Date 6th October 2008 BANKSY SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED HONGBO SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED as joint and several Borrowers - and - THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as Lenders - and – THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in...
Exhibit
4.82
Date 6th October
2008
BANKSY
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
HONGBO
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
as joint
and several Borrowers
- and
-
THE
BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
listed
in Schedule 1
as
Lenders
- and
–
THE
BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
listed
in Schedule 2
as Swap
Banks
- and
-
DVB
BANK AMERICA N.V.
as
Agent
and as
Security Trustee
relating
to
a
facility of up to US$80,000,000
to part
finance the construction of
hull
numbers S-1027 and S-1033
at SPP
Plant & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
XXXXXX,
XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
London
INDEX
Clause
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Page
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1
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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2
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FACILITY
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15
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3
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POSITION
OF THE LENDERS AND SWAP BANKS
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15
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4
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DRAWDOWN
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16
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5
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INTEREST
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18
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6
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INTEREST
PERIODS
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20
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7
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DEFAULT
INTEREST
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20
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8
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REPAYMENT
AND PREPAYMENT
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21
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9
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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23
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10
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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25
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11
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GENERAL
UNDERTAKINGS
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28
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12
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CORPORATE
UNDERTAKINGS
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34
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13
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INSURANCE
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35
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14
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SHIP
COVENANTS
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39
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15
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SECURITY
COVER
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42
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16
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PAYMENTS
AND CALCULATIONS
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44
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17
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APPLICATION
OF RECEIPTS
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46
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18
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APPLICATION
OF EARNINGS
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47
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19
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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47
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20
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FEES
AND EXPENSES
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52
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21
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INDEMNITIES
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54
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22
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NO
SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
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55
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23
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ILLEGALITY,
ETC
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56
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24
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INCREASED
COSTS
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57
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25
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SET
OFF
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58
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26
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TRANSFERS
AND CHANGES IN LENDING OFFICES
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59
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27
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VARIATIONS
AND WAIVERS
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62
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28
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NOTICES
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63
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29
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JOINT
AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
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65
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30
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SUPPLEMENTAL
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66
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31
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LAW
AND JURISDICTION
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66
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SCHEDULE
1 LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS
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68
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SCHEDULE
2 SWAP BANKS
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69
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SCHEDULE
3 DRAWDOWN NOTICE
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70
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SCHEDULE
4 CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
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71
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SCHEDULE
5 TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
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75
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SCHEDULE
6 DESIGNATION NOTICE
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79
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SCHEDULE
7 DVB LOAN ADMINISTRATION FORM
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80
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EXECUTION
PAGES
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82
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THIS AGREEMENT is made
on October 2008
BETWEEN
(1)
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BANKSY SHIPPING COMPANY
LIMITED
and HONGBO
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, as joint and
several Borrowers;
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(2)
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THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1, as Lenders;
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(3)
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THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 2, as Swap
Banks;
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(4)
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DVB BANK AMERICA N.V.,
as Agent;
and
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(5)
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DVB BANK AMERICA N.V.,
as Security Trustee.
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BACKGROUND
(A)
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The
Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers a facility of up to
$80,000,000 for the purpose of part financing the purchase price of the
Ships which are to be constructed by the Builder for, and purchased by,
the Borrowers.
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(B)
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The
Swap Banks may enter into interest rate swap transactions with the
Borrowers from time to time to hedge the Borrowers' exposure under this
Agreement to interest rate
fluctuations.
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(C)
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The
Lenders and the Swap Banks have agreed to share pari passu in the
security to be granted to the Security Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
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IT IS AGREED as
follows:
1
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions. Subject
to Clause 1.5, in this Agreement:
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"Account Security Deed"
means, in relation to an Earnings Account, a deed creating security in
respect of that Earnings Accounts in the Agreed
Form;
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"Advance" means the
principal amount of each borrowing by the Borrowers under this
Agreement;
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"Affected Lender" has the
meaning given in Clause 5.7;
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"Agency and Trust
Agreement" means the agency and trust agreement dated the same date
as this Agreement and made between the same
parties;
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"Agent" means DVB Bank
America N.V., acting in such capacity through its office at Zeelandia
Office Park, Kaya X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles, or any
successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust
Agreement;
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"Agreed Form" means in
relation to any document, that document in the form approved in writing by
the Agent or as otherwise approved in accordance with any other approval
procedure specified in any relevant provisions of any Finance
Document;
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"Approved Manager" means,
in relation to a Ship, any company which the Agent may, with the
authorisation of the Majority Lenders, approve from time to time as the
technical or commercial manager of the
Ship;
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1
"Availability Period" means the
period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on:
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(a)
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30
September 2009 (or such later date as the Agent may, with the
authorisation of the Lenders, agree with the Borrowers);
or
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(b)
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if
earlier, the date on which the Total Commitments are fully borrowed,
cancelled or terminated;
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"Borrowers" means each of
Banksy Shipping Company Limited ("Banksy") and Hongbo
Shipping Company Limited ("Hongbo"), each being a
company incorporated in the Republic of Liberia whose registered office is
at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx (and includes their respective
successors);
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"Builder" means
SPP Plant & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of the Republic of
Korea;
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"Business Day" means a
day on which banks are open in Curaçao, Frankfurt, London and Piraeus and,
in respect of a day on which a payment is required to be made under a
Finance Document, also in New York
City;
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"Charter Assignment"
means, in relation to a Ship, an assignment of the Charter and the Charter
Guarantee in the Agreed Form;
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"Charters" means:
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(a)
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in
relation to Ship A, the "hell and high water" bareboat charter dated 27
May 2008 and made between the Guarantor (or its nominee) and Magellano
Marine C.V. for a period of 7 years on a rate of US$14,300 (net) per day
(with the Borrower having options to extend the period for an additional
year on a rate of US$14,800 (net) per day, thereafter for an additional
year on a rate of US$15,300 (net) per day and thereafter for an additional
year on a rate of US$15,800 (net) per day);
and
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(b)
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in
relation to Ship B, the "hell and high water" bareboat charter dated 8
April 2008 and made between the Guarantor (or its guaranteed nominee) and
Daelim H&L Co., Ltd. for a period of 10 years on a rate of US$14,550
(net) per day,
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each
in a form approved by the Lenders and as supplemented and/or amended from
time to time and, in the singular, means either of
them;
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"Charter
Guarantees" means:
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(a)
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in
relation to the Charter of Ship A, the guarantee dated 27 May 2008 and
issued by Xxxxx Xxxx Seatrade B.V. in favour of the Guarantor;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to the Charter of Ship B, the guarantee dated 21 April 2008 and
issued by Daelim Corporation in favour of the Guarantor (or its guaranteed
nominee),
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each
in a form approved by the Lenders and as supplemented and/or amended from
time to time and, in the singular, means either of
them;
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"Charter
Guarantor" means, in relation to a Charter Guarantee,
the party which has issued by that Charter Guarantor in favour of the
relevant Borrower;
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"Charterer" means,
in relation to a Charter, the party which has entered into that Charter
with the relevant Borrower;
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"Commitment" means, in
relation to a Lender, the amount set opposite its name in Schedule 1, or,
as the case may require, the amount specified in the relevant
Transfer
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2
Certificate,
as that amount may be reduced, cancelled or terminated in accordance with this
Agreement (and "Total
Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments of all the
Lenders);
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"Confirmation" and "Early Termination Date",
in relation to any continuing Designated Transaction, have the meanings
given in the relevant Master
Agreement;
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"Contractual Currency"
has the meaning given in Clause
21.4;
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"Contribution" means, in
relation to a Lender, the part of the Loan which is owing to that
Lender;
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"Creditor Party" means
the Agent, the Security Trustee, any Lender or any Swap Bank, whether as
at the date of this Agreement or at any later
time;
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"Delivery
Date" means, in relation to a Ship, the date on which that
Ship is actually delivered to (and accepted by) the relevant Borrower under the
Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship;
"Designated Transaction" means
a Transaction which fulfils the following requirements:
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(a)
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it
is entered into by the Borrowers pursuant to a Master Agreement with a
Swap Bank which, at the time the Transaction is entered into, is also a
Lender;
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(b)
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its
purpose is the hedging of the Borrowers' exposure under this Agreement to
fluctuations in LIBOR arising from the funding of the Loan (or any part
thereof) for a period expiring no later than the final Repayment Date;
and
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(c)
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it
is designated by the Borrowers, by delivery by the Borrowers to the Agent
of a notice of designation in the form set out in Schedule 6, as a
Designated Transaction for the purposes of the Finance
Documents;
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"Dollars" and "$" means the lawful
currency for the time being of the United States of
America;
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"Drawdown Date" means, in
relation to an Advance, the date requested by the Borrowers for the
Advance to be made, or (as the context requires) the date on which the
Advance is actually made;
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"Drawdown Notice" means a
notice in the form set out in Schedule 3 (or in any other form which the
Agent approves or reasonably
requires);
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"DVB XXX Form" means a form in
the form set out in Schedule 7;
"Earnings" means, in
relation to a Ship, all moneys whatsoever which are now, or later become,
payable (actually or contingently) to the Borrower owning that Ship or the
Security Trustee and which arise out of the use or operation of that Ship,
including (but not limited to):
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(a)
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except
to the extent that they fall within paragraph
(b);
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(i)
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all
freight, hire and passage moneys;
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(ii)
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compensation
payable to any Borrower or the Security Trustee in the event of
requisition of a Ship for hire;
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(iii)
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remuneration
for salvage and towage services;
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(iv)
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demurrage
and detention moneys;
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(v)
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damages
for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty
or other contract for the employment of a Ship;
and
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(vi)
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all
moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in respect of
loss of hire; and
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(b)
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if
and whenever a Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within
paragraphs (a)(i) to (vi) are pooled or shared with any other person, that
proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing
arrangement which is attributable to the
Ship;
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"Earnings Account" means,
in relation to a Ship, an account in the name of the Borrower owning the
Ship with a bank or financial institution approved by the Agent which is
designated by the Agent as the Earnings Account in relation to that Ship
for the purposes of this Agreement;
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"Environmental Claim"
means:
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(a)
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any
claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises
out of an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident or
which relates to any Environmental Law;
or
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(b)
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any
claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to
an alleged Environmental Incident,
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and
"claim" means a
claim for damages, compensation, fines, penalties or any other payment of
any kind whether or not similar to the foregoing; an order or direction to
take, or not to take, certain action or to desist from or suspend certain
action; and any form of enforcement or regulatory action, including the
arrest or attachment of any asset;
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"Environmental Incident"
means:
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(a)
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any
release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from a Ship;
or
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(b)
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any
incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a
vessel other than a Ship and which involves a collision between a Ship and
such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in
either case, in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially
liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or a Ship
and/or any Borrower and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault
or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative
action; or
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(c)
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any
other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released
otherwise than from a Ship and in connection with which a Ship is actually
or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Borrower and/or any
operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or
otherwise liable to any legal or administrative
action;
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"Environmental Law" means
any law relating to pollution or protection of the environment, to the
carriage of Environmentally Sensitive Material or to actual or threatened
releases of Environmentally Sensitive
Material;
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"Environmentally Sensitive
Material" means oil, oil products and any other substance
(including any chemical, gas or other hazardous or noxious substance)
which is (or is capable of being or becoming) polluting, toxic or
hazardous;
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"Event of Default" means any of
the events or circumstances described in Clause 19.1;
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"Fee
Letter" means a fee letter signed or to be signed on or
around the date of this Agreement between DVB Bank America N.V., the
Borrowers and the Guarantor in the Agreed
Form;
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"Finance Documents"
means:
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(a)
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this
Agreement;
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(b)
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the
Fee Letter;
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(c)
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the
Agency and Trust Agreement;
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(d)
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the
Guarantee;
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(e)
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the
Master Agreement Assignments;
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(f)
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the
Account Security Deeds;
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(g)
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the
Shares Pledges;
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(h)
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the
Predelivery Security Assignments;
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(i)
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the
Mortgages;
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(j)
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the
General Assignments;
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(k)
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the
Charter Assignments;
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(l)
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the
Quadripartite Agreements; and
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(m)
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any
other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is
executed at any time by any Borrower or any other person as security for,
or to establish any form of subordination or priorities arrangement in
relation to, any amount payable to the Lenders and/or the Swap Banks under
this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this
definition;
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"Financial Indebtedness"
means, in relation to a person (the "debtor"), a liability of
the debtor:
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(a)
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for
principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys
borrowed or raised by the debtor;
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(b)
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under
any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the
debtor;
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(c)
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under
any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility or
dematerialised equivalent made available to the
debtor;
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(d)
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under
a financial lease (including, without limitation, off-balance sheet
liabilities such as remaining obligations under any leasing/chartering
arrangement (whether or not a financial lease)), a deferred purchase
consideration arrangement or any other agreement having the commercial
effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the
debtor;
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(e)
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under
any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any
other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor;
or
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(f)
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under
a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in
respect of a liability of another person which would fall within
paragraphs (a) to (e) if the references to the debtor referred to the
other person;
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"GAAP" means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America;
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"General Assignment"
means, in relation to a Ship, a general assignment of the Earnings, the
Insurances and any Requisition Compensation in the Agreed
Form;
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"Guarantee" means a
guarantee issued by the Guarantor in favour of the Security Trustee in the
Agreed Form;
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"Guarantor" means Top
Ships Inc. (formerly known as Top Tankers Inc.), a corporation
incorporated in the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered
office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, X.X. Xxx 0000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX00000;
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"IAPPC" means
an International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate for the purposes of
MARPOL Annex VI, "Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from
Ships";
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"Insurances" means, in
relation to a Ship:
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(a)
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all
policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any
protection and indemnity or war risks association, which are effected in
respect of the Ship, its Earnings or otherwise in relation to it;
and
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(b)
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all
rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the
foregoing, including any rights to a return of a
premium;
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"Interest Period" means a
period determined in accordance with Clause
6;
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"ISM Code" means the
International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on its
implementation), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (and the terms
"safety management
system", "Safety
Management Certificate" and "Document of Compliance"
have the same meanings as are given to them in the ISM
Code);
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"ISPS Code" means
the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code as adopted by the
International Maritime Organisation, as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time;
"ISSC" means a
valid and current International Ship Security Certificate issued under the ISPS
Code;
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"Lender" means a bank or
financial institution listed in Schedule 1 and acting through its branch
indicated in Schedule 1 (or through another branch notified to the Agent
under Clause 26.14) or its transferee, successor or
assign;
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"LIBOR" means, in relation to
any period for which an interest rate is to be determined under any provision of
a Finance Document:
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(a)
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the
rate per annum equal to the offered quotation for deposits in Dollars for
a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, that period which
appears on REUTERS BBA Page LIBOR 01 at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time)
on the Quotation Date for that period (and, for the purposes of this
Agreement, "REUTERS BBA
Page LIBOR 01" means the display designated as "Page 01" on the
REUTERS Service or such other page as may replace Page 01 on
that
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6
service
for the purpose of displaying rates comparable to that rate or on such other
service as may be nominated by the British Bankers' Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying British Bankers' Association
Interest Settlement Rates for Dollars) Provided that should there be
a discrepancy between such offered quotation for deposits in Dollars appearing
on Reuters BBA Page LIBOR 01 and the actual rate at which deposits in Dollars
are offered to each Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank
Market at that Reference Bank's request at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on
the Quotation Date for that period for a period equal to that period and for
delivery on the first Business Day of it, the highest of the actual rates
available to the Reference Banks shall be "LIBOR" for the purposes of this
paragraph (a); or
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(b)
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if
no rate is quoted on REUTERS BBA Page LIBOR 01, the rate per annum
determined by the Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest one-sixteenth of one per cent.) of the rates per
annum notified to the Agent by each Reference Bank as the rate at which
deposits in Dollars are offered to that Reference Bank by leading banks in
the London Interbank Market at that Reference Bank's request at or about
11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for that period for a
period equal to that period and for delivery on the first Business Day of
it;
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"Loan" means the
principal amount for the time being outstanding under this
Agreement;
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"Major Casualty" means,
in relation to a Ship, any casualty to the Ship in respect of which the
claim or the aggregate of the claims against all insurers, before
adjustment for any relevant franchise or deductible, exceeds $500,000 or
the equivalent in any other
currency;
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"Majority Lenders"
means:
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(a)
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before
an Advance has been made, Lenders whose Commitments total more than 67 per
cent. of the Total Commitments; and
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(b)
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after
an Advance has been made, Lenders whose Contributions total more than 67
per cent. of the Loan;
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"Margin" means 1.55 per
cent. per annum;
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"Master
Agreement" means each master agreement (on the 2002 ISDA
(Multicurrency - Crossborder) form) in the Agreed Form made between the
Borrowers and a Swap Bank and includes all Designated Transactions from time to
time entered into and Confirmations from time to time exchanged under the master
agreement;
"Master Agreement
Assignment" means, in relation to each Master Agreement and
each Borrower, the assignment of the Master Agreement by that Borrower in the
Agreed Form;
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"Mortgages"
means:
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(a)
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in
relation to Ship A, the first priority Maltese ship mortgage on that Ship
and deed of covenant collateral thereto;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to Ship B, the first preferred Liberian ship mortgage on that
Ship,
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each
in the Agreed Form and, in the singular, means either of
them;
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"Negotiation Period" has
the meaning given in Clause
5.10;
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"Notifying Lender" has the
meaning given in Clause 23.1 or Clause 24.1 as the context
requires;
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"Payment Currency" has
the meaning given in Clause 21.4;
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"Permitted Security
Interests" means:
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(a)
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Security
Interests created by the Finance
Documents;
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(b)
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liens
for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime
practice;
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(c)
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liens
for salvage;
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(d)
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liens
arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months' prepaid hire
under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this
Agreement;
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(e)
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liens
for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading and
any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary
course of the operation, repair or maintenance of a Ship, provided such
liens do not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue (unless the
overdue amount is being contested by the relevant Borrower in good faith
by appropriate steps) and subject, in the case of liens for repair or
maintenance, to
Clause 14.12(g);
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(f)
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any
Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any
proceedings or arbitration as security for costs and expenses while a
Borrower is actively prosecuting or defending such proceedings or
arbitration in good faith; and
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(g)
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Security
Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not
overdue for payment or in respect of taxes being contested in good faith
by appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate reserves have
been made;
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"Pertinent Document"
means:
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(a)
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any
Finance Document;
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(b)
|
any
policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause
13 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance
Document;
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(c)
|
any
other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document;
and
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(d)
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any
document which has been or is at any time sent by or to a Servicing Bank
in contemplation of or in connection with any Finance Document or any
policy, contract or document falling within paragraphs (b) or
(c);
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"Pertinent Jurisdiction",
in relation to a company, means:
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(a)
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England
and Wales;
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(b)
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the
country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or
formed;
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(c)
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a
country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or which
the company's central management and control is or has recently been
exercised;
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(d)
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a
country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to
corporation tax, income tax or any similar
tax;
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(e)
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a
country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by,
or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated,
in which the company maintains a branch or permanent place of business, or
in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be
registered in order to ensure its validity or priority;
and
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(f)
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a
country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up,
administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as a
main or territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such
jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country
referred to in paragraphs (b) or
(c);
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"Pertinent Matter"
means:
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(a)
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any
transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection
with a Pertinent Document; or
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(b)
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any
statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter
falling within paragraph (a),
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and
covers any such transaction, matter or statement, whether entered into, arising
or made at any time before the signing of this Agreement or on or at any time
after that signing;
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"Potential Event of
Default" means an event or circumstance which, with the giving of
any notice, the lapse of time, a determination of the Majority Lenders
and/or the satisfaction of any other condition, would constitute an Event
of Default;
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"Predelivery Security
Assignment" means, in relation to a Ship, an assignment
of the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship and of the Refund Guarantee in
relation to that Shipbuilding Contract in the Agreed
Form;
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"Principal
Subsidiaries" means each company which has total assets
which are valued at 5 per cent. or more of the value of the consolidated
total assets of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, as calculated by
reference to the then latest audited annual accounts of such subsidiary
and the Guarantor and, in the singular, means any of
them;
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"Quadripartite Agreement"
means, in relation to a Ship, an agreement between the Borrower owning or
to own that Ship, the Charterer of that Ship, the relevant Charter
Guarantor and the Security Trustee in the Agreed
Form;
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"Quotation Date" means,
in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined
under any provision of a Finance Document, the day which is 2 Business
Days before the first day of that period, unless market practice differs
in the London Interbank Market for a currency, in which case the Quotation
Date will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in
the London Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by
leading banks in the London Interbank Market on more than one day, the
Quotation Date will be the last of those
days);
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"Reference Banks" means,
subject to Clause 26.16, DVB Bank America
N.V.;
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"Refund
Guarantees" means:
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(a)
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in
relation to the Shipbuilding Contract for Ship A, the guarantee dated 18
December 2006 and issued by the Refund Guarantor in favour of the
Guarantor together with an agreement made or to be made between the Refund
Guarantor, the Guarantor and Banksy pursuant to which Banksy will become
the beneficiary under such guarantee;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to the Shipbuilding Contract for Ship B, the guarantee dated 18
December 2006 and issued by the Refund Guarantor in favour of the
Guarantor together with an agreement made or to be made between the Refund
Guarantor, the Guarantor and Hongbo pursuant to which Hongbo will become
the beneficiary under such
guarantee,
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each
in a form approved by the Lenders and as supplemented and/or amended from
time to time and, in the singular, means either of
them;
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"Refund
Guarantor" means Woori Bank of the Republic of
Korea;
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"Relevant Person" has the
meaning given in Clause 19.9;
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"Repayment Date" means a
date on which a repayment is required to be made under Clause
8;
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"Requisition
Compensation" includes all compensation or other moneys
payable by reason of any act or event such as is referred to in paragraph
(b) of the definition of "Total
Loss";
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"Secured Liabilities"
means all liabilities which the Borrowers, the Security Parties or any of
them have, at the date of this Agreement or at any later time or times,
under or in connection with any Finance Document or any Designated
Transaction under any Master Agreement or any judgment relating to any
Finance Document or any Designated Transaction under any Master Agreement;
and for this purpose, there shall be disregarded any total or partial
discharge of these liabilities, or variation of their terms, which is
effected by, or in connection with, any bankruptcy, liquidation,
arrangement or other procedure under the insolvency laws of any
country;
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"Security Interest"
means:
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(a)
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a
mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or
other lien or any other security interest of any
kind;
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(b)
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the
security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem;
and
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(c)
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any
arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place
another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to
the position in which B would have been had he held a security interest
over an asset of A; but this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of
set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of
business of a bank or financial
institution;
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"Security Party" means
the Guarantor, each party to each Quadripartite Agreement (except a
Creditor Party) and any other person (except a Creditor Party) who, as a
surety or mortgagor, as a party to any subordination or priorities
arrangement, or in any similar capacity, executes a document falling
within the last paragraph of the definition of "Finance
Documents";
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"Security Period" means
the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date
on which the Agent notifies the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the
Lenders that:
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(a)
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all
amounts which have become due for payment by any Borrower or any Security
Party under the Finance Documents and the Master Agreements have been
paid;
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(b)
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no
amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment)
under any Finance Document or any Master
Agreement;
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(c)
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neither
any Borrower nor any Security Party has any future or contingent liability
under Clause 20, 21 or 22 or any other provision of this Agreement or
another Finance Document or a Master Agreement;
and
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(d)
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the
Agent, the Security Trustee and the Majority Lenders do not consider that
there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a
Finance Document or a Master Agreement would be set aside, or would have
to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future bankruptcy
of a Borrower or a Security Party or in any present or possible future
proceeding relating to a Finance Document or a Master Agreement or any
asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security Interest created by a
Finance Document;
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"Security
Trustee" means DVB Bank America N.V., acting in such
capacity through its office at Zeelandia Office Park, Kaya X.X.X. Xxxxxxx
00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles, or any successor of it appointed under
clause 5 of the Agency and Trust
Agreement;
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"Servicing Bank" means
the Agent or the Security Trustee;
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"Shares Pledge" means, in
relation to a Borrower, a deed creating security over the share capital of
that Borrower in the Agreed Form;
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"Ship" means each
of:
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(a)
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"Ship A", being the
newbuilding IMO III, double hull product tanker of 50,000 dwt which is to
be constructed by the Builder for, and purchased by, Banksy under the
Shipbuilding Contract in respect of hull number S-1027 and upon delivery
registered in the name of Banksy under Maltese flag;
and
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(b)
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"Ship B", being the
newbuilding IMO III, double hull product tanker of 50,000 dwt which is to
be constructed by the Builder for, and purchased by, Hongbo under the
Shipbuilding Contract in respect of hull number S-1033 and upon delivery
registered in the name of Hongbo under Liberian
flag;
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and,
in the singular, means either of
them;
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"Shipbuilding
Contracts" means:
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(a)
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the
shipbuilding contract dated 31 October 2006 and made between the Builder
and the Guarantor for the construction by the Builder of a newbuilding IMO
III, double hull product tanker of 50,000 dwt with hull number S-1027 and
its purchase by Guarantor together with a novation agreement made or to be
made between the Builder, the Guarantor and Banksy pursuant to which the
Guarantor's rights and obligations under such shipbuilding contract are
novated in favour of Banksy; and
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(b)
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the
shipbuilding contract dated 31 October 2006 and made between the Builder
and the Guarantor for the construction by the Builder of a newbuilding IMO
III, double hull product tanker of 50,000 dwt with hull number S-1033 and
its purchase by Guarantor together with a novation agreement made or to be
made between the Builder, the Guarantor and Hongbo pursuant to which the
Guarantor's rights and obligations under such shipbuilding contract are
novated in favour of Hongbo;
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each in a
form approved by the Lenders and as supplemented and/or amended from time to
time and, in the singular, means either of them;
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"Total Loss" means, in
relation to a Ship:
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(a)
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actual,
constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the
Ship;
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(b)
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any
expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the Ship,
whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper
value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is
effected by any government or official authority or by any person or
persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority
(excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding 1 year
without any right to an extension) unless it is within 1 month redelivered
to the full control of the Borrower owning the Ship;
and
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(c)
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any
arrest, capture, seizure or detention of the Ship (including any hijacking
or theft) unless it is within 1 month redelivered to the full control of
the Borrower owning the Ship;
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"Swap Bank" means a
bank or financial institution listed in Schedule 2 and acting through its branch
indicated in Schedule 1;
"Swap
Counterparty" means, at any relevant time and in relation to a
continuing Designated Transaction, the Swap Bank which is a party to that
Designated Transaction;
"Swap
Exposure" means, as at any relevant date and in relation to a
Swap Counterparty, the amount certified by the Swap Counterparty to the Agent to
be the aggregate net amount in Dollars which would be payable by the Borrowers
to the Swap Counterparty under (and calculated in accordance with) section 6(e)
(Payments on Early
Termination) of the Master Agreement entered into by the Swap
Counterparty with the Borrowers if an Early Termination Date had occurred on the
relevant date in relation to all continuing Designated Transactions entered into
between the Borrowers and the Swap Counterparty;
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"Total Loss Date" means,
in relation to a Ship:
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(a)
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in
the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or,
if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard
of;
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(b)
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in
the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of
the Ship, the earliest of:
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(i)
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the
date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers;
and
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(ii)
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the
date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of
the Borrower owning the Ship with the Ship's insurers in which the
insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total loss;
and
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(a)
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in
the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely
date) on which it appears to the Agent that the event constituting the
total loss occurred;
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"Tranche" means,
in relation to a Ship, the aggregate of the Advances relating to that
Ship;
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"Transaction" has
the meaning given in each Master
Agreement;
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"Transaction
Documents" means the Shipbuilding Contracts, the
Charters and the Charter Guarantees and, in the singular, means any of
them;
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"Transfer
Certificate" has the meaning given in Clause 26.2;
and
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"Trust Property" has the
meaning given in clause 3.1 of the Agency and Trust
Agreement.
