DATED 24 June 2008 SHIKHAR VENTURES S.A. and SIZZLING VENTURES INC. as Borrowers DNB NOR BANK ASA as Lenders DNB NOR BANK ASA as Swap Bank, Agent, Account Bank and Security Trustee FACILITY AGREEMENT FOR A USD 133,000,000 TERM LOAN FACILITY IN TWO...

Exhibit 99.1

DATED 24 June 2008

XXXXXXX VENTURES S.A.
and
SIZZLING VENTURES INC.
as Borrowers

DNB NOR BANK ASA
as Lenders

DNB NOR BANK ASA
as Swap Bank, Agent, Account Bank
and Security Trustee

FACILITY AGREEMENT FOR A USD 133,000,000

TERM LOAN FACILITY

IN TWO TRANCHES

Piraeus

Index


Clause	Page
1 Purpose, Definitions, Construction & Majority Lenders		3

2 The Available Commitment and Cancellation		21

3 Interest and Interest Periods		24

4 Repayment and Prepayment		27

5 Fees and Expenses		30

6 Payments and Taxes; Accounts and Calculations		32

7 Representations and Warranties		36

8 Undertakings		42

9 Conditions		51

10 Events of Default		52

11 Indemnities		59

12 Unlawfulness and Increased Costs		60

13 Application of moneys, set off, pro-rata payments and miscellaneous		62

14 Accounts		67

15 Assignment, transfer and lending office		68

16 Agent and Security Trustee		72

17 Notices and other matters		88

18 Governing law		90

20 Jurisdiction		93

Schedule 1 The Lenders and their Commitments		97

Schedule 2 Form of Drawdown Notice		98

Schedule 3 Conditions precedent		100

Schedule 4 Form of Transfer Certificate		110


Clause	Page
Schedule 5 Form of Trust Deed		115

Schedule 6 Mandatory Costs		115

Schedule 7 Indenture Extract/Interest Expenses		115

Schedule 8 Indenture Excerpt		115

Schedule 9 Form of Compliance Certificate		132

Execution Pages		116

THIS AGREEMENT dated June 2008 is made BY and BETWEEN:

(1)		XXXXXXX VENTURES S.A. and SIZZLING VENTURES INC. as Borrowers;

(2)		DNB NOR BANK ASA as Lender; and

(3)		DNB NOR BANK ASA as Agent, Swap Bank, Account Bank and Security Trustee.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1		PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, CONSTRUCTION & MAJORITY LENDERS

1.1		Purpose

		This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which DnB NOR Bank ASA agrees to make available to the Borrowers a loan in the sum of up to one hundred and thirty three million Dollars (USD 133,000,000) in 2 Tranches (each Tranche to be drawn in up to 5 Advances), for the purpose of part-financing the purchase price of two capesize bulk carriers which are to be constructed by the Builder for, and purchased by, the Borrowers.

1.2		Definitions

		In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

		“Account Bank” means DnB NOR Bank ASA acting through its through its branch at 00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx or such other Lender as may be designated by the Agent as the Account Bank for the purposes of this Agreement;

		“Acquisition Price” means in respect of each Vessel, the aggregate of (i) the amount payable by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract and (ii) the amount payable to the Seller under the Share Purchase Agreement in respect of that Borrower;

		“Advance” means the principal amount of each drawing in respect of the Loan to be made pursuant to Clause 2.5;

		“Agent” means DnB NOR Bank ASA acting through its branch at 00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.2.3) or such other person as may be appointed as agent by the Lenders pursuant to clause 16.13;

		“Approved Broker” means each of (i) H Clarkson & Co. Ltd. of St Magnus House, 3 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx, (ii) Arrow Research Ltd. of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX00 0XX, Xxxxxxx and (iii) Fearnleys AS of Grev Wedels Xxxxx 9, X.X.Xxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0000 Xxxxxx or such other reputable, independent and first class firm of shipbrokers specialising in the valuation of vessels of the relevant type appointed by the Agent and agreed with the Borrowers;

		“Banking Day” means a day on which dealings in deposits in USD are carried on in the London Interbank Eurocurrency Market and (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in London, Piraeus and New York City (or any other relevant place of payment under clause 6);

		“Banks” means, together, the Agent, the Account Bank, the Security Trustee, the Lenders, the Swap Bank and any Transferee Lenders;

		“Borrower” means each of Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. (“Xxxxxxx”) and Sizzling Ventures Inc. (“Sizzling”) each having its registered office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and in the plural means both of them;

		“Break Costs” means the aggregate amount of all losses, premiums, penalties, costs and expenses whatsoever certified by the Agent at any time and from time to time as having been incurred by the Lenders or any of them in maintaining or funding their

Contributions or in liquidating or re-employing fixed deposits acquired to maintain the same as a result of either:

	(a)		any repayment or prepayment of the Loan or any part thereof otherwise than (i) in accordance with clause 4.1 or (ii) on an Interest Payment Date whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis or otherwise howsoever; or

	(b)		as a result of the Borrowers failing or being incapable of drawing an Advance after a relevant Drawdown Notice has been given;

		“Builder” means together, Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. and Sungdong Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. both of South Korea;

		“Certified Copy” means in relation to any document delivered or issued by or on behalf of any company, a copy of such document certified as a true, complete and up to date copy of the original by any of the directors or officers for the time being of such company or by such company’s attorneys or solicitors;

		“Charter Assignment” means a specific assignment of any Extended Employment Contract required to be executed hereunder by either Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee (including any notices and/or acknowledgements and/or undertakings associated therewith) in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion;

		“Classification” means, in relation to each Vessel, the highest class available for a vessel of her type with the relevant Classification Society;

		“Classification Society” means, in relation to each Vessel, any IACS classification society which the Lenders shall, at the request of the Borrowers, have agreed in writing shall be treated as the classification society in relation to such Vessel for the purposes of the relevant Ship Security Documents;

		“Commercial Manager” means any person appointed by an Owner, with the prior written consent of the Agent, as the commercial manager of the relevant Vessel;

		“Commitment” means, in relation to each Tranche, in relation to each Lender, the sum set out opposite its name in schedule 1 or any replacement thereof, pursuant to the terms of

		any relevant Transfer Certificate as the amount which, subject to the terms of this Agreement, it is obliged to advance to the Borrowers hereunder in respect of the Loan Facility, in each case as such amount may have been reduced and/or cancelled under this Agreement;

		“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in schedule 9 signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower;

		“Compulsory Acquisition” means, in respect of a Vessel, 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 of Compulsory Acquisition either (i) sixty (60) days or, (ii) if relevant underwriters confirm in writing (in terms satisfactory to the Majority Lenders) prior to the end of such sixty (60) day period that such capture, seizure, detention or confiscation will be fully covered 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;

		“Contribution” means, at any relevant time, in relation to each Lender, the principal amount of the Loan owing to such Lender at such time;

		“Corporate Guarantee” means the guarantee required to be executed hereunder by the Corporate Guarantor in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion;

		“Corporate Guarantor” means Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., a company incorporated in the Xxxxxxxx Islands and having its registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX00000;

		“Credit Support Document” has in relation to the Master Agreement, the meaning given to that expression therein;

		“Credit Support Provider” means any person defined as such in the Master Agreement;

		“Default” means any Event of Default or any event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other condition (or any combination thereof) would constitute an Event of Default;

		“Delivery Date” means, in relation to a Vessel, the date on which title to and possession of that Vessel is transferred from the Builder to the relevant Borrower, which are expected to be, in respect of Vessel A, 31 March 2010, and in respect of Vessel B,30 June 2010;

		“Dollars” and “USD” mean the lawful currency of the USA and in respect of all payments to be made under any of the Security Documents means funds which are for same day settlement in the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or such other US dollar funds as may at the relevant time be customary for the settlement of international banking transactions denominated in US dollars);

		“Drawdown Date” means, in relation to each Advance, any date being a Banking Day falling during the Drawdown Period, on which the relevant Advance is, or is to be, made available;

		“Drawdown Notice” means, in relation to each Advance, a notice substantially in the form of schedule 2;

		“Drawdown Period” means the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on 30 June 2010 or on the date on which the Commitment is finally cancelled or no longer available under the terms of this Agreement;

		“Earnings Account” means an interest bearing USD Account required to be opened hereunder with the Account Bank in the name of the Technical Manager designated “Navios — Earnings Account” and includes any other account designated in writing by the Agent to be the Earnings Account for the purposes of this Agreement;

		“Earnings Account Pledge” means a first priority charge required to be executed hereunder between the Technical Manager and the Security Trustee in respect of the Earnings Account in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion;

		“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, title retention, preferential right, option, trust arrangement or security interest or other encumbrance, security or arrangement conferring howsoever a priority of payment in respect of any obligation of any person;

		“Environmental Affiliate” means any agent or employee of either Borrower, the Commercial Manager, the Technical Manager, or any other Group Member or any other person having a contractual relationship with either Borrower, the Commercial Manager, the Technical Manager, or any other Group Member in connection with any Relevant Ship or its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on or from any Relevant Ship;

		“Environmental Approval” means any consent, authorisation, licence or approval of any governmental or public body or authorities or courts applicable to any Relevant Ship or its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on or from any Relevant Ship required under any Environmental Law;

		“Environmental Claim” means (i) any claim by, or directive from, any applicable Government Entity alleging breach of, or non-compliance with, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Approvals or otherwise howsoever relating to or arising out of an Environmental Incident or (ii) any claim by any other third party howsoever relating to or arising out of an Environmental Incident (and, in each such case, “claim” shall include a claim for damages and/or direction for and/or enforcement relating to clean-up costs, removal, compliance, remedial action or otherwise) or (iii) any Proceedings arising from any of the foregoing;

		“Environmental Incident” means, regardless of cause, (i) any actual or threatened discharge or release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from any Relevant Ship; (ii) any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is discharged or released from a vessel other than a Relevant Ship which involves collision between a Relevant Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, where the Relevant Ship, the Manager and/or the relevant Owner and/or the relevant Group Member and/or the relevant Operator are actually, contingently or allegedly at fault or

otherwise howsoever liable (in whole or in part) or (iii) any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is discharged or released from a vessel other than a Relevant Ship and where such Relevant Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested as a result and/or where the Manager and/or the relevant Owner and/or other Group Member and/or the relevant Operator are actually, contingently or allegedly at fault or otherwise howsoever liable;

		“Environmental Laws” means all laws, regulations, conventions and agreements whatsoever relating to pollution, human or wildlife well-being or protection of the environment (including, without limitation, the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and any comparable laws of the individual States of the USA);

		“Environmentally Sensitive Material” means oil, oil products or any other products or substance which are polluting, toxic or hazardous or any substance the release of which into the environment is howsoever regulated, prohibited or penalised by or pursuant to any Environmental Law;

		“Event of Default” means any of the events or circumstances listed in clause 10.1;

		“Execution Date” means the date on which this Agreement has been executed by all the parties hereto;

		“Extended Employment Contract” means, in respect of a Vessel, any time charterparty, contract of affreightment or other contract of employment of such ship (including the entry of any Vessel in any pool) which has a tenor exceeding twelve (12) months (including any options to renew or extend such tenor);

		“Facility Period” means the period starting on the date of this Agreement and ending on such date as all obligations whatsoever of all of the Security Parties under or pursuant to the Security Documents whensoever arising, actual or contingent, have been irrevocably paid, performed and/or complied with;

		“Flag State” means Panama or any other country acceptable to the Lenders;

		“General Assignment” means, in respect of each Vessel, the deed of assignment of its earnings, insurances and requisition compensation executed or to be executed by the

		relevant Owner in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion;

		“Government Entity” means any national or local government body, tribunal, court or regulatory or other agency and any organisation of which such body, tribunal, court or agency is a part or to which it is subject;

		“Group” means the Corporate Guarantor and its subsidiaries;

		“Group Member” means any member of the Group;

		“Indebtedness” means any obligation howsoever arising (whether present or future, actual or contingent, secured or unsecured as principal, surety or otherwise) for the payment or repayment of money;

		“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of 18 December 2006 issued by the Corporate Guarantor and others for 9 ¹/2% Senior Notes due on 18 December 2014;

		“Indenture Excerpt” means the excerpt from the Indenture set out in Schedule 8;

		“Indenture Extract” means the extract from the Indenture set out in Schedule 7;

		“Interest Payment Date” means, in relation to each Tranche, the last day of an Interest Period and, if an Interest Period is longer than 3 months, the date falling at the end of each successive period of 3 months during such Interest Period starting from its commencement;

		“Interest Period” means each period for the calculation of interest in respect of the Loan or, as the case may be, Tranche ascertained in accordance with the provisions of clause 3;

		“ISM Code Documentation” means, in relation to a Vessel, the document of compliance (DOC) and safety management certificate (SMC) issued by a Classification Society pursuant to the ISM Code in relation to that Vessel within the periods specified by the ISM Code;

		“ISM SMS” means the safety management system which is required to be developed, implemented and maintained under the ISM Code;

		“ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Security Code of the International Maritime Organisation and includes any amendments or extensions thereto and any regulations issued pursuant thereto;

		“ISSC” means an International Ship Security Certificate issued in respect of a Vessel pursuant to the ISPS Code;

		“Latest Accounts” means, in respect of any financial quarter or year of the Group, the latest unaudited (in respect of each financial quarter) or audited (in respect of each financial year) financial statements required to be prepared pursuant to clause 8.1.6;

		“Lenders” means the banks listed in schedule 1 and Transferee Lenders;

		“Lending Branch” means, in respect of each Lender, its office or branch at the address set out beneath its name in schedule 1 (or, in the case of a Transferee, in the Transfer Certificate to which it is a party as Transferee) or such other office or branch as any Lender shall from time to time select and notify through the Agent to the other parties to this Agreement;

		“LIBOR” means, for a particular period, the rate equal to the offered quotation for deposits in USD in an amount comparable with the amount in relation to which LIBOR is to be determined for a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, the relevant period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 at or about 11 a.m. on the second Banking Day before the first day of such period (and, for the purposes of this Agreement, “Reuters Screen LIBOR01” means the display designated as “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Service or such other page as may replace LIBOR01 on that service for the purpose of displaying rates comparable to that rate or on such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for USD);

		“Liquidity” means:

(a)

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

	(b)		cash deposits legally and beneficially owned by any Group Member and which are deposited with (i) any of the Banks or (ii) any other bank or financial institution; and

	(c)		any undrawn Commitment under this Agreement which may be promptly drawn in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

which in each case:

	(a)		is free from any Encumbrance other than in respect of any deposit with a Lender, any Encumbrance given as security for the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement; and

	(b)		is otherwise at the free and unrestricted disposal of the relevant Group Member by which it is owned;

		“Loan” means the aggregate principal amount in respect of the Loan Facility owing to the Lenders under this Agreement at any relevant time;

		“Loan Facility” means the loan facility provided by the Lenders on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement in the amount of USD 133,000,000;

		“Majority Lenders” means at any relevant time when there are two Lenders, both of them, and at any time when there are more than two Lenders, the Lenders whose Contributions exceed 75% of the Loan;

		“Management Agreements” means, in respect of each Vessel, the agreements between (i) the relevant Owner and the Technical Manager and (ii) the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager, each in a form previously approved in writing by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders);

		“Manager’s Undertakings” means, collectively, the undertakings and (in respect of the Technical Manager’s undertakings) assignments required to be executed respectively hereunder by the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager in favour of the Security Trustee in respect of each of the Vessels each in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion (and “Managers’ Undertakings” means all of them);

		“Mandatory Cost” means the percentage rate calculated by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 6;

		“Margin” means, in relation to each Interest Period 1.00% per annum;

		“Master Agreement” means an ISDA Master Agreement made or to be made between the Swap Bank and the Borrowers;

		“Master Agreement Security Deed” means the security deed in respect of the Master Agreement executed or (as the context may require) to be each executed by the Borrowers in favour of the Security Trustee in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion;

		“Material Adverse Effect” means any event or occurrence which the Majority Lenders reasonably determine has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the Banks’ rights under, or the security provided by, any Security Document, (ii) the ability of any Security Party or other member of the Group to perform or comply with any of its obligations under any Security Document or (iii) the value or nature of the property, assets, operations, liabilities or financial condition of any member of the Group;

		“Maturity Date” means the earlier of 30 June 2018 and the date falling 8 years after the second Delivery Date (or, if only one Vessel is delivered by the Builder, then 8 years after the Delivery Date in respect of that Vessel);

		“MII & MAP Policy” means a mortgagee’s interest and pollution risks insurance policy (including additional perils (pollution) cover) in respect of each Mortgaged Vessel to be effected by the Security Trustee on or before the first Drawdown Date to cover the Mortgaged Vessels as the same may be renewed or replaced annually thereafter and maintained throughout the Facility Period through such brokers, with such underwriters and containing such coverage as may be acceptable to the Security Trustee in its sole discretion, insuring a sum of at least one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loan in respect of mortgagee’s interest insurance and one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loan in respect of additional perils cover;

		“Minimum Liquidity” means USD30,000,000 ;

		“month” means a period beginning in one calendar month and ending in the next calendar month on the day numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which it started, provided that (a) if the period started on the last Banking Day in a calendar month or if there is no such numerically corresponding day, it shall end on the last Banking Day in such next calendar month and (b) if such numerically corresponding day is not a Banking Day, the period shall end on the next following Banking Day in the same calendar month but if there is no such Banking Day it shall end on the preceding Banking Day and “months” and “monthly” shall be construed accordingly;

		“Mortgage” means, in respect of each Vessel, the first preferred Ship mortgage thereof required to be executed hereunder by the Owner thereof in favour of the Security Trustee, each in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion and in the plural means both of them;

		“Mortgaged Vessel” means, at any relevant time, any Vessel which is at such time subject to a Mortgage and a Vessel shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be regarded as a Mortgaged Vessel as from the date on which the Mortgage of that Vessel has been executed and registered in accordance with this Agreement until whichever shall be the earlier of (i) the payment in full of the amount required to be paid to the Agent pursuant to clause 4.3 or 4.5 following the Total Loss or sale respectively of such Vessel and (ii) the end of the Facility Period;

		“Net Worth” means, by reference to the Latest Accounts in respect of the Group, the Total Assets (adjusted for market value) less Total Liabilities of the Group;

		“Operator” means any person who is from time to time during the Facility Period concerned in the operation of a Relevant Ship and falls within the definition of “Company” set out in rule 1.1.2 of the ISM Code;

		“Owner” means, in relation to Vessel A, Xxxxxxx and in relation to Vessel B, Sizzling, and in the plural means both of them;

		“Permitted Encumbrance” means any Encumbrance in favour of the Banks or any of them created pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Liens;

		“Permitted Liens” means any lien on any Vessel for master’s, officer’s or crew’s wages outstanding in the ordinary course of trading, any lien for salvage and any ship repairer’s or outfitter’s possessory lien for a sum not (except with the prior written consent of the Agent) exceeding the Casualty Amount (as defined in the Ship Security Documents for such Vessel);

		“Pertinent Jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction in which or where any Security Party is incorporated, resident, domiciled, has a permanent establishment or assets, carries on, or has a place of business or is otherwise howsoever effectively connected;

		“Predelivery Security Assignment” means, in respect of each Vessel, a deed of assignment of the Shipbuilding Contract and of the Refund Guarantee in respect thereof in such form as the Agent and the Majority Lenders may require in their sole discretion and in the plural means both of them;

		“Proceedings” means any litigation, arbitration, legal action or complaint or judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative proceedings whatsoever arising or instigated by anyone (private or governmental) in any court, tribunal, public office or other forum whatsoever and wheresoever (including, without limitation, any action for provisional or permanent attachment of any thing or for injunctive remedies or interim relief and any action instigated on an ex parte basis);

		“Refund Guarantee” means each of the Vessel A Refund Guarantee and the Vessel B Refund Guarantee and in the plural means both of them;

		“Refund Guarantor” means Woori Bank of South Korea, the issuer of the Refund Guarantees;

		“Registry” means, in relation to each Vessel, the office of the registrar, commissioner or representative of the Flag State, who is duly empowered to register such Vessel, the relevant Owner’s title thereto and the relevant Mortgage under the laws and flag of the Flag State;

		“Relevant Tranche” means, in respect of Vessel A, Tranche A, and in respect of Vessel B, Tranche B;

		“Relevant Ship” means each of the Vessels 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;

		“Repayment Dates” means, in respect of each Tranche, subject to clause 6.3, each of the dates falling at six monthly intervals after the Drawdown Date in respect of the Advance referred to in Clause 2.5.1(f) in respect of such Tranche, up to and including the earlier of (i) the date falling 120 months after such Drawdown Date and (ii) 30 June 2018;

		“Required Authorisation” means any authorisation, consent, declaration, licence, permit, exemption, approval or other document, whether imposed by or arising in connection with any law, regulation, custom, contract, security or otherwise howsoever which must be obtained at any time from any person, Government Entity, central bank or other self-regulating or supra-national authority in order to enable the Borrowers lawfully to borrow the loan or draw any Advance and/or to enable any Security Party lawfully and continuously to continue its corporate existence and/or perform all its obligations whatsoever whensoever arising and/or grant security under the relevant Security Documents and/or to ensure the continuous validity and enforceability thereof;

		“Required Security Amount” means the amount in USD (as certified by the Agent) which is at any relevant time one hundred and twenty five per cent (125%) of the aggregate of the Loan and any Swap Exposure;

