MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
Exhibit 4.46
Dated September 2022
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
as joint and several Borrowers
and
THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
as Lenders
and
NORDEA BANK ABP
as Swap Bank
and
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
listed in Schedule 1
as Agent, Bookrunner, Security Trustee and Lead Arranger
Index
Clause Page
Schedules
Execution
THIS AGREEMENT
is made on September 2022
PARTIES
(1)
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC., JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC., ARORAE SHIPPING
COMPANY INC., TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC., BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.,
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC., EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC., TAONGI SHIPPING
COMPANY INC.
and
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
, as joint and several borrowers
(together, the "
Borrowers
")
(2)
THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
listed in
, as Lenders
(3)
NORDEA BANK ABP,
as Swap Bank
(4)
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE,
as Agent
(5)
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE,
as Bookrunner
(6)
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE,
as Lead Arranger
(7)
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE,
as Security Trustee
BACKGROUND
(A) The Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers a term loan facility of up to the
lesser of (i) $200,000,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase Price of the
Ships and (ii) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of the Ships, for the purpose of financing
part of the Ships' acquisition cost and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
(B) The Swap Bank has agreed to 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.
(C) The Lenders and the Swap Bank have agreed to share pari passu in the security to be granted
to the Security Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
1 INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
Subject to Clause
General interpretation
), in this Agreement:
"
Accounts Pledges
" means, together, the Earnings Account Pledges in the Agreed Form and,
in the singular, means any of them.
"
Advance
" means the principal amount of each borrowing by the Borrowers under this
Agreement.
"
Agency and Trust Deed
" means the agency and trust deed dated the same date as this
Agreement and made between the same parties.
"
Agent
" means Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, acting in such capacity through its office at
Essendrops gate 7, Postboks 1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, 920058817 MVA, Norway, or any
successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust Deed.
"
Agreed Form
" means in relation to any document, that document in the form approved in
writing by the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) or as otherwise approved in
accordance with any other approval procedure specified in any relevant provision of any
Finance Document.
"
Annex VI
" means Annex VI of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (Marpol), as modified by the Protocol of 1978
relating thereto.
"
Arorae
" means Arorae Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Approved Broker
" means Arrow Sale & Purchase (UK) Limited, Breamar Seascope Limited, X.
Xxxxxxxx & Company Limited, Fearnleys AS, Maersk Brokers K.S., Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Young
(London) Ltd. and XxxxxxxXxxxx.Xxx or any other any reputable sale and purchase broker
approved and appointed by the Agent subject to the prior written consent of the Borrowers.
"
Approved Flag
" means the Xxxxxxxx Islands flag or any other flag that the Agent may approve
that the Ship is registered (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"
Approved Flag State
" means the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands or any other state in which
the Agent may, at the request of the Borrowers, approve that a Ship is registered (such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"
Approved Manager
" means, in relation to each Ship:
(a) Xxxxx Shipping Services S.A., a company incorporated and existing under the laws of
Panama having its registered office at Edificio Universal, Piso 12, Avenida Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Panama, Republic of Panama and maintaining an office at 16 Pendelis Street,
175 64, Palaio Faliro, Greece; or
(b) in relation to any Ship in respect of which the relevant Borrower exercises its rights
under Clause
Change of Approved Manager
), Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Management
Limited, a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
having its registered office at 21 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Street, 3026 Limassol, Cyprus and
maintaining an office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx; or
(c) any other company which the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders,
approve from time to time as the technical and/or commercial manager of each Ship
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
"
Article 55 BRRD
" means Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the
recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.
"
Availability Period
" means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending
on:
(a) 31 December 2022 (or such later date as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the
Xxxxxxx, agree with the Borrowers); or
(b) if earlier, the date on which the Total Commitments are fully borrowed, cancelled or
terminated.
"
Bail-In Action
" means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
"
Bail-In Legislation
" means:
(a) in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time
implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as
described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time;
(b) in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United
Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires
contractual recognition of any Write -down and Conversion Powers contained in that
law or regulation; and
in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-In Legislation.
"
Balloon Instalment
" means any balloon instalment referred to in Clause
Amount of
repayment instalments
).
"
Basel III
" means, together:
(a) the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards
contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and
banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement,
standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the
countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;
(b) the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically
important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency
requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
(c) any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision relating to "Basel III".
"
Beru
" means Beru Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the
Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Bonriki
" means Bonriki Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Bookrunner
" means Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, acting in such capacity through its office
at Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Postboks 1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, 920058817 MVA, Norway.
"
Borrower
" means each of Manra, Jabwot, Arorae, Tamana, Beru, Bonriki, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx and
Namorik and in the plural means, all of them.
"
Break Costs
" means the amount (if any) by which:
(a) the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of
receipt of all or any part of its participation in the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last
day of the current Interest Period in relation to the Loan, the relevant part of the Loan
or that Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on
the last day of that Interest Period
exceeds
(b) the amount which that Xxxxxx would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to
the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank for
a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the
last day of the current Interest Period.
"
Business Day
" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in London, Athens and Oslo; and
(a) New York; and
(b) (in relation to the fixing of an interest rate) which is a US Government Securities
Business Day.
"
Change of Control
" means the occurrence of any of the following acts, events or
circumstances:
(a) a change in the ownership of any Borrower from the date of this Agreement resulting
in such Borrower not being a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Corporate Guarantor; and/or
(b) any person (other than any financial institution acting as a passive investor) becomes
at any time the legal or ultimate beneficial owner of a higher percentage of the total
issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor than the percentage of the total
issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor beneficially owned by any member or
members of the Palios Family; and/or
(c) Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx ceases to hold directorship position in the Corporate Guarantor and
active role in the decision making in respect of the Corporate Guarantor; and/or
(d) without the prior consent of the Agent, the shares of the Corporate Guarantor cease
to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
"
Charter
" means, in relation to each Ship, any time charter or other contract of employment
in respect of that Ship with a duration exceeding (or capable of exceeding) 24 months or any
bareboat charter in respect of such Ship and, in the plural, means all of them.
"
Charterer
" means any entity which has entered into, or will enter into, a Charter with a
Borrower in respect of the Ship owned by it.
"
Charterparty Assignment
" means, in relation to each Charter, a specific deed of assignment
of the rights of the Xxxxxxxx who is a party to that Charter executed or to be executed by that
Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means all of
them.
"
Code
" means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"
Commitment
" means, in relation to a Lender, the amount set opposite its name in
, or, as
the case may require, the amount specified in the relevant Transfer 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).
"
Confirmation
" and "
Early Termination Date
", in relation to any continuing Designated
Transaction, have the meanings given in the Master Agreement.
"
Contractual Currency
" has the meaning given in Clause
Currency indemnity
).
"
Contribution
" means, in relation to a Lender, the part of the Loan which is owing to that
Lender.
"
Corporate Guarantee
" means a corporate guarantee of the obligations of the Borrowers
under this Agreement, the Master Agreement and the other Finance Documents.
"
Corporate Guarantor
" mean Xxxxx Shipping Inc., a corporation domesticated in the Xxxxxxxx
Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
CRD IV
" means:
(a) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June
2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and
amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/876;
(b) Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013
on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit
institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing
Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/878; and
(c) any other law or regulation which implements Basel III.
"
Creditor Party
" means the Agent, the Lead Arranger, the Bookrunner, the Security Trustee,
the Swap Bank or any Lender, whether as at the date of this Agreement or at any later time.
"
Designated Transaction
" means a Transaction which fulfils the following requirements:
(a) it is entered into by the Borrowers pursuant to the Master Agreement with the Swap
Bank;
(b) its purpose is the hedging of all or part of the Borrowers ' exposure to fluctuations in
Term SOFR under this Agreement for a period expiring no later than the Termination
Date; and
(c) 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
Designation Notice
), as a Designated
Transaction for the purposes of the Finance Documents.
"
Dollars
" and "
$
" means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.
"
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.
"
Drawdown Notice
" means a notice in the form set out in
Drawdown Notice
) (or in any
other form which the Agent approves or reasonably requires).
"
Earnings
" means, in relation to a Ship, all moneys whatsoever which are now, or later
become, payable (actually or contingently) to the relevant 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):
(a) except to the extent that they fall within paragraph
(i) all freight, hire and passage moneys;
(ii) compensation payable to a Borrower or the Security Trustee in the event of
requisition of a Ship for hire;
(iii) remuneration for salvage and towage services;
(iv) demurrage and detention moneys;
(v) damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any
charterparty or other contract for the employment of a Ship; and
(vi) all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in respect of
loss of hire; and
(b) if and whenever a Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within
paragraphs
net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to
the Ship.
"
Earnings Account
" means an account in the name of each Borrower with the Agent
designated "[
name of the Borrower
] - Earnings Account", or any other account which is
designated by the Agent as an Earnings Account for the purposes of this Agreement.
"
Earnings Account Pledge
" means, in respect of each Earnings Account, a deed creating
security in the Agreed Form.
"
EEA Member Country
" means any member state of the European Union, Iceland,
Liechtenstein and Norway.
"
Ejite
" means Ejite Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the
Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Environmental Claim
" means:
(a) 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
(b) any claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to an
alleged Environmental Incident,
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.
"
Environmental Incident
" means:
(a) any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from the Ship; or
(b) 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 the 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
(c) 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.
"
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.
"
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.
"
Escrow Agent
" means Xxxx Xxxxx LLP of The Broadgate Tower, 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, London
EC2A 2RS, United Kingdom.
"
Escrow Agreement
" means, in respect of each Ship, the escrow agreement dated 10 August
2022 entered into between (i) Sea Trade Holdings Inc., as original seller and (ii) the Corporate
Guarantor, as original buyer (as the same may be amended and/or supplemented from time
to time).
"
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule
" means the document described as such and published by the
Loan Market Association (or any successor organisation) from time to time.
"
EU Ship Recycling Regulation
" means Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on ship recycling and amending Regulation
(EC) No 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16/EC.
"
Event of Default
" means any of the events or circumstances described in Clause
Events of
Default
).
"
Executive Order
"
means an order issued by the president of the United States of America.
"
Facility Office
" means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or
before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business
Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
"
Fallback Interest Period
" means one Month.
"
FATCA
"
means:
(a) sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
(b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an
intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in
either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in
paragraph
(c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation
referred to in paragraphs
government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
"
FATCA Deduction
" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance
Document required by FATCA.
"
FATCA Exempt Party
" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA
Deduction.
"
Finance Documents
" means:
(a) this Agreement;
(b) the Agency and Trust Deed;
(c) the Master Agreement;
(d) the Master Agreement Assignment;
(e) the Corporate Guarantee;
(f) the General Assignments;
(g) the Mortgages;
(h) the Accounts Pledges;
(i) the Shares Pledges;
(j) the Manager's Undertakings;
(k) any Charterparty Assignment; and
(l) any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at
any time by any Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor, the Approved Manager 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 Bank
under this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this definition.
"
Financial Indebtedness
" means, in relation to a person (the "
debtor
"), a liability of the debtor:
(a) for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or
raised by the debtor;
(b) under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor;
(c) under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility or dematerialised
equivalent made available to the debtor;
(d) under 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;
(e) under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any other
kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under
which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the
liability of the debtor for the net amount; or
(f) 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
references to the debtor referred to the other person.
"
Financial Year
" means, in relation to the Corporate Guarantor, each period of 1 year
commencing on 1 January in respect of which its annual audited accounts are or ought to be
prepared.
"
Fleet Vessels
" means all of the vessels (including, but not limited to, the Ships) from time to
time wholly owned by members of the Group (each a "
Fleet Vessel
").
"
Funding Rate
" means any individual rate notified by a Lender to the Agent pursuant to sub-
paragraph
Cost of funds
).
"
GAAP
" means, at any time, the most recent and updated generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America.
"
General Assignment
" means, in relation to each Ship, a first priority general assignment of
the Earnings, the Insurances and any Requisition Compensation in the Agreed Form and, in the
plural, means all of them.
"
Group
" means the Corporate Guarantor and all its subsidiaries (including, but not limited to,
the Borrowers) from time to time during the Security Period and "
member of the Group
" shall
be construed accordingly.
"
Hong Kong Convention
" means the International Maritime Organization's convention for the
Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 together with the guidelines to be
issued by the International Maritime Organization in connection with such convention.
"
IACS
" means the International Association of Classification Societies.
"
Initial Market Value
" means, in respect of a Ship, the Market Value as determined by the
valuations referred to in
, paragraph 6 of
Conditions precedent documents
).
"
Insurances
" means, in relation to a Ship:
(a) all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection
and indemnity or war risks association, effected in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or
otherwise in relation to the Ship whether before, on or after the date of this
Agreement; and
(b) all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the foregoing, including
any rights to a return of a premium and any rights in respect of any claim whether or
not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the
date of this Agreement.
"
Interest Period
" means, in relation to the Loan or any part of the Loan, each period
determined in accordance with Clause 6 (
Interest Periods
) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum,
each period determined in accordance with Clause
Default interest
).
"
Interpolated Term SOFR
" means, in relation to the Loan or any part of the Loan, the rate
(rounded to the same number of decimal places as Term SOFR) which results from
interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) either
(i) the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for
which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan
or that part of the Loan; or
(ii) if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest
Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan, SOFR for the day which is two US
Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day;
(b) the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which
Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of
the Loan.
"
Inventory of Hazardous Material
" means, in relation to each Ship, an inventory certificate or
statement of compliance (as applicable) issued by the Ship's classification society which is
supplemented by a list of any and all materials known to be potentially hazardous utilised in
the construction of such Ship pursuant to the requirements of the EU Ship Recycling
Regulation.
"
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).
"
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.
"
Jabwot
" means Jabwot Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Lead Arranger
" means Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, acting in such capacity through its
office at Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Xxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxx, 920058817 MVA, Norway.
"
Lender
" means a bank or financial institution listed in
Lenders and Commitments
) and
acting through its branch indicated in
Lenders and Commitments
) (or through another
branch notified to the Agent under Clause
Change of Facility Office
)) or its transferee,
successor or assign and, in the plural, means all of them.
"
Loan
" means the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Agreement and a "
part
of the Loan
" means an Advance, a Tranche, a part of a Tranche or any other part of the Loan
as the context may require.
"
Major Casualty
" means, in relation to a Ship, any casualty to that 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 $1,000,000 or the equivalent in any other currency.
"
Majority Lenders
" means:
(a) before an Advance has been made, Lenders whose Commitments total 66.67 per cent.
of the Total Commitments; and
(b) after an Advance has been made, Lenders whose Contributions total 66.67 per cent.
of the Loan.
"
Management Agreement
" means, in relation to each Ship, an agreement made or to be made
between the Borrower who is the owner of such Ship and the Approved Manager in respect
of the commercial and technical management of such Ship in the Agreed Form and, in the
plural, means all of them.
"
Manager's Undertaking
" means, in relation to each Ship, a letter of undertaking executed or
to be executed by the Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee in the Agreed Form
agreeing certain matters in relation to the management of that Ship and subordinating the
rights of the Approved Manager against that Ship and the Borrower which is the owner thereof
to the rights of the Security Trustee under the Finance Documents and, in the plural, means all
of them.
"
Manra
" means Manra Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Margin
" means 2.25 per cent. per annum.
"
Market Disruption Rate
" means the Reference Rate.
"
Market Value
" means, in relation to each Ship (and each other Fleet Vessel), the market value
thereof determined in accordance with Clause
Valuation of Ships
).
"
Master Agreement
" means the master agreement (on the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement
form) in the Agreed Form made or to be made between (i) the Borrowers and (ii) the Swap
Bank and includes all Designated Transactions from time to time entered into, and all
Confirmations of such Designated Transactions from time to time exchanged, under such
master agreement.
