MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.2
Norwegian
Shipbrokers’ Association’s Memo-
randum
of Agreement
for sale and purchase of
ships.
Adopted by the
Baltic and International
Maritime
Council
(BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM
1993
Revised
1966, 1983 and
1986/87.
Dated:
10th
July
2006
hereinafter
called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
hereinafter
called the Buyers, have agreed to buy
Name:
Classification
Society/Class:
Built: By:
Flag:
Place
of
Registration:
Call
Sign:
Grt/Nrt:
Register
Official Number:
IMO
Number:
hereinafter
called the Vessel, on the following
terms and conditions:
Definitions
“Banking
days” are days on which banks are open both in the country of the currency
stipulated for the Purchase Price in Clause 1 and in the place of closing
stipulated in Clause 22 of this Agreement.
“In
writing” or “written” means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers
or vice versa, a
registered letter, telex, telefax or other modern form of written
communication.
“Classification
Society” or “Class” means the Society referred to in line 4.
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Purchase
Price US$
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2. Deposit
-
See Clause
17
3. Payment
- See Clause
18
4. Inspections
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See Clause
19
5. Notices,
time and place of delivery
The
Vessel shall be delivered charter free, safely afloat at a safe berth or buoy
or
anchorage at a safe port or in a drydock worldwide but always within IWL in
Sellers’ option.
Vessel’s
expected time of delivery
between
200
and
200
in Sellers’ option but with canceling
date
200
.
The
Vessel shall be delivered with swept holds at the time of delivery. The Sellers,
however, have the option to leave the holds as they are left by stevedores
without holds cleaning after completion of discharging by paying to the buyers
US$
lumpsum in lieu of holds cleaning.
The
Sellers shall give the Buyers 20/15/10/7/3/1 approximate days notice of the
expected date and place of delivery. The Buyers shall take delivery of the
Vessel within three (3) business days (i.e. days on which banks are open both
in
the country of currency of the Purchase Price and in the place of closing)
after
the Sellers have tendered to the Buyers a Notice of Readiness for Delivery,
the
date of tendering such notice being inclusive if same is a banking day. The
Notice of Readiness for Delivery shall be submitted by the Sellers to the Buyers
(anytime, day and night including Saturday, Sunday and holidays). Notice of
Readiness after 5:00 PM on any business day or on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday,
such notice of readiness will not be effective until 9:00 AM on the next
business day in New York.
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If
the Sellers anticipate that, notwithstanding the exercise of due
diligence
by them, the Vessel will not be ready for delivery by the cancelling
date
they may notify the Buyers in writing stating the date when they
anticipate that the Vessel will be ready for delivery and propose
a new
cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall
have
the option of either cancelling this Agreement in accordance with
Clause
14 within 2 running days of receipt of the notice or of accepting
the new
date as the new cancelling date. If the Buyers
have
not
declared
their option within 2 running days of receipt of the Sellers’ notification
or if the Buyers accept the new date, the date proposed in the Sellers’
notification shall be deemed to be the new cancelling date and shall
be
substituted for the cancelling date stipulated in 2nd
paragraph of line 52 as modified by
Sellers.
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If
this
Agreement is maintained with the new cancelling date all other terms and
conditions hereof including those contained in Clauses 5 a) and 5 c) shall
remain unaltered and in full force and effect.
b)
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Should
the vessel become an actual, constructive or compromised total loss
before
delivery the deposit together with interest earned shall be released
immediately to the Buyers whereafter this Agreement shall be null
and
void.
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6. Drydocking/Divers
Inspection - See Clause
20
7. Spares/bunkers,
etc. - See Clause
21
8. Documentation
- See Clause
22
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9.
Encumbrances
- See Clause
23
10. Taxes,
etc.
Any
taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under
the Buyers’ flag shall be for the Buyers’ account, whereas similar charges in
connection with the closing of the Sellers register shall be for the Sellers’
account.
11. Condition
on delivery - See Clause
24
12. Name/markings
Upon
delivery the Buyers undertake to change the name of the Vessel and alter funnel
markings.
13. Buyers’
default
Should
the deposit not be paid in accordance with Clause 17 of this
Agreement, the
Sellers have the right to cancel this Agreement, and they shall be entitled
to
claim compensation for their losses and for all expenses incurred together
with
interest. Should the Purchase Price not be paid in accordance with Clause 18
of
this Agreement, the
Sellers have the right to cancel the Agreement, in which case the deposit
together with interest earned shall be released to the Sellers. If the deposit
does not cover their loss, the Sellers shall be entitled to claim further
compensation for their losses and for all expenses incurred together with
interest.