		“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Predelivery Security Assignments, the Master Agreement, the Master Agreement Security Deed, the Mortgages, the Guarantee, the General Assignments, the Charter Assignments, the Earnings Accounts Pledge, the Manager’s Undertakings, and any other documents as may have been or shall from time to time after the date of this Agreement be executed to guarantee and/or to govern and/or secure all or any part of the Loan, interest thereon and other moneys from time to time owing by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and/or the Master Agreement (whether or not any such document also secures moneys from time to time owing pursuant to any other document or agreement);

		“Security Party” means the Borrowers, the Commercial Manager, the Technical Manager, the Corporate Guarantor or any other person who may at any time be a party to any of the Security Documents (other than the Banks);

		“Security Trustee” means DnB NOR Bank ASA acting through its through its branch at 00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx, London EC3R 8HY, England (or of such other address as may last have been notified to the other parties to this Agreement pursuant to clause 17.2.3) or such other person as may be appointed as Security Trustee and trustee by the Lenders, the Agent and the Agent pursuant to clause 16.14;

		“Security Value” means the amount in USD (as certified by the Agent) which is, at any relevant time, the aggregate of (a) the Valuation Amounts of the Mortgaged Vessels as most recently determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2 and (b) the net realizable market value of any additional security for the time being actually provided to the Lenders pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b);

		“Seller” means Union Fairtriton S.A. of the Xxxxxxxx Islands;

		“Share Purchase Agreement” means, in respect of each Borrower the agreement dated 10 December 2007 made between the Shareholder as buyer and the Seller as seller of all of the shares of any in each Borrower;

		“Shareholder” means, Anemos Maritime Holdings Inc., a company incorporated in the Xxxxxxxx Islands and having its registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX00000;

		“Ship Security Documents” means, in relation to each Vessel, the relevant Mortgage, the relevant General Assignment, any relevant Charter Assignment and the relevant Manager’s Undertakings;

		“Shipbuilding Contract” means each of the Vessel A Shipbuilding Contract and the Vessel B Shipbuilding Contract and in the plural means both of them;

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

		company or entity or the power to direct its policies and management, whether by contract or otherwise;

		“Swap Bank” means each of DnB NOR Bank ASA acting through its through its branch at 00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx;

		“Swap Exposure” means, as at any relevant date the amount certified by the Swap Bank to be the aggregate net amount in Dollars which would be payable by the Borrowers to the Swap Bank under (and calculated in accordance with) section 6(e) (Payments on Early Termination) of the Master Agreement if an Early Termination Date (as therein defined) had occurred on the relevant date in relation to all continuing Transactions (as therein defined) entered into between the Borrowers and the Swap Bank;

		“Taxes” includes all present and future income, corporation, capital or value-added taxes and all stamp and other taxes and levies, imposts, deductions, duties, charges and withholdings whatsoever together with interest thereon and penalties in respect thereto, if any, and charges, fees or other amounts made on or in respect thereof (and “Taxation” shall be construed accordingly);

		“Technical Manager” means Navios ShipManagement Inc., a company incorporated in the Xxxxxxxx Islands and having its registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX00000 or any other person appointed by an Owner, with the prior written consent of the Agent, as the technical manager of the relevant Mortgaged Vessel;

		“Total Assets” and “Total Liabilities” mean, respectively, the total assets and total liabilities of the Corporate Guarantor’s Group as evidenced at any relevant time by the Latest Accounts, in which they shall have been calculated by reference to the meanings assigned to them in accordance with US GAAP provided that the value of any ship shall be the value thereof calculated in accordance with Clause 8.2.2 and not as set out in the Latest Accounts;

		“Total Commitment” means, at any relevant time, the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Lenders at such time (being the aggregate of the sums set out opposite their names in schedule 1);

		“Total Loss” means, in relation to each Vessel:

	(a)		actual, constructive, compromised or arranged total loss of such Vessel; or

	(b)		Compulsory Acquisition; or

	(c)		any hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of such Vessel not falling within the definition of Compulsory Acquisition by any Government Entity, or by persons allegedly acting or purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, unless such Vessel be released and restored to the relevant Owner within thirty (30) days after such incident;

		“Tranche A” means the amount of up to USD66,500,000, being the aggregate of all of the Advances to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers to assist Xxxxxxx in its acquisition of Vessel A;

		“Tranche B” means the amount of up to USD66,500,000, being the aggregate of all of the Advances to be made available by the Lender to the Borrowers to assist Sizzling in its acquisition of Vessel B; and

		“Tranche” means either of Tranche A or Tranche B and in the plural means both of them;

		“Transaction” means a Transaction as defined in the Master Agreement;

		“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form set out in schedule 4;

		“Transferee Lender” has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 15.3;

		“Transferor Lender” has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 15.3;

		“Trust Deed” means a trust deed in the form, or substantially in the form, set out in schedule 5;

		“Trust Property” means (i) the security, powers, rights, titles, benefits and interests (both present and future) constituted by and conferred on the Banks or any of them under or pursuant to the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the benefit of all covenants, undertakings, representations, warranties and obligations given, made or undertaken to any Bank in the Security Documents), (ii) all moneys, property and other assets paid or transferred to or vested in any Bank (or anyone else on such Bank’s behalf) or received or recovered by any Bank (or anyone else on such Bank’s behalf) pursuant to, or in connection with, any of the Security Documents whether from any Security Party or any other person and (iii) all moneys, investments, property and other assets at any time representing or deriving from any of the foregoing, including all interest, income and other sums at any time received or receivable by any Bank (or anyone else on such Bank’s behalf) in respect of the same (or any part thereof);

		“Underlying Documents” means, together, the Share Purchase Agreements, the Shipbuilding Contracts, the Refund Guarantees, any Extended Employment Contracts and the Management Agreements;

		“Unlawfulness” means any event or circumstance which either is or, as the case may be, might in the opinion of the Agent become the subject of a notification by the Agent to the Borrowers under clause 12.1;

		“USA” means the United States of America;

		“Valuation Amount” means, in respect of each Mortgaged Vessel, the value thereof as most recently determined under clause 8.2.2; and

		“Vessel” means each of Vessel A and Vessel B and in the plural means both of them;

		“Vessel A” means the capesize bulk carrier of about 170,000 dwt which is being or to be constructed by the Builder with Builder’s Hull No. S1081 for, and purchased by, Shikhar under the Vessel A Shipbuilding Contract;

		“Vessel B” means the capesize bulk carrier of about 170,000 dwt which is being or to be constructed by the Builder with Builder’s Hull No. S1082 for, and purchased by, Sizzling under the Vessel B Shipbuilding Contract;

		“Vessel A Refund Guarantee” means the irrevocable and unconditional guarantee issued or to be issued by the Refund Guarantor in favour of Xxxxxxx in relation to the Vessel A Shipbuilding Contract;

		“Vessel B Refund Guarantee” means the irrevocable and unconditional guarantee issued or to be issued by the Refund Guarantor in favour of Sizzling in relation to the Vessel B Shipbuilding Contract;

		“Vessel A Shipbuilding Contract” means the Shipbuilding Contract dated 1 December 2006 entered into between the Builder and Xxxxxxx for the construction by the Builder of Vessel A and its purchase by Chilali, as supplemented from time to time; and

		“Vessel B Shipbuilding Contract” means the Shipbuilding Contract dated 1 December 2006 entered into between the Builder and Sizzling for the construction by the Builder of Vessel B and its purchase by Sizzling, as supplemented from time to time.

1.3		Construction

		In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.3.1		clause headings and the index are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction of this Agreement;

1.3.2		references to clauses and schedules are to be construed as references to clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement and references to this Agreement include its schedules and any supplemental agreements executed pursuant hereto;

1.3.3		references to (or to any specified provision of) this Agreement or any other document shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that provision or that document as in force for the time being and as duly amended and/or supplemented and/or novated;

1.3.4		references to a “regulation” include any present or future regulation, rule, directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any Government Entity, central bank or any self-regulatory or other supra-national authority;

1.3.5		references to any person in or party to this Agreement shall include reference to such person’s lawful successors and assigns and references to a Lender shall also include a Transferee Lender;

1.3.6		words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa;

1.3.7		references to a time of day are, unless otherwise stated, to Hamburg time;

1.3.8		references to a person shall be construed as references to an individual, firm, company, corporation or unincorporated body of persons or any Government Entity;

1.3.9		references to a “guarantee” include references to an indemnity or any other kind of assurance whatsoever (including, without limitation, any kind of negotiable instrument, xxxx or note) against financial loss or other liability including, without limitation, an obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default by any other person to pay any Indebtedness and “guaranteed” shall be construed accordingly;

1.3.10		references to any statute or other legislative provision are to be construed as references to any such statute or other legislative provision as the same may be re enacted or modified or substituted by any subsequent statute or legislative provision (whether before or after the date hereof) and shall include any regulations, orders, instruments or other subordinate legislation issued or made under such statute or legislative provision;

1.3.11		a certificate by the Agent or the Agent as to any amount due or calculation made or any matter whatsoever determined in connection with this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers except for manifest error;

1.3.12		if any document, term or other matter or thing is required to be approved, agreed or consented to by any of the Banks such approval, agreement or consent must be obtained in writing unless the contrary is stated;

1.3.13		time shall be of the essence in respect of all obligations whatsoever of the Borrowers under this Agreement, howsoever and whensoever arising;

1.3.14		and the words “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed eiusdem generis with any foregoing words where a wider construction is possible.

1.4		Accounting terms and references to currencies

		Currencies are referred to in this Agreement by the three letter currency codes (ISO 4217) allocated to them by the International Organisation for Standardisation.

1.5		Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999

		Except for clause 20, no part of this Agreement shall be enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement.

1.6		Majority Lenders

		Where this Agreement or any other Security Document provides for any matter to be determined by reference to the opinion of the Majority Lenders or to be subject to the consent or request of the Majority Lenders or for any decision or action to be taken on the instructions in writing of the Majority Lenders, such opinion, consent, request or instructions shall (as between the Lenders) only be regarded as having been validly given or issued by the Majority Lenders if all the Lenders with a Commitment and/or Contribution shall have received prior notice of the matter on which such opinion, consent, request or instructions are required to be obtained and the relevant majority of such Lenders shall have given or issued such opinion, consent, request or instructions but so that (as between the Borrowers and the Banks) the Borrowers shall be entitled (and bound) to assume that such notice shall have been duly received by each relevant Lender and that the relevant majority shall have been obtained to constitute Majority Lenders whether or not this is in fact the case.

2		THE AVAILABLE COMMITMENT AND CANCELLATION

2.1		Agreement to lend

		The Lenders, relying upon each of the representations and warranties in clause 7, agree to provide to the Borrowers upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Tranches, each in up to 5 Advances for the purposes of financing part of the purchase price of the Vessels. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the obligations of the Lenders shall be to contribute to each Advance, the proportion of the relevant Advance which their

		respective Commitments bear to the aggregate Commitments on any relevant Drawdown Date.

2.2		Obligations several

		The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are several according to their respective Commitments and/or Contributions. The failure of any Lender to perform such obligations shall not relieve any other party to this Agreement of any of its respective obligations or liabilities under this Agreement nor shall any Bank be responsible for the obligations of any other Bank (except for its own obligations, if any, as a Lender) under this Agreement.

2.3		Interests several

		Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement (but without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement relating to or requiring action by the Majority Lenders) the interests of the Banks are several and the amount due to any Bank is a separate and independent debt. Each Bank shall have the right to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Bank to be joined as an additional party in any Proceedings for this purpose.

2.4		Drawdown

2.4.1		On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Tranche shall be advanced in up to five (5) Advances on the relevant Drawdown Dates following receipt by the Agent from the Borrowers of Drawdown Notices not later than 10 a.m. on the third Banking Day before each proposed Drawdown Date.

2.4.2		A Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Agent and, once given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.6, be irrevocable.

2.5		Amount

2.5.1		The principal amount specified in each Drawdown Notice for borrowing on the Drawdown Dates shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, in respect of each Tranche, not exceed:

	(a)		USD9,000,000 in respect of the instalment payable by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is a party on the day falling 4 months after payment of the first instalment under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract;

	(b)		USD18,000,000 by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is party in respect of the steel-cutting instalment;

	(c)		USD18,000,000 payable by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is party in respect of the keel-laying instalment;

	(d)		USD18,000,000 payable by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is party in respect of the launching instalment; and

	(f)		the lesser of (i) USD3,500,000 and (ii) such amount as when added to the already drawn Advances in respect of the relevant Tranche will be 70% of the Acquisition Price related to the relevant Vessel to be paid by the relevant Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract to which it is party in respect of the delivery instalment.

2.6		Availability

		Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice complying with the terms of this Agreement, the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender and each Lender shall make available to the Agent its portion of the relevant Advance for payment by the Agent in accordance with clause 6.2. The Borrowers acknowledge that payment of any Advance to the account referred to in the relevant Drawdown Notice shall satisfy the obligation of the Lenders to lend that Advance to the Borrowers under this Agreement.

2.7		Cancellation in changed circumstances

		The Borrowers may also at any time during the Facility Period by notice to the Agent (effective only on actual receipt) prepay and cancel with effect from a date not less than fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, the whole but not part only, but without prejudice to the Borrowers’ obligations under clauses 6.6 and 12, of the

		Contribution and Commitment (if any) of any Lender to which the Borrowers shall have become obliged to pay additional amounts under clause 12 or clause 6.6. Upon any notice of such prepayment and cancellation being given, the Commitment of the relevant Lender shall be reduced to zero, the Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay the Contribution of such Lender and such Lender’s related costs (including but not limited to Break Costs) on such date and such Lender shall be under no obligation to participate in the Loan or any further Advances.

2.8		Use of proceeds

		Without prejudice to the Borrowers’ obligations under clause 8.1.4, no Bank shall have any responsibility for the application of the proceeds of any Advance or any part thereof by the Borrowers.

3		INTEREST AND INTEREST PERIODS

3.1		Normal interest rate

		The Borrowers must pay interest on each Tranche in respect of each Interest Period relating thereto on each Interest Payment Date at the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the aggregate of (i) in respect of Interest Periods of 12 months or less (a) the Margin and (b) LIBOR or (ii) in respect of Interest Periods of more than 12 months (a) the Margin, (b) (in respect of each Contribution) the actual cost of funds to that Lender to fund its Contribution and (c) Mandatory Costs (if any).

3.2		Selection of Interest Periods

		Subject to clause 3.3, the Borrowers may by notice received by the Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Banking Day before the beginning of each Interest Period specify whether such Interest Period shall have a duration of one (1) month, three (3) months, six (6) months, twelve (12) months or such other period as the Borrowers may select and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Lenders) may agree and the Borrowers may select no more than three Interest Periods having a duration of one (1) month period in any calendar year.

3.3		Determination of Interest Periods

Subject to Clause 3.3.1 every Interest Period shall be of the duration specified by the Borrowers pursuant to clause 3.2 but so that:

3.3.1		the first Interest Period in respect of each Tranche shall start on the Drawdown Date in respect of the first Advance in respect of that Tranche, and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of the previous Interest Period;

3.3.2		the first Interest Period in respect of each subsequent Advance shall commence on its Drawdown Date and terminate simultaneously with the Interest Period which is then current for the Tranche under which the Advance is made available;

3.3.3		if any Interest Period would otherwise overrun a Repayment Date, then, in the case of the last Repayment Date, such Interest Period shall end on such Repayment Date, and in the case of any other Repayment Date the relevant Tranche shall be divided into parts so that there is one part in the amount of the repayment instalment due on each Repayment Date falling in that Interest Period and having an Interest Period ending on the relevant Repayment Date and another part consisting of the balance of the relevant Tranche having an Interest Period ascertained in accordance with the other provisions of this clause 3; and

3.3.4		if the Borrowers fail to specify the length of an Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of clause 3.2 and this clause 3.3 such Interest Period shall last three months or such other period as complies with this clause 3.3.

3.4		Default interest

		If the Borrowers fail to pay any sum (including, without limitation, any sum payable pursuant to this clause 3.4) on its due date for payment under any of the Security Documents, the Borrowers must pay interest on such sum on demand from the due date up to the date of actual payment (as well after as before judgment) at a rate determined by the Agent pursuant to this clause 3.4. The period starting on such due date and ending on such date of payment shall be divided into successive periods of not more than three (3) months as selected by the Agent each of which (other than the first, which shall start on such due date) shall start on the last day of the preceding such period. The rate of interest applicable to each such period shall be the aggregate (as determined by the

Agent) of (a) two per cent (2%) per annum, (b) the Margin (which shall be for the purposes of this Clause, 1.25% per annum) and (c) LIBOR for such periods. Such interest shall be due and payable on demand, or, if no demand is made, then on the last day of each such period as determined by the Agent and on the day on which all amounts in respect of which interest is being paid under this Clause are paid, and each such day shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be treated as an Interest Payment Date, provided that if such unpaid sum is an amount of principal which became due and payable by reason of a declaration by the Agent under clause 10.2.2 or a prepayment pursuant to clauses 4.3, 4.5, 8.2.1(a) or 12.1, on a date other than an Interest Payment Date relating thereto, the first such period selected by the Agent shall be of a duration equal to the period between the due date of such principal sum and such Interest Payment Date and interest shall be payable on such principal sum during such period at a rate of two per cent (2%) above the rate applicable thereto immediately before it shall have become so due and payable. If, for the reasons specified in clause 3.6.1, the Agent is unable to determine a rate in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause 3.4, each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of the cost of funds to such Lender and interest on any sum not paid on its due date for payment shall be calculated at a rate determined by the Agent to be two per cent (2%) per annum above the aggregate of the Margin and the arithmetic mean of the cost of funds to the Lenders compounded at such intervals as the Agent selects.

3.5		Notification of Interest Periods and interest rate

		The Agent agrees to notify (i) the Lenders promptly of the duration of each Interest Period and (ii) the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly of each rate of interest determined by it under this clause 3.5.

3.6		Market disruption; non-availability

3.6.1		Whenever, at any time prior to the commencement of any Interest Period:

(a)

the Agent shall have determined that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR during such Interest Period; or

	(b)		the Agent shall have received notification from a Lender or Lenders that deposits in USD are not available to such Lender or Lenders in the London InterBank Market in the ordinary course of business to fund their Contributions to the Loan for such Interest Period

	(c)		the Agent must promptly give notice (a “Determination Notice”) thereof to the Borrowers and to each of the Lenders. A Determination Notice shall contain particulars of the relevant circumstances giving rise to its issue. After the giving of any Determination Notice, regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, the Commitment shall not be borrowed until notice to the contrary is given to the Borrowers by the Agent.

3.6.2		Within ten (10) days of any Determination Notice being given by the Agent under clause 3.6.1, each Lender must certify an alternative basis (the “Alternative Basis”) for maintaining its Contribution. The Alternative Basis may at the relevant Lender’s sole discretion include (without limitation) alternative interest periods, alternative currencies or alternative rates of interest but shall include a Margin above the cost of funds to such Lender. The Agent shall calculate the arithmetic mean of the Alternative Bases provided by the relevant Lenders (the “Substitute Basis”) and certify the same to the Borrowers and the Lenders. The Substitute Basis so certified shall be binding upon the Borrowers, and shall take effect in accordance with its terms from the date specified in the Determination Notice until such time as the Agent notifies the Borrowers that none of the circumstances specified in clause 3.6.1 continues to exist whereupon the normal interest rate fixing provisions of this Agreement shall again apply and, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Commitment may again be borrowed.

4		REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT

4.1		Repayment

4.1.1		Subject as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Borrowers must repay each Tranche by 16 equal semi-annual instalments of USD1,850,000 each, one such instalment to be repaid on each of the Repayment Dates and a balloon instalment of USD36,900,000 to be repaid on the relevant final Repayment Date.

If the Commitment in respect of either Tranche is not drawn in full, the amount of each repayment instalment for that Tranche shall be reduced proportionately.

4.1.2		The Borrowers shall on the Maturity Date also pay to the Agent and the Lenders all other amounts in respect of interest or otherwise then due and payable under this Agreement and the Security Documents.

4.2		Voluntary prepayment

		Subject to clauses 4.5 and 4.6 the Borrowers may, subject to having given 10 Banking Days prior notice thereof to the Agent, prepay any specified amount (such part being in an amount of one million Dollars (USD 1,000,000) or any larger sum which is an integral multiple of such amount) of the Loan on any relevant Interest Payment Date without premium or penalty.

4.3		Mandatory Prepayment on Total Loss

		On the date falling one hundred and eighty (180) days after that on which a Mortgaged Vessel became a Total Loss or, if earlier, on the date upon which the relevant insurance proceeds are, or Requisition Compensation (as defined in the Mortgage for such Vessel) is, received by the relevant Borrower (or the Security Trustee pursuant to the Security Documents), the Borrowers must prepay the Relevant Tranche.

4.3.1		Interpretation

		For the purpose of this Agreement, a Total Loss shall be deemed to have occurred:

	(a)			in the case of an actual total loss of a Vessel, on the actual date and at the time such Vessel was lost or, if such date is not known, on the date on which such Vessel was last reported;

	(b)			in the case of a constructive total loss of a Vessel, upon the date and at the time notice of abandonment of the ship is given to the then insurers of such Vessel (provided a claim for total loss is admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not immediately admit such a claim, at the date and at the time at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by such insurers or a total loss is

subsequently adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration tribunal to have occurred;

	(c)		in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss of a Vessel, on the date upon which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss has been entered into by the then insurers of such Vessel;

	(d)		in the case of Compulsory Acquisition, on the date upon which the relevant requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition occurs; and

	(e)		in the case of hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation of a Vessel (other than within the definition of Compulsory Acquisition) by any Government Entity, or by persons allegedly acting or purporting to act on behalf of any Government Entity, which deprives an Owner of the use of such Vessel for more than thirty (30) days, upon the expiry of the period of thirty (30) days after the date upon which the relevant incident occurred.

