Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (a Marshall Islands corporation) 290,055 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

(a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation)

290,055 Shares of Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Dated: December 18, 2020

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

(a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation)

290,055 Shares of Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

December 18, 2020

DNB Markets, Inc.

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Fearnley Securities AS

Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0

0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxx

Fearnley Securities, Inc.

000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Eagle Bulk Shipping., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with DNB Markets, Inc. (“DNB”), Fearnley Securities AS and Fearnley Securities, Inc. and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom DNB, Fearnley Securities AS and Fearnley Securities, Inc. are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 32,890 additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid 290,055 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 32,890 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.” To the extent there are no additional underwriters named in Schedule A, the term “Representatives” as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the term “Underwriters” shall mean either the singular or the plural, as the context requires.

The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-233208), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which registration statement has become effective under the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “1933 Act Regulations”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Such registration statement covers the registration of the sale of the Securities under the 1933 Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the 1933 Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule 430B Information.” Each prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including the

amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and after such filing the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities and the final prospectus used in the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering (defined below), including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement and any preliminary prospectuses that form a part thereof, is herein called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).

Concurrently with the offer and sale of the Securities, the Company is offering shares of Common Stock (the “Registered Direct Shares”) directly to an institutional investor pursuant to the Registration Statement and a separate prospectus supplement to the Prospectus that describes the offering thereof (the “Concurrent Registered Direct Offering”) as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

As used in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 8:45 a.m. (New York City time) on December 18, 2020 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“General Disclosure Package” means any (i) Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, (ii) the prospectus (including any documents or other information incorporated therein by reference) that is included in the Registration Statement as of the Applicable Time and (iii) the information included on Schedule B hereto, all considered together.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C hereto, in connection with the offering of the Securities or the Registered Direct Shares.

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus, in connection with the offering of the Securities or the Registered Direct Shares.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus

or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale. The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Original Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Original Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, neither (x) the General Disclosure Package, nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered as a whole together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein (the “Underwriter Information”).

At the time of filing the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering other than a form of subscription agreement, the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement to the Prospectus that describes the offering thereof.

(ii) Reporting Compliance. The Company is subject to, and is in full compliance in all material respects with, the reporting requirements of Section 13 and Section 15(d), as applicable, of the 1934 Act.

(iii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), and did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in such incorporated documents or to be filed as exhibits to such incorporated documents which have not been described or filed as required.

(iv) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), who has certified and expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements including the related notes thereto and supporting schedules contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the 1933 Act and the related rules and regulations of the 1933 Act.

(v) No Restrictions. There are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Securities under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands.

(vi) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The consolidated financial statements and related notes and supporting schedules of the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the “Financial Statements”) present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”), and the requirements of Regulation S-X. The selected financial data included in the documents in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus constitute a fair summary of the information purported to be summarized and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. All statistical, market and industry data contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been prepared in good faith are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate. Each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 0000 Xxx) contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are fairly and accurately presented has been made with a reasonable basis and in good faith. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. All

disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or incorporated by reference therein regarding “non GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act to the extent applicable.

(vii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, direct or contingent, including without limitation any losses or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, earthquakes, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any strike, labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or has entered into any transactions not in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been any material decrease in the capital stock or any material increase in any short-term or long-term indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or any payment of or declaration to pay any dividends or any other distribution with respect to the Company, and (iii) there has not been any material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Material Adverse Change”).

(viii) Good Standing of Company. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries (i) has been duly organized or formed, as the case may be, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other entity as the case may be, authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of such businesses or the ownership or leasing of such properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have or has a material adverse effect on (A) the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform its obligations in all material respects under this Agreement (each, a “Material Adverse Effect”). Other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule E-1 hereto, there are no material Subsidiaries of the Company.

