Date 17 April 2014 NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P. as Borrower COMMERZBANK AG and DVB BANK SE as Lenders DVB BANK SE as Joint-Arranger, Agent, and Security Trustee and COMMERZBANK AG as Joint-Arranger, Payment Agent, and Account Bank THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL...

Exhibit 10.1

Date 17 April 2014

NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P.

as Borrower

COMMERZBANK AG and DVB BANK SE

as Lenders

DVB BANK SE

as Joint-Arranger, Agent,

and Security Trustee

and

COMMERZBANK AG

as Joint-Arranger, Payment Agent,

and Account Bank

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

in relation to a Facility Agreement

dated as of 31 July 2012 (as amended)

INCE & CO

PIRAEUS

Index

Clause		Page No
1 INTERPRETATION			3
2 AGREEMENT OF THE LENDERS			3
3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT			4
4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			4
5 AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS			5
6 FURTHER ASSURANCES			5
7 FEES AND EXPENSES			6
8 NOTICES			6
9 SUPPLEMENTAL			6
10 LAW AND JURISDICTION			6

2

THIS AGREEMENT is made on     April 2014

BETWEEN

(1) NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P. as Borrower;

(2) COMMERZBANK AG and DVB BANK SE as Lenders;

(3) DVB BANK SE as Joint-Arranger, Agent and Security Trustee; and

(4) COMMERZBANK AG as Joint-Arranger, Payment Agent and Account Bank.

BACKGROUND

(A) By a Facility Agreement dated as of 31 July 2012 (as amended by supplemental agreements dated 4 December 2012 and 27 March 2013) and made between the parties hereto the Lenders have made available to the Borrower a loan of up to USD290,450,000.

(B) The Borrower has made a request to the Lenders that they agree to the termination of the Policy in respect of the Relevant Vessels and to amend certain terms of the Facility Agreement, and this Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the Lenders agree thereto.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1 INTERPRETATION

1.1 Defined expressions. Words and expressions defined in the Facility Agreement and the other Security Documents shall have the same meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.

1.2 Definitions. In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Facility Agreement” means the Facility Agreement referred to in Recital (A).

Words and expressions advised in the Schedule to this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them therein as if set out in full in this Clause 1.2

1.3 Application of construction and Interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement. Clauses 1.3 to 1.6 (inclusive) of the Facility Agreement apply, with any necessary modifications, to this Agreement.

2 AGREEMENT OF THE LENDERS

2.1 Lenders’ consent. The Lenders hereby agree to the termination of the Policy in respect of the Relevant Vessels on condition that:

2.1.1 the Agent, or its authorised representative, has received the documents and evidence specified in Clause 3.1 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders); and

2.1.2 the representations and warranties contained in clause 4 are then true and correct as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time.

3

3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.1 Conditions precedent. The conditions referred to in Clause 2.1.1 are that the Agent shall have received the following documents:

(a) Corporate documents

Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of the Borrower and its current corporate existence;

(b) Corporate authorities

(i) Certified Copies of resolutions of the directors of the Borrower approving this Supplemental Agreement and authorising the execution and delivery thereof and performance of the Borrower’s obligations thereunder, additionally certified by an officer of the Borrower as having been duly passed at a duly convened meeting of the directors of the Borrower and not having been amended, modified or revoked and being in full force and effect; and

(ii) originals or Certified Copies of any powers of attorney issued by the Borrower pursuant to such resolutions

(c) Certificate of incumbency

a list of directors and officers of the Borrower, specifying the names and positions of such persons, certified by an officer of the Borrower to be true, complete and up to date;

(d) London agent

documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in clause 19 of the Facility Agreement has accepted its appointment in respect of this Agreement;

(e) Acknowledgment

an acknowledgement (in a letter or otherwise) signed by each Security Party (other than the Borrower) in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion acknowledging the terms of this Agreement; and

(f) Further opinions, etc.

any further opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with this Agreement and the Security Documents which the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) may request by notice to the Borrower.

4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

4.1 Repetition of Facility Agreement representations and warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender that the representations and warranties in Clause 7 of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to this Agreement, remain true and not misleading if repeated on the date of this Agreement with reference to the circumstances now existing.

4

5 AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS

5.1 Specific amendments to Facility Agreement. With effect on and from the date hereof the Facility Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:

(a) by deleting in the definition of “Minimum Liquidity” in Clause 1.2 thereof the figure “USD20,000,000” and replacing it with the figure “USD25,000,000”; and

(b) by construing references throughout to “this Agreement”, “hereunder” and other like expressions as if the same referred to the Facility Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

5.2 Amendments to Security Documents. With effect on and from the date of this Agreement each of the Security Documents other than the Facility Agreement, shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended so that the definition of, and references throughout each of the Security Documents to, the Facility Agreement shall be construed as if the same referred to the Facility Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

5.4 Security Documents to remain in full force and effect.

The Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect as amended and supplemented by:

(a) the amendments to the Security Documents contained or referred to in Clauses 5.1 and 5.2; and

(b) such further or consequential modifications as may be necessary to give full effect to the terms of this Agreement.