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1.2
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Construction of certain
terms. In this
Agreement:
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"administration
notice" means a notice appointing an administrator, a notice
of intended appointment and any other notice which is required by law (generally
or in the case concerned) to be filed with the court or given to a person prior
to, or in connection with, the appointment of an administrator;
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"approved" means, for the
purposes of Clause 13, approved in writing by the
Agent;
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"asset" includes every
kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future
or contingent right to any revenues or other
payment;
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"company" includes any
partnership, joint venture and unincorporated
association;
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"consent" includes an
authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing,
registration, notarisation and legalisation;
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"contingent liability"
means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which
remains unascertained;
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"control" by
one person (A) of another (B) means that A (whether directly or indirectly
and whether by the ownership of share capital, the possession of voting
power, contract or otherwise and whether acting alone or in concert with
one or more other parties) has the power to appoint and/or remove all or
the majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing
body of B or otherwise controls or has the power to control the affairs
and policies of B;
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"document" includes a
deed; also a letter or fax;
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"excess risks" means, in
relation to a Ship, the proportion of claims for general average, salvage
and salvage charges not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies
in respect of the Ship in consequence of its insured value being less than
the value at which the Ship is assessed for the purpose of such
claims;
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"expense" means any kind
of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and
expenses) and any applicable value added or other
tax;
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"law" includes any order
or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international
convention and any regulation or resolution of the Council of the European
Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security
Council;
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"legal or administrative
action" means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any
administrative or regulatory action or
investigation;
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"liability" includes
every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or
contingent), whether incurred as principal or surety or
otherwise;
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"months" shall
be construed in accordance with Clause
1.3;
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"obligatory insurances"
means, in relation to a Ship, all insurances effected, or which the
Borrower owning the Ship is obliged to effect, under Clause 13 or any
other provision of this Agreement or another Finance
Document;
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"parent
company" has the meaning given in Clause
1.4;
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"person" includes
any company; any state, political sub-division of a state and local or
municipal authority; and any international
organisation;
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"policy", in relation to
any insurance, includes a slip, cover note, certificate of entry or other
document evidencing the contract of insurance or its
terms;
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"protection and indemnity
risks" means the usual risks covered by a protection and indemnity
association managed in London, including pollution risks and the
proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in
case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery
policies by reason of the incorporation in them of clause 6 of the
International Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 8 of the Institute
Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/11/95) or clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses
(Hulls) (1/10/83) or the Institute Amended Running Down Clause (1/10/71)
or any equivalent provision;
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"regulation" includes any
regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline whether or not having
the force of law of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body,
agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation;
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"subsidiary" has
the meaning given in Clause 1.4;
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"tax" includes
any present or future tax, duty, impost, levy or charge of any kind which
is imposed by any state, any political sub-division of a state or any
local or municipal authority (including any such imposed in connection
with exchange controls), and any connected penalty, interest or fine;
and
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"war
risks" includes the risk of mines, blocking, trapping
and all risks excluded by clause 29 of the International Hull Clauses
(1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 24 of the Institute Time Clauses
(Hulls)(1/11/95) or clause 23 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls)
(1/10/83).
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1.3
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Meaning of
"month". A period of one or more "months" ends on the day
in the relevant calendar month numerically corresponding to the day of the
calendar month on which the period started ("the numerically corresponding
day"), but:
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(a)
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on
the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the
numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no
later Business Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day
preceding the numerically corresponding day;
or
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(b)
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on
the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period
started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last
calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding
day,
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and
"month" and "monthly" shall be construed
accordingly.
1.4
|
Meaning of
"subsidiary". A company (S) is a subsidiary of another
company (P) if:
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(a)
|
a
majority of the issued shares in S (or a majority of the issued shares in
S which carry unlimited rights to capital and income distributions) are
directly owned by P or are indirectly attributable to P;
or
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(b)
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P
has direct or indirect control over a majority of the voting rights
attaching to the issued shares of S;
or
|
(c)
|
P
has the direct or indirect power to appoint or remove a majority of the
directors of S; or
|
(d)
|
P
otherwise has the direct or indirect power to ensure that the affairs of S
are conducted in accordance with the wishes of
P,
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and
any company of which S is a subsidiary is a parent company of
S.
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1.5
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General
Interpretation. In this
Agreement:
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(a)
|
references
to, or to a provision of, a Finance Document or any other document are
references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of
this Agreement or otherwise;
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(b)
|
references
to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension,
re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this
Agreement or otherwise;
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(c)
|
words
denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa;
and
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(d)
|
Clauses
1.1 to 1.5 apply unless the contrary intention
appears.
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1.6
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Headings. In
interpreting a Finance Document or any provision of a Finance Document,
all clause, sub-clause and other headings in that and any other Finance
Document shall be entirely
disregarded.
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2
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FACILITY
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2.1
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Amount of
facility. Subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Lenders shall make a loan facility not exceeding
$80,000,000 available to the
Borrowers.
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2.2
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Lenders' participations in
Advances. Subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, each Lender shall participate in each Advance in the proportion
which, as at the relevant Drawdown Date, its Commitment bears to the Total
Commitments.
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2.3
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Purpose of
Advances. The Borrowers undertake with each Creditor
Party to use each Advance only for the purpose stated in the preamble to
this Agreement.
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3
|
POSITION
OF THE LENDERS AND SWAP BANKS
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3.1
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Interests
several. The rights of the Lenders and of the Swap Banks
under this Agreement and under the Master Agreements are
several.
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3.2
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Individual right of
action. Each Lender and each Swap Bank shall be entitled
to xxx for any amount which has become due and payable by the Borrowers to
it under this Agreement or under a Master Agreement without joining the
Agent, the Security Trustee, any other Lender or any other Swap Bank as
additional parties in the
proceedings.
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3.3
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Proceedings requiring Majority
Lenders' consent. Except as provided in Clause 3.2, no
Lender and no Swap Bank may commence proceedings against any Borrower or
any Security Party in connection with a Finance Document or a Master
Agreement without the prior consent of the Majority
Lenders.
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3.4
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Obligations
several. The obligations of the Lenders under this
Agreement and of the Swap Banks under the Master Agreement to which each
is a party are several; and a failure of a Lender to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or a failure of a Swap Bank to perform
its obligations under the Master Agreement to which it is a party shall
not result in:
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(a)
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the
obligations of the other Lenders or Swap Banks being increased;
nor
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(b)
|
any
Borrower, any Security Party, any other Lender or any other Swap Bank
being discharged (in whole or in part) from its obligations under any
Finance Document or under any Master
Agreement,
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and
in no circumstances shall a Lender or a Swap Bank have any responsibility
for a failure of another Lender or another Swap Bank to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or a Master
Agreement.
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4
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DRAWDOWN
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4.1
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Request for
Advance. Subject to the following conditions, the
Borrowers may request an Advance to be made by ensuring that the Agent
receives a completed Drawdown Notice not later than 11.00 a.m. (London
time) 3 Business Days prior to the intended Drawdown
Date.
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4.2
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Availability. The
conditions referred to in Clause 4.1 are
that:
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(a)
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a
Drawdown Date has to be a Business Day during the Availability
Period;
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(b)
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each
Advance shall relate to either Ship A or Ship
B;
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(c)
|
there
shall be no more than 5 Advances relating to each Ship and the aggregate
of such Advances relating to a Ship shall not exceed
$40,000,000;
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(d)
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the
amount of the first Advance relating to a Ship shall not exceed the lesser
of:
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(i)
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70
per cent. of the net amount of the instalment of the purchase price
already paid to the Builder under article 10(b)(i) (refund guarantee
arrangement) of the Shipbuilding Contract for that
Ship;
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(ii)
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$5,011,650;
or
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(iii)
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such
lesser amount required to ensure that, if the ratio set out in Clause
15.1(a) were applied immediately following the making of the Advance, the
Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay
part of the Loan under that Clause;
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(e)
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the
amount of the second Advance relating to a Ship shall not exceed the
lesser of:
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(i)
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70
per cent. of the net amount of the instalment of the purchase price due to
the Builder under article 10(b)(ii) (steel cutting) of the Shipbuilding
Contract for that Ship on the relevant Drawdown
Date;
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(ii)
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$5,011,650;
or
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(iii)
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such
lesser amount required to ensure that, if the ratio set out in Clause
15.1(a) were applied immediately following the making of the Advance, the
Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay
part of the Loan under that Clause;
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(f)
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the
amount of the third Advance relating to a Ship shall not exceed the lesser
of:
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|
(i)
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70
per cent. of the net amount of the instalment of the purchase price due to
the Builder under article 10(b)(iii) (keel laying) of the Shipbuilding
Contract for that Ship on the relevant Drawdown
Date;
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(ii)
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$6,682,200;
or
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(iii)
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such
lesser amount required to ensure that, if the ratio set out in Clause
15.1(a) were applied immediately following the making of the Advance, the
Borrowers
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would not
be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that
Clause;
(g)
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the
amount of the fourth Advance relating to a Ship shall not exceed the
lesser of:
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(i)
|
70
per cent. of the net amount of the instalment of the purchase price due to
the Builder under article 10(b)(iv) (launching) of the Shipbuilding
Contract for that Ship on the relevant Drawdown
Date;
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(ii)
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$6,682,200;
or
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(iii)
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such
lesser amount required to ensure that, if the ratio set out in Clause
15.1(a) were applied immediately following the making of the Advance, the
Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay
part of the Loan under that Clause;
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(h)
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the
amount of the final Advance relating to a Ship shall not exceed the lesser
of:
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(i)
|
116
per cent. of the net amount of the instalment of the purchase price due to
the Builder under article 10(b)(v) (delivery) of the Shipbuilding Contract
for that Ship on the relevant Drawdown
Date;
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(ii)
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$16,612,300;
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(iii)
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together
with the aggregate amount of the previous Advances relating to that Ship,
75 per cent. of the market value (determined as provided in Clause 15.3 on
the basis of a valuation carried out not more than 2 weeks prior to the
Drawdown Date) of that Ship; or
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(iv)
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such
lesser amount as the Lenders may determine in their absolute discretion if
the Borrowers have not provided all of the documents and evidence set out
in Clauses 11.28 and 11.29 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent
and its lawyers; and
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(i)
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the
aggregate amount of the Advances shall not exceed the Total
Commitments.
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4.3
|
Notification to Lenders of
receipt of a Drawdown Notice. The Agent shall promptly
notify the Lenders that it has received a Drawdown Notice and shall inform
each Lender of:
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(a)
|
the
amount of the Advance and the Drawdown
Date;
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(b)
|
the
amount of that Lender's participation in the Advance;
and
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(c)
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the
duration of the first Interest
Period.
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4.4
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Drawdown Notice
irrevocable. A Drawdown Notice must be signed by a
director, officer or attorney-in-fact of each Borrower; and once served, a
Drawdown Notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Agent,
acting on the authority of the Majority
Lenders.
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4.5
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Lenders to make available
Contributions. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, each Lender shall, on and with value on each Drawdown Date,
make available to the Agent the amount due from that Lender on that
Drawdown Date under Clause 2.2.
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4.6
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Disbursement of
Advance. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the Agent shall on each Drawdown Date pay to the Borrowers the amounts
which the Agent receives from the Lenders under Clause 4.5; and that
payment to the Borrowers shall be
made:
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(a)
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to
the account which the Borrowers specify in the Drawdown Notice;
and
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(b)
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in
the like funds as the Agent received the payments from the
Lenders.
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4.7
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Disbursement of Advance to
third party. The payment by the Agent under Clause 4.6
shall constitute the making of the Advance and the Borrowers shall at that
time become indebted, as principal and direct obligors, to each Lender in
an amount equal to that Lender's
Contribution.
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5
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INTEREST
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5.1
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Payment of normal
interest. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
interest on the Loan in respect of each Interest Period shall be paid by
the Borrowers on the last day of that Interest
Period.
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5.2
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Normal rate of
interest. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the rate of interest on the Loan in respect of an Interest Period shall be
the aggregate of the Margin and LIBOR for that Interest
Period.
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5.3
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Payment of accrued
interest. In the case of an Interest Period longer than
3 months, accrued interest shall be paid every 3 months during that
Interest Period and on the last day of that Interest
Period.
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5.4
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Notification of Interest
Periods and rates of normal interest. The Agent shall
notify the Borrowers and each Lender
of:
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(a)
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each
rate of interest; and
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(b)
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the
duration of each Interest Period,
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as soon as reasonably practicable after
each is determined.
5.5
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Obligation of Reference Banks
to quote. A Reference Bank which is a Lender shall use
all reasonable efforts to supply the quotation required of it for the
purposes of fixing a rate of interest under this
Agreement.
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5.6
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Absence of quotations by
Reference Banks. If any Reference Bank fails to supply a
quotation, the Agent shall determine the relevant LIBOR on the basis of
the quotations supplied by the other Reference Bank or Banks; but if the
Reference Banks fail to provide a quotation, the relevant rate of interest
shall be set in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause
5.
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5.7
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Market
disruption. The following provisions of this Clause 5
apply if:
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(a)
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no
rate is quoted on REUTERS BBA Page LIBOR 01 and the Reference Banks do
not, before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date, provide
quotations to the Agent in order to fix LIBOR;
or
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(b)
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at
least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, Lenders
having Contributions together amounting to more than 50 per cent. of the
Loan (or, if an Advance has not been made, Commitments amounting to more
than 50 per cent. of the Total Commitments) notify the Agent that LIBOR
fixed by the Agent would not accurately reflect the cost to those Lenders
of funding their respective Contributions (or
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any part of them) during the Interest Period in the London
Interbank Market at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for
the Interest Period; or
(c)
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at
least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, the Agent is
notified by a Lender (the "Affected Lender") that
for any reason it is unable to obtain Dollars in the London Interbank
Market in order to fund its Contribution (or any part of it) during the
Interest Period.
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5.8
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Notification of market
disruption. The Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrowers and each of the Lenders and each of the Swap Counterparties
stating the circumstances falling within Clause 5.7 which have caused its
notice to be given.
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5.9
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Suspension of
drawdown. If the Agent's notice under Clause 5.8 is
served before an Advance is made:
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(a)
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in
a case falling within Clauses 5.7(a) or (b), the Lenders' obligations to
make the Advance; and
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(b)
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in
a case falling within Clause 5.7(c), the Affected Lender's obligation to
participate in the Advance,
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shall be
suspended while the circumstances referred to in the Agent's notice
continue.
5.10
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Negotiation of alternative rate
of interest. If the Agent's notice under Clause 5.8 is
served after an Advance is made, the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders
or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender and the Swap Counterparties
shall use reasonable endeavours to agree, within the 30 days after the
date on which the Agent serves its notice under Clause 5.8 (the "Negotiation Period"), an
alternative interest rate or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for
the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender to fund or
continue to fund their or its Contribution during the Interest Period
concerned.
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5.11
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Application of agreed
alternative rate of interest. Any alternative interest
rate or an alternative basis which is agreed during the Negotiation Period
shall take effect in accordance with the terms
agreed.
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5.12
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Alternative rate of interest in
absence of agreement. If an alternative interest rate or
alternative basis is not agreed within the Negotiation Period, and the
relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the
Negotiation Period, then the Agent shall, with the agreement of each
Lender or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender, set an interest period
and interest rate representing the cost of funding of the Lenders or (as
the case may be) the Affected Lender in Dollars or in any available
currency of their or its Contribution plus the Margin; and the procedure
provided for by this Clause 5.12 shall be repeated if the relevant
circumstances are continuing at the end of the interest period so set by
the Agent.
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5.13
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Notice of
prepayment. If the Borrowers do not agree with an
interest rate set by the Agent under Clause 5.12, the Borrowers may give
the Agent not less than 15 Business Days' notice of their intention to
prepay at the end of the interest period set by the
Agent.