(ix) Capitalization. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of, and are not subject to, any preemptive or similar rights. The Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Securities will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. None of the outstanding shares of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or other similar rights granted by the Company to any securityholder of the Company. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Subsidiaries are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all liens, security interests, mortgages, pledges, charges, equities, claims or restrictions on transferability or encumbrances of any kind (collectively, “Liens”), other than those imposed by the 1933 Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding (A) options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase from the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (B) agreements, contracts, arrangements or other obligations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to issue or (C) other rights to convert any obligation into or exchange any securities for, in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C), shares of capital stock of or other ownership or equity interests in the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

(x) Legal Power and Authority. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The Company has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the offering of the Securities.

(xi) Transaction Documents. Each Memoranda of Agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, as each may be amended and which has not been terminated, (the “MoAs” and each, an “MoA”) to purchase the vessels to be acquired by the Company, as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, has been duly authorized by the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and has been executed and delivered by the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and the Company has no reason to believe that such MoAs do not constitute valid and binding agreements of each such party enforceable in all material respects against each such party in accordance with its terms, as may be amended. To the knowledge of the Company, any required consent in connection with the transactions contemplated by any MoA to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party has been obtained. Any descriptions of the terms of the MoAs that are contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate and fair in all material respects.

(xii) Compliance with Existing Instruments. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents (the “Charter Documents”); (ii) in violation of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state or local statute, law (including, without limitation, common law) or ordinance, or any judgment, decree, rule, regulation, order or injunction (collectively, “Applicable Law”) of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local or other governmental or regulatory authority, governmental or regulatory agency or body, court, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization (each, a “Governmental Authority”), applicable to any of them or any of their respective properties; or (iii) in breach of or default under any bond, debenture, note, loan or other evidence of indebtedness, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or any other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them or their respective property is bound (collectively, the “Applicable Agreements”), except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for such violations, breaches or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect.

(xiii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery or performance of the this Agreement nor the consummation of the offering of the Securities (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package under the caption “Use of Proceeds” or the use of proceeds from the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering), will conflict with, violate, constitute a breach of or a default, nor does there exist any condition that, with the passage of time or otherwise will conflict with, violate, constitute a breach of or a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the imposition of a Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the imposition of any penalty or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under or pursuant to (i) the Charter Documents, (ii) any Applicable Agreement, (iii) any Applicable Law or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award binding upon or affecting the Company (except with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, for such violations, breaches, defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events, Liens or impositions that would not, singly or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the Company from fulfilling its obligations hereunder). As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.

(xiv) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, order, filing or registration of or with any Governmental Authority or third party is required for execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the offering of the Securities, except (i) such as have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, obtained or made, (ii) the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act, which has been effected (or, with respect to any Rule 462 Registration Statement, will be effected in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act), (iii) such as may be required under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions or other non-U.S. laws applicable to the purchase of the Securities outside the U.S. in connection with the offering of the Securities, (iv) such approvals as have been or, as of the Closing Time, will be obtained in connection with the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) or (v) the approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(xv) Absence of Labor Dispute. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) the Company is not party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization; (ii) there is no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no union organizing activities are taking place that, could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no union organizing or decertification efforts are underway or threatened against the Company; (iv) no labor strike, work stoppage, slowdown or other material labor dispute is pending against the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company; (v) there is no worker’s compensation liability, experience or matter that could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no threatened or pending liability against the Company pursuant to the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar state or local law; (vii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no employment-related charge, complaint, grievance, investigation, unfair labor practice claim or inquiry of any kind, pending against the Company that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) to the knowledge of the Company, no employee or agent of the Company has committed any act or omission giving rise to liability for any violation identified in subsection (v) and (vi) above, other than such acts or omissions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; and (ix) to the knowledge of the Company, no term or condition of employment exists through arbitration awards, settlement agreements or side agreement that is contrary to the express terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

