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SCHEDULE 1  LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS

SCHEDULE 2  DRAWDOWN NOTICE

SCHEDULE 3  CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS

SCHEDULE 4  TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

SCHEDULE 5  FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

SCHEDULE 6  SHIP AND THIRD PARTY MANAGER DETAILS

NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P., as Borrower;

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1, as Lenders;

ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Agent; and

ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Security Trustee.

The Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower a loan in an amount not exceeding the lesser of (i) twenty three million five hundred thousand Dollars ($23,500,000) and (ii) 50% of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Ships (determined in accordance with the provisions contained in Schedule 3, Part B (Paragraph 5) and not earlier than 30 days before the Drawdown Date), in a single advance, for the purpose of enabling the Borrower to on-lend the same to the Shareholder to finance the acquisition of all the shares in each Guarantor.

The Lenders have agreed to share pari passu in the security to be granted to the Security Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

INTERPRETATION

Definitions. Subject to Clause 1.5, (General Interpretation) in this Agreement (including in the above recitals):

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;

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

any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”;

LIBOR is to be determined, also in London; and

a payment is required to be made under a Finance Document in Dollars, also in New York City;

the Permitted Owners sell any shares in the Borrower which would reduce the proportion of issued shares owned by them in aggregate in the Borrower to below 20%; or

the Borrower issues further shares which would reduce the proportion of issued shares in the Borrower owned by the Permitted Owners in aggregate to below 20%;

any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

another Creditor Party, if the information was obtained by that Creditor Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,

is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Creditor Party of Clauses 26.16 to 26.23 (inclusive) (Confidentiality); or

is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

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;

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; and

any other law or regulation which implements Basel III;

except to the extent that they fall within paragraph (b):

all freight, hire and passage moneys;

compensation payable to the Borrower or the Guarantor which owns that Ship or a Security Party in the event of requisition of that Ship for hire;

remuneration for salvage and towage services;

demurrage and detention moneys;

damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of that Ship; and

all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances relating to that Ship in respect of loss of hire; and

if and whenever that Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (i) to (vi) are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to that Ship;

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

any claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to an alleged Environmental Incident,

any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from a Ship; or

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 a Guarantor and/or the Approved Manager and/or the Third Party Manager 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

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 the Borrower and/or a Guarantor and/or the Approved Manager and/or the Third Party Manager 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;

sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;

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 (a) above; or

any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA;

this Agreement;

the Agency and Trust Deed;

the Guarantees;

the General Assignments;

the Mortgages;

the Account Security Deed;

any Charter Assignments;

the Manager’s Undertakings;

the Shares Pledges;

the Insurances Assignments; and

any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at any time by the Borrower or any other person as security for, or to establish any form of subordination or priorities arrangement in relation to, any amount payable to the Creditor Parties under this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this definition including, without limitation, any co-assured assignments of Insurances in respect of a Ship and any further undertakings and assignments of Insurances in respect of a Ship by any manager or sub-manager of a Ship;

for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or raised by the debtor;

under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor;

under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility or dematerialised equivalent made available to the debtor;

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;

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

under a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in respect of a liability of another person which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (e) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person

Cronus Shipping Corporation (“Guarantor A”)

Dionysus Shipping Corporation (“Guarantor B”)

Leto Shipping Corporation (“Guarantor C”);

Oceanus Shipping Corporation (“Guarantor D”); and

Prometheus Shipping Corporation (“Guarantor E”);

all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of that Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, which are effected in respect of that Ship, its Earnings or otherwise in relation to it; and

all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the foregoing, including any rights to a return of a premium;

a bank or financial institution listed in Schedule 1 and acting through its branch indicated in Schedule 1 (or through another branch notified to the Agent under Clause 26.14 (Change of lending or booking office)) unless it has delivered a Transfer Certificate or Certificates covering the entire amounts of its Commitment and its Contribution; and

the holder for the time being of a Transfer Certificate;

the applicable Screen Rate; or

if no Screen Rate is available for that period, the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to 4 decimal places) of the rates as supplied to the Agent at its request, quoted by each Reference Bank to leading banks in the London Interbank Market;

cash in hand legally and beneficially owned by any Group Member; and

cash deposits legally and beneficially owned by any Group Member and which are deposited with (A) the Account Bank or (B) any other bank or financial institution,

before the Loan has been made, Lenders whose Commitments total 66.67 per cent. or more of the Total Commitments; and

after the Loan has been made, Lenders whose Contributions total 66.67 per cent. or more of the Loan;

Security Interests created by the Finance Documents;

liens for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with usual maritime practice;

liens for salvage;

liens arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months’ prepaid hire under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this Agreement;

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 60 days overdue (unless the overdue amount is being contested by the relevant Owner in good faith by appropriate steps) and subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clauses 14.13(h) (Restrictions on chartering, appointments of managers etc.);

any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any proceedings or arbitration as security for costs and expenses while the relevant Owner is actively prosecuting or defending such proceedings or arbitration in good faith by appropriate steps;

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; and

any right of pledge and/or set off created pursuant to the general banking conditions (algemene bankvoorwaarden) of ABN AMRO Bank NV;

any Finance Document;

any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause 13 (Insurance) or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;

any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document; and

any document which has been or is at any time sent by or to the Agent or the Security Trustee in contemplation of or in connection with any Finance Document or any policy, contract or document falling within paragraphs (b) or (c);

England and Wales;

the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed;

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;

a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax;

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 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

a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c);

any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection with a Pertinent Document; or

any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling within paragraph (a);

listed on, or owned or controlled by a person listed on any Sanctions List;

located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organised under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide Sanctions;

located, domiciled, resident or incorporated in a Restricted Country; or

otherwise a target of Sanctions;

the United States government;

the United Nations;

the European Union or any of its Member States including, without limitation, the Netherlands;

the United Kingdom;

any country to which any Security Party or any other member of the Group or any of their Affiliates is bound; or

the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury (“OFAC”), the United States Department of State, and Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) (together “Sanctions Authorities” and each, “Sanctions Authority”);

a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien or any other security interest of any kind;

the security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem; and

any arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to the position in which B would have been had he held a security interest over an asset of A; but this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution;

all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrower or any Security Party under the Finance Documents have been paid;

no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any Finance Document;

neither the Borrower or any Security Party has any future or contingent liability under Clause 20 (Expenses), 21 (Indemnities) or 22 (No set-off or tax deduction) or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;

actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of such Ship;

requisition for title or other compulsory acquisition including, if that ship is not released therefrom within the Relevant Period, capture, appropriation, forfeiture, seizure, detention, deprivation or confiscation howsoever for any reason (but excluding requisition for use or hire) by or on behalf of any government entity or other competent authority or by pirates, hijackers, terrorists or similar persons; “Relevant Period” means for the purposes of this definition either (i) ninety (90) days or, (ii) if relevant underwriters confirm in writing (in terms satisfactory to the Agent) prior to the end of such ninety (90) day period that such capture, seizure, detention or confiscation will be fully covered (subject to any applicable deductible) by the relevant Owner’s war risks insurance if continuing for a further period exceeding ten (10) calendar months, the shorter of twelve (12) months and such period at the end of which cover is confirmed to attach; and

any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of such Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 90 days redelivered to the full control of the Owner owning such Ship;

in the case of an actual loss of such Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when such Ship was last heard of;

in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of such Ship, the earliest of:

the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and

the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower owning such Ship with such Ship’s insurers in which the insurers agree to treat such Ship as a total loss; and

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;

Construction of certain terms. In this Agreement:

Meaning of “month”. A period of one or more “months” ends on the day in the relevant calendar month numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which the period started (“the numerically corresponding day”), but:

on the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no later Business Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding day; or

on the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding day;

Meaning of “Subsidiary”. “Subsidiary” of a person means any company or entity directly or indirectly controlled by such person, and for this purpose “control” means the ownership of more than fifty per cent (50%) of the voting share capital (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such company or entity.

General Interpretation. In this Agreement:

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;

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;

words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and

Clauses 1.1 to 1.5 apply unless the contrary intention appears.

Headings.

Bail-in

any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):

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;

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

a cancellation of any such liability; and

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.

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; and

in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country or (to the extent that the United Kingdom is not such an EEA Member Country) 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;

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;

in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:

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;

any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation; and

in relation to any 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 powers; and

any similar or analogous powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation.

FACILITY

Amount of facility. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Lenders shall make available to the Borrower a loan facility in an aggregate amount not exceeding the Maximum Loan Amount for the purpose of enabling the Borrower to on-lend the same to the Shareholder to finance the acquisition of all the shares in each Guarantor.

Lenders’ participations in 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.

Purpose of Loan. The Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to use the Loan only for the purpose stated in the preamble to this Agreement.

POSITION OF THE LENDERS

Interests several. The rights of the Lenders under this Agreement are several.

Individual right of action. Each Lender shall be entitled to sue for any amount which has become due and payable by the Borrower to it under this Agreement without joining the Agent, the Security Trustee or any other Lender as additional parties in the proceedings.

Proceedings requiring Majority Lender consent. Except as provided in Clause 3.2 (Individual right of action), no Lender may commence proceedings against the Borrower or any Security Party in connection with a Finance Document without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.

Obligations several. The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are several; and a failure of a Lender to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not result in:

the obligations of the other Lenders being increased; nor

the Borrower, any Security Party, any other Lender being discharged (in whole or in part) from its obligations under any Finance Document;

DRAWDOWN

Request for Loan. Subject to the following conditions, the Borrower may request the Loan to be made by ensuring that the Agent receives a completed Drawdown Notice not later than 11.00 a.m. (Rotterdam time) 3 Business Days prior to the intended Drawdown Date.

Availability. The conditions referred to in Clause 4.1 (Request for Loan) are that:

the Drawdown Date has to be a Business Day during the Availability Period;

the amount of the Loan shall not exceed the amount set out in Clause 2.1 (Amount of facility); and

all applicable conditions precedent set out in Clause 9.1 (Documents, fees and no default) shall have been fulfilled.