14. Sellers’
default
Should
the
Sellers fail to give Notice of Readiness in accordance with Clause 5 a) or
fail
to be ready to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in
2nd
paragraph of line 52 as modified by Sellers the Buyers shall have the option
of
cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted
a
maximum of 3 banking days after Notice of Readiness
has been given to make arrangements for
the
documentation set out in Clause
22 of
this Agreement. If
after
Notice of Readiness has been given
but
before the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be ready for
delivery and is not made ready again by the date stipulated in 2nd
paragraph of line 52 as modified by Sellers and new
Notice of Readiness given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel.
In
the event that the Buyers elect to cancel this Agreement the deposit together
with interest earned shall be released to them
immediately.
Should
the Sellers fail to give Notice of Readiness by the date stipulated in
2nd
paragraph of line 52 as modified by Sellers or fail to be ready to validly
complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to
the
Buyers for their loss to be limited to the difference between the MOA price
and,
if higher, the open market price of the Vessel at the Time of the Sellers’
Default and not to include losses of profits, earnings, losses of opportunity
or
other claims relating to the intended employment of the Vessel and for all
expenses reasonably incurred together with interest if their failure is due
to
proven Sellers’ negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this
Agreement.
15. Buyers’
representatives - See Clause
25
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16. Arbitration
- See
also Clause
26
a)
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This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English
law and any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be referred
to
arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1950,
1979
and 1996 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for
the
time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each party.
On the
receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party’s
arbitrator, that party shall appoint their arbitrator within fourteen
days, failing which the decision of the single arbitrator appointed
shall
apply. If two arbitrators properly appointed shall not agree they
shall
appoint an umpire whose decision shall be
final.
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Additional
Clauses to the Memorandum of Agreement
Dated
10th
July
2006
17. Deposit
As
security for the correct fulfillment of this Agreement, the Buyers shall pay
a
deposit of ten (10) percent of the Purchase Price (the “Deposit”), within two
(2) New York banking days from the date that the Buyers and Sellers sign this
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and the same is exchanged by fax, into a joint
interest bearing account in the name of the Sellers and the Buyers
with
Bank,
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To:
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Swift
Code:
Favour:
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Swift Code:
For
further beneficiary:
(Buyers)
Acct
Number:
Ref
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MOA
shall
be first signed by fax on the same day agreement is reached and later signed
in
original. Release of the Deposit will take place in accordance with the
instructions of both the Sellers and the Buyers.
Interest,
if any, on the Deposit shall be for the Buyers’ account.
18. Payment
The
Buyers shall pay the said Purchase Price in cash in full free of bank charges
to
Sellers’
Bank
Bank,
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To:
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Favour:
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For
further beneficiary:
Acct
Number:
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5
Ref :
on
delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 banking days after the Vessel
is in
every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and Notice of Readiness has been given in
accordance with clause 5.
The
balance of ninety (90) percent of the Purchase Price (the “Balance”) and other
extra money for bunkers and luboils and whatsoever payable by the Buyers
hereunder (the “Extra”) shall be remitted to an account in the name of the
Buyers or their financing Bank with Sellers’ bank, as above, immediately after
the Notice of Readiness as per clause 5 of these terms but not later than one
(1) New York banking day prior to the designated date of delivery of the
Vessel.
The
said
Balance and the Extra shall be released in favour of the Sellers together with
the Deposit on the signing of the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance, by
authorized persons of both the Sellers and the Buyers, on the delivery date
of
the Vessel.
Any
charge or fee requested by the Buyers’ Bank on remitting the Deposit, the
Balance and the Extra shall be borne by Buyers. Any charge or fee requested
by
the Sellers’ Bank on holding/lifting the Deposit, the Balance and the Extra
shall be borne equally by the Sellers and the Buyers.
The
Buyers and the Sellers shall take necessary banking procedures required by
the
Sellers’ Bank to open the accounts relevant to the above transactions
immediately after completion of signing the MOA by fax.
Closing
and exchange of delivery documents shall take place at the premises of Calyon
Corporate and Investment Bank in Piraeus. Any charge or fee requested by
Sellers’ Bank in relation to the documentary closing shall be borne equally by
the Sellers and the Buyers.
19. Inspections
The
Buyers have
inspected
at
on
the
200
and have fully accepted the Vessel. The buyers have inspected and accepted
the vessel’s classification records.
Therefore
this sale is outright and definite subject only to the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement.