(xvi) No material Applicable Laws or Proceedings. (i) No Applicable Law has been enacted, adopted or issued, (ii) no stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities in any jurisdiction has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been commenced or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, be pending or contemplated as of the applicable Closing Date and (iii) there is no action, claim, suit, demand, hearing, notice of violation or deficiency, or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, after due inquiry, threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others that, with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (A) would restrain, enjoin, prevent or interfere with the consummation of the offering of the Securities or (B) could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) Possession of Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed under, and has the right to use, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, technology, domain names and trade names (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its businesses and, as of the applicable Closing Date, the Intellectual Property will be free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The Company is not a party to, or bound by, any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity that are necessary to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to avoid a material misstatement or omission and are not described therein. No claims or notices of any potential claim have been asserted by any person challenging the use of any such Intellectual Property by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property or any license or agreement related thereto or the Company’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, other than any claims that, if successful, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the intellectual property used by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has been obtained or is hereby used by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries’ knowledge, its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any person.

(xviii) Concurrent Registered Direct Offering. Concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall have entered into a subscription agreement, with GoldenTree Asset Management L.P. or an affiliate thereof in connection with the subscription arrangement described in the Prospectus in the form previously agreed The Concurrent Registered Direct Offering shall comply in all material respects with all requirements of law, including all registration requirements of applicable securities laws. Without limitation of the foregoing, the final prospectus relating to the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the offer nor the sale of Registered Direct Shares in the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering has been or will be in violation of the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities laws or any rules or regulations of Nasdaq.

(xix) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has and, to the Company’s knowledge, no one acting on its behalf has, taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.

(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries possess all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all Governmental Authorities, presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as now or proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (“Permits”), except where the failure to possess such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to such Permits, except where the failure to fulfill and perform such obligations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination of any such Permit or has resulted, or after notice or lapse of time would result, in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where such event or notice would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Company or the Subsidiaries has received or has any reason to believe it will receive any notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxi) Title to Property. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good, marketable and valid title to all real property owned by it and good title to all personal property owned by it and good and valid title to all leasehold estates in real and personal property being leased by it and, as of the applicable Closing Date, will be free and clear of all Liens except such as (a) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (b) did not, singly or in the aggregate materially affect the value of the property and not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or its Subsidiaries or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the this Agreement. All Applicable Agreements to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound are valid and enforceable against each of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, and are valid and enforceable against the other party or parties thereto and are in full force and effect with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxii) Vessels. (A) All of the vessels described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are owned directly (or as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) by the Subsidiaries; each of the vessels listed on Schedule E-1 hereto (the “Owned Vessels”) has been duly registered as a vessel under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on Schedule E-1 in the sole ownership of the Subsidiary set forth opposite its name

on Schedule E-1 hereto; each such Subsidiary has good title to the applicable Owned Vessel, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interest and claims and all defects of the title of record except for those liens as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and such other encumbrances which would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result or results in a Material Adverse Effect; and each Subsidiary that owns an Owned Vessel is in good standing with respect to the payment of past and current taxes, fees and other amounts payable under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is registered as would affect its registry with the ship registry of such jurisdiction except for failures to be in good standing which would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result or results in a Material Adverse Effect. Upon delivery to and acceptance by the relevant Subsidiary under the MoAs described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, each of the vessels listed on Schedule E-2 hereto and specified as being under contract (the “Contracted Vessels”) for delivery to and acceptance by a Subsidiary will be duly registered as a vessel under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on Schedule E-2, or under the laws of a generally accepted shipping industry flag jurisdiction, in the sole ownership of the Subsidiary set forth opposite its name on Schedule E-2, on such date, each such Subsidiary will have good title to the applicable Contracted Vessel, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims and all defects of the title of record, except for any mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests or claims arising from any financing arrangement which the Company or Subsidiary may enter to finance the acquisition of the Contracted Vessel and except such encumbrances which would not, in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and each such Contracted Vessel will be in good standing with respect to the payment of past and current taxes, fees and other amounts payable under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is registered as would affect its registry with the ship registry of such jurisdiction.