6 FURTHER ASSURANCES

6.1 Borrower’s obligation to execute further documents etc. The Borrower shall, and shall procure that any other party to any Security Document shall:

(a) execute and deliver to the Agent (or as it may direct, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) any assignment, mortgage, power of attorney, proxy or other document, governed by the law of England or such other country as the Agent may (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), in any particular case, specify,

(b) effect any registration or notarisation, give any notice or take any other step, which the Agent may (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), by notice to the Borrower or other party, reasonably specify for any of the purposes described in Clause 5.2 or for any similar or related purpose.

6.2 Purposes of further assurances. Those purposes are:

(a) validly and effectively to create any Security Interest or right of any kind which the Lenders intended should be created by or pursuant to the Facility Agreement or any other Security Document, each as amended and supplemented by this Agreement; and

(b) implementing the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

5

6.3 Terms of further assurances. The Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) may specify the terms of any document to be executed by the Borrower or any other party under Clause 6.1, and those terms may include any covenants, powers and provisions which the Majority Lenders reasonably consider appropriate to protect its interests.

6.4 Obligation to comply with notice. The Borrower shall comply with a notice under Clause 5.1 by the date specified in the notice.

6.5 Additional corporate action. At the same time as the Borrower or any other party delivers to the Agent any document executed under Clause 6.1(a), the Borrower or such other party shall also deliver to the Agent a certificate signed by 2 of the Borrower’s or that other party’s directors which shall:

(a) set out the text of a resolution of the Borrower’s or that other party’s directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), and

(b) state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the directors validly convened and held throughout which a quorum of directors entitled to vote on the resolution was present or that the resolution has been signed by all the directors and is valid under the Borrower’s or that other party’s articles of association or other constitutional documents.

7 FEES AND EXPENSES

7.1 Amendment fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (to the extent not already paid) on the date of this Agreement a non-refundable amendment fee of USD30,000 for distribution among the Lenders as agreed between them.

7.2 Expenses. The provisions of Clause 5 (Fees and Expenses) of the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.

8 NOTICES

8.1 General. The provisions of clause 17 (Notices and other matters) of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.

9 SUPPLEMENTAL

9.1 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.

9.2 Third party rights. A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

10 LAW AND JURISDICTION

10.1 Governing law. This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

6

10.2 Incorporation of the Facility Agreement provisions. The provisions of Clauses 18 and 19 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the date first above written.

SIGNED as a deed by		)
for and on behalf of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx		)
NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P.		) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
(as Borrower under and pursuant to		)
a power of attorney dated 16 April 2014)		)
SIGNED by XXXXX XXXXX		)
for and on behalf of		)
COMMERZBANK AG		) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
(as a Lender)		)
SIGNED by XXXXX XXXXX		)
for and on behalf of		) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
DVB BANK SE		)
(as a Lender)		)
SIGNED by XXXXX XXXXX		)
for and on behalf of		)
DVB BANK SE		) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
(as Joint-Arranger, Agent		)
and Security Trustee)		)
SIGNED by XXXXX XXXXX		)
for and on behalf of		)
COMMERZBANK AG		) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
(as Joint-Arranger, Account Bank,		)
and Payment Agent)		)
Witness to all the above		)
Signatures:		) /s/ Xxxxxxx Paizes
Name: Xxxxxxx Paizes
Address:
00-00 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx

7

We on this day of                     April 2014 hereby confirm and acknowledge that we have read and understood the terms and conditions of the above Third Supplemental Agreement and agree in all respects to the same and confirm that the Security Documents to which we are respectively a party shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to stand as security for the obligations of the Borrower under the Facility Agreement (as amended by the Third Supplemental Agreement) and shall, without limitation, secure the Loan.

/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
NAVIOS MARITIME OPERATING L.L.C.				NAVIOS SHIPMANAGEMENT INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
LIBRA SHIPPING ENTERPRISES				ALEGRIA SHIPPING CORPORATION
CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
FANTASTIKS SHIPPING CORPORATION				FELICITY SHIPPING CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
GALAXY SHIPPING CORPORATION				GEMINI SHIPPING CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
AURORA SHIPPING ENTERPRISES LTD.				HYPERION ENTERPRISES INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
SAGITTARIUS SHIPPING CORPORATION				PALERMO SHIPPING S.A.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
CHILALI CORP.				SURF MARITIME CO.

8

/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
ALDEBARAN SHIPPING CORPORATION				PROSPERITY SHIPPING CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
CUSTOMIZED DEVELOPMENT S.A.				PANDORA MARINE INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu				/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX				XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of				For and on behalf of
KOHYLIA SHIPMANAGEMENT S.A.				ORBITER SHIPPING CORP.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Papaefthymiu
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
For and on behalf of
JTC SHIPPING & TRADING LTD

9