4.4		Mandatory prepayment on sale of Mortgaged Vessel

		On the date of completion of the sale of a Mortgaged Vessel the Borrowers must prepay the Relevant Tranche.

4.5		Amounts payable on prepayment

		Any prepayment of all or part of the Loan under this Agreement shall be made together with:

4.5.1		accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the date of such prepayment;

4.5.2		any additional amount payable under clauses 3.6, 6.6 or 12.2; and

4.5.3		all other sums payable by the Borrowers to the Banks under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents including, without limitation any Break Costs and, if the whole Loan is being prepaid, any accrued commitment commission payable under clause 5.1.

4.6		Notice of prepayment; reduction of maximum loan amount

4.6.1		Every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on actual receipt by the Agent, shall be irrevocable, shall specify the amount to be prepaid and shall oblige the Borrowers to make such prepayment on the date specified. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and in particular Clause 2.6, no amount prepaid under this Clause 4 in respect of the Loan may be reborrowed.

4.6.2		Any amounts prepaid pursuant to clause 4.2 shall be applied against the Loan in reducing the Balloon Instalments pro rata between the Tranches and thereafter the repayment instalments of each Tranche in inverse order of their maturity.

4.6.3		The Borrowers’ obligations set out in Clause 4.1.1 shall not be affected by any prepayment in respect of the Loan pursuant to clause 4.2.

4.6.4		The Borrowers may not prepay any part of the Loan except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

5		FEES AND EXPENSES

5.1		Commission

5.1.1		The Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Total Commitments quarterly in arrears from the Execution Date until the end of the Drawdown Period and on the last day of the Drawdown Period commitment commission computed from the Execution Date at a rate of zero point three per cent (0.30%) per annum on the daily amount of the undrawn Loan Facility.

5.1.2		The commission referred to in clause 5.1.1 must be paid by the Borrowers to the Agent, whether or not any part of the Total Commitment is ever advanced and shall be non-refundable.

5.2		Upfront Fee

		The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent on the Execution Date an upfront fee of USD532,000 for the account of the Lenders in such proportion as they shall agree between them.

5.3		Expenses

			The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Banks on a full indemnity basis within ten (10) days of demand all expenses and/or disbursements whatsoever (including without limitation legal, printing, travel and out of pocket expenses and expenses related to the provision of legal and insurance opinions referred to in schedule 3) certified by the Banks or any of them as having been incurred by them from time to time:

	5.3.1		in connection howsoever with the syndication of the Loan Facility and with the negotiation, preparation, execution and, where relevant, registration of the Security Documents and of any contemplated or actual amendment, or indulgence or the granting of any waiver or consent howsoever in connection with, any of the Security Documents (including legal fees and any travel expenses); and

	5.3.2		in contemplation or furtherance of, or otherwise howsoever in connection with, the exercise or enforcement of, or preservation of any rights, powers, remedies or discretions under any of the Security Documents, or in consideration of the Banks’ rights thereunder or any action proposed or taken following the occurrence of a Default or otherwise in respect of the moneys owing under any of the Security Documents,

			together with interest at the rate referred to in clause 3.4 from the date on which reimbursement of such expenses and/or disbursements were due following demand to the date of payment (as well after as before judgment).

	5.4		Value added tax

			All fees and expenses payable pursuant to this Agreement must be paid together with value added tax or any similar tax (if any) properly chargeable thereon in any jurisdiction. Any value added tax chargeable in respect of any services supplied by the Banks or any of them under this Agreement shall, on delivery of the value added tax invoice, be paid in addition to any sum agreed to be paid hereunder.

	5.5		Stamp and other duties

			The Borrowers must pay all stamp, documentary, registration or other like duties or taxes (including any duties or taxes payable by any of the Banks) imposed on or in connection with any of the Underlying Documents, the Security Documents or the Loan or any

		Advance and agree to indemnify the Banks or any of them against any liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the Borrowers to pay such duties or taxes.

6		PAYMENTS AND TAXES; ACCOUNTS AND CALCULATIONS

6.1		No set-off or counterclaim

		All payments to be made by the Borrowers under any of the Security Documents must be made in full, without any set off or counterclaim whatsoever and, subject as provided in clause 6.6, free and clear of any deductions or withholdings, in USD on or before 11:00 am on the due date in freely available funds to such account at such bank and in such place as the Agent may from time to time specify for this purpose. Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any other relevant Security Documents, such payments shall be for the account of all Lenders and the Agent shall distribute such payments in like funds as are received by the Agent to the Lenders rateably, in the proportions which their respective Contributions bear to the aggregate of the Loan and the Advances on the date on which such payment is made.

6.2		Payment by the Lenders

		All sums to be advanced by the Lenders to the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be remitted in USD on the relevant Drawdown Date to the account of the Agent at such bank as the Agent may have notified to the Lenders and shall be paid by the Agent on such date in like funds as are received by the Agent to the account specified in the relevant Drawdown Notice.

6.3		Non-Banking Days

		When any payment under any of the Security Documents would otherwise be due on a day which is not a Banking Day, the due date for payment shall be extended to the next following Banking Day unless such Banking Day falls in the next calendar month in which case payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Banking Day.

6.4		Calculations

		All interest and other payments of an annual nature under any of the Security Documents shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a three hundred and sixty (360) day year.

6.5		Currency of account

		If any sum due from the Borrowers under any of the Security Documents, or under any order or judgment given or made in relation thereto, must be converted from the currency (“the first currency”) in which the same is payable thereunder into another currency (“the second currency”) for the purpose of (i) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrowers, (ii) obtaining an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal or (iii) enforcing any order or judgment given or made in relation thereto, the Borrowers undertake to indemnify and hold harmless the Lender from and against any loss suffered as a result of any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first currency into the second currency and (b) the rate or rates of exchange at which the Lender may in the ordinary course of business purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof. Any amount due from the Borrowers under this clause 6.5 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums due under or in respect of any of the Security Documents and the term “rate of exchange” includes any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of the first currency with the second currency.

6.6		Grossing-up for Taxes — by the Borrowers

		If at any time the Borrowers must make any deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes or otherwise from any payment due under any of the Security Documents for the account of any Bank or if the Agent or the Security Trustee must make any deduction or withholding from a payment to another Bank or withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under any of the Security Documents, the sum due from the Borrowers in respect of such payment must be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the relevant Bank receives on the due date for such payment (and retains, free from any liability in respect of such deduction or

		withholding), a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made and the Borrowers must indemnify each Bank against any losses or costs incurred by it by reason of any failure of the Borrowers to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment. The Borrowers must promptly deliver to the Agent any receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.

6.7		Grossing-up for Taxes — by the Lenders

		If at any time a Lender must make any deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under any of the Security Documents for the account of the Agent or the Security Trustee, the sum due from such Lender in respect of such payment must be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee receives on the due date for such payment (and retains free from any liability in respect of such deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made and each Lender must indemnify the Agent and the Security Trustee against any losses or costs incurred by it by reason of any failure of such Lender to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment.

6.8		Loan account

		Each Lender shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, an account evidencing the amounts from time to time lent by, owing to and paid to it under the Security Documents. The Agent and/or the Security Trustee shall maintain a control account showing the Loan, the Advances and other sums owing by the Borrowers under the Security Documents and all payments in respect thereof being made from time to time. The control account shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the amount from time to time owing by the Borrowers under the Security Documents.

6.9		Agent may assume receipt

		Where any sum is to be paid under the Security Documents to the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee for the account of another person, the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee may assume that the payment will be made when due and the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee may (but shall not be obliged to) make such sum available to the person so entitled. If it proves to be the case that such payment was not made to the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee, then the person to whom such sum was so made available must on request refund such sum to the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee together with interest thereon sufficient to compensate the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee for the cost of making available such sum up to the date of such repayment and the person by whom such sum was payable must indemnify the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee for any and all loss or expense which the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee may sustain or incur as a consequence of such sum not having been paid on its due date.

6.10		Partial payments

		If, on any date on which a payment is due to be made by the Borrowers under any of the Security Documents, the amount received by the Agent from the Borrowers falls short of the total amount of the payment due to be made by the Borrowers on such date then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies available to the Agent, the Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders under any of the Security Documents, the Agent must apply the amount actually received from the Borrowers in or towards discharge of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Security Documents in the following order, notwithstanding any appropriation made, or purported to be made, by the Borrowers:

6.10.1		first, in or towards payment, on a pro-rata basis, of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Agent, the Agent and the Security Trustee under any of the Security Documents;

6.10.2		secondly, in or towards payment of any fees payable to the Agent or any of the other Banks under, or in relation to, the Security Documents which remain unpaid;

6.10.3		thirdly, in or towards payment to the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, of any accrued interest owing in respect of the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid;

6.10.4		fourthly, in or towards payment to the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, of any principal in respect of the Loan which shall have become due but remain unpaid;

6.10.5		fifthly, in or towards payment to the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, any Break Costs and any other sum relating to the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents (other than under or in relation to the Master Agreement) but remains unpaid; and

6.10.6		sixthly, in or towards payment to the Swap Banks of any other sum which shall have become due under the Master Agreement but remains unpaid.

		The order of application set out in clauses 6.10.1 to 6.10.6 may be varied by the Agent if the Majority Lenders so direct, without any reference to, or consent or approval from, the Borrowers.

7		REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

7.1		Continuing representations and warranties

		The Borrowers represent and warrant to each Bank that: 7.1.1 Due incorporation

		each of the Security Parties is duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing, under the laws of its respective country of incorporation, in each case, as a corporation and has power to carry on its respective businesses as it is now being conducted and to own their respective property and other assets to which it has unencumbered legal and beneficial title except as disclosed to the Agent in writing;

7.1.2		Corporate power

		each of the Security Parties has power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations and, as the case may be, to exercise its rights under the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents to which it is a party; all necessary corporate, shareholder and other action has been taken to authorise the execution, delivery and on the execution of the Security Documents performance of the same and no limitation on the powers of the

		Borrowers to borrow or any other Security Party to howsoever incur liability and/or to provide or grant security will be exceeded as a result of borrowing any part of the Loan;

7.1.3		Binding obligations

		the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents, when executed, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the relevant Security Parties enforceable in accordance with their respective terms;

7.1.4		No conflict with other obligations

		the execution and delivery of, the performance of their obligations under, and compliance with the provisions of, the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents by the relevant Security Parties will not (i) contravene any existing applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or permit to which any Security Party or other member of the Group is subject, (ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which any Security Party or any other member of the Group is a party or is subject or by which it or any of its property is bound, (iii) contravene or conflict with any provision of the constitutional documents of any Security Party or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of, or oblige any of the Security Parties to create, any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any of the Security Parties;

7.1.5		No default

		no Default has occurred;

7.1.6		No litigation or judgments

		no Proceedings are current, pending or, to the knowledge of the officers of either Borrower, threatened against any of the Security Parties or any other Group Members or their assets which could have a Material Adverse Effect and there exist no judgments, orders, injunctions which would materially affect the obligations of the Security Parties under the Security Documents;

7.1.7		No filings required

		except for the registration of the Mortgages in the relevant register under the laws of the relevant Flag State through the relevant Registry, it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Underlying Documents or any of the Security Documents that they or any other instrument be notarised, filed, recorded, registered or enrolled in any court, public office or elsewhere in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax or charge be paid in any Pertinent Jurisdiction on or in relation to any of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents and each of the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents is in proper form for its enforcement in the courts of each Pertinent Jurisdiction;

7.1.8		Required Authorisations and legal compliance

		all Required Authorisations have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect and no Security Party has in any way contravened any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation (including all such as relate to money laundering);

7.1.9		Choice of law

		the choice of English law to govern the Underlying Documents and the Security Documents (other than the Mortgages, the Earnings Account Pledges and the Retention Account Pledge), the choice of the law of the Flag State to govern the Mortgages, the choice of Greek law to govern the Earnings Account Pledges and the Retention Account Pledge and the submissions by the Security Parties to the jurisdiction of the English courts and the obligations of such Security Parties associated therewith, are valid and binding;

7.1.10		No immunity

		no Security Party nor any of their assets is entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any Proceedings whatsoever;

7.1.11		Financial statements correct and complete

		the latest audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Corporate Guarantor in respect of the relevant financial year as delivered to the Agent and present or will present fairly and accurately the financial position of the Corporate Guarantor and

		the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date thereof and the results of the operations of the Corporate Guarantor and the consolidated results of the operations of the Group for the financial year ended on such date and, as at such date, neither the Corporate Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries had any significant liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or any unrealised or anticipated losses which are not disclosed by, or reserved against or provided for in, such financial statements;

7.1.12		Pari passu

		the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement are direct, general and unconditional obligations of the Borrowers and rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Borrowers except for obligations which are mandatorily preferred by operation of law and not by contract;

7.1.13		Information/ Material Adverse Effect

		all information, whatsoever provided by any Security Party to the Agent in connection with the negotiation and preparation of the Security Documents or otherwise provided hereafter in relation to, or pursuant to this Agreement is, or will be, true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading, does or will not omit material facts and all reasonable enquiries have been, or shall have been, made to verify the facts and statements contained therein and there has not occurred any event which could have a Material Adverse Effect on any Security Party since such information was provided to the Agent; there are, or will be, no other facts the omission of which would make any fact or statement therein misleading ;

7.1.14		No withholding Taxes

		no Taxes anywhere are imposed whatsoever by withholding or otherwise on any payment to be made by any Security Party under the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents to which such Security Party is or is to be a party or are imposed on or by virtue of the execution or delivery by the Security Parties of the Underlying Documents or the Security Documents or any other document or instrument to be executed or delivered under any of the Security Documents;

7.1.15		Indenture

		The entry by the Borrowers into this Agreement, and their borrowing of the Loan hereunder , and the execution by the Corporate Guarantor of the Corporate Guarantee do not breach Section 4.10 or any other provision of the Indenture;.

7.1.16		Use of proceeds

		the Borrowers shall apply the Loan only for the purposes specified in clause 2.1;

7.1.17		The Mortgaged Vessels

		throughout the Facility Period, each Mortgaged Vessel will, following its Delivery date, be :

	(a)		in the absolute sole, legal and beneficial ownership of the relevant Owner;

	(b)		registered through the offices of the relevant Registry as a ship under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State;

	(c)		in compliance with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code and operationally seaworthy and in every way fit for service;

	(d)		in good and sea-worthy and cargo-worthy condition; and

	(e)		classed with the relevant Classification free of all requirements and recommendations of the relevant Classification Society.

7.1.18		Mortgaged Vessels’ employment

		except with the prior written consent of the Agent, there will not be any agreement or arrangement whereby the Earnings (as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) of either Mortgaged Vessel may be shared or pooled howsoever with any other person;

7.1.19		Freedom from Encumbrances

		neither Mortgaged Vessel nor its Earnings, Insurances or Requisition Compensation (each as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) nor the Earnings Account or the Retention Account nor any Extended Employment Contract in respect of such Mortgaged Vessel nor any other properties or rights which are, or are to be, the subject of any of the

		Security Documents nor any part thereof will be subject to any Encumbrance except Permitted Encumbrances;

7.1.20		Environmental Matters

		except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to, and acknowledged and accepted in writing by, the Agent:

	(a)		the Borrowers and, to the best of the Borrowers’ knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates, have complied with the provisions of all Environmental Laws;

	(b)		the Borrowers and, to the best of the Borrowers’ knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), their respective Environmental Affiliates have obtained all Environmental Approvals and are in compliance with all such Environmental Approvals;

	(c)		no Environmental Claim has been made or threatened or pending against either Borrower, or, to the best of the Borrowers’ knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry), any of their respective Environmental Affiliates; and

	(d)		there has been no Environmental Incident;

7.1.21		ISM and ISPS Code

		each of the Borrowers has complied with and continues to comply with and has procured that the Technical Manager has complied with and continues to comply with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code and all other statutory and other requirements relative to its business and in particular each Borrower or the Technical Manager has obtained and maintains a valid DOC and SMC for each Mortgaged Vessels and that it and the Technical Manager has implemented and continues to implement an ISM SMS;

7.1.22		Copies true and complete

		the Certified Copies or originals of the Underlying Documents delivered or to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to clause 8.1 are, or will when delivered be, true and complete copies or, as the case may be, originals of such documents; and such documents

		constitute valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and there have been no amendments or variations thereof or defaults thereunder;

7.1.23		the Borrowers are the ultimate beneficiaries of the Loan;

7.1.24		no Security Party has incurred any Indebtedness save under the Indenture, this Agreement or as otherwise disclosed to the Agent in writing or as disclosed in the Group’s public filings;

7.1.25		the Corporate Guarantor and both Borrowers have filed all tax and other fiscal returns required to be filed by any tax authority to which they are subject;

7.1.26		neither Borrower has an office in England.

7.2		Repetition of representations and warranties

		On each day throughout the Facility Period, the Borrower shall be deemed to repeat the representations and warranties in clause 7 updated mutatis mutandis as if made with reference to the facts and circumstances existing on such day.

8		UNDERTAKINGS

8.1		General

		The Borrower undertakes with each Bank that, from the Execution Date until the end of the Facility Period, it will:

8.1.1		Notice of Default and Proceedings

		promptly inform the Agent of (a) any Default (including the occurrence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Indenture, in which case the Borrowers shall also provide to the Agent copies of all demands or notices made in connection therewith) and of any other circumstances or occurrence which might adversely affect the ability of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents and (b) as soon as the same is instituted or threatened, details of any Proceedings involving any Security Party which could have a material adverse effect on that Security Party and/or

			the operation of either of the Vessels (including, but not limited to any Total Loss of a Vessel or the occurrence of any Environmental Incident) and will from time to time, if so requested by the Agent, confirm to the Agent in writing that, save as otherwise stated in such confirmation, no Default has occurred and is continuing and no such Proceedings are on foot or threatened;

	8.1.2		Authorisation

			obtain or cause to be obtained, maintain in full force and effect and comply fully with all Required Authorisations, provide the Agent with Certified Copies of the same and do, or cause to be done, all other acts and things which may from time to time be necessary or desirable under any applicable law (whether or not in the Pertinent Jurisdiction) for the continued due performance of all the obligations of the Security Parties under each of the Security Documents;

	8.1.3		Corporate Existence

			ensure that each Security Party maintains its corporate existence as a body corporate duly organised and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Pertinent Jurisdiction;

	8.1.4		Use of proceeds

			use the Advances exclusively for the purposes specified in clauses 1.1 and 2.1;

	8.1.5		Pari passu

			ensure that their obligations under this Agreement shall at all times rank at least pari passu with all their other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness with the exception of any obligations which are mandatorily preferred by law and not by contract;

	8.1.6		Financial statements

			provide to the Agent:

(a)

within 75 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year,

quarterly reports on US Form 6-K (or any successor form) in respect of the Corporate Guarantor containing unaudited financial statements (including a balance sheet and statement of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flow) and a management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (or equivalent disclosure) for and as of the end of such fiscal quarter (with comparable financial statements for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the immediately preceding fiscal year);

	(b)		within 150 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporate Guarantor, an annual report on US Form 20-F (or any successor form) in respect of the Corporate Guarantor containing the information required to be contained therein for such fiscal year; and

	(c)		at or prior to such times as would be required to be filed or furnished to the SEC (as defined in the Indenture) (hereinafter, the “SEC”) if the Corporate Guarantor was then a ‘‘foreign private issuer’’ subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the US Exchange Act, all such other reports and information that the Corporate Guarantor would have been required to file pursuant thereto

	(d)		a copy of all such information and reports referred to in clauses (1) to (3) (inclusive) of Section 4.17(a) of the Indenture within the time periods specified therein (unless the SEC shall not accept such a filing) and, upon the Agent’s request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act

		Provided that, in relation to (a), (b) and (c) above, to the extent that the Corporate Guarantor ceases to qualify as a ‘‘foreign private issuer’’ within the meaning of the US Exchange Act, whether or not the Corporate Guarantor is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the US Exchange Act, the Borrowers shall furnish to the Agent, so long as any Notes (as defined in the Indenture) are outstanding, within 30 days of the respective dates on which the Corporate Guarantor would be required to file such documents with the SEC if it was required to file such documents under the US Exchange Act, all reports and other information that would be required to be filed with (or furnished to) the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the US Exchange Act.

8.1.7		Reimbursement of MII & MAP Policy premiums

		Whether or not any amount is borrowed under this Agreement, reimburse each Bank on the Agent’s written demand the amount of the premium payable by such Bank for the inception or, as the case may be, extension and/or continuance of the MII & MAP Policy (including any insurance tax thereon);

8.1.8		Compliance Certificates

		deliver to the Agent on the earlier of (i) the date on which the annual reports are delivered under clause 8.1.6(b) and (ii) the date falling 150 days after the end of the financial year to which they refer, a Compliance Certificate together with such supporting information as the Agent may require together with a valuation of all ocean-going ships owned by a Group Member which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporate Guarantor.