(B) Each Owned Vessel is, and the Company will use reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that each Contracted Vessel will be, operated in compliance with the rules, codes of practice, conventions, protocols, guidelines or similar requirements or restrictions imposed, published or promulgated by any Governmental Authority, classification society or insurer applicable to the respective vessel (collectively, “Maritime Guidelines”) and all applicable international, national, state and local conventions, laws, regulations, orders, Governmental Licenses and other requirements (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws), except where such failure to be in compliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each applicable Subsidiary are, and with respect to the Contracted Vessels will be qualified to own or lease, as the case may be and operate such vessels under all applicable international, national, state and local conventions, laws, regulations, orders, Governmental Licenses and other requirements (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws) and Maritime Guidelines, including the laws, regulations and orders of each such vessel’s flag state, except where such failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have or has, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(C) Each Owned Vessel is, and each Contracted Vessel will be, classed by a classification society which is a full member of the International Association of Classification Societies and each Owned Vessel is, and the Company will use reasonable commercial efforts to ensure each Contracted Vessel will be, in class with valid class and trading certificates, without any overdue recommendations, except when such failure to be classed would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiii) Investment Company Act. As of the date hereof and, after giving effect to the offering of the Securities and the use of proceeds of such offering and the offering of the Registered Direct Shares and use of proceeds of such offering, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not and will not be required to register an “investment company” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

(xxiv) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is (i) in compliance with any and all applicable U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state and local laws, regulations decisions and orders relating to health and safety, or the pollution or the protection of the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its respective businesses and (iii) has not received notice of, and is not aware of, any actual

or potential liability for damages to natural resources or the investigation or remediation of any disposal, release or existence of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, in each case except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive and comply with required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or any similar U.S. or non-U.S. state or local Environmental Laws or regulation requiring the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to investigate or remediate any pollutants or contaminants, except where such requirements would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effects of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxv) Registration Rights. Other than as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act, which have not been validly waived in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(xxvi) Accounting Controls. (A) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (I) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (II) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(B) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 0000 Xxx) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company on behalf of itself and the Subsidiaries has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the 1934 Act. The statements relating to disclosure controls and procedures made by the principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company in the certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) are complete and correct.

(xxvii) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that are in effect and which the Company is required to comply with.

(xxviii) Taxes. All Tax (as hereinafter defined) returns required to be filed by the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have been filed and all such returns are true, complete and correct in all material respects except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material Taxes that are due from the Company and the Subsidiaries have been paid other than those (i) currently payable without penalty or interest or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate accruals have been established in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. To the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, there are no actual or proposed Tax assessments against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has accrued for any material Tax liability for any period not finally determined to the extent required under GAAP. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Tax” and “Taxes” shall mean all U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, local and taxes, and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

(xxix) Transfer Taxes. There are no documentary, stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or similar fees or charges which may be imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Common Stock.

(xxx) Insurance. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of nationally recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are reasonably prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged. All policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects, and there are no claims by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or has a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxi) Foreign Corrupt Practices. The Company, any Subsidiary, and their directors, officers, and employees, or to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, are in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”) and any other applicable anti-corruption law. The Company and the Subsidiaries have conducted, during the past five (5) years, their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and any other applicable anti-corruption law, and have instituted, maintain, and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to ensure, continued compliance therewith. The Company, and each Subsidiary, and their respective directors, officers, and employees, and to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute, or otherwise make available such proceeds, in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption law.

(xxxii) Money Laundering Laws. The Company and the Subsidiaries are, and have been during the past five (5) years, in compliance with the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the money laundering laws of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or the Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, threatened by any governmental agency.

(xxxiii) OFAC.

(1) None of the Company, the Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company nor to the Company’s knowledge any other person acting on their behalf, are currently an individual or entity (“Person”) that is: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States government (including the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), or U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (collectively, “Sanctions”) or (ii) owned or controlled by Persons that are the subject of Sanctions such that, it would be the subject of Sanctions. Neither the Company, nor the Subsidiaries, are located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions (currently, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria) (“Sanctioned Countries”).