Notification to Lenders of receipt of the Drawdown Notice. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders that it has received the Drawdown Notice and shall inform each Lender of:

the amount of the Loan and the Drawdown Date;

the amount of that Lender’s participation in the Loan; and

the duration of the Interest Period.

Drawdown Notice irrevocable. The Drawdown Notice must be signed by a director or an authorised signatory of the Borrower; and once served, the Drawdown Notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Agent, acting on the authority of the Majority Lenders.

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 the amount due from that Lender under Clause 2.2 (Lender’s participation in Loan).

Disbursement of Loan. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Agent shall on the Drawdown Date pay to the Borrower for on-payment to the Shareholder the amounts which the Agent receives from the Lenders under Clause 4.5 above; and that payment to the Borrower shall be made:

to the account which the Borrower specifies in the Drawdown Notice; and

in the like funds as the Agent received the payments from the Lenders.

Disbursement of Loan to third party. A payment by the Agent under Clause 4.6 (Disbursement of Loan) above shall constitute the making of the Loan and the Borrower shall thereupon become indebted, as principal and direct Security Party, to each Lender in an amount equal to that Lender’s Contribution.

Use of proceeds

the Creditor Parties shall have no responsibility for the Borrower’s use of the proceeds of the Loan.

the Borrower shall not, and shall procure that no Security Party or other Group Member or any affiliate of any of them shall, permit or authorise any other person to, directly or indirectly, use, lend, make payments of, contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of the Loan or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to fund or facilitate trade, business or other activities: (i) involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Person; or (ii) in any other manner that could result in the Borrower, any other Security Party or a Creditor Party being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Person.

Cancellation. If any part of the Commitment has not been drawn down under this Agreement at the end of the Availability Period, such undrawn portion shall, on the day following the last day of the applicable Availability Period, be permanently and irrevocably cancelled; it is hereby agreed that any undrawn portion of any part of the Total Commitments at the end of the Availability Period shall, on the day following the last day of the Availability Period, be permanently and irrevocably cancelled.

INTEREST

Payment of normal interest. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, interest on the Loan shall be paid by the Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period.

Normal rate of interest. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the rate of interest on the Loan in respect of an Interest Period shall be the aggregate of (a) the Margin and (b) LIBOR for that Interest Period.

Payment of accrued interest. In the case of an Interest Period of longer than 3 months, accrued interest shall be paid every 3 months during that Interest Period and on the last day of that Interest Period.

Notification of Interest Periods and rates of normal interest. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of:

each rate of interest; and

the duration of each Interest Period;

Obligation of Reference Banks to quote. A Reference Bank which is a Lender shall use all reasonable efforts to supply any quotation required of it for the purposes of fixing a rate of interest under this Agreement.

Absence of quotations by Reference Banks. If any Reference Bank fails to supply a quotation when it is required to do so, the Agent shall determine the relevant LIBOR on the basis of the quotations supplied by the other Reference Bank or Banks; but if 2 or more of the Reference Banks fail to provide a quotation, the relevant rate of interest shall be determined by the Agent.

Market disruption. The following provisions of this Clause 5 (Interest) apply if:

no Screen Rate is available for an Interest Period and 2 or more of the Reference Banks do not before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date provide quotations to the Agent in order to fix LIBOR; or

at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, Lenders having Contributions together amounting to more than 50 per cent. of the Loan (or, if no part of the Loan has been drawn, Lenders having Commitments amounting to more than 50 per cent. of the aggregate of the Total Commitments) notify the Agent that by reason of changes affecting the London Interbank Market, adequate and fair means do not exist for determining the rate of interest on the Loan (or part of it) for that Interest Period at or about 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for the Interest Period; or

at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, the Agent is notified by a Lender (the “Affected Lender”) that for any reason it is unable to obtain Dollars in the London Interbank Market in order to fund its Contribution, as the case may be (or any part of it) during that Interest Period.

Notification of market disruption. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each of the Lenders stating the circumstances falling within Clause 5.7 (Market Disruption) which have caused its notice to be given.

Suspension of drawdown. If the Agent’s notice under Clause 5.8 (Notification of market disruption) above is served before the Loan is to be made:

in a case falling within Clauses 5.7(a) or (b) (Market disruption), the Lenders’ obligations to make the Loan;

in a case falling within Clause 5.7(c) (Market disruption), the Affected Lender’s obligation to participate in the Loan,

Negotiation of alternative rate of interest. If the Agent serves a notice under Clause 5.8, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to agree, within the 30 days after the date on which the Agent serves its notice under Clause 5.8 (Notification of market disruption) (the “Negotiation Period”), an alternative interest rate or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender to fund or continue to fund their or its Contribution during the Interest Period concerned.

Application of agreed alternative rate of interest. Any alternative interest rate or an alternative basis which is agreed during the Negotiation Period shall take effect in accordance with the terms agreed.

Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement. If an alternative interest rate or alternative basis is not agreed within the Negotiation Period, and the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the Negotiation Period, then the Agent shall, with the agreement of each Lender or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender, set an interest period and interest rate representing the cost of funding of the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Affected Lender in Dollars or in any available currency of their or its Contribution plus the Margin; and the procedure provided for by this Clause 5.12 shall be repeated if the relevant circumstances are continuing at the end of the interest period so set by the Agent.

Notice of prepayment. If the Borrower does not agree with an interest rate set by the Agent under Clause 5.12 (Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement), the Borrower may give the Agent not less than 15 Business Days’ notice of their intention to prepay at the end of the interest period set by the Agent (in the case where a notice has been served under Clause 5.8 (Notification of market disruption) after the Loan has been made available) or the Borrower may notify the Agent of their intention not to proceed with the relevant drawdown (in the case where a notice has been served under Clause 5.8 (Notification of market disruption) prior to making the Loan).

Prepayment; termination of Commitments. A notice under Clause 5.13 (Notice of prepayment) above shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders or (as the case may require) the Affected Lender of the Borrower’s notice of intended prepayment; and:

on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Total Commitments or (as the case may require) the Commitment of the Affected Lender so far as they relate to the Loan shall be cancelled; and

on the last Business Day of the interest period set by the Agent, the Borrower shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan or, as the case may be, the Affected Lender’s Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin.

Application of prepayment. The provisions of Clause 8 (Repayment and prepayment) shall apply in relation to the prepayment.

INTEREST PERIODS

Interest Periods. The first Interest Period shall commence on the Drawdown Date and shall terminate simultaneously with the then current Interest Period and thereafter each subsequent Interest Period shall commence on the expiry of the preceding Interest Period and each Interest Period shall be:

3 months; or

such other period as the Agent may, with the authorisation of all the Lenders, agree with the Borrower;

Non-availability of matching deposits for Interest Period selected. If, after the Borrower has selected and the Lenders have agreed an Interest Period longer than 3 months, any Lender notifies the Agent by 11.00 a.m. (Rotterdam time) on the third Business Day before the commencement of that Interest Period that it is not satisfied that deposits in Dollars for a period equal to that Interest Period will be available to it in the London Interbank Market when that Interest Period commences, that Interest Period shall be of 3 months.

DEFAULT INTEREST

Payment of default interest on overdue amounts. The Borrower shall pay interest in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 7 on any amount payable by the Borrower under any Finance Document which the Agent, the Security Trustee or the other designated payee does not receive on or before the relevant date, that is:

the date on which the Finance Documents provide that such amount is due for payment; or

if a Finance Document provides that such amount is payable on demand, the date on which the demand is served; or

if such amount has become immediately due and payable under Clause 19.4 (Acceleration of liabilities), the date on which it became immediately due and payable.

Default rate of interest. Interest shall accrue on an overdue amount from (and including) the relevant date until the date of actual payment (as well after as before judgment) at the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be 2 per cent. above:

in the case of an overdue amount of principal, the higher of the rates set out at Clauses 7.3(a) and (b); or

in the case of any other overdue amount, the rate set out at Clause 7.3(b) (Calculation of default rate of interest).

Calculation of default rate of interest. The rates referred to in Clause 7.2 (Default rate of interest) above are:

the rate applicable to the overdue principal amount immediately prior to the relevant date (but only for any unexpired part of any then current Interest Period applicable to it);

the Margin plus, in respect of successive periods of any duration (including at call) up to 3 months which the Agent may select from time to time:

LIBOR; or

if the Agent determines that Dollar deposits for any such period are not being made available to any Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business, a rate from time to time determined by the Agent by reference to the cost of funds to the relevant Lenders from such other sources as the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Bank) may from time to time determine.

Notification of interest periods and default rates. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of each interest rate determined by the Agent under Clause 7.3 (Calculation of default rate of interest) above and of each period selected by the Agent for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that Clause; but this shall not be taken to imply that the Borrower is liable to pay such interest only with effect from the date of the Agent’s notification.

Payment of accrued default interest. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, any interest due under this Clause shall be paid on the last day of the period by reference to which it was determined; and the payment shall be made to the Agent for the account of the Creditor Party to which the overdue amount is due.

Compounding of default interest. Any such interest which is not paid at the end of the period by reference to which it was determined shall thereupon be compounded.

Replacement of Screen Rate.

An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent, the Security Agent or a Reference Bank (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent, the Security Agent or that Reference Bank.

Subject to (a) above, if a Screen Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Screen Rate for a currency which can be selected for the Loan, any amendment or waiver which relates to:

providing for the use of a Replacement Benchmark in relation to that currency in place of (or in addition to) the affected Screen Rate; and

aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement Benchmark;

enabling that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the purposes of this Agreement);

implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Benchmark;

providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Benchmark; or

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 Benchmark (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),

formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Screen Rate by:

the administrator of that Screen Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such benchmark rate measures is the same as that measured by that Screen Rate); or

any Relevant Nominating Body,

in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Screen Rate; or

in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower, an appropriate successor to a Screen Rate.

the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Screen Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders materially changed;

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

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 Screen Rate is insolvent,

the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide that Screen Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;

the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that such Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor announces that that Screen Rate may no longer be used; or

in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Agent, that Screen Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement.

REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT

Repayment of Loan. The Borrower shall repay the Loan by:

three (3) consecutive three-monthly instalments, each in an amount equal to $1,000,000; and

a balloon instalment in an amount equal to $20,500,000.