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5.14
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Prepayment; termination of
Commitments. A notice under Clause 5.13 shall be
irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders or (as the case
may require) the Affected Lender of the Borrowers' notice of intended
prepayment; and:
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(a)
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on
the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Total Commitments or
(as the case may require) the Commitment of the Affected Lender shall be
cancelled; and
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(b)
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on
the last Business Day of the interest period set by the Agent, the
Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan or, as the
case may be, the Affected Lender's Contribution, together with accrued
interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the
Margin.
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5.15
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Application of
prepayment. The provisions of Clause 8 shall apply in
relation to the prepayment.
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6
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INTEREST
PERIODS
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6.1
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Commencement of Interest
Periods. The first Interest Period applicable to an
Advance shall commence on the Drawdown Date and each subsequent Interest
Period shall commence on the expiry of the preceding Interest
Period.
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6.2
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Duration of normal Interest
Periods. Subject to Clauses 6.3 and 6.4, each Interest
Period shall be:
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(a)
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3,
6, 9 or 12 months as notified by the Borrowers to the Agent not later than
11.00 a.m. (London time) 5 Business Days before the commencement of the
Interest Period Provided
that the Borrowers shall only be permitted to select the same
period for both Tranches; or
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(b)
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in
the case of the first Interest Period applicable to the second Advance
under a Tranche, a period ending on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to the first Advance under that Tranche then current, whereupon
both Advances under that Tranche shall be consolidated and treated as a
single Advance under that Tranche;
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(c)
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3
months, if the Borrowers fail to notify the Agent by the time specified in
paragraph (a); or
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(d)
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such
other period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders,
agree with the Borrowers.
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6.3
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Duration of Interest Periods
for repayment instalments. In respect of an amount due
to be repaid under Clause 8 on a particular Repayment Date, an Interest
Period shall end on that Repayment
Date.
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6.4
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Non-availability of matching
deposits for Interest Period selected. If, after the
Borrowers have selected and the Lenders have agreed an Interest Period
longer than 6 months, any Lender notifies the Agent by 11.00 a.m. (London
time) on the third Business Day before the commencement of the Interest
Period that it is not satisfied that deposits in Dollars for a period
equal to the Interest Period will be available to it in the London
Interbank Market when the Interest Period commences, the Interest Period
shall be of 6 months.
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7
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DEFAULT
INTEREST
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7.1
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Payment of default interest on
overdue amounts. The Borrowers shall pay interest in
accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 7 on any amount
payable by the Borrowers under any Finance Document which the Agent, the
Security Trustee or the other designated payee does not receive on or
before the relevant date, that is:
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(a)
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the
date on which the Finance Documents provide that such amount is due for
payment; or
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(b)
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if
a Finance Document provides that such amount is payable on demand, the
date on which the demand is served;
or
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(c)
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if
such amount has become immediately due and payable under Clause 19.4, the
date on which it became immediately due and
payable.
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7.2
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Default rate of
interest. Interest shall accrue on an overdue amount
from (and including) the relevant date until the date of actual payment
(as well after as before judgment) at the rate per annum determined by the
Agent to be 2 per cent. above:
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(a)
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in
the case of an overdue amount of principal, the higher of the rates set
out at Clauses 7.3(a) and (b); or
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(b)
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in
the case of any other overdue amount, the rate set out at Clause
7.3(b).
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7.3
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Calculation of default rate of
interest. The rates referred to in Clause 7.2
are:
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(a)
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the
rate applicable to the overdue principal amount immediately prior to the
relevant date (but only for any unexpired part of any then current
Interest Period applicable to it);
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(b)
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the
Margin plus, in respect of successive periods of any duration (including
at call) up to 3 months which the Agent may select from time to
time:
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(i)
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LIBOR;
or
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(ii)
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if
the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Banks) determines that
Dollar deposits for any such period are not being made available to any
Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market in the
ordinary course of business, a rate from time to time determined by the
Agent by reference to the cost of funds to the Reference Banks from such
other sources as the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Banks)
may from time to time determine.
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7.4
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Notification of interest
periods and default rates. The Agent shall promptly
notify the Lenders and the Borrowers of each interest rate determined by
the Agent under Clause 7.3 and of each period selected by the Agent for
the purposes of paragraph (b) of that Clause; but this shall not be taken
to imply that the Borrowers are liable to pay such interest only with
effect from the date of the Agent's
notification.
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7.5
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Payment of accrued default
interest. Subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, any interest due under this Clause shall be paid on the Agent's
demand but also in any event, on the last day of the period by reference
to which it was determined; and the payment shall be made to the Agent for
the account of the Creditor Party to which the overdue amount is
due.
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7.6
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Compounding of default
interest. Any such interest which is not paid at the end
of the period by reference to which it was determined shall thereupon be
compounded.
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7.7
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Application to Master
Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 7
does not apply to any amount payable under a Master Agreement in respect
of any continuing Designated Transaction as to which section 2(e) (Default Interest; Other
Amounts) of that Master Agreement shall
apply.
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8
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REPAYMENT
AND PREPAYMENT
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8.1
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Amount of repayment
instalments. The Borrowers shall repay each Tranche by
40 equal consecutive quarterly instalments of $625,000 each together with
a balloon instalment equal to the outstanding balance of that
Tranche.
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8.2
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Repayment
Dates. The first instalment of each Tranche shall be
repaid on the earlier of (i) the date falling 6 months after the first
Delivery Date or (ii) 31 December 2009;
and
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both the
last instalment of each Tranche and the balloon instalment of each Tranche on
the date falling 120 months after the first Delivery Date.
8.3
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Final Repayment
Date. On the earlier of (i) the final Repayment Date or
(ii) 30 September 2019, the Borrowers shall additionally pay to the Agent
for the account of the Creditor Parties all other sums then accrued or
owing under any Finance Document.
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8.4
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Voluntary
prepayment. Subject to the following conditions, the
Borrowers may prepay the whole or any part of a
Tranche.
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8.5
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Conditions for voluntary
prepayment. The conditions referred to in Clause 8.4 are
that:
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(a)
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a
partial prepayment shall be $500,000 or an integral multiple of
$500,000;
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(b)
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the
Agent has received from the Borrowers at least 3 Business Days' prior
written notice specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date on which
the prepayment is to be made;
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(c)
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the
Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory to the Agent that any
consent required by any Borrower or any Security Party in connection with
the prepayment has been obtained and remains in force, and that any
official regulation relevant to this Agreement which affects
any Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with;
and
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(d)
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the
Borrowers have complied with Clause 8.12 on or prior to the date of
prepayment.
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8.6
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Effect of notice of
prepayment. A prepayment notice may not be withdrawn or
amended without the consent of the Agent, given with the authorisation of
the Majority Lenders, and the amount specified in the prepayment notice
shall become due and payable by the Borrowers on the date for prepayment
specified in the prepayment notice.
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8.7
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Notification of notice of
prepayment. The Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly
upon receiving a prepayment notice, and shall provide any Lender which so
requests with a copy of any document delivered by the Borrowers under
Clause 8.5(c).
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8.8
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Mandatory
prepayment. The Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay in
full the Tranche relating to that Ship, and to comply with Clause
8.12:
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(a)
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if
a Ship is sold, on or before the date on which the sale is completed by
delivery of the Ship to the buyer;
or
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(b)
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if
a Ship becomes a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 180 days
after the Total Loss Date and the date of receipt by the Security Trustee
of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss;
or
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(c)
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if
any of a Borrower's rights under a Shipbuilding Contract are assigned
(other than pursuant to a Predelivery Security Assignment), novated or
sold, on or before the date on which such assignment, novation or sale is
executed (in the case of an assignment or novation) or completed (in the
case of a sale); or
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(d)
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if,
prior to the Delivery Date of a Ship, the Borrowers arrange financing in
part or full of any pre-delivery instalment or the delivery instalment of
the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship with a bank or financial
institution (other than DVB Bank America N.V.), on or before the first
drawdown under such financing; or
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(e)
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if
any of the following occurs in relation to a Ship, on demand by the
Agent:
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(i)
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any
of the events specified in article 11(a) or 11(c) of the Shipbuilding
Contract for that Ship occurs; or
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(ii)
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either
the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship or the Refund Guarantee in
relation to that Ship is cancelled, terminated, rescinded or suspended or
otherwise ceases to remain in force for any reason;
or
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(iii)
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the
Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship is amended or varied without the prior
written consent of the Majority Lenders except for any such amendment or
variation as is permitted by this Agreement or any other relevant Finance
Document; or
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(iv)
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that
Ship has not for any reason been delivered to, and accepted by, the
relevant Borrower under the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship by the
date specified in article 3(a)(iii) of that Shipbuilding
Contract,
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and, if
the Delivery Date of that Ship has occurred, the Borrowers shall also be obliged
on the same prepayment date to prepay the additional amount (if any) required to
ensure that if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 were applied immediately
following the prepayment(s) pursuant to this Clause 8.8, the Borrowers would not
be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under
Clause 15.
8.9
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Amounts payable on
prepayment. A prepayment shall be made together
with:
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(a)
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accrued
interest (and any other amount payable under Clause 21 or otherwise) in
respect of the amount prepaid;
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(b)
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if
the prepayment is not made on the last day of an Interest Period, together
with any sums payable under Clause 21.1(b);
and
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(c)
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if
any part of the Loan is prepaid in connection with a financing or
refinancing arranged by a bank or financial institution (other than DVB
Bank America N.V.), as an agreed compensation for the loss of the Lenders'
anticipated return on capital, a prepayment fee equal to 1 per cent. of
the amount prepaid, for distribution among the Lenders pro rata to their
Commitments,
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but
otherwise without premium or penalty.
8.10
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Application of partial
prepayment. Each partial prepayment of a Tranche shall
be applied pro rata against the repayment instalments and the balloon both
specified in Clause 8.1 for that
Tranche.
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8.11
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No
reborrowing. No amount prepaid may be
reborrowed.
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8.12
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Unwinding of Designated
Transactions. On or prior to any repayment or prepayment
of the Loan under this Clause 8 or any other provision of this Agreement,
the Borrowers shall wholly or partially reverse, offset, unwind or
otherwise terminate one or more of the continuing Designated Transactions
so that the notional principal amount of the continuing Designated
Transactions thereafter remaining does not and will not in the future
(taking into account the scheduled amortisation) exceed the amount of the
Loan as reducing from time to time thereafter pursuant to Clause
8.1.
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9
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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9.1
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Documents, fees and no
default. Each Lender's obligation to contribute to an
Advance is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
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(a)
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that,
on or before the service of the first Drawdown Notice, the Agent receives
the documents described in Part A of Schedule 4 in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and its
lawyers;
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(b)
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that,
on or before each Drawdown Date after the first Advance, but prior to the
making of that subsequent Advance, the Agent
receives:
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(i)
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evidence
(which shall include a copy of the relevant invoice or invoices and any
class stage certification) that the instalment under the Shipbuilding
Contract to be financed by the Advance is due for payment;
and
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(ii)
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evidence
that the Builder has been paid or will be paid that part of the relevant
instalment to be financed by the relevant Advance which is not itself
financed by that Advance;
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(c)
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that,
on or before the Drawdown Date of an Advance relating to the delivery
instalment under the Shipbuilding Contract for Ship
A:
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(i)
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the
Agent receives or is satisfied that it will receive on the making of that
Advance the documents described in Part B of Schedule 4 in form and
substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;
and
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(ii)
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the
Borrowers enter into one or more Designated Transactions fixing the
interest rate for that Tranche under this Agreement via an interest rate
swap mechanism for a minimum period of 3 years but otherwise, on terms in
all respects approved by the Agent, with the authorisation of the Majority
Lenders;
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(d)
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that,
on or before the Drawdown Date of an Advance relating to the delivery
instalment under the Shipbuilding Contract for Ship
B:
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(i)
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the
Agent receives or is satisfied that it will receive on the making of that
Advance the documents described in Part C of Schedule 4 in form and
substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;
and
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(ii)
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the
Borrowers enter into one or more Designated Transactions fixing the
interest rate for that Tranche under this Agreement via an interest rate
swap mechanism for a minimum period of 3 years but otherwise, on terms in
all respects approved by the Agent, with the authorisation of the Majority
Lenders;
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(e)
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that,
on or before the service of the first Drawdown Notice, the Agent has
received the upfront fee referred to in Clause 20.1 and the first
instalment of the annual agency fee referred to in Clause 20.1 and has
received payment of the expenses referred to in Clause
20.2;
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(f)
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that
both at the date of each Drawdown Notice and at each Drawdown
Date:
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(i)
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no
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or would
result from the borrowing of the
Advance;
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(ii)
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the
representations and warranties in Clause 10.1 and those of any Borrower or
any Security Party which are set out in the other Finance Documents would
be true and not misleading if repeated on each of those dates with
reference to the circumstances then existing;
and
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(iii)
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none
of the circumstances contemplated by Clause 5.7 has occurred and is
continuing;
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(g)
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that,
if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 (with the market value of the Ship to
which the Advance relates determined as provided in Clause 15.3 on the
basis of a valuation carried out not more than 2 weeks prior to the
Drawdown Date) were applied immediately following the making of the
Advance, the Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security
or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause;
and
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(h)
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that
the Agent has received, and found to be acceptable to it, any further
opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with the
Finance Documents which the Agent may, with the authorisation of the
Majority Lenders, request by notice to the Borrowers prior to the Drawdown
Date.
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9.2
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Waiver of conditions
precedent. If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion,
permit an Advance to be borrowed before certain of the conditions referred
to in Clause 9.1 are satisfied, the Borrowers shall ensure that those
conditions are satisfied within 5 Business Days after the Drawdown Date
(or such longer period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the
Majority Lenders, specify).
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10
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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10.1
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General. Each
Borrower represents and warrants to each Creditor Party as
follows.
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10.2
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Status. Each
Borrower is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the Republic of Liberia and is not immune to any legal
proceedings in such country of
incorporation.
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10.3
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Share capital and
ownership. Each Borrower has an authorised share capital
of 500 registered and/or bearer shares of no par value, all of which
shares have been issued in registered form and the legal title and
beneficial ownership of all those shares is held, free of any Security
Interest or other claim, by the
Guarantor.
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10.4
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Corporate
power.
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(a)
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Each
Borrower has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate action
and obtained all consents, licenses and authorisations necessary for
it:
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(i)
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to
carry out its business carried on or to be carried on by it and own its
assets owned or to be owned by it;
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(ii)
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to
purchase and pay for the Ship to be owned by it under the Shipbuilding
Contract for that Ship and register that Ship in its name under Maltese
flag (in the case of Ship A) or Liberian flag (in the case of Ship
B);
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(iii)
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to
execute the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which that
Borrower is a party and the Master Agreements;
and
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(iv)
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to
borrow under this Agreement, to enter into Designated Transactions under
the Master Agreements and to make all the payments contemplated by, and to
comply with, the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which
that Borrower is a party and the Master
Agreements.
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(b)
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The
copies of the constitutional documents of the Borrower delivered to the
Agent before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete
copy.
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10.5
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Consents in
force. All the consents referred to in Clause 10.4
remain in force and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to
revocation.
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10.6
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Legal validity; admissibility
in evidence; pari passu ranking; effective Security
Interests. The Finance Documents and the Transaction
Documents to which each Borrower is a party and the Master Agreements, do
now or, as the case may be, will, upon execution and delivery (and, where
applicable, registration as provided for in the Finance
Documents):
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(a)
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constitute
that Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against
that Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms;
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(b)
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are
admissible in evidence and are in full force and
effect;
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(c)
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rank
at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured
liabilities, except for liabilities which are mandatorily preferred by
law; and
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(d)
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create
legal, valid and binding first priority Security Interests enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms over all the assets to which they,
by their terms, relate,
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subject
to any relevant insolvency laws affecting creditors' rights
generally.
10.7
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No third party Security
Interests. Without limiting the generality of Clause
10.6, at the time of the execution and delivery of each Finance
Document:
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(a)
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each
Borrower which is a party to that Finance Document will have the right to
create all the Security Interests which that Finance Document purports to
create; and
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(b)
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no
third party will have any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security
Interests) or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation
to any asset to which any such Security Interest, by its terms,
relates.
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10.8
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No
conflicts. The execution by each Borrower of each
Finance Document and each Transaction Document to which it is a party and
each Master Agreement, and the borrowing by that Borrower of the Loan, and
its compliance with each Finance Document and each Transaction Document to
which it is a party and each Master Agreement will not involve or lead to
a contravention of:
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(a)
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any
law or regulation; or
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(b)
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the
constitutional documents of that Borrower;
or
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(c)
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any
contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on that
Borrower or any of its assets.
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10.9
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No withholding taxes; stamp
duty. All payments which each Borrower is liable to make
under the Finance Documents to which it is a party may be made without
deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under any
law of any Pertinent Jurisdiction. No Finance Document is
subject to any filing or stamp duty in any Pertinent
Jurisdiction.
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10.10
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No
default. No Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default has occurred.
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10.11
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Information. All
information which has been provided in writing by or on behalf of the
Borrowers or any Security Party to any Creditor Party in connection with
any Finance Document satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.5; all
audited and unaudited accounts which have been so provided satisfied the
requirements of Clause 11.7; and there has been no material adverse change
in the financial position or state of affairs of any Borrower from that
disclosed in the latest of those
accounts.
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10.12
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No
litigation. No legal or administrative action involving
any Borrower (including action relating to any alleged or actual breach of
the ISM Code or the ISPS Code) has been commenced or taken or, to any
Borrower's knowledge, is likely to be commenced or
taken.
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10.13
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Validity and completeness of
Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document
constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the respective
parties thereto in accordance with its terms;
and:
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(a)
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the
copy of each Transaction Document delivered to the Agent before the date
of this Agreement is a true and complete copy;
and
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(b)
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no
amendments or additions to any Transaction Document have been agreed nor
has the party to any Transaction Document waived any of their respective
rights under that Transaction
Document.
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10.14
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No rebates
etc. There is no agreement or understanding to allow or
pay any rebate, premium, commission, discount or other benefit or payment
(howsoever described) to any party to a Transaction Document or a third
party in connection with any Transaction Document, other than as disclosed
to the Lenders in writing on or prior to the date of this
Agreement.
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10.15
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Compliance with certain
undertakings. At the date of this Agreement, the
Borrowers are in compliance with Clauses 11.2, 11.4, 11.9 and
11.14.
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10.16
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Taxes
paid. Each Borrower has paid all taxes applicable to, or
imposed on or in relation to that Borrower, its business or the Ship owned
by it.
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10.17
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ISM Code and ISPS Code
compliance. All requirements of the ISM Code and the
ISPS Code as they relate to the Borrowers, the Approved Managers and the
Ships have been complied with.
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10.18
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No money
laundering. Without prejudice to the generality of
Clause 2.3, in relation to the borrowing by the Borrowers of the Loan, the
performance and discharge of their obligations and liabilities under the
Finance Documents, and the transactions and other arrangements affected or
contemplated by the Finance Documents to which a Borrower is a party, the
Borrowers confirm (i) that they are acting for their own account; (ii)
that they will use the proceeds of the Loan for their own benefit, under
their full responsibility and exclusively for the purposes specified in
this Agreement; and (iii) that the foregoing will not involve or lead to a
contravention of any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure
or procedure implemented to combat "money laundering" (as defined in
Article 1 of Directive (91/308) (EEC) of the Council of the European
Communities).
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10.19
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Title and
ownership. The Borrower has good title to and is the
ultimate beneficial owner of each of the assets owned or purported to be
owned by it.
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10.20
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No prior
business. The Borrower has not traded or carried on
business prior to the date of this Agreement other than the entering into
of the Transaction Documents.
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10.21
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Employees and pension scheme
obligations. The Borrower does not have any employees or
obligations in respect of any pensions scheme save for, and in relation
to, the master, officers and crew of the Ship owned or to be owned by
it.
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10.22
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Submission to jurisdiction and
choice of laws. Each submission to jurisdiction, and
choice of law, by the Borrower contained in any Finance Document is
effective.
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10.23
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No adverse consequences in
jurisdiction of incorporation. No Creditor Party will be
deemed to be resident, domiciled, carrying on business or subject to
taxation in the
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Republic
of Liberia by reason only of the negotiation, preparation, execution,
performance, enforcement of, and/or receipt of any payment due from the Borrower
under any Finance Document.
10.24
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Accounting reference
date. The accounting reference date for the Borrower is
31 December.
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10.25
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Repetition of representations
and warranties. The representations and warranties set
out in this Clause 10 (except Clause 10.12) will be deemed to be repeated
by each Borrower to each Creditor Party at the end of each Interest Period
with reference to the circumstances then
existing.
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11
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GENERAL
UNDERTAKINGS
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11.1
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General. Each
Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following
provisions of this Clause 11 at all times during the Security Period
except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders,
otherwise permit.
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11.2
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Title; negative
pledge. Each Borrower
will:
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(a)
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hold
the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in the Ship
owned by it, her Insurances and Earnings, free from all Security Interests
and other interests and rights of every kind, except for those created by
the Finance Documents and the effect of assignments contained in the
Finance Documents and except for Permitted Security Interests;
and
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(b)
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not
create or permit to arise any Security Interest (except for Permitted
Security Interests) over any other asset, present or future (including,
but not limited to, that Borrower's rights against a Swap Counterparty
under a Master Agreement or all or any part of that Borrower's interest in
any amount payable to that Borrower by a Swap Counterparty under a Master
Agreement).
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11.3
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No disposal of
assets. No Borrower will transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of:
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(a)
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all
or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a
number of transactions, whether related or not;
or
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(b)
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any
debt payable to it or any other right (present, future or contingent
right) to receive a payment, including any right to damages or
compensation,
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but
paragraph (a) does not apply to any charter of a Ship as to which Clause 14.12
applies.