(2) The Company, and the Subsidiaries, and any director, officers, employees or to the Company’s knowledge, any other person acting on their behalf, will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity: (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, in violation of Sanctions; (ii) to fund any activities or business in any Sanctioned Country, in violation of Sanctions; or (iii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any person participating in the transaction whether as initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(3) Other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company, and the Subsidiaries, have for the past five (5) years been, and currently are, in compliance with all applicable Sanctions and the terms and conditions of the January 23, 2020 Settlement Agreement with OFAC (the “OFAC Settlement”). The Company and the Subsidiaries will continue to comply, in all material respects, with the OFAC Settlement, and the Company and the Subsidiaries have instituted, maintain, and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to ensure, continued compliance with all applicable Sanctions and the OFAC Settlement.

(xxxiv) Commissions and Fees. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or, to the Company’s knowledge, any arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). .

(xxxv) No Association with FINRA. Neither the Company nor to the knowledge of the Company any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is a person associated with (within the meaning of Article I (dd) of the bylaws of FINRA), any member firm of FINRA.

(xxxvi) No Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the 1933 Act to be disclosed in a registration statement on Form S-3 which is not so disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any of their respective family members.

(xxxvii) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter.

(xxxviii) Immunity from Jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the United States, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, or any political subdivisions thereof.

(xxxix) Dividends and Distributions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends, from making any other distribution, from repaying any loans or advances or from transferring any of its property or assets. All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, may, under the current laws and regulations of the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and any political subdivisions thereof, be paid in United States dollars and may be freely transferred out of the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands and all such dividends and other distributions made to non-residents of the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof.

(xl) Distributions from Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no encumbrances or restrictions on the ability of any Subsidiary (A) to pay dividends or make other distributions on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or to pay any indebtedness to the Company and any such dividends and other distributions, under the current laws and regulations of the jurisdictions where such Subsidiaries are organized, may be freely transferred out of such jurisdictions and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of such jurisdictions, (B) to make loans or advances or pay any indebtedness to the Company or (C) to transfer any of its property or assets to the Company.

(xli) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 16 of this Agreement has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the State of New York, County of New York, and has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 16 of this Agreement has legally, validly and effectively designated, appointed and empowered, an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any federal or state court in the State of New York.

(xlii) XBRL. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(b) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 32,890 shares of Common Stock at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for and delivery of the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000, or at such other place, physical or virtual, as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company.

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. DNB, Fearnley Secrurities Inc. and Fearnley Securities AS, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(d) Denominations; Registration. The Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives promptly, and confirm the notice in writing (electronic mail being sufficient), (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement, the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the

Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(b) Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings containing material information about the Company or its business made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the execution of this Agreement to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has delivered to, upon the order of, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Company will use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic

shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities) and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other applicable jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.” For the avoidance of doubt, general corporate purposes as used in the “Use of Proceeds” section in the Prospectus shall not include direct payment of principal or interest of any current loans of the Company or of its Subsidiaries from the proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities.

(i) Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any share of Common Stock or substantially similar security or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or a substantially similar security or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other similar agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock or substantially similar security, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or substantially similar security or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock or substantially similar security issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock or substantially similar security issued or options to purchase Common Stock or substantially similar security granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus, (D) any shares of Common Stock or substantially similar security issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan, (E) any cashless exercise of stock options and dispositions of shares by directors and officers to satisfy such director’s or officer’s tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of stock options and (F) sales, transfers or other dispositions under an existing trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Securities.

(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(l) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Company and the Representatives, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. (a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery, only if previously consulted to in writing (electronic mail being sufficient) by the Company, to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on Nasdaq (xii) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal and contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(i) and (xiii) the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of the Underwriters’ counsel in connection with this Offering.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B).