Repayment Dates. The first instalment shall be repaid on the earlier of (a) 30 March 2020 and (b) three (3) months following the Drawdown Date and the third instalment and the balloon instalment shall be repaid on the Maturity Date.

Final Repayment Date. On the final Repayment Date, the Borrower shall additionally pay to the Agent for the account of the Creditor Parties all other sums then accrued or owing under any Finance Document.

Voluntary prepayment. Subject to the following conditions, the Borrower may prepay the whole or any part of the Loan on the last day of an Interest Period.

Conditions for voluntary prepayment. The conditions referred to in Clause 8.4 are that:

a partial prepayment shall be in an amount of $500,000 or a higher integral multiple of $500,000;

the Agent has received from the Borrower at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice specifying the date on which the prepayment is to be made;

the Borrower has provided evidence satisfactory to the Agent that any consent required by the Borrower or any Security Party in connection with the prepayment has been obtained and remains in force, and that any requirement relevant to this Agreement which affects the Borrower or any Security Party has been complied with; and

the amount of the instalment by which the Loan shall be prepaid, including the balloon instalment, under Clause 8.1(Repayment of Loan) on any such scheduled repayment dates (as reduced by any earlier operation of this Clause 8.5, Clause 8.13 (Conditions of cancellation of Commitments) and Clause 8.16 (Adjustments of scheduled repayments)) shall be reduced in inverse order of maturity, in order of maturity or pro rata at the Borrower’s option.

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 Borrower on the date for prepayment specified in the prepayment notice.

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 Borrower under Clause 8.5(c) (Conditions for voluntary prepayment).

Mandatory prepayment. The Borrower shall be obliged to prepay the portion of the Loan specified in Clause 8.9 (Amounts of mandatory prepayments):

if a Ship is sold or refinanced by any bank or financial institution, on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of such Ship to the relevant buyer or the funds under the refinancing arrangement are drawn down respectively; or

if, after delivery (if applicable), a Ship becomes a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 120 days (or such longer period as the Agent, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, may agree (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) after the Total Loss Date and the date of receipt by the Security Trustee of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss.

Amounts of mandatory prepayments. The amount of the Loan to be prepaid in the circumstances contemplated in Clause 8.8 (Mandatory prepayment) above is the greatest of:

the amount of the sale or Total Loss proceeds payable in respect of such sale or Total Loss or the amount which is being prepaid due to the refinancing of any part of the Loan by any bank or financial institution;

an amount that, if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 (Minimum required security cover) were applied immediately following the making of such prepayment, the Borrower would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause; and

an amount so that if the ratio of (i) the aggregate of the Fair Market Value (determined as provided in Clause 15.3 (Valuation of a Ship)) of the Ships plus the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under Clause 15 (Security cover) to (ii) the Loan is the same after such prepayment is made as it was before such prepayment is made.

Mandatory prepayment – Loan. The Borrower shall be obliged to prepay the whole Loan, and any undrawn part of the Total Commitment shall be cancelled upon:

the circumstances referred to in Clause 23 (Illegality etc) arising, and in accordance with that Clause; or

there occurs any Change of Control Event.

Amounts payable on prepayment. A prepayment shall be made together with accrued interest (and any other amount payable under Clause 21 (Indemnities) or otherwise) in respect of the amount prepaid and, if the prepayment is not made on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, together with any sums payable under Clause 21.1(c) (Indemnities) but without premium or penalty.

Voluntary cancellation of Commitments. Subject to the following conditions, the Borrower may cancel the whole or any part of the Total Commitment.

Conditions for cancellation of Commitments. The conditions referred to in Clause 8.12 (Voluntary cancellation of Commitments) above are that:

a partial cancellation shall be $500,000 or a higher integral multiple of $500,000;

the Agent has received from the Borrower at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice specifying the amount of the Total Commitments to be cancelled and the date on which the cancellation is to take effect; and

the amount of the instalments by which the Loan shall be repaid, including the balloon instalment, under Clause 8.1 (Repayment of Loan) on any such scheduled repayment dates (as reduced by any earlier operation of this Clause 8.13, Clause 8.5 (Conditions for voluntary prepayment) and Clause 8.16 (Adjustments of scheduled repayments)) shall be reduced pro rata.

Effect of notice of cancellation. The service of a cancellation notice given under Clause 8.13(b) (Conditions for cancellation of Commitments) shall cause the amount of the Total Commitments specified in the notice to be permanently cancelled, following which the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced pro rata.

No re-borrowing. No amount prepaid or cancelled under Clauses 8.4 (Voluntary prepayment), 8.8 (Mandatory prepayment) and 8.12 (Voluntary cancellation of Commitments) may be re-borrowed.

Adjustment of scheduled repayments. If the Total Commitment has been partially reduced or cancelled under this Agreement and/or any part of the Loan is prepaid (other than under Clause 8.1 (Repayment of Loan), Clause 8.4 (Voluntary prepayment) and Clause 8.12 (Voluntary cancellation of Commitments)) before any scheduled repayment date and/or the aggregate amount advanced to the Borrower is less than the Maximum Loan Amount, the amount of the instalment by which the Loan shall be repaid, including the balloon instalment, under Clause 8.1 (Repayment of Loan) on any such scheduled repayment dates (as reduced by any earlier operation of this Clause 8.16) shall be reduced pro rata unless the Agent agrees otherwise in writing.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Documents, fees and no default. Each Lender’s obligation to contribute to the Loan is subject to the following conditions precedent:

that on or before the date of execution of this Agreement, the Agent receives the documents described in Part A of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

that, on or before the Drawdown Date in respect of the Loan to be made available hereunder, but prior to the making of the Loan, the Agent receives the documents described in Part B of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to it and its lawyers;

that, on or before the Drawdown Date, the Agent receives any fees and expenses that are due and payable under Clause 20 (Expenses);

that both at the date of the Drawdown Notice and the Drawdown Date:

no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the borrowing of the Loan;

that, if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 (Minimum required security cover) were applied immediately following the making of the Loan, the Borrower would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause; and

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 Borrower prior to the Drawdown Date.

Waiver of conditions precedent. If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion, permit the Loan to be borrowed before certain of the conditions referred to in Clause 9.1 (Documents, fees and no default) are satisfied, the Borrower undertakes to ensure that such conditions are satisfied within such period and on such terms as the Agent may specify in writing.

Conditions Subsequent. The Borrower undertakes to deliver or to cause to be delivered to the Agent on, or as soon as practicable after, the Drawdown Date the additional documents and other evidence listed in Part C (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

General. The Borrower represents and warrants to each Creditor Party as follows.

Status.

The Borrower is duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Marshall Islands as a limited partnership; and

each Guarantor is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Share capital and ownership. The legal title and ownership of all the issued shares in each Guarantor is held by the Shareholder and the ultimate beneficial ownership of all the issued shares in each Guarantor is held by the Borrower, free of any Security Interest or other claim other than any Permitted Security Interests.

Corporate power. The Borrower and each Security Party has the corporate capacity, and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents necessary for it:

to execute the Finance Documents to which the Borrower and/or the relevant Security Party is a party; and

in the case of the Borrower, to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

Consents in force. All the consents referred to in Clause 10.4 (Corporate power) above remain in force and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation.

Legal validity; effective Security Interests. The Finance Documents to which the Borrower or a Security Party 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):

constitute that Borrower’s or that Security Party’s legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against that Borrower or that Security Party in accordance with their respective terms; and

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;

No third party Security Interests. Without limiting the generality of Clause 10.6 (Legal validity; effective Security Interests), at the time of the execution and delivery of each Finance Document:

the Borrower or the relevant Security Party which is party to that Finance Document will have the right to create all the Security Interests which that Finance Document purports to create; and

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.

No conflicts. The execution by the Borrower and each Security Party of each Finance Document to which it is a party and (in the case of the Borrower, the Approved Manager and the Third Party Manager) the Management Agreement, and the borrowing by the Borrower of the Loan and each Security Party’s compliance with each Finance Document to which it is a party will not involve or lead to a contravention of:

any law or regulation; or

the constitutional documents of the Borrower or any Security Party; or

any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on the Borrower or any of the assets of the Borrower and the Security Parties.

No withholding taxes. All payments which the Borrower or any Security Party is liable to make under the Finance Documents to which it is a party may be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under any law of any Pertinent Jurisdiction.

No default. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Information. All information which has been provided in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Security Party to any Creditor Party in connection with any Finance Document satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.5 (Information provided to be accurate); all audited and unaudited accounts which have been so provided satisfied the requirements of Clause 11.7 (Form of financial statements); and there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or state of affairs of the Borrower or any Security Party from that disclosed in the latest of those accounts.

No litigation. No legal or administrative action involving the Borrower or any Security Party (including action relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code, the ISPS Code or the MARPOL Protocol) has been commenced or taken or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, is likely to be commenced or taken which, in either case, would be likely to have a material adverse effect on that Borrower’s or that Security Party’s financial position or profitability.

Validity and completeness of documents. The Management Agreement constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the relevant Owner, the Borrower, the Approved Manager and the Third Party Manager in accordance with its terms and:

the copy of the Management Agreement and the SPA delivered to the Agent before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy; and

no amendments or additions to the Management Agreement or the SPA have been agreed nor has the relevant Owner, the Borrower, the Approved Manager or the Third Party Manager waived any of their respective rights under the Management Agreement.

Compliance with certain undertakings. At the date of this Agreement, the Borrower and each of the Security Parties are in compliance with Clauses 11.2 (Title; negative pledge), 11.4 (No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred), 11.5 (Information provided to be accurate), 11.9 (Consents), 11.13 (Principal place of business), 11.14 (Confirmation of no default) and 11.15 (Notification of Default).

Taxes paid. The Borrower and each Security Party have paid all taxes applicable to, or imposed on or in relation to that Borrower, that Security Party, its business or the Ships.

Compliance. All requirements of the ISM Code, the ISPS Code and the MARPOL Protocol as they relate to the Borrower, the Approved Manager, the Third Party Manager and each other Security Party and the Ships have been complied with.

