ancillary Agreements and any other rights transferred hereunder or thereunder in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code (and any other applicable state, local or non-U.S. Law). The Buyer may, within thirty (30) days after receiving such Asset Acquisition Statement, propose to the Sellers in writing any changes to such Asset Acquisition Statement that are consistent with applicable Law (the “Allocation Notice of Objection”), and if the Buyer does not deliver such a Notice of Objection within such period, the Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted such proposed Asset Acquisition Statement and it shall become final and binding on the Parties. If the Buyer delivers a Notice of Objection, then the Buyer and the Sellers will endeavor in good faith to resolve any differences with respect to the Asset Acquisition Statement within thirty (30) days after the Sellers’ receipt of the Notice of Objection. If the Buyer and the Sellers are unable to resolve such differences, the matters in dispute shall be resolved by the Accounting Firm, which determination by such Accounting Firm shall be consistent with this Agreement. The fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne by the Buyer and the Sellers in inverse proportion as they may prevail on matters resolved by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations also shall be determined by the Accounting Firm at the time the determination of the Accounting Firm is rendered. (b) The Buyer and the Sellers agree that they shall each (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to) file all Tax Returns (including amended returns and claims for refunds) and information reports in a manner consistent with the Asset Acquisition Statement (as finalized pursuant to Section 2.6(a))); provided that nothing contained in this Section 2.6(b) shall prevent any Party (or their Affiliates) from settling, or require any of them to litigate any challenge, proposed deficiency, adjustment or other similar proceeding by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Asset Acquisition Statement. Upon any adjustment to the Purchase Price in connection with an indemnification claim made pursuant to Article 13, the allocation described in the Asset Acquisition Statement (as finalized pursuant to Section 2.6(a)) shall be subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with Section 2.6(a).

• Establishment of Escrow Account; Deposits in Escrow Account With respect to those Mortgage Loans on which the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer collects Escrow Payments, if any, the Servicer shall, and shall cause the Sub-Servicer to, segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each such Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of trust accounts. Such Escrow Accounts shall be established with a commercial bank, a mutual savings bank or a savings and loan association the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC in a manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder, and which may be drawn on by the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of any Escrow Account, and of any change thereof, prior to the use thereof. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to require the Servicer to collect Escrow Payments in the absence of a provision in the related Mortgage requiring such collection. The Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in any Escrow Account or Accounts on a daily basis, and retain therein, (i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of any Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement and (ii) all amounts representing proceeds of any hazard insurance policy which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall make withdrawals therefrom only to effect such payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes as are set forth in Section 5.11. The Servicer shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the related Mortgagor and, to the extent required by law, the Servicer shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the related Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is non-interest-bearing or that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes.

• Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment 1.9.1 Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”) which shall set forth the Net Working Capital of the Newsprint Business and of Apache as of the Closing Time (which shall be set forth separately for each of the Newsprint Business and Apache, but as aggregated shall be referred to as the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and shall be prepared in accordance with Seller’s past accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures and in the same manner, with consistent classification and estimation methodology, as the Financial Statements were prepared, except that the Excluded Assets and the Newsprint Retained Obligations shall be excluded. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement may not be amended by Seller after it is delivered to Purchaser. 1.9.2 Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement to it, complete its review of the Closing Net Working Capital reflected on the Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If Purchaser wishes to dispute the Closing Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of such disagreement and any reason therefore (“Purchaser’s Objection”), setting forth a specific description of the basis of Purchaser’s Objection and the adjustments to the Closing Net Working Capital that Purchaser believes should be made, on or before the last day of such thirty (30) day period, which Purchaser’s Objection may not be amended by Purchaser after it is delivered to Seller (except to withdraw any such Purchaser’s Objection). Any items on the Closing Net Working Capital Statements not disputed in Purchaser’s Objection shall be irrevocably deemed to be accepted by Purchaser. Seller shall then have thirty (30) days to review and respond to Purchaser’s Objection. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within thirty (30) days following Seller’s receipt of Purchaser’s Objection (the “Negotiation Period”), they shall refer their remaining differences to a mutually agreeable independent accounting firm of national recognition (other than an independent accounting firm utilized by any of Seller, Apache or Purchaser or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing within the past three (3) years) acceptable to both Seller and Purchaser or if Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree as to such third party accounting firm within ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Negotiation Period, either Seller or Purchaser may request that the Chairman of the American Arbitration Association (or the nominated representative of the Chairman) appoint a third party accounting firm meeting the aforementioned requirements to resolve the dispute (the accounting firm selected being referred to as the “CPA Firm”), who shall determine, only with respect to the remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Net Working Capital requires adjustment. The procedure and schedule under which any dispute shall be submitted to the CPA Firm shall be as follows: (a) Within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the end of the Negotiation Period and (ii) the selection of the CPA Firm, Purchaser shall submit any unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Seller), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute a withdrawal by Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Objection with respect to any unresolved element to which such failure relates. (b) Within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s submission of the unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection as specified in sub-clause (a) above, Seller shall submit its response to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Purchaser), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute an acceptance by Seller with respect to any unresolved elements to which such failure relates. (c) The CPA Firm shall deliver its written determination to Purchaser and Seller no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the remaining differences underlying Purchaser’s Objection are referred to the CPA Firm, or such longer period of time as the CPA Firm determines is necessary.