8.1.9		Provision of further information

		provide the Agent, and procure that the Corporate Guarantor and the Commercial Manager shall provide the Agent, with such financial or other information concerning the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor and their respective affairs, activities, financial standing, Indebtedness and operations and the performance of the Mortgaged Vessels and any other ship owned by any Group Member as the Agent may from time to time reasonably require and, without the need for any request therefor provide to the Agent information of any significant nature in respect of a Borrower and/or the Corporate Guarantor and/or any other Group Member including, but not limited to, details of any loans borrowed or repaid by any of them, the purchase or sale of any substantial assets (including ships) by any of them and/or the restructuring of any loan of which any of them is a borrower;

8.1.10		Obligations under Security Documents

		duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be imposed or assumed by them under the Security Documents and Underlying Documents and will procure that each of the other Security Parties will, duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents to which it is a party;

8.1.11		Compliance with ISM Code

		comply with, and will procure that any Operator will comply with, and ensure that the Mortgaged Vessels and any Operator comply with the requirements of the ISM Code, including (but not limited to) the maintenance and renewal of valid certificates pursuant thereto throughout the Security Period (as defined in the Mortgages);

8.1.12		Withdrawal of DOC and SMC

		immediately inform the Agent if there is any actual withdrawal of their or any Operator’s DOC or the SMC of either Mortgaged Vessel;

8.1.13		Issuance of DOC and SMC

		and will procure that any Operator will promptly inform the Agent of the receipt by either Borrower or any Operator of notification that its application for a DOC or any application for an SMC for any Mortgaged Vessel has been refused;

8.1.14		ISPS Code Compliance

		and will procure that the Technical Manager or any Operator will:

	(a)		maintain at all times a valid and current ISSC in respect of each Mortgaged Vessel;

	(b)		immediately notify the Agent in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC in respect of a Mortgaged Vessel; and

	(c)		procure that each Mortgaged Vessel will comply at all times with the ISPS Code;

8.1.15		Compliance with Laws and payment of taxes

		and will comply with all relevant Environmental Laws, laws, statutes and regulations (including, but not limited to, laws relating to any trading prohibition imposed by the Flag State, the country of incorporation of the Borrowers or the country of nationality of any crew member of either Vessel by which such Borrower is bound) and pay all taxes for which it is liable as they fall due;

8.1.16

Charters etc.

		(i) deliver to the Agent a Certified Copy of each Extended Employment Contract upon its execution, (ii) forthwith on the Agent’s request execute (a) a Charter Assignment in respect thereof and (b) any notice of assignment required in connection therewith and use reasonable 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.

8.1.17		Indenture

		comply with all of the obligations undertaken by the Corporate Guarantor under the Indenture which are set out in the Indenture Excerpt and the Borrowers further agree:

	(a)		any terms defined in the Indenture shall have those meanings when used in the Indenture Excerpt;

	(b)		no waiver or variation of any term of the Indenture by any person shall waive or vary the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder to comply with the obligations in the Indenture Excerpt, except with the consent of the Agent;

	(c)		the Borrowers shall continue to be bound by their, or as the case may be, the Corporate Guarantor’s obligations as set out in the Indenture Excerpt following a Covenant Defeasance (as defined in the Indenture) or a Legal Defeasance (as defined in the Indenture) or other termination or cancellation of the Indenture;

	(d)		the Borrowers will not, and will procure that the Corporate Guarantor will not, vary any term of the Indenture without the prior written consent of the Banks.

8.1.18 Subordination

Ensure that all Indebtedness of either Borrower to its shareholders or to any other Group Member is fully subordinated, and to subordinate any Indebtedness issued to it by the Corporate Guarantor, all in a form acceptable to the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders).

8.2		Security value maintenance

8.2.1		Security shortfall

		If, at any time after the first Drawdown Date, the Security Value shall be less than the Required Security Amount, the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) shall give notice to the Borrowers requiring that such deficiency be remedied and then the Borrowers must either:

	(a)		prepay within a period of thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the Borrowers of the Agent’s said notice such part of the Loan as will result in the Security Value after such prepayment (taking into account any other repayment of the Loan made between the date of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being equal to or higher than the Required Security Amount; or

	(b)		within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the Borrowers of the Agent’s said notice constitute to the satisfaction of the Agent such further security for the Loan as shall be acceptable to the Majority Lenders having a value for security purposes (as determined by the Agent in its absolute discretion) at the date upon which such further security shall be constituted which, when added to the Security Value, shall not be less than the Required Security Amount as at such date.

The provisions of clauses 4.5 and 4.6 shall apply to prepayments under clause 8.2.1(a) provided that the Bank shall apply such prepayments (i) pro rata against the Tranches, (ii) in pro rata reduction of the repayment instalments under clause 4.1 and the amounts of the Loan prepaid hereunder shall not be available to be re-borrowed.

8.2.2		Valuation of Mortgaged Vessels

		Each Mortgaged Vessel shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be valued (at the Borrowers’ expense) in USD by taking a valuation prepared by any Approved Broker appointed by the Borrower, such valuation to be made without physical inspection, and on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash at arms’ length, on normal commercial terms, as between a willing buyer and a willing seller, without taking into account the benefit or burden of any charterparty or other engagement concerning the relevant

Mortgaged Vessel provided that the Agent may, in its discretion request a second valuation (on the same terms) from a second Approved Broker and if such two valuations vary by more than 15%, then the Agent shall appoint a third Approved Broker to provide a valuation and the Valuation amount shall be the average of such three valuations, such valuations to be obtained:

	(a)		On the date falling six months after the first Drawdown Date and twice yearly thereafter and

	(b)		(in addition to (a) above) at any other time as the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) shall additionally require, at the cost of the Lenders

			The Approved Brokers’ valuations, or, as the case may be, the average of such valuations, for each Mortgaged Vessel on each such occasion shall constitute the Valuation Amount of such Mortgaged Vessel for the purposes of this Agreement until superceded by the next such valuation.

			Each Mortgaged Vessel shall be valued under this Clause on the date falling one year after the first Delivery Date and, annually thereafter (without the need for any request by the Agent) and at any other time upon the Agent’s request (which it may make up to three times between such annual valuations).

8.2.3		Information

		The Borrowers undertake with the Banks to supply to the Agent and to the Approved Broker such information concerning the relevant Mortgaged Vessel and its condition as such shipbrokers may require for the purpose of determining any Valuation Amount.

8.2.4		Costs

		All costs in connection with the obtaining and any determining of any Valuation Amount pursuant to Clause 8.2.2 and any valuation either of any additional security for the purposes of ascertaining the Security Value at any time or necessitated by the Borrowers electing to constitute additional security pursuant to clause 8.2.1(b), must be paid by the Borrowers.

8.2.5		Valuation of additional security

		For the purposes of this clause 8.2, the market value (i) of any additional security over a ship (other than the Vessels) shall be determined in accordance with clause 8.2.2 and (ii) of any other additional security provided or to be provided to the Banks or any of them shall be determined by the Agent in its absolute discretion.

8.2.6		Documents and evidence

		In connection with any additional security provided in accordance with this clause 8.2, the Agent shall be entitled to receive (at the Borrowers’ expense) such evidence and documents of the kind referred to in schedule 3 as may in the Agent’s opinion be appropriate and such favourable legal opinions as the Agent shall in its absolute discretion require.

8.3		Indenture.

		Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement:

(i) any terms, transactions or events permitted by the Indenture Excerpt and

(ii) save as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any other terms or transactions or events permitted by the Indenture

shall be deemed to be permitted by this Agreement.

8.4		Financial Covenants of the Corporate Guarantor’s Group

		The Borrowers shall procure that

	(a)		at no time shall the Liquidity of the Group be less than the Minimum Liquidity;

	(b)		the ratio of Consolidated Cash Flow (defined and applied as set out in the Indenture Extract, which definition shall not be varied without the Lenders’ consent, irrespective of any variation of the Indenture itself) to Fixed Charges (defined and applied as set out in the Indenture Extract which definition shall not be varied without the Lenders’ consent irrespective of any variation of the

			Indenture itself) on a 12 month trailing basis as applied in the Indenture shall at all times be at least 2 to 1; and

	(c)		the Total Liabilities divided by the Total Assets (adjusted for market values of vessels calculated in accordance with Clause 8.2.2) shall be less than 75%.

9		CONDITIONS

9.1		Advance of any Advance

		The obligation of each Lender to make its Commitment available in respect of any Advance is conditional upon:

9.1.1		that, on or before the service of the first Drawdown Notice hereunder, the Agent has received the documents described in Part A of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

9.1.2		that, on or before drawdown of the Advance relating to the second instalment payable under either Shipbuilding Contract, the Agent has received the documents described in Part B of Schedule 3 in respect of the Relevant Vessel (as defined in Schedule 3) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

9.1.3		that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice in respect of the Advance relating to the steel-cutting instalment payable under either Shipbuilding Contract, the Agent has received the documents described in Part C of Schedule 3 in respect of the Relevant Vessel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

9.1.4		that, on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice in respect of the Advance relating to the keel-laying instalment payable under either Shipbuilding Contract, the Agent has received the documents described in Part D of Schedule 3 in respect of the Relevant Vessel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers

9.1.5		that, on or before service of the Drawdown Notice in respect of the Advance relating to the launching instalment payable under either Shipbuilding Contract, the Agent has received the documents described in Part E of Schedule 3 in respect of the Relevant Vessel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

9.1.6		that on or before the service of the Drawdown Notice in respect of the Advance relating to the delivery instalment payable under either Shipbuilding Contract, the Agent has received the documents described in Part F of Schedule 3 in respect of the Relevant Vessel in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers;

9.1.7		the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 and clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of the Corporate Guarantee being then true and correct as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time; and

9.1.8		no Default having occurred and being continuing and there being no Default which would result from the making of the Loan.

9.2		Waiver of conditions precedent

		The conditions specified in this clause 9 are inserted solely for the benefit of the Lenders and may be waived by the Agent in whole or in part and with or without conditions only with the consent of the Majority Lenders.

9.3		Further conditions precedent

		Not later than five (5) Banking Days prior to the Drawdown Date of an Advance and not later than five (5) Banking Days prior to any Interest Payment Date, the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) may request and the Borrowers must, not later than two (2) Banking Days prior to such date, deliver to the Agent (at the Borrowers’ expense) on such request further favourable certificates and/or opinions as to any or all of the matters which are the subject of clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10.

10		EVENTS OF DEFAULT

10.1		Events

		Each of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default (whether such event shall occur voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or regulation or in connection with any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority or otherwise, howsoever):

10.1.1		Non-payment: any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of the Security Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the Security Documents or the Underlying Documents (and so that, for this purpose, sums payable (i) under clauses 3.1 and 4.1 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 two (2) Banking Days of demand); or

10.1.2		Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: any Owner or, as the context may require, the Technical Manager or any other person fails to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances (as defined in, and in accordance with the requirements of, the Ship Security Documents) for any of the Mortgaged Vessels or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis-statement in any proposal for the Insurances or for any other failure or default on the part of the Borrowers or any other person or a Borrower commits any breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by them under clause 8; or

10.1.3		Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or omits to observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under any of the Security Documents (other than those referred to in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 above) unless such breach or omission, in the opinion of the Agent (following consultation with the Banks) is capable of remedy, in which case the same shall constitute an Event of Default if it has not been remedied within fifteen (15) days of the occurrence thereof; or

10.1.4		Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made or repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant to any of the Security Documents or in any notice, certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under any of the Security Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect; or

10.1.5		Cross-default: There shall occur a default (howsoever therein described) under the Indenture or any Indebtedness of either Borrower or any Indebtedness in excess of

		USD5,000,000 of any Security Party is not paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) or any such Indebtedness of either Borrower or any Security Party becomes (whether by declaration or automatically in accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument constituting the same) due and payable prior to the date when it would otherwise have become due (unless as a result of the exercise by the relevant Borrower or Security Party of a voluntary right of prepayment), or any creditor of a Borrower or any Security Party becomes entitled to declare any such Indebtedness due and payable or any facility or commitment available to either Borrower or any Security Party relating to Indebtedness is withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned; or

10.1.6		Execution: any uninsured judgment or order made against any Security Party is not stayed, appealed against or complied with within fifteen (15) days or a creditor attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other process is levied or enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any Security Party and is not discharged within thirty (30) days; or

10.1.7		Insolvency: any Security Party is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do so; becomes insolvent; or has negative net worth (taking into account contingent liabilities); or suffers the declaration of a moratorium in respect of any of its Indebtedness; or

10.1.8		Reduction or loss of capital: a meeting is convened by any Security Party (other than the Corporate Guarantor) without the Agent’s prior written consent, for the purpose of passing any resolution to purchase, reduce or redeem any of its share capital without the Agent’s prior written consent; or

10.1.9		Dissolution: any corporate action, Proceedings or other steps are taken to dissolve or wind-up any Security Party or an order is made or resolution passed for the dissolution or winding up of any Security Party or a notice is issued convening a meeting for such purpose; or

10.1.10		Administration: any petition is presented, notice given or other steps are taken anywhere to appoint an administrator of any Security Party or the Agent believes that any such

		petition or other step is imminent or an administration order is made in relation to any Security Party; or

10.1.11		Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other receiver is appointed anywhere of any Security Party or any part of its assets and/or undertaking or any other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over all or any part of the assets of any Security Party; or

10.1.12		Compositions: any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedures or steps are taken, or negotiations commenced, by any Security Party or by any of its creditors with a view to the general readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its Indebtedness or to proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving such company and any of its creditors; or

10.1.13		Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party, in any country or territory in which any of them carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of their assets is subject, any event which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, appears in that country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent or similar to, any of those mentioned in clauses 10.1.6 to 10.1.12 (inclusive) or any Security Party otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or territory, to the operation of any law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation; or

10.1.14		Cessation of business: any Security Party suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on its business without the prior written consent of the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; or

10.1.15		Seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or revenues of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security Party are seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired by or under the authority of any Government Entity; or

10.1.16		Invalidity: any of the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents shall at any time and for any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to remain in full force and effect, or if the validity or enforceability of any of the Security Documents and the Underlying Documents shall at any time and for any reason be contested by any

		Security Party which is a party thereto, or if any such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or any further, liability thereunder; or

10.1.17		Unlawfulness: any Unlawfulness occurs or it becomes impossible or unlawful at any time for any Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations expressed to be assumed by it in any of the Security Documents or for a Bank to exercise the rights or any of them vested in it under any of the Security Documents or otherwise; or

10.1.18		Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents or does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing evidencing an intention to repudiate any of the Security Documents; or

10.1.19		Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) in respect of any of the property (or part thereof) which is the subject of any of the Security Documents becomes enforceable; or

10.1.20		Arrest: a Mortgaged Vessel is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in execution, impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported exercise of any possessory lien or other claim or otherwise taken from the possession of its Owner and that Owner shall fail to procure the release of such Mortgaged Vessel within a period of fifteen (15) days thereafter; or

10.1.21		Registration: the registration of a Mortgaged Vessel under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State is cancelled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Majority Banks; or

10.1.22		Unrest: the Flag State of a Mortgaged Vessel or the country in which any Security Party is incorporated or domiciled becomes involved in hostilities or civil war or there is a seizure of power in the Flag State by unconstitutional means unless the Owner of the Vessel registered in such Flag State shall have transferred its Vessel onto a new flag acceptable to the Banks within sixty (60) days of the start of such hostilities or civil war or seizure of power; or

10.1.23		Environmental Incidents: an Environmental Incident occurs which gives rise, or may give rise, to an Environmental Claim which could, in the opinion of the Agent be expected to have a material adverse effect (i) on the business, assets or financial condition

		of any Security Party or the Group taken as a whole or (ii) on the security constituted by any of the Security Documents or the enforceability of that security in accordance with its terms; or

10.1.24		P&I: an Owner or the Technical Manager or any other person fails or omits to comply with any requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which a Mortgaged Vessel is entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) to the effect that any cover (including, without limitation, any cover in respect of liability for Environmental Claims arising in jurisdictions where such Mortgaged Vessel operates or trades) is or may be liable to cancellation, qualification or exclusion at any time; or

10.1.25		Material events: any other event occurs or circumstance arises which, in the opinion of the Agent (following consultation with the Banks), is likely materially and adversely to affect either (i) the ability of any Security Party to perform all or any of its obligations under or otherwise to comply with the terms of any of the Security Documents or (ii) the security created by any of the Security Documents; or

10.1.26		Required Authorisations: any Required Authorisation is revoked or withheld or modified or is otherwise not granted or fails to remain in full force and effect or if any exchange control or other law or regulation shall exist which would make any transaction under the Security Documents or the continuation thereof, unlawful or would prevent the performance by any Security Party of any term of any of the Security Documents;

10.1.27		Ownership: there is any change in the ownership of either Borrower without the prior written consent of the Agent; or

10.1.28		Shipbuilding Contract/Refund Guarantee: either Shipbuilding Contract or Refund Guarantee is terminated, cancelled, revoked, suspended, rescinded, transferred, novated or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason except with the consent of the Bank; or

10.1.29		Money Laundering: 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 (91/308 EEC) of the Council of the European Communities; or

10.1.30		Change of Control. There shall occur a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Indenture) of the Corporate Guarantor or the “Permitted Holder” (as defined in the Indenture) owns less than 20% of the issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor;

10.1.31		Master Agreement: (i) an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (in each case as defined in the Master Agreement) has occurred and is continuing under the Master Agreement or (ii) an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Master Agreement) has occurred or been effectively designated under the Master Agreement or (iii) a person entitled to do so gives notice of an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Master Agreement) or (iv) the Master Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason

		PROVIDED THAT that there shall not be an Event of Default solely by reason of any of the events or circumstances described in clauses 10.1.5 to 10.1.15 inclusive taking place with respect to any Group Member which is not a Security Party unless in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, the ability of any Security Party to perform all or any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under, or otherwise to comply with the terms of, the Security Documents which it is a party would be materially and adversely affected.

10.2		Acceleration

		The Agent may, and if so requested by the Majority Lenders shall, without prejudice to any other rights of the Lenders, at any time after the happening of an Event of Default by notice to the Borrowers declare that:

10.2.1		the obligation of each Lender to make its Commitment available shall be terminated, whereupon the Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith; and/or

10.2.2		the Loan and all interest accrued and all other sums payable whatsoever under the Security Documents have become due and payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in accordance with the terms of such notice, become due and payable.

10.3		Demand Basis

		If, under clause 10.2.2, the Agent has declared the Loan to be due and payable on demand, at any time thereafter the Agent may (and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders shall) by written notice to the Borrowers (a) demand repayment of the g Loan on such date as may be specified whereupon, regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, the Loan shall become due and payable on the date so specified together with all interest accrued and all other sums payable under this Agreement or (b) withdraw such declaration with effect from the date specified in such notice.

11		INDEMNITIES

11.1		General indemnity

		The Borrowers agree to indemnify each Bank on demand, without prejudice to any of such Bank’s other rights under any of the Security Documents, against any loss (including loss of Margin) or expense (including, without limitation, Break Costs) which such Bank shall certify as sustained by it as a consequence of any Default, any prepayment of the Loan being made under clauses 4.3, 4.4, 8.2.1(a) or 12.1 or any other repayment or prepayment of the Loan or part thereof being made otherwise than on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan prepaid or repaid; and/or any Advance not being made for any reason (excluding any default by the Agent, the Agent or any Lender) after the Drawdown Notice for such Advance has been given.

11.2		Environmental indemnity

		The Borrowers shall indemnify each Bank on demand and hold it harmless from and against all costs, claims, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands, liabilities, actions, Proceedings, penalties, fines, damages, judgements, orders, sanctions or other outgoings of whatever nature which may be incurred or made or asserted whensoever against such Bank at any time, whether before or after the repayment in full of principal and interest under this Agreement, arising howsoever out of an Environmental Claim made or asserted against such Bank which would not have been, or been capable of being, made or asserted against such Bank had it not entered into any of the Security Documents or been involved in any of the resulting or associated transactions.

11.3		Capital adequacy and reserve requirements indemnity

		The Borrowers shall promptly indemnify each Lender on demand against any cost incurred or loss suffered by such Lender as a result of its complying with (i) the minimum reserve requirements from time to time of the European Central Bank (ii) any capital adequacy directive of the European Union and/or (iii) any revised framework for international convergence of capital measurements and capital standards and/or any regulation imposed by any Government Entity in connection therewith, and/or in connection with maintaining required reserves with a relevant national central bank to the extent that such compliance or maintenance relates to such Lender’s Commitment and/or Contribution or deposits obtained by it to fund the whole or part thereof and to the extent such cost or loss is not recoverable by such Lender under clause 12.2.

12		UNLAWFULNESS AND INCREASED COSTS

12.1		Unlawfulness

		If it is or becomes contrary to any law, directive or regulation for any Lender to contribute to an Advance or to maintain its Commitment or fund its Contribution to the Loan or any Advance, such Lender shall promptly, through the Agent, give notice to the Borrowers whereupon (a) such Lender’s Contribution and Commitment shall be reduced to zero and (b) the Borrowers shall be obliged to prepay such Lender’s Contribution either (i) forthwith or (ii) on a future specified date not being earlier than the latest date permitted by the relevant law, directive or regulation together with interest accrued to the date of prepayment and all other sums payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement.