No money laundering. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 2.3 (Purpose of Loan), in relation to the borrowing by the Borrower of the Loan, the performance and discharge of its obligations and liabilities under the Finance Documents, and the transactions and other arrangements effected or contemplated by the Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower confirms (i) that it is acting for its own account, (ii) that it will use the proceeds of the Loan for its own benefit, under its full responsibility and exclusively for the purposes specified in this Agreement and (iii) that the foregoing will not involve or lead to contravention of any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat “money laundering” (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive 2015/849/EC of the Council of the European Communities).

No immunity. No Borrower or Security Party benefits from any immunity from suit.

Disclosure of material facts. The Borrower is not aware of any material facts or circumstances which have not already been disclosed to the Agent and which might, if disclosed to the Agent, adversely affect the decision of the Lenders to make the Loan available to the Borrower.

Pari Passu. The obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents to which it is a party rank at least pari passu with all other unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower, other than indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

Governing law and enforcement. The choice of law as the governing law of any Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Borrower and each relevant Security Party, and any judgment obtained in England in relation to any such Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Borrower and each relevant Security Party.

No filing or stamp tax. Under the laws of all Pertinent Jurisdiction relating to the Borrower and each relevant Security Party it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction (save for the Mortgages which are to be recorded in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Approved Flag State registry) or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.

Sanctions. No Security Party nor other Group Member nor any director, officer, agent, employee of any Security Party or other Group Member or any person acting on behalf of any Security Party or other Group Member, is a Restricted Person nor acts directly or indirectly on behalf of a Restricted Person.

Repetition. Each representation and warranty in this Clause 10 (Representations and Warranties) (other than this Clause 10.24) is deemed to be repeated by the Borrower by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on each date during the Security Period.

GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

General. The Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply and shall procure that each Guarantor shall also comply (as applicable), with the following provisions of this Clause 11 at all times during the Security Period, except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.

Title; negative pledge. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor will:

hold the legal title to and the entire beneficial interest in the Ship owned by it, such Ship’s 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;

not create or permit to arise any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) over any asset which is the subject matter of a Finance Document or over any of its shares;

not create or permit to arise, any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) over any other asset, present or future; and

procure that its liabilities under the Finance Documents to which it is a party do and will rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured liabilities, except for liabilities which are mandatorily preferred by law.

No disposal of assets. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor shall transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of:

all or a substantial part of its respective assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions, whether related or not; or

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,

No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor shall incur any liability or obligation except liabilities and obligations:

under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;

reasonably incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business of owning, operating, managing and/or chartering of ships and other ship-related business; and

incurred in relation to or in connection with, the financing of ships owned or to be acquired by, members of the Group.

Information provided to be accurate. All financial and other information which is provided in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower under or in connection with any Finance Document will be true and not misleading and will not omit any material fact or consideration.

Provision of financial statements. The Borrower will provide the Agent or shall procure that the Agent is provided with:

as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 days after the end of each of its Financial Years, annual audited (prepared in accordance with US GAAP by a firm of accountants acceptable to the Agent) consolidated balance sheet and profit and loss accounts of the Borrower (commencing with the Financial Year ending 31 December 2019), together with updated details (in a form acceptable to the Agent) of all off-balance sheet and time-charter hire commitments of each of the Ships and any other ship from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) owned, managed or crewed by, or chartered to, any Group Member;

as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each three month accounting period, commencing with the first financial quarter ending 31 March 2020, the Borrower’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and profit and loss accounts for that 3 month period certified as to their correctness by its chief financial officer; and

such further financial information about the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Ships (including, but not limited to, present and future revenues, charter arrangements, Financial Indebtedness, employment details, operating expenses and projected capital expenditure) as the Agent may require.

Form of financial statements. All accounts (audited and unaudited) delivered under Clause 11.6 (Provision of financial statements) above will:

be prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and US GAAP;

fairly represent the state of affairs of the Group at the date of those financial statements and of its profit for the period to which those financial statements relate; and

fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of the Group.

Shareholder notices. The Borrower will send to the Agent, at the same time as they are despatched, copies of all communications which are despatched to the Borrower’s shareholders or any class of them related to matters which could be considered material in the context of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, unless publicly announced or filed with a securities exchange.

Consents. The Borrower will, and shall procure that each Security Party will, maintain in force and promptly obtain or renew, and will promptly send certified copies to the Agent of, all consents required:

for the Borrower and each Security Party to perform its obligations under any Finance Document to which it is a party;

for the Approved Manager to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement;

for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document to which it is a party;

for the Shareholder, with effect from the Actual Transfer Date relating to the shares in respect of each Guarantor, to acquire, register in its name and own the shares in the Guarantor to be owned by it under the terms of the SPA; and

for the Borrower and the Approved Manager each to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement,

Maintenance of Security Interests. The Borrower will:

at its own cost, do all that it reasonably can to ensure that each Finance Document validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to create; and

without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), at its own cost, promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or authority in all Pertinent Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance Document and give any notice or take any other step which to the best of its knowledge is or has become, or 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 any Finance Document creates.

Notification of litigation. The Borrower will provide the Agent with details of any legal or administrative action involving the Borrower, the Approved Manager and any other Security Party (to the best of its knowledge), the SPA, any Ship, the Management Agreement, the Earnings or the Insurances as soon as such action is instituted or it becomes apparent to the Borrower that it is likely to be instituted, unless it is clear that the legal or administrative action cannot be considered material in the context of any Finance Document.

Amendments to Management Agreement. The Borrower will ensure that neither the relevant Owner nor the Borrower or the Approved Manager or the Third Party Manager will, without the prior written consent of the Agent acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agree to any material amendment or supplement to, or waive any breach in relation to, the Management Agreement.

Principal place of business. The Borrower will maintain its place of business, and keep its corporate documents and records at the address stated in the definitions to this Agreement; and it will not establish, or do anything as a result of which it would be deemed to have, a place of business in any country other than the Republic of Marshall Islands.

Confirmation of no default. The Borrower will, within 2 Business Days after service by the Agent of a written request, serve on the Agent a notice which is signed by a duly authorised director of the Borrower and which states that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred.

Notification of default. The Borrower will notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and will keep the Agent fully up-to-date with all developments.

Provision of further information. The Borrower will, as soon as practicable after receiving the request, provide the Agent with any additional financial or other information relating:

to it, the Security Parties, the Ships, the Earnings or the Insurances; or

to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of, a Finance Document or a Management Agreement;

Provision of copies and translation of documents. The Borrower will supply the Agent with a sufficient number of copies of the documents referred to above to provide a copy for each Creditor Party and, if the Agent so requires in respect of any of those documents, it will provide a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent.

Sanctions. Promptly upon becoming aware of them, provide to the Agent the details of any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority against a Security Party, any of the direct or indirect owners of a Security Party, any Affiliate of a Security Party, 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 the same.

Money laundering. Promptly upon the Agent’s request, the 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.

“Know your customer” checks. If:

the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

any change in the status of the Borrower or any Security Party after the date of this Agreement; or

a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; or

any anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism financing laws and regulations applicable to the Agent or any Lender

Class records

Insurance opinion

Sanctions

not be, and shall procure that each other Group Member and each Affiliate of any of them and any director, officer, agent, employee or person acting on behalf of the foregoing is not, a Restricted Person and does not act directly or indirectly on behalf of a Restricted Person;

not, and shall procure that no other Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them shall, use any revenue or benefit derived from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person in discharging any obligation due or owing to the Creditor Parties;

procure that no proceeds from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Person are credited to any bank account held with any Creditor Party in its name or in the name of any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them;

and shall procure that each other Group Member and any Affiliate of any of them will, to the extent permitted by law, promptly upon becoming aware of them, supply to the Creditor Parties details of any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority; and

not, and shall procure that no other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them will, directly or indirectly, make available any proceeds of the Loan to fund or facilitate trade, business or other activities (i) involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Person or (ii) in any other manner that could result in either Borrower or a Creditor Party being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Person, or permit or authorise any other person to do either of (i) or (ii) above.

Anti-bribery

Money Laundering

provide the Agent with information, certificates and any documents required by the Agent to ensure compliance with any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat money laundering; and

notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of any matters evidencing that a breach of any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat money laundering may or is about to occur or that the person(s) who have or will receive the commercial benefit of this Agreement have changed after the date of this Agreement.

CORPORATE UNDERTAKINGS

General. The Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply and shall procure that each Guarantor will also comply (as applicable) with the following provisions of this Clause 12 at all times during the Security Period except as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, otherwise consent.

Maintenance of status. The Borrower will maintain and shall procure that each Guarantor will also maintain its separate corporate existence under the laws of the Republic of Marshall Islands.

Negative undertakings. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor will, and in respect of (b) to (d) below, the Borrower will not:

carry on any business other than the owning, operating, managing and/or chartering of ships and other ship-related business;

pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital unless:

the Borrower is not in breach of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents and no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred; and

the Borrower is in compliance with Clause 12.4 and will, following any such payment of dividend or other form of distribution or redemption, purchase or return of share capital, be in compliance with Clause 12.4;

provide any form of credit or financial assistance to:

a person who is directly or indirectly interested in the Borrower’s share or loan capital; or

any company in or with which such a person is directly or indirectly interested or connected;

without the prior written consent of the Agent, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger, name change or any form of reconstruction or reorganisation, which would (in the case of the Borrower) give rise to a Change of Control Event; and

in relation to the Earnings of the Ship owned by it, open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Account Bank, the Agent or the Security Trustee for the purposes of the Finance Documents.

Financial covenants of the Borrower. At all times during the Security Period, by reference to the Latest Accounts, the Borrower ensure that:

at no time shall the Liquidity of the Group be less than $500,000 multiplied by the number of vessels owned by any member of the Group;

the Net Debt divided by the Total Assets (adjusted for market values of vessels calculated in accordance with Clause 15.3 (Valuation of Ship)) less cash (which shall have the meaning given thereto under US GAAP meaning both restricted and freely available cash) shall be at all times less than 75%;

the ratio of EBITDA to Interest Expense shall at all times be at least 2 to 1; and

the Net Worth shall at all times be equal to or more than USD135,000,000.