11.4
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No other liabilities or
obligations to be incurred. No Borrower will incur any
liability or obligation except:
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(a)
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liabilities
and obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
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(b)
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liabilities
or obligations reasonably incurred in the ordinary course of operating and
chartering the Ship owned by it (and then only if any such Financial
Indebtedness is unsecured trade credit with an aggregate amount not
exceeding $500,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) at any time);
and
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(c)
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Designated
Transactions.
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11.5
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Information provided to be
accurate. All financial and other information which is
provided in writing by or on behalf of a Borrower under or in connection
with any
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Finance
Document will be true and not misleading and will not omit any material fact or
consideration.
11.6
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Provision
of financial statements.
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(a)
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Each
Borrower will send to the Agent:
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(i)
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as
soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of
each financial year of that Borrower, the audited accounts of that
Borrower (together with updated details of all off-balance sheet and time
charter hire commitments of the Borrower);
and
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(ii)
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as
soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each
quarter in each financial year of that
Borrower:
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(A)
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unaudited
accounts of that Borrower which are certified as to their correctness by
the chief financial officer of that Borrower;
and
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(B)
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management
accounts in a format approved by the Agent which show the results of the
operation of the Ship owned by it during the preceding financial quarter
and which are certified as to their correctness by the chief financial
officer of that Borrower.
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(b)
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Each
Borrower will procure that there is sent to the Agent in relation to each
Charterer and each Charter
Guarantor:
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(i)
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as
soon as possible, and the Borrower shall use its best efforts to procure
that in no event later than 180 days after the end of each financial year
of that company there is sent to the Agent, the audited consolidated
accounts of that company and its subsidiaries and audited individual
accounts of that company (together with in either case updated details of
all off-balance sheet and time charter hire commitments of that company);
and
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(ii)
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as
soon as possible, and the Borrower shall use its best efforts to procure
that in no event later than 90 days after the end of each half-year period
in each financial year of that company there is sent to the
Agent:
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(A)
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unaudited
consolidated accounts of that company and its subsidiaries and unaudited
individual accounts of that company, each of which are certified as to
their correctness by the chief financial officer of that company;
and
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(B)
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management
accounts in a format approved by the Agent which show the results of the
operation of the Ship chartered by it (or, as the case may be, which is
the subject of a guarantee issued by it) during the preceding financial
half-year and which are certified as to their correctness by the chief
financial officer of that company.
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11.7
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Form of financial
statements. All accounts (audited and unaudited)
delivered under Clause 11.6 will:
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(a)
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be
prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and GAAP (or, in the case
of a Charterer or a Charter Guarantor, such other accounting principles
approved by the Agent) consistently
applied;
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(b)
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give
a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the relevant company and
(if applicable) its subsidiaries at the date of those accounts and of its
or their profit for the period to which those accounts relate;
and
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(c)
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fully
disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the relevant
company and (if applicable) its
subsidiaries.
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11.8
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Shareholder and creditor
notices. Each Borrower will send the Agent, at the same
time as they are despatched, copies of all communications which are
despatched to that Borrower's shareholders or creditors or any class of
them.
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11.9
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Consents
and compliance with laws.
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(a)
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Each
Borrower will maintain in force and promptly obtain or renew, and will
promptly send certified copies to the Agent of, all consents
required:
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(i)
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for
that Borrower to perform its obligations under any Finance Document or any
Transaction Document to which it is a party or any Master
Agreement;
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(ii)
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for
the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document or any Transaction
Document to which it is a party or any Master
Agreement;
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(iii)
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for
that Borrower to continue to own and operate the Ship and any other asset
owned by it;
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(iv)
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for
that Borrower to continue to carry on its business as currently
conducted,
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and that
Borrower will comply with the terms of all such consents.
(b)
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Without
prejudice to the other obligations under the Finance Documents, each
Borrower is in compliance, and shall comply in all respects, with all laws
and regulations to which it may be subject including, without limitation,
all Environmental Laws and all intellectual property
laws.
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11.10
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Maintenance of Security
Interests. Each Borrower
will:
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(a)
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at
its own cost, do all that is legally possible to ensure that any Finance
Document validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which
it purports to create; and
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(b)
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without
limiting the generality of paragraph (a), at its own cost, promptly
register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or
authority in all Pertinent Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or
similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance
Document, give any notice or take any other step which, in the opinion of
the Majority Lenders, is or has become necessary or desirable for any
Finance Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to
ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which it
creates.
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11.11
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Notification of
litigation. Each Borrower will provide the Agent with
details of any legal or administrative action involving that Borrower, any
Security Party, any Approved Manager or the Ship owned by it, the Earnings
or the Insurances as soon as such action is instituted or it becomes
apparent to that Borrower that it is likely to be instituted, unless it is
clear that the legal or administrative action cannot be considered
material in the context of any Finance
Document.
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11.12
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No amendment to Transaction
Documents. Neither Borrower will agree to any amendment
or supplement to, nor waive nor fail to enforce, any Transaction Document
or any of its provisions.
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11.13
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No amendment to Master
Agreements. Neither Borrower will agree to any amendment
or supplement to, or waive or fail to enforce, any Master Agreement or any
of its provisions.
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11.14
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Principal place of
business. Each Borrower will maintain its place of
business, and keep its corporate documents and records, at the address
stated at the commencement of this Agreement; and no Borrower will
establish, or do anything as a result of which it would be deemed to have,
a place of business in any country other than
Greece.
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11.15
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Confirmation of no
default. Each Borrower will, within 2 Business Days
after service by the Agent of a written request, serve on the Agent a
notice which is signed by 2 directors of that Borrower and
which:
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(a)
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states
that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred;
or
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(b)
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states
that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred,
except for a specified event or matter, of which all material details are
given.
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The Agent
may serve requests under this Clause 11.15 from time to time but only if asked
to do so by a Lender or Lenders having Contributions exceeding 10 per cent. of
the Loan or (if no Advances have been made) Commitments exceeding 10 per cent.
of the Total Commitments; and this Clause 11.15 does not affect the Borrowers'
obligations under Clause 11.16.
11.16
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Notification of
default. Each Borrower will notify the Agent as soon as
that Borrower becomes aware of:
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(a)
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the
occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default;
or
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(b)
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any
matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of
Default may have occurred,
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and
will keep the Agent fully up-to-date with all
developments.
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11.17
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Provision of further
information. Each Borrower will, as soon as practicable
after receiving the request, provide the Agent with any additional
financial or other information
relating:
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(a)
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to
that Borrower, the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances;
or
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(b)
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to
any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance
Document,
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which may
be reasonably requested by the Agent, the Security Trustee, any Lender or any
Swap Bank at any time including, without limitation, management accounts and
forward-looking budgets and projections.
11.18
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Provision of copies and
translation of documents. Each Borrower will supply the
Agent with a sufficient number of copies of the documents referred to
above to provide 1 copy for each Creditor Party; and if the Agent so
requires in respect of any of those documents, the Borrowers will provide
a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the
Agent.
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11.19
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"Know your customer"
checks. If:
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(a)
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the
introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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any
change in the status of the Borrowers or any Security Party after the date
of this Agreement; or
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(c)
|
a
proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to
such assignment or transfer,
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obliges
the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (c), any prospective new
Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures
in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it,
the Borrowers shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or the Lender
concerned supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other
evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any
Lender) or the Lender concerned (for itself or, in the case of the event
described in paragraph (c), on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order
for the Agent, the Lender concerned or, in the case of the event described in
paragraph (c), any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has
complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under
all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in
the Finance Documents.
11.20
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Splitting
of the Loan.
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(a)
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The
Borrowers agree that the Agent (acting with the authorisation of the
Lenders) has the right at any time to request that the Loan is split into
two tranches, which may or may not be ranked pari passu and which may or
may not have identical pricing, so long as the blended margin on the Loan
as split is equal to the Margin and the repayment profile of each tranche
is the same as that of the Loan prior to the
split.
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(b)
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If
the Agent notifies the Borrowers that the Agent is exercising the right in
this Clause:
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(i)
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the
Borrowers will, and will procure that each Security Party will. at the
Borrowers' cost promptly enter into any documentation in a form reasonably
required by the Agent to implement such split required by the Agent
(including, without limitation, any documentation required to amend the
Finance Documents and to secure the Borrower's and the Security Parties'
liabilities and obligations under the Finance Documents as amended and/or
supplemented);
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(ii)
|
the
Borrower shall also at the same time procure that the Agent is promptly
provided with favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the
Agent on such matters concerning the laws of such relevant jurisdictions
as the Agent may require; corporate authorities of the Borrowers and the
Security Parties each in a form approved by the Agent authorising the
execution of any documentation; a process agent letter confirming the
acceptance of appointment of any process agent appointed by the Borrowers
and the Security Parties; and evidence that any filings required in
relation to any Borrower and/or any Security Party and/or any new Finance
Document have been made; and
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(iii)
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the
Borrowers shall fully indemnify the Agent and each Lender on the Agent's
demand and the Security Trustee on its demand in respect of all reasonable
expenses incurred by that Creditor Party as a result of or in connection
with such splitting of the Loan.
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11.21
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Subordination. Without
prejudice to the generality of Clause 11.4, each Borrower shall procure
that any claim of the Guarantor and/or any Approved Manager against either
Borrower shall at all times be fully subordinated to the Secured
Liabilities to the satisfaction of the
Agent.
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11.22
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Bank account
statements. Each Borrower will procure that the Agent is
sent at its request all of the bank statement for each Earnings Account
(with such statements to be, if available, in electronic
format).
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11.23
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Capital
expenditure. The Borrowers will not, and shall procure
that none of their respective subsidiaries (whether direct or indirect)
will, acquire or permit to be acquired any investments or other assets, or
make or permit to be made any capital expenditure save for any investment
or any other asset acquired by, or any capital expenditure by,
a
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Borrower
in each case relating to the repair or upgrade of the Ship owned by that
Borrower for an aggregate consideration (taking into account all such
acquisitions and expenditure by that Borrower) of no more than $500,000 during
each calendar year, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions,
whether related or not.
11.24
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No petition for
insolvency. Each Borrower will procure that each of its
material creditors will not petition for that Borrower's insolvency nor
take any related proceedings.
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11.25
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Separateness. Each
Borrower will:
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(a)
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keep
its own separate books and records;
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(b)
|
maintain
its own separate accounts;
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(c)
|
not
co-mingle its assets with any other
person;
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(d)
|
conduct
business in its own name;
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(e)
|
observe
all corporate and other formalities required by its constitutional
documents;
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(f)
|
prepare
its own separate financial
statements;
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(g)
|
pay
its liabilities out of its own
funds;
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(h)
|
maintain
adequate capital for the business carried out or to be carried out by that
Borrower;
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(i)
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not
pledge any Creditor Party's credit;
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(j)
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(if
applicable) use its own separate stationery, invoices and cheque
books;
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(k)
|
hold
itself out as a separate legal entity;
and
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(l)
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correct
any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity.
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11.26
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No VAT
group. Neither Borrower shall be a member of a VAT
(value added tax) group.
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11.27
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Change of ownership or control
of a Charter Guarantor. As soon as it becomes aware,
each Borrower shall notify (and each Borrower shall procure that the
Guarantor notifies) the Agent of any material change in the beneficial or
legal ownership of any of the shares in either Charter Guarantor or in the
ultimate control of the voting rights attaching to any of those
shares.
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11.28
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Charter Assignments and
Quadripartite Agreements. The Borrowers shall procure
that no later than 90 days after the first Drawdown Date (or such later
date as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, agree with
the Borrowers) the Agent receives in relation to each Ship the following
documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and
its lawyers:
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(a)
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duly
executed originals of the Quadripartite Agreement and the Charter
Assignment (and of each document to be delivered by each of
them);
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(b)
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such
documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in
relation to the due authorisation and execution by any party to that
Quadripartite Agreement or that Charter Assignment of that document and of
all documents to be executed by that party under that document;
and
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(c)
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in
relation to each of that Quadripartite Agreement and that Charter
Agreement, such legal opinions required by the Agent and each in a form
approved by the Agent.
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11.29
|
Charters and Charter
Guarantees. The Borrowers shall procure that no later
than 90 days after the first Drawdown Date (or such later date as the
Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, agree with the
Borrowers) the Agent receives the following documents and evidence in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its
lawyers:
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(a)
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copies
of each Charter and each Charter Guarantee and of all documents signed or
issued by any party to that document under or in connection with
it;
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(b)
|
evidence
that the relevant Borrower has been nominated as the charterer under each
Charter;
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(c)
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evidence
that the relevant Borrower is the beneficiary under each Charter
Guarantee;
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(d)
|
such
documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in
relation to the due authorisation and execution by any party to a Charter
or a Charter Guarantee of that document and of all documents to be
executed by that party under that document;
and
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(e)
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in
relation to each Charter and each Charter Guarantee, such legal opinions
required by the Agent and each in a form approved by the
Agent.
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12
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CORPORATE
UNDERTAKINGS
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12.1
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General. Each
Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the
following provisions of this Clause 12 at all times during the Security
Period except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority
Lenders, otherwise permit.
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12.2
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Maintenance of
status. Each Borrower will maintain its separate
corporate existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the
Republic of Liberia.
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12.3
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Negative
undertakings. No Borrower
will:
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(a)
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carry
on any business other than the ownership, chartering and operation of the
Ship owned by it; or
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(b)
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change
its constitutional documents; or
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(c)
|
pay
any dividend or make any other form of distribution (whether of a revenue
or capital nature or otherwise) or effect any form of redemption, purchase
or return of share capital or (re)pay any principal, interest or any other
amount on any loan from a shareholder or any other connected person;
or
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(d)
|
provide
any form of credit or financial assistance to any person or enter into any
transaction with or involving any person which is not in the normal course
of business of that Borrower or on terms which are, in any respect, less
favourable to that Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain
made at arms' length;
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(e)
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open
or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except any
account with a bank or financial institution approved by the Agent and
then only Provided
that a Security Interest created by an Account Security Deed exists
over such account;
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(f)
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issue,
allot or grant any person a right to any shares in its capital or
repurchase or reduce its issued share
capital;
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(g)
|
acquire
any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and
certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks,
or enter into any transaction in a derivative other than Designated
Transactions; or
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(h)
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enter
into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger or any form of
reconstruction or reorganisation.
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13
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INSURANCE
|
13.1
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General. Each
Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the
following provisions of this Clause 13 at all times during the Security
Period (after the Ship to be owned by it has been delivered to it under
the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship) except as the Agent may, with the
authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit Provided that to the
extent that a Charterer, by its performance of the Charter of a Ship,
performs and discharges the obligations of the Borrower owning that Ship
contained in this Clause, then such performance and discharge shall, to
that extent, be deemed due performance and discharge of that Borrower's
corresponding obligations under this
Clause.
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13.2
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Maintenance of obligatory
insurances. Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by
it insured at the expense of that Borrower
against:
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(a)
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fire
and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess
risks);
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(b)
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war
risks;
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(c)
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protection
and indemnity risks (including, without limitation, freight, demurrage and
defence cover);
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(d)
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risk
of loss of Earnings; and
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(e)
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any
other risks against which the Security Trustee considers, having regard to
practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it
would in the opinion of the Security Trustee be reasonable for that
Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Security Trustee by
notice to that Borrower.
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13.3
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Terms of obligatory
insurances. Each Borrower shall effect such
insurances:
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(a)
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in
Dollars;
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(b)
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in
the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an
agreed value basis (determined at the time of taking out such insurances
or upon the latest renewal) at least the greater of (i) together with the
Ship owned by the other Borrower, 120 per cent. of the aggregate of the
Loan and the Swap Exposure of each Swap Counterparty and (ii) the market
value of the Ship owned by it;
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(c)
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in
the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal
to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic
protection and indemnity club entry and in the international marine
insurance market;
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(d)
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in
relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full tonnage
of the Ship owned by it;
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(e)
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in
the case of risk of loss of Earnings insurance, in an amount of at least
equal to the daily rate under the Charter of the Ship owned by it for the
best market cover available and a minimum waiting
period;
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(f)
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on
approved terms; and
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(g)
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through
approved brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters
or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in
approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks
associations.
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13.4
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Further protections for the
Creditor Parties. In addition to the terms set out in
Clause 13.3, each Borrower shall procure that the obligatory insurances
shall:
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(a)
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whenever
the Security Trustee requires, name (or be amended to name) the Security
Trustee as additional named assured for its rights and interests,
warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of
subrogation against the Security Trustee, but without the Security Trustee
thereby being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls
or other assessments in respect of such
insurance;
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(b)
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name
the Security Trustee as loss payee with such directions for payment as the
Security Trustee may specify;
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(c)
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provide
that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory
insurances to the Security Trustee shall be made without set-off,
counterclaim or deductions or condition
whatsoever;
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(d)
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provide
that such obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of
contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Security
Trustee or any other Creditor Party;
and
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(e)
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provide
that the Security Trustee may make proof of loss if the Borrowers fail to
do so.
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13.5
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Renewal of obligatory
insurances. Each Borrower
shall:
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(a)
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at
least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by
it:
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(i)
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notify
the Security Trustee of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection
and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom that Borrower
proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of
renewal; and
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(ii)
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obtain
the Security Trustee's approval to the matters referred to in paragraph
(i);
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(b)
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at
least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by
it, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Security
Trustee's approval pursuant to paragraph (a);
and
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(c)
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procure
that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and
indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall
promptly after the renewal notify the Security Trustee in writing of the
terms and conditions of the
renewal.
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13.6
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Copies of policies; letters of
undertaking. Each Borrower shall ensure that all
approved brokers provide the Security Trustee with pro forma copies of all
policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or
renew and of a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the
Security Trustee and including undertakings by the approved brokers
that:
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(a)
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they
will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable
clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause
13.4;
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(b)
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they
will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order
of the Security Trustee in accordance with the said loss payable
clause;
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(c)
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they
will advise the Security Trustee immediately of any material change to the
terms of the obligatory insurances;
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(d)
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they
will notify the Security Trustee, not less than 14 days before the expiry
of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received
notice of renewal instructions from that Borrower or its agents and, in
the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly
notify the Security Trustee of the terms of the instructions;
and
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(e)
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they
will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim
relating to the Ship owned by that Borrower under such obligatory
insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person
whether in respect of that Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the
policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in
respect of such premiums or other amounts, and they will not cancel such
obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other
amounts, and will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of
that Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Security
Trustee.
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13.7
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Copies of certificates of
entry. Each Borrower shall ensure that any protection
and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which the Ship owned by it
is entered provides the Security Trustee
with:
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(a)
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a
certified copy of the certificate of entry for that
Ship;
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(b)
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a
letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the
Security Trustee; and
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(c)
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a
certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for
pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the
relevant certifying authority in relation to that
Ship.
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13.8
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Deposit of original
policies. Each Borrower shall ensure that all policies
relating to obligatory insurances effected by it are deposited with the
approved brokers through which the insurances are effected or
renewed.
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13.9
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Payment of
premiums. Each Borrower shall punctually pay all
premiums or other sums payable in respect of the obligatory insurances
effected by it and produce all relevant receipts when so required by the
Security Trustee.
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13.10
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Guarantees. Each
Borrower shall ensure that any guarantees required by a protection and
indemnity or war risks association are promptly issued and remain in full
force and effect.
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13.11
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Compliance with terms of
insurances. No Borrower shall do nor omit to do (nor
permit to be done or not to be done) any act or thing which would or might
render any obligatory insurance invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable
or render any sum payable under an obligatory insurance repayable in whole
or in part; and, in particular:
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(a)
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each
Borrower shall take all necessary action and comply with all requirements
which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances,
and (without limiting the obligation contained in Clause 13.6(c)) ensure
that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or
qualifications to which the Security Trustee has not given its prior
approval;
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(b)
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no
Borrower shall make any changes relating to the classification or
classification society or manager or operator of the Ship owned by it
approved by the underwriters of the obligatory
insurances;
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(c)
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each
Borrower shall make (and promptly supply copies to the Agent of) all
quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the
protection and indemnity risks association in which the Ship owned by it
is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America
and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution
Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation);
and
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(d)
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no
Borrower shall employ the Ship owned by it, nor allow it to be employed,
otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the
obligatory insurances, without first obtaining the consent of the insurers
and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise)
which the insurers specify.
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13.12
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Alteration to terms of
insurances. No Borrower shall either make or agree to
any alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any
right relating to any obligatory
insurance.
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13.13
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Settlement of
claims. No Borrower shall settle, compromise or abandon
any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major
Casualty, and shall do all things necessary and provide all documents,
evidence and information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or
recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the
obligatory insurances.
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13.14
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Provision of copies of
communications. Each Borrower shall provide the Security
Trustee, at the time of each such communication, copies of all written
communications between that Borrower
and:
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(a)
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the
approved brokers;
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(b)
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the
approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations;
and
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(c)
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the
approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or
indirectly to:
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(i)
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that
Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including,
without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional
premiums or calls; and
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(ii)
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any
credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons
referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) relating wholly or partly to the
effecting or maintenance of the obligatory
insurances.
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13.15
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Provision of
information. In addition, each Borrower shall promptly
provide the Security Trustee (or any persons which it may designate) with
any information which the Security Trustee (or any such designated person)
requests for the purpose of:
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(a)
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obtaining
or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to
the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be
effected; and/or
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(b)
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effecting,
maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause
13.16 or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such
insurances,
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and
the Borrowers shall, forthwith upon demand, indemnify the Security Trustee
in respect of all fees and other expenses incurred by or for the account
of the Security Trustee in connection with any such report as is referred
to in paragraph (a).