"
Master Agreement Assignment
" means the assignment of the Master Agreement in the
Agreed Form.
"
MOA A
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between
(i) Manra as buyer and (ii) Seller A as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA B
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between (i)
Jabwot as buyer and (ii) Seller B as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA C
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between (i)
Arorae as buyer and (ii) Seller C as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA D
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between
(i) Xxxxxx as buyer and (ii) Seller D as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA E
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between (i)
Beru as buyer and (ii) Seller E as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA F
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between (i)
Bonriki as buyer and (ii) Seller F as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA G
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between
(i) Ejite as buyer and (ii) Seller G as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA H
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between
(i) Taongi as buyer and (ii) Seller H as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
MOA I
" means the memorandum of agreement dated 17 August 2022 and made between (i)
Namorik as buyer and (ii) Seller I as seller, as the same may from time to time be amended
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"
Month
" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
(a) (subject to paragraph
Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which
that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding
Business Day;
(b) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period
is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and
(c) if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest
Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest
Period is to end.
The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
"
Mortgage
" means, in relation to a Ship, the first preferred Xxxxxxxx Islands ship mortgage on
that Ship in the Agreed Form and, in the plural, means all of them.
"
Namorik
" means Namorik Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic
of the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Notifying Lender
" has the meaning given in Clause
Illegality
) or Clause
Increased costs
)
as the context requires.
"Palios Family
" means, together, each of the following:
(a) Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx;
(b) all the lineal descendants in direct line of Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx;
(c) a husband or wife or widower or widow of any of the above persons;
(d) the estates, trusts or legal representatives of which any of the above persons are the
beneficiaries; and
(e) each company legally or beneficially owned or (as the case may be) controlled by one
or more of the persons or entities which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (d) of this
definition,
and each one of the above shall be referred to as "
a member of the Palios Family
";
"
Participating
Member
State
" means any member state of the European Union that has the
euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to
Economic and Monetary Union.
"
Party
"
means a party to this Agreement.
"
Payment Currency
" has the meaning given in Clause
Currency indemnity
).
"
Permitted Security Interests
" means:
(a) Security Interests created by the Finance Documents;
(b) liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice;
(c) liens for salvage;
(d) liens arising by operation of law for not more than two months' prepaid hire under
any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this Agreement;
(e) 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
Restriction on chartering, appointment of
managers etc.
);
(f) any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any proceedings
or arbitration as security for costs and expenses where the Borrower is actively
prosecuting or defending such proceedings or arbitration in good faith; and
(g) 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.
"
Pertinent Document
" means:
(a) any Finance Document;
(b) any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause
(
Insurance
) or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;
(c) any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document; and
(d) 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
"
Pertinent Jurisdiction
", in relation to a company, means:
(a) England and Wales;
(b) the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed;
(c) a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or in which the
company's central management and control is or has recently been exercised;
(d) a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax,
income tax or any similar tax;
(e) 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
(f) a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration
or similar order in relation to the company, whether as 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
"
Pertinent Matter
" means:
(a) any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection with a
Pertinent Document; or
(b) any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling
within paragraph
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.
"
Poseidon Principles
" means the financial industry framework for assessing and disclosing the
climate alignment of ship finance portfolios published in June 2019 as the same may be
amended or replaced from time to time.
"
Potential Event of Default
" means an event or circumstance which, with the giving of any
notice, the lapse of time, a determination of the Lenders and/or the satisfaction of any other
condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
"
Purchase
Price
" means, in relation to each Ship, the price for that Ship as stated in clause 1
of the relevant MOA.
"
Quotation Day
" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be
determined, two US Government Securities Business Days before the first day of that period
unless market practice differs in the relevant syndicated loan market in which case the
Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with that market practice (and
if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the
last of those days).
"
Reference Rate
" means, in relation to the Loan or any part of the Loan:
(a) the applicable Term SOFR as of the Quotation Day and for a period equal in length to
the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; or
(b) as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause
Unavailability of Term SOFR
),
and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, the Reference Rate shall be deemed to be zero.
"
Relevant Market
" means the market for overnight cash borrowing collateralised by US
Government Securities.
"
Relevant Nominating Body
" means any applicable central bank, regulator or other
supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or
chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
"
Relevant Person
" has the meaning given in Clause
Relevant Persons
).
"
Repayment
Date
" means a date on which a repayment is required to be made under Clause
Repayment and Prepayment
).
"
Repayment Instalment
" means any repayment instalment referred to in Clause
Amount of
repayment instalments
).
"
Requisition Compensation
" includes all compensation or other moneys payable by reason of
any act or event such as is referred to in paragraph
Total Loss
".
"
Resolution Authority
" means any body which has authority to exercise any Write -down and
Conversion Powers.
"
Restricted Party
" means a person:
(a) that is listed on any Sanctions List (whether designated by name or by reason of being
included in a class of person);
(b) located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is the target of Sanctions
that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (currently, Crimea, Cuba,
Iran, North Korea, Syria, Donetsk and Luhansk); or
(c) that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person referred to in (a) and/or
(b) above; or
(d) with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in a
transaction with by any Sanctions.
"
Sanctions Authority
" means the Norwegian State, the United Nations, the European Union,
the member states of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States of America
and any authority, official institution or agency acting on behalf of any of them in connection
with Sanctions.
"
Sanctions
" means the economic or financial Sanctions and/or regulations, trade embargoes,
prohibitions, restrictive measures, decisions, Executive Orders or notices from regulators
implemented, adapted, imposed, administered, enacted and/or enforced by any Sanctions
Authority.
"
Sanctions List
" means a list of persons or entities published in connection with Sanctions by
or on behalf of any Sanctions Authority.
"
Secured Liabilities
" means all liabilities which the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor, 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 judgment relating to any
Finance Document; 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.
"
Security Interest
" means:
(a) a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien
or any other security interest of any kind;
(b) the security rights of a plaintiff under an action
in rem
; and
(c) 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
standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution.
"
Security Party
" means the Corporate Guarantor, the Approved Manager 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
".
"
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 other
Creditor Parties that:
(a) all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrowers or any Security
Party under the Finance Documents have been paid;
(b) no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment)
under any Finance Document;
(c) neither a Borrower nor any Security Party has any future or contingent liability under
Clause
Fees and expenses
),
Indemnities
) or
No set-off or Tax Deduction
) below
or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and
(d) 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 would be
set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future
bankruptcy of the Borrowers or a Security Party or in any present or possible future
proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any asset covered (or previously
covered) by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document.
"
Security Trustee
" means Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, acting in such capacity through its
office at Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Xxxxxxxx 0000, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, 920058817 MVA, Norway, or
any successor of it appointed under clause 5 of the Agency and Trust Deed.
"
Selection Notice
" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (
Selection
Notice
) given in accordance with Clause 6 (
Interest Periods
).
"
Seller A
" means STH Athens LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller B
" means STH Chiba LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller C
" means STH Kure LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller D
" means STH London LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller E
" means STH Montreal LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller F
" means STH New York LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller G
" means STH Oslo LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller H
" means STH Sydney LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Seller I
" means STH Tokyo LLC of Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Islands MH96960.
"
Servicing Bank
" means the Agent or the Security Trustee.
"
Shares Pledge
" means, in relation to each Borrower, a deed executed by the Corporate
Guarantor, creating security over the share capital of that Borrower in the Agreed Form and,
in the plural, means all of them.
"
Ship A
" means the 2015-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,508 deadweight tonnage
"STH ATHENS" with IMO No. 9747390 registered in the ownership of Seller A and to be
purchased by Manra pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA A and registered in the
name of Manra under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI PEGASUS".
"
Ship B
" means the 2017-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,456 deadweight tonnage
"STH CHIBA" with IMO No. 9738337 registered in the ownership of Seller B and to be
purchased by Jabwot pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA B and registered in the
name of Jabwot under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI PHOENIX".
"
Ship C
" means the 2016-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,309 deadweight tonnage
"STH KURE" with IMO No. 9749269 registered in the ownership of Seller C and to be purchased
by Xxxxxx xxxxxxxx to the terms and conditions of MOA C and registered in the name of Arorae
under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI AQUARIUS".
"
Ship D
" means the 2015-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,309 deadweight tonnage
"STH LONDON" with IMO No. 9747405 registered in the ownership of Seller D and to be
purchased by Tamana pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA D and registered in the
name of Tamana under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI POLLUX".
"
Ship E
" means the 2018-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,362 deadweight tonnage
"STH MONTREAL" with IMO No. 9800635 registered in the ownership of Seller E and to be
purchased by Xxxx pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA E and registered in the name
of Beru under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI PYXIS".
"
Ship F
" means the 2015-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,309 deadweight tonnage
"STH NEW YORK" with IMO No. 9729362 registered in the ownership of Seller F and to be
purchased by Bonriki pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA F and registered in the
name of Bonriki under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI AQUILA".
"
Ship G
" means the 2018-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,404 deadweight tonnage
"STH OSLO" with IMO No. 9738349 registered in the ownership of Seller G and to be purchased
by Ejite pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA G and registered in the name of Ejite
under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI POLARIS".
"
Ship H
" means the 2016-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,309 deadweight tonnage
"STH SYDNEY" with IMO No. 9749245 registered in the ownership of Seller H and to be
purchased by Xxxxxx pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA H and registered in the
name of Xxxxxx under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI ALTAIR ".
"
Ship I
" means the 2016-built Ultaramax bulk carrier vessel of 60,309 deadweight tonnage
"STH TOKYO" with IMO No. 9749257 registered in the ownership of Seller I and to be
purchased by Namorik pursuant to the terms and conditions of MOA I and registered in the
name of Namorik under the Approved Flag with the name "DSI ANDROMEDA".
"
Ships
" means, together, Ship A, Ship B, Ship C, Ship D, Ship E, Ship F, Ship G, Ship H and Ship I
and, in the singular, means any of them.
"
SOFR
" means the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) administered by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the administration of that
rate) published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the publication
of that rate).
"
Statement of Compliance
" means a Statement of Compliance related to fuel oil consumption
pursuant to regulations 6.6 and 6.7 of Xxxxx XX.
"
Swap Bank
" means Nordea Bank Abp.
"
Swap Exposure
" means, as at any relevant date, the amount certified by the Swap Bank to
the Agent to be the aggregate net amount in Dollars which would be payable by the Borrowers
to the Swap Bank under (and calculated in accordance with) section 6(e) (
Payments on Early
Termination
) of the Master Agreement if an Early Termination Date had occurred on the
relevant date in relation to all outstanding Designated Transactions .
"
Tamana
" means Tamana Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic
of the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Taongi
" means Taongi Shipping Company Inc., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Xxxxxxxx Islands.
"
Termination Date
" means the date falling on the fifth anniversary of the Drawdown Date of
the first Tranche.
"
Term SOFR
" means the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark
Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate)
for the relevant period published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the
administrator) by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which
takes over the publication of that rate).
"
Total Loss
" means, in relation to a Ship
(a) actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship;
(b) 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 one month redelivered to the full
control of the Borrower owning that Ship;
(c) any condemnation of the Ship by any tribunal or by any person or person claiming to
be a tribunal; and
(d) any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft)
unless it is within 30 days redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning the
Ship.
"
Total Loss Date
" means, in relation to a Ship:
(a) 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;
(b) in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship,
the earliest of:
(i) the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and
(ii) 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
(c) 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.
"
Tranche
" means each of Tranche A, Tranche B, Tranche C, Tranche D, Tranche E, Tranche F,
Tranche G, Tranche H and Tranche I.
"
Tranche A
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Manra to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $20,900,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship A and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship A.
"
Tranche B
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Jawbot to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $22,800,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship B and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship B.
"
Tranche C
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Arorae to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $22,000,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship C and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship C.
"
Tranche D
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Tamana to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $20,900,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship D and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship D.
"
Tranche E
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Beru to finance up
to the lesser of (a) $24,250,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase Price
of Ship E and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship E.
"
Tranche F
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Bonriki to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $20,900,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship F and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship F.
"
Tranche G
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Ejite to finance up
to the lesser of (a) $24,250,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase Price
of Ship G and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship G.
"
Tranche H
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Taongi to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $22,000,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship H and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship H.
"
Tranche I
" means that part of the Loan made or to be made available to Namorik to finance
up to the lesser of (a) $22,000,000 representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase
Price of Ship I and (b) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of Ship I.
"
Transaction
" has the meaning given in the Master Agreement.
"
Transfer Certificate
" has the meaning given in Clause
Transfer by a Lender
).
"
Trust Property
" has the meaning given in clause 3.1 of the Agency and Trust Deed.
"
UK Bail-In Legislation
" means Part 1 of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other
law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or
failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutes or their affiliates (otherwise than
through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
"
Unpaid Sum
" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by a Security Party under the
Finance Documents.
"
US
" means the United States of America.
"
US Government Securities Business Day
" means any day other than:
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; and
(b) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any
successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its
members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government
securities.
"
US Tax Obligor
" means:
(a) a person which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
(b) a person some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from
sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
"
Write-down and Conversion Powers
" means:
(a) in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule
from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation
in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;
(b) in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation
to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm
or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial
institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person
or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of
that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person,
to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been
exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the
powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those
xxxxxx; and
(c) in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
(i) any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares
issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial
institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution,
to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or
any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or
part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any
other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect
as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect
of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are
related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
(ii) any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
1.2 Construction of certain terms
In this Agreement:
"
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.
"
approved
" means, for the purposes of Clause
Insurance
), approved in writing by the Agent.
"
asset
" includes every kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future
or contingent right to any revenues or other payment.
a Xxxxxx's "
cost of funds
" in relation to its participation in the Loan or any part of the Loan is
a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which that
Lender would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an
amount equal to the amount of that participation in the Loan or that part of the Loan for a
period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan.
"
company
" includes any partnership, joint venture and unincorporated association.
"
consent
" includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing,
registration, notarisation and legalisation.
"
contingent liability
" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which
remains unascertained.
"
document
" includes a deed; also a letter or fax.
"
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.
"
expense
" means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and
expenses) and any applicable value added or other tax.
"
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.
"
legal or administrative action
" means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any
administrative or regulatory action or investigation.
"
liability
" includes every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or contingent),
whether incurred as principal or surety or otherwise.
"
obligatory insurances
" means, in relation to a Ship, all insurances effected, or which the
Borrower owning the Ship is obliged to effect, under Clause
Insurance
) or any other
provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document.
"
parent company
" has the meaning given in Clause
Meaning of "subsidiary"
).
"
person
" includes any company; any state, political sub-division of a state and local or
municipal authority; and any international organisation.
"
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.
"
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.
"
regulation
" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (either having
the force of law or compliance with which is reasonable in the ordinary course of business of
the party concerned) 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.
"
subsidiary
" has the meaning given in Clause
Meaning of "subsidiary"
).
"
successor
" includes any person who is entitled (by assignment, novation, merger or
otherwise) to any person's rights under this Agreement or any other Finance Document (or
any interest in those rights) or who, as administrator, liquidator or otherwise, is entitled to
exercise those rights; and in particular references to a successor include a person to whom
those rights (or any interest in those rights) are transferred or pass as a result of a merger,
division, reconstruction or other reorganisation of it or any other person.
"
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.
"
war risks
" includes the risk of mines and all risks excluded by clauses 29, 30 or 31 of the
International Hull Clauses (1/11/02), clauses 29 or 30 of the International Hull Clauses
(1/11/03), clauses 24, 25 or 26 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/11/95) or clauses 23, 24
or 25 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/10/83) or any equivalent provision.
1.3 Meaning of "subsidiary"
A company (S) is a subsidiary of another company (P) if:
(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
(b) 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,
and any company of which S is a subsidiary is a parent company of S.
1.4 General Interpretation
In this Agreement:
(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;
(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;
(c) words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and
(d) Clauses
1.5 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.
2 FACILITY
2.1 Amount of facility
Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Lenders shall make available to the
Borrowers, in one advance, a term loan facility of up to the lesser of (i) $200,000,000
representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase Price of the Ships and (ii) 67.5 per
cent. of the aggregate Initial Market Value of the Ships for the purpose of financing part of the
Ships' acquisition cost and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
2.2 Xxxxxxx' participations in the Loan
Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, each Lender shall participate in the Loan in
the proportion which, as at the Drawdown Date, its Commitment bears to the Total
Commitments.
2.3 Purpose of the Loan
The Borrowers undertake with each Creditor Party to use each Advance only for the purpose
stated in the preamble to this Agreement.
3 POSITION OF THE LENDERS, THE SWAP BANK AND THE MAJORITY LENDERS
3.1 Interests of Lenders and Swap Bank several
The rights of the Lenders and the Swap Bank under this Agreement and the Master Agreement
are several; accordingly:
(a) each Lender shall be entitled to sue for any amount which has become due and payable by the
Borrowers to it under this Agreement; and
(b) the Swap Bank shall be entitled to sue for any amount which has become due and payable by
the Borrowers to it under the Master Agreement,
without joining the Agent, the Security Trustee, any other Lender and the Swap Bank as
additional parties in the proceedings.
3.2 Proceedings by individual Lender or Swap Bank
However, without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders, no Lender nor the Swap Bank
may bring proceedings in respect of:
(a) any other liability or obligation of any Borrower or a Security Party under or connected with a
Finance Document; or
(b) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty by any Borrower or a Security Party in or
connected with a Finance Document.
3.3 Obligations several
The obligations of the Lenders and the Swap Bank under this Agreement and of the Swap Bank
under the Master Agreement are several; and a failure of a Lender or the Swap Bank to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or of the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under the
Master Agreement shall not result in:
(a) the obligations of the other Lenders or (as the case may be) the Swap Bank being increased;
nor
(b) any Borrower, any Security Party or any other Creditor Party being discharged (in whole or in
part) from its obligations under any Finance Document,
and in no circumstances shall a Lender or the Swap Bank have any responsibility for a failure
of another Lender or the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
Master Agreement.
3.4 Parties bound by certain actions of Majority Lenders
Every Lender, the Swap Bank, each Borrower and each Security Party shall be bound by:
(a) any determination made, or action taken, by the Majority Lenders under any provision of a
Finance Document;
(b) any instruction or authorisation given by the Majority Lenders to the Agent or the Security
Trustee under or in connection with any Finance Document (subject always to Clause
(
Variations, waivers etc. by Majority Lenders)
);
(c) any action taken (or in good faith purportedly taken) by the Agent or the Security Trustee in
accordance with such an instruction or authorisation.
3.5 Reliance on action of Agent
However, each Borrower and each Security Party:
(a) shall be entitled to assume that the Majority Lenders have duly given any instruction or
authorisation which, under any provision of a Finance Document, is required in relation to any
action which the Agent has taken or is about to take; and
(b) shall not be entitled to require any evidence that such an instruction or authorisation has been
given.
3.6 Construction
In Clauses
Parties bound by certain actions of Majority Lenders
) and
Reliance on action of
Agent
) references to action taken include (without limitation) the granting of any waiver or
consent, an approval of any document and an agreement to any matter.
4 DRAWDOWN
4.1 Request for an Advance
Subject to the following conditions, the Borrowers may request an Advance to be made in
relation to a Ship by ensuring that the Agent receives a completed Drawdown Notice not later
than 11.00 a.m. (Oslo time) three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Agent may, in
its absolute discretion, agree) prior to the intended Drawdown Date.
4.2 Availability
The conditions referred to in Clause
Request for an Advance
) are that:
(a) the Drawdown Date has to be a Business Day during the Availability Period;
(b) there shall be no more than one Advance in respect of each Tranche;
(c) the amount of the Advance under a Tranche shall not exceed the lesser of:
(i) the amount set out for that Advance in the definition of that Tranche in Clause
(
Definitions
) representing approximately 60 per cent. of the Purchase Price of the Ship
to which that Tranche relates; and
(ii) 67.5 per cent. of the Initial Market Value of the Ship to which that Tranche relates; and
(d) the aggregate amount of all Advances shall not exceed the Total Commitments.
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:
(a) the amount of the Advance and the Drawdown Date;
(b) the amount of that Xxxxxx's participation in the Advance; and
(c) the duration of the first Interest Period.
4.4 Drawdown Notice irrevocable
A Drawdown Notice must be signed by a director or an authorised representative 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.
4.5 Lenders to make available Contributions
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each Lender shall, on and with value on the
Drawdown Date, make available to the Agent for the account of the Borrowers the amount
due from that Lender on the Drawdown Date under Clause
Lenders' participations in the
Loan
).
4.6 Disbursement of an Advance
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Agent shall on the Drawdown Date pay to the
Borrowers the amounts which the Agent receives from the Lenders under Clause
Lenders to
make available Contributions
); and that payment to the Borrowers shall be made:
(a) to the account which the Borrowers specify in the Drawdown Notice; and
(b) in the like funds as the Agent received the payments from the Lenders.
4.7 Disbursement of Advance to third party
The payment by the Agent under Clause
Disbursement of an Advance
) 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 Xxxxxx's Contribution.
4.8 Designated Transactions under the Master Agreement
(a) The Borrowers may at any time conclude Designated Transactions with the Swap Bank
pursuant to the Master Agreement for the purpose of swapping their interest payment
obligations and managing exposure to interest rate fluctuations and currency risk under this
Agreement. The Borrower s agree that signature of the Master Agreement does not commit
the Swap Bank to conclude Designated Transactions, or even to offer terms for doing so, but
does provide a contractual framework within which Designated Transactions may be
concluded and secured, assuming that mutually acceptable terms can be agreed at the
relevant time.
(b) The Lenders agree that, to enable the Borrowers to secure their obligations to the Swap Bank
under the Master Agreement, the security of the other Finance Documents shall be held by
the Security Trustee not only to secure the Borrower s' obligations under this Agreement but
also the Borrowers' obligations under the Master Agreement on the terms set out in Clause
(
Application of receipts
).
4.9 Prepositioning of funds
If, in respect of any proposed Advance under a Tranche, the Lenders, at the request of the
Borrowers and on terms acceptable to all the Lenders and in their absolute discretion,
preposition funds with the Escrow Agent and each Borrower:
(a) agree to pay interest on the amount of the funds so prepositioned at the rate described in
Clause
Calculation of interest
) on the basis of successive interest periods of one day and so
that interest shall be paid together with the first payment of interest on such Advance after
the Drawdown Date in respect of it or, if such Drawdown Date does not occur, within three
Business Days of demand by the Agent; and
(b) shall, without duplication, indemnify each Creditor Party against any costs, loss or liability it
may incur in connection with such arrangement.
5 INTEREST
5.1 Calculation of interest
The rate of interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan for each Interest Period is the
percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(a) Xxxxxx; and
(b) Reference Rate.
5.2 Payment of interest
(a) The Borrowers shall pay accrued interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan on the last day
of each Interest Period.
(b) If an Interest Period is longer than three Months, the Borrowers shall also pay interest then
accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling at three Monthly
intervals after the first day of the Interest Period.
5.3 Default interest
(a) If a Security Party fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due
date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual
payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph
two per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid
Sum had, during the period of non-payment, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of
the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent. Any
interest accruing under this Clause
Default interest
) shall be immediately payable by the
Borrowers on demand by the Agent.
(b) If an Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not
the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan:
(i) the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the
unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the
Loan; and
(ii) the rate of interest applying to that Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall
be two per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if that
Unpaid Sum had not become due.
(c) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum
at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately
due and payable.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause
Default interest
) does not apply to any amount
payable under the Master Agreement in respect of any continuing Designated Transaction as
to which the relevant provisions of the Master Agreement shall apply.
5.4 Notification of rates of interest
(a) The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrowers of the determination of a rate
of interest under this Agreement.
(b) The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers of each Funding Rate relating to the Loan, any
part of the Loan or any Unpaid Sum.
6 INTEREST PERIODS
6.1 Selection of Interest Periods
(a) The Borrowers may select the Interest Period for each Tranche in the Drawdown Notice for
the first Advance in that Tranche . The Borrowers may select each subsequent Interest Period
in respect of a Tranche in a Selection Notice.
(b) Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrowers not
later than five Business Days before the expiry of the preceding Interest Period.
(c) If the Borrowers fail to select an Interest Period in the first Drawdown Notice or fails to deliver
a Selection Notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraphs
Interest Period will be 3 Months.
(d) Subject to this Clause 6 (
Interest Periods
), the Borrowers may select an Interest Period of one
or three Months or any other period agreed between the Borrowers and the Agent (acting on
the instructions of all the Lenders).
(e) An Interest Period in respect of a Tranche or any part of a Tranche shall not extend beyond the
Termination Date .
(f) The first Interest Period for each Tranche shall start on the first Drawdown Date relating to
such Tranche and, subject to paragraph (g) below, each subsequent Interest Period shall start
on the last day of the preceding Interest Period.
(g) If the Borrowers have selected an Interest Period for any subsequent Advance under any
Tranche which ends on a day which is after the next Repayment Date, the Agent may shorten
the Interest Period for any Tranche as necessary to ensure that the Interest Period for that
Tranche ends on the relevant Repayment Date. In the event that only part of a Tranche is due
for repayment, that portion of such Tranche will be treated as a separate Tranche to ensure
that there are sufficient Tranches which have an Interest Period ending on the relevant
Repayment Date.
(h) Each Tranche shall have one Interest Period only at any time.
6.2 Non-Business Days
If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest
Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the
preceding Business Day (if there is not).
7.1 Unavailability of Term SOFR
(a)
Interpolated Term SOFR
: If no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of the Loan or any
part of the Loan, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Term SOFR for a
period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan.
(b)
Shortened Interest Period
: If no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of a Loan or any
part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Term SOFR, the Interest
Period of that Loan or that part of the Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback
Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable
Reference Rate for that shortened Interest Period shall be determined pursuant to the
definition of "
Reference Rate
".
(c)
Cost of funds
: If paragraph
Fallback Interest Period or the Interest Period is shorter than the applicable Fallback Interest
Period, there shall be no Reference Rate for the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable)
and Clause
Cost of funds
) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan for that Interest
Period.
7.2 Market disruption
If before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the
Agent receives notification from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in the Loan or the
relevant part of the Loan exceed 50 per cent. of the Loan or that part of the Loan as
appropriate) that its cost of funds relating to its participation in the Loan or that part of the
Loan would be in excess of the Market Disruption Rate then Clause
Cost of funds
) shall apply
to the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) for the relevant Interest Period.
7.3 Cost of funds
(a) If this Clause
Cost of funds
) applies, the rate of interest on each Lender's share of the Loan
or the relevant part of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate
per annum which is the sum of:
(i) the Margin; and
(ii) the weighted average of the rates notified to the Agent by each Lender as soon as
practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest
Period to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum its cost of funds
relating to its participation in the Loan or that part of the Loan.
(b) If this Clause
Cost of funds
) applies and the Agent or the Borrowers so requires, the Agent
and the Borrowers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a
view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be)
an alternative basis for funding.
(c) Subject to Clause
Changes to reference
ates
), any substitute or alternative basis agreed
pursuant to paragraph
Borrowers, be binding on all Parties.
(d) If paragraph
of paragraph
(e) If this Clause
Cost of funds
) applies pursuant to Clause
Market disruption
) and:
(i) a Lender's Funding Rate is less than the Market Disruption Rate; or
(ii) a Lender does not notify a rate by the time specified in sub-paragraph
that Xxxxxx's cost of funds relating to its participation in the Loan or the relevant part of the
Loan for that Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph
the Market Disruption Rate.
(f) If this Clause
Cost of funds
) applies but any Lender does not notify a rate to the Agent by the
time specified in sub-paragraph
on the basis of the rates notified by the remaining Lenders.
7.4 Break Costs
(a) The Borrower s shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Creditor Party, pay to that
Creditor Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being
paid by the Borrower s on a day prior to the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan, the
relevant part of the Loan or that Unpaid Sum.
(b) Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a
certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in respect of which
they become or may become payable.
8 REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT
8.1 Amount of repayment instalments
The Borrowers shall repay each Tranche by:
(a) 20 equal consecutive quarterly instalments (each, a "
Repayment Instalment
" and, in the plural
means, all of them) in the amount of X each (rounded to nearest hundred); and
(b) a balloon instalment in the amount of Y (the "
Balloon Instalment
").
In this Clause
Amount of repayment instalments
):
"
Age
" means, in relation to a Ship, the age of that Ship on the Delivery Date of the Tranche
which is used to finance or refinance that Ship, such age to be calculated as from the Relevant
Yard Delivery of that Ship (rounded to two decimals);
"
Delivery Date
" means, in relation to each Ship, the date on which that Ship is delivered by the
relevant Seller to, and accepted by the Borrower which is, or is to be the owner thereof
pursuant to the relevant MOA;
"
U
" means the product of V and 4;
"
V
" means, in relation to a Tranche, 18 minus the Age of the Ship financed or refinanced by
that Tranche;
"
W
" means X multiplied by 20;
"
X
" means an amount achieved by dividing Z by U;
"
Y
" means, in relation to each Tranche, Z minus W;
"
Yard Delivery Date
" means:
(i) in relation to Ship A, 2015;
(ii) in relation to Ship B, 2017;
(iii) in relation to Ship C, 2016;
(iv) in relation to Ship D, 2015;
(v) in relation to Ship E, 2018;
(vi) in relation to Ship F, 2015;
(vii) in relation to Ship G, 2018;
(viii) in relation to Ship H, 2016; and
(ix) in relation to Ship I, 2016.
"
Z
" means, in relation to each Tranche, the amount of that Tranche on its Drawdown Date
(after the same has been made available to the Borrowers).
8.2 Repayment Dates
The first Instalment in respect of each Tranche shall be repaid on the date falling three Months
after the first Drawdown Date, each subsequent Repayment Instalment in respect of each
Tranche shall be repaid at quarterly intervals thereafter and the last Repayment Instalment
together with the Balloon Instalment shall be repaid on the Termination Date.
8.3 Final Repayment Date
On the final Repayment Date, 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.
8.4 Voluntary prepayment
Subject to the following conditions, the Borrowers may prepay the whole or any part of the
Loan on the last day of an Interest Period applicable to it.
8.5 Conditions for voluntary prepayment
The conditions referred to in Clause
Voluntary prepayment
) are that:
(a) a partial prepayment shall be $500,000 or a higher integral multiple of $500,000;
(b) the Agent has received from the Borrowers at least three days ' prior written notice specifying
the amount to be prepaid and the date on which the prepayment is to be made;
(c) 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 regulation relevant to this Agreement which affects any
Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with; and
(d) the Borrowers have complied with Clause
Unwinding of Designated Transactions
) on or prior
to the date of prepayment.
8.6 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.
8.7 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
Conditions for voluntary prepayment
).
8.8 Mandatory prepayment
The Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay the whole of the Relevant Amount if a Ship is sold or
becomes a Total Loss:
(a) in the case of a sale, on or before the date on which the Mortgage on that Ship is released; or
(b) in the case of 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.
In this Clause
Mandatory prepayment
) "
Relevant Amount
" means an amount which is the
higher of: (a) the outstanding amount of the Tranche relating to the Ship which has been sold
or become Total Loss and (b) the amount achieved by dividing the Market Value of the Ship
which has been sold or become Total Loss by the aggregate of the Market Value of all Ships
(including the Ship that has become sold or Total Loss) and multiplying it by the Loan on the
date that the relevant Ship is sold or becomes a Total Loss.
8.9 Mandatory prepayment upon Change of Control
If a Change of Control occurs:
(a) the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; and
(b) if the Majority Lenders so require, the Agent shall, by not less than 10 Business Days' notice to
the Borrower, cancel the Facilities and declare the Xxxx, together with accrued interest, and
all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable,
whereupon the Facilities will be cancelled and the Loan and all such outstanding interest and
other amounts will become immediately due and payable.
8.10 Amounts payable on prepayment
A prepayment shall be made together with accrued interest (and any other amount payable
under Clause
Indemnities
) or otherwise) in respect of the amount prepaid and, subject to
any Break Costs without premium or penalty.
8.11 Application of partial prepayment
Each partial prepayment made pursuant to Clauses
Voluntary prepayment
) and
(
Mandatory prepayment upon change of control
) shall be applied pro rata against the then
outstanding Tranches and thereafter pro rata against the then outstanding Repayment
Instalments and the Balloon Instalment of each Tranche. Each partial prepayment made
pursuant to Clause
Mandatory prepayment
) shall be applied against the Tranche relating to
the Ship which has been sold or become Total Loss and, if there is any excess following the
prepayment in full of such Tranche, such excess shall be applied pro rata against the remaining
then outstanding Tranches and thereafter pro rata against the then outstanding Repayment
Instalments and the Balloon Instalment of each such Tranche.
8.12 No re-borrowing
No amount prepaid may be re-borrowed.
8.13 Unwinding of Designated Transactions
On or prior to any repayment or prepayment of the Loan under this Clause
Repayment and
prepayment
) or any other provision of this Agreement, each Borrower 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
Amount of repayment instalments
).
9 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
9.1 Documents, fees and no default
Each Lender's obligation to contribute to an Advance is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice, the Agent receives:
(i) the documents described in
Condition precedent documents
) in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers; and
(ii) the arrangement xxx referred to in Clause
Fees
);
(b) that, on or before the Drawdown Date in relation to each Tranche, the Agent receives or is
satisfied that it will receive on the advance of the Tranche the documents described in
(
Condition precedent documents
) in form and substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;
(c) that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice, the Agent receives payment of any
expenses payable pursuant to Clause
Costs of negotiation, preparation etc
.) which is due
and payable on the Drawdown Date relating to that Tranche ;
(d) that both at the date of the Drawdown Notice and at the Drawdown Date:
(i) no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or would result from the
borrowing of that Tranche;
(ii) the representations and warranties in Clause
General
) 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;
(iii) none of the circumstances contemplated by Xxxxxx
Market disruption
) has occurred
and is continuing; and
(iv) there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, state of affairs
or prospects of the Borrowers (or any of them), the Corporate Guarantor or any other
Security Party since 8 August 2022 in the light of which the Agent considers that there
is a significant risk that the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security
Party is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities under the Finance
Documents to which it is a party as they fall due;
(e) that, if the ratio set out in Clause
Minimum required security cover
) were applied
immediately following the making of a Tranche, the Borrowers would not be obliged to provide
additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Xxxxxx; and
(f) 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.
9.2 Waiver of conditions precedent
If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion, permit a Tranche to be borrowed before certain of
the conditions referred to in Clause
Documents, fees and no default
) are satisfied, the
Borrowers shall ensure that those conditions are satisfied within five Business Days after the
Drawdown Date (or such longer period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the
Majority Lenders, specify).
10 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
10.1 General
Each Borrower represents and warrants to each Creditor Party as follows.
10.2 Status
(a) Each Borrower is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the Xxxxxxxx Islands.
10.3 Shares and ownership
(a) Each Borrower is authorised to issue five hundred (500) registered shares with par value of
$0,01 each.
(b) The legal title and beneficial ownership of all those shares is held, free of any Security Interest
or other claim, by the Corporate Guarantor.
10.4 Corporate power
Each Borrower has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate action and obtained all
consents necessary for it:
(a) to register permanently the Ship owned by it in its name under the Approved Flag;
(b) to execute the Finance Documents to which that Xxxxxxxx is a party; and
(c) to borrow under this Agreement, to enter into Designated Transactions under the Master
Agreement and to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, those Finance
Documents to which it is a party.
10.5 Consents in force
All the consents referred to in Clause
Corporate power
) remain in force and nothing has
occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation.
10.6 Legal validity; effective Security Interests
The Finance Documents to which each Borrower is a party, do now or, as the case may be, will,
upon execution and delivery (and, where applicable, registration as provided for in the Finance
Documents):
(a) constitute that Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against that
Borrower in accordance with their respective terms; and
(b) create legal, valid and binding Security Interests enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms over all the assets to which they, by their terms, relate;
subject to any relevant insolvency laws affecting creditors' rights generally.
10.7 No third party Security Interests
Without limiting the generality of Clause
Legal validity; effective Security Interests
), at the
time of the execution and delivery of each Finance Document to which a Borrower is a party:
(a) 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
(b) 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.
10.8 No conflicts
The execution by each Borrower of each Finance Document to which it is a party, and the
borrowing by that Borrower of the Loan (or any part thereof), and its compliance with each
Finance Document to which it is a party will not involve or lead to a contravention of:
(a) any law or regulation; or
(b) the constitutional documents of that Borrower; or
(c) any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on that Borrower or any of
its assets.
10.9 No withholding taxes
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.
10.10 No default
No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred.
10.11 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
Information provided to be accurate
); all audited and unaudited
accounts which have been so provided satisfied the requirements of Clause
Form of financial
statements
); 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.
10.12 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 Xxxxxxxx's knowledge, is likely to be commenced or taken.
10.13 Compliance with certain undertakings
At the date of this Agreement, the Borrowers are in compliance with Clauses
Title; negative
pledge
),
No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred
),
Consents
) and
Principal place
of business
).
10.14 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.
10.15 ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance
All requirements of the ISM Code and the ISPS Code as they relate to the Borrowers, the
Approved Manager and the Ships have been complied with.
10.16 No money laundering
Without prejudice to the generality of Clause
Purpose of the Loan
), 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; (iii) that no Borrower and no Security Party nor any
of their respective subsidiaries, directors, or officers, or, to the best of the Borrowers'
knowledge, any affiliate, agent or employee thereof has engaged in any activity or conduct
which would violate any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption or anti-money laundering laws
or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction and each Borrower and each Security Party has
instituted and maintains policies and procedures designated to prevent violation of such laws
regulations and rules and (iv) 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 2005/60/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council).
10.17 No immunity
No Borrower, nor any of their assets are entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty
or otherwise from any legal action or proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit
attachment prior to judgement, execution or other enforcement).
10.18 Sanctions
(a) Each Borrower, Security Party and member of the Group and their respective subsidiaries,
directors, officers, employees, and to the best of each Borrower's knowledge, their respective
agents or representatives has been and is in compliance with Sanctions.
(b) No Borrower, Security Party or member of the Group, none of their subsidiaries and none of
their respective directors, officers, employees, and to the best of each Borrower's knowledge,
none of their respective agents or representatives:
(i) is a Restricted Party, or is involved in any transaction through which it is likely to
become a Restricted Party or result in the imposition of Sanctions against any party to
a Finance Document; or
(ii) is subject to or involved in any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation
against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority.
10.19 Compliance with applicable laws
Each Borrower is at all times in compliance with all applicable laws or regulations, including
but not limited to all Environmental Laws.
11 GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
11.1 General
Each Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of
this Clause
General undertakings
) at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent
may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.
11.2 Title; negative pledge
Each Borrower will:
(a) hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in the Ship owned by it, the
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
(b) 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 Xxxxxxxx's rights against
the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement or all or any part of that Xxxxxxxx's interest in
any amount payable to that Borrower by the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement).
11.3 No disposal of assets
No Borrower will transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of:
(a) all or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions,
whether related or not; or
(b) 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,
but paragraph
Restriction on
chartering, appointment of managers etc.
) applies.
11.4 No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred
No Borrower will incur any liability or obligation except:
(a) under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
(b) liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the ordinary course of owning, operating and
chartering the Ship; and
(c) in respect of the Designated Transactions.
11.5 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 Finance Document will be true and not misleading and will
not omit any material fact or consideration.
11.6 Provision of financial statements
Each Borrower will send or procure that are to be sent to the Agent:
(a) as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of each Financial Year of
the Corporate Guarantor the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the
Corporate Guarantor for that Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor (commencing with the
financial statements for the year that ended on 31 December 2021);
(b) as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each Financial Year of
the Corporate Guarantor the unaudited annual consolidated financial statements of the
Corporate Guarantor for that Financial Year of the Corporate Guarantor (commencing with the
financial statements for the year that ended on 31 December 2021);
(c) as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after 30 June in each Financial Year of
the Corporate Guarantor the unaudited semi-annual consolidated financial statements of the
Corporate Guarantor for the first six-month period of such Financial Year and in the form
published in the relevant press release (commencing with the financial statements for the 6-
month period ended on 30 June 2022) certified as to their correctness by the chief financial
officer of the Corporate Guarantor; and
(d) promptly after a request by the Agent, such further financial or other information in respect
of the Borrowers, the Ships, the Corporate Guarantor, the other Security Parties, the Fleet
Vessels and the Group (including, but not limited to, charter arrangements, Financial
Indebtedness, operating expenses) as the Agent may reasonably require.
11.7 Form of financial statements
All accounts delivered under Clause
Provision of financial statements
) will:
(a) be prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and GAAP consistently applied;
(b) give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group at the date of those accounts and
of its profit for the period to which those accounts relate; and
(c) fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the Group.
11.8 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.
11.9 Consents
Each Borrower will maintain in force and promptly obtain or renew, and will promptly send
certified copies to the Agent of, all consents required:
(a) for that Borrower to perform its obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a party;
(b) for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document to which it is a party; and
(c) for that Borrower to continue to own and operate the Ship owned by it,
and that Xxxxxxxx will comply with the terms of all such consents.
11.10 Maintenance of Security Interests
Each Borrower will:
(a) at its own cost, do all that is necessary to ensure that any Finance Document to which it is a
party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to create; and
(b) without limiting the generality of paragraph
, 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.
11.11 Notification of litigation
Each Borrower will provide the Agent with details of any legal or administrative action involving
that Borrower, any Security Party, the 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 Xxxxxxxx
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.
11.12 No amendment to Master Agreement
No Borrower will agree to any amendment or supplement to, or waive or fail to enforce, the
Master Agreement or any of its provisions.
11.13 Principal place of business
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.
11.14 Confirmation of no default
Each Borrower will, within two Business Days after service by the Agent of a written request,
serve on the Agent a notice which is signed by two directors of that Borrower and which:
(a) states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; or
(b) 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.
The Agent may serve requests under this Clause
Confirmation of no default
) from time to
time but only if asked to do so by a Lender or Xxxxxxx having Contributions exceeding ten per
cent. of the Loan or (no Advances have been made) Commitments exceeding ten per cent. of
the Total Commitments; and this Clause
Confirmation of no default
) does not affect the
Borrowers' obligations under Clause
Notification of default
).
11.15 Notification of default
Each Borrower will notify the Agent as soon as that Xxxxxxxx becomes aware of:
(a) the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or
(b) any matter which indicates that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default may have
occurred,
and will keep the Agent fully up to date with all developments.
11.16 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:
(a) to the Borrowers, the Group, the Corporate Guarantor, the Ships, the other Fleet Vessels, their
Insurances or their Earnings (including, but not limited to, any sales or purchases of any Fleet
Vessels, the incurrence of Financial Indebtedness by members of the Group, details of the
employment of the Fleet Vessels) as the Agent may require; or
(b) to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance Document,
which may be requested by the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Swap Bank or any Lender at
any time.
11.17 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 one 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.
11.18 Know your customer
Promptly upon the Agent's request each Borrower will supply, or procure the supply of, such
documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent in order for each
Creditor Party to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary "know your client"
or other checks which it is required to carry out in relation to the transactions contemplated
by the Finance Documents and to the identity of any parties to the Finance Documents (other
than Creditor Parties) and their directors and officers.
11.19 Payment of taxes
Each Borrower shall pay when due all taxes applicable to, or imposed on, its business or the
Ship owned by it.
11.20 Bribery and anti-corruption laws
(a) No Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loan for any purpose which would breach the
Bribery Act 2010, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar
legislation in other jurisdictions.
(b) Each Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other Security Party and each other member
of the Group shall):
(i) conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws; and
(ii) maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with
such laws.
11.21 Sanctions
(a) Each Borrower shall ensure that none of them or the Security Parties nor any of their respective
subsidiaries or any member of the Group, their respective directors, officers, employees,
agents or representatives or any other persons acting on any of their behalf, is or will become
a Restricted Party.
(b) Each Borrower shall supply to the Agent, promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details
of any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions by any
Sanctions Authority against a Borrower, any Security Party, any of their respective direct or
indirect owners, their respective subsidiaries or any member of the Group, any of their joint
ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives,
as well as information on what steps are being taken with regards to answer or oppose such.
(c) Each Borrower shall (and shall procure that the other members of the Group will) implement
and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance by
them and their respective directors, officers and employees acting on their behalf with
Sanctions and anti-corruption laws and regulations.
11.22 Use of proceeds
(a) No proceeds of the Loan or any part of the Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly
to or for the benefit of a Restricted Party nor shall they be otherwise directly or indirectly,
applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions or could result in the imposition
of sanctions against any party to any Finance Document.
(b) The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay the Loan or any part thereof or fund all or any part of
any payment under this Agreement (i) out of proceeds from funds or assets that (A) constitute
property of, or that are beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Restricted Party or (B)
are obtained or derived from transactions with or relating to any Restricted Party or
transactions in violation of Sanctions or (ii) in any manner that would cause any Lender to be
in violation of Sanctions.
11.23 No variation, release etc. of MOA
No Borrower shall, whether by a document, by conduct, by acquiescence or in any other way:
(a) vary the MOA to which it is a party in a material manner (other than with the prior consent of
the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders)); or
(b) release, waive, suspend, subordinate or permit to be lost or impaired any interest or right of
any kind which a Borrower has at any time to, in or in connection with, that MOA or in relation
to any matter arising out of or in connection with that MOA.
11.24 Provision of information relating to MOA
Without prejudice to Clause
Provision of further
information
) each Borrower shall:
(a) immediately inform the Agent if any breach of the MOA to which it is a party occurs or a serious
risk of such a breach arises and of any other event or matter affecting that MOA which has or
is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(b) upon the reasonable request of the Agent, keep the Agent informed as to any notice of
readiness of delivery of the Ship owned by it.
11.25 No assignment etc. of MOA
No Borrower shall assign, novate, transfer or dispose of any of its rights or obligations under
the MOA to which it is a party.
12 CORPORATE UNDERTAKINGS
12.1 General
Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following
provisions of this Clause
Corporate Undertakings
) at all times during the Security Period
except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Xxxxxxx, otherwise permit.
12.2 Maintenance of status
(a) Each Borrower will maintain its separate corporate existence and remain in good standing
under the laws of the Xxxxxxxx Islands and will, and shall procure that any other Security Party
(as applicable) will, comply in all respects with the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands Economic
Substance Regulations 2018 (as amended from time to time).
12.3 Negative undertakings
No Borrower will:
(a) carry on any business other than the ownership, chartering and operation of the Ship owned
by that Xxxxxxxx; or
(b) pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption,
purchase or return of share capital (the "
Distribution
") if an Event of Default has occurred at
any relevant time which is continuing or an Event of Default will result from the Distribution;
or
(c) provide any form of credit or financial assistance to:
(i) a person who is directly or indirectly interested in that Borrower's share or loan capital;
or
(ii) any company in or with which such a person is directly or indirectly interested or
connected,
or enter into any transaction with or involving such a person or company 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; or
(d) open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the
Agent and the Security Trustee for the purposes of the Finance Documents; or
(e) issue, allot or grant any person a right to any shares in its capital or repurchase or reduce its
issued share capital; or
(f) 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 the Designated Transactions; or
(g) enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger or any form of reconstruction or
reorganisation.
13 INSURANCE
13.1 General
Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following
provisions of this Clause
Insurance
) at all times during the Security Period except as the
Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Xxxxxxx, otherwise permit.
13.2 Maintenance of obligatory insurances
Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it insured at the expense of that Borrower against:
(a) fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks);
(b) war risks (including terrorism, piracy and confiscation);
(c) protection and indemnity risks (other than loss of hire or political risks); and
(d) 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.
13.3 Terms of obligatory insurances
Each Borrower shall effect such insurances:
(a) in Dollars;
(b) in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, (including hull interest and freight
interest) in such amount as shall from time to time be approved by the Security Trustee but in
any event in an amount not less than the greater of (i) an amount which when aggregated with
the insured value of the other Ships then subject to a Mortgage, 120 per cent. of the aggregate
of the Loan and (ii) the Market Value of the Ship owned by it;
(c) in the case of hull and machinery policy at an agreed insured value (excluding hull interest and
freight interest) in an amount of not less than an amount which when aggregated with the
agreed insured values under all the other hull and machinery policies for the other Ships then
subject to a Mortgage is not less than the principal amount of the Loan
Provided that
Borrowers are in compliance with their obligations under paragraph
(d) 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;
(e) in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full tonnage of the Ship;
(f) on approved terms; and
(g) 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.
13.4 Further protections for the Creditor Parties
In addition to the terms set out in Clause
Terms of obligatory insurances
), each Borrower
shall procure that the obligatory insurances effected by it shall:
(a) subject always to paragraph
, name that Borrower as the sole named assured unless the
interest of every other named assured is limited:
(i) in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks;
(A) to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form
part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and
(B) to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the
policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against it);
and
(ii) in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any
recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any
third party liability claims made specifically against it
and every other named assured has undertaken in writing to the Security Trustee (in such form
as it requires) that any deductible shall be apportioned between that Borrower and every other
named assured in proportion to the gross claims made or paid by each of them and that it 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;
(b) 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;
(c) name the Security Trustee as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Security
Trustee may specify;
(d) 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;
(e) 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
(f) provide that the Security Trustee may make proof of loss if that Xxxxxxxx fails to do so.
13.5 Renewal of obligatory insurances
Each Borrower shall:
(a) at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it:
(i) 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
(ii) obtain the Security Trustee's approval to the matters referred to in paragraph
(b) at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance
in accordance with the Security Trustee's approval pursuant to paragraph
; and
(c) 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 each conditions of the renewal.
13.6 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
xxxxx and of a letter or letters of undertaking in a form required by the Security Trustee and
including undertakings by the approved brokers that:
(a) 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
Further protections for the
Creditor Parties
);
(b) 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;
(c) they will advise the Security Trustee immediately of any material change to the terms of the
obligatory insurances;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
13.7 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:
(a) a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship owned by it;
(b) a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Security Trustee; and
(c) 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.
13.8 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.
13.9 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.
13.10 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.
13.11 Restrictions on employment
No Borrower shall employ its Ship, nor shall permit it to be employed, outside the cover
provided by any obligatory insurances.
13.12 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:
(a) 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
Copies of policies; letters of undertaking
)) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) 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
(d) 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.
13.13 Alteration to terms of insurances
(a) No Borrower shall make nor agree to any alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance
nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Borrower shall either make or agree to any
alteration to the terms of any war risks and allied perils coverage (including piracy coverage)
whereby trading to conditional (excluded) areas not declared on the annual policy would be
altered without the consent of the Agent.
13.14 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.
13.15 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 a Borrower and:
(a) the approved brokers;
(b) the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and
(c) the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:
(i) that Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without
limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and
(ii) any credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons referred
to in paragraphs
obligatory insurances.
13.16 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:
(a) 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
(b) effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause
(
Mortgagee's interest insurances
) below or dealing with or considering any matters relating to
any such insurances,
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
13.17 Mortgagee's interest insurances
The Security Trustee shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a
mortgagee's interest marine insurance policy in such amounts, on such terms, through such
insurers and generally in such manner as the Security Trustee may from time to time consider
appropriate and each Borrower shall upon demand fully indemnify the Creditor Parties 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.
13.18 Review of insurance requirements
The Agent shall be entitled to review the requirements of this Clause
Insurance
) from time
to time in order to take account of any changes in circumstances after the date of this
Agreement which the Agent reasonably considers significant and capable of affecting the
Borrowers, the Ships and their Insurances (including, without limitation, changes in the
availability or the cost of insurance coverage or the risks to which each Borrower may be
subject), and may appoint insurance consultants in relation to this review at the cost of that
Borrower.
13.19 Modification of insurance requirements
The Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any proposed modification under Xxxxxx
Review of
insurance requirements
)to the requirements of this Clause
Insurance
) which the Agent
reasonably considers appropriate in the circumstances, and such modification shall take effect
on and from the date it is notified in writing to the relevant Borrower as an amendment to this
Clause
Insurance
) and shall bind that Borrower accordingly.
13.20 Compliance with mortgagee's instructions
The Agent shall be entitled (without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights which it may
have or acquire under any Finance Document) to require a Ship to remain at any safe port or
to proceed to and remain at any safe port designated by the Agent until the Borrower owning
that Ship implements any amendments to the terms of the obligatory insurances and any
operational changes required as a result of a notice served under Clause
Modification of
insurance requirements
).
14 SHIP COVENANTS
14.1 General
Each Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following
provisions of this Clause
Ship covenants
) at all times during the Security Period except as the
Agent, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, may otherwise permit (and in the case
of Clauses
Ship's name and registration
) and
Restrictions on chartering, appointment of
managers etc
.), such permission not to be unreasonably withheld).
14.2 Ship's name and registration
Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it registered in its name under an Approved Flag;
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.
14.3 Repair and classification
Each Borrower shall keep the Ship owned by it in a good and safe condition and state of repair:
(a) consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice;
(b) so as to maintain the highest class free of overdue recommendations and conditions with a
classification society which is a member of IACS acceptable to the Agent; and
(c) so as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels registered at ports in the
applicable Approved Flag State or to vessels 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 Classification society undertaking
Each Borrower shall instruct the classification society referred to in Clause
Repair and
classification
):
(a) to send to the Security Trustee, following receipt of a written request from the Security
Trustee, certified true copies of all original class records held by the classification society in
relation to its Ship;
(b) to allow the Security Trustee (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the
original class and related records of its Ship at the offices of the classification society and to
take copies of them;
(c) to notify the Security Trustee immediately in writing if the classification society:
(i) receives notification from that Borrower or any other person that its Ship's
classification society is to be changed; or
(ii) becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a
change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of that Ship's class under the
rules or terms and conditions of that Borrower's or its Ship's membership of the
classification society; and
(d) following receipt of a written request from the Security Trustee:
(i) to confirm that a Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or
liabilities to the classification society and, without limiting the foregoing, that it has
paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the classification society; or
(ii) if a Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the
classification society, to specify to the Security Trustee in reasonable detail the facts
and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy
period agreed or allowed by the classification society.
14.5 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.
14.6 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
install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of
damage to the Ship owned by it.
14.7 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.
14.8 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 to inspect its condition
or to satisfy themselves about proposed or executed repairs and shall afford all proper facilities
for such inspections.
14.9 Prevention of and release from arrest
Each Borrower shall promptly discharge:
(a) 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;
(b) all taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or
the Insurances; and
(c) all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the
Insurances,
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.
14.10 Compliance with laws etc.
Each Borrower shall:
(a) comply, or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, all
Sanctions and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship owned by it, its ownership,
operation and management or to the business of that Xxxxxxxx;
(b) 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, the ISPS
Code and all Sanctions; and
(c) 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.
14.11 Provision of information
Each Borrower shall promptly provide the Security Trustee with any information which it
requests regarding:
(a) the Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements;
(b) the Earnings and payments and amounts due to the master and crew of the Ship owned by it;
(c) 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;
(d) any towages and salvages; and
(e) its compliance, the Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of the Ship owned by
it with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code and all Sanctions,
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 the
Approved Manager's Document of Compliance.
14.12 Notification of certain events
Each Borrower shall immediately notify the Security Trustee by fax, confirmed forthwith, by
letter of:
(a) any casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;
(b) 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;
(c) any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any
competent authority which is not immediately complied with;
(d) 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;
(e) any intended dry docking of the Ship owned by it;
(f) any Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with the Ship owned by
it, or any Environmental Incident;
(g) any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower, the
Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship owned by it; or
(h) 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
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 Xxxxxxxx's, the Approved Manager's
or any other person's response to any of those events or matters.
14.13 Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.
No Borrower shall, in relation to the Ship owned by it:
(a) let that Ship on demise charter for any period;
(b) 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, 18 months;
(c) enter into any charter in relation to that Ship under which more than two months' hire (or the
equivalent) is payable in advance;
(d) charter that Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm's length terms at the time when that Ship
is fixed;
(e) appoint a manager of that Ship other than the Approved Manager or agree to any alteration
to the terms of the Approved Manager's appointment;
(f) de activate or lay-up that Ship; or
(g) put that Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in
an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $1,000,000 (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.
14.14 Notice of Mortgage
Each Borrower shall keep the relevant Mortgage registered against the Ship owned by it as a
valid first priority or preferred 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.
14.15 Sharing of Earnings
No Borrower shall:
(a) enter into any agreement or arrangement for the sharing of any Earnings;
(b) enter into any agreement or arrangement for the postponement of any date on which any
Earnings are due; and
(c) the reduction of the amount of any Earnings or otherwise for the release or adverse alteration
of any right of a Borrower to any Earnings.
14.16 ISPS Code
Each Borrower shall comply with the ISPS Code and in particular, without limitation, shall:
(a) 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;
(b) maintain for that Ship an ISSC; and
(c) notify the Agent immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation or modification of the ISSC.
14.17 Charterparty Assignment
If a Borrower enters into any Charter (subject to obtaining the consent of the Agent in
accordance with Clause
Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc
.)), that
Borrower shall at the request of the Agent execute in favour of the Security Trustee (and
register, if applicable) a Charterparty Assignment and shall:
(a) serve notices of the Charterparty Assignment on the Charterer and procure that the Charterer
acknowledges such notice in such form as the Agent may approve or require; and
(b) deliver to the Agent such other documents equivalent to those referred to at paragraphs 3, 4
and 5 of
Conditions precedent documents
), as the Agent may require.
14.18 Poseidon Principles
Each Borrower shall, upon the request by a Lender and at the cost of the Borrowers, on or
before 31st July in each calendar year, supply or procure the supply by the relevant
classification society to the Agent of all information necessary in order for such Lender to
comply with its obligations under the Poseidon Principles in respect of the preceding year,
including, without limitation, all ship fuel oil consumption data required to be collected and
reported in accordance with Regulation 22A of Xxxxx XX and any Statement of Compliance, in
each case relating to the Ship owned by it for the preceding calendar year provided always
that, for the avoidance of doubt, such information shall be confidential information but the
Borrower acknowledges that, in accordance with the Poseidon Principles, such information will
form part of the information published regarding the relevant Lender's portfolio climate
alignment and that a Lender may disclose such information: (i) either to any classification
society or other entity which a Lender has engaged to make the calculations necessary to
enable that Lender to comply with its reporting obligations under the Poseidon Principles (such
calculations to be made at the cost of the relevant Lender) or (ii) as otherwise permitted under
the terms of this Agreement.
14.19 Inventory of Hazardous Material
Each Borrower shall procure that, on the date falling 18 months after the date of this
Agreement, its Ship has obtained an Inventory of Hazardous Material, which shall be
maintained until the end of the Security Period.
14.20 Sustainable and socially responsible dismantling of ships
(a) Each Borrower shall (and shall procure that each other member of the Group shall) procure
that for the duration of the Security Period:
(b) the Ship owned by it or any other Fleet Vessel shall be recycled at a recycling yard which
conducts its recycling business in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, in
accordance with the provisions of the Hong Kong Convention (in the event that the Approved
Flag State is not an EEA Member Country) or the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (in the event
that the Approved Flag State is an EEA Member Country); or
(c) where the Ship owned by it or any other Fleet Vessel is sold to an intermediary (whether or
not with the intention of being recycled), it shall provide the intermediary with any ship-
relevant information in its possession which it considers necessary for the development of a
ship recycling plan in accordance with the EU Ship Recycling Regulation.
14.21 Sanctions provisions
Without limiting Clause
Compliance with laws etc.
), each Borrower shall procure:
(a) each Borrower shall, and shall procure that the Ship owned by it and each Security Party shall,
and, in respect of any charterer, shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the
Charterer and any other charterer in respect of its Ship shall, comply in all respects with all
laws to which it may be subject, including, without limitation, all national and international
laws, derivatives, regulations, decrees, rulings and such analogous rules, including, but not
limited to, rules relating to Sanctions.
(b) Each Borrower undertakes to make the Xxxxxxxxx and all other charterers and operators of the
Ship owned by it aware of the requirements of this Clause and Clause
Sanctions
) and shall
procure that they act in accordance with these requirements.
14.22 Change of Approved Manager
(a) Each Borrower may, at its sole discretion, at any time during the Security Period, change the
Approved Manager of its Ship from Xxxxx Shipping Services SA to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Management Limited,
provided that
prior written notice and shall provide the Agent no later than the date of the change with:
(b) documents of the kind specified in paragraphs
,
,
, and
Condition precedent
documents
) in respect of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Management Limited;
(c) the documents referred to in paragraph
Condition precedent documents
); and
(d) any other documents that the Agent may reasonably require.
15 SECURITY COVER
15.1 Minimum required security cover
Clause
Provision of additional security; prepayment
) applies if, at any relevant time during
the Security Period, the Agent notifies the Borrowers that:
(a) the aggregate of the Market Value of the Ships then subject to a Mortgage; plus
(b) the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under this Clause
(
Security cover
),
is below 125 per cent. of the Loan.
15.2 Provision of additional security; prepayment
If the Agent serves a notice on the Borrowers under Clause
Minimum required security
cover
), the Borrowers shall prepay such part at least of the Loan as will eliminate the shortfall
on or before the date falling one month after the date on which the Agent's notice is served
under Clause
Minimum required security cover
) (the "
Prepayment Date
") unless at least 1
Business Day before the Prepayment Date the Borrowers have provided 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.
15.3 Valuation of Ships
The Market Value of a Ship (or any other Fleet Vessel) at any date during the Security Period
is that shown by a valuation to be prepared:
(a) as at a date not more than 14 days previously;
(b) an Approved Broker (selected by the Borrowers and appointed by the Agent);
(c) with or without physical inspection of the Ship (as the Agent may require);
(d) 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
(e) after deducting the estimated amount of the usual and reasonable expenses which
would be incurred in connection with the sale,
Provided that
a valuation prepared in accordance with this Clause
Valuation of Ships
) does not accurately
reflect the value of that Ship, it shall have the right to appoint (at the Borrowers ' expense) a
second Approved Broker to provide a valuation of that Ship addressed to the Agent and
prepared in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Market Value of that Ship
shall be the arithmetic average of the two valuations.
15.4 Value of additional security
The net realisable value of any additional security which is provided under Clause
Provision
of additional security; prepayment
) shall be determined as follows:
(a) if it consists of a Security Interest over a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation complying
with the requirements of Clause
Valuation of Ships
); and
(b) if it consists of cash, the US Dollar amount thereof.
15.5 Valuations binding
Any valuation under Clauses
Provision of additional security; prepayment
),
Valuation of
Ships
) or
Value of additional security
) 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.
15.6 Provision of information
The Borrowers shall promptly provide the Agent and the Approved Broker acting under Clauses
Valuation of Ships
) or
Value of additional security
) with any information which the Agent
or the Approved Broker 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 Approved Broker or the Majority Lenders (or the
expert appointed by them) consider prudent.
15.7 Payment of valuation expenses
Without prejudice to the generality of the Borrowers' obligations under Clauses
Costs of
negotiation, preparation etc
.),
Costs of variations, amendments, enforcement etc
.) and
(
Miscellaneous indemnities
), the Borrowers shall, on demand, pay the Agent the amount of the
fees and expenses of the Approved Broker 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 (provided that no more than one valuation per Ship subject to a Mortgage
per year and, if required by the Agent pursuant to Clause
Valuation of Ships
), one additional
valuation per such Ship per year shall be payable by the Borrowers, save for if an Event of
Default has occurred which is continuing in which case the Borrowers shall be liable to pay for
all valuations that take place during the period such Event of Default is continuing) and all legal
and other expenses incurred by any Creditor Party in connection with any matter arising out
of this Clause.
15.8 Application of prepayment
Clause
Application of partial prepayment
) shall apply in relation to any prepayment pursuant
to Clause
Security cover
).
16 PAYMENTS AND CALCULATIONS
16.1 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:
(a) by not later than 11.00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date;
(b) 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);
(c) in the case of an amount payable by a Lender to the Agent or by a Borrower to the Agent or
any Lender, to such account as the Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and
the other Creditor Parties; and
(d) 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.
16.2 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:
(a) the due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; or
(b) 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,
and interest shall be payable during any extension under paragraph
the original due date.
16.3 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.
16.4 Distribution of payments to Creditor Parties
Subject to Clauses
Permitted deductions by Agent
),
Agent only obliged to pay when
monies received
) and
Refund to Agent of monies not received
):
(a) any amount received by the Agent under a Finance Document for distribution or remittance
to a Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee shall be made available by the Agent to that
Lender, the Swap Bank 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 Bank or
the Security Trustee may have notified to the Agent not less than five Business Days previously;
and
(b) amounts to be applied in satisfying amounts of a particular category which are due to the
Lenders and/or the Swap Bank generally shall be distributed by the Agent to each Lender and
the Swap Bank pro rata to the amount in that category which is due to it.
16.5 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 the Swap Bank, deduct and
withhold from that amount any sum which is then due and payable to the Agent from that
Lender or the Swap Bank under any Finance Document or any sum which the Agent is then
entitled under any Finance Document to require that Lender or the Swap Bank to pay on
demand.
16.6 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 the Swap Bank
any sum which the Agent is expecting to receive for remittance or distribution to that Borrower
or that Lender or the Swap Bank until the Agent has satisfied itself that it has received that
sum.
16.7 Refund to Agent of monies not received
If and to the extent that the Agent makes available a sum to a Borrower or a Lender or the
Swap Bank, without first having received that sum, that Xxxxxxxx or (as the case may be) the
Lender or the Swap Bank concerned shall, on demand:
(a) refund the sum in full to the Agent; and
(b) 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.
16.8 Agent may assume receipt
Clause
Refund to Agent of monies not received
) 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.
16.9 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.
16.10 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.
16.11 Accounts prima facie evidence
If any accounts maintained under Clauses
Creditor Party accounts
) and
Agent's
memorandum account
) 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.
17 APPLICATION OF RECEIPTS
17.1 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 shall be applied:
(a) FIRST: in or towards satisfaction of any amounts then due and payable under the Finance
Documents in the following order and proportions:
(i) 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
Borrower under Clauses
Fees and expenses
),
Indemnities
) and
No set-off or Tax
Deduction
) of this Agreement or by any Borrower or any Security Party under any
corresponding or similar provision in any other Finance Document);
(ii) 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 (and, for
this purpose, the expression "
interest
" shall include any net amount which a Borrower
shall have become liable to pay or deliver under section 2(e) (
Obligations
) of the
Master Agreement but shall have failed to pay or deliver to the Swap Bank at the time
of application or distribution under this Clause
Application of receipts
)); and
(iii) thirdly, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of the Loan and the Swap Exposure (in the
case of the latter, calculated as at the actual Early Termination Date applying to each
particular Designated Transaction, or if no such Early Termination Date shall have
occurred, calculated as if an Early Termination Date occurred on the date of application
or distribution hereunder);
(b) SECONDLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable under
any Finance Document but which the Agent, by notice to the Borrowers, the Security Parties
and the other Creditor Parties, states in its opinion will either 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
Normal order of application
); and
(c) THIRDLY: any surplus shall be paid to the Borrowers or to any other person appearing to be
entitled to it.
17.2 Variation of order of application
The Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders and the Swap Bank, 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
Application of receipts
) either as regards
a specified sum or sums or as regards sums in a specified category or categories.
17.3 Notice of variation of order of application
The Agent may give notices under Clause
Variation of order of application
) 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.
17.4 Appropriation rights overridden
This Clause
Application of receipts
) and any notice which the Agent gives under Clause
(
Variation of order of application
) shall override any right of appropriation possessed, and any
appropriation made, by any Borrower or any Security Party.
18 APPLICATION OF EARNINGS
18.1 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 Assignments) all Earnings of the Ship
owned by it (including but not limited to any sale and/or insurance proceeds) are paid to the
Earnings Account for that Ship.
18.2 Location of accounts
Each Borrower shall promptly:
(a) comply with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re location of its Earnings
Account; and
(b) 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) its Earnings Account.
18.3 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
a Creditor Party or payment of which any Creditor Party has become entitled to demand under
Clause
Fees and expenses
) or
Indemnities
).
18.4 Borrowers' obligations unaffected
The provisions of this Clause
Application of Earnings
) do not affect:
(a) the liability of the Borrowers to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or
(b) any other liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any Security Party under any Finance
Document.
18.5 Earnings Accounts balances
Subject to the other terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the terms of this
Clause
Application of Earnings
)), the monies on the Earnings Account shall be freely available
to the Borrowers to be used in accordance with and in compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement subject to no Event of Default having occurred which is
continuing and the Agent having given notice to the Borrowers that such monies shall not be
freely available as a result of such Event of Default.
19 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
19.1 Events of Default
An Event of Default occurs if:
(a) 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
(b) any breach occurs of Clauses
Waiver of conditions precedent
),
No immunity
),
(
Sanctions
),
Title; negative pledge
),
No disposal of assets
),
Consents
),
Know your
customer
), 11.20 (
Xxxxxxx and anti-corruption laws
),
Sanctions
), 11.22 (
Use of proceeds
),
(
Maintenance of status)
,
Negative undertakings
),
Maintenance of obligatory insurances
),
Terms of obligatory insurances
),
Minimum required security cover
),
Provision of
additional security; prepayment
) and 12.4 (
Compliance Check)
(c) any breach by any Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance
Document (other than a breach covered by paragraphs
) which, in the opinion of the
Majority Lenders, is capable of remedy, and such default continues un-remedied ten days after
written notice from the Agent requesting action to remedy the same; or
(d) (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
,
); or
(e) any representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by, or by an officer of, the
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 materially untrue or misleading when it
is made or repeated; or
(f) any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person (in
the case of all Relevant Persons (taken as a whole) exceeding in aggregate $10,000,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) at any relevant time
Provided that
Borrower, individually, any Financial Indebtedness exceeding $500,000 (or the equivalent in
any other currency)):
(i) any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is not paid when due; or
(ii) 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
(iii) 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
(iv) any overdraft, loan, note issuance, acceptance credit, letter of credit, guarantee,
foreign exchange or other facility, or any swap or other derivative contract or
transaction, 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
(v) any Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person
becomes enforceable; or
(g) any of the following occurs in relation to a Relevant Person:
(i) a Relevant Person becomes, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, unable to pay its
debts as they fall due; or
(ii) 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 exceeding, in
aggregate, in the case of all Relevant Persons (taken as a whole) $10,000,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) at any relevant time
Provided that
each Borrower, individually, any sum of, or sums exceeding, in aggregate $500,000 (or
the equivalent in any other currency);
(iii) any administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Relevant Person;
or
(iv) an administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect of a
Relevant Person; or
(v) 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
(vi) 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
(vii) 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 of a Pertinent
Jurisdiction 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
Corporate 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 three months after the commencement of the winding up; or
(viii) 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 in any Pertinent Jurisdiction, 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
(ix) 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
(x) 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 described
in paragraphs
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
(xi) 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
(h) any Borrower 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
(i) it becomes unlawful in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or impossible:
(i) for any Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor 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;
(ii) for the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Lenders or the Swap Bank to exercise or
enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created by, a Finance
Document; or
(j) 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 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
(k) it appears to the Majority Lenders that, without their prior consent, a change has occurred or
probably has occurred after the date of this Agreement in the ownership of any of the shares
in a Borrower or the Approved Manager; or
(l) any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document proves to
have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable, or a Security Interest created by a Finance
Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable or such a Security Interest
proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, another Security Interest or any other third
party claim or interest; or
(m) the security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy; or
(n) without the prior consent of the Lenders, the shares of the Corporate Guarantor cease to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange; or
(o) an Event of Default (as defined in section 14 of the Master Agreement) occurs; or
(p) the 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 Swap
Bank; or
(q) any other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including, without
limitation:
(i) a change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of any Relevant Person;
or
(ii) any accident or other event involving any Ship or another vessel owned, chartered or
operated by a Relevant Person,
in the light of which the Majority Lenders consider that there is a significant risk that any
Borrower or Corporate Guarantor is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities
under the Finance Documents as they fall due.
19.2 Actions following an Event of Default
On, or at any time after, the occurrence of an Event of Default:
(a) the Agent may, and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent shall:
(i) serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that all or part of the Commitments and of the
other obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement are cancelled;
and/or
(ii) serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that all or part of the Loan together with
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
(iii) take any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served
under paragraph
, the Agent and/or the Lenders are entitled to take under any
Finance Document or any applicable law; and/or
(b) 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
, the Security Trustee, the Agent and/or
the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any
applicable law.
19.3 Termination of Commitments
On the service of a notice under Clause
Actions following an Event of Default
), the
Commitments and all other obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement
shall be cancelled.
19.4 Acceleration of Loan
On the service of a notice under Xxxxxx
Actions following an Event of Default
), all or, as the
case may be, the part of the Loan specified in the notice together with 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.
19.5 Multiple notices; action without notice
The Agent may serve notices under Clauses
Actions following an Event of Default
)
simultaneously or on different dates and it and/or the Security Trustee may take any action
referred to in Clause
Actions following an Event of Default
) if no such notice is served or
simultaneously with or at any time after the service of both or either of such notices.
19.6 Notification of Creditor Parties and Security Parties
The Agent shall send to each Lender, the Swap Bank, the Security Trustee and each Security
Party a copy or the text of any notice which the Agent serves on the Borrowers under Clause
(
Actions following an Event of Default
); but the notice shall become effective when it is served
on the Borrowers, 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.
19.7 Creditor Party's rights unimpaired
Nothing in this Clause shall be taken to impair or restrict the exercise of any right given to
individual Lenders or the Swap Bank under a Finance Document or the general law; and, in
particular, this Clause is without prejudice to Clause
Interest of Lenders and Swap Bank
several
).
19.8 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:
(a) 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
(b) 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,
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 and any other member of the Group.
19.9 Relevant Persons
In this Clause
Events of Default
), a "
Relevant Person
" means a Borrower, the Corporate
Guarantor or a Security Party, and any company which is a subsidiary of the Corporate
Guarantor or a Security Party and any other member of the Group but excluding any company
which is dormant and the value of whose gross assets is $50,000 or less.
19.10 Interpretation
In Clause
Events of Default
), 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
Events of Default
), "
petition
" includes
an application.
19.11 Position of Swap Bank
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
, to have
any regard to the requirements of the Swap Bank except to the extent that the Swap Bank is
also a Lender.
20 FEES AND EXPENSES
20.1 Fees
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent:
(a) on the date of this Agreement, a non-refundable arrangement fee computed at the rate of one
per cent. of the Total Commitments for distribution among the Lenders pro rata to their
Commitments.
(b) a commitment fee at a rate equal to 35 per cent. of the Margin per annum on the undrawn
amount of the Total Commitments from time to time. The accrued commitment fee is payable
on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the relevant
Availability Period, on the last day of the relevant Availability Period and, if cancelled, on the
cancelled amount of the relevant Lender's Commitment at the time the cancellation is
effective.
20.2 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.
20.3 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:
(a) any amendment or supplement to a Finance Document (required for the continuation of the
availability of the Loan or as contemplated under Xxxxxx
Changes to reference rates
)), or any
proposal for such an amendment to be made;
(b) any consent or waiver by the Lenders, the Swap Bank, 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;
(c) the valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause
Security Cover
) or any other
matter relating to such security; or
(d) where the Security Trustee, in its absolute opinion, considers that there has been a material
change to the insurances in respect of a Ship, the review of the insurances of that Ship pursuant
to Clause
Review of insurance requirements
); and
(e) any step taken by the Creditor party concerned or the Swap Bank 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.
There shall be recoverable under paragraph
or not such as would be allowed under rules of court or any taxation or other procedure carried
out under such rules.
20.4 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 Xxxxxx
Costs of variations, amendments, enforcement
etc.
) 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 notify to the Borrowers
and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the relevant Servicing Bank.
20.5 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.
20.6 Financial Services Authority fees
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, on the Agent's demand, for the account of the Lender
concerned the amounts which the Agent from time to time notifies the Borrowers that a
Xxxxxx has notified the Agent to be necessary to compensate it for the cost attributable to its
Contribution resulting from the imposition from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of
England Act 1998 and/or by the Bank of England and/or by the Financial Services Authority (or
other United Kingdom governmental authorities or agencies) of a requirement to pay fees to
the Financial Services Authority calculated by reference to liabilities used to fund its
Contribution.
20.7 Certification of amounts
A notice which is signed by two officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified
amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause
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.
21 INDEMNITIES
21.1 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:
(a) a Tranche not being borrowed on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice for any reason
other than a default by the Lender claiming the indemnity;
(b) 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;
(c) 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
Default
Interest
)) ; and
(d) the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and/or the acceleration
of repayment of the Loan under Xxxxxx
Events of Default
),
and in respect of any tax (other than tax on its overall net income or a FATCA Deduction) 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 Miscellaneous indemnities
The Borrowers shall fully indemnify each Creditor Party severally on their respective demands
in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities and 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) 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
(b) any civil penalty or fine against, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
fees of counsel and disbursements) incurred in connection with or the defence thereof by, the
Agent or any other Creditor Party as a result of conduct of any Borrower or any of their
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors, that violates any Sanctions; or
(c) any other Pertinent Matter,
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
Miscellaneous indemnities
) 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 or any
Sanctions.
21.3 Environmental Indemnity
Without prejudice to its generality, Clause
Miscellaneous indemnities
) covers any claims,
demands, proceedings, liabilities, taxes, losses or expenses of every kind which arise, or are
asserted, under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, pollution or the
protection of the environment, the ISM Code or the ISPS Code.
21.4 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:
(a) 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
(b) obtaining an order or judgment from any court or other tribunal; or
(c) enforcing any such order or judgment,
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
Currency indemnity
), 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
Currency indemnity
)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 Application to Master Agreement
For the avoidance of doubt, Clause
Currency indemnity
)does not apply in respect of sums
due from the Borrowers to the Swap Bank under or in connection with the Master Agreement
as to which sums the provisions of section 8 (
Contractual Currency
) of the Master Agreement
shall apply.
21.6 Mandatory Cost
Each Borrower shall, on demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of the relevant
Lender, such amount which any Lender certifies in a notice to the Agent to be its good faith
determination of the amount necessary to compensate it for complying with:
(a) in the case of a Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State, the
minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of
the European Central Bank (or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its
functions) in respect of loans made from that Facility Office; and
(b) in the case of any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom, any reserve
asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same or
similar purpose) of the Bank of England (or any other governmental authority or agency)
and/or paying any fees to the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation
Authority (or any other governmental authority or agency which replaces all or any of their
functions),
which, in each case, is referable to that Xxxxxx's participation in the Loan.
21.7 Certification of amounts
A notice which is signed by two officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified
amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause
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.
21.8 Sums deemed due to a Lender
For the purposes of this Clause
Indemnities
), 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.
22 NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
22.1 No deductions
All amounts due from the Borrowers under a Finance Document shall be paid:
(a) without any form of set off, cross-claim or condition; and
(b) free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which a Borrower is required by law
to make.
22.2 Grossing-up for taxes
If a Borrower is required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:
(a) that Xxxxxxxx shall notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement;
(b) that Borrower shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly, and
in any event before any fine or penalty arises; and
(c) 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.
22.3 Evidence of payment of taxes
Within one 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.
22.4 Exclusion of tax on overall net income
In this Clause
No set-off or Tax Deduction
) "
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, other than a FATCA Deduction.
22.5 Application to Master Agreement
For the avoidance of doubt, Xxxxxx
No set-off or Tax Deduction
) does not apply in respect of
sums due from the Borrowers to the Swap Bank under or in connection with the Master
Agreement as to which sums the provisions of section 2(d) (
Deduction or Withholding for Tax
)
of the Master Agreement shall apply.
22.6 FATCA Information
(a) Subject to paragraph
request by another Party:
(i) confirm to that other Party whether it is:
(A) a FATCA Exempt Party; or
(B) not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
(ii) supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating
to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of
that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
(iii) supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating
to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other
Party's compliance with any other law, regulation or exchange of information regime.
(b) If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph
is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be
a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
(c) Paragraph
paragraph
reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
(i) any law or regulation;
(ii) any fiduciary duty; or
(iii) any duty of confidentiality.
(d) If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms,
documentation or other information requested in accordance with sub-paragraphs
paragraph
then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments
under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question
provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
(e) If a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor, or the Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under
FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it, each Lender shall, within ten
Business Days of:
(i) where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is a Lender as of the date
of this Agreement, the date of this Agreement;
(ii) where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor on a date where a transfer is effected under
Clause
Transfer by a Lender
) and the relevant Lender is a Transferee Lender, the
relevant date on which such transfer is effected under Clause
Transfer by a Lender
);
or
(iii) where a Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Agent,
supply to the Agent:
(iv) a withholding certificate on Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or
(v) any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Agent
may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA or that other
law or regulation.
(f) The Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document,
authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph
Borrowers.
(g) If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver
provided to the Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph
inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated
withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the
Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender shall promptly
notify the Agent). The Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate,
withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Borrowers.
(h) The Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document,
authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph
further verification. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in
connection with paragraphs
,
22.7 FATCA Deduction
(a) Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment
required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase
any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate
the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
(b) Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that
there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom
it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify each Borrower and the Agent and the
Agent shall notify the other Creditor Parties.
23 ILLEGALITY AND SANCTIONS AFFECTING A LENDER
23.1 Illegality
This Clause
Illegality and Sanctions affecting a Lender
) applies if:
(a) a Lender (the "
Notifying Lender
") notifies the Agent that it has become, or will with effect from
a specified date, become:
(i) 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
(ii) contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation or Sanctions,
for the Notifying Lender to maintain or give effect to any of its obligations under this
Agreement in the manner contemplated by this Agreement or to determine or charge interest
rates based upon Term SOFR; and
(b) without prejudice to any of the express obligations of the Security Parties under the Finance
Documents, in the opinion of a Lender acting reasonably anything whatsoever is done or
omitted to be done by a Security Party which would result in that Lender being in breach of or
made subject to Sanctions, or at risk of being in breach of or made subject to Sanctions.
23.2 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
Illegality
) which the Agent receives from the
Notifying Lender.
23.3 Prepayment; termination of Commitment
On the Agent notifying the Borrowers under Clause
Notification of illegality
), the Notifying
Xxxxxx's Commitment shall terminate; and thereupon or, if later, on the date specified in the
Notifying Xxxxxx's notice under Clause
Illegality
) as the date on which the notified event
would become effective the Borrowers shall prepay the Notifying Lender's Contribution in
accordance with Clause
Repayment and prepayment
).
23.4 Mitigation
If circumstances arise which would result in a notification under Clause
Illegality
) then,
without in any way limiting the rights of the Notifying Lender under Clause
Prepayment;
termination of Commitment
), 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:
(a) have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or
(b) involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or
inconsistent with, any regulation; or
(c) involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.
24 INCREASED COSTS
24.1 Increased costs
This Clause
Increased costs
) applies if a Lender (the "
Notifying Lender
") notifies the Agent
that the Notifying Xxxxxx considers that as a result of:
(a) 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
Xxxxxx's overall net income); or
(b) 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; or
(c) complying with any regulation (including the "International Convergence of Capital
Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee
on Banking Supervision in June 2004, in the form existing on the date of this Agreement and
any other regulation 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; or
(d) the introduction, implementation, application, administration or compliance with Basel III or
CRD IV, or any law or regulation which implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV (regardless of
the date on which it is enacted, adopted or issued and regardless of whether any such
implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, the Creditor Party
or any of its affiliates) after the date of this Agreement,
the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) has incurred or will incur an "
increased
cost
".
24.2 Meaning of "increased costs"
In this Clause
Increased costs
), "
increased costs
" means, in relation to a Notifying Lender:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) 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
(d) 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,
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 compensated for by any payment made
pursuant to Clause
Mandatory cost
) or an item covered by the indemnity for tax in Clause
(
Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan
) or by Clause
No set-off or Tax
Deduction
) or a FATCA Deduction.
For the purposes of this Clause
Meaning of "increased costs"
) 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 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 Xxxxxx
Increased costs
).
24.4 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.
24.5 Notice of prepayment
If the Borrowers are not willing to continue to compensate the Notifying Lender for the
increased cost under Clause
Payment of increased costs
), the Borrowers may give the Agent
not less than 14 days' notice of its intention to prepay the Notifying Xxxxxx's Contribution at
the end of an Interest Period.
24.6 Prepayment; termination of Commitment
A notice under Clause
Notice of prepayment
) shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly
notify the Notifying Lender of the Borrowers' notice of intended prepayment; and:
(a) on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Commitment of the Notifying Lender
shall be cancelled; and
(b) on the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrowers shall prepay (subject
to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty) the Notifying Xxxxxx's Contribution, together
with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost
(if any).
24.7 Application of prepayment
Clause
Repayment and Prepayment
) shall apply in relation to the prepayment.
25 SET OFF
25.1 Application of credit balances
Each Creditor Party may without prior notice:
(a) 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
(b) for that purpose:
(i) break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of that Borrower;
(ii) convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and
(iii) enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance
which the Creditor Party concerned considers appropriate.
25.2 Existing rights unaffected
No Creditor Party shall be obliged to exercise any of its rights under Clause
Application of
credit balances
); and those rights shall be without prejudice and in addition to 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 Sums deemed due to a Lender
For the purposes of this Clause
Set-off
), 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.
25.4 No Security Interest
This Clause
Set-off
) 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.
26 TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN FACILITY OFFICES
26.1 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.
26.2 Transfer by a Lender
Subject to Clause
Effective Date of Transfer Certificate
), a Lender (the "
Transferor Lender
")
may at any time cause:
(a) its rights in respect of all or part of its Contribution; or
(b) its obligations in respect of all or part of its Commitment; or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b),
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
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 Deed.
A transfer pursuant to this Clause
(i) without the consent of the Borrowers:
(A) following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing; and/or
(B) if such transfer is to another Lender or an affiliate of a Lender;
(ii) in all other circumstances with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Borrowers will be deemed to have given
their consent five Business Days following the request of the Transferor Lender, unless
the consent is expressly refused by the Borrowers within that time.
26.3 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):
(a) sign the Transfer Certificate on behalf of itself, the Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security
Trustee, each of the other Lenders and the Swap Bank;
(b) 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
(c) send to the Transferee Lender copies of the letters or faxes sent under paragraph
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
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 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
Transfer
Certificate, delivery and notification
) on or before that date.
26.5 No transfer without Transfer Certificate
Except as provided in Clause
Security over Lenders' rights
), 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.
26.6 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 Xxxxxx.
26.7 Effect of Transfer Certificate
A Transfer Certificate takes effect in accordance with English law as follows:
(a) 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;
(b) the Transferor Lender's Commitment is discharged to the extent specified in the Transfer
Certificate;
(c) 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;
(d) 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;
(e) 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;
(f) the Transferee Xxxxxx 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
Market disruption
) and Clause
Fees and
expenses
), and to the extent that the Transferee Xxxxxx becomes entitled to such rights, the
Transferor Xxxxxx ceases to be entitled to them; and
(g) 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 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 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 Facility Office) from time
to time of each Lender holding a Transfer Certificate and the effective date (in accordance with
Clause
Effective Date of Transfer Certificate
)) 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 three Business Days' prior
notice.
26.9 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.
26.10 Authorisation of Agent to sign Transfer Certificates
Each Borrower, the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank irrevocably authorise the
Agent to sign Transfer Certificates on its behalf.
26.11 Registration fee
In respect of any Transfer Certificate, the Agent shall be entitled to recover a registration fee
of $5,000 from the Transferor Lender or (at the Agent's option) the Transferee Lender.
26.12 Sub-participation; subrogation assignment
A Lender may sub participate all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under or in
connection with the Finance Documents without the consent of, or any notice to, any
Borrower, any Security Party, the Agent or the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party;
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.
26.13 Disclosure of information
A Lender may disclose to a potential Transferee Lender or sub participant any information
which the Lender has received in relation to any Borrower, any Security Party or their affairs
under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless the information is clearly of a
confidential nature.
26.14 Change of Facility Office
A Lender may change its Facility Office by giving notice to the Agent and the change shall
become effective on the later of:
(a) the date on which the Agent receives the notice; and
(b) the date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will come into effect.
26.15 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 Facility Office of which the Agent last had notice.
26.16 Security over Lenders' rights
In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause
Transfers and changes
in Facility Offices
), each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any
Borrower or any Security Party, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create a Security
Interest in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any
Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
(a) any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or
central bank; and
(b) in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest
granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or
securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
except that no such charge, assignment or Security Interest shall:
(i) release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute
the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security Interest for the Lender
as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
(ii) require any payments to be made by any Borrower or any Security Party or grant to
any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to
the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
27 VARIATIONS AND WAIVERS
27.1 Variations, waivers etc. by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Subject to Clause
Variations, waivers etc. requiring agreement of all Lenders
), 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.
27.2 Variations, waivers etc. requiring agreement of all Lenders
However, as regards the following, Clause
Variations, waivers etc. by Majority Lenders
)
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 the Swap Bank":
(a) a reduction in the Margin;
(b) a postponement to the date for, or a reduction in the amount of, any payment of principal,
interest, fees or other sum payable under this Agreement;
(c) an increase in any Xxxxxx's Commitment;
(d) a change to the definition of "
Majority Lenders
";
(e) a change to Clause
Position of Lenders, the Swap Bank and Majority Lenders
), or this Clause
Variations and waivers
);
(f) any release of, or material variation to, a Security Interest, guarantee, indemnity or
subordination arrangement set out in a Finance Document; and
(g) any other change or matter as regards which this Agreement or another Finance Document
expressly provides that each Lender's consent is required.
27.3 Exclusion of other or implied variations
Except for a document which satisfies the requirements of Clauses
Variations, waivers etc.
by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
),
Exclusion of other or implied variations
) and
Changes to reference
rates
), 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:
(a) a provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; or
(b) an Event of Default; or
(c) a breach by a Borrower or a Security Party of an obligation under a Finance Document or the
general law; or
(d) any right or remedy conferred by any Finance Document or by the general law,
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.
27.4 Changes to reference rates
(a) If a Published Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Published Rate, any
amendment or waiver which relates to:
(i) providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate in place of that Published Rate;
and
(ii)
(A) aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement
Reference Rate;
(B) enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of
interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any
consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate
to be used for the purposes of this Agreement);
(C) implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference
Rate;
(D) providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that
Replacement Reference Rate; or
(E) adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably
practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a
result of the application of that Replacement Reference Rate (and if any
adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally
designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body,
the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation,
nomination or recommendation),
may be made with the consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority
Lenders) and the Borrowers.
(b) If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraph
,
or for any other vote of Lenders in relation to, paragraph
Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Borrowers and the Agent
may agree) of that request being made:
(i) its Commitment or its participation in the Loan (as the case may be) shall not be
included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments or the amount of the
Loan (as applicable) when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total
Commitments or the aggregate of participations in the Loan (as applicable) has been
obtained to approve that request; and
(ii) its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that
request.
(c) In this Clause
"
Published Rate
" means:
(a) SOFR; or
(b) Term SOFR for any Quoted Tenor.
"
Published Rate Replacement Event
" means, in relation to a Published Rate:
(a) the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in
the opinion of the Majority Xxxxxxx and the Borrowers, materially changed;
(b)
(i)
(A) the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor publicly
announces that such administrator is insolvent; or
(B) information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing,
however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange,
regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial
body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that
Published Rate is insolvent,
provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator
to continue to provide that Published Rate;
(ii) the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased
or will cease to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and,
at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that
Published Rate;
(iii) the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces
that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely
discontinued; or
(iv) the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that
Published Rate may no longer be used; or
(c) the administrator of that Published Rate (or the administrator of an interest rate which
is a constituent element of that Published Rate) determines that that Published Rate
should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency
or fallback policies or arrangements and the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to
such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers)
temporary; or
(d) in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, that Published Rate is
otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this
Agreement.
"
Quoted Tenor
" means, in relation to Term SOFR, any period for which that rate is customarily
displayed on the relevant page or screen of an information service.
"
Replacement Reference Rate
" means a reference rate which is:
(a) formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published
Rate by:
(i) the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or
economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that
measured by that Published Rate); or
(ii) any Relevant Nominating Body,
and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated
or recommended under both paragraphs, the "
Replacement Reference Rate
" will be
the replacement under paragraph (ii) above;
(b) in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, generally accepted in the
international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate
successor or alternative to a Published Rate; or
(c) in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, an appropriate successor or
alternative to a Published Rate.
28 NOTICES
28.1 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.
28.2 Addresses for communications
A notice by letter or fax shall be sent:
(a) to the Borrowers: c/o Approved Manager
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
175 64 Paleo Faliro
Athens
Greece
E-mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(b) to a Lender: at the address below its name in
(c) to the Swap Bank: c/o
Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland
7288 Derivatives Services
PO box 850 DK-0900 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Telephone number: x00 00 00 00 00
E-mail: xxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
(d) to the Lead Arranger, Agent
or the Security Trustee: Essendropsgate 7
0368 Oslo
Norway
Loan administration matters:
Fax No: x00 00000000
Attn: Structured Loan & Collateral Services NO
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 Bank and the Security
Parties.
28.3 Effective date of notices
Subject to Clauses
Service outside business hours
) and
Illegal notices
):
(a) 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
(b) a notice which is sent by fax shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, 2 hours after
its transmission is completed.
28.4 Service outside business hours
However, if under Clause
Effective date of notices
) a notice would be deemed to be served:
(a) on a day which is not a business day in the place of receipt; or
(b) on such a business day, but after five p.m. local time,
the notice shall (subject to Clause
Illegible notices
)) 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 Illegible notices
Clauses
Effective date of notices
) and
Service outside business hours
) do not apply if the
recipient of a notice notifies the sender within one 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.
28.6 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:
(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
(b) 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.
28.7 Electronic communication
Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender or Swap Bank under or in
connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic
means, if the Agent and the relevant Creditor Party:
(a) agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of
communication;
(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
(c) notify each other of any change to their respective addresses or any other such
information supplied to them.
Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender or the Swap Bank will
be effective only when actually received in readable form and, in the case of any electronic
communication made by a Creditor Party to the Agent, only if it is addressed in such a manner
as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.
28.8 English language
Any notice under or in connection with a Finance Document shall be in English.
28.9 Meaning of "notice"
In this Clause
Notices
), "
notice
" includes any demand, consent, authorisation, approval,
instruction, waiver or other communication.
29 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
29.1 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
No impairment
of Borrower's obligations
), joint.
29.2 No impairment of Xxxxxxxx's obligations
The liabilities and obligations of a Borrower shall not be impaired by:
(a) this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other
Borrower;
(b) any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee entering into any rescheduling, refinancing
or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower;
(c) any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee releasing any other Borrower or any Security
Interest created by a Finance Document; or
(d) any combination of the foregoing.
29.3 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.
29.4 Subordination
Subject to Clause
Borrower's required action
), 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
(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.
29.5 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
Subordination
), in relation to any other Borrower,
that Xxxxxxxx shall take that action as soon as practicable after receiving the Agent's notice.
30 SUPPLEMENTAL
30.1 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.
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.
30.3 Counterparts
A Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts.
30.4 Third Party rights
A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
31 BAIL-IN
Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement,
arrangement or understanding between the parties to a Finance Document, each Party
acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any party to a Finance Document under or in
connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant
Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
(a) any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
(i) a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due
(including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of
ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
(iii) a cancellation of any such liability; and
(b) a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any
Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
32 LAW AND JURISDICTION
32.1 English law
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall
be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
32.2 Exclusive English jurisdiction
Subject to Clause
Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of Creditor Parties
), the courts of
England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute.
32.3 Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of Creditor Parties
Clause
Exclusive English jurisdiction
) is for the exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties, each
of which reserves the rights:
(a) to commence proceedings in relation to any Dispute in the courts of any country other than
England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that Dispute; 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.
No Borrower shall commence any proceedings in any country other than England in relation
to a Dispute.
32.4 Process agent
Each Borrower irrevocably appoints Hill Xxxxxxxxx Services (London) Ltd at its registered office
for the time being at The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EW, United
Kingdom, 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 a Dispute.
32.5 Creditor Party rights unaffected
Nothing in this Clause
Law and Jurisdiction
) 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.
32.6 Meaning of "proceedings" and "Dispute"
In this Clause
Law and Jurisdiction
), "
proceedings
" means proceedings of any kind, including
an application for a provisional or protective measure and a "
Dispute
" means any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the
existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) or any non-contractual obligation arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement.
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
SCHEDULE 1
LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS
Lender
Facility Office
Commitment
(US Dollars)
Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
Essendrops gate 7, Postboks
1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo
920058817 MVA
Norway
$200,000,000
SCHEDULE 2
DRAWDOWN NOTICE
To: Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Postboks
1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo
920058817 MVA, Norway
Attention: [Loans Administration] [●] 2022
DRAWDOWN NOTICE
") dated [●] 2022 and made between
ourselves, as joint and several Borrowers, the Lenders referred to therein, and yourselves as
Agent, as Security Trustee, as Bookrunner [and] as Lead Arranger and as Swap Bank in
their defined meanings when used in this Drawdown Notice.
2 We request to borrow Tranche [A]/[B]/[C]/[D]/[E]/[F]/[G]/[H]/[I] as follows:
(a) Amount: US$[●];
(b) Drawdown Date: [●] 2022;
(c) [Duration of the first Interest Period shall be [one][three] Months;] and
(d) Payment instructions: account in our name and numbered [●] with [●] of [●].
3 We represent and warrant that:
(a) the representations and warranties in clause 10 (
Representations and Warranties
) 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 Tranche [A]/[B]/[C]/[D]/[E]/[F]/[G]/[H]/[I].
4 This notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.
[Name of Signatory]
Director
for and on behalf of
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
SCHEDULE 3
CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
PART A
The following are the documents referred to in Clause
Documents, fees and no default
).
1 A duly executed original of:
(a) this Agreement;
(b) the Corporate Guarantee;
(c) the Agency and Trust Deed;
(d) the Master Agreement;
(e) the Shares Pledges;
(f) the Master Agreement Assignment; and
(g) the Accounts Pledges.
2 Copies of the certificate of incorporation and constitutional documents of each Borrower, the
Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party.
3 Copies of resolutions of the shareholders and directors of each Borrower and each Security
Party (other than the Corporate Guarantor) authorising the execution of each of the Finance
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 Notice.
4 Copies of resolutions of the executive committee of the Corporate Guarantor authorising the
execution of each of the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
5 The original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document is executed on behalf
of a Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party.
6 Copies of all consents which any Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any Security Party
requires to enter into, or make any payment under, any Finance Document.
7 The originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or
operation of the Earnings Accounts.
8 Such documents as the Agent may require for its "Know your customer" and other customary
money laundering and sanctions and counter-terrorist financing checks.
9 Documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause
Process Agent)
has accepted its appointment.
10 Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning
the laws of Xxxxxxxx Islands and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require.
11 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.
12 A copy of the Escrow Agreement together with any amendments, supplements, side letters,
confirmation letters and other ancillaries thereto and, if applicable, a copy of any other
agreement relating to the release of the Balance Funds (as defined in the relevant MOA).
PART B
The following are the documents referred to in Clause
Documents, fees and no default
)required
before the Drawdown Date. In
Condition precedent documents
), the following definitions
have the following meanings:
(a) "
Relevant Borrower
" means the Borrower which is the owner of the Relevant Ship; and
(b) "
Relevant Ship
" means the Ship which is to be financed by using the proceeds of the Tranche
being drawn on the Drawdown Date.
1 A duly executed original of the Mortgage and the General Assignment relating to the Relevant
Ship and any Charterparty Assignment.
2 Documentary evidence that:
(a) the Relevant Ship has been unconditionally delivered by the relevant Seller to, and accepted
by, Re levant Borrower under the relevant MOA;
(b) the full purchase price payable and all other sums due to the relevant Seller under the relevant
MOA, other than the sums to be financed pursuant to the Advance under the relevant Tranche,
have been paid to the relevant Seller, including without limitation such evidence of payment
of the relevant Share Consideration (as defined in the relevant MOA) as stipulated in the
Master Agreement (as defined in the relevant MOA);
(c) the Relevant Ship is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the Relevant
Borrower under an Approved Flag;
(d) the Relevant Ship is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Relevant Borrower
save as contemplated by the Finance Documents;
(e) the Relevant Ship maintains the class specified in Clause
Repair and classification
);
(f) the Mortgage relating to the Relevant Ship has been duly registered or recorded against the
Relevant Ship as a valid first priority or, as the case may be, preferred statutory ship mortgage
in accordance with the laws of the applicable Approved Flag State; and
(g) the Relevant Ship is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all
requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied with.
3 Documents establishing that the Relevant Ship will, as from the Drawdown Date, be managed
by the Approved Manager on terms acceptable to the Lenders, together with:
(a) a copy of the Management Agreement and the Manager's Undertaking duly signed by the
Approved Manager; and
(b) copies of the Approved Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Relevant Ship's Safety
Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable safety management
system which the Agent requires) and ISSC.
3.1 Copies of the MOA, the Master Agreement (as defined in the MOA) and of all documents
signed or issued by the Relevant Borrower or the relevant Seller (or both of them) under or in
connection with it.
3.2 Such documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in relation to the
due authorisation and execution of the MOA by each of the parties to it.
4 Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning
the laws of Xxxxxxxx Islands, the Approved Flag State and such other relevant jurisdictions as
the Agent may require.
5 At the cost of the Borrowers a favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant
acceptable to the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for the Ship as the Agent
may require.
6 Two valuations of each Ship addressed to the Agent and dated not earlier than 40 days before
the Drawdown Date and prepared in accordance with Clause
Valuation of ships
) by two
Approved Brokers (each selected by the Borrowers and approved by the Agent) which
evidences compliance with Clause
Minimum required security cover
) immediately after the
Drawdown Date.
7 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.
Each of the documents specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 5 and 9 of
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 each Borrower or a qualified lawyer.
SCHEDULE 4
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: Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge for itself and for and on behalf of the Borrower, [each Security
Party], the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank, as defined in the Loan Agreement
referred to below.
[●]
1 This Certificate relates to a Loan Agreement (the "
Agreement
") dated [●] 2022 and made
between (1) Manra Shipping Company Inc., Jabwot Shipping Company Inc., Arorae Shipping
Company Inc., Tamana Shipping Company Inc., Beru Shipping Company Inc., Bonriki Shipping
Company Inc., Ejite Shipping Company Inc., Taongi Shipping Company Inc. and Namorik
Shipping Company Inc. as joint and several borrowers (the "
Borrowers
"), (2) the banks and
financial institutions named therein, (3) Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge as Agent, (4) Nordea
Bank Abp, filial i Norge as Security Trustee, (5) Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge as Lead Arranger
[and] (6) Nordea Bank Abp, filial I Norge as Bookrunner and (7) Nordea Bank Abp as Swap Bank
for a loan facility of up to US$200,000,000.
2 In this Certificate, terms defined in the Agreement shall, unless the contrary intention appears,
have the same meanings when used in this Certificate and:
"
Relevant Parties
" means the Agent, the Borrower, [each Security Party], the Security Trustee,
each Lender and the Swap Bank;
"
Transferor
" means [full name] of [facility office]; and
"
Transferee
" means [full name] of [facility office].
3 The effective date of this Certificate is [●],
Provided that
effect unless it is signed by the Agent on or before that date.
4 [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 Agreement and every
other Finance Document in relation to [●] per cent. of its Contribution, which percentage
represents $[●].]
5 [By virtue of this Transfer Certificate and Clause
Transfers and changes in Facility Offices
) of
the Loan Agreement, the Transferor is discharged [entirely from its Commitment which
amounts to $[●] [from [●] per cent. of its Commitment, which percentage represents $[●]] and
the Transferee acquires a Commitment of $[●].]
6 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
Transfers and Changes in Facility Offices
) of the Loan Agreement provides will
become binding on it upon this Certificate taking effect.
7 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
Transfers and changes in Facility Offices
)
of the Agreement.
8 The Transferor:
(a) warrants to the Transferee and each Relevant Party that:
(i) the Transferor has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all
corporate action and obtained all consents which are required in connection with this
transaction; and
(ii) this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferor;
(b) 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; and
(c) 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.
9 The Transferee:
(a) confirms that it has received a copy of the Agreement and each of the other Finance
Documents;
(b) agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against either the Transferor, the
Agent, the Security Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that:
(i) any of the Finance Documents prove to be invalid or ineffective;
(ii) any Borrower or any Security Party fails to observe or perform its obligations, or to
discharge its liabilities, under any of the Finance Documents; and
(iii) 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 any Security Party under any of the Finance Documents;
(c) agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against the Agent, the Security
Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that this Certificate proves to be invalid or
ineffective;
(d) warrants to the Tra nsferor and each Relevant Party that:
(i) 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
(ii) this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferee; and
(e) confirms the accuracy of the administrative details set out below regarding the Transferee.
10 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.
11 The Transferee shall repay to the Transferor on demand so much of any sum paid by the
Transferor under paragraph 9 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.
[Name of Transferor] [Name of Transferee]
By: By:
Date: Date:
Agent
Signed for itself and for and on behalf of itself
as Agent and for every other Relevant Party
[Name of Agent]
By:
Date:
Administrative Details of Transferee
Name of Transferee:
Facility Office:
Contact Person
(Loan Administration Department):
Telephone:
Fax:
Contact Person
(Credit Administration Department):
Telephone:
Fax:
Account for payments:
Note
: 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.
SCHEDULE 5
DESIGNATION NOTICE
Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Postboks
1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo
920058817 MVA, Norway
Dear Sirs
Company Inc., Arorae Shipping Company Inc., Tamana Shipping Company Inc., Beru Shipping
Company Inc., Bonriki Shipping Company Inc., Ejite Shipping Company Inc., Taongi Shipping
Company Inc. and Namorik Shipping Company Inc. as joint and several Borrowers, (ii) the Lenders,
(iii) yourselves as Agent, Security Trustee, Bookrunner and Lead Arranger and (iv) Nordea Bank Abp
as Swap Bank (the "Loan Agreement").
We refer to:
2 the Master Agreement dated [●] 2022 made between ourselves and the Swap Bank; and
3 a Confirmation delivered pursuant to the said Master Agreement dated [●] and addressed by
[●] to us.
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
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
SCHEDULE 6
SELECTION NOTICE
From:
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
To:
Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
Xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 0, Postboks
1166, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo
920058817 MVA, Norway
Dated: [
●
]
Company Inc., Arorae Shipping Company Inc., Tamana Shipping Company Inc., Beru Shipping
Company Inc., Bonriki Shipping Company Inc., Ejite Shipping Company Inc., Taongi Shipping
Company Inc. and Namorik Shipping Company Inc. as joint and several Borrowers, (ii) the Lenders,
(iii) yourselves as Agent, Security Trustee, Bookrunner and Lead Arranger and (iv) Nordea Bank Abp
as Swap Bank (the "Loan Agreement").
1 We refer to the Loan Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Loan
Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning
in this Selection Notice.
2 We request [that the next Interest Period for the Loan be [
●
]]OR[ an Interest Period for a part
of the Loan in an amount equal to [
●
] (which is the amount of the Repayment Instalment next
due) ending on [
●
] (which is the Repayment Date relating to that Repayment Instalment) and
that the Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan shall be [
●
]].
3 This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
Yours faithfully
____________________
[
●
]
authorised signatory for
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
EXECUTION PAGES
THE BORROWERS
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
MANRA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
JABWOT SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
ARORAE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
TAMANA SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
BERU SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
BONRIKI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
EJITE SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
TAONGI SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
SIGNED
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NAMORIK SHIPPING COMPANY INC.
)
in the presence of: )
THE LENDERS
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
in the presence of: )
THE SWAP BANK
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP
in the presence of: )
THE AGENT
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
in the presence of: )
THE SECURITY TRUSTEE
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
in the presence of: )
THE LEAD ARRANGER
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
in the presence of: )
THE BOOKRUNNER
SIGNED
)
attorney-in-fact )
for and on behalf of )
NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE
in the presence of: )