Compliance Check. Compliance with the undertakings contained in Clause 12.4 (Financial covenants) shall be determined by reference to (i) the unaudited consolidated accounts for each consecutive quarter period in each Financial Year of the Borrower and commencing with the first financial quarter of ending 31 March, 2020 and (ii) the audited consolidated accounts for each Financial Year of the Borrower and commencing with the Financial Year ending 31 December 2019, each delivered to the Agent pursuant to Clause 11.6 (Provision of financial statements) of this Agreement. Unless and until the Agent (acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders) otherwise agrees in writing, at the same time as it delivers those consolidated accounts (audited and unaudited) for each consecutive quarter and Financial Year, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a Compliance Certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, evidencing calculations and compliance with the financial covenants.

Change in accounting expressions and policies. If, by reason of change in format or US GAAP or other relevant accounting policies, the expressions appearing in any accounts and financial statements referred to in Clause 11.6 (Provision of financial statements) alter from those in the accounts and financial statements for the Group for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2019, the relevant definitions contained in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) and the provisions of Clause 12.4 (Financial covenants) shall be deemed modified in such manner as the Agent, acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, shall require to take account of such different expressions but otherwise to maintain in all respects the substance of those provisions.

Minimum Liquidity. The Borrower shall ensure and procure that the Guarantors ensure, that the aggregate balance standing to the credit of the Earnings Accounts shall at all times be no less than $3,750,000.

INSURANCE

General. The Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to comply with the following provisions of this Clause 13, and ensure that the Guarantors comply with the same, at all times until the last day of the Security Period except as the Agent may, with the authority of the Majority Lenders, otherwise permit.

Maintenance of obligatory insurances. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall ensure that the Ship owned by it is insured at its expense against:

fire and such other risks as are usually contained within a standard marine insurance policy and/or increased value and disbursements policy covering the hull and machinery of such Ship;

war risks;

protection and indemnity risks; and

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 the Guarantor to insure and which are specified by the Security Trustee by notice to the Borrower and the relevant Guarantor.

Terms of obligatory insurances. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall effect such insurances in respect of its Ship:

in Dollars and/or such currencies as agreed with the Security Trustee;

in the case as specified in Clause 13.2 (Maintenance of obligatory insurances), cover is to be on an agreed value basis in an amount at least the greater of (i) such amount as when added to the insured value of the other Ships is 120 per cent. of the Loan and (ii) the Fair Market Value of that Ship;

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 a standard protection and indemnity entry with an international group protection and indemnity club (currently $1,000,000,000 in relation to any one event);

in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of each Ship’s gross tonnage;

on approved terms; and

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.

Further protections for the Creditor Parties. In addition to the terms set out in Clause 13.3 (Terms of obligatory insurances), the Borrower shall procure that the obligatory insurances shall:

whenever the Security Trustee requires, name (or be amended to name) the Security Trustee as an 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;

name the Security Trustee as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Security Trustee may specify;

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;

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

provide that the Security Trustee may make proof of loss if the Borrower or the Guarantor fails to do so.

Renewal of obligatory insurances. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall:

before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it:

notify the Security Trustee of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom that Security Party proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and

obtain the Security Trustee’s approval to the matters referred to in paragraph (i);

as soon as practicable but in any event before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Security Trustee’s approval pursuant to paragraph (a); and

procure that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Security Trustee in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal.

Copies of policies; letters of undertaking. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall ensure that all approved brokers provide the Security Trustee as soon as practicable with pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which have been effected or renewed and of a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the Security Trustee and that:

they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 13.4 (Further protections for the Creditor Parties);

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;

they will advise the Security Trustee immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances;

they will notify the Security Trustee, before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from the relevant Guarantor 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

they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship owned by the relevant Guarantor under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of any of the Ships 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 the Ships forthwith upon being so requested by the Security Trustee.

Copies of certificates of entry. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall ensure that for any protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which a Ship is entered the Security Trustee will be provided with:

a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship;

a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Security Trustee;

where required to be issued under the terms of insurance/indemnity provided by the relevant Guarantor’s protection and indemnity association, a certified copy of each United States of America voyage quarterly declaration (or similar document or documents) made by the relevant Guarantor in relation to the Ship owned by it in accordance with the requirements of such protection and indemnity association; and

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 the relevant Ship.

Deposit of original policies. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall ensure that all policies issued and relating to obligatory insurances are deposited by the relevant Guarantor with the approved intermediaries or other approved parties through which the insurances are effected or renewed.

Payment of premiums. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall punctually pay all premiums or other sums payable in respect of the obligatory insurances terms and conditions, and produce all relevant receipts when so required by the Security Trustee.

Guarantees. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor 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.

Compliance with terms of insurances. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall not do or omit to do (or 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:

the relevant Guarantor shall take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in Clause 13.6(c) (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;

a Guarantor shall not 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;

the relevant Guarantor 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 its Ship 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

a Guarantor shall not employ its Ship, nor allow such Ship 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.

Alteration to terms of insurances. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall not make or agree to any alteration to the terms of any obligatory insurance nor waive any right relating to any obligatory insurance.

Settlement of claims. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor 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.

Provision of copies of communications. The Borrower shall and shall procure that each Guarantor shall, promptly upon request by the Agent provide the Security Trustee, copies of all written communications which are material in the context of the Borrower’s and the Guarantor’s ’s obligations under the Finance Documents between it and:

the approved brokers or insurers; and

the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and

the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:

the relevant Guarantor’s obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and

any credit arrangements made between the relevant Guarantor and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances.

Provision of information. In addition, the Borrower shall and shall procure that each Guarantor 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:

obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker or consultant as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or

effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 13.16 (Mortgagee’s interest insurance) or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances;

Mortgagee’s interest insurance. The Security Trustee (acting on behalf of all the Lenders) shall be entitled, at the Borrower’s cost, from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee’s interest and pollution risks insurance policy (including additional perils (pollution) cover) in an amount equal to at least 120% of the Loan such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Security Trustee may from time to time consider appropriate.

Review of insurance requirements. The Majority Lenders shall be entitled to review the requirements of this Clause 13 (Insurance) from time to time in order to take account of any changes in circumstances after the date of this Agreement which are, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, significant and capable of affecting the Borrower or an Owner or any Ship and its or their insurance (including, without limitation, changes in the availability or the cost of insurance coverage or the risks to which an Owner may be subject), and may appoint insurance consultants in relation to this review at the cost of the Borrower.

Modification of insurance requirements. The Security Trustee shall notify the Borrower and the relevant Owner of any proposed modification under Clause 13.17 (Review of insurance requirements) to the requirements of this Clause 13 which the Majority Lenders reasonably consider appropriate in the circumstances, and such modification shall take effect on and from the date it is notified in writing to the Borrower as an amendment to this Clause 13 and shall bind the Borrower and the relevant Owner accordingly.

Compliance with mortgagee’s instructions. The Security Trustee 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 Security Trustee until the relevant Guarantor implements any amendments to the terms of the obligatory insurances and any operational changes required as a result of a notice served under Clause 13.18 (Modification of insurance requirements).

Assured and Co-Assured. If persons other than the relevant Guarantor and/or Security Trustee are named as assureds or co-assureds in the insurance policy of the relevant Ship, the Borrower shall procure that these persons assign their insurances to the Security Trustee upon such terms and conditions as the Security Trustee may require.

SHIP’S COVENANTS

General. The Borrower also undertakes with each Creditor Party to procure that each Guarantor comply in relation to its Ship, with, the following provisions of this Clause 14 at all times until the last day of the Security Period except as the Agent, with the authority of the Majority Lenders, may otherwise permit (such permission not to be unreasonably withheld in the case of Clause 14.13(b) (Restriction on chartering, appointment of managers etc.).

Ship’s name and registration. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall keep the Ship owned by it registered in its name under an Approved Flag free of any Security Interest other than a Permitted Security Interest; and 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, without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee change the name or port of registry of the Ship owned by it.

Repair and classification. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall keep the Ship owned by it in a good and safe condition and state of repair:

consistent with first-class ship ownership and management practice;

so as to maintain that Ship’s class with Lloyds Register of Shipping or Germanischer Lloyd AG (or such other first-class classification society which is a member of IACS acceptable to the Agent, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) free of overdue recommendations and conditions affecting that Ship’s class that have not been complied with in accordance with their terms; and

so as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels registered at ports in the relevant 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, the ISPS Code and the MARPOL Protocol.

Classification society undertaking. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall instruct the classification society referred to in Clause 14.3(b) (Repair and classification) (and procure that the classification society undertakes with the Security Trustee):

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 the Ship owned by the relevant Guarantor;

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 that Guarantor and its Ship at the offices of the classification society and to take copies of them;

to notify the Security Trustee immediately in writing if the classification society:

receives notification from the relevant Guarantor or any person that the Ship’s classification society is to be changed; or

becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of the Ship’s class under the rules or terms and conditions of the relevant Guarantor’s or its Ship’s membership of the classification society;

following receipt of a written request from the Security Trustee:

to confirm that the relevant Guarantor 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

if the relevant Guarantor 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 thereof, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the classification society.

Modification. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor shall make any modification or repairs to, or replacement of, the Ship owned by it or equipment installed on its Ship which would or might materially alter the structure, type or performance characteristics of that Ship or materially reduce its value.

Removal of parts. The Borrower shall procure that no Guarantor shall remove any material part of the Ship owned by it, or any item of equipment installed on, the 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 Ship the property of that Guarantor and subject to the security constituted by the Mortgage, relative to the Ship Provided that a Guarantor may install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any material risk of damage to the Ship.

Surveys. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor 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.

Inspection. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall permit and facilitate 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 (at the Borrower’s or the relevant Guarantor’s cost) and shall afford all proper facilities for such inspections, at the cost of the Borrower or the Guarantor for one such inspection per Ship in each calendar year and otherwise at the Agent’s cost.