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13.16
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Mortgagee's interest and
additional perils insurances. The Security Trustee shall
be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's
interest additional perils insurance and a mortgagee's interest marine
insurance in an amount not more than 120 per cent. of the aggregate of the
Loan and the Swap Exposure of each
Swap
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Counterparty
but otherwise, on such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner
as the Security Trustee may from time to time consider appropriate and the
Borrowers shall upon demand fully indemnify the Security Trustee in respect of
all premiums and other expenses which are incurred in connection with or with a
view to effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurance or dealing with,
or considering, any matter arising out of any such insurance.
14
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SHIP
COVENANTS
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14.1
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General. Each
Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the
following provisions of this Clause 14 at all times during the Security
Period (after the Ship to be owned by it has been delivered to it under
the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship) except as the Agent, with the
authorisation of the Majority Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld in the case of a change of flag, class, management or bareboat
charter and subject to such conditions as the Majority Lenders may
reasonably require), may otherwise permit Provided that to the
extent that a Charterer, by its performance of the Charter of a Ship,
performs and discharges the obligations of the Borrower owning that Ship
contained in this Clause, then such performance and discharge shall, to
that extent, be deemed due performance and discharge of that Borrower's
corresponding obligations under this
Clause.
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14.2
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Ship's name and
registration. Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by
it registered in its name as a Maltese ship (in the case of Ship A) or a
Liberian ship (in the case of Ship B); shall not do, omit to do or allow
to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be
cancelled or imperilled; and shall not change the name or port of registry
of the Ship owned by it Provided that if the
Agent notifies the Borrower that the country of the flag of either Ship is
affected by instability (as determined by the Majority Lenders acting
reasonably), the Borrower shall within 30 days of such notification
procure that that Ship is reflagged to another flag approved by the
Majority Lenders and shall also:
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(a)
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execute
and register a first priority ship mortgage (and, if applicable,
collateral deed of covenant) on that Ship in favour of the Security
Trustee or the Lenders in a form approved by the Security
Trustee;
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(b)
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execute
a supplement to this Agreement and the other Finance Documents in a form
approved by the Security Trustee making necessary amendments to this
Agreement and the other Finance
Documents;
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(c)
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provide
such corporate authorities, legal opinions and other conditions precedent
documents required by the Security Trustee and each in a form approved by
the Security Trustee;
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(d)
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pay
all of the Creditor Parties' reasonable expenses in relation to such
re-flagging; and
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(e)
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comply
with such other conditions as the Security Trustee may reasonably
require.
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14.3
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Repair and
classification. Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned
by it in a good and safe condition and state of
repair:
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(a)
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consistent
with first-class ship ownership and management
practice;
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(b)
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so
as to maintain that Ship in the highest classification available for ships
of the same type, age and specification as the Ship with Det norske
Veritas free of recommendations and conditions;
and
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(c)
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so
as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels
registered under Maltese flag (in the case of Ship A) or Liberian flag (in
the case of Ship B) or to vessels
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trading
to any jurisdiction to which that Ship may trade from time to time, including
but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code.
14.4
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Modification. No
Borrower shall make any modification or repairs to, or replacement of, any
Ship or equipment installed on it which would or might materially alter
the structure, type or performance characteristics of that Ship or
materially reduce its value.
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14.5
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Removal of
parts. No Borrower shall remove any material part of any
Ship, or any item of equipment installed on, any Ship unless the part or
item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is
in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item
removed, is free from any Security Interest or any right in favour of any
person other than the Security Trustee and becomes on installation on the
relevant Ship the property of the relevant Borrower and subject to the
security constituted by the relevant Mortgage Provided that a Borrower
may install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be
removed without any risk of damage to the Ship owned by
it.
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14.6
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Surveys. Each
Borrower shall submit the Ship owned by it regularly to all periodical or
other surveys which may be required for classification purposes and, if so
required by the Security Trustee provide the Security Trustee, with copies
of all survey reports.
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14.7
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Inspection. Each
Borrower shall permit the Security Trustee (by surveyors or other persons
appointed by it for that purpose) to board the Ship owned by it at all
reasonable times and without unduly interfering with that Ship's operation
to inspect its condition or to satisfy themselves about proposed or
executed repairs and shall afford all proper facilities for such
inspections.
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14.8
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Prevention of and release from
arrest. Each Borrower shall promptly
discharge:
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(a)
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all
liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on
or claims enforceable against the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the
Insurances;
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(b)
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all
taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship owned by it,
the Earnings or the Insurances; and
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(c)
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all
other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship owned by it, the
Earnings or the Insurances,
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and,
forthwith upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship owned by it, or
of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim,
that Borrower shall procure its release by providing bail or otherwise as
the circumstances may require.
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14.9
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Compliance with laws
etc. Each Borrower
shall:
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(a)
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comply,
or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental
Laws and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship owned by it,
its ownership, operation and management or to the business of that
Borrower;
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(b)
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not
employ the Ship owned by it nor allow its employment in any manner
contrary to any law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including
but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code;
and
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(c)
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in
the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared
or not), not cause or permit the Ship owned by it to enter or trade to any
zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the Ship's war
risks insurers unless the prior written consent of the Security Trustee
has been given and that Borrower has (at its expense) effected any
special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Security Trustee
may require.
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14.10
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Provision of
information. Each Borrower shall promptly provide the
Security Trustee with any information which it requests
regarding:
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(a)
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the
Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements (including,
without limitation, the provision of the latest complete technical report
from any Approved Manager);
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(b)
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the
Earnings and payments and amounts due to the master and crew of the Ship
owned by it;
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(c)
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any
expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the
operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship owned by it and any payments
made in respect of that Ship;
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(d)
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any
towages and salvages; and
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(e)
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its
compliance, any Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of the
Ship owned by it with the ISM Code and the ISPS
Code,
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and,
upon the Security Trustee's request, provide copies of any current charter
relating to the Ship owned by it, of any current charter guarantee and
copies of the Borrower's or any Approved Manager's Document of
Compliance.
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14.11
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Notification of certain
events. Each Borrower shall immediately notify the
Security Trustee by fax, confirmed forthwith by letter,
of:
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(a)
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any
casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major
Casualty;
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(b)
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any
occurrence as a result of which the Ship owned by it has become or is, by
the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total
Loss;
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(c)
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any
requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification
society or by any competent authority which is not immediately complied
with;
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(d)
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any
arrest or detention of the Ship owned by it, any exercise or purported
exercise of any lien on that Ship or its Earnings or any requisition of
that Ship for hire;
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(e)
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any
intended dry docking of the Ship owned by
it;
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(f)
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any
Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with the
Ship owned by it, or any Environmental
Incident;
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(g)
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any
claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against that
Borrower, any Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship
owned by it; or
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(h)
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any
other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which
will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied
with,
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and
that Borrower shall keep the Security Trustee advised in writing on a
regular basis and in such detail as the Security Trustee shall require of
that Borrower's, that Approved Manager's or any other person's response to
any of those events or matters.
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14.12
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Restrictions on chartering,
appointment of managers etc. No Borrower shall, in
relation to the Ship owned by it:
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(a)
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save
for a Charter, let that Ship on demise charter (or permit that Ship to be
let on demise charter) for any
period;
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(b)
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enter
into any time or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship for a
term which exceeds, or which by virtue of any optional extensions may
exceed, 13 months;
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(c)
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enter
into any charter in relation to that Ship under which more than 2 months'
hire (or the equivalent) is payable in
advance;
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(d)
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charter
that Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm's length terms at the time when
that Ship is fixed;
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(e)
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agree
to any assignment of any charter of that Ship or any charter hire review
of any such charter;
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(f)
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appoint
a manager of that Ship other than an Approved Manager (which, each
Borrower represents and warrants to each Creditor Party, has the ability
to carry out such appointment) or agree to any alteration to the terms of
an Approved Manager's appointment;
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(g)
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de-activate
or lay up that Ship or permit that Ship to be de-activated or laid up;
or
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(h)
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put
that Ship (or permit that Ship to be put) into the possession of any
person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding
or likely to exceed $500,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency)
unless that person has first given to the Security Trustee and in terms
satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on that
Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other
reason.
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14.13
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Notice of
Mortgage. Each Borrower shall keep the relevant Mortgage
registered against the Ship owned by it as a valid first priority
mortgage, carry on board that Ship a certified copy of the relevant
Mortgage and place and maintain in a conspicuous place in the navigation
room and the Master's cabin of that Ship a framed printed notice stating
that that Ship is mortgaged by that Borrower to the Security
Trustee.
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14.14
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Sharing of
Earnings. No Borrower shall enter into any
agreement or arrangement for the sharing of any
Earnings.
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14.15
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ISPS
Code. Each Borrower shall comply with the ISPS Code and
in particular, without limitation,
shall:
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(a)
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procure
that the Ship owned by that Borrower and the company responsible for that
Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code;
and
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(b)
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maintain
for that Ship an
ISSC; and
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(c)
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notify
the Agent immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal,
suspension, cancellation or modification of the
ISSC.
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15
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SECURITY
COVER
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15.1
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Minimum required security
cover. Clause 15.2 applies if the Agent notifies the
Borrowers of any of the following:
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(a)
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at
the earlier of (i) the end of November 2008 or (ii) the Drawdown Date in
relation to the launching instalment under the Shipbuilding Contract for
the first Ship to reach that stage, the aggregate
of:
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(i)
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the
aggregate of the market value (each determined as provided in Clause 15.3
on a resale basis on the basis of a valuation carried out not more than 2
weeks prior to the Drawdown Date (or as the case may be) the end of
November 2008) of each Ship less the aggregate amount of the instalment(s)
to be paid to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract for that Ship
(save that if that Shipbuilding Contract is the subject of the
circumstances described in either Clauses 8.8(c) or 8.8(e), the market
value of that Ship for the purposes of this paragraph (i) shall be zero);
plus
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(ii)
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the
net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under
this Clause 15,
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is below
110 per cent. of the aggregate of the Loan and of the Swap Exposure of each Swap
Counterparty; or
(b)
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at
any time following the Delivery Date of the first Ship but prior to the
Delivery Date of the second Ship, the aggregate
of:
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(i)
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the
market value (determined as provided in Clause 15.3) of the Ship which has
delivered (save that if that Ship is not subject to a Mortgage, the market
value for the purposes of this paragraph (i) shall be zero);
plus
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(ii)
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the
market value (determined as provided in Clause 15.3 on a resale basis) of
the Ship which has not yet delivered less the aggregate amount of the
instalment(s) to be paid to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract
for that Ship (save that if that Shipbuilding Contract is the subject of
the circumstances described in either Clauses 8.8(c) or 8.8(e), the market
value of that Ship for the purposes of this paragraph (ii) shall be zero);
plus
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(iii)
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the
net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under
this Clause 15,
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is below
110 per cent. (during the period commencing from the first Delivery Date and
ending on 30 September 2009) or 115 per cent. (during the period commencing from
30 September 2009 and ending on the final Delivery Date) of the aggregate of the
Loan and of the Swap Exposure of each Swap Counterparty; or
(c)
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at
any time following the Delivery Date of both Ships, the aggregate
of:
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(i)
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the
aggregate of the market value (each determined as provided in Clause 15.3)
of each Ship subject to a Mortgage;
plus
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(ii)
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the
net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under
this Clause 15,
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is
below 115 per cent. (during the period commencing from the final Delivery
Date and ending on the date falling 5 years after the first Delivery Date)
or 125 per cent. (during the period commencing from the date falling 5
years after the first Delivery Date and ending on the end of the Security
Period) of the aggregate of the Loan and of the Swap Exposure of each Swap
Counterparty.
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15.2
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Provision of additional
security; prepayment. If the Agent serves a notice on
the Borrowers under Clause 15.1, the Borrowers shall, within 30 days after
the date on which the Agent's notice is served,
either:
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(a)
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provide,
or ensure that a third party provides, additional security which, in the
opinion of the Majority Lenders, has a net realisable value at least equal
to the shortfall and is documented in such terms as the Agent may, with
the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, approve or require;
or
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(b)
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prepay
such part (at least) of the Loan as will eliminate the
shortfall.
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15.3
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Valuation of
Ships. The market value of a Ship at any date is that
shown by a valuation prepared:
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(a)
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as
at a date not more than 14 days
previously;
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(b)
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by
an independent sale and purchase shipbroker which the Agent has approved
or appointed for the purpose;
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(c)
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with
or without physical inspection of the Ship (as the Agent may
require);
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(d)
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on
the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length
commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of
any existing charter or other contract of employment;
and
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(e)
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after
deducting the estimated amount of the usual and reasonable expenses which
would be incurred in connection with the
sale.
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15.4
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Value of additional vessel
security. The net realisable value of any additional
security which is provided under Clause 15.2 and which consists of a
Security Interest over a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation
complying with the requirements of Clause
15.3.
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15.5
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Valuations
binding. Any valuation under Clause 15.2, 15.3 or 15.4
shall be binding and conclusive as regards the Borrowers, as shall be any
valuation which the Majority Lenders make of any additional security which
does not consist of or include a Security
Interest.
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15.6
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Provision of
information. The Borrowers shall promptly provide the
Agent and any shipbroker or expert acting under Clause 15.3 or 15.4 with
any information which the Agent or the shipbroker or expert may request
for the purposes of the valuation; and, if the Borrowers fail to provide
the information by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be
made on any basis and assumptions which the shipbroker or the Majority
Lenders (or the expert appointed by them) consider
prudent.
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15.7
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Payment of valuation
expenses. Without prejudice to the generality of the
Borrowers' obligations under Clauses 20.2, 20.3 and 21.3, the Borrowers
shall, on demand, pay the Agent the amount of the fees and expenses of any
shipbroker or expert instructed by the Agent under this Clause and all
legal and other expenses incurred by any Creditor Party in connection with
any matter arising out of this
Clause.
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15.8
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Application of
prepayment. Clause 8 shall apply in relation to any
prepayment pursuant to Clause
15.2(b).
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16
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PAYMENTS
AND CALCULATIONS
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16.1
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Currency and method of
payments. All payments to be made by the Lenders or by
any Borrower under a Finance Document shall be made to the Agent or to the
Security Trustee, in the case of an amount payable to
it:
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(a)
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by
not later than 11.00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due
date;
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(b)
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in
same day Dollar funds settled through the New York Clearing House
Interbank Payments System (or in such other Dollar funds and/or settled in
such other manner as the Agent shall specify as being customary at the
time for the settlement of international transactions of the type
contemplated by this Agreement);
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(c)
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in
the case of an amount payable by a Lender to the Agent or by any Borrower
to the Agent or any Lender, to such account with such bank as the Agent
may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor
Parties; and
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(d)
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in
the case of an amount payable to the Security Trustee, to such account as
it may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor
Parties.
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16.2
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Payment on non-Business
Day. If any payment by any Borrower under a Finance
Document would otherwise fall due on a day which is not a Business
Day:
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(a)
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the
due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day;
or
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(b)
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if
the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the due
date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business
Day,
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and
interest shall be payable during any extension under paragraph (a) at the rate
payable on the original due date.
16.3
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Basis for calculation of
periodic payments. All interest and commitment fee and
any other payments under any Finance Document which are of an annual or
periodic nature shall accrue from day to day and shall be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360 day
year.
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16.4
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Distribution of payments to
Creditor Parties. Subject to Clauses 16.5, 16.6 and
16.7:
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(a)
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any
amount received by the Agent under a Finance Document for distribution or
remittance to a Lender, a Swap Counterparty or the Security Trustee shall
be made available by the Agent to that Lender, that Swap Counterparty or,
as the case may be, the Security Trustee by payment, with funds having the
same value as the funds received, to such account as the Lender, the Swap
Counterparty or the Security Trustee may have notified to the Agent not
less than 5 Business Days previously;
and
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(b)
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amounts
to be applied in satisfying amounts of a particular category which are due
to the Lenders and/or the Swap Counterparties generally shall be
distributed by the Agent to each Lender and each Swap Counterparty pro
rata to the amount in that category which is due to
it.
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16.5
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Permitted deductions by
Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement or any other Finance Document, the Agent may, before making an
amount available to a Lender or a Swap Counterparty, deduct and withhold
from that amount any sum which is then due and payable to the Agent from
that Lender or that Swap Counterparty under any Finance Document or any
sum which the Agent is then entitled under any Finance Document to require
that Lender or that Swap Counterparty to pay on
demand.
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16.6
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Agent only obliged to pay when
monies received. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement or any other Finance Document, the Agent shall not be
obliged to make available to any Borrower or any Lender or any Swap
Counterparty any sum which the Agent is expecting to receive for
remittance or distribution to that Borrower or that Lender or that Swap
Counterparty until the Agent has satisfied itself that it has received
that sum.
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16.7
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Refund to Agent of monies not
received. If and to the extent that the Agent makes
available a sum to a Borrower, a Lender or a Swap Counterparty, without
first having received that sum, that Borrower or (as the case may be) the
Lender or the Swap Counterparty concerned shall, on
demand:
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(a)
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refund
the sum in full to the Agent; and
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(b)
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pay
to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify
the Agent against any funding or other loss, liability or expense incurred
by the Agent as a result of making the sum available before receiving
it.
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16.8
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Agent may assume
receipt. Clause 16.7 shall not affect any claim which
the Agent has under the law of restitution, and applies irrespective of
whether the Agent had any form of notice that it had not received the sum
which it made available.
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16.9
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Creditor Party
accounts. Each Creditor Party shall maintain accounts
showing the amounts owing to it by the Borrowers and each Security Party
under the Finance Documents and all payments in respect of those amounts
made by the Borrowers and any Security
Party.
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16.10
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Agent's memorandum
account. The Agent shall maintain a memorandum account
showing the amounts advanced by the Lenders and all other sums owing to
the Agent, the Security Trustee and each Lender from the Borrowers and
each Security Party under the Finance Documents and all payments in
respect of those amounts made by the Borrowers and any Security
Party.
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16.11
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Accounts prima facie
evidence. If any accounts maintained under Clauses 16.9
and 16.10 show an amount to be owing by a Borrower or a Security Party to
a Creditor Party, those accounts shall be prima facie evidence that that
amount is owing to that Creditor
Party.
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17
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APPLICATION
OF RECEIPTS
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17.1
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Normal order of
application. Except as any Finance Document may
otherwise provide, any sums which are received or recovered by any
Creditor Party under or by virtue of any Finance Document after service of
notice on the Borrowers under Clause 19.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be
applied:
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(a)
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FIRST:
in or towards satisfaction of any amounts then due and payable under the
Finance Documents and the Master Agreements in the following order and
proportions:
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(i)
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first,
in or towards satisfaction pro rata of all amounts then due and payable to
the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents other than those amounts
referred to at paragraphs (ii) to (v) inclusive below (including, but
without limitation, all amounts payable by any Borrower under Clauses 20,
21 and 22 of this Agreement or by any Borrower or any Security Party under
any corresponding or similar provision in any other Finance Document or in
any Master Agreement);
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(ii)
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secondly,
in or towards satisfaction pro rata of any and all amounts of interest or
default interest payable to the Creditor Parties under the Finance
Documents;
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(iii)
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thirdly,
in or towards satisfaction pro rata of each
Tranche;
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(iv)
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fourthly,
in or towards satisfaction pro rata of any and all amounts of interest or
default interest payable to the Creditor Parties under the Master
Agreements (and, for this purpose, the expression "interest" shall include
any net amount which any Borrower shall have become liable to pay or
deliver under section 2(e) (Obligations) of any
Master Agreement but shall have failed to pay or deliver to the relevant
Swap Counterparty at the time of application or distribution under this
Clause 17); and
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(v)
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fifthly,
in or towards satisfaction pro rata of he Swap Exposure of each Swap
Counterparty (in the case of the latter, calculated as at the actual Early
Termination Date applying to each particular Designated Transaction, or if
no
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such
Early Termination Date shall have occurred, calculated as if an Early
Termination Date occurred on the date of application or distribution
hereunder);
(b)
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SECONDLY:
in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable
under any Finance Document or any Master Agreement but which the Agent, by
notice to the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor
Parties, states in its opinion will or may become due and payable in the
future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards
satisfaction of them in accordance with the provisions of Clause 17.1(a);
and
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(c)
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THIRDLY:
any surplus shall be paid to the Borrowers or to any other person
appearing to be entitled to it.
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17.2
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Variation of order of
application. The Agent may, with the authorisation of
the Majority Lenders and the Swap Counterparties, by notice to the
Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties provide for
a different manner of application from that set out in Clause 17.1 either
as regards a specified sum or sums or as regards sums in a specified
category or categories.
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17.3
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Notice of variation of order of
application. The Agent may give notices under Clause
17.2 from time to time; and such a notice may be stated to apply not only
to sums which may be received or recovered in the future, but also to any
sum which has been received or recovered on or after the third Business
Day before the date on which the notice is
served.
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17.4
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Appropriation rights
overridden. This Clause 17 and any notice which the
Agent gives under Clause 17.2 shall override any right of appropriation
possessed, and any appropriation made, by any Borrower or any Security
Party.
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18
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APPLICATION
OF EARNINGS
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18.1
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Payment of
Earnings. Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor
Party to ensure that, throughout the Security Period and subject only to
the provisions of the General Assignment and the Charter Assignment, all
the Earnings of the Ship owned by it are paid to the Earnings Account for
that Ship.
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18.2
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Location of
accounts. Each Borrower shall
promptly:
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(a)
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comply
with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re-location of the
Earnings Accounts (or either of them);
and
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(b)
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execute
any documents which the Agent specifies to create or maintain in favour of
the Security Trustee a Security Interest over (and/or rights of set-off,
consolidation or other rights in relation to) the Earnings Accounts (or
either of them).
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18.3
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Debits for expenses
etc. The Agent shall be entitled (but not obliged) from
time to time to debit any Earnings Account without prior notice in order
to discharge any amount due and payable under Clause 20 or 21 to a
Creditor Party or payment of which any Creditor Party has become entitled
to demand under Clause 20 or 21.
