SEA 242 LEASING CO. LIMITED
Exhibit 4.58
as Guarantor
and
SEA 242 LEASING CO. LIMITED
as Owner
GUARANTEE
relating to
a Bareboat Charter of
one (1) bulk carrier named “Patriotship” dated 22 June 2021
Index
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1
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Interpretation
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1
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2
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Guarantee
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2
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3
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Liability as Principal and Independent Debtor
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3
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4
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Expenses
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3
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5
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Adjustment of Transactions
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3
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6
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Payments
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4
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7
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Interest
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4
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8
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Subordination
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5
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9
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Enforcement
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5
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10
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Judgments and Currency Indemnity
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6
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11
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Supplemental
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6
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12
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Assignment or Transfer
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8
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13
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Notices
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8
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14
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Invalidity of Leasing Documents
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9
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15
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Incorporation of Bareboat Charter Provisions
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9
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16
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Governing Law and Enforcement
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9
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Execution
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Execution Page
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THIS GUARANTEE is made on 22 June 2021.
(1) |
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Xxxxxxxx Islands with its
registered address at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960 (the “Guarantor”); and
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(B) |
The Guarantor directly holds one hundred (100) per cent. of the issued and outstanding shares in the Bareboat Charterer.
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(C) |
The execution and delivery to the Owner of this Guarantee is one of the conditions to the chartering of the Vessel under the Bareboat Charter.
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(D) |
This Deed is the Guarantee referred to in the Bareboat Charter.
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1 |
INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
Defined expressions
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Words and expressions defined in the Bareboat Charter shall have the same meanings when used in this Guarantee unless the context otherwise requires.
1.2 |
Construction of certain terms
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In this Guarantee:
“bankruptcy” includes a liquidation, receivership or administration and any form of suspension of payments,
arrangement with creditors or reorganisation under any corporate or insolvency law of any country.
“Security Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date on which the Owner is satisfied that all present
and future liabilities of the Bareboat Charterer under or in connection with the Leasing Documents have been irrevocably paid in full.
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1.3 |
References to “Bareboat Charterer”
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References to the Bareboat Charterer under this Guarantee shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include reference to the Bareboat Charterer in its various capacities under the
Leasing Documents.
1.4 |
Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Bareboat Charter
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Clauses 66.2 to 66.6 of the Bareboat Charter apply, with any necessary modifications, to this Guarantee.
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GUARANTEE
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2.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity
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The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably:
(a) |
guarantees the due payment of all amounts payable by the Bareboat Charterer under each Leasing Document to which it is a party;
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(b) |
guarantees the punctual performance by the Bareboat Charterer of all its obligations under or in connection with any Leasing Document to which it is a party;
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2.2 |
No limit on number of demands
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The Owner may serve more than one (1) demand under Clause 2.1 (Guarantee and indemnity).
2.3 |
Guarantee of whole amount
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This Guarantee shall be construed and take effect as a guarantee of all amounts due to the Owner under the Leasing Documents (or any of them).
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3 |
LIABILITY AS PRINCIPAL AND INDEPENDENT DEBTOR
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3.1 |
Principal and independent debtor
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The Guarantor shall be liable under this Guarantee as a principal and independent debtor and accordingly it shall not have, as regards this Guarantee, any of the rights or
defences of a surety.
3.2 |
Waiver of rights and defences
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Without limiting the generality of Clause 3.1 (Principal and independent debtor), the Guarantor shall neither be discharged by, nor
have any claim against the Owner in respect of:
(a) |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person;
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(b) |
any amendment or supplement being made to any Leasing Document (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous);
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(c) |
any arrangement or concession (including a rescheduling or acceptance of partial payments) relating to, or affecting, any Leasing Document;
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(d) |
any release or loss (even though negligent) of any right or Security Interest created by any Leasing Document;
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(f) |
any Leasing Document being or later becoming void, unenforceable, illegal or invalid or otherwise defective in whole or in part for any reason, including a neglect to register it; or
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(g) |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
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4 |
EXPENSES
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4.1 |
Costs of preservation of rights, enforcement etc
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The Guarantor shall pay to the Owner within three (3) Business Days of its demand the amount of all expenses (including, without limitation, out
of pocket expenses and legal fees) incurred by the Owner in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under this Guarantee or any Leasing Document, including any advice, claim or proceedings relating to this Guarantee or
any Leasing Document.
4.2 |
Fees and expenses payable under Leasing Documents
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Clause 4.1 (Costs of preservation of rights, enforcement etc.) is without prejudice to the Guarantor’s liabilities in respect of the
Charterers’ obligations under any Leasing Document to which it is a party.
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ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSACTIONS
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The Guarantor shall pay to the Owner on its demand any amount which the Owner is required, or agrees, to pay pursuant to any claim by, or settlement with, a trustee in
bankruptcy of any other Obligor on the ground that any Leasing Document to which that Obligor is a party, or a payment by that Obligor, was invalid or unenforceable or on any similar ground.