Prevention of and release from arrest. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall promptly discharge:

all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against its Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances;

all taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of its Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances; and

all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of its Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances;

Compliance with laws etc. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall:

comply, or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS code, the MARPOL Protocol and Environmental Laws and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship owned by it, its ownership, operation and management or to the business that Guarantor;

comply, and will use best endeavours to procure that each Security Party and each other Group Member will, comply in all respect with all Sanctions;

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 the MARPOL Protocol; and

in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), not cause or permit its Ship to enter or trade to any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by its Ship’s war risks insurers unless the prior written consent of the Security Trustee has been given and the relevant Guarantor has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Security Trustee may require.

Provision of information. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall promptly provide the Security Trustee with any information which it requests regarding:

the Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements;

the Earnings and payments and amounts due to its Ship’s master and crew;

any expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of its Ship and any payments made in respect of that Ship;

any towages and salvages;

that Guarantor’s, the Approved Manager’s, the Third Party Manager’s (if applicable) or its Ship’s compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code and the MARPOL Protocol;

Notification of certain events. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall immediately notify the Security Trustee by fax, confirmed forthwith by letter, of:

any casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty;

any occurrence as a result of which the Ship has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;

any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not complied with within the relevant specified time limit or, in the absence of such time limit, promptly;

any arrest or detention of a Ship, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on a Ship or its Earnings or any requisition of that Ship for hire;

any Environmental Claim made against a Guarantor or the Approved Manager or in connection with any Ship or any Environmental Incident;

any claim for breach of the ISM Code, the ISPS Code or the MARPOL Protocol being made against an Owner or the Approved Manager or the Third Party Manager or otherwise in connection with any Ship; or

any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code or the MARPOL Protocol not being complied with;

Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. The Borrower shall procure that no relevant Guarantor shall:

let the Ship owned by it on demise charter for any period;

enter into any time or consecutive voyage charter in respect of the Ship owned by it for a term which exceeds, or which by virtue of any optional extensions may exceed, 12 months;

enter into any charter in relation to its Ship under which more than 2 months’ hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance;

charter its Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm’s length terms at the time when that Ship is fixed;

appoint a manager of its Ship other than the entities advised to the Agent at the date of this Agreement as the Approved Manager or Third Party Manager of each Ship, provided that the Creditor Parties consent to the change of management of each ship to either entity being the Approved Manager and the Third Party Manager in respect of each Ship at the date of this Agreement on the condition that such Approved Manager or Third Party Manager deliver to the Agent, to the Agent’s satisfaction (i) a certified true copy of the Management Agreement, (ii) a Manager’s Undertaking in the Agreed Form and (iii) in relation to such Approved Manager or Third Party Manager, items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 included in Schedule 3, Part A of this Agreement and items 2(f) and 3(b) included in Schedule 3, Part B of this Agreement;

agree to any alteration to the material terms of the Management Agreement relating to its Ship or to any other terms of the Approved Manager’s and the Third Party Manager’s appointment;

de-activate or lay up its Ship for more than 30 days; or

put its Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $500,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency), which amount shall exclude dry-docking costs, unless the Agent (acting with authorisation of the Majority Lenders) has given prior approval in writing.

Notice of Mortgage. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall keep the relevant Mortgage registered against the Ship owned by it as a valid first priority mortgage, carry on board that Ship a certified copy of the relevant Mortgage and place and maintain in a conspicuous place in the navigation room and the Master’s cabin of that Ship a framed printed notice stating that that Ship is mortgaged by the relevant Guarantor to the Security Trustee; and

Sharing of Earnings. The Borrower shall not, and shall procure that no Owner shall, enter into any agreement or arrangement for the sharing of any Earnings other than any time or voyage charters with profit sharing clauses.

ISPS Code. The Borrower shall procure that each Guarantor shall comply with the ISPS Code and in particular, without limitation, shall:

procure that its Ship and the company responsible for such Ship’s compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code; and

maintain for its Ship an ISSC; and

notify the Agent immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC.

Charters etc. The Borrower shall (i) deliver to the Agent a certified copy of each Extended Employment Contract upon its execution, (ii) forthwith on the Agent’s request procure that the relevant Guarantor executes (a) a Charter Assignment in respect thereof and (b) any notice of assignment required in connection therewith and use reasonable commercial efforts to procure the acknowledgement of any such notice of assignment by the relevant charterer (provided that any failure to procure the same shall not constitute an Event of Default) and (iii) pay all legal and other costs incurred by the Agent in connection with any such Charter Assignments forthwith following the Agent’s demand.

Inventory of Hazardous Material. The Borrower shall procure that (if not already in place) immediately following completion of its next dry-docking but in no event later than the date required by the applicable regulation, each Ship shall hold at all times during the Facility Period an Inventory of Hazardous Material or equivalent document,

Sustainable Vessel dismantling. The Borrower confirms that as long as it is in a lending relationship with ABN AMRO BANK N.V. it will ensure that any Ship controlled by it or sold to an intermediary with the intention of being scrapped, is 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 International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 and/or the EU Ship Recycling Regulation,

Inspection Reports. The Borrower shall provide to the Agent, upon the Agent’s request from time to time, an inspection report in respect of each Ship which is subject to a Mortgage, in a form and substance, and from a marine surveyor, acceptable to the Agent.

SECURITY COVER

Minimum required security cover. Clause 15.2 (Provision of additional security; prepayment) applies if the Agent notifies the Borrower that:

the aggregate of the Fair Market Values (determined as provided in Clause 15.3 (Valuation of Ship)) of the Ships subject to a Mortgage; plus

the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under this Clause 15;

Provision of additional security; prepayment. If the Agent serves a notice on the Borrower under Clause 15.1 (Minimum required security cover), the Borrower shall, within 1 month after the date on which the Agent’s notice is served, either:

provide, or ensure that a third party provides, additional security which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall and is documented in such terms as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, approve or require; or

prepay and/or cancel, in accordance with Clause 8 (Repayment and Prepayment), such part (at least) of the Loan as will eliminate the shortfall.

Valuation of Ship. The Fair Market Value of a Ship at any date is that shown as the average of valuations prepared by two Approved Brokers selected and appointed by the Agent:

as at a date not more than 30 days previously;

with or without physical inspection of that Ship (as the Agent may require); and

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.

prior to (but dated no more than 30 days prior to) the Drawdown Date;

at six-monthly intervals commencing on 31 March 2020; and

(in addition to (a) and (b) above) at any other time as the Agent shall require (in its absolute discretion).

Value of additional vessel security. The net realisable value of any additional security which is provided under Clause 15.2 (Provision of additional security; prepayment) and which consists of a Security Interest over a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation complying with the requirements of Clause 15.3 (Valuation of Ship).

Valuations binding. Any valuation under Clause 15.2 (Provision of additional security; prepayment), 15.3 (Valuation of Ship) or 15.4 (Value of additional vessel security) shall be binding and conclusive as regards the Borrower, as shall be any valuation which the Majority Lenders make of any additional security which does not consist of or include a Security Interest.

Provision of information. The Borrower shall promptly provide the Agent and any Approved Broker or expert acting under Clause 15.3 (Valuation of Ship) or 15.4 (Value of additional vessel security) with any information which the Agent or the Approved Broker or expert may request for the purposes of the valuation; and, if the Borrower fails 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.

Payment of valuation expenses. Without prejudice to the generality of the Borrower’s obligations under Clauses 20 (Expenses) and 21 (Indemnities), the Borrower shall, on demand, pay the Agent the amount of the fees and expenses of any Approved Broker instructed under this Clause 15.

PAYMENTS AND CALCULATIONS

Currency and method of payments. All payments to be made by the Lenders or by the 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:

by not later than 11.00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date;

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);

in the case of an amount payable by a Lender to the Agent or by the Borrower to the Agent or any Lender, to such account as the Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the other Creditor Parties for this purpose; and

in the case of an amount payable to the Security Trustee, to such account as it may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the other Creditor Parties.

Payment on non-Business Day. If any payment by the Borrower or a Security Party under a Finance Document would otherwise fall due on a day which is not a Business Day:

the due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; or

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 (a) at the rate payable on the original due date.

Basis for calculation of periodic payments. All interest and commitment fee and guarantee 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.

Distribution of payments to Creditor Parties. Subject to Clauses 16.5 (Permitted deductions by Agent), 16.6 (Agent only obliged to pay when monies received) and 16.7 (Refund to Agent of monies not received):

any amount received by the Agent under a Finance Document for distribution or remittance to a Creditor Party shall be made available by the Agent to that Creditor Party by payment, with funds having the same value as the funds received, to such account as the Creditor Party may have notified to the Agent not less than 3 Business Days previously; and

amounts to be applied in satisfying amounts of a particular category which are due to the Lenders generally shall be distributed by the Agent to each Lender pro rata to the amount in that category which is due to it.

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, deduct and withhold from that amount any sum which is then due and payable to the Agent from that Lender under any Finance Document or any sum which the Agent is then entitled under any Finance Document to require that Lender to pay on demand.

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 the Borrower, any Lender any sum which the Agent is expecting to receive for remittance or distribution to that Borrower, to that Lender until the Agent has satisfied itself that it has received that sum.

Refund to Agent of monies not received. If and to the extent that the Agent makes available a sum to the Borrower or a Lender, without first having received that sum, the Borrower or (as the case may be) the Lender concerned shall, on demand:

refund the sum in full to the Agent; and

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.

Agent may assume receipt. Clause 16.7 (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.

Creditor Party accounts. Each Creditor Party shall maintain accounts showing the amounts owing to it by the Borrower and each Security Party under the Finance Documents and all payments in respect of those amounts made by the Borrower and any Security Party.

Agent’s memorandum account. The Agent shall maintain a memorandum account showing the amounts advanced by the Lenders and all other sums owing to each Creditor Party from the Borrower and each Security Party under the Finance Documents and all payments in respect of those amounts made by the Borrower and any Security Party.

Accounts prima facie evidence. If any accounts maintained under Clauses 16.9 (Creditor Party Accounts) and 16.10 (Agent’s memorandum account) show an amount to be owing by the 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 in the absence of manifest error.