12.2		Increased costs

		If the result of any change in, or in the interpretation or application of, or the introduction of, any law or any regulation, request or requirement (whether or not having the force of law, but, if not having the force of law, with which a Lender or, as the case may be, its holding company habitually complies), including (without limitation) those relating to Taxation, capital adequacy, liquidity, reserve assets, cash ratio deposits and special deposits, is to:

12.2.1		subject any Lender to Taxes or change the basis of Taxation of any Lender with respect to any payment under any of the Security Documents (other than Taxes or Taxation on the overall net income, profits or gains of such Lender imposed in the jurisdiction in which its principal or lending office under this Agreement is located); and/or

12.2.2		increase the cost to, or impose an additional cost on, any Lender or its holding company in making or keeping such Lender’s Commitment available or maintaining or funding all or part of such Lender’s Contribution; and/or

12.2.3		reduce the amount payable or the effective return to any Lender under any of the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.4		reduce any Lender’s or its holding company’s rate of return on its overall capital by reason of a change in the manner in which it is required to allocate capital resources to such Lender’s obligations under any of the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.5		require any Lender or its holding company to make a payment or forgo a return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by such Lender under any of the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.6		require any Lender or its holding company to incur or sustain a loss (including a loss of future potential profits) by reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of its Contribution or the Loan from its capital for regulatory purposes,

		then and in each such case (subject to clause 12.3):

	(a)		such Lender shall notify the Borrowers in writing of such event promptly upon its becoming aware of the same; and

	(b)		the Borrowers shall on demand made at any time whether or not such Lender’s Contribution has been repaid, pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender the amount which such Lender specifies (in a certificate setting forth the basis of the computation of such amount but not including any matters which such Lender or its holding company regards as confidential) is required to compensate such Lender and/or (as the case may be) its holding company for such liability to Taxes, cost, reduction, payment , forgone return or loss.

For the purposes of this clause 12.2 “holding company” means the company or entity (if any) within the consolidated supervision of which a Lender is included.

12.3		Exception

		Nothing in clause 12.2 shall entitle any Lender to receive any amount in respect of compensation for any such liability to Taxes, increased or additional cost, reduction, payment, foregone return or loss to the extent that the same is the subject of an additional payment under clause 6.6.

13		APPLICATION OF MONEYS, SET OFF, PRO-RATA PAYMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

13.1		Application of moneys

		All moneys received by the Agent and/or the Security Trustee under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents and expressed to be applicable in accordance with the provisions of this clause 13.1 or in a manner determined in the Security Trustee’s or (as the case may be) the Agent’s discretion, shall be applied in the following manner:

13.1.1		first, in or towards payment, on a pro-rata basis, of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Banks or any of them under any of the Security Documents;

13.1.2		secondly, in or towards payment of any fees payable to the Agent or any of the other Banks under, or in relation to, the Security Documents which remain unpaid;

13.1.3		thirdly, in or towards payment to the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, of any accrued interest owing in respect of the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security Documents but remains unpaid;

13.1.4		fourthly, in or towards repayment of the Loan and the Advances (in such proportions as the Lenders require and whether the same is due and payable or not) and shall be applied, in respect of the Loan, pro rata against the outstanding repayment instalments;

13.1.5		fifthly, in or towards payment to the Lenders, on a pro rata basis any Break Costs and any other sum relating to the Loan which shall have become due under any of the Security

		Documents (other than under or in relation to the Master Agreement) but remains unpaid;

13.1.6		sixthly, in or towards payment to the Swap Bank of any other sum which shall have become due under the Master Agreement but remains unpaid; and

13.1.7		seventhly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrowers or to whomsoever else may then be entitled to receive such surplus.

13.2		Set-off

13.2.1		Each Borrower irrevocably authorises each Bank (without prejudice to any of such Bank’s rights at law, in equity or otherwise), at any time and without notice to the Borrowers, to apply any credit balance to which either Borrower is then entitled standing upon any account of either Borrower with any branch of such Bank in or towards satisfaction of any sum due and payable from the Borrowers to such Bank under any of the Security Documents. For this purpose, each Bank is authorised to purchase with the moneys standing to the credit of such account such other currencies as may be necessary to effect such application.

13.2.2		No Bank shall be obliged to exercise any right given to it by this clause 13.2. Each Bank shall notify the Borrowers through the Agent forthwith upon the exercise or purported exercise of any right of set off giving full details in relation thereto and the Agent shall inform the other Banks.

13.2.3		Nothing in this clause 13.2 shall be effective to create a charge or other security interest.

13.3		Pro rata payments

13.3.1		If at any time any Lender (the “Recovering Lender”) receives or recovers any amount owing to it by the Borrowers under this Agreement (other than pursuant to any other Security Document) by direct payment, set-off or in any manner other than by payment through the Agent pursuant to clauses 6.1 or 6.9 (not being a payment received from a Transferee Bank or a sub-participant in such Lender’s Contribution or any other payment of an amount due to the Recovering Lender for its sole account pursuant to clauses 3.6, 5, 6.6, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, or 12.2), the Recovering Lender shall, within two (2) Banking

Days of such receipt or recovery (a “Relevant Receipt”) notify the Agent of the amount of the Relevant Receipt. If the Relevant Receipt exceeds the amount which the Recovering Lender would have received if the Relevant Receipt had been received by the Agent and distributed pursuant to clause 6.1 or 6.10 (as the case may be) then:

	(a)		within two (2) Banking Days of demand by the Agent, the Recovering Lender shall pay to the Agent an amount equal (or equivalent) to the excess;

	(b)		the Agent shall treat the excess amount so paid by the Recovering Lender as if it were a payment made by the Borrowers and shall distribute the same to the Lenders (other than the Recovering Lenders) in accordance with clause 6.10; and

	(c)		as between the Borrowers and the Recovering Lender the excess amount so re-distributed shall be treated as not having been paid but the obligations of the Borrowers to the other Lenders shall, to the extent of the amount so re-distributed to them, be treated as discharged.

13.3.2		If any part of the Relevant Receipt subsequently has to be wholly or partly refunded by the Recovering Lender (whether to a liquidator or otherwise) each Lender to which any part of such Relevant Receipt was so re-distributed shall on request from the Recovering Lender repay to the Recovering Lender such Lender’s pro-rata share of the amount which has to be refunded by the Recovering Lender.

13.3.3		Each Lender shall on request supply to the Agent such information as the Agent may from time to time request for the purposes of this clause 13.3.

13.3.4		Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause 13.3, no Recovering Lender shall be obliged to share any Relevant Receipt which it receives or recovers pursuant to Proceedings taken by it to recover any sums owing to it under this Agreement with any other party which has a legal right to, but does not, either join in such Proceedings or commence and diligently pursue separate Proceedings to enforce its rights in the same or another court (unless the Proceedings instituted by the Recovering Lender are instituted by it without prior notice having been given to such party through the Agent).

13.4		No release

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that failure by any Recovering Lender to comply with the provisions of clause 13.3 shall not release any other Recovering Lender from any of its obligations or liabilities under clause 13.3.

13.5		No charge

		The provisions of this clause 13 shall not, and shall not be construed so as to, constitute a charge or create or declare a trust by a Lender over all or any part of a sum received or recovered by it in the circumstances mentioned in clause 13.3.

13.6		Further assurance

		Each Borrower undertakes with each Bank that the Security Documents shall both at the date of execution and delivery thereof and throughout the Facility Period be valid and binding obligations of the respective parties thereto which, with the rights of each Lender thereunder, are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that they will, at their expense, execute, sign, perfect and do, and will procure the execution, signing, perfecting and doing by each of the other Security Parties of, any and every such further assurance, document, act or thing as in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders may be necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or constituted by the Security Documents.

13.7		Conflicts

		In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

13.8		No implied waivers, remedies cumulative

		No failure or delay on the part of any of the Banks to exercise any power, right or remedy under any of the Security Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by any Bank of any power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The remedies provided in the Security Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. No waiver by any Bank shall be effective unless it is in writing.

13.9		Severability

		If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect or impair howsoever the remaining provisions thereof or affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

13.10		Force Majeure

		Regardless of any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Banks shall be liable for any failure to perform the whole or any part of this Agreement resulting directly or indirectly from (i) the action or inaction or purported action of any governmental or local authority (ii) any strike, lockout, boycott or blockade (including any strike, lockout, boycott or blockade effected by or upon any Bank or any of its representatives or employees) (iii) any act of God (iv) any act of war (whether declared or not) or terrorism (v) any failure of any information technology or other operational systems or equipment affecting any Bank or (vi) any other circumstances whatsoever outside any Bank’s control.

13.11		Amendments

		This Agreement may be amended or varied only by an instrument in writing executed by all parties hereto who irrevocably agree that the provisions of this clause 13.11 may not be waived or modified except by an instrument in writing to that effect signed by both of them.

13.12		Counterparts

		This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement which may be sufficiently evidenced by one counterpart.

13.13		English language

		All documents required to be delivered under and/or supplied whensoever in connection howsoever with any of the Security Documents and all notices, communications, information and other written material whatsoever given or provided in connection

		howsoever therewith must either be in the English language or accompanied by an English translation certified by a notary, lawyer or consulate acceptable to the Agent.

14		EARNINGS ACCOUNT

14.1		General

		Each Borrower undertakes with each Bank that it will ensure that:

14.1.1		the Technical Manager will on or before the first Drawdown Date, open the Earnings Account in its name; and

14.1.2		all moneys payable to any Owner in respect of the Earnings (as defined in the relevant Mortgage) of its Vessel shall, unless and until the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) directs to the contrary pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Mortgage, be paid to the Earnings Account, Provided however that if any of the moneys paid to the Earnings Account are payable in a currency other than USD, they shall be paid to a sub-account of the Earnings Account denominated in such currency (except that if the Shareholder fails to open such a sub-account, the Account Bank shall then convert such moneys into USD at the Account Bank’s spot rate of exchange at the relevant time for the purchase of USD with such currency and the term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of USD with such currency).

14.2		Earnings Account: withdrawals

		Any sums standing to the credit of the Earnings Account may be applied from time to time (i) Firstly and to make the payments required under this Agreement, (ii) secondly subject to there being no breach of Clause 14.3 and to no Event of Default having occurred, in the operation of the Mortgaged Vessels and (iii) subject to there being at any time sufficient funds to pay amounts due under (i) and (ii) above as they fall due, thirdly for the general corporate purposes of the Borrowers.

14.3		Application of accounts

		At any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent may (and on the instructions of the Majority Lenders shall), without notice to the Borrowers, instruct the

Account Bank to apply all moneys then standing to the credit of the Earnings Account (together with interest from time to time accruing or accrued thereon) in or towards satisfaction of any sums due to the Banks or any of them under the Security Documents in the manner specified in clause 13.1.

14.4		Charging of accounts

		The Earnings Account and all amounts from time to time standing to the credit thereof shall be subject to the security constituted and the rights conferred by the Earnings Account Pledge.

15		ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND LENDING OFFICE

15.1		Benefit and burden

		This Agreement shall be binding upon, and enure for the benefit of, the Banks and the Borrowers and their respective successors in title.

15.2		No assignment by Borrowers

		Neither Borrower may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement.

15.3		Transfers by Banks

		any Lender (the “Transferor Lender”) may at any time cause all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under this Agreement and the other Security Documents to be transferred to another first class international bank or financial institution (in either case a “Transferee Lender”) (i) without the Borrowers’ consent if such transfer is to another branch, a subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender and (ii) otherwise with the prior consent of the Borrowers, (which may not be unreasonably delayed or withheld), in each case by delivering to the Agent a Transfer Certificate duly completed and duly executed by the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender. No such transfer is binding on, or effective in relation to, the Borrowers or the Agent unless (i) it is effected or evidenced by a Transfer Certificate which complies with the provisions of this clause 15.3 and is signed by or on behalf of the Transferor Lender, the Transferee Lender and the Agent (on behalf of itself, the Borrowers and the other Banks) and (ii) such transfer of rights under the

other Security Documents has been effected and registered. Upon signature of any such Transfer Certificate by the Agent, which signature shall be effected as promptly as is practicable after such Transfer Certificate has been delivered to the Agent, and subject to the terms of such Transfer Certificate, such Transfer Certificate shall have effect as set out below.

The following further provisions shall have effect in relation to any Transfer Certificate:

15.3.1		a Transfer Certificate may be in respect of a Lender’s rights in respect of all, or part of, its Commitment and shall be in respect of the same proportion of its Contribution;

15.3.2		a Transfer Certificate shall only be in respect of rights and obligations of the Transferor Lender in its capacity as a Lender and shall not transfer its rights and obligations (if applicable) as the Agent and/or the Agent, or in any other capacity, as the case may be and such other rights and obligations may only be transferred in accordance with any applicable provisions of this Agreement;

15.3.3		a Transfer Certificate shall take effect in accordance with English law as follows:

	(a)		to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate, the Transferor Lender’s payment rights and all its other rights (other than those referred to in clause 15.3.2 above) under this Agreement are assigned to the Transferee Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Transferor Lender’s title and of any rights or equities which the Borrowers had against the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender assumes all obligations of the Transferor Lender as are transferred by such Transfer Certificate;

	(b)		the Transferor Lender’s Commitment is discharged to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate;

	(c)		the Transferee Lender becomes a Lender with a Contribution and/or a Commitment in respect of the Loan Facility of the amounts specified in the Transfer Certificate;

	(d)		the Transferee Lender becomes bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents which are applicable to the Lenders generally,

including those about pro-rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and the indemnification of, the Agent and the Security Trustee and to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes bound by those provisions, the Transferor Lender ceases to be bound by them;

	(e)		an Advance or part of an Advance which the Transferee Lender makes after the Transfer Certificate comes into effect ranks in point of priority and security in the same way as it would have ranked had it been made by the Transferor Lender, assuming that any defects in the Transferor Lender’s title and any rights or equities of any Security Party against the Transferor Lender had not existed; and

	(f)		the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to all the rights under this Agreement which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including but not limited to those relating to the Majority Lenders and those under clauses 3.6, 5 and 12 and to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to such rights, the Transferor Lender ceases to be entitled to them;

15.3.4		the rights and equities of the Borrowers or of any other Security Party referred to above include, but are not limited to, any right of set-off and any other kind of cross-claim; and

15.3.5		the Borrowers, the Account Bank, the Security Trustee, the Agent and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorise and instruct the Agent to sign any such Transfer Certificate on their behalf and undertake not to withdraw, revoke or qualify such authority or instruction at any time. Promptly upon its signature of any Transfer Certificate, the Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Transferor Lender and the Transferee Lender.

15.4		Reliance on Transfer Certificate

15.4.1		The Agent shall be entitled to rely on any Transfer Certificate believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been presented or signed by the persons by whom it purports to have been presented or signed, and shall not be liable to any of the parties to this Agreement and the Security Documents for the consequences of such reliance.

15.4.2		The Agent shall at all times during the continuation of this Agreement maintain a register in which it shall record the name, Commitments, Contributions and administrative

details (including the lending office) from time to time of the Lenders holding a Transfer Certificate and the date at which the transfer referred to in such Transfer Certificate held by each Lender was transferred to such Lender, and the Agent shall make the said register available for inspection by any Lender or the Borrowers during normal banking hours upon receipt by the Agent of reasonable prior notice requesting the Agent to do so.

15.4.3		The entries on the said register shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive in determining the identities of the Commitments, the Contributions and the Transfer Certificates held by the Lenders from time to time and the principal amounts of such Transfer Certificates and may be relied upon by all parties to this Agreement.

15.5		Transfer fees and expenses

		Any Transferor Lender who causes the transfer of all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under the Security Documents in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause 15, must, on each occasion, pay to the Agent a transfer fee of one thousand five hundred Dollars (USD 1,500) and, in addition, be responsible for all other costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and expenses) associated therewith and all value added tax thereon, as well as those of the Agent (in addition to its fee as aforesaid) in connection with such transfer.

15.6		Documenting transfers

		If any Lender assigns all or any part of its rights or transfers all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations as provided in clause 15.3, each Borrower undertakes, immediately on being requested to do so by the Agent and at the cost of the Transferor Lender, to enter into, and procure that the other Security Parties shall (at the cost of the Transferor Lender) enter into, such documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to the Transferee Lender all or the relevant part of such Lender’s interest in the Security Documents and all relevant references in this Agreement to such Lender shall thereafter be construed as a reference to the Transferor Lender and/or its Transferee Lender (as the case may be) to the extent of their respective interests.

15.7		Sub-Participation

		A Lender may sub-participate all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under the Security Documents at its own expense without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers.

15.8		Lending office

		Each Lender shall lend through its office at the address specified in schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in any relevant Transfer Certificate or through any other office of such Lender selected from time to time by it through which such Lender wishes to lend for the purposes of this Agreement. If the office through which a Lender is lending is changed pursuant to this clause 15.8, such Lender shall notify the Agent promptly of such change and the Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Security Trustee, the Agent, the Account Bank and the other Lenders.

15.9		Disclosure of information

		A Bank may disclose to and of its branches and affiliates, its head office, any relevant fiscal authorities. a prospective assignee, transferee or to any other person who may propose entering into contractual relations with such Bank in relation to this Agreement and/or the Master Agreement such information about the Borrowers and/or the other Security Parties and/or the Loan and/or the Security Documents as such Bank shall consider appropriate in relation to any transfer and/or enforcement hereunder.

16		ARRANGERS, AGENT AND SECURITY TRUSTEE

16.1		Appointment of the Agent

		Each Swap Bank and each Lender irrevocably appoints the Agent and the Agent as its agent and Agent respectively for the purposes of this Agreement and such of the Security Documents to which it may be appropriate for the Agent to be party. Accordingly each of the Lenders and each Swap Bank hereby authorise the Agent and the Agent:

16.1.1		to execute such documents as may be approved by the Majority Lenders for execution by the Agent and/or (as the case may be) the Agent; and

16.1.2		(whether or not by or through employees or agents) to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically

delegated to the Agent and/or the Agent by any Security Document, together with such powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

16.2		Agent’s/Agent’s actions

		Any action taken by the Agent or the Agent under or in relation to any of the Security Documents whether with requisite authority or on the basis of appropriate instructions received from the Majority Lenders (or as otherwise duly authorised) shall be binding on all the Banks.

16.3		Agent’s and Agent’s duties

16.3.1		The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of each notice, certificate or other document received by it from the Borrowers under or pursuant to clauses 8.1.1, 8.1.6, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.13 and 8.1.17; and

16.3.2		The Agent and the Agent shall (subject to the other provisions of this clause 16) take (or instruct the Security Trustee to take) such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking (or authorise the Security Trustee to refrain from taking) such action with respect to the exercise of any of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions as agent, as the Majority Lenders may direct.

16.4		Security Trustee’s and Agent’s rights

		The Security Trustee and the Agent may:

16.4.1		in the exercise of any right, remedy, power or discretion in relation to any matter, or in any context, not expressly provided for by this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents, act or, as the case may be, refrain from acting (or authorise the Security Trustee to act or refrain from acting) in accordance with the instructions of the Lenders, and shall be fully protected in so doing;

16.4.2		unless and until it has received directions from the Majority Lenders, take such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking such action (or authorise the Security Trustee to take or refrain from taking such action) in respect of a Default of which the Agent and/or the Agent has actual knowledge as it shall consider advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (but shall not be obliged to do so);

16.4.3		refrain from acting (or authorise the Security Trustee to refrain from acting) in accordance with any instructions of the Lenders to institute any Proceedings arising out of or in connection with any of the Security Documents until it and/or the Security Trustee has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction against any and all costs, expenses or liabilities (including legal fees) which it would or might incur as a result;

16.4.4		deem and treat (i) each Lender as the person entitled to the benefit of the Contribution of such Lender for all purposes of this Agreement unless and until a notice shall have been filed with the Agent pursuant to clause 15.3 and shall have become effective, and (ii) the office set opposite the name of each of the Lenders in schedule 1 as its lending office unless and until a written notice of change of lending office shall have been received by the Agent and the Agent may act upon any such notice unless and until the same is superseded by a further such notice;

16.4.5		rely as to matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of any Security Party upon a certificate signed by any director or officer of the relevant Security Party on behalf of the relevant Security Party; and

16.4.6		do anything which is in its opinion necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation in any jurisdiction.

16.5		No Liability of Agent

		None of the Security Trustee, the Agent nor any of their respective employees and agents shall:

16.5.1		be obliged to make any enquiry as to the use of any of the proceeds of the Loan unless (in the case of the Agent) so required in writing by a Lender, in which case the Agent shall promptly make the appropriate request to the Borrowers; or

16.5.2		be obliged to make any enquiry as to any breach or default by the Borrowers or any other Security Party in the performance or observance of any of the provisions of the Security Documents or as to the existence of a Default unless (in the case of the Agent) the Agent has actual knowledge thereof or has been notified in writing thereof by a Bank, in which case the Agent shall promptly notify the Banks of the relevant event or circumstance; or

16.5.3		be obliged to enquire whether or not any representation or warranty made by the Borrowers or any other Security Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents is true; or

16.5.4		be obliged to do anything (including, without limitation, disclosing any document or information) which would, or might in its opinion, be contrary to any law or regulation or be a breach of any duty of confidentiality or otherwise be actionable or render it liable to any person; or

16.5.5		be obliged to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account; or

16.5.6		be obliged to institute any Proceedings arising out of or in connection with any of the Security Documents other than on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; or

16.5.7		be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted under or in connection with any of the Security Documents unless caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

		For the purposes of this clause 16, neither of the Security Trustee or the Agent shall be treated as having actual knowledge of any matter of which the corporate finance or any other division outside the agency or loan administration department of the Security Trustee or the Agent or the person for the time being acting as the Security Trustee or the Agent may become aware in the context of corporate finance, advisory or lending activities from time to time undertaken by the Security Trustee or the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee or Agent for any Security Party or any other person which may be a trade competitor of any Security Party or may otherwise have commercial interests similar to those of any Security Party.