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6 |
PAYMENTS
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6.1 |
Method of payments
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Any amount due under this Guarantee shall be paid:
(a) |
in immediately available funds;
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(b) |
to such account as the Owner may from time to time notify to the Guarantor;
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(c) |
without any form of set‑off, cross‑claim or condition; and
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6.2 |
Grossing-up for taxes
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If the Guarantor is required by law to make a tax deduction then the Guarantor shall increase the payment due from them to the Owners to an amount which (after making any
tax deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no tax deduction had been required.
In this clause, “tax deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, other than a FATCA
Deduction.
6.3 |
Indemnity and evidence of payment of taxes
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7 |
INTEREST
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7.1 |
Accrual of interest
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Any amount due under this Guarantee shall carry interest after the date on which the Owner demands payment of it from the Guarantor until it is actually paid, unless
interest on that same amount also accrues under the relevant Leasing Document.
7.2 |
Calculation of interest
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Interest under this Guarantee shall be calculated and accrue at the rate described in clause 37.5 of the Bareboat Charter and otherwise in
accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, it is confirmed that this Guarantee covers all interest payable under the relevant Leasing Document.
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SUBORDINATION
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(b) |
take or enforce any Security Interest for any such amount;
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(c) |
claim to set-off any such amount against any amount payable by the Guarantor to the Bareboat Charterer or any other Obligor; or
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(d) |
claim any subrogation or other right in respect of any Leasing Document or any sum received or recovered by the Owner under the Leasing Documents.
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ENFORCEMENT
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9.1 |
No requirement to commence proceedings against any other Obligor
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The Owner will not need to commence any proceedings under, or enforce any Security Interest created by, the Bareboat Charter or any other Leasing Document before claiming or
commencing proceedings under this Guarantee.
9.2 |
Conclusive evidence of certain matters
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As against the Guarantor:
(a) |
any final award of an arbitration tribunal in London in connection with the Bareboat Charter or any other Leasing Document; and
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(b) |
any statement or admission of the other Obligor in connection with the Bareboat Charter or any other Leasing Document,
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shall be binding and conclusive as to all matters of fact and law to which it relates.
9.3 |
Suspense account
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The Owner may, for the purpose of claiming or proving in an insolvency of any Obligor, place any sum received or recovered under or by virtue of this Guarantee on a separate
interest bearing suspense or other nominal account without applying it in satisfaction of the Bareboat Charterer’s or Guarantor’s obligations under any Leasing Document.
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10 |
JUDGMENTS AND CURRENCY INDEMNITY
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10.1 |
Judgments relating to Bareboat Charter and other Leasing Documents
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This Guarantee shall cover any amount payable by any other Obligor under or in connection with any judgment or award relating to the Bareboat Charter and any other Leasing
Document.
10.2 |
Currency indemnity
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If any sum due from the Guarantor to the Owner under this Guarantee or under any order, judgment or award relating to this Guarantee has to be converted from the currency in
which this Guarantee provided for the sum to be paid (the “Contractual Currency”) into another currency (the “Payment Currency”) for the purpose of:
(b) |
making or lodging any claim or proof against the Guarantor, whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise;
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(c) |
obtaining an order, judgment or award from any court or other tribunal; or
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(d) |
enforcing any such order, judgment or award,
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the Guarantor shall indemnify the Owner against the loss arising when the amount of the payment actually received by the Owner is converted at the available rate of exchange
into the Contractual Currency.
In this Clause 10.2 (Currency indemnity), the “available rate of exchange” means the rate at
which the Owner is able at the opening of business (Shanghai time) on the Business Day after it receives the sum concerned to purchase the Contractual Currency with the Payment Currency.
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SUPPLEMENTAL
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11.1 |
Continuing guarantee
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This Guarantee shall remain in force as a continuing security interest at all times during the Security Period.
11.2 |
Rights cumulative, non-exclusive
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The Owner’s rights under and in connection with this Guarantee are cumulative, may be exercised as often as appears expedient and shall not be taken to exclude or limit any
right or remedy conferred by law.
11.3 |
No impairment of rights under Guarantee
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If the Owner omits to exercise, delays in exercising or invalidly exercises any of its rights under this Guarantee, that shall not impair that or any other right of the
Owner under this Guarantee.
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11.4 |
Severability of provisions
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If any provision of this Guarantee is or subsequently becomes void, illegal, unenforceable or otherwise invalid, that shall not affect the validity, legality or
enforceability of its other provisions.
11.5 |
Guarantee not affected by other Security Interests
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This Guarantee shall not impair, nor be impaired by, any other guarantee or any right of set-off or netting or to combine accounts which the Owner may now or later hold in
connection with the Bareboat Charter or any other Leasing Document.