FATCA Information

Subject to subclause (c) below, each party to a Finance Document shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another party to the Finance Documents:

confirm to that other party whether it is a FATCA Exempt Party or is not a FATCA Exempt Party;

supply to the requesting party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as the requesting party reasonably requests for the purposes of such requesting party’s compliance with FATCA; and

supply to the requesting party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as the requesting party reasonably requests for the purposes of the requesting party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime.

If a party to any Finance Document confirms to another party pursuant to subclause (a) above that it 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 and the Agent reasonably promptly.

Subclause (a) above shall not oblige any Creditor Party to do anything, and Subclause (a) (iii) above shall not oblige any other party to a Finance Document to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any policy of that Creditor Party, any fiduciary duty or any duty of confidentiality.

If a party to any Finance Document fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with subclause (a)(i) or (ii) above (including, where paragraph (c) above applies), 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.

FATCA Deduction

A party to any Finance Document 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 to any Finance Document 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.

A party to any Finance Document 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 the Borrower, the Agent and the other Creditor Parties.

APPLICATION OF RECEIPTS

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:

FIRST: in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent and the Security Trustee and the other Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents;

SECONDLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest due but unpaid under this Agreement;

THIRDLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;

FOURTHLY: in or towards payment pro rata of any other amounts due but unpaid under any Finance Document;

FIFTHLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable under any Finance Document but which the Lender, by notice to the Borrower and the Security Parties, states in its opinion will or may become due and payable in the future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards satisfaction of them in accordance with the provisions of Clause 17.1 (Normal order of application) (a), (b), (c) and (d); and

SIXTHLY: any surplus shall be paid to the Borrower or to any other person entitled to it.

Variation of order of application. The Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties provide for a different manner of application from that set out in Clause 17.1 (Normal order of application) either as regards a specified sum or sums or as regards sums in a specified category or categories.

Notice of variation of order of application. The Agent may give notices under Clause 17.2 (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.

Appropriation rights overridden. This Clause 17 and any notice which the Agent gives under Clause 17.2 (Variation of order of application) shall override any right of appropriation possessed, and any appropriation made, by the Borrower or any Security Party.

APPLICATION OF EARNINGS, LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS

Payment of Earnings. The Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to ensure that, throughout the Security Period (subject only to the provisions of the Mortgages and the General Assignments), all the Earnings in respect of a Ship are paid to the Earnings Account applicable to the Guarantor which is the owner of such Ship;

Application of Earnings. The Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party that money from time to time credited to, or for the time being standing to the credit of, an Earnings Account shall, unless and until an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred (whereupon the provisions of Clause 17.1 (Normal order of application) shall be and become applicable), be available for application in the following manner:

FIRSTLY: in or towards meeting the costs, fees and expenses payable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents;

SECONDLY: in or towards making the transfers to the Retention Account pursuant to Clause 18.3 (Monthly retentions); and

THIRDLY: in or towards meeting the costs and expenses from time to time incurred by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantors in connection with the operation of the Ships.

Monthly retentions. The Borrower undertakes with each Creditor Party to ensure that, throughout the Security Period on the same day in each month, there is transferred to the Retention Account:

one-third of the repayment instalment in respect of the Loan falling due under Clause 8.1 (Payment of Earnings) on the next Repayment Date; and

the relevant fraction of the aggregate amount of interest on the Loan which is payable on the next due date for payment of interest.

Shortfall in Earnings. If the aggregate Earnings received in the Earnings Accounts are insufficient in any month for the required amount to be transferred to any Retention Account under Clause 18.3 (Monthly retentions), the Borrower shall make up the amount of the insufficiency by payment in Dollars to the Retention Account.

Application of retentions. Until an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default occurs, the Account Bank shall on each Repayment Date and on each due date for the payment of interest under this Agreement pay to the Agent, for the Agent to distribute to the Lenders in accordance with Clause 16.4 so much of the then balance on the Retention Account as equals:

the repayment instalment due on that Repayment Date; or, as the case may be,

the amount of interest payable on that interest payment date

Location of accounts. The Borrower shall promptly:

comply, and procure that the Guarantors s comply, with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re-location of the Earnings Accounts, the Retention Account or any of them, provided that those accounts must at all times be with the Account Bank; and

execute, and procure that the Guarantors execute, any documents which the Agent specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Security Trustee a Security Interest over the Earnings Accounts and the Retention Account.

Borrower’s obligations unaffected. The provisions of this Clause 18 do not affect:

the liability of the Borrower to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or

any other liability or obligation of the Borrower or any Security Party under any Finance Document.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Events of Default. An Event of Default occurs if:

any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of the Finance Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the Finance Documents (and so that, for this purpose, sums payable (i) under clauses 5.1 and 8.1 shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if (aa) received by the Agent within two (2) days of the dates therein referred to and (bb) such delay in receipt is caused by administrative or other delays or errors within the banking system and (ii) on demand shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if paid within three (3) Business Days of demand); or

any breach occurs of Clause 9.3 (Conditions Subsequent), 11.2 (Title; negative pledge), 11.3 (No disposal of assets), 11.24 (Sanctions), 12.2 (Maintenance of status), 12.3 (Negative Undertakings), 12.4 (Financial covenants) or 15.2 (Provision of additional security; prepayment) of this Agreement; or

any breach by the Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach covered by paragraphs (a) or (b)) which, in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, is capable of remedy, and such default continues unremedied 15 days after written notice from the Agent requesting action to remedy the same; or

(subject to any applicable grace period specified in any Finance Document) any breach by the Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach falling within paragraphs (a), (b) or (c)); or

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 the Drawdown Notice or any other notice or document relating to a Finance Document is untrue or misleading in a material respect when it is made or repeated; or

any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness (exceeding $10,000,000 in respect of the Borrower and $1,000,000 for all other Relevant Persons) of a Relevant Person:

any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is not paid when due; or

any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes due and payable prior capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity date as a consequence of any event of default; or

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

an event of default howsoever described (or any event which with the giving of notice, lapse of time, determination of materiality or fulfillment of any other applicable condition or any combination of the foregoing would constitute such an event of default) occurs under any document relating to Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person; or

any Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes enforceable; or

any of the following occurs in relation to a Relevant Person:

a Relevant Person becomes, in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or

any assets of a Relevant Person are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress, or any form of freezing order, in respect of a sum of, or sums aggregating, $10,000,000 or more in respect of the Borrower and $1,000,000 or more for all other Relevant Persons or the equivalent in another currency and, in respect of a Relevant Person other than a Security Party, the same is not lifted within 30 days; or

any administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Relevant Person; or

an administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect of a Relevant Person; or

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

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

a resolution is passed, and 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) a Relevant Person, (b) the members or directors of a Relevant Person, (c) a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person, or (d) 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 the Borrower or a Guarantor which is, or is to be, effected for the purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction previously approved by the Agent and effected not later than three months after the commencement of the winding up; or

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 (a) the application or petition is dismissed

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

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 (iv) to (ix) or a step preparatory to such action, or (with or without such a meeting) the members, directors or such a committee resolve or agree that such an action or step should be taken or should be taken if certain conditions materialise or fail to materialise; or

in a Pertinent Jurisdiction other than England, any event occurs, any proceedings are opened or commenced or any step is taken which, in the opinion of the Agent is similar to any of the foregoing; or

any Security Party is in breach of or fails to observe any law, requirement, measure or procedure implemented to combat “money laundering” as defined in Article 1 of the Directive 2015/849/EC of the Council of the European Communities; or

the Borrower or any Security Party ceases or suspends carrying on its business or a part of its business which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is material in the context of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents; or

it becomes unlawful or impossible:

for the Borrower or any Security Party to discharge any liability under a Finance Document or to comply with any other obligation which the Majority Lenders consider material under a Finance Document; or

for the Agent, the Security Trustee or the Lenders to exercise or enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created by, a Finance Document; or

any consent necessary to enable a Guarantor to own, operate or charter its Ship or to enable the Borrower or any Security Party to comply with any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document, the SPA or the Management Agreement (as applicable) 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

it appears to the Majority Lenders that, after the date of this Agreement and without their prior consent a change has occurred in the legal or beneficial ownership of any of the shares in a Guarantor; or

any provision which the Majority Lenders acting reasonably 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

the security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy and if, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, capable of remedy, such event or circumstance continues unremedied 14 days after written notice from the Agent to the Borrower or relevant Security Party requesting action to remedy the same; or

any other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including, without limitation:

a change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of any Relevant Person; or

any accident or other event involving any Ship or another vessel owned, chartered or operated by a Relevant Person; or

any litigation or proceedings are commenced or threatened against a Relevant Person,

there is a significant risk that the Borrower or any Security Party is, or will later become, unable to discharge its liabilities under the Finance Documents as they fall due; or

such event represents a material adverse change to the business of the Borrower or such Security Party.

Actions following an Event of Default.

the Agent may, and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent shall:

serve on the Borrower a notice stating that all or part of the Commitments and of the other obligations of each Lender to the Borrower under this Agreement are cancelled; and/or

serve on the Borrower 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

take any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (i) or (ii), the Agent and/or the Lenders are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law; and/or

the Security Trustee may, by notice to the Borrower, exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.

Termination of Commitments. On the service of a notice under Clause 19.2(a)(i) (Actions following an Event of Default), the Commitments and all other obligations of each Lender to the Borrower under this Agreement shall be cancelled.

Acceleration of liabilities. On the service of a notice under Clause 19.2(a)19.2(a)(ii) (Actions following an Event of Default), the Loan, all accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or owing from the Borrower 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.

Multiple notices; action without notice. The Agent may serve notices under Clause 19.219.2(a)(i) (Actions following an Event of Default), or 19.2(a)(ii) simultaneously or on different dates and it and/or the Security Trustee may take any action referred to in Clause 19.2 (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.