16.6		Non –reliance on Security Trustee or Agent

		Each Lender and the Swap Bank acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, opinion, forecast or other representation made by the Security Trustee or the Agent to induce it to enter into any of the Security Documents and that it has made and will continue to make, without reliance on the Security Trustee or the Agent and based on such documents as it considers appropriate, its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Security Parties and its own independent investigation of the financial condition,

		prospects and affairs of the Security Parties in connection with the making and continuation of such Lender’s Commitment or Contribution under this Agreement. Neither of the Security Trustee and the Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the Swap Bank with any credit or other information with respect to any Security Party whether coming into its possession before the making of any Advance or the Loan or at any time or times thereafter other than as provided in clause 16.3.1.

16.7		No responsibility on the Security Trustee or Agent for Borrowers’ performance

		Neither of the Security Trustee or the Agent shall have any responsibility or liability to any Lender or the Swap Bank:

16.7.1		on account of the failure of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents; or

16.7.2		for the financial condition of any Security Party; or

16.7.3		for the completeness or accuracy of any statements, representations or warranties in any of the Security Documents or any document delivered under any of the Security Documents; or

16.7.4		for the execution, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Security Documents or of any certificate, report or other document executed or delivered under any of the Security Documents; or

16.7.5		to investigate or make any enquiry into the title of the Borrowers or any other Security Party to the Vessels or any other security or any part thereof; or

16.7.6		for the failure to register any of the Security Documents with any official or regulatory body or office or elsewhere; or

16.7.7		for taking or omitting to take any other action under or in relation to any of the Security Documents or any aspect of any of the Security Documents; or

16.7.8		on account of the failure of the Security Trustee to perform or discharge any of its duties or obligations under the Security Documents; or

16.7.9		otherwise in connection with the Security Documents or their negotiation or for acting (or, as the case may be, refraining from acting) in accordance with the instructions of the Lenders.

16.8		Reliance on documents and professional advice

		Each of the Security Trustee and the Agent shall be entitled to rely on any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person and shall be entitled to rely as to legal or other professional matters on opinions and statements of any legal or other professional advisers selected or approved by it (including those in the Security Trustee’s or Agent’s employment).

16.9		Other dealings

		Each of the Security Trustee and the Agent may, without any liability to account to the Lenders, accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with, and provide advisory or other services to, any Security Party or any company in the same group of companies as such Security Party or any of the Lenders as if it were not the Security Trustee or Agent.

16.10		Rights of Agent, Agent as Lender; no partnership

		With respect to its own Commitment and Contribution (if any) the Security Trustee and the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the Security Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it under this Agreement and the term “Lenders” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Security Trustee and the Agent in their respective individual capacity as a Lender. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to constitute a partnership between the parties or any of them.

16.11		Amendments and waivers

16.11.1		Subject to clause 16.11, the Security Trustee and/or the Agent (as the case may be) may, with the consent of the Majority Lenders (or if and to the extent expressly authorised by

		the other provisions of any of the Security Documents) and, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, shall:

16.11.2		agree (or authorise the Security Trustee to agree) amendments or modifications to any of the Security Documents with the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party; and/or

16.11.3		vary or waive breaches of, or defaults under, or otherwise excuse performance of, any provision of any of the other Security Documents by the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party (or authorise the Security Trustee to do so).

		Any such action so authorised and effected by the Agent shall be documented in such manner as the Security Trustee and/or the Agent (as the case may be) shall (with the approval of the Majority Lenders) determine, shall be promptly notified to the Lenders by the Security Trustee and/or the Agent (as the case may be) and (without prejudice to the generality of clause 16.2) shall be binding on the Lenders.

16.11.4		Except with the prior written consent of the Lenders, the Security Trustee and the Agent shall have no authority on behalf of the Lenders to agree (or authorise the Security Trustee to agree) with the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party any amendment or modification to any of the Security Documents or to grant (or authorise the Security Trustee to grant) waivers in respect of breaches or defaults or to vary or excuse (or authorise the Security Trustee to vary or excuse) performance of or under any of the Security Documents by the Borrowers and/or any other Security Party, if the effect of such amendment, modification, waiver or excuse would be to:

	(a)		reduce the Margin, postpone the due date or reduce the amount of any payment of principal, interest or other amount payable by any Security Party under any of the Security Documents;

	(b)		change the currency in which any amount is payable by any Security Party under any of the Security Documents;

	(c)		increase any Lender’s Commitment;

	(d)		extend the Maturity Date;

	(e)		change any provision of any of the Security Documents which expressly or impliedly requires the approval or consent of all the Lenders such that the relevant approval or consent may be given otherwise than with the sanction of all the Lenders;

	(f)		change the order of distribution under clauses 6.10 and 13.1;

	(g)		change this clause 16.11;

	(h)		change the definition of “Majority Lenders” in clause 1.2;

	(i)		release any Security Party from the security constituted by any Security Document (except as required by the terms thereof or by law) or change the terms and conditions upon which such security or guarantee may be, or is required to be, released.

16.12		Reimbursement and indemnity by Lenders

		Each Lender shall reimburse the Security Trustee and the Agent (rateably in accordance with such Lender’s Commitment or, after the first Advance or the Loan has been drawn, its Contribution,) to the extent that the Security Trustee or the Agent is not reimbursed by the Borrowers, for the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Security Trustee or the Agent which are expressed to be payable by the Borrowers under clause 5.2 including (in each case), without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal or other professional advisers provided that, if following any payment to the Security Trustee or the Agent by a Lender under this clause the Security Trustee or the Agent receives payment from the Borrowers in respect of the same costs, fees or expenses, the Security Trustee or the Agent shall upon receipt thereof reimburse the relevant Lender. Each Lender must on demand indemnify the Security Trustee or the Agent (rateably in accordance with such Lender’s Commitment or, after the first Advance or the Loan has been drawn, its Contribution) against all liabilities, damages, costs and claims whatsoever incurred by the Security Trustee in connection with any of the Security Documents or the performance of its duties under any of the Security Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Security Trustee or, as the case may be, the Agent, under any of the Security Documents,

		unless such liabilities, damages, costs or claims arise from the Security Trustee’s or as the case may be, the Agent’s own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

16.13		Retirement of the Security Trustee /Agent

16.13.1		The Agent may, having given to the Borrowers and each of the Lenders not less than fifteen (15) days’ notice of its intention to do so, retire from its appointment as the Security Trustee or the Agent (as the case may be) under this Agreement, provided that no such retirement shall take effect unless there has been appointed by the Lenders as a successor agent:

	(a)		a company in the same group of companies as the Security Trustee or, as the case may be, the Agent nominated by the Security Trustee or, as the case may be, the Agent,

	(b)		a Lender nominated by the Majority Lenders or, failing such a nomination,

	(c)		any reputable and experienced bank or financial institution nominated by the retiring Agent or, as the case may be, the retiring Security Trustee.

Any corporation into which the retiring Agent and/or the retiring Security Trustee (as the case may be) may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Security Trustee and/or the Agent (as the case may be) may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation to which the Security Trustee or the Agent (as the case may be) shall be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Agent or Security Trustee under this Agreement and the other Security Documents without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to the Security Documents save that notice of any such merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation shall forthwith be given to each Security Party and the Lenders. Prior to any such successor being appointed, the Agent agrees to consult with the Borrowers and the Lenders as to the identity of the proposed successor and to take account of any reasonable objections which the Borrowers and the Lenders may raise to such successor being appointed.

16.13.2		If the Majority Lenders, acting reasonably, are of the opinion that the Security Trustee or Agent is unable to fulfil its respective obligations under this Agreement in a professional and acceptable manner, then they may require the Security Trustee or Agent, by written notice, to resign in accordance with clause 16.13.1, which the Agent shall promptly do, and the terms of clause 16.13.1 shall apply to the appointment of any substitute Security Trustee or Agent, save that the same shall be appointed by the Majority Lenders and not by all of the Lenders.

16.13.3		Upon any such successor as aforesaid being appointed, the retiring Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee shall be discharged from any further obligation under the Security Documents (but shall continue to have the benefit of this clause 16 in respect of any action it has taken or refrained from taking prior to such discharge) and its successor and each of the other parties to this Agreement shall have the same rights and obligations among themselves as they would have had if such successor had been a party to this Agreement in place of the retiring Agent or Security Trustee. The retiring Agent or Agent shall (at its own expense) provide its successor with copies of such of its records as its successor reasonably requires to carry out its functions under the Security Documents.

16.14		Appointment and retirement of Security Trustee

16.14.1		Appointment

		Each of the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Agent irrevocably appoints the Security Trustee as its Security Trustee and trustee for the purposes of the Security Documents, in each case on the terms set out in this Agreement. Accordingly, each of the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Agent hereby authorises the Security Trustee (whether or not by or through employees or agents) to take such action on its behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Trustee by this Agreement and/or the Security Documents, together with such powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

16.14.2		Retirement

		Without prejudice to clause 16.13, the Security Trustee may, having given to the Borrowers and each of the Lenders and the Swap Banks not less than fifteen (15) days’

notice of its intention to do so, retire from its appointment as Security Trustee under this Agreement and any Trust Deed, provided that no such retirement shall take effect unless there has been appointed by the Lenders and the Agent as a successor Security Trustee and trustee:

	(a)		a company in the same group of companies of the Security Trustee nominated by the Security Trustee which the Lenders hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree to appoint or, failing such nomination,

	(b)		a Lender or trust corporation nominated by the Majority Lenders or, failing such a nomination,

	(c)		any bank or trust corporation nominated by the retiring Security Trustee,

and, in any case, such successor Security Trustee and trustee shall have duly accepted such appointment by delivering to the Agent (i) written confirmation (in a form acceptable to the Agent) of such acceptance agreeing to be bound by this Agreement in the capacity of Security Trustee as if it had been an original party to this Agreement and (ii) a duly executed Trust Deed.

Any corporation into which the retiring Security Trustee may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Security Trustee may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation to which the Security Trustee shall be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Security Trustee under this Agreement, any Trust Deed and the other Security Documents without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement, any Trust Deed and the other Security Documents save that notice of any such merger, conversion, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganisation shall forthwith be given to each Security Party, the Swap Banks and the Lenders. Prior to any such successor being appointed, the Security Trustee agrees to consult with the Borrowers as to the identity of the proposed successor and to take account of any reasonable objections which the Borrowers may raise to such successor being appointed.

Upon any such successor as aforesaid being appointed, the retiring Security Trustee shall be discharged from any further obligation under the Security Documents (but shall continue to have the benefit of this clause 16 in respect of any action it has taken or refrained from taking prior to such discharge) and its successor and each of the other parties to this Agreement shall have the same rights and obligations among themselves as they would have had if such successor had been a party to this Agreement in place of the retiring Security Trustee. The retiring Security Trustee shall (at its own expense) provide its successor with copies of such of its records as its successor reasonably requires to carry out its functions under the Security Documents.

16.15		Powers and duties of the Security Trustee

16.15.1		The Security Trustee shall have no duties, obligations or liabilities to any of the Lenders and the Agent beyond those expressly stated in any of the Security Documents. Each of the Agent and the Swap Banks, the Lenders hereby authorises the Security Trustee to enter into and execute:

	(a)		each of the Security Documents to which the Security Trustee is or is intended to be a party; and

	(b)		any and all such other Security Documents as may be approved by the Agent in writing (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) for entry into by the Security Trustee,

and, in each and every case, to hold any and all security thereby created upon trust for the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Agent for the time being in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.

16.15.2

Subject to clause 16.15.3 the Security Trustee may, with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders communicated in writing by the Agent, concur with any of the Security Parties to:

(a)

amend, modify or otherwise vary any provision of the Security Documents to which the Security Trustee is or is intended to be a party; or

(b)

waive breaches of, or defaults under, or otherwise excuse performance of, any provision of the Security Documents to which the Security Trustee is or is intended to be a party; or

(c)

give any consents to any Security Party in respect of any provision of any Security Document

Any such action so authorised and effected by the Security Trustee shall be promptly notified to the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Agent by the Security Trustee and shall be binding on the other Banks.

16.15.3

The Security Trustee shall not concur with any Security Party with respect to any of the matters described in clause 16.11.4 without the consent of the Lenders communicated in writing by the Agent.

16.15.4

The Security Trustee shall (subject to the other provisions of this clause 16) take such action or, as the case may be, refrain from taking such action, with respect to any of its rights, powers and discretions as Security Trustee and trustee, as the Agent may direct. Subject as provided in the foregoing provisions of this clause, unless and until the Security Trustee has received such instructions from the Agent, the Security Trustee may, but shall not be obliged to, take (or refrain from taking) such action under or pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.14 as the Security Trustee shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Banks provided that (for the avoidance of doubt), to the extent that this clause might otherwise be construed as authorising the Security Trustee to take, or refrain from taking, any action of the nature referred to in clause 16.15.2 — and for which the prior consent of the Lenders is expressly required under clause 16.15.3 — clauses 16.15.2 and 16.15.3 shall apply to the exclusion of this clause.

16.15.5

None of the Lenders, the Swap Banks nor the Agent shall have any independent power to enforce any of the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.14 or to exercise any rights, discretions or powers or to grant any consents or releases under or pursuant to such Security Documents or any of them or otherwise have direct recourse to the security and/or guarantees constituted by such Security Documents or any of them except through the Security Trustee.

16.15.6

For the purpose of this clause 16, the Security Trustee may, rely and act in reliance upon any information from time to time furnished to the Security Trustee by the Agent (whether pursuant to clause 16.15.7 or otherwise) unless and until the same is superseded by further such information, so that the Security Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any party as a consequence of placing reliance on and acting in reliance upon any such information unless the Security Trustee has actual knowledge that such information is inaccurate or incorrect.

16.15.7

Without prejudice to the foregoing each of the Agent, the Swap Banks and the Lenders (whether directly or through the Agent) shall provide the Security Trustee with such written information as it may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out its duties and obligations under the Security Documents referred to in clause 16.14.

16.16

Trust provisions

16.16.1

The trusts constituted or evidenced in or by this Agreement and the Trust Deed shall remain in full force and effect until whichever is the earlier of:

(a)

the expiration of a period of eighty (80) years from the date of this Agreement; and

(b)

receipt by the Security Trustee of confirmation in writing by the Agent that there is no longer outstanding any Indebtedness (actual or contingent) which is secured or guaranteed or otherwise assured by or under any of the Security Documents,

and the parties to this Agreement declare that the perpetuity period applicable to this Agreement and the trusts declared by the Trust Deed shall for the purposes of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Xxx 0000 be the period of eighty (80) years from the date of this Agreement.

16.16.2

In its capacity as trustee in relation to the Security Documents specified in clause 16.14, the Security Trustee shall, without prejudice to any of the powers, discretions and immunities conferred upon trustees by law (and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of any of those Security Documents), have all the same powers and discretions

as a natural person acting as the beneficial owner of such property and/or as are conferred upon the Security Trustee by any of those Security Documents.

16.16.3

It is expressly declared that, in its capacity as trustee in relation to the Security Documents specified in clause 16.14, the Security Trustee shall be entitled to invest moneys forming part of the security and which, in the opinion of the Security Trustee, may not be paid out promptly following receipt in the name or under the control of the Security Trustee in any of the investments for the time being authorised by law for the investment by trustees of trust moneys or in any other property or investments whether similar to the aforesaid or not or by placing the same on deposit in the name or under the control of the Security Trustee as the Security Trustee may think fit without being under any duty to diversify its investments and the Security Trustee may at any time vary or transpose any such property or investments for or into any others of a like nature and shall not be responsible for any loss due to depreciation in value or otherwise of such property or investments. Any investment of any part or all of the security may, at the discretion of the Security Trustee, be made or retained in the names of nominees.

16.17

Independent action by Banks

None of the Banks shall enforce, exercise any rights, remedies or powers or grant any consents or releases under or pursuant to, or otherwise have a direct recourse to the security and/or guarantees constituted by any of the Security Documents without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders but, provided such consent has been obtained, it shall not be necessary for any other Bank to be joined as an additional party in any Proceedings for this purpose.

16.18

Common Agent and Security Trustee

The Agent and the Security Trustee have entered into the Security Documents in their separate capacities (a) as agent for the Lenders under and pursuant to this Agreement (in the case of the Agent) and (b) as Security Trustee and trustee for the Lenders, the Swap Banks and the Agent under and pursuant to this Agreement, to hold the guarantees and/or security created by the Security Documents specified in clause 16.14 on the terms set out in such Security Documents (in the case of the Security Trustee). If and when the Agent and the Security Trustee are the same entity and any Security Document provides

for the Agent to communicate with or provide instructions to the Security Trustee (and vice versa), all parties to this Agreement agree that any such communications or instructions on such occasions are unnecessary and are hereby waived.

16.19

Co-operation to achieve agreed priorities of application

The Lenders and the Agent shall co-operate with each other and with the Security Trustee and any receiver under the Security Documents in realising the property and assets subject to the Security Documents and in ensuring that the net proceeds realised under the Security Documents after deduction of the expenses of realisation are applied in accordance with clause 13.1.

16.20

The Prompt distribution of proceeds

Moneys received by any of the Banks (whether from a receiver or otherwise) pursuant to the exercise of (or otherwise by virtue of the existence of) any rights and powers under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents shall (after providing for all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities and other payments ranking in priority) be paid to the Agent for distribution (in the case of moneys so received by any of the Banks other than the Agent or the Security Trustee) and shall be distributed by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee (in the case of moneys so received by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee) in each case in accordance with clause 13.1. The Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee shall make each such application and/or distribution as soon as is practicable after the relevant moneys are received by, or otherwise become available to, the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee save that (without prejudice to any other provision contained in any of the Security Documents) the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) or any receiver may credit any moneys received by it to a suspense account for so long and in such manner as the Agent or such receiver may from time to time determine with a view to preserving the rights of the Agent and/or the Security Trustee and/or the Account Bank and/or the Arrangers and/or the Lenders, the Swap Banks or any of them to provide for the whole of their respective claims against the Borrowers or any other person liable.

16.21

Reconventioning

After consultation with the Borrowers and the Lenders and notwithstanding clause 16.11, the Agent shall be entitled to make such amendments to this Agreement as it may determine to be necessary to take account of any changes in market practices as a consequence of the European Monetary Union (whether as to the settlement or rounding of obligations, business days, the calculation of interest or otherwise whatsoever). So far as possible such amendments shall be such as to put the parties in the same position as if the event or events giving rise the need to amend this Agreement had not occurred. Any amendment so made to this Agreement by the Agent shall be promptly notified to the other parties hereto and shall be binding on all parties hereto.

16.22

Exclusivity

Without prejudice to the Borrowers’ rights, in certain instances, to give their consent thereunder, clauses 15 and 16 are for the exclusive benefit of the Banks.

NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS

17.1

Notices

17.1.1

unless otherwise specifically provided herein, every notice under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given in English by letter delivered personally and/or sent by post and/or transmitted by fax and/or electronically;

17.1.2

in this clause “notice” includes any demand, consent, authorisation, approval, instruction, certificate, request, waiver or other communication.

17.2

Addresses for communications, effective date of notices

17.2.1

Subject to clause 17.2.2, clause 17.2.5 and 17.3 notices to the Borrowers shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect when received in full legible form by the Borrowers at the address and/or the fax number appearing below (or at such other address or fax number as the Borrowers may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Agent by notice in writing);


		Address		c/o Navios ShipManagement Inc.
				85 Akti Xxxxxxx
				Xxxxxxx


				Xxxxxx

		Fax no:		+ 00 000 000 0000

17.2.2

notwithstanding the provisions of clause 17.2.1 or clause 17.2.5, a notice of Default and/or a notice given pursuant to clause 10.2 or clause 10.3 to the Borrowers shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect when delivered, sent or transmitted by the Banks or any of them to the Borrowers to the address or fax number referred to in clause 17.2.1;

17.2.3

subject to clause 17.2.5, notices to the Agent and/or the Agent and/or an Arranger and/or Account Bank and/or Security Trustee and/or the Swap Banks shall be deemed to be given, and shall take effect, when received in full legible form by the Agent and/or the Agent at the address and/or the fax number address appearing below (or at any such other address or fax number as the Agent and/or the Agent (as appropriate) may hereafter specify for such purpose to the Borrowers and the other Lenders by notice in writing);


		Agent:

		Address:		DnB NOR Bank ASA
				00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx
				Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
				Xxxxxxx

		Attn:		Shipping Dept.

		Fax no:		+ x00 000 000 0000

17.2.4

subject to clause 17.2.5 and 17.3, notices to a Lender shall be deemed to be given and shall take effect when received in full legible form by such Lender at its address and/or fax number specified in schedule 1 or in any relevant Transfer Certificate (or at any other address or fax number as such Lender may hereafter specify for such purpose to the other Banks); and

17.2.5

if under clause 17.2.1 or clause 17.2.3 a notice would be deemed to have been given and effective on a day which is not a working day in the place of receipt or is outside the

normal business hours in the place of receipt, the notice shall be deemed to have been given and to have taken effect at the opening of business on the next working day in such place.

17.3

Electronic Communication

17.3.1

Any communication to be made by and/or between the Banks or any of them and the Security Parties or any of them under or in connection with the Security Documents or any of them may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if and provided that all such parties:

(a)

notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

(b)

notify each other of any change to their electronic mail address or any other such information supplied by them.