(b) Opinion of U.S. Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

(c) Opinion of Counsel on Issues of Xxxxxxxx Islands Law for Company. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special counsel on matters of Xxxxxxxx Islands law for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

(e) Company Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof, since the Applicable Time or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the chief executive officer of the Company and of the chief financial officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act, no order preventing the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(h) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(i) No Objection. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(j) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Schedule F hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.

(k) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:

(i) Company Officers’ Certificates. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the chief executive officer of the Company and of the chief financial officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company, together with the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Company on issues of Xxxxxxxx Islands law, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Sections 5(b) and 5(c) hereof.

(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The favorable opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Deloitte, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(l) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(m) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 6, 7, 8, 16, 17 and 18 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration

Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the final prospectus used in the Registered Direct Offering (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided, that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. Notwithstanding any provisions herein, all representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company, (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities and (iii) the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, or in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or Nasdaq, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 6, 7, 8, 16, 17 and 18 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, from the commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure (as such terms are used in Sections 6011, 6111 and 6112 of the U.S. Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

SECTION 12. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives, DNB Markets, Inc., Attn: Legal Department, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Fearnley Securities AS, Grev Wedels Xxxxx 9, 0151 Oslo, Norway, Attention: Compliance Department, and Fearnley Securities, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Legal Department with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx. Notices to the Company shall be directed to Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxxxx, with a copy to: Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, 0000 X Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxx (or by email to xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx).

SECTION 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters), including for the avoidance of doubt, the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, including for the avoidance of doubt, the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 15. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, affiliates (as indicated) and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, affiliates (as indicated) and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 16. Jurisdiction. The Company agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company brought by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may

be instituted in any court located in the City and County of New York (a “New York Court”), and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands.

SECTION 17. Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 19. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 20. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof.

SECTION 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement and the counterparts may be delivered by electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf).

SECTION 22. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

[Signatures follow.]

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours,

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:



DNB MARKETS, INC.

By:	/s/ X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
	Name:	X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
	Title:	Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

By:	/s/ Xxx Xxxx
	Name:	Xxx Xxxx
	Title:	Managing Director


By:	FEARNLEY SECURITIES AS

By:	/s/ Xxxx Olau Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx Olau Xxxx
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

By:	FEARNLEY SECURITIES INC.

By:	/s/ Jan A. Naess
	Name:	Jan A. Naess
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]

SCHEDULE A


Name of Underwriter	Number of Initial Securities
DNB Markets, Inc.		83,621
Fearnley Securities AS		103,217
Fearnley Securities, Inc.		103,217

Total		290,055

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SCHEDULE B

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

290,055 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share

1. The public offering price per share for the Securities, determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be $18.10 (the “Public Offering Price”).

2. The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $17.195, being an amount equal to the Public Offering Price less $0.905 per share.

Sch B-1

SCHEDULE C

None.

Sch C-1

SCHEDULE D

List of persons and entities

subject to lock-up

Sch D-1

SCHEDULE E-1


Vessel Name	Owning Entity	Jurisdiction of Domicile	Jurisdiction of Registration
Bittern	Bittern Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Canary	Canary Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx	Xxxx Xxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Cardinal	Cardinal Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Copenhagen Eagle	Copenhagen Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Crane	Crane Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Crested Eagle	Crested Eagle Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Crowned Eagle	Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx	Xxxxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Egret Bulker	Egret Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Fairfield Eagle	Fairfield Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Gannet Bulker	Gannet Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Golden Eagle	Golden Eagle Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Xxxxx Bulker	Xxxxx Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Greenwich Eagle	Greenwich Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Groton Eagle	Groton Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Hamburg Eagle	Hamburg Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Hawk	Hawk Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx	Xxxx Xxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Ibis Bulker	Ibis Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Imperial Eagle	Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Xxxxxx	Xxxxxx Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Xxx	Xxx Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Kingfisher	Kingfisher Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Madison Eagle	Madison Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Xxxxxx	Xxxxxx Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Mystic Eagle	Mystic Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
New London Eagle	New London Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Nighthawk	Nighthawk Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Oriole	Oriole Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Owl	Owl Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Petrel Bulker	Petrel Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Puffin Bulker	Puffin Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Roadrunner Bulker	Roadrunner Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Sandpiper Bulker	Sandpiper Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Xxxxxx Eagle	Xxxxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Shanghai Eagle	Shanghai Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Shrike	Shrike Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Singapore Eagle	Singapore Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Southport Eagle	Southport Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Stamford Eagle	Stamford Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Stellar Eagle	Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx	Xxxxxxxxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx	Xxxxxx Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Tern	Tern Shipping LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands
Westport Eagle	Westport Eagle LLC	Xxxxxxxx Islands	Xxxxxxxx Islands