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19
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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19.1
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Events of
Default. An Event of Default occurs
if:
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(a)
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any
Borrower or any Security Party fails to pay when due or (if so payable) on
demand any sum payable under a Finance Document or under any document
relating to a Finance Document; or
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(b)
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any
breach occurs of Clause 9.2, 11.2, 11.3, 12.2, 12.3 or 15.2;
or
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(c)
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any
breach by any Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a
Finance Document (other than a breach covered by paragraphs (a) or (b))
which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is capable of remedy, and
such default continues unremedied 10 days after written notice from the
Agent requesting action to remedy the same;
or
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(d)
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(subject
to any applicable grace period specified in the Finance Document) any
breach by any Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a
Finance Document (other than a breach falling within paragraphs (a), (b)
or (c)); or
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(e)
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any
representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by, or by an
officer of, a Borrower or a Security Party in a Finance Document or in a
Drawdown Notice or any other notice or document relating to a Finance
Document is untrue or misleading when it is made or repeated;
or
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(f)
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any
of the following occurs in relation to any secured Financial Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, leases) of $2,500,000 or more in aggregate
of a Relevant Person:
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(i)
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any
Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is not paid when due;
or
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(ii)
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any
Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes due and payable or
capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity
date as a consequence of any event of default;
or
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(iii)
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a
lease, hire purchase agreement or charter creating any Financial
Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is terminated by the lessor or owner or
becomes capable of being terminated as a consequence of any termination
event; or
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(iv)
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any
overdraft, loan, note issuance, acceptance credit, letter of credit,
guarantee, foreign exchange or other facility relating to any Financial
Indebtedness of a Relevant Person ceases to be available or becomes
capable of being terminated as a result of any event of default, or cash
cover is required, or becomes capable of being required, in respect of
such a facility as a result of any event of default;
or
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(v)
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any
Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person
becomes enforceable; or
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(g)
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any
of the following occurs in relation to a Relevant
Person:
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(i)
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a
Relevant Person becomes, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, unable to
pay its debts as they fall due; or
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(ii)
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any
assets of a Relevant Person are subject to any form of execution,
attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress in respect of a sum of, or
sums aggregating, $100,000 or more or the equivalent in another currency
Provided that in
the case of the arrest of a Ship, it shall only be an Event of Default if
the Borrowers have not procured the release of that Ship by the date
falling 40 days after the commencement of the arrest;
or
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(iii)
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any
administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Relevant
Person; or
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(iv)
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an
administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect
of a Relevant Person; or
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(v)
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any
formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect
that a Relevant Person is insolvent or likely to become insolvent is made
by a Relevant Person or by the directors of a Relevant Person or, in any
proceedings, by a lawyer acting for a Relevant Person;
or
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(vi)
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a
provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of a Relevant Person, a
winding up order is made in relation to a Relevant Person or a winding up
resolution is passed by a Relevant Person;
or
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(vii)
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a
resolution is passed, an administration notice is given or filed, an
application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step
is taken by (aa) a Relevant Person, (bb) the members or directors of a
Relevant Person, (cc) a holder of Security Interests which together relate
to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person, or (dd) a
government minister or public or regulatory authority for or with a view
to the winding up of that or another Relevant Person or the appointment of
a provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of that or another
Relevant Person, or that or another Relevant Person ceasing or suspending
business operations or payments to creditors, save that this paragraph
does not apply to a fully solvent winding up of a Relevant Person other
than a Borrower or the Guarantor which is, or is to be, effected for the
purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction previously approved by the
Majority Lenders and effected not later than 3 months after the
commencement of the winding up; or
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(viii)
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an
administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a
court is made or presented or any other step is taken by a creditor of a
Relevant Person (other than a holder of Security Interests which together
relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person) for
the winding up of a Relevant Person or the appointment of a provisional
liquidator or administrator in respect of a Relevant Person, unless the
proposed winding up, appointment of a provisional liquidator or
administration is being contested in good faith, on substantial grounds
and not with a view to some other insolvency law procedure being
implemented instead and either (aa) the application or petition is
dismissed or withdrawn within 30 days of being made or presented, or (bb)
within 30 days of the administration notice being given or filed, or the
other relevant steps being taken, other action is taken which will ensure
that there will be no administration and (in both cases (aa) or (bb)) the
Relevant Person will continue to carry on business in the ordinary way and
without being the subject of any actual, interim or pending insolvency law
procedure; or
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(ix)
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a
Relevant Person or its directors take any steps (whether by making or
presenting an application or petition to a court, or submitting or
presenting a document setting out a proposal or proposed terms, or
otherwise) with a view to obtaining, in relation to that or another
Relevant Person, any form of moratorium, suspension or deferral of
payments, reorganisation of debt (or certain debt) or arrangement with all
or a substantial proportion (by number or value) of creditors or of any
class of them or any such moratorium, suspension or deferral of payments,
reorganisation or arrangement is effected by court order, by the filing of
documents with a court, by means of a contract or in any other way at all;
or
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(x)
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any
meeting of the members or directors, or of any committee of the board or
senior management, of a Relevant Person is held or summoned for the
purpose of considering a resolution or proposal to authorise or take any
action of a type
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described
in paragraphs (iv) to (ix) or a step preparatory to such action, or (with or
without such a meeting) the members, directors or such a committee resolve or
agree that such an action or step should be taken or should be taken if certain
conditions materialise or fail to materialise; or
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(xi)
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in
a country other than England, any event occurs, any proceedings are opened
or commenced or any step is taken which, in the opinion of the Majority
Lenders is similar to any of the foregoing;
or
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(h)
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any
Borrower or any Security Party ceases or suspends carrying on its business
or a part of its business which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders,
is material in the context of this Agreement;
or
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(i)
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it
becomes unlawful or impossible:
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(i)
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for
any Borrower or any Security Party to discharge any liability under a
Finance Document or to comply with any other obligation which the Majority
Lenders consider material under a Finance Document;
or
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(ii)
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for
the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Lenders or the Swap Banks to exercise
or enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created
by, a Finance Document; or
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(j)
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any
official consent necessary to enable any Borrower to own, operate or
charter the Ship owned by it or to enable any Borrower or any Security
Party to comply with any provision which the Majority Lenders consider
material of a Finance Document or a Transaction Document is not granted,
expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation
or any condition of such a consent is not fulfilled;
or
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(k)
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it
appears to the Majority Lenders that, without their prior consent, at any
time:
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(i)
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either
Borrower is not a wholly owned direct subsidiary of the Guarantor;
or
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(ii)
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a
change has occurred or probably has occurred after the date of this
Agreement in the beneficial or legal ownership of any of the shares in
either Borrower or any Security Party (other than the Charterers, the
Charter Guarantors and the Guarantor) or in the ultimate control of the
voting rights attaching to any of those shares;
or
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(iii)
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either
Charter Guarantor ceases to hold directly or indirectly at least 51 per
cent. of the ultimate beneficial ownership of, or at least 51 per cent. of
the ultimate control of the voting rights in, the shares of the Charterer
under the Charter guaranteed by that Charter Guarantor or ceases to have
sufficient control over that Charterer to remove and appoint a majority to
the board of directors of that Charterer and otherwise exercise control of
that Charterer; or
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(iv)
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Xx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx is not the chief executive officer of the Guarantor;
or
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(v)
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the
person(s) having control of the Guarantor on the date of this Agreement
cease to have sufficient control over the Guarantor to remove and appoint
a majority to the board of directors of the Guarantor and otherwise
exercise control of the Guarantor;
or
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(l)
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any
provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance
Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable or a
Borrower or a Security Party repudiates any such provision, or a Security
Interest created by a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes
invalid or unenforceable or such a Security
Interest
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proves to
have ranked after, or loses its priority to, another Security Interest or any
other third party claim or interest; or
(m)
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the
security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in
jeopardy; or
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(n)
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any
Charter or any Charter Guarantee is terminated (other than by the
effluxion of time or the sale (with the consent of the Lenders) or Total
Loss of the relevant Ship), becomes invalid or unenforceable or otherwise
ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason or any amount payable
under any Charter or any Charter Guarantee is not paid when due and
payable or any other default (howsoever described) occurs under any
Charter or any Charter Guarantee;
or
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(o)
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an
Event of Default (as defined in section 14 of a Master Agreement) occurs;
or
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(p)
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a
Master Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked
or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason
except with the consent of the Agent, acting with the authorisation of the
Majority Lenders; or
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(q)
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any
other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including,
without limitation:
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(i)
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a
change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of either
Borrower or the Guarantor; or
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(ii)
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any
accident or other event involving either Ship or another vessel owned,
chartered or operated by the
Guarantor,
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in the
light of which the Majority Lenders consider that there is a significant risk
that either Borrower or the Guarantor is, or will later become, unable to
discharge its liabilities under the Finance Documents, the Master Agreements and
the Transaction Documents as they fall due.
19.2
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Actions following an Event of
Default. On, or at any time after, the occurrence of an
Event of Default:
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(a)
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the
Agent may, and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent
shall:
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(i)
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serve
on the Borrowers a notice stating that the Commitments and all other
obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement are
cancelled; and/or
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(ii)
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serve
on the Borrowers a notice stating that the Loan, all accrued interest and
all other amounts accrued or owing under this Agreement are immediately
due and payable or are due and payable on demand;
and/or
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(iii)
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take
any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice
served under paragraph (i) or (ii), the Agent and/or the Lenders are
entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law;
and/or
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(b)
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the
Security Trustee may, and if so instructed by the Agent, acting with the
authorisation of the Majority Lenders, the Security Trustee shall take any
action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served
under paragraph (a) (i) or (ii), the Security Trustee, the Agent and/or
the Lenders and/or the Swap Counterparties are entitled to take under any
Finance Document or any applicable
law.
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19.3
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Termination of
Commitments. On the service of a notice under Clause
19.2(a)(i), the Commitments and all other obligations of each Lender to
the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be
cancelled.
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19.4
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Acceleration of
Loan. On the service of a notice under Clause
19.2(a)(ii), the Loan, all accrued interest and all other amounts accrued
or owing from the Borrowers or any Security Party under this Agreement and
every other Finance Document shall become immediately due and payable or,
as the case may be, payable on
demand.
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19.5
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Multiple notices; action
without notice. The Agent may serve notices under
Clauses 19.2(a)(i) or (ii) simultaneously or on different dates and it
and/or the Security Trustee may take any action referred to in Clause 19.2
if no such notice is served or simultaneously with or at any time after
the service of both or either of such
notices.
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19.6
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Notification of Creditor
Parties and Security Parties. The Agent shall send to
each Lender, each Swap Counterparty, the Security Trustee and each
Security Party a copy or the text of any notice which the Agent serves on
the Borrowers under Clause 19.2; but the notice shall become effective
when it is served on any Borrower, and no failure or delay by the Agent to
send a copy or the text of the notice to any other person shall invalidate
the notice or provide any Borrower or any Security Party with any form of
claim or defence.
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19.7
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Creditor Parties' rights
unimpaired. Nothing in this Clause shall be taken to
impair or restrict the exercise of any right given to individual Lenders
or Swap Counterparties under a Finance Document, a Master Agreement or the
general law; and, in particular, this Clause is without prejudice to
Clause 3.1.
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19.8
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Exclusion of Creditor Party
liability. No Creditor Party, and no receiver or manager
appointed by the Security Trustee, shall have any liability to a Borrower
or a Security Party:
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(a)
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for
any loss caused by an exercise of rights under, or enforcement of a
Security Interest created by, a Finance Document or by any failure or
delay to exercise such a right or to enforce such a Security Interest;
or
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(b)
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as
mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any income or principal amount
which might have been produced by or realised from any asset comprised in
such a Security Interest or for any reduction (however caused) in the
value of such an asset,
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except
that this does not exempt a Creditor Party or a receiver or manager from
liability for losses shown to have been directly and mainly caused by the
dishonesty or the wilful misconduct of such Creditor Party's own officers and
employees or (as the case may be) such receiver's or manager's own partners or
employees.
19.9
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Relevant
Persons. In this Clause 19, a "Relevant Person" means a
Borrower, a Security Party or any Principal
Subsidiary.
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19.10
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Interpretation. In
Clause 19.1(f) references to an event of default or a termination event
include any event, howsoever described, which is similar to an event of
default in a facility agreement or a termination event in a finance lease;
and in Clause 19.1(g) "petition" includes an
application.
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19.11
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Position of Swap
Counterparties. Neither the Agent nor the Security
Trustee shall be obliged, in connection with any action taken or proposed
to be taken under or pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Clause
19, to have any regard to the requirements of a Swap Counterparty except
to the extent that such Swap Counterparty is also a
Lender.
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20
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FEES
AND EXPENSES
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20.1
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Fees. The
Borrowers shall pay to the Agent:
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(a)
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on
the date of this Agreement, an upfront fee of an amount previously agreed
in writing between the Agent and the Borrowers, for distribution among the
Lenders in the proportions agreed by the Agent and the
Lenders;
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(b)
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quarterly
in arrears (with the first payment due on the first end of calendar
quarter after the date of this Agreement) during the period from (and
including) the date of this Agreement to the earlier of (i) the second
Delivery Date and (ii) the end of the Availability Period and on the last
day of that period for the account of the Lenders, a commitment fee at the
rate of 0.50 per cent. per annum on the amount of the Total Commitments
less the amount of the Loan, for distribution among the Lenders pro rata
to their Commitments;
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(c)
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on
the date of this Agreement and on each anniversary thereof during the
Security Period, an annual agency fee of an amount previously agreed in
writing between the Agent and the Borrowers, such agency fee to be payable
to the Agent in advance for its own account;
and
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(d)
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the
other fees in the amounts, and on the dates, set out in the Fee
Letter.
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20.2
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Costs of negotiation,
preparation etc. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on
its demand the amount of all expenses incurred by the Agent or the
Security Trustee in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution or registration of any Finance Document or any related document
or with any transaction contemplated by a Finance Document or a related
document.
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20.3
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Costs of variations,
amendments, enforcement etc. The Borrowers shall pay to
the Agent, on the Agent's demand, for the account of the Creditor Party
concerned the amount of all expenses incurred by a Creditor Party in
connection with:
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(a)
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any
amendment or supplement to a Finance Document, or any proposal for such an
amendment to be made;
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(b)
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any
consent or waiver by the Lenders, the Swap Banks, the Majority Lenders or
the Creditor Party concerned under or in connection with a Finance
Document, or any request for such a consent or
waiver;
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(c)
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the
valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause 15 or any other
matter relating to such security;
or
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(d)
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any
step taken by the Lender or the Swap Bank concerned with a view to the
protection, exercise or enforcement of any right or Security Interest
created by a Finance Document or for any similar
purpose.
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There
shall be recoverable under paragraph (d) the full amount of all legal expenses,
whether or not such as would be allowed under rules of court or any taxation or
other procedure carried out under such rules.
20.4
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Extraordinary management
time. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on its demand
compensation in respect of the reasonable and documented amount of time
which the management of either Servicing Bank has spent in connection with
a matter covered by Clause 20.3 and which exceeds the amount of time which
would ordinarily be spent in the performance of the relevant Servicing
Bank's routine functions. Any such compensation shall be based
on such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent
may
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notify to
the Borrowers and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the relevant
Servicing Bank.
20.5
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Documentary
taxes. The Borrowers shall promptly pay any tax payable
on or by reference to any Finance Document, and shall, on the Agent's
demand, fully indemnify each Creditor Party against any claims, expenses,
liabilities and losses resulting from any failure or delay by the
Borrowers to pay such a tax.
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20.6
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Certification of
amounts. A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a
Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount,
is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 20 and which indicates
(without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in
respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima
facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is
due.
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21
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INDEMNITIES
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21.1
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Indemnities regarding borrowing
and repayment of Loan. The Borrowers shall fully
indemnify the Agent and each Lender on the Agent's demand and the Security
Trustee on its demand in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and
losses which are made or brought against or incurred by that Creditor
Party, or which that Creditor Party reasonably and with due diligence
estimates that it will incur, as a result of or in connection
with:
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(a)
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an
Advance not being borrowed on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice
for any reason other than a default by the Lender claiming the
indemnity;
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(b)
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the
receipt or recovery of all or any part of the Loan or an overdue sum
otherwise than on the last day of an Interest Period or other relevant
period;
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(c)
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any
failure (for whatever reason) by the Borrowers to make payment of any
amount due under a Finance Document on the due date or, if so payable, on
demand (after giving credit for any default interest paid by the Borrowers
on the amount concerned under Clause 7);
and
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(d)
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the
occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and/or
the acceleration of repayment of the Loan under Clause
19,
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and in
respect of any tax (other than tax on its overall net income) for which a
Creditor Party is liable in connection with any amount paid or payable to that
Creditor Party (whether for its own account or otherwise) under any Finance
Document.
21.2
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Breakage
costs. Without limiting its generality, Clause 21.1
covers any claim, expense, liability or loss, including a loss of a
prospective profit, incurred by a
Lender:
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(a)
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in
liquidating or employing deposits from third parties acquired or arranged
to fund or maintain all or any part of its Contribution and/or any overdue
amount (or an aggregate amount which includes its Contribution or any
overdue amount); and
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(b)
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in
terminating, or otherwise in connection with, any interest and/or currency
swap or any other transaction entered into (whether with another legal
entity or with another office or department of the Lender concerned) to
hedge any exposure arising under this Agreement or that part which the
Lender concerned determines is fairly attributable to this Agreement of
the amount of the liabilities, expenses or losses (including losses of
prospective profits) incurred by it in terminating, or otherwise in
connection with, a number of transactions of which this Agreement is
one.
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21.3
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Miscellaneous
indemnities. The Borrowers shall fully indemnify each
Creditor Party severally on their respective demands in respect of all
claims, expenses, liabilities and
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losses
which may be made or brought against or incurred by a Creditor Party, in any
country, as a result of or in connection with:
(a)
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any
action taken, or omitted or neglected to be taken, under or in connection
with any Finance Document by the Agent, the Security Trustee or any other
Creditor Party or by any receiver appointed under a Finance Document;
or
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(b)
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any
other Pertinent Matter,
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other
than claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are shown to have been
directly and mainly caused by the dishonesty or wilful misconduct of the
officers or employees of the Creditor Party concerned.
Without
prejudice to its generality, this Clause 21.3 covers any claims, expenses,
liabilities and losses which arise, or are asserted, under or in connection with
any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, the ISPS Code or any
Environmental Law.
21.4
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Currency
indemnity. If any sum due from any Borrower or any
Security Party to a Creditor Party under a Finance Document or under any
order or judgment relating to a Finance Document has to be converted from
the currency in which the Finance Document provided for the sum to be paid
(the "Contractual
Currency") into another currency (the "Payment Currency") for
the purpose of:
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(a)
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making
or lodging any claim or proof against any Borrower or any Security Party,
whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise;
or
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(b)
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obtaining
an order or judgment from any court or other tribunal;
or
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(c)
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enforcing
any such order or judgment,
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the
Borrowers shall indemnify the Creditor Party concerned against the loss arising
when the amount of the payment actually received by that Creditor Party is
converted at the available rate of exchange into the Contractual
Currency.
In this
Clause 21.4 the "available rate
of exchange" means the rate at which the Creditor Party concerned is able
at the opening of business (London time) on the Business Day after it receives
the sum concerned to purchase the Contractual Currency with the Payment
Currency.
This
Clause 21.4 creates a separate liability of the Borrowers which is distinct from
their other liabilities under the Finance Documents and which shall not be
merged in any judgment or order relating to those other
liabilities.
21.5
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Application to Master
Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, Clause 21.4 does
not apply in respect of sums due from a Borrower to a Swap Counterparty
under or in connection with a Master Agreement as to which sums the
provisions of section 8 (Contractual Currency)
of that Master Agreement shall
apply.
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21.6
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Certification of
amounts. A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a
Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount,
is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 21 and which indicates
(without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in
respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima
facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is
due.
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21.7
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Sums deemed due to a
Lender. For the purposes of this Clause 21, a sum
payable by the Borrowers to the Agent or the Security Trustee for
distribution to a Lender shall be treated as a sum due to that
Lender.
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22
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NO
SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
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22.1
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No
deductions. All amounts due from the Borrowers under a
Finance Document shall be paid:
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(a)
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without
any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition;
and
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(b)
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free
and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which a Borrower is
required by law to make.
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22.2
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Grossing-up for
taxes. If a Borrower is required by law to make a tax
deduction from any payment:
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(a)
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that
Borrower shall notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the
requirement;
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(b)
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that
Borrower shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority
promptly, and in any event before any fine or penalty
arises;
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(c)
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the
amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount
necessary to ensure that each Creditor Party receives and retains (free
from any liability relating to the tax deduction) a net amount which,
after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which it would
otherwise have received.
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22.3
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Evidence of payment of
taxes. Within 1 month after making any tax deduction,
the Borrower concerned shall deliver to the Agent documentary evidence
satisfactory to the Agent that the tax had been paid to the appropriate
taxation authority.
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22.4
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Exclusion of tax on overall net
income. In this Clause 22 "tax deduction" means any
deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax
except tax on a Creditor Party's overall net
income.
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22.5
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Application to Master
Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, Clause 22 does
not apply in respect of sums due from a Borrower to a Swap Counterparty
under or in connection with a Master Agreement as to which sums the
provisions of section 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for
Tax) of that Master Agreement shall
apply.
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23
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ILLEGALITY,
ETC
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23.1
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Illegality. This
Clause 23 applies if a Lender (the "Notifying Lender")
notifies the Agent that it has become, or will with effect from a
specified date, become:
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(a)
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unlawful
or prohibited as a result of the introduction of a new law, an amendment
to an existing law or a change in the manner in which an existing law is
or will be interpreted or applied;
or
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(b)
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contrary
to, or inconsistent with, any
regulation,
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for the
Notifying Lender to maintain or give effect to any of its obligations under this
Agreement in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
23.2
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Notification of
illegality. The Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security Trustee and the other
Lenders of the notice under Clause 23.1 which the Agent receives from the
Notifying Lender.