17.3.2

Any electronic communication made by and/or between the Banks or any of them and the Security Parties or any of them will be effective only when actually received in readable form and, in the case of any electronic communication made by the Borrowers or the Lenders to the Agent, only if it is addressed in such manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose

17.4

Notices through the Agent

Every notice under this Agreement or (unless otherwise provided therein) any other Security Document to be given by the Borrowers to any other party, shall be given to the Agent for onward transmission as appropriate and every notice under this Agreement to be given to the Borrowers shall (except otherwise provided in the Security Documents) be given to the Borrowers by the Agent.

BORROWERS’ OBLIGATIONS

18.1

Joint and several

Regardless of any other provision in any of the Security Documents, all obligations and liabilities whatsoever of the Borrowers herein contained are joint and several and shall be construed accordingly. Each of the Borrowers agrees and consents to be bound by the Security Documents to which it becomes a party notwithstanding that the other Borrower may not do so or be effectually bound and notwithstanding that any of the Security Documents may be invalid or unenforceable against the other Borrower, whether or not the deficiency is known to any Bank.

18.2

Borrowers as principal debtors

Each Borrower acknowledges that it is a principal and original debtor in respect of all amounts which may become payable by the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of any of the Security Documents and agrees that each Bank may continue to treat it as such, whether or not such Bank is or becomes aware that such Borrower is or has become a surety for the other Borrower.

18.3

Indemnity

The Borrowers undertake to keep the Banks fully indemnified on demand against all claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses arising from any failure of either Borrower to perform or discharge any purported obligation or liability of that Borrower which would have been the subject of this Agreement or any other Security Document had it been valid and enforceable and which is not or ceases to be valid and enforceable against the other Borrower on any ground whatsoever, whether or not known to any Bank including, without limitation, any irregular exercise or absence of any corporate power or lack of authority of, or breach of duty by, any person purporting to act on behalf of the other Borrower (or any legal or other limitation, whether under the Limitation Acts or otherwise or any disability or death, bankruptcy, unsoundness of mind, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, winding up, administration, receivership, amalgamation, reconstruction or any other incapacity of any person whatsoever (including, in the case of a partnership, a termination or change in the composition of the partnership) or any change of name or style or constitution of any Security Party)).

18.4

Liability unconditional

None of the obligations or liabilities of the Borrowers under any Security Document shall be discharged or reduced by reason of:

18.4.1

the death, bankruptcy, unsoundness of mind, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, administration, receivership, amalgamation, reconstruction or other incapacity of any person whatsoever (including, in the case of a partnership, a termination or change in the composition of the partnership) or any change of name or style or constitution of either Borrower or any other person liable;

18.4.2

any Bank granting any time, indulgence or concession to, or compounding with, discharging, releasing or varying the liability of, either Borrower or any other person liable or renewing, determining, varying or increasing any accommodation, facility or transaction or otherwise dealing with the same in any manner whatsoever or concurring in, accepting, varying any compromise, arrangement or settlement or omitting to claim or enforce payment from either Borrower or any other person liable; or

18.4.3

anything done or omitted which but for this provision might operate to exonerate the Borrowers or either of them.

18.5

Recourse to other security

No Bank shall be obliged to make any claim or demand or to resort to any security or other means of payment now or hereafter held by or available to them for enforcing any of the Security Documents against either Borrower or any other person liable and no action taken or omitted by any Bank in connection with any such security or other means of payment will discharge, reduce, prejudice or affect the liability of the Borrowers under the Security Documents to which either of them is, or is to be, a party.

18.6

Waiver of Borrowers’ rights

Each Borrower agrees with the Banks that, throughout the Facility Period, it will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent:

18.6.1

exercise any right of subrogation, reimbursement and indemnity against the other Borrower or any other person liable under the Security Documents;

18.6.2

demand or accept repayment in whole or in part of any Indebtedness now or hereafter due to such Borrower from the other Borrower or from any other person liable for such Indebtedness or demand or accept any guarantee against financial loss or any document or instrument created or evidencing an Encumbrance in respect of the same or dispose of the same;

18.6.3

take any steps to enforce any right against the other Borrower or any other person liable in respect of any such moneys; or

18.6.3

claim any set-off or counterclaim against the other Borrower or any other person liable or claim or prove in competition with any Bank in the liquidation of the other Borrower or any other person liable or have the benefit of, or share in, any payment from or composition with, the other Borrower or any other person liable or any security granted under any Security Document now or hereafter held by any Bank for any moneys owing under this Agreement or for the obligations or liabilities of any other person liable but so that, if so directed by the Agent, it will prove for the whole or any part of its claim in the liquidation of the other Borrower or other person liable on terms that the benefit of such proof and all money received by it in respect thereof shall be held on trust for the Banks and applied in or towards discharge of any moneys owing under this Agreement in such manner as the Agent shall require.

GOVERNING LAW

		This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law.

20		JURISDICTION

20.1		Exclusive Jurisdiction

For the benefit of the Banks, and subject to clause 20.4 below, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction:

20.1.1

to settle any disputes or other matters whatsoever arising under or in connection with this Agreement and any disputes or other such matters arising in connection with the negotiation, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any part thereof, whether the alleged liability shall arise under the laws of England or under the laws of some other

country and regardless of whether a particular cause of action may successfully be brought in the English courts; and

20.1.2		to grant interim remedies or other provisional or protective relief.

20.2		Submission and service of process

Each Borrower accordingly irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts. Without prejudice to any other mode of service each Borrower:

20.2.1

irrevocably empowers and appoints HFW Nominees Ltd at present of Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx as its agent to receive and accept on its behalf any process or other document relating to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement;

20.2.2

agrees to maintain such an agent for service of process in England from the date hereof until the end of the Facility Period;

20.2.3

agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrowers of service of process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned;

20.2.4

without prejudice to the effectiveness of service of process on its agent under clause 20.2.1 above but as an alternative method, consents to the service of process relating to any such proceedings by mailing or delivering a copy of the process to its address for the time being applying under clause 17.2;

20.2.5

agrees that if the appointment of any person mentioned in clause 20.2.1 ceases to be effective, the Borrowers shall immediately appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf in England and, failing such appointment within seven (7) days the Lender shall thereupon be entitled and is hereby irrevocably authorised by the Borrowers in those circumstances to appoint such person by notice to the Borrowers.

20.3

Forum non conveniens and enforcement abroad

Each Borrower:

20.3.1

waives any right and agrees not to apply to the English court or other court in any jurisdiction whatsoever to stay or strike out any proceedings commenced in England on the ground that England is an inappropriate forum and/or that Proceedings have been or will be started in any other jurisdiction in connection with any dispute or related matter falling within clause 20.1; and

20.3.2

agrees that a judgment or order of an English court in a dispute or other matter falling within clause 20.1 shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

20.4

Right of Lender, but not Borrowers, to bring proceedings in any other jurisdiction

20.4.1

Nothing in this clause 20 limits the right of any Lender to bring Proceedings, including third party proceedings, against either one or both Borrowers, or to apply for interim remedies, in connection with this Agreement in any other court and/or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction;

20.4.2

the obtaining by any Lender of judgment in one jurisdiction shall not prevent such Lender from bringing or continuing proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether or not these shall be founded on the same cause of action.

20.5

Enforceability despite invalidity of Agreement

Without prejudice to the generality of clause 13.9, the jurisdiction agreement contained in this clause 20 shall be severable from the rest of this Agreement and shall remain valid, binding and in full force and shall continue to apply notwithstanding this Agreement or any part thereof being held to be avoided, rescinded, terminated, discharged, frustrated, invalid, unenforceable, illegal and/or otherwise of no effect for any reason.

20.6

Effect in relation to claims by and against non-parties

20.6.1

For the purpose of this clause “Foreign Proceedings” shall mean any Proceedings except proceedings brought or pursued in England arising out of or in connection with (i) or in any way related to any of the Security Documents or any assets subject thereto or (ii) any action of any kind whatsoever taken by any Bank pursuant thereto or which would, if

brought by either one or both of the Borrowers against the Lender, have been required to be brought in the English courts;

20.6.2

neither Borrower shall bring or pursue any Foreign Proceedings against any Bank and shall use its best endeavours to prevent persons not party to this Agreement from bringing or pursuing any Foreign Proceedings against any Bank;

20.6.3

If, for any reason whatsoever, any Security Party and/or any person connected howsoever with any Security Party brings or pursues against any Bank any Foreign Proceedings, the Borrowers shall indemnify such Bank on demand in respect of any and all claims, losses, damages, demands, causes of action, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal costs) of whatsoever nature howsoever arising from or in connection with such Foreign Proceedings which such Bank (or the Agent on its behalf) certifies as having been incurred by it;

20.6.4

the Banks and the Borrowers hereby agree and declare that the benefit of this clause 20 shall extend to and may be enforced by any officer, employee, agent or business associate of any of the Banks against whom a Borrower brings a claim in connection howsoever with any of the Security Documents or any assets subject thereto or any action of any kind whatsoever taken by, or on behalf of or for the purported benefit of any Bank pursuant thereto or which, if it were brought against the Lender, would fall within the material scope of clause 20.1. In those circumstances this clause 20 shall be read and construed as if references to any Bank were references to such officer, employee, agent or business associate, as the case may be.

Schedule 1

The Lenders and their Commitments


		Original	Percentage
		Commitment	of Total
Name	Address and fax number	(USD)	Commitment
DnB NOR BANK ASA	Lending Office	USD 133,000,000		100	%


	00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx,
	Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX,
	Xxxxxxx

	Address for Notices

	As above
	Fax: x00 000 000 0000
	Attn: Loan Administration Department

	Total Commitment
		USD 133,000,000		100	%

Schedule 2

Form of Drawdown Notice

To: DnB NOR Bank ASA
00 Xx. Xxxxxxx’x Xxxx,
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX,
Xxxxxxx (as Agent)

[l] 2008

Dear Sirs


Re:		Facility agreement dated [ ] June 2008 in respect of a loan of 133,000,000 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between (1) Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. and Sizzling Ventures Inc. as Borrowers, (2) DnB NOR Bank ASA as Lender, (3) DnB NOR Bank ASA as Agent, Swap Bank and Security Trustee.

We refer to the Loan Agreement. Words and expressions whose meanings are defined therein shall have the same meanings when used herein.

We hereby give you notice that we wish to draw the sum of USD [ ] on [date] 2008 for payment to [ ] and select a first Interest Period in respect of such drawing of [l] months. The funds should be credited to [ ] with [ ] .

We confirm that:

(a)

no Default has occurred;

(b)

the representations and warranties contained in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct at the date hereof as if made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such date;

(c)

the borrowing to be effected by the drawdown of such Advance will be within our corporate powers, has been validly authorised by appropriate corporate action and will not

cause any limit on our borrowings (whether imposed by statute, regulation, agreement or otherwise howsoever) to be exceeded;

(d)

there has been no material adverse change in our financial position or in the combined financial position of the Group from that described by us to the Banks or any of them in the negotiation of the Loan Agreement and/or in any documents or statements already delivered to the Agent in connection therewith; and

(e)

there are no Required Authorisations.

By
      Authorised Signatory
      Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. and Sizzling Ventures Inc.

Schedule 3

Conditions precedent

In this Schedule 3 “Relevant Advance” means the Advance which is being made available, “Relevant Vessel” means the Vessel in respect of which that Advance is being made available, “Relevant Shipbuilding Contract” means the Shipbuilding Contract in respect of the Relevant Vessel and "Relevant Owner” means the Borrower which is to be the owner of the Relevant Vessel.

Part A

(referred to in clause 9.1.1)

(a)		(a) Corporate documents

		Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of each Security Party and its current corporate existence;

(b)

Corporate authorities

	(i)		Certified (in a certificate dated no earlier then 5 Banking Days prior to the date of this Agreement) Copies of resolutions of the directors and shareholders of each Security Party approving such of the Shipbuilding Contracts and the Security Documents to which such Security Party is a party and authorising the execution and delivery thereof and performance of such Security Party’s obligations thereunder, additionally certified by an officer of such Security Party as having been duly passed at duly convened meetings of the directors and shareholders of such Security Party and not having been amended, modified or revoked and being in full force and effect; and

	(i)		originals or Certified Copies of any powers of attorney issued by any Security Party pursuant to such resolutions;

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(c)		Required Authorisations

		A certificate (dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the date of this Agreement) that there are no Required Authorisations or that there are no Required Authorisations except those described in such certificate which have been duly obtained and Certified Copies of which (including any conditions and/or documents ancillary thereto) are appended thereto.

(d)		Certificate of incumbency

		a list of directors and officers of each Security Party specifying the names and positions of such persons, certified (in a certificate dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the date of this Agreement) by an officer of such Security Party to be true, complete and up to date;

(e)		Share ownership

		Evidence in a form acceptable to the Agent that each Borrower is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shareholder;

(f)		Share Purchase Agreement

		A copy of each Share Purchase Agreement in a form acceptable to the Agent, together with evidence acceptable to the Agent that all amounts required to be paid under each Share Purchase Agreement have been paid to and accepted by the Seller;

(g)		Refund Guarantees

		Copies of the Refund Guarantees in a form acceptable to the Agent.

(h)		Invoice

		Duly issued invoices from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(a) of each Shipbuilding Contract, together with evidence that sums due thereunder have been paid in full.

(i)		security documents

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		the Corporate Guarantee duly executed and delivered;

(j)		know-your-customer

		such information and documentation as the Banks may require in order to satisfy its “Know Your Customer” procedures;

(k)		certified shipbuilding contracts

		a Certified Copy (in a certificate dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the date of this Agreement) of each Shipbuilding Contract each in a form and substance acceptable to the Agent, together with evidence acceptable to the Agent that there are no address of other commissions payable thereunder which have not been disclosed to the Agent by the Borrowers;

(l)		Xxxxxxxx Islands/Liberian opinions

		an opinion of Cozen X’Xxxxxx, special legal advisers to the Banks on Xxxxxxxx Islands and Liberian laws;

(m)		process agent

		a letter from the Security Parties’ agent for receipt of service of proceedings accepting its appointment under each of the other Security Documents in which it is or is to be appointed as the relevant Security Party’s agent.

PART B

(referred to in Clause 9.1.2)

(a)		Invoice

		A duly issued invoice from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(b) of the Relevant Shipbuilding Contract, together with evidence that sums due thereunder have been paid in full.

(b)		Predelivery Security Assignment

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The Predelivery Security Assignment in respect of the Relevant Vessel duly executed and delivered together with all notices and acknowledgements required pursuant thereto duly signed.

PART C

(referred to in Clause 9.1.3)

(a)		steel cutting

		Documentary evidence that the steel cutting of the Relevant Vessel has commenced in accordance with the relevant Shipbuilding Contract.

(b)		invoice

		A duly issued invoice from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(c) of the Relevant Shipbuilding Contract upon commencement of steel cutting of the Relevant Vessel.

(c)		Class confirmation

		Written confirmation issued by a Classification Society in a form acceptable to the Agent, confirming that steel cutting of the Relevant Vessel has commenced.

PART D

(referred to in Clause 9.1.4)

(a)		Keel-laying

		Documentary evidence that the first block of the keel of the Relevant Vessel has been laid in accordance with the relevant Shipbuilding Contract.

(b)		Invoice

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		A duly issued invoice from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(d) of the Relevant Shipbuilding Contract upon keel laying of the Relevant Vessel.

(c)		Class confirmation

		Written confirmation issued by a Classification Society in a form acceptable to the Agent, confirming that the first block of the keel of the Relevant Vessel has been laid.

PART E

(referred to in 9.1.5)

(a)		Launch

		Documentary evidence that launch of the Relevant Vessel has been completed in accordance with the relevant Shipbuilding Contract.

(a)		Invoice

		A duly issued invoice from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(e) of the Relevant Shipbuilding Contract upon launching of the Relevant Vessel.

(b)		Class confirmation

		Written confirmation issued by a Classification Society in a form acceptable to the Agent, that the load out of the Relevant Vessel have been completed.

PART F

(referred to in Clause 9.1.6)

(a)

Corporate documents

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		Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of each Security Party and its current corporate existence;

(b)		Corporate authorities

	(i)		Certified Copies of resolutions of the directors and shareholders of the Relevant Owner approving such of the Ship Security Documents to which it is a party and authorising the execution and delivery thereof and performance of its obligations thereunder, additionally certified by one of its officers as having been duly passed at duly convened meetings of its directors and shareholders and not having been amended, modified or revoked and being in full force and effect; and

	(i)		originals or Certified Copies of any powers of attorney issued by the Relevant Owner pursuant to such resolutions;

(c)		Required Authorisations

		A certificate (dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the relevant Drawdown) that there are no Required Authorisations or that there are no Required Authorisations except those described in such certificate which have been duly obtained and Certified Copies of which (including any conditions and/or documents ancillary thereto) are appended thereto.

(d)		Certificate of incumbency

		a list of directors and officers of the Relevant Owner specifying the names and positions of such persons, certified (in a certificate dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the date of this Agreement) by an officer of the Relevant Owner to be true, complete and up to date;

(e)		Delivery

		Documentary evidence that the Relevant Vessel has been delivered to the Relevant Owner in accordance with the relevant Shipbuilding Contract.

(f)		Invoice

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		A duly issued invoice from the Builder showing all sums due and payable to the Builder pursuant to Article X2(f) of the Relevant Shipbuilding Contract upon delivery of the Relevant Vessel together with evidence that all amounts payable thereunder (in addition to the part to be paid by the Relevant Advance) have been duly paid.

(g)		The Relevant Vessel

		evidence that the Relevant Vessel:

	(i)		Registration and Encumbrances

			is registered in the name of the Relevant Borrower through the Registry under the laws and flag of the Flag State and that the Relevant Vessel and her Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation (as defined in the relevant Mortgage) are free of Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances;

	(ii)		Classification

			maintains the Classification free of all requirements and recommendations of the Classification Society;

	(iii)		Insurance

			is insured in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage which relates to her and all requirements of such Mortgage in respect of such insurance have been complied with (including without limitation, confirmation from the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which the Relevant Vessel is, or is to be, entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) that any necessary declarations required by the association or insurer for the removal of any oil pollution exclusion have been made and that any such exclusion does not apply to the Relevant Vessel, together with a letter from the Relevant Owner to such protection and indemnity association or other insurer irrevocably instructing the same to provide the Agent with a copy of the Certificate of Entry for the Relevant Vessel and any other information relating to the entry of the Relevant Vessel with such protection and indemnity association or other insurer);

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	(iv)		Management

			is managed by the Commercial Manager and the Technical Manager on terms in all respects acceptable to the Agent and

	(v)		Charter

			if the Relevant Vessel is then subject to an Extended Employment Contract, a copy thereof, in a form acceptable to the Agent;

(h)		Title

		evidence that good title to the Relevant Vessel has been transferred to the Relevant Owner and that no Encumbrances are registered against the Relevant Vessel;

(i)		Security Documents

		the Mortgage, the General Assignment and the Charter Assignment to be executed by the Relevant Owner in respect of the Extended Employment Contract referred to at (i) below, (in respect of the first Vessel to be delivered only) the Earnings Account Pledge and the Manager’s Undertakings in respect of the Relevant Vessel and, if the Relevant Vessel is then subject to an Extended Employment Contract, a Charter Assignment in respect thereof, all duly executed and delivered;

(j)		Mortgage registration

		evidence that the Mortgage in respect of the Relevant Vessel has been registered against the Relevant Vessel through the Registry under the laws and flag of the Flag State;

(k)		Notices of assignment and acknowledgements

		copies of duly executed notices of assignment together with original duly executed acknowledgements thereof required by the terms of the Security Documents relating to the Relevant Vessel and in the forms prescribed by such Security Documents;

(l)		Earnings Account

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		(in respect of the first Vessel to be delivered only) evidence that the Earnings Account has been opened by the Technical Manager and duly completed mandates in relation thereto have been delivered to the Account Bank;

(m)		Xxxxxxxx Islands/Liberian opinion

		an opinion of Messrs Cozen X’Xxxxxx special legal advisers in the Xxxxxxxx Islands and Liberia to the Banks;

(o)		Proceedings

		Evidence acceptable to the Agent that there are no Proceedings taking place of which the Borrowers would be required to give notice under Clause 8.1.1;

(p)		Further opinions

		any such further opinion as may be required by the Agent;

(q)		Registration forms

		such statutory forms duly signed by the Borrowers and the other Security Parties as may be required by the Agent to perfect the security contemplated by the Security Documents;

(r)		Manager’s confirmation

		the Technical Manager has confirmed in writing that the representations and warranties set out in clause 7.1.20 (Environmental Matters) and clause 7.1.21 (ISM Code) are true and correct;

(s)		Commission

		evidence that the commitment commission due under clause 5.1 has been paid in full;

(t)		Insurance opinion

		an opinion (to be provided at Borrowers’ expense) from insurance consultants acceptable to the Agent, on the insurances effected or to be effected in respect of the Relevant Vessel upon and following her Delivery Date;

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(u)		Valuation

		If required by the Agent, a satisfactory, in the opinion of the Agent, valuation (at the cost of the Borrowers) of the Relevant Vessel addressed to the Agent from a broker acceptable to the Agent; and

(v)		MII & MAP Policy premium

		evidence that the Borrowers have reimbursed the Banks in the amount of the first annual premium for the MII & MAP Policy.

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Schedule 5

Form of Transfer Certificate

(referred to in clause 15.3)

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

Lenders are advised not to employ Transfer Certificates or otherwise to assign or transfer interests in the Loan Agreement without further ensuring that the transaction complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 and regulations made thereunder and similar statutes which may be in force in other jurisdictions

To: DnB NOR Bank ASA as Agent on its own behalf and on behalf of the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Agent, the Swap Bank, the Account Bank and the Security Trustee as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below.