Sch E-1

SCHEDULE E-2

Sch E-2

Schedule F

FORM OF LOCK-UP PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(j)

December 18, 2020

DNB Markets, Inc.

Fearnley Securities AS

Fearnley Securities, Inc.

As Representatives of the

Underwriters listed in

Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement

DNB Markets, Inc.

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00^xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000

Fearnley Securities AS

Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0

0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxx

and

Fearnley Securities, Inc.

000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

RE: EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned is an owner of record or a beneficial owner of certain shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Shares”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares. The Company proposes to carry out an offering (the “Offering”), of common shares for which you will act as representatives of the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) relating to the Offering to which the Company is a party). The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that you are relying on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this letter agreement in carrying out the Offering and, at a subsequent date, entering into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company with respect to the Offering.

In consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will not, (and will cause any spouse or immediate family member of the spouse or the undersigned living in the undersigned’s household not to), without the prior written consent of DNB Markets, Inc., Fearnley Securities AS and Fearnley Securities Inc. (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly or indirectly, (1) sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, assign transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise dispose of any Shares, options or warrants to acquire Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the undersigned, their spouse or family members, (2) enter into any swap, hedge or similar arrangement or agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of all or any part of the Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares currently or hereafter

Sch F-1

owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the undersigned regardless of whether any such transaction is to be settled in securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares or any other securities of the Company or (4) or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date 90 days after the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “Lock-up Period”); provided, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (i) sales, transfers or other dispositions under an existing trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Shares, (ii) any of the transaction contemplated by the Offering and described in the related offering memorandum, (iii) any cashless exercise of stock options and dispositions of shares by directors and officers to satisfy such director’s or officer’s tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of stock options, (iv) distributions of Shares or any security convertible into Shares to limited partners of stockholders of the undersigned provided that (a) each party (transferor, or transferee) shall not be required by law (including, without limitation, the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not voluntarily make, any public announcement of the transfer or disposition, and no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares, shall be required or voluntarily made during the Lock-up Period, (b) the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this letter agreement prior to such transfer and (c) such distribution does not involve a disposition for value or (iv) the transfer of any or all of the Shares owned by the undersigned, either during his lifetime or on death, by gift, will or intestate succession to the immediate family of the undersigned with respect to which the undersigned is the exclusive beneficiary; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to such transfer in (iii) and (iv) that (A) the transferee executes and delivers to DNB Markets, Inc. Fearnley Securities AS and Fearnley Securities Inc. an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the Shares subject to the provisions of this letter agreement, and there shall be no further transfer of such Shares, except in accordance with this letter agreement and (B) no public disclosure and no filing by any party to the transfer (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required nor shall be voluntarily made reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of the Shares in connection with such transfer or distribution prior to the expiration of the Lock- up Period (as the same may be extended pursuant to the terms hereof).

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares held by the undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

This letter agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power, capacity and authority to enter into this letter agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

This letter agreement will terminate immediately if the Offering does not close by December 31, 2020 or is terminated either by you or the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature page follows]

Sch F-2


By:


Printed Name of Person Signing

(and indicate capacity of person signing if signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf of an entity)

Sch F-3

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