SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.13
This supplemental
agreement (the “Agreement”)
is entered into on this 27th
day of April 2007
BETWEEN:
1.
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SEALIFT LTD. (“Sealift”);
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2.
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SOUTHWEST TANKERS INC.
(“Southwest”);
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3.
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FRONT TARGET INC.
(“Front
Target”);
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4.
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FRONT TRAVELLER INC.
(“Front
Traveller”);
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5.
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WEST TANKERS INC.
(“West”);
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6.
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GRANITE SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
(“Granite”);
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7.
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QUADRANT MARINE INC.
(“Quadrant”)
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(Southwest,
Front Target, Front Traveller, West, Granite and Quadrant hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Owners” and, individually, as an
“Owner”)
8.
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FRONTLINE LTD. (“Frontline”)
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(Sealift
and the Owners on the one hand and Frontline on the other hand are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Parties” and, individually, as a
“Party”).
WHEREAS:
(A)
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On
30 January, 2007, Frontline and Sealift entered into a purchase agreement
setting forth the terms and conditions upon and subject to which Sealift
acquired, inter alia,
all of the shares in the Owners from Frontline (the “Original Purchase
Agreement”);
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On 15
March 2007 the Parties entered into a supplemental agreement supplementing
certain terms of the Original Purchase Agreement (the “Supplemental Agreement”) (together with the
Original Purchase Agreement, referred to as the “Purchase Agreement”); and
The
Parties wish to supplement the terms of the Purchase Agreement in respect of a
number of issues.
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby,
agreed as follows:
1.
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Terms
defined in the Purchase Agreement shall, when used herein in capitalised
form, have the same meaning as attributed to them in the Purchase
Agreement.
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2.
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Clause
8.1.6 of the Original Purchase Agreement shall be supplemented for the
avoidance of doubt so that:
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(i)
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notwithstanding
any of the terms in said Clause 8.1.6 or elsewhere in the Purchase
Agreement, Frontline shall indemnify each Owner against all costs incurred
by such Owner as a result of Frontline not paying any claim which such
Owner is obliged to pay under the terms of the relevant Conversion
Contract or any repair contract entered into by such Owner with
Cosco;
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(ii)
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Frontline
shall be responsible for the repair costs of each Conversion Vessel and in
Clause 8.1.6 all references to “conversion costs” shall be construed so
that this term includes such costs incurred as a result of a repair
contract being entered into by Frontline (on behalf of the relevant Owner)
with the relevant Yard pursuant to Clause 10.8 of such Conversion
Contract.
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3.
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Clause
8.1.5 of the Original Purchase Agreement shall be amended so that the
final sentence is deleted and the clause is supplemented by the
following:
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(i)
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Sealift
shall have the right to assign two representatives to the supervision team
for Front Sunda, Front Target, Front Traveller and Front Comor, one of
which shall have engine room expertise and the other deck
expertise;
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(ii)
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the
Sealift representatives shall have full access to information and
documentation provided by Cosco to the supervision teams, as well as all
documentation related to the Conversion Vessels as is being prepared by
the supervision teams or circulated among its
members;
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(iii)
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the
Sealift representatives shall have the right to attend all inspections,
testing of equipment, sea trials and review of sea trial
documentation;
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(iv)
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the
Sealift representatives shall work with the other members of the
supervision team with the objective of resolving all technical issues in
the best interests of the Owners and in the case of disagreement between
the Sealift representatives and the other members of the supervision team,
the views of the Sealift representatives shall be given in writing to the
leader of the supervision team; and
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Frontline
shall procure that the Seatrials include operational (including ballasting and
de-ballasting trials) in the presence of the Sealift
representatives.
4.
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Clause
8.1.9 of the Original Purchase Agreement and Clause 2 of the Supplemental
Agreement shall be amended so that the agreed redelivery dates are as
follows:
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Front
Sunda:
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30
April 2007
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Front
Target:
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30
September 2007
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Front
Traveller:
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31
January 2008
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Front
Comor:
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31
May 2008
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5.
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This
Agreement shall become effective immediately upon Merger
Completion.
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6.
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This
Agreement shall be considered null and void if Merger Completion has not
occurred prior to 12 May 2007.
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7.
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The
Parties agree that the provisions of Clauses 14 and 17 of the Original
Purchase Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as
well.
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For
and on behalf of
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For
and on behalf of
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SEALIFT
LTD.
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SOUTHWEST
TANKERS INC.
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For
and on behalf of
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For
and on behalf of
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FRONT
TARGET INC.
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FRONT
TRAVELLER INC.
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For
and on behalf of
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For
and on behalf of
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WEST
TANKER INC.
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GRANITE
SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
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For
and on behalf of
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For
and on behalf of
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QUADRANT
MARINE INC.
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FRONTLINE
LTD.
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