11.6 |
Guarantor bound by Bareboat Charter and incorporation of its terms
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The Guarantor is fully familiar with, and agrees to all the provisions of, the Bareboat Charter and the other Leasing Documents to which it is not a party. The Guarantor
agrees with the Owner:
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that any provision of the Bareboat Charter which, by its terms, applies or relates to the Leasing Documents applies to this Guarantee.
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11.7 |
Third party rights
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A person who is not a party to this Guarantee has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
Guarantee.
11.8 |
Counterparts
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This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Guarantee.
11.9 |
Sovereign immunity
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The Guarantor waives any rights of sovereign immunity which it or any of its assets may enjoy in any jurisdiction and subjects itself to civil and commercial law with
respect to their obligations under this Guarantee.
11.10 |
Reinstatement
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If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by the Owner in
whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
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11.11 |
Release
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Subject to Clause 11.10 (Reinstatement), at the end of the Security Period, the Owner shall, at the request and cost of the
Guarantor, irrevocably and unconditionally release the guarantee created under this Guarantee.
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ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER
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12.1 |
Assignment or transfer by Owner
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The Owner may assign any of its rights and transfer any of its obligations under this Guarantee to the same extent as it may transfer the same under the other Leasing Documents to which it is a party subject always to the provisions of the Bareboat Charter.
12.2 |
Assignment by Guarantor
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The Guarantor may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee.
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NOTICES
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13.1 |
Notices
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Any notice, certificate, demand or other communication to be served, given made or sent under or in relation to this Guarantee shall be in English and in writing and
(without prejudice to any other valid method or giving making or sending the same) shall be deemed sufficiently given or made or sent if sent by registered post or by email to the following respective addresses:
to the Owner:
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to the same address and in the same manner as notices to the Owner under the Bareboat Charter.
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to the Guarantor:
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c/o Seanergy Management Corp.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx and xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx
Tel: x00 000 0000000
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or, if a party hereto changes its address or email address, to such other address or email address as that party may notify to the other.
13.2 |
Service of notices
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Any such communication shall be deemed to have reached the Party to whom it was addressed (a) when delivered (in case of a registered letter),
or (b) when actually received in readable form (in case of an email). A notice or other such communication received on a non-working day or after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed to be served on the
next following working day in such place.
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13.3 |
Validity of demands
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A demand under this Guarantee shall be valid notwithstanding that it is served:
(a) |
on the date on which the amount to which it relates is payable by the Bareboat Charterer under a Leasing Document; and
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(b) |
and a demand under this Guarantee may refer to all amounts payable under or in connection with a Leasing Document without specifying a particular sum or aggregate sum.
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INVALIDITY OF LEASING DOCUMENTS
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14.1 |
Invalidity of Bareboat Charter or other Leasing Documents
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In the event of:
this Guarantee shall cover any amount which would have been or become payable under or in connection with the Bareboat Charter or other Leasing Document if the Bareboat
Charter or other Leasing Document had been and remained entirely valid, legal and enforceable, or that Obligor had not suffered bankruptcy, or any combination of such events or circumstances, as the case may be, and the Bareboat Charterer had
remained fully liable under it for liabilities whether invalidly incurred or validly incurred but subsequently retrospectively invalidated; and references in this Guarantee to amounts payable by that Obligor under or in connection with the Bareboat
Charter or other Leasing Document shall include references to any amount which would have so been or become payable as aforesaid.
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INCORPORATION OF BAREBOAT CHARTER PROVISIONS
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15.1 |
clause 45 (No waiver of rights);
clause 58 (No set-off or tax deduction); and
clause 61 (FATCA).
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GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
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16.1 |
This Guarantee and any non-contractual obligations arising under or in connection with it are governed by English law.
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16.2 |
Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement) (a “Dispute”) shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification or
re-enactment thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Clause 16 (Governing Law and Enforcement). The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London
Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced.
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16.3 |
The seat of the arbitration shall be London, England, even where any hearing takes place outside England.
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16.5 |
Nothing herein shall prevent the parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator.
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16.6 |
Where the reference is to three arbitrators the procedure for making appointments shall be in accordance with the procedure for full arbitration stated above.
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16.8 |
The language of the arbitration shall be English.
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This Guarantee has been executed as a Deed and delivered on the date stated at the beginning of this Guarantee.
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GUARANTOR
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by SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
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acting by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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) /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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being an attorney-in-fact
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in the presence of:
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Witness’ signature: /s/ Xxxxx Moschopoulou
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Witness’ name: Xxxxx Moschopoulou
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Witness’ address: 000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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00000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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OWNER
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SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED as a DEED
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by Sea 242 Leasing Co. Limited
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by Xxxx Xxxx
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) /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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its attorney-in-fact under power of attorney
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dated 17 June 2021
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in the presence of:
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Witness’ signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxx
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Witness’ name: Xxxx Xxx
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Witness’ address: 00X, Xxxxx Merchants Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX. 0000
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
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