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23.3
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Prepayment; termination of
Commitment. On the Agent notifying the Borrowers under
Clause 23.2, the Notifying Lender's Commitment shall terminate; and
thereupon or, if later, on the date specified in the Notifying Lender's
notice under Clause 23.1 as the
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date on
which the notified event would become effective the Borrowers shall prepay the
Notifying Lender's Contribution in accordance with Clause 8.
23.4
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Mitigation. If
circumstances arise which would result in a notification under
Clause 23.1 then, without in any way limiting the rights of the
Notifying Lender under Clause 23.3, the Notifying Lender shall use
reasonable endeavours to transfer its obligations, liabilities and rights
under this Agreement and the Finance Documents to another office or
financial institution not affected by the circumstances but the Notifying
Lender shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in
its opinion, to do would or might:
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(a)
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have
an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition;
or
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(b)
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involve
it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is
contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation;
or
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(c)
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involve
it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax
disadvantage.
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24
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INCREASED
COSTS
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24.1
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Increased
costs. This Clause 24 applies if a Lender (the "Notifying Lender")
notifies the Agent that the Notifying Lender considers that as a result
of:
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(a)
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the
introduction or alteration after the date of this Agreement of a law or an
alteration after the date of this Agreement in the manner in which a law
is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the
application to payments under this Agreement of a tax on the Lender's
overall net income); or
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(b)
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complying
with any regulation (including any which relates to capital adequacy or
liquidity controls or which affects the manner in which the Notifying
Lender allocates capital resources to its obligations under this
Agreement) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or
application of which is altered, after the date of this
Agreement,
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the
Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) has incurred or will incur an
"increased
cost".
24.2
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Meaning of "increase
cost". In this Clause 24, "increased cost" means,
in relation to a Notifying Lender:
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(a)
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an
additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection
with, the Notifying Lender having entered into, or being a party to, this
Agreement or a Transfer Certificate, of funding or maintaining its
Commitment or Contribution or performing its obligations under this
Agreement, or of having outstanding all or any part of its Contribution or
other unpaid sums;
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(b)
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a
reduction in the amount of any payment to the Notifying Lender under this
Agreement or in the effective return which such a payment represents to
the Notifying Lender or on its
capital;
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(c)
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an
additional or increased cost of funding all or maintaining all or any of
the advances comprised in a class of advances formed by or including the
Notifying Lender's Contribution or (as the case may require) the
proportion of that cost attributable to the Contribution;
or
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(d)
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a
liability to make a payment, or a return foregone, which is calculated by
reference to any amounts received or receivable by the Notifying Lender
under this Agreement,
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but not
an item attributable to a change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of
the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) or an item covered by the
indemnity for tax in Clause 21.1 or by Clause 22.
For the
purposes of this Clause 24.2 the Notifying Lender may in good faith allocate or
spread costs and/or losses among its assets and liabilities (or any class of its
assets and liabilities) on such basis as it considers appropriate.
24.3
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Notification to Borrowers of
claim for increased costs. The Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrowers and the Security Parties of the notice which the
Agent received from the Notifying Lender under Clause
24.1.
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24.4
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Payment of increased
costs. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the
Agent's demand, for the account of the Notifying Lender the amounts which
the Agent from time to time notifies the Borrowers that the Notifying
Lender has specified to be necessary to compensate the Notifying Lender
for the increased cost.
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24.5
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Notice of
prepayment. If the Borrowers are not willing to continue
to compensate the Notifying Lender for the increased cost under Clause
24.4, the Borrowers may give the Agent not less than 14 days' notice of
their intention to prepay the Notifying Lender's Contribution at the end
of an Interest Period.
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24.6
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Prepayment; termination of
Commitment. A notice under Clause 24.5 shall be
irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Notifying Lender of the
Borrowers' notice of intended prepayment;
and:
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(a)
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on
the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Commitment of the
Notifying Lender shall be cancelled;
and
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(b)
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on
the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrowers
shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Notifying Lender's
Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable
rate plus the Margin.
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24.7
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Application of
prepayment. Clause 8 shall apply in relation to the
prepayment.
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25
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SET-OFF
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25.1
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Application of credit
balances. Each Creditor Party may without prior
notice:
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(a)
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apply
any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the
credit of any account in the name of a Borrower at any office in any
country of that Creditor Party in or towards satisfaction of any sum then
due from that Borrower to that Creditor Party under any of the Finance
Documents; and
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(b)
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for
that purpose:
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(i)
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break,
or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of that
Borrower;
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(ii)
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convert
or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into
Dollars; and
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(iii)
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enter
into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit
balance which the Creditor Party concerned considers
appropriate.
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25.2
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Existing rights
unaffected. No Creditor Party shall be obliged to
exercise any of its rights under Clause 25.1; and those rights shall be
without prejudice and in addition
to
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any right
of set-off, combination of accounts, charge, lien or other right or remedy to
which a Creditor Party is entitled (whether under the general law or any
document).
25.3
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Sums deemed due to a
Lender. For the purposes of this Clause 25, a sum
payable by the Borrowers to the Agent or the Security Trustee for
distribution to, or for the account of, a Lender shall be treated as a sum
due to that Lender; and each Lender's proportion of a sum so payable for
distribution to, or for the account of, the Lenders shall be treated as a
sum due to such Lender.
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25.4
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No Security
Interest. This Clause 25 gives the Creditor Parties a
contractual right of set-off only, and does not create any equitable
charge or other Security Interest over any credit balance of any
Borrower.
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26
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TRANSFERS
AND CHANGES IN LENDING OFFICES
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26.1
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Transfer by
Borrowers. No Borrower may, without the consent of the
Agent, given on the instructions of all the Lenders transfer any of its
rights, liabilities or obligations under any Finance
Document.
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26.2
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Transfer by a
Lender. Subject to Clause 26.4, a Lender (the "Transferor Lender") may
at any time, with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; and such consent not to be required in
connection with or in contemplation of a securitisation (or similar
transaction)) but otherwise without needing the consent of any Security
Party, cause:
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(a)
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its
rights in respect of all or part of its Contribution;
or
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(b)
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its
obligations in respect of all or part of its Commitment;
or
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(c)
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a
combination of (a) and (b),
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to be (in
the case of its rights) transferred to, or (in the case of its obligations)
assumed by, another bank or financial institution or a trust, fund or other
entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making,
purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (a "Transferee Lender") by
delivering to the Agent a completed certificate in the form set out in Schedule
5 with any modifications approved or required by the Agent (a "Transfer Certificate")
executed by the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender.
However
any rights and obligations of the Transferor Lender in its capacity as Agent or
Security Trustee will have to be dealt with separately in accordance with the
Agency and Trust Agreement.
26.3
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Transfer Certificate, delivery
and notification. As soon as reasonably practicable
after a Transfer Certificate is delivered to the Agent, it shall (unless
it has reason to believe that the Transfer Certificate may be
defective):
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(a)
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sign
the Transfer Certificate on behalf of itself, the Borrowers, the Security
Parties, the Security Trustee, each of the other Lenders and each of the
Swap Banks;
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(b)
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on
behalf of the Transferee Lender, send to each Borrower and each Security
Party letters or faxes notifying them of the Transfer Certificate and
attaching a copy of it; and
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(c)
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send
to the Transferee Lender copies of the letters or faxes sent under
paragraph (b) above,
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but the
Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by
the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender once it is satisfied it has
complied with all
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necessary
"know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and
regulations in relation to the transfer to that Transferee Lender.
26.4
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Effective Date of Transfer
Certificate. A Transfer Certificate becomes effective on
the date, if any, specified in the Transfer Certificate as its effective
date, Provided
that it is signed by the Agent under Clause 26.3 on or before that
date.
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26.5
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No transfer without Transfer
Certificate. No assignment or transfer of any right or
obligation of a Lender under any Finance Document is binding on, or
effective in relation to, any Borrower, any Security Party, the Agent or
the Security Trustee unless it is effected, evidenced or perfected by a
Transfer Certificate.
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26.6
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Lender re-organisation; waiver
of Transfer Certificate. However, if a Lender enters
into any merger, de-merger or other reorganisation as a result of which
all its rights or obligations vest in another person (the "successor"), the Agent
may, if it sees fit, by notice to the successor and the Borrowers and the
Security Trustee waive the need for the execution and delivery of a
Transfer Certificate; and, upon service of the Agent's notice, the
successor shall become a Lender with the same Commitment and Contribution
as were held by the predecessor
Lender.
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26.7
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Effect of Transfer
Certificate. A Transfer Certificate takes effect in
accordance with English law as
follows:
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(a)
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to
the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate, all rights and interests
(present, future or contingent) which the Transferor Lender has under or
by virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the Transferee Lender
absolutely, free of any defects in the Transferor Lender's title and of
any rights or equities which any Borrower or any Security Party had
against the Transferor Lender;
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(b)
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the
Transferor Lender's Commitment is discharged to the extent specified in
the Transfer Certificate;
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(c)
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the
Transferee Lender becomes a Lender with the Contribution previously held
by the Transferor Lender and a Commitment of an amount specified in the
Transfer Certificate;
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(d)
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the
Transferee Lender becomes bound by all the provisions of the Finance
Documents which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including those
about pro-rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and
the indemnification of, the Agent and the Security Trustee and, to the
extent that the Transferee Lender becomes bound by those provisions (other
than those relating to exclusion of liability), the Transferor Lender
ceases to be bound by them;
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(e)
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any
part of the Loan which the Transferee Lender advances after the Transfer
Certificate's effective date ranks in point of priority and security in
the same way as it would have ranked had it been advanced by the
transferor, assuming that any defects in the transferor's title and any
rights or equities of any Borrower or any Security Party against the
Transferor Lender had not existed;
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(f)
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the
Transferee Lender becomes entitled to all the rights under the Finance
Documents which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including but not
limited to those relating to the Majority Lenders and those under Clause
5.7 and Clause 20, and to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes
entitled to such rights, the Transferor Lender ceases to be entitled to
them; and
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(g)
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in
respect of any breach of a warranty, undertaking, condition or other
provision of a Finance Document or any misrepresentation made in or in
connection with a Finance Document, the Transferee Lender shall be
entitled to recover damages by reference to
the
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loss
incurred by it as a result of the breach or misrepresentation, irrespective of
whether the original Lender would have incurred a loss of that kind or
amount.
The
rights and equities of any Borrower or any Security Party referred to above
include, but are not limited to, any right of set off and any other kind of
cross-claim.
26.8
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Maintenance of register of
Lenders. During the Security Period the Agent shall
maintain a register in which it shall record the name, Commitment,
Contribution and administrative details (including the lending office)
from time to time of each Lender holding a Transfer Certificate and the
effective date (in accordance with Clause 26.4) of the Transfer
Certificate; and the Agent shall make the register available for
inspection by any Lender, the Security Trustee and the Borrowers during
normal banking hours, subject to receiving at least 3 Business Days' prior
notice.
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26.9
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Reliance on register of
Lenders. The entries on that register shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive in determining the identities of
the Lenders and the amounts of their Commitments and Contributions and the
effective dates of Transfer Certificates and may be relied upon by the
Agent and the other parties to the Finance Documents for all purposes
relating to the Finance Documents.
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26.10
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Authorisation of Agent to sign
Transfer Certificates. Each Borrower, the Security
Trustee, each Lender and each Swap Bank irrevocably authorise the Agent to
sign Transfer Certificates on its
behalf.
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26.11
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Registration
fee. In respect of any Transfer Certificate, the Agent
shall be entitled to recover a registration fee of $1,000 from the
Transferor Lender or (at the Agent's option) the Transferee
Lender.
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26.12
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Sub-participation;
securitisation; subrogation
assignment.
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(a)
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A
Lender may sub-participate or include in a securitisation or similar
transaction all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under or in
connection with the Finance Documents without the consent of, or any
consultation with or notice to, any Borrower, any Security Party, the
Agent or the Security Trustee; and the Lenders may assign, in any manner
and terms agreed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent and the Security
Trustee, all or any part of those rights to an insurer or surety who has
become subrogated to them.
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(b)
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Each
Borrower shall, and shall procure that each Security Party shall, do
everything desirable or necessary to assist the Creditor Parties (or any
of them) to achieve a successful (in the opinion of the Creditor Parties
concerned) securitisation (or similar transaction) Provided only that the
Borrowers' third party costs are met by the Creditor Parties
concerned.
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26.13
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Disclosure of
information. In relation to any information which a
Creditor Party has received in relation to either Borrower, any Security
Party or their affairs under or in connection with any Finance Document or
any Master Agreement, that Creditor Party may disclose any such
information as it considers in its absolute discretion appropriate
to:
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(a)
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a
potential Transferee Lender, sub-participant, affiliate, any other
assignee or transferee or any other person who may propose entering into a
contractual relation with that Creditor Party in relation to this
Agreement; and/or
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(b)
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any
direct or indirect subsidiary, any direct or indirect parent company
(including, for the avoidance of doubt in the case of the DVB Group, DZ
Bank A.G.), any affiliate or any other company in its group;
and/or
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(c)
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any
authorities or any party to any Finance Document or any professional
adviser to that Creditor Party;
and/or
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(d)
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any
other person regarding the funding, operational arrangement or other
transaction in relation thereto,
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and
including, without limitation, (x) for purposes in connection with (1) any
enforcement or (2) assignment or transfer of any Creditor Party's rights or
obligations under any Master Agreement or any Finance Document or (y) to the
extent desirable or necessary in connection with or in contemplation of a
securitisation (or similar transaction).
26.14
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Change of lending
office. A Lender may change its lending office by giving
notice to the Agent and the change shall become effective on the later
of:
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(a)
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the
date on which the Agent receives the notice;
and
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(b)
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the
date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will
come into effect.
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26.15
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Notification. On
receiving such a notice, the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the
Security Trustee; and, until the Agent receives such a notice, it shall be
entitled to assume that a Lender is acting through the lending office of
which the Agent last had notice.
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26.16
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Replacement of Reference
Bank. If any Reference Bank ceases to be a Lender or is
unable on a continuing basis to supply quotations for the purposes of
Clause 5 then, unless the Borrowers, the Agent and the Majority Lenders
otherwise agree, the Agent, acting on the instructions of the Majority
Lenders, and after consulting the Borrowers, shall appoint another bank
(whether or not a Lender) to be a replacement Reference Bank; and, when
that appointment comes into effect, the first-mentioned Reference Bank's
appointment shall cease to be
effective.
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26.17
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Syndication.
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(a)
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If
the Borrowers agree to the syndication of this Agreement but after a
period of at least 3 months after the date of this Agreement has elapsed,
it appears likely (in the Agent's reasonable opinion) that the normal
syndication process of this Agreement on the basis of the agreed,
structure, terms and pricing will not be successful, the Borrowers
acknowledge that the Agent has the right at any time to change any or all
of the terms, structure and/or pricing of the Loan if the Agent determines
that such changes are advisable in order to ensure a successful
syndication of this Agreement.
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(b)
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If
the Agent determines such changes are necessary, the Agent will consult
with the Borrowers for a period of up to 5 Business Days about such
changes and, following such period of consultation but subject to Clause
26.17(c), the Borrowers will and will procure that each Security Party
will enter into any documentation in a form required by the Agent to
implement such changes required by the Agent (including, without
limitation, any documentation required to amend the Finance Documents and
to secure the Borrowers' and the Security Parties' liabilities and
obligations under the Finance Documents as amended and/or
supplemented).
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(c)
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If
either Borrower or any Security Party does not agree with such changes
required by the Agent, the Borrowers may give the Agent within a period of
5 days following the expiry of the consultation period not less than 14
days' notice of its intention to terminate the Commitments and prepay the
Loan in full at the end of the current Interest
Period.
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(d)
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A
notice under Clause 26.17(c) shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall
promptly notify the Lenders of the Borrowers' notice of intended
prepayment; and:
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(i)
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on
the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Total Commitments
shall be cancelled; and
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(ii)
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on
the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrowers
shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan, together with accrued
interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the
Margin.
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(e)
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Clause
8 shall apply in relation to any such
prepayment.
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27
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VARIATIONS
AND WAIVERS
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27.1
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Variations, waivers etc. by
Majority Lenders. Subject to Clause 27.2, a document
shall be effective to vary, waive, suspend or limit any provision of a
Finance Document, or any Creditor Party's rights or remedies under such a
provision or the general law, only if the document is signed, or
specifically agreed to by fax, by the Borrowers, by the Agent on behalf of
the Majority Lenders, by the Agent and the Security Trustee in their own
rights, and, if the document relates to a Finance Document to which a
Security Party is party, by that Security
Party.
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27.2
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Variations, waivers etc.
requiring agreement of all Lenders. However, as regards
the following, Clause 27.1 applies as if the words "by the Agent on behalf
of the Majority Lenders" were replaced by the words "by or on behalf of
every Lender and every Swap Bank":
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(a)
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a
change in the Margin or in the definition of
LIBOR;
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(b)
|
a
change to the date for, the amount of, any payment of principal, interest,
fees, or other sum payable under this
Agreement;
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(c)
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a
change to any Lender's Commitment;
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(d)
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an
extension of Availability Period;
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(e)
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a
change to the definition of "Majority Lenders" or
"Finance
Documents";
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(f)
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a
change to the preamble or to Clause 2, 3, 4, 5.1, 17, 18 or
30;
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(g)
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a
change to this Clause 27;
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(h)
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any
release of, or material variation to, a Security Interest, guarantee,
indemnity or subordination arrangement set out in a Finance Document;
and
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(i)
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any
other change or matter as regards which this Agreement or another Finance
Document expressly provides that each Lender's consent is
required.
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27.3
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Exclusion of other or implied
variations. Except for a document which satisfies the
requirements of Clauses 27.1 and 27.2, no document, and no act, course of
conduct, failure or neglect to act, delay or acquiescence on the part of
the Creditor Parties or any of them (or any person acting on behalf of any
of them) shall result in the Creditor Parties or any of them (or any
person acting on behalf of any of them) being taken to have varied,
waived, suspended or limited, or being precluded (permanently or
temporarily) from enforcing, relying on or
exercising:
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(a)
|
a
provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;
or
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(b)
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an
Event of Default; or
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(c)
|
a
breach by a Borrower or a Security Party of an obligation under a Finance
Document or the general law; or
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(d)
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any
right or remedy conferred by any Finance Document or by the general
law,
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and
there shall not be implied into any Finance Document any term or condition
requiring any such provision to be enforced, or such right or remedy to be
exercised, within a certain or reasonable
time.
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28
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NOTICES
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28.1
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General. Unless
otherwise specifically provided, any notice under or in connection with
any Finance Document shall be given by letter or fax; and references in
the Finance Documents to written notices, notices in writing and notices
signed by particular persons shall be construed
accordingly.
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28.2
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Addresses for
communications. A notice by letter or fax shall be
sent:
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(a)
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to
the Borrowers:
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c/o
Top Tanker Management Inc.
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1
Vassilissis Sofias Str. & Meg. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx.
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000
00, Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
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Fax
No: x00 000 000 0000;
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(b)
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to
a Lender or a Swap Bank
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at
the address below its name in Schedule 1 (in the case of a Lender),
Schedule 2 (in the case of a Swap Bank) or (as the case may require) in
the relevant Transfer Certificate;
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(c)
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to
the Agent:
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Zeelandia
Office Park
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and/or
the Security Trustee:
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Kaya
X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00
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X.X.
Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxx
Antilles
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Fax
No: x000 0 000 0000
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with
a copy to:
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DVB
Bank SE, Rep. Office Greece
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00
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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000
00 Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
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||
Attention:
Nikolas Chontzopoulos
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Fax
No: x00 000 000 0000
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or to such other address as the relevant party may notify the Agent or, if the relevant party is the Agent or the Security Trustee, the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Security Parties. |
28.3
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Effective date of
notices. Subject to Clauses 28.4 and
28.5:
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(a)
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a
notice which is delivered personally or posted shall be deemed to be
served, and shall take effect, at the time when it is delivered;
and
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(b)
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a
notice which is sent by fax shall be deemed to be served, and shall take
effect, 2 hours after its transmission is
completed.
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28.4
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Service outside business
hours. However, if under Clause 28.3 a notice would be
deemed to be served:
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(a)
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on
a day which is not a business day in the place of receipt;
or
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(b)
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on
such a business day, but after 5 p.m. local
time,
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the
notice shall (subject to Clause 28.5) be deemed to be served, and shall take
effect, at 9 a.m. on the next day which is such a business day.
28.5
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Illegible
notices. Clauses 28.3 and 28.4 do not apply if the
recipient of a notice notifies the sender within 1 hour after the time at
which the notice would otherwise be deemed to be served that the notice
has been received in a form which is illegible in a material
respect.
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28.6
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Valid
notices. A notice under or in connection with a Finance
Document shall not be invalid by reason that its contents or the manner of
serving it do not comply with the requirements of this Agreement or, where
appropriate, any other Finance Document under which it is served
if:
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(a)
|
the
failure to serve it in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement
or other Finance Document, as the case may be, has not caused any party to
suffer any significant loss or
prejudice; or
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(b)
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in
the case of incorrect and/or incomplete contents, it should have been
reasonably clear to the party on which the notice was served what the
correct or missing particulars should have
been.
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28.7
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Electronic
communication. Any communication to be made between the
Agent and a Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may
be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent and the
relevant Lender:
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(a)
|
agree
that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted
form of communication;
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(b)
|
notify
each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by
that means; and
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(c)
|
notify
each other of any change to their respective addresses or any other such
information supplied to them.
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Any
electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will be effective
only when actually received in readable form and, in the case of any electronic
communication made by a Lender to the Agent, only if it is addressed in such a
manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.
28.8
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English
language. Any notice under or in connection with a
Finance Document shall be in
English.
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28.9
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Meaning of
"notice". In this Clause 28, "notice" includes any
demand, consent, authorisation, approval, instruction, waiver or other
communication.
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29
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JOINT
AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
|
29.1
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General. All
liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement shall,
whether expressed to be so or not, be several and, if and to the extent
consistent with Clause 29.2, joint.
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29.2
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No impairment of Borrower's
obligations. The liabilities and obligations of a
Borrower shall not be impaired by:
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(a)
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this
Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as
regards any other Borrower;
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(b)
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any
Lender or the Security Trustee entering into any rescheduling, refinancing
or other arrangement of any kind with any other
Borrower;
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(c)
|
any
Lender or the Security Trustee releasing any other Borrower or any
Security Interest created by a Finance Document;
or
|
(d)
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any
combination of the foregoing.
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29.3
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Principal
debtors. Each Borrower declares that it is and will,
throughout the Security Period, remain a principal debtor for all amounts
owing under this Agreement and the Finance Documents and no Borrower shall
in any circumstances be construed to be a surety for the obligations of
any other Borrower under this
Agreement.
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29.4
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Subordination. Subject
to Clause 29.5, during the Security Period, no Borrower
shall:
|
(a)
|
claim
any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in
respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any
Finance Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any
Finance Document; or
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(b)
|
take
or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an
amount, or in any other way seek to have recourse in respect of such an
amount against any asset of any other Borrower;
or
|
(c)
|
set
off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower;
or
|
(d)
|
prove
or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration,
arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower or other
Security Party; or
|
(e)
|
exercise
or assert any combination of the
foregoing.
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29.5
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Borrower's required
action. If during the Security Period, the Agent, by
notice to a Borrower, requires it to take any action referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (d) of Clause 29.4, in relation to any other Borrower,
that Borrower shall take that action as soon as practicable after
receiving the Agent's notice.
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30
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SUPPLEMENTAL
|
30.1
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Rights cumulative,
non-exclusive. The rights and remedies which the Finance
Documents give to each Creditor Party
are:
|
(a)
|
cumulative;
|
(b)
|
may
be exercised as often as appears expedient;
and
|
(c)
|
shall
not, unless a Finance Document explicitly and specifically states so, be
taken to exclude or limit any right or remedy conferred by any
law.
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30.2
|
Severability of
provisions. If any provision of a Finance Document is or
subsequently becomes void, unenforceable or illegal, that shall not affect
the validity, enforceability or legality of the other provisions of that
Finance Document or of the provisions of any other Finance
Document.
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30.3
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Counterparts. A
Finance Document may be executed in any number of
counterparts.
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30.4
|
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.
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31
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LAW
AND JURISDICTION
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31.1
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English
law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, English law.
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31.2
|
Exclusive English
jurisdiction. Subject to Clause 31.3, the courts of
England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may
arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
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31.3
|
Choice of forum for the
exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties. Clause 31.2
is for the exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties, each of which
reserves the right:
|
(a)
|
to
commence proceedings in relation to any matter which arises out of or in
connection with this Agreement in the courts of any country other than
England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that matter;
and
|
(b)
|
to
commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries
concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without
commencing proceedings in England.
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Neither
Borrower shall commence any proceedings in any country other than England in
relation to a matter which arises out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
31.4
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Process
agent. Each Borrower irrevocably appoints Top Tankers
(U.K.) Limited at its registered office for the time being, presently at
0xx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0XX, to act as its agent to
receive and accept on its behalf any process or other document relating to
any proceedings in the English courts which are connected with this
Agreement.
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31.5
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Creditor Party rights
unaffected. Nothing in this Clause 31 shall exclude or
limit any right which any Creditor Party may have (whether under the law
of any country, an international convention or otherwise) with regard to
the bringing of proceedings, the service of process, the recognition or
enforcement of a judgment or any similar or related matter in any
jurisdiction.
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31.6
|
Meaning of
"proceedings". In this Clause 31, "proceedings" means
proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or
protective measure.
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THIS AGREEMENT has been
entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
1
LENDERS
AND COMMITMENTS
Lender
|
Lending
Office
|
Commitment
(US
Dollars)
|
DVB
Bank America N.V.
|
Zeelandia
Office Park
Kaya
X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00
X.X.
Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Antilles
|
80,000,000
|
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SCHEDULE
2
SWAP
BANKS
Swap
Bank
|
Booking
Office
|
DVB Bank XX |
Xxxxx
xxx Xxxxxxxx 0
X-00000 Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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SCHEDULE
3
DRAWDOWN
NOTICE
To: DVB
Bank America N.V.
Zeelandia
Office Park
Kaya
X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00
X.X. Xxx
0000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Antilles
Attention: Loans Administration |
[date]
|
DRAWDOWN
NOTICE
1
|
We
refer to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated
[l] October
2008 and made between ourselves, as Borrowers, the Lenders referred to
therein, the Swap Banks referred to therein, and yourselves as Agent and
as Security Trustee in connection with a facility of up to
US$80,000,000. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement have their
defined meanings when used in this Drawdown
Notice.
|
2
|
We
request to borrow an Advance relating to the Ship with hull number
S-[l] as
follows:
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(a)
|
Amount:
US$[l];
|
(b)
|
Drawdown
Date: [l];
|
(c)
|
[Duration
of the first Interest Period shall be [l] months;]
and
|
(d)
|
Payment
instructions: [l].
|
3
|
We
represent and warrant that:
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(a)
|
the
representations and warranties in Clause 10 of the Loan Agreement would
remain true and not misleading if repeated on the date of this notice with
reference to the circumstances now existing;
and
|
(b)
|
no
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or will result
from the borrowing of the Loan.
|
4
|
This
notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Majority
Lenders.
|
5
|
[We
authorise you to deduct the fees referred to in Clause 20 from the amount
of the Advance.]
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for and
on behalf of
BANKSY SHIPPING COMPANY
LIMITED
and
HONGBO
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
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SCHEDULE
4
CONDITION
PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
PART
A
The
following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(a) required before service
of the first Drawdown Notice.
1
|
A
duly executed original of each Finance Document (and of each document
required to be delivered by each Finance Document) other than those
referred to in Part B or Part C.
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2
|
Copies
of the constitutional documents of each Borrower and each Security
Party.
|
3
|
Copies
of resolutions of the shareholders and directors of each Borrower and each
Security Party authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents
and the Transaction Documents to which that Borrower or that Security
Party is a party and, in the case of a Borrower, authorising named
officers to give the Drawdown Notices and other notices under this
Agreement and ratifying the execution of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party.
|
4
|
The
original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document is
executed on behalf of a Borrower or a Security
Party.
|
5
|
Copies
of all consents which any Borrower or any Security Party requires to enter
into, or make any payment under, any Finance Document or any Transaction
Document.
|
6
|
Copies
of each Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents signed or issued by any
party to that Shipbuilding Contract under or in connection with
it.
|
7
|
Such
documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in
relation to the due authorisation and execution by any party to a
Shipbuilding Contract of that Shipbuilding Contract and of all documents
to be executed by that party under that Shipbuilding
Contract.
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8
|
The
original of each Refund Guarantee together with such documentary evidence
as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due
authorisation and execution by the Refund Guarantor of each Refund
Guarantee.
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9
|
Documentary
evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause 31 has
accepted its appointment.
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10
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Favourable
legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters
concerning the laws of Liberia, the Xxxxxxxx Islands and Korea and such
other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may
require.
|
11
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A
duly completed DVB XXX Form signed by the
Borrowers.
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12
|
All
documentation required by each Lender in respect of either Borrower or any
Security Party pursuant to that Lender's "Know your customer"
requirements.
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13
|
If
the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to
above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved
by the Agent.
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PART
B
The
following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(c) required before the
Advance relating to the delivery instalment under the Shipbuilding Contract for
Ship A:
1
|
A
duly executed original of the Mortgage, the Quadripartite Agreement (if
not already executed), the Charter Assignment (if not already executed),
the Account Security Deed and of the General Assignment relating to Ship A
(and of each document to be delivered by each of
them).
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2
|
The
originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with
the opening or operation of the Earnings Account relation to Ship
A.
|
3
|
Documentary
evidence that:
|
(a)
|
Ship
A has been unconditionally delivered by the Builder to, and accepted by,
Banksy under the Shipbuilding Contract, and the full purchase price
payable under the Shipbuilding Contract (in addition to the part to be
financed by the Loan) has been duly
paid;
|
(b)
|
Ship
A has been unconditionally delivered by Banksy to, and accepted by, the
relevant Charterer under the
Charter;
|
(c)
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Ship
A is definitively and permanently registered in the name of Banksy under
Maltese flag;
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(d)
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Ship
A is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of Banksy save as
contemplated by the Finance
Documents;
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(e)
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Ship
A maintains the class set out in article 1(b)(i) of the Shipbuilding
Contract with Det norske Veritas free of all recommendations and
conditions of such Classification Society (with the Agent being advised of
such class and classification society at least 15 days prior to the
Drawdown Date);
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(f)
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the
Mortgage relating to Ship A has been duly registered against Ship A as a
valid first priority Maltese ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of
Malta; and
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(g)
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Ship
A is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all
requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied
with.
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4
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Copies
of the Document of Compliance relating to Ship A and of Ship A's Safety
Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable
safety management system which the Agent requires), ISSC and
IAPPC.
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5
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Favourable
legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters
concerning the law of Malta, Liberia and such other relevant jurisdictions
as the Agent may require.
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6
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A
favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to
the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for Ship A as the
Agent may require (with the Agent being advised with whom such insurances
will be placed and upon what main terms they will be effected at least 15
days prior to the Drawdown Date).
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7
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Such
documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in
relation to the due authorisation and execution by any party to the
Quadripartite Agreement of that Quadripartite Agreement and of all
documents to be executed by that party under that Quadripartite
Agreement.
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8
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Copies
of all charters of Ship A and related
documents.
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9
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A
survey report addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, stated to be for the
purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 7 days before the
Drawdown Date from an independent marine surveyor selected by the Agent in
respect of the physical condition of the
Ship.
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10
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If
the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to
above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved
by the Agent.
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PART
C
The
following are the documents referred to in Clause 9.1(d) required before the
Advance relating to the delivery instalment under the Shipbuilding Contract for
Ship B:
1
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A
duly executed original of the Mortgage, the Quadripartite Agreement (if
not already executed), the Charter Assignment (if not already executed),
the Account Security Deed and of the General Assignment relating to Ship B
(and of each document to be delivered by each of
them).
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2
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The
originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with
the opening or operation of the Earnings Account relation to Ship
B.
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3
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Documentary
evidence that:
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(a)
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Ship
B has been unconditionally delivered by the Builder to, and accepted by,
Hongbo under the Shipbuilding Contract, and the full purchase price
payable under the Shipbuilding Contract (in addition to the part to be
financed by the Loan) has been duly
paid;
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(b)
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Ship
B has been unconditionally delivered by Hongbo to, and accepted by, the
relevant Charterer under the
Charter;
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(c)
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Ship
B is definitively and permanently registered in the name of Hongbo under
Liberian flag;
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(d)
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Ship
B is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of Hongbo save as
contemplated by the Finance
Documents;
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(e)
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Ship
B maintains the class set out in article 1(b)(i) of the Shipbuilding
Contract with Det norske Veritas free of all recommendations and
conditions of such Classification Society (with the Agent being advised of
such class and classification society at least 15 days prior to the
Drawdown Date);
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(f)
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the
Mortgage relating to Ship B has been duly recorded against Ship B as a
valid first preferred Liberian ship mortgage in accordance with the laws
of Liberia; and
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(g)
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Ship
B is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all
requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied
with.
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4
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Copies
of the Document of Compliance relating to Ship B and of Ship B's Safety
Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable
safety management system which the Agent requires), ISSC and
IAPPC.
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5
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Favourable
legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters
concerning the law of Liberia and such other relevant jurisdictions as the
Agent may require.
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6
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A
favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to
the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for Ship B as the
Agent may require (with the Agent being advised with whom such insurances
will be placed and upon what main terms they will be effected at least 15
days prior to the Drawdown Date).
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7
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Such
documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in
relation to the due authorisation and execution by any party to the
Quadripartite Agreement of that Quadripartite Agreement and of all
documents to be executed by that party under that Quadripartite
Agreement.
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8
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Copies
of all charters of Ship B and related
documents.
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9
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A
survey report addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, stated to be for the
purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 7 days before the
Drawdown Date from an independent marine surveyor selected by the Agent in
respect of the physical condition of the
Ship.
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10
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If
the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to
above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved
by the Agent.
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Each of
the documents specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 5 and 9 of Part A and every other
copy document delivered under this Schedule shall be certified as a true and up
to date copy by a director or the secretary (or equivalent officer) of a
Borrower.
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SCHEDULE
5
TRANSFER
CERTIFICATE
The
Transferor and the Transferee accept exclusive responsibility for ensuring that
this Certificate and the transaction to which it relates comply with all legal
and regulatory requirements applicable to them respectively.
To:
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DVB
Bank America N.V. for itself and for and on behalf of each Borrower, each
Security Party, the Security Trustee, each Lender and each Swap Bank, as
defined in the Loan Agreement referred to
below.
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[l]
1
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This
Certificate relates to a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated
[l] October 2008
and made between (1) Banksy Shipping Company Limited and Hongbo Shipping
Company Limited as joint and several borrowers (together, the "Borrowers"), (2) the
banks and financial institutions named therein as Lenders, (3) the banks
and financial institutions named therein as Swap Banks, (4) DVB Bank
America N.V. as Agent and (5) DVB Bank America N.V. as Security Trustee
for a loan facility of up to
US$80,000,000.
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2
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In
this Certificate, terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless the
contrary intention appears, have the same meanings
and:
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"Relevant Parties" means
the Agent, each Borrower, each Security Party, the Security Trustee, each
Lender and each Swap Bank;
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"Transferor" means [full
name] of [lending
office]; and
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"Transferee" means [full
name] of [lending
office].
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3
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The
effective date of this Certificate is [l] Provided that this
Certificate shall not come into effect unless it is signed by the Agent on
or before that date.
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4
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The
Transferor assigns to the Transferee absolutely all rights and interests
(present, future or contingent) which the Transferor has as Lender under
or by virtue of the Loan Agreement and every other Finance Document in
relation to [l] per cent. of its
Contribution, which percentage represents $[l].
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5
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By
virtue of this Certificate and Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement, the
Transferor is discharged [entirely from its Commitment which amounts to
$[l]] [from
[l] per cent.
of its Commitment, which percentage represents $[l]] and the
Transferee acquires a Commitment of $[l].]
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6
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The
Transferee undertakes with the Transferor and each of the Relevant Parties
that the Transferee will observe and perform all the obligations under the
Finance Documents which Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement provides will
become binding on it upon this Certificate taking
effect.
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7
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The
Agent, at the request of the Transferee (which request is hereby made)
accepts, for the Agent itself and for and on behalf of every other
Relevant Party, this Certificate as a Transfer Certificate taking effect
in accordance with Clause 26 of the Loan
Agreement.
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8
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The
Transferor:
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(a)
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warrants
to the Transferee and each Relevant Party
that:
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(i)
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the
Transferor has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken
all corporate action and obtained all consents which are in connection
with this transaction; and
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(ii)
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this
Certificate is valid and binding as regards the
Transferor;
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(b)
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warrants
to the Transferee that the Transferor is absolutely entitled, free of
encumbrances, to all the rights and interests covered by the assignment in
paragraph 4 above; and
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(c)
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undertakes
with the Transferee that the Transferor will, at its own expense, execute
any documents which the Transferee reasonably requests for perfecting in
any relevant jurisdiction the Transferee's title under this Certificate or
for a similar purpose.
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9
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The
Transferee:
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(a)
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confirms
that it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement and each of the other
Finance Documents;
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(b)
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agrees
that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against either the
Transferor, the Agent, the Security Trustee, any Lender or any Swap Bank
in the event that:
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(i)
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any
of the Finance Documents prove to be invalid or
ineffective;
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(ii)
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any
Borrower or any Security Party fails to observe or perform its
obligations, or to discharge its liabilities, under any of the Finance
Documents;
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(iii)
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it
proves impossible to realise any asset covered by a Security Interest
created by a Finance Document, or the proceeds of such assets are
insufficient to discharge the liabilities of the Borrowers or Security
Party under the Finance Documents;
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(c)
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agrees
that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against the Agent,
the Security Trustee, any Lender or any Swap Bank in the event that this
Certificate proves to be invalid or
ineffective;
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(d)
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warrants
to the Transferor and each Relevant Party
that:
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(i)
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it
has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all
corporate action and obtained all consents which it needs to take or
obtain in connection with this transaction;
and
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(ii)
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this
Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferee;
and
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(e)
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confirms
the accuracy of the administrative details set out below regarding the
Transferee.
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10
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The
Transferor and the Transferee each undertake with the Agent and the
Security Trustee severally, on demand, fully to indemnify the Agent and/or
the Security Trustee in respect of any claim, proceeding, liability or
expense (including all legal expenses) which they or either of them may
incur in connection with this Certificate or any matter arising out of it,
except such as are shown to have been mainly and directly caused by the
gross and culpable negligence or dishonesty of the Agent's or the Security
Trustee's own officers or
employees.
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11
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The
Transferee shall repay to the Transferor on demand so much of any sum paid
by the Transferor under paragraph 10 as exceeds one-half of the amount
demanded by the Agent or the Security Trustee in respect of a claim,
proceeding, liability or expense which was not reasonably foreseeable at
the date of this Certificate; but nothing in this paragraph shall affect
the liability of each of the Transferor and the Transferee to the Agent or
the Security Trustee for the full amount demanded by
it.
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[Name
of Transferor]
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[Name
of Transferee]
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By: | Date: |
By: | Date: |
Agent
Signed
for itself and for and on behalf of itself
as Agent
and for every other Relevant Party
DVB
BANK AMERICA N.V.
By:
Date:
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Administrative
Details of Transferee
Name of
Transferee:
Lending
Office:
Contact
Person
(Loan
Administration Department):
Telephone:
Fax:
Contact
Person
(Credit
Administration Department):
Telephone:
Fax:
Account
for payments:
Note:
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This
Transfer Certificate alone may not be sufficient to transfer a
proportionate share of the Transferor's interest in the security
constituted by the Finance Documents in the Transferor's or Transferee's
jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each Lender to
ascertain whether any other documents are required for this
purpose.
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SCHEDULE
6
DESIGNATION
NOTICE
To: DVB
Bank America N.V.
Zeelandia Office Park
Xxxx X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles
Attn: Loans Administration |
[date]
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Dear
Sirs
Loan
Agreement dated [l]
October 2008 made between (i) ourselves as Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the
Swap Banks, (iv) and (v) yourselves as Agent and Security Trustee (the "Loan
Agreement")
We refer
to:
1
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the
Loan Agreement;
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2
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the
Master Agreement dated as of [l] October 2008
made between ourselves and DVB Bank SE;
and
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3
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a
Confirmation delivered pursuant to the said Master Agreement dated [l] and addressed by
DVB Bank SE to us.
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In
accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, we hereby give you notice of
the said Confirmation and hereby confirm that the Transaction evidenced by it
will be designated as a "Designated Transaction" for the purposes of the Loan
Agreement and the Finance Documents.
Yours
faithfully
.................................................
for and
on behalf of
BANKSY SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
and
HONGBO
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
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SCHEDULE
7
DVB
LOAN ADMINISTRATION FORM
To: DVB
Bank America N.V.
Zeelandia Office Park
Xxxx X.X.X. Xxxxxxx 00
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles
Attn: Loans Administration |
[date]
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Dear
Sirs
Term
loan facility of up to $80,000,000 (the "Financing") made available to Banksy
Shipping Company Limited and Hongbo Shipping Company Limited (together, the
"Companies")
We refer
to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated [l] October 2008 and made
between ourselves, as joint and several Borrowers, the Lenders referred to
therein, the Swap Banks referred to therein, and yourselves as Agent and as
Security Trustee in connection with a term loan facility of up to
$80,000,000. Terms and expressions not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meaning as defined in the Loan Agreement.
We hereby
appoint the following persons to act as our point of contact with regards to any
issue arising in connection with the administration of the Loan Agreement or any
other documents related to the Financing:
1 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email];
2 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email]; and
3 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email].
No
persons other than the Directors of the Companies and the persons listed above
(together, the "Authorised
Persons") are hereby authorised to request any information from you
regarding the Loan Agreement or any other matter related to the Facility or
either Company or communicate with you in any way regarding the forgoing in and
under any circumstances.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the following are the Directors of each
Company:
1 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email];
2 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email]; and
3 [name, title,
address, phone, fax, mobile, email].
This list
of authorised persons may only be amended, modified or varied in writing by an
Authorised Person with copy to the other Authorised Persons.
We agree
to indemnify you and hold you harmless in relation to any information you
provide to any Authorised Person.
This
letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English
law.
Yours
sincerely
for and
on behalf of
80
BANKSY SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
and
HONGBO
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
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EXECUTION
PAGES
BORROWERS
SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Eirini Alexandropoulou |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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BANKSY
SHIPPING
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)
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COMPANY
LIMITED
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Eirini Alexandropoulou |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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HONGBO
SHIPPING
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)
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COMPANY
LIMITED
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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LENDERS
SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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DVB
BANK AMERICA N.V.
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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SWAP
BANKS
SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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DVB
BANK SE
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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AGENT
SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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DVB
BANK AMERICA N.V.
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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SECURITY
TRUSTEE
SIGNED
by
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)
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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DVB
BANK AMERICA N.V.
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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