Notification of Creditor Parties and Security Parties. The Agent shall send to each Creditor Party and each Security Party a copy or the text of any notice which the Agent serves on the Borrower under Clause 19.2 (Actions following an Event of Default); but the notice shall become effective when it is served on the Borrower, and no failure or delay by the Agent to send a copy or the text of the notice to any other person shall invalidate the notice or provide the Borrower or any Security Party with any form of claim or defence.

Lenders’ rights unimpaired. Nothing in this Clause shall be taken to impair or restrict the exercise of any right given to individual Lenders under a Finance Document or the general law; and, in particular, this Clause is without prejudice to Clause 3.1 (Interests several).

Exclusion of Creditor Party liability. No Creditor Party, and no receiver or manager appointed by the Security Trustee, shall have any liability to the Borrower or a Security Party:

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

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;

Relevant Persons. In this Clause 19 a “Relevant Person” means the Borrower, a Guarantor and any other Security Party (other than an Approved Manager that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower) and any of their Subsidiaries.

Interpretation. In Clause 19.119.1(f) (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 19.1(g) (Events of Default) “petition” includes an application.

EXPENSES

Upfront fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Commitments, on the Drawdown Date, a non-refundable upfront fee of $100,000.

Costs of negotiation, preparation etc. The Borrower 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 (including without limitation, any travel expenses).

Costs of variations, amendments, enforcement etc. The Borrower 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:

any amendment or supplement to a Finance Document, or any proposal for such an amendment to be made;

any consent or waiver by the Lenders, 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;

the valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause 15 (Security Cover) or any other matter relating to such security; or

any step taken by the Creditor Party concerned with a view to the protection, exercise or enforcement of any right or Security Interest created by a Finance Document or for any similar purpose (including without limitation any litigation cost).

Documentary taxes. The Borrower 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 Borrower to pay such a tax.

Certification of amounts. A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 20 and which indicates (without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is due.

INDEMNITIES

Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan. The Borrower shall fully indemnify each Creditor Party 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:

the Loan not being borrowed on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice for any reason other than a default by the Lender claiming the indemnity;

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;

any failure (for whatever reason) by the Borrower 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 Borrower on the amount concerned under Clause 7 (Default Interest));

the occurrence and/or continuance of an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default and/or the acceleration of repayment of the Loan or any part of it under Clause 19 (Events of Default); and

any tax (other than tax on its overall net income) for which a Creditor Party is liable in connection with any amount paid or payable to that Creditor Party (whether for its own account or otherwise) under any Finance Document.

Breakage costs. Without limiting its generality, Clause 21.1 (Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan) covers any claim, expense, liability or loss, including a loss of a prospective profit, incurred by a Lender:

in liquidating or employing deposits from third parties acquired or arranged to fund or maintain all or any part of its Contribution and/or any overdue amount (or an aggregate amount which includes its Contribution or any overdue amount); and

in terminating, or otherwise in connection with, any interest and/or currency swap or any other transaction entered into (whether with another legal entity or with another office or department of the Lender concerned) to hedge any exposure arising under this Agreement or that part which the Lender concerned determines is fairly attributable to this Agreement of the amount of the liabilities, expenses or losses (including losses of prospective profits) incurred by it in terminating, or otherwise in connection with, a number of transactions of which this Agreement is one.

Miscellaneous indemnities. The Borrower 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:

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

any other Pertinent Matter;

Currency indemnity. If any sum due from the 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:

making or lodging any claim or proof against the Borrower or any Security Party, whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise; or

obtaining an order or judgment from any court or other tribunal; or

enforcing any such order or judgment;

Certification of amounts. A notice which is signed by 2 officers of a Creditor Party, which states that a specified amount, or aggregate amount, is due to that Creditor Party under this Clause 21 and which indicates (without necessarily specifying a detailed breakdown) the matters in respect of which the amount, or aggregate amount, is due shall be prima facie evidence that the amount, or aggregate amount, is due.

Sums deemed due to a Lender. For the purposes of this Clause 21, a sum payable by the Borrower to the Agent or the Security Trustee for distribution to a Lender shall be treated as a sum due to that Lender.

NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION

No deductions. All amounts due from the Borrower under a Finance Document shall be paid:

without any form of set-off, cross-claim or condition; and

free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which the Borrower is required by law to make.

Grossing-up for taxes. If the Borrower is required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment (other than a FATCA Deduction):

the Borrower shall notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement;

the Borrower shall pay the tax deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly, and in any event before any fine or penalty arises;

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.

Evidence of payment of taxes. Within 1 month after making any tax deduction, the Borrower concerned shall deliver to the Agent documentary evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the tax had been paid to the appropriate taxation authority.

Exclusion of tax on overall net income. In this Clause 22 “tax deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax except tax on a Creditor Party’s overall net income.

ILLEGALITY, ETC

Illegality. This Clause 23 applies if a Lender (the “Notifying Lender”) notifies the Agent that it has become, or will with effect from a specified date, become:

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

contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation,

Notification of illegality. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Security Parties, and each of the Creditor Parties of the notice under Clause 23.1 (Illegality) which the Agent receives from the Notifying Lender.

Prepayment; termination of Commitment. On the Agent notifying the Borrower under Clause 23.2 (Notification of illegality), the Notifying Lender’s Commitment shall terminate; and thereupon or, if later, on the date specified in the Notifying Lender’s notice under Clause 23.1 (Illegality) as the date on which the notified event would become effective the Borrower shall prepay the Notifying Lender’s Contribution in accordance with Clause 8 (Repayment and Prepayment).

Mitigation. If circumstances arise which would result in a notification under Clause 23.1 (Illegality) then, without in any way limiting the rights of the Notifying Lender under Clause 23.3 (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:

have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or

involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or

involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage.

INCREASED COSTS

Increased costs. This Clause 24 applies if a Lender (the “Notifying Lender”) notifies the Agent that the Notifying Lender considers that as a result of:

the introduction or alteration after the date of this Agreement of a law or an alteration after the date of this Agreement in the manner in which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Agreement of a tax on the Lender’s overall net income); or

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, the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) has incurred or will incur an “increased cost”.

Meaning of “increase cost”. In this Clause 24, “increased cost” means, in relation to a Notifying Lender:

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;

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;

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

an additional or increased cost of funding all or maintaining all or any part the Notifying Lender’s Contributions or other unpaid sums or (as the case may require) the proportion of that cost attributable to the Contributions or other unpaid sums; or

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;

Notification to Borrower of claim for increased costs. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Security Parties of the notice which the Agent received from the Notifying Lender under Clause 24.1 (Increased Costs).

Payment of increased costs. The Borrower 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 Borrower that the Notifying Lender has specified to be necessary to compensate the Notifying Lender for the increased cost.

Notice of prepayment; cancellation. If the Borrower is not willing to continue to compensate the Notifying Lender for the increased cost under Clause 24.4 (Payment of increased costs), the Borrower may give the Agent not less than 14 days’ notice of their intention to:

prepay the Notifying Lender’s Contribution at the end of an Interest Period; and/or

cancel the Notifying Lender’s Available Commitment.

Prepayment; termination of Commitment. A notice under Clause 24.5 (Notice of prepayment; cancellation) shall be irrevocable; the Agent shall promptly notify the Notifying Lender of the Borrower’s notice of intended prepayment and/or cancellation; and:

on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Available Commitment of the Notifying Lender shall be cancelled;

on the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrower shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Notifying Lender’s Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin.

SET-OFF

Application of credit balances. Each Creditor Party may, following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, without prior notice:

apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of the Borrower at any office in any country of that Creditor Party in or towards satisfaction of any sum then due from the Borrower to that Creditor Party under any of the Finance Documents; and

for that purpose:

break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of the Borrower;

convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and

enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Creditor Party concerned considers appropriate.

Existing rights unaffected. No Creditor Party shall be obliged to exercise any of its rights under Clause 25.1 (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).

Sums deemed due to a Creditor Party. For the purposes of this Clause 25, a sum payable by the Borrower to the Agent or the Security Trustee for distribution to, or for the account of, any Creditor Party shall be treated as a sum due to that Creditor Party; and each Creditor Party’s proportion of a sum so payable for distribution to, or for the account of, the Creditor Parties shall be treated as a sum due to such Creditor Party.

No Security Interest. This Clause 25 gives the Creditor Parties a contractual right of set-off only, and does not create any equitable charge or other Security Interest over any credit balance of the Borrower.

TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN LENDING AND BOOKING OFFICES

Transfer by Borrower. The Borrower may not, 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.

Transfer by a Lender. Subject to Clause 26.4 (Effective Date of Transfer Certificate), a Lender (the “Transferor Lender”) may, (i) if such transfer is to any bank or financial institution affiliated to a Lender or if such transfer is made while an Event of Default is continuing, without the consent of the Borrower or (ii) if such transfer is to any arm’s length bank or financial institution, with the prior consent of the Borrower, (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) at any time, cause:

its rights in respect of all or part of its Contribution; or

its obligations in respect of all or part of its Commitment; or

a combination of (a) and (b);

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):

sign the Transfer Certificate on behalf of itself, the Borrower, the Security Parties and each of the Creditor Parties;

on behalf of the Transferee Lender, send to the Borrower and each Security Party letters or faxes notifying them of the Transfer Certificate and attaching a copy of it;

send to the Transferee Lender copies of the letters or faxes sent under paragraph (b) above.

Effective Date of Transfer Certificate. A Transfer Certificate becomes effective on the date, if any, specified in the Transfer Certificate as its effective date, Provided that it is signed by the Agent under Clause 26.3 (Transfer Certificate, delivery and notification) on or before that date.

No transfer without Transfer Certificate. No assignment or transfer of any right or obligation of a Lender under any Finance Document is binding on, or effective in relation to, the Borrower, any Security Party, the Agent or the Security Trustee unless it is effected, evidenced or perfected by a Transfer Certificate.

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 Borrower and the Security Trustee waive the need for the execution and delivery of a Transfer Certificate; and, upon service of the Agent’s notice, the successor shall become a Lender with the same Commitment and Contribution as were held by the predecessor Lender.

Effect of Transfer Certificate. A Transfer Certificate takes effect in accordance with English law as follows: