REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTRegistration Rights Agreement • June 10th, 2008 • Excel Maritime Carriers LTD • Deep sea foreign transportation of freight • New York
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of October 10, 2007 (this “Agreement”) between Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., a company organized under the laws The Republic of Liberia (the “Company”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the “Initial Purchaser”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated October 3, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Initial Purchaser. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
FACE OF NOTE]Excel Maritime Carriers LTD • June 10th, 2008 • Deep sea foreign transportation of freight • New York
THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK (“CLASS A COMMON STOCK”) OF EXCEL MARITIME CARRIERS LTD. (THE “COMPANY”) ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NONE OF THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
