On the letterhead of Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A.]
[On the letterhead of Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A.]
To: Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Copy: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Limited
Genco Pyrenees Limited
Genco Loire Limited
Genco Bourgogne Limited
Genco Picardy Limited
Genco Aquitaine Limited
Genco Normandy Limited
Genco Auvergne Limited
Genco Provence Limited
Genco Ardennes Limited
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Limited
Genco Languedoc Limited
Genco Rhone Limited
3 June 2016
Dear Sirs
US$253,000,000 secured loan agreement dated 20 August 2010 (as amended by a side letter dated 24 August 2010, as further amended by a waiver letter dated 21 December 2011, as further amended and restated on 1 August 2012, as further amended and restated on 9 July 2014 and as further amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Loan Agreement") made between (1) Genco Shipping & Trading Limited as borrower, (2) the Lenders (as defined therein), (3) Deutsche Bank AG Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, DVB Bank SE and Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ) as mandated lead arrangers, (4) ourselves as agent for the Lenders, (5) BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, DVB Bank SE and Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ) as swap providers (the "Swap Providers") and (vi) Deutsche Bank AG Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft as security agent for the Lenders and the Swap Providers and as bookrunner.
1 Definitions
1.1 All terms and expressions used in this Letter shall have the same meaning given to them in the Loan Agreement or the Collateral Maintenance Waiver Letter (as defined in clause 2 of this Letter) unless expressly defined in this Letter or the context otherwise requires.
1.2 This Letter is designated as a Finance Document.
2 Further Extension of Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period
We refer to:
2.1 the Loan Agreement and to our letter to you dated 10 March 2016 (as amended, and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Collateral Maintenance Waiver Letter") consenting to a temporary waiver of compliance with clause 10.10 (Additional Security) of the Loan Agreement (the "Collateral Maintenance Covenant") and, as a consequence, the right of the Agent to request that the
Borrower comply with clause 10.10.1, 10.10.2 or 10.10.3 of the Loan Agreement in accordance with the Collateral Maintenance Covenant for the fiscal quarter ending 31 December 2015 through and including 11:59pm (New York time) on 11 April 2016 (the "Original Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period"), your request for an extension of the Original Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period through to and including 11:59pm (New York time) on 31 May 2016 (the "Amended Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period") and your request for an extension of the Amended Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period through to and including 11:59pm (New York time) on 3 June 2016 (the "Second Amended Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period"); and
2.2 your further request for an extension of the Second Amended Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period through to and including 11:59pm (New York time) on 8 June 2016 (the "Request").
This Letter is supplemental to the terms of the Collateral Maintenance Waiver Letter.
3 Conditions and Amendment
3.1 We hereby agree to the Request, subject to the condition that prior to 10:00 hours (London time) on 6 June 2016, you provide us confirmation (which may be given by email) that the required lenders under the Metrostar Loan Agreement and the credit agreement dated as of December 31, 2014 among Baltic Trading Limited, the various lenders party thereto, Nordea Bank Finland PLC, New York Branch, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ) as mandated lead arrangers, Nordea Bank Finland PLC, New York Branch, as administrative agent and security agent and Nordea Bank Finland PLC, New York Branch, as bookrunner (as amended to date, the "Nordea Loan Agreement") have consented to waivers under the Metrostar Loan Agreement and the Nordea Loan Agreement on substantially similar terms to this letter (the "Metrostar and Nordea Letters").
3.2 With effect from the date hereof the Collateral Maintenance Waiver Letter shall be further amended as follows:
(i) the term "Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period" shall mean "the fiscal quarter ending 31 December 2015 through and including 11:59pm (New York time) on 8 June 2016";
(ii) the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted at paragraph 5.1 as follows:
"(g) during the Collateral Maintenance Waiver Period the waivers under the Metrostar and Nordea Letters are terminated, revoked or otherwise ceases to be effective (unless otherwise extended).";
(iii) sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph 5.1 is amended by replacing the first parenthetical therein with the following:
"(other than any Indebtedness owed to the lenders as and when they fall due under the ABN Revolving Credit Facility, the DVB US$22,000,000 Facility, the Hornet Credit Facility or the Wasp Credit Facility and other than any inter-company indebtedness by and among Group Members in the ordinary course of business)"; and
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(iv) sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph 5.1 is further amended by adding the following definition thereto in appropriate alphabetical order:
“DVB US$22,000,000 Facility” means the US$22,000,000 Secured Loan Agreement, dated as of 30 August 2013, by and among Baltic Hare Limited and Baltic Fox Limited, as borrowers, DBV Bank SE, as lender, agent and security agent and the other parties thereto."
3.3 Save as expressly amended by this Letter, all other terms and conditions of the Collateral Maintenance Waiver Letter shall remain unaltered and in full force and effect.
4 Counterparts and Applicable Law
4.1 This Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Letter.
4.2 This Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
Please confirm your agreement to the terms of this Letter by signing and returning a duplicate of this Letter to us.
Yours faithfully
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For and on behalf of
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A.
(as Agent acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders)
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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited |
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/s/ Apostolos Zafolias |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Limited |
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Genco Pyrenees Limited |
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Genco Loire Limited |
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Genco Bourgogne Limited |
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Genco Picardy Limited |
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Genco Aquitaine Limited |
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Genco Normandy Limited |
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Genco Auvergne Limited |
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Genco Provence Limited |
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Genco Ardennes Limited |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Limited |
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Genco Languedoc Limited |
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Genco Rhone Limited |
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