[Date]

Attention: [l]

This certificate (“Transfer Certificate”) relates to a USD 133,000,000 term loan credit facility agreement dated [ ] June 2008 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between (1) Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. and Sizzling Ventures Inc. (as Borrowers) , (2) DnB NOR BANK ASA (as Lenders), (3) DnB NOR BANK ASA (as Agent, Swap Bank, Account Bank and Security Trustee). Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings when used in this Certificate.

In this Certificate:

the “Transferor” means [full name] of [lending office]; and

the “Transferee” means [full name] of [lending office].

The Transferor with full title guarantee assigns to the Transferee absolutely all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Transferor has as a Lender under or by

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		virtue of the Loan Agreement and all the other Security Documents in relation to [l] per centum ([l]%) of the [Contribution] [Commitment] of the Transferor (or its predecessors in title).

2.		By virtue of this Transfer Certificate and clause 15 of the Loan Agreement, the Transferor is discharged [entirely from its [Contribution] [Commitment] in respect of the Loan, which amounts to USD [l]] [from [l] per centum ([l]%) of its [Contribution] [Commitment] in respect of the Loan and the Transferee assumes all obligations in respect thereof.

3.		The Transferee hereby requests the Agent (on behalf of itself, the Borrowers, the Account Bank, the Swap Bank the Security Trustee, the Agent and the Lenders) to accept the executed copies of this Transfer Certificate as being delivered pursuant to and for the purposes of clause 15.3 of the Loan Agreement so as to take effect in accordance with the terms thereof on [date of transfer].

4.		The Transferee:

4.1		confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement and the other Security Documents together with such other documents and information as it has required in connection with the transaction contemplated thereby;

4.2		confirms that it has not relied and will not hereafter rely on the Transferor, the Agent, the Account Bank, the Agent, the Lenders or the Security Trustee to check or enquire on its behalf into the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Loan Agreement, any of the Security Documents or any such documents or information;

4.3		agrees that it has not relied and will not rely on the Transferor or any of the Banks to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Borrowers, or any other Security Party (save as otherwise expressly provided therein);

4.4		warrants that it has power and authority to become a party to the Loan Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorise execution of this Transfer Certificate and to obtain all necessary approvals and consents to the assumption of its obligations under the Security Documents; and

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4.5		if not already a Lender, appoints (i) the Agent to act as its agent and (ii) the Security Trustee to act as its Security Trustee and trustee, as provided in the Security Documents and agrees to be bound by the terms of all of the Security Documents.

5.		The Transferor:

5.1		warrants to the Transferee that it has full power to enter into this Transfer Certificate and has taken all corporate action necessary to authorise it to do so;

5.2		warrants to the Transferee that this Transfer Certificate is binding on the Transferor under the laws of England, the country in which the Transferor is incorporated and the country in which its lending office is located; and

5.3		agrees that it will, at its own expense, execute any documents which the Transferee reasonably requests for perfecting in any relevant jurisdiction the Transferee’s title under this Transfer Certificate or for a similar purpose.

6.		The Transferee hereby undertakes with the Transferor and each of the other parties to each of the Security Documents that it will perform in accordance with its terms all those obligations which by the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Security Documents will be assumed by it after delivery of the executed copies of this Transfer Certificate to the Agent and satisfaction of the conditions (if any) subject to which this Transfer Certificate is expressed to take effect.

7.		By execution of this Transfer Certificate on their behalf by the Agent and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Transferee, the Borrowers and each of the Banks accept the Transferee as a party to the Security Documents with respect to all those rights and/or obligations which by the terms of the Security Documents will be assumed by the Transferee (including without limitation those about pro-rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and the indemnification of, the Agent, the Account Bank, the Agent and the Security Trustee as provided by the Loan Agreement) after delivery of the executed copies of this Transfer Certificate to the Agent and satisfaction of the conditions (if any) subject to which this Transfer Certificate is expressed to take effect.

8.		None of the Transferor or the Banks:

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8.1		makes any representation or warranty nor assumes any responsibility with respect to the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any of the Security Documents or any document relating thereto; or

8.2		assumes any responsibility for the financial condition of any Security Party or any party to any such other document or for the performance and observance by any Security Party or any party to any such other document (save as otherwise expressly provided therein) and any and all such conditions and warranties, whether express or implied by law or otherwise, are hereby excluded (except as aforesaid).

9.		The Transferor and the Transferee each undertake that they will on demand fully indemnify the Agent in respect of any claim, proceeding, liability or expense which relates to or results from this Transfer Certificate or any matter concerned with or arising out of it unless caused by the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as the case may be.

10.		The agreements and undertakings of the Transferee in this Transfer Certificate are given to and for the benefit of and made with each of the other parties to each of the Security Documents.

11.		This Transfer Certificate shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.


Transferor						Transferee

By:						By:


Dated:						Dated:

Agent

Agreed for and on behalf of itself as Agent, the Borrowers, the Swap Bank, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank and the Lenders.

[l]

By:

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Dated:

NOTE: The execution of this Transfer Certificate alone may not transfer a proportionate share of the Transferor’s interest in the security constituted by the Security Documents in the Transferor’s or Transferee’s jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of the Transferee to ascertain whether any other documents are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Transferor’s interest in such security in any such jurisdiction and, if so, to seek appropriate advice and arrange for execution of the same.

The schedule


Contribution:		USD [l]

Commitment:		USD [l]

Portion Transferred:		[l]%

Administrative Details of Transferee

Name of Transferee:
Lending Office:

Contact Person:
(Loan Administration Department)
Telephone:
Telefax No:

Contact Person:
(Credit Administration Department)
Telephone:
Telefax No:

[Account for payments:]

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Schedule 5

Form of Trust Deed

THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST is made by DNB NOR BANK ASA (the “Security Trustee”) on [l] June, 2008 and is supplemental to (and made pursuant to the terms of) a USD 133,000,000 facility agreement dated [ ] June, 2008 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between(1) Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. and Sizzling Ventures Inc. (as Borrowers), (2) DnB NOR Bank ASA (as Lender), (3) DnB NOR Bank ASA (as Agent, Swap Bank, Account Bank and Security Trustee). Words and expressions whose meanings are defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings when used in this Deed.

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH as follows:

(a)

The Security Trustee hereby acknowledges and declares that, from the date of this Deed, it holds and shall hold the Trust Property on trust from time to time and at all times for the other Banks on the terms and basis set out in the Loan Agreement.

(b)

The declaration and acknowledgement contained in paragraph 1 above shall be irrevocable.

IN WITNESS whereof the Security Trustee has executed this Deed the day and year first above written.


SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED	)

as a DEED	)

by	)	Authorised Signatory

for and on behalf of	)

DNB NOR BANK ASA	)

as Security Trustee	)

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SCHEDULE 6

MANDATORY COSTS

1		The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.

2		On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Advance) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.

3		The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in the Loan made from that lending office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that lending office.

4		The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows:

		((0.01 x E) divided by 300) per cent. per annum

		Where:

		E is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Agent as being the most recent rate of charge supplied by the Reference Bank to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 6 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

5		For the purposes of this Schedule:

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(a) “Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;

(b) “Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;

(c) “Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate);

(d) “Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to European Monetary Union; and

(e) “Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules.

6		If requested by the Agent, the Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Agent, the rate of charge payable by the Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by the Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to the Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of the Reference Bank.

7		Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:

	(a)		the jurisdiction of its lending office; and

	(b)		any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.

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		Each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.

8		The rate of charge of the Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraph 6 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a lending office in the same jurisdiction as its lending office.

9		The Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or the Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above is true and correct in all respects.

10		The Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and the Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above.

11		Any determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties.

12		The Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrowers and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties.

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SCHEDULE 7

INDENTURE EXTRACT

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SCHEDULE 8

INDENTURE EXCERPT

SECTION 4.10 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified stock and Preferred Stock.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and the Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or issue shares of preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

20.6.5 Section 4.10(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(a) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of Indebtedness and letters of credit under one or more Credit Facilities in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding under this clause (1) not to exceed $475.0 million, less the amount of Non-Recourse Debt outstanding under clause (16) below;

(b) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

(c) the incurrence of the Notes on the Issue Date, the Note Guarantees and the Exchange Securities to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

(d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (A) $20.0 million and (B) 3.0% of Total Tangible Assets;

(e) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance the replacement (through construction, acquisition, lease or otherwise) of one or more Vessels and any assets that shall become Related Assets, upon a total loss,

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destruction, condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure, forfeiture or other taking of title to or use of such Vessel (collectively, a “Total Loss”) in an aggregate amount no greater than the ready for sea cost (as determined in good faith by the Company) for such replacement Vessel, in each case, less all compensation, damages and other payments (including insurance proceeds other than in respect of business interruption insurance) actually received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from any Person in connection with the Total Loss in excess of amounts actually used to repay Indebtedness secured by the Vessel subject to the Total Loss;

(f) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in relation to: (i) maintenance, repairs, refurbishments and replacements required to maintain the classification of any of the Vessels owned, leased, time chartered or bareboat chartered to or by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) drydocking of any of the Vessels owned or leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for maintenance, repair, refurbishment or replacement purposes in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) any expenditures which will or may be reasonably expected to be recoverable from insurance on such Vessels;

(g) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) permitted to be incurred under Section 4.10(a) or Sections 4.10(b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(7) or (b)(14);

(h) the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company owed to a Restricted Subsidiary and Indebtedness by any Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or such Indebtedness being owed to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be deemed to have incurred Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);

(i) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that:

any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

any sale or other transfer of any such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock to a Person that is neither the Company nor a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by this clause (9);

(j) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Hedging Obligations;

(k) the guarantee by the Company or any Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.10; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is contractually subordinated to the Notes or a Guarantee, then the guarantee shall be contractually subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

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(l) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, unemployment insurance, health, disability and other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, or performance, completion, bid, appeal and surety bonds, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(m) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) a Person acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated, amalgamated or liquidated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company; provided, however, that after giving effect to such incurrence or issuance (and the related acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or liquidation), the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 1.75 to 1.0;

(o) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness consisting of guarantees, earn-outs, indemnities or obligations in respect of purchase price adjustments in connection with the disposition or acquisition of assets, including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock;

(p) Non-Recourse Debt incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(q) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit so long each such obligation is satisfied within 30 days of the incurrence thereof; and

(r) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed $25.0 million.

20.6.6 For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.10, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (18) of Section 4.10(b), or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.10(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock (or any portion thereof) on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify, all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.10. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.10(b)(1), but thereafter may be reclassified in any manner that complies with this Section 4.10.

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Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this Section 4.10; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued.

20.6.8 The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:

(1) the accreted value of such Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness;

(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person that is secured by such assets; and

(4) in respect of the Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary, the amount of Obligations outstanding under the legal documents entered into as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction on any date of determination characterized as principal or that would be characterized as principal if such securitization were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.

20.6.9 For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.10, (i) Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, at the time an acquired Person becomes such a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (or is merged into the Company or such a Restricted Subsidiary) or at the time of the acquisition of assets, as the case may be, (ii) the maximum amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies and (iii) the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness shall be counted only once and any obligations arising under any guarantee, Lien, letter of credit or similar instrument supporting such Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this covenant shall not be double counted.

20.6.10 For purposes of determining compliance of any non-U.S. dollar-denominated Indebtedness with this Section 4.10, the amount outstanding under any U.S. dollar equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall at all times be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness (in each case determined, if available, by the rate of exchange quoted by Reuters at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date of determination for spot purchases of the non-U.S. dollar currency with U.S. dollars and otherwise in accordance with customary practice); provided, however, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in the same or different currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal

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amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

SECTION 4.11 Limitations on Restricted Payments.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests or (B) dividends or other payments or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation) any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(iii) make any voluntary or optional principal payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee (excluding any Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), other than (x) payments of principal at the Stated Maturity thereof and (y) payments, purchases, redemptions, defeasances or other acquisitions or retirements for value in anticipation of satisfying a scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation or mandatory redemption, in each case, due within one year of the Stated Maturity thereof; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.10(a); and

(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (8), (9), (10) and (14) of Section 4.11(b)), is not greater than the sum, without duplication, of:

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50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from October 1, 2006 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(i) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and (ii) 100% of the Fair Market Value of the property and assets other than cash, in each case, received by the Company after the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its equity capital or from the issue or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of Qualified Equity Interests, including upon the exercise of options or warrants, or from the issue or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests, together with the aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of such conversion or exchange; plus

to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, the return of capital in cash or Cash Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any); plus

to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or is merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or transfers all or substantially all its assets of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of the Investment of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary (or the assets so transferred, if applicable) as of the date of such redesignation (other than to the extent of such Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that was made as a Permitted Investment); plus

any amount which previously treated as a Restricted Payment on account of any guarantee entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary upon the unconditional release of such guarantee.

(b) The preceding provisions shall not prohibit:

the payment of any dividend or other distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or other distribution, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), including upon exercise of an option or warrant, of, Qualified Equity Interests or from the substantially concurrent contribution of equity capital with respect to Qualified Equity Interests to the Company; provided that the amount of any such net proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment shall be excluded from clause (3) of Section 4.11(a);

the payment, defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Guarantee with the net proceeds from a

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substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests;

the payment of any dividend or other distribution (or, in the case of any partnership, limited liability company or similar entity, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis taking into account the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary;

the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or Heirs or other permitted transferees thereof); provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $3.0 million in any calendar year; provided, further, that such amount may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

the cash proceeds from the sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the Company to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that occurs after the date of this Indenture (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or other retirement shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the immediately preceding paragraph); plus

the cash proceeds of key-man life insurance policies received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture;

provided that to the extent that any portion of the $3.0 million annual limit on such redemptions or repurchases is not utilized in any year, such unused portion may be carried forward and be utilized in one or more subsequent years;

(d) cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management of the Company in connection with a repurchase of Qualified Equity Interests of the Company pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors to the extent such Indebtedness was issued to such member of management as consideration for the purchase of the Qualified Equity Interests so repurchased;

(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result thereby, any dividend or distribution consisting of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(f) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of options, warrants or other convertible securities to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those options, warrants or other convertible securities and cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of options, warrants or other convertible securities;

(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result thereby, the declaration and payment of cash dividends on Designated

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Preferred Stock in accordance with the certificate of designations therefor; provided that at the time of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, the Company would, after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such issuance had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.10(a);

(h) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result thereby, the declaration and payment of cash dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company issued in accordance with Section 4.10;

(i) payments made to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Guarantee (i) following the occurrence of a Change of Control, at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, in the case of any debt issued at a discount from its principal amount at maturity) thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, after the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have satisfied their obligations with respect to a Change of Control Offer set forth under Section 4.09 or (ii) with the Excess Proceeds of one or more Asset Sales, at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the principal amount (or accreted value, in the case of any debt issued at a discount from its principal amount at maturity) thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, after the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have satisfied their obligations with respect to such Excess Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.13 to the extent that such subordinated Indebtedness is required to be repurchased or redeemed pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control or Asset Sale;

(j) payments pursuant to clause (6) Section 4.14(b);

(k) so long as no payment Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result thereby, the payment of cash dividends on the Company’s shares of common stock in the aggregate amount per fiscal quarter not to exceed $0.0666 per share for each share of common stock of the Company outstanding as of the one record date for dividends payable in respect of such fiscal quarter (as such amount shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, stock consolidations and similar transactions); and

(l) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million since the date of this Indenture.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to this Section 4.11 or a Permitted Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payment described in clauses (1) through (14) above or one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investment, the Company shall be permitted to classify such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (or any portion thereof) on the date it is made, or later reclassify, all or a portion of such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, in any manner that complies with this covenant, and such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment shall be treated as having been made

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pursuant to only one of such clauses of this Section 4.11 or of the definition of Permitted Investment.

SECTION 4.12 Limitations on Liens.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee, on any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless contemporaneously therewith:

(m) in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that ranks pari passu with the Notes or a Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, at least equally and ratably with or prior to such obligation with a Lien on the same collateral; and

(n) in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same collateral that is prior to the Lien securing such subordinated obligation, in each case, for so long as such obligation is secured by such Lien (such Lien, the “Primary Lien”).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien under any of clauses (1), (3), (7), (16), (24) or (25) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” on any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee, if such Lien is junior or subordinated in priority to any other Lien on such asset that secures obligations under any other Indebtedness or any related guarantee of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party or the terms of which have been accepted, acknowledged or consented to by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in writing.

20.6.11 Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to Section 4.12(a) shall automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Primary Lien, without any further action on the part of any Person.

SECTION 4.15 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

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However, the preceding restrictions shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

agreements, including, without limitation, those governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities, as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;

this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;

applicable law, rules, regulations or order or governmental license, permit or concession;

any instrument governing Indebtedness or Equity Interests of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Equity Interests were incurred or issued in connection with such acquisition to provide funds to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other similar transfers in contracts, licenses and other agreements (including, without limitation, leases and agreements relating to intellectual property) entered into in the ordinary course of business;

purchase money obligations and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;

any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary or an asset that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary or transfers of such asset pending the sale or other disposition;

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

Liens and agreements related thereto that were permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets or property subject to such Liens;

provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property (including Capital Stock of any Person in which the Company has an Investment) in joint venture agreements, stockholder agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements

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and other similar agreements, which limitation is applicable in all material respects only to the assets or property that are the subject of such agreements;

restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

customary provisions restricting the disposition of real property interests set forth in any easements or other similar agreements or arrangements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

provisions restricting the transfer of any Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 (i) in respect of the subordination provisions, if any, of such Indebtedness, (ii) if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such Indebtedness taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Indenture or that may be contained in any Credit Agreement in accordance with this covenant or (iii) if such encumbrance or restriction is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by the Company) and either (x) the Company determines in good faith that such encumbrance or restriction shall not adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes as and when due or (y) such encumbrance or restriction applies only in the event of and during the continuance of a default under such Indebtedness; and

Non-Recourse Debt or other encumbrances, restrictions or contractual requirements of a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Securitization Subsidiary or the Securitization Assets that are subject to the Qualified Securitization Transaction.

21 ARTICLE FIVE

22 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01 Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.

The Company may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

(a) either: (a) the Company is the surviving Person; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made (x) is a corporation, limited liability company, trust or limited partnership organized or existing under the laws an Eligible Jurisdiction and (y) assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

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(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(c) either (a) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made, shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and to any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.10(a) or (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or such surviving Person determined in accordance with Section 4.10(a) shall be greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction.

In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the chartering out of Vessels in the ordinary course of business.

For purposes of this Section 5.01, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Equity Interests of which constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

22.1.2 The Company shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) unless:

(a) subject to the Note Guarantee release provisions of Section 4.16, such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company or a Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

(b) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.

This Section 5.01 shall not apply to a merger of the Company, a Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person with an Affiliate solely for the purpose, and with the effect, of reorganizing the Company, a Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in an Eligible Jurisdiction. In addition, nothing in this Section 5.01 shall prohibit any Restricted Subsidiary from consolidating or amalgamating with, merging with or into or conveying, transferring or leasing, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or reconstituting itself in another jurisdiction for the purpose of reflagging a vessel.

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Schedule 9
Form of Compliance Certificate

To: DnB NOR Bank ASA (as Agent)

From:

Date [ ] 200[ ]


Re:		Facility agreement dated [ ] June 2008 in respect of a loan of 133,000,000 (the “Loan Agreement”) made between (1) Xxxxxxx Ventures S.A. and Sizzling Ventures Inc. as Borrowers, (2) DnB NOR Bank ASA as Lender, (3) DnB NOR Bank ASA as Agent, Swap Bank and Security Trustee.

Dear Sirs

We refer to the Loan Agreement. Words and expressions whose meanings are defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein.

We hereby confirm that [except as stated below] as at the date hereof to the best of our knowledge and belief after due inquiry:-

1.		all the Borrowers’ undertakings in the Loan Agreement set out in clause 8 are being fully complied with;

2.		no Default has occurred; and

3.		the representations set out in clause 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and accurate with reference to all facts and circumstances now existing and all Required Authorisations have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

[State any exceptions/qualifications to the above statements]

Yours faithfully

[ ]

By
[Chief Financial Officer : Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.]
[Chief Executive Officer : Navios Maritime Holdings Inc]
[Director : Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.]

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IN WITNESS whereof the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the date first above written.


SIGNED as a deed for and on behalf of		)
XXXXXXX VENTURES S.A.		)
(as Borrower under and pursuant to		)
a power of attorney dated		)
17 June 2008) in the presence of		)

SIGNED as a deed for and on behalf of		)
SIZZLING VENTURES INC.		)
(as Borrower under and pursuant to		)
a power of attorney dated		)
17 June 2008) in the presence of		)

SIGNED by		)
for and on behalf of		)
DNB NOR BANK ASA		)
(as a Lender) in the presence of		)

SIGNED by		)
for and on behalf of		)
DNB NOR BANK ASA		)
(as Account Bank, Agent, Swap Bank and		)
Security Trustee) in the presence of		)

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DATED 24 June 2008 SHIKHAR VENTURES S.A. and SIZZLING VENTURES INC. as Borrowers DNB NOR BANK ASA as Lenders DNB NOR BANK ASA as Swap Bank, Agent, Account Bank and Security Trustee FACILITY AGREEMENT FOR A USD 133,000,000 TERM LOAN FACILITY IN TWO...

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