20. Drydocking/Divers
Inspection
No
Drydocking shall apply, however, prior to the delivery of the Vessel, the
Buyers, at their risk and account and without interference to the Vessel’s
normal operation, have the right to carry out at the port of delivery an
inspection of under-water parts of the Vessel by divers approved by Vessel’s
class in the presence of class surveyor with Buyers’ right to attend with one
representative, whose name to be declared one day prior inspection, without
interference at the video monitor or in any way with class surveyors
work.
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The
extent of the inspection and the conditions under which it is performed shall
be
to the satisfaction of the classification society. If the conditions at the
port
of delivery are unsuitable for such inspection, the Sellers shall make the
Vessel available at a suitable alternative place near to the delivery
port.
In
this
case, the Class surveyor to be appointed by the Sellers, however, the expenses
to be for the Buyers’ account. Buyers are not entitled to make contact direct
with class for said survey. Buyers’ failure to perform such inspection within 48
hours after the Vessel will become available for such inspection by notice
of
the Sellers shall be a waiver of their right to inspect underwater
parts.
Should
any damage affecting class be found by class surveyor in under-water parts
and
class approves postponement of repair of such damage until Vessel’s next
periodical drydock or survey, then the Sellers have the option to repair same
to
class’s satisfaction or to agree a sum of money with the Buyers which shall be
deducted from the purchase price at the time of closing by way of compensation.
This sum shall be either mutually agreed or be based upon the average of 2
(two)
shipyard quotations, obtained one by the Sellers, one by the Buyers, such
quotations to be obtained within two banking days as of class surveyor’s report.
Such shipyard to have its own factory which can accommodate similar size vessel
for repair and located in the delivery place or nearby. It is understood by
both
parties that the amount of the monetary settlement is confined to direct repair
cost only and does not include indirect cost such as drydocking fee, general
expenses, deviation cost, off hire and other costs whatsoever and that such
amount of the monetary settlement is deducted from the Purchase Price at the
time of delivery. If present class requires repair of such damage before the
next periodical drydocking or survey, then the Sellers shall repair it to
class’s satisfaction at their account prior to delivery, at such available place
at Sellers’ option in such case the canceling date shall be extended by the
additional number of days required for such repair including drydocking, waiting
time for drydocking, deviation etc.
In
the
event that the Vessel is drydocked, the Buyers have the right to clean and
paint
the underwater parts below the summer load line at the Buyers’ risk and account
without interfering with the Sellers’ or Vessel’s class work and without
affecting the smooth and timely delivery of the Vessel [ but in any case, the
tailshaft shall not be drawn]. [The Buyers shall have the right to inspect
the
tailshaft at their own expense and risk as per class requirements.]
If,
however, the Buyers’ work in drydock is still in progress when the Sellers have
completed their work, the Sellers have the right to tender the Notice of
Readiness for Delivery whilst the Vessel is still in drydock and the Buyers
are
obliged to take delivery of the Vessel immediately after such Notice of
Readiness tendered, whether the Vessel is in drydock or not. Any extra time
and
cost for the additional drydocking incurred by reason of such Buyers’ work shall
be at the Buyers’ risk and account.
The
Class
shall be the sole arbitrator as to whether (a) underwater damage, if any,
affects Vessel’s Class and when same has to be repaired or (b) the repair works
carried out following the finding of any damage are satisfactory.
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21.
Spares / Bunkers, etc.
The
Vessel shall be delivered with everything belonging to her on board and on
shore, used or unused, including all spare parts and spare equipment, stores,
radio installations and navigational equipment.
Excluded
from this sale are personal effects of Master, Officers and Crew including
slop
chest, HOLY ICONS, MASTER’S FILES, ALL MASTER’S CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO CARGO
CLAIMS, ISM AND ISPS MANUALS/SUPPORTING PUBLICATIONS AND SMC, SOPEP MANUAL
ETC
OXYGENE/ACETYLENE/R22 GAS BOTTLES, DOCUMENTS, FORMS RELATED TO PRESENT
OWNERSHIP, DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE AUTHORITIES, COMPUTER
SOFTWARE, log books, files, original certificates which must be surrendered
to
authorities and hired or third party’s items, which shall be taken ashore by the
Sellers upon or before delivery of the Vessel.
Vessels
hired/third party/excluded items are as follows:
Marichem
Gas Bottles (Oxygen - Acetylene)
Buyers
to
pay extra for remaining bunkers at the following prices:
For
IFO
380 CST, IFO 180 CST and MDO at the Published Platts Oilgram price issued at
the
port close to delivery three (3) banking days prior to the expected date of
delivery and unused luboil that have not passed through vessel’s system in
designated storage tanks and sealed drums only at owners last net contract
prices evidenced by vouchers.
Quantities
of bunkers / lubricants to be measured / agreed jointly between the Sellers
and
the Buyers’ representatives at least 3 days prior delivery however the consumed
quantities from the date of measurement until the time of delivery to be
deducted from the findings at the time of measurement.
22. Documentation
The
Buyers and the Sellers will deliver to each other the documents described in
Addendum No. 1 attached hereto concurrently with the payment of the
purchased price by the Buyers to the Sellers.
All
plans, drawings and instruction manuals (excluding ISM manuals etc) which are
on
board shall be delivered to the Buyers’ Master as they are upon delivery of the
Vessel.
All
remaining plans, drawings and instruction manuals in the Sellers’ possession
shall be forwarded to the Buyers’ main office after delivery. Forwarding
charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers’ account.
Logbooks
shall be retained by the Sellers. However the Buyers have the right to take
photocopies of same before delivery at the Buyers’ cost with the Master’s
approval.
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23.
Encumbrances
The
Vessel shall be delivered free from all encumbrances and maritime liens,
mortgages or any other debts whatsoever at the time of delivery.
Note:
The
mortgage existing on the Vessel shall be lifted simultaneously with the release
of the Purchase Price.
24.
Condition
on delivery
The
Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers’ risk and
expense until she is delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement she shall be delivered and taken over as she was
at
the time of inspection, fair wear and tear excepted.
However,
the Vessel shall be delivered with her present class maintained without
outstanding condition/recommendation, free of average damage affecting the
Vessel’s class with Notes/Notations as per class records at the time of
delivery, and with her National/International trading certificates valid for
a
period of 1 (one) month at the time of delivery [except as follows:
Intermediate
Survey as on current class records due between 30th
May 2006
to 30th
November
2006, all Annual Surveys as on current class records due between 30th
May 2006
to 30th
November
2006, Propeller Shaft Survey as on current class records due 31st
January
2007, Cargo Handling Appliances Annual Thorough Survey as on current class
records due 26th
October
2006].
Continuous
machinery survey cycle up to date at the time of delivery.
25. Buyers’
representatives
After
signing the MOA and lodging the Deposit the Buyers have the right to place
two
(2) representatives onboard the Vessel strictly as observers only for
familiarization purposes. Such representatives shall stay on board at the
Buyers’ risk and account and shall always remain under the Master’s command
without any interference in the Vessel’s operation and her
schedule.
Indemnity
letters, as per Sellers’ P & I form, from each Buyers’ representative and
from the Buyers satisfactory to the Sellers shall be provided to the Sellers
before the above representatives’ boarding.
The
Buyers to pay US$ 10.00 per person per day for meals charge and to pay actual
cost for cable charges etc.
26. Arbitration
Arbitration
in London under the 1996 Arbitration Act, English law shall apply, otherwise
as
per NSF 1993 Clause 16 a).
27. All
details of these negotiations and any eventual sale shall be kept strictly
private and confidential among all parties concerned.
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28.
Entire
agreement
These
terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede and
replace any prior written or oral agreements, representations, statements or
understandings. Each party confirms that it has not entered into these terms
on
the basis of any representation or statement which is not expressly incorporated
herein.
29. Sale
enbloc
Further
to clause 17 of this Agreement, the sale of this Vessel is enbloc with the
sale
of the other Vessels and none of the Vessels can be sold to the Buyers unless
all three Memoranda of Agreement, one for each Vessel, have been agreed in
full
and duly signed by both parties. It is furthermore agreed that all Vessels
cannot be delivered simultaneously.
Signature
of Seller
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Signature
of Buyer
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ADDENDUM
NO. 1 TO MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
DATED
JULY 10th,
2006
between
And
SALE
OF THE MOTOR VESSEL
The
Seller and the Buyer agreed that each party will deliver the documents described
hereunder at the time the Vessel is delivered in compliance with the Memorandum
of Agreement.
DOCUMENTS
TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SELLER
1. |
Xxxx
of Sale transferring title of the Vessel to the Buyer free from all
encumbrances, maritime liens, or any other debts whatsoever, authenticated
as described in paragraph No. 5.
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2. |
Resolutions
of the Board of Directors authorizing the sale of the Vessel to the
Buyer
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the MOA, and authorizing
a
director or attorney-in-fact to sign and deliver the closing documents
required under the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), authenticated as
described in paragraph No. 5.
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3. |
Resolutions
of the Shareholders certified as true and correct by a Director of
the
selling company authorizing the sale of the Vessel to the Buyer pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the MOA, and authorizing a director
or
attorney-in-fact to sign and deliver the closing documents required
under
the MOA, authenticated as described in paragraph No.
5.
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4. |
Power
of Attorney, if the Xxxx of Sale and other delivery documents will
be
signed by an attorney-in-fact, authenticated as described in paragraph
No.
5.
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5. |
Xxxx
of Sale to be executed and notarially attested and authenticated
with
Apostille in the US. The same will apply for the remaining corporate
documentation, Minutes and POA, if executed in the
US.
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6. |
Transcript
of Register issued by the Registrar of Malta Ships, in facsimile copy
duly authenticated by the Malta Cousul in Piraeus, not before one
banking day prior to the delivery of the Vessel as evidence that
the
Vessel is (i) registered in the name of the Seller, and that (ii)
is free
from mortgages or other registered encumbrances with the exception
of any
mortgages in favour of the current mortgagee of the Vessel. The Buyer
will
accept a facsimile copy of a new Transcript of Register issued on
the day
the Vessel
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is
delivered by the Seller to the Buyer evidencing that the Vessel at the time
of
its delivery to the Buyer is free from any registered encumbrances. The Seller
will deliver the original Transcripts of Register to the Buyer within five
(5)
days thereafter, or on the delivery date to an agent in Malta nominated by
the
Buyer.
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Confirmation
of Class Certificate issued by the Vessel’s classification society dated
not before one banking day prior to the delivery of the Vessel by
the
Seller to the Buyer, confirming that the Vessel is in Class without
outstanding recommendation or condition affecting
Class.
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8. |
Commercial
Invoice describing the Vessel, the date of the MOA and the purchase
prices.
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9. |
Protocol
of Delivery and Acceptance.
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10. |
Certificate
of Corporate Good Standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of
Malta.
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11. |
Seller’s
letter of confirmation that to the best of their knowledge the
Vessel:
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(i) |
has
not sustained grounding damage to her underwater parts since the
delivery
to present Owners; and
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(ii) |
is
not black listed by any government, state, country or political
subdivision since delivery to present
Owners.
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12. |
Letter
of Undertaking to delete the Vessel from the Malta Registry of Ships
and
to deliver to the Buyer a copy of the closed Transcript of Register
within
ten (10) business days after the closing
date.
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13. |
Instructions
to the bank holding the joint deposit of ten percent of the purchase
price
authorizing payment to the Seller, and payment of accrued interest
to the
Buyer.
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14. |
Within
seven days after the MOA has been signed, the Seller will deliver
to the
Buyer copies of the following
documents:
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(i) |
Vessel’s
Certificate of Registry;
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(ii) |
International
Tonnage Certificate;
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(iii) |
SOLAS
Safety Radio Certificate;
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(iv) |
SOLAS
Safety Construction Certificate;
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(v) |
SOLAS
Safety Equipment Certificate; and
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(vi) |
Loadline
Certificate
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Seller will provide
such
documents reasonably and commercially required in form acceptable
to the
government that the Buyer intends to register the
Vessel.
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DOCUMENTS
TO BE PROVIDED BY THE BUYER
a. |
Resolutions
of the Board of Directors and the consent of the Shareholder authorizing
the purchase of the Vessel from the Seller pursuant to the terms
and
conditions of the MOA, and authorizing an officer(s) or attorney-in-fact
to sign and deliver any closing documents required under the MOA,
duly
acknowledged by a notary public and authenticated by
Apostille.
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b. |
Power
of Attorney if the closing documents will be signed by an attorney-in-fact
duly acknowledged by a notary public and authenticated by
Apostille.
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c. |
Protocol
of Delivery and Acceptance.
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d. |
Instructions
to the bank holding the joint deposit of ten percent of the purchase
price
authorizing payment to the Seller, and payment of accrued interest
to the
Buyer.
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e. |
Corporate
good standing certificate issued by the Xxxxxxxx Islands Registrar
of
Companies.
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REQUIREMENTS
TO BE OBSERVED BY THE SELLER AND THE BUYER
(i) All
documents must be in the English language. Any documents which are not in the
English language
must be accompanied by a duly certified translation into English, and must
be
authenticated as
required
by paragraph 5.
(ii) Except
for documents identified as 6 and 7, the Seller and the Buyer will exchange
draft copies of the
closing documents described herein not later than 7 business days prior to
the
estimated closing date.
Signature
of Seller
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Signature
of Buyer
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